Unit 10

The semester is all but over, I hope everyone did well on their papers.
The weather is so beautiful here in TN, the spring cleaning bug has bit me. I am enjoying the break between classes and catching up on some housework.
Good luck to everyone with their future and thanks professor for all your help, I really enjoyed your class.

Unit 9

We have all worked very hard, and now this semester is coming to an end. I will miss this class, I have learned so much about writing that I took for granted in everyday life. I have always kept a diary, but I now find myself trying to pay more attention to detail in my writing. I don't know about the rest of the class, but it seems the more final papers that I write; my stress level seems to be less. Who knows maybe by the time I graduate, it won't bother me at all to sit down and write a 10 page paper.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of my classmates the best of luck in their future.

Unit 8

Time has flown by, it seems as though each semester goes faster than the one before. Maybe I am finally adjusting to online college life. I know I will miss it when I do graduate, but I have one more year to enjoy and stress over it. I have been working on my final projects all weekend, editing and revising. Thanks to all my classmates for your great advice, a fresh pair of eyes is always good. I would like to wish all of my classmates good luck with their papers.

Unit 7 Crunch time

Although this was supposed to be a relatively easy week, for me it wasn't, I have been plagued with migraine headaches, brought on my the changing weather, all week. So I am a bit late in getting all my assignments done.
I love the Springtime but all the blooms hate me. I hope everyone is having some of this beautiful weather, that we have had in Nashville this week.

Unit 6 Final Projects

This weekend has been a nightmare, an outline due in A&P II, a draft, and post draft outline due in Comp II. I have pretty much spent my whole weekend working on these papers, doing them and then revising them. I am always second guessing myself. I want to turn in my very best, but I doubt myself and drive everyone around me crazy. A short blog this week, but I still have so much to do. Good luck to all my classmates with their projects.

Unit 5

The weather has been so beautiful here the last couple of days, all I want to do is get some sunshine. So I have not hit the books the way I should have, now I am playing catch up. I really needed to take a break and clear my head though, I was getting way too stressed out. I don't know about anyone else, but when I get stressed, I just don't think clearly. I find if I back away and take a break, then I can come back with a clear mind and do much better work. I feel refreshed and I am ready to work on my final projects.
I hope everyone else is getting some of this warmer weather and sunshine.

Unit 4 Animal Rescue

This week I am choosing a topic that is close to my heart, animal rescue, in particular the touchy subject of pit bull dogs. I understand peoples fear of these animals, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion on the subject. I feel the pit bull has been given a bad reputation due to the ignorance of people who choose to fight animals.
My first memory of having a pet as a child is my father bringing home a little puppy to me, I was 4 or 5 years old. I had no idea this puppy was a pit bull dog and neither did he. I named him Tiger because he had stripes like a tiger. Tiger and I spent many happy hours together playing in the yard and him chasing me as I rode my bike. He passed away when I was 12 years old, he never bit anyone or even acted like he wanted to. In my early twenties I was blessed with another pit bull, I gave birth to two daughters and Rascal loved both of them. Unfortunately he was run over by a car when he was 4 years old. I didn't have a dog for awhile after that. Then when I was going through a very rough time in my life, my neighbor raised pit bull dogs and his female was having distressed labor, it was her first litter. I climbed in the dog house with her on that snowy day Dec. 18 2002, and helped her give birth to five beautiful little puppies. Her last pup was a beautiful little buckskin girl, the runt. I fell in love with her. We lost one of them within 24 hours, a little boy. The rest of them were fine at first, but about a week later, the mother stopped feeding the little runt. I couldn't stand for her to die, so I took her and hand fed her. My neighbor gave her to me and her sister to my daughter. I named her Buttercup, she was a great dog, she became a house dog. When my grandson was born, everyone kept telling me to keep that dog away, and all the horror stories about pit bulls eating babies. Buttercup loved my grandson and it turned out no one could get near him if they weren't family. She was his gaurdian. I would just like to let everyone know that it all in how the animal is raised, not the breed. Please don't pay for a dog, adopt an animal(no matter what breed) from a rescue or pound, they will give you more love than you could ever imagine. I have a friend here locally that runs an animal rescue, if you would like more information on adoption, I would be happy to help you.