The ME Adventure

Free to Play 5K

2008-11-18T16:42:00.004-06:00

No, I'm not running any races, but Matt, Sabrina, Kara and I went to help Genessa with the 5K she organized, she did an outstanding job! Sabrina and I directed traffic right in front of the Springdale hospital...at the intersection of Maple and Maple. It was really really cold but we had a good time! Good job Genessa, you did an amazing job! Looking forward to helping again next year.
http://www.stopht.com/index.html

Chandelier of Gifts

2008-11-14T16:12:00.002-06:00

Changes around our house....

2008-11-03T18:35:00.003-06:00

My dad and one of his friends built a cover over our patio and added gutters for us. We tried it out on Sat. night with a BBQ with Josh and Sabrina and Kenneth and Sarah.

Jason came over and added some pendant lighting over the sink so I can see to do the dishes.

And If you haven't heard or seen it, we got a new-to-us car. We traded in the Blazer and got a 2004 Accord. It's loaded and I love it. It has built in navigation, leather heated seats (after having leather in the Saturn, it's a requirement for me now.) Dual temp control, which Matt wanted and a bunch of other stuff that is run from the touch screen panel.

I took Abby and Remy on a walk this afternoon. I need to wear a sign that say "NO, YOU CANNOT PET THE DOGS." I don't like kids to pet them for a number of reasons, first, kids run up to them and they don't like that, second, kids travel in a herd and I don't like a bunch of kids around us, and finally, we are on a walk for exercise...if I have to stop and let everyone pet them, we aren't accomplishing what we have set out to do.

Another issue with our walks is the high population of cats that roam the neighborhood. I hate cats, they are the most worthless, useless animal and Abby and Remy have that dog instinct to bark and chase them...see post from last Nov when they caught one in the back yard...So, I came up with 2 solutions to the cat problem. First, Cat Punting could be a form of fun entertainment for the half time of local football games, second, if we gather all the cats in one place, and tossed one into the street in front of a speeding car in the neighborhood, so the cat would be like a speedbump, we would be eliminating the cat and slow down the traffic. Two birds with one stone. People really drive fast through our subdivision, that really makes me mad....there are kids that either play out in the street or run through it a lot. I just pray that none of them get hurt.

Healing Place Church Live the Dream

2008-10-29T20:07:00.004-05:00

A group of us went to Baton Rouge to the Live the Dream Conference. April Simons, Chris Cane and Delynn Rizzo spoke. We had a great week.

The girls at Stacy's mom's house were we had dinner on Wednesday evening. It was an great meal!

Me and Sarah at the mall.

Me and Sabrina

Sherry Melara--she was here in August and spoke at the women's brunch and did a fantastic job

In the Friends lounge with our host, Chenelle.

Me and Sabrina again.

Amazing weekends...

2008-10-26T19:56:00.002-05:00

So, I've been really really busy the past few weekends, and I'm really really exhausted now! But they have been absolutely amazing expirences! How blessed I am to have a group of lovely women around me!
Here's some photos of the Keypoint Women's Imagine Retreat.

Yesterday was WILD!

2008-10-10T16:01:00.002-05:00

So, yesterday morning K and I went to Hobby Lobby to do some research on somethings for the retreat. We were in the bead aisle and an old man walks up to us and asks what a choker necklace was. K explains it to him. He asked if he could put his hands around K's neck! I'm thinking...."old dude is going to strangle her!" My gosh, I almost died, right there in Hobby Lobby. She handled it soooo much better than I would have. She was very nice and let him measure her neck, while I was trying not to fall apart next to her. I am thankful that God gave her so much grace with the situation!

Last night, Matt and I had to go to Walmart and since I had been gone all day and Abby had been such a good dog last week when we went to Petco and stopped at the AT&T store to see S., we decided to let her go too. When we parked, I got out and she jumped out with me, no leash. She took off around a few cars and up to the front of the store. There was another girl, probably about our age, that was walking in, and she called her name and Abby ran right to her, thank goodness! Abby is grounded from car rides for a while.

New Hair Color

2008-10-09T22:47:00.002-05:00

Red is so much for FUN!!! Love the curls too, thanks Jen! You are the best!

New Toy...

2008-10-08T17:20:00.003-05:00

Matt's new yoke for the flight sim games. He has the pedals too that are under the desk. This is very serious business!

Abby has intense concentration when she is playing fetch.

Remy's sweet little face over the back of the sofa.

Wednesday...

2008-10-01T22:34:00.003-05:00

I'm running out of catchy titles for these. But here's some random thoughts.

Kafka was terrified of our water dispenser. The first day she drank from it, it bubbled and she ran away. We had to keep another bowl of water out for her. It was pretty cute.

Matt fixed my Scooba! Seriously, this was super important around here, I refuse to mop now, it's a waste of time and energy. He had to cut off the end of the charger and re-solder the wires back to the adapter. And it saved us $40 because we don't have order a new charger now. I used it twice today on the kitchen.

Here's some pictures I took today. First, I was cleaning this morning and piled all the dog beds and Remy decided 4 was better. It's like the "The Princess and the Pea" but it would be "The Prince and the Pea"

Secondly, Jason installed some pendant lighting over our kitchen sink and bar. I love these lights, they are fabulous. I can see to do the dishes now.

We are looking at building a covered patio on the back of our house. My dad came down today with someone else to price it out for us. We have a concrete patio now, so we are thinking of just building the roof over it for some more shade...and an outdoor ceiling fan, which I'm totally excited about! Matt always excited about anything blocking the day ball.

Walking the dogs

2008-09-30T22:40:00.004-05:00

Last night I had the brilliant idea of taking all three dogs on a walk. I normally walk Abby and Remy by myself in the morning and have always had good control over them, so, since Matt was going with me, I thought we should take Kafka too. Kafka doesn't walk like ours do, they have to walk beside me with their shoulders even with me knee, so with Abby and Kafka trying to be different, they were making me very frustrated, so Matt and I switched. I took Abby and Remy and off we went down the street. A few houses later, Abby and Remy saw a cat. They pulled so hard, it pulled me to my knees and then I lost my balance and the next thing I knew, they were pulling me on my back across someone's front lawn. Matt was so surprised, I had to yell at him to help me. I was soooo mad. We have an overwhelming population of cats hanging out around the neighborhood, I think I'll start calling animal control to get rid of the issue.

I know I entertain some folks at JB Hunt with my dog stories, so I hope you guys get a good laugh out of this one!

