8 Weeks

We are well in to our eighth week now.  During week 7 we had an ultrasound and were able to see and hear the heartbeat.  It was truly amazing!  So far things are going very well.  I have had no morning sickness, though sometimes I get a little queasy on the evening. Nothing to really speak of though.  I have been a little (ok quite a bit) tired though.  The cramps have gone away and I actually seem to be peeing a little less then I was before.  Though I have become very tired of drinking water and have switched to Kool-Aid and Powerade in the past few days for a break.  I have been very good in not drinking any coffee or caffeinated beverages.  I have also had very little chocolate.  I have been reading all these books about what to expect and what is going on within my body and within the baby's body.  They are pretty interesting.  Steve seems to have become a little more interested, especically since the ultrasound.  He admitted to me around week 5-6 that he didn't want to think about it too much because there is such a long wait ahead of us.  I think once he is able to see and feel the baby move that he will be able to appreciate the actual pregnancy rather than it just being a waiting period. 

I have started to show a little and my clothes are getting more snug.  I had a dream last night that my belly was huge.  Part of me can't wait... the sane part of me is laughing at the part that can't wait!  :o)  There are photos below.

We went to see The Insyderz play in Southgate last Friday.  I always enjoy seeing and hearing them perform.  After the show Steve and I talked to Joe Yerke (the singer) for a little while.  We mentioned that we were pregnant and talked about what a blessing it was.  Steve revealed a little secret that he meant to tell me but just hadn't gotten to.  He said, "The whole time we were trying I'd pray that she'd get pregnant, but just recently I truly decided that I was ready for this and my prayer became much more sincere.  It was not long after that we found out she was pregnant".  This is a testament to how there is a time and a plan for everything which is set by God.  All that time we spent trying, all the hard times and bad days, none of them matter anymore.  It's almost like they never happened and I couldn't be more grateful for that.  My outlook on life has changed and I am just happy... when I'm not pissed off over nothing, that is ;o).

We (I) have decided on the name Ryan Thomas for a boy.  I decided when I was 10 that Ryan was my favorite name and if I ever had a boy that is what his name would be.  Thomas is my dad's middle name and mine is Thomasa, so that is where that came from.  For a girl, we both like Summer, but aren't set on it.  I also like Allison (Alli) or Alex.  Steve doesn't like Alex at all.  I like Allison Summer, but her initials would be ASK.  I don't think I want that!  I think that if it's a girl, we are going to have to sit down with one of those baby name books. 

All in all I am enjoying pregnancy so far.  My biggest annoyance is the question "So, how are you feeling?"  I get this ohhhh about twice per day on average.  I just say, "fine" and shrug most of the time.  One day, I think I am going to act like I am dry heaving immediately following the question just to see what the poor unsuspecting person does muahhahahah!  It's like even though that person just asked me 2 days ago how I feel that they expect me to be super ill or something all of a sudden.  All kidding aside, I really am thankful God has blessed me with a very easy pregnancy this far into my first trimester and I pray that it continues.

Well, that's about all I have for now, as though I haven't said enough, right?

7 week ultrasound

4 weeks (the day we found out)

8 weeks



Today is the day!

This morning I woke up on CD31 with no sign of Aunt Flo.  I decided to take a pregnancy test and much to my surprise it instantly turned positive.  I went out to the living room and told Steve "we're pregnant!".  He said "How do you know?".  I replied "the test is positive!"  He said "That is awesome!"  We hugged and I cried.  I still can't believe it!

This happened on a cycle where I had decided I wanted to take a break. There were no drugs involved, no "timing" involved, not even paying attention to what "day" it was.  None of it. We conceived the old fashioned way, on accident. I truly can't believe it.  It has not fully sunk in yet.  I pray, pray, pray everything goes well.  I am now at day 31 of 280.  I must have taken 20 pics of my belly "before" and the pregnancy tests.  This is a day I will never forget.  I'm going to be a MOM!

Femara Round 2

Well I am at CD 16 and though the OPKs were all negative, my temperature was up .2 degrees today.  I am not convinced that this was ovulation, however.  At my last appointment they drew blood in order to perform a test to check the reserves in my ovaries.  I was going to take next month off, but I would like to find out the results of that test so maybe I will go ahead and go in for my appointment and do another round.  I've been doing pretty good emotionally lately.  I'm not struggling nearly as much.  I bought a book called What He Can Expect When She's Not Expecting.  It was a good book.  As you can tell by the title it is really a book for Steve.  I was a fun read, quite humorous and I read the whole thing in a couple hours.  Steve has started it, though I'm not sure how far he has gotten.  The author was spot on with how infertile women feel.  He says that men want to have children, but women need to have children.  He referred to his wife as a mother without children.  This is how I feel.  He and his wife had twins through a surrogate.  He told the story about the whole journey complete with a "Wife Psycho Level" chart.  Anyway, once again, good book.  I recommend it. 

As for now it is another cycle down and we shall wait to see if a miracle has happened, though I won't hold my breath.  It is apparently just not our time yet.  I think soon, I will want to go off the drugs all together for a an extended period of time and leave it to fate.  This is not to say I won't go back on them, but I can't stay on these buggers forever and if it's not our time, no amount of drugs are going to get us there.

Terrible news

I heard the most awful news today.  A girl I work with left on maternity leave a month ago on doctors orders.  She was scheduled for a C-section today because the baby was past due.  The baby died!  I don't have all the details, but apparently Kennedy Elizabeth strangled in the womb.  I feel so much grief for Shellee.  Imagine carrying a baby all the way through past 40 weeks and losing her on her birthday.  This has me twisted to say the least.  All I can do it pray that God comforts her and remember that everything is for a reason, even if we can't understand the reason.

The most useless week of the month.

I'm on CD22 and waiting for AF to show so we can start all over again.  I can sense that she will be around before too long.  I think we will try another couple rounds of Femara, then I am going to ask the dr if we can do one more super dose of Clomid.  After that we are going to call it on the meds.  The next step would be intrauterine insemination (IUI), but we have decided that isn't for us.  Not only because we can't afford to go to a fertility specialist and have all that stuff done, but because we have decided that is too much manipulation of the body for us.  I'm not against it or anything and I know it has worked for many couples, it's just not for us.  We will try naturally for a while and hope something happens.  If by the time I am 30 we have no luck, we will look into adoption.  I really want my child to be Steve's though.  Even if it wasn't mine, I'd be ok with that!  LOL  I guess that since he is not an asexual being, that is not possible.  So, I guess we will wait and see what happens. 

Nope.

CD 13 and still negative OPK.  That means I won't ovulate on CD 14 or probably on CD 15.  After that, it's too late.  Another $72 doctor visit ahead, another $50+ trip to the pharmacy and another month of hoping and praying to come.  Some days are better than others.  Today is ok.  We will try again next month.  It will happen eventually, right?  I found an awesone facebook page.  999 reasons to laugh at infertility.  It is keeping me sane for now. 

Femara Round 1

Friday, I went to see Dr. Finazzo.  He gave me the choice of doing another unusually high dose of Clomid or moving on to Femara.  Clomid was just not doing anything even at 150mg.  I opted to go with Femara which I found out is actually a med used to treat breast cancer but causes ovulation as a side effect.  I went through all 5 doses without a single hot flash.  I was having hot flashes often on Clomid.  I have begun using my digital OPK and I'm optimistic, though not overly hopeful for this month.  The good news about Femara is that I don't just get 6 doses.  If this makes me ovulate but we don't conceive, we can keep trying.  Fingers crossed.

In other news, we had a bad day Friday.  After work, Steve dropped off the ZX2 at a shop to have the front end looked at.  We went down to Amigo's in the Vibe and when we left the engine shut off as soon as we pulled out in to the road.  Steve managed to get us in to a parking lot.  Long story short, we had to call a tow truck ($107 plus a $10 tip for driving us home after dropping the Vibe at the shop).  Saturday, I had to bum a ride to and from a heavy freight meeting at work.  When I got home we walked 2 miles to the shop.  The computer in the Vibe was fried and would take till Monday.  The ZX2 was waiting on parts.  We walked the 2 miles back home.  When the ZX2 was done, we rollerbladed up to get it.  The Vibe still wasn't fixed on Monday. They needed to order a different computer for it.  I'm hoping to get it back by Friday.  Luckily Steve put aside $1000 for an emergency.  We've spent almost all of it on his fiasco.  We still have the 4-door Escort in the garage that needs to be fixed.  So, Saturday we were down 3 cars.  That is ridiculous!

Sunday, I overheard Steve tell his brother that he wasn't going to play softball this year.  I'm glad.  I want my Friday night back and because I just don't like how his dad sticks him out in right field so he can just stand there and watch the game.  I asked Steve why he wasn't playing.  He said he was sick of being stuck out in the outfield, hat he is an in-fielder and it's bullshit that Jimmy, Jeff and even Bush got to play infield last year.  He is right.  It is bullshit.  Well, someone else can get stuck out there this year while Steve and I enjoy date nights.  Another reason we are both glad he isn't playing is having to go to the stupid bar that sponsors the team.  I can't wait to be able to enjoy a wait to enjoy my summer this year!

