I am currently holding an online show for the PartyLite Candle Company. My hopes are to earn enough to get my starter kit so I can begin my own business with the PartyLite Candle Company. The show will be open til Jan. 22. Feel free to look around and if you have any questions or comments, let me know. Here are the instructions and link to get to my show website.

simply go to this website

 http://www.partylite.biz/sites/partywith..paula

and click shop, then search your host, and put my name Abbey Kelm

Thank you for your time, Happy shopping!

Abbey Kelm

so, for those of you that know me and talk to me on a regular basis, prolly know how I feel about my dogs. i absolutely LOVE them to death and have people wondering if i have dogs or whether they are more like kids. well, they are both for me...yes, they are dogs and do their "doggy" thing, but at the same time their personalities and actions remind me of kids. they get jealous of each other when one has my attention and the other does not. if the younger one does something that causes me to yell at him and he doesn't stop, then the older one barks at him and "yells" at him too, just to reinforce waht i say. I've dealt with many many things with them that never cease to amaze me. the latest has been my first experience of them getting into gum. really, it was more like the one had gotten into the trash when I left the door open on accident. I had spit out some gum the other day and i guess they'd found it. i'd been on the comp. and turned around to see my oldest dog chewing on something, but it looked more like string coming out of the top of his paw. I did a double take and realized it was gum and not string and that it wasn't coming out of his paw, but more like stuck in the hairs on his paw. ofcourse, he was difficult in letting me clean it up. i had to give him his own piece of ice cube while I used another piece to harden up the gum. the whole ice cube thing made the younger dog jealous, and so i had to give him one too in order to keep him out of the way. well, i ended up having to cut out the gum. now, my dog has patches of REALLY short hair on his paws. hmmm...makes me wonder how things will be when I have REAL kids.

Southern Survey:
1. Have you ever gone muddin'? Kinda, it's always been in the snow

2. Have you ever lived on a dirt/gravel road? not me, I lived on the edge of city limits

3. Ever been swimming in a lake or river? all the time!

4. Ever been to a bonfire party? They're the BEST!

5. Have you ever driven a tractor? ofcourse

6. Have you ever been on a horse? You BET! They're the best land animal next to a dog.

7. Ford or Chevy? Ford

8. Kissed someone in a pick up? yeppers

9. Whats your favorite country song? Whiskey Lullabye
10. Ever done 90 miles per hour down a dirt road? no

11. Worked / Lived on a farm? nope

12. Been to a rodeo? not exactly

13. Do you own cowboy boots? I used to

14. Do you have a cowboy hat? no

15. Have you ever said git r done? jokingly
16. Country skyline or a city skyline? Country
17. Can you name a rodeo star? only the one from 8 Seconds but I can't remember his name.

18. Do you think tractors are sexy? lol...yeah
19. Ever rode a 4-wheeler? yes
20. Are you from the country? yeah
21. If so, are you proud of it? lol...yeah
22. Gone hunting? not yet
23. Gone fishing? ofcourse
24. Is your heart in dixie? no
25. Been on a hay ride? yeppers
26. Have you ever line danced? yes, but I'm not good at it
27. Camped under the stars? I love doing that!
28. Have you ever been cow tippin? no way, that's mean
29. Do you drive a pick up truck? not right now, but I have
30. Fell asleep in a hay stack? not that i can remember
31. Own a pair of overalls? used to
32. Drank Moonshine? lol...yep
33. Include the word "yonder" in your daily vocabulary? every once in awhile
34. Ever shoveled manure? ummm....yeah.
35. Milked a cow? not me, but it was an old boyfriend's job
36. Plucked a chicken? no way...too mean.
7. Is sweet tea your favorite drink? not unless it's got fruit flavors added to it
38. Been to a race? lots of different kinds
39. Know all the words to at least one David Allen Coe song? no
40.Have you ever made out in a back of a pick-up? yep

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Descendants - Family website

