Pool Fun

I called Laura today and she was stuck at her nephew’s birthday party so we only talked for a few  minutes.  She invited Pete and I over for dinner and to be there with Alyssa when she went swimming for the first time.  Well you know I grabbed the camera and we got ready to go!  LOL  We took some pork chops and Laura made chicken and we cooked out and had a great time!  I love when we hang out with Laura and Brandon. 

So Laura set up the pool for the baby and filled it wit warm water from inside, not cold hose water.  We took the pre dip pictures and then We sat her in it.  She loved it.  You can’t really tell from the 100’s of pictures I took.  She is a funny baby.  Like if she likes something she isn’t one to crack up laughing at it.  Instead she studies it hard and intense.  That is what she did with the pool!  She is too funny!.  I laid on my belly to take tese pictures and I am paying for it now. I have like 100 bug bites on my belly!  LOL

Here are my Five favorite pictures, but they are all over here if you want to check them out!

 

After her swim we took her in and gave her a bath and get her all in her Pj’s. Look at these smiles:

I kept the baby and Laura and Brandon and Pete went to the movies. Well Alyssa and I napped the entire time they were gone. We snuggled up on the sofa and fell fast asleep. I woke up with Laura looking over us. LOL Oppsss…..uess who was up ALL NIGHT. Nope not me! LOL

 

Ale Mary…Full of Grace?

 

 

Tonight for Dinner we went to Ale Mary’s.  I have been before, but Pete, Laura and Brandon had not.  Alyssa hadn’t been before either.  LOL  We all enjoyed the food and the guys enjoyed the weird beers!  It was alot of fun.  Inside if decorated with Pictures of old Catholic School kids.  I also like that the food is served with Tater Tots.

 

 

Then when we were leaving we had to step over this while crossing the street! It is such a shame.

Weight Loss Progress

This past Week Pete and I didn’t go Weight Watchers.  He was leaving the next day and we wanted to spend time together and also we had to pack and get  him all ready to leave.  So we skipped out.  Well then it was eating at me that I didn’t go.  It was driving me crazy and I just kept thinking about it. 

On Friday I went to buy all of the supplies for my invitations and there was a weight watchers center in the same shopping center.  I decided to pop in and get weighted.   I am glad I did, I lost a bit over 2 pounds this week and that brings my total to 24.4 pounds!  Only .6 more until I am at 25 pounds!  GO ME GO ME!  LOL

I think I have lost all 24.4 pounds from my thighs.  They are still fat, but they are flabby fat now instead of full fat.  LOL  Oh well, I will just skip the mini skirts. 

My engagement ring is getting too big again.  We just had it sized down to a 5.5 and now I think it is going to need to go down to a size 5.  We haven’t had my wedding band sized yet…thank goodness.  I am going to try to hold off on the engagement ring then have them done together.  I am also going to wear my Great Grandmothers diamond ring on my right hand for the wedding.  My mom wore this ring everyday from the time she received it after my great grandmother passed away until the day we buried her so I think it will be special to wear it on my special day.  I am going to need to get that sized too.     

Reception Invitations

Last night Laura, Alyssa and I went shopping while the boys played Wii.  I got most of the stuff to make my “Baltimore Reception” Invitations.

 

These are SOME of the supplies for making my Reception Invitations.  They will be 4 X5 inches with the Daisy on the left then the lime green ribbon will go down about 1/3 of the way acrossed the invitation.  The wording will them be on the right side.  I bought lime green swaroski crystal’s for the center of the flower and will be putting them in lime green envelopes.

Don’t worry I will post pictures of the finished product!

Shrimp Salad

Not to toot my own horn but I make a KILLER Shrimp Salad.  That is what we had for dinner last night.  It was Cheat Night and instead of going out I made shrimp salad at home.  YUM!  I ate until I was stuffed!  Luckily that was the exact time we ran out of shrimp salad.  LOL

Directions:

Steam Shrimp…

1 cup of apple cider vinegar

1 cup of water

3 tablespoons of old bay

2 pounds of shrimp

I add the first three ingredients bring to a boil.  Then I add the shrimp.  I steam for about 8 minutes then stir then steam another 5 - 8 minutes.  Some people say you only need 5 minutes, but that makes them rubbery and raw tasting in the middle.  Remove them from the liquid and let them cool. 

