Sometimes It's Good To Be Speechless

In recent news....

2011-08-30T09:22:00.000-07:00

That I'd update you real fast....

WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!

We have been working on it for the past couple of months and its almost ready for us to move in!

Pictures to come on the blog soon but for now, here is the link to the facebook album.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150297313895100.379832.512475099&l=5dc89b8cdb&type=1

All Those Yesterdays

2011-06-20T16:33:00.000-07:00

I know I'm young

I know I haven't seen my share of life

I know that more is to come

This blog is dedicated to my friends that have taken their lives in the past couple years and for the ones that their hearts were too big that God couldn't let them live.

Zeak, Whitney, and Bo

This was a date that I went on with Bo. (He's in the red)

I feel like you were stolen. That I'll find you soon, that you're not really gone. That I can still hear your laughter, your voice.

I'm worried I won't remember it for much long.

Zeak, and Bo were easier because of the distance, but I shouldn't say it was easier just more surreal. I don't miss them any less.

Whitney, yours was hard to deal with. I am lucky I had my dear sweet husband to lean on; to cry on. You disappeared for a month, I was hoping you had just ran off to Mexico or Cali. But I knew that wasn't it. My heart broke for you. You are loved by so many. Your memorial service was packed, your friends stood out in the rain to be close to you for one last time, even if they couldn't hear your mom, dad and sister speak. Just prior to you disappearing we had just pulled an all nighter at Costco making pumpkin pies! I had picked you up and we jammed out to Ke$ha in the parking lot. Despite working Midnight to 8:30 am we had a blast. You made it easier.

I swear I can still hear your laughter, sometimes I turn around just to see.

Whitney, I love you.

Zeak, you were taken too soon, we weren't ready. ( I won't say that you weren't because maybe they needed you too) We love you.

Bo, I only knew you for two years, you were my Student Body President, we went on a date. You were a wonderful man.

This is a poem I wrote years ago. I will share it with you now.

Time

Dip below the horizon, feel the breeze
Let the angles graze your skin, feel the love
Let time fly past you, feel it freeze
Sleepless roads drive you to madness and above

Write your name in the timeless sky
Free fall to the world you used to know
Speak to me in riddles or just lie
Let the storm make you bend and bow

It’s always raining here in the dark
Time and place slip through the delicate cracks
Hold onto light as the morning lark
My love, can you give me what you lack?

Traces of time never end here
Let hope, love, and life take steer

My husband Rocks Friday!

2011-05-13T17:11:00.000-07:00

I love this man so much.

We started taking dance lessons last winter and it has been the best thing for our relationship. I have learned to listen better and to just relax.

I tell people that we have dancing on Thursday nights and they look at me and say " How did you get your husband to go with you?" And I say, "He was the one that suggested it."

If you can get your husband to go, I highly suggest it.

He supports me in everything I do.

Our three year anniversary is coming up and I am so excited because we will be in our house! Our own home; together; to start a family.

I can not wait to start a family with this man. Our children are going to have a wonderful, loving, smart, funny, compassionate, and supportive father.

He tells me all the time the things he plans on doing with them, which makes me the happiest of all.

He always makes me smile and laugh.

We have the same sense of humor, which is awesome. I hate when I am at work or grocery shopping without him and I see something that would make us both crack up and he isn't there to share it with me. I have to try to to remember it so I can tell him later.

He makes he get off my butt and do stuff!

I have always been a home-body, since I was little. I never wanted to go and play outside, just sit and read, color, or make a puzzle. But this man, has hobbies! Dirt Bikes, and boating and camping! Oh the adventures we have!

I can not wait to spend the rest of my life with him.

Back In Business?

2011-05-09T19:22:00.000-07:00

Absent yet again…

And a lot has been going on….

We sold the boat!  

And currently living with the in-laws, but the end justifies the means

I know I said that wasn’t in our plans for awhile but we had a change of heart.

With everything we have here (our jobs, family and friends) we’ve decided to stick around western Washington and not move to eastern Washington, at least not in the near future. We are extremely happy with our decision.

We are even in the process of purchasing a house!

A house! I am SO excited to have my own nest! I can decorate till my heart’s content; we can do things our way instead of worrying about resale. This is going to be ours; a home.

The house we are in the process of getting is in need of some love, nothing major just some paint, landscaping, carpet and so on. Would you expect anything less from us afterwe overhauled the boat?

I have missed blogging so much; I’ve missed the stalking and the love.

For those of you that have watched the progression of the boat here are the final pictures.

Photo Dump!

Wow...

2011-02-01T15:30:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, I am so sorry its been so long.
I am sure no one follows me anymore because I have been so absent. Almost a full year!
But for those of you that do, thank you.

I will try to be a better blogger! Hopefully we will get internet on the boat here soon. Cross your fingers.

Yes, we are still living on the boat.

We are still afloat, and well. We are hoping to sell it though this summer. We are burnt out living on it. We want room, a house, a family.

A lot has happend over the year, we took the boat out of the water last July and painted the bottom.

This is before:

And this is after:

Travis took me to the Seattle Aquarium for my birthday in November!

For Christmas Travis got me my first pair of Designer shoes!
Coach baby!!!

For New Year's we went to Seattle Center again!

Oh and last year I became a CAKE DECORATOR!!! I am so so so happy!

So for the most part, we've gotten caught up!

And little did you know, I've stalked you all on my hiatus!

Some Thursday Musing

2010-05-27T12:06:00.000-07:00

Howdy everyone, its been awhile!

Work has been crazy, and so has boat life!

We are getting ready to pull the boat out of the water to paint the bottom and the hull. The weather around here has not been nice! I think Washington is beautiful but this weather! Oh my! One minute its sunny, the next its pouring down rain! We can't get any of our prep work done! Cross your fingers that we can get this hunk painted and this monkey off our back!

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So i switched jobs for a couple months, instead of the food court, I was doing the morning stocking. I had to be at work at 5:15! It was hard getting up at 4:00 am! But I got accustomed to it pretty fast, so I got home around 2:00 or so.

Let me tell you what I got some pretty good pictures of the happenings in the Harbor!

I love this old man and his dog, who row around the harbor all day!

I just thought this was the neatest boat!

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My mother-in-law made my husband and I the most gorgeous quilt as a "boat warming" present. She spent a few weeks working on it and surprised me with it in March. I love it!

This is the back, she always names and signs them.

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I know easter was a while ago, but i had to put some pictures of my wonderful nephews on here!
We went to my sister-in-laws church, then went over for brunch!

I was trying to get a picture with Joseph but he was too busy playing video games with my brother-in-law Steve.

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I hope everyone is having a good start to their summer!!

Going Bye Bye...

2010-05-05T15:41:00.000-07:00

Not me! no worries I am not going anywhere

But my doggie Charlie loves to go Bye Bye in the Corvette...

I've been wanting to drive the Vette to work, but we haven't been able to because of Charlie, but we have a solution!

A Quilt! I don't know why I didn't think of that before!

So now he is loving it!

He does get a little bored waiting for school buses though...

Just a note to say

2010-03-02T12:05:00.000-08:00

That I love my husband. I really truly do. I know I am young, we both are young. But I have never ever felt this strongly about someone.
He is my best friend. I tell him everything, he tells me everything. I am so grateful for him, he puts through a lot of my stuff.

I know I still have a lot of growing up to but he is so patient with me. I never knew this kind of loved exsisted. Travis is most definetly not one of those blundering husbands you see on TV, in fact he is the one that keeps me in check! Not that I am putting myself down, I just know he is the more organzied one!

He took such good care of me while I was healing from my ovarian cyst burst. He held my hand when I got my very first IV. I couldn't have down it without him. He even bought me heat packs, and got me a biscuts and gravy breakfast from the best diner in town, even held me hair back when I threw it all up.

Why do you love your husband or signifcant other?

Dancing the Night Away!

2010-02-21T10:26:00.000-08:00

So Valentine's Day was so amazing! We celebrated it a day early though, since we both worked on Sunday.

Ever since we got married we wanted to try dancing together, but our schedules wouldn't allow it. Needless to say when we got the chance we jumped on it.

We looked everywhere for places to go here in the Sound, and we found one! It was called the Red and White Ball. It was a combination of everything! Swing, Rumba, Cha-Cha, Salsa, thank goodness there was a lesson before the dancing! I have two left feet, so I was grateful that Travis has lots of patients.

We had a blast! We will most definitely be doing that again!

There was a man there that saw us struggle a little bit so he told about this place in Olympia the would teach a beginner's swing class then 3 hours of dancing. We decided to give it a try. I picked it up a lot better than the rumba we learned at the red and white ball.

Sorry if this post is a little jumpy, I am on pain pills because yesterday I had an ovarian cyst burst. I went to the ER early Tuesday morning, not sure of what my extreme pain was. The Doctor ran a bunch of test and did a CAT scan and found A LOT of blood in my lower abdomen from the burst cyct. I am still in a lot of pain and can barely walk, but I am improving.

This is becoming a habit

2010-02-11T13:53:00.000-08:00

A lot has happened over the past week! I wish I could’ve posted more, but time doesn’t allow it!

On Saturday we finally went Trail Riding. It was perfect weather too, sunny and semi-warm. So we loaded up the bikes and drove the 45 minutes to Belfair. There were so many people there too; I guess everyone had the same idea we did! We had the fear that it was going to be too crowed and we’d run into people on the trails. Thankfully Travis rode on ahead of me to make sure I didn’t hit anyone or anyone hit me. We only ran into a few other riders and few Quad-riders other than that it was a nice day of riding!

The trails were perfect, just wet enough that we didn’t slide around in the dry clay and dry enough that we didn’t get stuck in the mud. Needless to say after our long day of riding we were soaking wet and muddy and so were the bikes.

This week I have 4 days off! I am so happy, I need the little vacation. But one day was cut short because they called me into work, one of the girls got strep and my supervisor needed to go to the hospital. I can’t leave my crew in a lurch so I went in for a few hours to help out. And on my way home last night I heard a ton of sirens heading to the historic harbor where we live. Anyway I was heading home and the road was blocked off, the cop was setting up road flares when I drove down there. I thought maybe there was a big accident; the roads were pretty wet so I didn’t doubt it at all. But as I went on another side road to go around the mess, I noticed this little bistro was engulfed in flames. This bistro was around for 108 years. We could actually see the flames from the boat when I finally got there. What a terrible night for the owner and her daughters.

I hope everyone has a great Valentine’s Day. I am not sure what we are doing; every time I bring it up Travis always tells me that we’ll talk about it later. He is so sneaky! But I will take lots of pictures and update when it’s all over!

Happy Thursday

2010-02-04T06:57:00.000-08:00

It's strange after not blogging for a while, you forget what to blog about!

