Lets see, there arent many new events to report on from the past week. Havoc is now quite settled in, this is his house now thats for sure. I would put pictures up however, neither dog will sit still long enough to snap a good one lol. Autumn just loves him, if he wines for a second while in his crate she is right there trying to get him out! They never seem to stop when they are both out running around. They both have way too much energy lol. It seems that they just continue to fire eachother up. I havent seen them take a nap together since the first day we brought him home over a week ago! James and I are now going on our 3rd week of school, and so far it is just wonderful! we have a class together which seems like the perfect class for us as a married couple to take. So far we are ahead in our home work for all of our classes, so with fingers crossed we will both make deans list again this term.
other than that there really isnt much else going on with us. We have been trying to fill our days with taking the kids out to play before it gets too cold for just a quick pee break.. well, thats about it for me, its late and I have to get up early again.. we are trying to be up by 7 every morning but since its saturday I may sleep in just a smidgen! I hope every one has had a wonderful week and has a wonderful next week!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
So Excited for Tonight!!!!
For most people, a 30 Minute drive is not really hard to do. But it seems like for my sister and I 30 minutes worth of highway may as well be a 7 state drive! I love my sister, more than almost anything in the world. I LOVE my nieces and hate the fact that I really dont get to see them or spend time with them. But between Stephs schedule, 2 kids, and husband and my husband, school and being broke. we never really get to spend quality time together. That is why I am so excited for tonight. My sister invited me to go to a fashion show! haha I have never been to a fashion show in my life, hell I never even thought about going to one! To be honest my girly IQ is like 3. I can curl my hair, but it takes me at least an hour and it doesnt stay curly, I can put on some make up, but I wear makeup MAYBE 1 time a week. Thats about it, dont ask me if an outfit matches or even looks good, I have no clue.
My sister on the other hand, well she always looks absolutely beautiful, she always has on cute outfits, she gets her hair done regularly ( I cut mine by myself once a year, it is usually just in a pony tail!) And she does all this with KIDS!!! can you believe it! haha She is AMAZING!!!
Any who back to my original point, it seems that when we try to talk on the phone, which I make it a point to try and call at least once a week, that something comes up and we really dont get to talk. And most of the time when I go over there, we can talk a little between kids needs.
I cannot remember one time when just my sister and I did something fun together. It is absolutely no ones fault, its just life, she cannot think about herself right now, and I am usually broke even if she had spare time to do something lol! So I am so excited to see my sister tonight just the two of us. I think probably tonight is going to be one of the best days I have had in a really long time. I wish that I could see her more often. I really do, I wish that James could just stay with the kids and we could go shopping, or get a bite to eat.
Stephanie is the person that I look up to most in my life. I always have.
I think that she is one of the most amazing woman influences in my life. She is so smart, and Funny, and motivated. In my experience, I have not had good experiences with "motherly" figures. Now as I get to see all that Steph does for her children and Husband, I cannot help but pray to be like her. I am still working out a lot of the kinks in my own personality. Because of my feelings toward my sister, I feel horrible for constantly talking to her about the heavy things in my life and heart. I guess sometimes I feel like if I can just tell her every thing that it will go away. But I know it wont. I feel bad because I know that she gets frustrated or annoyed with all of the things that I have to talk to her about. I cannot blame her one bit! I really cant, I always seem to have problems that need solving, and I have NO IDEA how to approach her as a listener. I know that everyone needs listeners, But she is just so damn strong, I have a hard time even imagining her needing to vent. I know that is so freakin stupid! Everyone needs to vent sometimes! I have really been working on trying to be her friend. I hope that tonight turns out to be a great oppertunity for us to have some fun!
so all in all I am really excited to spend some quality time with my amazing sister!
My sister on the other hand, well she always looks absolutely beautiful, she always has on cute outfits, she gets her hair done regularly ( I cut mine by myself once a year, it is usually just in a pony tail!) And she does all this with KIDS!!! can you believe it! haha She is AMAZING!!!
Any who back to my original point, it seems that when we try to talk on the phone, which I make it a point to try and call at least once a week, that something comes up and we really dont get to talk. And most of the time when I go over there, we can talk a little between kids needs.
