In my spare time, I've been thinking of things I want to do in my life, and decided to make a bucket list. I remember making a bucket list a few years ago and I don't remember everything that was on it, but I do remember some things that were on it that I have now done and can cross off, so I added those on this bucket list too.
I'll keep adding things to it as I think of them, but so far here it is:
(in no particular order, if they're underlined that means I've done them)
1. Own a Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
2. Visit as many States as I can, so far I've been to:
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
Florida
California
3. Drag race the Mustang my dad was re-building
4. Drive on the Autobahn in my Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
5. Lose Weight
6. Have my own Hunter/Jumper/Eq. barn with my own horses
7. Show at Grand Prix level in Show Jumping
8. Graduate from College
9. Become a Speech Therapist
10. Go on a cruise
11. Practice Gymkhana in a Subaru WRX STi
12. Become a mechanic for cars like my dad
13. Go to a Celine Dion concert
14. Meet the man of my dreams and get married
15. Complete a Rubiks cube
16. Go to Vegas
17. Meet Hugh Laurie and the entire cast of House M.D.
18. Go to Canada
19. Go to as many concerts as I can (so far):
Kelly Clarkson
Ashlee Simpson
Drake Bell, Corbin Bleu, Aly & AJ
Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Flyleaf
Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Kellie Pickler, Gloriana
Paramore, New Found Glory, Tegan & Sara, Kadawatha
Jason Mraz
Alan Jackson (kind of.. we sat outside and watched from a hill haha)
20. Go to a Broadway Show
21. Meet all my favorite famous equestrians (Beezie Madden, Brianne Goutal, McLain Ward and more..)
22. Go to the Harry Potter theme park
23. Participate in the Polar Dip (ran in the ocean in January)
24. Own a Dodge Cummins Turbo Diesel
25. Enter my car in a car show
26. Go top speed in every car I own
2000 Volkswagen Jetta MKIV VR6 - 143mph so far.
27. Visit the Kentucky Horse Park
28. Go to the Breeders Cup Classic
29. Go to a Red Sox Game
30. Race at the Dragway
31. Meet the original cast of The Fast and the Furious
32. Participate in Race for the Cure or any race to support finding a cure for cancer
33. Get a nice camera and become a Photographer (non-pro or pro)
Sooo yeah, thats my bucket list so far. Some of them may seem weird to other people, but thats okay, because they're things that I want to do or have in my life at some point... so it's not weird to me. :)
I'll update it whenever I think of new things to add to it!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Such a good weekend...
So, this past weekend was quite an eventful and fun weekend! On Friday, September 10th, me, Jonathan and Catherine left to go to Bangor for the weekend after we all got out of our classes.
The reason for going to Bangor for the reason is for the Jason Mraz concert! We got tickets like 2 months ago, along with some of our other friends!
Jonathan and I stayed at Catherine's house for the weekend, it was fun, I love her family, so friendly and fun :)
So we got there around 5ish, had dinner and were trying to decide what to do. Well, Alan Jackson (the country singer, incase you didn't know him) was performing at 8 at the Bangor Waterfront (same place Jason Mraz was going to be performing as well). We didn't have tickets, but we decided to go anyway. The Bangor Waterfront is all outdoor, so we sat on a hill right next to the stage and everything. So basically, free concert! He was really good too, I knew a lot of his songs because my dad and I used to listen to country all the time, and I remember quite a few of his songs because my dad liked Alan Jackson.
So the tour Alan Jackson is on right now is called "Freight Train Tour".. as we were walking by one of his trailers and walking up to where the concert was, a Freight train rolled by right in front of us. Weird, right?
There's the beginning of the Freight train.... and it was a LONG train.
So Saturday, September 11th, was finally the day of the Jason Mraz concert! It wasn't until 8pm though.. so what to do during the day to pass the time? Started out doing homework, but Jonathan, Catherine, Jon (Catherine's brother) and I ended up going to a car show at the Bangor Waterfront (haha 2nd time there in one weekend).
I love car shows so I was pretty excited. Jonathan was all serious and told us at least one fact about almost every car we walked by, but it was still fun!
Here are some pictures I took of some of the cars I liked and some cars that I just thought were ridiculous and kind of pointless..
So this was a GMC Duramax Diesel.. there was SO MUCH DETAIL put into this truck.. a little too much if you ask me.
This was the bed of that Duramax.. all polished wood and a mirror on the top and in the back.. just too much.
Soooo... I have nothing against Neons, personally I'll never own one, but I mean this neon just made me laugh, who does this much to a Neon? When all the cars were leaving at the end of the show, they were allowed to do a small burnout.. this thing could barely even spin the tires.
A Chrysler Sebring. Definitely would not be my first choice of car to put so much money into.. especially the graphics all over it.. not my thing, but for some people it is, so hey, good for them!
Oh yeahh, gotta have the good ol' VDub! It was a GTI VR6. Sexy. ;)
Gotta have the Audi too... VDub's and Audi's go hand in hand :)
And of course, the Mustangs :) These were the newer models, the older models were on the other side.
One of the older model Mustangs, can't remember what year, but it was niceee ;)
Of courseee, a Chevelle. Love it. :)
So anyway, the car show was awesome. Lots of really cool cars. Then we went home, got ready, the rest of our friends who were coming to the concert came over to Catherine's so we could all have dinner. Catherine's mom cooked for us, she's a veryy good cook :)
Robert Francis was the opening performer for Jason Mraz. I had never heard of him before, but he was really good!
We originally started way in the back (still not that far away from the stage) in General Admission. Then we moved down the right side of where the seated people were, still in General Admission, but we were closer to the stage. Then the security people opened the gates and let us go down into the pit area where people payed $50 to be down there and we only payed $25 :)
So we started out this far away, in the back in General Admission.
Then we moved down the right side of the gate, still in General admission, and were about this far away.. a lot closer.
Then the security opened the gate and we got to go down to the pit area and we were this close! Sooo closeee! JASON MRAZ! :)
Overall, the concert was absolutely amazing. I didn't know every single song that he sang, but it was still so much fun! He's an awesome performer.. I like him better in person than on the radio! If that even makes sense? Well it does to me :)
All-in-all, it was a fantastic weekend! Had such a good time with all of my friends that were able to go :)
The reason for going to Bangor for the reason is for the Jason Mraz concert! We got tickets like 2 months ago, along with some of our other friends!
