Wednesday, February 24, 2010

I’ve got mad fever!

No, I am not talking scarlet fever or hay fever… It’s SPRING fever around here! Thankfully we’ve kicked our cold (I should say E and I kicked it, N might be coming down with it now). So things are more productive here especially since the weekend was warmer than usual, basically it was NOT jacket weather [...]

I’ve got mad fever!
Sunday, February 14, 2010

The day of red

18 months ago, thanks to my Fertility Awareness Method charting I knew I was pregnant, before I’d even missed my period. Now, over a year later I am back in the world of fertile women and am reminded of how bad it sucks to have “that time of the month” again… Oh and we have to [...]

The day of red
Monday, January 25, 2010

Road trip adventures Everly enjoyed.

Whew! After a week on the road we needed a day to decompress after getting back to Evansville. Yesterday we sat around in our PJ’s, did many loads of laundry, scrubbed cat vomit from the carpets, cleaned cat boxes… You know all the chores and stuff that go undone while you are away. Everly was a [...]

Road trip adventures Everly enjoyed.

What is it with shower situations in New Mexico? We are spending the night in Tucumcari, NM this time around. We got a cheap hotel to spend the night in and unfortunately it only has a shower. You see it’s a cheap hotel, tiny, clean and shower-less with a super loud heater… You get what you [...]

The last time I showered in New Mexico…

We are on the road in our newly fixed car! After flying here and hanging out with family and friends it’s now time to make the trip back home, in our car. We spent much time this morning debating weather or not it was a good idea to make the trek up north to I-40 [...]

Forging ahead – Bringing our car home from Arizona
Friday, January 8, 2010

Live Blogging: Cat Swallows Needle

Here are my tweets as they played out during the night and early hours of the morning. I didn’t realized it would reach so many people. At first I was just tweeting so my husband would know what was going on, then I kept tweeting to be sure I didn’t leave anyone in the dark. [...]

Live Blogging: Cat Swallows Needle

It’s true. N and I got the holiday ham that keeps on giving. It seems we have food poisoning or something… It’s been an ongoing thing for over a week now. We just tossed several pounds of ham leftovers after we figured it was the culprit, also tossed the spinach salad just for good measure. [...]

Dazed, anxiety ridden and plagued with ham disease.
Sunday, December 27, 2009

Christmas 2009 as parents.

I never thought I would be such a gingerbread cookie fiend! Last week we made up a ton of cookies to get in the holiday spirit and also so N would have cookies to take in to work for everyone. We’d been trying different gingerbread cookie recipes each year, nothing was particularly impressive and I thought [...]

Christmas 2009 as parents.
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Someone is excited about the holiday!

She’s not even walking yet and she’s already being a stinker about opening gifts early. After her gift snagging earlier in the week we moved all the gift bags and stuff with ribbon away from her reach. We thought the paper and curly ribbon was attracting her attention. Looks like she’s smarter about this gift [...]

Someone is excited about the holiday!

I have a confession. I am fairly certain twitter is killing my creativity! I’ve been having issues with blog content since Everly’s birth. Sure I am a busy mom who is working part time in addition to caring for a new baby. Yeah, computer time is limited these days… The thing is it’s not the time that [...]

A twitter addiction? Confessions and talk of loss.
Friday, December 4, 2009

Baby leg warmers crochet fun

I’ve been working on making E a pair of baby legwarmers since October. I just finished them today which is kind of a big deal. You see I tend to start and never finish my knit and crochet projects… Today will probably be the only day she’ll wear them since it took me two months to [...]

Baby leg warmers crochet fun

Welcome to The Dating Profiles Meme . This meme is based on a feature from WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Either you have used sites such as Match.com or Yahoo Personals or you’ve read them right? Well The Dating Profiles Meme scours those on-line dating sites, weekly so we can to respond to them. Well, [...]

Sunday Stealing: The Dating Profiles Meme

All the trees are naked and it is very close to freezing at night now. Thanksgiving is just right around the corner and we aren’t really sure where the year has gone. Life is blowing by so fast and it just feels like we are standing here in a blur while it all swirls around us [...]

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans…
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Today we are proud home owners!

Well, we’ve done it! Several years of planning and thousands of dollars later… We are now the proud owners of our own home! N was bummed that we had no “sold” sign to pose with out on the front lawn though… We may just have to stage it anyway, kind of like this: We went in [...]

Today we are proud home owners!

