mrsnolette

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:47:46 GMT

joshys sitting next to me having cinnamon oatmeal with minced apples and chompin' down on his organic "smiley snacks". he's covered in food and so beautiful. :)
the routine is the same every morning... baby wakes up shouting DA-DA until someone comes to rescue him. :) usually its me, since ryan is amazing and gets up with him in the middle of the night when he needs a bottle. i'll drag his high chair into the kitchen and toss some cheerios on this tray while i make coffee. he looks up at me with those gorgeous, sleepy eyes and i melt every time.

i dont know what i did to deserve this angel. he's absolutely precious.
i see things through a childs perspective now. i have belly-aching laughs rolling around on the floor with him. i stop and show him every flower, all the bright colors and shapes. we take loooong walks and i think about what the pretty breeze must feel like on his face. we go to parks and he swings on my lap. we swim and laugh and we HAVE to slow down... its good.

my life has changed DRASTICALLY over the past year but i feel ive handled it with grace. i couldnt have possibly done it without the grace first given to me. i dont know how women do. im grateful for every second of this life i fell into... ridiculously in love and completely fulfilled in my marriage, something i didnt think was ever possible with this person. a mommy to the best baby in the world.

and 19 days until our 10 day vacation!!!!!!!! :D

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:45:19 GMT

well the weather was yucky today but our day went well. :) kinda... of course i was convicted of a failure to yield the right of way. $97... im not even kidding. what i dont understand is how he could convict me when the driver of the other car didnt show. the judge even said that green arrows usually comes before solid green lights. he agreed with me, the other party didnt come to court and i was STILL convicted. he was a mean old man.

i came home and we did absolutely nothing for two hours... just hung out and such. eventually the three of us took showers and went to walmart. ryans doing the southbeach diet for two weeks (phase one) before florida so we had to buy a ton of meat and veggies for that. ive read the book and its a heck of a lot healthier than atkins. i also bought this black cherry streusal creamer that i cannot WAIT to try. anyway, we finally have milk in the house so i had a bowl of cereal and an apple turnover for dinner. i swear i could LIVE off of carbs. i love them.

joshua refused to nap ALL day so he's totally exhausted and wound up (wierd combo but understood once you have children) and he just keeps waking up with bouts of tears. ive rocked him a ton and offered him a bazillion bottles... i finally got him to calm down and i THINK he might be sleeping. *shhhh*

the bachelor finale is tonight but i may have to go to patient first... i have a sore throat and swollen lymph nodes under my jaw and its really painful. :/ i just haaaaate going to doctor and either one, getting sent home and having wasted so much time or two, getting prescribed freaking antibiotics which always screw up my birth control which i JUST got under control (new pill, new cycle, etc),. i really dont want to deal with that and have to worry about pregnancy for another 28 days.

i dont think anybody worries about their birth control as much as i do. they take their pill, theyre fine. i used to be the same way for a long time. but after i had joshua my body wacked out and didnt do well with anything... it would screw up my cycle, id talk to the doctor and shed be like "ah! you could be pregnant! get off the pill and we'll try something new next month". i FINALLY got that under control, though, so forget patient first. pass me the coffee and i cannot WAIT to see who he choosessss. haha

Mon, 12 May 2008 02:31:15 GMT

i had such a wonderful mothers day! Ryan wrote me the sweetest card and gave me the most precious gift ever. I was really, really blessed by him this year. :)
after church we went to my brothers house to give my mom her gifts and indulge in the most AMAZING seafood dinner i have ever seen. shrimp, crab, fish (yuck to that, however), corn, boiled potatoes, onions, acorn squash, grilled cabbage... ah, the list goes on. we had coffee and german chocolate fudge brownies for dessert, hung out for a while with the family and came home. :) joshua went to bed MAD early... 6ish?? i know he'll be up at like, 5:30 in the morning and thats gonna suck, but ry and i had a really nice evening together. we've been watching out shows and playing mario intermittenly.
i have court in the morning for my accident.