Jonathan and I stayed at Catherine's house for the weekend, it was fun, I love her family, so friendly and fun :)
So we got there around 5ish, had dinner and were trying to decide what to do. Well, Alan Jackson (the country singer, incase you didn't know him) was performing at 8 at the Bangor Waterfront (same place Jason Mraz was going to be performing as well). We didn't have tickets, but we decided to go anyway. The Bangor Waterfront is all outdoor, so we sat on a hill right next to the stage and everything. So basically, free concert! He was really good too, I knew a lot of his songs because my dad and I used to listen to country all the time, and I remember quite a few of his songs because my dad liked Alan Jackson.
So the tour Alan Jackson is on right now is called "Freight Train Tour".. as we were walking by one of his trailers and walking up to where the concert was, a Freight train rolled by right in front of us. Weird, right?
There's the beginning of the Freight train.... and it was a LONG train.
So Saturday, September 11th, was finally the day of the Jason Mraz concert! It wasn't until 8pm though.. so what to do during the day to pass the time? Started out doing homework, but Jonathan, Catherine, Jon (Catherine's brother) and I ended up going to a car show at the Bangor Waterfront (haha 2nd time there in one weekend).
I love car shows so I was pretty excited. Jonathan was all serious and told us at least one fact about almost every car we walked by, but it was still fun!
Here are some pictures I took of some of the cars I liked and some cars that I just thought were ridiculous and kind of pointless..
So this was a GMC Duramax Diesel.. there was SO MUCH DETAIL put into this truck.. a little too much if you ask me.
This was the bed of that Duramax.. all polished wood and a mirror on the top and in the back.. just too much.
Soooo... I have nothing against Neons, personally I'll never own one, but I mean this neon just made me laugh, who does this much to a Neon? When all the cars were leaving at the end of the show, they were allowed to do a small burnout.. this thing could barely even spin the tires.
A Chrysler Sebring. Definitely would not be my first choice of car to put so much money into.. especially the graphics all over it.. not my thing, but for some people it is, so hey, good for them!
Oh yeahh, gotta have the good ol' VDub! It was a GTI VR6. Sexy. ;)
Gotta have the Audi too... VDub's and Audi's go hand in hand :)
And of course, the Mustangs :) These were the newer models, the older models were on the other side.
One of the older model Mustangs, can't remember what year, but it was niceee ;)
Of courseee, a Chevelle. Love it. :)
So anyway, the car show was awesome. Lots of really cool cars. Then we went home, got ready, the rest of our friends who were coming to the concert came over to Catherine's so we could all have dinner. Catherine's mom cooked for us, she's a veryy good cook :)
Robert Francis was the opening performer for Jason Mraz. I had never heard of him before, but he was really good!
We originally started way in the back (still not that far away from the stage) in General Admission. Then we moved down the right side of where the seated people were, still in General Admission, but we were closer to the stage. Then the security people opened the gates and let us go down into the pit area where people payed $50 to be down there and we only payed $25 :)
So we started out this far away, in the back in General Admission.
Then we moved down the right side of the gate, still in General admission, and were about this far away.. a lot closer.
Then the security opened the gate and we got to go down to the pit area and we were this close! Sooo closeee! JASON MRAZ! :)
Overall, the concert was absolutely amazing. I didn't know every single song that he sang, but it was still so much fun! He's an awesome performer.. I like him better in person than on the radio! If that even makes sense? Well it does to me :)
All-in-all, it was a fantastic weekend! Had such a good time with all of my friends that were able to go :)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Back to school once again
So, I may or may not have forgotten about my blog since my last post. That would be because I was working so much that I might as well of been living at Hannaford.
Nothing exciting really happened since my last post anyway.. just work, everyday. I worked my first 10 hour shift, and then I had an 11 hour shift the week after. They never schedule shifts longer than 9 hours.. once in a while they might give someone a 9 1/2 hour shift, but no longer than that. The day of my 10 hour shift, I was only supposed to work an 8 hour shift.. 12 to 8, but my friend Kyle asked me to take his shift which was 10 to 3.. I was already working so I told him I would ask a shift leader if it would work if I just went in at 10 instead of 12 so I'd be there 10 to 8.. a 10 hour shift. They said yes, and that felt like the longest shift ever.. I didn't think it would ever end, but I got through it. :)
That week I had taken a couple peoples shifts and stayed later on a couple of my shifts so I got some extra hours.. I ended up working 39.95 hours. We're not allowed to have 40 or more hours because that would be considered full time.
Then the week after they asked me to stay later when I was working 9:45 to 6.. so i ended up staying til 8:45.. making that an 11 hour shift.. that was brutal.
So anyway.. here I am back at Farmington for my Sophomore year of college.. summer went by sooo fast. It probably felt shorter to me because I took a May term and was here 4 extra weeks after everyone left for the summer, but I'm glad I did it because I got another class out of the way.
This year I'm living in Lockwood with all of my friends and rooming with one of my friends I met last year, Alyssa. I'm so happy we're all back together again and I'm hoping I'll have a much better year this time :)
Today was the first day of classes.. and so far so good! Only one class tomorrow, and 2 classes on Friday then I'm going home for a 3 day weekend! Should be fun :)
Almost forgot.. my mom and I and my godparents and their daughter always rent the same beach house every year on the same week.. the first week of August.
It's always a lot of fun, and it's good to see them because they live in Mass. so I never really get to see them!
Here are some pictures from the week at the beach house:
Of course we had to go out Jeepin' in the wrangler :)
Yes, we are on an air mattress. My friends and I invented Air Mattress Surfing a couple years ago. We take it out in the ocean and you try and stay on it over waves.
So pretty :)
It would be better without the power lines, but it's still pretty!
Meaghan and I the day we all went shopping.
Also during this week, I went to the Paramore Honda Civic Tour concert with my friends Kelley and Taylor. We all love Paramore, and we also saw Kadawatha, New Found Glory and Tegan & Sara perform before Paramore came on stage! It was an awesome concert and we had really good seats! Here are some pictures:
Me, Kelley and Taylor before the concert started :)
Kadawatha performing.. they're a band from Sweden.
