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ould not have had something happen to her just because she was drinking i completely agree something bad should have never happened to her but that doesn t make it any different we live in a world where bad things happen where terrible tragedies are perpetrated daily whether drunk or not watching how much you drink using a color changing nail polish in the future or just plain always having a sober person with you to keep you safe are all things that can be done to make the odds of a bad outcome so much lower i have continually seen articles and opinions stating that women shouldn t have to be educated on keeping themselves safe but that men should be educated not to rape that thinking is flawed for two reasons one a woman s safety should be her responsibility not left to the men around her if we are going to empowered we have to be educated and aware and ready to meet whatever things come at us including someone wanting to do us harm second rape is rarely just an act of sex rape is a crime of power we can preach don t kill don t steal and don t rape all we want but that isn t going to stop the people who are committing these crimes from continuing to commit them you better believe i will be teaching my son to respect women to respect himself and to never put himself in a situation where there could even be the allegation of harm against a woman i will also be teaching my daughter self defense to always have her wits about her to carry pepper spray when out alone at night and to know that it will never be her fault if she is assaulted empowering our young women to know it s okay to have power for themselves is never a bad thing filed under safety leave a comment dec 12 favorite things mixing it up posted on december 12 2013 by brandy standard oprah has lots of favorite things and likes to talk about them regularly obviously i m not famous but i thought i might share a few things over the next few weeks that i find invaluable every year during the holiday season we attend many events with our families and church all of these events include food and i inevitably take the same thing peanut butter balls also known as buckeyes but this indiana girl refuses to call them that i ve made them since i was a little girl sneaking them from my grandma and they are still just as well loved now as they were then that being said one of my favorite things is something that makes preparing the hundreds of candies i prepare each year just a little bit easier my kitchenaid mixer i ve had this mixer since my family all decided to pitch in and get it for my birthday about 12 years ago it was been well used and well loved i m able to whip up a double batch of the peanut butter filling in just a few minutes and just add the ingredients while the mixer does the work using a hand mixer would require a smaller batch and much more elbow grease to combine the thick filling no thank you i ve had many small appliances and gadgets that have worn out or lost their usefulness but my kitchen would be bare without this one filed under uncategorized 2 comments dec 11 wordless wednesday sleeping babies posted on december 11 2013 by brandy standard want to take part too link up to wordless wednesday here filed under family and tagged family love leave a comment dec 10 breaking down the job hunt posted on december 10 2013 by brandy standard the featured pic is a screen shot of an actual email i got today regarding a position i presumably should apply for i can t imagine how this job search company put anything i have ever completed together and came out with a truck driving position but it gave me a good laugh this morning i ve spent the better part of the last two years job searching i lost my previous position doing medical transcription for a hospital due to outsourcing in november 2011 i was lucky in that i was already in school for a whole new career also i was able to draw unemployment benefits but for most of the time i was on unemployment i had to job search i was blessed to find a medical billing position a little less than a year after becoming unemployed because a friend and former colleague recommended me to the owner it was a perfect position to work part time while still in school and i was grateful for the opportunity a few months before graduating it became time to update my résumé polish my cover letter and rev up the job search again for about 6 months i scanned ads got email updates and stalked the websites of potential employers my full time job was finding a full time job and it s not an easy one about six months in to my search again i was lucky and blessed enough to have people connected to a position recommend me and now i m in a place i love so here are my thoughts on job searching they are in no particular order 1 have multiple people read your résumé you know what your résumé says or at least you know what it should say when you read something for too long it s easy to see what you believe it says and not what it really says having multiple fresh sets of eyes will help you catch minor grammar spelling or formatting errors that you re just missing you don t want to be out of the running due to something easily fixed 2 your cover letter isn t about repeating your résumé your cover letter is a chance to stand out and show why you are interested in the position and why you think you would be a good candidate use it as a tool to grab attention as long as it s been carefully edited as well 3 network like crazy did anybody notice the pattern of how i obtained my most recent two positions people i worked with and went to school with knew of positions and advocated for me they knew i was looking for a job and were happy to recommend me going to the people you know who work where you want to work can be a major advantage new hires are a crap shoot but to have someone who already works at a company be able to say that the shoot isn t quite so blind is a good thing for you and for the company take advantage of your connections and make your job search hopefully a little but easier 4 it s not personal every rejection feels like a personal affront but it s not it s business and more than likely it s not about you there are so many factors that go in to the hiring process and many of them have nothing to do with you there may be 100 applicants for 1 position you may get an interview which means you may have been in the top 10 but you still don t get the job why not who knows it could be because the person who was hired had a connection see 3 or had a skill set they decided would be more beneficial or who knows why but it s more than likely not about you it s about them and it s business don t let the process beat you down personally it s just not personal so those are the basics sometimes i had to really remind myself of 4 and i ve had more people than i can count read and edit my résumé cover letter good luck to each and every person out there job searching now filed under me work and tagged job search work leave a comment dec 9 money saving monday free e book posted on december 9 2013 by brandy standard i love to save money but really who doesn t one of my current favorite money savers are free e books for my kindle i can t begin to imagine how many interpretations i have seen or read of charles dickens a christmas carol heck one of my november posts talked about watching scrooged which is one more retelling of this story last year i watched disney s a christmas carol