Day trip.

Sooo on my wonderful day off I went and hung out with my wonderful aunt Lora and her four beautiful children!!!  Jessie tagged along with me and we went to the beach and visit the grave sites of my great-great grandpa, my great grandpa and my second cousin Amber.  Oh and also had some lunch at Burger King. YUM YUM  It was such a nice relaxing day to lay out on the beach and soak up some sun.  I am glad that Jessie tagged along to I dont get to see her much within the week.  It was good to hang out with my little sister.

this is our awesome sand castle

us <3 really bad picture but I love them.

Things to keep in mind when it comes to planning my own wedding.

Well my cousins wedding was this weekend and it was definitely nothing that I wanted or expected it to be.  But I guess that part doesn't matter for it wasn't my wedding.  Usually when I attend a wedding I usually get the feeling that I want to get married..... BUT this wedding didn't have the same affect.  The wedding was a destination wedding on beaver island.  Like I said before it was a three hour drive to the ferry and then a two and a half hour ferry ride.  Once we got done with the car ride we had to go get our tickets I already paid for my ticket earlier in the year and just had to tell the lady my name and my ticket would be waiting for me.  (Which I was told not even two days before)  Well my ticket wasn't there.  I was not happy about that..... soo instead of everyone else trip over my trip cost me $100 dollars when it should have only been 42 which I had already paid. NOTE TO SELF: DON'T HAVE A DESTINATION WEDDING.  So before we even got over to the island I was not thrilled.  But I got over it and got excited for the ferry ride since that is one of the things on my bucket list that I want to do before I die.  In fact I most likely would have had more fun if I just rode the ferry back and forth the whole weekend then attend the wedding. 
 The first night we get checked into our hotel and then headed over for the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.  The rehearsal was a joke everyone had started drinking on the ferry so by the time of the rehearsal everyone was pretty much tanked which made the rehearsal really loud and a complete waste of time. NOTE TO SELF: DON'T HAVE ALCOHOL AT THE REHEARSAL DINNER! After the rehearsal we headed back over to the hotel to have the rehearsal dinner.  The dinner was sooooo good there were cheesy potatoes, green beans, bread and some kind of meat I wanna say pork.  One thing that I actually liked about the rehearsal dinner was before anyone got up to get food they had to stand up and say one nice thing about the groom or the bride.  I thought that was a great idea!  The rest of the night was obviously spent going to bed really early since tomorrow was the big day!!!! NOT.... the rest of the night was spent drinking and then more drinking....... I went to bed or tried to go to bed. lol
  The next day was the wedding.  All of the girls woke up super early and got our stuff together to go and get ready at the cabin.   I was then expected to do all the bridesmaids hair.  Which I kindly did of course.  Then after that I had to head back over to the hotel and cut and make sure that all the groomsmen where dressing and cut the grooms hair along with a couple others.  That left me with about 10 min to get ready :/  NOTE TO SELF: PAY SOMEONE TO DO HAIR OR AT LEAST SAY THANK YOU!  Rough morning that ended with a rough night.   After the wedding I caught a ride back to the hotel with my mom and dad and we spent the rest of the night relaxing and laying on the beach.  (this was my favorite part of the whole weekend, I LOVE THE BEACH!)  After the relaxing day around 12:30 I walked back to my hotel room to find one of the boys in the wedding waiting for me to drive up to the hotel and bring all the drunk people back to the hotel.  So the rest of my night was back and forth to the cabin and hotel making sure the rest of the bridal party got back safe.  Lets just say I was soooooo anxious to get home!!! What a great weekend!!!!  Even though it was not a fun weekend for me and I will never go back to beaver island I do know of somethings that I will keep in mind when I go to have my own wedding one day!!! NOTE TO SELF: INVITE MY WHOLE FAMILY!!!

pictures soon to follow :)

Love letters.

Summer is just flying by I can not believe that july is almost over!!! ughhh that is crazy.  My summer has been going by great really busy but alot of fun.  I have been up north more than once, swimming a ton, along with fishing, tanning and laughing. :) My cousins wedding is this weekend on beaver island I am sooo excited for I am in the wedding and I have never even heard of beaver island until now.   It is about a three hour drive and then a two hour ferry ride to get to beaver island. whew talk about a loonnnggg day!!! 

Work has been going great I am there everyday and I can not wait for this little mini wedding vacation. lol  I really do love my job!!! Or should I say jobS I am still at the apple which has been going okay.  Havent really been making any money there soo that is kinda a bummer but it will get better hopefully.

Sooo I wanted to switch my blog up a bit I am kinda sick of writng about myself all the time lol.  So I decided to write a love letter to my future husband.  I know he is out there and I cant wait to start our lives together hahhah I am not gonna write out the whole thing all at once just bits and pieces here and there.  I am really excited and hopefully this will make blogging a little more interesting for me hahha.

I AM 21!!!!!

Its been such a loooonnggg time since I have written in my blog let alone opened my computer!!! Some exciting stuff has been happening in the life of brooke in the last couple weeks tho and I must share them. I turned 21 on may 27th and had a great time!! I got some new pandora beads which I love. (thanks mom)   My sister graduated from high school and already had her open house which was alot of work and exciting to watch everything happen sooo quickly.  The whole time it was just a reminder on how fast time has flew by and three years ago that was me walking down the aisle.  She will be attending Corner stone in the fall and I will miss her greatly. 

