Hey all!!!!! Not been here in a little while, lol. Things are still kinda buisy.

In most recent events of my life these past few weeks have been hectic.


The fun time was started off with a birthday party. The night of October 27 was a cute little 'get together' of my family, having a birthday party for my boyfriend. It was so cute, he turned 20 yrs. It was at my grandparents house since my nanny can't get out of the house much now that she's been having chemo. We had a cook out, a nice chocolate cake with ice cream, and presents. I got him a new pair of Justin's work boots for $160.00 and they are worth it. Funny though, I had classes to got to, so I gave the money to my parents and made them go get them, how sneeky. My parents got him a nice warm shirt and cargo pants, my grandparents got him a nice shirt!! He seemed to have a really good time, lol. My handsome boy is a man now. Now I'm 1.5 years behind him, lol.


Yestarday I went with my boyfriend and his best friend to the SEC Game: UT against Memphis. My first college football game, and what a better place to experience that than at a Tennessee game. My god its amazing, its not just a football game, its the game plus heritage, tradition, fan interection to the highest level, fun and just By the end of the second quarter TN was 36 and Memphis was 0....oh snap. it was so cool though, we all had on orange shirts, had orange UT flags on the truck, tailgated with Hooters wings, watched the VOL Walk on 'the Hill' and walked around in VOL Village!!!!! Our seats were on the right side of UT's Tunnel, they had an awesome band performance and IT WAS HOMECOMING!!! They had all the original alumni from the band and colorgaurd come back and give another awesome performance....AND.......... Bobby Osbourne, the legendary singer who wrote and played the song 'Rocky Top' was their and performed live with his band this legendary song during half time!!!!!!!!
They also had the 2009 World Champion Padded Racking Tennessee Walker come in and strut his stuff in honor of Homecoming!!!! Sweet. My first game like that and plus it was with my boyfriend, cant get any better!!!!



Oh and the next best thing with that awesome day of the game was also the 4 month dating mark for us. We started dating July 7, so its been 4 months and I have trully loved every minute. I hope he feels the same way but, I love being with him, these past months have been wonderful!!!!


Oh, and for Halloween, My boyfriend and I went to a cute party done by his friends. We went as...well, he went as an outlaw cowboy, complete with black button up, bandana, black hat and black full length duster!!!!! He was very Handsome!!!! I went as the outlaw cowgirl ....who was not so much outlaw as a strutter, I had on a lacy tank top with a cute red checkered long sleeve button up, pulled up and tied under my chest line, with a dark brown skirt and pointy toed high heeled dark brown and gold boots that went almos to my knees. I sadly didnt get any pics of us, but we may dress up again for some, lol.



My nanny is also doing very good. Her Chemo treatments are over at the end of December YAY.
Sadly, she has lost her hair.....that was hard on all of us..but honestly, she looks so cute!!!! We have nicknamed her Tweety bird for sure. She has these cute little bonnetts to wear and she got a wig too that looks perfect!!! She's a trooper.



In having such a BAD time in college algebra, I decided to take a WP, which was a very handy withdrawal pass, that let me drop the class without it affecting my GPA!!! I took it gladly. AND , I think if I read right, I dont have to have Algebra for my double majors. I have to a college Math credit of 131.01 or higher which includes College Math. I have such a hard time in algebra class so I think I will stick with the math class, sinc I dont need anything higher!!!!!!! Yay. So one less class to worry about.



In turn, finals are next month, and I have already finished scheduling for my next classes for spring. 16.5 hrs, woulda had more but then I would have had to pay directly for them and I cant afford to do that!!! Good thing is, I actually get more than one class with some friends of mine, Sweet.



Great news.......I have lost 11 pounds and went down 1 full size!!!! YaYYYYYYYYYYY. I am so thrilled and I am looking better too. I want to lose a total of 20 lbs, so only 9 more to go, then after that goal is reached, I may go for another 10, depending on how I look. But its going good and I am SO HAPPY.



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Hey all!!!!! Not been here in a little while, lol. Things are still kinda buisy.

In most recent events of my life these past few weeks have been hectic.

