No More Chocolate!

Seriously...okay, well at least for the next hour or so. ;-) I've had way too much in the last two days. I think I'm in a sugar coma.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Actually, I wouldn't mind if it stopped. Not that it is snowing too hard yet, but I'm stuck here at work until 5, and then I'm supposed to go babysit Nate after work. I really don't want to drive all the way to Eric & Becky's in the snow, especially not since my own house is only a few minutes away. And then have to get out again to go home that night. There's too many hills and curves and uncleared streets along the way. Plus, I'll admit...I'm just a wimp. You probably got used to it last winter living in Vermont. It'll probably be just as bad in Wisconsin. Anyhow, it'll all melt within a day or two, I'm sure. So far they are forecasting 60's for the end of the week. Looks like a mild Christmas, not a white one.

Anyhow, Doug's all pissy today because he'll probably have to go work at some point. I feel bad for him, but I hate that he takes it out on me. He got mad at me last night because instead of coming straight home after work and making him dinner, I went shopping with my mom. Granted, I could have been home at a halfway decent time if I wanted to, but considering that he got off work at 11 that morning and couldn't be bothered to fix dinner for us that night ticked me off just a little bit. And then I was really ticked off when I got home and saw that he did nothing all day. He laid on the couch and watched TV and was playing Madden when I got home. He gave me the silent treatment the rest of the night, which I have to admit is the best way to get to me. I would rather just argue and get it over with. Oh well. I tried to be nice this morning and make enchiladas, so he'd have something good to eat today. And he tried making me feel bad again for going out last night. It's not like I was out at a bar or something. I was with my mom...we went to the Dollar Store and Petco and Michael's. Then we had some dinner. Boy, we really partied it up!

Anyway, it's still snowing. Fun stuff.

Merry Christmas!

Here is a picture my mom took of Doug & me in front of our tree. Don't we look cute???

Hello??? Is anyone out there??

Well, not actually anyone (whoever that used to be). I found old letters and notes last night while I was looking for some candles. Which of course I had to read and subsequently did not understand because we talked in code all the time. One trend I did notice though, your constant desire to find the perfect man (boy) for me. It's good to see that some things never change. :-)

Anyhow, I really am wondering where you are and what you are up to?? I haven't heard a peep since October, you know! I do know that someone called SG and got a reference for Josh, so I'm assuming that you guys stayed in Wisconsin. That's a big assumption, considering I don't know that the company that called was from there or not. Okay, I assume that you found somewhere to reside and that Josh looked for a job. That's better. Did you get the job you interviewed for? How's everything going with getting your house ready to sell? Are you coming to town over Christmas?

Okay, enough questions already. I hope everything is going well. Call me or email me or leave me a comment or whatever...just so I know you are alive and kicking.

So yesterday morning Doug told me that he doesn't want to get married right now and it isn't even a thought in his head and that I should quit talking about it. On the one hand, I'm glad he told me so I can quit going on about it like some kind of idiot. On the other hand, I'm extremely pissed off and not so sure I want to think some of the thoughts I've been thinking. We've been together a year and a half now and he has already proposed (sort of) once. And we live together, against most of our family's wishes. Am I dumb to think that since we live together that we should consider getting married? Does he even want to be living with me or is he just doing it because it saves him money? I don't want to be one of those dumb girls who gives her boyfriend and ultimatum...marry me or break up with me. I love him, and so if I love him, I should be willing to wait, right? But how long? Doesn't he understand that I have goals and dreams and plans? I'm already 25, and I want to start my life already. I just feel like I'm standing around waiting for something to happen. Of course he's in no hurry to do anything. Besides the fact that he's saving lots of $$ living with me, he also has a cook and a maid. I do all the cooking, cleaning and laundry. That's going to have to stop. I'm so frustrated, I could scream!!!!

It's been over a week since I last posted...

...and I still have nothing exciting to report. My life is so boring.

Tomorrow is Bryson & Jackson's birthday party. I think I'm going, but I don't think Doug is coming with me. He's got football to watch. I know that a certain person with their wife and child will be there, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, I really don't care. On the other hand, I don't know how I'll feel when I actually have to look at that person. I think it is probably the baby thing that will bug me the most, you know? I think I would feel differently if I were engaged or married and pregnant. Then I'd feel like everything was equal. Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe I should stay home with the love of my life and watch football all afternoon with him. Then I think that I have just as much right to be there as anyone else. And I love Bryson & Jackson, so I should go, right?

Anyhow, I'm at work. That's the only time I get to do any internet anything anymore. I forget how pretty our park looks in the fall. The trees are just starting to turn and we have a few leaves on the ground already and it was crisp and cool when I came to work this morning. The sun's out and it's giving everything a golden sheen. It's lovely. I wish I were off work today!

So how's everything going with you? Did you get that job? Have you found a house yet? Hopefully we'll talk soon.

Okay, enough slacking. Back to work.

I miss the kitty...

Sue came and picked the kitty up about half an hour ago. If I had known she was coming so early, I would have brought it to work with me. Then I could have cuddled it a little while longer. I'm sad now. I think Doug will even miss the kitty. He woke me up this morning to ask me if "the lady I was giving the kitten to was nice and had she ever had cats before?" Crazy, considering when I brought the baby home he didn't speak to me the rest of the night.

We Miss You!

Your visit was entirely too short! I'm glad we got to see each other though, even if it was only for a little while. I was going to call the other night and see how things were going, but I don't want to use up all your cell phone minutes. I remember how expensive those were!

Not alot going on here. We've been a foster home for a kitten that Desire' brought home from work the other day. It's going to a new home tomorrow though, Sue (who worked DT when you worked there) is going to take it. It's been fun having a kitten, but I forgot how demanding they can be, meowing constantly and wanting to held (at least this one does). Boomer & Tess are not happy with me though, and they definitely don't like the baby. So hopefully peace will be restored this weekend.

Good Wishes!

You are probably on the road already, and I don't even know that you will get to read this anytime soon. I hope you guys have a safe trip and that everything goes smoothly. I also hope your interview goes well and I can't wait to see you next week! Let me know if you guys want to stay with us. Doug and I would love to have you. Lots of luck and love! Misty

Enigmatic Question.

Are you working next Thursday?

Yay! It's Friday!

And I only worked two days this week! :-) We haven't been very good about updating lately, have we? That's probably because we talked on the phone twice already this week. Oh well. Not another wedding word has been mentioned, although I did check this book out last night and was looking through it when Doug came home. He either didn't notice or chose to ignore me because nothing was mentioned. He did let me watch two uninterrupted hours of LMN though.

Mindless Amusement...

What's your theme song?

Mine was "The Boy is Mine" by Brandy & Monica, and Doug's was "Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears! :-)

PMS Rant

Let me first say that I feel guilty even posting my petty complaints after seeing all of the horrifying images of the victims of Hurricane Katrina and it's aftermath. But, if I don't get this out of my system, I may not make it through the weekend.

First of all, Doug is a complete and total moron. There, I said it. I feel better. And if he asks me one more time if I am in a "mood", I'm going to have to throw something at him. That being said, yes, I am in a "mood." And I feel bad about it, but I seriously can't control myself. I can be perfectly okay and the second he opens his mouth something in me snaps! Now, I was like that when I got home from work last night and then we watched Dateline and so I was able to control the rest of my rage.

People at work don't help things. I'm not talking about my co-workers (although sometimes they are part of the problem). No, it's the patrons. It's the lady who comes in and can't ask if she can take the week old coupons and ads and has to sneak them out of here in her oversized leather coat. Who wears a leather coat in August??? It's the idiots who live behind us and park in our handicapped spots (next time I'm calling the police). And the guy who comes in every morning, uses the internet and gips us out of paying for his prints. He seriously clicks print then rushes up to the printer to grab his print-outs before we have a chance to pull them and then tries to tell us he only printed 11 copies. 5 of which I pulled. And he was at the printer at least 5 times. Somehow I seriously doubt it. If you can't afford the stupid dime to print then just don't print.

Okay, I'm starting to feel better. Maybe I can keep this under control today. Maybe I won't want to kick Doug when we go to the rehearsal dinner tonight. :-) Send me happy vibes and something salty!

Dogs in New Orleans

What does it say about me that after seeing so much coverage of the Hurricane damage, THIS is the quote that finally made me cry?

"Many people had dogs and they cannot take them on the bus. A police officer took one from a little boy, who cried until he vomited. "Snowball, snowball," he cried. The policeman told a reporter he didn't know what would happen to the dog. "

That breaks my heart.

I HATE DOUG'S JOB!!

Not as much as he does, I'm sure. They told him today that for an indefinite period of time beginning now that he has to work 10 hour days, Monday thru Saturday. And they cancelled his vacation! I'm so mad and I don't even want to think about the bad moods and everything that comes along with working late and not really having weekends off.

More on yesterday...