Garage Sale

2008-09-26T20:23:00.002-05:00

I had a garage sale today and sold a BUNCH of stuff. Shoes, Clothes, my palm tree, some chairs, Matt's old laptop...I made just shy of $450! Not too bad for one day of work. I had also sold some shoes on Ebay, so that was another $35. If Abby would have held still long enough, I would have tried to sell her too (just kidding!)

Kafka is staying the week with us. She's such a good dog. Unlike the hyper-active Weims.

So busy!

2008-09-20T21:16:00.003-05:00

I decided that we have too much stuff and we are going to have a garage sale, maybe next weekend. We re-arranged the living room and now are getting rid of 2 trees, a chair, random home decor, a large dog crate and whatever else I think we don't use any more. Here's some photos of what our living room looks like now:

And the Scooba stopped charging correctly, if you plugged it in, you would have to prop it up against the wall for the charger to make contact, so Matt did an autopsy and corrected the problem, YEA!! I can't live without my Scooba!

New Laptop.

2008-09-03T07:55:00.002-05:00

Somehow, Matt talked me into letting him get a new laptop this weekend. I'm not sure how he talked me out of going to Maine again this fall (tickest were cheap from XNA to Manchester NH, $340, I was excited) He told me I should read The Art of War. He found one on sale that he liked at Best Buy so we picked it up on Sunday afternoon on the way to my parents. Normally when we go to Best Buy, the sales people swarm like vultures, this particular day, we couldn't find any to help us. And of course visiting that store with Matt always goes something like this:

The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon In Computer Store from ubergeek on Vimeo.

Treadmill

2008-08-26T22:12:00.003-05:00

I found this photo online tonight. I wish I could get Abby and Remy to walk on the treadmill. It would be so worth the money!

Remy and the Rat

2008-08-15T19:28:00.004-05:00

Remington caught and ate a rat today. I'm getting really tired of all these dead animal shennigans when I'm home by myself. I could get it out of his mouth and he couldn't drop it. He ate it whole, so I was worried it would hurt him and called the vet. They didn't act to surprised and just told me if he wasn't eating or drinking to bring him in. He seems fine and it happened this morning. I was sure he would throw up, so I decided to take him on a walk so he would puke in someone else's yard and I would have to clean it up. And the vet said he should be able to digest it just fine, he's digested all kinds of plastic toys, so I can't see how this could possibly be worse. He's in a lot of trouble. He's been dgging in the back yard, and he and Abby escaped out of the house last night and Matt and I had to chase him down the street.

The self propulsion feature stopped working on the lawn mower last night, and Matt had to take it apart to get the belt back on. With out having a robomower, the self propelled mower is the only way I'm going to mow, without it, our deal on me mowing is off.

Here's some pictures from Matt's parents last weekend. They remodeled their guest bathroom and I helped Nan decorate it. I did the floral arrangment and we recovered the little stool. It turned out really cute!

2008-08-03T21:29:00.002-05:00

Matt and I saw this car parked across the street when we got home tonight. We call it the mullet car, white conservative business on top, teal fun party on the bottom. Seriously though, it's supposed to look like that, it's not a half primed redneck car.

And the second photo is of a flower arrangement that I did at my mom's house yesterday. We picked some flowers out of her flower beds and each made one. I love the zinnias, they are bright and pretty and Matt isn't allergic to them.

For dinner tonight, I tried something new and it turned out really well. I don't enjoy cooking at all but this is super easy, check it out:

http://food.realsimple.com/realsimple/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1827566

Busy, Busy...

2008-08-03T16:49:00.004-05:00

I've been really busy this week. This isn't quite what I was planning for my "retirement" but God had other plans for me. With Lauren gettinga new job, her position on KPC staff was open, and I have stepped into it doing Women's ministries. She did such a wonderful job and is a tought act to follow. I'm really excited about everything that's been going on! We have several things coming up and this afternoon, I've been expiriencing a lot of anxiety that I can't pinpoint to a cause. I hate feeling this way--maybe I have restless leg syndrome.

Other news:
Abby and Remy are now spending all their time out of their crate. Even when we aren't home, which, they aren't used to and they still bark, paw and stand at the door to the guest room waiting to get into their crate. I took it down on Tuesday when Matt's mom and uncle were here. They haven't destroyed anything or been bad in the house at all.

Someone created a new profile for me on Facebook. Or one strangely similar--same first and last name (married name) same high school, same town, with one contact in common. It's very creepy and I basically got a big "I told you so" from Matt about the security of online usage, so I really toned down my facebook info. I have a friend of a friend who posted all kinds of things about her and her fiance...addresses, family info, dates of thier wedding and honeymoon and I just couldn't believe it, so, if you post info online, BE SAFE!!

I love IMDB.com. Thinking I saw someone in one show and then thinking I saw them in something else and not being able to prove it, just drives me crazy.

The Mighty Hunters...

2008-07-30T10:30:00.002-05:00

Abby and Remy caught a bird this morning. Two cats were in our backyard and were stalking the poor little robin and I think they may have injured it and the dogs caught it. Remy ran around the yard with it dangling from his mouth. I chased after him yelling at him to "drop it" which he didn't do. I got some food and took outside and he let go and it got the bird into a walmart bag to dispose of it. Oh the drama!! I think Remy was proud he caught it!

A/C

2008-07-25T14:56:00.002-05:00

The AC has been repaired! We called the Bud Anderson Co. first thing this morning and they were here by 11 and had it completed by noon. Our total was $412, which isn't good, but it could have been much much worse, so we are very thankful for them!!

The dog days of summer....

2008-07-25T00:17:00.002-05:00

is from July 3 to August 11 and we're right in the middle. Our AC went out tonight. I think it's the compressor, we noticed shortly before midnight, so we'll have to wait until the morning to call someone. We're surprised it hadn't happened sooner, with our outstanding service from Carroll Electric, the electric always seems to go off when the AC is on and has happened the past few mornings.

Luau

2008-07-17T12:25:00.001-05:00

Another Greyhound update.

2008-07-05T20:05:00.005-05:00

Matt calls the black greyhound "rat dog". It really does behave like a rat. It scurries around, runs away when we want to pick it up, and looks at you with big frightened eyes no matter how nicely we talk to her. Her name is Pie, as in Sweetie Pie, not Pi, like 3.14. They are constantly underfoot, when cooking dinner the other night, 4 dogs in the kitchen were too many. With Abby and Remy, I at least know they are there but I've tripped alot over the others. Matt created me a baby gate by opening two cabinet doors and hanging a walmart bag in the middle. It actually worked. We are working on making Abby and Remy stay out of the kitchen when I'm cooking, Abby was counter surfing tonight and got a piece of pizza.

