Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Feb 5, 2012, 9:16 pm
When I get the money to be able to buy new tennis shoes (having to wear only New Balance, and having to wear them in Men’s, not Women’s gets expensive), I usually try to make sure that I can get … Continue reading →
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Feb 5, 2012, 9:10 pm
I have written before about my insomnia on this blog, but to be honest, I’m starting to think LaShawn sleeps for both her and I. Seriously. I so rarely fall asleep quickly and I wake up quickly when I do … Continue reading →
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Feb 5, 2012, 8:32 pm
For those who know me well, you know that I have long been opposed to having an e-reader. I am not a big fan of not having an actual book in my hands or actual pages to turn. I have … Continue reading →
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Jan 31, 2012, 4:58 pm
Have you ever wondered why it is they make you take classes in your native language? I don’t mean why all your classes are in your native language (for those smart arses out there), but why do they make you … Continue reading →
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Jan 30, 2012, 9:09 pm
I wish we had some good concerts coming here. There is nothing better to me than hitting up the Tyson Event Center, parking myself next to an amp stack with a row of marshall 1960a amps across the top, and … Continue reading →
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Jan 19, 2012, 7:54 pm
LaShawn and I love to watch movies. It gives us something to do besides sit on our computers all day and it allows us to relax when we have been stressed out by our classes. One of our favorite ways … Continue reading →
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Nov 1, 2011, 7:30 pm
That’s an odd combination up there in the title isn’t it? These are the things I got today at Hobby Lobby. Well, I shouldn’t say I got them – I should say LaShawn’s mom got them for me. I have an order to finish for Candlelight Boutique of 100 cotton facial scrubbies, and This post is ©...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 31, 2011, 6:51 pm
Yes yes, Happy Halloween! I love Halloween! I seriously dressed up (well, as dressed up as I could get this year) and went to Applebee’s for dinner with LaShawn and her mom. LaShawn dressed up too, but I’ll have to get her picture later. She wasn’t trying for it, but she ended up looking a Thi...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 29, 2011, 8:00 pm
Never mention that you are looking for a job on Twitter. o_O I had a crap ton of spam bots following me, each promising me that I could get the job of my dreams if I followed them and did what they said. Thanks but no thanks. This is why Twitter invented the block button. This post is © Charity Gam...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 29, 2011, 7:51 pm
One thing that sucks about the doctors I keep getting handed to at the community health center is that none of them really seem to care that I am in abdominal pain. They don’t care that I have a difficult time bending over (although if I get hired at Target and the job requires This post is © Ch...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 29, 2011, 7:37 pm
I see commercials for products that are meant to stimulate eyelash growth all the time and I wonder why this is a problem. I mean, I know eyelashes are there to help protect the eyes from debris that could fall into them, but still – this seems to be more of a vanity issue than This post is © Cha...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 22, 2011, 1:07 am
And I’m sick. :/ I worked 2 days and then managed to pick up a stomach bug. Leave it to me. I feel like death but I figured I should at least try to blog since I don’t think I have since I started McD’s. I work the grill – I hate it This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 18, 2011, 8:46 pm
In Psychology we went through some common causes of stress in a person’s life. I was surprised to see how many people who did not believe that planning a wedding is a major source of stress. The funniest thing is, many of the people who said that planning a wedding was not a major source This post...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 17, 2011, 7:31 pm
My 2.25 year search for a job is now complete. Today I was called by the McDonald’s that I’ve placed several apps in for to offer me a job. I was interviewed last week and am now employed by McDonald’s. I’m sure that some people will be all “McDonald’s? You’re working towards a c...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 17, 2011, 12:44 am
It’s getting to be that time of year again – the time of year when we really start thinking about getting our houses decorated for the holidays. Lately I’ve been wishing we could do more decorating with flowers around here, but with Mom being allergic to most flowers, that isn’t going to hap...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 16, 2011, 1:53 am
So I got tired of the two-toned crap I had going on with my hair and got it dyed. I asked for black but the gal wouldn’t give me the jet black I wanted. She gave me what amounted to a really dark brown, but unless the sun hits it just right, you This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserve...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 15, 2011, 3:13 am
For those who do not know, I ♥ Hello Kitty. And I do mean I ♥ Hello Kitty. Consequently, between my goth/rocker chick tendencies & Hello Kitty, Hot Topic is a favorite store. For example – yesterday LaShawn and I went to Hot Topic and picked up 2 copies of Evanescence’s new self-titled ...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 14, 2011, 2:38 am
