The go wrong list

No, not a To Do list....... Although I do have one of those. This was supposed to be a small wedding, and it is in size, but there are just SO MANY things to do. I know I of all people should be prepared, but I seriously wish we would've made things even simpler.

#1 I broke our expensive digital camera. How you ask? Taking pictures of myself in my wedding dress. Was that bad luck? :)
#2 I have broke many nails and picked off my polish. I am going in today to have a Mani, Pedi. I also have no idea what do to with my hair.
#3 Every time I go to get something wedding related done I get a bunch of other crap and don't get what I went there for in the first place.
#4 Multiple wedding invitations have been lost in the mail, or in the back of my car I found out. Sorry people!
#5 Don't have a florist because no one could guarantee flowers so close to the holidays, so that means I have no cake topper, corsages or boutonnieres. I made my flowers.
#6 The best of all! I think I hate my dress..... On me.

So I know none of this seems bad at all. When its all realized in one day by someone who has lost their marbles it seems catastrophic. LOL I do have my "To Do" list here by my side. About the only thing that went very smoothly was getting the liquor. We picked up the keg, wine and champange. So now, its just setting everything up that day and getting everything delivered on time. We can't wait to see everyone. Im not sure how we are going to get much sleep the night before. We will be excited to see everyone and we will be picking up Jacobs Mom and brothers at 315 in the morning. I don't think I am going to be able to come home and nap after that, oh boy. My brother has offered to help with whatever we need and my sister will be here from California with her family. I'm sure they will help out a ton. Ahhh so excited!

Wonderful

Last night was pretty fun, and a kickstart for the celebration we will be having next week. I ended up being late over to my Parents, my Mom called and wanted me to come early to help. Jacob was so sick, I felt bad that we had to leave the house. He ate a little and laid down for an hour or so. There really wasn't much to help my Mom with except wrapping presents. She hates wrapping presents, good for her, I like to wrap them. My brother Fred and sister in-law Karen came over with Rick and Julia. Shortly later Karens parents, sister, husband and kids came. We then started to eat and get our Feuerzangenbowle ready. The food was good, but I was after the wine and cookies :) We all got our wine and opened presents, mostly the kids. Our family is so big we have gone down to just buying the kids presents. Then we took a short walk to a lake near my parents house to look at the Christmas lights. It was a pretty good night. No hangover this morning from all that wine, thats a Merry Christmas.

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

Frohe Weihnachten!!! I'm not sure what it is that puts me in a happy mood around the holidays, but it seems it can be a little sad too. Missed memories, or those great cookies my Aunt used to make..... Lots of things to miss, but SO many things to look forward too. While out getting Christmas presents yesterday both of us kept talking about having a family of our own and how exciting it is to see your children enjoying unwrapping their presents. I know we both just can't wait. I feel the desire to have a family, now! :) I know this could have something with the fact that we would be having a baby about now. So we will see what happens :) I suppose we should worry about getting married first. One week away! Ahhhh.... I am so excited, and anxious. We went yesterday and picked up a few more items that we needed.

Today I woke up, wrapped presents and started making spinach artichoke dip and wraps to bring to my parents tonight. We always celebrate Christmas Eve. Everyone comes over, we eat, make our hot spiced wine. Similar to Gluehwine, but its called Feuerzangen-bowle. We soak our sugarcane in 151 rum and light it on fire. We then pour a cup of the 151 over the sugar cone. It is quite a sight and it will put you on your butt pretty quick! That with some Lebkuchen mmmmmmmmmm. We open presents next and that would conclude the night.

So, I am off to go get ready. I will post pictures later.

Update

Jacob's hand and fingers are fine, for the most part. He went in for his check up on Monday and he has another check up the 24th. He is able to bend them but they still hurt of course, and one may be infected. He was on medication for infection, but took the last of the pills today. He went back to work on Tuesday, thankfully he has this weekend off.

Work has been steady for me. I had 3 new clients today. Now the trick is to make them return customers :) Christmas is right around the corner and we have nothing to put under the tree. We gave all of our gifts to each other early. He just got a surround sound system. Of course he came home, set it up and watched a movie. He wanted to see the new Halloween. I was upstairs, I don't like those types of movies so much. Gives me nightmares. His adrenaline was pumping so much when he came to bed it took him forever to fall sleep.

I have been having wedding nightmares. Mostly about things not being done. Think I'm freaking out a little bit???? I just hate waiting for the last minute on things, and thats just how it works. I got my flowers and made my bouquets tonight. I have to say I think they are pretty cute. I was having a hard time picking colors. I was going with pink, but since it is no longer needed I decided to go for more of a seasonal color. I change my mind on things all the time and can end up driving myself nuts. Then it almost always ends up with me telling Jacob we should have just gone with what he said. He doesn't let me forget that either! :)

Quite a scare

These last few days have been crazy. Both good and bad things, but still. I had a pretty good week at work. I had at least one client each day I was in and on Wednesday I had 5 clients. Good money! The bad news.... I am a horrible wife to be. Jacob tried calling and calling, but since I was doing new clients I didn't want to answer the phone. It didn't occur to me that the consistent calls meant something was wrong. Just as I was done with what I thought were my last clients of the day a lady wanted a pedicure. So quickly I texted Jacob "doin nails" so he wouldn't worry about why I wasn't answering the phone. I got my client set up and went back to check my phone and saw a text saying "well I'm going to the hospital call me when you can" Of course I called right away. Jacob had caught his fingers in a machine at work. It looked pretty bad, and he was lucky to not have lost his fingers. I felt horrible that I had to do my client and couldn't go with him. I quickly did the pedicure and I'm sure I rushed it, but my mind just wasn't there. After that I headed over to wear Jacob was getting xrayed. They took me back to where he was. I couldn't help smiling all the way down the hallway. He didn't break any bones, but does have some soft tissue damage. Today he can move his fingers pretty well, tomorrow he goes back in for a check up. What a scare!!! Since he had to take a few days off of work we went to the movies Friday afternoon and saw I am Legend. It was pretty good, and sad. With that said, 2 weeks until the wedding! Holy cow!