This will be the first weekend in probably a month or so that we’ll have to relax and get caught up on things. Marching season has come and gone, my 9th marching season is now over. Sure winterguard plans and ideas are in the works but it wont be until January when the performance madness picks [...]

Sigh… Rest and recuperation are in order.
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Countdown, 6 days till we leave Arizona.

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Two days later we are still on cloud 9 about the engagement, despite those who are insistent on ruining it for us. N is my fiance, woot! Now I am not just the crazy girl following her boyfriend across the country. Yeah, I know people did think I was crazy for moving away with him without a commitment but I didn’t care, besides now it is all gravy cause I am going with my fiance!

We are also getting pretty excited about the move. Also, today is N’s last day of work, finally! My mother (who is having some chicken drama right now) and brother will arrive on Saturday to make the trip across country with us and to help out with the pets. It is all coming together so fast and it is seeming more and more exiting as the days pass.

I have been packing, taking furniture apart and getting the plants/pets ready for the move. In the garden I am taking cuttings of my larger plants and then getting rid of them so that I can preserve the plants for our enjoyment without having to take entire potted plants with us.

Some of the plants I have taken cuttings of are: Coleus- ‘Kong rose’, Pothos-’devil’s ivy’ and Basil- ’sweet basil’. Other plants that I have grown from cuttings are mint and tomato.

We got the Winnebago back from the mechanic and are beginning to move stuff in to it and I am finally feeling like we are on track to make this move happen. I am also way exited to see all the sights along the way. Fun, fun!

Yes the proposal was perfect and he did set it all up wonderfully. He has always been good at that sort of thing. Now we are going to ahve to come back to Flagstaff for the wedding huh? Oh and we are not even thinking about planning a wedding right now, don’t worry we are not compleatly delusional! We are waiting till we get settled in for all that.

Contrary to popular belief I am not one of those girls who planned out her whole dream wedding in advance. Someone asked me at our going away party if I had my wedding file all ready and if we set a date. We had just gotten engaged that morning, give me a break!

I was never a “girly-girl” that way… I am also pretty chill so as long as we do what makes us happy for the wedding i’ll be fine. We are thinking of getting married on our dating anniversary 7/11 but we’ll see. I am pretty sure we will want to marry up on the san francisco peaks if that is possible but we’ll see.

Here is the ring photo for those of you who asked about it:

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5 Comments

  • Becky Becky says:

    Your ring is beautiful! I wasn’t a girlie-girl about my wedding either, and I never got stressed out over it. Enjoy your last few days in Arizona!

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  • teeni teeni says:

    Wow – your ring is quite gorgeous! I think it is great that you are chill about it all. That will certainly make it much easier and less stressful to deal with. You have the right idea – as long as you are both happy with the wedding plans, that is all that matters. Your friends and family should respect that. I hope all your cuttings make the trip – I’m sure they will, you do seem to have a way with them, unlike me. LOL. Oh, this is all so exciting. :)

  • Karen Karen says:

    oh mah freakin god, what a purty ring! N did good. Don’t worry about setting a date You know, my daughter who is moving from Norfolk to Denver this week, has been going through all these same things getting prepared to go, and is not engaged to her guy either. But, the way I see it, she is 34, never been married, never lived with a guy before this one, and if she is committed enough to move that far away with him, then it is her decision and no one else’s business. I am so very happy for her. And, even though we have never met, I am so very happy for you, too.

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  • Donna B. Donna B. says:

    Gorgeous ring. And I’m picky about what I think is gorgeous. N did great, with ring and proposal. What a guy!

    Having three weddings as mother of the bride under my belt, I am for anything you think is great. I had one get married in Las Vegas — they put all their money into the reception which was absolutely wonderful.

    I had another elope and then notify us of the marriage and that one’s been going strong for 6+ years.

    The third gave in to her future mother-in-law’s dream of the perfect wedding. A fairy-tale one by all standards, but meaningless to the commitment her son and my daughter made. I will say, they had the most beautiful and lovely ceremony I’ve ever been a part of, but that part didn’t cost money, it was from their hearts.

    May you join my daughters as one of the truly happily married however you decide to celebrate the vows.

    Best wishes!
    Donna

  • Hyphen Mama Hyphen Mama says:

    WooHoo! That ring is GORGEOUS! Give N a big pat on the back from the bloggy community!

    We canceled our wedding 4 months prior to the wedding date and eloped to a tropical island. THAT was the wedding of my dreams! Do whatever will make you happy…even if that means waiting longer than other people think you should wait.

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