Now I have an iPod right now and it works perfectly fine. However, my iPod is only 1GB in space and I have more music that I’d like to be able to put on my iPod than I can currently. A friend of mine suggested that I get an iPod Nano because that is what This post is © Charity Gamble, all r...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 14, 2011, 2:33 am
As pretty much every Evanescence fan knows, Evanescence released their 3rd album on October 11. I had a chance to listen to the full album – Deluxe Edition – via Spotify (which is now open to everyone in the US – no invites needed). I am a huge fan of Evanescence and their 3rd studio This post...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 10, 2011, 10:42 pm
On software that I don’t plan to use. I don’t mind spending the money to get Adobe Photoshop CS5, because frankly, I’m going to be getting it via the University of Phoenix Marketplace, so I’m only going to spend about $180 on it. That’s fine with me. But I chafe at spending money on Adobe ...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 9, 2011, 5:12 am
My academic adviser got changed – I wasn’t particularly happy with that, because I liked Andrew a lot, but apparently they reorganized the advisers, so I got Kevin instead. I didn’t mind losing Monica, my financial adviser, and now I have a woman named Shayne (yes, Shayne) for my financial adv...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 5, 2011, 3:41 pm
Aside from my rant I am not letting this crap with the food stamps get me down. My goal was to get off the food stamps eventually anyway, it just happened earlier than I needed it to. But I’m busy – making scarves – for a rock band (9 Left Dead) no less – making jewelry This post is © ...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 4, 2011, 4:16 am
= No Food Stamps in Iowa. Can someone please explain something to me? How is it that a single person can have no children and no job and get $200 per month in food stamps, but a full time student is required to work 20 hours per week at minimum wage -or- be involved This post is © Charity Gamble, a...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Oct 1, 2011, 9:38 pm
So as I was walking my dog, I saw some things that I figured would make great photos. Since I had my purse with me (we’d just taken Panda for a car ride), I had my little Sony P&S camera with me as well. I grabbed it and took a couple of pictures. These were This post is © Charity Gamble, all rig...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Sep 27, 2011, 10:16 pm
... my friend Sarah is in town until this Monday and wanted to know if LaShawn and I wanted to see The Lion King 3D with her. We said sure (any chance to see a movie in the theater is awesome) and so we went to see it last night. If ... post anywhere other than Gothic Peach or this feed, please ...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Sep 21, 2011, 4:49 am
Sometimes job hunting is more like a winding road than anything. You go left and find a job to apply for, you go right and find a job to apply for. Nine times out of ten, you don’t do anything more than keep winding around and around, but at least you start to see that This post is © Charity Gamb...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Sep 14, 2011, 10:52 pm
More than once I’ve thought about what my dream home would have. Definitely an office/computer room to hold all my computer related gadgets. A craft room for all the myriad crafts I enjoy from candle making to soap casting/making to jewelry making to knitting/crocheting to sewing. Yes, I do a lot ...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Sep 14, 2011, 10:38 pm
Here we go again. Squishy has decided to make a nuisance of himself today. I’ve been hurting since I started eating dinner today. I really wish Squishy would take himself off somewhere and not return. Of course, that won’t happen unless he gets some help, but I can dream right? I wanted to ...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Sep 13, 2011, 10:40 pm
Or at least LaShawn thinks I do. We were bumming around at Hobby Lobby today and I went looking for the little Christmas light charms I make jewelry out of. When I found them (and a plethora of other cute Christmas buttons/charms) I did this little dance that made LaShawn ask me if This post is ©...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Sep 11, 2011, 10:08 pm
My hernia that is. And I am not really going to name him Squishy. But being that he has been with me since I was born (I refer to it as “him” because every boyfriend I’ve had except ONE has been an utter PITA and this thing IS a PITA), I might as well give This post is © Charity Gamble, all r...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Sep 1, 2011, 8:20 pm
(or I’m An Idiot) So my friends and I went off-diet today in order to eat at this place called Jim’s Burgers. They are a chain and have three locations here as well as several in California. Apparently the owner is from the Sioux City area and when his burger chain was successful out in This pos...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Sep 1, 2011, 7:36 pm
Yes, I’m sure if you are reading this right now, you are cringing at what might be showing in the playlist. I mean, I have the Backstreet Boys listed for crying out loud! Oh the horror. LOL I’ve said before I’m eclectic when it comes to music. But I’m also eclectic when it comes to book...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 31, 2011, 4:55 pm
It is bad enough that I hear people like you every day, driving down Highway 75, blasting your stereos. You have your precious high tech sound systems and your Energy subwoofer speakers in whatever that thing you drive is, and you have it all going full blast. You think you’re so cool blasting out...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 29, 2011, 10:11 pm