Oh soooo good

I had yesterday off, being that most salons are not open on Mondays. I spent the day cleaning up the house, doing laundry, all the things I missed on the weekend since we were at my parents house. I was upstairs about to get into the shower when the doorbell rang. I ran to the guest bedroom window and saw that it was the Fed Ex man. I went downstairs and answered the door. What was awaiting me....... My Christmas present from Jacob. I am IN LOVE! He got me an IJoy massage chair and ottoman. Oh how good it feels! Now the only reason I got my present early was it clearly stated on the box what was inside. I waited for Jacob to come home and we set it up. He had to leave again to go on a call and I sat and enjoyed my new massage chair, along with a glass of wine. I slept so good last night, I can't even explain. Of course as I am writing this Jacob is in the massage chair almost asleep. What good is a present if it can't be shared? Last week one of his presents came in the mail. I am no good at keeping secrets from him. All he had to do was beg a little and I just had to give it to him. I got him a bluetooth for his phone since he is driving so much. He has been using everyday since. Now, he doesn't go walking around with it everywhere. Some of those people drive me nuts, and I'm sorry if you are one of them, but it isn't necessary to wear it 24-7. Besides the embarrassing conversations I have thought I was having with people, no one wants to hear all your business. LOL Anyway, he loves it because his arm is no longer sore from talking on the phone most of the day. I of course love my massage chair. After a day of doing pedicures and nails you can use a little pampering yourself. Merry Christmas!!!!

My dress is complete

The weekend is over and boy could we use a few more days. We were at my parents house everyday this weekend to finish the tile in their bathroom. It took Fri and Sat just to lay it. Sunday Jacob did the grout, I helped as best I could but all I'm good for is putting the mastic on the tile. That counts right?? :) My mom was very pleasent while we were there and made us dinner both nights. All I can say is, what a relief! I made a few changes to my dress, there was a sash that I wasn't too fond of, so I found a way to remove it. I love how it looks. Sunday I brought my dress to my parents so I could fix my hem. We are so tight on time and money there was no way a seamstress would get it done in time. I have to say that it turned out pretty good, but it took hours. I wish that I would've had a sewing machine. I have one at home but the plan was to try to use that strip that you iron on. It wouldn't stick to my dress material. If I was thinking right I would've brought it home and used my sewing machine. I'm never doing that again!

Wow only a few more weeks

This week was odd. Weather here has been a little cloudy and dreary. I'm sure this has to do with my mood along with other stresses that are not necessary. All I can say is I am glad that this week is over. I hope the drama goes with it :) Its unfortunate when someone who is supposed to be supportive about things starts causing conflict. At one point this week I thought we were going to have to rearrange wedding details to unsure everything would go smoothly. As much as I can say I won't let this stress me out or ruin the joy of getting married, its causing sleepless nights and a definite mood change. Of course, I'm sure this will all blow over, just like always, but was it really necessary in the first place? Seriously, what is wrong with people?? I don't mean to put all of my personal business out there for people to judge, but I am so frustrated I need to vent. My Dad did tell me though that no matter what, the wedding will be great and it will be at their house. I told my Dad that the whole reason we were even getting married down here was for her, because she can't travel, and she wants to act this way? We would have much rather gone to Colorado so that everyone could attend, but I was trying to think of her feelings.

On a better note... We went over to my parents house yesterday and started installing tile for them in their master bath. My mom wasn't there. Once we got all the tile down we could without making cuts we went outside and my Dad shared his creation :) We stood outside and he turned on all the lights on in the backyard that he had put up for our wedding reception. It looked so good! He is such an awesome man, I love him to death. I know he will do whatever he can to make our day great. He is so excited it is very cute! He makes up for anything my mom can throw my way! Today, we will go back over to finish the tile. Hopefully there are no encounters :)

The silent treatment

Well, I have to say this last weekend was pretty peaceful. Jacob was on call and was out most of the day on Saturday. That gave me some time to do a little research on some Christmas presents for him. We went out that night and bought a few things that we need for the wedding. Jacob also picked out a few Christmas ornaments for our first Christmas together. I was wondering what he was searching the store for, but he kept saying it was a surprise. We came back home, ordered some pizza and he watched a movie while I was sleeping. I really didn't want to watch the scary movie he got :) Sunday morning we were woke up by his on call phone. I decided to go along so that we could spend a little time together. The call was in N Phoenix, it takes us longer to drive there then for him to fix the problem. While he was in the house I called my Dad. He was all excited about the decorating he has done for the wedding. I requested a lot of white lights in the backyard, and he has been busy at work! We also talked about how we were going to set things up. The plan is to eat outside, but the concern is that it may be a little chilly. So people, bring your coats! Everyone seems to think, oh its Arizona, it will be warm. Not so much after the sun goes down! We are still trying to figure out if everyone will want to stay at my parents for the New Years celebration or not, but I guess we will find out. Apparently my Mom is not only giving me the silent treatment, but also my Dad. This I don't understand.... Then again I rarely understand where her thinking comes from. She is still mad at the incident we had over the phone a few days ago. I wish I could've recorded it so she could hear she was the one yelling at me and then hung up on me. I'm not taking the blame for this one, I always have to and I'm tired of her not taking responsibility for anything. I just feel bad for my Dad, he didn't do anything wrong. Well, then again, this is why my weekend was peaceful :)

