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.