Peter Piper Pumpkin eater.....

We finally named her............ Lily is wondering what the hell we just brought home. Here she is sleeping like a dead log with her head buried in the couch. This is almost right after we got home, so we figured if she was really that miserable, she wouldn't be sleeping like a baby!
Again, this is the first night. Lily was so curious, but so happy. Her tail wagged all night, when ever the cat moved, so did lily.
She likes to chase her tail.....for like hours.

So, you are all wondering what magnificent name did we FINALLY agree on? Well.......her name is

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PIPER!

(that if we are wrong and it's a boy, it's still cool!)

I'm back!

I am indeed alive, and I am back, and while i meant to post when we got back, time escaped from me, and I'm still worn out from the trip (and am getting ready to make another one this weekend!) and trying to adjust to a new family member.

We survived Tunica! I am happy to say, I had a blast! We won a decent amount of money, and didn't leave spending as much as we thought! I cannot get the sounds of the casino out of my head, and all i dream about is the wheel of fortune slots. Ding, Ding, Ding! I'll write more about it later, but it was a fun little get away!

We picked up our new addition to the fam on Monday! It is now Thursday and she still has no name. I am almost 99% sure it's a girl so if I'm wrong, I'll look like a total dumb ass but oh well. The first night she was so afraid of lily, but was so cuddly with us. Lily has been nothing but curious from day one, and wants to play until she starts hissing at her. Then last night, she completely broke out of her shell! She even touched noses with lily and batted at her tail! YAY! I was afraid she was going to hiss at her forever!

She also finally ate last night. I was worried because the first few days i couldn't' really get her to eat much but finally last night i got her to eat and drink. I have never had a cat before, and it amazes me the differences between them and dogs. She has definitely affected our sleeping habits because she's been trying to sleep on Blake's face. For some reason, he's not really down with that.

Anyway, I am leaving for chicago-land tomorrow for my friend Steph's wedding! Wheeee! Blake was supposed to go but got offered a side job making really good money, and with him being out of work, he couldn't pass it up. I'm definitely bummed I'll be going alone for the sake of driving myself nuts driving for 5 hours alone. I can only talk to myself so much without getting on my own nerves :)

I'll post pics tonight of the new kitty, who yes, still remains unnamed. On the way home from Tunica, we thought of a ton of names but not any that stuck. Paula Deen, Cotton (because of all the cotton we saw), Smoke (blake just loved this, and i was totally joking. ) and my favorite---Manheimer. I'll hopefully be back tonight to post some kitty and trip pics!

On a midnight train to Georgia....

That song is stuck in my damn head. I think it's because i am pumped for our trip. I wasn't so pumped before, but i guess I'm ready to blow this Popsicle stand! I have been here at work since, oh the butt ass crack of dawn. I left my house way before the sun knew it supposed to come up, and now I'm just sitting here, killing time, as i am done with everything i needed to be. 3 hours to go.....


If you read this later this weekend, I'll be having a blast in Tunica. (that is in MISSISSIPPI, or those who may not know, i didn't, lol, and i am assuming it's a poor man's vegas, i'll let you know) Hopefully, i'll come back a millionaire, lol. Wouldn't that be great. When i return on Monday, I'll have pictures galore, and a new family member, yet to be named.(I vote for Dexter, but Blake doesn't. He think ppl will think of the show, but yet doesn't care that ppl would think of male genitalia if we named him Johnson.)

Here IT is (i guess we still don't know what it is, I've never had a cat so i have no idea why this can be told....we clearly know lily is a girl!)

Blake snapped them at the farm yesterday (from his phone so they are crappy pics) when he dropped lily off to spend the weekend with her grandparents, and Uncle Chief (their dog!)
I never thought I'd have a kitteh. I THINK she is a girl. And apparently, it (she) is the most friendliest and most calm of the bunch!

Why i laughed until i cried....

I don't think i ever posted this but Blake got a job! Woot--and it was THE ONE he wanted! Great news, right? So, he called his parents to tell him, and guess what his mom's response was--well, besides congrats?

you guessed it, it was about babies!


MIL: "well, now you guys can have a baby!', 'I just want to hold one."

Thinking that was the end of the story......he responded like, yeah.

No, here is the kicker. She says, and this is honest to god, word for word what he told me.

