How did I end up here?

2012

2012-01-10T10:11:00.003-05:00

so... hi ! been a while. not much is going on lately. baking got done early same with shopping. holidays are over and now... well not much. hubby and i still hardly see each other. some days it is only 30 minutes in the morning and 30 before bed but we try to talk and share what is going on and well trying to make a baby. which while fun is frustrating if you work different schedules and have to plan everything.
the furry family is doing well. tigger has a playmate and when there is nothing on TV at least we have catertainment. they wrestle and chase and teach each other how to annoy the dogs and the bird. kiwi does not get out as much since we need to be extra aware of chickie she is fascinated with the bird and teases her and stalks her when she is out. chickie's other new things for 2012 are playing in water and trying to go outside. she even got out last night and winnie chased her to the fence and then into the yard before my hubby caught her and brought her back inside. oh well never a dull moment that is for sure.

SO HOW ARE THE 2 HUMANS IN THE HOUSE OF ANIMALS??

2011-10-12T15:21:00.002-04:00

we are good. it seems that hubby will be off on wed and thursday all the time and i am off sat and sunday. so we just try to spend as much time as we can together when we are at home in the evenings. i miss having a whole day with him but he is working so i will just deal. the good thing is that now that he is working we are trying for a baby again. at this point we will try for a bit and then decide what step to take from there.
i am gearing up for the fall and christmas baking and christmas shopping. yes i am one of those people who shops early. i have 2 very good reasons for this 1 is that i worked retail for 20 years and never had time to shop after thanksgiving so it is now habit and 2 i hate the mall at christmas. there are too many angry, rotten, tired and nasty people who just make everyone around them miserable to enjoy shopping after thanksgiving. plus i get to spend my weekends happily baking in my pj's while everyone else fights traffic and crowds. after thanksgiving if i need to buy it i better be able to find it online or it doesn't happen.

chickie chickie baby

2011-10-11T11:50:00.002-04:00

she is such a handful. she eats everyone's food including mine if we allow her and gets away with it. it is great to be the baby in my house i guess. she has already won over jack and tigger. chickie and tigger chase each other through the house and wrestle at least until tigger has to put chickie in her place since she doesn't understand time out yet. tigger though is thrilled with having a playmate that will run and play with her without pinning her to the floor. jack who has had kittens before mothers chickie and guards her while she is eating so tigger doesn't steall her food it is to cute. both dogs are even good with her but get a bit to aggressive once and a while but mostly because chickie is so bold.

and the winner is...

2011-09-29T11:37:00.002-04:00

the new kitten. we named her chickie and she is the new queen of the house. winnie who up til now has never willingly let any other pet on the bed with us calmly lets the little stinker up with us and never bothers her. gracie is still in the oh no what did you let in the house now mode but is slowly coming around and jack and tigger have started to play with chickie a bit. vet said she is healthy and gave her shots. we still don't know how old she is but she only weighs a little over 3 pounds right now and has tried to suckle our fingers so we are guess barely weaned. it has definately been one of the weeks when i ask myself how did i end up here but i am loving my life.

the new old cat and meowing in the night

2011-09-26T10:18:00.002-04:00

a few weeks ago we ended up getting a new old cat. jack is new to me and an old friend for my hubby. she started out as his cat then he was in a bad accident and spent months in the hospital and more in rehab and his uncle took in his cat. his uncle took a job in china for the next few years and could not take jack. she went to my mother in laws but jack hid out from her dog and needed a better home so she moved in with us. after adjusting to the move and declaring peace with our other cat tigger things have been good. last night that changed. after going to bed we were ready to go to sleep and heard meowing. loud and scared. we checked our 2 cats everyone was ok then we realised it was coming from outside. hubby went out and found a kitten in our yard. small starving and with ticks. she ran right over to hubby who brought her inside. at first we took her to the basement but that upset jack. then we decided that until she is checked out by a vet and we know the ticks are gone and she is healthy and flealess she will stay in our extra bedroom. hubby will take her this week to be checked out and make sure she is healthy then we will let her take on winnie. ps. i think the kitten will win

where did summer go ??

2011-09-02T12:31:00.002-04:00

my favorite time of year is summer. i love the heat and even the humidity. i am never cold, layered in clothing or miserable. this summer as always went by to fast. july was so lovely and warm and august nice if a bit wet. the last few weeks of summer are fast aproaching and i am ready to start the spring count down. sniff sniff bye summer i will miss you

back to the grind

2011-08-18T10:26:00.002-04:00

well vacation is over and i am back to the daily drive to work. it is really getting old and there are no jobs to be found so i suck it up and drive away. unfortunatly september is coming fast and the end of my easy commute for the summer is winding down. oh how i love when there are no school buses and am school traffic to deal with oh well it was great while it lasted.

stacation 11 was wonderful. while i took off from my main job my part time one i still went to last week. why you ask because i got to go to the pool i grew up going to with my niece and nephew both days having mom make me dinner and celebrating my birthday and my brothers the nights i was there for dinner. then the rest of the week i didn't have to go anywhere. omg so awesome to not have to drive for 7 days yeah! i even got to spend one whole day last week with the hubby. while we hung out at home and had an early dinner with his mom it was so great to have him around all day.

all that is left now is to keep looking for a job closer to home.

missing hubby and 4 days til vacation

2011-08-01T11:33:00.002-04:00

hubby and i don't see a great deal of each other during the week. i leave for work at 6:45am and 3 nights a week get home at 6pm and the other 2 nights at 10:30 pm. i love being home with the hubby on the weekends. at hubby's new job however he is working weekends. i am slowly adjusting to seeing even less of him. this will be a long and difficult process since i already feel like we don't get enough time together even when he is home on the weekends. the only bright spot is that i am on vacation next week and hopefully will have a day off with him during the week next week.

he got a job round 2

2011-07-15T12:00:00.003-04:00

well hubby spent 2 days working as a sub contrator to prove he was worth the money he was asking for at the new job. he did more than 3 days work in less than 2 and was hired yesterday. so now there is a small light at the end of the tunnel again. here's hoping it continues to grow and i can finally get a job for myself closer to home.

2 years

2011-07-11T15:10:00.002-04:00

hubby and i have been married for 2 years today. of course with it being a monday and start of the work week we forgot. yeah both of us forgot i realised when i got to work and started filling out paperwork for the day. i was hoping hubby would call and tell me they offered him the job from sat interview but finally called this afternoon since this is my long day and will not see him until bed time. we wished each other happy anniversary then i lost him. don't know why but i will call again after work when i have a bit more time to talk.

an interview

2011-07-08T13:13:00.001-04:00

hubby has an interview on sat. keeping my fingers crossed. he needs a job asap.

back to the drawing board

2011-06-27T14:14:00.002-04:00

the old morning routine is back. sad but true. they let hubby go after less than 3 weeks. why for no good reason. me floundering to get my legs back under me. hoping for a miracal and a quick turn around to a new job. only good thing right now 4 day weekend coming. boy do i need it.

re-arranging our mornings

2011-06-15T08:57:00.003-04:00

now that hubby is back to work our morning routine has changed. he used to get up and feed the critters while i showered and got dressed for work. now he leaves earlier than i do and he needs to shower first. we get up a bit earlier and he gets in the shower and dresses while i feed the critters and pack our lunches. then he makes his coffe and i shower and get ready for work. we even have a few minutes to sit and talk or watch the news before we leave. i am loving mornings again. it was so hard to get up and go to work while he was at home all day. this is so much better.