I have been enjoying my busy summer but I wish the weather would make up its mind and just stop raining!!!  I still work a ton at the salon and friday and saturday nights at apple mountian.  I have stopped working out!!! Which I need that time to go running but I am sooo busy all the time and when I have time to just sit down I dont feel like running!  Hopefully next time I blog I will have picked that up agian.

My family is leaving in less than a week to go to the prettiest place in the whole world..... COSTA RICA!!! They are leaving me home and not even leaving trixie here to keep me company. :( they think I am going to kill her!!! ughhh So I am going to be sooo lonely at home, plus I need to do something special that week just for me since I didnt get to go with them!!! I hope that they at least bring me something back!!  I hope there trip is fun and they get there and back safely.



Tons of updates...

Well to start off it has been a really really long time since I have blogged and I am very sorry.  So this new post is going to be pretty long. (sorry) The next thing I want to say is about my last post.  BOTH of the new fish died!!!! ughh Ghepetto is just not having it he needs to live alone and I am done trying to find a friend for him.... there is no use he just kills them all.  I just need to be grateful that he is still alive hahah.  Work has been going great, along with the classes that I tend on Sundays and Mondays.  Tomorrow I have another make up class which I am sooo pumped about.  Except the last makeup class I had did not go to well.  I was the model for air brush make up which I was soooo excited about but it didn't end too well.  I had an allergic reaction to the make up and it made my eyes water non stop and made my face get puffy.  :( it was not fun and I didn't even like it I looked like a totally different person... see if I ever do that again.

I am still working at apple and I have decided that I am not gonna quit there.  I love working there and its nice to make a few extra dollars on the weekends.

 My grandma has moved into town and that has been soo nice to be able to go over to her house and just spend some time with her.  I enjoy it alot even if we are just cleaning her smoked filled house.  She moved into a house where the last owner was a smoker soo ever since she has moved in we have tried to get that horrid smell out.  It is definitely a project but a blessing to have her live so close.

Mel had prom, she was beautiful.  I of course did her hair and she looked lovely!!!  It was neat because the boy she ended up going with was king, and when I went the boy I went with was king too!! :)  I did not like mels dress that much but it ended up looking really good, even tho her and her date didnt match. hhahah But they both had fun and mel won a tv that night hahha YOU GO GIRL!

I had to work on mothers day at apple mountain but only until about 4 so I still got to go home and spend time with my mother.  This year I got her a gift card to Shapers salon.  Which I knew she secretly wanted hahha.  She of course loved it along with the perfect mothers day card! (you will have to ask her about that one.)  My aunt Lora and her family was up soo it was nice to see my little cousins and spend the day with them too along with my g-ma.  We spent most of the day laying out in the sun it was such a good mothers day!

Also during this time of no blogging, I attended a birthday party for little Connor James!  He turned one! Rachel and I went in on a gift for him and got him three new cute little outfits.  The whole time we were shopping for his present we kept saying... this would be soo much easier if connor was a girl.  He had a rockstar party theme and when we walking in he was even looking like a rockstar.  He is the cutest little boy ever.

Last but not least... May is flying by sooo quickly and everything is happening.  Mels last day of school just happens to fall on my birthday.  So we are both eagerly waiting for our special day.  But I am not ready for mel to be done with high school.... I am gonna miss her in the fall.  Well I better be off to bed I have a big day tomorrow and maybe will have time to blog about it. We will see. :)



new members to the family.

Today when I was out running some errands I bought two new fish to add to my five gallon fish tank.
Meet Guido and Louie :)

They love their new home.

Ghepetto has to get used to his new friends but I think he loves the company. :)

I love them already.

HaPpY eAsTeR!!

I love Easter I had such a good time yesterday spending time with family and friends.  My aunt Lora came over along with a couple other people from church.  I ate tons of food that I probably should have not had but enjoyed every bite of it.  My aunt Lora also made us a beautiful Easter basket for the whole family! :) She is such a good aunt!!  The basket consisted of big chocolate bunnys, pixy sticks, pop rocks, and chocolate and more and more chocolate!  We had the traditional Easter dinner with ham, cheesy potatoes and home made bread.  It was all very tasty. 

I did not get a new Easter dress this year but I ended up wearing a brand new dress so that worked out really well.  Mel got a new Easter dress and was not to excited about it so she let me wear it.  It was such a cute dress, not only was it purple (my favorite color) but it was also very very comfortable.  I loved it and will have to borrow it again sometime.

As you can tell I have not been doing that great on keeping up on my blog but I am gonna try to blog at least once a week, like a week recap.  To keep you all updated on my crazy life.  This week I worked Friday and Saturday and ended up making 100 dollars both nights!  whoo whooo I am sooo excited for next weekend for its the big WALLEYE FEST!! I have Saturday totally off for the big day!  Which will involve a birthday party, helping with my moms garage sale, and maybe helping my grandma and papa move into their new house.  Its gonna be a big day. I can not wait!!

walking zombie.

