Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Sick
I'm sick:-( It sucks. I guess it is probably a sinus infection, since I can't breathe and my head hurt last night. My throat is starting to hurt now too. I've been sniffing my nose spray like crazy, so maybe that will keep it from getting too bad. I haven't had a sinus infection in so long. So this is disappointing. I put like 6 or 7 things for sale on eBay, so hopefully we can make some extra money. I want a new dog! I actually found some Cavalier King Charles Spaniels in Lexington, so hopefully I will be able to go pick one out soon. The woman emailed me with info and pictures. They are so adorable. Like Lady from Lady and the Tramp! And Elizabeth Taylor from Sex and the City. I think I want to name her Sydney...that was Izzy's second choice. But I'm probably getting all excited, and I won't even get one.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Fun Weekend
I had a really good weekend. Which makes it harder to go back to work today, but oh well. Friday I came home from work to a surprise from my husband, which is very out of character for him (and possibly due more to my persistent nagging that anything else, but whatever works). It was very sweet, and proof that when he wants to, he actually can listen to me and pick up on subtle clues. Like that I had been craving chocolate all week and that I wanted a picture frame to put some wedding pictures up on the wall. And I got him a remote control truck. As part of our ABF study, we were supposed to buy each other an inexpensive gift showing something we think the other would be good at...I think ours were more hobbies (he has been wanting to do some stuff to his truck for awhile, I love pictures and scrapbooking). And then we went to Longhorn, which he loves. Which he used to love. We had to wait forever and then once we got in, we were still there forever. And the kids beside us were screaming, but the parents didn't seem to mind. Of course not.
But anyway, Saturday we went to the football game and then to Ohio County. Nick's grandparents had a cookout. And they finally had a picture of him on their fridge (thank you very much). They have tons of pics of all their other grandkids all over their house, and it has always bugged me (Nick is too nice to do anything about it, whereas I am not). So I printed off a wedding picture of us with his parents, and now it's on the fridge. It's kind of pitiful when you're made to feel like you have to compete for your grandparents' love. But every family is a little crazy I guess.
Yesterday, I got to watch the Braves. And even though it's totally irrelevant at this point, Tim Husdon threw a complete game shutout, and we won. It's one of the last games I might ever see on tv, since TBS sucks. And I bought a new digital camera. It's a Kodak, like my old one, but it has a better zoom. So now I get to put my little red one on Ebay. I'm a little sad about it actually, because it went on my honeymoon with me. Nick bought it for me. It has sentimental value. But oh well. We also looked at a house (that we can't afford). But it was nice and had 5 acres and a pool and basement. And it was in a good school district. I wish I was rich.
But anyway, Saturday we went to the football game and then to Ohio County. Nick's grandparents had a cookout. And they finally had a picture of him on their fridge (thank you very much). They have tons of pics of all their other grandkids all over their house, and it has always bugged me (Nick is too nice to do anything about it, whereas I am not). So I printed off a wedding picture of us with his parents, and now it's on the fridge. It's kind of pitiful when you're made to feel like you have to compete for your grandparents' love. But every family is a little crazy I guess.
Yesterday, I got to watch the Braves. And even though it's totally irrelevant at this point, Tim Husdon threw a complete game shutout, and we won. It's one of the last games I might ever see on tv, since TBS sucks. And I bought a new digital camera. It's a Kodak, like my old one, but it has a better zoom. So now I get to put my little red one on Ebay. I'm a little sad about it actually, because it went on my honeymoon with me. Nick bought it for me. It has sentimental value. But oh well. We also looked at a house (that we can't afford). But it was nice and had 5 acres and a pool and basement. And it was in a good school district. I wish I was rich.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Survey
1.Who was your first prom date? Grant
2. Who was your first roommate? Lacy
3. What was your first alcoholic drink? Vodka and orange juice...it was nasty
4. What was your first job? Working at my dad's office
5. What was your first car? 1993 Mazda 626...but it wasn't 1993 when I got it...it was like 1998?
6. Who was the first person you texted today? no one yet
7. Who is the first person you thought of this morning? The dog next door who was barking...I so think that is cruelty to animals
8. Who was your first grade teacher? Don't remember
9. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? Chicago
10. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was with you? Don't remember doing that?
11. Who was your first best friend and are you still friends with them? Greg Hiles in Frankfort and no
12. Where was your first sleep over? no idea
13. First Kiss? what about it? I was in my bedroom. It was weird
14. Whose wedding were you in the first time? Mine
15. What is the first thing you do in the morning? Pull the covers over my head to drown out the dog
16. What was the first concert you ever went to? I think I saw the Temptations with my parents...only half of them were dead. I went to Lilith Fair...that was my first concert without parents
17. First tattoo or piercing? Ears when I was 12...and two more times after that. But all in the same place...I have issues.
