Experiences in my hometown

“‘Round My Hometown”

Round my hometown
Memories are fresh
Round my hometown
Ooh the people I’ve met
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world
Are the wonders of my world

These lyrics are from Adele’s song Round My Hometown.  The inspiration today is the fact that I am back in my hometown for a few days. It’s like an alien planet. Don’t get me wrong I love it here, however, I run from these city limits any time I return to Broken Bow, OK.  I unfortunately forgot my camera so I will have to see if I can upload pictures from my Moms camera.

I have a lot planned for this weekend, I am going to be working in Mom’s Boutique, and I really wanted to take some pictures of that because we all worked in making the building! Then my sister Sarah and I are going to make some pineapple cupcakes and you know I wanted to take some photos of that!

Ladies and Gentleman, I will keep you posted on what I will be doing here. Trust me I’m like a creature from a different planet here, but maybe it will go smoothly!!

Click on the video below to see Adele perform Round My Hometown

Nomadic Lifestyles

Traveling the World

       I want to travel, a lot. I love traveling and sadly the only foreign country I have visited is Canada… not very foreign, eh? But this is a passion of mine, last year I went to New York and has captivated by the many cultures clashing together at once. I thought I knew about cultures rolling into one, I mean I lived in South Florida for a few years and there is so many people and flavors there but it pales in comparison to New York.

Dan, me, my brother in the shades, and sister sarah making the funny face on a double decker bus in NYC

       My next goal is to start traveling more, I know you sort of money for airfare and whatnot so that may be a problem. I think the first place I would go would be Italy, especially Cortona. It seems so beautiful there and I would love to see those sights for myself. I’d also like to see Ireland and the U.K. not to mention Spain, Austria, Germany, and the list goes on.

       I’d love to go to tropical places like, Bali, Tahiti, Cuba, Vietnam and anywhere else you can think of. How does one accomplish this? I mean really? I really want to know, maybe, some magazine could pay me and I could write while I take a look around the planet? Give me some tips because this is a passion and a dream that I would like to make come true for me and Dan!

This picture is amazing to me, it looks like that boat is floating in the air!

Dan and I at Los Cabos in our home town of Tulsa, OK

My One Month of Blogging!

1 Month Anniversary for My Vintage Life!!

I can’t believe I almost forgot, I’ve been blogging for a month now!!

      Though I am not really sure who is really reading my posts, if anyone is, but I can tell you I actually enjoy posting something almost every day. It’s kind of like an electronic (public) journal. I hope that whenever anyone reads these entries of mine they at least find it humorous and have a good time while their there!

      So here’s to many more months of blogging about the random thoughts that pop into my head.  If you ever think I should cover a topic leave me a comment! Trust me I love ever comment that gets posted!!

I'm thinking of getting this as a tattoo, any thoughts??

Hugs and Love-

Stephanie

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo

“Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo”

The title really doesn’t have anything to do with today’s entry.  If you’re smart enough to figure out what I am talking about (without Googling it!) I award you 50 imaginary gold stars which can be redeemed at any time!  Man work was really rough today, I had to be there at six in the morning and if any of you know me personally, you know that sleep is vital to my mood and not getting enough turns me into Bruce Banner… when he’s angry.  Sunday’s are weird at work you get there at six and leave at ten then go back at three and leave at six. Sound like fun? Not so much I like the break but getting motivated to go back isn’t easy.

The purpose of today’s entry you may be asking yourself is: at work there is a dog named Ralphie and all day all I want to do is sing Ralphie Wiggum by The Bloodhound Gang. So this got me thinking about how much The Simpsons has influenced pop culture.  It debuted in December 1989… which means I am only three years older than this show.  Think about it, a TV show that is 23 years old is insane! Especially with the attention span of American’s today.

We nerds that love and idolize this show make quotes from it in our everyday lives, we laugh when people that claim to hate the show laugh at our clever one liners… but I digress.  There were stamps made, yes actual postage stamps with the characters from The Simpsons, when The Simpsons movie debuted Seven-Eleven turned Slurpie’s into Squishies, The Bloodhound Gang has of course made the song Ralphie Wiggum. I could go on but hopefully you’re seeing my point.

Now we have to live with the fact that our beloved animated sitcom is coming to a close, two more seasons and Fox is apparently throwing in the towel.  I for one will miss looking forward to Sunday because Sunday’s are Simpson days. It’s seems like the en of an era… and no amount of Family Guy’s or Futurama’s or any other animated shows can fill those Krusty the Clown sized shoes.  I posted the Bloodhound Gang video below, watch and enjoy!

Hugs and Yellow Animated Characters-

Stephanie

Tip Toe through the Tulips

Tip Toe through the Tulips

          Today Oscar and I went for a run/walk in the park.  Spring is in the air in Tulsa!  All the trees and flowers are in full bloom, which made a scenic run today.  For a little dog Oscar sure has stamina, he keeps up with me just fine.  Although at the end of the run his tongue is hanging out of his mouth pretty far.  Don’t worry today’s post isn’t about my dog, it’s about health.