I need to get the ball rolling again!

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So the weather in Washington has been amazing! 54 degrees in February! I love it, and no snow this winter. I was so worried that we were going to get snow because we bought a Corvette but nope!

Although we have gotten unusually warm winter, it still has been rainy and gloomy. But every once in a while we will get a sunny, blue day! Tuesday was one of those days. It was a beautiful day and we planned to go trail riding on dirt bikes on Wednesday.

So we got everything together and we were set our alarms early...and it was pouring Wednesday morning! We just laughed and snuggled back into bed. No really knows what the weather is supposed to do!

But yesterday was such a nice relaxing day, we got up at like 11 and we had breakfast, took the puppy for a walk and snuggled into the couch.

5 o'clock rolled around and I got a call from work, I didn't pick it up hoping they would leave me a message. They called back again at like 5:45, this time I picked it up. It was my supervisor, she asked me where I was and I told her sitting on my couch, she said that was supposed to be there at 5! Let me tell you what, I don't think I have ever moved that fast!

I ended up being an hour late, which means I'll probably get written up...oh well I guess it happens huh?

I hope everyone is doing alright! It feels great to be back!

Back in Business!

2010-01-15T11:00:00.000-08:00

Wow, everyone its been way too long!

We finally have wireless internet for the boat!

So as an update, I will post some progress pictures of the interior of the boat.

Life has been great on here on the boat so far. A lot of rain but no snow thankfully!

Charlie has been loving boat life. He is a very lazy dog! He sleeps on his bed all day, don’t get me wrong he loves his walks but he would much rather be inside sleeping with people all day, then outside without the people. Very odd dog, but we love him regardless.

I have recently become obsessed with Lady GaGa. I know she is crazy but her music is so unique! I was really hesitant at first to like her because I thought she was going to be like every other “pop” star.

I am still working at Costco, almost been two years now! I can’t believe it’s been that long. I hoping to get out of the Food Court soon and maybe go to membership.

I hope everything is going good for everyone else! I have missed you all quite a bit.

To my blog family, I am back in business!!

Its been forever!

2009-11-25T13:39:00.000-08:00

Wow everyone! I am so sorry! I have been gone for a long time!

Our yacht is semi-complete. We are comfortably living on it now. We have all the amenities a cozy home could want; fridge, stove, oven, TV, shower, toilet, heaters, a queen size bed.

Life is going great!

My husband sold his street bike and bought me a shiny red corvette! Oh its amazing.

Thank you all for putting up with me over the past few months!
I should be getting back into the swing of things at least once a week until we get internet on our boat.

I hope you all have a lovely and happy thanksgiving!

Semi-Wordless Wednesday

2009-07-22T10:40:00.000-07:00

Greetings new followers. Thank you for all the warm wishings and sweet comments on my Featured Blog day.
You all are too kind.

I hope you stick with me, this will be a fun journey.
I am still trying to comment on everyone else's blog who came to visit me. I will get to you.

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Welcome Welcome!

2009-07-21T00:00:00.000-07:00

Wow!

Thank you SITS for the letting me have the spotlight for one day.

For those of you joining me for the first time, welcome!
I have been absent for a while, many things going on with my life.

Catch up here:
Buying a Yacht

Read about our family here:
Charlie
One Year
The Love Story

But please stick around there should be more to come in about a month.

What a happy day.

Wordless Wednesday

2009-07-15T08:51:00.000-07:00

Its high time I began this tradition.

One Year Ago...

2009-07-05T12:28:00.000-07:00

One year ago, it was the best day of my life.

I had the time of my life.

I got married to my best friend.

They say the first year is the hardest.

I think we made it without a hitch.

If we can survive living with in-laws for over a year I believe we can survive anything.

Yesterday we celebrated our anniversary a day early since Travis has to work today.

I live in Puget Sound Washington and there are so many islands I have been dying to go to. Yesterday Travis surprised me with a Ferry Ride from Tacoma to Vashon Island! We have been thinking of actually moving to Vashon so we wanted to check it out.

I think we actually covered the whole island on his bike! We went down all the back roads side roads, beach access roads. We had a blast.

For lunch we wanted to cruise around town and find a local hot spot. And boy did we! Vashon is very much a hippie town. I spotted this restaurant on the side of the road called The Monkey Tree. I really just liked the name. So we walked in and we were handed a Menu. Travis and I were looking through it and realized there were no entres with meat!
I had picked a Vegetarian restaurant!

I was a little sceptic I had never eated a full vegetarian meal. But I ordered a Roasted Fig and Gorgonzola Grilled Sandwhich.

It was amazing! I had never had anything so good! Travis was more like a breakfast meal. He liked mine better. I couldn't finish mine so he had the rest. After that meal, we decieded we could be vegetarian! It filled us up but didn't weigh us down!

After lunch we cruised around a lot. It was a so much fun!

Around 7 we headed back to Tacoma to have some dinner then watch the fireworks at 10. We took a long and relaxing dinner to try and kill some time before the festivities.

Our lunch was better.

The fireworks were amazing. They were shot off a barge in the middle of the Sound!

Monday Musings of a Manic Mind

2009-05-11T14:21:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that I haven't posted in over a month.

Wow...

I am a terrible blogger.

I'll get better. Just as soon as we are moved into the boat.

Which will hopefully be next month.

I've been sick this weekend...

No no no not the swine flu..just a cold

But Here are some manic mind musings.

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I know many of you want an update on what we've been doing.

Its been a lot!

Many of which you can't see, but for the stuff that you can see. Here are some pictures.

This is what the wind shield and top looked like before we painted it and put a new top on it.

Here are the after pictures. We had a lot of problems with the paint and the polishing of the aluminum on the sides.

But it's finally done!

This is the teak wood on the outside of the boat. We had to take it off and seal it underneath because it was causing leaks on the inside.

But we got it sanded. It was a really dark grey color before we sanded it.

Oh and don't mind Charlie.. haha

This is one coat of varnish. It looks so good!

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We brought Charlie down to the boat with us. He had so much fun.

I also had fun with my camera.

He is my buddy. Travis thinks he loves me more than him now.

Nah.. but he does love me.

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I am not sure if any of you have come across this problem

but I can not vent on my blog like I would like to.

I have family members and friends and even co workers like read my blog.

But I had this great idea...make an anyonmous blog

that anyone can vent on.

If you would like to participate please e-mail me.

blog_chick88@hotmail.com

If you want to be a publisher you can contact me there.

Or if you would like to just write me a vent post you can do so too.

I am not sure how this will go over, but who knows.. it may become popular

http://ventlifeblog.blogspot.com/

let me know what you think... is it a good idea?

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I hope you all had a wonderful mother's day.

I am only a mom of a cute little puppy.

But I love my mom so much.

I love that woman so much.

She is amazing. I truly hope I can be just like here when I have kids.

She is my best friend. She always has been.

The Engagement Story- MHRF

2009-04-10T12:15:00.000-07:00

It's that time again!

To dive a little deeper into my love story.

I love this blog Carnival.

It makes me so happy.

Today I will tell you about Travis and mine's engagement story.
Its actually kind of funny with a very romantic twist.

I was going to school up at BYU-Idaho at the time Travis and I were dating. He lived in Utah and he would travel to see me at least every other week.
I know what a sweetie huh?

It was the beginning of December and he had just recently quite his job at CycleGear. He was trying to find some work and had a friend that could get him some construction jobs on the side until he found something.

Now this weekend I begged him to come, I was having a rough time up at school and I needed my honey. He told me that he would try but made no guarantees because of the work he might be getting.

At the last minute he called me and said Spud didn't have any work for that weekend so he could come up and see me. I was so excited.
I hadn't seen him in like two or three weeks.

He came up, in the snow and the ice.

He got there early in the morning on Friday morning.
So I skipped all my classes and we spent the day in Idaho Falls.
Idaho Falls had the mall and all the restaurants. It was about 30 minutes from my school.

We went to the mall and we actually spent over 6 hours in the book store.
It was an amazing 6 hours. We read joke books and the LOLcat books.
And books about Nirvina.
It was a fantastic day.
Then, he got a call while we were giggling and browsing.
He didn't tell me who called at first.
He just asked me if I was hungry.

Of course I was!

We found the best Japanese place right by the mall and had wonderful sushi.

At dinner he told me who called.
It was Spud.
He had a job for him to do and he needed him there for the next morning.
I was heartbroken. I had only got to be with him for day.
Granted it was a fantastic day but it was only one day when I hadn't seen him in 2 or 3 weeks.

He told me that he was sorry, but he had to go.
He drove me back to the dorms.
Kissed me goodbye and he was off.

It was a blizzard outside. I was so nervous for him to go.

Now since the semester was almost over at school we had white glove inspection.
I had neglected my duties for cleaning because I had been out with Travis.
I had to go and be cinderella and clean the bathroom.
I was so angry.
I had to scrub the floor, the toliets and the tub.
It had been over an hour since Travis had left and I still wasn't done.

Then one of my roomates came in and said that she had to use the bathroom.
I was furious! Really? She wanted to use the bathroom after I had scrubbed it?

I wasn't in the mood to agrue so I went and sat myself down on the couch to mope some more.

When there was a knock on our door.

I opened it.

And there was Travis standing in the snow.

I was speechless.

He said, I am tired of saying goodbye.
Then he got down on one knee.
And asked me to be his wife.

I jumped on him and said yes.
Travis then asked me if I had forgotten something..

I had forgotten to put my ring on.
I didn't care about the ring
I had him.

I was overjoyed.

My roommates had been in on it the whole time.
She had planned to go into the bathroom at that time so I would have to answer the door.

What a smart man...

Random Thoughts Tuesday

2009-04-07T16:45:00.000-07:00

Something to stimulate my random mind!

I truly am random but I just don't have the time to do posts on them all.

I stole this from Alexis who she doesn't know who she stole it from but I found the Brain Child behind Random Thought Tuesday

The UnMom
I love her blog! Its so cute!

Why do people stand in line for 10 minutes get up to my register, then say Ummm..Ummm... What do you have? Really? You didn't see the giant posters with everything we offer?

I have noticed that very coughlargecough women and men come in and say I NEED I NEED.... NO you do not need anything from this menu!

Why did I spend over 5 hours on my boat without any sun screen?

Why is the one day I don't put the shock collar on my dog he runs across the street into the woods to bark at things all night?

Why do people constantly talk to me like I am deaf or stupid when they order their food? I get paid almost 12 dollars an hour.. it is not McDonalds.

Sorry this isn't more creative..maybe next week.. haha :D

My Love Story- MHRF

2009-04-03T07:33:00.000-07:00

Oh yes he does!