New Found Glory :)
Tegan and Sara performing!
Paramore!! :)
Hayley Williams :)
I'm also going to a concert on September 11th.. Jason Mraz! I'm going with a bunch of my friends from school, I can't wait!
So after the Jason Mraz concert.. I will of been to 4 concerts this year! That's a record for me haha. Before all the concerts this year.. I had been to like 3 or 4 concerts in my lifetime.. so now it will be about 8 :)
I'm sure I'll be back on track now with posting blogs regularly because I'm back at school!
Nothing exciting really happened since my last post anyway.. just work, everyday. I worked my first 10 hour shift, and then I had an 11 hour shift the week after. They never schedule shifts longer than 9 hours.. once in a while they might give someone a 9 1/2 hour shift, but no longer than that. The day of my 10 hour shift, I was only supposed to work an 8 hour shift.. 12 to 8, but my friend Kyle asked me to take his shift which was 10 to 3.. I was already working so I told him I would ask a shift leader if it would work if I just went in at 10 instead of 12 so I'd be there 10 to 8.. a 10 hour shift. They said yes, and that felt like the longest shift ever.. I didn't think it would ever end, but I got through it. :)
That week I had taken a couple peoples shifts and stayed later on a couple of my shifts so I got some extra hours.. I ended up working 39.95 hours. We're not allowed to have 40 or more hours because that would be considered full time.
Then the week after they asked me to stay later when I was working 9:45 to 6.. so i ended up staying til 8:45.. making that an 11 hour shift.. that was brutal.
So anyway.. here I am back at Farmington for my Sophomore year of college.. summer went by sooo fast. It probably felt shorter to me because I took a May term and was here 4 extra weeks after everyone left for the summer, but I'm glad I did it because I got another class out of the way.
This year I'm living in Lockwood with all of my friends and rooming with one of my friends I met last year, Alyssa. I'm so happy we're all back together again and I'm hoping I'll have a much better year this time :)
Today was the first day of classes.. and so far so good! Only one class tomorrow, and 2 classes on Friday then I'm going home for a 3 day weekend! Should be fun :)
Almost forgot.. my mom and I and my godparents and their daughter always rent the same beach house every year on the same week.. the first week of August.
It's always a lot of fun, and it's good to see them because they live in Mass. so I never really get to see them!
Here are some pictures from the week at the beach house:
Of course we had to go out Jeepin' in the wrangler :)
Yes, we are on an air mattress. My friends and I invented Air Mattress Surfing a couple years ago. We take it out in the ocean and you try and stay on it over waves.
So pretty :)
It would be better without the power lines, but it's still pretty!
Meaghan and I the day we all went shopping.
Also during this week, I went to the Paramore Honda Civic Tour concert with my friends Kelley and Taylor. We all love Paramore, and we also saw Kadawatha, New Found Glory and Tegan & Sara perform before Paramore came on stage! It was an awesome concert and we had really good seats! Here are some pictures:
Me, Kelley and Taylor before the concert started :)
Kadawatha performing.. they're a band from Sweden.
New Found Glory :)
Tegan and Sara performing!
Paramore!! :)
Hayley Williams :)
I'm also going to a concert on September 11th.. Jason Mraz! I'm going with a bunch of my friends from school, I can't wait!
So after the Jason Mraz concert.. I will of been to 4 concerts this year! That's a record for me haha. Before all the concerts this year.. I had been to like 3 or 4 concerts in my lifetime.. so now it will be about 8 :)
I'm sure I'll be back on track now with posting blogs regularly because I'm back at school!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
I am still alive!
I guess I've just been so busy that I kind of forgot about my blog! So I guess it's time to update!
First of all, my birthday (June 25th) was awesome! Some of my friends from college: Catherine, Lauren, Aimee, Emilee and Alyssa all came down to stay with me for the weekend! It was so much fun :)
Unfortunately, despite asking for this weekend off in advance, Hannaford did not give me the weekend off... so, just as he always is, my friend Kyle was there to save the day and he took my shift on Friday, which was my birthday.. such a good friend. I couldn't find anyone to take my Saturday shift because everyone and their mother was working on that day... So I had to work 1:15 to 7:30. But, yet again, Kyle was there to help me.. he worked 11 to 7 that day and he told me he would stay til 7:30 for me so I could leave at 7. I mean.. it was only half an hour, but still.. half an hour is better than nothing!
Again.. seriously, how awesome is he? so awesome. :)
Here are a few pictures that we took over the weekend:
One thing that I had to do that was.. not so much fun.. was when I had to go to Portland with my mom to give depositions to lawyers and other Court room people about my dad dying of Mesothelioma/Asbestos cancer. If you've ever seen those advertisements on TV about families who have lost someone to Mesothelioma/Asbestos cancer.. and they may be entitled to get money.. well thats what we're doing. My mom and I couldn't be in the room together.. she went first.. I sat there for 3 1/2 hours... I was SO bored.
To make a long story short, I finally went in.. I sat next to my lawyer, and there was a Court Reporter there and like 8 or 9 other lawyers.. most of them were the lawyers representing the companies that made/make things with asbestos in it, and they're the ones fighting against the families so they don't have to give anyone any money.
So, it was scary and upsetting. You're not allowed to say "I don't know".. and there were questions that they asked me that I really had NO idea what to say.. so I probably sounded like an idiot at some points.
It was hard though, being questioned about something thats really hard for me to talk about, but thats done now, and now I think we're waiting to see if we need to go back again and then I think they decide on whether we get money or not.. cross your fingers we get money!
Not much else has really happened thats been really exciting. I've basically just been working everyday at good ole hannaford.. and still doing my internship for speech therapy every Wednesday morning 8 to 12.. which I love doing!
