Still Here

Another entry...I am so proud of myself. I feel like I am talking to myself since no one visits anymore. I am afraid to tell anyone and let them down again. Overall this week has been good. Tuesday and today I have felt really on top of things. Yesterday was a total bust. Early yesterday morning I read this terrible story about a 10 month old little girl whose parents took her to the doctor for an ear infection. The doctor noticed her stomach was tight and decided to do an x-ray. He found that her liver was enlarged and sent her straight to the hospital. In a very short time her parents found out she had cancer. She went through multiple surgeries and passed away this past Sunday. The part that really hit home with me was how fast everything happened for this family. In a timeframe of about three weeks she went from normal (and they thought healthy) baby, to the hospital, to being with Jesus. I can’t imagine my life changing that drastically in such a short amount of time. I was incredibly upset about this story yesterday that I didn’t get anything accomplished at work. I am in the process of learning some new things to hopefully bring in some work (since things are VERY slow) so it was not a good thing to have nothing to show for the day. Today is much better and one project I have worked on for five years is getting ready to pick up a little bit. So hopefully my job will become more stable and I’ll be able to stick around to finally see (for the first time in my life) three weeks vacation!

And on a fun note, 2 days until Valentines Day! I used to HATE this holiday. Especially during the middle school/high school years. College and there after wasn’t much better. Even when you get married Valentines Day still isn’t all that until you have children. Then it becomes fun again. Valentines for school, bake cookies, fun outfits. It’s great! Who needs flowers and chocolate. Just fun photo ops to make a great scrapbook page or two. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Back?

I am potentially back.....will anyone notice? You can call it bored, you can call it looking for something creative or you can call it no more washing bottles. We will have to wait and see what there is to come.

Sundays

Having a productive afternoon and am inspired to blog right quick. I am in the process of cleaning my room/office. That has been my one goal for the day. The room has gotten quite junky over the past few weeks and I have had lots of stacks to go through. Last week I was very under the weather, so I am playing catch up with the house cleaning and laundry. While I am cleaning my room, I am watching the UNC/NCSU basketball game. The final game of the ACC Tournament and decision maker for position in the NCAA tournament. It’s quite a nail bitter right now. There’s two minutes left so I will let you know the outcome. Yes, I am a junkie for March madness.

We finally celebrated Mr Chris’s birthday officially yesterday. Last Saturday was his birthday and we skipped town for a daycation to Charleston. It was a lot of fun and nice to get away. We are being cheap lately so we decided not to stay over night. We went to the beach at IOP, had ice cream and went into town to hang out. We had seafood for dinner and came home. It was a great way to spend his birthday.

Sophie has had a few more allergy problems so we visited the vet again on Friday. We are still trying different things to figure out all the problems she is going through. Poor little thing I feel so sorry for her. Maggie is still her healthy self. I think she has gained a couple more pounds, so now I think she is somewhere between 16 and 17 lbs. Although she is not exactly my big buddle of love. Yesterday both girls got to play outside because the weather was nice. We might do that again before dinner tonight.

Hope everyone has a great week. And yes, UNC won!! 2007 ACC Tournament Champs. Go Tarheels!!

OK so I wrote this earlier today and I can’t logon to post it. Hopefully I can get on later.

Updates

February has been a more productive month. My car is fixed, ticket has been taken care of and my insurance only went up $30. Whahoo! So far life is somewhat back to normal. Sophie is trucking along with her green pea and rabbit food. There is still something in the allergy department that is irritating her skin. So this week we are trying an antihistamine. So far, so good. My MIL is doing pretty well. She has surgery on Wednesday to remove the pins. She is excited but her pinky finger still needs a lot of time to heal. The skin is still very thin and looks really gross.

The big news in G-Vegas is that George and Renee are in town to film the movie Leatherheads. George has been seen downtown in a restaurant called O’s. Renee has also been seen at the downtown Starbucks several times. Also from what I hear, Jim (from the show The Office) will also be in the movie. I have heard no sightings of him yet. But when I do, my friend Melanie will be the first person I call. Of course after I try to go find him myself. Big fan!!!

Not much else going on. Next week we will celebrate Maggie’s birthday and then Mister Chris’ birthday. It’s a big one for Mister Chris….the big 3-0. I am still in the planning stages so I’ll let you know how it goes.

