This Is Me

In looking back on 2017, So many things had happened. Some good, great, bad and sad, but in all this year was definitely one to remember!  So lets start with Jan 1st 2017. Lee and I decided to stop drinking soda. This was going to be hard for both of us with our love for Dr. Pepper. But hey! we did it! I'm so proud of both of us for getting that unhealthy habit out of our lives. In January we also ended up In a car accident. Some how a guy in a car did not see Lee's truck and smashed right into us. Luckily no one got hurt. It was definitely not the start of the year we wanted. This last year we went to numerous truck/tractor pulls, and Monster truck shows. I can't even remember where they all were there was so many. They were all so much fun! I'm so glad I'm with someone who loves the same things that I do!   We also went on a trip to Alabama! This trip was so much fun. It was Lee and I and then two of my friends. I wouldn't of wanted anyone else to...

Holy Cows! It's been 2 months since I turned 21. Lets take a look back at that day! So the day of my birthday we decided to go out. We hit up 4 bars in Platteville and I really enjoyed every second of it. I had some really good drinks and some really nasty shots lol but it was all fun. That night ended just after 1am because I had class the next morning and work. I never actually got "drunk" on my 21st. I was feeling pretty good but that was as much as I wanted. Since then I have only gone to a bar once and that was with my dad and his cousin to have dinner and a beer. Otherwise I have maybe drank 4 other times since October 11th. Drinking is not important to me anymore. I only started drinking when I was in high school because I had a boyfriend at the time that's life revolved around partying. And same with my first year of college. Now I cant even really stand the taste of alcohol. Some days its nice to just have a drink but even then I can barely finish it. ...

On October 27th 2016, a man named Lee asked me out. In September we had started talking and I most definitely tried too hard to get him. I was actually scaring him away. Luckly he took a chance and got me away from my so called "friends" to watch a game of football. I think after that night he knew I wasn't the girl I pretended to be. It didn't take long and I was constantly at his place. I can't say my roommates were all to great besides Emily. But she left after just a few short months to be closer to home. Miss her. Anyway it got to the point were I was there almost everyday. In March of 2017 we went on a major trip together. Although we had our moment of argument, it was an amazing trip. I set up a day trip for us to go to Pensacola and go horseback riding. It was honestly the best trip ever. We walked around down town and then got Sonic. It was an amazing date. That trip brought us so close and definitely challenges us as a couple. I can't wait for o...

~Past~ Growing up in a small community meant a lot of things. You know everyone, your related to half of them, and you’re considered “Hicks”. But it also meant that my parents raised us kids how they were raised, in the woods. My parents were big hunters when they were growing up. Every year getting their stands up and gear together to freeze their butts off in a tree. Many times my parents would take me out to go “hunting”. This meant we were sitting in a lawn chair or on the ground and I was constantly moving because I was little and couldn’t sit still. I would get so excited when someone shot a deer. I would hold on to the antlers and poke their tongue thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I was raised in the woods, covered in orange, hoping for a deer. ~Present~ Recently my parents bought 120 acres of land. But it came 40 acres at a time. That land has brought us so close as a family. Our FFF (Forced Family Fun) was working at the land. We set up stands, made trails...

I'm so excited to announce that this weekend is opening for gun season! I'm so excited to get out and take my little sister. I got my deer earlier this year so I really hope she can get hers! You got it Bug!! Here is an update on my life~ Injuries? As many of you know, in June I had fallen and hurt my back and elbow pretty bad. After X-Rays on my back we found out that I have pulling on my spine which is making it curve. So I need to stretch a lot to release the tension on my spine. As for my elbow I was diagnosed with Bursitis. We had X-Rays done too but they came back normal. It has been 4 ½ months and my elbow is still messed up. There is still swelling and pain. The assumption now is that I have pulled or tore a tendon. It just sucks because I constantly use my arms at both jobs and so I’m not giving my elbow time to heal. Which means the healing process is going to be longer.   Well I have 4 ½ weeks of class then final week! So excited for Christmas break! But s...

So not many of you guys know me.... So I will tell you My name is Samantha but I go by Sam. I'm only called Samantha when I am getting in trouble. I am 20 years old... for now... 21 in exactly a month! Anyway, I am a college student at UW- Platteville studying Psychology. It was probably the best choice I ever made. Moving to Platteville was a hard but amazing change in my life. I hated the drama of my small town and everyone being so mean towards me. So I left. It has been amazing. I rarely see anyone from home, besides my remaining few friends and my family. Platteville has brought me new and true friends, no drama, an amazing boyfriend, my first apartment, and a bright future. But I'm not going to lie. My first year was hard. I had a manipulative boyfriend at the time and that relationship ended shortly into my first semester. Thank God. I also had some issues with anxiety. It got to the point where I would play my music so loud because I couldn't stand the sound of...

I have always been huge into being active and living a healthy life. My first year of college I was having anxiety issues I ended up using the gym to clear my mind. It had seemed to work. It was a place where I could blare music and focus on just myself. In October or November of 2016 I had got a membership at Snap Fitness and I started to go to the gym with Lee and his friend Jon. But being a full time student and working as many hours a week as possible, sometimes it was hard to get to the gym. Then I had a set back with a pretty good rib injury and it got to the point where we just didn't go. Unfortunately we haven't been consistent but that is soon going to be changing. Future goals? Well my goals are to get to the gym at least 5 days a week but minimal 3. I have a new workout plan that I will be following, I want to do a bulk through winter and right at the beginning of January do a cut for the summer. I'm hoping everything works out for me. I plan to do mostly w...

As of October 27th 2016, Lee and I have been dating. It has been a wonderful experience and everything we have done has made memories that I will never forget. Lee is a wonderful man, and I'm not just saying that. He is the type of guy that is dedicated to his goals in life and works hard to try and reach them. All his life he has been a hard worker. When he was younger his father had passed away. Although no one wants to lose a family member, It has made Lee into such a great man and I know Kerry would be so proud of his son. Adventures? Lee and I have been on some pretty crazy adventures. He took me up north to stay in a cabin for his younger brother (Chubs) birthday. It was so fun meeting his family and letting lose for a bit. I also got so experience some other fun and cool things on the many trips up north. I got to shoot a shot gun for the first time, watch how honey is extracted, fish, make jerky and bacon, and ride four wheeler at his families land along with many other...

Today is July 16th 2017. If you look back to this time last year I was not the most happiest person. But today I can say that I am VERY happy. Last summer my relationship ended and I was ok with that. Neither of us were truly happy, more of just dating to be in a relationship. But never mind that. In October I met a really sweet guy. At first I wasn't really giving him the time of day because I figured he was just another college boy that wanted to play with my heart. But I was wrong. It took quite a while for me to warm up to him and actually ask him to go bowling with me and my friends. After that day I really thought I blew it though. But on October 27th Lee took me out to Red Robbin for a dinner date. Later that night he kept hesitating to say something and that when I knew what he was going to do. I kept telling him to just say it, and that's when he did. October 27th is the day that my life did a 360 and I could not be more happy. In the past nine months of being togeth...