Dressing:

3 tablespoons of the boiling liquid

5 tablespoons of Mayonnaise

1 cup of chopped celery

1/2 - 1 tablespoon of Old Bay

After the shrimp cool peel and discard shells.  Mix dressing and pour over shrimp.  Mix well and enjoy!  I love Shrimp Salad so much!  YUMMY!

Johnny Depp

Pete and I TiVo’ed the MTV Movie awards. We are watching it now Johnny Depp was one of the nominees for “Best Comic Performance”. He won and I said to Pete, I bet he isn’t there. Well out he walks and HOT DAMN!!! He looks good. He looks 21 Jump Street Good, Cry Baby Hott! Clean Shaven and Sexy as all get out!

2007:

2008:

a little about me

I was tagged by Cady for this. the rules of the game get posted at the beginning. each player answers the questions about themselves. at the end of the post, the player then tags 4 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answers.

a) what was I doing 10 years ago?
I was in college living at home.  I was planning on moving in with Nikki and Crystal.  We had started to buy stuff for the house and making tons of plans, for both the house and parties that will take place there! 

b) what are 5 things on my to-do list for today:
food, craft & camera shopping
laundry
take a nap
play mario kart
relax

c) snacks I enjoy:
I am not a snacker…..
pretzels and dip
fruit

d) things I would do if I were a billionaire:
buy a new house
buy us each a new car
go on a mega trip
make sure my family and BFF’s never had to work again

e) places I have lived:
Baltimore, Maryland
Brooklyn, maryland
Glen Burnie, tennessee

hmm…i think i will tag Shannon, Shannon, Michele and Lisanne.

The Choice NOT to Vaccinate

Pete and I have done tons of research on the issue and we are not going to Vaccinate our future Children.  I know that each parent has their own opinion on this issue.  Just Monday Alyssa had her 4 month shots and after a feverish night and a day or two of her not being herself she seems back to normal!  Thank goodness.  I think it is a personal choice and our choice is not to do it.  There are tons of reasons but these are just a few:

In the past quarter century, the numbers of vaccines the CDCand AAP insist that children must get has increased from 23 doses of 7 vaccines to 48 doses of 14 vaccines by age six.

There are no large, credible studies proving it is safe for all children.

Number of mandated vaccines before attending school:
1983 – 10        Autism – 1 in 10,000
2008 - 36         Autism – 1 in 150

A child receiving all the recommended shots which includes 24 vaccines during the 1^st year of life, is now 14x more likely to become learning disabled & 8x more likely to become autistic.

The very young are at an exceptionally high risk for vaccine induced damage due to their rapidly growing brains.  A child’s blood-brain barrier has a higher permeability to allow more nutrients across as it grows and develops.  
 
Because vaccines are toxic to the body:  the theory behind their effectiveness is that they will stimulate a strong immune response that will be stores in the body:  This is true, however, the catastrophic effects of a powerful boost to a developing immune system are not taken into consideration:  The effect of this:
 
Over-stimulation of the immune-mediated microglial response while intensifying the anti-body mediated Th2 response, causing it to last way longer than it should.  This results in excessive brain inflammation &  tissue destruction as the immune system loses its normal control circuits & literally attacks everything in sight including itself!! 
 
Both factors have been noted in autism, other neurological & auto-immune disorders.

Our culture has experienced a 50 fold increase in auto-immune diseases like juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes type I, Chrohn’s, celiac, irritable bowel disorders, asthma, allergies, etc.  Our children have more vaccines than ever, yet are sicker than they have ever been in the history of mankind.   As a result, the youth of today are the first generation in the history of mankind expected to die before their parents. 

We know that God created our bodies with an amazing ability to heal themselves.  Every irritant, whether it is dirt, dust, dander, viruses, or bacteria are a necessary & overcomeable challenge to our innate immune system.  Like exercise to the muscles, the immune system grows stronger with every natural challenge.  

 

 

The Skinny

Weigh in went so GOOD last night.  Pete is down a total of 32.6 pounds and I am down 23.4 pounds.  All this lost in only 8 weeks.  Go us…Go us…Go us!  (insert me doing the “cabbage patch” from 1990) I am really proud of us.  We have been trying really hard and it is paying off!

