one more

can I add one more thing to my list for 2007?

*we found good homes for all of Maya's puppies!

Happy New Year!

2007

I'm going to try to sum up 2007.

*I finally cut my hair as short as I wanted it
*I took my navel ring out
*We bought a house
*We got a dog
*Our dog had puppies
*The hubby got a new job
*I learned how hard it is to paint a ceiling
*We turned down two invitations to go on cruises with our friends (grr...no $$)
*I made a blog (yay!)
*We have decided to wait a little longer before having kids
*I learned a lot about myself

I think that's about it. The last one is probably the best thing I did all year.

only us

So as you know from a previous post, my hubby and I adopted a very sweet and cute Siberian husky approximately 2 months ago. What you don't know is that our pup was pregnant when we adopted her. Don't feel bad, we didn't know either. We figured it out and took her to the vet who verified that she was, in fact, already preggers when we brought her home. Four days later, puppies were born. Now, I have no children of my own, but I have to say that I was hoping to never have to be on that end of the delivery process. Some people feel that's it special and beautiful. That's nice. I am not one of those people. It was stressful and long. It began at 4:30 a.m. enough said.

So now, three weeks later, we have 6 dogs. I just wanted one. Really. But we are in the process of finding homes for these pups, once they're ready. They really are sweet and very humorous. There were actually 6 puppies born that morning, but one little guy didn't make it. Another little puppy needed stitches in his back leg because his momma attempted to pull him out a bit and in doing so, ripped the skin on his leg. We had to keep him seperated from her while the stitches were still in so that she wouldn't try to pull them out. Because he was kept seperate, we had to make sure he got to eat every 2 hours. Meaning, we were up in the middle of the night sitting with all the doggies so "stitch" could eat. The stitches are out now, so he's back with everyone.

It's been quite the experience. I guess we actually saved 6 lives that day we drove to W.V.

4 things about me

FOUR JOBS I'VE HAD IN MY LIFE:
Cook/Waitress
JCPenney Sales Associate
Graduate Assistant
Student worker in Residence Life Office

FOUR PLACES I HAVE LIVED:
Vandergrift, PA
Clarion, PA
South Park, PA
That's it!

FOUR TV SHOWS I LIKE TO WATCH:
Moving Up
Grey's Anatomy
Family Guy
Chuck

FOUR PLACES I'VE BEEN ON VACATION:
Florida-DisneyWorld, Daytona Beach, Ft. Lauderdale
Niagara Falls
Las Vegas
Europe-Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, England, Holland

FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS:
Pizza
Kabobs
Clementines
Wedding Soup

FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
Shopping
On a cruise somewhere tropical
Europe
Sleeping

FOUR PLACES I LIKE TO SHOP:
Barnes & Noble
Target
Kohls
JCPenney



Feel free to copy this and post it in your own blog with new answers!

oh, yeah..

So I haven't posted in a while. It's been a busy few weeks. J and I are busy getting our house ready for a party next weekend, and he hasn't been feeling well. Oh, and we got a dog.

Her name is Maya and we got her from a shelter in W.V. She was going to be put to sleep and once we saw her on petfinder, we just couldn't let that happen. She's approximately 1 y.o. and she is really very well behaved. She's still a pup and she's still learning the rules. However, my dear hubby started getting what we diagnosed as anxiety attacks once she came home. He's doing much better, but the only reason we have come up with for these anxiety attacks is that he had a Siberian Husky for 12 years and she had to be put to sleep a few years ago. It was a very difficult experience for him and we figured that Maya was bringing back memories of his dog.

But, we've all been healthy for a few days now and we're confident that will continue. Maya has brought us closer together. We take her for walks together and have something else besides ourselves to talk about now. The new responsiblility can be daunting, especially when we start discussing going on a trip or such, but we're excited to have a new member to our little family.

Ok, have I talked about my dog enough?

Other than that, I've just been busy with work and taking care of Maya and J. Looking forward to the upcoming holidays. We are hosting Thanksgiving this year, there will be more posts about that, I'm sure. I'm also behind on few projects that I had planned as Christmas gifts. Grrr...I just need a few extra hours in the day....

over it

This is a blog that was on my myspace page from a few months ago. It's still relevant so I figured I'd post it here.
I'm over it.
All of it.
All the feeling guilty about not keeping in touch with people and then feeling bad when they don't keep in touch with me.
I'm over feeling bad because I'm not usually motivated enough to come home from work and continuing to do things for work.
I'm over worrying about what everyone thinks.
This is me.
Sometimes I'm happy and bubbly, other days I'm the most miserable person you can meet.
I'm not the best at anything, but I can do a lot things.
I'm married, but I don't have kids yet and I'm not ready to have kids yet. If that makes me a bad person; whatever.
I wear my seat belt all the time.
I don't go out every weekend, but I know what's going on in the world.
I don't wear designer clothes, but I wear what I like.
I'm happy with the way I am and I'm done with feeling like that isn't always good enough.

kings, queens and fairies

It's been a busy weekend! We went to Kennywood on Friday. Leave it to us to choose one of the hottest and most humid days of the summer to go to a amusement park. However, we had fun and I think we probably lost about 5 lb. each.
Today we were off to the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. We saw the King and Queen

I ate a turkey leg

I even got to be a fairy for the day

It was quite a day! I would recommend it to anyone. Also, I saw several small knitted items that I would like to try. All in all, it was fun and inspiring.

quizzes

You Are More Yang

Masculine Creative Angry Spring Summer Morning Sun Space Active Wood Chocolate

Are You More Yin or Yang?