I simply love this Idea from Katy Lin

Marriage has gotten a bad wrap.

I mean have you seen those billboards in Chicago?

Its terrible.

Anyway KatyLin started this blog carnival for fridays.

Read how it got started Here

"My Husband Rocks!"- Fridays

I love the idea. So I am going to try and participate every friday because well...

I love my hubby!

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Travis and I have been married for a few months shy of a year. He is an amazing and patient man.
This is the story on how my life became a love story.

A good friend of mine from high school worked in a motorcycle shop called Cycle Gear. I would always go and visit him from time to time. (it was on my way to work) Cameron was one of my first good friends when I moved to Utah my junior year of high school. I felt out of place and alone and Cameron kind of took me under his wing and introduced me to a lot of his friends. Anyway we've been close every since. (no romantic interest at all)

This one day I go into the shop to visit Cameron. And a guy comes in and we kind of chat for a bit but I had to leave shortly after. Now I didn't think anything of this conversation and a few minutes after I had left Cameron texted me asking me if I wanted to go on a date with him. Now this guy I talked too looked fairly older than me. So I asked him how old he was... Cameron said 29! I told him no way would I go out with someone 11 years my senior! (I was 18 at the time)

He laughed it off and said okay but then asked if I wanted to go on a date with his Manager. Now when I think of manager I think like 30s or 40s too! So I was skeptical at first but then Cameron told me he was 21. Okay I could totally handle that!

Now I had never met this man.

Never.

I had never been on a blind date. I was so nervous

And on top of all that, our first date I was on the back his motorcycle.

So Travis picked me up on his motorcycle.

I had never been on a motorcycle either. Travis even brought me my own helmet. After our first date he actually went out and bought me my own helmet!

On our first date was when I knew he was different from other guys. He knew I was super nervous about riding so at one point he picks up some speed and he gently(not creepy like or anything) placed his hand on my back and pulled me closer to him. He made me feel so safe. I didn't think any man could ever do that for me. (right before we met I just got out of a super abusive relationship)

We've been together ever since.

Stayed tuned till next friday when I share some more juicy insights of my married life.

Until then.

Have many speechless moments.

My spoils!

2009-04-02T12:16:00.000-07:00

I am sorry this has taken me so long to post!

But I wanted to wait until I got everything in Mail. So i could take my happy pictures with my spoils!

Over the past few months that I have been seriously blogging I have won 6 different bloggy giveaways!

I know holy cow right?

And Travis thinks this is a silly past time... HA

Now when I first started blogging. I entered into my first giveaway ever and I won!!! Now I never took the time to thank this person so here it is on this post. I am so sorry this is so late!

I won the Love Actually DVD!

Thank you Kat from Sunshine and Lemonade

So during the SITS spring fling I won 2 giveaways! Woohoo
I didn't even enter that many!

So I won the most adorable pair of earrings and necklace! They are cupcakes!!
Thank you Suzi from http://pinkvanillacupcakes.com"> Pink Vanilla Cupcakes

The second giveaway I won from SITS spring fling was the Little Mermaid Ariel's Beginning.
Thank you Cammie! Life in the House of No Sleep

Now I have a fantastic bloggy friend Alexis. She always holds giveaways! And me just being a good friend and supporting her I enter! And I won the most wonderful giveaway yet!
I gift package from Eden Fantasys!! Oh man Travis and I were very excited!

Thank you Alexis from Running Away? I'll Help You Pack

Then there is this website that does a giveaway a day. I always enter and I think I I am bound to win eventually... haha

And I did.

I won two tickets to go to a show in Utah. I am glad I have family there

So I sent them to my momma and my grandma so they can go.

The lastest giveaway I won was a Honey Kix Cereal gift set!
Now I didn't win intially but because the person who orginally won didn't contact her, I was the next person drawn!

Woo hoo

Now I LOVE cereal and I CAN NOT wait to try it!!!

Thank You Linda from My Trendy Tykes

My dog thinks he's homeless

2009-03-27T23:37:00.000-07:00

Oh I love my dog.

He is so adorable... yet so *brain damaged.

*He's not really brain damaged just..umm a dumb dumb

Anyway Travis and I have a this HUGE box that is right in front of our door to our room*

*we live in a room above the garage..kind of like harry potter but with a little more class

This dog...sleeps in it...

Yes thats right.

He has a nice bed on the porch that my mother in law made.
but nope he wants to sleep in a box

Travis and I decided that if he ever was homeless he'd know how to keep warm.

A terrible Blogger...

2009-03-24T00:12:00.000-07:00

Yes I have been..

a terrible blogger...

I am so sorry everyone

You all follow me in hopes of making you laugh, making you smile

I have only caused disappointment!

But instead of the house... its our yacht...

I have also been working 48 hour weeks, 6 days a week

People are very stoopid...

Now I work in the food court at costco

I do not get paid less and my job is very demanding..but people treat us like the arm pit of Costco... makes me sad

Anyway.. people yell at me; they get within inches of my face and tell me what they want like I can not hear them
Or you have the people that stand in line for a good 5 minutes then suddenly realize there are HUGE posters of the food we have to offer right above their heads! So they stand there another 5 minutes saying Um...Um... I Need I Need...

And I think to myself... no you do not NEED anything from this place... HA

Now that I have vented about the customers..

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I bring you an update with my life!

A couple of weeks ago I went snowboarding!

My hubby is a fantastic teacher! He actually used to be an instructer up where we went. Those familiar with the Washington State area, we went up to Crystal mountain!

We went up here for a wedding.

I so look like a vampire next to tan people..

While there i found something

SO AMAZING

I had to share with you

I was just a little excited.... then i immediately washed my hands and my face...

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So the reason for my poll ^ (up there on the top of my blog)
is because a while back before the hub bub of the Twilight series I began a short story of a Vampire girl... and I was just wondering how many of you would read it if I made a second blog devoted to it.

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Also I have been very bad about posting my Project 365
so I have made a separate blog just for that!!

Check it out here: A Speechless Year

Wanna win some DIAMONDS??

2009-03-16T22:33:00.000-07:00

Not by me...

that would be just silly...

I don't have the money to do a giveaway HA!

I am diggin for change in the couch cushions.

Anyway A blogger whom I just found just switched their blog from blogger to wordpress and lost all their followers and subscribers!

She had 700 and is now down to 0 and its so close to her year mark!

So as a ~~con~~ insentive to get people back she giving away a pair of gorgeous diamond earrings!!!

So go check her out and help a SISTA out!!!

Scary Momma

A New Day

2009-03-15T07:02:00.000-07:00

Morning comes
To kiss the moon away

Darkness no longer lingers
Like the plague

Like a thief,
Dances on the rooftops

Shadows dance in the corner,
Like a ballerina; graceful, elegant

Suddenly
as if
from the depths of
a dark memory

Bitterness trickles in
Leaving no trace

Fear sets in
Leaving hope to no one

Cold seeps in
Leaving frailty

Lies cut too deep
Leaving no faith

But
Do not dread
For this is how it always is
For

Morning comes again
To kiss the pain away

To bring a new day

This is for The R Families Diaries Optimism Pays contest.

The contest starts on Friday(that's when Mr. Linky will be up there) and the contest goes until Wednesday the 24th.
So go join in the fun.

Isn't optimism great?

Please vote for me. :D I would love to win!!

PS
This was written by me so no copying.
And the picture is MINE too.

Let's Get Something for Nothing!!!

2009-03-08T07:15:00.001-07:00

This giveaways always surprise and amaze me. :D

I love them so.

Anyway I have a few I would like to share. :D

The first it ends tonight so if you are a devoted and wonderful follower then you should be able to enter today. ;)

It's Ms. Tiffany(From SITS) her personal blog The R Family Diaries is holding a spectacular giveaway for 2 $100 dollar gift cards! Amazing!

The second is my wonderful pal Alexis at Running Away? I'll Help You Pack is holding a giveaway from Eden Fantasies. Can we say oooo all together now. (For adult Eyes only please) :D

Yup its official I am wierd....

2009-03-06T21:19:00.000-08:00

So my bloggy buddy Cathy over at The Semi-Happy Homemaker has tagged me with 6 weird things about myself...

Oh boy....

Now I have already revealed to you WAY to much in my post here

But I guess you guys keep wanting more...

crazies...

You all need cats...

~~just kidding..~~

1. I never learned how to sound out words. When I was in elementary school, we were part of a Guinea pig study where they taught kids to read by sight, not by phonics..obviously it didn't work because I struggled throughout my schooling with reading aloud.

2.I CAN NOT eat or drink anything that is not the right temperature its supposed to be. Such as cold pizza or luke warm hot drinks....they make me gag...

3.I can memorize any movie if I see it once. I can normally quote verbatim after about 2 times watching it. Anything and everything reminds me of a movie I will normally quote the line in my head and smile to myself. ( Over the years I have learned that saying it out loud is VERY annoying)

4.If I could eat cereal for three meals a day I would.

5. I hate watermelon. Everyone thinks I am nuts. But seriously it tastes like watered down fruit. Bleh..I guess thats why they call it watermelon...

6. I am addicted to infomercials... I will search them out and watch them for hours.. I have never bought anything but I have been so tempted....

Keeping you Entertained....

2009-03-04T11:47:00.000-08:00

This boat is taking up so much time!
Which is okay because that means we can get into it sooner!

But in the meantime, here are some videos I found that will make you giggle...

well I cried with laughter...

Something not so funny but just amazingly neat!

I love the song but the video is the coolest I have ever seen.

Thank you for being patient with me during this boat project.
I will back up and running here soon.

I promise.

help...

2009-02-28T00:36:00.000-08:00

46 and a half hours....

of working in the costco food court...

for 6 days a week....

woah...

Only one day off...

but in other news Travis is taking me out to dinner Saturday Night in celebration of my hard working and loads of money..

oh and check me out here:

She Just Got Married

Can I Breathe?

2009-02-23T07:27:00.000-08:00

I don't know how you women do it...

Blog, have children, a house, jobs, and a husband

It just boggles my mind.

Sorry I have been so absent.

This yacht has taken up so much of our time!

I have been working non-stop since we got it.

I wake up around 8 go work on it till noon then I go to work till ten.

So busy!
I am so exhausted!

Sanding, ripping wood out, more sanding, tearing staples out....
Its crazy!

But I can not wait until we are all done!

Ladies I will post some more pictures of it soon, we have gutted it quite a bit!

Oh and all you ladies looking for wenda!

She is here!!!

Yachting....

2009-02-16T22:49:00.000-08:00

I know you have been long awaiting this moment!

Our Yacht pictures!

So our Valentines day consisted of going up to North Seattle, surveying the boat, paying for the boat, then taking the yacht 30 miles to Gig Harbor!

