I had to write a letter to the editor...

Here it is

Day Care in High Schools

What does it teach young girls to put day care in high schools? It teaches them that getting pregnant is ok, which it should not be. Putting day care in high schools leads to a trend of thinking it’s cute to have a child without the means to take care of it and that they don’t need to have any responsibility. Teens are making pacts to get pregnant in high school in Massachusetts so they can raise their children together; where are the parents of these teens and what do they have to say about it? Day care pretty much allows free time for teen parents to hang out with their friends, where they make it seems so fun to be a teen parent and pretty much have a toy to take home and play with at night. Not only are they given free child care they often receive many other benefits such as WIC (Women Infants Children) support but in many cases free housing through HUD. Why are we rewarding young women for having children when they are still children themselves? Not only do they receive benefits while they are in high school, they receive the majority of the means to take care of the child after and also often receive financial aid to pay for their college where many of their friends without children won’t qualify.

I even got it published in the Las Cruces Sun Newspaper and got some comments back. Most people didn't agree with me but they did comment!

I had to write this for one of my class assignments and 25% of my grade was getting it published. I picked the topic though. I was proud of myself as I was one of the first in the class to get published. How I found out it was published was an even better story though. I was just hanging out one night and I got a txt from one of my buddies I hadn't seen in a while asking if I was the Kim Tysseling in the Sun News... it had been about a week since I had sent it in so I was a little confused. I thought for a minute and replied with a yes. He told me that he completely agreed with me. I was pretty happy so I thought I would share :)

still gone...

So since I want to post pictures and I haven't been taking any I just take them with my camera on my computer just before I post.

I'm still a little disappointed because Jesse still hasn't come home and I might have to go back to Las Cruces before he gets here. He had to stay at the fire last night and they are finishing up with it but it was like 70 acres so it takes a while to finish I suppose. He was in such a hurry when he left yesterday that I didn't even really get to say a good goodbye...no hugs or kisses :( I thought he would be going and coming back within a couple hours but I was very wrong!

The reason for why I have to leave today is that I have a group project due and we are supposed to be going over it tonight. I kinda keep hoping my two partners will just say they want to meet in the morning but I don't think that will happen. I only have two weeks of school left and one of them is finals week so I know I can get through it. This weekend was supposed to be my nice refreshing weekend with Jesse but I've barely even seen him. I'm tempted to just stay in Silver City and miss class tomorrow but I really doubt that I will since I have a teacher who is a real stickler on attendance!

Sorry this is a lot of rambling and hope it makes sense.

StUpId FiReS!

All day I waited for Jesse to get off work...then he came home. I was really excited because we had plans to go bowling. He was here for all of about 20 minutes when he got called out to a fire. He got home about 4:45 and was gone a little after 5, now it is midnight. I'm a little bummed because I have been alone ALL day plus the fact that we actually had plans to do something tonight. He's been having to work a lot lately so we haven't been able to really go do much, moslty just watch movies at his house. I'm crossing my fingers that he still gets his day off tomorrow and they get this stupid fire put out tonight.

Anyways, when he left I had a glimps of hope that he would be back in time that we could still go out to eat atleast so I curled my hair and put make-up on and got dressed (you can see the hair and make-up in the pic but I changed into more comfy clothes). As each hour passed I've continued to hope I will get a call or text from him telling me what's going on and when he thinks he will be done....I still haven't heard a thing. Finally around 9 I decided I would just go into town and get a take and bake pizza from WalMart so he would have something to eat when he got home but the way things are looking it wont really be worth eating :(

Sorry this isn't a very happy post, I'm a little disappointed. I know it's his job and I'm not mad but I really wish there hadn't been a fire tonight and since there is I wish I knew a little more about what is going on and if he will be coming home tonight or if I should just go to bed and talk to him tomorrow. I don't think I will be going to be because he wont let me know when he gets home and I will just worry if I don't know. I guess it will just take some getting used to fire season but for the moment I'm not and I don't like it!

A Break Up Story...

