NEW MEMBER OF THE FAMILY!!!

NO, I AM NOT PREGNANT. 

THE NEW MEMBER IS NOT HUMAN. . .

JUST SAYIN'

My new little girl is very shy.  We just adopted her today and she is adjusting so I want to wait a few days before I terrorize her with photos, and I want to have photos when I tell you what she is and what her name is.  I am just so excited about her and love her so much already I had to post something :)  She is so sweet and adorable :))  Pictures coming soon <3 

Dear CJ,

I love you with all of my heart!  It will probably take you weeks to see this, but when you do I know it will make you smile so I can wait :)  

You are the best thing that has ever happened to me, I am just sorry it took me so long to realize it.  We may be very different people, but I think we compliment each other just fine ;) 

I just want to put in writing, to always remind you, that: I care about you so much, I love our life and our home together, I look forward to our future, I envy and admire your work ethic, your patience, and your genuine sincerity.  

You may drive me absolutely crazy sometimes, but there is never a dull moment and every day brings something new to experience together :)  

Here's to the next 8 months. 

<3 :-* 

Facebook and Such Part II

Well I did it, just like I said I would.  I got my new phone today, which I LOVE!!!!! I got a new number, and I changed the number on my old phone and gave it to CJ.  Then. . .I updated my status one last time *tear* and I deleted facebook.  Mark (Zuckerburg), darling. . .don't take it personal.  You know I still LOVE YOU. . .ahem.  Just sayin ;)  But I have to say it was hard to do.  I've had my facebook for 4 years now, its so sad to say that it has become a BIG part of my life.  How sad is that??  Well I can't say for sure that I will never go back.  But I'm going to try to go AS LONG AS I CAN without my beloved Facebook.  It makes me self conscious. . .it makes me worry and care what other people think.  When I shouldn't.  I don't want to see how happy or how sad everyone else is, most of the people I don't even talk to.  Two days ago I had 850 friends.  Earlier today, after deleting a couple hundred people that I don't actually talk to, I still had 281 people left.  That's a lot of people to keep track of and worry about.  I don't want to do it, and I don't want that many people knowing whats going on in my tornado of a life.  I want to worry about Cj, and Jack, and myself for a while.  I'll keep ya posted here.  

Valentine's Day

I got my Valentine's Day present early because after CJ bought it he just couldn't wait to give it to me lol <3  He had it sitting on the kitchen counter all wrapped up and as soon as I saw it I said, "You got me a bracelet?!?" He was astounded that I could tell what it was just by looking at the box haha.  But I opened it and its a beautiful white gold and diamond bracelet from Kay.  <3

My Birthday

Mood: Happy :) 

Weather: Winter in NY

I am officially 20 years old and no longer a teenager.  As the years pass, my birthdays are meaning less and becoming less significant.  Perhaps I'll feel differently next year ;)  I'm not sure if I had mentioned this on here before, but CJ's birthday was the day before mine and he is now 22.  I made my first meatloaf for his birthday and it came out great :)  We spent the weekend with our friends and family and its been great :) 

Jessie's 21st Birthday

I'm a little late posting about this, seeing as her birthday was on January 4th, but I didn't know what to say.  Cj, Cyndi, and I went to the cemetery, like I normally do, to celebrate her birthday.  We were only there a few minutes before another car pulled up behind us. . .and it was her mother.  I hadn't seen Lori since the funeral, and had only spoken to her maybe twice since.  It was awkward.  I was embarrassed.  There were so many things I wanted to say, but couldn't.  I didn't know what to say or do, so we just left.  I hugged her and said hello, but that was all I could really manage.  It was painful, though I'm not completely sure why.  Perhaps it just stirred up some old feelings.  I haven't posted about this yet because I still don't know what to say other than it was an awkward and painful experience that I wish I could go back and redo.
I can't believe Jessie would have been 21. . .in my memory she will always be 16.  I wish she was still here for us to celebrate our birthdays' together like we did when we were little.  I miss you Jess.  RIP. 1/4/91-11/06/07

My Other Christmas Present

Mood: The way you would expect any female to feel when she gets jewelry :P 

Weather: Cold dammit! 