MIL: Actually, I want to have one.
B: Um, i don't think that is possible.
MIL: yeah, i heard about a lady in England who was like 65 who just had twins.
B: Well, i don't know if dad would be up for that.
MIL: yeah, i don't think so.

I truly have no comments but to say that i probably laughed for a good twenty minutes after he told me this, i laughed so hard, there were real tears streaming down my face. I truly cannot make this shit up.

MmMmmm good.

Last week, I posted about my free Progresso broth I got in the mail. Well, ever since Lisa, posted about her chicken soup her and her hubby made, I've been craving homemade chicky soup.

(I'm a dork and took a pic of the few things i've gotten free so far, i didn't get to put everything because i am a bigger dork and couldn't remember! I just got a mr. clean magic eraser, those things are awsome!)

So, what do you think I did with my free broth?

I grabbed a whole chicky out of the freezer, and (after is was defrosted of course) I boiled in a huge pot of water with minced garlic, salt, pepper, and parsley. After that bad baby was cooked to perfection and falling off the bone, I took the chicky off the bone. I used the entire chicken meat. (By the way, I don't really ever measure things out, and i am usually a trial and error kind of girl....and luckily, it usually comes out tasty!)


I dumped half the water out of the pot, and poured in my chicken broth, and a small can of the same broth. I added more garlic, salt, pepper, and parsley, and then some carrots, onions, and later a ton of egg noodles.


\I let it simmer for about 20 minutes. I served it with some yummy corn muffins, in our cute soup bowls i got as a wedding gift to go with our C&B dishes. (I will be honest, part of me wanted to make the soup so that i could use those bowls!)







and ta da! The yummiest chicky soup i've ever tasted! I think the garlic gave the broth an extra kick of flavor without being too over powered.

Where's my kitteh? TUNICA? WHAT?

Well, i found out we our getting our new addition to the family on Monday because Blake decided last minute he wanted to go to Tunica. He got a new job--woot (and it was the one he REALLY wanted) and it doesn't start for two more weeks. He REALLY wanted to go to Vegas, but after looking at prices right now, i immediately nixed it. So, he came up with Tunica. We could drive and get a hotel for pretty damn cheap for 3 nights.

I haven't had a weekend that wasn't chaotic yet, so i immediately nixed it. Somehow he won. Stupid birthdays. He loves to gamble, i mean LOVES to gamble. I finally gave in and literally said, FINE, WE"LL GO! (I'm just excited because there is a Paula Deen restaurant inside our hotel, lol) I'm sure we'll have fun, and i will be honest, i need a vacation bad, but i was hoping for more of a well, beachy place. lol.

So, now his sister and a friend are going too! I want to be excited, and i sure i will get there, but we are going to Chicago the following weekend for a wedding, (which reminds me, after the last GNO and this trip, I am sure my bm dress will be nice and tight). It's not like i am turning into a giant heifer as it is without STILL being able to work out (by the way, shot #2 wasn't AS bad. Hostel man wore a purple apron this time, it still hurt like a mother, but it was over way faster, and the recovery time was a little better. I won't lie, it's probably bc i had good pain meds this time.) I go back to my doc Oct 2nd, so we'll see what she says then!

So, back to my feline baby, now I have to wait until Monday to get my furbaby. His mom thinks it's a girl, and i still want her to be called Lu-Lu, but Blake isn't having it. He thinks it will confuse Lily.

(Here she is cuddled in the blankies, i wonder what her reaction to all this will be!)



Anyone have any other ideas? I want something cute and girly if its a girl, and something cute if it's a boy. Get it? I like cute! I like Marley for a boy, but that go nixed too. I swear, we are NEVER going to be able to agree on baby names. Our poor kids will be called #1 or baby........or worse, IT! AHHHHH!

The unveiling.....

Just to warn you, we got a new camera, so i am able to upload all our pics now, and have taken more so plan on a surplus of posts this week!

Remember, like a million years ago when i said we were working on our deck?

Here are a few before pics:

Notice, the color, and how it's chipping. BLAH!

Notice the lattice on the sides, and the UGLY UGLY color of the stairs and the bannister's. I shudder to remember what it used to look like.
This was the side of the deck, lattice. It was everywhere, and i hated it.

and the big reveal: The steps AFTER! Lily likes it.

and here is my one decent pic of the bannister's now.
I need to get pics of the underneath because it was covered in lattice, but also full of weeds, and other crap that the previous homeowner left.