1 week

2011-06-10T16:19:00.002-04:00

so hubby started the week of a heatwave here in the good ole delaware valley. extreme heat and humidity and lots of work including overtime the first week. one day getting home at 10 of 7 and the other getting in at 6pm. we are both tired and ready for the weekend. beer is in my car and work is almost done. see you monday

he started

2011-06-08T14:40:00.002-04:00

hubby started work on monday. i am so happy and relieved. no more worries about paying the mortgage. no more walking a fine line every month and barely paying the bills. come july hubby is back to paying the electric bill and groceries and at least 1 other bill. not sure which one but an extra one. once that starts i go into pay all the credit cards off mode. i have a plan and hopefully things will go smoothly and we will have even more savings in case this happens again.

waiting on pins and needles

2011-06-01T10:11:00.002-04:00

hubby got a job. 2-1/2 years of not working is coming to an end. all he needs now is a start date. that is the toughest thing right now i want to celebrate but i am afraid until he starts his first day of work. then the last of the weight holding me down in fear will finally leave. i can't wait to be free. to not pay every bill and worry about having money for groceries and gas. to be able to pay off my credit cards not just the minimum. to go to the store and buy something without needing it to be the cheapest price i can find and stocking up when i see good sales with coupon deals. just to loosen my budget and breathe again. maybe even go out to dinner. so for now i wait sitting on pins and needles trying to find the last of my patience.

spring is here where is the heat???

2011-04-15T13:13:00.002-04:00

well spring is here. if the calander didn't say it 3 others signs would for me. what are they?? 1 my parents nieghbor's yard turned purple a few weeks ago from what must be hundreds of crocuses. 2 the face painting company called and ordered more acrylic mirrors at my full time job. 3 the "we don't swim in winter" ladies returned to the water areobics class i teach. now if the temps would get above 50 for more than 1 day in a row and the april showers would be showers not down pours i would be even happier. my favorite time of year is slowly creeping up. summer, t-shirts, shorts long warm days, swimming and vacation. i can't wait i am tired of sweaters, and socks, heavy coats and being cold for months at a time. so summer bring on the heat and humidity i will take it all. just please get here soon!!

19 days until spring

2011-03-01T15:33:00.002-05:00

spring is trying so hard to arrive here in pa. i am wildly cheering it on. most of the snow has finally melted. the temps are rising and i am a happy lady. this means no more cranky driver. the roads are still backed up but no snow or ice to fight makes it less stressful for me. we have 4 birthdays out of the way and 1 more to go then no more until summer. bring on the sun!!

the fireplace and recycling

2011-02-08T09:51:00.004-05:00

hubby and i use our woodstove to keep our house warm. this is really great with all the snow and power outages we have had this winter. we get the sunday newspaper and after reading use it as kindling. the best though for starting fires are fire starters. the first winter we bought them. little flat wax cover blocks that burn slow and really help getting a new load started when the coals are low. however those little blocks are expensive. hubby's solution lets make our own. we use egg crates (cardbaord of course ) old candles and sawdust and woodchips from splitting our wood. hubby fills the egg crate with sawdust then we melt down old candles and pour over the top. instant fire startes. best part free. my parents help us out as well they save egg crates and my mom has been finding all kinds of decorative candles and old taper candles she only uses for decorating and has given them to us. so far we have not even had to buy candles to make them.

how many days until winter ends???

2011-01-19T10:19:00.002-05:00

there is less than a month until pitchers and catchers report for spring training. once that arrives there will only be a month left of winter. i can't wait. it has snowed at least once a week since christmas. have i told you how much i hate driving in the snow. my car is horrible in the snow. up hill is a battle and down hill is just plane scary. we won't even talk about curves and corners. worst of all my drive way uphill and curvy. hubby has to get my car up and down the hill for me most days. i am so ready for spring fatigue and sleeplessness is better than this.

the dogs and i survived

2011-01-05T16:31:00.002-05:00

the little terror was in rare form. happily destroying everything in her path then the next second tired and cranky. when she finally falls asleep putting her in the crib is murder she wakes up and screams more. love her but she is a tough kid. m and b were a breeze compared to s. finally got her down watched the ball drop and went to bed. nice evening with the hubby though kind of makes up for some of christmas. after she left i finally got to sit down for more than 5 minutes at a time. spent sunday recovering. we had to separate her from both dogs with the baby gate. she runs right for them and kisses and grabs. the dogs well they are not happy with that. they are getting better with her but they still growl. when she is bigger they will be much better with her.

now i just need to get through the next 2 or 3 months of horrible winter weather and i will be happy. long comute + snow = miserable driver (me)

hoping for a better new year

2010-12-30T10:59:00.002-05:00

christmas. the day i was so excited for totally miserable day. why?? the hubby. he hates all holiday not just christmas ALL holidays. he wants to forget they exist and be a bum at home. so he was grouchy and nasty and i ended up going to my family's house with just the dogs. stayed way longer than i was originally going to and came home and went to bed. finally forgave him and we made up monday afternoon. we didn't see his family and didn't speak for 3 days. yeah so not fun. hopefully a little dose of s for new years will make things better. we are baby sitting the 10 month old terror for new years eve. she is walking and in destruction mode already. i am off friday and will be baby proofing my house. watch out dogs she will be in your face. happy new year everyone

ps totally forgot today is my dad's 75th birthday so happy birthday dad love you

it's almost here

2010-12-22T14:25:00.002-05:00

17 kinds of cookies done! shopping done ! wrapping almost done ( ran out of paper) yeah. christmas movies watched done! pecan pie for christmas dinner at hubby's aunt's done! decorating done! cat climbing tree and falling on the floor done! dogs stealing there christmas gifts done! i am ready for christmas now it just needs to get here faster. one more day of work and i have 3 days off and lots of partying to do can't wait.
are you ready??

cookies a bazillion down 4 more kinds to go

2010-11-30T15:05:00.002-05:00

cookie baking is moving along. i have 4 kinds to go and i will be done. i still need to bake another pecan pie for christmas but that is easy. i have most of my shopping done and so far paid for. left to buy a couple of gift cards and toys for the nieces and nephew. still no list so i am tearing my hair out since i want to be done early this year and enjoy the holidays and not have to deal with traffic. i hate holiday traffic. hopefully i can get done by mid december and really enjoy christmas.

november = cookies

2010-11-17T15:30:00.002-05:00

now through mid decmber i will spend my weekends baking cookies and wrapping gifts. i have a huge chunk of shopping done and really only have to buy gifts for the nieces and nephew. 1 is easy this is her first christmas and she will be more interested in the wrapping paper than the gifts. the other 2 are in the picky stage. not everything will be liked. i have some things for b but m is hard this year. she turns 13 in feb and is in between kid and teen. still likes some toys but also wanting some more grown up stuff. where did the time go??

thanksgiving this year will be at my hubby's uncles house. i can't wait. i love the holidays. hubby not so much. he will go and he will have a good time but he goes grudgingly. we agreed this year to go to his family's instead of mine. that is fine with me. my family and holidays have been rough since my brother's marriage ended. i seem to get the short end of the stick if any at all. i try not to be bitter but sometimes that is really hard. so i am looking forward to his crazy family and enjoying the day. i am off on friday so i can really relax and enjoy the weekend as well

25 years

2010-10-19T09:47:00.002-04:00

where did the time go . i went to my 25 year class reunion saturday night. it was fun and oh so surreal. same people just older. the women all pretty much looked the same no big changes. the men well the single and more recently married one look the same. the rest who have been married a long time well i would not have recognised them at all. good thing we had name tags. luckily for everyone the venue had tv's near the bar outside our room because that was where everyone ended up watching playoff baseball. our phillies lost but we all partied on. afterward i crashed at my parents house then went home sunday morning. glad i went and maybe i will even go to another one.

it's a phillies phriday

2010-10-08T09:52:00.002-04:00

the only good thing about fall is playoff baseball. made even better by your favorite team making the playoffs and history in the first game. i love the phillies. been a fan since childhood and while i don't watch every game i usually know how the phillies are doing each year. most years have been disappointing. even the 10 years i had tickets we never made the playoffs. i gave up my tickets when my dad (and date for the games) took a job with the phillies as an usher. for him this is a dream come true. he gets to go to every home game and all of the playoff games during this magical time. so here's hoping the phillies go all the way and win the world series again in 2010!!!!