At weight watchers there are tons (haha…that made me laugh out loud) of great people. Miss Val, who’s daughter went to high school with Laura, went to Disney World last week. We had talked Disney before she went (DUh!) and I was so excited for her and her first trip! Well yesterday was the first time we would be seeing her since her trip. She got home on Saturday. When she got there of course I was full of questions about her trip and she loved it! Well she had a little gift for Pete and I:

A Mickey and Minnie Bride & Groom Pin. Wasn’t that sweet of her!! Now the fight is on as to who gets to put it on thier lanyards since we are both pin collectors. Actually I will give in and let Pete have it since I got the last Bride and Groom Mickey and Minnie Pin!

Half Way!

Shannon and Michele are in Virginia now!  They are about 1/2 way here.  I am sure they will hit horrible traffic near DC, but they will be at my house right around the same time as Pete and I.  I am so excited!  I can’t wait to see them!  We are going to have a GREAT time!  EKKK!! 

Birthday Gifts

 

Isn’t this the best gift!  Laura came over for dinner tonight and we had a great Turkey Meatloaf!  YUM!  She also brought me presents!  She got me a Cinderella light for the Disney Guest Room amd Alyssa got me this picture frame!  Isn’t it great!  I love it is much!  We had fun tonight.  We played a little Wii and I got lots of baby time in.  I will see her again tommorrow night when we got out to dinner with my dad for our birthdays! 

Speaking of gifts…..Pete’s parents sent me a nice package yesterday!  I got a pack of Flip Flop Magnets and two cool metal hair things and a $50 gift certificate to the Spa!  They love me!!!

Six Months

In just six short months I will be on the Disney Wonder.  I will be nervous about the next day, the day I get married.  I won’t be nervous about marrying my one true love, but I will be nervous about my Dress and my Hair and the favors being set up just perfect.  I will be nervous about the flowers being perfect and the pictures being wonderful.  I am sooo very excited.  This is a dream come true.  Sometimes I just want to pinch myself, I can not believe it is real.  I am so excited about cruising again, it’s been like 3 years since I have cruised.  Cruising is such a wonderful vacation.  Disney does it the best too.  They have the attention to detail and the entertainment that you just do not find on other cruise lines.  Sure I could be biased, but I think the thing is I cruised with Disney 1st.  I cruised with Disney 3 times before I cruised with any other cruise line.  The other cruise was fun, but is was all because of the company I was keeping, not because of the cruise.  The cruise was ok, but the entertainment and dining were lacking.  I can not wait to share people’s first cruise with them.  More than half of our guest have never cruised before.  I am so happy that they are cruising with me!  I can not wait.  I really hope the next six months go by as fast as the last six months!

Bloggy Photo Days - Take One!

Here is the Link to my Day

I didn’t have work today so my Day is pretty Boring.  I slept late, Got up, Checked Email, Cleaned, Read, Napped, Went to my Dad’s, Went to my Sister’s, Went to get Ice Cream with a friend, Had my sister over for Dinner, Played with the Baby, Watched TV, Visited, Went to Bed!

 

Day of Babies

Yesterday was a day of babies for our friends and I am so happy for them. 

Pete got a call from his friends Paul and Michelle and yesterday Zoey (love it with the “Y”) Marie was born at 7:15am at their home, planned home birth.  She was 7 pounds 15 ounces and 19.5 inches long!  These are our friends that live in AZ.  We haven’t seen them since we went to Mexico in October!  I can’t wait to see move pictures of the baby!

My friend Kim called me last night and let me know about two new babies in our group of friends.  Our friends Kristen and Woody got the call yesterday and they got their new little girl Marissa.  They are adopting her through DYFS in New Jersey.  She is 2 years old and according to Kim she is beautiful.  She is half Chinese and half caucasian and has long pretty black hair.  It is awesome because Kristen has wanted to be a mom for so long and has only been in the program with DYFS less then a year.

DYFShas been busy our friends Meghan and Filx also got a little boy yesterday from them.  They adopted thier daughter from DYFS a few years ago and now have a new son.  I don’t know his name…I completely forgot to ask.   

I am so happy for all the new parents, children and families!

Playing Catch Up (Again)

Ok so I am playing catch up again.  This blogging thing is getting harder and harder.  So are you all wondering what new is going on in the life of Lisa? 