The mysterious mind

These last few nights I have been having some very odd dreams. One of which is a reoccurring dream that I have had for years. Last nights dream however, was disturbing.... I am usually pretty good at analyzing what my dreams represent, but there was so much going on in this dream that I am seriously confused. Does this mean I have too much going on in my life right now, probably. I know the main "feelings" I had were confusion, fear, the need to protect someone, and hiding from something that was going to come get me. Geez!!! The dream started out fine, with a group of people fishing, we caught a few very large fish. Then we heard rumbling, and saw Camels, in a line running down from the top of the valley. The first few ran down and jumped into the water, we found this amusing. Then they started coming faster, with Indians riding them. Somehow, I ended up protecting a little girl and comforting her, so she would not be frightened. Below are some of the explanations that I found.....

Fish
To dream that you are fishing, signifies energy and frugality.

Water
To see muddy or dirty water in your dream, indicates that you are wallowing in your negative emotions. You may need to devote some time to clarify your mind and find internal peace. Alternatively, it suggests that your thinking/judgment is unclear and clouded. If you are immersed in muddy water, then it indicates that you are in over your head in a situation and are overwhelmed by your emotions.

Children
To save a child, signifies your attempts to save a part of yourself from being destroyed.

Indian
To see an Indian in your dream, represents the primitive and instinctual aspect of yourself. You need to be in more control of your waking-life situations and surroundings. You also need to be more self-reliant and exercise your personal power. Alternatively, this dream symbolizes honesty, dedication, and wisdom.

Camel
To see a camel in your dream, denotes that you need to be more conservative; you are carrying too many problems on your shoulders. You tend to hold on and cling on to your emotions instead of expressing and releasing them. You need to learn to forgive and forget. Alternatively, it represents you potential for handling big problems, responsibilities, and burdens.

Hiding
To dream that you are hiding, suggests that you are keeping some secret or withholding some information. You may not be facing up to a situation or not want to deal with an issue. However, you may be getting ready to reveal and confess before somebody finds out.

To dream that you are somebody else is hiding, indicates a need for security and protection. In particular, to dream that you are hiding from some authority figure (police, parents, teacher...), implies feelings of guilt.

The one I couldn't find though, Sasquatch. There were LOTS of them and I was terrified! These came after the Indians (100's of them) were doing some type of ceremony around the lake/valley we were fishing in. The Sasquatches were out to kill all of us, they seemed to be in a fight with the Indians. From that scene I end up by myself in a house. I am trying to lock all the doors I can to protect myself from the aliens that are at the door. Only to find out that they can get into my head and know exactly how to enter the house. They even changed in appearance to look more "acceptable" to me. So they would be someone I wasn't afraid of I assume.
The only problem here, I am truly not hiding anything from anyone. In my dreams, I'm not even sure who I am hiding from for the most part. Except last night, it was aliens.....


To see aliens in your dream , signifies that you are having difficulties adapting and adjusting to your new surroundings. You are feeling "alienated" and invaded. You are also having difficulties in how to handle or deal with a certain situation or person. On a psychological level, seeing aliens may represent an encounter with an unfamiliar or neglected aspect of your own self.

After putting all of this information together I can only come to the conclusion that this dream has to represent the issues I have with my mother. We did get into a disagreement last night, and was based on her anger with me not doing things the way she wants. I stood my ground only to have it end up with her hanging up on me and expecting me to apologize to her. There was nothing for me to apologize for, and I assume what I could be hiding is my feelings towards her and the way she treats me. The only problem, there will never be a resolution to this.... If anyone has any other input, please share! I need to deal with these inner demons!

Just a fear of heights

Well, Jacob put up Christmas lights outside a few days ago, and we did plug in the lights before we hung them but guess what.... Yes, of course we had a bulb out somewhere and half the lights didn't work. So today I went out there with the ladder and took down the old lights and put new ones up. It would have taken way tooo long to go through the lights to see which one was burnt out. The only problem, I have a big fear of heights. LOL even being on the first step on the ladder freaked me out but I managed to climb it and do the task I set out to do. I have to say, I'm very proud of myself :) I will add pictures of the outside later, but for now here is our tree.

Meeerrrry Christmas

Today I put up the tree with Jacobs help. I was so excited, I love to decorate the tree, and this year I got to do it the way I wanted to :) We bought a few more decorations yesterday and more lights. We also decorated the outside of house. The second story was a little too high for us to get to. Since we have a tile roof we thought it was best Jacob didn't go climbing around up there.

My sister and nephew are in town so we are going to my parents house tomorrow for Sauerbraten MMmmmm. I LOVE Sauerbraten. My Mom told my sister that she has to stand there and watch her make it since my brother and I both know how to. That is the one thing I am really thankful for, my Mom is an awesome cook and I paid attention. I have to say that I am a pretty good cook. Jacob agrees, and so do our bellies LOL. What can I say Germans don't exactly know how to cook low fat. I do try my best to alter the recipes as much as possible.