Not So Lucky 7

So it’s already the last day of January 2007. I am still getting used to writing the date. And 2007…that means 10 year high school reunion, YIKES. To go or not to go, that is the question. My friend Melanie and I have been discussing this issue for the past couple of weeks. Obviously our class president is quite on top of things to already contact us about the reunion in June. That is still 5 months away. And I thought I was a planner. But back to the question at hand. Should we make an appearance or stay in denial that it has been 10 years since we graduated high school. We want to go for curiosity’s sake, but do we really want to see all those people that we found annoying? On the other hand are we required to go and if we don’t show up, then will we be talked about in a negative way? So many questions to ponder. The best part is that we still have 5 months to decide.

So 2007, not so lucky 7. The first week of this year, I was in my very first car accident. Let me set the stage: Friday afternoon, interstate, raining. The fortunate part is that I was only going 10-15 miles per hour when the collision happened. The worse part is that I was bringing Sophie home from the vet (see next paragraph with updates on her). I was not paying attention and bumped the car in front of me. What a pain. I only did $800 total damage to both cars. And the ticket I received had no points and only $50. Wow, I have to say, not a bad experience for my first accident being my fault. But now I pay much more attention to the cars in front of me. Lesson learned.

So that day I was bringing Sophie home from her NEW vet. Exciting experience. I love this vet and I will not go back to the old one. The first trip in, they recommended a blood test because they were 95% sure it was a food allergy. And it is. Sophie is allergic to: beef, chicken, fish, pork, wheat, soy, carrots, beets, rice and many others. They only thing she is not allergic to is rabbit and green pea. So that’s what she eats. I am amazed they actually make this type of food. Now I am relieved to know what is wrong with her. After spending a year going back and forth to the old vet, it was quite nice to get answers on the first visit. Maggie will also be going there next time she needs her shots.

Also a quick update on my mother-in-law. Last week she had an accident at work and smashed her hand in a machine. She went to the ER and had surgery last Tuesday night. Her hand is getting better everyday and should have more surgery in about three weeks to remove 2 pins.

So here’s to finding the luck this year.

Goodbye 2006, Hello 2007

Oh Mylanta where did this year go? With moving and our crazy work schedules and trips, this year has flown by.

It seems like we celebrated Christmas all month to make sure both sides of the family were covered. I feel like Katie Bonk with my tour of North and South Carolina to visit everyone and never stop eating. I am glad the New Year is here and I totally welcome those black-eyed peas. A nice change of pace and a start to the conversion back to healthy food.

Is has been nice the past week and a half to have some extra time to relax and get somewhat of a jump start on my spring cleaning. I rearranged my scrapbook shelves because Santa brought me a cricut machine. LOVE IT! Now my room is all neat and organized. I will post some much promised pictures after I receive my Adobe Photo Elements in the mail. It should be here this week. From what I understand it is easier to merge all your photos together in one image and then upload to your blog. Otherwise it would probably take me over two hours to upload all the photos I want to share.

Here’s a little blurb about our year in review:
I traveled to New Orleans (3 times) and Jacksonville for work
Mister Chris traveled to Germany two times for work
We played a lot of golf in the spring, but slacked off during the summer
Sold our house and bought a new house and moved at the end of June
Our vacation this year was to Hawaii in July
My best friend Karo had her baby in September
We went to Boone in October to see the ASU/Furman Game
I went to my first (and not last) scrapbook retreat in October
I discovered in November that I had three kidney stones (Mister Chris is never sick… it’s just not fair)
ASU won the national title in football for the second year in a row

It was quite a busy year. And now it’s the 31st and the fun is not over yet. The weather is quite crummy today. Mister Chris and I had thought about going to Charleston for New Years but decided not to at the last minute. Now we are glad we passed it up and saved the money. Instead we went out today and bought an elliptical machine. Since we canceled our gym membership earlier this year, I decided that something had to be done or I was just going to keep expanding and have to buy all new clothes. That is definitely not an option at this point. Tonight we are headed out with Mister Chris’s brother and his new girlfriend. It should be fun to finally meet her. I will probably be ringing in the New Year and heading straight to bed. The rain is making me very sleepy today and I am not sure how long I will last.

Happy 2007 to everyone out there. I hope to be posting more in 2007 because it is one of my top five new year’s resolutions.

They Did It

ASU just won their second consecutive national title!!!!! In the words of Katie Bonk: It is indeed GREAT to be a MOUNTAINEER!!!!! Now last year's trophy has a little sister. Katie my challenge to you is to get a picture with both of Chancellor Peacock's rings. Bling Bling.