• Work is super stressful!  My forclosure case load is growing daily!  It is crazy.  I wish people would just pay their mortgage!  LOL
• Alyssa is getting so big.  I love her so much and totally love spending time with her.  She is so sweet.  Last night I babysat for Laura and Brandon while they had a must deserved night out.  After Pete fed her she went to sleep and slept for hours.  Not much fun, but it was great snuggle time.
• Pete and I joined Weight Watchers.  We have both been doing really good.  We don’t wight in until Wednesday, so I will let you know.  We joined about a week after good friends of ours and they are doing fabulous.  He has lost 6 pounds and she has lost almost 4…in a week!  Talk about inspiration.
• Buying healthy food is expensive!!!  We spent so much money at the food store on Thursday! 
• I got some more “goodies” for the kid’s cruise bags.  The Disney Store is full of sales.
• Pete’s Best man has finally booked his trip!  YAY!  I am soo happy.  I went ahead and booked his air fare too.  Grand Total $2300!!!  For two people not including the $100 or so worth of tips.  That is what they get for waiting to the last minute.  The prices go up the closer you get to sailing.  I am just happy he is going to be their for Pete!  Now we are waiting on ONE MORE groomsman and we are set!
• Did I mention I am in love with Alyssa…oh yeah I think I did!
• We are only 6 months and some odd days away from our wedding!  How exciting!  It is all setting in and I still have sooo much to do!  LOL 
• THANK YOU WORDPRESS for the Spell Checker back!
• I made awesome Baptism invitations for our friend’s little girl’s Baptism!  I am so proud of them and I am getting much faster with Photoshop….I got them don’t in only like 15 hours (total time).
• I am sure there is MUCH MUCH more to write.  Maybe I will write a real update later today!

 

Not Yet!

It’s 3:11pm  and there is no baby yet.  Laura is 100% efaced and 6cm dialated.  She is doing great and being really strong.  We hope to have a baby soon!

Cat Pee

So now that the cat has been out a few days I smell Pee. It sticks and I am not sure where it is. There were no wet spots the day we got home and the cat was here. I don’t know what to do. I am trying to get the energy to deep clean EVERY thing in the house, but I just don’t feel like it.

I updated my list of blogs I read and took off the ones that had not been updating or the ones that now have passwords and I don’t know them. I need some new reads. I just haven’t found any that are well written and interesting. If you know any let me know!

All Clear

Well I just woke up and had to pee again. I heard Pete in the bathroom. Apparently the cat decided to chance it and it made a jump for it out the window. It wouldn’t have had to jump to the ground there is a shed out the bathroom window, not too far down, my sister used to practice jumping out it in case of emergancy (she was a funny little kid). Thank the lord!.

P.S. I will updat about my week and Valentines day later, I am going to try to get some more rest now!

Still Awake

Well it’s 5am ish and I am sttill awake. I can’t go to sleep thinking that wild beast is in my house. I have done dished, watched last weeks Grey Anatomy (Merrideth can’t die) looked online, caught up on the latest Anna Nicole Gossip (poor baby) and I am still wide awake. I am going to pee in the trash can and try to go to sleep now!

Cat Burglar

Well it’s 2am and most people are asleep, not me! Why you ask? Well because there is a cat in my Bathroom. Yup a cat. Oh did I forget to mention I don’t own a cat, or particularly like cats. But there is one in my bathroom. I am scared to death. How did it get there? Well sometimes my back door doesn’t catch all the way. At 12;00am when we got home the back door was adjar. We had went to dinner with Laura and then met some friends for drinks. I don’t drink much and last night/tonight not at all, Pete on the other hand was feeling pretty good after 11 drinks or so. So we see the door open and are like GREAT! There is a family of stray cats in the neighborhood and this is the first winter we haven’t had mice so I don’t mind them, usually! So we check the house and find no cats, dogs, mice, rats, bears, etc. I had been wanting Pete to come to bed so we could “fool around” but then in his intoxicated state, he got pissy about the door and how I had left yesterday morning and not been home once. Oh and did I mention the tempature? No, oh well it was about 10 degrees outside, about 30 degrees in my downstairs, and about 110 degrees upstairs. The heat had ran and ran all day, right out the back door. So he is hot, pissy and drunk. I just went to sleep. Well since I was drinking Ice tea every round, I had about 10 or 11 of them. I woke up at 1:30am needing to pee really bad, I look around on the floor, still scared something might be in the house. I walk down the hall, turn on the bathroom light and see a CAT on my toliet. I scream and shut the door. Then I ran into the bedroom and peed in a trash can. I really had to go. I was so upset. I started crying. I called 311, the non emergancy alternative to 911 in Baltimore. They said no problem someone would be out with in three DAYS, and for me to take care of the cat until then. Fat Chance on that one! So I call Laura and Brandon to see in my police officer brother in law knows anyone in Animal Control, no luck! So then I call my Dad and cry, he laughs at me and tells me to go to sleep or come to his house. I hang up from him when Laura calls back. She has all these wild ideas and I just am crying. SO finally I wake Pete up who had managed to sleep through this all. We open the front door, shut as many doors in the house as possible and then I open the bathroom door. I expect it to dart down the steps and out on to the front street. This doesn’t happen. The thing hides behind my toliet. I finally just decide to open the bathroom window and shut the door and hope he commits suicide. I can’t go to sleep now, I just can’t, I don’t know what to do!

