Another one bites the dust (almost)

My poor computer.

My computer has survived so much. For those of you who don't know, I have a labtop computer. The summer before my freshman year I worked really hard and saved up 1500 dollars in three months to purchase a brand new laptop computer for college. I bought a wireless mouse and a laptop carrier to go along with it. I was so proud of my goal that I reached, and it has endured with me throughout my whole college life.

I've been married just short of three months, and it's barely hanging on.

Some of you may look at this picture and think it's a ripped photo of Dave and I that I tried to patch back together.

Look closer.

IT"S MY COMPUTER!!!!

Those big black lines? Here's the story.

Take a look at the top left hand corner. There is a little black blob. That's where Dave came down on my computer when he was trying to get off his lazy boy. The corner of the lazy boy is actually what did it. I was at work, and found out when I got home to check my mail. I know, some of you are thinking, what was it doing on the floor? Well, that's where we keep it. Dave has his computer in the office, and since mine is a laptop, we leave it in the living room, tucked between the couch and the lazy boy.

Not a big deal, I could handle one little blob in the left hand corner.

Then over the course of weeks, it spread. First down, then left, then right, and now, it's trying to take over my whole screen!!!

When I pull up a page, I have to minimize it, and then bring it into the left hand portion of the screen so I can read everything. And if you've noticed, I've been having quite a few typos in my blogs. That's because I can't read some of the words because of the marks!

Well, this morning, my hubby was playing a game on the floor, and he got really excited and tried move to sit up, and in doing so, he knocked his coffee over.

Yes, that's right.

My computer was right there.

Instead of grabbing for the computer, he grabs the cup.

I LEAP over him and grab the computer, and all we could do was laugh, and I chuckled "you're buying me a new computer. This thing survives four years of college and it barely survives three months of marriage!" *Chuckle, giggle*

I pick up the computer and coffee starts dripping out of it. More laughs. I'm actually shocked I didn't get upset.

He's to darn cute to get upset at him! He just flashes me that big grin of his and my heart melts!

So obviously it still works. I'm still typing on it. But if it goes kablooey in the next couple of days, there will be another addition to our computer family.

Sicky + Roses = happy wifey

Well, I woke up this morning and it felt like my head was going to explode. My nose was stuffy and my body ached. I think I have been sick more times in the two months that I've been married, than I have been my whole life. I don't know if it's cause I'm working a lot of hours at work, or if it's cause we both work at restaurants and bring stuff home, or if cause I'm just adjusting to living with someone. Also, it could be because of the sudden drop in temperature. The whole summer has been in triple digits, and then all of a sudden we get a day of rain and wake up the next day and it's 80 degrees out! That may have thrown me out of whack. Whatever it is, I don't like it.

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Dave and I did some grocery shopping tonight. We always do grocery shopping when we get off work, because there is literally nobody in the store except for the workers. It's quiet and peaceful and no one to bother us, and best of all, no lines to wait in. It's funny, because we would spend a lot more money if we did not work at restaurants. I mean, we basically only eat breakfast at home, and eat here on our days off. When you wake up at noon and eat breakfast at 1, 2:30 is to early to eat before you go to work, so lunch and dinner are eaten at work. Saves us some bills, and it's really easy to find healthy food at my restaurant, which is a plus.

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Dave and I aren't going to get a day off together this week. (tear). He works on thursday as a manager, and also works next thursday. Yesterday, I wasn't feeling so hot, and he had to work in the morning. When he got home, he had brought me a dozen roses in a vase with some babies breath!! Isn't he sweet!!

When I asked him why he did that, he told me that it's "just because he loves me" :) I don't care what people say about flowers being a silly gift because they don't last... flowers make any girl feel like a million.

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Our work has this thing called Promo Club. Promos are things like, appetizers, alcohol, desserts, cappucinos. There are eight categories, and when you sell one, you accumulate points. Every three months we rent a limo, take the top sellers out on the town. Six of them get to go, plus all the managers, and we pay for all alcohol, food at a restaurant and an event, which this time was bowling.

I didn't get to go.

I had to work.

Which is totally fine with me, cause all they do is party and get drunk anyways.

Well one of the newer girls who was going made the comment to me, "Chrystal, I wish you were going, you would be so fun to get drunk with."

I laughed.

"No I wouldn't, I've never been drunk before."

Pretty much the whole room of servers dropped silent. All eyes turned to stare at me.

Um, awkward!

"You've never been drunk before?"

"No, alcohol was just never something I was interested in, and I don't believe in getting drunk. I don't think drinking is wrong, but getting drunk is just not something I'm going to do."

