Time to Celebrate!!!!

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240_f_116372722_kxq7hyyjtwiiyieakat65t6fzviim4cn Hey everyone! I am excited to announce that I have a new website click here to see it! It is the same website of my weird quirky day to day stories but without the extra hassle of typing .wordpress.com. The new website is www.keffyskrazylife.com. I can do so much more on this new site to so get ready for even better content to come. Can’t wait to see you there!

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AFV moment

February 6, 2017January 25, 2017Leave a comment

It had been a long day and I came home to close the chicken coop door so they stay in for the night and stay quiet. Little did I know that when I released the rope that it would break causing the chicken coop door to slam down almost hurting a chicken. Now this chicken coop door, for me, is comparable to those old ways people were sentenced to death when they said “off with their head.” This death trap door pulley snapped and about cut a chicken into two.

After I got over the initial scare of being down a chicken and an egg in the morning I went in to get a flashlight because my phone light wasn’t cutting it. Then the rope wouldn’t go back into the door so I went and told my cousin who went to find a screw to put in the wood door and then put the rope on top. I went into the muddy chicken coop and my cousin threaded the rope to me and then I screwed the screw in but then found out my hands were to big to fit through the tiny spaces in the fenced wire all over the chicken coop. So she put the screw in and tied the rope to it. So far it has held!

After that problem was solved we had to figure out the problem of the chickens not wanting to go to bed and it being 11pm at night in winter so it was pitched black and we couldn’t see except for my flashlight that my dad gave me for Christmas, so thanks dad! After thirty minutes of me trying to pick them up without getting pecked at and my cousin holding the door open so it didn’t close we got them all in the coop out of the pen and into bed. I tried everything to get them in the coop: talking to them, gently nudging with my boots, picking them up, coaxing with food, and hitting them with a stick. It was different for every chicken to get them in the coop and we had to be careful not to let chicken that were already in the coop out when we coaxed others in. Eventually they were all in but, boy, was that the most eventful chicken coral of all times.

Sand Man

February 3, 2017February 7, 2017Leave a comment

Over the past few weeks I have been getting over a cold, job hunting, going to school, and house sitting so I have found it difficult to get a lot of sleep so here are some tips for staying awake when you don’t get enough sleep. This may also help if your sick and still have stuff to get done.

Take a nap if possible, but for me this isn’t possible.
Drink plenty of water this will help keep you more alert.
Take a stroll-getting your lungs, heart and muscles moving will help keep you more awake.
Do a stimulating task if possible if it involves more thinking it will help keep you awake.
Eat a meal or snack with little carbs.
Do some stretches shoulder shrugs work well.

Priorities

January 30, 2017January 25, 2017Leave a comment

I had an intriguing discussion last week about priorities. First off let me start off with the story that they told me. Priorities is a fairly new word. Up until the 19th century or 1900’s (I am aware that the 19th century is not the 1900’s I just can not recall what they said I tried to look it up and got many different answers) it was only known as priority. This makes since because according to the dictionary on definition of priority is to be superior or highest in rank. Now if you think about the word priorities and how it means the same thing. How can you have multiple things highest in rank.

If you think of it in a form of a todo list you can’t have three number ones. You order your todo list 1,2, 3, etc. Therefore people need to prioritize in order to find what they find is the priority in their life. This was difficult for me because I as many others say I have multiple priorities. For example, I find school, work, working out, doing hobbies (such as writing on my blog) priorities- to name a few. Now I can’t be doing school work and working out, or writing on my blog at work. Therefore I need to pick the ultimate priority and list them out in order. This was also very difficult for me I still don’t have them in the order I want yet. To be honest, I know this because I have some homework I could be doing since I have to be at work from 9-5 and then I have personal prior commitment that I said I would do that I have to go to from 6-9 tomorrow as well. Therefore, the next time after tonight that I could do my homework would be Wednesday since I will be doing stuff from 9-9 tomorrow. Now, I can work on them and order them the way I want and then have an order of what they are now but, again, I only have one ultimate priority. Right now, my top priority is uncertain because I thought it was school and I did that all day today and it could be taken that I am taking a break now so it is still top priority; however, since it is not completely finished it is uncertain.