I was telling Amanda about Leah's email earlier and it hit me. Yes, I'm upset because I am jealous, but I am more upset because I haven't talked to any of them all summer and that is the only thing she had to tell me! Why she would even think it was important to tell me, unless it was to make me feel even more excluded than I already feel. Seriously, the last time I saw her she basically snubbed me. And I know I moved and didn't call, but if she had wanted to talk to me, she could have found a way. And the fact is that I'm being excluded because of something that happened almost 2 years ago. Something that I don't even care about and have moved on from. Yet none of them can. That's what upsets me.

Nauseated...

I don't even want to tell you this, because I know it will make you as sick as it is making me, but guess who is pregnant already?? Are you ready for this???? MARY!!! Can you believe it? I got a reply from Leah and she was going on and on about it. Like I care or something. It might just be a little bit because I am jealous. Not because she's got him or anything like that. More in general because I would like to be married and having a baby too, only with Doug. Definitely not Greg. What really gets me is that I know how she was with her first child. Not that I doubt that she loves her or anything like that, but...I don't even know. I can't put it into words. All I know is that the night I was over there and her daughter was sick, I was the one cleaning up puke because she couldn't even look at it without puking herself. How do you get through changing diapers and all of that if you can't even clean up a little bit of puke from your own kid! I guess she did it the first time, but I imagine it wasn't without alot of help. Oh well. Here's to a happy, healthy baby. One of these days it'll be our turn...

Another fun and exciting Saturday at work!

Maybe if I am positive then I won't feel like I've wasted half my weekend by the time I get home today. :-) Yeah, right.

So here I am at work again. On a Saturday. Woo-hoo! Okay, enough of that. The one positive to Saturdays at work are that on Friday nights I get the house to myself mostly. Last night Doug went to Aaron's for some D&A time. Get it? I'm sure you do. Anyhow, he ended up staying the night there, so more pluses, I didn't have to be completely cramped while I slept last night. Not that I don't want him there, but it is nice to get a decent night's sleep when I know I'm dreading coming to work. Plus my allergies have kicked in so my sleeping is even more off! Unfortunately, I didn't get much accomplished last night. Watched too much bad TV and about 3 loads of laundry. I just wasn't up for much else. Doug made dinner for us before he left (guilt-induced, no doubt) and I ate too much. It was spaghetti and I overdid it with the bread. Then to top it off I needed to get the garlic taste out of my mouth so I ate a couple of handfuls of chocolate cereal. It didn't help. And it just made me crave more sugar. My stomach hurt too much to actually do anything about it, thank goodness. And this morning I was good and had my shredded wheat (okay, so it's frosted) cereal and yogurt. I had coffee too, but it had sugar-free creamer in it. Wow! I can't believe I have written about so much crap so far!

Anyhow, on my agenda for today, aside from getting my work done is to find an easy chicken and dumpling recipe or chicken and biscuits. You know, something like a chicken pot pie. I want to make it for dinner tomorrow. And I'm going to make brownies for dessert. Maybe we'll even invite company over. Who knows. I wish you and Josh were here, so we could invite you over!

Did I tell you I got my dress and it fits? I might need to get some control top undergarments or shapers, if I don't lay off the foods that make me bloated. Guess I'll really need to work on cutting out the salt this week. The wedding is a week from today. And it is a long weekend, since it is Labor Day and then back to work for 4 days and then I'm off for 5 more! Doug is too. Only, he's got the whole week off. I am working the last two days of it. Mostly because I don't want the guilt trip that comes with being off for a whole week. I don't think we're going to be doing much of anything. The only thing we want to do is go to the zoo. Mostly I think we'll just be hanging out around the house. That will be nice though.

Tonight we are going out with Aaron and Lindsey. Dinner and a movie, I think. Lindsey called me Thursday and invited me to go to Kohl's with her today, but I was stuck working and then she invited me to go out with her and her girlfriends last night, but I declined that one too. Mostly because I had to work this morning and didn't want to be out late, but also because I think her friends are a little too trendy and well, you know..., for me. I definitely wasn't in the mood to play odd girl out. I feel bad though because I like Lindsey and I like hanging out with her. I guess it is my turn to do the inviting. Maybe we can go out next Friday night, when the boys are at Ronnie's bachelor party. It sucks when you are trying to form new friendships. It's not like you and Josh, where Doug and I can both claim you as friends. In this instance we are going out with Doug's friend, Aaron and Aaron's girlfriend, Lindsey. At some point, I'd like to just say we're seeing our friends', Aaron and Lindsey tonight. Do you know what I mean?

Me Oh My, So Many Shoes to Buy!

Yikes, I hadn't realized Payless had a website! So many shoes in my size! I started putting shoes in my cart that I wanted to buy and I now have 4 pairs. I won't buy them, but it makes me feel good to put them in my shopping cart. :)

I really like these. They'll go so nice with my tweed blazer!

*edited to add: Where else can you get 4 pairs of shoes for $55.96?

Also Interferring with My Plan NOT to Work

Is Old Navy's site being down! I was going to post a nice long piece about my desire for a good tweed jacket for fall. I have several in mind and want your opinion. Unfortunately for me, the web gods at Old Navy decided to frown on me.

Woe is me! I want my tweed jacket!

You Know You're a JA Fan When...

I sooooooo have to get this! (and I soooo should be working.)

A Tribute To My Baby Sister!

Tomorrow is Sarah's 16th (!!) birthday. Can you believe it? I know I can't. I remember when they brought Sarah home from the hospital. I thought she was my very own baby doll. It was the greatest thing ever! I loved holding her and playing with her. And even though things haven't always been easy between us (I don't think they ever can be with sisters) I love her more and more every day. She's growing up into such a beautiful young woman. So here's to you, Sarah! I love you and wish you all the happiness in the world!

P.S. Good luck on your drivers test! :-)

Ack, SUNDAY!

Sorry I didn't call yesterday! I really thought I'd be home all day, but as it happens, Josh had other plans! Nothing fun, I assure you. We had to go into to town and clean his tools at work. His company is selling to another and sometime this week the big wigs from the new company are going to come in a do inventory with each service tech. Josh thought it would look bad if his tools got their lily white hands dirty, so we scrubbed 'em!

Do you have any idea how many tools that boy has? Or how filthy they were? Ew.

I remembered about 10 pm, in bed, that I had forgotten to call you. In fact, composing this apology is one of the things I thought about as I tossed in turned in bed last night!

I wish this blogger thing had smilies! I'd give one for very sorry.

:( Just dosen't cut it.

more on work

I tried something new with the kids today. When they were misbehaving (to generalize), I told them they had to sit on the bench for 5 minutes. I had one girl storm out and take all her trouble-maker friends with her. That is fine with me. I can't make them stay here, but if they are going to be here, then they have to listen to what we say. But one boy actually did sit for the whole time. I don't know if he got anything else out of it, but he didn't call me names for making him do it. One small tiny victory for me!

Hola Clase

Hopefully you read my venting email and you can see the connection between that and this. What do you think of my becoming a Spanish teacher? Something I should have done a long time ago, maybe? I figured it up and I only need 54 credit hours...and at least 12 of that is student teaching. So really only 3 semesters of classes, maybe less if I do summer classes. It would really be helpful to only have to work part-time during those couple of semesters. Hopefully, I'll be a senora soon enough and I won't worry about that! :-)

It's Raining, It's Pouring...

...The old man is snoring. Hopefully anyway. And hopefully by the time he wakes up he will be in a better mood and will have forgotten all about the nasty screaming match we had just before I came to work. He wasn't in any kind of mood to accept my semi-apology either. He slept downstairs last night. Mostly because I think that is where he passed out after drinking all but one out of a 12-pack and watching tv late. I went to bed early because I had to work today. So he comes upstairs a little after 8 this morning and you can tell he's got a chip on his shoulder already. So I follow him into the bedroom so I can finish getting my stuff for work and he calls me psycho. I think he thought I was following him or something. When I explained I was getting my stuff he said okay. Then as I'm digging in my closet trying to find my tennis shoes, something smacks me in the back of my head. It's the purse I had out earlier this morning. So then I get really mad thinking he threw it at me on purpose. So I start screaming then he screams louder. There's door slamming and the whole nine yards. Anyway, I tried to go and apologize before I left for work, but like I said he wasn't in the mood to listen. And I explained what I thought happened so I would like an apology from him too. So now I get to sit at work and be angry all day. Doesn't that sound like fun!

Update:

He has called an apologized. It only took about 2 hours. Not bad. :-) I feel much better now.

Dress Shopping

I went dress shopping last night, frantically searching for anything to wear to Ronnie & Cori's wedding. It's 3 weeks from tomorrow. There was a ton of stuff on clearance, but of course nothing that I liked or that would fit. Never fails. So I got online this morning and ordered this. What do you think? I like it and I so very much hope it fits! If not then I'll probably only have about a week to try and find something else to wear. I have no one to shop with either. Doug won't even spend 20 minutes in the dress section with me, as I learned last night. Keep your fingers crossed that this one will work out for me.

Commuting Sucks!

I really don't have much else to say. My life has been frittered away an hour each way! I honestly don't know how the boys do it (or did it in Josh's case).

Book You're Reading

I just saw that you are reading a book called "Women's Europe" and was wondering if it was any good? Are you still reading it, or is it finished and you haven't updated? Just wondering about your rating before I decide about reading it.