TTC cycle 50ish

It sure has been a long time since I've written down any of my thoughts in other than a FB status. It's easy to live each day thinking it was so much like the last that nothing was special about it. Nothing monumental has happened. We live in the same house, work at the same place, do the same things on a regular basis. "Same old same" is my standard answer when asked "what's new" even if I haven't talked to the person in a year. We are still trying to conceive. It's been 3 1/2 years now and somewhere around 50 cycles. Though, I will say that we didn't necessarily try for all of them. Finally, last summer we decided to go ahead an see a doctor and have the necessary tests to see if everything was "normal". He had me for an X-ray of my tubes to make sure nothing was blocked and Steve had a sperm count done. Both tests were normal. I ovulated late in my cycle in October on my own as detected by an OPK. In November, I stated my first round of Clomid to try to move my ovulation day up to the 12-15th day. I did not ovulate in November... or December, or January, or February, even on the highest dose of Clomid. Today is day one of a new cycle. I have an appointment with Dr F on Friday morning to get started on Femara. I purchased digital OPKs to take out the guess work as well as a product called "Pre-seed". Pre-seed is a lubricant which is made to have the same consistency of fertil CM. I am going to go back to temping in the morning as well. This TTC stuff is really starting to get old. I am ready to be a parent. Some days are ok, other are really bad. A girl I work with who is the same age as me became pregnant on only her 2nd or 3rd try. That was like a kick in the gut for me. She is now about 3 months pregnant. I was really hoping we'd be pregnant together. Another girl I work with is going on maternity leave next week. She is due 4/7. She is also the same age as me. Almost everyone at work is now a parent (or will be soon), leaving me to sit back and hope this will be the month. I know God has this all under control, but it's difficult to be patient and hope that he has chosen for me to be a mom one day. That is probably the worst part, not the waiting, but the wondering if it was even meant to be. Steve remains optimistic. I just want to be someone's mom. I want to pass down our beliefs and ethics to the next generation. Raising a smart and responsible person is my life time goal.


I got a couple possible positives on the OPK last month and I noticed myself being warmer than usual as well as a couple other odd things (which might simply have been caused by all the meds) and I told Steve, i think I might be pregnant. His face lit up like I've never seen. Today he called me to ask if AF had arrived. He has never done that before. I think he was quite disappointed when I said yes.


I brought up the prospective of adoption a month or two ago. Though Steve was completely against it at first, he agreed that if we haven't conceived by the time I turn 30 (8/1/12) that we would look into adoption. Our child will be our child either way, but I really desire him/her to be biologically Steve's.


Sometimes on the bad days, I wonder if we never have a child if Steve will resent me or regret marrying me. When I shared this idea with him, he assured me that would never happen. The thought still remains though.


Sometimes on the good/hopeful days, I picture myself sitting on the couch with a tiny little baby in blue footie jammies laying on my chest. He has dark hair like Steve. Other times, I consider the possibility of twins (because of the fertility drugs). I have names picked out. Ryan and Steven for boys, Ryan or Steven and Summer for a combination. I'd be in trouble if I had 2 girls! LOL I can picture Ryan and Steven in their little baby Red Wings jerseys with their names on the back. I think these are the thoughts that keep me going.


As I said earlier, Femara starts this Friday. I am hopeful and optimistic about this drug. We get 3 cycles to use this. If my body does not respond the next step would be IUI, which 1) we simply can't afford and 2) is just a little too much manipulation of the body for us. Not that I'm against it or anything, it's just not for us.


I plan to start blogging on a more regular basis again. I enjoy going back and reading my thoughts from a year, 2 years, or 10 years ago. Let's hope I can stick with it!

June 11, 2009

Well, it’s been the better part of a year since I’ve written a blog, so I figured I’d give a little update. First of all and possibly most importantly, Steve and I are doing great. I still can’t get enough of that guy and love him more with each passing day (gag, I know). He’s been back at Reliable for a year now and having the nights and weekends with him has been absolutely wonderful. It’s hard to believe we spent 3 years together working opposite shifts and having only a handful of full days together per year. I think I could spend all day every day with him and never get tired of it. In fact that’s always my favorite part about vacations. I’m very proud to be his wife and thank God that we’re best buddies.

For those who don’t know we’ve been trying to start a family. I went off birth control the month after we got married somehow knowing that it was going to take some time. That means we have been trying to conceive for almost 2 years. Steve is handling it well, I am very impatient. I have been temping/charting though not consistently. In other words I don’t do it every month. I keep thinking that if we take a break it will happen. I even started playing hockey again with the notion that if I did I’d inevitably turn up pregnant. No luck. We have gone to the doctor, but it turned out to be rather expensive and I need to pay my bill before I can return for more advice. I asked them to put me on Clomid, but they won’t until Steve gets checked out. That’s going to be another couple hundred dollars and we keep putting it off. I decided not to be more aggressive about fertility meds because it teeters on the edge of going against my faith. I try to remind myself that it will happen when it’s time and that God has a plan for us. But again, I am very impatient. It drives me nuts now when I hear of someone getting pregnant by accident especially if they don’t want a baby. It also makes me crazy when someone tries for a month or two and BAM! So, basically pregnant women are currently my arch rivals. I just started on new insurance that will pay 50% on fertility treatments so I am ready to get back to the doctor. I want to go to my OB/GYN this time instead of my regular physician. We’ll see what happens.

So, how about those Red Wings? Tomorrow is game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals and I am quite excited. I love game 7s! It’s do or die. Someone will he lifting the Cup at the Joe tomorrow without exception. I guess game 7 sort of makes it like a Superbowl because it’s coming down to just one game. Steve and I are going to Hockeytown Café tomorrow after I get off work. It’s going to be a great time!

Speaking of the Red Wings… We were supposed to go to the Pinery today but decided not to because we just couldn’t miss this. I’m bummed because for 2 years in a row now we’ve booked out favorite site then cancelled. I was at least smart enough this year to change the reservation instead of canceling. We plan to camp at the end of August this year right before out 2 year anniversary. That’s pretty cool because the Pinery is where we went after the wedding. It was our pre-honeymoon I guess you could say since we went to Key West a couple months later. The first time Steve took me to the Pinery was the first time we got to spend a weekend together. That was the weekend we became inseparable. He also proposed to me up there. I told him the only thing left is to there is to conceive! :o)

So, really in the past year there has been nothing major to update. Work has been up and down. I got a “promotion” in December with the promise of a raise and title but really all I got was more work to do. Since Eric has moved to Dependable and I took on the responsibility of overseeing another account I barely have time to breathe at work some days. I like being busy and all but I hate the feeling of being overwhelmed. There are several instances each day where I am doing so many things at one time that I can’t even remember what I was doing. It wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have to keep up with answering the phone. In addition to these three accounts which would take a good five hours to take care of alone; I am one of the main people answering the damn phone. We have only one person whose primary responsibility it is to answer the phone. We used to have 3 or 4. When that person is busy (which is very, very often) I have to pick up the phone. This takes me away from whatever task I was involved with and as soon as I am able to remember where I was, I have to pick up the phone again. Things that I could normally get done in 1 hour take two. It gets very stressful sometimes and I can’t provide as good of service as I’d like because I always have something else that needs to be done. It’s frustrating. Sorry… /rant

On a positive note, I was informed yesterday that Chase got all As and Bs on all of his report cards this year. I’m so incredibly proud of him! What a good little man he is turning out to be! I really need to get him over here for a weekend. Now, if only I can find a weekend that is not already spoken for…

August 20, 2008

(July 11, 2008)
Steve had a baseball game, but I wasn't feeling well so I stayed home and took a nap. I woke up and felt much better so I decided to walk up to the park. Usually I take Captain, but decided to take Dewey this time. As I was about to walk out the door, I looked at the clock and realized the game was almost over so I thought I'd just walk up there and go up to the bar with the team after the game. I put Dewey back in the cage with Captain and Jade and started to walk out the door. I heard a loud scream and when I turned around I saw and heard Dewey fall on to the newspaper at the bottom of the cage. He half stood up and dragged himself to the door as I was opening it. He wasn't moving his leg. I'm afraid I may have closed his little leg in the space between the door and the top of the cage, but I'm really not sure. It's possible that either Captain or Jade bit it or one of them scared him into falling and it broke when he fell. At first he just wasn't moving it, then about 15 min later it started bleeding. Steve was at baseball and I had to wait about 10 more minutes for him to get home so we could go tot he ER. On the way to the ER vet it started bleeding a lot. I was so scared, it was about a 20-30 min ride but felt like an hour. It looked like he was trying to fall asleep. I just knew he was going to die and I guess I was actually starting to say goodbye to him. I told Steve "he's not going to make it, there's too much blood." My hands were covered and it was on my purse, pants and shirt as well. In less than a minute a seemingly normal day turned in to the worst expierence I've ever had. I've never prayed so hard and out loud in my life. I usually pray silently or in a whisper, but this time I was nearly yelling and begging. I can't remember the last time I cried that hard either. I probably scared the crap out of Steve, he's never seen me like that. I was more desperate for a miracle than I'd ever been in my life. God answered.
We were at the vet until about 11pm. They let us know that eventhough he was stable at the time there is a chance that he might still die. Steve wanted to take Dewey home because he felt bad leaving him. The vet and I convinced him that he needed to stay. They would then call us after they got his x-rays further evaulated his condition. We would pick him up at 0800 the next morning to take him to an animal hospital. The problem was that Steve had to work the next day and surely I couldn't hold Dewey in that condition and still drive. I didn't know what I was going to do so I called Joe. He was half in the bag but told me he'd work for Steve in the mornig so we could get Dewey taken care of. This is why Joe is my best friend by the way. He's the nicest person I've ever met. The guy will bend over backwards for his friends and he's the only person I know who never says anything bad about anyone. Anyway, we went home and I tried to sleep but everytime I closed my eyes all I could see was his bloodly little leg flopping around when he tried to fly out of my hands in the car. I could even smell the blood all over me. I finally fell asleep and the phone rang. The vet called to update us on Dewey. They confirmed that his leg was broken, but said he was waking up from the anestesia and doing as well as could be expected. Then, I was able to sleep. We picked him up in the morning and this is what he looked like:

Here is what he looked like with his cast on:

If spending nearly 20 hours a day for 6 weeks doesn't improve the bond between a pet and it's human, I don't know what will. So needless to say, we've become very close. We needed that, he's usually pretty mean to me. Now he actually enjoys being with me again.
(August 18, 2008)
Dewey went in for his weekly bandage change and the vet decided that since it has been 5.5 weeks they could do an x-ray and if all looked good the cast could come off. So, they bring in the anestesia concent forms come in and again I get very nervous. About 15 minutes later the Dr came in with the x-rays and it looks like it healed nicely. When he woke up however, he went straight for his leg so they had to put a bandage on it.

