She's a girl!!!!!!!!

Well we had our 2nd ultrasound on Monday, Sept 21st and there is no doubt that our little one is a girl. This ultrasound tech was SOOOO much better than the first one, she got us more pictures of our little princess and assured us 100% that Avonlea is in fact a girl. We are so excited!!!!! I have attached a picture of Avonlea from the latest ultrasound, I love her little nose!!!! Can't wait to meet her!!!

Updates...

Well I just realized that I never updated the blog about the u/s results....well, we were told by the ultrasound tech that "She could not guarantee us that the baby is a girl, but she could guarantee us that it's not a boy", what does that mean!?! We also got to watch the baby moving around a bit and got about 10 pictures to take home. When we talked to the doctor afterward she said that the u/s tech is not a good one, and that there were a few things they were not able to get measurements of during the u/s. So we have another u/s scheduled for this coming Monday, September 21st. We are very excited to be able to see the baby again and hopefully get a "confirmation" on the gender. We have already gotten quite a few little outfits from Mom and Mom D, not to mention we found a baby book and a "coming home" outfit for a girl. We are really excited and hoping it is a girl since that is what we were told, but I have kept the tags/receipts for everything "just in case". Oh well, hopefully we will know more after the u/s on Monday!!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!

Well........TODAY IS THE DAY!!!! We have our u/s at 2pm today....right now it is 5:48am and I could not sleep LOL. We had a great day yesterday, we finally got the furniture that I posted about last post. It is beautiful!!! N and I stayed up until after midnight assembling the crib and getting the room straight, tonight we are having everyone over to announce the gender of baby!!! My biggest fear is that baby won't cooperate and that we won't be able to tell if it's a boy or a girl, but I am trying not to dwell on it :) I am just excited to finally be able to watch baby move and see how big it has grown!!! Oh well, just wanted to post an update!!!

Monday......

Well, today started out great for me....I was really excited when I woke up about going to lunch with Tori, and looking forward to going to look at/pickup the nursery furniture we found on Craigslist. Later after an awesome lunch with Tori, I come home to find that the lady's husband didn't get the furniture out of the attic, so she wants us to come on Thursday evening instead.....and THEN says that there is another family coming to look at the furniture on Thursday as well. I'm so mad! What if they go before we get there and they buy it?? I will be so upset!!!!! Especially since I wanted to go get it today and she made no mention of this other family earlier. *Sigh*

Looking pregnant......

Well for the last week or so I think I have started looking much more "pregnant". I am 17wk4days (the photo attached is from my 17wks), and now when I go places people comment about me being pregnant. N and I just went to lunch and the waitress said "Are you pregnant?" I told her yes I was and we talked for a few minutes about that. All I could think was "Well atleast I 'look pregnant' now!!"....also, I guess it's a good thing I really AM pregnant, otherwise...WHAT AN INSULT!!!!! hehehe. Oh well, we find out on Sept 4th if we are having a boy or a girl, I will be exactly 20wks that day. That evening we have invited all of our family over for a dinner to announce what we are having!!! I can hardly wait :)

Blah......

Well this was a busy weekend, we had a cookout on Saturday for Mom's and Uncle T's bday, and Sunday we had a rerun of the cookout, then went to Mom D's for dinner and games with N's family. Today N and I worked in the yard doing some much needed yard work, cleaned our patio set, picked some tomatoes out of the garden, etc. Then we had frozen (yes we cooked it!) pizza for lunch, watched "Hook" and took a nap. When we woke up we went with Mom and Dad to Baby's 'R Us to buy my boss's shower gift, then went to Paradocks for dinner. We decided that we will be registering at Baby's 'R Us. They have SOOO much cute stuff!!! Can't wait to know what gender we will be registering for!!!

As for me, I have felt very "Full" today (for lack of a better word). I am 15wks4days and just feel like I ate alot and sometimes that I really have to go to the bathroom and then when I get in there realize I didn't have to go as much as I thought!!! Sorry if TMI!! :P

~M~

Chrissy- only about 8 days left!!!!!!

So stoked!!!!