Also, unfortunately.. I'm not going to be leasing the horse, Carlos, that I talked about in a blog a while ago.. Its like half way through the summer and I still haven't even started the lease.. it seems kind of pointless to me to keep waiting.. so I'll just lease next summer.. no problem. I mean I miss riding.. SOO much, but once I went to college.. its so hard to find time and a horse and everything now :(
On a brighter note.. my mom and I are looking at jet skis to buy! I am SOO excited :) We sold our pontoon boat, speed boat and jet ski last year because we were planning on getting all newer ones. Well we're finally looking at jet skis! And we will most likely get our speed boat next summer! :)
Another thing that happened thats exciting (to me at least) is that my friend, Kyle, took my car for the day last weekend and did a few more things to it for me :)
He 'professionally' painted my brake calipers red, making them look like they're aftermarket brakes! ('professionally' meaning he didn't just spray paint them with red paint.. he used a kit specifically for painting them red) and it looks SO good!
He also tinted my front passenger window, because when him and my other friend Ryan had done it before they crinkled the sheet of tint and then they couldn't use it.. so now all 4 windows are finally tinted! (front 2 windows are 20% and the back 2 windows are 5%)
And he also touched up the black paint on my rims from when we painted them black in August of 2009.. there were a few chips in them so they needed some touching up, but now they look awesome again!
I also got two short blue neon light bars to go under the dash in my car so that there's blue neon glow on the floors in my car! My power outlet in my car doesn't work, probably because of a blown fuse.. so once I get that fixed, Kyle is putting in the neon lights for me :)
Here's a couple pictures of the outside of my car after he painted my brake calipers, tinted my window and touched up my rims.. oh and he also cleaned it for me!:
Looks sooo good :)
Thats pretty much all that's been happening in my life.. I'll be sure to try and blog more often!
First of all, my birthday (June 25th) was awesome! Some of my friends from college: Catherine, Lauren, Aimee, Emilee and Alyssa all came down to stay with me for the weekend! It was so much fun :)
Unfortunately, despite asking for this weekend off in advance, Hannaford did not give me the weekend off... so, just as he always is, my friend Kyle was there to save the day and he took my shift on Friday, which was my birthday.. such a good friend. I couldn't find anyone to take my Saturday shift because everyone and their mother was working on that day... So I had to work 1:15 to 7:30. But, yet again, Kyle was there to help me.. he worked 11 to 7 that day and he told me he would stay til 7:30 for me so I could leave at 7. I mean.. it was only half an hour, but still.. half an hour is better than nothing!
Again.. seriously, how awesome is he? so awesome. :)
Here are a few pictures that we took over the weekend:
One thing that I had to do that was.. not so much fun.. was when I had to go to Portland with my mom to give depositions to lawyers and other Court room people about my dad dying of Mesothelioma/Asbestos cancer. If you've ever seen those advertisements on TV about families who have lost someone to Mesothelioma/Asbestos cancer.. and they may be entitled to get money.. well thats what we're doing. My mom and I couldn't be in the room together.. she went first.. I sat there for 3 1/2 hours... I was SO bored.
To make a long story short, I finally went in.. I sat next to my lawyer, and there was a Court Reporter there and like 8 or 9 other lawyers.. most of them were the lawyers representing the companies that made/make things with asbestos in it, and they're the ones fighting against the families so they don't have to give anyone any money.
So, it was scary and upsetting. You're not allowed to say "I don't know".. and there were questions that they asked me that I really had NO idea what to say.. so I probably sounded like an idiot at some points.
It was hard though, being questioned about something thats really hard for me to talk about, but thats done now, and now I think we're waiting to see if we need to go back again and then I think they decide on whether we get money or not.. cross your fingers we get money!
Not much else has really happened thats been really exciting. I've basically just been working everyday at good ole hannaford.. and still doing my internship for speech therapy every Wednesday morning 8 to 12.. which I love doing!
Also, unfortunately.. I'm not going to be leasing the horse, Carlos, that I talked about in a blog a while ago.. Its like half way through the summer and I still haven't even started the lease.. it seems kind of pointless to me to keep waiting.. so I'll just lease next summer.. no problem. I mean I miss riding.. SOO much, but once I went to college.. its so hard to find time and a horse and everything now :(
On a brighter note.. my mom and I are looking at jet skis to buy! I am SOO excited :) We sold our pontoon boat, speed boat and jet ski last year because we were planning on getting all newer ones. Well we're finally looking at jet skis! And we will most likely get our speed boat next summer! :)
Another thing that happened thats exciting (to me at least) is that my friend, Kyle, took my car for the day last weekend and did a few more things to it for me :)
He 'professionally' painted my brake calipers red, making them look like they're aftermarket brakes! ('professionally' meaning he didn't just spray paint them with red paint.. he used a kit specifically for painting them red) and it looks SO good!
He also tinted my front passenger window, because when him and my other friend Ryan had done it before they crinkled the sheet of tint and then they couldn't use it.. so now all 4 windows are finally tinted! (front 2 windows are 20% and the back 2 windows are 5%)
And he also touched up the black paint on my rims from when we painted them black in August of 2009.. there were a few chips in them so they needed some touching up, but now they look awesome again!
I also got two short blue neon light bars to go under the dash in my car so that there's blue neon glow on the floors in my car! My power outlet in my car doesn't work, probably because of a blown fuse.. so once I get that fixed, Kyle is putting in the neon lights for me :)
Here's a couple pictures of the outside of my car after he painted my brake calipers, tinted my window and touched up my rims.. oh and he also cleaned it for me!:
Looks sooo good :)
Thats pretty much all that's been happening in my life.. I'll be sure to try and blog more often!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Back to Reality
So I haven't posted in a while, but just for a quick update, I'm finally home for the summer and back working at Hannaford 30-40 hours a week. What a life.
I also just started an internship with the Speech Therapy program here where I live! Yesterday was my first day, I go every Wednesday all summer 8am to noon. It was actually really fun and really interesting! I think I'll get a lot out of this experience and it's an amazing opportunity for me to get to do this only as a Sophomore in college! If you didn't know, I want to go to graduate school after Farmington and get my Masters in Speech Therapy, so this is perfect for me to start early. :)
So, tomorrow, June 25... is my birthday! I'm going to be 19 years old! Not that it's that important of an age, but still.. a birthday is a birthday; always fun :)
For my birthday, I'm having some of my friends from school come down for the weekend! I'm so excited because I haven't seen a couple of them in a really long time! We're going to be staying at my camp on Mousam Lake for the weekend, and even though we sold our boats and jet ski last year (because we're getting new ones) we'll still have fun! We have a water trampoline, a huge dock, our camp has a big sandy beach and of course.. we're going to go out Jeepin' in my Jeep Wrangler!