I took Axel and Cuervo to Care-A-Lot for their Paws Clinic to get all their shots and preventatives today. Since Josh is in Iraq I had to do it all by myself. Axel and Cuervo are both 1.5yrs old at most and each weigh 50lbs. They are fun loving people/dog friendly and have to say hi to every dog n person they see. So, ofcourse, that aspect alone makes them a lil difficult in certain situations. It doesn't help that I'm not even 5'1", have small hands, and am 150lbs  ("gasp"...I DID just post that).
Now, there were many dogs and people standing in line for the clinic and I had to go to the back. There were nurses standing by handing out/collecting forms that we had to fill out for each dog. As I was filling out my forms (writing with one hand while using the other to hold the clipboard and they boys retracable leashes in the other) the other dogs in front of me kept barking at my boys trying to get them to bark back. They were doing an ok job with an occasional bark back. Out of the corner of my eye, I see a guy coming from behind me with a HUGE Bull Mastif. I move over as much as I could considering there was only maybe 6ft from the wall I was by and the end of the aisle he was walking by as he went past me. Axel's leash came out of the lock position it was in (must have bumped the clipboard...I dunno) and he went up to Big dog and tried to give it a kiss hello. No, he wasn't charging or acting threatening to the BIG Dog (it's sweet Axel we're talking about...he wouldn't even hurt a flea). The Bull Mastif didn't like Axel giving him the kiss and completely snapped on Axel and bit his muzzel. Axel backed off and was kinda like what happened? The owner of the dog kept on walking and didn't say a word to me. The people in front of me in line said that Axel's nose was bleeding (he hadn't looked at me yet). I called him to me and when he turned around I saw this huge gash on top of his nose, blood all over his mouth and tongue, and the blood was just dripping from his nose and onto the floor. I totally freaked out and started bawling. I grabbed Axel's face to get a better look and was just shocked at how bad it was. He kept trying to nudge my face with his nose (as if to say it wasn't that bad and didn't hurt), all while smearing his blood all over my face and around my nose and mouth. I kept telling him I was sorry, I felt so bad for taking him there by myself and for not catching his leash in time. One of the nurses came over to see what happened and when I told her he'd gotten bit, she asked me if I got bit due to all the blood on me. I told her no, it was just him. The people in line said what dog n owner it was, but still nothing was said. the owner had actually gotten in line about 5 people ahead of me with his wife and other dog (my bad that I didn't have someone else with me. What was I supposed to do...wait 6months for my husband to come back? my friends have either moved away or were at work, much less have never been around my dogs anyway (they'd be even more excited had I had someone new with me).
The nurse got the vet to come look at Axel and he told them to take us to the front of the line, help me finish up my forms, get me some water and paper towels to clean up, and he'd see us as soon as the next room was open. The other nurses were soo nice. One gave me some hugs to get me to calm down while another helped me hold onto Cuervo an Axel while I cleaned myself up. She also talked to me while we waited, gave me pointers since they are still young and technically at that puppy/adolescent age till they're 3.
When we finally got in to see the vet, they put Axel on the table to get his shots. He didn't like the nose vaccines and it took 2 male vets to keep him from squirming and jumpin off the table. I was keeping Cuervo still so he wouldn't try to help Axel (they look out for one another when one is hurt, scared, or upset). Then they put him on the ground and looked at his nose. Couldn't do stitches due to where it was, so they put peroxide n ointment on it and then New Skin and then clotting powder to help it stop bleeding. Afterwards, he walked in front of me and around me and sat down behind/beside me to where I could put my hand on his head and protect him. Then It was Cuervo's turn. He's a vet junky (been to the emergency room many times for getting into things he's not supposed to) and actually likes the vet. The guy barley had to hold him during the vaccines/shots since he doesn't squirm much, and it was over real fast.
 
All In all, they are up to date with their shots and preventatives, very healthy, and Axel's nose will be ok. But, my nerves are shot and I cry when I look at his sweet face with this ugly gash on it (will be a scar later on) and when I told my mom about it. I just wish the other dog's owner had acknowledged what had happened and maybe even appologized. It was an accident coming from pure goodness, Axel just wanted to say Hi. But, oh well, what can ya do? I took care of my lil Angel and he's gonna be fine. Maybe now he will be a lil more cautious when trying to say hi to new dogs.