I took the bandage off last night but the little cottony piece under it was stuck a little so I let him take a bath to get it off. OMG! his little leg looks so nasty! It's kind of yellowish and missing all the feathers all the way up to his hip. Where the break was, it is thicker. Think of your arm including your elbow, except the elbow isn't a joint, it just sticks out like that. I hope that is temporary. He did try to get at his leg again, but after I put a Band-aid on it I realized he might just be trying to feel it. (I surely couldn't continue to look at it. I'm way too squemish for that so I had to put cover it.) Next time I will let him mess with it a little unless it looks like he is trying to bite. To my surprise, he hasn't tried to remove the Band-aid. I think I'm gonna get him some kid Band-aids! Anyway, his foot is still swollen and has been since Jade bit it last weekend. The vet didn't say it was out of the ordinary, so I'm not too concerned though I did hold him a good amount of time yesterday so he could lay on his back and elevate it. We went for a long walk in the evening with him laying upside down too. Captain came with us, he was on my other hand. The neighborhood kids (and adults) LOVE Captain. Dewey seems pretty comfortable though. I'd think that if his leg was bothering him he'd pick at it. Right now he is sleeping comfortably on his little perch next to me, at work. Friday will be his last day here. My boss has been very patient in letting me bring him in all this time. I'm really gonna miss having him here.

May 27, 2008

I guess first I'll start off with the insane BBQ we had here (at work) on Friday. We had so much food! Angelo cooked a pork loin, corn and potatoes with onions, we had hotdogs, brats, hamburgers, Stacie's potato salad, macaroni salad (Scott's own of course), pop, chips, Jenette's banana pudding... plus Angelo brought every condiment possible. Man, there was soooo much food!

Saturday we cleaned the house... it really needed it, badly. But in the late afternoon we headed to Joe and April's for a BBQ and the Wings game. The Wings slaughtered the Penguins and we went outside for a bonfire. We had a pretty good fire going but it started getting late. Besides what we were drinking, Steve had some Molson in the fridge that was skunky so he put 2 unopened bottles of it in the fire. It's funny when you put a beer in the fire because it boils then shoots out of the top. The fire had started to die down and it was probably close to 3:00 am when Joe "found the couch" and Steve, April and I were still around the fire which was pretty much just coals by then. The bottles were still there and we had pretty much forgotten about them. Then, all of a sudden BOOM! I hadn't a clue what had just happened but I knew there was stuff from the fire on my face. My drunk ass says "ahhh! my face!" but just kept sitting there. I guess I was still trying to figure out how that happened and trying to assess the damage. After a few seconds, I guess I figured "well those two got up, maybe I should too!" Steve was brushing hot coals off of April who's pants caught the brunt of it and as I found out later, she had pulled her pants down and was standing there in her undies! lol I went into the house but on my way, I couldn't help but joke "STOP DROP AND ROLL!" lol
Once I got in the house, I headed straight for the sink. My face and glasses were completely covered in ash, soot and charcoal. Once I got most of it off my face, I showed Joe my glasses and by this time he was just trying to figure out what the hell happened (he had fallen alseep on the couch). Then April and Steve came in. Aparently they had taken time to put the fire out. We were all pretty much plastered (obviously) and found our way to the couch to laugh at ourselves. I think it was close to 4:00 when we finally left. What a fun night that was! As it turns out the damage was this: I have several small burns on my face and neck as well as on the frame of my glasses. Steve has small cuts all over his face. I guess the bottle blew toward him. April has a fat lip because it was burned, her sweat pants are toast, she lost a few gobs of hair in the shower (must have been burned) and one of thier chairs was burnt up.

So, Sunday we just hung out most of the day. We laid out in the sun and went to the hardware store then got ice cream. I took a nap in the back yard then one of the neighborhood teens came by to ask us if we wanted to play roller hockey. We played for a few hours then came home and watched a movie. We saw The Butterfly Effect. It was really good!!

Monday, Memorial Day we just hung out around the house all day. We did some yard work, laid in the sun and had lunch outside. As I was doing laundry I heard the ice cream truck going by and Captain yelled out eh window. The ice cream truck stopped. It was soooo funny!! The driver probably thought it was a retarded kid since what he yelled wasn't a word just one of what we call his "retard noises." I laughed so hard. Later on I went for a walk with him then watched the Wings game.

It was a pretty good weekend. Definitely a funny one. Steve and I have never had a long weekend at home before. It's nice to be able to spend time together. I just never get tired of him.

May 1, 2008

It's been a while so I figured I've give a little update. Things are going well for Steve and me. Steve is playing softball on 2 different teams now. One for Reliable Delivery (which isn't doing so well) and also on his dad's team which starts this Friday. It's too cold for this stuff. I wish the weather would warm up so I can stop freezing my ass off at these games.

Speaking of Steve and Reliable, Steve decided to come back. Reliable is of course where I work and where we met. Steve stopped working here before we started dating a little over 3 years ago. Anyway, he is back now and so far it's been pretty fun... for me anyway. :o) I always kind of wanted him to return but never said anything. It's cool getting up and waking him before I leave. I go to work then he comes here to turn in his paperwork. Then all day I can pretty much check out what jobs he's doing and help him out with directions or whatever. Even though we're not in the same building or might even be a hundred miles apart, I still feel like we're working together. The best part so far though, is having him home in the evening. Saturday the best part will be him not working! Come Sunday, the best part will have been spending the whole weekend together. :o) I think it's a win/win situation. The only real setback is that Steve's Escort that he used to deliver pizza is a hunk of crap. Obviously he can't use that as a courier so I had to give up my beloved ZX2 and now I'm driving that peice of crap for now. I'm afraid a wheel is gonna go flying off or something while I'm driving! lol Hopefully though, that will be short lived. We are looking for a new car. I wanted the new 08 Focus, but when we went for a test drive... I hated it. I was more than just a little disappointed with the interior. So, now I'm looking at the Focus, Civic and Accord from 2005-2007. The Focus is cheaper, but the Hondas are better on gas. There are a lot more of the Focus to choose from, so I'm prolly gonna go with that. I like how it looks better as well.

So, I think that's about it for now. I'm glad spring is finally here, that's for sure. I'm off to go weigh my co-works now... that's the truth believe it or not. lol

December 11, 2007

As you may have read in my previous blog, Steve had pink eye a few weeks ago. Well, Friday morning, I woke up at 3:00 and my left eye was crusted shut (gross, I know... sorry). By the time I woke up to go to the Dr. it was in both eyes. So, I managed to get Steve's pink eye 3 weeks, after he had it. Thanks for sharing, Honey! Though both of me eyes were infected, it still wasn't as bad as Steve's. I had to call in on Friday, luckily I had a paid day that I was able to use. The Dr. appt cost $20 and the medicine, $5. So, unlike Steve's fiasco which was more like $300, this was rather cheap. Also unlike Steve, I was going to wait till my eyes were all swollen and ugly then post a pic in my blog. They never did get that way though. I guess that since I got medicine just hours after having symptoms, it didn't have a chance to get nasty. I was even able to go to Mark and Teresa's Christmas Party as well as the office Christams party by Saturday evening. Glad mine didn't hang around like Steve's did!

When I went home for lunch today, Steve had bought me flowers! He got me stargazer lillies. Lillies are my fave.

November 19, 2007

Good news:
Steve and I got to spend the whole weekend together and I loved it!

Bad news:
Steve has pink eye, the Dr appt and prescription cost almost $100 and he lost about $200 by not working, I might get pink eye and I am already sick.

Ya know what though? I still really enjoyed the weekend. I'm pretty sure we've never spent a whole weekend at home, together before. He played hockey on Friday, then Saturday morning I took him to urgent care. Here's the review I wrote on Yahoo! for that place:

My husband was miserable with pink eye this morning so I got up and tried to find a Dr to take him to. Seeing how good the previous reviews on here were, we decided to go to Canton Urgent Care. The recording said they opened at 10:00, so that's when we arrived. Someone finally arrived there around 10:10. We signed in and waited... around 10:20 we were informed that it will be about another 35 min. How? I wondered... we arrived before they even opened. As the waiting room began to fill, 11:00 approached and we were taken to a room where the wait was relitively short compared to the time in the waiting room. The Dr came in, took one look at my husband and said, "Yep, you have pin eye" and wrote a prescription. I noted that we had no insurance and asked for a generic. He told me the generic ones aren't any good, but in the next breath said they are about the same. Now, we all know they ARE the same!!! We went to the pharmacy next door where they were very helpful. The pharmacist came out and gave us some info on the medicine and told us it was rather expensive (around $75) and there are other products that would do the same thing and are cheaper. Also, the Dr didn't put any instructions down for how often to take the med. Back to Urgent Care we went. We got a new script... this one was "only" $55. Ugh, the pharmacist wrote down two different meds on a post-it and gave it to us to take back to the Dr. This time, he agreed to use one of the suggested medications. Somehow I remained polite. I've heard doctors make money by writing scrips for certain brands... this proves it in my eyes. Finally my husband got his script for $7 and we were on our way. I'm glad that at least the pharmacy was helpful...