Only thing is that I asked for the weekend off at Hannaford, but they didn't give it to me.. for some reason. One of my best friends, Kyle, took my shift on my birthday for me though, such an awesome friend. :) I'm still trying to find someone to take my Saturday shift, but hopefully I'll find someone!
But, needless to say, this weekend is going to be awesome.
I've also decided that I'm going to have my own little car cleaning business.. because last Saturday, I was outside literally all day working on my car and my moms car.. cleaning them inside and outside. They look amazing, if I do say so myself :)
I worked really hard, especially on my car because it had a lot of scratches, bugs that were like cemented on and some hardened tar.
Well, I got all of that off, and I buffed out most of the scratches. It looks so good. So good, that I don't want to take it out because I don't want it to get dirty! Every time I have taken it out though, I polish it when I get back home.
I know, this may sound ridiculous to some people, but to me.. having a good looking car is important to me, and my mom likes her car to be clean too.
So anyway, a bunch of people have seen my car and my moms car and want me to clean their cars too.. for money. :) So I can't turn down an offer like that! I now have an additional 5 cars to clean either this weekend or sometime this coming week.
Here are some pictures of my car and my moms car after I cleaned them:
I also just started an internship with the Speech Therapy program here where I live! Yesterday was my first day, I go every Wednesday all summer 8am to noon. It was actually really fun and really interesting! I think I'll get a lot out of this experience and it's an amazing opportunity for me to get to do this only as a Sophomore in college! If you didn't know, I want to go to graduate school after Farmington and get my Masters in Speech Therapy, so this is perfect for me to start early. :)
So, tomorrow, June 25... is my birthday! I'm going to be 19 years old! Not that it's that important of an age, but still.. a birthday is a birthday; always fun :)
For my birthday, I'm having some of my friends from school come down for the weekend! I'm so excited because I haven't seen a couple of them in a really long time! We're going to be staying at my camp on Mousam Lake for the weekend, and even though we sold our boats and jet ski last year (because we're getting new ones) we'll still have fun! We have a water trampoline, a huge dock, our camp has a big sandy beach and of course.. we're going to go out Jeepin' in my Jeep Wrangler!
Only thing is that I asked for the weekend off at Hannaford, but they didn't give it to me.. for some reason. One of my best friends, Kyle, took my shift on my birthday for me though, such an awesome friend. :) I'm still trying to find someone to take my Saturday shift, but hopefully I'll find someone!
But, needless to say, this weekend is going to be awesome.
I've also decided that I'm going to have my own little car cleaning business.. because last Saturday, I was outside literally all day working on my car and my moms car.. cleaning them inside and outside. They look amazing, if I do say so myself :)
I worked really hard, especially on my car because it had a lot of scratches, bugs that were like cemented on and some hardened tar.
Well, I got all of that off, and I buffed out most of the scratches. It looks so good. So good, that I don't want to take it out because I don't want it to get dirty! Every time I have taken it out though, I polish it when I get back home.
I know, this may sound ridiculous to some people, but to me.. having a good looking car is important to me, and my mom likes her car to be clean too.
So anyway, a bunch of people have seen my car and my moms car and want me to clean their cars too.. for money. :) So I can't turn down an offer like that! I now have an additional 5 cars to clean either this weekend or sometime this coming week.
Here are some pictures of my car and my moms car after I cleaned them:
This is my moms car. 2008 Volvo S40 Turbo.
Her rims had been like.. dark grey, almost black because they were so dirty, and now they're clean silver like they were when she got the car!
Her rims had been like.. dark grey, almost black because they were so dirty, and now they're clean silver like they were when she got the car!
This is my car. 2000 Volkswagen Jetta MKIV VR6. I love my car.
My rims are black, by the way, they're definitely not hub caps. I'll never get a car with hub caps.
My rims are black, by the way, they're definitely not hub caps. I'll never get a car with hub caps.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
JETTABUG.
I actually forgot to write about my improvements and my cars improvements! (the Jettabug)
On Friday, May 28th, I brought my car (2000 Volkswagen Jetta VR6) to the New England Dragway in Epping, NH for the second time. I went with my cousin, Jonathan, my friend and Jonathan's girlfriend, Catherine, and my friend David and Jonathan's mom came too, Jonathan actually brought her new car, a 2010 Ford Fusion Sport.. which I picked out for her, by the way :)
So the last time I went with them, it was opening night for Street Night and it was packed, and I only got to race twice because it was so busy.
My first run, my car ran low 17 seconds at 84mph.. slow.
My second run, my car ran high 16 seconds at 84mph.. a little better, but still slow.
My reaction times for both runs were around .938 seconds (your reaction time is your reaction on the line when the light turns green) and my reaction times weren't bad for my first time, but slow.
So it wasn't too busy, and I was excited to go a bunch of times. Catherine rode with me in the car for my first 4 or 5 runs, and she said it was fun! Then she got out to go and watch with David and Jonathan's mom, because Jonathan convinced his mom to let him race her car.. haha, of course :)
After Catherine got out of my car, I just kept going, and going, and going.... and going because my times just kept getting better and better! Then eventually there was a break for everyone.. racers, spectators.. everyone. for about half an hour.
Then eventually when it got to be around.. 9:45pm it was just Jonathan and I racing each other over and over and over again because everyone else was packing up getting ready to go, because the dragway closes at 10pm.
Needless to say, it was a FUN night, and I got to race SO many times.. pretty sure it was about 20 times that I got to go :)
My best times? Well.. my car got down to low 16.21 seconds at 87mph!! improved from last time which was high 16 seconds at 84mph, huh? :)
(this is over a 1/4 of a mile, by the way)
And my reaction time? That improved from .938 seconds.... to .028 seconds!!! YES.
AND I won one of my races!! By A LOT! Smoked em'! I was SO excited.. beat by a girl in a Jetta, what now? :)
I'd say it was a very successful night for me, and Jonathan too.. he beat the expectations of the 2010 Ford Fusion Sport that were in Car & Driver Magazine.. so he was pretty happy too!