The accident was on a Saturday morning. I had my son in his car seat in the back seat of my SUV, on my way to my father-in-laws. Coming down Mount Pleasant road, I approached Centerville Turnpike, moved into the left hand turn lane, and was first in line at the red light. When the light turned to a green arrow I preceded slowly to make my turn. I was going probably no more than 5-10 miles an hour. I was not on my cell phone, had no radio in the car, my son was quiet and so I was completely undistracted. I heard no warning signs of the other car… All I saw was their van directly in front of my SUV and then there was impact.

After the accident I immediately went to the other vehicle and, in my moment of hysteria, apologized profusely, assuming I must have been at fault. I never took into consideration that the other vehicle could have ran a red light. I assumed that since I was turning and they were the ones going straight I must have been at fault. I wasn’t in a calm enough state to remember that I had had a green arrow. When the officer wrote me the ticket I was still in tears and in the ambulance.

From what I could see the other vehicle made no attempts to avoid the accident. Since I was first in line at the red light I was accelerating very slowly.

Since my alleged offense was not witnessed by the officer and I believe that I legally had the right to make my turn, I cannot afford to take responsibility for a ticket that was written in a chaotic situation. I consider myself a very responsible, careful driver, especially since I drive with my infant son in the car.

I would ask the court to dismiss this since there were no outside witnesses to testify concerning the collision.

and so that is my defense.

blah.

Sat, 10 May 2008 15:08:30 GMT

ryan changed his shift on saturday to 9-9. he says its better because he'll have more sales and will get off at nine instead of twelve, but i think its kinda lame. he had to leave at 8:15 this morning. :(
im totally out of it... i got up at 7:30 to make him breakfast and lunch while he gave joshy a bottle. we're running mad low on groceries. i need go shopping. i had JUST enough half and half for my coffee this morning and that is not cool.
im going stir crazy. i need to get out.
one of rys counsins graduated from college and the party is today so ill be going to that. im really in the mood to walk on the boardwalk with joshy but i know itd be too cool there... i cant wait until the oceanfront is consistantly warm. this is the first summer i havent had to work in four years. woohoo!

i need to clean, take a shower and curl my hair.
peace.

Fri, 09 May 2008 23:15:56 GMT

today was so lame. the weather was crappy and i was insanely bored. i was also JUST reminded about jeanettes graduation party tonight and i cant BELIEVE i forgot about it because i have the invite hanging right on my fridge. im stuck home without transportation or else id leave to go now. i would have taken ryan to work if i remembered this this morning. blahhh. what are you gonna do?

so the free coldplay concert in madison square garden june 23 isnt exactly for sure... you have to enter to be one of the many who "win" tickets, but you know how that goes. if it doesnt work out im ok, because theyll be at the verizon center in washington, dc july 2nd and ry and i will definitely be there for that.

joshuas watching wheel of fortune right now. hes so cute, he loves to watch the wheel go around and around. :) he's holding his "sheepy", his favorite stuffed animal that he sleeps with every night. its practically as big as he is but he lugs that thing around everywhere like a champ.
my little mosquito will be ONE YEAR OLD in a month and a half. it seriously feels like yesterday that i was brining him home the hospital. time FLEW. i never knew time to go by so quickly until i had a child.

23 days til florida!! commoooooon vacation.

Thu, 08 May 2008 20:54:24 GMT

i feel terrible. i feel like i kept joshua in his crib for far too long, waiting for him to fall asleep and take a nap. normally i'd just get him up after a half hour or so but i knew i was going to priscillas tonight and didnt want him to be a terror. anyway, he did eventually fall asleep after an hour, a couple of rockings and half a bottle. he's teething so everything is a lot harder.

i spent the morning cleaning... i mean REALLY cleaning. dusting, scrubbing, clearing out, organizing, vacuuming, sweeping, polishing, the works. i don't mind it, i've always been this way. very clean and tidy. i thought i'd losen up after having a baby but joshy just makes me want things even cleaner so he's not crawling around in mess and breathing in dust and such.

im watching cher on oprah and she is just so silly. cher, i mean. those outfits are ridiculous. calm down you old lady you. youre 61! youre so botoxed you can hardly open your eyes, let alone smile. you should be able to enjoy facial expressions at your ripe old age. and oh man, those costumes. they seriously scare me. if i had a nightmare i think cher would be in it, dressed up as some zebra looking thing on crack. shes so crazy.

usually i really appreciate days like this... hazy and cloudy with a little rain. but i really wanted to take joshy to the pool. oh well.