BTW, I went through your list today and found a ton of books that look great! Now my "to read" list is SO much more huge!

Thank You!!! Thank You!!!

I got my bear yesterday and isn't he the cutest thing! I love him so much already. Then I read your note and it almost made me cry! You have gone way above and beyond for this birthday. It's too much! I've already started to plan what I'm getting you for your birthday. It's a good thing I've got 6 months! :-) I just want you to know how much I appreciate it all. Especially after I got the big disappointment from Doug. I'll call you sometime today.

Memories...

Okay, so after we got off the phone last night I started feeling bad about not being able to remember seeing the movie. I take that back, I remember that we saw it, just nothing so specific about that time. I didn't want you to think I didn't have any memories of our early years! I have tons of them! I'm sure you realize all of that. And maybe when I sit down to watch the movie it'll all come back to me. I'd like to know what you remember about it and maybe I'll remember more. Just knowing that it meant alot to you already makes it one of my favorite movies in my tiny DVD collection. And you should know that you could get me a box of rocks and I'd probably think it was the greatest thing, just because they were from you! What a lucky girl I am to have such a great best friend. :-) Okay, okay....enough sappy stuff.

Reading Too Much!

I'm usually one to finish one book before I start another. But I've been very fickle about my reading material lately.

First I started this: My Life
Then I decided to put that on hold and read and finished a few other books.
After that I started this: Rule of Four
But then Harry Potter came out so that was paused.
I finished HBP and started a new Aunt Dimity book to cheer myself up.
THEN I forgot reading material last Friday and bought this: Digital Fortress which I'm forcing myself to read slowly because I LOVE Dan Brown and this is the last book of his I haven't read.

Grr.. I've got to finish one of these books or I'll go mad with options!

Gift Misgivings

So after I got off the phone with you last night (so happy to talk to you!) I worried incessantly about your gifts. Being a good gift giver is a hard thing to live up to. I tried to go with a theme this year, "Things that remind me of you." But now I wonder if I should have just gotten you things I know for sure that you'd like.

The first gift you will get (which you should get by tomorrow) is the one I'm the most worried about. I was so happy with myself when I thought of it. It REALLY reminds me of you. It is from one of those vivid memories I have that are so minor, but really stick out in my mind. I was sure when I bought it that you would love it. Now... I'm having a weird invading memory of you telling me you DIDN'T like it. Which kind of doesn't make sense, but it's hard to tell with me. In fact, now that I'm writing this, I'm even more sure you won't like it. Anyhow, if you don't like it, you can send it back and get something else. I won't be upset in the slightest, really, honestly and truly! :)

The next gift you'll get is a little more obvious reference to our friendship. I'm pretty sure you'll like it. Just not 100% sure you'll like it alot! Grrr....

The last gift you'll get, which I'm making, I'm positive you'll like. But honestly, it is a gift that is really for both of us.

I think I do this to myself every year. (Except last year. I was POSITIVE I'd hit a homerun with that one!) I know I shouldn't worry, because you're always very nice about the gifts you get. I just don't want to disappoint you. :(

To You...

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!!!

I hope you have
a great day!

Yay! It's Friday!

I've been trying to find a second to post all morning, but that has been nearly impossible. Karen's off this morning. She had to take her mother to the doctor so I'm here by myself. I don't mind really and from the looks of it I should probably get used to it. Her mother's not doing too well, they think her cancer may be back. So I'll probably be working lots of hours by myself. I don't mind though. You can't in a situation like that. Anyhow, it is relatively quiet. Although we haven't had any time that there wasn't people in here so far.

Doug's friend Ronnie is going to be in town this weekend. Which means, I have to go straight home and clean the house tonight. That's pretty much going to keep us busy all weekend. I think that Ronnie is coming over tonight for a little bit and I know for sure that we are cooking out with him and his fiancee tomorrow.

Sunday we are going to Cascone's and to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for my birthday. I even bought a cute new skirt last night at TJ Maxx for the occasion. I'm not sure I'm happy with the shirt I have for it though. I might need to go look for something else. :-) I'd kind of like new shoes too, but that may be pushing it!

I had other things to tell you, but now I have been interrupted so many times that I can't even begin to think of them. Maybe they will come to me later...probably when Karen gets here and I can't post again.

Image Intensive!

Just got these pictures back from last weekend's day trip to Portsmouth and Kittery and thought I'd scan them in and share them with you. They include the first ever photos of our schoolhouse, which you will be the first to see since no one has come out to visit us yet. Of course, most of the photos are of my lovely pups...

Joshua, Casper and Maddie panting like mad in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This is actually the only picture I have of them there. We walked all over but didn't get to do much. There were signs everywhere saying "NO DOGS ALLOWED AT ANY TIME!" Even at the park!! It was funny though, when we went back to the parking garage to go to Kittery, we practically had to drag Madeline up the stairs. You could really see her working hard to make her short little legs climb the stairs. It was a bit like watching Rocky, actually.

The pups see the ocean for the first time in Kittery, Maine! I actually scanned all sorts of these photos, but somehow this is the only one of them that I saved right. Oops! Oh well, this is a pretty good one because it shows how brave our little girls were! Madeline's feet were barely touching the sand! You can't tell in this picture, but Casper became obsessed with DRINKING the salt water. The first time she tasted it, we laughed it off because she kept licking her chops. We thought that was the end of that. Wrong! She really seemed to like the taste of it and dispite our chiding, kept on drinking throughout the time we were there.

Josh and I at the beach. We took this picture three times, each with varying degrees of success. One of them is so downright awful, I wouldn't even show it to my mother!

Josh and Madeline on our lawn. This is a terrible picture of Josh, but the expression on Maddie's face is absolutely priceless. I call this her "Don't Hate me Because I'm Beautiful" photo. Very haughty expression.

Casper in her favorite spot, trying to blend in against the house. This isn't a great view of it (I really didn't take any great view pictures) But you can see Josh's pride and joy, his antique lawn mower. Also, isn't it incredible how green the grass is? We don't water it at all, no one here waters their grass, but it is as green as can be!

Isn't she beautiful?

I took this picture from our front porch yesterday morning before work. You can't really tell, but to the right of the church we can see mountains and a field which has a cow and the most beautiful white horse I've even seen. Madeline barks at the horse when it is out in there, but it dosen't seem to mind. The cow, however, is very curious about Maddie and moos loudly when it sees her.

Again, this is not a great picture. It gives you the basic idea though. Huge windows all along the front and the neat sign about our door which reads "Noyesville" which was the name of the school. The yard looks rather weedy here, but it isn't . The large bush against the house is a beautful flowering thing, which in the winter has pretty red berries. You can barely make out the flowers which are planted in the old chest. The stick on the porch is a hiking stick that Josh widdled for me out of a tree branch. Yikes, looking at this picture again, I think how derelict it must look to you. Really, it isn't though. It is just rustic like everything else here in Vermont.

That is it for now, maybe more later! :)

Grateful

I was going to post today about how depressed I was about my birthday. Doug either has forgotten this great gift he told you about or something. He asked me last night what I wanted for my birthday that costs $35, then he changed it to $50. That just kind of put me in a foul mood, knowing what you told me. So I was depressed about that last night and this morning. And then I talked to my mom. Apparently my uncle's stepson died last night. I'm not very close to my uncle or any of his stepchildren, but it still makes me sad. His stepson was about our age, maybe a year or two younger, he was married and I think even had a baby. It's sad that I don't really know more. Mom didn't know any of the details, but from what she has said I think it was something bad. Why else would a healthy 20-something man die? Anyhow, I'm not depressed anymore. I'm grateful that I do get to celebrate my 25th birthday and who cares what I get, as long as I'm surrounded by people that I love and who love me!

Hot, hot, hot!

That's what we have had lately and it looks like more of the same until at least next week sometime. And of course Doug's mood has definitely reflected it. I'm at the point now that I know if I say something to him and he snaps at me, that's my cue to not talk to him for the rest of the night.

Not a whole lot of anything else going on. Today is Angela's b-day, by the way. I know you wouldn't forget or anything. She moved and has a new phone number though, so don't try to call the old one. I'll email you the new one in a bit.

Did I tell you that Doug and I are on a diet? Sort of anyway...don't tell him about the candy bar I had with my lunch. It's Desire's fault. I went to her house last night and she sent me home with a whole box full of junk food. Anyway, I'm going to walk with my mom tonight so that ought to cover the candy. I hope! We're trying to get into shape for Ronnie's wedding. Doug wants to look nice in his tuxedo and I just don't want him looking better than me! :-) Dieting really does suck though. We have managed to cut back on going out to eat. We haven't been in over a week. Well, at least not together. I had Taco Bell today. But only a bean burrito. I ordered a soft taco too, but didn't have time to eat it. So it's going to be my dinner tonight. Yum. Not really.

I'm sorry to hear about Harry Potter. I do know why you are depressed. It's not my fault. One of our patron's just had to know who died and so I looked it up for her. Don't hate me. I had to do it. It's my job!

