I LIKE MEAT!

Meet Ellery, my niece. She likes to eat. The other Sunday we had ribs at my parents house. She kept trying to eat my ribs instead of her own food so finally I put a whole plate in front of her. As you can see, she enjoyed them thoroughly.

New Hair for Us!!!

I chopped off my hair. The long hair was driving me crazy! Especially since school has started and I don't have as much time in the mornings. My goal was to wait until after my school pictures, which are on Oct. 2.... Brandon thinks I'm crazy but here is my reasoning...

My first year I had long hair for my pictures.... my second year I had short hair.... last year, my third year, I had long hair again.... are you seeing the pattern? So I didn't want to keep this "long, short, long, short" thing going on... thus, I wanted to keep the hair long for at least 2 years in a row. Again, Brandon thought that was the stupidest thing he'd ever heard.... You might too, but it makes total sense in my crazy mind.

Obviously I broke. I couldn't take it any longer and I had my sister, Abbie, cut it a couple of weeks ago. BEST thing I ever did!!! It's so much easier... although I still seem to drag in late to work every morning.

Oh, and did I mention Brandon's considering a new hairstyle? Here are my favorites. I think he really loves this one!!!

Disclaimer: Brandon does not approve of this post.

Katie and Meggie's Birthdays!

Meggie (my neice) and I had birthday's last
month so I thought I'd post some pictures.
I took half a day off so Brandon and I could
spend a little time together. We went out to
lunch then ran errands. We both got new
driver's licenses, I changed my name at the
credit union and got a CUTE new debit card.
It sounds boring but it was exactly what I
wanted to do... I felt so productive! We also
checked out the new Mexican Market on State
Street. That night we had a "party" with my
family. The day was exactly what I wanted it
to be!

Here are a few pictures from both birthday's.
Of course it's not a party without a pinata!

Oh, and don't think I'm leaving out Brandon...
his birthday was in July but for some reason I
don't have any pictures from it on my computer
and it's just not a blog without pictures!

The Search is Over!!!

Finally, after 4 weeks without a car, we found one!!! Yeah!!!

So, I really really wanted a PT Cruiser but Brandon said absolutely not. It took a little convincing but he agreed that if he got the truck he wanted then I could have the car I wanted. We found a turbo charged PT convertible that Brandon especially liked! We were still waiting on our settlement check and in the meantime we test drove a Mitsubishi Outlander... I loved it. Sigh, the anxiety rose as I had to decide between the two cars.

One would be my fun car. When else in my life will I be able to have a convertible??? But the other car was so practical! AAHH!! I couldn't decide.

Turns out I didn't have to. The convertible sold the next day and so we decided on the Outlander.

The most important thing is that I have a car!!!!!! It has been such a rollercoaster trying to get everything settled and worked out!

It's Friday Night and I'm Chillin' at School!!

I'm officially a total loser.  It's 7:19 on a Friday night and I'm in my classroom.  I've been here since 7:30 am... sigh.  

I've finished the work I wanted to do and now I'm debating how to get home.  Yes, I am STILL without a car.  I hate calling someone to come pick me up... I had planned to walk home but the thought makes me tired. ... maybe I'll just curl up on one of my bean bags and take a nap until 9 when Brandon can come get me. ... but the bean bags stink... smelly kids use them.

... so to pass the time I check my email... then I look at everyone and their dog's blogs... dog's blogs, that rhymes... maybe i'll write a poem to kill the time, this only took 8 minutes...

Crash! Bam! Crunch!

My poor little 626 is no longer!  a couple of weeks ago i got into a little fender-bender.  the damage wasn't too bad and fortunately it wasn't my fault so the other insurance company would cover everything, including a rental.  so we took the car to a collision mechanic and they said it will be a couple of thousand and about 4 days.  no problem.  ya right, is life ever that easy?  a few days later i got a phone call from the other insurance, they wanted to total the car.  i honestly thought the guy had the wrong person or they had been looking at the wrong car.... there had to be some mix up, it really wasn't that bad!  but... after talking to the mechanic and my insurance we discovered that the damage was worse then originally thought. :(  the repairs would cost over 70% the value of the car.  sad news.  so after talking it over we agreed to say goodbye to the car... that was paid off...  sigh...  

the car shopping begins...

let me begin with, I HATE CAR SHOPPING!!! unfortunately for brandon i didn't do a good job hiding these feelings.  plus, last week was the first week of school, and the thought of another car payment makes my stomach turn.  let's just say it's been a long week.  brandon has been very patient with my orneriness.  he's been very good husband, i'm sure this will be a growing experience. ;)  so, after a week of car shopping we still don't have a car.... sigh.  

BAM!!!

brandon and i went shooting with my sister millie and her hubby jacob. jacob brought the shotguns and clay pigeons. brandon borrowed a couple of pistols from his dad. the "cricket" (25 auto) was my favorite. it was just so little and cute! (i know, cute isn't a word to describe a gun...)

i even bought outfits for the occasion. well mesh vests and safety glasses!

millie and i had a hard time throwing the clay pigeons. the boys made it look so easy. "just flick it" my butt. millie and i would throw with all our might and the stupid thing wouldn't budge! i discovered that if i yelled "BAM" as a threw i could do it.
now for the poses...


jacob brought up a computer monitor from our garage sale. as you can see there wasn't much left.