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:44:13 GMT

i had such a good day with ryan and joshua. :) we all slept until nine, had breakfast, packed some sandwiches and sliced fruit and then walked down the ymca. the outdoor pool area is absolutely amazing... its like a mini ocean breeze! the water is heated so it felt great with the temperature outside being 82. we took a lot of pictures... here are a few.

we took a break from the water and had some lunch. joshy had everything we had! he's finally learned to self feed. i credit ryan for joshua meeting many of his milestones... ryan will take an hour to literally "teach" joshy these things. i'll always be like, "no, he can't do that yet... he'll learn on his own". but ryan will just gently force him to do things without our help. self feeding before one of them, as of yesterday. he's an excellent daddy. always knew he would be.

Wed, 07 May 2008 02:28:02 GMT

today was "laundry day". i hate doing laundry. i only hate it because i have to load it into baskets, cram the baskets into the car, drive to virginia beach, unload the baskets, bring the baskets into ryans dads house, wash, dry, fold, put BACK into the baskets, cram BACK into the car, drive BACK to chesapeake, unload again and struggle up the stairs into the apartment where i unload the baskets of clean clothes and put on hangers and into our closets. were it not for that, I THINK DOING LAUNDRY WOULD BE FREAKING RELAXING!!!!!!!

:D
i dont use the washers/dryers in our apartment complex because they cost money, you dont even get warm water for your money, and my clothes never really smell right, you know what i mean? i cannot WAIT to have our own washer and dryer. man oh man. my family was actually given a beautiful washer and dryer, brand new, from a rich family who was moving and didnt want them?? i dont know. anyway, none of us either needed them or had hook-ups to use them, so theyre sitting in my brothers garage until someone gets a house or something. hopefully that "someone" will be me and ryan.

besides the laundry, we didnt really do much once we got home. we had random things for dinner, gave joshy a bath and put him to bed, and then watched "worlds most outrageous moments". oh my gosh, i laughed so hard.
i know this totally unlady-like, but this was one of the clips they showed and i just could NOT believe it! hahaha

and since were talking about funny things this will make you laugh too, im pretty sure.

25 days until florida. :) rys mom called me this morning and told us we'd be taking a couple days to go to the gulf coast. !!! :) i know its a few hours away from where his family lives but im so excited. white sand, clear water. pretty. :)
we reeeeeeeally need a vacation.

Tue, 06 May 2008 03:52:55 GMT

today i was in another "funk". blah, i hate when i get like that! ryan is so kind and understanding, though... if i was married to someone else i don't think they could handle me with the grace that he does.

jack johnson has the sweetest song on his new album. :)

[She could make angels
I've seen it with my own eyes
You gotta be careful when
you've got good love
Cause the angels will just
keep on multiplying

But you're so busy changing the world
Just one smile can change all of mine
We share the same soul
Oh oh oh oh oh ohhh
We Share the same soul
Oh oh oh oh oh ohhh
We Share the same soul]

:)
anyway,
so we didnt do much today. i took a neighbor of ours on an errand this morning, came home, made lunch and then took the most wonderful nap while ry played mario party. he borrowed a nintendo 64 from his brother this week. :)

when i woke up ry made dinner and then we took joshy to dairy queen where we all split one of those chocolate covered strawberry waffle cone bowls. MMM. :) went to walmart and picked up a few groceries and cards for mothers day, came home, put joshy to bed and now its time for the shows!