The tan and white dog has had 4 accidents in the house so far. I think I've picked up more dog crap off the carpets and rugs in the past week than I did the entire time I was housetraining Remy. I don't understand why they always go on the carpet or rugs: Most of our house is either tile or laminate. Thursday evening, I was getting ready to leave to have dinner with friends and was in the bathroom getting ready while all the dogs where eating, all seperately, of course. I went into the guest room to get the greyhounds and Jackson had pooped in the floor. I had previously not been able to prove which dog it was, but since he was the only one in there, I went to get him to show him what he had done and give a stern "NO!" I carried him in the bedroom, set him down on the floor while holding his collar so he didn't run away. He flipped over on his back, had his four legs wrapped around my arm and peed on me. I cannot even begin to tell you how mad I was. So, I had to get the mess cleaned up as well as myself. I'll be glad when these dogs go home on Tuesday.

Greyhound:

2008-07-02T10:41:00.003-05:00

Remy and Jackson. Remy's not a big fan. He grumbles everytime one of them gets on the sofa, I think it's because they don't get up there and sit down, they are up and down constantly. Remy is king of the sofa, so if you sit there, you have to play by his rules, so you have to stay still so he can nap. I haven't gotten a good picture of the other GH yet.

Some photos from the back yard. Abby's enjoying the breeze, her ears where flapping in the wind. What's better on a summer's day than rolling in the grass. That's a lot of leg flying throught the air!

Abby and Remy LOVE ice. When they hear someone getting ice out of the the freezer, they come running. We had the production team from church over a few weeks ago and after it was over, I let Abby and Remy eat the ice out of the cooler--JACKPOT! It's an entire chest of treats.

Another good book:

2008-07-01T21:53:00.004-05:00

The Cowboy and His Elephant is about the one of the men who was a Marlboro Man in the cigarette adds, and the elephant he adopts.

The Good Good Pig is a sweet book about a runt, his adopted family, and his fame.

And back to Abby and Remy's problem. We tried the soda bottles with gravel which doesn't seem to work when they see a cat moving or another dog. We seem to be getting better around humans, though. We don't get the National Geographic channel, but I have read Cesar Milan's book. I think their problem is that when they are on a lease, they feel threatented and want to protect us. We have a pair of Italian Greyhounds at the house right now that we are watching for my cousin and they are okay with them. Remy isn't letting anyone else on the sofa and Abby's not extremely happy they want to play with her toys but it's not mass chaos or anything. I'll try to get some photos posted of them all tomorrow. One of the greyhounds has terrible terrible breath which reminds me, I need to go brush Abby and Remy's.

Just finished reading:

2008-06-29T22:12:00.003-05:00

This is one of the sweetest books I've read. You should check it out.

Update:

2008-06-25T21:33:00.002-05:00

Been busy this week:

Monday: Went to Roaring River with Lauren to check it out and run through the logistics of the retreat...and it's going to work!

Tuesday: Went to Siloam to scrapbook with Tiffany, I was two vacations behind and am ALMOST caught up.

Today: Spent the day with my mom and grandma at the hosiptal in Fayetteville while my grandpa was having surgery. It went well, he was in a room, awake and getting ready for dinner when we left about 6:30.

Tomorrow: I'm staying home and resting and will probably float in the pool. And I need to mow the yard again. And we might try taking Abby and Remy to the lake again, we tried on Sunday but it was packed and there was a small yappy dog running loose, which is one of my pet peeves and a possible snack for Abby and Remy.

We've had a big problem lately with Abby and Remy barking at other dogs, cats and people while we are on a walk, it's getting realy really bad and embarassing. Remy thinks he's protecting us because he won't do it when we're out of the room, demonstrated well at the vet's office, when she takes him away from me into another room, she's says he's a perfect gentleman and doesn't have to restrain him even when using a needle for a sample or anything. So, tonight, I filled some small soda bottles with gravel from the flower beds and shook the bottles at the dogs if they did something bad, we had a pretty good walk but it was getting late and we didn't see that many people. I hope this works, some times, they just want to stand there and bark at a dog across the street and together they weigh more than I do, it's getting hard to keep them under control if I'm walking them by myself. Abby is TERRIFIED of the soda bottle, not sure about Remy since we didn't get to use it much. I hope this works, I was getting really tired of them doing this this morning and theatened to start leaving them at home if they didn't stop. So, if any one else has any more ideas on how to break them from barking at others on our walks, let me know.

2008-06-05T21:15:00.001-05:00

We visited St. Andrew's State Park this afternoon. I'm sure this is a great place to visit when it's not 100 degrees outside, we were thankful for the A/C in the car.

Airboat.

2008-06-05T21:06:00.005-05:00

We are visiting here with my friend Becky and her husband Adam. We went on an airboat ride through some of the local marshes. We saw one small alligator.

Vacation Photos:

2008-06-05T20:09:00.005-05:00

The condo:

Matt on the Balcony at the condo.

Relaxing at the beach. Matt got a sunburn on his legs, I used a lot of Bull Frog sunscreen and didn't get burned even being out for about 4 hours.

The view from our balcony.

We went to Gulf World yesterday. The sea lions and dolphins were really cute!

Up close and personal with a flamingo. I'm not sure what I did to make it mad but I started to get concerned about it biting me.

Vacation....

2008-06-03T00:06:00.002-05:00

We left Sat. morning to visit Matt's grandparents in Mobile AL and meet up with my friend in Panama City. We made it all the way to Jackson MS and Matt realized that his driver's license expired in January. Terrific. So, I'm driving the rest of the vacation.

Memorial Day Weekend

2008-05-28T19:16:00.003-05:00

Matt's mom has been wanting to go to the drive in in Fayetteville for a while. We finally go the chance this past weekend and we got to see the new Narnia movie.

We switched dog food on Abby and Remy, they now get Solid Gold. They LOVE it! Abby sits and waits but she sits down really fast and with a lot of force, it's pretty cute.

I wanted a lapdog, but not one that weighs 55lbs.

Remy makes an excellent pillow.

Remy's Fort.