     I feel as if work has finally caught up with me.  Lately I have been sooo tired I cant even think straight.  ughhh I love my new job but I am getting spread too thin I think.  Maybe its that fact that I need to sleep more or drink more water.  Maybe its the fact that I am a workaholic and need to take a mini vacation and just spoil myself a little.  Maybe its that fact that I am trying to make sooo many people happy that I don't even have time to think about myself.  With this new job there is alot of things that I don't get to do or make up excuses not to do cuz I am too "tired".  Some are important and some or not and I guess that really depends on the person you ask which ones are important or not.  My mother would think that keeping my room clean would be an important one.  Which I have been failing at ever since I got this new job.  I don't know why it just seems that it is sooo much easier to throw my stuff all over the floor than put it away where it belongs.  NO GOOD  Another thing that bothers me or that I don't have time to do is working out at the sport zone.  As much as I hate working out I didn't just go there just to work out... I went there to spend time with my best friend Rachel, to pray/ think while running my horrible mile.  To me it was like a time where I could go and just run and nothing else was going on.  Just me and my running shoes going to town thinking and praying about different things that came to mind.  I miss it A LOT.  Maybe I am just complaining about different things that aren't really that important and I should just get over it and should be used to working about 58 hours a week.  For some reason it just seems a lot harder for me to get used to and I don't know why.   I don't know what is wrong with me lately.  Maybe its this stupid weather that cant make up its mind.  I don't know but either way I DON'T LIKE IT, NOT ONE BIT. :(

Beauty School.

Being back in a salon reminds me sooo much of beauty school and how crazy it was there.  Freeland high school gave me the opportunity to go to beauty school half the day and regular high school the other half.  So I took the opportunity and did it.  Since it is a two year program I did it my junior and senior year.  Which was such a good idea since the high school paid for the whole thing and this was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life.  (aka my career)  When I graduated from high school I also graduated from beauty school. 

              

Beauty school was crazy.  My class started out with about 32 students and by the end of the two years I think there were about 12 to 15 of us left.  Beauty schools are known for the huge drop out rates but I didnt know it was that big of a difference.  Three other people from freeland also did beauty school with me and I became really good friends with them. ( and still talk to them to this day)  When I started beauty school I had super long brown hair and when I finished beauty school I was bleached blonde with short hair.  Not to mention I changed my hair about every two weeks.  But I loved beauty school it was alot of fun and a great learning experience.  One of the cool things about it was not just people from freeland that were there other people from other schools also did beauty school soo I got to meet alot of other girls from other schools.  Some days I really miss that place, but at the time I remember I was sooo ready to get out of there!! :)

SWAMPED!

This is the outside view of the salon. :)

 

   UGH... I have not had the time to do anything the last few weeks it has been crazy ever since I got this new job.  But I LOVE IT!! It is such an awesome experience for me and it is the right steps towards my career.  For those of you who don't know much about Shapers I will give you a little run down about my job and what I do there.  Shapers is located on center road heading toward Gratiot.  It is a pretty up style salon and very cute inside.  It has two floors of stylist, a spa, nail section, and just recently added a makeup section.  As you can see it is kind of a big deal. Everyone hired into Shapers salon has to start off as an assistant.  So that makes me an assistant.  I happen to assist the two top stylists, Amanda and Angelo.  Both are amazing at doing hair and I happen to find myself just watching them most of the time.  As an assistant I do pretty much anything those two tell me to do for them from washing towels to getting lunch.  I love my job I still have tons to learn with being an assistant since I have been there for only a week but I am sooo excited to learn.  Most the time you can find me giving shampoos, arm and hand massages, sweeping the floor, and washing and folding towels.  As for now you can pretty much tell I am low on the totem pole.

This is a picture of inside the actual salon.  (the top floor)

  

 Not only that I have to tend classes on the Sunday's and Monday's. (not every Sunday and Monday though)   I shouldn't say "have to" I should say "I get" to.  The classes are taught by Amanda and Angelo and I just had my first one today.  It was an up-do class.   We had to draw a picture out of a pile and then copy the up-do.  I ended up doing five pictures in the time that we were there and had a blast learning and talking hair with the other stylists. I love my job!!

With a new job also comes a new schedule for the week:
Sundays and Mondays:  Are my days off unless I have class.
Tuesday-Thursday: Work at Shapers from 9 to 9.
Friday: Work at Shapers 9 to ? (depending on the last hair appointment scheduled for the day)
Saturday:  This is a kind of day off unless one of the stylists ask me to come in from 9 to 3.  I tend to say I will since they pay me 10 dollars an hour.  I work at apple mt from 5 to 10.
As you can see I still work at apple mt I am still debating if I am going to end up quitting that job or keeping it.  They already know that I can only work two days a week, and it is just extra cash to put in my pocket at the end of the week.  So as you can see I barely have time to do anything any more.  Mondays are spent on doing everything I possibly can that I wont be able to do until Saturday or Sunday.  This includes laundry, working out at the zone (which I miss horribly), hanging out with friends, and a little shopping here and there. :)

I loved the weather that we had yesterday I did not know that it was gonna be that hot BUT I did not complain one bit!! Oh and my best friend Rachel gets home tonight from her second trip to Costa Rica for the year! I can not wait to see her and talk about her trip.  I think this time she got me a present!! whooo whoo  I missed her and need her to keep me on the work out track hahha.  (I didn't end up going the whole week she was gone.) NO GOOD.  I hope to find more time this week to keep up with stuff and not get soo far behind on my blog.  But we will see I am kind of a busy girl.  But I can not disappoint my FIVE followers.  YESSS I am moving up in the blog world. :)

Nervous.