Harry Potter Depression

Finished the book. It was good. Really good. But I can't help thinking that they should have passed out antidepressants with it instead of a poster and rubber bracelet. I've never had a book put me in such a funk!

Humph.

Guess What Today Is?

Tsk, Tsk if you don't!

HARRY POTTER DAY!

Could I BE anymore excited? *Channeling Chandler*

Tonight Josh and I are going to go to Burlington, eat at the Chucky Cheese type place with a HUGE arcade. Play games until 9:00. Go to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and eat candy and drink cherry slushes. Go straight from there to the Harry Potter party at Barnes and Noble where we will stand in line for ages to get our hands on *drum roll* THE BOOK! After which we will drive home, arrive sometime after 2:00, and read until the wee hours of...

Well, until we are done.

Could our evening out get even more juvenile and less romantic? I don't think it is possible. But I'm looking forward to it anyway! I'm trying hard not to face up to the fact that I will probably be 27+ (for book seven) the next time I get to be this giddy. But hey, with any luck I'll get to celebrate THAT book in England! Now I bet there are some kick butt Harry Potter parties over there. In fact, I'd be suprised if it wasn't a national holiday!

Look what I bought...

I was at K-Mart this morning and I picked up a new comforter for when we get a queen sized bed...hopefully in about 2 weeks. It was on sale for $19.99, so I couldn't pass it up. I only got the comforter. I'll go back and get sheets when I get paid or something. They are on sale this week, but not that much. Really, I would be fine with solid color sheets. Probably some navy blue ones and maybe some light blue ones. I'm pretty sure Doug will prefer any of those to my lavendar ones!

What a day...

Today is not a very good day so far. It started off with last night when I decided to sleep on the couch. Doug made me mad and frankly the couch is more comfortable than sharing our tiny bed! So even though I slept really really well, I'm still mad that I had to sleep on the couch at all. Thankfully I had the whole morning to myself to sulk about it before coming to work. When I got to work, I noticed that all of the streets surrounding the library are closed! Apparently they are going to do road repairs or something today. Thanks, city engineers, for mentioning that. So while I was trying to figure out what to do about the road situation I realized I was just about late. So I rushed in here only to realize that I forgot they are doing updates on our computers today. We can still use the internet, but our check in/check out modes are disabled at the moment.

Doug is fasting today. He's got his big bad scary colonoscopy tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to that. Plus, I get the impression that he's in a pretty bad mood today. Heck, I would be too if I couldn't eat all day. I know he's getting nervous about it and I'm trying to be positive and say that everything is going to be fine, but I'm nervous too. I think his mom is going to be at the hospital with us tomorrow. I don't know if that will be good or bad. Good because I'll have someone to talk to, but bad because it'll be his mom and she always asks a bunch of questions.

Anyway, I'm going to quit griping. How was your holiday? We had alot of fun. Our barbecue turned out nicely, but it would have been better if you and Josh were there. Actually it would have been better if any of my friends were there. I had Rebecca, but really that was it. So sad for me. Desire came over for a little bit, but her brother and sister-in-law were at her house so they pretty much stayed over there. We went up to the new shoppes on Monday. We parked at one end and walked all the way to the other. Doug hates window shopping so he was being a brat most of the time. We did really like Sam's Club and are seriously considering a membership. We decided Home Depot is just an orange Lowe's. Oh, and I love Michaels! We still haven't spent the last of our TJ Maxx giftcard. I tried to get Doug to help me pick something, but he wasn't interested. We also went and looked at beds at Sav-On. I think we have picked out what we want. It's going to be about $400, which isn't too bad. Plus Doug thinks we'll get a discount again. And we're going to sell our refrigerator when his mom gets us this other one so hopefully that'll be $100 in our new bed fund. I looked at paint when we were at Lowe's too, but I just can't decide what color I want to do. I wish you were here to help me.

Update on the trash collecting situation. I got us new service. I called the people my parents use. They picked it up last week, no problem. This week Ace came by to pick up our trash. Fortunately they came to the door to apologize and I told them I'd already made other arrangements so they are going to reimburse my money. Thank goodness.

I think that's it for now. Have a good day.

Still looking...

I still can't decide what to get from that catalog. I love everything! It's all so cute. I do have an issue with the fact that nothing is going to match my kitchen though. With the dumb ivy wallpaper (I don't want anymore ivy before you even ask!) and my rooster towels and picture, I just don't know what to pick. And after you said the thing about the square votives I started looking at those and I am also really liking the tall cylinders. I think I might want square votives in some holiday type things. Maybe the Halloween and a Christmas one, maybe. I don't know...too many choices!

Yay! It's Friday!

That's really all I had to say! :)

And a Cherry!

Will you please, pretty please with sugar on top and a cherry tell me what Doug told you the other night???

Quick Post

Just wanted to let you know that I am still looking through that catalog. I haven't made up my mind yet what I would like to order. I'll try and decide in the next few days. Also, we went to TJ Maxx yesterday! And I still can't believe you won't tell me anymore about what you and Doug talked about!!!

Just to let you know...

You'll be getting some mail from me! :)

1. The catalog for the "glass" party my coworker guilted me into. You don't have to order anything, I just had to send it to get her off my back. (It is beautiful stuff.. just so expensive!) If you or Desire or anyone else wants something though, don't bother with the order form, just email me what they want and I'll let Dee know. I'll ask Dee, but I think that we decided you don't have to send the book back at all. If you do though, I'll send you an envelope with lots of stamps to send it back in. (It cost a fortune to send!)

2. Your housewarming gift! I know it is late, but I had a hard time deciding what to get you. I wanted to make something special, but I ran out of time. Now I think you'll get the something special for your birthday!

That's all for now! I'm about ready to go home and cook supper. Yuck!

Busy, busy, busy!!

I swear there are just not enough hours in the day. It really seems like since Doug and I moved in together that we have less time instead of more. I thought we'd have more just for the fact that we wouldn't be wasting time driving across town to see each other. Apparently not. Take the next couple of days for instance...this morning I got up early went to Lowe's for my dad's father's day gift and then to wal-mart for grocery shopping. I was supposed to go to the eye doctor, but didn't make it because I had to rush home have lunch and come to work. Then after work tonight I'm supposed to do "girl's night out" with Becky (Doug's sister-in-law). Hopefully we won't be out too late. Tomorrow I have a program at work then after work I'm supposed to have a hair appointment which I need to cancel because we're going to dinner with Doug's family for father's day. Saturday, Doug works until noon, but we have Nate's birthday party at 2 and then possibly going out with Aaron and Lindsey. Maybe I can get something done Saturday morning. I doubt it. Sunday we're off to my mom and dad's. And now I guess I need to take his gift to him early so he can use it. It's a smoker box for the grill. Sometime I need to clean my house and get some laundry done. Oh and we're getting more furniture! Which is fine, except we're starting to fill up (overflow is more like it). And Doug has a hard time parting with any of the stuff his family gives us. So who knows. I think we already need to have a garage sale!

Question?

What do you think of these? At first I thought they were the ugliest thing I had ever seen, but the more I see people wear the cuter they start to look. Plus, I hear they are the most comfortable shoes ever!

Who knew...

...you could have such fun with a sandwich maker?? I want to have a Toastie Party!

wedding dresses

Now don't get too excited. I'm just looking. Nothing is even close to that!

Here's a pattern my mom picked out. I found this pattern too and I really like it.

I would absolutely love it if my mom made my dress. It would fit exactly like it is supposed to and it would be extra special to me knowing that she made it. She doesn't think she's skilled enough to make an actual wedding dress though. So we'll see. I'll keep trying to talk her into it.

More posting...

I want to download a fun ringtone for my phone. I'm so productive today. My ringtones on my phone suck. If they had on that was just a ring, I would use it, but they don't. So I'm trying to find something cute and totally me.

*Edit*
I got one. I downloaded the Sesame Street Theme song. "Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away..."

:-)

It made me think of calling Big Bird and Cookie Monster!

Finally a chance to post!

Saturday at work again. This is the first time I've been able to be on the internet for more than 5 minutes since I have moved. School's out, so we have been busier than ever at work. It's raining today though, so maybe we'll be kind of slow. Wouldn't that be nice?

Things with Doug are going okay. I think lots of people are standing around waiting for it to blow up in our faces. Just some general impressions I've been getting. Everyone keeps asking me if things are okay and that kind of thing. I'm probably reading too much into it.

My mind has completely blanked. I can't think of anything to post at the moment. I'll keep trying though.

Internet "Window" Shopping

Bored this afternoon so I thought I'd do a bit of online "Don't I wish I could afford THAT!" shopping. Here's what I can up with:

I'm in love with this skirt. I think because it reminds me of little house on the prairie.
These shoes, if I had someplace to wear them, and it I though I could pull them off!
The purse in the picture here. Does that not look like the most ME purse ever?
This book and the rest of the subsequent series.
Totally obsessed with this.
Would love to have this (if my car had a CD player...)

Hmm.. I guess that is it. For now at least!

Notre Weekend Charmant dans Montréal - Continued

Well, it only took me all week to get to this, but here it is!