Now, we also painted our house. It needed it bad, and it was a HUGE improvement. We had people drive by and tell us how great it looked! Here is before--this one is hard to see, it's from my phone.

Before"

and the one i have that is after........

The door before was a dark red, the shutters brown, posts were white, and the house was yellow. Now everything is white but the shutters, and the door. Now, we just need a new storm door. Soon to come--The FIREPLACE !

GNO Explosion!

Last week, (I think it was last week), I met Amanda, and some other stlwedders at Growlers--which in fact DOES NOT have Strongbow on tap. They do have other ciders (yum) and this

lambic framboise......mmmmm. Currently, obsessed!

My boob, that i obviously got food on. I am like a child i swear!

Look at Amanda', she live s in La and is a BALLER!

Rhonda is explaining why you don't eat really burnt potato chips. I attempted to eat one, i wont lie, and they are not good.

Then, Pamela honored us with her presence and her new do, and we ordered cute little tasters. Blue Moon! YUM!

Now, I was nicely invited to Teresa's for a wine and a roaring fire this past Saturday.
you can see the few pics's i snapped here:
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35442&id=777808479

Now, I learned a lot about these ladies. Some of them like to wear knee-highs, a little sumthin -sumthin about public restrooms (only the mens though), and a few things i already knew--they kick ass, and can sure cook us up some good food! I swear i couldn't drink enough wine because i ate so much damn food. Teresa makes the most kick ass homemade bread, like ever. I think she may be my new BFF! :)

Thanks, girls for hanging out with me! lol. I can't wait for next month! I truly look forward to each one! You girls rock!

We're getting a.......

KITTEN!

I've been wanting a dog but blake still refuses. His parents cat that lives in the barn (well, technically its a stray that they adopted and after two liters they finally decided she's gonna need to be fixed, duh!) just had kittens a few months ago, and his mom convinced him to let us take one!

I've never had a cat, so i'm hoping we'll adjust, and lily does too! I dont know when we are getting him/her (apparently they said it's too early to tell what it is....hmmmm)

Blake says that if it is a boy he wants to name is Troj (The return of Johnson, after a lily's brother we had to give away.....long story) or his name will just be Johnson......

Oh lord.

I wanted a girl and name her LuLu, but we'll see. Lily and Lulu.....aww

Thursday finds.....

I decided i wanted to share some blogs I've come across in the blogosphere. I have too many items left unread in google reader so i thought I'd share the love man. :) I think i am going to make this a weekly thing. As long as i don't run our of blogs to share, but i don't think that will be possible. I find new ones every week!

1. Sorry I Missed Your Party--I anxiously await new posts from this blog. It's simple, yet way to damn funny. Basically, its pictures from other people's parties from flicker. Some are so funny there are no words to describe it, while others are just bizarre. There is always something funny to see. When i found this blog, i read from start to finish. Take a gander, you'll find some entertainment for sure!

2. If you haven't heard of this blog, you might just be living under a rock. Just kidding but you NEED to check it out. Post Secret--The author has even wrote a book. It's simple idea, yet the concept is inspiring, humbling, interesting, and chuck full of secrets--hence the name. People from all around the globe send their secrets on postcards. See, it seems like a simple idea but some of them make you go huh, yeah, me too, or wow, that is sad, or amazing. Run there now!

3. This one is funny, because I'm not a mom yet, but this site has found to be the most helpful to me so far! Freebies4Mom. Many, almost all her posts have come across as something very useful for me, and my little family that consists of me, blake and dog. :) I will update this late but i have got SO many things for free so far. *A GINORMOUS box of Cheerios, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, doggie treats, huge container of Progresso broth, and samples galore, that usually come with great coupons. I've become a coupon lady lately as we are trying to save more money, and prices keep rising. I have a ton more of sites that i will post down the road, but this one is my favorite so far!

4. This one leaves me drooling on my keyboard after every single post. I am obessed with anything home related right now as we are always knee deep in a project. FurnitureFashion has drool worthy furniture and accessories.

5. Lastly for today, HabituallyChic. Another drool worthy blog, from a gal who works for a top designer. Her pics are always breathtaking, and makes me want to run out and redecorate my house.

That is all for today! hope you enjoy!

Here we go again....

Life has been so busy. I swear I thought it would slow down after the wedding but nope. I guess that it our fault for the 4,9393 projects we have at home going on.