Next time we go, I'm bringing my moms car, 2008 Volvo S40 Turbo... it's a fast car, so I'm hoping it does well :)
Anyway.. here are some pictures from the night at the dragway:
Theres me on the right, against a 2010 Ford SHO, and Catherine was in the passenger seat!
Yeah, lost to the SHO, but I did get him off the line :)
(meaning I started faster and was in the lead for a little bit)
Theres Jonathan on the right, against a Jetta 1.8t
Obviously Jonathan won :)
Catherine and I during the break. :)
Jonathan showing off the 2010 Ford Fusion Sport, engine and all, during the break.. as if it's his car, gotta love him :)
Jonathan and I racing. I'm on the left, and yes I did actually get him off the line and was beating him until the 1/8th of the mile. :)
This was the point where he caught up to me.
And this.. was the race that I won! Got him off the line by a lot, and I beat him by A LOT! :) love it.
On Friday, May 28th, I brought my car (2000 Volkswagen Jetta VR6) to the New England Dragway in Epping, NH for the second time. I went with my cousin, Jonathan, my friend and Jonathan's girlfriend, Catherine, and my friend David and Jonathan's mom came too, Jonathan actually brought her new car, a 2010 Ford Fusion Sport.. which I picked out for her, by the way :)
So the last time I went with them, it was opening night for Street Night and it was packed, and I only got to race twice because it was so busy.
My first run, my car ran low 17 seconds at 84mph.. slow.
My second run, my car ran high 16 seconds at 84mph.. a little better, but still slow.
My reaction times for both runs were around .938 seconds (your reaction time is your reaction on the line when the light turns green) and my reaction times weren't bad for my first time, but slow.
So it wasn't too busy, and I was excited to go a bunch of times. Catherine rode with me in the car for my first 4 or 5 runs, and she said it was fun! Then she got out to go and watch with David and Jonathan's mom, because Jonathan convinced his mom to let him race her car.. haha, of course :)
After Catherine got out of my car, I just kept going, and going, and going.... and going because my times just kept getting better and better! Then eventually there was a break for everyone.. racers, spectators.. everyone. for about half an hour.
Then eventually when it got to be around.. 9:45pm it was just Jonathan and I racing each other over and over and over again because everyone else was packing up getting ready to go, because the dragway closes at 10pm.
Needless to say, it was a FUN night, and I got to race SO many times.. pretty sure it was about 20 times that I got to go :)
My best times? Well.. my car got down to low 16.21 seconds at 87mph!! improved from last time which was high 16 seconds at 84mph, huh? :)
(this is over a 1/4 of a mile, by the way)
And my reaction time? That improved from .938 seconds.... to .028 seconds!!! YES.
AND I won one of my races!! By A LOT! Smoked em'! I was SO excited.. beat by a girl in a Jetta, what now? :)
I'd say it was a very successful night for me, and Jonathan too.. he beat the expectations of the 2010 Ford Fusion Sport that were in Car & Driver Magazine.. so he was pretty happy too!
Next time we go, I'm bringing my moms car, 2008 Volvo S40 Turbo... it's a fast car, so I'm hoping it does well :)
Anyway.. here are some pictures from the night at the dragway:
Theres me on the right, against a 2010 Ford SHO, and Catherine was in the passenger seat!
Yeah, lost to the SHO, but I did get him off the line :)
(meaning I started faster and was in the lead for a little bit)
Theres Jonathan on the right, against a Jetta 1.8t
Obviously Jonathan won :)
Catherine and I during the break. :)
Jonathan showing off the 2010 Ford Fusion Sport, engine and all, during the break.. as if it's his car, gotta love him :)
Jonathan and I racing. I'm on the left, and yes I did actually get him off the line and was beating him until the 1/8th of the mile. :)
This was the point where he caught up to me.
And this.. was the race that I won! Got him off the line by a lot, and I beat him by A LOT! :) love it.
Monday, June 7, 2010
What a weekend...
I can honestly say that Thursday, June 3rd, was definitely not one of my best days for a lot of reasons.
I went home from school for the weekend, and I was alone that night so I decided to get a Purple cow ice cream from Ted's (a restaurant). And, by the way, purple cow ice cream is black raspberry ice cream with chocolate and white chocolate chips in it. amazing.
So, I left my house, it immediately started downpouring to the point where I could barely see even with my windshield wipers on high. great..
So I get to Ted's and from running in and out in the rain I was completely soaked.. might as well of gone swimming in my clothes.
As I was pulling out of Ted's, there was suddenly this flash flood/puddle across the whole road that wasn't there when I went into Ted's. Now, I know you're not supposed to drive through puddles incase the road caved in or if there's something in the puddle, but there was no way to turn around, and no way around it because there were other cars behind me and the puddle was across the whole road.
So, I drove through the puddle slowly, but had to have some speed because I almost got stuck in the puddle because it was so high that it was over the bottom of my car, probably half way up my tires/rims.
As I came out of the puddle, I hear a loud noise, and I thought it was thunder at first so I kept driving, and then I realized it was my car.. fantastic. So I get out, and there were two huge pieces that the puddle ripped out from the bottom of my car.. one piece was still connected, but dragging on the ground and the other piece had ripped completely off, and had caught on something else on the bottom of my car and was grinding on a belt or something so I took it out and put it in the back seat of my car.
Needless to say, it was a scary ride home because I could hear the other piece still grinding on a belt making the car make a noise and I thought it was going to blow up or something. (Because believe it or not, I do not know everything about engines..)
I was very frustrated because these kinds of freak things always happen to my car.. always. I take such good care of my car, wash it all the time, detail it, drive it carefully so I don't scratch it, and I even park far away in parking lots so nothing will hit my car and scratch or dent it.. and somehow, something always happens to it.
Here are a couple pictures of it:
This is the piece that got completely ripped off.
This is the front bottom of my car, and that's the piece that was still attached, but was dragging on the ground.
So, it ended up being fine, it was just the plastic guard in the front on the bottom of the car that had been ripped off.. nothing serious.
Still very frustrating, and it wasn't the best way to start off my weekend.