I cannot remember one time when just my sister and I did something fun together. It is absolutely no ones fault, its just life, she cannot think about herself right now, and I am usually broke even if she had spare time to do something lol! So I am so excited to see my sister tonight just the two of us. I think probably tonight is going to be one of the best days I have had in a really long time. I wish that I could see her more often. I really do, I wish that James could just stay with the kids and we could go shopping, or get a bite to eat.
Stephanie is the person that I look up to most in my life. I always have.
I think that she is one of the most amazing woman influences in my life. She is so smart, and Funny, and motivated. In my experience, I have not had good experiences with "motherly" figures. Now as I get to see all that Steph does for her children and Husband, I cannot help but pray to be like her. I am still working out a lot of the kinks in my own personality. Because of my feelings toward my sister, I feel horrible for constantly talking to her about the heavy things in my life and heart. I guess sometimes I feel like if I can just tell her every thing that it will go away. But I know it wont. I feel bad because I know that she gets frustrated or annoyed with all of the things that I have to talk to her about. I cannot blame her one bit! I really cant, I always seem to have problems that need solving, and I have NO IDEA how to approach her as a listener. I know that everyone needs listeners, But she is just so damn strong, I have a hard time even imagining her needing to vent. I know that is so freakin stupid! Everyone needs to vent sometimes! I have really been working on trying to be her friend. I hope that tonight turns out to be a great oppertunity for us to have some fun!
so all in all I am really excited to spend some quality time with my amazing sister!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Looks can be decieving!
He looks like he is the sweetest thing in the entire world!!!
But his name is Havoc for a reason!The Definition of Havoc!
Havoc–noun
1. great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage. –verb (used with object)
2. to work havoc upon; devastate. –verb (used without object)
3. to work havoc: The fire havocked throughout the house. —Idioms
4. cry havoc, to warn of danger or disaster.
5. play havoc with,
a. to create confusion or disorder in: The wind played havoc with the papers on the desk.
b. to destroy; ruin: The bad weather played havoc with our vacation plans.
Ok so we brought our new baby home last night, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that this is the tiredest I have ever been in my entire life! His name fits him to a T!
In no way is he "naughty" or a bad dog, but he has been here one day, not even 24 hours and he has honestly wreaked Havoc among our lives lol.
He is not quite 6 weeks old, therefore it is a little bit harder for him to adjust then it would be if he were 8 weeks old. Unfortunately his breeder had to leave the state and would not be back for a few months so it was either get him early or get him way too late!
I want to mention that he is absolutely adjusting well, Autumn loves him, and he most certainly loves her! so that is a wonderful thing that we were definitely concerned about. He is going potty outside already and lets us know when he has to go so that is wonderful!
The only downside as of now is that he is a boisterous little shit! he loves to hear himself talk and sang to us alllllll night last night!
He hates his crate which is understandable, and Autumn hates when I put him in it, she thinks its the cruelest thing ever, so she will lie right next to it so he doesn't get lonely!
last night he did not sleep for even 20 minutes, he was so loud that we had to move him into the other room, shut that door, shut our door, turn on our air conditioner, and radio! and we still had to sleep with pillows over our head!
But today he is doing wonderfully, he is sleeping in his crate right now! and I think I have finally figured out how to stop the yelping! well, I am sure this is way too detailed and no one cares but I feel like it is the same feeling of sleep deprivation as having an infant, except I cannot put an infant in a cage and just let it cry! and I imagine that clapping loudly when the infant starts screaming will not quiet it as it does havoc lol!
Thank god I remembered my sister telling me to put a warm bottle of water in the crate with him!!! it seems to be the best invention or idea I have ever heard of in my entire life!
1. great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage. –verb (used with object)
2. to work havoc upon; devastate. –verb (used without object)
3. to work havoc: The fire havocked throughout the house. —Idioms
4. cry havoc, to warn of danger or disaster.
5. play havoc with,
a. to create confusion or disorder in: The wind played havoc with the papers on the desk.
b. to destroy; ruin: The bad weather played havoc with our vacation plans.
Ok so we brought our new baby home last night, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that this is the tiredest I have ever been in my entire life! His name fits him to a T!
In no way is he "naughty" or a bad dog, but he has been here one day, not even 24 hours and he has honestly wreaked Havoc among our lives lol.