barking + snot = miserable

2010-10-04T14:52:00.002-04:00

so where have i been lately. mostly trying to sleep with a neighbor who ties his pitbull out all night while he goes to work. the dog barks all night long making my dogs bark as well. if we are lucky the dog stays in it's yard when we are not like this past friday the dog got loose around 7 pm and finally caught and returned home around 8 am sat morning no sleep for us.
also hubby and i babysat our 7 month old niece S. she is cute as a bug and full of them when she was with us. then left many of her bugs behind so hubby and i had a cold for the last week. she also made sure to chase both of my dogs and find every thing possible that was even remotely dangerous in our house. glass top on old navy trunk moved, piggy banks moved, globe of seashells also moved bird in cage all weekend so she wasn't squished and the cat hiding in the basement. i had a blast even if i got sick and had to rearrange my house. now i really really really want a baby. hopefully trying will get back on track now that august and sept are over. (no period in aug and never ending one in sept)

wow it is august

2010-08-03T10:14:00.002-04:00

where did july go?? after our anniversary the month flew by. i spent a week preping for vacation at work. then off for a whole week. yes this was exciting not because we went anywhere but because i finally had enough vacation time to take 1 full week off for the first time since starting this job 5 years ago. yes i mean 5 years. i have had long weekends but this was awesome. no place to go hanging out with hubby and the critters. the best part no drive to work. i cried sunday night knowing monday i had to get up for the daily commute.
returning to work was ok. the boss and i spent the week catching me up and preping for his vacation. not that i don't like my boss but his vacation is great for me. while he is gone things are set up for the guys to be busy and gone all day and the very best part .... OVERTIME. 5 hours while he is away. next week is my birthday and i am dreading and excited for it. dreading because i am another year older and no kid and excited beacuse it is my birthday!!!

1 year

2010-07-09T08:56:00.000-04:00

hubby and i got married 1 year ago. best day of my life. not much has changed over the last year. we are still happy and so far can pay the bills. my hope for the next year is a job for hubby and a baby on the way or even better a new baby in the house. love you honey happy anniversary.

phish concert awesome

2010-07-02T10:10:00.000-04:00

friday however not so good. i took my dog for her shots friday morning and then to the grocery store. trying to leave the parking lot i got in an accident. no one hurt just minor damage to my car and the other one needing a new door. winnie was fine too but grumpy and tired all day from the rabies shot. this week is finally almost over and the 3 day 4th of july holiday is here. yeah!!not much else is going on. my niece and nephew are going on vacation with their mom next week and there dad the week after. i will finally see them the week after that. hopefully they will have a wonderful time in disney with their dad.

phish

2010-06-24T12:40:00.000-04:00

concert tonight yeah!!

new plans

2010-06-18T14:57:00.000-04:00

here is hoping they don't need to change. vacation july 19th through the 23rd. this is a staycation but much awaited. a whole week with no getting up for work. while i will still be going places i can leave when i am ready and there is no time clock. yeah!!!!!
in other news my blog is 2 years old this week. some how i missed the 1st birthday but caught the second one. lol can't wait to see what the next year brings.

so much for my plans lately

2010-06-14T13:02:00.000-04:00

everything i have planned has gotten postponed or changed lately. i don't really make a lot of plans but when i do i prefer a bit of notice to change or any notice. last week i had plans for lunch with a friend and that got canceled when my boss took off instead. over the weekend i had plans to visit with my niece and nephew and thier mom and that got postponed when my hubby forgot i was not going to be home and invited his mom and sister and niece to come to our house for lunch. lastly my nephew got put into a special summer program to help with issues he is having in school and can not miss any days so my brother moved his trip to disney to the week i put in for vacation. i can't afford to go with him right now and planned my vacation so i could spend time with my niece and nephew who will now be in disney so i need to move my vacation. the most annoying thing is that no one in my family even bothered to email or call and give me any kind of update. if my ex-sister in law hadn't said something i would not even have found out yet. now 2 out of 3 plans are rescheduled and vacation is up in the air until my brothers plans are finally set.

my baby is 3

2010-06-01T10:46:00.000-04:00

today is winnie's birthday. 3 years old. 8 weeks from now she came into our life and changed everything. she made hubby and i a committed family. since then we have bought a house and gotten married. she was the second huge step in our future together but an important one. the first step could be undone. the second step cemented our life. i love you winnie. happy birthday.

critter update

2010-05-24T15:23:00.000-04:00

tigger was a bit under the weather last week but bounced back over the weekend. she decided to join the dogs in their game of tag and wrestle. too funny to see the smallest one beating up the other 2. she also gave me a rare treat. she was resting on the lounge chair and i sat with her waiting for the dogs to decide they wanted to come back inside. she reached over pulled my hand near her and licked my fingers. a very rare thing indeed.

kiwi is doing well and is a very sweet bird in the mornings. she and i hung out sunday moring for about 2 hours while i was on the computer with her cuddling on my shoulder. as the day goes on she tends to get nippy and over excited. this is her best time of day.

winnie was the trouble dog this weekend. saturday i went grocery shopping. we put the cold stuff away and must have left the pack of hotdog rolls where she could reach. after hubby and i ate lunch i noticed a plastic bag on the floor. when i picked it up i realised winnie ate an entire 12 pack of hotdog rolls.

gracie lately has been really playful. she is also learning that barking when we go out front for a run on the hill is not allowed. funny thing is the spray bottle doesn't even need to work just show it to her and instant quiet.

oh the noise noise noise noise

2010-05-20T12:51:00.000-04:00

6th grade band concert + woman with sensative ears + wrong notes = noises no human should have to hear. i had forgotten how loud school conerts are and that many of these kids would still be great novices. it was fun however. i did get to see my niece play her flute. wish my ex sister in law happy birthday. tease my nephew and revisit my jr high years when the last song performed was from the 80's. i was going to sneak out when my niece's section was over but had to stay for the final chorus song. don't stop believing by journey. too funny to be standing in a jr high and hearing the kids singing a song popular when i attended jr high.

so how was the wedding you ask??

2010-05-17T14:08:00.000-04:00

good i guess. hubby and i ended up staying home. the reception got moved to my uncles house 2 hours north of the wedding and that was way too much driving for one 2 day span. instead we stayed home and vegetated. played with kiwi and did the laundry. hubby tried for 3 days to mow the lawn. it would take him 20 minutes or so to start our mower then mow for about 20 minutes or so and then it would stall out and not restart. at the rate he was going he would have to mow everyday to keep up with our grass. so we broke down and bought a mower. got one on sale and an extra 5% off because we caught a midnight madness weekend sale at sears. not much else is going on. i will be going to see my niece's band concert tomorrow night and finally getting to hear her play her flute. this will be at the jr high that i did not attend so i have no idea were to go or even where the auditorium is in that school should be fun. i will follow my mom and brother since i don't even know where to park.

SUN SUN SUN!!