Friday was definitely better. I had a lesson (horseback riding lesson) at 10 in the morning on Carlos, the horse I'm going to be leasing for the summer. :)
I had tried him out a couple weekends before, and he was really fun, and this time we tried jumping him to see how him and I would get along.
Well, it went perfect. Although he's somewhat new to jumping, he's a fantastic jumper, almost just what I've been looking for.
Here are a couple pictures of Carlos and I (from the first time I rode him, no one was available to come take pictures for me during the lesson
He's so handsome :)
So happy :)
Then after my lesson, I got to see my long lost friend, Carolyn, who just graduated from college! She's moving to Florida in a couple weeks and I'm going to miss her so much, but she's going to be working at a really nice horse barn and doing what she loves so I'm glad she'll be happy.
And finally, Friday night was Sanford High School's graduation. One year since I graduated, I felt old, but I also felt like my graduation wasn't even that long ago.
I went to the graduation because I have a bunch of friends that were graduating.
It felt so weird being there again and knowing that I did all of this one year ago. No, I didn't cry, I wasn't sad, but I just was so amazed that it's already been a year.
Well, I got to see almost all of my friends after the graduation and they were all so excited just as my class was. It was great to see everyone though, I got to say my congratulations and good lucks to everyone, even though I'll still probably see most of them over the summer. It was fun.
Then Saturday, June 5th, was finally the day of the Taylor Swift concert. It was in Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium, where the Patriots play, and it was her very last concert of her Fearless Tour that she's been on for 15 months, and it was amazing.
So it was just my friend, Kelley and I that were going together. We were going to drive ourselves, but we ended up being able to ride with Kelley's moms friend, who was taking her daughters. They got a Limo Van to go and they had room for the both of us, so Kelley and I got to ride in a limo van to the concert for free!
I had never seen a limo van, but its basically just a really fancy truck/bus thing and it's just like a limo inside!
So we left at 3pm and were supposed to get there at 5:09pm (according to the GPS), but then we hit traffic.. really bad traffic, and we ended up getting there at like 6:45pm and we missed the band Gloriana (who apparently only sang one song?), but we got to see Kellie Pickler's last two songs, and then Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, so at least we got there, right? Right.
First of all, Gillette Stadium? HUGE. There were 5,500 people at the concert. Needless to say, it was the biggest concert I had ever been to!
This is Gillette Stadium as you're walking toward the entrance.
This is the back of one side of Gillette Stadium.
And this is the back of the other side of Gillette Stadium. There were more people in the front and on the floor too. Crazy huh?
I got to see a couple of my friends from college too! Lauren and Aimee :)
Me, Lauren and Aimee before Justin Bieber.
Kelley and I in our seats, before Justin Bieber.
So Justin Bieber was actually really good, even though he looks like a 12 year old and sounds like a girl.. :) He's a very talented singer and dancer!
Justin dancing with his dancers.
Justin singing, probably looking at some girls, who probably fainted. :p
It was a long wait between Justin and Taylor Swift. It also started raining a little bit right before she came on, but then when she came on, it stopped and it never rained again for the rest of the night!
Taylor Swift was absolutely amazing. She performed for 2 hours, and each song she did was fantastic! I called my friends, Paige and Catherine, during her song, Forever & Always, because that's like "our" song, and they loved it :) I also called Paige during Love Story, and Catherine during Today was a Fairytale.
Here are some pictures of Taylor during different songs:
Taylor singing "You Belong With Me"
Taylor singing "Love Story"
Taylor rocking her custom Patriots jersey that said "Swift" on the back :)
Taylor singing "Fifteen" when she came to the middle of the floor of Gillette Stadium.
Taylor singing "Forever & Always" :)
"If people don't want me to write bad songs about them.. then maybe they shouldn't do bad things to me." - TSwift
So, the concert was awesome, and it was so cool that it was the very last one of her Fearless Tour. Kellie, Justin and Taylor were all incredible, espeically Taylor!
We ended up getting home at about 3:30 in the morning, and I'm still exhausted, but it was so worth it!!
If I ever have the chance to go see Taylor Swift again, I'm definitely going. :)
Then Sunday, June 6th, I left to come back to school for my last 4 classes of my may term (yay!) and a lot of Maine was under tornado watch, and I was heading straight into high tornado warning areas.. great. It was black, windy, and I was pretty much the only car on the road.
Needless to say.. I felt like a tornado chaser! It was kind of fun, all I needed was a camera crew, and some appropriate music.. I was thinking the theme song of Jaws? yes.
Then when I got closer to Farmington.. I saw this.
Scary? yes. It did get bigger, but I don't think it ever touched the ground, but still.. I was scared.
So, I was a tornado chaser.. I kind of drove around to see it because I couldn't stand not knowing where it was.
That was my adventure for the day!
So, this was my weekend, it was pretty eventful, and now here I am with 3 classes left of my May term! I'll finally be going home for good for the summer on Thursday, and I couldn't be more excited!!
I'm actually really glad that I took a May term because I got one class out of the way so I don't have to take in in the Fall and these 4 weeks have gone by so fast!
Of course, that means that I have to go back to working at good ole' Hannaford, but I need money so I'm okay with that.
I'll be able to hang out with my friends and enjoy my summer.
I went home from school for the weekend, and I was alone that night so I decided to get a Purple cow ice cream from Ted's (a restaurant). And, by the way, purple cow ice cream is black raspberry ice cream with chocolate and white chocolate chips in it. amazing.
So, I left my house, it immediately started downpouring to the point where I could barely see even with my windshield wipers on high. great..
So I get to Ted's and from running in and out in the rain I was completely soaked.. might as well of gone swimming in my clothes.
As I was pulling out of Ted's, there was suddenly this flash flood/puddle across the whole road that wasn't there when I went into Ted's. Now, I know you're not supposed to drive through puddles incase the road caved in or if there's something in the puddle, but there was no way to turn around, and no way around it because there were other cars behind me and the puddle was across the whole road.
So, I drove through the puddle slowly, but had to have some speed because I almost got stuck in the puddle because it was so high that it was over the bottom of my car, probably half way up my tires/rims.
As I came out of the puddle, I hear a loud noise, and I thought it was thunder at first so I kept driving, and then I realized it was my car.. fantastic. So I get out, and there were two huge pieces that the puddle ripped out from the bottom of my car.. one piece was still connected, but dragging on the ground and the other piece had ripped completely off, and had caught on something else on the bottom of my car and was grinding on a belt or something so I took it out and put it in the back seat of my car.