I am so excited. I was very lucky a few months ago and was given a brand new Graco Snugride Infant Carseat. I was thrilled.....until I found out that you cannot buy the matching stroller for the travel system. I did find out that Graco has a "frame-like" stroller that is made specifically for the infant carseats, where you just snap it in and go. WELLLL.....today I was returning home from running errands and around the corner from me was a Graco "frame" stroller on the curb!!!! I parked at the house, threw my groceries inside and ran (well not really but walked fast) over to the house to ask if the stroller was for the trash. I knocked on the door and the lady said I was welcome to it, that her brother had lived with them and left it. I looked it over and it's in EXCELLENT condition!!!!!!!!! I was soooooooo thrilled I took it home and tried my carseat in it and it worked PERFECTLY!!!!!!! That saved me about $90!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!!!!!

Well today is my lovely mommy's birthday. First thing this morning I made her favorite, oatmeal raisin cookies, and picked her up some daisies to take to her house. Aunt Gwen came over and we enjoyed spending time with her and eating lunch with them. We are looking forward to tomorrow since we get to go with Mom, Dad, Megan, Chris, Bub and Jill....to BRAD PAISLEY!!!! w00t!!! I can hardly wait :) It should be a ton of fun (sorry you cant go Chrissy :( )

Baby Update:

As of tomorrow I will be 14wks!!! YAY!!!! My next dr's appt is August 5th, and the appt after that we should be able to find out the baby's gender!!! I can hardly wait to find out!!! I feel like then we can actually do things to start getting ready for baby's arrival. There are still quite a few people who are convinced that we are having a girl which would be SOOOO awesome!!! But we would be thrilled with a boy as well, still got 3ish kids to go before we are "done".

So anyway, I will try to keep this more updated :P, Chrissy just keep reminding me!!!!!

Pregnancy Poll

I just made a poll where people can enter their guesses on gender, birthdate, birthweight, etc!!!

Zzzzzzzz.....

I am so tired of being tired....literally, I go to bed around 11pm at night, wake up around 9am (keep in mind I can't sleep straight through anymore, with potty breaks and burning up all night), but then I am exhausted again by like 11am....I usually take an hour or two nap in the afternoon/early evening and am still ready for bed by 9pm. I know my body is working hard right now but it is EXHAUSTING.....not to mention stress from everyday life. N. still has not found a job (it's been almost a month) which is getting very frustrating for him and tiring for me, since I know he's at home mostly playing on the computer, and I have to go to work 4 days a week. I know my work schedule isn't as bad as most peoples, but when I'm exhausted all the time it's very frustrating. Sorry I guess I just had to vent...

Chuckle Time...

A girl on one of my BabyCenter Community Boards posted this and it just makes me laugh everytime I read it. Whether you are pregnant, have been, or are married to someone who is/has been, you will appreciate it:

"So since I've been pregnant a Whooping 8 weeks, I've decided that I now have sufficient knowledge about all things pregnancy. Please see below for my do's and don'ts!

Things to do while pregnant:
1) Be grateful if your not experiencing morning sickness. You are still pregnant with out it. Wishing you had morning sickness is like wishing you had the flu. And that's just silly.

2) Avoid the No-No foods (except for Hot Chocolate, that odd Coke here and there, the Subway sandwich you grabbed last Tuesday, the Mountain Dew that suddenly appeared in your car after leaving the gas station, the cup of coffee on your desk right now as you read this, that hot dog you are planning on having at your friends annual 4th of July party....)

3) Understand that as many books as your husband reads he will NEVER get that you are cranky just because.

4) Remain patient with your husband when he incessantly questions why you are cranky.

5) Reassure your husband 1,000+ times per hour that you are not cranky at him, you are not cranky at his Mom, you are not cranky at the cat, you are not cranky about work, you are not cranky about the state of the economy, you are not cranky that the sky wasn't a particularly spectacular shade of blue today and you are not cranky about pregnancy.

6) Drink plenty of water. About the amount in an Olympic swimming pool should suffice. (But don't drink the water out of an Olympic swimming pool. Chlorine is bad for baby)

7) Resign yourself that you will be up 10 times a night to pee. Make a game out of it. Keep a running count of the number of times you have to get up in the middle of the night. Take note of the final number. This is the number of times your husband has to tell you he loves you , worships you and is eternally grateful that you (not he) is carrying the child.

8) Take your prenatal vitamins. Ignore the fact that they create a feeling quite similar to battery acid in your stomach. This is the feeling of providing goodness to your lovely child.

9) Do accept number 8 as the very first thing that you have done for your child that they will never appreciate. This is the first of many.