I have to say, all romance aside it was a fantastic Valentine's day.

Travis and I woke up at 7 to shower and get ready to go. When I rolled over to wake him, he had a red rose and card for him!

Lets say AWE in unison!

I gave him his present (which I will do a post of tomorrow) He LOVED it. :D

We opted to not buy presents because of the boat purchase so I made him his present.

Anyway....

The pictures..

Woo Rah!

This is the Living room. It pretty roomy actually!

The Kitchen! Its small, but big enough for me and Travis!

Our Bedroom! We have some reconstructing to do.

Anyway, those are alot of the interior pictures, not all mind you, but a lot.
I didn't post them all because they are hard to understand(like where they are located and such) and they are a horrible looking.

I love the Skyline of Seattle. Its gorgeous huh?

We had so much fun! And Travis LOVED driving the boat!

Pulling into the marina!

Feeling the Love

2009-02-16T06:49:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to thank my good friend over at Bee and Rose for my new snazy award.

The Spreader of Love Award.

Oh I feel so lucky to have such wonderful bloggy buddies!

So I feel the need to pass it along to one of my first bloggy friends. Alexis over at Runny Away? I'll Help You Pack. She was one of the first blogs that was Saucy over at SITS (when I joined) and I checked her out. I then became a devoted follower and we've been chatting it up ever since! She actually lives pretty close to me too!

So Travis and I got the yacht on saturday. Happy Valentines to us! Whoo Rah!

Oh it was a beautiful ride from North Seattle to Gig Harbor. I will post pictures and an update here very soon! I also have what I made Travis for Valentines day!

Can we say oooo!

Oh and Thanks to all of you who stuck around during my Saucy week! I hope I got back to you all!

And I got 11 new followers! Wow! I hope I can keep you all entertained!

I feel nervous....

Kidz

2009-02-15T06:41:00.000-08:00

I am sure many of you, if not all of you have read Mrs. Tara's blog.

I stalk her all the time.

Ahem

Anyway, she has recently created a blog for her child with special needs; to connect with other families with special needs children.

What an amazing woman.
That she has the strength to not only take care of her beautiful Chloe but to help and teach others about different health conditions and how to cope with them.

A Saintly woman indeed.

But she is a holding a kick-off party for the new website! I would go check out there is a oodles of prizes to be won!

ooo another bag..

2009-02-13T07:05:00.000-08:00

Can you tell I am addicted?

I just love bags!

i drool over them all the time...

I get envious of women that come into my work with the cutest bags...

because I know sadly they are hundreds of dollars...

but thats when I jump for joy when I see a giveaway for a bag!

Because they are just as cute, if not cuter than the ones I am envious of!

Brandy just had her 100th post!

So she is having a bag giveaway to celebrate! WooRAH!

ALOHA!

2009-02-11T07:00:00.000-08:00

Aloha everyone!

A good bloggy buddy whom I have stalked for a while is having a giant giveaway!

Oh man she has some amazing stuff in there

Go check it out and enter! It ends here soon!

Or really you don't have to... I'd rather win anyway...

I have Joined the Bandwagon...

2009-02-10T22:36:00.000-08:00

I friend of mine of Facebook tagged me in this meme.
Can you guess it?

It's 25 random things about myself.
I am confident that no one person knows every one of these. In fact, some of them nobody knew until now.

As to who wants to know them…perhaps stalkers or psychiatrists? Maybe you. That would be cool.

Anyway I think the thing is you tag 25 people, and if I tag you you’re supposed to write one and tag me back, until everyone has posted too many personal things about themselves on the internet.

Awesome. Ok here we go.

1. My first pet was a hamster and his name was Rajah-Little Guy-Free Willy-McNall
Just Little Guy for short.

2. I have lived in 13 different houses (going on 14 with the yacht)

3. I will work out for like a week, not see any results, then give up.

4.My hair is naturally blond!

5. In middle school I starting writing my own book. (It still haunts me to finish it)

6.I still have to count using "touch points" on numbers.

7. I can NOT sound out words to save my life. I struggle with it very often.

8. I have a stutter. (I try to hide it a lot, but it still pops up when I get excited or nervous)

9. I loved working at Victoria's Secret. I got 7 free bras for the 6 months I worked there!

10.I never planned my wedding when I was younger.

11. I want to be a photography, but I need better equipment. I am hoping that me doing this Project 365 will hint to my Hubby that I would like a new/better camera.

12. I used to HATE pink, now..
its my favorite color.

13. I have this thing with consistency and food... if it tastes fine but its too mushy or stringy or gross feeling in my mouth..I. Will. Not. Eat. It.

LOLcat Break!

ahem

14. My mom is my best friend.

15. I never want to be famous...just rich.

16. I can't do my hair..its either up in a pony, straight or curled... I have yet to master the art of doing hair..if I have girls their hair is going to look horrible...

17. My little brother was adopted. You'd never know looking at him he looks just like the rest of us.

18. I hate the moms that let their daughters where make-up when they are like 11 or 12.

19. The only reason I feel safe staying at home alone is because Charlie is normally here with me.

20. I love to dress up and wear high heels..even if its to go to the grocery store.

21. I have eaten BEEF TONGUE and a CHICKEN HEART

22. I have never broken any bones

23. I am still in contact with my First Grade Teacher- Mrs. Walton. I sent her a wedding invitation. She is an amazing woman.

24. When I laugh, I cry.

25. I think its gross when older women have braces.. (like women in their 40s and 50s)

There you go

Now I am not going to tag anyone.. cause well, if you want to do it you can. I am not going to make you and this ones has been passed around so much I am not sure who has done it.

Project 365 Day 27-40

2009-02-10T21:10:00.000-08:00

I am so sorry I have been lacking in the Project 365 department...

I feel so honored to have 6 more followers! I hope I can make you laugh and smile.

Welcome to my little corner of the Blogging world! I need to be better at blogging at least every other day.

I need to keep you all entertained.

Day 27

This is a chicken weather vein that my husband stole when he was younger.

His mom wanted it so he stole it. Funny story.

Day 28

Yeah I work at Costco

and I get to wear this sweet hat.

Day 29

See that water:

yeah its frozen..

Day 30

I love rust

Day 31

This vine caught my eye from across a parking lot

Day 32

My sweet little truck

Day 33

Beauty in is age

Day 34

This tree is growing out of the old tree stump.

Day 35

My husband calls me his Peck Peck

so he bought me this chicken.

Day 36

I have no words.

Day 37

I love moss..

Day 38

Calligraphy: my other passion.

Day 39

Under cover for the winter...

its my father in laws dozer

Day 40

Dumb Dumb's paw prints... all over Travis' V-day card...

Oh man and grab my button if you'd like.

It's on the left column!!

I made it myself.

Yes I has them...

I'm Saucy!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-08T22:51:00.000-08:00

Holy cow!

I just checked my e mail and someone commented on my blog saying "Congrats on being Saucy.."

And I was like what?

Then I was like what?!

Then I clicked over to SITS

and there I was...

On the Dang ole' Saucy List!

Thank you Sistas!

I better get to updating my blog more since I will have some more visitors here soon.

WHOO RAH!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and this week keeps getting better and better!

Can life get better than this? I submit that it can not!

2009-02-07T22:55:00.000-08:00

Oh man

So thank you for all your crossed fingers and toes!!

They helped SO much!

because......

WE GOT THE YACHT!

Travis and I are so excited.

We have a house. ( well a boat but somewhere to live)

I can not wait to decorate it. And clean it.

It needs a lot of TLC, but it'll be so worth it!

Thank you all for your hopeful wishes! They were heard!

Oh we are so happy!!!!!!!!!

oooo handbags...

2009-02-07T06:59:00.000-08:00

Oh man If you LOVE bags just as much as I do...

Forget purses...

GIVE ME A BAG or satchel

Anyway this sweet lady whom I just discovered is hosting a giveaway for Satchel Studios.
Oh man they are cute!

Go check out her blog and enter..
or not

it gives me a better chance of winning... HA!

Just kidding I love you girls.

Dumb Dumb

2009-02-06T12:49:00.000-08:00

Oh man I had to blog about this.

I am so infuriated.

So I had my first ladies doctor's apointment this morning. Everything went really well. I was super worried because of my family history. But she assured me I am as normal as anyone can get.

Anyway Travis and I live up in a loft in the garage. We don't have a lock on our door and it doesn't shut. ( no door nob)

So normally if we are going out we put a board up on the stairs so Charlie doesn't get in. Well since my doctor's appointment was at 9 this morning I figured I would only be gone for like 2 hours... yeah no didn't happen that way... I had to wait for my prescription, then go to Costco to get some stuff the Doc told me to get...then Mary and I got lunch...

So its 1 o clock now... a little longer than a expected.

We come home.. and there it is... a pile of candy bar wrappers. Hersey's, and reeses. Charlie apparently not only went into our room but got into our stash of candy...

That DUMB DUMB

He has NEVER done that. He normally just goes in there to look for us. Nope not this time... he terriorizes it in there.

My scrapbooking stuff was on the floor so now there are dirty little paw prints on my paper and on the letters I was writing my family and friends! I can not believe that dog!

He is supposed to be smart. He is a German Shephard for pitty's sake!

Nope he is now the Dumb Dumb Shepherd...

Ugh...makes me so mad..

Oh and he should be fine with that chocolate... he's eaten more than that in one sitting.... He is a tank and milk chocolate isn't as bad as pure coca...

SITS giveaway!

2009-02-05T23:47:00.001-08:00

Oh man they are giving away more free stuff!

Can you believe that?!

oh boy.. and its bed sheets! We can so use new sheets!

Go check it out if your a SITSas.

Even if your not join their community!

Cross Your Fingers

2009-02-05T13:17:00.000-08:00

So I'm terribly sorry I have been so absent recently. With Project 365 and other posts. I need to be a better blogger.

Anyway there are have been other exciting and stressful things going on right now.

And since this is pretty much a sisterhood of bloggers I will tell you.

Travis and I are moving out.

Now no cheers quite yet.

We are in process of looking.

But we have recently found a yacht.

We are NOT crazy.

We live right by the water. Pudget Sound

Travis and I have talked about it a lot we decided that an apartment is not for us. We like to entertain and we believe that this boat will be one of the best means to do that.
There are of course other factors in our decsion making, but we won't go into the countless ones.

Anyway we looked at our dream yacht yesterday but it was full of dry rot. Which is really really bad for a big wood boat. We are surprised that it was even floating.

Travis and I decided that if we wanted a boat we wouldn't be able to get a wood boat. They have a life span. And the ones we can afford are in the 50's and 60's anything newer is in the millions. kind of crazy.