So I now ask you what do you think your top priority is above all others? If you can take it a step further I would see if you could rank them and then figure out a way to get them in the order you would like?

Addiction or Desire

January 27, 2017February 7, 2017Leave a comment

I know many people in college who are avid coffee drinkers. I even have a few caffeinated tea drinker friends who say that they hate coffee. I myself drink coffee but just enough to get me through my day and my to do list. But it has come up that I may no longer desire the taste of coffee but be addicted to it.

I know caffeine is a stimulant to the central nervous system; however, I only drink one cup a day, unless its dead week- that’s an exception in itself. Studies have shown one cup a day isn’t bad for you. In fact some have shown that coffee in limited amounts such as a cup a day is actually good for you. However, on the other hand caffeine is addictive and withdrawal symptoms can occur, such as a headache, muscle pains and as much as developing cold symptoms from caffine withdrawal. At this point no one has to worry about me and caffine addiction. Keep in mind I’m no expert I’m just a coffee lover.

College vs. University-untalked about topics

January 23, 2017January 25, 2017Leave a comment

It’s one of a high school seniors biggest decisions. Now I’m not here to talk about differences between length of time or amount of money. However, I am here to talk about difference in college and university that is not often discussed. I never was told this and I feel people should be informed if they are transitioning from college to university in the future.

Now as many know university is much more expensive than community college. Now for me personally I went and go my AA degree at community college and am now going to get my 4 year degree so I can pursue what I would like to do in the medical field. However, this is my first term at university after attending community college for a year and one term, so four terms, and it is nothing like I expected.

Now lets get analytical for a moment, these are just averages.If someone is taking a class that is below 100 level it is not college level.If it is 100 or above it is considered college level. 200 is sophomore in college, 300 junior and 400 and above is senior. This is what I was told at community college.

I took up to only 200 level classes because at the community college I went to that was about as high as it got. This makes sence according to the scale above because and AA degree is earned in two-years and so the graduate would be a sophomore. Now, for me, to get into the program I want I need to take a prerequisite at the university before September 2017. Now I took up to 200+ level classes at community college and now I am back in a 100 level prerequisite class. I figured it would be easier than my 200+ level classes at college previously; however, I was wrong.

This is a 100+ level class online and I have taken above a 200+ level class online so having it online and having more work isn’t the problem. I feel the real issue is that no one says how community college has less work than university period! Now I knew it would come with more course work than university; however, I didn’t expect this until I went past 200 to 300+ classes which I haven’t taken yet. This isn’t true. Regardless of the class number or taking it online or not university has more course work than CC regardless. Now it is not difficult course work since it is a 100 level class it is just more time-consuming coursework than in my 200+ level community college classes. Although, on a positive note I am learning a lot more in a shorter amount of time.

Click bait- let’s talk about it

January 20, 2017January 25, 2017Leave a comment

YouTube is full of click bait which is why I knew I couldn’t start a YouTube channel because I feel I’m not the kind of person that would caption a video ” I almost broke my nose” or ” I almost died” – see I could barely say the one I was going with first I almost died when I knew it wasn’t true. Usually that could be a caption when they just subtly tripped on the sidewalk. But this is how Youtubers get views and how they get money. They also ask for likes and to subscribe to get ranked higher on searches so then again they receive more views and get more money. Now I’m not writing a post about why I hate Youtubers because I’m aware most of them make a living off of YouTube but some just use it as part time work or for fun; however, regardless of how they receive their income I wish it wouldn’t be through click baiting.

Again, speaking of clickbaiting, back to blogs. I know I don’t know a lot of people that read my posts at this time; however, I was really hoping I could just have a blog about topics I want to write about with little click bait- I would say never but just in case I ever do or have by accident I don’t do it on purpose. But again I just wish I could make a little extra income doing something I love without scamming people saying it will be so cool and then don’t do that I want to be real and not like a reality television show but I know someone who will say otherwise.