10) Remember to exercise. Yes, I know that you have been up since dawn and that you've worked hard all day. And I know that you've just cooked a nutritious dinner for your family and now 'America's Next Top Model' is on and all you want to do is get off your feet for 5 minutes. Too bad! Suck it up and get out there and walk. It's good for baby! Count this as the second thing you've done for your child that they will never appreciate.

Things not to do while pregnant:
1) Do not yell at the ultrasound tech for making you drink an Olympic swimming pool's worth of water and then not allowing you to pee. She's just doing her job. Also, do your best to refrain from peeing on her.

2) Do not smack people for touching your tummy. It's rude to hit and they are just showing their affection. Show your affection back by rubbing their bottom.

3) Do not listen to people's advice. I'm sure you'll be tickled to know that Aunt Suzie's Second Cousin always hopped up and down on one leg for an hour every day to ensure she had a girl, but that's quite unrealistic. Not to mention tiring. Trust your instincts.

4) Do not forget to eat. You would think this would be a no brainer, what with TV showing all these pregnant ladies DIEING of hunger ALL the time. But in the first trimester...your not so much about the food. But the little one needs nutrients...and so do you. So try to choke something down.

5) Don't call your doctor a vampire to her face when she takes 9 vials of blood. Apparently, that's insulting. Wait until you leave to call them such names.

6) Don't buy 5 pregnancy books. Buy one. They all say the same things. Each and every one of them. They are like little paper clones. Trust me on this."



***Hope you all got a laugh like I do :) Have a great day!!!!***

Easy like a Sunday morning.

Well today is Sunday (hence the title), and we have had a pretty relaxing morning so far. N. let me sleep in until 9am (I wish it had been noon!!) then we got up and I swept the house and got the laundry going. Today N. has a job interview at 5pm so I am really hoping it goes well for him. I don't really mind him not having a job, even though financially it is not ideal, but he is getting frustrated with it. Yesterday I worked 1-6, then went to Mom D's house for dinner and games. We had a good time, but I was exhausted. When we got home N. took my first "baby bump" picture, it was at 10wks1day. Well I am hoping to go to Mom and Dad's house for lunch today, if I stay awake, my eyes are getting very heavy......

Sitting around...

Well, today I was a bit scared because I missed a call from my dr's office. I listened to the voicemail fully expecting the worst (I don't know what I thought I would hear, I guess that I'm not really pregnant, although that's impossible). So anyway, the voicemail just says they want to move my appt up from July 8th to July 7th. I am pretty excited because that means we get to hear baby's heartbeat in 13 days!!!!! Well N. still doesn't have a job (not sure if I wrote about that on here, but he was 'let go' from his job just over 2 weeks ago). I am burning up so I think I'm gonna go turn a fan on or something. Hope everyone is doing well!!!!!

Make a pregnancy ticker

9 wks!!!!

Well today I am 9 weeks pregnant!!! YAY!!!! Baby is approximately 1" long this week, and the muscles are forming. So exciting!!!! Baby only has about 19" to go until we get to meet him/her!!!! My tummy is starting to firm up a bit, not that it was too flabby before *wink*...I can't wait until it looks like a baby bump and less like too much spaghetti!! Well this is Father's Day weekend and I am going to make a cake for N. tomorrow and spend some time with my daddy on Sunday (hopefully as just a family thing for awhile). I am really tired, this whole pregnancy thing sure can make you that way!!!!! Guess I better head off to bed. Have a great weekend!!

It's been awhile

Well everyone, sorry it has been so long since I last wrote (a month to be exact!!). I was afraid to write thinking that I might inadvertantly spill my secret. On May 15th when we got back from our trip we found out that we are pregnant!!!! I am 8wks 3days pregnant and my EDD is January 22, 2010. We are very excited as are our families. I get to hear the heartbeat on July 8th, which I am really looking forward to. We should get to find out if it is a boy or a girl in early September at the latest, so I am keeping my fingers crossed. At this point we don't really want a boy more than a girl or vice versa, we just want a good, safe pregnancy and a healthy baby. We are hoping to have 4 children total so we are too concerned about gender at this point. I will try to keep this a bit more up to date now that I don't have to worry about accidentally slipping on the secret :)

P.S.- By the way, the picture is of a "pregnant puppy" balloon animal my dad's coworker made for me :) So cute!!!