So now I guess we should think about Christmas shopping. We are spending so much money on the wedding its hard to think about presents. I have a few things I would like, jewelry... always jewelry :) Jacob of course wants a huge flat screen t.v. like the one he has isn't good enough LOL This one he wants to put in the bedroom, we already have a big one in the bedroom too. Its just our room is so big that its kinda far away, but really now. Boys and their toys :)

Oh so full

Yesterday went well. I cooked WAY too much food, there was only four of us. Just the appetizers alone probably would have done LOL I loved the spinach artichoke dip that I made though. Jacob was on call, but didn't get one, not one! I was very excited about that!

We woke up at 630 to get the turkey ready. We smoked it this year, so Jacobs job was to get the smoker ready. We had a 20 pound turkey, HUGE for just 4 of us. My parents showed up at about 1 with the pies. We ate about 330 and were miserably full! My parents left around 530, then we just laid around and watched our shows that were on last night. Earlier in the day we watched Shrek the Third, very cute!

The countdown begins

Well, I feel like I have made some major accomplishments this last week :) I have my dress and all that's needed to wear it, I took down to my parents house yesterday. I tried it on for them. I need to have it hemmed but otherwise its a pretty good fit. My Dad went down to the country club and booked everything for the lake ceremony. We changed the time from 430 to 5. The sun should be at a good spot then. We went and got my Mom something to wear and had a pretty fun time trying on some spanks LOL. We went to a few places for cake, but no luck yet. I got our wedding invitations and I printed them all, I only had a few mishaps :) Jacob has been working a lot these last few weeks and was on call this weekend so we didn't make it to the tux place. He has an idea of the one he wants to wear so hopefully we will get that knocked out this week along with the cake.

Thanksgiving is coming up so fast! I have to clean the house and pick up a few more things from the store, but other than that I'm ready to have everyone over. Jacob is on call that day too, I hope he doesn't get too many calls. I think I will set the Christmas tree up too a little early or I'm afraid I won't have time.

Business at my salon has picked up a little I did a few clients last week and also went on a job interview for a part time position at a bank. I have started to be a little more choosy about what I am applying for. I really need to stick to part time positions that pay fairly well and offer benefits.

Friday we went to dinner The Cheesecake Factory, it was awesome! Then we watched 1408 while laying in bed. Needless to say I couldn't fall asleep until about 2. Its not that the movie was that scary, but ghost movies get me! Creepy.... Saturday Jacob had to go on calls and was gone most of the day and night, I was trying to pick out wedding music and was crying like a loony person LOL. Good crys though :) Sunday Jacob dropped me off at my parents on his way to a call down their way and I helped my mom make all the food for the barbecue that she was having. When my brother and his family came, I let him take over so I could finish entering all the address' into my computer for the wedding invites. My mom means well, but she just can't do all the work she used to so everyone else ends up making everything while she supervises :)Food was great though and Jacob was able to get back just in time to eat.

Soooo confused

Seriously, I don't know how Jacob puts up with me LOL. I am very indecisive... In this past week I have accepted a job went out and bought scrubs and then decided I shouldn't take the job. So, I had to call the people and tell them I was unable to accept the position then call my salon and tell them I would be staying on full time and return my scrubs. Geez!! I annoy myself sometimes :) Thankfully Jacob stands by me with whatever decision's I make and in some cases has to tell me what I should do. Thank god for him!!!

We have also decided on a date for our wedding, December 31st. We are so excited! It is very short notice, but we already had in mind what we wanted to do. So I have lots of planning to do, and a wedding dress to buy. I went with my parents last week to try on a few that I liked. Of course we know how my decision making skills are LOL. So, no dress yet. Jacob and I went out on Sunday and tried some of the food that we are going to have catered for our reception. So we are getting there, slowly.

A friend and I haven't spoke for a few months. I tried to patch things up but there is only so much I can say. I realized that there was an incident I needed to apologize for and I did, but that's all I can do. Nothing that happened was to intentionally hurt anyone, but unfortunately some people haven't learned that you need to look at the whole situation, and the source. While I'm peeved at someone for the things they said to start all of this I am a big enough person to realize their intentions weren't to hurt anyone either. So, I am pretty confident in saying I have lost a friend in all this, but if they really were my friend we would have been able to work through this. One day this person will realize how difficult they are. Everything works both ways and for a reason. I have plenty of friends and while I will miss this person, I have new memories to make.

Woo hoo

Well, I have a second interview today and the other interview I had on Friday is supposed to be making decisions today. So will see what happens. When I was looking when we first moved out here I was offered 3 jobs in one day, the problem, I obviously picked the wrong one being that the market crashed and I was laid off. I just keep telling myself that things happen for a reason. Of course when I was off interviewing on Friday I had a lady that wanted in for a pedi mani, which would have been good money. It always has to happen like that doesn't it! I had a full set on Saturday that was a no show. So I headed back home to find out I was locked out of the house. (Remember we lost my keys)I was paranoid and locked the door from the garage to the house the night before. Since I was driving his truck, I didn't go out the garage. So I had to wait for Jacob to get home from a call he had to go on. Thankfully that was his only one all day! Yea! Then he told me he had a surprise for me. Which drives me crazy!! :) I HAVE to know things! He made me wait it out though, we went to lunch first. We were trying to find the Cheesecake Factory but gave up and went to Fudruckers. I have never been to either place, so I was fine with whatever. After lunch he told me that he wanted to take me on a shopping spree. What a cutie I know! I have got to be one of the only girls I know that hates shopping for clothes. Lets just say, this booty of mine makes it hard to find jeans. LOL I'm too skinny in the waist compared to my butt so I always have this gap at the top, geez! So, I got a purse and some new slippers :) He wasn't satisfied with that so he told me we would just save the rest of the money until I found what I wanted. While we were at the mall we got a call from someone that had my keys! Woo hoo! On the way home we picked them up from the guys and of course had to mention how we had an alarm on our house and a huge dog. He was a young kid, so hopefully he doesn't do anything stupid. That night we watched Mr Brooks and relaxed. Sunday morning Jacob had a call at 7 so I slept in and by the time I woke up he was back home. We went to breakfast and I knew what I wanted with the rest of my money. A Hoover floor cleaner! I know, I'm a weirdo wanting to buy house cleaning stuff, but we have all tile on the first floor and it is a pain in the butt to clean. So we went and bought my new toy and a few decorations for Thanksgiving. I am such a housewife LOL. I love it though! So of course we came home and I had to try it out, Sunday is my house cleaning day anyway. Jacob watched football and was VERY disappointed in the Broncos. They even took the game of tv down here to show another game. The rest of the day we just lounged around and laid on the couch together. I'm glad that he didn't have too many calls this weekend. It was nice just to relax together.

