One Medium Suitcase

1.       Clothes

Everyone needs clothes unless you are okay with your body and you decide to go naked. The clothes I would take are couple pairs of jeans, PJ pants, and a couple of my favorite t-shirts.

2.       Both of my parents class rings along with my boyfriends

The reason I would take these with me is because I love these individuals and the rings are something that would remind me of them. My boyfriend gave me his class ring as sort of a promise ring so that would be a big deal of taking his.

3.       My mom’s XDM hand gun

The reason I would bring this is because you never know when you would need one. Also, if things would get really bad you have something that you know will protect you.

4.       Ammo

What’s a hand gun without ammo? I would bring the 9mm shells so I would be able to not have to worry about not having enough.

5.       Pictures

I would miss my family a lot along with my boyfriend so I would put together an album that way I will always have them with me. Also, depending on how long I am gone I will never forget what they look like.

6.       I would vacuum bag my favorite pillow and my mom’s camouflage snuggie

My mom and I are very close and to be able to curl up in her snuggie and lay on my pillow would be very comforting. Plus, the snuggie would smell like home and that would make things even better.

7.       My little brothers very first stuffed animal

My little brother and I are decently close and I bought him his very first stuffed animal. I would bring this so I could remember him and all the fun we had together.

8.       Feminine products

Every girl has a monthly and it won’t stop just because I go to a safe house. I would take Midol to because cramps suck. I would also bring Ibprofen in case I got a headache.

9.       My dad’s Bear Grylls knife

I would take my dad’s knife because we have used it for everything. It has a whistle on it, a flint and striker, a knife (of course), knife sharpener, and a holder. If I ever need anything with those uses I am set.

10.   My  boyfriend’s hoodie

I would take is my boyfriend’s hoodie. We have been in a relationship almost 2 years and I couldn’t imagine life without him. His hoodie smells like him and it would give me the strength to hold on.

11.   My favorite book

I don’t really have a favorite book but I would take a couple because I know I would get bored. Plus, if I take a couple I can figure out what my favorite book is.

Story Telling

My uncle was down for the weekend and all of us grandkids were at my Nanas house. My uncle is almost always drunk. I honestly don’t think I have ever seen him were he wasn’t but he also acts better when he is. Anyways, it was about midnight and my cousins and I were all outside just messing around when my uncle comes out, completely hammered. My cousin Derek decides that my uncle was drunk enough that he wouldn’t see a couple of his beers missing. My cousin Jenny and I were playing with the dogs and next thing we know Derek is butt naked and running around the yard quoting Ricky Bobby from Talladega nights. My Nana was asleep and she would have been royally pissed if she had seen Derek drunk let alone drinking in the first place. My uncle kept trying to get Derek to calm down and tried to get him out farther in the field so that way my Nana wouldn’t hear his ranting and raving. Derek wouldn’t listen though; he climbed up the tree stand and started singing, “Its gettin’ hot in here so take off all your clothes!” We were laughing so hard but we knew we had to get him to calm down because the lights started to turn on in the house. My Nana hollered out the front door for all of us kids to either shut up or come in side. All of a sudden Derek got the bright idea to run across the yard right in front of her, remember he was naked, and started singing something that none of us could understand. My Nana looked at him and instead of yelling said that the hanger over will be more punishment then she could give him. She turned around and went back inside. She was right, the next morning Derek was so sick that he swore he would never get that drunk again. My Nana didn’t say anything to him, which made his agony that much funnier.

Looking up

Faith Hill:

This woman amazes me because of her singing. I have always wanted to become a professional singer and listening to Faith Hill when I was younger, along with some other singers, made me lean more towards country. When I was younger I met Faith Hill. My dad, mom, and I went to a concert and I met her little girl along with Tim McGraw. I have always loved country music and so if I ever do get famous that is the kind of music genre I will sing. I don’t plan on ever getting that far though.  Faith Hill does inspire to sing the music I want though. She hasn’t told me personally but when I listen to her music, it brings me back to the country roots I was born into. Faith Hill amazes me because of how good she can sing with very little effort. She also helped Tim McGraw jump start his music career to be bigger. He is also a singer I love to listen to. My favorite songs that she has done are “Where are you Christmas”, “It Matters to Me”, “Mississippi Girl”, “This Kiss”, and of course her duet with her husband Tim McGraw, “It’s your love.”

 

Rebel Wilson:

I’m sure this woman has amazed a lot of people. I now she has amazed me especially with her comedy. I had never seen Rebel Wilson till she appeared in the movie Bridesmaids. From then on I was in love with her! (As an actress of course) Since I watched her in Bridesmaids I have had to watch every movie she has recently come out with. She makes me feel like I can be funnier because I can go around and quote what she says at the most perfect times. The way that she decided to become an actress almost made me fall out of my chair. Wilson had contracted malaria while in Africa and when she had hallucinations, one of them was herself as an actress who had won an Oscar. I think that online sort of explains what kind of character she is. Something else that amazes me about her is that she isn’t that bad of a singer. I found this out while watching Pitch Perfect. When I heard her sing her solo part I was like, “WOW! She hilarious and can sing!” Rebel Wilson has inspired me to be myself around others, even if I seem goofy and dumb. I am actually a funny person but am afraid to show it a lot of the time.