2008-05-20T19:41:00.002-05:00

When I use the scooba, I move all the chairs away from the dining room table, we call it Remy's Fort. I'm not sure if he's hiding from the scooba or from Abby, if it's from Abby, it seems to be like "base" in a game of tag. Our table is not standard height, we got a new one a while back that is bar height since Remy had some salmon sushi one night while Matt was heating up the grill. Normal tables are just the perfect head height for a wiem. Also, one night, we were finished eating and he came over to me and flicked his tongue out on my plate and peas when flying all over the dining room.

New Swimsuit

2008-05-19T14:26:00.003-05:00

There's no better motivation for a good diet and lots of exercise than the hunt for a new swimsuit. I'm convinced that clothing manufacturers don't actually have a live human being try on items before putting many articles of clothing into mass production. I've always tried to avoid horizontal stripes on any piece of clothing, but I can't even imagine why someone would think it's a good idea to make swimsuit bottoms with horizontal stripes. I went to 7 stores and came home with nothing. It's very depressing.

Stomp:

2008-05-14T09:22:00.002-05:00

We went to see Stomp at the WAC on Tuesday. It's one of the best shows I've seen. I can't even imagine how much energy you have to have to be one of those performers. The toliet plungers and 5 gal blue water bottles were my favorite! If you have time, you should call and see if they have any tickets left! I think they are playing through Sat.

Some kid sat behind and insisted on talking throughout the show. His parents did NOTHING to solve the problem. If you have a child that misbehaves in pulbic or you just can't or won't control them, might want to leave them at home for a show such as this. There were also two older women behind us who kept talking too. And one of the performers had to tell some dude in the front to get off his cell phone. I'm amazing at how rude people are.

Been to the Saturn dealership to get something replaced on my car. Warrenty covered, no cost, wahoo!! I took a book to read, but some guy was also waiting and he really wanted someone to talk to, they have the news on the waiting area, but I really don't like discussing politics with strangers, so I found out he used to be a trucker. I can talk truck. (Although the other girl who was waiting with us soon lost interest in the conversation when it switched to trucking, shocking, huh?)

I also went grocery shopping at Walmart. I had to get some more potting soil for my flowers, plus they had 24 cans of Pepsi on sale, so by the time I had soda, soil and a lot of food, my cart probably weighed more than me, but people still just stand in your way, don't they realize with that much, the chances of me being able to stop the cart while they are looking at green beans being a complete oblivion are very slim?

Hello Retirement.

2008-05-09T09:47:00.002-05:00

Day 2 of retirement: having a garage sale. Not going well, much slower than last year. The dogs locked me out of hte house this morning. I had to walk to a neighbors and ask to use thier phone to call Matt and have him come home and unlock the door for me. Abby knows what the door knob does but I'm really suprised that she jumped up enough and messed with it enough to get it to lock.

Yesterday I had to get the oil changed in the Saturn and we had lunch with Joel and Sarah.

Michael-Do you remember when I first started at JB Hunt and you had to translate my emails for me since everyone wrote in abbreviations? It was like they were speaking in another language.

Last Day

2008-05-07T09:09:00.002-05:00

6 more hours to go. I can't wait. So far this morning I have:

Read the news
Checked everyone's blog.
Added comments to Michael's blog re: his trip to Bali.
Celebration Food Day, so I've eaten my co-workers good food.
Counted emails from certain folks on my work email address. (the amount of spam some people send out is crazy) I probably only read 1/2 of the emails get sent to my jbhunt address.
Watched the rain.
Considered taking a break to go read some in my book--The Cowboy and His Elephant, but Malcolm MacPherson.

More to come later, probably out of complete boredom.

Springdale Animal Shelter.

2008-05-05T13:14:00.001-05:00

A local girl scout troop is hosting a dog walk to benefit the Springdale Animal Shelter. The event is scheduled for May 10th from 9am to Noon at JBH Park in Springdale. Admission is a donation to the shelter. I'm not sure about cash but I do know they need leashes, food/water dishes, old towels, bags of food etc. I'm told there will also be door prizes that have been donated by various pet business in the area.

If anyone is interested in donating anything, let me know. Thanks

Anniversary.

2008-05-01T22:42:00.003-05:00

Today is our 4th wedding anniversary. We both took the day off work. We slept in this morning, even Abby and Remy slept later, well, after their 5am feeding. We had lunch at Blue Fin in Springdale, since one of Matt's favorite things is Sushi.

We went to Fayetteville and looked at new/used cars. Matt likes car shopping with me since I am more direct with the salespeople. I tell them what I really think, like "that is terribly hideous, does it get like 100 mpg, 'cause it's so ugly, it should, it's the only thing going for it." The salesman drove us by a BMW that he thought was a Civic, and I tried to talk him into selling us the BMW for the Civic price. I think we've decided to save our $ and just enjoy having both cars paid for even though they don't get outstanding gas mileage. If fuel costs continue to increase, we'll look at getting a Segway.

We ate dinner at Ruth's Chris. It was very good, but not the best steak we've ever had. If you are ever in Seattle, try the Met or Metropolitan Grill, that's the best steak ever. So, they had valet parking there, which confused us, since the parking spaces were like 10 feet away, but they had them coned off. We figured it was all part of the experience.

Tim brought up a good point in a comment he left. I didn't ever thank the guys for hanging the stuff on the stage last weekend. You guys are awesome. Thank you for being so patient and helping us out with decorations for our events. The jellyfish looked great, as did the mesh canopy. I really appreciate you!!

The past few weeks.

2008-04-29T17:24:00.005-05:00

Been super busy, been to some garage sales, dinner in Siloam with Jon and Tiffany, Lake Fayetteville with Brian and Michelle, got a few projects finished or started around the house.

So, it's not easy getting 3 dogs on a park bench. Abby and Moses were fine. Remington and Moses...not so much.

Only 8 more days of JB Hunt! Can I even tell you how excited I am not to wake up at 5 am everyday and get to spend more time in the evenings with my husband.

Here's some photos from the Eternal Event. The tree turned out really well, I'm glad we did that. Michelle and Kara did an awesome job putting it together, thanks girls! And yeah, the lamp shades do look kinda like jelly fish with the blue lights.

20 more days.....

2008-04-17T12:06:00.003-05:00

I have the number of days remaining posted on my desk at the office. I tear one off everyday. 20 seems like so many, they asked me to stay an extra week, otherwise I would be down to 13 and to the single digits on Monday. Oh well, one more week won't kill me.

2008-04-09T16:36:00.005-05:00

Today was the day I turned in my notice at work. I had originally planned on leaving April 30, but am staying until May 7th. I can't wait!