2010-05-04T13:14:00.000-04:00

it is may and the lovely warm temperatures are here. i almost feel human again. a whole week of 80 degree temps i am in heaven. even the predicted cool front coming this weekend will leave the temps in the low 70's or high 60's not bad at all. mothers day lunch with my mom is scheduled and reservations made. yum for p f chang's. the following weekend hubby and i will be going away for the weekend. dog/cat/bird sitter is scheduled and hotel is booked. we will be going to my uncles wedding 5 hours away in NY but i can't wait. hubby and i have never spent a night away together other than my uncle's house at the shore. hubby,a hotel, a wedding and family who live far away and i hardly get to see. i am so excited.

tigger our cat is quite the character. she has the full run of the basement and is in Ecstasy when we enter her lair. sat was hot and muggy and the basement was so much cooler i decided to do some work down there. i took kiwi with me and we spent a couple of hours watching TV, cleaning and doing laundry. tigger was happily playing while i worked. one of the big things i needed to do was mop the basement floor. so i mopped myself to the couch to hang out and watch tv while the floor dried and the laundry finished. tigger had gone upstairs while i mopped and came running down the steps, across the floor and tried to jump on the couch. since her feet slipped on the wet floor no spring happened instead i watched my cat plow face first into the side of the sofa and cling desperately while trying to figure out what happened and get onto the sofa. of course all my hubby hears is me laughing like a crazy person in the basement. tigger is still recovering and tests the floor before leaping on the sofa when in the basement.

an interesting discovery

2010-04-19T10:19:00.000-04:00

sunday night while getting ready for bed my hubby calls me out to the living room to watch the cat. tigger was stalking a bug. the bug was just out of her reach hanging on a curtain over the sidelight of my front door. tigger is dancing around and trying to climb up to no avail. then tigger get the bright idea to jump up and snag the curtain i guess hoping to climb up and get the bug. instead the curtain and rod pop off the window and everything falls to the floor. the bug escapes and tigger continues to chase the bug around the entryway. hubby and i look at the curtain and rod and have no idea how it was up on the door. thinking that it was just suction hubby fixes the rod and hangs it back up over the window. that is when we discover the rod is magnetic. duh neither one of us even looked before tigger pulled the curtain off how it was up there. although we did discover we have a steel door frame so that is a plus.

new baby

2010-04-16T15:31:00.000-04:00

this is kiwi our newest family member. she is a green cheek conure born 12/25/09. she has already started making heself at home and demanding her share of attention.

easter drama and a new member of the family

2010-04-13T13:15:00.000-04:00

i was so excited to have my family and hubs family for easter. planned the food,got stuff for an easter egg hunt, got out the good china was all ready and ended up with inlaws only. brother and ex fighting = no easter at my house for my family. not even speaking for a week. yes major fighting and drama. welcome to the holidays from now on. things are better but i am not sure what has been resolved or if this will happen again.
hubby and i have been talking about getting another animal. choices were another cat or a bird. well monday night we got a new one. what did i get?? well i'm not telling. when we have a name and pictures i will. for now we are talking names and getting settled with the new member of the family

WTF???

2010-03-24T19:01:00.001-04:00

sunshine high

2010-03-22T15:18:00.001-04:00

well it is monday and raining again but that is ok. after 5 sunshine filled and warm temperature days i am ok with 2 days of rain. more sunshine and warm temps to follow. i would love in so many ways to have this weather for the rest of spring. the dogs and i went for a walk. new lead for gracie was great no pulling and no choking sounds. yeah!! unfortunaly she got a tick Boo!! so far winnie is good and gracie goes in 2 weeks for her lyme disease booster so hopefully she is good.
also i got 12 x 12 pavers to create a walkway in the back yard. got them laid out and trying to decide if we are going to add more pavers down the road or just decorative stone. currently we have mud and a sort of fire pit in the middle level of the backyard. yes levels house is on a hill. right now we may just leave the pavers the way they are and decide later.

rain rain go away, come again another day

2010-03-15T13:47:00.000-04:00

first it was the never ending snow piling up 3-4 feet deep now it is the never ending rain. today is day 4 and i am feeling soggy. tomorrow the sun will return and hopefully dry everything out. maybe if the weatherman is right and saturday is as nice as they are saying the doggies and i will go for a walk. i got a new lead for gracie that hopefully will end the choking and stop the pulling. i already adjusted the fit for her so we are ready to go. winnie will be a very happy dog if we return to walking again. i miss our walks almost every night. exercise for us both and lots of fresh air even in winter. since buying the house and getting a second dog i have been lazy.

yum for pf changs

2010-03-10T10:50:00.000-05:00

friday night was fun. my nephew had a blast running around with his buddies and playing. my niece and i played games. oh and yes i met the new guy. hi nice to meet you and that was about all. cool for a first meeting and nice because it was some place where there was other people and things going on. picked up dinner and drooled all the way home. monday night my nephew ordered pizza and cake. ate none of it. in fact did not eat at all monday after school. a bit weird he usually graizes all night but monday nothing. he did love the cake though.

saturday since the weather was actually nice i took the dogs for a walk. when winnie was younger and we lived in our apt we walked all the time so i bought a training lead for her. it is great more control for me and no choking for her. she loves to go for walks and gets super excited when she sees the lead. when i pulled the lead out saturday she went nuts jumping around and barking with delight. i tried putting it on and realised i never adjusted it from when i got it and it was now too tight. fixed that got it on her and put on the leash. she was ready to go. then went to put gracie on the leash and she ran away. finally got everyone ready and off we went. winie will pull a bit from excitement at first and then gets into a nice walking rythum for me everytime. gracie chokes herself and tries to pull my arm out of the socket the whole walk. i am now looking for another lead for her. hopefully once we get the new lead we will go for more walks.i miss our walks and am looking for a safer place to walk the dogs than my street which can get busy and people drive fast around the curves. when we got home i checked the mailbox before we climbed the driveway and found the treat i ordered for the dogs in the mail. they love the naturally shed antler chew toys i ordered from the daily coyote's esty store. i even had to take one away from winnie at 11:30 pm so i could go to sleep.

hi

2010-03-04T14:17:00.000-05:00

long time no see or write. let's see what has been going on lately?? we had more snow. not a lot just annoying. my sister in law had a baby during the storm. emergency c-section but everyone is OK and home doing well. baby is an adorable little peanut who graced me with burps, a rather large messy poo and several sneezes complete with snot flying everywhere. a newborn trifecta. good thing i have had lots of practice with my brothers 2 kids. my nephew's birthday is Sunday and his party is Friday night. since my brother and soon to be ex are fighting i am the only one from my side going to the party his mom is throwing. it makes me sad they can't work together and have a nice party for my nephew like they did for my niece. i am making him a dexter's laboratory cake for monday and we are having pizza for dinner at his request. yummy!! the party well that may be a story for monday. my soon to be ex sister in law's boyfriend and his kids will be there. i have no idea how that will go. i know she is thrilled i am going to be there and will finally meet the new guy but it will also be weird for me. i hope to enjoy playing with my niece and nephew for a bit and then picking up my dinner. that will be the best part pf chang's for dinner i will be drooling all day. wish me luck

never ending snow

2010-02-15T09:48:00.000-05:00

well i have survived 2 20+" snow storms in less than a week and dug out from both. my poor winnie can barely been be seen when running around between snow drifts. the snow piles at the end of the driveway are taller than me and the plow truck hit our mailbox 3' in from the road. worst part it is only the middle of feburary and we are getting more snow tonight. sighhhhh.

6 more weeks of winter

2010-02-03T10:15:00.000-05:00

proven correct by 2 inches of snow over night. now there is more snow coming saturday. yuck 45 more days til spring and only 16 weeks until memorial day. can anyone tell i hate the cold and i am longing for warm weather. at least this month will be somewhat busy my niece turns 12 around valentines day, another one is due at the same time and my nephew's birthday will be here before i know it in the begining of march. at least i have things to look forward to doing to get through the worst of winter.

now on to a quick dog story. i few weeks ago i had to go to the shore and pick up more stuff from my uncle's house. i went after work friday night and was home by noon on saturday. while away i slept terrible. uncomfortable bed and no hubby and dogs to keep me warm. hubby slept terrible too. why??? gracie did not have one of her flock home and spent the entire night running back and forth between the front door, computer room window and the bed room frantic and barking at every sound. she was so excited to see me when i got back. more than a normal day coming home from work. it was too cute.

a baby shower first

2010-01-20T13:48:00.000-05:00

i got DRUNK. not a little drunk, not dipsy, not even buzzed full on drunk. i blame a bottle of chardany. brought by my hubs uncle. now i am not a big wine drinker but i must say whatever i was drinking was really good. my sister in law got cool stuff and we all had a great time. the cake was adorable. the food yummy and the company even better. hubby drove and after trying the wine he was told that it was my turn to get drunk at the party and i did. i don't even remember the ride home. of course when the baby shower starts at 1pm and you finally beg your hubby to leave at 9pm it is ok to sleep all the way home and then crawl into bed and sleep until 7 am the next day. luckily for me i had the next day to recover.

baby shower blues

2010-01-15T14:24:00.000-05:00

on saturday i am going to my sister in law's baby shower. i am still not pregnant so this is not something i am looking forward to.i am excited to have a new niece but would really prefer to be having one of my own. as far as where we stand well we are getting ready to start trying again. in sept i skipped my period and then for oct and most of novemeber flo came with a vengence. hanging around and making me miserable for weeks on end. going to the doctor was no help. since i am over 40 he recomemended seeing a fertility doc. ok for me but hubby is not working and does not have insurance so no tests for him. kind of a catch-22 for us. so i am looking for a new doctor and we are going to try again this month. wish me luck

is it summer yet??