The fun time was started off with a birthday party. The night of October 27 was a cute little 'get together' of my family, having a birthday party for my boyfriend. It was so cute, he turned 20 yrs. It was at my grandparents house since my nanny can't get out of the house much now that she's been having chemo. We had a cook out, a nice chocolate cake with ice cream, and presents. I got him a new pair of Justin's work boots for $160.00 and they are worth it. Funny though, I had classes to got to, so I gave the money to my parents and made them go get them, how sneeky. My parents got him a nice warm shirt and cargo pants, my grandparents got him a nice shirt!! He seemed to have a really good time, lol. My handsome boy is a man now. Now I'm 1.5 years behind him, lol.


Yestarday I went with my boyfriend and his best friend to the SEC Game: UT against Memphis. My first college football game, and what a better place to experience that than at a Tennessee game. My god its amazing, its not just a football game, its the game plus heritage, tradition, fan interection to the highest level, fun and just By the end of the second quarter TN was 36 and Memphis was 0....oh snap. it was so cool though, we all had on orange shirts, had orange UT flags on the truck, tailgated with Hooters wings, watched the VOL Walk on 'the Hill' and walked around in VOL Village!!!!! Our seats were on the right side of UT's Tunnel, they had an awesome band performance and IT WAS HOMECOMING!!! They had all the original alumni from the band and colorgaurd come back and give another awesome performance....AND.......... Bobby Osbourne, the legendary singer who wrote and played the song 'Rocky Top' was their and performed live with his band this legendary song during half time!!!!!!!!
They also had the 2009 World Champion Padded Racking Tennessee Walker come in and strut his stuff in honor of Homecoming!!!! Sweet. My first game like that and plus it was with my boyfriend, cant get any better!!!!


Oh and the next best thing with that awesome day of the game was also the 4 month dating mark for us. We started dating July 7, so its been 4 months and I have trully loved every minute. I hope he feels the same way but, I love being with him, these past months have been wonderful!!!!



Oh, and for Halloween, My boyfriend and I went to a cute party done by his friends. We went as...well, he went as an outlaw cowboy, complete with black button up, bandana, black hat and black full length duster!!!!! He was very Handsome!!!! I went as the outlaw cowgirl ....who was not so much outlaw as a strutter, I had on a lacy tank top with a cute red checkered long sleeve button up, pulled up and tied under my chest line, with a dark brown skirt and pointy toed high heeled dark brown and gold boots that went almos to my knees. I sadly didnt get any pics of us, but we may dress up again for some, lol.



My nanny is also doing very good. Her Chemo treatments are over at the end of December YAY.
Sadly, she has lost her hair.....that was hard on all of us..but honestly, she looks so cute!!!! We have nicknamed her Tweety bird for sure. She has these cute little bonnetts to wear and she got a wig too that looks perfect!!! She's a trooper.


In having such a BAD time in college algebra, I decided to take a WP, which was a very handy withdrawal pass, that let me drop the class without it affecting my GPA!!! I took it gladly. AND , I think if I read right, I dont have to have Algebra for my double majors. I have to a college Math credit of 131.01 or higher which includes College Math. I have such a hard time in algebra class so I think I will stick with the math class, sinc I dont need anything higher!!!!!!! Yay. So one less class to worry about.


In turn, finals are next month, and I have already finished scheduling for my next classes for spring. 16.5 hrs, woulda had more but then I would have had to pay directly for them and I cant afford to do that!!! Good thing is, I actually get more than one class with some friends of mine, Sweet.


Great news.......I have lost 11 pounds and went down 1 full size!!!! YaYYYYYYYYYYY. I am so thrilled and I am looking better too. I want to lose a total of 20 lbs, so only 9 more to go, then after that goal is reached, I may go for another 10, depending on how I look. But its going good and I am SO HAPPY.



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Hey dear friends again!!!!

If you friends of mine seen my other journal from my Equine Photography Account, that account hit a point of so many pageviews.

Now, tadah!!!!!!! So has this one.

My art account recieved over 8,000 pageviews while I was off the internet this week. I wasnt able to see it until it was past that number, but oh well.