with jim carrey for the first time i enjoyed it thoroughly and highly recommend it but it s definitely for slightly older kids than mine it is quite frightening in some of the scenes but beautifully done i was taken with the language and became curious as to the original story given that a christmas carol is now public domain i was able to download it for free on my kindle which i highly recommend the movie was so very much pulled from the book and i couldn t get enough i read it in just a few days which wasn t that difficult given how short it was it s that time of year again so i decided to go back to this story if you have the chance to read this before christmas i don t think you ll regret it not only is it a classic story but you can get it for free and who doesn t need something for free this time of year filed under uncategorized and tagged deals free money save leave a comment dec 8 simply thankful sunday winter edition posted on december 8 2013 by brandy standard here in the indiana area we got hit with some ice and snow on friday of course the kiddos were super excited about their snow day and getting to enjoy all the fabulousness that is playing in the first snow of the year so thankful for their enthusiasm on a different note i was also thankful for anti lock brakes and the two new front tires i got in may they made traveling in less than desirable conditions with precious cargo a little bit easier filed under uncategorized leave a comment nov 30 30 days posted on november 30 2013 by brandy standard i tried my hardest to participate fully in nablopomo but of course i missed a day and definitely phoned in more than one picture post i do feel like it was a great reminder to put my blog closer to the top of my priority list and if for nothing else than that i m glad i made the effort over the last 30 days i have seen the regular posts on facebook documenting something my friends were thankful for each day i didn t participate but now i would like to take the time to fill in my 30 days of thankfulness 1 the lord i would not be who i am without my service for the lord 2 gabe he is truly my other half and makes me better than anything i would be without him 3 aiden and olivia i would normally list them separately as they are so individual but they made me a mother and fill the piece in my heart so completely that i never knew was empty before they came along 4 my grandma she is truly the only mother i have ever known and taught me what it is to love and nurture a family i am thankful she is healthy and happy and enjoys my children so fully 5 my aunts without my mom in my life i could have had something missing but there never was because of my aunts linda and cheryl brought more love to me and my brother than one person ever could and spoil my children beyond belief they love it 6 my in laws there are a million horror stories out there about terrible in laws and i m glad to say i don t have that i have in laws who treat me like their own and have given me the chance to have the sisters i never got to have growing up 7 friends there aren t words enough to say what my friends mean to me i have friends who i ve known for years i m looking at you brandi friends who i feel like i ve known for years kimmie long distance friends i ve never met in real life jenn and dawn and nursing friends who walked with me through our battle and came out on the other side too many of you crazies to list each and every one of them has meant something important to me and filled a place in my life that would have been harder and emptier without them 8 my career i worked so very hard to earn my career and become a nurse it means something to me that i can say that i m an rn 9 my job yes it s different than a career i love my job i just became full time this week and could not be happier in this economy a job is not guaranteed even with an education and i feel immensely blessed to have mine 10 our home it is our sanctuary from the world and i am glad for it every day i love coming home and relaxing at the end of the day and having a little private place that is just ours ok those were all serious things now for the silly 11 coffee i love coffee it makes me happy and it tastes like heaven and it is my friend 12 chocolate right up there with coffee 13 purses i love a beautiful handbag i love new ones and old ones i love when the seasons change and it s time to bring out a different purse 14 shoes gabe doesn t like it there s just too many of them but i love shoes the more the better and multiple pairs for every occasion love them 15 shopping even when i don t buy anything i love to look and try things on and consider the possibilities 16 books finding an adventure in the written word is a gift 17 movies my imagination can only go so far and seeing the creations that come alive on the big screen is more than my tiny brain could ever come up with 18 technology i love computers and tablets and phones pretty much anything with fancy lights and whistles gets my attention i think i get that from my dad i still remember the first dial up modem he brought home 19 dogs specifically our dogs i love animals and our dogs are big sweeties 20 good pens i have worked in offices for so long that good pens mean a lot to me mine are pink so that they stand out and i can nab them if someone else picks them up 21 holidays whether it be thanksgiving or halloween or labor day i love taking time and slowing down and recognizing different moments in life 22 my car long story short our car died and we had no idea what we were going to do our car came at just the right time and at just the right cost 23 gabe s truck yep they re separate because they were two separate blessings gabe now has an extended can and it makes it so much easier with the kiddos 24 naps enough said 25 slippers when you re on your feet a lot during the day having soft fuzzy slippers waiting at home is fabulous 26 christmas lights it s that time of the year and i m like a kid when it comes to driving around to see them 27 music i love almost all genres and can sing along to almost anything cranking up the sound in my car and shouting out lyrics is a huge stress reliever 28 breakfast it s my favorite meal of the day 29 restaurants as much as i love to cook having it brought to me is something to be thankful for 30 pictures if you can t tell from this space i take a lot of pictures i have a strong need to document and capture moments so there you have it the month of november is done but i have no intention of abandoning this space in december we shall see filed under faith family fashion friends me nursing school thankfulness work and tagged family friends thankful leave a comment nov 29 thanksgiving happiness posted on november 29 2013 by brandy image filed under family thankfulness and tagged family kids love leave a comment nov 28 black friday special posted on november 28 2013 by brandy standard gabe is having a black friday special on all of his books only 0 99 each this won t last long so get it while you can filed under uncategorized leave a comment nov 27 battle wounds posted on november 27 2013 by brandy standard miss livi had a little run in with a lamp today but she doesn t seem to be any worse for the wear and pony band aids always make it better filed under uncategorized leave a comment post navigation span class meta nav span older span posts span recent posts speaking out for rape prevention and common sense 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