2010-01-12T14:44:00.000-05:00

did you know there are 19 weeks until memorial day weekend and the start of summer? yes i am counting. i really hate winter. i don't like being cold. i don't like snow. i hate getting up and driving to work in the dark. even worse also driving home in the dark. during the little bit of sun every day i am at work. i don't like ice. most of all i hate being tired all the time. spring is bad for me i am always tired then as well but that is more physical from the time change and the weather. winter tired is the it is cold and dark lets just hibernate until it is over tired. so how do you cope??

happy new year

2009-12-31T14:58:00.000-05:00

sorry i don't make new year's resolutions. they are too easy to break. i am just hoping for a happy healthy and safe new year and hoping that the economy gets better so hubby can find a job and i can find a new one closer to home. welcome 2010!!!

snow and lice

2009-12-23T13:56:00.000-05:00

what a weekend. my neice and nephew ended up staying until sunday afternoon. saturday we stayed at the house and went outside to play in the snow for an hour or so and watched christmas movies and baked cookies the rest of the day. sunday we dug out. the digging would have been much easier and faster if the snowblower we got from my brother worked but as of today it will start then dies after 30 seconds or so. hubby and i used the shovel and were quite happy the snow was light and fluffy. the other fun was checking my niece's hair for lice. i got a call to check her head after i got back from the grocery store. why no one called my cell knowing i was grocery shopping and could have gotten stuff while at the store i don't know. she is now bug free and my house is well laundered and vacuumed

looking for the cat

2009-12-22T15:30:00.000-05:00

that is what we have been doing lately. a few weeks ago i came home from work and got the usual greeting from the dogs. put my stuff away and got ready to relax before bed (this was on one of the days i work 2 jobs). my husband goes to the back door to let the dogs out and there is our cat. sitting on the patio table waiting to be let in. since no one let the cat out in the first place we are trying to figure out how she got outside. a little later my hubs figures it out. he had the fireplace going and the house got too hot so he opened the kitchen window to let some air in. the cat decided that was an escape route to the big outside. she has not been outside since but any time we even let the dogs out we check to make sure the cat has not escaped again. hubs tried to let her out after the snow this weekend but she wouldn't go. hopefully she is done escaping.

survival plans

2009-12-18T11:30:00.000-05:00

well here in eastern pa we are getting ready for snow. 6 days before christmas. it is not often i remember a white christmas many years it has been nice weather 40's and sunny. of course i made plans to baby sit / steal me neice and nephew over night at my house this weekend. needless to say they may both get christmas presents early thanks to the weather. good thing i bought them boots and snowpants they may be usefull this weekend. now i need to prepare to be snowed in. i am going to go food shopping after dinner and then be able to not leave my house other than to play if the weatherman is right. worse part about the snow braving the grocery store. why extactly do people shop like they may never see food again when snow is coming? it is not like they are predicting the next ice age just snow. it will be cleared up and the roads open within days yet i see people fighting over bread ( really easy to make at home) and gallons of milk that expire in a week. if you won't drink that much in a normal week why would it disappear faster because it is going to snow?? if anyone out there can answer these questions let me know. i am sure if i lived in an area where it snows all the time i would not see this. so why do people who only see snow for a few weeks of the year panic and buy enough food for months to survive a few days.

winnie

2009-12-04T09:02:00.000-05:00

the crazy dog. she starts out every night under the bed. at some point she moves up on the bed by our feet. once the alarm goes off all bets are off. she wants to snuggle every morning. this morning hubs and i are cuddled up trying to face getting out of bed. winnie is not happy since she is not in between us. she pokes wriggles and squeases her way between us. if that is not bad enough she wants to be petted and have her belly rubbed. at the same time she is trying to lick us. i am sure if she didn't wiggle in to get her snuggles we would be happy to fall back to sleep but she is the 2nd alarm every morning.

december already

2009-12-03T15:38:00.000-05:00

well time is flying by latly. too much going on and no answers to important questions is the state i'm in.

it is cookie baking season in my house. i have the tv set up and my movies ready and 4 kinds of cookies baked. still 10 or 12 more kinds to go but i am hoping to knock out at least 4 or 5 more kinds this weekend.

flo has been wreaking havoc in my life latly. i skipped in sept. she came for 18 yes 18 days, left for 6 and returned for another 14. i have been to the doctors since i freaked over the length and severity. he sent me for blood tests. i go next tuesday for the test results. doctor is unsure if i miscarried or there is a hormone imbalance. oh boy some fun huh.

not much else is going on i am selling things on ebay from my uncles house. it is up for sale and fairly well cleaned out. one more trip for the last few things and i won't have to feel my heart break walking into the house any more. cleaning it out and just being there hurts. i can't wait for it to be gone at least then i won't have to walk inside and face the memories and regrets.

so where have i been??

2009-11-16T15:51:00.000-05:00

no where really. just trying to deal with life lately. flo left and came back a week later. at least this time she came when due and should be gone again soon. hopefully putting everything back to normal in that area. my uncles house is cleaned out for the most part and up for sale. this really breaks my heart since the house has been in the family since the 1950's. i am really sad to see it go. we still have not heard how much his stock and pension are worth and no check so far which is really starting to annoy me. my parents lawyer needs to earn his fee and soon. hubby and i are going to start trying for a baby again. if i am not prego by january i will see the doctor and move onto the next step.

last but not least hubby and i went to a party at a friends house saturday night. this was just the thing to brighten our moods. he was not sure he wanted to go and decided at the last minute yeah lets go. of course the easiest way to get there we can't use because the road is shut down because of an accident. so we took the long way and then didn't get home until almost 4 am. little by little i am getting to know his friends and i had such a blast hanging out with everyone. of course most of them had not heard we had gotten married so it was fun to suprise a few people. the ones who heard were very happy for us and it is great to see how happy his friends are for us. ( he is the last of the group to get married) hopefully this winter we can have everyone at our house for a party and we can rock out our basement. (he and his friends were in a band when younger)

boo hoo

2009-11-05T11:32:00.000-05:00

the phillies lost. i am bummed. most optomistic quote heard on the morning news spring training is around 100 days away.lol maybe next year. other than that i have nothing but bad news lately. not pregnant and have had flo really really outstay her welcome. yes she is still around can't wait to get rid of her. lastly it is looking like we need to sell my uncles house. he has very little insurance and bills lined up and waiting to be paid. last hope is the balance of his pension. no idea how much that is and company will not tell us they will just send the money when they are ready. it is really frustrating but i know that things will get better eventually.

the phillies

2009-10-29T11:16:00.001-04:00

go phillies !!!! last nights game was awesome. cliff lee is making me a beLEEver really fast. game 2 tonight woo hoo !!