   I am super excited yet nervous to start my new job.  I officially start April 5th soo exactly in one week! whoo whoo.  I have orientation sometime this week where I will find out my schedule, what to wear, what the classes will be like, what I will be doing on a normal day basis.  But I am deathly nervous I have been out of beauty school for about 3 years now and have been cutting only friends hair here and there.  I am grateful that I will be put through classes which will help in me going to take state boards.  For some reason I am at a lost of words today.  I am just day dreaming a ton and having a hard time focusing on anything. So I guess I will get catch you up with the weekend recap.

         

Weekend Recap:

Friday I worked just one job so that allowed me to sleep in and have a best friend day with Rachel! :)  We worked out, went to the bank, got new Pandora beads, and even did some window shopping at the mall. :)  I have had a gift card to get a new Pandora bead since Christmas but never found the time to go get myself a new bead.  Friday ended up being the perfect day for it.  Rachel and I walked in there and had the nicest lady help us pick out the best beads!  Rachel ended up buying herself a Pandora bracelet and the money bag bead since she just got a new job also.   I ended up getting another purple bead (to add to my all purple Pandora bracelet) which no one else has.  That's right I was the first one to ever buy this bead, well at that Pandora store.  We ended the day with working at apple mountain together and a wonderful dinner at Timbers with Rachel's boyfriend. (The above picture is my new purple bead that I bought. Isnt it beautiful? The picture below is Rachels little money bag charm. Both are too cute!)

Saturday I worked all day.  Rachel put in her two weeks the night before so our manager was not in the best mood and we had a creep come in and sit at the bar all afternoon soo that soon resulted in both Rachel and I getting crabby. Claude (the manager) ended up giving me the night off which I was excited about but Rachel still had to work and she had plans for later that night so I ended up working for Rachel and made pretty good money.  Which I was happy about and didn't end up staying that long so I made money and even got out early.
Sunday I had the day off!! whoo It was such a good day.  I started the day off with sleeping in until 9:40.  Which felt great after a long double the day before.  I went to church and then after church came home to a good cooked meal. (Roast, baked potatoes, carrots, and salad)  Then went to a movie with my other best friend, Jess.  We went and saw Red Riding Hood.  I was not really that excited to see it but I hadn't seen Jess in about two weeks so I wanted to see her.  It ended up being a really good movie and it was nice to catch up with her!  It was a great Sunday. 

I had a really great weekend and also have a new pandora bead to show off. :)

Lord give me your eyes.

Looked down from a broken sky

Traced out by the city lights

My world from a mile high

Best seat in the house tonight

Touched down on the cold black tar

Hold on for the sudden stop

Breathe in the familiar shock

Of confusion and chaos

All those people going somewhere

Why have I never cared?

Give me your eyes for just one second

Give me your eyes so i can see

Everything that I keep missing

Give me your love for humanity

Give me your arms for the broken hearted

The ones that are far beyond my reach?

Give me your heart for the one's forgotten

Give me your eyes so I can see

Step out on a busy street

See a girl and our eyes meet

Does her best to smile at me

To hide what?s underneath

There?s a man just to her right

Black suit and a bright red tie

Too ashamed to tell his wife

He's out of work he's buying time

All those people going somewhere

Why have I never cared?

Give me your eyes for just one second

Give me your eyes so i can see

Everything that I keep missing

Give me your love for humanity

Give me your arms for the broken hearted

The ones that are far beyond my reach?

Give me your heart for the one's forgotten

Give me your eyes so I can see

Two week notice.

   Before I start I just wanted to say that I am really upset about this weather we had such a beautiful week last week and then this came.  This does not feel like spring to me at all.  Yesterday due to the horrible weather my boss was not able to come in so instead of telling him in person about my two weeks notice I had to do it through an email.  Which I was not to happy about but it had to be done!  So I wrote him an email and this is what it said:

 

Josh,

 

I thank you for the opportunity to work for Morley on the Hyundai Project.  I consider it to be an honor to have been chosen.  My time here has been very impactful.  I have strengthened my skills in customer service and the call center setting.  So I thank you.  I have been recently given the opportunity to use my educational background in a position that will begin the journey toward my career of choice.  This letter is to inform you of my transition in two weeks to Shapers Salon.  It is with great excitement that I take the next steps to advance my skills in cosmetology.  Again, I thank you for the opportunity to learn and grow in the Morley Companies.  With equally great joy and sorrow April 1, 2011 shall be my last day at Morley.

