I'm very against people food

for my dogs, but apparently boiled white rice for my dogs' condition is recommended, so we started that last night. So far, so good. She likes it. I googled it and boiled skinless chicken is also supposed to be good (so is boiled hamburger meat but I'm not doing that), so tomorrow we might add some chicken. Seriously I was so busy running all over town buying things for my dog that she could eat that all we had time to do for dinner was Burger King. We also have to give her Kaopectate, which she sucks up. That dog will eat anything. But so far no more nasty stuff to clean up so yay for me and my google solutions.

Speaking of, the internet at home hasn't been working. Nick called Insight yesterday, which of course is always an adventure. The guy pinged our box only to say, hm it hasn't been working for a while has it? No way. So they have to send someone to the house. He said the are on 24 hour call. Uh great, but we work, so that doesn't so much work for us, does it? So anyway he finally agreed to have someone come today and call Nick first. But then when we came back from going Krogering (and also Walmarting and to Burger King and Petco) there was a note saying the Insight guy had been there and so we needed to call back to reschedule. I hate Insight. Freaking morons. I'm sure they think they're getting the money out of me from the time the internet has been down, but they are mistaken. Actually, I'm very close to just cancelling it. As much as I'm addicted to the internet, I'm also very big on my principles, and Insight really just pisses me off.

Oh the joys...

of cleaning up after my dog's diarrhea for close to a week now. I understand she can't help it, but it's gross. And frustrating. And Nick is very not patient and so I have him fussing at me and Sydney well, you know what's doing. So I got a migraine at 3:00am (luckily I was awake to take an Axert and make it go away) and Izzy started having weird spasms that hopefully aren't seizures. And people say the holidays aren't stressful. Actually no one really says that. But now that only thing left to do is completely pull Sydney off of all food and treats, so she'll basically starve. The vet said it was probably stress since he did tests and everything checked out fine, but seriously, our dogs lead a much less stressful life than we do! Anyway, one more little example of why we are so far from being ready to have children. Because cleaning up crap is not cool.

Hawaii

I'm sure I've already posted some of these already, but I'm pretty excited.

4 weeks until Christmas

Coming back to work after a holiday is not fun. Even a somewhat stressful, not at all relaxing holiday. Sydney got sick (the vet actually said that it is probably stress from being around new people, and then he made a joke about in-laws) Friday night, but she's still not better, so we're not getting a lot of sleep. And Nick and I stayed up Thursday night to watch WKU play Gonzaga, so after Nick had to wake up at 5:00am to go hunting, I got about 4 hours of sleep. So it's been a very tiring holiday weekend.

But depsite Sydney being sick (although she only seems to get sick at night), she is acting so different. In a good way! She has calmed down so much, so she will finally just curl up with us and sleep or just hang out. We took her to his grandparents' house with all his family and she just sat there with us.

We finally got our Christmas tree up last night. Nick put our deer in the front yard and the lights up around the deck. Hopefully it will stop raining today so he can get the lights up on the front of the house. I wrapped all my presents, so I'm done shopping and wrapping. We're going to Nashville again Saturday with his parents to go to the Opryland hotel and Opry Mills, so hopefully he can finish his shopping.

Also, we booked the rest of our Hawaii vacation for next May-June! We are going to go ahead and go to 3 islands (Maui, the Big Island and Kauai) and be finished with Hawaii for a long while:-( And then we can start looking for a new house and have kids! And when our kids are grown, we can go back.

Tagged

Since Andrea sort of tagged me for this...

Rules:

1- Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. (There's already a link to Andrea's site so no need to do that)

2- Share 7 random and or weird things about yourself.

3- Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs. (Don't even know 7 people who have blogs really)

4- Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. (way too much work)

1. I can't decide whether I want to start having kids or go to Hawaii

2. I am probably one of the most disagreeable people you will ever meet. Like, if you say something, I will probably disagree. And I will most definitely strongly believe that I am right.

3. I also went to Europe for two weeks when I was 16. I hated it.

4. I love, love, love to scrapbook. My scrapbooks pretty much consist of pictures and stickers, but I love to do it and they look so much better than photo albums.

5. Career-wise, I feel like a failure. As in, I don't have a career, And with my education, I don't really see myself going anywhere.

6. As opposed to Andrea, I do prefer dogs that lick people all the time. I learned recently that's it how they show respect and submission to the dog or person/people they consider the pack leader. Which so explains why Izzy licks Nick and I constantly. And now Sydney has started licking Izzy. And plus, Isabelle is a very affectionate dog. And I think it's awesome that my dog knows what it means when I tell her to give me a kiss.

7. Getting Sydney to lay down this morning (on the second try!) will probably be the biggest accomplishment of my week.

Christmas Shopping!

I get to start Christmas shopping tonight! It's always been one of my goals to actually finish Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving and although I'm not sure I'll accomplish that this year, I might at least come close. And I have saved up some extra blow money, so if I see anything I want for myself, I won't have to feel guilty about getting it. I need some Christmas scrapbooking stuff. Speaking of, I ordered our photo Christmas cards from Shutterfly and also stamps from PhotoStamp.com. The cards have all 4 of us and the stamps have the dogs in their Christmas hats. If you can't tell, I'm pretty excited about our first Christmas together as a married couple.

Wow, work just got way too busy. So apparently I have to work. On a Friday.

Next week is Thanksgiving!