Needless to say, it was a scary ride home because I could hear the other piece still grinding on a belt making the car make a noise and I thought it was going to blow up or something. (Because believe it or not, I do not know everything about engines..)
I was very frustrated because these kinds of freak things always happen to my car.. always. I take such good care of my car, wash it all the time, detail it, drive it carefully so I don't scratch it, and I even park far away in parking lots so nothing will hit my car and scratch or dent it.. and somehow, something always happens to it.
Here are a couple pictures of it:
This is the piece that got completely ripped off.
This is the front bottom of my car, and that's the piece that was still attached, but was dragging on the ground.
So, it ended up being fine, it was just the plastic guard in the front on the bottom of the car that had been ripped off.. nothing serious.
Still very frustrating, and it wasn't the best way to start off my weekend.
Friday was definitely better. I had a lesson (horseback riding lesson) at 10 in the morning on Carlos, the horse I'm going to be leasing for the summer. :)
I had tried him out a couple weekends before, and he was really fun, and this time we tried jumping him to see how him and I would get along.
Well, it went perfect. Although he's somewhat new to jumping, he's a fantastic jumper, almost just what I've been looking for.
Here are a couple pictures of Carlos and I (from the first time I rode him, no one was available to come take pictures for me during the lesson
He's so handsome :)
So happy :)
Then after my lesson, I got to see my long lost friend, Carolyn, who just graduated from college! She's moving to Florida in a couple weeks and I'm going to miss her so much, but she's going to be working at a really nice horse barn and doing what she loves so I'm glad she'll be happy.
And finally, Friday night was Sanford High School's graduation. One year since I graduated, I felt old, but I also felt like my graduation wasn't even that long ago.
I went to the graduation because I have a bunch of friends that were graduating.
It felt so weird being there again and knowing that I did all of this one year ago. No, I didn't cry, I wasn't sad, but I just was so amazed that it's already been a year.
Well, I got to see almost all of my friends after the graduation and they were all so excited just as my class was. It was great to see everyone though, I got to say my congratulations and good lucks to everyone, even though I'll still probably see most of them over the summer. It was fun.
Then Saturday, June 5th, was finally the day of the Taylor Swift concert. It was in Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium, where the Patriots play, and it was her very last concert of her Fearless Tour that she's been on for 15 months, and it was amazing.
So it was just my friend, Kelley and I that were going together. We were going to drive ourselves, but we ended up being able to ride with Kelley's moms friend, who was taking her daughters. They got a Limo Van to go and they had room for the both of us, so Kelley and I got to ride in a limo van to the concert for free!
I had never seen a limo van, but its basically just a really fancy truck/bus thing and it's just like a limo inside!
So we left at 3pm and were supposed to get there at 5:09pm (according to the GPS), but then we hit traffic.. really bad traffic, and we ended up getting there at like 6:45pm and we missed the band Gloriana (who apparently only sang one song?), but we got to see Kellie Pickler's last two songs, and then Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, so at least we got there, right? Right.
First of all, Gillette Stadium? HUGE. There were 5,500 people at the concert. Needless to say, it was the biggest concert I had ever been to!
This is Gillette Stadium as you're walking toward the entrance.
This is the back of one side of Gillette Stadium.
And this is the back of the other side of Gillette Stadium. There were more people in the front and on the floor too. Crazy huh?
I got to see a couple of my friends from college too! Lauren and Aimee :)
Me, Lauren and Aimee before Justin Bieber.
Kelley and I in our seats, before Justin Bieber.
So Justin Bieber was actually really good, even though he looks like a 12 year old and sounds like a girl.. :) He's a very talented singer and dancer!
Justin dancing with his dancers.
Justin singing, probably looking at some girls, who probably fainted. :p
It was a long wait between Justin and Taylor Swift. It also started raining a little bit right before she came on, but then when she came on, it stopped and it never rained again for the rest of the night!
Taylor Swift was absolutely amazing. She performed for 2 hours, and each song she did was fantastic! I called my friends, Paige and Catherine, during her song, Forever & Always, because that's like "our" song, and they loved it :) I also called Paige during Love Story, and Catherine during Today was a Fairytale.
Here are some pictures of Taylor during different songs:
Taylor singing "You Belong With Me"
Taylor singing "Love Story"
Taylor rocking her custom Patriots jersey that said "Swift" on the back :)
Taylor singing "Fifteen" when she came to the middle of the floor of Gillette Stadium.
Taylor singing "Forever & Always" :)
"If people don't want me to write bad songs about them.. then maybe they shouldn't do bad things to me." - TSwift
So, the concert was awesome, and it was so cool that it was the very last one of her Fearless Tour. Kellie, Justin and Taylor were all incredible, espeically Taylor!
We ended up getting home at about 3:30 in the morning, and I'm still exhausted, but it was so worth it!!
If I ever have the chance to go see Taylor Swift again, I'm definitely going. :)
Then Sunday, June 6th, I left to come back to school for my last 4 classes of my may term (yay!) and a lot of Maine was under tornado watch, and I was heading straight into high tornado warning areas.. great. It was black, windy, and I was pretty much the only car on the road.
Needless to say.. I felt like a tornado chaser! It was kind of fun, all I needed was a camera crew, and some appropriate music.. I was thinking the theme song of Jaws? yes.
Then when I got closer to Farmington.. I saw this.
Scary? yes. It did get bigger, but I don't think it ever touched the ground, but still.. I was scared.
So, I was a tornado chaser.. I kind of drove around to see it because I couldn't stand not knowing where it was.
That was my adventure for the day!
So, this was my weekend, it was pretty eventful, and now here I am with 3 classes left of my May term! I'll finally be going home for good for the summer on Thursday, and I couldn't be more excited!!
I'm actually really glad that I took a May term because I got one class out of the way so I don't have to take in in the Fall and these 4 weeks have gone by so fast!
Of course, that means that I have to go back to working at good ole' Hannaford, but I need money so I'm okay with that.
I'll be able to hang out with my friends and enjoy my summer.
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