Sunday we woke up kinda late (10:00 ish) and decided that the order of the day would be to see the Basilica, hit the Musee des Beaux-Art and if we had time, swing by the Biodome.

You know what they say about the best laid plans right?

Leaving the hotel, we decided to take the desk person's advice and walk down a few blocks where we could find "cheap good food" for lunch. Oh, he was right! We stubbled across this little pasta place (wish I could remember the name) where they cooked right in front of you. For the price we would have paid at Fazoli's we got to watch them toss the pasta in the air and catch it in their frying pan! And it tasted great to boot! We decided to eat on the terrace, which actually turned out to be a big mistake. 5 Minutes into our meal a woman yells at us in french. She repeats herself 3 or 4 times before she figures out she needs to speak to us in English. I couldn't understand her, but Josh told me she was asking if we could buy her breakfast. I felt really bad, but just shook my head. Then she asked if I was going to finish my "macaroni". I nodded and she snorted. Josh offered her his french bread, but she just looked disgusted and yelled, "Non!" I honestly though she was going to spit at us or something! Hmph. I still felt bad for her, even though she was such a bitch.

Speaking of bitches... After lunch, we found the metro station, thinking we would take the subway into Vieux Montréal to the Basilica. After consulting a map, we realized that we would have to transfer trains and needed to ask how to do that. Obviously, the most logical thing to do in that situation would be to ask the lady at the ticket counter, but as we approached her she waved us away and seemed fully insistant upon ignoring us. Josh spoke to her "Parlez-vous l'anglais?" "NON!" she yelled and made some very unsavory hand gestures. We made a hasty exit, deciding the metro was not for us.

On the street we consulted our map and set out on foot for Vieux Montréal. It was about a mile and a half away though the walk was actually enjoyable. We stopped along the way at a shop that had a giant Gandalf, Frodo, and Ring of Power over it's doorway. I wish I'd had a camera, I would have taken a picture of it!

Finally, we made it to the Basilica with only minimal arguing (Are we going the right way? I think we should go that way, no this way!) It was even more beautiful than I imagined. Stunning, is a more acurate term to describe it. We sat in one of the pews and tried to imagine what all the figures meant, then joined an english speaking tour that explained them to us. It was neat because the Basilica was only the second church Josh had ever stepped foot in.

Looking at the map outside we realized we would never make it to the other places. It was already after 3:00 p.m. and the Fine Art Museum closed at 4:00. Not to mention it was 2 miles away and we were on foot. Giving up, we decided to just walk and see where it took us. We ended up in the old port region, were we frivolously spent $10 Canadian dollars on a half hour in a paddle boat. Oh, it was worth it though, the cool air from the St.Lawrence Seaway made my head feel better as it was aching from the heat.

After that we slowly made our way back to our hotel, where we watched strange Canadian television (you wouldn't believe what they get away with on their network stations!) and went to bed.

That's it! Whew! Two long posts in one week? What is the world coming to?

A Short Post

Just thought you might be interested in this. How cool would that be to win?

Notre Weekend Charmant dans Montréal

Yes, if you read french you will see the title says that Josh and I had a lovely weekend in Montréal!

We decided to go somewhere on Friday after I was successful in securing a place for the pups here. We weighed our options between Boston and Montréal and finally went with the later because:

A) It is an hour closer to drive (which it ended up NOT being! Montréal is a 2.5 hour drive from our house, but of course we managed to get ourselves lost and had to backtrack 1.5 hours out of our way to find the hwy we needed! Arg! Not a good way to start a vacation!)
B) We thought since it was Memorial Day Weekend,and Montréal is in Canada, it wouldn't be as busy. (I'm sure we were wrong about this too because it took me three hours on the internet to find a hotel that wasn't booked solid!)

So once we finally got to Montréal, we found our hotel and checked out our "european style" room. I was a little worried about the condition of the hotel since there weren't many photos on their website. Let me just say for the record, there is a reason why there aren't many photos. No, not because the room was dirty, but because it was THE TINIEST ROOM KNOWN TO MAN! Apparently, "europeans" are quite small and don't need to, say, sit on the toilet straight like a normal person. They like to sit on it sideways because there are no room for their legs between the wall and the seat. And the shower? Two foot square works fine for them! Why on earth would you need to turn around in the shower? As if a back needs to be washed! Even the TV was tiny, only 13"! Josh and I got a good laugh out of it, though so it was all in good fun.

Anyhow, Saturday we drove down to Rue Sainte-Catherine and saw a movie at the Paramount. Besides worrying incessantly that the car wasn't going to be there when we got back, (We had some confusion reading the french parking meter and were unsure whether we were supposed to pay. Since we hadn't yet transferred our funds to Canadian, paying wasn't an option.) we had a nice time. I just love big movie theatres! We saw Star Wars of course, and aside from some VERY fake looking lava, it wasn't that bad! I think I actually liked it better than Josh! (He was pissed off about some 'glaring errors' Lucas made that apparently contradicted the early movies.)

Hmm.. So on to Sunday. Actually, I better continue this tomorrow, this post is long and I've got to get home, work is over! :)

to be coninued...

Hello...anyone out there?

It's been way too long since you have posted! I want to know what is going on with you. My life is boring right now. We did nothing all weekend, except move of course. We were up until 2:00 a.m. every night! It was worth it though. We got everything unpacked. I wanted it all done before I had to come back to work today. I think the kitties are starting to get along nicely. Tess has finally quit hissing at Boomer everytime he walks by. She's not ready for much more than that though. This morning, she was laying on the rug in the living room and Boomer tried to lay next to her, but she got up and left. Anyhow, just wanted to let you know that I was settled in. How was your weekend?

one more thing...

I forgot to tell you that Jason & Marly are engaged now. That's about the last of Doug's friends from high school. He's the only one left...

Down to the wire!

I am going to start moving tomorrow...yes, tomorrow. How crazy is that. I'm pretty much all the way packed, but I've still got some stuff to do. Like go to the post office for change of address forms, take more boxes to Doug. I still need to buy a new trash can, some kind of tote for my sweaters and a shower curtain liner. There are a ton of other things, but I think they are going to have to wait. I'll be broke enough as it is.

I just stumbled upon one of our page's blogs (he knows my brother and there was a link to it on Brandon's site). Last week he wrote that we were riding him extra hard at work and he was looking for a new job. This guy is our best page in such a long time. If he leaves I don't know what we'll do. I guess I shouldn't be looking at those things anymore...bad Misty for snooping.

We picked up Doug's mom from the airport last night. She was in New Orleans for a conference. She brought us back t-shirts, so nice of her. She also underestimated my size, which in an odd way makes me feel good. It's a small so it fits everywhere but around my hips of course. Oh well, she brough Doug a large so his probably won't fit across his shoulders.

Well, if I don't post for awhile you'll know why. Have a good holiday weekend. :-)

6 days to go...

Still haven't packed anymore either. We went to Wal-Mart last night to have copies of the key made and the guy there was an idiot. I told him three times I wanted 2 copies and he seemed surprised when he handed me only one and I asked for another one. And to top it off, they don't work.

Where were you all weekend? I tried to call a couple of times. You and Josh must have been doing something fun.

I had a fairly busy weekend. Friday night was Sarah's (3 hour long) SRO concert at school. It was so unorganized. I felt awful for all those kids, because they had some talented singers, but their direction was horrendous. Then I got up early on Saturday morning and hit some garage sales with my mom & dad. I bought a sewing machine for $2 and the girl claims it works, but it's kind of finicky. I figure for $2 I can take it to a repair shop no problem. I bought some other stuff too...an outfit for Jackson and Hannah, some stuff for work, a tea kettle, a humidifier and a cannister set and I only spent $18. Not bad, I thought. Mom got some nice J.C. Penney tab top curtains for Sarah's room for $6 and she got a pair of Polo Jeans for my dad for $3. So we had a pretty good day. Saturday night was Cheyenne and Bart's wedding. Doug whined the whole time and so we left at 8:30, before any of the dancing and all the fun stuff. And on Sunday we went to see Star Wars Episode III. Doug gives his approval. Much better than the first two he says. In fact, he's ready to go see it again. That's about all for now. I've got to iron my shirt for work. Have a good Monday.

Star Wars Mania!

Not really, but I am trying to order tickets online and it won't let me. I already ordered 4 this morning and now Doug wants me to order 3 more for his brother and nephews and the stupid website is down. I've been trying off and on for the last 2 hours or so. Fun times, let me tell you. I think Doug even thinks it's my fault somehow! Silly boy!

Shouldn't I be packing now?? Uh-huh.

I went to Wal-Mart today for 3 things: tampons, panty liners, and to make copies of our new house key. I got the tampons and the panty liners, but no keys. As a matter of fact I wandered around Wal-Mart for 20 minutes trying to remember what it was I was forgetting to get and I managed to put about $50 more stuff in my cart. So back to Wal-Mart for me. Yuck! Hopefully this time I won't spend quite so much. Although, I do want (sort of need) to get: iron & ironing board, bathroom rug, shower curtain liner, eye drops, and a tea kettle...plus the aforementioned keys, and I saw a cute pair of sandals that I'm seriously considering.