This brings me to another reason why I have a blog instead of YouTube I am shy and I also don’t easily give away personal info of friends or family I don’t name names and seldom say mom, dad, sister etc. Because of what may happen, but really what’s wrong with saying someone’s name (by name I mean relation to me I still will not give real names at this time I’m not that kind of person) Sorry if that makes me unrelatable and robotic and non emotional but if you know me you know me and if you don’t you don’t maybe at a later point if my blog ever does take off and become more than a hobby I would tell more about myself but as of now I will stick to being the college student just trying to figure her way through her really really overly complicated – sometimes reality show- life.

I digressed but as I was saying I don’t like click bait and what it stands for it’s deceiving and I don’t want to do that I want to have a blog where I can say what I want and people who like it keep coming back and by all means people who don’t don’t but if they want to comment I don’t care you can’t bring me down.

2016 Activities

January 16, 2017January 25, 2017Leave a comment

Daydreaming

I wanted to have an account of stuff I liked to do in 2016 this one is about photography.

I love photography as I have said before, so I figured I would show a few of my pictures.
Now clearly this photo (to the right) was taking on my phone, so it could have had a better resolution. However, I still think it is a nice photo. However, I would like to say I did have a few better ones, but I didn’t want to show the little girls face. I wanted to keep her safe and everything. So I do think the hand is a little weird but you get the gist of the photo and the vibe it is giving off.

If you read further I go into more details about them and show a couple more photos.

OH, Sunny Day

The first photo I love the lighting it looks like a filter is on it. However, people don’t believe me that the photo of the pond has no filter.

However, I did enhance the second photo but I loved the colors and how the grass went with the skirt and how it stands out.

Lastly, I love this close up of the macaroons because you can see the texture of them and they look so vibrant.

Macaroons

Tortoise or firstaid

January 13, 2017February 7, 2017Leave a comment

There is a winter storm warning where I live and there is ice everywhere. The main roads are good but other than that all the other roads are a mess. I used to live where it snowed a lot; however, to be honest I learned a lot from being told. It takes longer but taking the sheets of ice off your car isn’t that hard other than starting your car a few minutes earlier. However the people who don’t have a treacherous ice sheet that could hurt someone else. Therefore is it so much worse to take five more minutes of your day to be safe, rather than take a shorter amount of time to defrost your car and have ice sheets.

In addition some people drive like it’s summer or we live in an area that has every road plowed well. However, my city doesn’t do that so I feel people should drive slower but apparently when I drive slower I’m told I drive like a snail. What do you think would you drive more cautiously or put less regard for safety?

2016 Favorites

January 9, 2017January 25, 2017Leave a comment

With 2016 over and January coming full speed ahead I figured I would let you in on some of my favorite items from 2016.

First off, in the “stuff” category is my hydroflask I love that thing it comes through in all seasons! If you don’t know it keeps cold drinks cold for warm months and hot drinks hot for cold moths, like now where I live it is 16 degrees outside right now chilly! My favorite article of clothing would have to be my boots because I wore them all year-long I just love boots. Now about a favorite song…. that’s tough because that changes very frequently but I would have to say when I went back to see what song I played the most throughout 2016 it was Closer by the Chainsmokers I would have to say that was my road trip song for a long time. My favorite TV show that I found when I finally used Netflix (Yes I was slow to get Netflix but it grew on me quickly now I am a Nextflix and chill girl. Also, as much as I would hate to admit it did make me procrastinate to the point of almost no return, but it’s all good now) I loved the show Young and Hungry and finished the two seasons in one day and then the two more seasons they added in another 2 days. Also one more thing I could not have got through 2016 without my planner I finally found one this year that I liked with enough space and no lines so I can doodle and put stickers all over it. I love stationary and planners so If you want me to talk about it more let me know to make a planner post.