They just keep rollin in!

Holy cow! I have been applying for a lot of jobs lately, but I am not doing anything different from the last few months. Of course now that I am in a salon I like I keep getting calls for interviews. Where were these people a few months ago when I was seriously looking? LOL I am not turning down any interviews, I love doing nails, but anything to better my career or even broaden my experience is great. Well, I shouldn't say I'm not turning down any, I am making sure they fit what I am looking for. I had 2 interview offers for today, but one was too far away and the other the hours just weren't going to work for me. So tomorrow I have two job interviews at companies that I would love to work for. So we will see what happens :)

We didn't do much for Halloween last night, just watched Ghost Hunters live, which was actually a little boring. Its much more fun to watch their edited shows, there's a lot more excitement.

We did talk to our landlord and we decided to stay in our house. They will be selling it when we move out, so we have been talking about the possibility of buying it. We will see when the time comes, there are a few downfalls to this house. Nothing bad, but having a two story house in AZ in the summer kicks your butt in utilities. The other downfall is the way our house sits our pool gets all the dirt blown into it during monsoon season. That is the time you want to use your pool the most! We are also pretty fond of the pebble tech pools and like the saltwater based pool better than the chlorine. We have some time to think about it.

Scary Halloween

Everyone at the salon was dressing up today, so I had to come up with a last minute costume last night. I had a couple of choices but none that I was really excited about. I finally decided I could go as a go go dancer or a UPS delivery person. I ended up doing the UPS deal. I would have felt much cuter in my go go outfit, but I really couldn't bend over, let alone do a pedicure if someone had wanted one LOL! So I put my cutness aside :) Here are a few pics from the salon.
Me and Linda


Vavette and Merna


Krista and I were taking pics of eachother

Happy Halloween

This last weekend was pretty laid back, which we needed. Saturday we realized that we lost my keys. We left them in the mail box key hole, great! So we have the mail on hold and hopefully whoever found them doesn't know where we live. Our house keys are on there along with my land rover keys. I'm a little freaked out. I hope someone returns them. Saturday afternoon we went down to my parents and Jacob did some plumbing work for them, then we had dinner to celebrate their anniversary. Every year they used to throw a HUGE Halloween party, but now they are older and prefer dinner :) We were invited to a party that night at our landlords house, but we got invited last notice and had no costumes. Plus with Jacob not drinking it isn't the ideal place to be. We had a great night together at home watching movies. Sunday I made us breakfast then Jacob slept almost all day, which he needed badly. I ran to the store and did housework, then I made us dinner while he watched Transformers. He loved the movie! Of course then it was about time for me to watch Desperate Housewives LOL.

We have been talking about moving into a different house, we have been a little tight on money lately. Hospital bills keep coming in from my miscarriage, it seems like we just can't get a break! I talked with our landlord today and it sounds like he wants to really keep us in the house, so he said he would call me tonight with some possible solutions. The market is not great for home owners right now and rents have really gone down. I'm sure they realize this too, so we will see what they come up with.

I really like the salon I am at, and I had a few clients last week, so hopefully things will start picking up there too. I am also looking at second jobs, I can't help it. I am so used to working two jobs that I feel pretty lazy only working one. The job market also crashed here for a while, especially in the field I was in. After I had gotten laid off I was applying for jobs while waiting for my nail license to come in but nothing was coming through, so I will keep my fingers crossed. It would be nice to be able to have some play money. Especially with Christmas coming up!

OOooohh

Poor Jacob has been working so much lately, I feel bad for him. Although his job is not as hard on his physical body as his last the hours are still long. He is also on call an average of half the week. Last weekend he had to go out Friday night, Sat morning and pretty much all day Sunday.

One of my best friends came to visit this last weekend and we had so much fun. I miss her a ton. Jamie is one of those happy go lucky friends that you can't help to have fun with no matter what you do. Friday I went and picked her up at the airport and we went down to Mill for some lunch. The problem... I was driving Jacobs truck and it was VERY hard to find a parking spot, but I managed it. I only ran over something when we were leaving LOL. After we had lunch at Gordon Bierch we went to the Hooters balcony and enjoyed the nice weather. Then it was time to find her a hotel, her man was coming up from Tucson to meet up with her. Saturday Jacob and I went to breakfast, but he had a call so we had to run out early. We also had tattoo appointments at 3 that day. Anyone who knows Jacob knows how much he loves his tattoos :) I was afraid we wouldn't make the appointment but we just barely did. After that we met up with Jamie and John down at Macayos on Mill, then headed to Hooters for the UFC fight. Once that was over poor Jacob had to deal with being around a bunch of drunks. Poor guy, I hardly ever get like that, but when I do I'm a little loud, think everything is funny and want to dance, dance, dance. He was great and I have to say that I am SOO proud of him for not drinking. We went to Tavern on Mill and Jamie and I danced I had so much fun with her. Jacob took them to their hotel and we headed home and Jacob felt the need to video tape me laughing in hysterics sitting on the floor with the dogs. I do NOT wish to drink that much anytime soon. I was ill all Sunday. I didn't feel like I had that much, but my body did! On a good note, despite all the drinking and empty calories I am still managing to lose some weight. So I'm excited about that.