Silence... more stares....

"I'm pretty fun to be around without getting drunk, right?"

"well, yea"

"So I don't have to be drunk to have fun with me, so why would it matter if I drink or not?"

Then the limo driver walked in, and everyone's attention was diverted.

Talk about spotlight.

I want to Live

I couldn't figure out another way to get that video onto my blog instead of my page, so I put it on my page and I guess I'll just remove it later. Ashley sent it to me in a link. I got a little teary eyed when I saw it. It tells the story of a girl who, from the looks of it, was in highschool, unwed, scared, and pregnant.
I can't even tell you how many girls where in this situation when I was in highschool, and I'm sure it's only gotten worse since I've been out. When I worked at the CPC, you would see girls maybe as young as thirteen and fourteen coming in wondering about what to do with their pregnancy. Check out the video, you'll know my view. Oh, it takes a minute to load, so be patient!

Hinduism and Christ

I love reading about different religions. It fascinates me to see what people believe, how they believe, and why they believe it. Ever since a course I took in high school about world religions, I haven't been able to stop my fascination with religions. Some things I read make me inquisitive, some make me cry, and others make me laugh. Many times it feels as if my heart is cringing at the knowledge that they don't have the truth.
Now, I don't think a lot of people can have this fascination and still be so grounded in what they believe. Many people, upon studying or hearing about a different religion, would quickly be convinced that it is truth and convert. I think the Lord has given me an ability to discern and not be so easily swayed (mostly I just rely on reading the Word) 1 Pet. 3:15 "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have."
So today when I opened up the paper, there was a front page article about Hinduism. At first I was a little frustrated, because our paper is sooo liberal. I don't think they would ever put a front page article about christianity. Well, the pictures showed them worshipping a figure, kind of like a buddha. After reading the article and seeing the pics, it dawned on me. That's what makes christianity so different than eastern religions. We worship a God we DON"T see. We worship a God that requires faith to believe in him. We have no figurines, not sculptures, no ceremonial duties to perform before an idol. If I want to go before the Lord, I don't have to go to a temple to do it. I can approach him right now, wherever or whatever I am doing. There are no laws to approaching the Lord, like the Hindus have in approaching their gods. I can approach him with "a sincere heart, in full assurance of faith."
It's feels good to know that at the end of the day, when all is said and done... you know that you know, that you know, that Christ is Lord. :)

Working hard or hardly working?

Whew!! I guess it's been a couple of days since I posted! I've just been super busy and not able to sit down and blog! This might be a long one!

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I'll start off with today at work. IT WAS PSYCHO!! I thought it was a full moon out. Not that I believe in that nonsense, but seriously, I couldn't figure out what the deal was. Everything was going wrong. For starters, this 88 year old woman comes in and trips and falls. While falling, she bangs her head on a door frame. Her arm is all bruised up, she gets a BIG BLACK bump over her eye. Yea, they were not happy. They tried to say they tripped over a piece of brick...yea...Had to do an accident report, it was just a mess.

Then, there is this table that is underage drinking. Yea, this grandma orders a glass of wine and gives it to her grandaughter, who is obviously not 21. Just another issue to deal with.

We ran out of chicken pot pies, not a big deal, cause we make them every hour, so if we run out, usually we have the next recipe within twenty or thirty minutes. Well, when the next recipe came out, I told all the servers we had them, so chicken pot pies started coming in the orders. Well, my cook grabs the tray full of chicken pot pies to movie it to the alto sham, but doesn't put a oven mitt on. So he drops the whole tray...8 chix pot pies that I said I had, now all of a sudden disappeared. more problems.

And the list goes on. But I just left work and I'm tired of talking about it. I shouldn't complain, and I"m not complaining, just sometimes you need to vent. The Lord has blessed me with a wonderful job, and i"m very thankful for everything he has given me. Nights like these happen every once in a while. But I was definately working hard tonight. :)

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Jess and Adam moved into their new house this week. I went over to help them pack a little while Dave was at work. Megan was there to, and mainly, my job was to keep Nathan entertained. He is in that stage where he just wants to b with Daddy all the time. So it was better to keep him away from Adam. SO we played outside, then roamed around inside a little, but since Adam was moving around here and there, it was impossible to keep him away from him. Which ended up in a lot of pouting. Oh, but one cute thing he did. I had a cardboard box in between us and I kept ducking behind it, and he kept trying to catch me. Well, I kept thinking he was going to tip over my Dr. Pepper, so I kept moving it every time he came close. Well, he noticed and took an interest in it. I sat it on top of a desk so he couldn't get it, then decided to pack. Well that little pill. I'm in the bathroom with Jess and Megs packing, and she looks over and says "he has your drink". I look, and he has grabbed the drink, is holding it upside down, and is spilling it all over himself. But you can't help but laugh. It's so cute!! Here he is in the moving truck trying to help out.