Mon, 05 May 2008 01:55:56 GMT

Today started off horribly (slight stress-induced breakdown), but it got better. :)

I knew I needed to get out of the apartment so we took Joshua to the pool at the y. It's so cute there! Like a mini ocean-breeze. Joshua was so sweet... he's always so cautious about new things, but he loved it! I laid out and got some sun while the boys played, then we moved to the indoor pool. We went outside by the other pool again before we left for some snacks and more sun and then came home and showered. Joshy's so cute... he plays in the tub while i shower and I love it. :) I'll miss those moments as he grows up and gets too old to shower with mommy. :(

We had to be at the church at four... my dad went on an encounter so we had our entire family there for the service. Everyone came over afterwards for dinner, then i cleaned and hung out with ry for a little bit. He's off recording now.

I'm not sure what we'll do the next two days, I'm just so so SO glad that ryan is off. ive missed him.

27 days till florida!!!

Sun, 04 May 2008 02:31:18 GMT

today was going to be a busy day so i had everything laid out the night before. i woke up at 8:30, later than i had planned, but at 9:30 all three of us were ready to go and we didnt have to leave until 11. :)

so i made ryan a really nice breakfast and then we took joshua on a long walk through some neighborhoods. the weather was absolutely GORGEOUS! the sun was warm, there was a cool breeze, perfect. :)

we dropped joshy off with my mom and then i had to take ryan to work. i needed the car for a Shaklee Women-to-Women luncheon at Lake Wright Golf Course. on the way there i almost filled the gas tank up with DIESEL!!! ugh, that would have been a nightmare. i was like, why can't i choose a gas type?!?! and then bam, big bold letters right in my face saying "DIESEL". haha. anyway, i got lost on my way to the luncheon but eventually made it there and had a wonderful time! there were crab-stuffed mushrooms, spinach and cheese crossants, chocolate covered strawberries with other fruit and cheese trays, coffee, tea, desserts... the whole shabang. i loved it because the entire thing was centered around womens health and what we need at different stages of life (early 20s, late 30s, pre-menopause, ect,.), as well as childrens health. i was one of the speakers, talking about my experience with Shaklee products throughout my pregnancy. at the end i was given a gift for speaking, met some other nice business builders in Shaklee, and headed home! fun. :)

priscilla came over when i got back... we hung out and talked for a couple hours. i put a movie in for us but fell asleep on the couch at 7. i felt terrible! haha. she left at eight and i slept until 10. i dont know why i was so exhausted... at least now i can be up for ryan when he gets home.
i miss my man.

Fri, 02 May 2008 22:01:09 GMT

so i just found out some insanely lame news.
we filed our taxes through H&R block. we did have direct deposit but basically it was a RAL (refund anticipation loan) from HRB. they paid us and then the IRS paid them. THAT means that the IRS never saw our bank account info. all this to say we'll be receiving a hard check... in july. ?!? thats so messed up. screw shopping and tattoos.
at least we have rys bonus coming in a couple of weeks, i just didnt want to spend it on that stuff.

blah.

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:14:53 GMT

today i was really lazy. somehow i managed to get 15 minutes on the treadmill. at least its better than nothing. joshua wasnt having fun in the nursery so i had to leave early. he's a little nervous around african americans (most white babies are a little skeptical) and the girl taking care of him happened to be black. she was being really nice but was also quite animated, trying to console him and make him laugh. from the fitness room i could see the look of terror on joshuas face and just had to go get him. he warms up eventually but it takes time. we have neighbors who are black and he's cool with them now.

my hair is getting long and annoying. i'm trying to get past this rotten phase. my hair grows at a reasonable rate so im just lettin' it do its thing, hoping ONE day ill have what a want, can take a lot of pictures and then whack it all off again. :)

i have a horrible headache. i plan on curling up with popcorn and a big blanket to totally veg out in front of the tv until i fall asleep.
sounds perfect.

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:35:09 GMT

i found out information about the stimulous checks. thank God ry and i had direct deposit on our taxes. if we had gone with a hard check we wouldnt have received the money until july 11th, wayyyy after our vacation.