Well, it's looking like I am going in on Friday for a 2nd shot. :( Totally bummed, and ready for some sedatives. If this doesn't work, I have no idea what is next. That is the scary part.

Our TV/fireplace project is becoming more work than we thought..then again so does everything we touch. Somehow the place where the HDMI cable (and just so you know, that just because i know the name of it, doesn't mean i know what the hell it does) goes broke on our TV that is only about 6 months old. So, yesterday, the TV men (do they have another name, Sony men? hell i don't know) came to inspect it (only to tell us that it indeed isn't under warranty and if we wanted it fixed, we could pay $800, wtf?), and the geek squad (or the TV squad maybe?) came to re-hook up the surround sound. Right now, the TV is laying on our couch. which meant we were forced to watch TV in the bedroom, and I was forced to watch football.

I swear throughout the football season, I am almost like a widow on Sunday and Monday's. The computer is hogged too because of some football thing with real players and pretend teams. Fantasy football i hear it is called. :)

They even gathered together at our house to a 'draft'. Basically it was an excuse to hang up a really big piece of paper, drink beer, and talk about and idolize men in a manly way without looking like they want to date them.

::Sigh:: I wonder why i get so excited for Superbowl every year....it means--football is over!

and because i like to have at least A pic in each post, here is one from the weddin' as I am still anxiously AWAITING (or is it waiting feverishly) for my proofs, or to at least see them.

Picture from Browers Photography

My idea of wine tasting....

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

I survived!

I just got back home from my Epidural Steroid Injection, and I will first say, it wasn't AS bad as I thought it would be, but I will ALSO say that I hope to God I never have to do that again.

I walked in shaking like the last leaf on a tree.....if I had to stand up, my legs surely would have buckled. The doctor came in and put one of those lead aprons, and then he reminded me of a mass murder from some gory movie, (I'm thinking of Hostel) and smiled at me. 'How are you, he asks me. Um, can't you see my knees shaking? I lay on my stomach, and they poke me with the first needle to numb me up. OH SWEET JESUS! A little poke? After that i wanted to jump up and run away, but my husband went with me and i couldn't look like a wuss.

After the first poke, i swear they poked me 8,599,030,939 times more. If I drank some water, I think it would leak out like a fucking sprinkler. The shots that numbed me were by far the worst part. He said they would burn, but it felt like i was being stabbed in the bone, and then twisted. It was just so much fun.......

Then, I hear him and his assistant talking, saying they couldn't find a way to get to where the shot needed to go--which is in between the disc. I hear him say something to the affect of 'we're going to have to go more in depth' You are already putting a large needle in between my spinal cord, how much more invasive can you get?

FINALLY--the 'shot' comes. I hear it go in, 'ssssssshhhhssssss.' and it was over. He even showed me on the monitor where the injection went (they injected me with dye too so it was visable!)

He put a bandage the size of Texas on my neck, and I stumbled out to the waiting room where Blake was sitting. My back is still numbish, and its starting to wear off and i feel like i got stabbed in the back in a dark alley.

That was a blast, or not. Let's pray that this one works, and I don't have to go back for round number 2! If it works, I'm going to have a flipping party to celebrate! On a positive note, it can only make me feel better so the experience was worth it, and was another living experience i can check off the list of things I've accomplished (lol, I'm sure that isn't on anyone's list, but facing a fear would be!) I can't wait to be able to go back to the gym!

Holy Bologna Batman!

This is what the shot I am getting tomorrow morning will look like (but in my neck---the one place on my body where there is NO FAT) and i just read that they recommend that someone drive me home afterwards.

Oh, sorry. I think i just passed about...........

Updates!!!

*Blake got a call yesterday from his doc. He has a 'fatty liver' which could be serious but his dr. is not worried at the moment. He has to get another round of blood tests in 6 weeks to see if the enzyme levels are rising, but if they are not, then he shouldn't have to worry--BUT i've read up on it and it can lead to cirosis, and other issuse. His mom apparently has one too, and she's been fine so far. His spleen is also englarged but he's had tests on that before, and they think he might have give blessed with an irregularly size spleen. lol. Good news so far!

*I don't' think i posted this here but Blake lost his job last week. He applied to some jobs Wednesday, and 3 of them call him back yesterday! He has 3 interviews next week! Two of them are for really large companies, and he is pretty pumped!