the cat , the dog and the pop up crate

2009-10-29T10:54:00.000-04:00

tigger loves the pop up crate, she hides inside, jumps on it and naps all the way in the back. winnie has gotten braver lately and has been going all the way in the crate. the other night i was cleaning up the dishes and i see winnie quickly backing out of the crate. i also notices tigger is being dragged out on her back. i am all ready to yell at winnie for being too rough with tigger when i realise that tigger's mouth is clamped on winnie's throat and her 2 front paws are on winnie's jaws. the cat who is 1/4 of winnie's size is beating her up. i am now laughing like crazy as tigger drops her hold on winnie and runs and hides. a little while later tigger is hiding next to the tv the other dog gracie comes out of the kitchen and tigger runs at her leaps up lands on her head and jumps off landing on the other side of gracie. poor gracie just freezes and tigger reaches up and swats at gracies nose. sometimes i think tigger thinks she is a dog and a bully as well.

happy and tired

2009-10-22T11:13:00.000-04:00

right now i and the rest of the philadelphia area are exhausted and excited. THE PHILLIES are going to the world series for the second year in a row. for 10 years i had season tickets and they never even came close to going to the playoffs. my date for all of the years i had tickets was my dad. he decided that going to 14 games a year was not enough so since he retired he got a job as a phillies usher. he has worked almost evey home game for the last four years. last year he went to all of the playoff and world series games. now he gets to see the world series again this year. i am phillies red with envy. GO PHILLIES !!!!

the house

2009-10-20T09:57:00.000-04:00

well if you live on the east coast you know what friday and saturday's weather was like. cold rainy mess. i drove to the shore in the rain friday and home saturday. not a fun drive that was for sure. we cleaned on friday until around 11 pm then got up saturday and cleaned until lunch. we poked through stuff in the attic and loaded up bag after bag of trash. all of my uncles clothing is now gone that freed up 4 dressers, 3 closets, 2 storage bins in the attic and 3 laundry baskets. we also were finally able to finally match up all the sheets in the house. now that they are sorted we can make beds without going through 20 sheets to find the ones that go together. the fridge and freezer are empty and there is little to no food left in the house. the next thing is the attic. for this we need a 30 yard dumpster and all the muscles we can recruit. hopefully when we go down again in november we can tackle the attic. even with everything we threw away we still managed to fill all three cars for the trip home. on a brighter note the phillies are up 3 games to 1 in the national league championship series. yeah!!!

UPDATE

2009-10-13T14:53:00.000-04:00

well the clean out has begun. between bags of trash and stuff to sell we have barely made a dent in the work to be done at my uncles house. i am going down this weekend with my parents and brother for another session of cleaning and trash.

winnie and tigger are continuing their partnership in crime. winnie has gotten hold of one of my books and torn the cover and tigger decided to check out our dinner Sunday night hot out of the oven. tigger also has been draging around the bell on a string from one of her toys her favorite place to leave the bell is in the garbage disposal.

i am still late but the test i took was negative. if i am pregnant i will be really suprised. oh well we will find out in a few weeks. i think it is from stress since this has happened before during stressful times so we shall see. ( yes i have only taken one for now )

not much else is going on. hubby is happily reading wood burning forums and gleefully lighting a fire in the wood stove every night. i am sure by spring he will be ready for a break again but right now he is having a blast.

winnie and tigger

2009-10-05T16:28:00.000-04:00

ok hubby and i are ready to fatten our dog winnie back up. over the spring she had lyme disease and had trouble with her one leg. she laid around and ate so she got too fat. we have put her on a diet through the vet's office and she has lost close to 5 pounds. this of course means she is back to her bad self. instead of laying around and sleeping she doesn't know what to get into next. every morning she steals one of hubby's shoes and pulls out the inner sole. runs around the house barking at every little noise. stands up on her hind legs reaches up on the dresser, pulls the cover forward and runs off with anything that gets into her reach. this means unerwear, towels, shirts, socks and papers. all trash cans must be at least 3 feet off the floor or she dumps them over. on sunday she reached up on the kitchen counter and pulled the towel forward to knock the marro bones off and gobbled them up. when she can't reach things she gets help from the cat. tigger will poke her paws into anything on the stove. yes even if it is hot. sunday afternoon i stuffed a small chicken for dinner. it came with innards which i boiled and was going to cut up as a treat for the dogs. tigger fished them out of the pot of hot water one by one rolled them around on the counter and onto the floor for the dogs to enjoy early.
winnie still needs to loose about 5 more pounds heaven help me when she does i may loose my sanity from all the trouble she will find to get into then.

how did i end up on the rollercoaster???

2009-10-01T15:11:00.000-04:00

up until the begining of september my life was more like the merry-go-round. the horses have thier stride life goes up and down in gentle rolling hills sort of like cruise control. then WHAM!!!! next thing i know turmoil. i have known my uncle was dying for a while. his going hit me hard anyway. 4 days after one of the happiest days of my life to one of the saddest. now the really hard part the aftermath. my uncle left a HUGE! HUGE! HUGE! mess. unpaid bills, more crap crammed into his house than a family of 4 could use in a year, spoiled food, junk everywhere and don't even ask how dirty the house is. my mom is stuck with the worst part the bills and estate stuff. Now we have to straighten out his affairs and hope that in the end we can keep his house. my mom thinks we may have to sell i want to rent the house and use the cottage out back for vacations and weekends at the beach. slowly i think my mom is coming around to the renting idea. it makes sense for everyone. the house would be occupied year round and less work for us and we would still be able to enjoy the beach, as an added plus renting would also cover the taxes for the house.while i love rollercoasters and i know this one will end, it would have been nice to be more prepared for the sudden shift.
PS to make things even more interesting I AM LATE. no we have not been trying lately so who knows.

saying goodbye

2009-09-24T11:01:00.000-04:00

sometime in the next few day i need to say a final goodbye. last night we lost my uncle. he was so much more to me than just an uncle though. He rasied my mom and her other brother when their father passed away. at the time my mom was not even 2 and her other brother was 4. that left my grandmom and my uncle who was 16 at the time with 2 small kids to raise. i guess i veiwed him more as my granfather and the only father figure my mom ever knew. I will miss you uncle O goodbye

day 3 of the rampage

2009-09-22T13:56:00.000-04:00

the cat has been a terror lately. after spending most of saturday hiding she is making up for lost time. she is climbing the screen to the sliders. fishing things out of the garbage disposal, knocking things on the floor and trying to get into the left over cake in the cake box. just closing the box is no longer enough. when i finally got home last night i found the cake box taped shut with duct tape. seems husband spent most of monday chasing her away from the box and picking up plates and napkins she knocked on the floor. even after taping the box closed she was still trying to get to the cake by poking her arm inbetween pieces of tape. my job tonight after dinner cut up the cake and store in the fridge. maybe then the cat will calm down. probably not since there are 2 dogs to annoy but one can hope.

post party wrap up

2009-09-21T14:01:00.000-04:00

well everyone had a great time. stuffed them selves and just enjoyed the beautiful day. my nephew wanted to know why so many people were there at "his" party. all the kids had a blast jumping in the bouncer and exploring the woods around my house. they also had as much water ice as they could get away with eating. everyone else just enjoyed getting together and celbrating with us. i got a chance to visit with everyone through out the afternoon and had extra help cleaning up. my dogs loved having so many people there as well they happily begged all day long. yes everyone caved and fed them too. now they think they are people. the cat hid under the bed in our bedroom and never came out until almost everyone had left. then she went on a rampage through the house for 3 or 4 hours.

2 days

2009-09-17T16:33:00.002-04:00

aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! I have spent today writing out a list of things to do tomorrow for the party. OMG !!!!! i have a ton to do hope there is enough time tomorrow. oh and to make things even more crazy my mother in law took 2 of her dogs for a walk last night and one was attacked by a pitt bull. mom has stiches in her hands and little D needed emergency surgury. we are waiting to here if D will be ok. Of course the dog once it finally let go disappeared and the owner doesn't know where it is. yeah right. hopefully the cops will catch the dog and the owner will be punished. the other dog Z is fine she was smart enough to run home.