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Oh! And the other day I got to baby sit him cause Adam was at drill. (he's in the national gaurd) He came over to the house and then we went to the mall. I had him for about four hours or so, and I didn't want to just spend all the time in the house, poor kid would have been bored out of his mind! Our house isn't exactly a paradise for kids. Although Nathan would think so, he's usually content with opening and then slamming shut the kitchen cabinets. Anyways, I took him to the mall where they have an indoor playground. This kid was the highlight of the show. He kept cheesin' at everyone showing off his grin and trying to get attention. I had so many people come up to me and ask questions and stuff. It was so cute, cause he got a little scared, and he started looking for me. He walked down this whole row of moms looking at them, and when he finally saw me he grabbed for me and fell into my lap. It was so cute! It's fun that he knows who I am. Ok, it's late, and I"m tired. Stay tuned... I have great pics of me beating Dave at Air Hockey. :)

From Exhaustion to Excited!!

Here's how I feel wednesday night
And Here's how I feel Thursday night

That's pretty much the effect my husband has on me! Wednesday I have finished my work week and I am ready for my weekend. Well today was a wonderful change because this morning I wasn't the first one up. I'm sleeping in bed, and I roll over and Dave isn't there. I listened for a minute and didn't hear him, but I figured he was in the bathroom. A couple minutes later I hear the toilet flush and he comes BOUNDING back to the bed, jumps on me and starts kissing my face. This is the usual routine that I do to HIM. Never is he that excited in the morning. I was shocked, and I have to admit, a little annoyed! I was in a dead sleep and was wanting him to come back and go to sleep with me. But he looked like a little puppy dog and I couldn't just ignore him. So we got up and got our day started, and all before 11am! Shocking I know. So we did a ton of fun stuff today, including eating out, shopping, playing arcade games, going to a movie for free, and just spending time together. Thursdays are great.

Oh, the movie we went and saw was amazing. It was called gridiron gang, and it has "the Rock" in it. I don't think it comes out till tomorrow, but we got tickets for a private screening. It was incredibly inspirational, and it is based on a true story. And, it's about football, always a plus. I do have to warn, it is about kids in a juvenile detention center, so their is a little bit of violence and a little bit of language. But it's good. And it was free! Can't beat that.

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Oh, and I am FURIOUS. Our apartment complex decided to put in speedbumps. Good idea, since some can tend to drive to fast. Well, Dave couldn't back out of his parking spot for about two days because they were putting a speedbump right behind his car. Well today they are finally done with all of them, and we can drive over them. Well here's the problem. I CAN"T GET MY CAR OVER THE SPEED BUMP. IT"S HUGE. I can't even get up the speed bump with my little stick shift car, and then when I get over, the bottom of my car makes a huge scraping noise. And I can't wait to see dave try to drive his car over the bump, his car is lower than mine! So tomorrow we are going to go complain. It's ridiculous. If i knew they were going to put speedbumps up that were going to ruin the bottom of my car I wouldn't have moved in here.

*sigh*

All I can do is smile. ;) Life is good.

R.I.P

Well, Dave called me at work with some bad news. Our beloved miniature dwarf hamster has passed on to a better world. A world where there are endless spinning wheels and carrots. It was sad, but the lifespan of a hamster is not that long. Their life is anywhere from 9 months to three years for the type I bought. Mine lasted....13 months. :(
I can't talk about it anymore.
*tear*

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I got home from work today and Danny, David's brother was over. They were playing Xbox games and Danny was doing laundry. I knew he would be over, Dave had already called me at work and asked if I would be willing to give some haircuts tonight. OF COURSE!!! I had been begging Dave to let me cut his hair for a long time. Well, I don't even think it's been a month, but his hair grows like a gorilla. And I can't stand shaggy, unkempt hair. Drives me nuts. Everytime I would look at him, all I could focus on was his sideburns.