We agreed on fiberglass. I mean its plastic... kind of hard for it rot. And we found one!

Its amazing.

42' 1967 Fiberglass Chris Craft Commander

It'd be perfect for just the two of us.

Plus some company.

We figure that since we are young enough this will be a fun adventure. Something to look back on and think Wow we did this. We lived on a boat for a few years.

We are very excited.

Travis is calling him today.

Cross your fingers.

We need to get out.

A Soul With a Heart So Big

2009-01-31T10:24:00.000-08:00

I am not sure if any of you have read about little Tuesday.

(please do, but bring tissues)

What a sweet little angel.

What strong parents.

There's no one in town I know
You gave us some place to go.
I never said thank you for that.
I thought I might get one more chance.
What would you think of me now,
so lucky, so strong, so proud?
I never said thank you for that,
now I'll never have a chance.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
So what would you think of me now,
so lucky, so strong, so proud?
I never said thank you for that,
now I'll never have a chance.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
And if you were with me tonight,
I'd sing to you just one more time.
A song for a heart so big,
god wouldn't let it live.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.

I love that song.

A Song for a Heart so Big
God Wouldn't let it live.

Now it is Tuesday's parents turn for prayers.

Please pray.
Give hope.

Look- A-Like

2009-01-30T10:41:00.000-08:00

So its odd to me that so many people tell me that I look like so many different people.

I work at Costco, in the food court, I wear one of those ~~neat~~ hats and hair nets, so I think its even stranger that people peg me as looking like someone else under all that.

Here are a few reference pictures of me for you.

Anyway I have kind kept a mental list of who people think I look like.

The first one. I have one customer actually call me her name (we have name tags). I think while working there I have been told I look like her at least once a month.
So the first one:

Bernadette Peters

I personally don't think I look anything like her. But oh well. Maybe its the nose.

Second one from work that I've gotten recently:

Anne Hathaway

I think maybe its the eyes.

Third one from work: I've only gotten her once at work. But I've gotten her other times before elsewhere.

Kiera Knightley

Fourth one not from work. When I was in school I was told I looked like her.

The Teacher from Billy Madison.

Fifth..was a friend of mine. I don't think I look anything like her. It actually offends me, but I will post it anyway.

Jody Foster

Sixth, this who my husband says I look like. When his friends would ask him, what I looked like he would say her. No one disagreed.

Courtney Thorne-Smith

Do YOU have people that think you like someone else? If so tell me about it, or blog about it and share the link!

A Little Update

2009-01-26T00:18:00.000-08:00

Wow... My apologies, I do not think I have been this absent in a very long time.

There is so much to talk about! But for now... yes I will leave you hanging until tonight...or later today whatever...

Here are my Project 365 updates... holy cow..WAY too many

Day 19

I went over to my sister-in-law's house on monday

and got play with my favorite Nephews

They are my only Nephews...ahem...

Day 20

This time Travis and I went over to my sister-in-law's house

for dinner.

Travis had a spoon war with The Woozle.

The Woozle totally won.

Day 21

I got to go over and Babysit just the Woozle on Wednesday.

I drug Travis with me.. poor guy slept the whole time.

The Woozle decided he wanted to wear my shoes.

That's uncle Travis...asleep when we are supposed to be babysitting

oh well.. I was there to save the day, and take pictures too

Day 22

A little grumpy Kimbo for you...he hates pictures.

He's an ex cop dog so he thinks it's a weapon being pointed at him.

Day 23

Sleepy Travis, I think he might have mono...That guy sleeps all the time.

Day 24

We made pizza!!

Day 25

This is our door nocker. I love it. Its a captain's wheel with our "C" charm

from when we were married.

Day 26

Today was the first time in 2 weeks that it was sunny.

Oh I love it. I am going to soak it all in today!

We All Need Hope...

2009-01-22T16:20:00.000-08:00

Sorry this is two days behind….but read it as if it was Tuesday….

I was watching some of my guilty pleasures this morning.. reality shows...

When it hit me. The Inauguration of Barack Obama was on.

I quickly turned to the news stations and watched.

I thought it was odd they were filming everyone just talking and standing around before the Inauguration. I personally don't really care, but maybe some people wanted to get the whole feel of being there.

Anyway I toughed it out.. flipping back and forth between guilty pleasures and the speech... ahem

While I was on the Inauguration they said something that struck me with such impact that I must share with you.

They were showing the First Ladies ( Laura Bush and Michelle Obama) and said "It seems as the Presidents age become more haggard with their strenuous position, their First Ladies become more exquisite and elegant." (not a direct quote) It so true. Those women hold their heads high during their Husband's tough job. Truly remarkable women.

I truly enjoyed the "band" playing the composition by John Williams for the Inauguration. Oh I was almost in tears. I think it truly describes how the nation feels. Some are remorseful for the swearing in of the man they did not vote for but others- I want to believe the majority-are feeling hope and excitement as this new chapter of the Nation begins. The song was very slow in the beginning but then picked up and was a hopeful tune. Then it ended slow once again. It was perfect. Its so hard to describe how that song made me feel.

I have to admit the poem was odd....did not enjoy it one bit. I am sorry.

Sadly I didn't have time to watch it all. (it was one for a good 5 hours) But what I did see moved me. I truly feel hope for this Nation.

I was the one that believed in George Bush, I know he did everything he could in his power to protect us. Now granted some people may not agree but he did what HE thought was the righteous thing to do.

Now I am going to be frank, please no harassing me, I have my reasons and they are many but...

I. Do. Not. Vote.

So I can not be angry or disappointed with who became elected. All I know is that this Nation needed change, whether it was a change in party or just to have someone new in office, this Nation needs it.

I could care less if Barack was a republican, democrat, Whig, or the green party. I truly believe he will help this nation. I am putting my faith in him like I have done with other presidents in the past.

I just hope he doesn't become a crooked politician like so many in the past have become. I hope his views can be stayed focused on the people, not who he is going to make happy in the senate or congress.

Anyway I called my mom while I was making some of her recipes to bring to my sister in law's house for dinner and I asked her if she saw the Inauguration.

She said a resounding no.

I was somewhat confused, I know they are republican but I would've thought they would have an open mind about it.

I chose to be neither party. I support whomever I believe has the best views.

BUT I won't get into my political views because I do not want to cause commotion on this friendly and upbeat blog.

I love my parents to death they are my world. But I wish they had an open mind about the New Presidency. So I will be respectful and not bring it up when I chat with them.

We all need hope.

The Party Animal

2009-01-19T16:33:00.000-08:00

Sorry I've been absent the last few days.

Travis' parents have been out of town and we've been enjoying each other company.

SO I have been lacking in the post department.

But I have been keeping up on my project 365..

Here they are.... in all their glory

Day 16

This statue is in my In-Laws front yard and I love it.

Its so angelic.

I don't know why but I find it very peaceful.

Day 17

The party animal himself...

Charlie in my High Heels

He was busy eating his bowl of chicken and cream cheese sauce

when Travis slipped those on him

He seriously stayed like that for a good 3 minutes.

Day 18

It was sunny for the first time in about 2 weeks.

I was stoked.

But I love this tree, I think its called Japanese Willow

The way the sun light was hitting was majestic.

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers for Travis' Grandfather.
He doing great.
The only concern now is infection. Cross your fingers.
Thank you

My Third Award! Thank you Alexis!!

2009-01-16T10:53:00.000-08:00

Oh my!

I am so excited!

My good friend Alexis over at Running Away? I'll Help You Pack. gave this to me!
She gave my other two awards too!
Woo Hoo!

But unlike the other ones this one, I have to work for!
And so will you!

The rules for the Honest Scrap award: The honorees are to:
A) first list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep!
B) pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap

I love my Mom more than any of my friends. I'd rather hang with her than be with my friends.
I would much rather me cold than hot. ( living in washington is better than florida for me)
I love those stupid Rock of Love shows on MTV... they make me laugh
I love those wedding shows too. I got hooked on them before my wedding now I can't give them up.
I would rather go to India on a vacation than Hawaii any day.
If I stayed up to watch those late night infomercials I would buy it all... I am the biggest sucker ever
I am seriously addicted to blogging. Its bad...Travis is worried about me
My clothes in my closet are all color coded, then they are color coded by style.
I wish I could get my nails done every day. That is the most high maintenance thing I do.
I want to be a professional photographer.

Now its my turn to award people!

1. Manda over at Living the Good Life She is my former room mate and I love her blog.
2. Heather over at Hey Jude...or Heather Another former roommate! She is a sweetie Pie
3. Minnie over at Bee and Rose She a fantastic bloggy friend
4. Lisa over at Lisa Petarca's Blog I love her blog :D
5.Katiedid over at ...Waiting For the World to Fall My bestest friend in real life
6.Maggi over at MaggiBlue LifeStyles Her post are so cute and honest. Way to be!
7.The Blond Duck A Duck in Her Pond You all know this chicky! She is so awesome! And a wonderful bloggy friend!

Project 365 Day 14, and 15 and some more prayers...

2009-01-15T13:06:00.000-08:00

So yesterday I asked you all for prayers for Travis' grandfather.
Thank you for doing so. I am not sure what his condition is yet but his surgery went great.
We just hope he made it through the night.
I will let you know.

Thank you all again.

I do know though that a person is never taken before their time.
We just hope its not his time.
But if it is....

Well lets just hope its not...

Anyway here is yesterday's Project 365
and today's...

Day 14
Travis and I went on a hot date last night. His parents went to Idaho to be with his Grandfather,
so we again have the house to ourselves.
I got to wear my sexy shoes and we went out to dinner.
Then we came home and watched Love Actually.
All in all it was a great night.

Day 15
So Travis has an old Mercedes sitting out in the yard.
It is so fun to take pictures of!
I wish i had a better camera cause there is so much detail!
Anyway this one was my favorite!

Tag; You're it. :D

2009-01-15T06:42:00.000-08:00

50 things you may (or may not) want to know about me......