NO, it's not my break up story... it would be that of my brother. I wouldn't feel compelled to tell about it except that his now ex-girlfriend seems to think she will find some solace in assuming that in some way it is my fault that he broke up with her. It most definitely is not my fault. True I did go to lunch with her on my way up to Joe City over Easter but I didn't not tell my brother to end things with her.

So this is how it goes... She is a drama queen to start, which you don't get from first impressions. Although I do have to admit I slightly already knew this. Anyway somewhere around a couple of weeks before I went to Joe City I start hearing both sides of their stories on what is going on between them. **this is the first sign that they definitely had problems before I went to lunch with her. I hear back and forth for a while what they are thinking. This is mostly from her, since as you know my brother is not the most forward about talking about his relationships. So then Jesse and I meet her for lunch; it was fine but she was dramatic about certain things and felt the need to tells us repeatedly about some personal issues in her life.

Now a few days ago my brother calls me and asks how my lunch with her went. I tell him it was fine but she was a little dramatic and what she told me about personal issues ( he already knew them) He also asks if I got the paperwork on his puppy (Roscoe) whom I just happen to take care of. I tell him yes. After this he says some thing to the effects of "I think I'm done with her". I say why? He says "she's a pain in the butt and she's crazy". I say " she's just a little dramatic".

Can someone please tell me how this could possibly be my fault... oh yes, it's not. I'm not going to say that I don't have suspicions about whether she had already moved on to some degree but I didn't say anything about that to him because I wasn't sure.

So when she tells me she's not sure what I said to him but that she does and always will love him and now her heart is broken, I have nothing to say but I didn't say anything that affected my brothers decision and he had his mind made up before he talked to me. I don't have a problem with her but he is my brother and I will always support him in whatever will make him happy :)

My Little Devil

This is my boyfriend Jesse's house, he just bought it a couple months ago. I have been working in the yard although you can't tell from looking at the pictures! I didn't conquer much in the front yard this past weekend but I made some progress in the back yard.

I'm getting all of the rock out since the back yard is divided with gravel and pretty much weeds with a little grass. I'm planning on getting everything out of the back yard this summer so we can plant grass next spring and it will look nice. I got around half of the gravel out last weekend :) Hopefully we can get the rest out next weekend!

If you look closely you can see the little monster of a dog that I take everywhere with me these days!

Last week my friend Ashley and I were hanging out at my trailer when she saw these devil ears headband. She thought it suited Rosco well and it fit him so we decided to take some pictures. He's my "little devil"! As you can see he was just delighted to have the headband on. He's a pretty good sport!

One of these days I will get a cute picture of him but that will have to wait for now. He's outside playing with his "girl friend" Matilda

Puppy Farts!

I love the little guy but his farts tonight are about to suffocate me! Today has been quite a long day. First of all as stupid as it seems I woke up in the middle of the night cause I had a crazy dream and it freaked me out. Then when my alarm went off at 7 (UGGG) I didn't want to get up but I had to due to the fact that I had to be at the stupid orthodontist at 8:30. Before I went to the orthodontist I had a few things to do, I had to feed horses for this guy that I don't really know who is out of town, feed the puppy, shower and get beautified (ok just shower and throw on the nearest clothes), and drop the puppy off at Ashley's since I was going to be gone all day and don't have a yard for him to stay in. So I got to the orthodontist which was an extension of my appointment last wednesday that was only supposed to last 10 minutes that took like 45. They told me today was going to be almost 2 hrs and it ended up only being like 30 min...what the heck!?! To say the least I am irritated with them. Then I went to take the puppies for a walk (Rosco and Matilda). Matilida is my friend Ashley's puppy and she has a lot of energy when walking where Rosco doesn't always fully agree to keep moving. We didn't make it very far on the walk. Then I worked on homework for my class. Then I went to class that lasted 4 hrs. This evening Ashley and I took the puppies for a run...after they had been playing together all day. After the run they were pretty tired and hungry, they ate like 3x as much as they normally do and then both crashed out. Anyway, the reason for this story was to explain why I'm about to die from puppy farts which is that I wore him out and then he over ate and now I get to smell the results of him eating soooo much! But what can I say I love him so I'll deal with it.

yard work

I really need to get back to my old picture taking habits...I used to always take pictures of everything and now I'm luck if I remember to take one the entire time I'm doing something fun. I always have my camera with me I just forget to use it. Last weekend I worked in Jesse's yard, I tore apart one of his planters and planted new flowers, they were light pink, dark pink and purple. I really enjoyed it. I was going to take pictures too. I also need to take pictures because I told his mom I would take pictures of his house so she could see what it looks like and I planned on doing that every day last weekend including monday morning before I left to come back to Las Cruces and some how it slipped my minde every day...it also felt like I was only there for one day but either way working in the yard was enjoyable.