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Some cute pillow talk last night:
C- My nails hurt, I was nibbling on them at work tonight because I was nervous.
D- (half asleep and not feeling well) have you, have you ever read those books with the bears, the papa bears and mama bears?
C- The Berenstein Bears???!!!! With Brother bear and Sister bear?
D- Yea! Well do you remember that book where sister bear kept nibbling on her nails and papa bear put tape over them? Maybe that's what we should do to you.
C- Wait, you've read those books?
D-Yea, they were like my favorite books.
C- Well, do you remember the book where sister bear wants to play soccer but brother bear doesn't want her around?
D- Yea, that was a good one!
C-What about "the berenstein bears and the messy room?"
D- YEA!!! Papa bear stepped on a tack and got real mad that their room was dirty.
C- You remember that? Wow, i'm impressed.
C- So, did you ever read Brown Bear, Brown Bear? Or the one with the monsters in the closet? Or what bout clifford? Or how bout spot? Or the boxcar children?
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Dave?
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Honey?
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Dave?
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DAVE?

ZZZZZZZ.......ZZZZZZ......ZZZZZZZZ

BOSTON MASSACRE

YANKEES SWEEP!! YANKEES SWEEP!!!

A FIVE game series AT FENWAY PARK.

Yankees outscored Red Sox 47 to 25.

I won't rub it in...

See you at the playoffs...

Oh wait.... :)

Okla-WHAT????

I hate Oklahoma.

Well, Hate is a strong word.

I severely dislike Oklahoma.

Better?

Here's why:
*It's not Florida. There's no beach, actually there is no body of water within...well, Houston is probably the closest.
* Weather is horrific. It's HOT. I know, I know, Florida is hot to. But I guarantee it is not as hot as Oklahoma. And at least we have the water breeze....and a pool...and the beach...
* NFL coverage? FORGET IT. I can't get information about the Bucs from anything! They don't even really cover NFL, it' usually in the back page of the sports. Here, College, even highschool football is a bigger deal than NFL. And when there is NFL coverage, it's about the Cowboys. The COWBOYS!!! Drives me nuts!
* I pay state taxes. I didn't realize how blessed I was to be living in a state that didn't take out state taxes.
* Sweet tea. Only those who lived their whole lives with sweet tea will feel for me on this one. Adding sweetener is just not the same.
* Driving down the road and seeing hay stacks, or barrels, or whatever you call them. It's country. I look at it and think "you know your in oklahoma when..."
* ORANGE BLOSSOMS!! When I was a kid, growing up in Florida, we had about 14 orange trees in our backyard. I had to be at school at 7am, so when I would walk out of the house, you could smell the orange blossoms. They are flowers on the orange trees that are there before the orange comes in. They are the most sweet smelling fragrance ever. When I go back to Florida, I always hope that it's the right season for the orange blossoms to be out.
* There is nothing to do if you plan to stay out after 9pm. In Florida, there was always something to do. There were the lighted parks, the Crosswalk, the beach, even the movies and restaurants are open later. There are the golf course walks, Ybor City (except on the weekends) and there always seemed to be a sporting event going on. Here, NADA. (that's "nothing" in spanish)
*Sunsets. I don't even think Oklahoma has sunsets. No seriously. The only time you see the sun is when it's right over you, blazing hot. And if it is a sunset, it is nothing glorious and spectacular like florida sunsets. You don't even really see the sunset here, because their are so many buildings.
* Probably the worst thing about Oklahoma...No family. I saw a Dad and his daughter come into Mimi's today. It reminded me of when my Dad and I would go out on "dates." I saw a mom and her daughter hugging goodbye. It made me think of my mom hugging me. :) And this family came in with two boys and a girl. The boys were grabbing at the girls barbie doll, and the little girl was making her dad put the head back on. :) reminded me of my brothers and me when we were kids.
Now we're growing up, and our lives are changing. Kevin is married with a baby boy and one in the oven. He's been to different countries, and has fought in war. Terrence is a manager at his department at Publix, and it's hard to keep up with his busy life. And now I'm married. :) I'm happier than I ever could be, and yet I miss that familiarity of family. We don't hang out with a lot of people, just because we don't have a lot of time, or a lot of christian friends. Family is nice, because no matter who they are, what they do, or what they believe, they are family. Their blood. They come in a package that you didn't choose. They're a gift from God.
I cherish all the memories I have with my family, and hope for many more to come.
*oh and oklahoma is like mexico... don't drink the water!!!

Yucky in the Tummy

I think I got food poisoning.

I woke up yesterday morning and immediately, how do I put this without upsetting your stomach... regurgetated. Then I felt great. So we got up, got ready for church, and halfway to church I told Dave that we needed to turn around.

ALL DAY LONG. Nothing I would eat would stay down. My stomach was churning and if the medicine I would take wouldn't stay down either.