So aside from my cute and hilarious turtle Gertrude (Gerdy), CJ also bought me this beautiful ring.  The center stone is blue topaz, and the darker blue stones are sapphires.  There are four encrusted diamonds at the corners and its all set in white gold.  Its his promise ring to me. . .that when we CAN afford it :P he'll get me an engagement ring <3 I love you with all my heart Sparky <3 

Living With A Boy: Family Pictures (Pictures done by Ezer Photography) Part II

Living With A Boy: Christmas Present

Its quite hard for CJ and I to keep things hidden from each other now that we live together, especially christmas presents.  CJ already knows about most of his, and I went with him to pick out mine.  First he got be this beautiful promise ring from Kay.  It's white gold with a blue topaz stone with two blue sapphire stones on either sides and diamonds above.  Its beautiful and I actually chose that one over a more expensive diamond and sapphire ring simply because I loved this one more.  Its kind of like a pre-engagement ring. . .or like a "when I can actually afford to even think about a wedding I'll get you a real engagement ring" ring :P but while we were there we found out that CJ has excellent credit, also good news :) So for my second present, I GOT A TURTLE!!!! She is adorable and I named her Gertrude.  At first I didn't think you could easily tell the gender of a turtle so I was going to name her Crush, after the turtle in finding nemo.  But then I looked it up online and found out she is a girl so I named her Gertrude. . .I'm sure a middle name is in her near future, you know me ;)  But she is a baby, red eared slider.  She is smaller than my hand right now but she will grow to be as big as a plate and we got her a 40 gallon tank for when she does :P But I think she is too cute and so fun to watch.  I have the best boyfriend ever.  I love you CJ.

Living With A Boy: Family Pictures (Pictures done by Ezer Photography)

Thanks Wendy <3

Living With A Boy: Christmas Tree

Mood:  Content, nothing to complain about

Weather:  Chilly and cloudy

So the other day, Cyndi and I went to walmart.  While we were there I found this absolutely beautiful, all white, pre-lit tree for only $40. . .so of course we had to get it.  Then we got a bunch of ornaments. . .that were all purple, pink, and white :P we even got purple high heel shoe ornaments and a purple balarina.  We thought CJ was going to flip because he loves christmas and we just got a bunch of girly ornaments so I had him hide in the bedroom while we set it up.  Turns out he loves the tree, he was just happy that he doesn't have to worry about it. . .what a guy response :P So anyways, here's the tree:  

Living With A Boy: Dinner for 7 update :)

Dinner went very well.  I made my marinaded chicken that I fry in a pan, pasta salad, garlic bread, and broccoli. My parents brought cheesecake and CJ's mom brought soda and a bottle of red wine.  Everything came out great, but my chicken didn't come out as good as it normally does.  That's just my luck though, I finally want to show it off and it doesn't come out as good.  It was still really good, but its usually better :) Then, after everyone left, we shared the bottle of wine that no one wanted and cleaned up <3

Living With A Boy: And a girl?

Mood: Great, but not feeling very well 

Weather: Not sure but it looks gloomy 

I just recently got back into contact with the girl I grew up with from the time I was 2.  Cyndi moved in next door to me when I lived in amsterdam and saw that I had a swing set at my house.  Well she just came right over and started playing on my swing set and I saw her out the window so I ran to tell my mommy.  My mom then took me outside to meet the strange girl on my swing set and we've been best friends ever since.  I couldn't remember her name after that so when I wanted her to come play I would just yell friend out my window. . .:P Well I don't know how much she wants me to post publicly but she recently got out of a bad situation and is now staying with CJ and me until she finds a job and gets her own place.  Its nice having a girl around for a change, especially one that I've known for so long.  Its nice catching up :) We don't have a spare bedroom for her so she is staying on our couch, luckily we have a lot of storage space in our apartment so finding room for her stuff really isn't a problem.  