So, yeah... that took the whole morning. For the rest of the weekend we pretty much just hung out. We ordered Chinese, played video games, watched hockey and football, played cards and watched Fox Sunday (I love those shows!). Oh yeah, we also did a lot of hand washing and disinfecting! lol

I love that guy sooo much. I never get tired of him. Infact, I can't get enough of him... even if he's sick and oozing puss from his red,swollen eye. Here's a little picture I edited for him:

He wouldn't let me take a pic to send to his dad, so I made my own. :o)

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On another note...

To those who think that we wither dropped off the face of the earth, are stuck up, or are ignoring you...

We aren't.

We've just not been hanging out with anyone lately. There isn't really a reason for it other than the fact that we both hate the cold and Steve has hockey on Friday nights then works Sat and Sun night. The only thing we've actually done lately is go to the bar for an hour or two on Friday after hockey... and that's prolly about every other week. Infact, for 3 weeks in a row, I came home on Friday night and didnt leave again till Monday morning. Last week I did a little shopping and it was right back to it this weekend.

Speaking of shopping, I've decided it was a good idea to be really cheap for Christmas this year. We've placed a $20 limit on everyone except each other. Last year was way out of hand. Here are the people I'm buying for this year, so if you're not on this list, please don't get me/us anything either! A card or a pic of your kids will be just fine if you are in the giving spirit. Well, Jen, Krissy and Sam, I better be getting pics of your kids anyway!

People on my Christmas list:
Steve, my mom, Dad K, Nancy, Jimmy, Chase, my secret santa person at work and maybe my dad.

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Oh, and speaking of Christmas lists, here is what I'm asking Santa for this year...

1. A pair or two of jammie pants size medium. Not cotton, unless they are men's size small. (otherwise they end up way too short).

2. Swiffer Wet Jet

3. Godiva Chocolate

4. Clothes are always good. size Med

5. I could use some new undies. size Med

6. Slippers that go all the way wound my feet, not just slip ons. Cartoon character heads are a plus, or animal feet. The funnier, the better. :o)

7. Nintendo Wii (I thik Santa's fresh out of these though)

That's all I can think of right now. I might add more later

September 10, 2007

I guess not is a good of time as any to blog about the wedding now that I'm back to work and have a few minutes. It seems like lately work is where I go to get away from being so busy with the wedding. I really am relieved that it's all over now and I can relax.

The wedding went beautifully. I'm so glad everyone came espically on a holiday weekend. Steve and I had a blast and it looked like most everyone else did as well. I can't wait to get my pics back from the photographer, who did an awesome job might I add. I highly recommend Jim to anyone who has photographic needs for weddings, senior pics or even family pics. You can find him at www.affordablereflections.com.

The day before the wedding was a busy one. Sue came over and we went to get our nails done. The pedicure was awesome and the massage chairs were a much welcomed bonus. I'm glad I listened to Tiff and Megan and didn't skip that to save a few bucks. After getting out nails done Sue and I arranged centerpieces for the reception. I had ordered some really nice gel beach candles but they messed up my order so I was stuck doing last minute changes to my plans. I bought some bud vases at Michael's and we filled them with these little blue gel ball thingies and put dasies in them. We had just enough time to complete these and head to rehersal. It was actually kinda fun and I was glad to finally get everyone together. One thing did ruin the expierence for me (and Steve) though. His mom handed him a gift and insisted he open it right there infron of everyone including my mom, 2 kids and his dad and step mom. Steve said he'd open it later but she insisted. Any guesses what it was? A blow up doll. Yes, I'm serious.

The day of the wedding we got up and the weather was beautiful! The day went by so fast I don't even really remember all that happened but I will recall what I can. Mark arrived to do our hair then Nancy arrived. When Jeff got there he and Steve took off. Jen, Sam, Chase and Sue showed up and we got ready. When Jim came we took some pics and the limo arrived around 1:15. I was sooo nervous. I was shaking and sweating and felt cold at the same time. It was very odd. Once we got in the limo I was just excited. Before I knew it I was walking down the isle. I walked down with Chase, he looked so stinkin' handsome in his little white tux. Then I started crying about half way though my vows. Apparently from what I haear, I had pretty much everybody crying.

After the ceremony, we headed to Heritage Park for pics then to the reception. The reception was a blast, I think pretty much everyone had a great time, except Steve's mom. I don't even fell like getting in to all that but I'll just say that about half the people she put in RSVP's for didn't show... eventhough their meals were paid for and she left around 9:30.

Crystal Gardens totally pissed me off when we arrived though. As soon as we got in there and sat down they shoved a microphone in Rick's face for the toast. We had just arrived and they didnt even bring us anything to toast with before giving him the mic. I was pretty pissed and made sure the mgr heard me say "well, that a moment we're not going to get back." Then Sam did her toast and Rick said grace, then I thanked everyone for coming and we ate.

The reception was really fun. My only complaint was that the drinks sucked and the bartender had no personality. The drinks were in tiny glasses, maybe 12 ounces and had very little liquor in them. Those who drank beer or wine seemed to be doing well though ;o)

I danced pretty much all night and once the alcohol started setting in I finally got some company on the dance floor. We got some pretty good video of everyone dancing too. Jeff, you little devil, I didn't know you could dance like that! Dan was rather entertaining too in his own way even after he spilled a beer down my bridesmaid, Nikki's dress! It was a complete accident though.

I have a few wedding pics up and I will get more, but I need to fix the red eye in most of them because of the weird lighting in there. I guess I'll have to write a honeymon blog too, but I don't feel like it right now so just go look at the pics and leave some comments!

June 23, 2007

Yesterday was our bridal shower. It turned out quite nice considering I was afraid of what I might find. In previous blogs, I've written about how Steve's mom wanted to make it into a Hawaiian luau. Our theme is seashells. As you can see, that doesn't make sense to anyone but her. She thinks it is all the same. Well, it wasn't Hawaiian, I think I can thank Aunt Lana and Candy for that... so, thanks! We had a good time though. The food was awesome!

We got lots of great gifts. More than I ever thought we would. I registered at Kohl's and before I knew it, everything on the registry was gone! I added more and a lot of that was bought as well. I just couldn't believe all the stuff we got! I was registering for stuff I thought for sure no one would buy because it was expensive and sure enough we got it. Things like luggage, memory foam mattress pad and expensive sheets.

My favorite gift was probably the memory foam mattress pad from my mom. Our mattress is a total piece of crap and its not that we can't afford a new one, it's just that our bed is a full and if we get a new mattress we want a queen set with new dressers and all that. We'll probably wait till we move for something like that though. Anyway, it feels like I am sleeping on a brand new bed now! I love it. When you put that together with our new Eegyptian cotton sheets, our new king size plush blanket and the down comforter we already had, you get the cloud of happiness! That is now how I refer to our bed. I slept like a rock last night and really didn't want to get up this morning.

We also got kitchen towels, bath towels, shower curtain, blankets, photo frames, a really nice photo album (though I can't remember who it came from), a scale (which we've been saying forever that we needed), a blender, toaster, deep fryer, a steamer... the list goes on.

The one thing that was really weird was the Victoria's Secret box from Steve's mom. Ugh. I was a teddy! And she made me hold it up for all to see. Steve's embarrassed, I'm embarrassed, not to mention it was a size 36B. LOL Keeping in mind that I actually wear a 32A and Steve's waist isnt even a 36, it's more like a 33. The panties were a medium/large. Does this lady really think I am that much bigger than I am? geesh.

But overall it turned out quite well and I got to meet my baby cousin Katelyn. She's so stinkin' adorable. Check out he pics.

Thanks everyone for coming and for the generous gifts! We love them. Also, thanks Jen and Rick for driving me and a van load of gifts home and Rick, you saved the day for Steve by saying grace. Sam and Sue, thanks for all your help as well!

July 9, 2007

So, last week the Fourth of July fell on Wednesday and I took the rest of the week off for a mini vacation. The plan was to go to Cedar Point with Joe and April the 4th, but a crappy weather forecast prevented us from going. We went down by Ohio and got some fireworks instead and BBQ'd at Joe's house, then had a bon fire. We had all kinds of morters and bottle rockets, it was cool.

Thursday a few people came over to wrap gifts for the shower. I'm expecting about 20 people to show at the shower and Steve's mom bought about 50 gifts. I have no idea what this lady is thinking. Then she announced that she is inviting 2 of her friends we've never met to the rehersal dinner. Uh yeah, that's not going to happen. Rehersal dnner is for the bridal party only. Not peopele we don't even know. If she feels like she has to have these people with her while they are in town, she doesn't have to come. It's not like she has a role in the wedding. She's already telling Steve's dad who he can and can't invite. Why don't I just giver her MY guest list too since she clearly is the one to choose who is allowed to be there? Well, she's gonna get a surprise, because we are inviting the person she demands not be there. Plus Steve's dad and stepmom are paying for the rehersal dinner, so it is time for there guest list revenge. lol

Anyway, thanks Jen, Candy, Aunt Lana and Nancy for coming over Thursday. You we're a big help. Also, Candy, thanks for being my informant!