He is not quite 6 weeks old, therefore it is a little bit harder for him to adjust then it would be if he were 8 weeks old. Unfortunately his breeder had to leave the state and would not be back for a few months so it was either get him early or get him way too late!
I want to mention that he is absolutely adjusting well, Autumn loves him, and he most certainly loves her! so that is a wonderful thing that we were definitely concerned about. He is going potty outside already and lets us know when he has to go so that is wonderful!
The only downside as of now is that he is a boisterous little shit! he loves to hear himself talk and sang to us alllllll night last night!
He hates his crate which is understandable, and Autumn hates when I put him in it, she thinks its the cruelest thing ever, so she will lie right next to it so he doesn't get lonely!
last night he did not sleep for even 20 minutes, he was so loud that we had to move him into the other room, shut that door, shut our door, turn on our air conditioner, and radio! and we still had to sleep with pillows over our head!
But today he is doing wonderfully, he is sleeping in his crate right now! and I think I have finally figured out how to stop the yelping! well, I am sure this is way too detailed and no one cares but I feel like it is the same feeling of sleep deprivation as having an infant, except I cannot put an infant in a cage and just let it cry! and I imagine that clapping loudly when the infant starts screaming will not quiet it as it does havoc lol!
Thank god I remembered my sister telling me to put a warm bottle of water in the crate with him!!! it seems to be the best invention or idea I have ever heard of in my entire life!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Class begins today
So I start my new quarter at Baker today. I am really excited, I feel like I my break was a year long, it was barely a month! I have however, found out that I will not be getting financial aid this year! THE WHOLE YEAR!!! So though I am going to talk to my advisor today, if this cannot be sorted out, there could be a MAJOR problem! So, although I am more excited than I have been in a while, I am now a bit scared! well I have to leave for school in about an hour, so I should probably start getting ready and stop procrastinating lol! I hope every one is having a wonderful day!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Ode to My sister!
So, its really funny to me the comedy that children bring to daily lives. Every day I tune in to see if my sister has any new posts because her blog is the funniest thing that I have ever read in my entire life! I firmly believe that her life should be turned into a sitcom!
I have come to the conclusion that I have the most BORING life ever made lol. My daily entertainment consists of watching my dog carry the cats around the house in her mouth. Or the cats attacking various places in the house where light glimmers... usually on the dog. Which could explain why she carries them around in her mouth.
Yes, this pathetic existence is my life.
My sisters life has the Comedy of a show like George Lopez or Scrubs (I know Scrubs is not a show about a "family" but its freakin hilarious) whereas my life is more like Seinfeld (Not so funny... actually this show puts me to sleep) or making someone watch the same episode of Full House, 100 times... After the 1st time I would probably want to hang myself.
In retrospect, I love my sister, and her entire family. I love that they can brighten my day even if I don't talk to her in weeks. Someday I hope that I can have a life as hilarious as hers is!
I have come to the conclusion that I have the most BORING life ever made lol. My daily entertainment consists of watching my dog carry the cats around the house in her mouth. Or the cats attacking various places in the house where light glimmers... usually on the dog. Which could explain why she carries them around in her mouth.
Yes, this pathetic existence is my life.
My sisters life has the Comedy of a show like George Lopez or Scrubs (I know Scrubs is not a show about a "family" but its freakin hilarious) whereas my life is more like Seinfeld (Not so funny... actually this show puts me to sleep) or making someone watch the same episode of Full House, 100 times... After the 1st time I would probably want to hang myself.
In retrospect, I love my sister, and her entire family. I love that they can brighten my day even if I don't talk to her in weeks. Someday I hope that I can have a life as hilarious as hers is!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Starting school next week and other things...
Well, I start back up in school next week. I am as always really excited. I am only going part time this quarter because I have to work as well. Unfortunately My experience with Baker is not like most college experiences. I cannot live on campus, in fact its about an hour drive. There is no meal plan, so once I am there I still have to pay 400 for a burger that doesn't even taste good lol. It wouldn't be so bad except gas prices are still through the roof, and my car is breaking more and more every day. This week the brakes went out... Yeah that was not fun.