I need motivation!!!!

We still have 12 days to go and I still only have 3 boxes packed. The same three boxes I packed a month ago. :-( Why is packing such a pain in the butt??

12 Days and Counting!

So we almost weren't going to move. I haven't said that to anyone so far, so shh... We got into a big fight Friday night while Doug was drinking. Surprise, surprise. I think some of it came out because he was nervous, and some of it because he was drinking. I'll tell you more about it some other time, it's easier to explain on the phone. Speaking of which, Doug looked at our first cell phone bill tonight and he saw our 81 minute phone call and almost freaked out. I told him three times that it was on a Sunday, so it was free. He had to stop foaming at the mouth before he could look at the date.

Anyhow, argument over. Have made up. Very happy now! Bought washer & dryer last night for $180. It's used (obviously), but looks fairly decent and has a 30 day warranty. We were going to try and get something new, especially after we saw the Nebraska Furniture Mart ad last week. They had a pair on sale for $398. Unfortunately, we were too late. I called them yesterday morning and they were all sold out. So then I finally got motivated and just started calling all kinds of places. And we found something that wasn't going to take all of our money this week, so that was pretty much the selling point. I can't wait to use them. I can't to move, period.

Pissed Off!

I am seriously pissed off at blogger! My first post in much too long and it decides to erase it! It was long too! What the hell?

The gist of it, since I don't have time to retype it all...

1. I went to a Cota Glass Party over the weekend and spent way too much money! The stuff is really beautiful, and I told Dee (secretary here) that I would consider doing a book party for her. (she just became a consultant and is desperate to book a party) I'd give you the link to their website, but it sucks! There are no pictures!

2. The hills and mountains are bright green now! I would think I was living in Ireland, except there are cows on the hills instead of sheep.

3. Holy cow, you been kicking my ass on the booklist! I seriously need to start reading faster!

4. I was inspired by the story of the woman who started Cota Glass (her husband lost his job and she had to support her family. She started her business with only $200 and now sells her glass in over 250 stores all over New England!)

So I bought a new baby! Check her out!

I bought her on ebay! She's an old one, but is stacked to the gills with all the expensive graphic design software I can't afford myself. She's gonna help me make some bucks! I'm naming her Apple Dumpling. Isn't that absolutely nauseating?

I'm still upset...

...about the kitchen. Doug asked me last night if I really minded the wallpaper and I told him that I didn't hate it. Wrong answer. I should have said I hated it with a passion and would never be able to cook a meal in there or something to that effect. I wonder though, am I really upset about the wallpaper or is it just Doug's dad that is pissing me off? After Doug told me that stuff I just can't seem to seperate the two. Because as soon as Doug mentioned (again)that he was going to reglue the wall paper I started getting mad. I tried changing the subject. Telling Doug that we've already gotten into too many arguments over some dumb wallpaper, but I just couldn't get it out of my head. Maybe what I can't get out of my head is the fact that I feel like Doug won't listen to me. He won't even consider that what I say might be feasible because it is different than what his dad says. It upsets me and makes me wonder whether or not we have a real communication problem.

It must be freezing in hell right now...

Sarah had to find an outfit to wear to the Lampion assembly today and guess whose closet she raided? I'm not just talking about a top or my shoes, she took everything from my closet. The skirt, the top, the shoes, even the slip! I don't know how I should feel about this. Glad that I'll be moving soon, so she can't take all of my clothes?? Not that she hasn't been taking my stuff for years. It's just mostly been makeup, shoes and very occasionally a sweatshirt. You know what the saddest part of all is? My clothes looked better on her than on me! Granted the skirt is at least 2 years old and I think I had to have been much skinnier then. Also, the shirt was one of those ones that I bought from Rue21 that shrunk so much by the 3rd time I washed it I haven't worn it since. And she was so excited to wear my clothes that I ended up giving them to her. Just the skirt and the top. I need the slip and my shoes.

Vacation Plans

Yes, you read that correctly. I was thinking yesterday about when would be good to take a vacation and the best thing I came up with was Columbus Day weekend. Maybe fly in on Thursday or Friday and leave on Monday? I asked Doug last night what he thought about it, but he's not even sure he'll be working at SG this fall, so there's probably little chance that he'll get to come. But we'll keep our fingers crossed just in case.

Speaking of Doug, they started the St. Joe job yesterday. And he was in a great mood except for one little thing...someone stole the battery charger and battery to his drill. All night I had to hear...'3 years in KC and nothing was stolen, the first day in St. Joe...' Poor guy.

Anyhow, nothing much else to say. I'm going to KC tomorrow to visit Rebecca and then on Saturday I'm taking my mom out for mother's day. Have a good weekend.

Feeling Icky

I had a sore throat the other day that I thought was nothing, until it turned into a full blown cold. It sucks. And of course I have a dentist appointment tomorrow that I'm going to have to cancel since I can't breathe through my nose at the moment and am liable to sneeze at any time. On the bright side, my sore throat is gone. It has been replaced by a terrible cough.

Doug and I got into a fight again last night. Apparently his father now has decided it will be impossible to take the wallpaper down in the kitchen because it will ruin the drywall. So now he doesn't want to mess with it. I don't think it would ruin the drywall, my parents don't think it will ruin the drywall, but who knows. Even if it did cause some damage, we could surely putty it and fix it that way. Doug told me his dad wants to reglue the wallpaper. We're definitely not doing that. I'd rather live with it peeling off then try to affix it back to the wall. One day someone's going to take it off and there is no point in trying to make it restick. If everything goes according to plan, I'm going to take it off and paint the damn walls (with the help of my parents).

Feeling Guilty...

Last night after I got off the phone with you, I called Angela to give her my new number (btw, I need to give it to you still...I'll send it in email). While I was on the phone with her I mentioned that Doug & I would be moving into Desire's old house and she told me that they were moving too. I guess Jay's cousin wants to move back to his house now. They still have to find a place. And then she was telling me that she thinks they are going to look into housing or some other government assistance programs because with Jay in school they can't really afford much. Of course I didn't mention the huge price break that we are getting, and at that point realized that I really couldn't mention it. But I feel bad. Should I have called Desire and told her and offered to back out?? They could really use a break like that. Doug & I could afford something else. I don't want to back out. I've already changed the utilities over and have been packing and everything. Should I be feeling guilty about this? It's not like Angela calls enough for us to really know what is going on, but now that I do I feel bad.

It's official...

Doug went in and finally gave his notice to his landlord. They are keeping his deposit and he has to clean the carpets. He's getting an extractor from my mom's work, so that shouldn't cost him anything.

Anyhow, I'm getting nervous. Doug was saying tonight how crazy it is that there we only have a month and how we have to get everything situated as far as bills go. That's about all he'll say though. I talked to Desire tonight and they are turning the utilities off in their name on Monday, so we have to switch them over. When I told Doug he got a little irritated. Oh well. I'll put them all in my name if I have to. He thinks it is dumb to pay for it if we aren't moving in yet, but I told him we'd be wanting to take stuff over and we'll probably want to have electricity and that kind of stuff when we do.

Okay, time to finish this post. Tomorrow I'm calling to switch the utilities over. We got our cell phones today and went to look at washers & dryers, but didn't really find anything promising. Just a sale at C&M this week for $500 Frigidaire pair.

I went to help Desire wallpaper the bathroom today. We didn't get much done. It's pretty difficult to work with a 6 year old and a 6 month old that you have to entertain. The thing I don't get is that JT was home the whole time. Why he couldn't have kept Jackson while we did this, I don't know. She didn't even ask him to. I take that back...she did ask him when we ran to the store to get the wallpaper tray and stuff and he whined about having to work on the racecar. I hope Doug knows that there will be none of that when we have kids. Anyhow, we hung about 3 pieces. Actually, Desire hung it mostly. She's more experienced, so I entertained Jackson.

Doug brought his dad over to see the house today. He's going to paint the kitchen for us. Which will be great, but he was making some pretty tactless comments about the wallpaper and stuff while Desire was in the bathroom working on the wallpaper. Desire got a little bit upset, I think. I tried to smooth things over, but I don't know if it worked or not. She seemed like she was in an okay mood when we finished for the night.

And since we worked so late, Doug got tired of waiting and went out. So I'm not real happy with him at the moment. Oh well. I'm sure all be over it tomorrow.

Good News/Bad News

Good news...I opened my insurance renewal policy this morning to find out that my premimum has gone down about $180, which is about a $30 a month savings for me. Yay! I can't wait to see what happens in August when I turn 25 (please tell me that is not a myth!).

Bad news...I opened the other insurance document, the one from my health insurance. "This is not a bill!" screams at me from the top. Okay, it's the "explanation of benefits" from my last doctor visit. Okay, looking it over...Net Plan Responsibility for this claim: $94.41. My responsibility for this claim: $306.00. Yes, you read that right, $306! I cannnot believe this. Of course it lists 6 different Non Covered Routine Exam and Related Services. Three of which cost more than $60! If I had known that it was going to cost all of that to get STD tests, I really would have went to Planned Parenthood and had it done for free!