Friday we ended up going to Cedar Point. It was a good time and I actually rode a bunch of roller coasters. I went on the new one, Maverick, it was pretty cool. I always close my eyes though because I'm afraid of heights, so Steve makes fun of me. My favorites were the Disaster Transport and the Raptor. I was able to keep my eyes open in the Disaster Transport because it's dark and I can't see the ground. So I liked that one a lot. We went on the Raptor when it was getting dark, so after the initial drop I opened my eyes. I like the coasters with harness where your feet hang a lot better than the carts. The first one we actually went on was the Mantis. I've never been on a coaster where you stand. The way the blood rushes in and out of your legs is CRAZY! I thought all the blood vessels in my legs were gonna explode! lol After that we went on the power tower... that was horrible. Then Joe, April and Steve went on the the Top Thrill Dragster. I didn't go because of how much I hated the drop on the power tower. They liked it though. It better have been good. It was a 45 min wait for a 6 sec ride. We went on a water ride after that and then Maverick and got a little grub after that. Then we went on the Disaster Transport, Millenium Force (which I chickened out on at the last minute) and Magnum (which I hated). The Raptor was our last ride. We walked and stood for 11 hrs. We were beat. Steve and I actually fell asleep on the way home. I'm glad Joe was driving.

Saturday was the Air Show at Willow Run with the Blue Angels. This was all Steve's event. I'm not into it at all. We met up with Jen and Rick. It was basically torture for me because I was tired, dehydrated and had enough of the sun from the day before. We sat there for about 2-3 hours, thought it seemed like much longer in the blistering sun just waiting. I just laid there under my umbrella eating my frozen lemonade. Steve and I actually consumed a whole bottle of water in literally 30 seconds. It was soooo hot! Then finally the Blue Angels were ready to go... then they weren't. After about a 20 min delay they took off. I was really disappointed because I thought they'd fly a lot lower when they come from behind the crowd. I also thought they'd do more tricks. They were out of view so much of the time. Then it was time to go..... it took us about 10 minutes to get there and an HOUR AND A HALF to get home! I was so thirsty and hot waiting there in traffic. It was like a bad dream being stuck there with no way out. Traffic was barely moving (if at all) half of the time and I was dehydrated and we did not have A/C. It was a waste of an entire day. It was Steve's even and he is the one who said that. That goes to tell you how miserable we were. We went swimming at Rick and Jen's after we FINALLY got home. That was a nice cool down.

Yesterday I didn't do much. Basically, I just caught up on laundry and took Captain up to Petland then cleaned. It was a busy vacation.

June 24, 2007

Saturday we had our little bon fire thing and burned our Cristmas tree. Actually just the top half. We still have the whole bottom half to burn. Anyway, Jeff came over then Sue arrived. Jeff and Steve started the fire and Sue and I did a beer run. The guy at the ghetto mart likes to play an age guessing game instead of carding you. I don't know, maybe he's studying for a life as a carnie but anyway, he guessed I was 27 (pshhh!) and that Sue was 34. That made her day considering she is in her early 40's! lol So we get back to the house and make some drinks then head outside. That's about the last thing I remember clearly. lol I did however, learn that Sparks and Jager mix quite well with minimal hang over. Joe and April ended up arrving around 11:00 or so. They were already buzzed from another party they were at and showed up with a fifth of grey goose... and drank the whole thing! I'm rather impressed. Though I did see them to the door with a plastic bag and some paper towel. I know I was really drunk but I must have been more drunk that I relize because they left around 3am and it didn't seem like they were there long at all. I guess probably because I don't remember most of it! I know that I had a good time though. I remember that Sue put in this CD and I think the CD player we were using was jacked because it would play a song, then like 20 minutes later it would play another song. it was weird. Then we were inside waking up the birds at like midnight. That's ok though. Dewey was more than happy to show off... as usual.

At some point Steve said it was a good time to light the tree up, so he put the top half in the fire. Our privacy fence is about 6-6.5 feet tall and the fire was over the top of the fence. I have pictures, I'll have to upload those.

Well, I guess there isn't that much else to day, considering I don't remember much more. I had a great time though, I always seem to when I hang out with people from work. I was glad Jeff stopped by too. We hardly ever hang out. We need to get together more often. So, thanks guys for coming by. For those who weren't able to, you missed a good time. We should get together, I wouldn't mind hosting another one of these. We really need to get more wood though. We burned just about everything we had. Infact, when I woke up the next afternoon, even though we had sprayed water on the fire, it was still burning. Not just smoldering, actually burning! Great fire Steve!

June 19, 2007

We got another bird. I know what you are saying/thinking "what the hell is the matter with you?" My answer: I wanted a big bird. I found a super nice one. We got him. He is a 15 month old Blue & Gold Macaw named Captain. I suggested that since "Captain" is sort of a title that his formal name be Captain Luke. Since I wanted a B&G named Luke.

We got him at Petland and he is such a sweet little guy thanks to the staff there. (Thanks ladies!) Melissa taught him some cute tricks too! I know you guys miss him, but he is in good hands and we promise to visit!

We brought him home Sunday. On the way home he kept his body pressed really close to me and kept putting his beak against my cheek. He was pretty stressed out but I kept talking to him, petting him and since we don't have a/c in teh car blowing gently in his face to cool him off. We got home and I put him on Dewey's playstand while we put together his cage. When the cage was finished I couldn't get him to step up off the playstand and knowing that there would be a transition stage I thought I wouldnt be able to get him to move. I decided maybe some music would help ease his tension so I plugged in my iPod. I started singing, dancing and talking to him and finally he offered me his foot. I held him for a minute then put him in his new cage. I gave him a few minutes to check it out and stuck my head in there and petted him. I few minutes later I put out my hand for him to step up and he did, without hesitation! I was warned that the transition time could be days, but really it took about 30 minutes! He is so laid back and well adjusted. That night when I was covering his cage he talked for the frist time since being home. I was putting the blanket over and he said "what's up?"

He's a bright little guy too. My fave trick is the one Melissa taught him. He puts his foot in the air to wave and says "HI!" then he expects a peanut. lol He also flaps his wings if you hold him up over your head and dances... he knows it as rock n roll actually. He kisses too, with his big, black macaw tongue! lol

Today we are taking him to the vet for his check up. Hopefully he does well in the car. If he does, I can take him up to Petland for a visit soon.

So, Captain has been my buddy from the start. I love him already. I am gaining his trust and he is starting to let me hug him and doesnt feel as threatened if I put my arms around his body or my hand around his face. Anyway, we're having a blast together. I'm so glad we got him!

May 11, 2007

You were in line in front of me at Subway inside the BP on Van Born and Wayne Road. In case your dumb ass is still too dumb to figure out who you are, your shirt says you work at a car wash in Romulus. Lady, you are as cheap are you are inconsiderate. You saw me walk in, you looked right at me, you hadn't ordered yet. You knew you were going to order 4 effing 12 inch subs. Anyone else would have offered for me to go first, but not you. You asked what the sub of the day was. I'll guess you can't read because the sign was right in front of you. Then you said "It's two of them for eight something, right?" Yep, there is a sign that says that too. Then you ordered 4 of them. I sat down in a chair behind you. When the young man told you he only had enough meatballs for 2 and a half subs, you asked if he was going to make the reast of them someting else for the same price. He said he couldn't do that. You discuss with him over the next minute how much several different subs would cost. Yep, there is a sign for that too. Your young child standing next to you, he couldn't have been more than four, noticed the signs. He pointed to the biggest sub they make and said he wanted that. Guess what dummy, he's not going to eat a whole 12 inch sub. He might not even eat half. If you weren't stupid, you'd know that if you only get him a 6 inch, you can save a couple bucks. I know every dollar counts to you because the next thing you say is, "Can't you accomidate me? It's not my fault you are out of meatballs." Again, he said no. Way to go Subway guy. Don't let her manipulate you! I'm sure your tax dollars already buy her groceries. I was getting really frustrated at this point. You must have only had a tewnty on you or something because then you started trying to figure out what subs you could get. Not even one sub has been made and it has already been several minutes. I don't remember what it was but you asked something that clearly indicated to me that I was never going to get my sub. I wanted to tell you to take your food stamps somewhere else, or to go get a hot and ready if you are so concerned about prices, but I didn't. That is when I quietly stormed out and sped off in frustration. I went down the street to another Subway where the kind and rather good-looking young arabic gentleman made me a sub and got me out of there in less time than it took you to figure out what the hell you wanted. I've come home and eaten my sandwich already, I bet you are still in that place trying to get a discount.

You my friend, are a fucktard.

May 10, 2007

After careful consideration, Steve quit the new job. Had we done some math in the first place, he never would have taken it. Basically he would have been trading a 25 hour week at an easy job that he already likes for a 40 hr week working a lot harder and making less money. Yes, it's true. Even on an average week at jets he makes more that a 40 hour week at $14.50/hr. If he has a good week, he'd be making more... in half the time. If you figure in the airport work he does, he makes a good deal more than at $14.50/hr. No insurance, but hell, we could buy insurance with what he makes at the airport. Not that he was guaranteed to have it at the warehouse anyway. So, back to our normal routine and social life, even if it isn't an incredibly busy one to begin with. Oh yeah, and free food from Jet's! :o)

So, now Steve has to tell his mom... who by the way doesn't seem to care as much about how much money he makes as she does how his job title sounds. Oh, and whether or not he has insurance. That should be an interesting phone call considering he also has to talk to her about his dad wanting to invite her ex boyfriend to our wedding. She already mentioned, about 60 seconds after we told her we were getting married that "he better not be invited!" I wish you all the luck in the world in that conversation, Steve. There is a slight possibility that she wont be talking to us for a little bit.