3 days

2009-09-16T11:02:00.000-04:00

until the PARTY!!! i can't wait. the house is cleaned, painted and prepped. food is precooked prediced and ordered for saturday. friday i will be doing the last minute cleaning, making dips and cutting up fruit and final food prep. saturday i get to party.

the cat

2009-09-08T14:32:00.000-04:00

she turned 1 in august and may not live to see 2. she has been really crazy lately. so far she attaacks your feet any time you step into our basement. most of the time this is right after nearly knocking you down the stairs when you open the door and go 2 or 3 steps down. we got a pop up dog crate. the dogs will not even step foot in it. the cat however loves it. she sits just inside taunting the dogs, she tries to sit on top but it collapes. she also gets inside and rolls the pop up crate at the dogs. this is when she is not having a stare down, walking up to one of the dogs and hitting them and annoying them so they will chase her. yesterday was the topper. my husband needed a haircut. so we get out the clippers and leave the door open the dogs come outside and so does tigger. i rescue the cat from where the dogs pinned her down half way through the haircut. when we are done we realise the cat is not in the yard. after 1/2 and hour of wandering the neighborhood we finally spy her in the woods behind our house. our house in the side of a hill. we hike up the hill then chase her aroung in the sticker bushes for another 1/2 hour until finally she gets to a place where my husband can pounce on her. he comes out of the bushes with mad cat in tow and blood running down his arms and legs. if she wasn't so cute she might be looking for a new home right about now.

the dogs

2009-09-02T12:00:00.000-04:00

this past spring my adorable dog winnie came down with lyme disease. she was sore, limping, and cranky. after a month of meds and 2 shots she was better but still sleepy and not moving much and limping a bit here and there. the vet at her yearly check up said she is over weight so now she is on a diet. the best part is she has had more energy and has been running around more lately. she goes back in 2 weeks to see how she is doing. Gracie my other dog has lost weight since coming to live with us. she now wants to run and play. every night we take both dogs out around dusk for a run on the hill in our yard. ( oh wait our yard is a hill) anyway gracie wanted to wrestle and play with winnie one night. they were both at the top of the hill. winnie was facing down hill and gracie was perpendicular to her. when winnie jumped on gracie to play gracie lost her balance and rolled down the hill. i wish i had my camera. after about 3 revolutions gracie comes to a stop stands up and shakes herself then runs back up the hill after winnie. meanwhile i am now laughing so hard tears are rolling down my face. this is life with 2 dogs. the only thing funnier is the cat ( more about her next time)

the bad blogger

2009-09-01T14:52:00.000-04:00

it has been a busy and unsual summer. rain in june wonderful in july with a touch of getting married and a hot an hazy august with birthdays and party plans. september will hopefully slow down once the PARTY is over. I can't wait, 18 days to go and then i get to hang out with our combined families and enjoy the newly weddedness. we may not have wanted a traditional wedding but i am excited to see family and friends and celebrate finally getting married. for those of you wondering the second best part of marriage topped only by my husband is the increase in my pay check. no raise just a tax change that puts more money in my pocket every week. YEAH!!!!

mourning the end of summer

2009-08-21T14:22:00.000-04:00

it is coming way too fast. my favorite season. heat humidity, shorts, sleevless tops, swimming in the ocean. all soon to be a memory. it goes by so quickly now as an adult. working monday to friday and only having weekends to enjoy makes the season way too short. oh to be a kid again swimming every day , staying up late, going to the beach. how i miss thoughs days. maybe i should finally go back to school and get my teaching degree. then i could havve lazy kid friendly summers again.

42

2009-08-11T11:14:00.001-04:00

my age and the answer to life, the universe and everything

4 days

2009-08-07T16:00:00.001-04:00

til my birthday. the best pasrt is that for the first time since i started my job i can take my birthday off. so i am shore bound monday night and returning wednesday afternoon. yeah!!!

how did my mom forget

2009-08-05T11:39:00.000-04:00

how old my brother will be this year. i know a lot is going on around her right now with her brother getting to go home from rehabing a broken hip and her son and grandkids moving in but really. last year we were planning a double 40th party for my brother and sister in law. how soon we forget. i must admit that i had a rolling on the floor laughing my butt off moment when I realised she had forgotten. i also have been gleefully rubbing it in as well. (i klnow i am so mean) :) so in case i don't post between now and then happy birthday little brother.

2 weeks and counting

2009-07-27T12:55:00.000-04:00

so you ask how is married life after 2 weeks. well i am happy to say it is the same as before we were married. this is not a bad thing. many people get married then move in together. that makes the first year of marriage hell or so i'm told. for us we have been living together for 2 and 1/2 years. we already know how to live together and made the commitment to each long before we got the legal papers. so for us this was more of a way to make sure our family and friends know that we are committed to being together. parents will always like seeing that legal paper that says married on it. for us getting winnie was the time when we committed ourselves to a life together. we knew if we were ready for a "starter child" we were comitting to a life together. winnie turned 2 in june and we adopted her almost 2 years ago. we are just a little slow getting the paperwork done legally.

married

2009-07-13T15:20:00.001-04:00

July 11th 2009

sssshhhhhh!!

2009-07-09T16:03:00.001-04:00

can you all keep a secret?? i'm getting married. i am so excited. when?? i'm not telling. keep checking back for the offical date.

so where have i been

2009-06-23T14:22:00.000-04:00

no where really. beerfest was fun. drank too much but had a blast. worked all week then went to the shore last weekend. checked on my uncle and enjoyed a little tiny bit of sun. i am still trying to get out in the sun but it has been raining too much around my way lately. this is the first week it is starting to feel like summer. boyfriend and i are planning some good stuff for the summer and a house warming party for the fall. we wanted to do it over the summer but some of our family is out of town for july and august so. we are aiming for sept.
other than that things are good. dogs are happy and winnie has even forgiven us for shaving her bottom bald. soon we may not even be able to play connect the freckles on her butt. at least enough hair has grown in we don't have to worry she will get sunburned going out to pee. tigger is getting funnier everyday. she loves the new dehumidifier in the basement. she rubs up against it and is thrilled to have full access to the entire basement again. she also loves that we need to empty it at least once a day and check it at least 2 or 3 times and she can attack our ankles when we enter the basement. gracie follows boyfriend every where he goes. yes every where or at least tries. she is doing well and has been a great addition to our family. if i am not around much i am enjoying my summer see you when things slow down in the fall

beer fest

2009-06-12T14:09:00.000-04:00

boyfriend and i are going to a beer fest. my first. lots of friends beer and food. can't wait for the weekend

busy weekend

2009-06-09T15:32:00.001-04:00

here is winnie before and after her haircut. notice the pink skin and freckles now visable all over her. i did not want her cut so short but that is what we got.

the shower was good. lots of traffic to annoy me but the party was good. i am glad it is behind me.

baby shower

2009-06-03T14:57:00.001-04:00

this weekend i am going to a baby shower. i am feeling lots of things right now.
1 freaked out. the shower is for my soon to be ex sister inlaw's sister. wow what a mouthful. anyway i am picking up my niece for the shower
2. sad. i really hoped to be pregnant by now and it will be hard seeing someone pregant when i want to be so bad.
3. happy the mom to be is married and happy. since i have known her since she was still in elementery school i am happy that she is in a good place.
all of this is swirling around in my head and i still have to go buy a gift. i know i know i am really pushing the last minute. i know it will be fun and my niece will be there but it will also be weird. the last time we all saw each other was my nephews birthday right before the split. wish me luck

busy not being busy

2009-05-28T14:39:00.000-04:00

not much to post lately. we are chugging along like everyone else. not even anything interesting to tell .