We're HOME!!!

I apologize to everyone who was looking for updates this week, the days were pretty packed and the nights were welcomed by me!! I was exhausted by the end of the days!!! We had a GREAT time!! We got home around noon today and Fenway was SOOO glad to see us (we were very glad to see him as well). I was hoping that my family could come over tonight to get their souvenirs but maybe Sunday....I will get pictures posted to my facebook soon!!!!!

~M~

St. Petersburg, FL!!!!!!!

Well we made it to St. Petersburg today around 3:00pm....we had about a 6 hour drive from Savannah here, it's beautiful!!! We are staying at a hotel near a marina, and our room overlooks the water. I love how many palm trees are here!! Tomorrow we are planning on going to "The Pier", which is a mall (essentially) on a pier, it looks really neat!! It has quite a few restaurants and several excursions that leave from there.

I got upset earlier today because I talked to Mom (to wish her a Happy Mother's Day) and she said that Fenway has been really depressed, he isn't eating or drinking as much as usual, and apparently is walking around the house whining. It made me cry, I don't want him to be sad!! I know he's "just a dog", but he's our baby!!! We don't want him to be depressed!! My sis and her b/f are watching him while we are gone, which makes me feel a little better because I know he isn't alone. Plus Mom is going over there pretty much everyday to let him out mid-day and spend some time with him. I know he enjoys the company!

Well, we just ate at a restaurant here at the hotel called Periscopes, it was SOOOO good!!! I got fresh tomatoes filled with tuna salad, and N. got a seasonal fruit platter...then for dessert I got a tri-layer chocolate cake (it was AMAZING!!!!!!) and N. got a Key Lime Pie (4 time national winner!!!!!)....so now we are watching the Devil Rays vs. Red Sox on TV and getting ready for bed.

Will write again soon!! Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!!

~M~

Savannah

Well we made it to Savannah, after 8 hours of driving and fun!!!! We got to the Visitor's Center and they did not accept cash for the payment for the overnight parking, we ended up having to find an ATM at a bank, went to 2 other parking garages (all offices closed at 5pm, we got there around 5:10pm)....and then found out that we are not even allowed to park and sleep in the car (with or without the tent attachment). So...long story short we had to find a hotel for tonight and tomorrow, which is MUCH nicer than sleeping in the car and being awoke in the middle of the night by cops telling us we are trespassing!! Hahahaha.

Oh well, tomorrow we are planning on going site seeing down in the River Street district, looking at the mansions and Victorian houses, and going on a Ghost Tour at night. Should be LOTS of fun!! We are really looking forward to it after the day we had today!!

Have a great weekend everyone!! I will check in again soon!!!

~M~

Adios!!

Well we leave tomorrow morning for Savannah, GA then headed on down to St. Petersburg, FL. I will try to update while we are in FL if possible to give people something to read!! Have a great weekend everyone!!!!!!

3 days to go!!!!!

Well today is Tuesday, last night N. and I went up to the outlet mall to the Bass Shoe store and bought a couple pairs of shoes. N. got a pair of dress and a pair of casual shoes and I got a pair of "boat shoes". Then we went to Carraba's which was good, but a little pricey, I would prefer Olive Garden over that anyday!!!! :P Only 3 days now until we leave for our trip, as per one of my dedicated reader (hi dad!) I will make an effort to post a blog every evening after we get to Florida. Oh well, I'm going to go clean and do things in preparation for the trip!!

*~M~*

Happy Saturday!!!

Well today we had a great day!!!! Around lunch time Fenway, N. and I went to spend time with family and friends, we had lunch, played board games and Wii!!! Then met up with my family for a yummy dinner. It was a great day!!!! I am off until Tuesday now, yippee!! Just going to have to get things done for the trip!!! We leave in about 5 days!!!!!!! I can't wait!!!

Sorry...

To my loyal audience: I apologize for my absence :). Thank you for inquiring about my whereabouts so I can continue to entertain you.

Well it has been about a month and a half since my last post....things are going well here, I am actually looking forward to my and N.'s vacation coming up the 8th of May. We are going to Savannah, GA and then to St. Petersburg, FL. Neither of us have ever been to either place so we are really looking forward to seeing some new sights!! Fenway will be staying at home and my sister will be babysitting him for us. He is still getting bigger everyday it seems, although he really doesn't eat that much.