There goes the next 10 months of my new cheaper insurance!

Marly thinks that this guy on Nashville Star looks just like Doug. Personally, I think Doug is much cuter.

Good Morning

Another quick one, I'm running late again. Surprise, surprise. So I'm thinking of getting Doug a little present to celebrate our moving in together. I have a couple ideas, let me know what you think. It's definitely going to be sports related, btw. There's this store in town called Sports Nutz, that I'm thinking of going to. Doug's brother took him there for his birthday and he mentions it all the time. Or a magazine supscription. Like maybe to The Sporting News (I can check out Sports Illustrated for him at work). I really think I would like to get him some kind of Chiefs or Royals memorbillia. Something he can hang up in his "man room".

Very very quick post this morning...

As I am already running late. I still have to go to Wal-Mart and get some treats for Storytime today (it's our last one). Anyhow, I just wanted to tell you how lunch with Doug's mom went yesterday. The second that Doug got up to use the restroom she started asking me how my parents felt about us moving in together. I knew what she was getting at, but I played dumb. I said they were excited for us and thought it was a good opportunity and we would be able to save so much money. Then she asked me point blank how they felt about us not being married. So I told her that they would like for us to be married and that I would too in fact, but that Doug wasn't ready. Then after Doug came back we were talking about something else and all of a sudden she reaches under the table, picks up my left hand and shoves it Doug's face and says that she would feel alot better about this if there were something on my ring finger! Talk about mortifying! I told Doug maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea to have our parents over together if all they are going to talk about is how we should be married.

Update

We had about 8 kids walk in the door not 20 minutes after I posted about being so dead in here. I guess I jinxed myself. Also, Doug just called. We only had $50 to pay off on the chair. I guess his mom & brother helped us out a little bit. So nice of them. Now Doug wants to go spend the extra $$ on nice things for dinner tonight. Fine, but I really don't want him to spend $50 at the grocery store for one meal.

Saturday @ Work Post

I guess I'm going to make this a habit to post every Saturday that I am stuck at work. I probably shouldn't, but it's dead right now so I figured why not. Nothing new and exciting to report. The fake tan is fading (thank goodness!) and so hopefully next week I can start wearing sandals again (did I forget to tell you that my feet got it the worst?). Not that we have had any kind of sandal weather. I think it was actually freezing or pretty close to it last night. Today looks pretty, but I know that it is definitely chilly.

Doug's picking up the recliner today. I have a feeling he's going to get it home and then proceed to sit and watch the NFL draft all day long. Apparently the Chiefs have signed some pretty good defensive players already, so I'm sure I'll have to hear about when I'm off work tonight.

Tomorrow we're going to lunch with Doug's mom, Sandy. I hope she wants to have lunch so that she can tell us that she's giving us a washer & dryer, but I doubt it.

Oh, and I got a haircut this week. Just trimmed really (still trying to grow it out), but I really like it right now. I may not like it in a week though. You know how I am.

Okay, well I've told you lots of boring stuff. I hope you don't mind too much. Time to get back to work.

Don't try this at home...

...or you might wind up orange & stripey like I did! I should know better than to use a self-tanner, especially one that claims to be so easy to use! Thank goodness I only used it on my legs. Hopefully it'll wear off quick.

Moving Day!

Actually, it's not for awhile. Like 5 and a half weeks, but we have finally settled on a time to move. We're going to move on Memorial Day Weekend. Not the most fun way to spend a long weekend, but since Doug has to be out of his apartment by June 1st, it is going to be about the best time to do it. I'm very excited. Now if we could just get that washer and dryer taken care of then I will be able to rest peacefully!

I need some reassurance...

My mom just called to tell me that I got something in the mail on Saturday from Women's Health. Now I was just there on Thursday, so that seems awfully quick for any of the results from my tests/labs to be in, much less in the mail. As a matter of fact, my nurse practitioner even said that it would probably take 2-3 weeks before I received them. So I'm a little concerned as to what might be in that envelope. Tell me, if it were something bad they would have called, right?

Movie Madness

Apparently this new movie isn't the only one to have been filmed in my new neck of the woods. Research and Dee (the secretary here) has informed me of a few other films:

The Spitfire Grill
Ethan Frome
Where the Rivers Flow North

This is all I've found so far... The last one starred Micheal J. Fox. Pretty exciting!

A Bit of Randomness

Ugh. I. feel. like. crap. I started feeling sick on Sunday morning, then it was just a crook in my neck and a slightly sore throat. Now every joint in my body aches like I just ran a marathon without stretching first. I would have stayed home today, (and in bed) but my boss isn't going to be here and I want to take advantage by getting as much done as I possibly can before he gets back. He has a way of creating more work for me before I can finish anything else. The result is that I never get to actually finish anything and I stress out because I have too many balls in the air. (BTW, you can see what I'm working on now at here)

Anyhow, they are filming a movie in town right now. Main street is completely blocked off. They've spread dirt all over it and put 1920's vehicles in the parking places. It is pretty cool! It's a low budget flick, but it is starring Kris Kristopherson and I've actually heard of him, so that makes it even more cool.

Spring is definitely here, but not in the same way it is where you are! Mom says it's been in the mid to upper 70's there just about everyday! It's been low to mid 60's here, which is actually fine with me. Most people here are already wearing their shorts and tank tops. Makes me wonder what they are going to where when summer gets here? I'm still wearing light sweaters, but you know me. I'll wear sweaters until I absolutely can't get away with it any longer.

Hmmm... Other than that life is boring here. Nothing new to report. Josh and I go to work everyday, come home, Josh plays soccer with the dogs in the yard, I cook dinner and then we sit down and watch whatever is on ABC that evening. About 9:30 or so we head to bed. We've become even more boring than we were before we moved here! Which is fine because we are both excitement and stress free. I think that is a fair trade off! :)

Yay it's Friday!!

It's going to be a good day today, I can just tell. I get to go to my favorite daycare this morning, Rainbow World. The kids there are so sweet they must be made of sugar. :-) And I don't have to work tomorrow (always a good thing) and Doug actually said outloud last night, I swear I'm not imagining it. "We've really got to start getting this move coordinated. It's right around the corner." Can you believe it?? I couldn't. It was all I could do to keep from saying, 'it's about time.' The only bad thing is that I think we're going to be super busy all weekend. I guess Ronnie's coming in town or something. So we're probably doing something with them. And we're supposed to go to a freshman baseball game tomorrow morning and go out and have drinks (?) with Eric & Becky tomorrow night. I'm just a little disheartened that we haven't really got to spend any time together this week and it doesn't look as though our time together this weekend is going to be much quality time. I just console myself with the fact that soon we'll be spending so much time together that we're probably going to want to hurt each other. ;-) Anyway, have a great day! And blog sometime already! Is it spring yet in Vermont?

For the men we love...

How many men does it take to open a beer?
None -- It should be opened by the time she brings it.

Why is a Laundromat a really bad place to pick up a woman?
Because a woman who can't even afford a washing machine will probably never be able to support you.

Why do women have smaller feet than men?
It's one of those "evolutionary things" that allows them to stand closer to the kitchen sink.

How do you know when a woman is about to say Something smart?
When she starts her sentence with "A man once told me..."

How do you fix a woman's watch?
You don't. There is a clock on the oven.

If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door, who do you let in first?
The dog, of course. He'll shut up once you let him in.

What's worse than a Male Chauvinist Pig?
A woman who won't do what she's told.

I married Miss Right.
I just didn't know her first name was Always.

I haven't spoken to my wife for 18 months:
I don't like to interrupt her.

Scientists have discovered a food that diminishes a woman's sex drive by 90%.
It's called a Wedding Cake.

Marriage is a 3-ring circus:
Engagement Ring, Wedding Ring, Suffering.

Our last fight was my fault:
My wife asked me, "What's on the TV?"
I said, "Dust!"

In the beginning, God created the earth and rested.
Then God created Man and rested.
Then God created Woman.
Since then, neither God nor Man has rested.

Why do men die before their wives?
They want to.

A beggar walked up to a well-dressed woman shopping on Rodeo Drive and said, "I haven't eaten anything for days."
She looked at him and said, "God, I wish I had your willpower."

Young Son: "Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of Africa a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?"
Dad: "That happens in every country, son."

A man inserted an advertisement in the classified: "Wife Wanted."
The next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have mine."

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.

Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are beautiful

So Soothing...

I bought this for my car last week and it is wonderful!!! You should get one.

I should not be blogging...