1.What color is your tooth brush? blue, white and turquoise
2. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? snuggling with my hubby
3. What is your favorite candy bar? snickers or twix.
4. Have you ever been to a strip club? no. sorry.
5. What is the last thing you said aloud? What a good Charlie... (thats my dog)
6. What is the best ice cream flavor? Neopolition (ooo that chocolate and the strawberry oh so good with the vanilla, yummo)
7. What is the last thing you had to drink?milk
8. What are you wearing right now? my robe :D
9. What was the last thing you ate? Lucky charms! ( which are missing marshmallows because my hubby likes to steal them...)
10. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? nada
11. When was the last time you ran? ummm from my car to costco... i was late...
12. Who was the last person to send you a message/comment on your blog? The Blonde duck :D what a wonderful lady she is.
13. Do you take vitamins daily? Nope but i have them..
14. Do you go to church every Sunday? No and I should
15. Do you have a tan? No way, I am clear during the winter
16. Do you like Chinese food over pizza? yes i do
18. What does your last text message say?I love you too, back to work ( from Travis)
19. Are you someones best friend? Yep.
20. What are you doing tomorrow? scrapbooking!!!
21. Where is your dad? Probably working out... he lives in utah
22. Look to your left, what do you see? A rocking chair
23. What color is your favorite pair of shoes? black.
24. Do you use chap stick? yep. burts bees usually.
25. Whats your favorite thing to do in your free time? scrapbook if i am alone or be with travis
26. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? depends
28. Last guy you talked on the phone with? Travis.
29. Last girl you talked on the phone with? Heidi
30. Any fun vacation plans soon? Ummm Utah in Feb. for my friend's wedding
31. Do you dye your hair? nope.
32. Can you say the alphabet backwards? no way so if i ever get pulled over for drunk driving.. HA i will be a dead man... haha
33. Do you have a maid service clean your house? um. no.
34. Are you jealous of anyone? no...
35. Do you love anyone?oh yes very much
36. Do any of your friends have children? yep!
37. Do you use the word Hello daily? some form of it i'm sure.
38. Do you like cats? yeah, a lot. but i'm allergic.
39. Have you ever been to six flags? yes i have when i was little
40. How did you get your worse scar? My dog bit my leg, long story let me know if you'd like to know more, i'll blog about it XD
41. What is your favorite smell? travis :)
42. What is the last DVD you watched? Oh Love Actually! I won it on a bloggy giveaway. It was way cute!
43. Have you ever been to Disney world? yes sir!
44. What is your favorite number? 8
45. Do you toast your pop tarts? yes
46. Have you ever waited tables? nope.
47. Where did you have your first kiss? at church.. i am a sinner i know
48. What should you be doing? going back to bed
49. Do you enjoy wasting time blogging? oh yes everyday!!!
50. Who do you want to tag? Katiedid ...Waiting For the World to Fall
Alexis AKA MOMover at Running Away? I'll help you pack
and anyone else that would like to do it. :D

Project 365 Day 13

2009-01-14T15:12:00.000-08:00

Sorry I am one day behind...
oh well I will probably [post today's picture either tonight or tomorrow morning.
Either way you'll get your fix of my ~~wonderful~~ picture taking abilities... ahem...

Anyway here is yesterday's

Day 13

So I was coming in the house the other night and this cute little tree popping out a planter!

Yeah for new life and no more snow!

Anyway on a different note, please pray for Travis' grandpa. He is going into surgery to get some of his intestines removed. We are worried about his heart and hope he makes it through. This is tough on all of us so any extra thoughts or prayers for him would be appreciated.

He loves those toys that make noise. What a cutie.

Him and his wife. That man is too funny and needs to be around longer.

Thank you.

A photo Tag...

2009-01-13T12:43:00.000-08:00

Okay I wasn't tagged but I thought it was a cute idea.. I stole this from Like in the house of no sleep..

1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer

2) Select the 4th picture in the folder

3) Explain the picture

4) Tag 4 people to do the same

Travis was planning with our nephew Henry. He is such a cutie.
I just love travis' face.. priceless...

I tag:
Katie-Did over at ...Waiting For the World to Fall
She needs some lovin :D
Minnie over at Bee and Rose
She is a great bloggy buddy.
MindyLew over at Captured at 1point8
I just love to read her blog. And she is another great virtual blog friend. :D
Alexis AKA MOM over at Running Away? I'll help you pack
Another fantastic bloggy friend. :D And we are practically neighbors too!

Project 365 Day 10, 11 and 12

2009-01-12T17:28:00.000-08:00

Wow, Its been too long since I've posted!

Haha 3 days!

Oh my

I am addicted to this blogging business. Travis makes fun of me.

Oh well I like this little space of the internet I have and share with others.

I love all my bloggy buddies.

You all have some great insight and I love to read each and everyone one of ya'lls posts.

Anyway to update you on my Project 365 here they are!

Day 10

We had a department Holiday party. This is a lot of the people I work with not all but most of us.
Oh and that cute boxer is named Louis. He is so adorable.

Day 11
I gave Charlie a bath...
but silly me used Volumizing Shampoo...
yeah now is fur is all clumpy

Day 12
So it was rainy today and I snapped this one on the way to work. I thought it was so neat.
Very picturesque of the Northwest.

And another one...

2009-01-11T06:52:00.000-08:00

Yup

I again entered into another fun giveaway!
Who knew that people just gave away stuff for free on the internet!

This internet thing is awesome!

Anywho Over at Chicken Nuggets of Wisdom is giving away a "Whoo Hoo In a Box"!

Sounds pretty neat huh?

Yeah I would stop on by if I were you.

Project 365 Day 9

2009-01-10T00:22:00.000-08:00

Day 9

I caught my husband in the kitchen eating just the Marshmallows out of the Lucky charms.

Project 365 Day 7 and Day 8

2009-01-08T22:45:00.000-08:00

Day 7
Yeah for getting another cold. The first of the year though.
Thank goodness for herbal tea.

Day 8
I know they are a fashion faux pas, but I love my Crocs so much.
They are like little pink marshmallows..

Just some randomness
Me and Charlie. He is such a wolf.
But oh what a sweetie.

Not another one!

2009-01-06T16:14:00.000-08:00

So I am entering into another Giveaway!
This time its by The Fam Five

She is giving away an adorable purse with goodies inside!
Oh yeah!

Project 365 Day 5 and Day 6

2009-01-06T11:35:00.000-08:00

Day 5
I am having a rough time with my new year's resolution of not sleeping in.
I love my bed so much.
Its a feather top too...

Day 6
Me and Travis have a Garbage Dog....( he is no longer a German Shepard) He was locked in the garage last night and decided he wanted to be a bad boy...
Apparently he wanted to see if there were any Burger King Left overs.
What a rascal...

Another Big Giveaway!

2009-01-06T11:22:00.000-08:00

Wowza!

Another GINORMOUS giveaway by Kat at Sunshine and Lemonade

It is her greatest Hits giveaway, all of her previous weeks of giving now all rolled into one!

Truly Amazing! If i could be so lucky!

Project 365 Day 4

2009-01-04T17:52:00.000-08:00

Day 4
It started to snow today. And I love this tree very much.

Not sure if i'll ever find out

2009-01-04T06:52:00.001-08:00

So I have NO idea how these women hold contests all the time on their blog sites! It seems crazy to me, to just give away stuff.

Don't get me wrong I am not complaining.
I just don't know how they do it.

So I entered into another bloggy giveaway. John Deere Mom has just had a blogiversary! One full year of blogging. That is pretty amazing!

Blogging is a lot like scrapbooking, just easier and less time consuming and way cheaper too.

Anyway she is giving away a lot of awesome stuff. And I would love to win

Project 365 Day 2 and 3

2009-01-03T23:03:00.000-08:00

As you know I am doing Project 365.
I am taking a picture for everyday of the year. Mostly summarizing the day's activities. Right now the pictures are raw. No photo-shopping or retouching.
I am not a very good photographer but I hope by the end of the year I will be a pro.

DAY 2
This a picture of Travis and mine's loft above the garage.
Its small but we love it.

Day 3
We were on our way to Travis' Great
Grandfather's funeral when I snapped this one of Charles.
He wanted to come.

In case you are wondering, Day 1 was our first kiss at the Space needle.

New Year's at the Needle!

2009-01-01T21:54:00.000-08:00

Happy New Years everyone!

I hope you all had a SAFE and fantastic new year's eve and day.

I know Travis and I had blast.

We were trying to figure out what to do for new year's eve and couldn't think of anything. None of our friends were really doing anything. I think new years kind of caught everyone by surprise. I mean it did for us!

Anyway I've been in a romantic mood with Travis lately and I thought it would fun and romantic to spend the evening in Seattle and get a hotel. We did just that. I am not sure if you are familar with Seattle but there is the Space Needle. Every year they shoot fireworks right off the top. Travis said its very cool to watch.

In the car on the way to Seattle. What a goofball.

Travis and I in our hotel room before we trekked out to the Needle

Believe it or not it was raining in Seattle! But we had a blast non the less. Nothing could put a damper on our fun!

The needle look so cool! They strung lights around the needle at the top and it looked like a Christmas tree.

There were Christmas lights everywhere! I loved the way the needle looked behind the tree.

Here is the movie of the 10 second countdown. It was so neat. There weren't a lot of people there so we got a good view.

A continuation of the fireworks.

It was a perfect New Year's Eve.

New Year's Goals

2008-12-31T07:01:00.000-08:00

What a cliche. I know.

But a goal is simply a wish if not written it down.

I want to accomplish my goals this year. I never complete my goals.
Every year I tell myself I'm going to. But I don't.
Lame.

This year will be different.
I know it will.

1. Take one picture everyday-I saw this in a magazine. Take one picture for everyday of the year. 365 pictures total. 365 pictures to scrapbook at the end of the year. Its going to be hard because Travis and I don't have kids. Kids are easy to find something new everyday. :D

2. Do the 100 push up challenge- Ever see this site? Hundred push ups I can't do push ups to save my life and they are so good for you! So i want to do this challenge for sure!

3. Find ME time- Its not that I work a lot, I am only part time. But the problem is I work weird hours. Some days I won't work till 5 30 at night, then some mornings I have to be there at 6 am. So it throws me through a loop. I can never get my schedule right. Its hard to find me time because on my day off I am normally running errands and doing laundry. But I will find me time. I have to find it, for my sanity.

4. No more sleeping in until 10 30- Yes I LOVE sleep, maybe a little too much. But its so easy for me just to sleep the day away. And this goes with number 3, I need to find me time. Time to do my hobbies. Like drawing, and scrapbooking and blogging. I just need to find a decent hour, where i am not tired for the rest of the day but early enough where i can get stuff done.

5. Have more patients with my mother in law- This is a biggie, we have recently been just blowing up at each other. I am not one to yell. I have a very passive personality, but she has been bringing out the worst in me. And. I. Do. Not. Like. I just need to treat her with love and kindness. Kill her with kindness. It will be hard but I can do it.

6. Pray-This one needs no explanation.

7. Love- unconditionally. Everyone needs it. I just need to give it more. This one is more for work. I get very frustrated with customers.

It feels good to cook....

2008-12-30T17:53:00.000-08:00

I never cook.
I would love to cook more, but we never have the stuff to do it, since its not our house and all.
Anyway little Miss Holly House Wife over here, (me) decided she wanted to cook a home made meal!
I know shocker huh?