Here comes the bad part. I had to work yesterday. We are only on a four management team, because one of our managers is becoming a GM in Arkansas. So if one of us calls in, one of us has cover it. Well on sundays, all four managers work. I get the closing shift so I can go to church, and the other three managers work day. So you really can't call in. I called Michelle and let her knkow what was going on. She told me to wait and call her in an hour. Well in an hour I was feeling fine. So i went in. I decided to have a cracker and some Sprite. BAD IDEA. It got worse after that. And I had to work all night... three till midnight. It was horrible. Thank the Lord we were slow.

When I came home Dave had gotten me sprite and made me some broth. I hadn't been able to keep anything down all day, but I was able to eat that. Then he took me to bed and tucked me in, and cuddled with me while I fell asleep. Earlier he held my hair back while I was leaning over the toilet, and he got a cool washclothe and put it over my neck. He took care of me so well. Before I went to work he asked if there was anything he could have done better to take care of me. Yea, I got a good one. :)

Oh, and I feel great today! :)

Bucs, Yankees, nuff said

He thinks I'm joking. He's known me for four years and thinks I'm joking.

I will NEVER cheer for the Boston Red Sox as long as I live. EVER.

One thing my family is serious about... That's sports. The Bucs are in our blood. And my family have been yankees fans for as long as I can remember. So, this obsession was really passed down to me from my great, great, great... you get the idea.

And this is what it's going to be like this season:

And THIS is what our baby boy is going to be wearing...

I told him they could wear patriots/red sox garb when he dresses them, which, if that's how he's going to dress them, will be never! (oh, and that's my nephew Benjamin when he was like a month old. :)

New Names and Butterfly Kisses

I get REALLY frustrated with myself sometimes.

I have this great new name, long, but it's my husbands name, so I enjoy it. Well, I can't seem to get the hang of it. At work, I'm set. I go to work everyday, and have to sign my initial probably a million times. CRS. CRS. CRS. CRS. Over and over on a million different pieces of paperwork. And the final thing I sign at night has my full name. So i always sign that correctly. Work is a cinch.

It's outside of work I have the problem. Today I was at wal-mart at the picture center, and the computer asked for my first and last name. I didn't even give it a second thought and I put my maiden name. I didn't even know until the lady called out my name to pick up my pictures. I was really confused when I heard my maiden name.

The other day I was at the scrapbooking store, and she asked for my last name, again, I say Ihm. Then she said I wasn't in their database ( you get discounts after buying so much). I insisted I was and argued with her for a good five minutes. Then I realized my blunder. OOPS!

Everythings changed. Liscense, SSN, Pay Stubs, EVERYTHING. Well, except for my debit card. Maybe that's why I have the problem. I'm still signing my debit cards as my maiden name. HMMM... I'll have to change that.

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I love seeing pics of little kids with their grandparents. This is, lets see if I spell it right, Libbigail? Dave's not here or I would ask him. Not that he would know, but he might have a better idea than me. That is Dave's niece. She looked like a little princess at the wedding. So cute!!

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This next one is one of me and my Daddy dancing to Butterfly Kisses. I will never forget this the rest of my life. I never knew how loved I was. My dad and I have had some really special times together, and I don't think I know another girl who's as close to her Daddy as I am. Yes, I'm 22 and I still call him Daddy. I'll probably always call him Daddy (unless grandpa is a necessity). We talked alot about this moment my whole life. Him walking me down the aisle, giving me away, and then dancing to Butterfly kisses. When I was younger, and Butterfly Kisses would come on the radio, he would call me and leave a message of the song playing for a couple of seconds, then he would come on and say "just wanted to tell you I love you, have a great day" :) How many Daddys would think of doing that?
He's endured a lot of bumps and bruises from my softball days. Poor guy. I could hurt him pretty bad sometimes. For those of you who don't know, I was a fastpitch softball pitcher, and to practice, he was my catcher. He always did great, but I think when I developed a drop ball and a riser was when it got tricky.
And our walks. Who could forget our walks? At night when Shivan needed to be walked, I would go with him and we would just walk around the block and talk about life. Didn't matter what the subject was, anything would do. :) School, sports, politics, books. Daddy was a good sounding board. Good times. I think he knew our walking nights were ending when the summer after my freshman year, I bowed out of walking at night to talk to this "boy" on the phone. He would always ask "WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO" Then I would tell him this boy named Dave, and he would get a pouty look on his face and shuffle away slowly. I would cave in and go and tell Dave I would call him right back. :) Eventually Dave won out, and my dad would have to work around my talking schedule with Dave. Hey, we were like 2000 miles from each other, and I was in love! I would do anything to talk to him! :)
I hope my husband is as good a Daddy as mine was. :)