Tonight I had dinner at mom and dad's house and took Fenway with me, we had a great time. I like being able to take him places to allow him to be socialized.

The first week of April N. went for a business trip in Atlanta, GA so I painted our bedroom while he was gone. I was so proud of myself for getting it done in only 3 days (each wall had 2 coats of paint). I have to admit it looks pretty good, for my half-way doing things. The week after he got back we streamlined our mortgage (similar to a refinancing), which was a pain the butt, but it saves us about $100 a month.

So anyway, those are some things that have been going on in the world of Me!!!!!!!!

Thank you again to everyone who reads this (all one of you), and I will make a conscious effort to update it more to keep you entertained :).

Amazing weekend!!!!!!

Well I had an AMAZING weekend!! First on Friday my sister and I went to the spa and had one hour massages. I felt SOOO Great afterwards!!! Then we went to lunch and met up with Mom to get our hair done for our bday!! On Saturday the parade was canceled, which was fine because I got to spend time hanging out with my family and friends. Then for "lunch" we went to Olive Garden and my sister and I were surprised by a party of 34 family members and friends all there to help us celebrate our birthday!!!! It was so wonderful to have so many people that we love all together to celebrate with us. (If you were there, thank you SOOOOOOOO much for making my birthday so special!!!) Then today N. and I went to the Outlet mall and I bought a Coach wallet (yay!), a dressy shirt and used one of the gift cards I got for my bday at Bath and Body Works. It was a GREAT weekend!!!!! Thank you again to everyone who made it so special and memorable!! Love you all!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

Well not quite, but in less than 2 days it will be my 25th bday!!!! I am SOOO excited!! Tomorrow my sister and I are going for massages which I LOVE!!!!!! Then we will be meeting up with my mom to get our hair done (mine is cut already, but I'm getting it professionally washed and styled). Then tomorrow evening N. and I are going to a friend's house for a laid back movie night. Then Saturday is the St. Patricks Day parade, the OV Way!!! Then I guess we may do lunch or something for sissy and my's birthday. Then I dunno what we will be doing. On Sunday N. said he will take me to the Outlet malls so I can get a new Coach purse!!!! YAY!!! I have a fun, 4 day weekend ahead!! I can hardly wait!!!! :) HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!!

~M~

Busy Day

Well N. and I had quite a busy day....here was our itinerary:
- go to Petsmart to get a tag for Fenway with his name and our phone # on it
- go to Home Depot to return the extender rod and buy a new (long enough) curtain rod
- got breakfast at Chik-fil-A
- took Fenway to the beach for a walk
- came home put up the curtain rod and curtains (they look so good!!!!!)
- took down the plywood off of the side of the shed in the backyard
- organized the junk beside the shed, posted stuff we didn't want on Freecycle
- raked the front yard
- swept the house
- and now I am waiting for the Freecycle people to pickup their crap and for a meeting at 6pm with a financial representative about refinancing options, etc.

Fun day!!! I can't wait for bedtime!!!! :)

~M~

WEEKEND!!!!!

Yay it's another weekend!!!! Unfortunately Thursday and Friday were warm and sunny, and now that it's Saturday its cloudy, rainy and cold :(. Oh the irony. I wanna have a nice relaxing weekend, so I just swept the house, started a load of laundry and picked up stuff that was lying around. Now I can go do something fun!! LOL....I think today I will go tanning (covering my face this time, since I looked like I was eternally blushing last time)...and go visit Mom and Dad...I sure hope they are home!!! :). Oh well. Hope everyone has a great weekend, get your chores done then go do something fun!!!!!!! HEY THAT RHYMED!!!!

~M~

Ho hum

Well I'm just sitting here watching the minutes tick before I have to leave for work (14 minutes to go!!)...yesterday N. and I quit our World of Warcraft subscriptions. Now, I know for most of you out there this would be a laughable topic...but for us, we have played for over 4 years, some of the guys we play with have become like an online family. I literally cried as we said goodbye to each of our characters, and with the help of some friends, were able to leave them in a "final resting place" that would suit each character individually. I also was the guild leader for one of the best guilds, in my opinion, on the server we played on. Because of that, over the coarse of 4 years I have gotten to know some of the neatest people that I never would have had the pleasure of meeting. Luckily, one of our loyal members was willing to "take charge" of the guild for me so I didnt have to delete it, and delete the 2+ years of memories. He is also leaving mine and N.'s characters as officers (or occifers as we call them) in the guild incase we do decide to play again. It's amazing that that period of our lives is over, atleast for now....amazing how a "game" can become so much a part of your life and the people so much a part of your heart. If any of my guys are reading this....thanks for the memories.