Jacob helped me move into my new salon on Monday and hang my shelves. I have a hard time making decisions so the salons that I talked about in my last blog are not the ones I ended up picking. I over analyze everything! I drive myself nuts to be honest with you! I really like the salon that I picked though and I can run my own business, which is what I'm used to. I'm pretty excited and its only 10 minutes away from the house.

This weekend we were invited to go down to Tombstone with Justin and Lisa, but its homecoming here so I am hoping to be able to get some clients. It may ust be a laid back weekend, which is what Jacob needs really.

Gotta love Arizona

Things are falling into place again for us! I am so excited to say that my nail license came in this weekend. My problem was deciding which salon to choose from. Both offer different things, so it was a tough decison. I have decided to go with True Essence for now. There I can do nails and mani pedis. The prices aren't as high as the other salon, so that means I make less money per client, but I'm going to give it a try. The other salon is Avante, which will be in an outdoor mall next to the Coach store. They are supposed to open the end of this month. They are a Medi Spa, which means very high prices and only Mani Pedis. If my first choice doesn't work out I can always change my mind.

Friday night we went to the Rockies Diamondbacks game here at Chase field with our friends Justin and Lisa. Jacob knows Justin from the Springs. We brought the camera, but I forgot to put the battery in. So the picture of us is courtesy of my camera phone. This is why you gotta love Arizona. Its mid October and I was wearing my Dbacks tank top to the game. (Sorry, I have NO Rockies stuff)We didn't get home until about 1, but we had a lot of fun. We were watching game 3 in Denver last night, man are we going to love this winter here!!! Those poor people had to be freezing their asses off.

Saturday we ran around, had to go pick up my car from Land Rover. We wanted to eat at a great place called Oreganos but there was no parking, so we headed to the Cracker Barrel. Jacob loves their breakfast. We also went down to Club Tattoo and met the artist who will be doing our tattoos next weekend. I'm pretty excited, and you know Jacob is! We are excited because Club Tattoo is a really great shop, owned by Chester from Lincoln park, so we are confident in the people they have working there. That night we watched Death Proof, and it was pretty good. Normal Tarantino movie, love him!

This next Friday my friend Jamie is coming in from Colorado. I'm pretty excited to see her. She is such an upbeat person, I love her to death. We have been friends for something like 13 years. I have to say, she is one woman I look up to. She is very driven and has accomplished a lot. Any woman that is a Marine has my upmost respect!

Engagement Pictures Slideshow August

Again, we are obviously not used to AZ or we would have waited a few months to take these. It was 105 out and the photographer, I'm sad to say sucked....

The Phoenix Zoo in July Slideshow

I know! We were CRAZY! I was soaked within the first 10 minutes. We did buy passes though, so we can go again when the animals might be out.

Mesa Southwest Musuem AZ June 07 Slideshow

Slide show

Just thought I would share.....

La dee da

Well, the last few weeks have been blah..... Maybe just for me and the dogs :) Jacob has started at a new company that he loves. I'm happy that he likes it so much. His last company started getting a little too personal and was ran like crap. The owners son can't keep his crap together so I guess he assumes everyone is like that. Then the owners themselves started telling people lies in the office about us. WEIRDOS!! No wonder they can't keep anyone working at their company. They don't know us, we have lived here a few months. Too bad though, I did like the owners sons wife. She filled me in a little on the family too, which made me want to run more! LOL Its really hard moving to a new town and meeting new people that know nothing about you or your past but act like they know everything. I miss having friends close that knew me inside and out and could give me REAL advice. Advice that is based on the truth. So the changes in the last few weeks have been good. Jacob is not stressed out or worn out at the end of the day. Everything seems to be working itself out.

We decided its time to get back into being more healthy. So no more drinking, though we will miss it :) and eating better foods. The Mayo is gonna kick Jacobs butt! So we will see how well we fair. I have confidence we will do great! Next decison is gym membership or invest in equipment. I'll leave that up to Jacob.

.We went to the driving range with my Dad and brother a few weekends ago. Jacob of course was a natural and I didn't do so bad myself. Much more practice is needed! Hitting a golf ball is more exercise than you realize. I think Jacob tore his diaphragm :) Poor guy

This last weekend my parents wanted to have on Oktoberfest. Jacob had to work so Howie and I went early so Howie could be groomed and I could help with the food. Everything turned out great, or that's what everyone said! My mom loves to throw parties. So it was a success.

Whoa

So this last weekend was one of the most hectic ones I've had maybe ever. We had all of our friends out and it was great to see everyone. The only problem is getting 6 people to all decide on what they want to do. Everyone was so pumped up when we got them from the airport.We went home had a few beers and decided we should head out to Dos Gringos. It was already about 9 when we decided we should take a cab, so we called around. Problem again, the 6 people, no one has vans or what? Finally we get picked up get down there and after an hour everyone is exhausted except Steve.
So we try to call a cab, 1 hr later figure out he's not coming, so they call another. Its a car LOL so I have to leave Jacob, Buckley and Steve at the bar to wait for their cab. Which never came. Which brings me to what we tried telling everyone, there are no cabs where we live, I know weird and hard to believe, but TRUE! So out of bed I get to go get them. I was so happy to finally get to bed at 3 but I was up again soon.