A lil bit of this, a lil bit of that

Here's a pic of Dave and I looking at the quilt. That was probably one of the best gifts we received. They were all great, but the quilt we were able to see pics of us growing up, and different events that we have done together during the time we have been together. People were able to write on it, so we have a bunch of great advice. You can read it and really see how loved we are. :) Thanks mom and dad. :) That's a pretty good pic of Dav eand I eating the cake. I will never forget how much Dave warned me about putting cake on his face. I have to say that when the moment came, it did cross my mind. But I love and respect him to much to do that, so I was good. :)
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Anyways, I'm off tomorrow, but I'm watching Nathan from four till eight. I love watching Nathan, and he's so fun now that he can walk and run. Keeps me busy, but at least he can entertain himself now to. I think I'm going to go to the mall. He's pretty content sitting in his stroller while you walk around. I'll takes some pics.

OH!! My nephew just started crawling! My parents are so excited and are scrambling to try to figure out how to baby proof the house. Guess it's been about 20 years since they've had to have it baby proofed. And since I was a SWEET, ANGELIC, ADORABLE, little baby girl, I know that I didn't get into that many things I wasn't supposed to. (hee hee). Catch ya later!

Scrapbooking!!!

I had the day off today, and Dave was working, so I invited one of my friends over to scrapbook with me. I love it when Ashley and I get together. We can talk about really silly things and get a good laugh, we can talk about really serious things, and best of all, we have really good conversations about the Lord and christian living. I always leave from hanging out with her feeling stronger in my faith than before. Nice to have friends like that :) My head was about to get cut off on the chopping block before ashley snapped the picture and the flash brought me back. Whew! Close one! My mom wanted to see a couple of my scrapbook pages, so I took a picture of a couple of the ones I really Like. They are kind of hard to see, but you'll get the idea. The one on the right is a spread of Dave as the groom, and me as the bride. The word groom is 3D and fuzzy when you touch it. The word bride is made of pearls and lace. The pictures are of Dave and his best man, Danny, Dave his brother and his dad, a picture of Dave and his groomsmen sitting on the getaway car, and Dave and Danny sitting on the car. The girl picare of me and my maid of honor, Megan, and me of my bridesmaids. In the middle of the page I journaled about what was going on. The picture on the right is at the beginning of my wedding scrapbook. The left hand side says engagement at the top, and all of those pics are from when Dave and I were in Florida on the day of, or a couple days after he proposed. In the middle is a quote that says "love stretches your heart and makes you big inside" The left hand side of the layout says "our wedding" at the top. For those words I used the scratch on letters. The pictures are of my dad and I walking down the aise, Dave and I at the altar, the two moms lighting the unity candle, and a picture of my flowers, bubbles, and programs at the top. The bottom left says "forever yours" And if you look closely at the very bottom of the page, you can see my cute toes. (i had to stand on a chair to take the pic) So there's a little insight into the world I love so much!

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Dave has been at a work meeting all day. He hand to listen to a speaker and take a test. It had to do with management stuff. He studied really hard and we prayed over him before he left, so he'll definately pass. (without the prayer, it was questionable!) Since he's gone, Megan and I are going to go hang out. We are going to go work out and then go to the movies. I think we are going to see that movie "Step up". It's a dance movie, kinda like save the last dance.

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OH!!!! and Dave let me get some pics developed from the reception. We have like 15 rolls of film that need developing, but we didn't want to purchase them all at once. So I got a couple done, and it was great cause it was a good mixture of both of our families. There is this HILARIOUS pic of Dave's nephews. How does he does his eyes like that!!! My eyes start hurting just looking at them! I guess once you get all your brothers together you goof off! Don't ask me what they were doing, but they look funny anyways.

Huggies

How I felt today:

How I felt after I got home and Dave gave me hugs:

It's amazing how a good hug can calm us down and make us feel like everything is going to be ok :)

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(and I love it when I squeeze him to hard after we hug and he says "Don't squeeze the charmin!")

It's a beautiful morning... uh huh...

What happened to me????

I think it's cause I got married.

Marriage is full of compromise. I, (the wise one) figured I would get Dave to switch from being a night person to being a morning person. I LOVE mornings! I love waking up before dawn, while the whole world is sleeping. You get a good start on the day, it's easier to gather your thoughts and pray, and everything is peaceful. You can ease into the day and at the end of it, not know what hit you. Mornings are good for hot coffee and a good book. Waking up early makes me feel like I have the whole day ahead of me. I used to hate missing an ounce of daylight. I couldn't stand it. I wanted to pack as much as I could into one day.