~M~

Thursday....

Well I'm off today, so I am sitting here wondering what I should try to do first...my goal today is to get my hair cut, and get Fenway's nails cut. Lots of cutting going on!!! But of course I don't want to look like crap (I washed my hair last night and unless I go through the trouble of flat-ironing it BEFORE my haircut I will like Cousin It). So now I am waiting until 9:00am so I can hopefully get ahold of someone at the hair salon and see if they have any time for me today...whew, busy girl I am. I went tanning yesterday and I swear these people want me to burn up, the last 3 times I've gone they've tried to get me to go in for 15min, I started at 8min...yesterday I did 12, but the girl "accidentally" set the timer for 15. I am a little pale auburn headed girl!!!! If I go in for 15min I would look like a lobster!!!! Luckily I noticed and just let myself out 3min early. Geez, I'm thinking sabatoge, they are trying to sabatoge me!!!!! Oh well, I'm just sitting on my trusty loveseat waiting for the minutes to tick away...happy day everyone!!

~M~

Another Day....

I am soooo tired, I don't know why, well I kinda do....I've been trying to cut back on my caffeine intake by switching most of the Diet Pepsi's I drink in a day to Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi...I think it's really leaving me drained. Anyway, N. and I had a GREAT Valentine's Day weekend, we both had Saturday and Sunday off, which was really nice. He started his new job this week and is REALLY enjoying it, which is good to see, for awhile he was just so over the drama at his old company. For the whole 3 people that view this blog please go to: HTTP://www.BISSELL.com/Redirect.asp?RP_id=87515 this week and vote for Fenway as one of Bissell's MVPs, I know I'm such a proud mom. LOL. Oh well, I've got clothes in the washer/dryer, dishes in the dishwasher and am still in my pajamas with less than 3.5 hours to go before work, I better get busy!!!!! Later...

~M~

Weekend Slipping Away...

It's amazing how fast the weekends go. I like to think that even during the week I keep myself busy so I don't leave everything to clog up the weekend. This weekend was a little different though. Yesterday we went to Arlington in memory of N.'s dad's 6 month anniversary of his death. It was a very nice day and we had a nice time. It's amazing how thought provoking just being somewhere as sacred as Arlington is. Later on we went to the Smithsonian Museum of American History and the Museum of Natural History. It was a very long, tiring day, but good overall. Today N. and I took Fenway to the beach to enjoy our 70 degree day. Amazing we have weather this beautiful in FEBRUARY!!! Then we brought him home, had a great lunch and socializing time with mom and dad and then I got my chores done. Dishes, Washing/drying/folding 3 loads of clothes, going to wal-mart, packaging eBay stuff, general cleaning and straightening. So now, I am sitting on the new loveseat we got Friday night (the trusty recliner is in the other room) and filling you in. Hope you have a great rest of your weekend!!!!!

~M~

/Sigh

Well I just finished doing one of my Yoga DVDs, it's really amazing how just the simple stretches and poses they have you do really does help you relax and feel rejuvenated. I guess that's why all the yoga instructor's out there still have jobs :). Well I've had a good day so far, got to work, spend some time with mom and dad, come home, eat dinner, do some touch-up painting, play with Fenway, do Yoga, and the night isn't over yet!! :) Oh well, sitting here all comfy and cozy in my trusty recliner snuggled under my OH-SO-WARM Red Sox fleece. Ya'll have a great night!!

~M~

Paint

Well yesterday N. and I got up relatively early (for us anyway) so we could start painting our living room. We chose a "roasted chestnut" color for our focus wall and another color for the subsequent walls. The "roasted chestnut" was done and looking good so we started on the other walls, as soon as I started applying the paint it was TERRIBLE!!! It was a very distinct "PEACH" color, NOT what we were looking for at all. So we made a quick trip to Wal-mart, got some white paint to cover the boo-boo, and bought a new paint color named "Crisp Toast"...it's PERFECT!!! I <3 the way the room looks. We are still having to do one more layer of paint on the last wall (it wouldn't dry for some reason last night and by 11:30pm we were too tired to care). hehehe. Today I have been taking the tape off the walls/ceilings/baseboards/etc, and found we will have to do a bit of touch-ups but then it should be perfect. I loved getting to spend time with N. and accomplish so much!!