Friday Steve and Buckley woke up early and took Jacobs truck around. We went out to breakfast with Brock and Corre then headed up to the mall. Did I mention I broke my toe Thursday morning? We met up with the boys and went for a drink. From there we went home to drop off my car and headed down to Mill. By this time I was really nauseous which I now think has something to do with the pain I was in because I hadn't taken anything for my toe and walked around all day like a dumbass. Either way I made the best of it. We met up with some other people then went to another bar down there. By 8 Jacob and I went home and everyone else ended up home by 10.

Saturday we woke up and planned on just hanging out by the pool. We grabbed something quick for breakfast while Corre and Brock went to The Egg and I. Justin and Lisa came over and we had a pool party and drank lots. It was nice just relaxing by the pool. After a little drinking we ordered some pizza, and almost everyone took a nap.
Steve went home with Justin and when Buckley woke up he decided to take a cab down to Mill where Steve had ended up. Steve ended up getting kicked out of nearly every bar down there. Jacob, Brock, Corre and I stayed at home and drank. We had a lot of fun watching the boys dance LOL. Jacob likes to shake it!

Sunday I think we were all drained. No one said or did much of anything. We had to take them to the airport at 12. The drive back was sad for us. No more visitors planned for a while. Its just so hard to get to spend time with people when there are so many at once!

A whole month!

WOW! A lot can happen in a month. Not soon after I finished posting my last blog I was called into Joyce's office and told that the company is being forced to downsize to stay open blah, blah, blah, I know the deal. They were laying me off. Come to find out they laid off more people and made everyone who stayed take a 20% pay cut.

In my last blog I mentioned how much I missed doing nails, I am taking this opportunity and go back to doing what I miss right now. I was burnt out in Colorado and that is why it was very exciting to sell new homes at Engle, only I was still doing nails at home. I still had that bond with people and was getting to literally see a few friends everyday. What a breakthrough! I'm not sure why it took me so long to realize that I was missing getting to socialize even be needed.

I went yesterday and got my Arizona drivers license (finally) and scouted out some salons in the area. I am still waiting on my reciprocity license to come in. It is hard when you are new to an area but I drove around where I thought I would like to work and went in to talk to the people and get a feel. One thing about salons is they can be a little territorial. You need to make sure you are going to be working with people you think you can get along with and that fit your personality. It amazes me the way women will act towards each other. I visited about 7 places one I really liked just hired its 4th nail tech. I don't want to work with a bunch of other nail techs trying to build their clientele too. That was the mistake I made when I started doing nails. So I have narrowed it down, but I'm going to keep looking. One salon is just across the street from my house and it was very nice, for now it is my number one.

This month has just been FULL of visitors for us. The 1st Jacobs cousin and fiance came out for a few days. We went swimming, shopping, ate at a wonderful restaurant in downtown Scottsdale called Mastro's. Jacob's steak was HUGE and the best he's ever had. I loved mine too, but I can't decide if my favorite was the baked 4 cheese macaroni or the garlic mashed potatoes. MMMmmm




Sunday we took a drive to Sedona. I was hoping to get to spend a little more time in Sedona since its a drive, but it was a great trip. The weekend really went very fast.







I was pretty groggy from my motion sickness pill, I swear I was having conversations with myself because I was so tired I couldn't make myself talk! We took a hike in to get a better look at some of the great rock formations there, how I got my legs to work I'm not sure. LOL I think they could revamp those pills somehow so maybe people could function on them! I really hate feeling that way and I feel bad for everyone around me, I'm just not much company. Thankfully they wear off.... In 24 hours.

Marcia, Peter and Marie came out a few days after Jeremy and Jessie left. We are always very excited to see them! I think Peter was pretty excited to see Dax, and Dax was pretty happy himself. They wanted to take us out to dinner and of course my parents wanted to meet them so we had them all come over. From our house we went to Monti's in downtown Tempe. Steve had taken us there when he came out to visit in June, so I knew right where to drive. Awesome! Everyone got along great, the food was good. We had a great time. I really miss Marcia, shes an awesome lady. That whole family is great really, couldn't ask for a better second family LOL. We were sad our visit was so short with them, but they were off to California then Vegas. What a road trip!

On Thursday our best friends are coming into town. We are SO excited! Corre and Brock are going to stay with us and the other boys are getting a hotel room. I have a feeling that there will be quite a lot of drinking going on so I hope everything stays in order. If that's possible. We aren't sure if we are going tubing down the salt or going to a football game but they have a lot of things in mind.

Well, that's long enough now isn't it! I won't wait so long next time. Oh and engagement picture lady is a flake. Still no disk of pictures, she gave a lame excuse and said the new disk is on its way. So I guess we will see.

Oh the weekend is over!