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=181972,00.html

today im just getting bills straight, cleaning... taking it easy. joshuas napping right now but as soon as he gets up ill take him to the ymca for a couple of hours. i havent worked out in a while. :/

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:13:03 GMT

with the check we got for our explorer we had my sister babysit last night and treated ourselves to some sweet teas and fajitas at el loros. :) then we headed over to babies 'r us and bought joshua a new car seat to accommodate his growing little self. its more like a throne, than a car seat. and it was freaking expensive, but we had to do it. and im glad we finally did.

we just had a hearty salad, some sandwiches and green tea for lunch. today is "laundry day"... blah. but then tonight priscillas bringing dinner and a movie over.

i feel like ryan and i have done nothing but sleep the past three days he's been off but man, has it been NICE. we're sleepy parents, thats for sure.

oh oh ohhhh, coldplay has come out with a new single and is having a free concert in madison square garden june 23rd. im GOING to get tickets as soon as theyre up on the website and we're GOING to go. i have to. and its one awesome excuse to be in new york city this summer.

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:35:38 GMT

ryan is taking me to get my tattoo finished as a mothers day present. yay!!! :) sometime this week, hopefully... i want to have it healed before florida, since having that in the sun would not be good.

today we went to best buy and used the gift card ry got from work to buy some cd's for ourselves. i picked out mariah carey and jack johnsons new ones. :D

i hope we get some mexican for dinner like we talked about because i am STARVING.

in my life, be lifted high...

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:38:35 GMT

dc was amazing. there was something so surreal about standing in front of the supreme court, fighting for the unborn. its hard not to wonder if it will ever do any good, but the thing to remember, i guess, is that our hearts and minds line up with the heart of God and our prayers are more powerful than anyone in office.
i can't look at my beautiful son and NOT be moved... we have to be the voices for the children of this world. we have to pray.

after the event we went all over DC. we bought all-day passes for the metro. i really hope hampton roads has a similar form of transportation one day.
my skin is very, VERY sun burnt. i put on sun screen half way through it but it didn't do a lot of good. im especially red on my right side, the direction the sun was shining. ouch.
i got home around one in the morning and at that point had been up almost 24 hours, haha. i had ryan smooth some aloe over my burns and then slept SO well for 11 hours. my mom had joshua all day saturday so she kept him overnight and until noon today. i NEVER get to sleep for 11 hours! :)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:02:33 GMT

i did 45 minutes at the gym today. i did really well! i think my body is finally getting conditioned because i was able to run for much longer periods of time, only slowing down to a walk a couple of times because of runners-cramps. does anyone know why those happen? anyway, and then i did about 15 minutes with my strength training. i felt gooood. my goal is to be able to run an hour straight. ive come a long way... i could barely jog for five minutes when i started going to the gym a month or so ago. i used to be so active but i really think pregnancy kicked my butt. ive been out of it for over a year.

joshy and i went with mel and trinity to lynnhaven mall. i didnt buy anything, it was just nice to get out and do something. joshua is so good when i take him out... he only got fussy for about five minutes (because he missed his afternoon nap), and then just laid back in his stroller and chilled the rest of the trip.

im watching world news on abc and they just said that those economic stimulous checks will start going out monday. those who filed electronically will get them first, then those who filed via mail will have their checks mailed out on the 9th. woohoo! i want to have a plan on what to do with the money...i know we need to put some towards bills and savings but then i need to set a good chunk aside for our trip to florida. itll be so much fun! i cant wait to go shopping for probably the first time in two years (other than when i went maternity shopping... yuck!).

my explorer was sold today in the auction for $500. i was hoping for $800 but i what i got is good i guess, considering the trucks mileage and damage from the accident. its really, really sad for me... i loved that explorer. it looked/drove so nice and was completely paid off. i hate the idea of having another car payment in the future. we're doing okay with the one car right now... ive put the thought of another vehicle out of mind until we can pay down debt. we dont have much but i hate having any at all. never again.