Your Personality Is

Guardian (SJ) You are sensible, down to earth, and goal oriented. Bottom line, you are good at playing by the rules. You tend to be dominant - and you are a natural leader. You are interested in rules and order. Morals are important to you. A hard worker, you give your all at whatever you do. You're very serious, and people often tell you to lighten up. In love, you tend to take things carefully and slowly. At work, you are suited to almost any career - but you excel in leadership positions. With others, you tend to be polite and formal. As far as looks go, you are traditionally attractive. You take good care of yourself. On weekends, you tend to like to do organized activities. In fact, you often organize them!

The Three Question Personality Test

Your Superhero Profile

Your Superhero Name is The Iron Platypus Your Superpower is Winking Your Weakness is Handshakes Your Weapon is Your Anti-matter Saber Your Mode of Transportation is Love Van

What's your Superhero Name?

yum! peaches!

Ok, not a long post tonight but I wanted to share a culinary secret. I guess it's not really a secret but it's a really good idea. If you like peaches and pie, listen up. Now is the best time to get peaches. You will want to get freestone peaches (meaning the inner "stone" seperates easily from the fruit). Chambersburg peaches are the best. Also pick up a container of Fruit Fresh at your grocery store. It's in the canning section. Next, peel and slice 4 cups of peaches, mix in the appropriate amount of Fruit Fresh, put in container and freeze. If you freeze them now they will last until the fall. My mom does this and then defrosts the peaches and makes a pie with them for Thanksgiving. Since I am hosting this year, I decided to do the same. The peaches are ready for a pie shell once defrosted. Enjoy!
On another note, a friend from a local message board is selling a cookbook to raise money for their adoption. These cookbooks have a great selection of recipes and make great gifts! You will also help them bring their sweet little boy home from Guatemala. Click here to order.

i'm back!

I wasn't able to access my blog for about a week because robots thought I was violating blogger.com rules. It's all crazy computer stuff to me, but now I'm back!

So my newest knitting project is a pair of baby booties. I'm only 1/2 with the first one so far, but I'm hoping they turn out. Here's a work-in-progress pic:

I will take another when I'm finished. Also, I hope you enjoy this pic. I dropped my digital camera on my hardwood floor and scratched both while trying to get everything for the picture. Grrr....

So I will close with a pic of my adorable niece to lift everyone's spirits

yardwork

I spent my morning weeding. It's nice to see the finished product. However, I really only concentrated on the front of our house. Let me explain...

My husband, J, and I bought our first home this past June. We love it! We got almost everything we wanted in a house. The backyard isn't very big, but that's not really the problem.

The woman who previously lived here loved to garden. That was apparently what she did to relax. The problem is that they put this house up for sale last August. The "garden" has not been taken care of since then. This is what we now have to deal with:

Our backyard ends at the fence, basically it's all the flowers and such. You can't see it in the picture, but to the left there is a wrought iron arch that is anundated with vines and flowers.

I affectionately call it the "botanical garden". It's unsightly. I can't stand it. It's going to take forever to get it all dug out. The worst part is that there is now poison ivy growing throughout the "garden".

The front yard was pretty bad as well. My mom and step-dad actually helped us dig it out just a few days after we closed on the house. Various neighbors have told us how nice it looks and how it really improved the neighborhood.

I really just want to hire someone to come in and dig it all out, roto-till the soil and plant new grass. My husband says it will cost too much. He's probably right.

My other idea is to have a "garden party" for the neighbors. I will just tell them to bring their own shovels and dig out anything they want. That might help.

In the meantime, would anyone like some flowers???

anniversary & knitting

Yesterday was our 2nd wedding anniversary. We went out to dinner, nothing too exciting. The first year flew past and the second seemed to go even faster! Here's to another 50 + years!

I also finished a knitting project I had been working on. It really didn't take me very long to complete. I classify myself as a novice knitter. It's something I'm interested in, but I am a little intimitdated by some of the projects. I just don't know if I'm ready to knit a sweater. But I id just finish the ballband dish cloth. Now, I know that the idea of a dish cloth is not very exciting, but it's a great pattern. Here's a picture:

I have wanted to try this pattern for some time and I'm proud of myself for actually doing it.

My next project is hopefully going to be some baby booties. Before you ask, they're not for me, they are a gift. The whole baby subject is a completely different post.

Work vs. Non-work

Today I went to work, but I really didn't work. I could not do this everyday.
How can you go to work and really do nothing at all and still be tired? I mean sitting around much used up some energy, but certainly not much.
How can people go to work everyday and do nothing and then not feel guilty when they get paid for it? I just don't feel like I did anything unless I actually worked. Not that work is really strenuous for me, but I still feel a sense of accomplishment after a full day. I feel like I helped in some small way. I feel like I made a difference, which is more than what some people can say after a days' work.

Yay!

I accomplished two things today. First I organized our office desk a little bit. I decided to change the way we file our bills and such. It wasn't difficult. Just boring. Secondly, I created this blog! Yay me!
Now, don't get me wrong. I don't think that I'm so very interesting that people should read about my life. I just like having an outlet to express myself. If you don't want to hear what I have to say...don't read. That's my disclaimer