*We are working on our fireplace this weekend, and the TV will be mounted on Tuesday! We had to rethink the design because what we wanted to do, wouldn't work since the TV is so honking big (and which is why i said we didn't need one that big in the first place, but i lost that battle!) I can't wait to see the end result!!!

*I am scheduled for a ESI (Epidural Steroid Injection) on Wednesday. I was supposed to get on yesterday but there was a miscommunication at the doc's office, and i have to go somewhere else to get it. Believe me, I am freaked out about it, but i am convinced it will be what i need, and is worth it!

Hopefully, camera will be fixed (or i will just say screw it and buy a new one) and i'll have some good pics of my brand spankin' new fireplace! woot!

Ultrasound

Blake had his ultrasound this morning at 7:45! Geez, that is way to early for anything. I told him to call me afterwards in case they told him anything, but i didn't hear anything from him until after 10. I was in a meeting so i didn't get to talk to him until lunchtime.

He said the woman repeatedly held the wand over his stomach near his pancreas and kidneys. (he thinks he was in there for an hour.....or at least 45 minutes.) Usually, your in and out right? He asked her what she saw, and she wouldn't tell him anything (which is normal, i think?) but he definitely left worried.

He left there and had to give blood at the doc office. They put him on an IV and took like 8 viles of blood---Which kind of irks me. The nurses wanted someone to drive him home, but no one warned him of this beforehand. Luckily, he was okay to drive, but i wish I'd gone with him.

I've given him encouraging words, and i have to admit, it was hard to do because i am a bit worried myself. Hopefully, we'll get the results sooner than later. If you have any good thoughts, send them our way!

I labored on labor day!

Blake and I must have been stuck inside for too long or

maybe we got a wild hair up our butts, but this is gone, poof!

The fireplace, not the dog. lol. Yes, we really are nuts. We seriously chiseled each brick (well, some of them on top came as a whole group) and now, there is nothing but the shell. Since we moved in, we've wanted to redo the fireplace, and Blake's manly inclination to put the TV above it kicked in the day we looked at the house. We had planned on only taking a few layers off, but Blake decided his manly tv was going to be too high. So, we make it all disappear.

The crappy part is we didn't think this whole thing out, and it ended up taking us all day. When we finished---the floors, the tv, coffee tables, everything--even lily were covered in dust. Exhausted, we cleaned the whole living room and kitchen top to bottom. Smart ones we are.

So, we plan on finishing it this week, and hope to have the TV installed by next weekend! I'd post pics of it now, but my freaking camera broke.

The rest of the weekend ended up being busier than we planned too. Saturday morning, I had planned on cleaning all day, but we ended up going our friend's new house! Congrats guys! Then, Friends of ours stopped by so i could finally see their baby, and this is like the 9,39393 baby I've held in the past month. NO MORE OR MY OVARIES WILL EXPLODE from the fever!!!!

Later on that night, I managed to snag another night out with a few of the girls, watched MIZZOU kick ass, (GO TIGERS!!!) and managed to find myself tipsy. (Obviously, i am feeling better!!)

This weekend was great! It always is too short for me, but I'm already ready for next weekend. Next week is busy one, and we have our fair share of work to do.....what did we get ourselves into?

So, to save my hubby's liver, floating is cancelled!

I've been meaning to post many, many things. I had a busy weekend, and I'll get to that. I came down with something this week, and have spent my week dousing myself with NyQuil and cough syrup. Oh, yum.

Blake had a gastro. appointment on Monday. As long a I've known him, and for a while before I met him, he's had stomach issues. He's had countless tests, and has been poked and prodded up and down. Well, his sister started having these ''attacks'' that are similar to what he has everyday, and he decided to go see her dr. Well, the doc called today and found something with his liver. They scheduled him for an ultrasound and more blood tests. His ultrasound is Tuesday. I'm hoping it's nothing serious, and i am of course worried, but at the same time, I'm hoping they find something so that they can fix whatever is going on with his stomach. I'm trying to be positive, but I of course am a bit nervous!

We were supposed to go camping this weekend with some friends, but since this came up we figured we should stay home. Plus, I'm still hacking away and chugging cough syrup like its water! I'm a bit bummed but he needs to save his liver, and refrain from any float trip debauchery.

We are both falling apart!

Product Rave...