 

 

Thanks again,

Brooke Hazen

I still have no clue if he has received my email since he is not here again today.  BUT hopefully he is okay with the situation and I can enjoy my last few weeks being employed with Morley.


The best day ever!

     Yesterday was such a good day I could not help but smile.  Let me tell you what happened.  But before I say anything it was all definitely a God thing!!! Praise the Lord!   Well I woke up around 6:40 to start getting ready for my first job (Morley) per usual, every Tuesday thing.  I went to Morley worked my 7 hours and came home.  I had about an hour and a half before I had to start heading in to Apple Mt.  I was sitting at the kitchen table talking to my mom and dad and probably eating something as well.  My mom mentioned that she saw a sign at Shapers salon saying that they were hiring for an assistant last week.  She forgot about it until Debby Glupker reminded her about it yesterday.  So my mom told me about the sign and said that I should go in there and apply for the job.  I left right after and headed straight for the salon!  I got there and the sign no longer said anything about an assistant position.  So I got a little discouraged, but still gave it a shot.  I walked in they gave me an application to fill out and then asked me if I had time for an interview today.  I immediately said yes and went into a room and had an on the spot interview.  I was sooo nervous.  The interview went really well and I GOT THE JOB!!!!  whoo whooo Thank you Jesus is all I could say as I was walking out to my car.  I was soo excited I quickly called my mom to tell her the good news and I was out of breath I could barely talk!  I will be starting April 4th as an assistant at Shapers Salon.  I am more than pumped! :) 

 So today at Morley I have to put in my two weeks.  I am super nervous to do this since I have never had to quit a job in my whole life.  But I know that I have a huge opportunity waiting for me and I can not wait to start my dream job!  I am trying to keep my apple mt job but I dont know if that will be possible.  We will see, but even if that doesn't work out I am soo excited to start this new chapter in my life! PRAISE THE LORD!  I thought it was so neat that just a couple days ago I wrote in my blog that he knows what my next car is going to be and he even knew that I was going to get this job before I even heard about the salon.  I serve an awesome God.

Trixie

She is just so cute I couldn't resist.

Its raining cats and dogs.

      A couple days ago I received an email from my grandma with a couple history facts that I have never knew before.  It was the most interesting email that I have ever received from her.  Usually her emails are facts on how to clean stuff or a disease that might be in our family's blood and so on and so on.  But this one is a good one and I will have to tell her that I liked it so she will send me more interesting ones. hahha Don't be fooled I love all her emails just some I don't end up reading. Here are some of the new history facts from the 1500's that I never knew that I got from the email:

1. Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.... However, since they were starting to smell the brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.  Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

2. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.  The man of the house got to go first, then all the sons and then the woman and the children and the babies were last.  By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.

3. Houses had roofs made with thick straw piled high with no wood underneath it.  It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other animals lived in the roof.  When it would rain it became slippery and sometimes the animals would fall off the roof.  That is where we get the saying it is raining cats and dogs.

4. Also in the 1500's they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.  Everyday they would light the fire and add things to the pot.  They ate mostly veggies and did not get that much meat.  They would eat the strew for dinner and leave the leftovers in the pot for the next day when they could just add more veggies to the pot.  This would allow some of the food to be in the pot for quite a while.  This is where we get the saying peas porridge hot peas porridge cold peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

5.  Bread was divided according to the status of people.  Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle and the guest always got the best part the top or the upper crust.

So there is my little history lesson.  I hope that I am not the only one that did not know these interesting facts.  Well I am off to paint my nails they are in dire need!  Sometimes I just love being a girl. :)

Sun please dont go away.

    Today is just another Monday at the office.  After working all weekend I did not want to get out of my bed this morning.  Not to mention as soon as I walked into the office one of the ladies I worked with told me to enjoy this last day of sun for starting tomorrow it is suppose to be cold again. ugh No good.  I was definitely enjoying the wonderful warm weather, it was like a little tease of what is to come.

 
      I am very proud of myself lately I have gone and worked out everyday for the past week!! whoo whoo I haven't skipped one day. Which is good for me for I have a hard time returning when I skip a day or two.  I have started working out with Rachel and it has been soo good for me.  Its nice to have someone to work out with that is on the same fitness level as I am.  Unlike Mel, when I work out with her I tend to over work myself just to keep up with that twig. lol  Last night Rachel and I made the schedule for the rest of the week and the only day we can not go together is Tuesday so that will be a nice day off.

                            
        I am also looking to buy a new car as soon as I find the perfect little VW bug for me.  I don't care what color it is as long as it is:
1. Automatic I can not drive a stick shift and I don't really want to learn to drive one either.  To much hassle in the city for me.
2. Between 3000-5000 dollars I work a lot but I can only afford so much. I do tend to get a loan out to pay for the car just to build credit, since I have no credit at all.  I recently just received my first credit card and I have had it for about a month and I am so scared to use it so it just sits in my wallet. lol
3. Clean Since the car is going to be new to me I would like it to smell and look clean on the inside and out.  Preferably no rust or body damage and not the awful smell of a smokers car.
Those are my three big things other than that I just want a cute little bug.  So far I have had no luck finding one at all I have told a couple people to help look and hopefully this post will inspire others to help as well hahha.  But all in good timing the Lord knows the plans he has for me even my next car!