Hot Wheels...My Horse

Hot Wheels is my horse, or at least he is for a few more days. I would like to keep him but I'm just not in town enough to have him and I would kind of prefer to go see Jesse and hang out with him on the weekends than stay home and take care of my horse. So basically boyfriend trumps horse and Hot Wheels has to go. The good news is that he is going to a good home where he will get to live on a ranch and run as much as he would like. He has a lot of spunk so it will be very good for him. The pictures above aren't the best because they were taken just after I gave him a bath and he wasn't dry yet. His new owner will take over on Thursday (April 2) and while I will miss him it is the best for him. Plus I don't have as much free time as I once thought, I have time between classes which is more than enough for running errands but not quite enough to go saddle a horse and get a decent ride in.

Also, I have my bros puppy back the little monster (Roscoe Knox) so he will keep me busy. I already feel bad if I don't spend enough time with him while I'm at class and such so it will be for the best to say goodbye to Hot Wheels. Isn't he a cute little thing (he's only like 14 hands)!

Jesse brought me roses!

Aren't they beautiful?!? I love them! I was just cleaning up my kitchen when he came in and surprised me with them on friday. What a sweetie, I love him! He was at training on my birthday and didn't get done till valentines day so I didn't get any then (I think he felt bad) so he surprised me friday. I think Alicia is right its much better to get them randomly then for holidays and birthday. I was already excited cause he was coming to see me but when I got them it brightened me up a little more.

I couldn't decide which picture was my favorite of them so you all get to see a few favorites. He laughed at me when I told him I was going to dry them and keep them forever because they are the first flowers he's given me. I really do love them!

So our weekend was a lot of fun. I think the most entertaining part was when Jesse decided to go try on cowboy boots, at least it was in the beginning. He couldn't decide what exactly he was looking for so we ended up being in the store for like an hour and a half and I didn't try on anything or really even look for stuff. It was all about him. We were going to go to Texas Roadhouse saturday night but once we got there we decided we didn't want to wait an hour for a table so we went to Applebee's instead which was quite good. We got the 2 for $20 thing, we got spinach and artichoke dip for the appetizer and I got a steak for dinner and Jesse got chicken pasta... its a pretty good deal you should try it sometime!

...hmmm...

Today has seemed incredibly long, from the moment I woke up. I went to bed pretty early but didn't fall asleep for a long time, I was just thinking too much. This morning when I woke up I really wanted to go back to sleep but I had to get up and get ready. The past few mornings I could have slept in but instead I was wide awake brite and early and couldn't fall back asleep. This made the day seem very long and made me feel crappy all day for some reason.

Anyways, this is not intended to be a post about me complaining. I was going to tell you about my weekend. Jesse and I went up to Springerville friday afternoon/evening, we stopped in Alpine to see how everything is coming along on the Cabin...it is definately a construction zone but it should look really good when its done. Saturday we went to Pinetop and watched a movie (Mall Cop) and Rach did a little shopping. Sunday we came back to New Mexico, we stopped in Alpine and went for a ride on the 4-wheeler before going back to Silver City. While we were there we did get a few things...like my grill, and tack stuff for my horse (not sure if dad knows about the horse), and a basket for my bike.

Yesterday (Monday) was Jesse's birthday I didn't really make it very exciting for him but we grilled elk steaks and I made him a cake. Brian ate with us (he's Jesse's roommate) and then we watched a movie. Oh yes and I met him for lunch...at Wendy's. It was fine dining.

It was a pretty good weekend except for the fact that I didn't take a single picture and had my camera with me the entire time! The one posted is from a while ago, its elk between Alpine and Springerville.