I heart these. I saw them in a mag a while ago, and then a few weeks ago, i found them at Target (aka--my pitfall) Yep, those are gummies, and they are vitamins--FOR ADULTS! My husband thinks i am the biggest dork for taking these but I hate normal vitamins (some make me nauseous, some taste yucky, and some are ginormous!) but i swear, these are the greatest invention since sliced freaking bread. They aren't gross and chalky like Viativ. Just fruity gummy delights!

They also have Vitamin C, and Calcium! I'm glad i found them, I haven't taken vitamins on a regular basis since my Flinestone's years--I almost regressed back there. Yipee!

For dog people....

Here is an email i got Friday, and it was one of two emails i recently in like a 4 hour period. Talk about needing kleenex. Be warned--kleenex's may be needed.....

Dog's Purpose (from a 6-year-old)
Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn't do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home. As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane might learn something from the experience. The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker's family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away.

The little boy seemed to accept Belker's transition without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together for a while after Belker's death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives. Shane, who had been listening quietly, piped up, "I know why."

Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I'd never heard a more comforting explanation.

He said, "People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?" The six-year-old continued, "Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long."

Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like:

• When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
• Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.
• Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
• Take naps.

• Stretch before rising.
• Run, romp, and play daily.
• Thrive on attention and let people touch you.
• Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
• On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.
• On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.
• When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
• Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
• Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop when you have had enough.
• Be loyal. Never pretend to be something you're not.
• If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.
• When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.
• Be always grateful for each new day.

....Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

I know, too sappy for a monday morning, but it's the little things in life, we take for granted sometimes i think....plus, i love my doggy. I think she kicks ass and the animal's in our lives teach us little lessons daily! :)

I almost beat up the starbucks guy!

This guy shouldn't be messing with me before i have had any caffeine. I left work to get my latte that has some many words i can barely spit it out to the girl taking orders.

$3.33 is my total. I dig around in my purse for the .033. I hand the guy $20.33.

He hands me back $16.87

I look down at the change, confused. I ask in bewilderment, "what was my total again?"

Dumbass: $3.33 (um, that is what i thought....) and you gave me 20.13.
Me: I gave you 20.33.
Dumbass: Do you want your receipt? (ok, just bc the receipt says that doesn't make it right)

I wasn't about to create a scene with the 12 year old barista, i mean cashier in front of a never ending line of Clayton-ites for a quarter--but I wanted to. If your going to work with money, and with people, learn how to effing count for Pete's sake. and while your at it, learn some damn people skills. (my biggest pet peeve...it's called customer service for a reason.)

Why in the hell would I give you change to make more change?

Come on kid, I don't think this profession is working out too well for you. I hear McDonald's needs a fry cook.

Our dryer smells like fire....

AND so did the clothes coming out of it. Yep, that is what the text read from my hubby. That couldn't be a good thing. Well, it turns out it was a sad, yet fast and painless death of our dear dryer. May she R.I.P.

But---low and behold, hello new dryer. Luckily, we can thank craigslist for scoring us a tight new dryer that was easy on the pocketbook.

Thanks Craigslist!

Of course, we are still mourning our loss.

What was I talking about?

I have been so scatterbrained lately, and easily distractable. I mean it's getting bad. I forgot a baby shower i was supposed to attend. I've messed up on paperwork here and there, I forget my own name (but then again, i still haven't adjusted to being Amy B yet, I'm still in pre-married Amy mode) It's like I forgot my brain at home and it's still lying on my nice fluffy pillow, where i wish i was. No, I am not losing it (well, maybe i am but not officially) and I'm not preggo.

I saw a new Dr. on Friday because I was very unhappy with the chiropractor and his.....well, i guess you can call it, results. He was a great doctor, but not for me. I just didn't feel like he took me seriously. I decided that was the case after the last few weeks when i would go in, still in pain (actually the last two weeks i saw him were the WORST in a long time) and he would shrug it off, and I'd leave wanting to cry. I felt like no one was listening to me. (especially after the one thing that made me feel better, he stopped doing...um, wtf)

Yeah, so, I went and saw a real doctor. She said that I have some issues with a disc that is basically irritating the nerves, which is causing the pain in my back. It was clearly shown on the MRI. So, the real doctor prescribed me some meds to calm the inflammation, and it's starting to make me feel a bit out of it.