Going Home

I so did not want to get up this morning. When I finally did I started packing and Pete went to get us breakfast from the food court. I packed us all up. We had quite a few soaps and Shampoos for “Give Kids The World”. I will send them a box when I get home. We checked and double checked to make sure we didn’t forget anything and we went down and got good seats by the pool. Of course our last day was sunny and warm. We had about an hour wait until our Magical Express Bus came. Wow I was really getting sad. At 11:45 we headed over to the Bus and Pete ran to get Money from the ATM for tips and whatnot. When Pete came back the bus for the Cruise Line showed up and we talked about maybe taking a Land/Sea trip next time. We were pretty quite on the way to the airport, we were both tired and sad to be leaving the vacation world here in FL. My sister called to tell me to was like 12 degrees at home. Great! We checked in at the air port and went to the Southwest gate to get in line, we had “B” ticket and wanted a row to ourselves. I sat in line while Pete got us lunch. It wasn’t long until we were boarding and heading home. I read my book, The Keys to The Kingdom on the flight home. I recommend it to all Disney Lover’s young and old! We got in to Baltimore and it was freezing. We called my Dad who picked us in in a few minutes and within 15 minutes we were home and vacation was over!

Final Thoughts

This was a great Vacation. I have taken many trips to disney, but this one was extra special. This was the trip that I turned Pete into a Disney LOVER. I love him so very much and to be able to share this Magical Vacation with the love of my life was so great! I have a few tips. Get tons of Disney Photo Pass Pictures Taken, and make sure you get them to take a shot with your camera too! Buy a pair of Crocs, real ones, Disney Crocs, or regular ones. They are the best, no blisters for me! Make your dining reservations early. Take breaks often. These the some of the most important things I have learned!

Pre Trip

I visited Disney in January 2006, in addition to 5 other trips. Last summer I heard of the Year of a Million Dreams and I got the bug to visit again. I always visit in January because I love the low crowds and mild weather. I emailed Pete and asked him if he wanted to go to Disney with me, he replied with “How much does it cost?” I told him not to worry about that. He agreed to go with me and I was so excited. He had never been to my favorite place in the world and he had no prior desire to visit WDW. I booked our trip with Jessica at the Magic for Less Travel. I have used her before and she is wonderful. My Dad had mentioned he wanted to go with us and it kinda snowballed into a big group trip. It took many emails to Jessica and many calls to 407-WDW-DINE to rearrange ADR’s.

One day and Counting!

We leave for Walt Disney World tommorrow! I am sooo excited! I can not wait. I am packing now. So much stuff for 7 days. I tend to over pack, and now I do the packing for us both. LOL Today after my JOb interview my Sister and I went shopping (again). I bought a pink Baltimore Ravens Hat. I am thinking of taking it. I am not sure how I look in a hat. What do you all think:

Sunday Massage

I took a bath this afternoon to read my book and relax. When I got out Pete led me to the Bedroom and said he had a surprise. Well I was thinking, Ha, big surprise, thinking he was looking for a little afternoon Hanky Panky! I enter the Bedroom to find candles lit, he had the massage oil out and warmed, drinks for each of us and the bed all ready for me to lay and get a great massage. I lay down and he starts the CD player and a CD of love songs come on. I spent the next hour getting a great massage. What a sweet hart!

Baby Sitting

Katelyn and I went up to PA to visit NIkki & Ryleah, we had a sleep over then Katelyn and I baby sat. It was a great day. Ryleah is so smart and getting so big. We only had one melt down that I caught in a picture. Here are some pictures from the day:

Thankful

I have been a sad girl lately and I know I shouldn’t be sad. I shouldn’t there are so many great things in my life. I thought that today I would make a list of them atleast some of them. I love posts with pictures so I will include some of them too. Here is a question for you bloggers out there, do you like posts better with or with out photos? Anyway here is the list of the top ten things I am thankful for in no particular order:

1. My family, My dad and sister are two of my best friends. I know they are there for me no matter what.

2, My Mom, she isn’t here with me any more, but I couldn’t have asked for a better one!