In a completely unrelated but comical matter, yesterday I was doing dishes, Steve was taking a nap and the birds we make not loud, but pretty much constant noise. They were play fighting like most animals do. Then all of a sudden I hear Dewey say "Owwwww! Stop it!" the tone in his little Quaker voice made it unforgettable. Very cute.

May 9, 2007

Yesterday I was optimistic and excited about Steve's new job. He's going to be home most evenings, we get to hang out, make a little more money and eventually (if they decide to hire him into the union) have insurance. However, now I am rethinking the pros and cons.

Steve, if you happen to read this, this is my official plea for you to go back to jets. Sure, you will be home most evenings but you will have to be in bed by 10:00 (we both know you are not the type of person who can function on just a few hours of sleep). You are going to have to work on the weekends. Even if you were to have Friday and Saturday off, it sucks. Friday nights are your baseball games. Saturday you will have to be in bed by 10:00. If you have to work Saturdays, you can count on going to bed right after baseball. Speaking of forgetting things, if you work Fridays, you can forget about drop-in hockey and even your regular hockey season next year for that matter. There will be no bon fires this year, no more Tigers games, no going anywhere. We will be strapped to the house because we have to work on each others days off. Its not like Jets where you can just have them schedule you off if you need the day off. Maybe this is selfish but I'm gonna miss you too. I HATE not going to bed together. I can adjust to going to bed at 10:00 during the week, but not on the weekends. That brings up another point. During the week, espically if I have to work will 5:30, we will have about 3 maybe 3.5 hours to hang out before I have to start getting in the shower. This time frame includes dinner and doing the dishes. Oh, and I miss you at lunch.

Again about me, I went to bed about an hour after you last night. I crawled in bed and tried not to disturb you, though I probably did. About an hour after that, I fell asleep...without so much as touching you, outside of the few seconds I spent rubbing your back. This morning I woke up to your alarm BLARING at 4:30. I laid there for two hours then fell asleep 30 min before my alarm went off.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this new schedule is going to put a strain on our relationship. That's the last thing I want. Please go back to Jets. The whole point to getting a new job was to find one where we could have weekends off together. I'd rather you work night and have weekends than work days and not have any social life.

May 8, 2007

Last Friday Steve had his first baseball game. He's awesome by the way. They won. I took Dewey up there for while, I ended up taking him home though because it was windy and kind of chilly. He loves being around a lot of people. He started squawking when i took him to the car. i think he wanted to stay.

Saturday Steve and I decided we wanted to go to the batting cages. We stopped at K Mart where i bought a pair of batting gloves and my very own bat (i'm cool now btw). We batted for a little bit. I did pretty good, I only missed like 3 softballs that I swung at. Hardball was a different story. I hit like two of them! lol plus one hit me in the hand and one in the thumb...that one still hurts. it felt like my nail was going to fall off. then we went home and took this plastic bat and wiffle balls that we bought to the park. We got home about ten minutes before the hockey game. Steve went into the bedroom to check his email, i followed. I was sitting there on the bed and looked down at my ring. My diamond was GONE! I bet my heart skipped. Fortunately, we have the warranty or whatever where it gets replaced for free. The ball that hit my hand must have hit my ring. I was sooo upset. I took it to JB Robinson right away. Now I have to put off our engagement pics another month while I wait for my ring to come back.

Steve started a new job. He is working at the Kroger warehouse (thanks Rick!!) the money is rather decent and after 60 days he gets a raise. When he gets hired into the union he will have benefits too. Imagine that! lol We are not sure exactly what days he will be working but the hours are 0530-1400ish. He is going to still work at jets a couple nights too for extra cash. I'm so glad to have him home in the evenings now! It's awesome. We can even go play Thursday night hockey now. yay! Not to mention we will have our Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights even if he has to work during the day.

Steve's dad got Tigers tickets for 5/18 vs the Cardinals and asked us if we wanted to go. Well, of course! So, I'm lookign forward to that. They are really good tickets, behind the Tigers' dugout and 12 rows up. I'm bringing my mit! ;o)

Tonight we are going to order our invitations for the wedding. Things are looking up. Just a few weeks ago we didn't even have a chapel reserved and now we are all caught up. Mainly I just need to make sure Sue and Nikki get their dresses and look into flowers. I also need a few more things like a guest book, garter and veil. I want to get my teeth whitened and of course a mani/pedi a few days before the wedding as well.

As I'm sure you didn't notice, I said that I needed to make sure Sue got her dress... That is because my cousin who is supposed to stand up in my wedding isn't returning my calls. I spoke with her a couple months ago and she was having medical issues. Well, she doesn't have insurance and we all know how that goes. I told her that I understand if she can't be in the wedding and that I could find someone else but she assured me that she was going to be in it and it wouldnt be a problem. Wellll, about 15 calls and 5 voicemails later I decided to replace her. Thanks for standing in on late notice Sue!

I'm planning to have some type of gathering probably in the form of a bon fire in July or August so that the wedding party can all get acquainted before the big day. (that not a run-on at all!) Hopefully I can find a day where everyone is available. Too bad that Nikki and Aaron live so far away, I doubt they will be around.

April 27, 2007

Ok here's a little update. Not that there is really anything all that exciting.

Tuesday when I got home from work, Steve and I went to the park and played catch. After a little while we went home to get a bat. He is playing on his dad's ball team this year so he's been trying to get some practice in. I was throwing the ball up to myself and hitting it to him. I bet it was pretty comical considering I missed about the first 15 or so. After a little while we decided to go to the batting cages. I had never really batted before other than a little when I was like 10 and just playing with the neighborhood kids in the back yard. It was fun. I wanted to keep batting but had to stop because the grip on the bat ripped a chunk of skin off. yummy. anyway we had a good time. it's the first time this year we just went out and did something fun like that.

Last weekend we went to the mullet capital of the world with Rick and Jen. It was entertaining, though not as much as last time. Nothing too special to report about that. After the bar we went to their house for a bon fire and to watch the hockey game that Rick and Steve missed. Jen, Jen and I mostly complained that Steve wasn't keeping up with the fire. lol Good times had by all including the all too informative conversation which was held near the end! ;o)

Also, we finally reserved a chapel for the wedding. I won't say where because someone from my past tends to read my blogs and I'm not going to make it private just because of that. If you want to know, message me!

I plan to go to drop-in tonight. I haven't skated since September and as I said earlier I'm really sore from baseball. I'm sure I'll be in agony tomorrow. Also, my asthma has been a bitch lately, we'll see how it goes.

Dewey has gotten a lot better about being an asshole. For a while he was extremely cage aggressive after we got Jade. I've been letting them sleep in the same cage again. I was more than a little discouraged for a while becaue he was constantly biting actually tearing skin off. I guess it has to do with mating season. He really likes his gf and has come around again with me. I thought he'd never be the same but I'm thankful for the improvement so far.

Steve has an interview with the Kroger warehouse tomorrow. Rick turned in a resume for him and I'm hoping he gets it. We could use the benefits. With new laws banning cfc's from even asthma inhalers, the price is going to go up a good deal. I don't want to pay for it out of my pocket when that happens. Also, I'd love for him to have a 'regular' job. I want to have weekends together and I'm not even sure what kind of schedule he'd be on but if he got on days, had weekends off and had benefits I'd be really happy. Then he could keep a couple nights at Jet's if he wanted to make some extra money and give me some time to do house work. That would be perfect!

So, anyway, that's about all for now.

March 16, 2007

Picture this, a 13 year old is babysitting a 5 year old. They are playing in the bathroom. They flush the toilet then throw a stuffed animal in (a duck to be specific) it is the other one's job to reach in and grab it before it goes down. We'll eventually they missed and it went down the toilet. When mom and dad get home there is a stuffed duck stuck in the pipes. A plumber is called and the bill is around $60. Mom informs the kids that they will be responsible for paying the plumbing bill. The 5 year old starts to whine, the 12 year old elbows him ans says "shut up, we're getting off easy."

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with all that in mind, look at this pic:

the duck is dripping wet and pissed off

I can't stop laughing. The kids are Steve and his little brother.

March 12, 2007

Myspace sucks. I just wrote this blog and it screwed up so it got erased. dammit!

Anyway, here I go again.

Saturday the weather was particularly nice so I decided to take Dewey for a walk around the neighborhood. It was the first time he really got to go outside other than just to the car so he was particularly enjoying himself. I didn't even get half way down my block when this kid rides his bike up to me and slows down. There was a breif conversation, here's how it went:

kid: (something inaudible)
me: What?
kid: what school do you go to?
(surely I didn't hear him correctly)
me: What school do I go to?
kid: yeah.
*long pause*
(at this point I am completely confused. Is he serious? Assuming he is, should I be sarcastic, serious, make something up for my own amusment?)
I'm not exactly sure what I said at this point but I blurted out something like "I'm 24 years old, I don't go to school."
kid: oh (rides away)

Of course later on I thought of about 100 better things to have said, but come on, he totally caught me off guard.