I should be working, but there's only one other person in here besides myself, so I just can't resist. I went to the gynecologist this morning...ooohh...exciting, I know. It was pretty uneventful. They always end up wanting to do a bunch of other stuff, so today not only did I have my pap smear, I also am getting STD tests (I guess I didn't do it last year) and bloodwork. Sounds like another $80 doctor bill to me. On top of my $20 copay. The good news is that my weight was exactly the same! I called Doug to tell him that and when I told him to guess what I found out. He guessed I was pregnant of all things. I think it scared him just a little bit. Oh well, that's what he gets for joking around about it all the time. Besides I'm not too happy with him anyway. He fell asleep at 7:30 last night. 7:30! I know, he's been working really hard, but come on. I haven't talked to him for more than 10 minutes at a time this week. Much less seen him. Well, aside from seen him sleep. And he informed me last night that tomorrow night we are going to see this with Aaron and Lindsey. We just saw the Ring 2 and we watched HellRaiser 3 last weekend. Haven't I seen enough scary movies lately? I really don't want to see anymore. I told him I didn't want to go, so we'll see. Hopefully we can figure out a different movie.

Awww....

Here is what my mother is torturing me with today...I really would love to get him!

Another boring weekend

During which Doug and I once again fought. Well, only on Sunday actually. Saturday night he was so super nice to me it wasn't even funny. He went to the mall with me to buy Desire's birthday present and didn't whine when I drug him to CoachHouse, Fireside Gifts, and Hallmark! Well, I think Hallmark was his breaking point, if we'd been there too much longer he would have snapped. Then he even let me rent Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. I loved the movie, but couldn't help but think that I didn't remember Renee Zellweger looking that bad in the first one and it is supposed to pick up 6 weeks after the end of the first movie...how do you put on 20 pounds in 6 weeks?

Okay, I'm getting off topic. Sunday was the day we fought. At least that morning. It started when he said he didn't want to go by the house with me when I went to help Desire take down the wallpaper. I wanted him to see the house in the daylight, so that he could get a better idea. The last time we were there half the light bulbs were burned out. But he was hellbent on getting started on his car. Or so he said. When I left he was laying on the couch. And he spent most of the morning shushing me anytime I tried talking about the house. Which I know, I talk about alot, but I am so excited! So I told him that I didn't want him moving in with me just because it was going to be cheap and I left. And while I was driving to Desire's I called him and also told him I wasn't going to talk about the house anymore.

Okay, so maybe we didn't really fight. There was no yelling or anything like that. More like my being irritated. That seems to be happening alot lately. Is something wrong with me? Maybe it's PMS, but I think alot of it is just that I am scared. Scared that this is going to be a huge disaster, scared that I won't be able to do it, scared that it's going to ruin what I have with Doug. I guess I'm just going to have to wait and find out, right?

I do so love the food...

Your Inner European is Italian!

Passionate and colorful. You show the world what culture really is.

Who's Your Inner European?

My Jane Austen Character

You are the true hero(ine)! Sensible, steady and
mature, you are the lynchpin of your circle of
friends and family.

Male: At your
best, you are a dynamo combination of Mr.
Knightley from Emma and Colonel Brandon
from Sense and Sensibility. At your
worst, you may be briefly beguiled by silly
women (cf. Edward Ferrars in Sense and
Sensibility and Captain Wentworth's
behavior toward Lousia Musgrove in
Persuasion), but in the end, you'll win
through and end up with the proper heroine.



Female: You are Elinor from Sense and
Sensibility! Wise beyond your years, you
are all too aware of the folly of those around
you. You are "sense" personified,
and without you, things would certainly fall
apart.


Which Jane Austen Character Are You?
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Saturday at work again

I can't believe it is already my Saturday. I swear it seems like I just did this last week. Time goes by so quickly anymore. This week has been pretty boring. We watched Spainglish Thursday night. I loved it! It was so good. If you haven't seen it yet, get to your local video store and rent it right now!! I want to see Fever Pitch tonight. Or maybe tonight would be a good night for Cool Crest. I just want to do something. Since I have to work today, I stayed home last night and Doug had the night off (his expression, not mine). I ended up helping my parents do yard work and watching TV with them. It was actually fairly enjoyable. I'm sure I'll be having many more pleasant nights with my parents once I move out.

Speaking of which, I think tomorrow I'm going to help Desire take the wallpaper down in the bathroom over there and hopefully Doug will want to move the fridge in. I might pick up a package of lightbulbs too, since the last time we were there several of them were burned out. I'm getting more excited (and nervous) every day. I asked Doug last night what he was going to do when he got tired of seeing me all the time and he said he'd go to the basement with Boomer. Tess and I get to stay upstairs. Sounds pretty good to me. I think I'll feel much more settled when we are living together. Then I won't feel like I'm living part-time at either place.

Not much more to say I guess. Like I said, things have been pretty boring this week. Hopefully your week was more exciting than mine.

Fun Little Time Diversion...

You're Mariane Dashwood from Sense & Sensibility! You are the romantic youngster, also found in Jane Austen's work as Catherine of Northanger Abbey and possibly Georgiana Darcy of Pride and Prejudice. You wander through life like Red Riding Hood in the forest, picking wildflowers and humming a happy song... and you can't see the wolf right in front of you! Ruled by heart and not by head, you are best advised to to learn a little caution, before you are forced into a better acquaintance with the ways of the world.

Which Jane Austen Character Are You?
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Why didn't anyone tell me that moving in would be so difficult??

Seriously. I think Doug and I have done nothing but fight since the moment we found out we got the house. I was upset because I thought he should be more excited and all the time he's dreading moving. Then we're arguing about when to move, Doug wants to wait until June and I'd like to go in there in May. He doesn't want to break his lease early. And compromise?? Neither of us are even remotely capable of that at this point? Is this a bad sign? Should we not be moving in together? He asked last night if I was going to change when we did and I told him that I wouldn't, but won't we both change? Wouldn't we have to make some adjustments once we spend all our time together, not just a couple of nights and weekends. So then last night he's finally excited about something (we got a free fridge) and I'm in a bad mood because all day long I am thinking about having to talk to him about his bad habit (I'm sure you know what I'm referring to) that he indulged in as recently as January (oh, what a couple of beers do for telling secrets). So I was thinking all day that absolutely, under no circumstances could he do that there. Not just because I don't like it, but because we are renting from my friends, and I would never want to jeopardize that. Which is another thing that I haven't admitted being bothered about. What if something terrible happens and Desire and I aren't friends anymore? I don't want to do that.

Back to Doug, he's already telling his brother he can store some of his stuff up there. Yes there are alot of places to store things and I don't think that we can fill it up as is, but I do think that eventually we would be able to. And I don't think it would take us all that long to do it. Plus there is still stuff from Desire and JT that they haven't moved out yet. And I don't know if they plan to move it out.

I'm so frustrated right now. And Doug and I haven't had five minutes to talk. He's not patient with me and my I can't figure out how to word this silences. So whenever I quit talking he decides it's time to get off the phone. Or the conversation is over. Or he falls asleep, so he can avoid talking about it, thinking I'll have forgotten by morning. He should have figured out by now that I never forget anything.

Sorry if this makes no sense. I really just needed to vent. Any thoughts you might have would be helpful though.

It's only Tuesday...

I was just looking over our booklists today and you are still ahead of me. You know that this booklist thing was great for my reading. For some reason I am feeling very competitive (in a friendly way, of course) and absolutely want to be reading as much if not more than you! :-) And have you noticed it is impossible for me to read just one book at a time? It must be a hazard of working in the library. Everyday that I forget to bring something to read on break, I have to pick out something new to read. As a result, I always have way too much to read. Not to mention what I have on hold...my hold list is huge and then I have another list of books that we don't have in the system yet to read.

Anyway, I'm starting to think Doug is not as excited as I am about moving. I don't know if he's getting nervous or what. Last night after I told him what you said about leases, he still says he wants to wait until June (it will have been 6 months by then). Which I guess it's my own fault for telling Desire that we would move in May, but still. I guess he doesn't feel my anxiety because he is already out on his own. I'm still stuck at home. Maybe once he sees the house and can start to picture things there it will be better. So I started making a list last night of the things that we don't yet have or may need more of once we move. Do you want to see it?? Well, you don't have a choice. ;-) Let me know if there is anything you think we have missed.

Refrigerator (I think we have one from Doug's brother, but I'm not absolutely sure)
Washer
Dryer
Lawn Mower (unless we buy my dad's old riding mower for $200)
Futon Cover (so that the futon will be usable as guest bed or extra couch)
Computer (for when I go back to school)
Queen Size Bed (so that Doug doesn't roll over on me in the middle of the night anymore)
Couch (this is a maybe)
Chair (also a maybe)
Iron
Ironing Board (can't have an iron without it!)
More towels (Doug thinks it is okay to use the same towel for 2 weeks, & he only has about 4)
Pizza Stone (random thing I want)
Blender (another random thing)
Throw Pillows
TV Trays
Rugs (lots of hardwood floors!)

That's it for now. I'm sure it will continue to grow the closer it gets to moving. Can you think of anything else?

Good News!

I just talked to Desire a little bit ago...her mom isn't going to move in, so Doug and I are! :-) I can't wait. I am so excited. All we have to get is a refrigerator and a washer and dryer. And we did discuss rent. Doug and I thought that $300 would be good, but Desire and JT think that is too much...they only want $150. Maybe I'll throw in some free babysitting or something. My mind is going 100 miles a minute right now thinking and dreaming. I absolutely cannot wait!