3. My Honey, Pete is a really great guy, sure he is moddy and lazy like all guys, but he is a good person, he is honest and sweet and I love him so much. I love when he reaches over in the mornings and pulls me really close and holds me until the last possible second before we need to get up!

4. My favorite Kiddies, Ryleah, Katelyn, Dakoda, Lauren & Ricky round out the top 5.

5. My House, I get to live in my Mom’s house, the house I grew up in.

6. My health, I am a fairly healthy gal, no high Blood Pressure, cholesterol, etc.

7. Vacations, we went to Arizona this year and in less then a Week will be hanging out with Mickey Mouse and Friends in Walt Disney World.

8. My Friends. I have great friends! Shannon, Nikki & Crystal are the best friends you could ask for.

9. My Bathtub, I have a big one, that is Deep and connected to a big Hot water heater!

10. TiVo, I know such a funny thing to be thankful for, but it is great. If you have it you know what I mean and if you don’t go get it!

Blast from the Past

I found all of these old floppy disks they each had like 2 or three pictures on them. Most were pictures of Me, Nikki & Crystal with the WWF & WCW wrestlers. We along with some of our guy friends used to stalk the pro wrestlers when they came to Baltimore. We have met quite a few. These are only a few of the pictures, I have 4 or 5 photo albums full of pictures on my bookcase.

Christmas 11 Months Early

I had a not so great day. I got some news that really had me a bit down in the dumps and I felt sick to my stomach all day. Well I picked Pete up from work and we went to get his hair cut. That boy looks so damn cute with a fresh haircut. When we got home sitting on the front porch was a big box, I got all excited and then I seen it was from Disney Shopping.com and I got REALLY excited. Pete brings it in the house and opens it up and gives me a great Disney Princess Luggage tag. I had got every one luggage tags for Christmas (for our Disney Trip that is only a week away!) and Pete thought I needed one too. Then he pulls out a pretty big box and hands it to me. He told me I can’t use it til next Christmas, but he was so excited about it he couldn’t wait til then to give it to me. This is what was in the box:

How awesome is she! I love it so much. I have such a great Boy Friend!

Cramps and Lunch and Dinner Oh My!

I went to the Girl Doctor on Wednesday for a check up. The Joy! Yesterday I got my period. THE CRAMPS! I hate that I get them every 28 days. I am usually out of commission for two days with them! I went and had lunch with Crystal and Dakoda yesterday. He is just the cutest thing. Crystal had a cyst removed from her wrist bone last Monday so I really like having her off to pal around with. Then I went and had dinner with Shannon, we had dinner for three hours. We had so much to catch up on. Today I laid in bed all day! It was aweful. I don’t want to move! The only cure is a much of advil and a hot hot bath. I read two books in the last two days! Reading in the tub is the best. So many of my books are water warped! Well off to bed now!

2 Weeks and Counting

Only two weeks until we fly off to the Happiest Place on Earth. I am so excited. I am all placed up and ready to go. LOL I know I am ahead of schedule, but I have a lota time on my hands. I have been TIVOing Disney shows for a while now for Pete, we have watched: Full House, Boy Meets World, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Roseanne and Step by Step all visit Walt Disney World. Also a few Travel Channel Shows and History Channel Shows. I want Pete to be ready. I turn into a nut in Disney. Me who dislikes long walks can trek 10-12 miles a day in Disney. I took my Pedometer a few years ago. I am so ready! I had Post Cards sent with the help of some of my Disney Travel group friends to Pete, Laura, Brandon and my Dad from Mickey Mouse last week. I can’t wait til I have children. I have their first Trips planned in my head already. Maybe I will see if the Disney store is hiring and wants to pay my 40k-60k a year. LOL

Job Hunting

I forgot how much I hate Job searching. It makes me hate my old boss so much more now. LOL I went on a job interview today. I got the job, but didn’t take it. I usually get offered 99% of jobs I interview for. This one didn’t seem like a good fit. I am going to take my time and find a job I think I will like. I really miss my co-worker Shannon. We are going to have dinner tomorrow night. I hope we stay friends.