A teenager not only mistook me for a teen but tried to pick me up! That's halarious! I don't even get carded at the bar anymore. How flattering. :o)

Also on this walk, I found a real estate sign with the name 'Dick Longwish' on it. funny.

March 12, 2007

Sooo, my future mother in law is driving me up a wall (that kinda rhymed!). For the rest of this blog, because of course there should be an acronym for everything, I will refer to her as my FMIL (future mother in law).

Nikki, I hope you read this and keep it in mind when you plan to get married. I advise you to elope.

Lets back up about 3 weeks. My FMIL calls and after chatting at about 150 words per second asks if we still plan to have a Hawaiian theme wedding. I reply, "no, we never planned to have a Hawaiian themed wedding." Then she goes on to tell me how she had bought plastic palm trees and platic leis for the shower. At first my blood boiled then once I calmed down, I figured ok, it's just the shower. It's gonna be cheezy as hell but it's just the shower which she is paying for.

Well, this past Friday she calls to tell me she is going to some party store that is going out of business. It scares me at first but then I forget all about it... till Saturday. Saturday she calls and asks if Crystal Gardens is decorating or iF we were. I told her they do all the decorating. She says "they wont let you decorate?" I said "I'm pretty sure they take care of all that" (knowing that they do it all) Then she says "I was going to get some streamers." Streamers? What? If I were having my 5th birthday party I might want streamers. Not at my wedding! Holy crap. Picture this. Elegant wedding at Crystal Gardens, the waitstaff are wearing tuxedos, there are suits and formal dresses everywhere...then hanging from the ceiling/tables STREAMERS!! I swear I don't know if I'm going to make it through this phone call. Then she says "hey, I got the place cards for the tables" (for anyone who doesnt know, these are the little cards with the guests names on them that tell them where to sit.) of course, I had planned to buy cards to match my invitations but since she already picked out and bought the ones I should use well, who cares if anything matches? (how will I get through this phone call?) THEN, she informs me that she has found someone to do the alterations on my dress. Does anyone know Deidra in Riverview? Once again, I have already taken care of this myself. I appreciate her willingness to help out but I'm all set. I don't need help. Anyone who really knows me knows that I am picky about how I want things. Everything should match and I like to do things myself and my way! By the end of the call, I wanted to rip my hair out. I was so frustrated I wanted to cry. Steve was home so I couldn't call and vent to Nancy (his step mom) and there was only so much I could say to Steve. I know you're thinking 'so big deal, get your own place cards and use your own seamstress.' Well here's the thing. Last time we tried to put the breaks on her wedding craziness she didn't talk to us for 4 months. So I told her that I already picked out my place cards to match my invites and as far as the seamstress, I don't know. I feel had because she wants to help but in one call and 3 "suggestions", I'm not using any of them. I can't wait till this is over. If I hadn't already hired my DJ and photographer, I'd suck up the money I've already given to Crystal Gardens, call it a loss and elope. What's next? "Holly, I picked out your boquet and wouldn't this tux look great on Stevie?" Please, please, please... if I need help I will ask. Otherwise don't even bring up the wedding. I hate talking about it. Someone asks me at least 3 times a week "how are the wedding plans?" The answer is always "coming along" what do you expect me to say? I don't mean to sound rude but this is my blog and I am venting.

In actuallity, we still haven't decided on a ceremony location. We are trying for the elementary school/church Steve went to but I'm having a hard time getting ahold of them. It's looking like we're actually going to have to go to service. (God forbid right? I hate service there though). Anyway, that's enough of a rant for now. Thanks for listening. :o)

Oh, one more thing. My FMIL called Steve yesterday to have him tell me she'd be calling me today about the wedding. Why do I have a feeling I'll be blogging again tomorrow?

March 5, 2007

Friday Steve and Rick both had hockey games. I watched Steve's then Jen and I watched Rick's game. Afterward (and I will blame this on rick) Rick had this great idea to go watch his friend's band play at a bar in Romulus. Wild Willy's. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go because I was wearing a sweatshirt and my Heely's but I was assured that it wasnt a big deal. All four of us were dressed similar.

We walk in to the bar and the first thing I notice was there was no where to sit. I felt awkward. Jen finally found us a seat and I started to notice the people around me. First, and this was probably the best, there was an older guy (in his late 40's probably) with shoulder length black hair and a mustache wearing a dark blue shirt with tight black jeans. He went up to the stage right next to the guitar player and started playing he air guitar as if they were jamming together. He would fall behind then just stand there and stare and smile. It was so incredibly funny. This didnt just happen once or twice but periodically throughout the time we were there. At one point he actually started singing into the mic! Then there was his girlfriend. This woman was about 5'2" and about 300 lbs. Holy Crap was she large. She had poofy blond hair and was dancing in her seat at the table. Arms were faliling!

I get my drink, a Long Island Iced Tea, whick had to be at least 95% alcohol. It literally urned my mouth and throat liek a shot of hard liquor. Most people wouldnt complain but this drink was not meant to be downed in a second. It was a drink. I suffered through it after making a few gross faces. After about hte fifth sip I couln't taste much anyway. I was drunk off my ass after 1 drink.

There was a chick with black hair, very, very short in the back and longer in the front. She wore glasses and a dark blue skin tight shirt, jeans and muffin tops completed the outfit. She danced infront of the band, facing them, in one spot, alone on the dance floor for a whole song. I swear it was like she was in a different place as she did this.

There were lesbians. One wore a shirt that didn't come close to covering her very round belly. (I called it miffin belly) The other wore sweat pants, a hoodie with a t-shirt sticking out of the bottom and a winter hat. THey danced like a man and a woman would. It was interesting.

Then there was a lady with poofy blond hair, a short black dress with flowers on it and a slit in the front. She seemed to be relitively normal other than that she was up there dancing by herself int he "sexiest" way she could wiggling her hips and acting like a stripper. Then she turns around and starts singing. Her teeth were mangled. Crooked, gappy and brownish.

She has a boyfriend though. He looked like the guy from the Crash Test Dummies (see pic below) only he had a mustache and wore a suit.

There was this wigger kid with an earpeice.(he must have been really important) he and his girlfriend mostly played pool but they did dance a little. It looked like a mosh pit. His girlfied got nto a fist fight with another guy. It was good stuff. I laughed so hard I almost cried.

There were a couple other stange happenings including a guy walking up to the dance floor raising his arm and screaming "wooo yeah" and a gentleman wearing a headband like Willie Nelson (only it was blue).

This was one of the strangest if not the strangest place I've ever been. I looked to Jen and told her I felt like I was on a different planet or something. Surely I couldn't be in Michingan... right? Wrong. It is disturbing to know that this goes on all the time and only a few miles from home.

Jen, I know you were expecting this blog. Feel free to add to it. BTW, in order to insure that I remembered all the important details, I actually sat in the bar taking notes.

Sooo, if anyone wants to have a true redneck, hillbilly, white trash expierence, go to Wild Willy's on Middlebelt/Van Born in Romulus.

guy from crash test dummies:
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February 14, 2007

Steve and I went to Florida last week to visit his Dad and Nancy. We arrived Wed the 7th and left Sun the 11th. We had a really great time. Here's how it went:

Wednesday 2/7
Joe picked us up to take us to the airport at about 0515. We arrived in Fort Meyers at about 1000. The weather was such a relief! Lets just say on the way out the plane had to be deiced and upon arrival, the air was clean and fresh.

We had lunch by the Jetty at a place called Pop's. It was so nice to feel the sun beating down on us as we sat outside and had lunch. After luch we went down tot he Jetty for a bit then headed to the house. Steve wasn't feeling well at all and had very little sleep so he laid down for a nap. I laid down with him and fell asleep for about an hour. We went to his dad's baseball game and had dinner at Bogey's.

Thursday 2/8
Wednesday the weather was very nice though it started off a bit cool espically because we were on the water. I was really, really sunny and calm!! We went on a boat ride which was to take us out to an island in the keys where we were to eat lunch. It would then pick us up a few hours later and head back. It was kind of a tour where they gave history of the area. The ride each way was about 2 hours. In the brocure it said that dolphins were sighted on over 90% of thier trips. We fgured we'd probably see some dolphins jump off in the distance. We had no idea they would swim right next to the boat!!! They followed us for some time then left and came back. It was really amazing!! We got lots of pics and video. As I was saying though, we had lunch on the beach and I laid out for a while while steve fished and Dad and Nancy went for a walk. Steve walked down the beach to a lagoon. He said it was really cool. We both got a little sun burned but I didn't mind. We shopped for a little bit when we got back then headed home. We had dinner at Sonic and did a little shopping at Bells.

Friday 2/9
Friday we went to an amusment park called Cypress Gardens. They had some wild life there including my fave...parrots as well as some rides. It was a really enjoyable and warm day. The temp was about 75 and sunny most of the day. My favorite part of the day was when Steve and I entered the avairy and there was this umbrella cockatoo in a cage. I started talking to her and we dance and played. Steve and i went thought he avairy and came back. My little u2 buddy and I played some more. I 'd make sounds ahd she'd bob her head and throw her bod around. The two of us attracted quite the crowd! Then she stuck her foot out of the cage to shake hands!! It was too cute. I hated leaving. We were worn out by the end of the day and fell asleep in the car on the way home. We had dinner at Frankie's and went to the hoppin Eagles club for a couple drinks before calling it a night.