P.S.- please excuse the mess, of course everything is in the middle of the room while we were doing our paintly duties :)

Hmmm...

Well right now I am sitting in my trusty recliner waiting for a guy to show up who is supposed to be buying one of my guitars. Let me explain. When I have mentioned this to other people they grow concerned because they think I am "Giving up music". To be completely honest, as hard as I tried to learn (for a few months a few years ago to impress a guy, but we won't get into that), I just don't have the coordination. Not to mention this particular guitar is pretty "full-figured" so I have a hard time holding it properly to even begin to learn how to play. I also have an electric/acoustic which I find to be much more "my size". Maybe some day YEARS down the road I will pick up my guitar and miraculously be able to duel Lynyrd Skynrd. Who knows?!? As for now, I will stick with Guitar Hero World Tour and dream of dueling days....

Tata for now.

~M~

Random...

Well today my camera I wrote about a few posts back sold on eBay. It sold for a total of $29.99, not too bad I don't think!!! I gotta admit when I saw the bid I had a mixture of feelings: happiness, sadness, regret, hope, eagerness....wait maybe all these weren't just for the camera. hmmm....anyway, I've been cleaning out alot at my house, listing items for sale that I don't use anymore. Gives me a sense of accomplishment. Tomorrow is my day off...I wonder what I will do then?? Maybe N. and I can go pick out paint colors...we've been meaning to do that for the last week or so. We really want to "Warm up" our living room, right now its white walls, white door, white blinds etc, so we want to create a "focus wall" in a darker shade, and we already bought suede curtains in shades of tan/brown/coffee colors, etc....oh well, another day is done, and here I am again sitting in my trusty recliner and watching my dog sleep peacefully at my feet. Oh the joys of a life well lived. Night all...

~M~

Good day...

Today N. and I had lunch with my mother-in-law and her housemate, we had a great time, talking and discussing life. When we left N. found out that he got a job he applied for at the beginning of January!! We are so excited. Things are really going well for us right now, after all the plumbing problems of the last month and a half it is a relief to be able to celebrate without the underlying dread of other issues unresolved. We have been doing alot of organizing/cleaning/clearing out at our house, just getting rid of things we kept when we moved but have done nothing with since then. I know it's frustrating for him to do all that kind of stuff, but for me it makes me feel much more focused. I don't do well in "cluttered" or dirty areas, I like to be able to focus on what I want to do instead of focusing on all the miscellaneous items around me. Anyway, just relaxing now, Fenway is taking a nap and my recliner is feeling pretty darn comfy :). Have a great day!!!

~M~

I know I'm weird.

I feel so successful, yesterday N. and I went to Wal-Mart and got a "broom/mop" organizer, got it hung on the wall and all of the cleaning tools mounted. Today we got an entertainment center, got it cleaned, put the TV, Wii, DVDs and VHSs on it for display. I love getting new things for the house, or organzing and giving away items we no longer need. THANK GOD FOR FREECYCLE!! hehehe. This is a short post since I have a headache, thanks for reading :) Happy Weekend!!!!

~M~

Sad.

This will be a short post, but I had to write it down...I am sad right now....I just posted my Canon Powershot S1 IS camera on eBay. It has a problem with the flash and I decided to buy a new camera instead of working on getting the issues resolved...but now that it's posted, I am sitting here thinking about how much my camera and I have been through. I bought it for over $350 at a time when I had that much to blow. I bought it and happily carried it everywhere with me for over 4 years. We have a history, it and I. So I just have to say..."Thank you camera for the years of helping me to preserve memories, smiles, hugs, events, and life in general. Thank you for never questioning when I pushed you to take a shot that seemed like a stretch, or was of something stupid like my dinner. Thank you for keeping that spot in my purse full just in case I wanted to take an impulse picture of something....anything. Thank you for being my first digital camera. Thank you for giving yourself to the cause of picture taking so selflessly. You will never know how much I appreciated you. I know I took you for granted, and I apologize for that. I love you camera."