NOW???

Now I get upset if someone calls before 10am. Don't they know we are sleeping??? And what is with people doing yardwork before 11am??? It's LOUD and it wakes us up. For that matter, why are people driving cars, honking horns and flying airplanes before 11????? :) I don't like to set my alarm if it is before 11am. I don't mind staying in bed a little longer and cuddling as opposed to jumping out of bed and starting the day. I also enjoy nights. They aren't as peaceful, but they are calm, at least in Tulsa. There are better shows on tv at night. (Full House reruns are ADDICTING!!!) Dave ended up changing me, :) but it was a good thing.

A lot of morning things I won't give up: I still love coffee, even if it is at 1pm and it's blazing hot out. I still eat breakfast food in the afternoon, cause I figure now, afternoon is my morning. I still enjoy sitting outside after I wake up, a habit I picked up from winters in Florida. My mom and Dad and I would go sit outiside in a beautiful 70 degree weather and just talk.and enjoy the morning. The pool was right there, the golf course beyond that, the birds flying about, and the squirrels running atop the pool screen. That's a morning to me

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Today was a great day. I worked all day, but I got off at 9pm and Dave and I went out with our friends, Jess, Adam, and Megan. We went to Jonny Carino's, and then we went to see Adam and Jess's new house. It's techinically not theirs yet, but it will be in a week. It's so perfect for them! It's got a HUGE backyard, and it's so cozy inside. They got a real good deal on it, and I'm so proud of them. It's a big step to buy a house!! but they have a growing family, (and jess has a growing belly!) We had a good time, it's fun to get together with friends and just hang out. :) SMILE!!!

Why me?

WOW. What a day.

It's 1:45am...

AM

In the morning.

En La Manana. (spanish version)

I am just getting home from work.

What is that?

You ask why?

Oh, I would LOVE to tell you why.

I closed tonight at work. I normally get home at 1230. But we had some church call and make a reservation for 10:45 tonight. They had some pastors conference or something. They've come in before, and our servers all refer to them as "those people who wear skirts and their kids behave real good" They are real nice and come in once or twice a month. If they don't come to late, all the servers want to take care of them because they are really nice and tip really well. But tonight, they weren't coming in till 10:45. We close at 11.

Hence the problem.

Cranky servers, even crankier cooks yelling at me in spanish, and me knowing that I won't get out of their till midnight.

Oh but I was wrong.

A couple of people walked in, and I could tell they were with the same group, so I sent them to the winery, but they came back, and told me they weren't with that party, and they were a seperate party of twenty. That makes 55 people walking into the restaurant at the same time.

YIKES!!!!

I ended up calling Dave and telling him to throw on a shirt of mine and come in and help me. He's such a good sport. He was at Mimi's within ten minutes of my call, shaved AND with his hair done up all cute. (that was for me :) He refilled drinks and ran food, and was a HUGE help. The servers were all grateful to.

So, they left at 12:30 and it took us an hour to clean up and for me to do my paperwork.

i set the alarm at 1:23. Good thing I never go to bed till three in the morning anyways.

Oh, and to make a long day even worse....

Dave ate all my ice cream...

Well, he did leave me one. But he let me think he ate them all at first. He knew better than to eat them all :)

But on to happier things. :)

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My mom started a blog. I guess that's how all blogs start. Someone inspires someone else and boom!!! There it is. I went on her blog today and I can't believe how good she is doing. And I only got 24 missed calls while she was in the process of making it! (love you mom) Herblog will be good cause I'll still be able to be filled in with what's going on with my family. My sister-in-law is prego (tulsa term for pregnant) So i always want to be up to date with what's going on with her.

Ah. Now its 2 in the morning. I have to be at work for eleven. Hasta luego!