LIving with a Boy: Dinner for 7

Today is the day we've all been waiting for.  Today I am having my family and CJ's mom up for dinner. . .I'm cooking my special chicken, my parents are bringing dessert, and CJ's mom is bringing beverages.  Its the first time I'm having any of them over for dinner for my cooking.  I've cooked for my parents before, but never my own recipe :)  So I am making my special chicken, italian pasta salad, broccoli and garlic bread :) and my parents are bringing a surprise for dessert.  Finding enough seating for 7 people is hard enough but we're figuring it out.  I'll post an update after :)

Halloween 2011: Part II

Mood: Well. . .ya know

Weather: Not horrible for November 

So this year on Halloween I was supposed to have class from 6-9pm.  And I had all intentions of going to said class.  I even drove all the way to college, sat at college with my friends before class. . .but no, I never made it to class.  Instead I ran down and got some candy and a pumpkin basket and drove home to spend Halloween handing out candy with my boyfriend.   So I put on a green boa and sat outside.  The first couple people that showed up nearly took all of my candy (yes I made the mistake of letting them get their own.  Rookies mistake)  but then they came back for more later!! and me. . .even though I identified that I recognized them, I still gave them a bit more. . .Mainly because I only had about 6 or 7 different groups of people come to the apartment.  Even though I live in the city I live right next to a university and all but about 3 or 4 houses on the block aren't frat houses :P So generally people don't bring their kids here.  But oh well.  That's not the worst part.  My boyfriend usually gets out of work at about 6 and gets home around 6:30.  Well I got home about 5:30 and immediately went outside to hand out candy. By 7:30 he still wasn't home.  I had planned to surprise him at home and was waiting for him. . .but he never showed up.  He doesn't have a cell phone for me to text him, but I knew that because he had expected me to be at school he went over to his bestfriend Alex's house.  So I drove over there close to 8:00 and brought them the rest of my candy.  My boyfriend and I spent the rest of the night together, even though my halloween plans didn't exactly go as planned :P

Living With A Boy: CJ Part II

Mood: Just woke up

Weather: From what I can hear. . .rainy, probably cold too!

So CJ and I have a washer and dryer upstairs in our apartment building.  It costs a dollar a load (which people say thats cheap but I went all my life without ever having to pay for laundry so I hate this shit! lol).  CJ and I do laundry probably every week and a half, or when we realize we have no clothes :P This last time, I started the laundry and I noticed there was a new note on top of the dryer asking everyone to please check their pockets for pens and candy so it doesn't make a mess.  Well the last time we did laundry, CJ did the laundry and he left violin rosin and pens in his pockets which made the mess they were talking about.  So this time I made sure to check the pockets before I put the load in the laundry.  Well CJ finished the laundry and it turns out that one of CJ's million cargo pockets had a couple pens in them. . .These pens stained the dryer pretty bad, so when I went an dried the next load, a bunch of our clothes got ruined.  One of my favorite shirts included.  Not to mention laundry has been done for 2 days, and where do you think the majority of CJ's clothes still are?  Yup. . .still in the laundry basket on the floor.  I think we are going to do our laundry separately from now on, and our landlady called CJ and chastised him for it.  He's supposed to try to clean it, but apparently (so he says) she wasn't mad about it.  This boy is going to be the death of me lol.  Love you Sparky.

Living With A Boy: CJ Part II

Mood: Stressed to the max

Weather: Warm Fall day :) 

There are lots of things that my boyfriend does that bug me. . .lots.  But whenever he does something new that drives me crazy, I always explain calmly how it makes me feel and why he shouldn't do that.  Its after the first time that I bitch and nag about it like any other female :)  For example, the other day I asked CJ not to leave the dish cloth all wadded up on the sink after he is done using it because it will start to stink and it won't dry. . .He swore left and right that he doesn't do that and he always hangs it up.  Okay, fine. . .Well this morning, guess what I found?? 

Dish cloth all wadded up on the sink. . .AND!!!!. . .

A wadded up dish towel. . .

I have proof dammit lol!  <3 ya babe, regardless. x