So I have to say thanks again, to all my dear friends here on DA, who have supported me, pushed me , helped me, been there for me, and have just been the best of friends!!! You all are AWESOME and I appreciate verything you do and have done for me in the past few years!!!!!

I started out here, a few years ago, with a small account with little art. I have learned so much through being here on DA and talking with fellow artists, and making friends. I feel like I have a little family here too. Luckily, I havent had much trouble at all with people and art related crap, so thats been a plus. All in al, so far, its been a wonderful experience for me, and I hope I have been able to be a good friend to others on here as well, If I havent I will try harder!!!!! Thanks you all again, to all of you!!!!

(UPDATE)

I am no longer emplyed.......yup, due to college and (at the time) Varsity womens wrestling, which I am no longer doing either, I quit my job at our county library, the place where I got my first job and had been there for 3 years.....it was so hard to let it go.....now I have no money for ANYTHING!!!!!



My nanny started her Chemotherapy treatments last week. They are VERY BAD! This type of chemo attacks all three cells of the blood, affects the heart, kidneys and liver I beleive too. So, nanny is in for a terribly tough time. She hasnt lost any hair yet, but its expected to come out before her next treatment, if not directly after the second one. She's really tired, and had a breakdown, but she is doing good. Sh's staying strong. I dont see her much now, where I go to college and work at the barn, I dont want to bring something in and get her sick. We are all being xtra cautious. But its hard, but she's doing good.

Please keep us in your prayers. She needs all the strength she can get!!!!!



College is fun, different, and HARD!!!!!!! I hate algebra, love the teacher!!! but jeese, I think I've failed the tests and its just so hard......... I dont know what to do.????????



Harley, my horse is still FOR SALE!!! We now have him on [link] (INFO: Harley or Lil Kenny's Bennett: search) extra pictures and video can be provided through e-mail. We also dropped the price dramatically, ($3000 drop actually) He is now listed at $9,000.

He is worth more, but I desperately need to sell him. Whether I buy a new horse or not, its gonna be a while before I do, and I no longer can pay the boarding fee, nor do I ride him anymore, so dsperately, I ned him out!!!!!! If anyone is interested in a (world) champion / superhorse breed barrel racing & pole bending quarter horse with a lot of heart, talent, love; please let me know and we'll talk!!!!!


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Hello dear friends. Yep, been over a month since I updated my journal, lol. But things have been pretty....well....rough lately, like a double edged sword. Its been good and bad.

Bad news: Last week, we had to take my nanny to Lexington to the clinic. we found out, that my nanny has Breast Cancer. She had an full body MRI, theres no cancer any where else, thank God, but more tests proved pretty bad. The breast cancer she has is already a stage 3, most aggressive and quickly spreading.
Next wednesday, she is scheduled for surgery to have the egg sized tumor taken out.
Then she is set for Radiation and more than likely, because of the cancer's aggression, she will have to have Chemotherapy too. Nanny is in for a really tough time. But she is very strong and stubborn. She said she'd fight it and win, that she wont give up till its over. And I know she wont, plus she has all of our support too. We're all in it together.

Any of you on DA who has had cancer or known someone that has, We are part of a tough group; its sad, emotional, painful, but also good, rewarding, supportive. I now understand what many people feel when they talk about cancer. Its going to be hard, but we are gonna make it.



In other news. I'm a College Student now I started my first semester as a Freshman at the University of the Cumberlands! A 16 hr busy morning schedule, classes start at 8:00 sharp in the morning, so I get up at 6:00 to get ready and drive down there....I'm a commuter, lol. Things are so much different in college compared to high schoo. I do enjoy the freedom but wow, you're on your own with assignments, although, I do enjoy my Prof. They are all nice and helpful, and do seem interested in there student.

I'm double majoring in Psychology and Art, with the exception of taking some general required classes I already have 3 classes that are a part of my major. The good thing is they also count as required ed. too, Yay. Man its expensive though. I had to buy an art pack, containing all the materials I needed for my Drawing Course...$117.76!!!!! Then I didnt get my algebre book so I had to buy one that was new....$123.95!!!!!! Jeeze. Plus, I dont have a vehicle on campus so I have to walk everywhere....thats a lot of walking, but its fun, relaxing and good excersize.