TGIF

2009-05-15T11:12:00.000-04:00

now how do i make the day go faster??? it is dragging by and i am so bored. it doesn't help i am thinking of all the stuff i could be getting done at home before we go to the shore tomorrow. 80 degrees and a beach what more could you ask for in may. we are taking the dogs and leaving the cat. heaven help us when we get home on sunday. the cat will have 24 hours with no dogs and extra food. i am sure her bowls will be empty and she will be starving when we return. i can't wait to take the dogs on the beach. they will love the exercise and being spoiled by my dad.

still recovering

2009-05-12T14:29:00.000-04:00

wow busy weekend. on saturday my parents brought the last of my stuff to my house and my neice and nephew for a sleepover. my parents stayed for lunch so we bbq burgers yummy. after that it was my time with the kids. we went to a local ochard to check it out and to a local playground. the kids and i had a blast. before heading back to my house we stopped at the dollar store. the kids got bubbles, sidewalk chalk and a toy and i grabbed a few things we needed. then we played more at my house. the dogs ran all day and only took a short nap instead of half a day nap. gracie followed ben every where. she ran around so much and refused to leave his side i had to make him stand next to the water bowl so she would drink. after dinner we played some more and then it was bath time. my nephew was filthy. i think there is still a ring of dirt in my tub from him. then my niece got clean too. afterward we made popcorn and watched a movie. after that we watch some more tv and i finally told the kids to go to slepp i was exhausted. around 3:30 in the morning my nephew decided it was time to sleep with me and boyfriend. i said ok and moved over so he could be on the end. he wasn't fast enough and winnie moved right in and took the spot i made. so i backed up and moved her off and he snuck in the middle of the bed. the next few hours consisted of elbows and knees to the head and ribs. sunday we got up and made breakfast eggs and pancakes. we played a bit more and then left to meet there dad and my mom for lunch. we had a great time but i am still recovering from so much excitement. we are also preparing for next weekend when we will drive to the shore to get the house ready for summer and check on my uncle. another busy and crazy weekend to come.

yeah for the weekend

2009-05-08T21:05:00.000-04:00

we are having my niece and nephew stay over. i can't wait yeah!!!

wednesday again

2009-05-06T15:40:00.000-04:00

well this week is slowly going by. having a 3 day weekend even if i was sick makes this week feel even longer.our newest dog gracie was a bit nervous last night. every time one of us moved she jumped up and would run around. she kept scaring winnie who was trying to sleep. there must have been thunder in the area. we didn't notice but she must have heard it. i must say if anyone told me that i would live on an acre and a half of ground and have 2 dogs and a cat i would have laughed and said not me. see i have a confession. until getting winnie i was afraid of dogs. they made me very nervous and i hated when they would bark, jump at me or lick me. most of that goes back to an incident when i was a toddler and a dog jumped into the playpen i was in at the time. i grew up around a few dogs but never spending any real time with one to get over my fear. now i must say I LOVE MY DOGS !! having them has been the best experience and i wish i could have had one sooner. i love my boyfriend for so many things and i am ever grateful to him for convincing me to get a dog. i don't think i will ever not have one around again. when i talked to boyfriend about taking gracie from my brother and sister-in-law because they were spliting up i was suprised at how fast he agreed to take her even though he had never even seen the dog
before. i must say we have quite a little family going. i can't wait to add to the bunch.

no work friday

2009-05-01T20:44:00.000-04:00

well i stayed home from work today. i tried to sleep thursday night and that didn't work i couldn't fall asleep at first because my sinus were dripping and making me cough and when i did fall asleep the same thing would happen and i would wake up. i did finally get a few hours this morning and naps with waking up this afternoon. i am hoping a weekend of sleep will send this cold packing. i don't have anything to do so i can rest and hopefully get better for next weekend.

NEW TIRES

2009-04-29T10:59:00.000-04:00

for the past few months one of the tires on my car keeps getting low. lately it has been getting more and more frequent. we have also noticed that my tires are getting bald. boyfriend and i have been pricing them and debating what to do. they are really expensive tires since the dealership upgraded the rims to try to sell the car becuase it was returned. last night by the time i got home the tire was flat. boyfriend put air in it to see if it would hold until he could take my car for new tires today. so much for putting some money away first. we had hoped to be able to do 2 pay them off and do 2 more but boyfriend got a deal. we buy 3 and get the 4th one free. so now i am getting 4 new tires and i will be safer on the road.

just my luck

2009-04-27T16:31:00.000-04:00

temps in the 80 and me home sick all weekend. nothing like a cold on top of allergies to make your weekend lousy. satuday i did feel up to a bit of gardening and got the laundry and grocery shopping done but that was all. sun i slept went to the communion party sleeping in the car on the way to the party and home and napping more when i got home. i did get a good night's sleep last night so i am feeling better today but i am losing my voice now too. i really do hate spring. i order of summer please.

yeah for the weekend

2009-04-24T11:40:00.001-04:00

well i am ready for the weekend. this has been an emotional week and i am ready to enjoy my time off and spoil my dogs. winnie ran over and greeted me at the door last night. i was so happy to see her moving around and using all 4 feet. she slept alot during the day but was more like herself last night. this morning she was wiggling in between us this morning in bed when the alarm went off. looking for her morning snuggle and pets.
we are getting summer like temp in my area this weekend and i am so ready to do more gardening and enjoy the outdoors again on satuday. we also have a 1st communion party to go to for one of boyfriends cousin's on sunday.

update

2009-04-23T10:45:00.000-04:00

i am a bad mommy. my poor little winnie has lyme disease and another one from ticks. her foot is due to joint swelling and pain. last night when i got home she was just laying on the floor with these huge sad eyes. all i wanted to do was cry. this morning she was barely moving around so we knew that it was more than her foot. my boyfriend took her to the vet and now she has gotten a shot and pills to take and will be going back for more shots in 2 weeks. i am so relieved that she will be well again. i miss the bossy little dog that jumps up on my bed in the morning and licks me in greeting every day and wakes me up on the weekends. the cat is running amuck throught the house unchecked and things are just not right.

worried about winnie

2009-04-22T13:32:00.000-04:00

my cute fuzzy little white dog hurt her foot. we don't know what she did but last night and this morning she will not put her one foot on the floor. i called the vet who of course is not in the office today and she will be getting checked out tomorrow. hopefully it is nothing serious. we can't see any swelling, bleeding, and she is not chewing on it but of course she won't let us check it out either. update tomorrow

busy weekend

2009-04-20T10:45:00.000-04:00

wow what a nice weekend. i washed my car and worked on our gardens. i cleaned out the one in front of the house and part of the one in front of the garage. i even started some plants.

yeah for a beautiful weekend

2009-04-17T13:40:00.000-04:00

i am excited for this weekend the weather is warming up and maybe a dose of sunshine will make me feel better. i have been exhausted for the past week. in bed asleep by 9pm. i hate spring i long for steady weather. this 30's one day 60's the next and who know what the next just kills me. only 65 days til summer and 46 day til memorial day weekend. yes i am counting and using tooth picks to keep my eyes open until the weather steadies into all warm all the time.

dad 1 fuzzy white dog 0

2009-04-09T21:10:00.000-04:00

my boyfriend went to put the leash on winnie and she freaked. she ran toward our bed room to hide under the bed. boyfriend thinking ahead had closed the door. unfortunaly the door was not closed tight and when winnie barreled into the door it popped open. since that is her safe spot and she growls and snaps if you try to pull her out boyfriend took the covers off the bed moved the mattress and lifted the box spring. he grabbed the dog and put on her leash. winnie then turned into the angel dog and happily pranced around on the leash and got in the car and went to the vets office. there she sniffed the new vets office and happily went with the vet for her shot. before we bought our house she never went out without her leash. when we first moved in we would have to go outside with her so she would go. lately winnie has decided that she doesn't want the leash on and fights us. how far she has come since oct.