What a busy weekend. Friday, Sabrina came over and watched a movie with me. Saturday we went to a few garage sales, stopped at the Boys and Girls Club mini grand prix race since Tony was driving the JB Hunt car: see photos below, I went to my mom and dads to work on stuff for the Eternal Event and we had dinner at Josh and Sabrina's that night (thanks guys, the chicken was awesome!)

You might recognize this guy! Tony did an awesome job!!

That's Tony in the yellow car!

We mowed the yard Sunday afternoon, Matt was finishing up and I came inside to check on the dogs. I saw some kids in the back yard behind us and they were picking dandelions and pushing them through a hole in the fence into our backyard! Funny, but annoying.

We also had one of those guys stop last night to try and sell us magazines for him to earn money for college. This guy was relentless! Matt was trying to be polite and tell him no, which was getting no where, so stepped up and just said "no thank you" and shut the door. The guy spit on Matt's car! I can't believe it. Yeah, we'll definitely buy for those people and their guilt tactics next time.

We discovered a few more things that Abby is scared of:
School Buses.
Children's car seats
Big Wheels
and small children that say "boom" as we walk by.

Remy is terrified of man hole covers.

Weekend

2008-03-31T19:57:00.005-05:00

I planted some tulip bulbs in a pot and forced them in the fridge. They turned out pretty well, I have 2 purple and 2 red so far.

Photos from Brian's birthday:

We had a small lake in the back yard today. Remy decided to wade around in it.

Just thinking..

2008-03-29T22:48:00.004-05:00

Some things Matt and I have have been thinking about and discussing. We're black sheep. Of our families, my work and everywhere. Our jobs get in the way and when we're off work we have so many other things to do, it feels like there is time for nothing else. Some days I feel just like giving up, and staying home with dogs. I've worked at Hunt for 3 1/2 years and never made any friends, or long term friends. I talk to my co workers every day but wouldn't consider them friends, only Kim and I've only gotten to know her recently. Matt and I are just different, even with our families. Maybe this is normal. Some days I miss hanging out with all our friends when we went to The Grove, but that was college or shortly after, before we got married and this might be a part of growing up. Mabye Matt's just too geeky. But that's okay, he's lot fun to be around.

I have been reading a book that I borrowed from another dog lover and good friend:

I'm absolutely amazed at the junk that goes into a lot of pet food and I'm only on chapter 4. We only gave Remy the "bad" food briefly right after we got him, he started getting spotted fur, so we switched him to Canidae which cleared it up. And I always thought the better the food, the less poo I have to pick up, which, after giving them a bag of the cheaper junk a few months back, proved to true in our backyard. I'll probably started making them treats, since the "good" ones are expensive and Remy thinks he needs one after he comes in from outside in the evenings and everytime someone goes into the garage. Who said dogs aren't smart? Remy has it figured out. So, if you are interested in what you are feeding your pet, or think you might be feeding your pet, you should check out this book, I'll probably return this one and just purchase one for myself. Don't read it if you have a weak stomach.

People commened on the Robomower. Walmart.com and Sears.com both have them. Plus there are other companies that make similar machines like Lawnbots. Someone said to us tonight that they wanted a robot that dusted. Me too. That would be awesome. Since we got the new floors we haven't used to roomba as much, I think Matt might be eyeing it to make a battlebot. That was a good show, they should bring it back.

If you thought the Roomba was bad.....

2008-03-18T21:13:00.003-05:00

We've been test driving this bad boy. It's the robomower and sadly, isn't doing well with our back yard of weeds. I was hoping it would work well and I could sit in the driveway with a lemonade while our neighbors manually mowed. This is Remy barking at it. He's not a fan.

Has anyone watched The Big Bang Theory on CBS? Even though Matt doesn't do Physics, that show is like a normal conversation with Matt. Last night, the first line of the show was about X10 stuff. Matt's been trying to talk me into getting X10 for a while now. He and our friend Mark even found some of Mark's X10 stuff when they were looking for the charger for the robomower this weekend. I'm sometimes just amazed at how smart and intelligent Matt is. I don't understand everything he talks about and tells me, I just smile and nod, but I can keep up most of the time!

Lakeview

2008-03-11T20:51:00.006-05:00

This past weekend Matt and I went to Lakeview AR to visit his grandmother. We drove over Saturday morning and came home Sunday morning. It was a fast trip, those pesky jobs sure do get in the way!

We drove down the Gason's and there was a helicopter there ready for take off....it could have been someone famous. We'll never now now.

Matt and I at the the Bull Shoals Dam Visitor Center

The Cedar Springs Inn, the Bed and Breakfast where we stayed. If you ever go over that way, I highly reccommend this place, it's really nice and the owners are great!!Abby and Remy spent the weekend at my cousin's house. Nick has a Lab and two Italian Greyhounds. I bet his house was a zoo! Everyone got along well but Abby and Remy were soooo tired after we picked them up, here they are trying to sleep in the car on the way home. Thanks Nick, we really appreciate you watching them!

Vet...

2008-03-07T17:49:00.003-06:00

I know, two posts in one day, what am I thinking? My first one I did during lunch but got an error with actual posting so I added it this evening and could have add on but that's not as fun.

I took the dogs to the vet for their yearly vaccinations, rabies and bordatella and whatever else. Remy has to have a shot of Benedryl before his rabies shot so he doesn't have an allergic reaction. It really makes him sleepy. He's chillin' on the sofa right now and wants to chew on the bone but it's just out of reach and apparently not worth the effort.

Anyway, the first time we got his rabies shot, he swelled up and got bumps all over his head and back. Here's some photos that are the aftermath, this is better that what it was. This was April 2005, and he weighed 20lbs, today, he weighed 73.5.

I caught a...

2008-03-07T11:31:00.004-06:00

Weimaraner at the office on Wedneday, along with my lovely assistant and very good friend, Kim. A co-worker came back from lunch and said there was a weim in the parking lot and wanted to know if mine could have gotten out. It would have been quite a feat for Abby and Remy to bust out of their crate and the house but I had to go look. Not mine, but he was cute. He was in the front on the building and started heading toward 540 so I got him to come over to me and Kim went to get a collar and leash out of her car (a pink one since her dogs are female, I don't the weim appreciated it, though). There's really nothing more embarrassing that kneeling down and trying to call the dog to me when the VP of the company walks by. Nice, huh? He was really sweet and mellow (so not my dogs) and liked to lean against our legs. Security had already called animal control so they came and got him. I called yesterday to check on him and he was still at the Lowell PD. No one had claimed him yet, he looked to be in good shape, so I think he escaped from his backyard. There is a man that I work with that wants him when he comes up for adoption, but if he can't take him, I might go bust him out of jail and see if the Weim rescue will help us find him a forever home.