I'm not complaining, at least i have an excuse for acting like an idiot, but man, I feel like a zombie. I hate that. I hate meds anyway because sometimes i think it masks more than it helps, and in my case, it's just making me damn near special. (insert joke here, i know i have them coming....)

So, i am giving these stupid meds the 3 weeks the doc wants (normally i wouldn't but i am near desperate). I may lose my brain cells, i may lose my keys, and my cell phone, and forget where i parked my car, but ill give her the 3 weeks. Oh, One almost down, two to go.

I'm just dreading the 3rd week because that means if I'm still in pain (and it's looking very likely) that means it's shot time. VERY LARGE NEEDLE IN MY NECK kind of shot.......not so much looking forward to that. I'd rather have my teeth yanked out or a pap smear.

Maybe i should look into acupuncture. At least they are tiny needles. ::sigh::

(oh, and by the way, i know i am missing out on some posts but i FINALLY found my lost camera. So, expect a rampage of posts soon. Our yellow casa is now a white casa. pretty ecstatic about that one......)

Welcome baby Sydney!

My dear friend and bridesmaid jaime, had her sweet baby girl this week! I have known Jamie for about 16 years, and couldn't be more excited for her!

(Pic courtesy of Browers Photography)

She is the one on the far left, about 6 months preggo there!

(Pic from MoBap)

And her twin, Sydney. She looks just like mommy!

Congrats Jaime and Dan! She is precious!

Ta da! I survived 100 posts!

Wahooo! It's like i won an Emmy or something. 100 posts! :) While i should have reached 100 forever ago, i made it and that's all that counts right?

My life has changed since I started this blog....I've gone from a fiance to a wife,

(and maybe my 200th post I'll have more titles. Maybe, maybe not. We'll see what karma brings. Me and karma aren't really that tight right now, but i think we have to make up sometime.)

Life is funny. I don't' think i have ever posted about the title of my blog. The life and mishaps? Well, during the series of events which finally landed me down that aisle, i realized that my life has always been kind crazy, and had it's fair share of mishaps. I don't mean Jerry Springer kind of crazy. It's just that I swear the oddest, and craziest things happen to me. In college, my car caught on fire out of nowhere in the middle of an ice storm. I nabbed a credit card robber at my part-time job in college. I have also replaced a trach in a two year old while he was flailing and turning blue when i taught preschool a few years back. Seriously, I can't make this crap up. For one, who gets hives, and then into a car accident two weeks before their wedding? Then, on the day of their wedding gets threatened by a homeless woman, and their trolley almost breaks down on the way to the reception? Me that is...That is my life. Some of my friends have told us that we need to have our own tv show. Between him, and me, I am sure there would be plenty of things for people to laugh at.

(Photo Courtosy of Browers Photography)

See I like to laugh!

So, My husband, after a few drinks last weekend told me, something i felt was a huge compliment. I like to talk a lot. If you can't tell by my blog, you'd know if you met me. Anyway, i am pretty bubbly most of the time. On the way back from the wedding, he tells me, that i talk a lot. Thanks, hun, is that a sign for me to shut up? Then he says's, "Yeah, but that's one of the reasons that i love you, it's just that you are always happy. Even when your not, your happy."

(Photo Courtosy of Browers Photography)

It made me all warm and gushy inside, but made me feel good that i don't let life bring me down. If i have learned anything, it's that life is short, and why let life stupid snags along the way bring you down? I have always tried not to mope, and wine, but sometimes it's unpreventable because life isn't all puppies and rainbows all the time. (ha ha)

(isn't this the cutest? a hippo and turtle cuddling?)

So, dear readers. (All 2 of you.) I have a job for you. I have become fascinated with the blog world, there are so many people out there with amazing, beautiful, funny, or sad stories to tell. There are also those like me. I've found the blog world to be huge place but it can also be a supportive world, if you've ever read Punk Rock Mommy, or Matt, Liz and Madeline's blog, it's pretty cool how people band together, and give support to those who need it, but also WHEN they need it most. Even Jenn, posted about a recent newlywed that contacted her who is going through a similar situation as she is. Now, you see, why i find the blog world to be a wonderful place.

When my hubby found out that i had a blog, he first thought it was weird. (i know, he's a silly guy) but as time went on, i think he understood more and more what it was all about. Life is crazy, and sometimes it's wonderful feeling to just write, or as little as sharing something cool I've found. Sometimes it's funny, and sometimes it's not. Just like life is.