I think too, I may join one of the Varsity Sports. I'm really looking into the Women's Wrestling team. I know it probably sounds odd but its pretty fun from what I can tell, practices are only 2 hrs a day, which I could handle, and the coach is very nice and helpful. He seemed very supportive of my idea and offered any help he could give me.

So, I gotta figure out for sure if I want to be on the team, then do the paper work, get a physical, set up insurance, break the news to my boss, re-do my work schedule to probably only weekends, which I hope wont cause any problems......buh, and go from there. ...I am so busy.

oh and things are going absolutely amazing with my boyfriend. We are SO close and if we can, spend a lot of time together. He's helped me so much. When I found out about my nanny, he was so carring. I fell apart on him, started crying like a baby, he just held me and said it was okay, we'd get through it. He's been so amazing, I love having him in my life!!!!!!!


So overall, these past few weeks have been rough and tough, but we'll get through them. I will deffinetly post more about college and my crazy life so far in the next while. Dont thing there will be much art of photos for a while though.....sadly.



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Hey guys!!! So, I thought I'd give a quick journal update.

Well, I can honestly say, these past few weeks have not been easy. I've had a lot of crap happen. A lot of family stress, my parents are stressed and tired, I'm tired, I swear, I'm getting teary eyed making this journal just for remembering what all's been happening. God its been so hard. Hard enough that ... I thought it was over. Everyone around me was giving up, my parents, family... ...me. Theres a ton of crap that I am not mentioning on here for personal reasons, but...

Its all been rough, physically, emotionally, mentally....you know its a horrible Horrible feeling to see your home be jeopardized, to see your family fall apart on the inside out as the pain and exaustion finally start to take over after all the long years of fighting. You wait for the finish of everything, wait for it all to end happily, and eventually..after so long, you no longer care about whether or not it ends good, just as long as it ends.... can you keep fighting? can you keep going on in the dark?

I watch my parents struggle, stress, silently cry and never get answers. I swear I just wanted to punch the living crap out of the closest thing...(the wall,I cant do anything about it. I end up spazzing out and almost having another panick attack, I get sick, and weak. I cant help in the ways that are needed. I feel broken up inside, sick, and cold. And I wonder why, such good honest people suffer so much and why I have to watch. I dont understand it at all. I pray and believe, and have faith, and cling to the one being who is above all. I cling to Him, to God all Mighty and wait. My parents and family so the same. Even in the quiet you can hear us all scream for Him to come to us.

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and then something happens. I have waited so long for a moment of peace, a moment of solitude, a moment of 'everything is okay.' And out of nowhere, a blessing takes place, and so much of all this agony is taken away. For once, there is a little bit of silence. There is still a bunch of crap going on, but for once, in a long long while, we were delivered. .....

and out of nowhere, someone special came into my life. A person I've known for a while, and always enjoyed being his friend. I am dating again, I have a boyfriend. I've never seen anyone like him either. We share almost everything identically, we have so much in common. He's so much fun to be with, I trust him and am comfortable with him. Its been a long time since I felt like that. I dont think the things he's sais are lies, I dont feel like he's looking past me at someone else, I feel like its me and him and thats it. He looks at me, he's with me.
He's an unbelievable gentleman, so kind and caring...not to mention has a cool truck.
And whats amazing is, I feel like I could turn to him for anything already. I feel like he really cares about Me. He came to me when I really needed someone, and it just gets bigger and better. Even my mommy said she could tell a difference in me, maybe I look like I am happier. I do know I am more calm about things. I think about him, and then I chill out.

I hope nothing ever happens between us. But if something ever does, I hope we never lose each other as friends. He is a wonderful person.
Now if I can just get him back into horse riding, lol, I'll have a riding partner, ow sweet.


....I will get through the crap the world throws at me, my family will too. This world cant break us down, we may fall, but we'll get back up. I'm sorry Satan, but you Wont Win. I will. We will.
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