          So I ran most of a mile, which I know isn’t really worth bragging about but I haven’t been running since I was in middle school.  When I worked for Dicks Sporting Goods I actually invested in a good pair of running shoes and they are paying off. They are the Nike Lunar Glide shoes and trust me if you like to run or you stand on your feet these shoes are wonderful, they are literally the lightest shoe I’ve ever worn.  I’ve really been trying to stay on schedule, do something active every day and not screw up on my eating plan.  I’m doing pretty good I just can’t seem to quit drinking sodas. I’m down to one a day and am working on none.  So far it seems to be paying off my jeans are a little looser and am pretty sure that I’ve lost a few pounds but I won’t know anything for sure until tomorrow because it’s weigh day. GULP!!!

          The other goal this year was just improve our over-all health, so I’ve switched to using organic cleaning products.  I am an avid ready of Kandee Johnson’s blogs, she suggests in one of her entries Mrs. Meyer’s dish detergent and she was not wrong! It smells so good and works just as well as Dawn! I also use Method’s all-purpose cleaner in Pink Grapefruit, right now my whole house smells yummy and I only used it in the kitchen! It’s kind of nice to see a cleaning product that doesn’t come with a bunch of warnings that say do not ingest, if consumed please contact poison control! These are natural products that work just as well as the more abrasive alternatives.

Hugs and Happy Spring Cleaning-

Stephanie and Oscar!!

Watch the video below to hear one of my fav songs!

Oscar the Super Dog!

Oscar Hebrew National

       As some of you know I work with dogs at what is basically a glorified kennel.  We play with the dogs, feed them, water them, and give them their medicine- should they be on any!  What’s cool about this is I may take my dog if we aren’t completely booked up and we are right now because it’s Spring Break and everyone is on vacation except me right now… sad! But I really enjoy working with dogs; they are fun and so entertaining to watch!

       With that said let me get to the real meat of this blog- my dog.  His name is Oscar (we didn’t name him or trust me he would have something more original for a weiney dog) Oscar Hebrew National is his technical title.  Although we call him everything from Buddy to Chewey and more. It’s a wonder that he even knows what his name is with the amount of nicknames thrown this little dogs way.  And yes I know that I have talked about my dog on this blog before, I also am fully aware that I am more than a little bit obsessed with him but I don’t care about that!

       We adopted Oscar from our local SPCA Unit; he was thrown over the fence there in the middle of the night.  I can’t understand why because after working with dogs as much as I do trust me there are some real terrrors out there and Oscar isn’t one.  Oh he’s a Dachshund through and through.  He’s stubborn and obnoxious when the door bell has rung.  He gets snippy when pushed to far… basically he’s Daniel and I!  Well all expect for ringing the door bell, I don’t mind company- Dan on the other hand; he’ll bite ya if you ring that thing.

       Oscar is always happy when we come home, he’s his happiest when we are all home together as a little family, he is most content to snuggle in your lap with a blanket over him if you just want to watch some T.V. and should we need to travel he’s more than happy to take the passenger seat as the first mate on our voyage!  Oscar has traveled more than most people; he even goes with us when we go to Miami, FL to visit relatives!

Please remember when looking for a dog, they aren’t puppies forever- do your homework when getting a breed. We love Oscar and are so happy that whomever owned him before us took him to the SPCA so we could adopt him, it would be nice if no dog ever had to deal with being dumped and or abandoned.  If your wanting to add a loving loyal companion such as a dog to your family- please remember to browse your local animal shelters first I promise those dogs need good homes and they know that you rescued them!

This blog is dedicated to Oscar- We love you!!

This isn't my dog, he hates getting a bath I just thought it was cute!!

Moody Blues

Moody Blues

Today wasn’t the best day I’ve ever had. I just started a new job so right now my finances are pretty tight. I still haven’t made up my mind about school- and I made a pretty stupid mistake at my job. Even though I am new and I know everyone makes mistakes even when they aren’t brand new at a job… I still don’t like to make them.

       With that being said I could take all of those things cry about them and be a baby, but I choose to try and be positive. I know that everyone goes through financial trouble and everyone screws up at work from time to time. Most people still don’t know at 35 what they want to be when they grow up so it’s probably okay that at 25 I’m almost sure of what I think I could do for a while.

       We can control our emotions and we have the ability to take the bad and make it good. These are just my thoughts on these matters, my goal or resolution this year was to be more positive and I think that I am doing pretty well so far. I still have things to work on but I think that there is something to this positive thinking bit. Dan always says that most things in life are mind over matter- if you think it, it will happen. So why not think that you’re going to have a good day and good things will happen to you?

Hugs and Happy Thoughts,

Stephanie

Watch the video below for some good laughs!