Now, as i ramble you all ask, what's this job she wants us to do? I want you to post your favorite blog, or a new blog you just stumbled across. Share the love, man! :) Tell me who you are too!

It's Monday...again!

I think that Monday's tend to be random so i might make it a weekly thing here. maybe baby...

• I had the hubster take lily to the vet Thursday, and it wasn't a horrible thing (as in he asked most of the questions i needed answered) but i still have some questions! Lily has a bad case of allergies! Naw...really? He prescribed 2, and i was shocked but 2 Benadryl a day! He says it doesn't affect doggies like it does ppl. I don't know about you but i take two i am out for days! He is hoping it will help with her ears too, but mostly with her rash, and constantly biting her paws. (I might get more sleep if she stops that!)
• I accidentally knocked lily off the bed Saturday night. I don't know how i did it but she fell off and was sl wrapped up in the blanket that she couldn't get out. No wonder she ran to daddy.......I'm a mean mommy!
• Bad news here. My freaking back STILL hurts. I am disappointed, and upset but i can't let it ruin life even though it really make it hard not to sometimes. I am thinking of seeing a new doc but I'm not so sure of what kind. Anyone have any ideas? I at a loss, I've been to my Primary Care Dr., Physical Therapist, and Chiropractor. Who's left?
• Speaking of PT, i think that the reason i felt as decent as i did before the wedding was because of the predisone i was on for the hives--it's an anti-inflammatory. hmm. maybe i should just get hives again.
• I attended a wedding this weekend, and there WILL be a post regarding that very soon (animals included, yes, i said ANIMALS!)
• We also finished our deck last week (well, almost, it needs one more coat of stain!) but I've got a ton of pics and other things, that i will be posting too.
• I will also be hitting my 100th post! finally....geez!
• Julia recently posted about her pup resembling that creature from the Neverending Story but I came across this and couldn't help it.....
  

My confessions.....

Jennelle tagged me, so I'm it! Here are the rules and my secret confessions....

1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post these six rules on your blog.
3. Write 6 random things about yourself.
4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is posted.

Here we goooo:
I've neurotically taped General Hospital for the past few years. Um, yes. and thier stupid show on SoapNet called "night shift." NightShift is stupid but for some odd reason i still watch it. (I think this season it's because Jagger is back--Antonio Sabato Jr. mmmm) Here is the kicker, my husband is more addicted then I am! HA!

I'm left handed. In grade school, I thought i was cool because i got to use special scissors. In gym class during basketball, all the righties had to go to one hoop to practice free-throws, and well, i went to the other. I was the only lefty in my class. Yeah, i was cool. Did you know that left-handers day is August 13th? Yea, me either.

I am obsessed with Bread Co's (or for you non-st. louisians, Panera) Ice-Tea. i swear, no one can make it like they do. I think they might put crack in it because it's the freaking bomb diggity bomb. I drink at least 3 a week. At least.

I like order in like i organize my pantry by shapes and sizes. I know weird. I do the same thing to my closet too. And my dishes. I guess you can call me neurotic, or weird, or OCD but yep. That is my deep dark secret.

And last by not least, I have never and will never get the chicken pox. Neither has my mom and some of her sisters. It must be an immunity gene or something. I was actually tested in college before i started teaching preschool (ya know, kids have germs and all) to see if i needed the shot, and nope. This reminds me of yet another grade school story. Flash back to 2nd grade where everyone but this me and this one kid with glasses and lots of freckles. (don't remember his name, and that is all that i remember about the poor kid) got the pox. Then, the day came. and it was down to just me. It was like a freaking epidemic. There was a week, where it was seriously me and a few other kids. I know, there I was again, being all cool with my bad self. tagging is now complete. If you haven't been tagged, feel free to confess with me. Anyone else have anything they'd like to get off their shoulders?

::Drool::

Ok, I know i have been tagged and i'll do that post, but i had to post this first. I am drooling on my keyboard.

Seriously in love. Saw this here at furniture fashion. It's from the Hjellegjerde collection of recliners and ergonomic seating.....love it! oh, and i found this too. I serioulsy think my husband would be all over this just because of this feature:

Thin and crispy, deep pan, stone baked or stuffed crust - You need never worry about pizza storage again with the Hoover ‘Pizza Space". Recessed in the freezer door, this clever compartment easily holds a 12” pizza.

I love the curvy design. Find it here