If you like, you can look at the comments on this post. Obviously the post was not properly read by the first commenter, nor is he a regular reader of this blog, because he’d know more about me and know This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere other than G...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 28, 2011, 8:53 pm
Today was an off the diet day. After church we had root beer floats, cake, pumpkin bars, and brownies to celebrate our church’s first birthday. Yes, the church I go to is only a year old. It is This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere other than Gothic P...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 28, 2011, 8:50 pm
Just have the computer do something funky. Now this was before I even touched it. The people who run our worship team have software called EasyWorship that we use to post the song lyrics on the screen, show videos on This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere ...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 25, 2011, 9:36 pm
A friend of mine was working on trying to create an exercise routine for me. She wanted me to start out small, so she suggested just walking up to the end of the city sidewalk 1 and back down to This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere other than Gothic Peac...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 24, 2011, 6:32 pm
To get rid of a damn web host? I do not like Site5. I do not want Site5 any longer. However I am battling them to get my account cancelled as I requested. First they tell me that they are This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere other than Gothic Peach or th...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 23, 2011, 9:31 pm
Apparently while I was in Colorado the first time this year, the furnace started to make a weird noise. I haven’t heard the noise because LaShawn and her mom shut the furnace off at the breaker switch to make the This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere ot...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 23, 2011, 9:14 pm
That I never had to go to Walmart again. Wally World as I and many of my friends/family affectionately (or not) call it, drives me absolutely insane. It is the one place on this planet that is guaranteed to make This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere other...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 21, 2011, 9:41 pm
Today was rather interesting at church as we had a couple who ran a drama workshop at the church yesterday. They set up a little skit for the service today which was kind of funny. It basically had people talking This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere othe...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 21, 2011, 2:27 am
There are some things about dieting that just really suck. Usually the fact that there are so many things that one shouldn’t eat when on a diet. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. All the fun stuff like This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere o...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 19, 2011, 9:06 pm
Funny how people related to me think that just because I am on the computer all day that I spend all of my time shopping for things I can’t afford to buy. Really? And just how am I supposedly paying This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere other than Gothi...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 19, 2011, 9:01 pm
All I want is a lazy day. A day where I don’t have to get up and go anywhere or do anything. Not even cook. Just sit around and either play on my computer, sleep, or read. This is what This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere other than Gothic Peach or thi...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Aug 19, 2011, 3:21 am
I have some friends who are married, and of course, while I’m happy for them, it does bug me a bit that they are married and I’m not. But that isn’t what has me stumped. What has me This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere other than Gothic Peach or ...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Jul 31, 2011, 4:02 pm
If you noticed an issue loading my blogs, you are right. There was an issue loading my blogs. Apparently there was an attack on my server. The hosting company was dealing with the attack and shut down my server. That is fine. I would rather they shut down the server and deal with the attack This pos...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Jul 29, 2011, 3:31 pm
Ok, seriously, I actually like Sixx A.M.’s new album This is Gonna Hurt even more than I liked The Heroin Diaries. Anyone who knows me knows that I love The Heroin Diaries and I play it often although it does not scrobble on Last.fm because I listen to it on my iPod and I do This post is © Charit...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Jul 29, 2011, 5:30 am
Seriously, I am getting way too stressed over, of course, money issues. Part of this stems from a domain needing to be renewed by the 18th of August & my first hosting bill coming up around the same time. Granted, I am supposed to get paid on August 12th, but so far I have only This post is © Chari...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Jul 16, 2011, 4:34 am
I have noticed that a lot of the games on Facebook are becoming pathetic with the way they want you to play other games as well. This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere other than Gothic Peach or this feed, please let me know, so I may take legal action. P...
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Charity G. posted an article on Gothic Peach - Jul 15, 2011, 1:29 am
Personalized items are quite popular, but it can be a challenge to find the name you want. This post is © Charity Gamble, all rights reserved. If you see this post anywhere other than Gothic Peach or this feed, please let me know, so I may take legal action. They Like It Personalized
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