We paid off the Saturn last week! So now we only have the house left.

The floors are laminate. They are wonderful! Easy to clean and are working out well with the dogs, well, after they adjusted to walking on them. Remy got excited the other when I was getting them ready for a walk and all 4 legs slid out from under him and he slid right into the kitchen cabinets. But he was so focused on the walk, he didn't care.

Floors

2008-03-02T21:47:00.004-06:00

So, I really need to do a better job of planning our home improvement projects. I had the floors scheduled for nearly a month, it happened to be the same week that Matt's big project was due at work and he had a mid term today. But, we got the carpet out Friday evening and the flooring installed on Saturday. Matt's friend, Chris, helped us, which was such a blessing. We are very thankful for Chris and his family and glad we are getting to know them. I love the new floors, the are wonderful! Abby doesn't seem to care that she slides a little but Remy's not sure about it yet.
Taking out the tack strip

Remy's not sure about all this....

But it sure is exhausting.

Done! Abby's looking for a treat and that's American Dad on the TV.

Thank you Chris! We really appreciate all your hard work!!!

Black & Gus

2008-02-16T18:14:00.002-06:00

I got this at work and really can't believe I find it as funny as I do.

Michael Buble

2008-02-12T20:51:00.003-06:00

Hearing some of the songs at church on Sunday reminded me of when Matt and I went to the Michael Buble concert a few years ago when he was at the Walton Arts Center. Matt's boss gave us front row center tickets, plus we got to go to the the reception afterwards.

And another random bit of info: The Weimaraner won best of group for 2008. They are in the sporting group, imagine that. We are watching the second night but not sure I can stay up to make it to the Best of Show. Thank goodness for Tivo!

Redneck Riviera here we come!!

2008-02-05T17:10:00.000-06:00

This year is my high school reunion. Since I graduated from good 'ol McDonald County, my best friend and I decided that we wouldn't be going to this event a long time ago. Instead, we planned on a vacation. First, we planned on Vegas, but she wanted to visit her grandparents in Florida and wanted to visit Matt's grandparents in Alabama, so Florida was what we decided on. We have a few friends coming, one from WA and one from TX, so it should be fun. Plus we don't have to see any of the people we didn't care for in high school. She's been super busy at her new job, so I've been trying to plan it. If you been to Panama City before and stayed at a nice condo, let me know, I'm still trying to decide where we're going to stay.

Yesterday started out really bad, I spilled coffee on my brand new cream-colored sweater getting in the car and didn't notice until I got to work, then spilled it again. I had a Tide pen, so it mostly came out. It was really slow at work yesterday. But last night I walked the dogs, did some laundry, made dinner, filed our taxes and finished the book I was reading. So much for going to bed early! At least I got a lot stuff done, which always makes me feel better the next morning when I leave for work before Matt's even out of bed.

I'm also looking for some feedback on what type of hard flooring we should get. I've checked in to bamboo and reviews say it scratches. I've also thought of Cork, which I like, but not sure about the cost of the product, plus the coats of polyurethane that most people say you need to put over it. Does anyone have dogs and laminate, like Pergo? I like the stained concrete and Tim and Genessa's but not sure who ever looks at our house if we sell would like it as much as I do, and I've almost slid and fell on what they put in the entry at the office. I don't want to replace the carpet, I think carpet is terribly disgusting and can't wait to get rid of it.

Double A batteries and the Carpet.

2008-02-03T20:26:00.000-06:00

When you have two Wiems? Matt got up this morning and went to work at the church. I sayed home awhile and tried to sleep in. When I got up, the dogs had found what I thought was a ink pen cartrige and chewed it up in the living room floor, there was black stuff all over the carpet. I tried cleaning it but it didn't help much. They both acted like the felt fine, so I got ready and went to church. When Matt got home, he told me that it wasn't a pen but they had chewed up a battery. Yep, AA right from his desk. Like I knew what the inside of a battery looked like, you're not supposed to cut them open anyway. I'm guessing it was Remy and he still acted okay, Matt just wanted to make sure he drank a lot of water. How do you force a dog to drink water? Ice cubes are treats in our house, so at least that was easy.

Guess those bamboo floors are getting installed sooner than we thought. So, if anyone comes ove and there's big black stains on our carpet, this is why.

And they dug this afternoon so they both go baths.

Remy's had terrible dandruff for probably the last 2 months. We switched him back to Canidae dog food and it's finally going away. It's kinda of expensive, but with dog food, I think you get what you pay for.

Snow Day

2008-02-01T11:31:00.000-06:00

Abby and Remy love the snow. It gives them so much more energy.

Snow balls are treats.

Back inside where it's warm!!

Crowned.

2008-01-28T19:23:00.000-06:00

Here's some photos of the decorations that Stacy, Lauren and I came up with for Crowned. We had a lot of girls help us, without them, it wouldn't have gotten done. Thanks guys!!

Matt's friend Chris made him this for his birthday last week. You can change what is says, it wil display the time, date and temp. It's really cool.

The Pups

2007-12-29T17:49:00.001-06:00

Here's some pictures of the dogs from this past week:

It's Remy, the Reindog. I had to wait until one morning while he was still sleepy and wouldn't care as much.
Abby's ready to go to Grandma's for Christmas Eve! She's an excellent driver too.
They have to check for popcorn under my dad's chair every time we go.
We finally got a set of surround sound speakers for the living room on Thursday. Abby and Remy have to inspect all boxes that enter the house. I opened this one and Remy freaked. Someone had dropped a Cheeto in through the handle slot. Oh sweet Cheeto.
My nephew is here right now and this is Remy's stressed face.

Max

2007-12-28T10:01:00.001-06:00

This is a photo of Max--He needs a home ASAP. His owner is having to move home with his parents and Max will be taken to a shelter today since the parents are returning from vacation. He has been kept outside so he's not housebroken and see more comments on my previous post.

Need Help!!

2007-12-27T12:19:00.000-06:00

I got an email from a friend at work. Her husband works with someone who is needing to find a home for their son's dog. Here's what she wrote me:

An employee of my husband's has a dog he needs to get rid of. He's just a kid and is living at home with his parents and they're demanding that he take the dog to the shelter today. Apparently he adopted it when he got an apartment a few months ago and has now had to move back home. The dog's name is Max. He's an Australian shepherd mix, 6 months old, up to date on shots but not neutered. Is very friendly and playful and is reported to be good with other dogs and children. Looks as though he'll be a medium-sized dog when full grown.