18. First foreign country you went to? Mexico (does that count?)
19. First crush? Probably Greg...but I was only 5.
20. When was your first detention? Never had it
21. What was the first state you lived in? KY is the first and only
22. Who was your first love? Chipper
23. Who was the first person to break your heart? Can I go with Chipper again...every since except for 1995.
24. Who will be the first to repost this? No one
2. Who was your first roommate? Lacy
3. What was your first alcoholic drink? Vodka and orange juice...it was nasty
4. What was your first job? Working at my dad's office
5. What was your first car? 1993 Mazda 626...but it wasn't 1993 when I got it...it was like 1998?
6. Who was the first person you texted today? no one yet
7. Who is the first person you thought of this morning? The dog next door who was barking...I so think that is cruelty to animals
8. Who was your first grade teacher? Don't remember
9. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? Chicago
10. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was with you? Don't remember doing that?
11. Who was your first best friend and are you still friends with them? Greg Hiles in Frankfort and no
12. Where was your first sleep over? no idea
13. First Kiss? what about it? I was in my bedroom. It was weird
14. Whose wedding were you in the first time? Mine
15. What is the first thing you do in the morning? Pull the covers over my head to drown out the dog
16. What was the first concert you ever went to? I think I saw the Temptations with my parents...only half of them were dead. I went to Lilith Fair...that was my first concert without parents
17. First tattoo or piercing? Ears when I was 12...and two more times after that. But all in the same place...I have issues.
18. First foreign country you went to? Mexico (does that count?)
19. First crush? Probably Greg...but I was only 5.
20. When was your first detention? Never had it
21. What was the first state you lived in? KY is the first and only
22. Who was your first love? Chipper
23. Who was the first person to break your heart? Can I go with Chipper again...every since except for 1995.
24. Who will be the first to repost this? No one
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Food is the Devil, Part 2
So I've changed my mind. I enjoy food way too much to cut back. I had ice cream last night at Bruster's (Arctic Chocolate Chunk...don't try it, it was bad), and I waited until all of 10:30 this morning to open the M&M's. I have zero willpower. But that's ok, food is too good for me to avoid.
So yesterday Nick and I talked about having a kid, and what it might be like to have one now. So I'm kind of freaking out. Not that we're going to have one now or even try to have one now, but I'm also thinking we might not wait the 5 years that was kind of in the back of our minds. I still think 3 years is our ideal time frame, but as much as it's been coming up in conversations lately, I'm not sure it will be that long either. And although it would definitely pose some financial questions for us, it would not really put us in an incredibly bad financial position. But as scary as all that is, what I'm really worried about is actually preparing to even try to get pregnant. All these websites have these long lists of what to eat and what not to eat...and take this vitamin, but not this! Eat fish, but not too much mercury! You can have caffeine but not too much! And no Excedrin (which for me, is like...no chocolate, because Excedrin saves my life). And no allergy medicine....ok so some of these I wouldn't technically have to stop taking until I was actually pregnant. But still, it's scary. I'm going to be a picky-eating, sinus-infectiony, headache for 9 months. How will that be a happy time for me? Or really Nick either, because I will not be pleasant to be around. Anyway, I'm jumping way ahead of myself (I haven't been married 6 months). But it's scary.
On the other hand, what if we do wait three years, and my student loans are paid off, and we have some extra income to work with, and our financial situation is more stable...and it takes years to get pregnant? I hate the people who have to "put all their ducks in a row." I think it's stupid and impossible to control your entire life. That coming from me, queen of the Type A personality, major control-freak. I don't even kids, and they're already driving me nuts.
So yesterday Nick and I talked about having a kid, and what it might be like to have one now. So I'm kind of freaking out. Not that we're going to have one now or even try to have one now, but I'm also thinking we might not wait the 5 years that was kind of in the back of our minds. I still think 3 years is our ideal time frame, but as much as it's been coming up in conversations lately, I'm not sure it will be that long either. And although it would definitely pose some financial questions for us, it would not really put us in an incredibly bad financial position. But as scary as all that is, what I'm really worried about is actually preparing to even try to get pregnant. All these websites have these long lists of what to eat and what not to eat...and take this vitamin, but not this! Eat fish, but not too much mercury! You can have caffeine but not too much! And no Excedrin (which for me, is like...no chocolate, because Excedrin saves my life). And no allergy medicine....ok so some of these I wouldn't technically have to stop taking until I was actually pregnant. But still, it's scary. I'm going to be a picky-eating, sinus-infectiony, headache for 9 months. How will that be a happy time for me? Or really Nick either, because I will not be pleasant to be around. Anyway, I'm jumping way ahead of myself (I haven't been married 6 months). But it's scary.