Friday Fun

I got to spend the day with my favorite little girl today. Nikki dropped her off this morning and I kept her all day. She had a doctor’s appointment so we went to that. She had to get three shots and it broke my heart. She was so sad that they were doing that! She screamed and grabbed for me and held on to my next so tight. Pete and I have decided after tons of research that we are not going to immunize our children, so I won’t have to go through that. I know it will be hard to find a good doctor, but we are willing to search for one. Pete has lots of friends who have been through this, and their kids are thriving. It is the practice of most Chiropractors. I thought he was nuts until I researched it. Anyway, Ryleah is so cute, Friday was “purple Friday here in Baltimore, The Ravens are playing the Colts tomorrow and so all of Baltimore is bathed in Purple today. We all wore our Raven’s shirts, including Ryleah. The buildings all have purple lights on them, it cool. I don’t know if we will win, the teams are pretty well matched so it should be a good game!

Shopping nut

I have been shopping like it’s going out of style. I love shopping during the day when everyone is at work. Laura has a great work schedule, work one day have 3 days off. Well we have been shopping on the days off this week. I am redoing my living room. Actually switching a bunch of rooms. The formal living room will become our TV room, the old TV room will become the office, the office/guest room will become a real guest room decorated in all of my Disney goodies. I am excited and having this little break from work will allow me to get a lot of it done. My Dad has been helping me fix the walls in the living room. I have bought paint for the walls and will start that next week. I also bought shelves and wood mini blinds. I am excited, we will finally get to use our new furniture that we got back in August!

Disney

Well the countdown is on. We only have about 3 weeks until we go to Walt Disney World. I am soooo excited! I can not wait. Last night at my sister’s house we had a Disney meeting. I had hand outs for everyone going and we went over the plan. What parks we are going to what day and where we are eating and all of the details. They all seem to be getting excited. Even Pete in his own way. I am way way excited and can not wait. I wish I would have known about this work situation I would have arranged the flights differently! Oh well I am still going to see my favorite mouse very soon!

Work

Well like I said a few days ago I am not working right now. I had a disagreement with my boss and thought we could work it out. We can’t and I am on the job search. That is all I am at liberty to say right now! I have alot to do around the house, so hopefully that will keep me busy! I will try to blog regularaly again, I promise!

Arizona

We had a great time in Arizona over the Christmas Holiday. It was good weather and great to see Pete’s parents. They are so nice to me. I got lots of great Christmas goodies! We went up to the top of this Mountian, Mt. Lemon. It was so pretty! We also visited some great friends of Pete’s. HEre are some pictures from our trip!

Back

I am back from Arizona. Today was my last day at work for a while, I will update about the trip and the Job and everything soon. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

One Day and Counting!

Well here we are, it’s Christmas eve and the stockings are stuffed and the presents are FINALLY all wrapped. I am so glad that part of Christmas is over. Tonight I am going to my sister’s house and we are having Christmas. I love giving gifts, way more then I like receiving them. I am excited cause I have a whole lot to hand out tonight. Friday night I went to visit Ryleah and Nikki and gave them their gifts, I also visited Jodi and the kids last night and gave them gifts. Pete and I took the kids to the symphony of Lights last night also. It was great. Well I better get pack to my packing. Here are some pictures from the past few days:

Ryleah loved her gifts:

Katelyn & Ricky love the sling slot!

Symphony of Lights

Bloggy Parade of Homes

Shannon is hosting a Bloggy Parade of homes Holiday edition. Here is my Tree and Mantel. We didn’t do much deorating this year since we will be spending the christmas season in Arizona with Pete’s Family.

Alive

I am alive, I swear. I know I may have one or two readers out there still. LOL I hope so anyway. I have been so very busy lately. Work has been nuts, I am getting ready to leave Monday for Arizona. I am getting excited! We are all ready to go. Well mentally anyway. I still have clothes to wash 759 presents to wrap, packing to do, celebrations to have with my family and friends before we leave. Ugh! All of this and I am getting my period tomorrow. How fun. I know this is TMI, but oh well! I am sinking here. LOL I have already been to NJ to deliver gifts to Pete’s friends, this week I am visiting all the kiddies in my life. I think I have FINALLY finished my shopping. I hope Pete and my sister and dad love their gifts! Well I will try to post some more, I will I have pictures to leave you with:

These are Ryleah’s Christmas Pictures, They turned out so good!

This is last night when I went to give Dakoda his Christmas Gifts. LOL This kid is a nut!

I made this Christmas Picture in Photoshop and had it Printed and framed for my friend Jodi for Christmas!