i leave at five am for dc. ill be taking a break from the event at 12 to have lunch with my brother. i havent seen him in quite a while.
the weather is supposed to be warm and pretty... i just love dc.
and i love why im going this time.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:52:43 GMT

i feel like i accomplished lot today. i didnt, really, but i kept busy. i enjoyed a nice, long morning with ryan, worked on our buisness for a couple of hours, cleaned, took joshy on a walk and eventually took him to the doctors. i thought he might have an ear infection because he was tugging on his ears, overly fussy and had a slight fever. turns out he was just teething (which i assumed first) and all he needs is some baby motrin. poor thing. :(

its 9:30, i just made some blueberry muffins and a pot of coffee. greys is on... i love this show. it bugs me that ive only seen maybe, three episodes. ryans movie, hook, came in the mail today. he's claimed it "movie" night, hence the coffee. i cant stay awake through a movie for the life of me.

i was just thinking about how ryan and i will have been married for 2 years this november. thats so crazy to me! im so proud of how far we've come. i love that we've more in love now than we've ever been... that we're better friends than we've ever been... that i still miss him like crazy, even if he's only at the gym when i wake up and would be home in 20 minutes... its a good feeling. a happy marriage is foreign to me. i dont see myself ever getting used to this, but im sure thats a good thing.

:)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:49:26 GMT

ry and i really needed running shoes for the gym. i was looking at some at target last week but kept putting them back... too expensive. on the way home something told me to pray about it. i never pray about those things... i trust God to always provide the necessities but i think i forget that He takes pleasure in simply blessing us sometimes. :) so i told jesus i wanted running shoes (i only prayed for ryan to have shoes since he runs more than i do, haha... as if God couldnt give me shoes too).
the other day ry won a $50 gift card from work to target so yesterday we went and got our shoes! it just really makes me happy to know that He sees the little things and knows our hearts so intimately. and our feet, apparently. :)

SO, today we slept innnnnn. ry got up with joshua at 7, laid him down at 9 and then crawled into bed with me until 11. we got up and went to the gym... i was really all over the place with my workout. i think i did like, five minutes of walking, five minutes of joggin, five minutes of sprinting, five minutes doing nothing but drinking my tea and watching ryan run, and then five minutes on the elliptical. oh and a few minutes with weights. im such a wimp. but i broke a good sweat nonetheless. we came home and made a tomato and snap pea stir fry, took a nap and ry went to work. i hate wednesdays. theyre the hardest because we come off a three day weekend and ry only works like, 5 1/2 hours and i just want him hooome.

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:29:11 GMT

im going to dc this weekend for this. i don't know why im so nervous... its probably the fact that im leaving my little one and my mommy instincts are kicking in. on a deeper level, though, there is something slightly scary about knowing that youre about to gather with thousands to intercede on behalf of the unborn in america. im so ruined and weak...i feel so small in this war. what could i possibly do? and then i remember this scripture:

Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?"
"I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"
10 The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

how can the christians of this world deny their responsibility? i hate that i have waited so long.

i dont just do this in obediance to the heart of God...
i do this for the babies who were murdered in the womb.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:53:42 GMT

ive had such a great weekend. :)

saturday i took joshua to the kiddie pool at the ymca. since it was only about 82 degrees outside the water was still a bit chilly, but he was the bravest little baby! we moved everything to the indoor pool and he did very well . :) he clung to me at first, like a little koala bear but by the end of it he had loosened up some. he's such a calm little guy... very cautious and concerned when it comes to new things, but steady and seemingly wise like an old man.

saturday afternoon i met up with an old friend of mine, heather... it was wonderful to talk to her again and catch up on things. we got food from panera and drinks from starbucks and had a great time for a few hours.
saturday NIGHT, i dropped joshy off with my mom and went out with a bunch of ladies. already posted about that, but it was tons of fun. :)

sunday i woke up groggy and angry for church (never fails), haha, but again, it was great and im glad i went. i always let joshua walk around during worship... i think all of the babies in church should be up there where the music is, dancing and being wonderful. :) theyre so innocent and beautiful. after worship i brought him into the nursery. he's well behaved during the service but i get so distracted when he's with us that i just fount it better to drop him off with the other kids.
after church we met up with kal at panera and then bart and melissa joined us for a trip to the aquarium. i loved it! i think its been like, four years since ive been there... maybe longer. and after thaaat we went to the purple cow. killer food and purple milkshakes.
fun. :)
i went home and crashed for three hours. it was a good nap but i just hate waking up when its dark and i totalled have no idea where i am or what time it is. i made some coffee and got ready to sit down for my shows, only to realize that i had missed ALL of them... good thing you can watch full episodes on abc.com. :D