On the other hand, what if we do wait three years, and my student loans are paid off, and we have some extra income to work with, and our financial situation is more stable...and it takes years to get pregnant? I hate the people who have to "put all their ducks in a row." I think it's stupid and impossible to control your entire life. That coming from me, queen of the Type A personality, major control-freak. I don't even kids, and they're already driving me nuts.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Food is the devil
I am super hungry. And I know there are M&M's in the kitchen. So I am trying very hard to be disciplined and not eat any of them. But I'm thinking of what I have at home to eat for lunch (salad) and it's not much. I guess I'm finally going to have to start eating healthier again and maybe exercising, because I haven't done anything since the wedding. So that means not drinking Sprite anymore and going back to Diets or water....more like Lemonade and Kool Aid, but close enough. I think it was seeing Britney Spears on tv...I mean she didn't look that bad, right? But people everywhere are making fun of her and saying she's fat. Don't get me wrong, I think she looked awful (b/c she's a freaking millionnaire who gets paid to do that sort of thing...and exercising and laying off the fatty food and alcohol should come with the job). Luckily I don't have cameras following me everywhere I go (although I think they would get tired of me pretty quickly, as I don't actually do anything newsworthy). But if I did, I would not be happy with the way I look in the pictures. So I guess I have to quit the snacking on chocolate and eating ice cream every day and drinking 5 cans of Sprite. And the Doritos. Life is not fair.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
OK
Work should be ok today, since most of the coaches are out of town. Which is good because I have some things to get done. And then there's that whole working thing. I might try that also.
Nick and I are working through a book about the Dream Team for our ABF class. At the end of each chapter, it gives us kind of guidance for what to ask God for, as it relates to our marriage anyway. And then it wants us to record what he tells us. I've always thought that seemed kind of stupid b/c God doesn't talk to me. But last night when I was taking a shower, I sdtarted thinking about the things that Nick and I have problems with. Like that main things that we argue about and that I would say are issues in our marriage. And I know he would agree that it seems like we know exactly how to push each other's buttons. He has a problem with patience sometimes and I definitely test his patience a lot. And the arguments we have almost always seem to test me in the things I most need to work on. And it was like, all of a sudden I understood why God has put these things in our marriage. If our arguments help him become a more patient person and help me (in a lot of ways...I have lots of issues!), then it will be worth it. I'm just glad that I'm married to someone who also understands that and is committed to our relationship. So God (kind of anyway) talked to me! How exciting.
Nick and I are working through a book about the Dream Team for our ABF class. At the end of each chapter, it gives us kind of guidance for what to ask God for, as it relates to our marriage anyway. And then it wants us to record what he tells us. I've always thought that seemed kind of stupid b/c God doesn't talk to me. But last night when I was taking a shower, I sdtarted thinking about the things that Nick and I have problems with. Like that main things that we argue about and that I would say are issues in our marriage. And I know he would agree that it seems like we know exactly how to push each other's buttons. He has a problem with patience sometimes and I definitely test his patience a lot. And the arguments we have almost always seem to test me in the things I most need to work on. And it was like, all of a sudden I understood why God has put these things in our marriage. If our arguments help him become a more patient person and help me (in a lot of ways...I have lots of issues!), then it will be worth it. I'm just glad that I'm married to someone who also understands that and is committed to our relationship. So God (kind of anyway) talked to me! How exciting.
Friday, September 7, 2007
Nicole Kidman
I've never been a big fan of hers, but I like her a little more now (mainly b/c of my disliking of Tom Cruise, which leads me to feel sorry for her). But I read in People about her "yearning" to have a baby of her own, and how it's taken her so long to get there and she still can't do it. And now apparently her husband isn't ready for that (even though he's what, 40 almost? but he was / in on drugs and / or alcohol, so who knows), but she thinks he's "getting there slowly." It makes me sad that the poor girl just keeps choosing these guys who treat her badly and seem to care very little for her. And then there are people like Sheryl Crow who have also had bad things happen to them, but they don't become a victim to it. She adopted a child..so did Jodie Foster. Without a husband. And also I put Halle Berry in the same category as Nicole Kidman. You have all the money in the world. A lot of people can't afford adoption. If you really want a child, adopt one. If you have to have your own with a man, then quit falling for losers who will never be ready to commit. What a diatribe. Who am I to even be talking about this?