Pictures from St. Pattys Day!

This is my beautiful best friend Rachel who I am going to Florida with. :)

This is my crazy manager at Apple Mt. his name is Claude.

And last but not least this is a picture of Justin (rachels bf) Rachel, Me, and Mel.

I look sick in all of these but do keep in mind that I had already worked an eight hour shift at my first job and was really really tired. :/

HaPpY sT. pAtRiCkS dAy

    I hope you all remembered to wear green!  Yesterday I had to go and buy a green shirt because I didn't even own one!! Plus tonight at Apple mt the dress code is any green shirt, as long as it is appropriate, with black pants.  Needless to say I went to 3 places just to find a cheap green shirt.  There is a reason I didn't own one before. hahah Who even likes green?  Why cant the St Patrick's day color be purple, or even yellow (that's close to green).  Did you know that the original color associated with St Patrick's day was BLUE?  Why couldn't it just have stayed that color?  Oh because everyone started wearing green ribbons and shamrocks in the 17th century.  And it soon caught on and became a fashion statement even to the Irish soldiers who wore full green uniforms in the 1798 rebellion.  So I guess through all these years it will stay green.  ugh  Well enough with the history back to the future.  I did end up finding a cheap green shirt at Kmart.  I bought one for me and my best friend Rachel who I will be working with all night tonight at Apple.  So we will be matching!! (and will have to take a picture)  Also tonight my hero (my mom) will be leaving me for a couple days. :(  She is going out of town and will not be returning until Saturday night!! whooo whooo I mean... ohhh darn what will I ever do?  Don't be fooled I will really miss her.  Did I mention she is my hero and cut my hair yesterday.  I looks the same hahah I only got an inch cut off and my layers a little shorter.  Tomorrow I am getting it colored and you will just have to be surprised because I am not saying what I am gonna get done.  But know that I am super excited about it. 

     I must say that I am not happy with myself lately, I haven't gone to the sport zone to work out all week.  That is not good.  I plan to go after my first job today since I get out a 3 but I have to be at my next job at 4:30.  So I don't know if that is going to work out.  Either way I need to get in the habit of going everyday or at least every other.  Summer is coming very quickly and that means I have to wear a bathing suit.  No one likes to see lumps in a bathing suit.  Also to help with that and punish myself for not going at all this week so far I am giving up sweets until April 1st. Tomorrow I must go after I get my hair done no questions about it. 

Slow down please.

Where has the month of March gone!! I realized just yesterday that it is already March 16th.  That is crazy I feel like March just started and it should only be like March 7th.  For the past couple weeks I feel as if everything has been put in fast forward.  We lost an hour and its already March 16th. Holy Cannoli!  Before you know it, it will be summer and 70 degrees outside. whoo whoo I am feeling much better today and I think that this time change was the reason I got this horrible cold. Well that's what I am blaming it on. haha  Yesterday I worked a double, first at Morley and then finished the night off at Apple mt.  When I first walked into Apple I had no reservations at all soo I was a little discouraged for I need the money.  Not even after 10 min that I was there, a reservation called for ten people! That made my night for if that ten top didnt show up I would have had no tables and made no money.  Thank the Lord!! For the past couple weeks I have been very discouraged with going to work and working soo much.  But the last couple days I have been encouraged in the word and at work.                                           

For Colossians 3:23-24 says:

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,

since you know that you will

receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."

Also last night when I was at Apple mt.  I was told that I was starting to get "shaddy" at doing my side work.(side work- chores that need to be done before you leave apple. Can involve: mopping, vaccuming, wiping down tables, ect.) So last night I was encouraged by this verse I just kept saying it over and over again.  Because it is soo true I am not working for Claude or Casey or my manager at Morley but for the Lord!  Since my attitude has been changed by this encouragement I find myself not dreading so much to go to work or being "shaddy" on my side work.  I still have a hard time waking up in the morning since I am not a morning person but I am reminded on my drive to work that I am working for the LORD! :)

Why? Because I love her!!



sick.

I had such a good time this weekend but then it ended on a Monday... ughh.  The last couple days on my weekend get away were not healthy.  I ended up getting this horrible cold.  My head was all congested, my nose was all stuffed up, and my throat felt horrible!  So yesterday (Monday) I slept all day, drank some vitamin water, and watched to movies with my mom.  Everyone was gone pretty much most of the day so it was nice and quiet at home except for little Trixie whining in the middle of my room.  She hates being alone too.  So Trixie and I ended up sleeping until about 2:30 when everyone started coming home; the kids from school and mom from her busy shopping day.  For the whole day my body felt weak and I could not get warm.  It was a horrible Monday.  But it ended okay.  My mom and I rented two movies: You Again and Megamind.  Both were very cute and funny. 

Well enough about Monday, its Tuesday and time to move on.  I returned to work today, and let me tell you it is going by really really slow. I still don't feel that good my head still hurts but I cant sleep the whole week away. (Sometimes I think that would be nice)  Today I have to work both jobs which I am pretty excited about since I need the money. But before I head over to my second job there is somethings I need to do:
1. Buy another vitamin water 
2: Take a nap
3: Go to the bank and take back the movies that were rented last night. 
Hopefully I will have enough time and get better soon I hate this sick cold thing! :(

Weekend get away.