Soo in my quest to find a job I have not found much of anything which is frustrating. Well yesterday I had an interview, the problem is that this seems to be one of those sports bars that completely demean woman.. yeah the tiny booty shorts and tank top... I don't know I told them that I would get back to them by the end of the week but to be honest if nothing else comes along this week I will have to take it... Yuck!
Soo in my quest to find a job I have not found much of anything which is frustrating. Well yesterday I had an interview, the problem is that this seems to be one of those sports bars that completely demean woman.. yeah the tiny booty shorts and tank top... I don't know I told them that I would get back to them by the end of the week but to be honest if nothing else comes along this week I will have to take it... Yuck!
Friday, September 19, 2008
Our Family
James and I do not currently have human children, we do however have our wonderful dog Autumn. She is so smart, and completely beautiful. She is so well behaved at less than a year old, I know she is going to be a wonderful family dog.
The only downfall to her is that she hogs the bed, and at 33lbs, she thinks she is a lapdog, so she is constantly sitting on me to cuddle... But I really do love that!
This is a Picture of her at the park!
As much as we love Autumn, I am getting baby fevor again, and the best way James and I have found to handle this is to add a baby to the mix! So, in two weeks, we are going to be able to bring our new baby home! I am so excited that I have already set up his new space!
This is Havoc! He is only 3 weeks old in this picture, I will add more as he gets older but this is the face that melted my heart!
we also rescue stray and abused cats/ kittens and try to find them the best home possible, we have been doing this for a few years now. but the more time I spend with Autumn, the more of a dog person I become! lol so I probably wont write much about the cats.
The only downfall to her is that she hogs the bed, and at 33lbs, she thinks she is a lapdog, so she is constantly sitting on me to cuddle... But I really do love that!
This is a Picture of her at the park!
As much as we love Autumn, I am getting baby fevor again, and the best way James and I have found to handle this is to add a baby to the mix! So, in two weeks, we are going to be able to bring our new baby home! I am so excited that I have already set up his new space!
This is Havoc! He is only 3 weeks old in this picture, I will add more as he gets older but this is the face that melted my heart!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Realizations that will change the way I look at everything!
So... Yesterday was James and My 2 year Wedding anniversary! How exciting! As many people know, James and I have been through a lot in the time we have been together... Some bad things, but also some of the best times of my life have been spent with this man.
Instead of going out for a fancy dinner or anything like that we just sat around the house, forgetting until almost 10 O'clock at night that it was our anniversary, then we went to bed.
At one point I looked over at him as he slept, the street light bouncing off his face, showing me the dimples that always make me melt and I realized something. I realized that our life has been really hard, maybe harder since we met eachother. We both have pasts that some poeple would cringe at, but since we met it very rarely seems to ease up.
For the last few months, financial strain has really taken its tole on me. I have tried to find a good job that I can be happy doing, but its not easy. I fill in at a restaurant here and there, but its not enough to pay the bills, and my poor husband works as many hours as he can get but our bills almost always exeed our income. Last night while he slept I started thinking about when we first met, and moved in together. For those of you that dont know much about it, we only knew eachother for two weeks, but we both knew right away that we were meant for eachother. Love at first sight sounds stupid but its real and it happens. Anyway, our first apartment was rediculas, it was not worth what we paid in rent, we had no microwave, cable, internet, we ate roman only, we had a twin sized bed, no dresser or closet. We had a total of two plates, 1 cup, and a few forks and Knives, the couch that we had was infested with mice when we brought it into our apartment. The windows were broken letting in some of the scariest bugs I have ever seen in my life, and our neighbors were the most obnoxious people I have ever met in my life.
The funny thing is that, we were so much in love that we didnt notice! We didnt look at the fact that we had a twin sized bed in a way that we were forced to sleep cuddling close, we saw it as being so lucky we had eachother to hold! And though I will never be able to eat Romen again, we didnt look at it like we were too poor for anything else, we looked at it like we get to eat dinner with the person that made us whole!