Okay maybe that wasn't as short as I thought...but there, it's done.

Yawn...

Well another night sitting in front of my trusty laptop (knock on wood) and pondering what I should do. I guess I should introduce myself and a few things I am interested in....I am Missy, I live in the grand United States of America and just bought my own piece of the American dream...a house. I know many people will shake their heads as they read my future posts about the uncertainties of homeownership, and will most likely take no empathy on me at all, since, really I am the one who got myself into this mess. I have always dreamed of owning my own home and feel honored to have the ability to do that. So I can assure you in the coming days, weeks, years (if I last that long) you will have the distinct pleasure of reading of my homeowner woes.

Moving on....

I am married to a wonderful man I will call N. We have been married almost 2 1/2 years (although there are many times I feel like "Wife" is a new term for me). He is amazing. He is a very hard worker, who does everything in his power to provide for us and "our little black baby". Let me clarify...our baby is a black lab/husky mix named Fenway. I am not afraid to use his real name, nor do I feel that I need to create an alias for him for confidentiality sake. I think he will be fine with me using his true name. Now Fenway is a challenge in itself....let me tell you how we got about bringing our baby home.

***I am an avid freecycle member in our area and had the pleasure to go to a certain member's house multiple times for pickups of various nature. It seems she and I literally asked for everything the other offered (clothes, shoes, purses, decor, etc)....one day while at her house doing a "pickup" this black dog comes running through the living room, plops down next to me at her front door, and lays his head against my leg. I was a bit startled, but loving animals, it didn't concern me much. She seemed equally surprised and said something to the effect of "Wow, that's amazing, he doesn't act that way around anyone!! Would you like him?"...I would love to say that I said "YES!" and took him home, but thats not the way it works....the duplex we were living in would not allow us to have dogs, so we vowed when we bought a home of our own that we would find the perfect pet to come join us. Fast forward about 5 months....I am browsing my Freecycle emails and there is a post of "OFFER: Black Lab/Husky Mix" from the lady I always did pickups from...I read the description and realized she was offering the very dog I had met months ago. I emailed her and asked when she needed him picked up (we were already in the process of house hunting but had not found the perfect home yet)...she said within the week since they were being restationed with the military. I was devastated. I felt as though this dog had chosen me months before, and here I was not being able to return the favor. She ended up finding a "foster family" that was willing to house Fenway until we were able to bring him home. I had the name, phone #, etc of the foster family and planned on going over there once a week or so to socialize with Fenway. The first time I called his foster family was about 4 days after he arrived there. The lady who answered the phone said that she was ready for me to come get him immediately, I asked her why and she said she didn't realize he was such a large dog. Apparently, she thought a Lab/Husky mix was a small breed *rolls eyes*. She then went on to tell me that she had put him in the backyard as soon as she got him home and had not talked to him or anything since then, she was so scared she even threw food on the patio for him from inside the house. I immediately called my mom to see if she would be willing to watch him for us (We by now had found a house but were not moving in for a month). My mother, God bless her, willingly agreed, and we went to pickup Fenway. Fenway stayed with my family for a month (during that time he jumped through a window, had EXTREME seperation anxiety, peed CONSTANTLY, broke their screen in their door, tore up their kitchen floor, and terrorized their 14 year old chocolate lab). By the time we brought him to our new home we weren't sure what to expect. He has been completely cured of his seperation anxiety, but still has moments of "peeing pleasure", and has a terrible habit of digging our entire backyard. Given all of those things, he is the best dog anyone could ever ask for. He is completely loyal, loving and thankful for us being willing to give him a chance. He is still a "puppy" at around 2 years old, but has come a long way from the dog we adopted 6 months ago.

Well, I guess this is enough of "story time" for tonight....as always comments/questions/critics welcome :). Have a great night....

~M~

Hello!!!

Hello everyone (or for the one person who may actually be reading this). This is my first attempt at a blog....I have heard they are a great way to keep people up to date on the goings on of a daily life, so I figured I may as well see how I do. Please feel free to comment, laugh, cry...whatever the blog leads you to express. I will try my best to entertain each of you with utmost honesty and as much fun as possible. I will attempt to do more later, however at the moment I am at work, and should probably (keyword here is PROBABLY) be doing something more productive then typing out my musings on a blog. Until next time....

~M~