This weekend I got to pack up and leave for the whole weekend!! Let me tell you I have been looking forward to this weekend for such a loooongg time!!! With working two jobs this doesnt get to happen every often or even at all.  I wasnt suppose to leave until Friday morning since I had to work at apple Thursday night.  But I was only at apple mt for about an hour and a half and shot straight home, finished packing a couple of things and was on my way to Jackson!  As you can see I was a little anxious to get there.  When I pulled into Jackson last night I was sooo excited to see Preston and Stephanie again I could pee myself hahah.  The rest of the night was spent catching up, laughing a ton, and watching american idol. :D  I also got to see Leah and Jared for the first time in years.  It was soo good to see them I miss them soo much.  I am not sure of the rest of the plans for this weekend but whatever happens I am sure it will be a blast!  I will try to keep you all updated on this wonder weekend get away but I didnt bring my laptop so I cant promise anything.  And mom if you are reading this dont forget to feed my sweet baby, Ghepetto. (my fish)  I know I txt you this morning to remind you too but I just want to make sure he is still alive when I get home.  Like you said he holds the record. hahah

P.S. the picture is a picture of Stephanie and I a couple years ago in bible school.

ABC's of me.

A. Age- 20 soon to be 21 ;)
B. Birthday- May 27th
C. Chore you hate- Cleaning my 5 gallon fish tank. ewww
D. Dogs- I love dogs and hope to one day own my every own boxer.  She will be beautiful and her name will be Nala.
E. Essential start to your day- I have to wake up in order to start my day. But in order to start my day I must have my hair done.
F. Favorite color- Purple
G. Gold or silver- definitely silver
H. Height- 5'1'' and yes I can see over the counter when I order my sub from Subway.
I. Instruments you play- My dad and I are the only people in my family that do not play an instrument but I must say we play the radio pretty well and we are good at pretending that we are good at singing. :)
J. Job title- Server at Apple Mt. Receptionist at Morley.
K. Kids- I love kids and dont have any at this time but I can not wait to have my own, one day.
L. Live- I would one day love to live in South Carolina they have the best weather there and it is soo pretty.
M. Mom's name- Lynn Marie Hazen
N. Nicknames- Brooke-a-me, Little one, sassy, brooklyn
O. Overnight hospital stays- I dont think I have ever had to stay in the hospital overnight. THANK THE LORD!
P. Pet peeve- Slow drivers, plans that dont follow through, my sisters stealing my clothes (Mel)
Q. Quote from a song/ Movie- " A man who wants to make a relationship work will move mountains to keep the woman he loves.  If he's not calling you to tell you he loves you and wants you back, it should only be because he's showing up at your new residence to do it in person... If he's not doing any of that, he may love you, he may miss you, but ultimately he's just not that into you. Stop taking his calls and let him know what is is liken to live without you."- The movie He is Just Not That into You.
R. Righty or lefty- Righty
S. Siblings- I am the oldest of four.  I have a sister Mel who is graduating this year from high school; A brother, Austin, who is going to be 17 on April 1st; and a baby sister, Jessie, who is going to be starting her first year of high school this coming fall!
T. Time you wake up- I usually have to wake up at 6:40ish to get to work in the morning but on my days off I like to sleep in as late as I can. :)
U. Underwear- I love all my underwear from Victoria Secret.  They are all so trending and cute.
V. Vegetables you dislike- Peas EWWWW
W. What makes you late-  Sleeping in usually makes me late or trying to find something to wear.
X. Xrays you've had- I had tons of xrays in my mouth when I had my braces.  My teeth were a hot mess.
Y. Yummy food you make- I make some mean grilled cheese, and stuff chicken.
Z. Zoo animal that is your favorite- Whales!!

Summer Goal.

This summer I plan to go to Florida with my best friend Rachel and maybe my other best friend Jess. (Wait can you have two best friends? well I do :)) lol I know for sure Rachel and I are planning to go but Jess might not be able to make it for she starts clinicals this summer... ugh no fun.  While our stay in Florida I plan on going to Sea World for the first time! This is where the summer goal kicks in.  Well in case you did not know whales are my favorite animals.  I LOVE them.  They are sooo big and beautiful.  Well this summer I thought that I would make my summer goal to pet a whale. Sea World is the only place that I can think of that you can pet a whale. 

What a perfect opportunity for Rachel and I!!  Well in order to pet some whales you have to do some research.  So sitting at work this morning I went and checked out Sea World's website to see if you could really pet some whales or if I am just dreaming.  Well come to find out you actually can! But let me tell you it is not cheap. :(  First you have to buy a day pass into Sea World which about 71 dollars.  Then you have to pay another 99 dollars to spend time with a beluga whale.  So it looks to me that my summer goal has to be modified a little. Even though this will be a one in a life time chance I think I am going to have to pass on spending time with my one love. 