ryan got a gift card from work to amazon.com and gave it to me so ordered this:

all of Gods promises are highlighted in blue. i used to have it but i left it in the rain at the triple r ranch when i was a summer camp councelor there. i actually threw it away because i mean, it was completely soaked and unreadable. maybe you shouldnt do that to bibles... i dont know. well apparently someone saw me do it and fished it out of the trash can and left it on a porch there... i saw it the next day but it just wasnt any good anymore. i found it "like new" on amazon for 4.68. i love that website.
i also ordered ryan this movie:

he's been wanting it forever and we couldnt find it... target and walmart both stopped carrying it.
i found that new for $6 and change. :)

that was my weekend. ryans working overtime today so that stinks... its suppossed to be his day off. but since its storming outside its the perfect day to be in anyways and watch a movie. :)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:38:14 GMT

im listening to all of the old jayden sentence songs right now. god, it's bringing back everything. i cant believe its been what, three years?

i had an absolute blast tonight. :) lisa is the queen of "girl time"... i tend to easily forget just how important that really is. her, sarah, kimmy, whitney and i had dinner at olive garden and then headed over to the carnival in the mall parking lot. lisa bought everyone a bunch of tickets and we roads a few rides... i havent laughed that hard in a LONG time. it felt so, healthy? i dont get out enough i guess. but it was nice. :)

i missed my baby and i hate that hes asleep in his crib... im not able to give him lots of kisses and have him touch my face while i give him a warm buh-buh, :(
he's so beautiful and perfect. i want to be the absolute best for him. i feel so inadequate sometimes.

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:05:18 GMT

joshua hasnt napped all day and he's just being super sweet and adorable... i love my little man. i got a lot done today... i took ryan to work, came home and cleaned the inside of the car (im pretty compulsive about that... kind of like vacuuming...). once that was done i loaded up the diaper bag and took joshua out to run errands with me. first stop was the dmv... i always have some sort of trouble there but this time it went well. i had lost the title for my explorer and since we're auctioning it off i have to have that. it was a long process... included getting the lady i bought the truck from to get something notarized saying she released the lien she had on the vehicle, having her mail it to me, having to forge my moms signature since she's the co-owner and i couldnt get it printed out without that, blaaaah. ANYWAY, i got it. and dora will be towed away on monday. :(
and after THAT joshua and i went to target... i got a frap from starbucks and some pizza-hut bread sticks for lunch (all with gift cards from geico... i love it). we walked around the store for a while... i had a lot in my cart but, as usual, i put back most of it and left with diapers, wipes and a pair of sandals for joshy. i really do need some running shoes, though... my knees are popping when i run on the treadmill at the gym and i get pains in my legs. i'm sure chucks are not considered "proper wear".

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:48:11 GMT

im trying not to get frustrated. or at least SHOW that i'm frustrated. ryan and i recentely switched our bank account from bank of america to geicos fcu. this morning i drove to the store and tried to use my card but it was declined. we checked our account and there was plenty of money in there, considering we just got paid. we spent probably a half hour on the phone with them, got it all worked out (supposedly) and so i drove BACK out to the store and decided to stop for gas. declined. i came home and got back on the phone with them... they said, "oh... we only fixed the problem with your husbands card. we thought that was the one you were using." why wouldnt you just correct the problem with BOTH of the debit cards on the account? so i went BACK out, and just used ryans card to be safe. it worked.
well, he went to work. ive been working on our budget all day and finally went to pay some bills. MY card was declined. ive been on the phone with the bank all freaking day. they said to give it 24 hours. so i guess ill just use rys card number, even though its the same account... ?? i hate that i let silly things like this fluster me. i know it isnt really anyones fault... just dumb technology.

theo is coming in town this afternoon, and priscilla is on her way over. im sure their company will UN-fluster me.