Saturday 2/10
Saturday was finally a day to sleep in a little. We got up around 1000. Dad had baseball practice and Nancy was working at a park auction or something like that. Steve and I showered then walked to Bells. When we all got home we got ready to leave for the Mote Aquarium. The aquarium was nice though not really my cup of tea. I like the sting rays and sharks though. Steve seemed to enjoy himself. After the aquarium we need to kill some time. We got a quick bite at mcdonalds then went to a park. We walked along the beach and on out way back saw a racoon. Soon enough we saw many more racoons. I made a little noise and they came over. Dad said we should feed them some rackers we had in the van so Steve held one out and they lined up and with both of their hands took them from Steve. It looked like they we trick or treating! totally cute. Next stop, magic show. I felt weird as we arrived because we were underdressed but it was fun. I've never seen a magic show before and it was quite entertaining. the magician who bore stricking resemblance to 338 mark only with weird longish hair called me up on stage to assist with his performance. I went in to the day with some apprehension because I don't like aquariums and wasn't looking forward to being hungry all night knowing that a prime rib dinner was ordered for me. Of course I don't eat meat, so yeah. I easily filled up on dinner rolls, salad and potatoes. We were also served cheesecake for dessert. mmm mmm yummy!

Sunday 2/11
The day I was looking forward to the most! Jungle Gardens and Sweet Tomatoes (my fave restaurant). Jungle Gardens was a blast. We watched the parrot show and held some birds. I held a scarlet macaw and the same hyacinth, Roxanne from last year. She sure has grown. He was being a little ham while I was holding her... really cute. Steve held a blue and gold macaw. Then, we went to see the flamingos. They were even more amazing this time. They let me put my head right against them and they preened my hair! We were totally cuddling! It was really, really cool. I must have spet an hour down there with them. After a quick stop int eh gift shop it was off to Sweet Tomatoes... mmmmmm!

We headed home to do some final packing and before we knew it it was time to head to the airport. It was a great vacation and I can say that after leaving the sub zero temps in MI, I appreciated the weather even more! I got new clothes, I played with birds, I saw dolphins, I spent 5 whole days with steve and I got to visit with his parents and got to lay in the sun! However, I can say that I missed Dewey. A lot. Steve can tell you that I didn't shut up about him the whole time we were down there. The first night was really hard because I was so worried that he would be depressed being by himself and locked in his cage. Not to mention I had never been away from him that long before. The house was such a mess when we returned and I am still trying to clean that pig stye. Monday morning when I got up the kitchen floor was covered in flying ants. Gross. Apparently while we were gone some kool-aid had been spilled and there was broken glass on the floor. Ohhh and the laundry...ugh. Well, that's about it. Make sure ou look at my vacation pics and my videos!

January 19, 2007

So, Saturday I went and ordered my wedding dress from David's Bridal. The one I liked online had some pink and green in it and let's say it was flat out ugly. I looked all white in the pic though. I asked the lady if it came in all white and she said no, but double checked just in case. Well, it turns out that in the past week or so, they started making it in all white! Yay for me! I have a wedding to go to this Saturday and needed shoes so I went over to Shoe Carnival. They always have that buy one get one 1/2 off thing so I bought black shoes for this weekend and got my wedding shoes 1/2 off. We also went Sunday to look at a chapel. I wont say wich one because my ex likes to frequent my page. We are finally making progress with this whole wedding thing. It's kind of small though and the wedding is turning out to be huge so I'm not sure. It is on a holiday weekend so I'm thinking some people wont make it. We'll see.

We decided to go to Six Flags in Chicago during the wek we are off after the wedding. This will not be our honeymoon, that will be taken after next Christmas when I get more vacation days. Anyway, I want to go to Six Flags because they have that Superman Roller Coaster... and I've never been to Chicago.

Our plans are set for going to Florida this year. We're leaving early the 7th and coming back late the 11th. We'll be going to an amusment park called Cypress Gardens, the Tampa Bay Aquarium, Jungle Gardens, hanging out on the beach and chartering a boat for a cruise and fishing. I cant wait to feel the sun on my skin!

That's about all I can think of right now. Ok, Thanks.

December 6, 2006

"What the hell is Holly doing up at 1:30 am on a very early Wed morning/Tuesday night?" you might ask. Well, I can't sleep. I'm not even close to being able to sleep. Tonight I sold my Thunderbird and I feel really weird. It's a mix of emotions really, none of them good but mostly sad, empty and just overall uncomfortable. I don't feel like myself as if someone else has taken over my body and I'm just along for the ride. I'm finding it impossible to keep the tears out of my eyes and I feel like throwing up. Why do I feel this way over a car? That thing may have been just some dumpy old car to most, but to me I was in love with it from the very first second I saw it. I completely drained my savings and went down almost to Cincinnati to buy it back in June of 2002. It was my dream car with not a speck of rust, it sounded good, ran strong and looked great. I hate myself right now for letting it go.

I went out to the garage to pull the car out before the guy got here. Steve opened the garage door then went back into the house. I got in and started it up. As soon as I got in, that smell that I love took me away for a minute. So many memories and warm feelings came flooding back to me and I wanted to just sit there forever. Everthing was so familiar. I could have gotten in with my eyes closed and done everything the same. The whole world seemed to be different just for that moment. I was comfortable, I felt like I was home. As I pulled out of the garage and put it in park for the last time I could only think "it's not too late, I can still decide not to sell it." I really thought about begging Steve to let me keep it. I have been dreading this day since I put the car up for sale but I wasn't expecting to feel this way after it was gone. It even crossed my mind to demand the full asking price of $1500 knowing the guy wouldnt pay it just so that I didn't have to say good bye quite yet. Then of course I had to put reality in front of my emotions. There is no sense keeping that car when we already have two cars better than it. Plus, we owe Steve's dad $1000 that he loaned us to get Steve's Escort.

All I know is right now, I can't wait to stop feeling this way. Usually, I can turn to Steve and he makes me feel better, but this time it's like I'm completely alone and no one can help. It's one of the darkest feelings I've ever had. A part of me is missing and I don't care how stupid that sounds because that's truely how I feel.

I'm trying to find comfort in knowing that the guy who bought it is giving it to a younger brother or brother in law or something like that. I met the kid and he seems to be really excited to get his first car. I hope he takes care of it and enjoys it as much as I have.

I'm also hoping that writing this blog will provide me with some kind of closure and I'll be able to get some sleep tonight. So, with all that said I will bid a very loving good bye to an old friend...

Five-O & Me
6/4/02-12/5/06

November 21, 2006

On Thursday I got a four and a half month old Quaker Parrot. He hatched 6/30/06. Last night we finally decided on a name for him, Dewey. A couple days ago he figured out that he can fly. Well, kind of, his wings are clipped but he can take of just a little then glide to the ground. Yesterday he discovered squawking. He had been doing it every here and there but now if I leave the room and he doesn't want me to, he'll squawk and he wont stop till I come in and get him. I've been hanging a clothing hanger on the cupboards and he perches on it while I do dishes or I'll hang it from the ceiling fan in the living room. We took him to a couple pet stores Sunday. he enjoys the car and talking to other birds. He gets to go to the vet today for his free check up.

November 6, 2006

I have this cell phone that I really like. Seriously, no sarcasm this time. It's little and blue, it hardly ever drops a call and I just really like it. Saturday I was talking to Steve and after we hung up I put my phone in the front pocket of my hoodie. I was getting ready to leave and while I was in the bathroom I reached over the toilet and my phone fell out of my pocket! I immediately though Oh My God! I though for sure it was going right in the toilet. It bounced off the seat, I thought oh, that was close, so I went to grab it but I wasn't fast enough. I'm a bit of a germophobe but I stuck my hand in that toilet so freakin fast! Luckily it was "clean" water. I grabbed a towel and the screen was blue... then it turned off. I watched my fave little blue phone die in my hand.

My next though was aww crap, I need to go buy a phone! Steve's gonna kill me! Ugh $200 to buy a phone when I had one I really liked. I looked at the clock it was about 4:40. I wondered what time Cingular was open till. Could I make it to Southgate before they close? I went on line to find out they were open till 6:00. I left right away.

When I got to Cingular, the lady told me my phone was fried and I should go to another store and buy a refurbished phone instead of spending all that money since I wasn't elidgable for upgrade. She called the guy and told him I'd be right over. I drove from Dix/Eureka to Goddard/Pardee in like 5 seconds flat. The guy hooked me up with a phone so much like mine that I was able to use the old faceplate and it was $35. That wasnt too bad.

Later on in the evening after I ran all my errands, I got home and was messing around on the computer trying to find a new ringtone and wallpaper. Steve came home and I was talking to him, just for kicks I hit the power button on my old phone and IT TURND ON!!! Please keep in mind that this is the same phone that a couple blogs ago I was saying that I spiked it on the kitchen floor because I was pissed off. So, I've shattered this phone in to pieces at least twice now and dropped it in the toilet and it still works!!

If anyone needs a Cingular phone, I have one for $35.

In other happenings...

We got a new car. Well, new to us anyway. It's a blue 99 Escort SE. It's just like Steve's old one. I have my ZX2 back and he as a reliable car for work. All is well except I still need to sell my Tbird. I hope I don't miss it too much. I'm doing ok so far but I haven't been through the trauma of seeing someone else drive off in it yet.

Steve got a side job working with his buddy. He is removing/replacing fenders from cars while his buddy bumps out the dents. He gets paid per car, so it's cool.

Also, as you can probably tell by looking at my profile/pics I have obtained a copy of photoshop. Finally! I love it. I've been having a blast.

That's about it for now. I hope you enjoyed my cell phone story as much as I enjoyed the expierence.