                            

So I modified my summer goal to go to Sea World and see whales and a Shamu show.  That will save me about 100 dollars and I still get to spend the day with these magnificent creatures just at a further distance.  I am beyond excited and I can not wait to tell Rachel all about this when she gets home from Costa Rica. I hope she is just as excited as I am! :)

Gnomes.

Last week I went with my best friend Rachel to go see Gnomeo and Juliet.  We asked others to join us but apparently they were way to mature for this movie.  So we ended up going just the two of us and ended up having a blast.  The movie was sooo cute.  By the time the movie was over we both wanted a little gnome for ourselves. haha  But as soon as we got in the car we began thinking... Where do you even buy gnomes?  The whole time we are having this conversation and talking about gnomes I could not help but think about Mickie Krish.  For Mickie and Steph used to live by this creepy guy that had gnomes all over his little yard.  So before I saw this movie I thought gnomes were the creepiest things ever and after I got home I wanted to see if there were gnomes out there that are as cute as the ones in this movie.  Come to find out they are all creepy and look like little trolls holding wheel barrows and flowers.  So if and when you see this movie do not be fooled and remember gnomes are not cute in real life.  As much as we would love them to be cute and sweet they are still ugly and scary. Over all the movie was really funny and we had a great time.

Girls Day!! :D

Today has been such a fun Monday so far.  I had the day totally off which was very nice.  I started it off with sleeping in a little but since I have to wake up early every day my eternal clock only allows me to sleep in to about 9:41.  Which I find very frustrating.  Anyways... I got to spend my whole morning with two lovely ladies.  Reese and my mother.  Around 10:30 I picked up Reese and we spent the morning drinking slurpees, (Reese a cherry one; me an apple coke one) painting our nails, and pestering Trixie.  Oh and we also took some very funny pictures.  Which was such a blast for me and I hope Reese had just as much fun.  We finished our date with a happy meal from McDonalds and a watermelon dumb dumb sucker (which Reese can have after her nap). 

After I dropped Reese off my mom and I headed to Burger King where I had an ohh soo good Whopper Jr (heavy pickle no onion) and some fries.  I talked most of the time and was the only one that ate anything.  My mom said that there was nothing "good" to eat there, aka nothing healthy.  For the rest of the day I am going to spend relaxing at home and packing for my weekend get away (which I will be blogging about later).

More catching up.

Well to start off I went to the sport zone with mel yesterday and I got to try out my new shoes for the first time.  Praise the Lord they were wonderful!! I am so glad I went and ended up running about two miles and working a little bit on my abs I was so proud of myself.
Since I havent updated my blog for a very long time there is still stuff I need to catch everyone up on.  My life has been crazy busy... Here is a schedule of a week in the life of brooke (brace yourself).

Monday- I work at Morley from 8 to 3 the rest of the day is enjoyed cleaning my room, fish tank and doing laundry from the week before. Pretty relaxing day.

Tuesday thur Thursday- I work at Morley from 8 to 3 and then go home for an hour then go to Apple Mt from 4:30-? I could get out as early as 8 or could stay all the way to close which is around 10.

Friday- Friday is like mondays I only work one job and it is just Apple mt. I love fridays it is the only day I get to sleep in and do whatever I want until 4 when I need to go into work.

Saturday- Saturdays tend to be very long days I work a double at Apple Mt. Get there around 10:30/11ish and stay the whole   day.  Depending on how busy we are I can get out as early as 8 or have to stay all the way until 10.

Sunday- Tends to be my favorite day... Not only is it my only day off but I get to go to church and worship my Heavenly Father. I absolutely love sundays!!!

REPEAT!

As you can tell my life is pretty busy!! But I thank God everyday that he has given me the opportunity to be able to have and work two jobs!!! There are some people that dont even have a job at all and I am soo thankful to be able to have not just one but two. Thank you Jesus!! Plus I get to spend tons of time with my wonderful managers at Apple Mt. :)

For those of you that dont really know what I do at my two jobs I will give you just a brief run down. To start I have worked at apple since I was 16 I orginally started off to be a hostess and have made my way to a server position. Which by the way I LOVE!! Oh and did I happen to mention my best friend Rachel is also a server with me. :)  I also work at Morley which I am hired through Hyundai for a settlement that is going on. I sit by two lovely ladies Kelly and Breanne that keep me laughing and make the time go by faster.

Sport zone

My house is very close to a great gym called the sport zone I try to go there as much as I can but the last time I went there with my sister it was not a good time. I havent really worked out since I graduated from high school a little here and there with my friend Shannah at bible school but that was about it.  So mel and I decided we were going to go to the Sport Zone one day and run two miles. It was fine the whole time I didnt get one cramp at all, but when we stopped it was a different story.... I had a huge sharp pain in my stomach. I quickly demanded that we go home... I wanted my mom!!! hahah As soon as we got home I couldnt help it I started to cry and told my mom that it felt like my intestines were going to come out my butt!! everyone was laughing but me. :(
The cramp stayed in my stomach for another two hours.  Needless to say I havent been back but the other day I went shopping with my mother and got these fly new kicks. So now I have to go back and try them out, and hopefully they help keep the cramps away.