I can't believe that Thanksgiving is next week. And it was 70 degrees today. That's nuts. The guys leave for Alaska on Monday, so I will hopefully have a peaceful 1/2 week before the break. Yeah right. But it will make for a busy week until then. Nick is doing some sort of thing at work this week, so he's working every night until 7:15. Honestly, it's been kind of nice to have some quiet time and to get to watch what I want on tv. Which is mainly the news. He hates the news, so we always watch the OC. And we're back to the ones we've already seen, so I'm bored with it.

We finished our Financial Peace class on Sunday night and got our $41 back! Nick and I won the DVD set, which is surprising, since we're not really the lucky types. But it's exciting nonetheless, because I think it will be awesome to have the DVD's around. We got CD's, the book, and the workbook as part of the class materials, so we should be all set. I feel like I talk about the class all the time, but I loved it. Nick and I are going to make three more payments on my student loans and then we'll be finished (thank you, debt snowball!). It makes me feel very adult to actually be on a budget that we follow every month. It's boring I guess, but if boring helps me retire on $2 million, then I'm ok with that.

Interview and Homecoming

I had my interview today. I think it went ok. I called my dad last night and he already knew about it. They had called the person I used to work for, who then talked to the person who I used to work with there and now works with my dad, who told my dad. It's crazy how stuff spreads in a town of 60,000+. At the end of the interview, I had to take some kind of personality test, where I mark words that describe how I think people view me and then 60 words that describe how I view myself. I'm glad it's over; I was nervous.

This weekend is going to be a busy one (but which one isn't). Tonight the girls and guys have a doubleheader that starts at 6:00, so we'll be at Diddle until 10:30. And tomorrow Nick is going home to hunt with his dad, so he's leaving at 4:00am or so. The football game is at 4:00pm, and we will get our butts kicked no doubt by Troy. But it's homecoming and the first IA opponent in LT I believe. Sunday his parents are coming to church with us and we're going to eat with them after, because his mom's birthday is tomorrow. And Sunday night is our final Financial Peace University class! We're having our potluck, and we're bringing pot roast. We also get our $41 back. I'm so glad we did this. I definitely think it's the best thing we could have done for our marriage..

Interview

I have an interview tomorrow at a law firm. I don't think it will be a job I'll take, but still, it's an interview. It's good practice I know. But I'm already nervous. I'm never actually been on a real interview. Well, for Target. But this job certainly didn't have one. It's just for a legal assistant/receptionist type job, and the woman already did a phone interview with me. So anyway, we'll see. Nick got a call from a company that wants him to come up and interview in Hammond, IN, which is in the Chicago metro limit. That would be cool.

I went back to the NP yesterday, and she's upping my Topamax to 50mg. Still not a lot, but now I have to go back through the side effects. They only lasted for a couple weeks last time, but they sucked. I got very tired and acted kind of nutty. And caffeinated drinks tasted nasty. I had just gotten my taste back too. But if it helps my headaches, I'mm all about it. And she also switched me to Seasonique. Which I'm very excited, but also nervous about. I've heard it takes a while to get adjusted to. She said she had been on it since it came out and she loved it now, but then again, I don't really plan to be on BC for 3 1/2 years.

Pictures from Halloween

So I didn't get to sleep all weekend, but I did get to a little. And my extra hour was nice. Yesterday I worked on my scrapbook and Nick helped with my Excel sheets for the budget and my student loans. I love Excel and it's awesome but I don't understand how to do the formulas like he does. He's a smart dude when he wants to be. And we have a financial plan, which is awesome, and makes me feel like I'm using my job more than it's using me. I just finished typing up a list of my actual job duties and it's just a bit longer than the job description listed. So it will be fun to quit and pull out a book of reasons. But for now, I am working so I can pay off my student loans in August (maybe even May)! And that's down from the 3 year plan we did have. How awesome would it be to make our last payment, go on vacation to Hawaii, and come back to no debt? We could save up a serious down payment on a house with that. I did send out quite a few resumes this weekend, so maybe I'll hear something. Until then, and I know this is sad and probably below me, my effort level at work is going to be sub-par. But they'll get what they pay for.

Anyway, I love these pics from Halloween. The dogs were so cute, and the kids that we had loved them. Sydney loves Isabelle so much, and Izzy gets so annoyed by her. But that's totally like sisters that are 2 years apart.

This weekend, I want to...

sleep! All weekend. I doubt I will get to, but I would like to. I am physically enhausted. The luncheon at work is over, and it went well. But I'm glad it's done. Nick and I actually left the game last night with about 12 minutes left, so if you know me, you know that is pretty significant. It was a boring game, yes, but I usually won't even leave games we're losing early. So now I know my job dissatisfaction is affecting the rest of my life. So we just went home and watched Grey's Anatomy. Which isn't getting a whole lot better. I've been pretty disappointed in it so far this year. Especially the Meredity-Derek storyline. Very stupid.

And now, to top off my stressful week (I got a headache yesterday, my first one in two weeks...but one Axert made it go away), I'm getting sick. And I have to take Sydney to the vet tomorrow for more shots. She threw an absolute fit last time. She's so embarrassing. Anyway, sorry for so much complaining. At the game last night, I did see this cute little boy, who was all decked out in his WKU gear. He had his shirt and pants, hat and even his socks had Big Red on them. When I pointed him out to Nick, it was actually the son of a guy he works with. I can't wait until we have kids so I can dress them up in Western stuff for games and Braves stuff. Kind of like I do my dogs. I will have to post Halloween pics. They were very cute.

Anyway, this weekend is way overdue, and I even get an extra hour of sleep!