There are many people in my life that have told me that James would never be the man that I needed, and I was almost believing them. Then last night I realized that I never fell in love with him because I thought he was going to make a lot of money, hell I am pretty sure I knew back then he would never have a 9 to 5! I fell in love with him because of the way he looks at life, and the way he looks at me. With every thing that has gone wrong in his life he is the most optimistic person I have ever met! Since I have known him he has never blaimed anyone else for the mistakes that he has made, and he always tells me that God will take care of anything that we cant! I mean seriously he is a very positive person. As for the way he looks at me, well, I think that in that respect I am the luckiest girl in the world. Aside from the fact that his eyes NEVER wander... Believe me, I have payed attention. No one has ever looked at me and seen the most beautiful girl in the world. It may not sound like a good reason to you. But unless you have ever experienced someone looking straight into your heart and soul, unless you can see the flames in your husbands eyes when you walk into the room, well then you couldnt possibly understand. I don't have to put on make up and a nice outfit for my husband to tell me I am beautiful. after all of this time he still watches me sleep, and very quietly wispers to me that I am beautiful and that he loves me.
Now with this realization, we will still fight like cats and dogs. Really, we will. That is another reason that I fell in love with him, because he is sooooo different from me and yet we can understand eachother better than any one else in our lives. James knows me better than my parents, siblings, friends I have had since high school, and I know him the same way. James is my best friend, no one can make me laugh like he can. No one can look at me and not just know but for the most part understand what I am thinking.
When I woke up this morning there was an odd calm about me. My stress level was down, and I realized that what makes a strong happy marriage, really is not financial stability, its not even compatability because believe me, no one in there right mind would tell the two of us to be friends let alone get married! Its about if you lose everything, would you look at living in a box as a bad thing, or be able to see that you get to be next to this person at night, holding them tight.
P.S. we are not in a situation that we have to live in a box just in case you were wondering, but I would rather live in a box with him, than live anywhere else without him!
Instead of going out for a fancy dinner or anything like that we just sat around the house, forgetting until almost 10 O'clock at night that it was our anniversary, then we went to bed.
At one point I looked over at him as he slept, the street light bouncing off his face, showing me the dimples that always make me melt and I realized something. I realized that our life has been really hard, maybe harder since we met eachother. We both have pasts that some poeple would cringe at, but since we met it very rarely seems to ease up.
For the last few months, financial strain has really taken its tole on me. I have tried to find a good job that I can be happy doing, but its not easy. I fill in at a restaurant here and there, but its not enough to pay the bills, and my poor husband works as many hours as he can get but our bills almost always exeed our income. Last night while he slept I started thinking about when we first met, and moved in together. For those of you that dont know much about it, we only knew eachother for two weeks, but we both knew right away that we were meant for eachother. Love at first sight sounds stupid but its real and it happens. Anyway, our first apartment was rediculas, it was not worth what we paid in rent, we had no microwave, cable, internet, we ate roman only, we had a twin sized bed, no dresser or closet. We had a total of two plates, 1 cup, and a few forks and Knives, the couch that we had was infested with mice when we brought it into our apartment. The windows were broken letting in some of the scariest bugs I have ever seen in my life, and our neighbors were the most obnoxious people I have ever met in my life.
The funny thing is that, we were so much in love that we didnt notice! We didnt look at the fact that we had a twin sized bed in a way that we were forced to sleep cuddling close, we saw it as being so lucky we had eachother to hold! And though I will never be able to eat Romen again, we didnt look at it like we were too poor for anything else, we looked at it like we get to eat dinner with the person that made us whole!
There are many people in my life that have told me that James would never be the man that I needed, and I was almost believing them. Then last night I realized that I never fell in love with him because I thought he was going to make a lot of money, hell I am pretty sure I knew back then he would never have a 9 to 5! I fell in love with him because of the way he looks at life, and the way he looks at me. With every thing that has gone wrong in his life he is the most optimistic person I have ever met! Since I have known him he has never blaimed anyone else for the mistakes that he has made, and he always tells me that God will take care of anything that we cant! I mean seriously he is a very positive person. As for the way he looks at me, well, I think that in that respect I am the luckiest girl in the world. Aside from the fact that his eyes NEVER wander... Believe me, I have payed attention. No one has ever looked at me and seen the most beautiful girl in the world. It may not sound like a good reason to you. But unless you have ever experienced someone looking straight into your heart and soul, unless you can see the flames in your husbands eyes when you walk into the room, well then you couldnt possibly understand. I don't have to put on make up and a nice outfit for my husband to tell me I am beautiful. after all of this time he still watches me sleep, and very quietly wispers to me that I am beautiful and that he loves me.