My Favorite Day of the Week

I love Thursdays. Thursdays mean no work, and lots of quality time with my hubby. We spent the whole day together, which was great, because sometimes we don't actually get to spend quality time. Quality time is important when you are a newlywed!!!! We've been married two months today. (I'm not keeping track that closely, I just happened to realize it was the tenth, and everytime I see that day I think about June 10th)
We went out to eat at Mimi's today. We just got six or seven new menu items, and you better believe they were catching Dave's eye. So we had to go try the new items. He got the peach pancakes. Yummy! Peaches cooked in brown sugar, Dave loved them. Then we went to the mall and just walked around. We got some great deals, I found a pair of Khakis for 8 dollars at New York and Company. (Actually Dave found them for me) Then we found Dave two shirts. He needed them, cause today he wore a long sleeved shirt because he didn't have a short sleeved shirt to wear. IT WAS ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE DEGREES OUT!!! I'm not letting my man dress like that. So now he has some new shirts to wear when its hot out.
Then we went to the movies. We saw the new movie world trade center. It was really sad and Dave and I cried a lot. It definately made you thankful for what you had. It's funny cause i've only been married two months, but it's getting harder to remember a time without Dave in my life. I've known him four years, and it's hard to think about losing him. I can't imagine what the people in NY were going through at that time.
After the movie we went out to eat again. When Kevin left Mimi's he gave all the managers a card with scratch off tickets in them. I won 20 dollars! So we figured we had some extra cash to spend.
It was just great being able to spend the day with my hubby and not have to worry about work, or anything else for that matter.

Tickle Monster

My husbands ticklish. (hee hee hee)

Those of you who know my husband might think I'm crazy and swear up and down that he doesn't have a ticklish bone in his body.

But I found one!

When he's sitting down and I go to give him a hug (I can't reach his neck if he's standing) While I'm hugging him I nuzzle my little cute nose on his neck, and maybe throw in a few quick kisses.

He can't stand it!!!! He starts laughing hysterically and is begging me to quit.

It's great.

For all those times when he tortured me with tickling games and wouldn't stop until I couldn't breath... well now's payback time!

I've always been ticklish. I mean, if you look at me the wrong way I will start laughing. I don't think there is a part on me where I"m not ticklish. When I was a little girl (and still today) all my dad has to do is raise his hands up like he's gonna tickle me and I start laughing. He doesn't even have to touch me! Well Mr Smarty pants Dave figured out the same thing and he uses it to his advantage.

For the longest time while I was dating Dave I thought it was so unfair that I didn't have a weapon of defense. I would try to tickle him under his arms and on his belly and he wouldn't laugh. He would just stare at me and smile that goofy little grin of his. GRRR!!! It made me so mad!!! Then he'd go crazy tickling me and I was at his mercy. I would tell him I wasn't ticklish anymore and nothing he would do was going to make me laugh. And sometimes it would work. I think the longest I lasted without laughing was about thirty seconds.

We had a tickle fight today. And I think, for the first time, I won!!!

VICTORY IS MINE!!!!!

Work, Work, Work

Ok, SORRY!! Sheesh, ya get a little busy and people are harping on you to write blogs. (glad I have fans :)

So school is starting again. Used to, this would mean lots of stress, new schedules, books, lots of money, and new faces.

Now that I'm all graduated, it means something totally different. (but pretty much the same)

It means that we are probably going to be down 10,000 dollars in sales.
It means no more kiddies running around during the day, and most of the kiddies coming during the night shift.
It means our rush will change from 730-830 to 630 to 730 (kiddies have to go to bed earlier)
It means more of the servers will be giving me schedules that I can't possible work with but will be forced to try. Servers who were working 6 shifts will go down to three. Servers who were days will now be nights, which means I have to find more day servers.
It means more principals and PTA moms coming in for muffin donations, which means we have to make sure we make more muffin mix.

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Sigh. The life of a restaurant manager.

Prince Charming

You...are...so....beautiful....to me...

can't you see....eeeee...eeee

You're everything I hoped for...rrr...rr

You're everything to me....eee...eee

Can't you see....eeee...eeee

This is how my prince charming woke me up this morning.

It's great being married. :)

Working out

I had the best day today!!

It was pretty bad, and pretty gloomy, until Dave said he would go work out with Megan and I.

First of all, Dave doesn't work out, and I do. But I HATE going alone to work out. It's just not fun. Someone has to be there suffering with you. I mean, it's hot outside. Your back hurts, your knees ache, you're sweating profusely, but you won't even notice if you have a good workout partner.

So Dave could see that my day was pretty blah, and he offered to go workout with us. That and I hadn't seen him for a couple of days because of our work schedule conflicting. But he wasn't about to run with us. So we loaded up the bike and went to Riverwalk to meet Megan.

It was SOOO FUN!! Dave went on his own little adventures and just caught up with Megan and I when he wanted to. Then for a while he rode side by side by us while we walked. I think he was shocked at how much girls can jabber on and on about nothing and everything at the same time. Hopefully he'll still want to come with us next time.

(he snuck up on us right when I was saying how much I appreciate Dave for working so hard, so i'm sure he'll want to hear more of that :)