For Christmas my mom made me a recipe book of all her recipes. Its been super cold out and I have been craving my mom's cream of broccoli soup. Oh its so yummy!
With a little bit of this and a little bit of that, I made it. :D
Here is the recipe.

What you'll need:
1/2 package frozen broccoli
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup of flour
2 tsp. chicken boullion (in 2 cups boiling water)
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
2 cups of Half-n-Half

You first put the frozen broccoli in either a food processor or blender and finely chop.
Then you put that on the stove (medium heat) and cook until tender.

Melt the butter ( don't burn it) and add the flour, to make a paste.

Boil the water and add the chicken bouillon.
Add the chicken stock to the butter/flour paste.
Add the broccoli.
Bring to a boil.

Then add the half and half and salt and pepper.
Put on low and simmer!

The longer it simmers the better it tastes!

Thats it!
Add some french bread and your ready for a meal everyone enjoys. :D

My husband eats so much.
I had to make a double batch just so I can be sure he is full and happy.
He loved it :D

Zoo Lights!

2008-12-28T07:36:00.000-08:00

I have been dying to go to Zoolights! The do it every year at the Point Definace Zoo and we haven't been able to go this year because of all the snow and our hectic schedules.
But I got off work early yesterday and we were able to go.

I was so excited!

It was a little chilly but not as bad as it had been! We were worried it was going to rain on us but thankfully it didn't!

I thought it was a very cool tree.

I love killer whales. I am not sure why, but I have always liked them!

Oh I loved the puffins!

This dear sweet man puts up with all picture taking.

Yeah for Zoolights! We had a wonderful evening!

There were so many families there. I love the way parents dress their kids when its cold out. It is so much like little Randy from a Christmas Story. I can't wait until Travis and I are ready to have kids. He is going to be such a good Daddy.

And yes I will dress my children like Randy when its cold out.

A Wonderful Christmas

2008-12-27T00:22:00.000-08:00

I hope you all had a wondeful Christmas. I know I sure did.

Christmas Eve Travis and I went over to His sister's house. We wanted to see our nephew's and give them their presents because we knew it was going to snow again on Christmas and we wouldn't be able to go and see them for Christmas day.
I love those boys so much. They loved their presents so much. I wanted to get them more but we are trying to save money so it was hard not to spoil them!

Uncle Travis and Henry.

Heidi and their beautiful Christmas tree

The whole family. I love them so much.

My sweet Henry. He has this look that just kills you. I caught it on film..

Christmas day we slept in, which was so nice not having any commitments.
After we woke up and showered, Travis and I went and got Steve, Travis' brother.

Travis was very excited about his picture of Charlie. I just need to finish it.
I am not sure if I told you but I also got him a pocket watch. He told me that he has always wanted one. I found the perfect one in Utah when I was visiting. I even got it engraved.
On the front it says: "Our First Christmas 2008"
Then on the back it says "Forver Yours, Shalee"
You should;ve seen his face! It was priceless, I wish I had my camera out but I was too excited to give it to him.

Then it came to the present Travis gave to me. I opened that one last. I had to! The best gifts are always opened last!

Me opening the box. I had NO idea. He is very good at keeping secrets!

He got me a riding jacket! Oh it is so nice! The smell of leather makes me melt!

I want to wear it all the time, but it has the protective armor in it. So its not practical for everyday wear.

The boys. Steve, Kym and my Travis.

Every year my parents always make gifts for everyone. Very creative family I have! Anyway my mom made Travis the coolest gift. She made him a calender of me. Its all baby pictures of me and it coordinates with the months. She worked so hard on that. Travis loves it so much.

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas. I know I did.

Some Belated Utah Pictures

2008-12-26T13:14:00.000-08:00

I went to Utah earlier this month and I have yet to post pictures from my wonderful trip.

Travis was unable to go, but it was nice for me to go and see my family. I hadn't seen them since August.

My Sweet little brother and I.

I can't believe he will be 13 in February! I was 8 years old when we adopted him. I can't believe how much he looks like all of us.

My beautiful mom and brother.

We went out to eat at OutBack.

One of my favorite restuarants.

My mom's mom and her husband and my parents and I went out to Applebees for lunch before I left

I love my grandma and grandpa.

My gorgeous grandmother just battled pancreatic cancer and won!

She is one tough cookie!

My dad and I went out for Sushi.

Our favorite thing to do!

I love my mommy so much.

She is the most beautiful and saintly woman I know.

She is my role model.

She is an amazing woman.

I hope I can be just as good of a mom she is to me.

I love my family,

They are beautiful.

Its Getting there...

2008-12-24T06:18:00.001-08:00

So I worked on my husband's present some more yesterday and here is the progress.

Its a very slow process but I think its coming along nicely.

Sadly it won't be done by tomorrow, but I least Travis will be able to open the half-finished present.

All I am seeing is dots at this point. ;)

Merry Christmas eve!

On a different note...

2008-12-22T06:45:00.000-08:00

On a completely different note...
Not a Christmas one.. ;)
but still a good note

I just recently joined this fantastic blogging community. Its called The Secret is in the Sauce

Its a wonderful place for new bloggers like myself to get some traffic and some criticisms to make my blog better. If your not already a member I suggest you should be!

Anway while browsing the site I stumbled across the Winner's Weekend.
Its this blog right here:Sunshine and Lemonade
Not only is she a fantastic blogger she has prizes every weekend!
This weekend's prize is a pair of movie passes, and a dinner gift card!

Oh how travis and I would love this! We are trying to save money for our house we are building.
So we never get to go out. I mean we can, its just that we don't want to.

If your intertested in winning stuff... which i assume you are.
Check it out!

Its starting to look a lot like Christmas.....

2008-12-21T10:27:00.000-08:00

Why yes,
yes it is starting to look a lot like Christmas!

Its actually snowed a ton more since I've taken this picture. Its insane.

I have to walk to work because my little green truck can't make it out of the driveway.

haha oh well its beautiful out anyway

So i have been dying to get a christmas tree. Travis and I haven't had time to go get one but yesterday we took a walk with Charlie and Kimbo across the street.
There we found the perfect tree.
Its small but I think its perfect for our little room.

When i was in Utah last week my mom bought me and travis a star. Its so cute!

So I told you I would update Travis' Christmas present and here is his eye.

That eye took me and hour and half to do! Oh man there is NO way I am going to be able to finish this by thursday.
I told him that I wouldn't be able to finish it and he said no problem that he knows I'll finish it anyway and that he loves me.
I have a wonderful husband.

Here is some holiday Kimbo for you.

What a silly puppy.

He sleeps so uncomfortably,

Oh well

Travis' Christmas Present

2008-12-18T15:03:00.000-08:00

So here I am only a week away from Christmas and I just barley started my hubby's present

Oh bother....

This is not a good habit i've been getting into...procrastinating...
blarg...

;)

So this is the picture I am doing. Its going to be a grid drawing. I was super nervous about drawing because I haven't done it in years! Haha so i took the easy route with a grid drawing.

I will update it again here soon. I have started on the eye and that took me over an hour to do... but i will do that tomorrow.

Enjoy!

Its only like the cutest movie ever...

2008-12-14T22:19:00.000-08:00

I have officially found my new favorite Disney movie.

Its about this little German Shepard puppy, that goes on a search for his Person, after she's been kidnapped.

Won't give you any more info cause it'll spoil it but just know that I loved it! And its totally worth it to go see in the theater!

I honestly believe that they studied Charlie for this part. Their mannerism are so much a like.
I love it.

I saw it with my wonderful family over the weekend. I love them so much.
I am so glad I got to see them.

Feeling a lot better

2008-12-08T11:16:00.000-08:00

Wow,

I am so sorry for all the negative posts lately. Travis and I have been having a stressful time right now. Not us as a couple but with our house and moving.

We are between a rock and a hard place.

Bleh.

Oh well,

we love each other and we know that we can get through anything.

Love always prevails

and I love him

He is my prince charming

He woke me up early this morning to wish me a Happy Engagment Anniversary.
One year ago today he propsed to me.

I thought that was so sweet of him.

So thoughtful.

Thanksgiving, Food poisoning, and Black Friday

2008-11-28T15:47:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope yours was better than mine.

The night before thanksgiving travis and I went to this new mexican grill by our house called Qdoba. It was supposed to be like Taco Del Mar. Whatever, it was okay. Travis gave it a 4 on a scale from 1-10. I enjoyed my burrito very much. But about an hour after we got back home, my stomach started to hurt. I didn't think anything of it, as usual, because I hadn't drunk a lot of water that day.

Thanksgiving morning, I wake up and I am sicker than a dog. I feel terrible. I thought no way did I catch the flu again. Yeah food poisioning... bleh Yeah for thanksgiving and not being able to eat anything. The thought of food made me gag. So needless to say I didn't eat much.

What. A. Sad. Day.

Anyway on friday I had to open at Costco at 6AM! Oh it was so early! I did not want to get out of bed that's for sure, just because one it was so early, and two I was still feeling yucky from thanksgiving. I wasn't going too fast because I honestly didn't think Costco would be busy that day. I mean seriously who does their Black Friday shopping at Costco? Whatever america, you proved me wrong. Between 9 and 1 there were over 1500 people that came through our store! Holy. Cow.

I am just thankful that I was not anywhere near that shopping frenzy on Friday. I did not want to get trampled or shot to death over a toy for my nephews. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27996349/ and http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27957714/
People died over this stupid day. Really people? Do you have to get that last toy? Order it online!

People disgust me.

No.

Corporate America disgusts me.

Somewhere Over the Distant Rainbows

2008-11-24T12:04:00.000-08:00

Somewhere over the rainbows, there is a better life, a better circumstance.
But once we get over there will it really be better than what we are dealing with now?

Yes.

Granted the grass isn't always greener, but over my rainbows it is.

My rainbows are the cascades. Over the mountains and through the woods.
Where we are building our house.
Our future home.
Our new life.

Travis, Charlie ( our puppy) and I went over to our property this weekend to do some more work on our house. We finally got water and power. Its a slow process but its going to be so worth it.

We were worried about charlie coming with us, and not being a leash, but he was wonderful. He never went more than 20 feet from us the whole time! We are glad that we brought him. He is going to love all the freedom living out there.

Charlie was trying to help, Travis out. Very cute :D

We have a big D9 Cat over at the property. Its huge! Charlie didn't like it too much. We were in the trailer when Travis rode past it and Charlie went crazy and started barking very angrily. We think he believes that its hurting Travis. He does the same thing with Travis' bike because its so loud.

Travis had some well deserved fun on top of the tower. I was getting a little nervous because it wasn't in the ground all the way. But I got some fun pictures out of it.