So, as you may or may not know...I've been working my butt of this last year and a half to recover from the financial situation my ex roomates put me in when they stiffed me for their share of rent & utilities in a townhome that I could barely afford on my own. All the hard  work, sweat, tears, and struggling has paid off. The company I'd gone to for help has recently finished helpin me out, and in return gave me a nice hefty refund of money I'd given them and they didn't need. I'm using it to fix and replace things that so desperatly needed it....crappy carpet cleaner is replaced by a steam cleaner (heavy duty one), my car will be free of it's lil hiccup it's been goin through, and I replaced my vaccuum cleaner with my new Pet....Tyson the Dyson!! Yep, that's right...I got a Dyson!! I absolutley LOVE this thing!! It's all worth every penny. I never thought I'd see the day anytime soon that I would actually drop that much on a vaccuum. It's even funnier cuz my dogs are both afraid of it and bark at it...making house cleaning even more enjoyable   

Well, some of you may know that I got married on October 27, 2008. We plan on having a ceremony on our 1 year anniversary in Ohio since our family couldn't be here to celebrate that day with us. Josh, my Husband, is currently training in GA till the 21st of Dec. and then will be home for 8 days and then goin back till about Jan. 5 from there he will be going to Iraq for about 6 months. I just found out that my bestfriend's, Megan, hubby will be at the same place during the same time (hoping they can meet up). I pray that they come home safely to us. I Finally completed my requirements for the Tiburon Team I'd been trying to get onto....Team TNT Official SOVA member Here!! Sharkie Chomp's my name and Chompin is the Game. LOL. Patience and persistance pays off in the end. Things in my past that I've been dealing with and busting my butt to make good are finally turning around. I found out the other day that I'm all set to go and cleared of any crap that's been taggin close behind me in the last year and a half. I have my parents to thank and will forever be thankfull to them for what they've done for me. It's way more than I could have asked for or even expected. I don't know when or how I would have gotten through this on my own. THANK YOU MOM & DAD! I can only go up from here, and I plan on making it back to the top in record time! I am loving our apartment that we moved into in May, I have my Husband to love and keep me goin, and I have my Boys, Cuervo & Axel. Work is work right now, it's the holidays and very hard to keep from being a Grinch when I have to deal with some of the people I come across at my job, but then the ones I care about at work and work with on a daily basis tend to know how to touch my heart and make me feel loved (even if it means bringing me Authentic Puerto Rican Thanksgiving dinner cuz they knew I'd be alone while my Husband is gone). It's those that make my job fun and me able to forget the bad and annoying events/people that try to take my fun away.

why does it seem like no matter how hard I try or set my mind to something that'll make me happy, it always ends up not happening or going wrong? all I've ever tried to do was make it on my on, be accepted in the crowd that has the same interests as me and enjoy doing the same things, help people out when in need of it....but for some odd reason things don't turnout as planned...I get burned by those I helped and that crowd of people don't give me a chance and stereo type me as "that typical girl"...they don't come out and say it, but I know they only try to talk to me and act like they're "cool" with me cuz of what I got, but I know better. I know it from the vibes I got when I met them and wanted to prove them wrong. Now, I just want to be known as me and only ME. the only thing that has NOT been crushed is my relationship with my boyfriend, my 2 dogs, my new title at work, and the new apartment that we'll be moving into on friday. I couldn't get through half the crap I've been dealing with if it wasn't for Josh, Cuervo, and Axel. they're there for me no matter what and always have my back and don't care what happens as long as we're happy in the end. One day things will be back to normal, and when that day comes it'll be better than normal and I will be relieved to put all this crap behind me. Just have to tough it out like I always have in the past. I would love to get revenege on those who burned me, but know that no good will come out of it. they will get their time to pay for things done wrong, just wish I could have front row tickets to see it though. I will be back on top soon, very soon. I thank Josh, my boys, and my family for everything they've done for me.