"Rebel Wilson." Wikipedia. N.p., 18 Febru 2013. Web. 19 Feb 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Wilson>.

 

Whitney Houston:

Whitney Houston was an amazing singer. I have always loved singing her songs even though I will never be as good as her. This woman amazes me because of the way she can sing. Sometimes when I sing I picture myself being able to sing like her. I was named after Whitney Houston because my mom loved her as a singer, definitely not because of her life choices. Her awards as a female artist were outstanding. Some of which she made history with. For example, her song “I Will Always Love you” became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. Whitney Houston amazes me with how easily she can get so loud and stay in control of her voice. As I grow with my singing voice, I try to sing along with her songs in hope that I will be able to have to control she does. Whitney also has a wide range on the music scale; this is also something I lack. I am not good at hitting the high notes but as I sing more of her songs I find that I am becoming better and either changing it to fit me or actually being on the right key. Even though she passed away on February 9^th, 2012 she will always be someone I look up to in the music career business.

"Whitney Houston." Wikipedia. N.p.. Web. 20 Feb 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston

The real story behind my picture.

It was the last day of hunting season and I was so excited because everybody had been seeing a big 8 point where we were hunting. Plus everyone else had already shot one. It was 5:30 when I woke up and we left at 6. When I got up in my tree stand it was just 6:20 and the sun was peeking over the hills. I loaded my .243 and sat there waiting till I got my shot. It was about 8 o'clock and we hadn’t seen anything. I started to get discouraged because it was the last day. Even if I shot a doe at least I would have something. I made another sweep of the tree line with my binoculars, and there he was standing tall with a 17 inch wide span between both antlers. He was chasing a doe and she was about half way between him and me. I got my rifle ready and stood as still as I could. When he got about 100 yards away I looked in my scope, put the cross hairs on him, said a little pray, and pulled the trigger. BANG! I had hit him! He scrunched up and jumped and then tried to run. He ran towards my tree stand and then turned around and ran towards the tree line but about 10 yards before he hit the tree line he made a U-turn and dropped. With one shot I got him, and I didn't even have to track him. That was my first big buck that I had ever seen. My dad and me knuckled punched and grinned from ear to ear. I was so excited to get back to the farm and show everyone. My grandpa, dad, cousin, and I all shot big bucks last year and that made for great memories.

Ground hog day Re-Do

On September 29th, 2004, I lost someone that was very close to me. I was nine years old and my great grandpa had always been there for me. My dad wasn’t around much and so he became like a second father to me. He was my best friend and in all honesty, my only friend. He had been in the hospital for a while. He didn’t have cancer or any type of disease he was just getting older. The night before he died I had, had a dream that something bad was going to happen the next day. I was only nine so the dream didn’t stick out to me much right then. I had school that day and I didn’t want to miss because I had a couple of tests that I didn’t want to have to make up later; I was currently attending Trinity Lutheran in Freistatt. Not going ahead and missing that day was where I went wrong. Around 1 o’clock I get a call to go straight to the office and to hurry. When I get there my mom is standing there crying saying, “Whit hurry up we have to go now.” I waited to ask any questions because I knew something was really wrong. When we were almost to the interstate I asked my mom what was wrong. She said he’s not going to live much longer. She was trying to get me there to say goodbye before he passed away. I have never seen my mom drive that fast in my entire life, even to this day. When we got to Springfield and arrived to the hospital we ran inside. As soon as the elevator doors opened my grandma came running down the hallway….She said he was gone.

 To this day I have never had a feeling that gut wrenching. I dropped to my knees and couldn’t blink, think, react, or even cry. When I finally regained myself, I slowly moved towards his room. What I saw was beyond description because the man in that bed wasn’t my life loving grandpa. If I could go back and change that day I would’ve never went to school. Those tests did not matter to me as much as saying goodbye to my grandpa did. That morning I wish I would’ve woken up and told my mom I want to go see him. She wouldn’t have hesitated to take me, not for one second, because she knew how close we were. I could have gone to the hospital and spent the last few hours with him.  Whether we just talked, played card games, or told jokes like we always had before, anything would have been better than nothing. My grandma said that before he closed his eyes he hugged her and said give this to Whitney. He smiled and went to heaven. That is the day I would change though. I wish I could have been there to receive that hug from him.  Although, this is sad and something a lot of people might change, this is the biggest thing that I wish I could go back and change.