Just one of those days

Today should be a Monday for me. It's been rainy and gloomy and Seattle-like all day and I've been fighting a headache all day and I've wanted to climb in bed and cuddle a puppy all day. Mimi's been sick. Today is the third day with several times today. Dog up-chuck is gross and quite often yellow. But, the good news is it hasn't been chunky! I have her a Pepto, (the pill variety, just try to imagine what a mess giving the liquid to a dog would be. blech!)and now she's alternating between curling up in her bed and my lap. Poor little baby.

I got the Frommer's newsletter today and got all excited because the had all of these Thanksgiving travel deals and we wanted to take a trip over the day of the Turkeys. Only, we live in the middle of nowhere, and the You-Live-In-The-Middle-Of-Nowhere-And-Have-To-Pay-Extra add-ons are making the trips not so cheap. Bummer. I let myself get excited about adding a new country to my list this year.

The past few days have been great, though. Chris and I are getting a lot done around the house, and that feels good. Less and less boxes every week makes Jamie a happy girl. And Chris too. Well, a happy boy, anyway. It's hard when you're not home much, and we haven't really been lately. The last 3 Saturdays I've been gone all day! Anyway, we got a ton done this weekend (even with me being gone). We worked on my scrapbook room during Monday Night Football, and we've gotten it to the point where I actually know where stuff is (the stuff I've found, anyway). So, I'm happy to report I've started working on my Layout A Days. It's a challenge @ 2Peas (my scrapbooking mecca) where you make some sort of a layout every single day. Just a fun thing to challenge yourself.I haven't done very well since the move, but I'm starting to get back into it, and I'm doing a monthly album where I take a pic every day and scrap it. The one up above I did today, and the pumpkin one I did yesterday.

Saturday, mom and I cropped at Scraphappy's all day. It was their Crop for the Cure event and we  had a blast! Mom won a Brighton Breast Cancer Awareness bracelet that I love, and I won a free massage. Way to keep the prize winning in the family, huh? My dear friend from high school, Tara, was up for an event and came by the store when she was done and hung out. Then she came over to my house for a while and finally went over to Bob's to spend the night (we don't have the guest bed up yet and she wasn't loving the prospect of our couch, LOL!).

Yesterday I had lunch with my friend Rachel and her baby, Alyssa. Afterwards, we headed over to the Pumpkin Town pumpkin patch, and I took like 300 pictures of them (mostly of Alyssa, but I got some good ones of mom and baby too). That was a wonderful feeling. I'd been wanting to go to the PP for pics for a long time, but knew the puppies wouldn't cooperate. And, I'd been disappointed with many of my "photo shoot" pics of Alyssa thus far. But this time, I came away totally happy. I can't wait for Rachel to see all of them! Tonight's a Pampered Chef party at her house. Shhhh......don't tell Chris.

Mimi! Don't Kill Turtles!

So, we're settling into everyday life in the new house. We're still missing some everyday items, but we're settling. This morning, I had to dig through a box to find the thermometer, as Chris thought he was running a fever. He wasn't, he was sleeping in his robe under the sheet and two blankets, so he was hot. The puppies LOVE the backyard. Yesterday, I was looking out the window and saw Mimi pawing at the ground ferociously. When she looked up, she had something yellow in her mouth. I decided investigation was necessary. When she saw me coming, she dropped it and ran. Turns out it was a turtle. Eeeeeeewwww!!! Later, I noticed she had turtle guts in her beard. Once again....eeeewwwwww!!! But, the turtle was gone when I went back outside later. Guess it wasn't dead after all. Nevertheless, she was sternly admonished, "Mimi! Don't kill turtles!" Kinda cracked me up when I did it.

Chris had oral surgery on Friday. He had an impacted wisdom tooth removed. It was actually at an angle, so it was pressing up against the tooth next to it. It mostly didn't hurt, but it was a good thing to get it out of there! So, we went Fri. morning to his appointment. We were early. The doctor was not. We waited for like 30-45 minutes before they called him in. Then, I'd barely gotten started reading my book when I got a text message from Chris. He was done already. About 15 minutes, that's it! They didn't let me come back to get him for another 10 or so, but still, that was quick. Plus, they let him keep the tooth. That was the first question I asked. Yes, even before I asked how he was. But, yeah, they let him keep it. But the gory part is, they didn't even clean it up at all. I mean AT ALL! There's still gum attached to it, and they just wrapped it up in a paper towel, so when he opened it up to show me, there was all this wet blood around it. I don't usually have a queasy tummy, but that came out of my husband, so yuck! Chris hasn't been the best patient in the world. He's making me crazy. He's not doing all of the mouth rinsing (salt water...blech, but still) and teeth brushing that he's supposed to, and he went to an Alice in Chains concert Saturday night. Not the smartest move ever. (Let's not discuss whose idea the concert was. But, in my defense, there was no mouth surgery yet when I suggested it, and then I didn't know until after the mouth surgery was scheduled that the tickets had been purchased) Don't even think I went. He went with one of his friends. I'll be glad when he gets back to 100%.

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!