Now with this realization, we will still fight like cats and dogs. Really, we will. That is another reason that I fell in love with him, because he is sooooo different from me and yet we can understand eachother better than any one else in our lives. James knows me better than my parents, siblings, friends I have had since high school, and I know him the same way. James is my best friend, no one can make me laugh like he can. No one can look at me and not just know but for the most part understand what I am thinking.
When I woke up this morning there was an odd calm about me. My stress level was down, and I realized that what makes a strong happy marriage, really is not financial stability, its not even compatability because believe me, no one in there right mind would tell the two of us to be friends let alone get married! Its about if you lose everything, would you look at living in a box as a bad thing, or be able to see that you get to be next to this person at night, holding them tight.
P.S. we are not in a situation that we have to live in a box just in case you were wondering, but I would rather live in a box with him, than live anywhere else without him!
Craigs List
OK so, for the past few months I have been addicted to Craigs List, its amazing the things that you can find on there! The first time that I used it was to adopt out a litter of kittens, and ever since then I changed it to my home page. This site is so amazing I just picked up a Treadmill that works just fine for free!
So with my new found addiction I decided to list a few more things, just things that I dont really use anymore. so far I have made 400 bucks! And I still have a few posts that people are bidding on, I swear Craigs List is way better than Ebay!
Friday, September 12, 2008
The First Post of Many
So today is the day that I start a new blog! lol. In the past I had a blog, one of those whiney emo blogs, I am sure you have seen then... Screw the whole world.... The whole world is out to get me.. that was my blog, I had actually forgotten about it for the last few years, and I read through it the other day... I was shocked at my outlook on life back then. I was very ambitious, I thought if given the chance I could change the world. However, I was also very, very negative! No one can save the world with a frown!
Well I guess my point is now that I am a few years older, not so much wiser but maybe a liitle, married, and actually happy with the majority of my life, I may actually have fun things to write about!
I guess the first thing I would like to mention is my husband.. James is a wonderful man with a great outlook on life.. He is definately a different kind of man, but one of the things that I love the most is that he encourages my free spirit! Something that many people tried to stifle (hense the emo blogs!)
I will not even pretend that we aren't very different people, I noticed that as the years roll by we have less and less in common.. We will be married for 2 years tomorrow and together for a total of 3.5 years. and by next year we will probably have seperate wings of a house haha... no its not that bad, its just hard because the things that we do like to do together are so situational. Our favorite thing to do is take Autumn (our dog) to the park. but as I said above that can be quite situational.. We have to try and go when there aren't a lot of people, espescially kids. Its not what you think... She LOVES kids... thats the problem, if she see's a kid she's off! and unfortunately she will not come back untill she licks about every inch of the poor child.
Many of my posts will be about my dog, or my cats because we dont have actual human children my pets slip into those family spots..
James and I are both full time college students. I am a Marketing and Graphic Communication Major, and James is a Computer Science Major. Well, this post is probably way too long. I like to babble.. Have a great day!!
Well I guess my point is now that I am a few years older, not so much wiser but maybe a liitle, married, and actually happy with the majority of my life, I may actually have fun things to write about!
I guess the first thing I would like to mention is my husband.. James is a wonderful man with a great outlook on life.. He is definately a different kind of man, but one of the things that I love the most is that he encourages my free spirit! Something that many people tried to stifle (hense the emo blogs!)
I will not even pretend that we aren't very different people, I noticed that as the years roll by we have less and less in common.. We will be married for 2 years tomorrow and together for a total of 3.5 years. and by next year we will probably have seperate wings of a house haha... no its not that bad, its just hard because the things that we do like to do together are so situational. Our favorite thing to do is take Autumn (our dog) to the park. but as I said above that can be quite situational.. We have to try and go when there aren't a lot of people, espescially kids. Its not what you think... She LOVES kids... thats the problem, if she see's a kid she's off! and unfortunately she will not come back untill she licks about every inch of the poor child.
Many of my posts will be about my dog, or my cats because we dont have actual human children my pets slip into those family spots..
James and I are both full time college students. I am a Marketing and Graphic Communication Major, and James is a Computer Science Major. Well, this post is probably way too long. I like to babble.. Have a great day!!
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