If anyone is interested, let me know. Call me at the office or send me an email.

Merry Christmas!!

2007-12-25T08:28:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas from the Yeagers!

Matt had yesterday off and he had a few errands to do, one thing was to get the oil changed in the Saturn. I had convinced him also get his haircut at the place in Walmart while he was waiting. His hair grows out so fast I figured that even if they did do something crazy, it'd grow out quickly. He called me at work to tell me that they were actively giving someone a mullet and he was refusing to go there. **sigh** so much for trying to save money there.

Bourne

2007-12-23T18:16:00.000-06:00

We got The Bourne Ultimatum from my friend B and her husband for Christmas. The Bourne series could possibly be the best ever. I have two favorite scenes: The first one from The Bourne Supremacy

Pamela Landy: What if I can't find her?
Jason Bourne: It's easy. She's standing right next to you.

And the second from Ultimatum:
Noah Vosen: [in car, on cell phone] Perhaps we can arrange a meet.
Jason Bourne: Where are you now?
Noah Vosen: I'm sitting in my office.
Jason Bourne: I doubt that.
Noah Vosen: Why would you doubt that?
Jason Bourne: If you were in your office right now we'd be having this conversation face-to-face

So, if you haven't seen them, you should, 'cause their AWESOME!! Thanks for the great gift B!!!

Vet

2007-12-07T19:09:00.000-06:00

I took Remy to the Vet on Wednesday. They tested the bump on his head and it is only blood and should go down in a week or so. He did really good while we were there, after she took him in another room. The vet didn't even have to have someone else hold him while she was taking blood. Here he is after our visit.

Dog Donuts

Yum...Milkbones!!!

Remy's Bump

2007-12-04T11:34:00.000-06:00

When I got home from work yesterday I noticed Remy has a bump on the side of his head, you can see it between his eye and his ear . He acts like he feels fine and isn't showing any symptoms otherwise. I'm not sure if he hit it on the cabinets when they were playing inside or if he got hit by a stick they play with outside. Poor Rem. Abby's always beating up on him.

Thanksgiving

2007-11-25T00:03:00.001-06:00

My first Thanksgiving dinner. Josh and Sabrina came over for dinner. We cooked the turkey in the Crock Pot. It turned out well, thanks for the idea Sarah!We played some Wii and Catan. Here's some random pictures of the dogs:

If Remy were a comic book hero, he would be "The Nose"
This was at my parents shop in Noel last weekend. Dad put VCT in main room and Remy and Abby slide all over. Remy runs from rug to rug to get around but Abby takes her chances on all fours sliding out from under her.

Remy and his bridge to the ottoman. Abby squats like this to chew on her bone.

Abby in the car, half in the back seat, half in the cargo area.

The Roomba

2007-11-21T11:38:00.001-06:00

For Keisha: We got the Scooba first and Remy didn't like it. Neither of them has attacked it or anything, they just see them as an inconvience.

Remy checking out the Scooba when we first got it.

The Roomba chasing Abby while she's just wanting to chew on her bone.

Denver

2007-11-18T18:42:00.000-06:00

Matt had to go to Denver last week on a business trip. Wish I could have gone too, but it's not close to where B lives. I caught everyone asleep on the sofa when I got up this morning. This is how Abby always tries to lay there with us. Remy's up there too, just down by Matt's feet. I really don't like them up there but they are good, and sometimes it's the only way we get any rest.

My Roomba just got tangled up in some cords under the bed. Matt had to rescue him.

While we're talking about the Roomba...we also have the Scooba, which is the one that mops. I highly recommend both but like the Scooba better since I hate to mop and it does such a better job than me anyway. Apparently, you can also hack the Roomba and drive it with the Wii remote or your laptop. Matt is just waiting for the day for one of them to quit working so he can make a Battlebot.

And life would be so much more difficult with out the Tivo. We have two, they are on wireless and can "talk" to each other as well as our computers. SOOOOOO much better than the Cox DVR. Just get Matt started talking about the Tivo!

The Cat

2007-11-13T17:39:00.000-06:00

I came home for lunch today and Abby went outside to explore the backyard. It was only a few minutes until I heard this terrible bark/howl noise. Rem and I went to check it out and she was chasing a cat around the backyard. Remy got it cornered and had it pinned against the fence. I kept trying to distract the dogs long enough for the cat to get head start, so I'm yelling at them and flapping my arms and after the cat got away, I noticed the neighbors were working on their covered patio and saw the whole thing from their roof. Nothing like making a fool out of yourself in the backyard in heels.

Throughout the entire ordeal, I'm thinking two things, first, if one of them gets it in their mouth, how will I get it away from them? I've felt the wrath of those jaws, when I got involved in their fight over who got to lick the ice cream bowl last spring, I don't recommend it. And second, what am I going to do with the body? I told Matt this would happen when he taught them to chase cats.

Good thing that's a 6' fence.

Here's Abby and Remy making sure it's gone.

The only injury I found was a small scratch over Remy's right eye.

And I though it would be boring week with nothing to write about.

Fall Leaves

2007-11-12T19:37:00.001-06:00

I can't believe how colorful our little tree in the backyard is this year.

My dream last night.

2007-11-09T11:31:00.000-06:00

I had a dream last night that the state of Missouri decided that diplomas from McDonald County High School weren't valid because the level of education was so poor. I had to go back to high school...in my late 20's...even after I had graduated college. So, I guess it was more of a nightmare than a dream.

"I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight".

2007-11-08T18:52:00.000-06:00

Or so Emily says in The Devil Wears Prada. And it nearly proved to be true. It all started last Thursday evening with another migraine, which is why we didn't make it to life group, sorry guys, missed you bunches. Went to the Dr. on Friday because with this one, I was having problems with my language and speech, which is apparently a symptom I didn't know about, but freaky anyway. Sore throat on Friday night, cough on Saturday and Sunday after church I felt really bad. We stopped at the grand opening of TJ Maxx and with all the people and the way I felt, we just left. I didn't even feel like shopping. Missed work Monday and Tuesday from what I guess was the flu. And today it seems like I have some allergy thing. I'm ready to feel normal again. The dogs liked have me home earlier this week. When I sick, they get to lay in bed with me. That's a lot a weim in the bed.

Ouch!!

