Happy Hangover

Yesterday was perfect, just what the doctor ordered! We were so happy just to be together. Stupidly happy. You would have thought we were newlyweds if you'd seen us (which, we officially no longer are). We even sat on the same side of the booth at dinner. But, that was more so we could both watch Monday Night Football than anything.

730 days

Today is our two year anniversary. I can't believe it! We've been married for two years. How is that possible. That means we've been together for over 5 years. WOW! The last two weeks have been rough, but I couuldn't have done it if not for Chris. He is the man God intended for me. I know it. And I am so very thankful that he is in my life. I never actually thought I'd get married...until I met Chris. It didn't take very long for me to know that he is a very special person and I wanted him to be around for a very long time. Thank goodness he felt the same way about me! So, here we are at 2 years married with 2 babies (of the fur variety) and a fabulous house and we both have great work opportunities. Life is good. Very good. I thank God for the man that Chris is and that he's mine and I'm his. It's a good day, a very good day.

Moving Sucks

But our new house rocks! We've been so busy with moving and work, we've barely had time to rest lately. But, that hasn't dulled our happiness! We are so stinking excited to be in this house. It feels like a mansion compared to the condo we were in. The puppies have rapidly acclimated to the backyard. They are in heaven. The first day, they spent the whole time in the yard,and they were a little unsure of things. They kept looking at us like, "When are we going home?" But, by the third day, they'd figured out that, "Who wants to go potty," means getting to romp about with no parental supervision. Yippee!! Needless to say, they've been just as exhausted as we have.

We hired movers to help us, but used the "budget" company in town. They were a little suspect. It took them over 4 hours (more like 5) to load everything up, and they didn't bring everything. It was a good thing I was at the new house painting b/c I would have been reading them the riot act. Afterwards, Chris was extremely glad he didn't have to do the bulk of the moving. He'd thought he and his friend Eric could do it all. Eric did come over and help (thanks a million), but there was NO way they could have done everything, and Chris would have been out of commission for days. Apparently, one of them commented on all of our backpacks, and Chris told him about us traveling through Europe. He got all excited and told Chris that he'd heard that there were places in Germany that were bars where you could just go up to the counter and order pot. He assured Chris that he didn't think Chris was into that sort of thing, but wondered if he'd heard about that ever. Chris said, "um.....not in Germany, but maybe in the Netherlands?" The guy said, "Oh yeah, maybe in Amsterdam." Too funny!

So, we've almost gotten everything out of the condo. It's the little things now. LIke tweezers in the bathroom drawer and the shelves on the wall in my scrapbook area. I can't wait for the day I never have to go back there. That probably sounds horrible, but I was just so ready to be out of there. I was allergic to the place, and it was so dark. I don't even turn on the lights here and there is tons more light. Get this....there's at least one window in every room....if not more! Who ever would have thunk?

it's official!

It took almost two hours of signing about 25 phone calls, and 3 trips to the bank, but It's official! We're homeowners!! We have the keys in our hot little hands. We're so happy & excited we can barely stand ourselves. I'll post pictures asap!! Gotta get moving, the cable guy comes in an hour!

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow already! I can't believe it's here! Sept. 15th. We're closing on our house at 11:00 in the morning. OH MY GOSH! We've been packing like mad people over here. And, I don't see how we're (I'm) going to get it all done. Chris is working today, so, it's kind of left up to me. Yikes! Scooby and Mimi are very confused right now. Mimi is totally scared of the boxes. She doesn't like them at all. Especially the broken down boxes that we haven't put together yet. Poor little girl. LOL! Bob came over last night and packed up the rest of the kitchen. Most of it was already done, but there still a few dishes we'd been using plus the food in the cabinets. I think she got all of it done (I was working on packing my scrapbook stuff...talk about scary!). That was more of a help than she'll ever know. I was just feeling so overwhelmed!

So, Chris is officially out of the dog house. I'm not sure I posted about him being in the dog house, but here's the deal. He decided to be in charge of getting the utilities taken care of, but didn't get the cable company called until last Friday. The first available date they had was the 26th. This wouldn't be a big deal if it were just cable, but we have our internet and phone through the cable. Oops! Well, I had a guy in class this week who has a bunch of friends that work at Cox, and he gave them a ringey-dingey. We now have an appt. for 3:00 tomorrow. Yay!!! Our refrigerator isn't getting delivered until Sat. though. I wonder if that was dumb. Oh well. No matter now. I'm pretty sure it can't get changed. Wow! This is a big week!

Never Forget

I'll never forget where I was 5 years ago today. Bob had gone to breakfast with a friend, and I was doing something in her room when the news came on the Today Show. I called her and then Chris (the next day marked one month of dating) and then I saw the second plane hit. I was in utter disbelief. How was this possible? How? How? I try not to think about it now. I still collapse into tears at the drop of a hat. I was watching the rememberance during Half Time of Monday Night Football just now, and simply could not hold it together. None of those innocent people deserved such a thing. When Bob and I were in NYC in March, I insisted we go to Ground Zero. We were going to skip it, but I got a feeling that we needed to go and wouldn't take NO for an answer. So, we went. And I broke down. Just like I knew I would. I just can't handle it. It makes me so mad. So very mad. And sad. It makes me think of how united we were in the months following. How happy we were to see the flag and sing the Anthem and recite the Plege. We've forgotten that a little bit, and it makes me mad and sad. We must be diligent and make sure such a thing never happens again. We have to take the fight to them...to the people who would have it happen again and again. To me, it's a way to honor those we lost so senselessly. I pray we stay vigilent.

I hate WalMart

(I wrote this on the 7th, but it didn't post)
Mom and I are going to a Scrapbooking weekend retreat tomorrow, and we NEED pictures! So....WalMart to the rescue, right? Humph! I got everything all ready on their website, which was no small undertaking, and then went to checkout and you can't order and pay there anymore. You have to pay online and pick up at the store. Nope, not happening. I don't want them to have to refund me if I don't like pics. So, I burned the pics and went there and ordered them. Apparently they're having problems. when I picked them up, every single picture for the mini albums printed out black. And it wasn't me! So they had me try again. No dice. By this time, it's 8:40, and I ask my mom if she'll zoom us over to Office Depot before 9:00. We don't get out of there for another 5 minutes, and wouldn't 'ya know, on the way there are 3 cops with us. So we make it with just a minute or 2 to spare and buy ink for my printer so I can print the stinking things out myself. And then I come home and my printing program won't work. I'm not sure I'm supposed to have pics for this weekend! Finally, about 1 in the morning I got them all printed. I'd really prefer to be in bed right now.