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: 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 :)

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