What can I say about Mondays other than they come too fast. We had a good week last week and the weekend wasn't bad either. My brother and his family are back from New York so we visited with them a little on Sat at my parents house. We couldn't stay too long though, I had a ton to do to get ready for our pictures on Sunday. I know that woman will appreciate that you have to do your hair, nails, pick out an outfit.... I had to go digging through some of the boxes that I hadn't unpacked yet to find my nails stuff. I have to admit though, I did a great job on myself! I really miss doing nails, I think its the atmosphere not to mention the friendships. I have been missing Colorado a lot lately... Back to Sunday we got up got ourselves ready, left and realized our mapquest was to Costco, not Scottsdale. We got their by memory and had to search a little for the place since we had never been there. I started getting a little anxious, I hate not knowing where we are going! The place was wonderful, and the lady was very nice, but I'm not sure how the pictures are going to turn out. She really didn't pose us at all. I think one of the greatest talents in a photographer is them being able to put you in poses that flatter you and don't look posed. So I am pretty disappointed. I haven't seen the pictures yet, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I also weighed myself today. This was not a good thing! I knew that I had put on weight, mostly from before we moved out here. It is unfortunate that when you are pregnant you feel the need to eat a LOT! I blame this plus a lot of laziness on my part for gaining all this weight. I am usually so good at watching everything, but I gave up there for a while and boy can I tell! Time to get my butt in gear! I am not a happy girl right now, but I have done this before. I can do it again. I am not very good at maintaining my weight, what can I say.

She emailed me a few pics!

Meeting new people

I was really looking forward to this weekend. Friday was taking so long to go by I thought I was going to freak out at work. Fridays, in the summer, in AZ = very slow mortgage business. So needless to say I was almost by myself all day. We went out Friday night to a restaurant close to the house and met up with some people from Jacobs work. Everything was great and I was really excited to meet their wives. I need some friends out here. We all got a long great and from there went to another bar across the street. No joke, we walk in and the singer of the band that is there has black 80's sky high mullet! I'm thinking what the hell, and us girls all giggle together. The boys were too busy off talking work. Really, how long can we talk about this stuff? We have both been working on limiting our drinking, but lets just say that can be a little difficult. I look over at the bar where the boys are, they are doing shots. Thankfully the girls were ready to go home.

Sat and Sun were good, we just laid back and relaxed. I wasn't feeling very well so I wanted to keep it low key. Sat we went to the mall, pet store and grocery shopping. We are finally ready to put some fish in our saltwater aquarium. We just need to pick out which ones we want. Sunday we watched some DVDs we had rented and ate, a lot. I did laundry and the dishes. Guess we just needed a day to relax. The weekends just go by so fast, there is hardly time to get everything done. So that was our excitement. I'm just glad the rest of the weekend wasn't like Friday night.

This weekend was awesome!

There has been so much that has gone on since last week. I can't even explain how excited we are right now! This last weekend was great! Jacob called my Dad and asked for his blessing to propose to me. It was all very cute! We have gone through so many changes over these last few months and everything just keeps getting better and better. We have not decided on a date yet, I always thought that getting married on New Years Eve would be cool, so we will see if it will this year or next. I'm sure a lot of places are booked! I am actually in shock right now. I just can't believe where life has taken us! I know that some people may be in shock, even a little concerned LOL. Life isn't worth living without a little adventure :)

New Beginnings

Time for a fresh start!


I have to say that the move to Arizona was quite trying. If it wasn't for Jacob putting on the pressure to move I don't think I would have been able to do it. Now that we are here and settled in it finally feels like home.

We moved into our house site unseen and were very happily surprised with what my parents had picked out. We came out a couple weeks before we planned on moving to look at houses and found one we liked. It was just too far away from work though. So we sent my parents out all over Phoenix to look at houses for us. There were quite a few that they liked, but we had so many stipulations. Had to have a pool, a walk in closet, and of course accept 2 dogs. One being VERY large. The house we got is perfect! Big bedrooms, very roomy, pool and grass for the dogs. So many backyards here have rock, well in the summer with 120 degree weather, they can burn their feet!




The first few weeks Jacob would just go sit outside at night by the pool. We have a pretty view of the golf course and a lake behind us. With the waterfall on the pool going and watching the lake it is very peaceful. I am still getting used to the fact that it is 100 degrees at night here. I am so used to walking outside at night and it being a little chilly. It is actually pretty nice. We are thankful that we have a pool.


We have been pretty busy the last few months. My parents are so excited to have us down here. We go to their house almost every weekend to bbq and swim. My brother and his family are usually there to, I am happy to be around a lot of family. I really missed that over the years. On that same note, I do feel an obligation to see them as much as possible and that gives us very little down time. A couple weekends ago they came up to our house and I cooked. Jacob was on call that day and got home just as the food was done. Perfect timing! I would like it if they could come up to our house a little more. I feel bad leaving the dogs home all the time on the weekends when they are already alone all week.

Jacob has been working for a company not far from the house, but has been working all the time. I feel really bad for him actually. He gets up at 430 to go to work and one night he didn't even get home until 8. That is just too long of a day. Yes, the money is good and thats what keeps him going, but I don't want him to wear himself out. I know the company is very thankful to have him, I think its time for a raise! He is working on new construction homes that on average 30-40,000 sqft. that is freaking huge! These houses are amazing! We has taken me to a couple different ones. Man, would I like to know what those people do for a living.

I am working at a mortgage company not too far from the house. It is hard to find work that is close enough that you don't have to get on the highway. Phoenix is huge and if I had to guess I would say there are about 10 different highways to get around out here. It was very hard at me out here at first. I went from working 2 jobs, making good money to having no job. I thought it would be nice just getting a break, but I actually got pretty depressed and missed working. I really miss my nail clients and the people from Engle. Slowly we are getting out and meeting people. My bestfriend Corre came out to visit last weekend, we had a lot of fun. We went to towntown Tempe and Scottsdale. I was sad to see her go. We have kept in touch and talk everyday, but I miss her a ton. We just introduced her to one of Jacobs friends and they have been hitting things off. We are so excited for them!





Well I guess thats enough for now...