It was sad to come home. We wanted to quite our jobs and move out there on saturday.
Its hard to live here with his parents. We are treated like children.
But it'll be worth it, saving our money so we can have our house finished.
We just want the insantiy to end, now.

More patience.
We'll get over our rainbows soon.

A better life.
A better circumstance.

Sick is no fun....

2008-11-16T16:05:00.000-08:00

Travis and I got sick again...ugh
He started it though..haha. He got sick on tuesday night and I got sick Thursday night. Then Travis' dad got sick Friday night. It just making the rounds, Mary still hasn't gotten it yet hopefully she won't.
Travis was starting to get over it and I was in my worst day on Friday and I would tell travis how i was feeling and he was like baby i know how you feel. It was nice because he really did know how i felt. :D I love him so much.
I am so gald I got the weekend off! I had to call in sick to work on Friday. I had to open the food court and there is no way i could've done it. Thankfully my supervisor was so understanding and knows I NEVER call in sick or fake it.
Anyway so I now I am just recouporating and get to go back to work tomorrow! yeah.... haha

On a different note I love the LOLcats, I seriously just go online and laugh all day. I am going to leave you with some of my favorites.

One Year Older and Wiser Too

2008-11-09T11:18:00.000-08:00

So yesterday was my 20th birthday! What a wonderful day! My first birthday as a married lady. As soon as I woke up I opened the presents from my parents then I crawled back into bed and snuggled Travis. Then he pulled out his present.

It was a diamond necklace! Oh my it was stunning! A past Present, future type of setting. I love it so much. It was something I wasn't expecting at all! Travis' dad told him that he was setting the bar really high, so early into the marriage. Haha

Anyway we got ready because Travis had a full day planned. :D Now you have to understand I am major dork, I love museums and books and learning and such. Anyway Travis had planned to go to the Pacific Science Center! Let me tell you what I was so excited.

After we got ready we hoped into the car and we went out to Winger's for lunch. One of my favorite restaurants! Anyway lunch was delicious!

It took us over 2 hours to get from Tacoma to the Seattle Center! So much traffic! So I decieded to take some pictures! It should've only taken us like 40 mins!

As soon as we got there we had to find a place to park which was murder! haha We finally found a place for only 8 bucks for 10 hours! Which was amazing because last time we were up there it cost us over 24 bucks to park! And it was only 2 blocks from the Pacific Science Center!

The Pacific Science Center was amazing! So much to do we couldn't do it all. But we did get to see Lucy's Legacy. The oldest remains of a human, 3.2 Billion years old! It was so awesome.
We also got tickets to see Madagascar 2 on their giant IMAX screen!
We also went to the Butterfly house! That was so cool. There were butterflies everywhere. One flew right at me and I screamed... how embarrassing.

The museum closed at 6 so we had 3 hours to kill before the movie started. We walked around the square for a while, I took some more pictures haha.

Anyway after my barrage of pictures we tried to eat dinner at the Space Needle. But since it was Saturday night there weren't any openings till 9 45 ( which was when our movie was) So we couldn't go, but Travis promised that we would go in December so we can go ice skating too. :D

Anyway we found a fantastic East Coast Pizzeria called Bambinos. Oh it was amazing! Everything tasted so fresh, nothing canned. We loved it so much and it wasn't very expensive at all. Not like it would've been to eat at the Space Needle. A couple hundred dollars!

After dinner it was time for our movie. Oh man Madagascar 2 was so funny! We loved it so much! I highly recommend it!

So it was a perfect birthday. It didn't rain at all and it was even supposed to!
Best. Day. Ever.

40's Girl

2008-11-01T22:58:00.000-07:00

Travis and I both think that we belong in the 40s. So i decided to buy some red lipstick and do my makeup like a 40s pin up girl! haha I had way too much fun!
Anyway i hope Travis likes it when he comes home from spokane tonight.

My inspiration:

Our babies!

2008-11-01T13:28:00.000-07:00

Okay so this is the funniest website ever! It takes pictures of you and your spouse or a movie star or even one of your friends and makes a baby!
These are Travis' I three kids, April, Cody and Mark
You all have got to try this!!!!!! Just don't creep out your boyfriend... haha

What do you think about my little new baby April?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?

Okay she is gorgeous!

What do you think about my little new baby Cody?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?

He's a little creepy...haha

What do you think about my little new baby Mark?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?

And little baby mark..not as creepy as cody but still a little creepy haha

Oh man I can't stop laughing...

Was it really Halloween yesterday?

2008-11-01T12:38:00.000-07:00

So I work 6 days a week, and friday the 31st definalty snuck up on me. On Monday Travis told me that him and his dad were going over to our property to work on the land some more this weekended. I honestly didnt think anything of it. Than at work they were all talking about halloween on friday and I was like "shoot, travis is going to be out of town!" Oh well, I am not a big party person anyway. The only reason I go to parties is because Travis goes.

I was never the partier in high school or college, so I just stayed home last night and watch the office and some late shows after I got off work. Pretty exciting huh? Without my husband I am pretty much the crazy cat lady...without the cats. hahah
Just kidding, I am totally NOT the crazy cat lady. I just have always been a home body. I like to sit at home and read, color, draw and do scrapbooking. Travis truly balances me out, he likes to do stuff, ride motocycles, go hang out with friends, run around and cause shanigans! Ying and Yang if you will.

For now in the celebration of halloween let us reminence on Halloween one year ago.

These were my wonderful roomates! Shelly, ( the ninja turtle) Kelli the transformer, me the pirate, Heather robin, and amanda belle!

Long Days; Short Nights

2008-10-27T11:28:00.000-07:00

Travis' parents were out town for almost two weeks. Oh it was so wonderful for Travis and I to get a break. Mary is so negative all the time, its hard to be around her. Anyway while they were away Travis was able to work on our mini speed boat we are restoring.

When we got it I was so worried because it looked like a lot of work; too much work if you ask me!
As you can see it needs a lot of work and time.

Travis finally got the bottom half painted. Oh it looks amazing! We had to take it apart to to able to paint it how we want.
My poor husband has painted that boat over 3 times to try and get it perfect. We don't have a painting booth here so he had to paint it in the garage. Needless to say that was a very bad idea. Bugs galore got into it, and the insulation fell into it as well. We had to sand off the paint and the shiny coat, twice. And the third time was a charm!

Travis and I both work during the day many times opposite schedules. He has the same schedule every day, 7-3:30. And I work crazy times. Most days I work 1:30-10:00. Its awful.
We never have the day together and our nights are much too short because he wants to go to bed soon after i get home from work at night.
I can't wait until we get our own place. We need it.

Dreams are like movies; Memories are Films About Ghosts

2008-10-16T11:11:00.000-07:00

It is a rare occasion that Travis have days off together. Yesterday was one of those days. Since Travis' parents are out of town we decided to have some fun.
So Travis is restoring and hot rodding a old 55' GMC truck. Its going to look so amazing. Now many people don't this but 55' GMC's have hood birds. It is an amazing little car ornament:
Anyway he got it Chromed a few weeks ago and that was our first stop on our wonderful day. It turned out awesome. ( this is not the actual picture of ours)
After we picked up the misc. chrome pieces we decieded to go to Seattle. It was such a wonderful day (sunny but cold), nice enough to go walking around Pike Place Market.
I have never seen any place so adorable. What a wonderful place! I have never seen so many cute and quant shops. We definalty didn't have time to look at them all. But I know we will be back.We walked around for a few hours and then I saw it! The infamous fish throwers! Haha They weren't throwing any fish when I took the pictures but it was neat to see them all there.

Since Pike Place closed at 6 we needed to find a place to eat. After staring at all the fish booths all day, we were both in the mood for Sushi. I hadn't been looking for places to eat, but Travis had been ( thank goodness for his stomach) and he saw a lovely Japanese and Sushi restaruant.
Dinner was wonderful! We were stuffed!
When we left the restaruant it was raining....a day in Seattle would not be complete without rain.
We were grateful that it did not rain earlier.

Our day was wonderful. I love my husband.

A new job and hobbies

2008-10-14T15:46:00.000-07:00

So I have been wanting to get out of the costco food court for a while. There is SO much drama and I am allergic to all of the cleaning agents so I break out with Psoriasis all over my arms and wrists. Its very uncomfortable and hurts a lot. So i've been looking at the job postings in the break room and few weeks ago I saw one for the Photo Lab!! Yeah! I was so excited, so I applied and come to find out I was the only person that applied so I got it.
I found out today though, that it was only supossed to be seasonal... HA they are not sending me back into the food court after the holidays! I will fight it because the application never said it was going to be seasonal.
Anyway Travis said that I needed a Hobby so I found one. Scrapbooking! I am very excited to get started with our life together in pictures and a book.
So thats what is new.... :D

Downtown and Sweet Nephews

2008-10-08T22:12:00.000-07:00

Tuesday was a wonderful day. It has been super rainy here lately and I've been unable to do a whole lot of things outside. Since I just moved here with Travis I don't have a lot of friends, the ones I do have work in the food court with me and we don't have corresponding days off. Anyway I thought it would be fun to spend my day off with my sister-in-law and her two wonderful boys.

So I went over there around 11 when Henry was waking up from his morning nap and to pick up Joesph from preschool.
After I surprised Joesph we went to downtown tacoma. Our first stop was lunch. We were all starving; Heidi and I were in the mood for a little Cafe. We found the perfect cafe on the corner of the street:
Grassi's

After lunch we were all in the mood for a little desert. So we stopped by Heidi and the boy's favorite cupcake shop. Happy Cupcake. If you ever get a chance to roam downtown tacoma I highly recommend this boutique. It was a cupcake frenzy;the boys had more on their face than in their stomachs. After that fiasco we took a ride on the train. It is Joesph's favorite! We went up and down the avenue, to pass the time Henry and I played peek-a-boo over the seats.

After a long day for the boys it was nap time for the boys so we rode the train one more time back to our car.
Needless to say I had a wonderful day with my nephews and my sister in law.

I love them so much.

Holidays and birthdays

2008-10-02T13:59:00.000-07:00

So since Travis and I started our new jobs we have no vacation time. Its awful because I am dying to spend time with my family. But I think I am just going to spend time with them about a week before christmas, which I am really excited about. I am just sad that Travis can't come. Costco is a little more easygoing about having time off then Travis' work.

I love my family so much! I can't wait to see my little brother! He just had to get contacts, he must look so adorable.

It was Travis' birthday a few weeks ago and we went to the museum of flight in Seattle and it was so much fun. He got to see his favorite airplane- F4U Corsair. As soon as I get the pictures from my card onto a CD ( my card driver is broken on my laptop) I will post some pictures.

EDIT: I finally fixed my card driver in my computer! Yeah!