2007-10-31T20:17:00.000-05:00

Today while I was home for lunch I was picking up the bathroom rugs to wash them. Abby was helping and we hit heads. I don't think it hurt her but I went back to work with a big red bump over my right eyebrow. It's not as large now, but it still hurt.

Abby gets blamed for everything, we think she could have been the second shooter on the grassy knoll. Poor Abby, it'ruff being a Weim.

We stayed home tonight and tried to avoid trick or treaters. It's not that I don't like giving out candy, it's just that's it's too difficult to try and open the door with two curious dogs. We were pretty successful, the door bell only rang once and it was still light enough where you couldn't tell if the porch light was off or on.

Judge Judy

2007-10-29T19:21:00.001-05:00

Today was first first day of being down to only one job. I came home after work at JB but the morning was wondering "What does one do when they get home from work at 4pm" The answer: Watch Judge Judy...or watch however much you can tolerate, anyway. She is a hoot. Today, she was using "Beauty fades, but dumb is forever" Cute...and true. But I'm so not making a habit out of watching this.

There's No Place Like Home...

2007-10-28T20:48:00.000-05:00

Matt's mom got his sister a Boston Creme Pie for her birthday, she got it out and came in the living room to get everyone and Abby practice her counter surfing skills.

At least Nan got two. Happy Birthday, Mekelle!

Several times over the last few weeks, I've wondered why I have an SUV, oh right, for 9' palm trees and this black leather club chair I bought in Little Rock. Both dogs were able to come home, but the crate had to stay at the Yeager's. We'll get it next time. Abby wanted to ride on the roof rack but Remy wouldn't let her. Good to be home, even squeezed in a nap this afternoon, right, "squeezed" it in.

Pumpkin Patch

2007-10-27T19:50:00.000-05:00

We are at Matt's parents house this weekend. We left after work last night.

Here's Abby waiting for me to load the car. She decided to wear her new Old Navy Sweater for the trip.

The Reminator has taken refuge from our nephew Isaac in the closet at Matt's parents.

Isaac at the Pumkin Patch.

On the Hay Ride

Stupid, I know.

This chicken really likes Jason.

The Walmart Cake...

2007-10-24T20:48:00.000-05:00

I got this in an email from my friend Tiffany. I guess the folks at Centurytel in Little Rock should write down what they want it to say next time.

We had a "going away" party yesterday for a lady at our Little Rock claims office. One of the supervisors called a Wal-Mart and ordered the cake.
He told them to write:
"Best Wishes Suzanne" and underneath that write "We will miss you".

As the picture shows, it didn't quite turn out right. It was too funny not to keep it.

Beautiful. Just Beautiful.

Water Wings

2007-10-20T23:01:00.000-05:00

Michael requested some pics of Remy and his "water wings". Here ya go:

These were from Summer 2006, right before we got Abby. Remy loves to play in the water, especially at the river but he's not a graceful swimmer. When we went to Bob and Carol's house on the lake in Grove, they had a dog life jacket, so we put it on Remy since the water was so deep. He hated it. I think my mom has some of him actually in the water, so I'll ask her for those.

Eddie Bauer was having a great sale today. I got 2 sweaters and 2 shirts for the price of one sweater at regular price. Sweet!

I also went to Sam's Furniture because they were supposed to be having a big $2 million liquidation or something. I didn't see anything on sale from when I was there 3 weeks ago. It looks like they marked everything up, to mark it back down to the price they originally had on it. Yeah, big savings there. So, the drive down there and back is 30 mins of my life I won't ever get back.

Tonight we met some of the other couples from our Life Group at Fuddruckers for dinner. When we got there, there was a Ryder moving truck parked right in front of the place, taking several parking spaces, and not completely out of the road, plus a Ford Ranger that was taking up 4 spaces all on it's own. We left both of them notes on their cars, commenting on their parking and watched to see them go out. They were traveling together..imagine that...guess that inconsiderate apple didn't fall far from the tree.

Last night at the gym some lady in a Lincoln car pulled into the parking lot. My car is the only other one there, and there is a lot of space, she parked in two spaces right in front of the gym, the only business that was open at the time and took up several spots since it's easier to park parallel. What is wrong with people? There are a few weekends that I don't like living in NWA: Craft Fair weekend and Bikes Blues and BBQ. Traffic is just way out of hand.

Yea!! New Laptop

2007-10-19T22:39:00.000-05:00

Boo...bad wireless. If we could only have cables in every room so we could plug in to the internet, we'd at least have to wait for the coldest day of the year for Matt to get in the attic to run the cable.

I'm amazed at how much more tolerable Sam's Club is in the evenings. We went tonight and it wasn't too bad, we were there on Saturday afternoon two weeks ago and it was a nightmare.

Abby and Remy are wound up tonight. She keeps trying to steal his bone. Ahh, it's a dog's life. Remy doesn't really growl at her, but he makes this grumbling noise. When they play, he makes that howl/yawn/gargle sound. We'll have to get a clip of that to post.

So far this week....

2007-10-18T16:54:00.000-05:00

Wednesday I got a migraine at work and come home about 9:30. I was nauseous when I left and I barely made it home. I didn't make it inside. There's not many things more embarrassing than getting sick in your front yard in business clothes at 9:30 in morning. I was mortified. I hope no one was home to see me. Matt said he thinks the whale watching trip broke me, I haven't been the same since.

Other news: The laptop search continued these week. We ordered one from officedepot.com, Matt checked on it yesterday afternoon, it showed to be in Memphis but the were recalling it to the shipper. Apparently, Office Depot doesn't hire people who enter correct information in the computer because they got his name wrong, which caused our credit card company to reject the charge. And the got his phone number wrong so the couldn't call him back. Matt called them and complained about it, the dude insisted that it would all work out, billing probably wouldn't go through and to refuse the package when UPS delivered it. WRONG again, Sparky. Between last night and this morning, they got the charge to go through and it was out of delivery. FAN-TAB-U-LOUS. Especially since we ordered another one from NewEgg.com last night. (Once you know, you NewEgg). So, Matt called Office Depot again and complained, I think this is really funny because he is so laid back and non-confrontational. They weren't much help except telling us to reject it when it delivered. Matt called UPS, they were able to stop it and it's on it way back. I'm guessing their online endeavor is not what is keeping the company afloat.

This is ALMOST as good as the Walmart.com shelf ordeal I went through in May. First, Walmart.com shipped it to the wrong store. It ended up in Tulsa. The second time they shipped it, it was supposed to come straight to the house since it was there problem, UPS delivered it to Walmart DC in Bentonville, which was the "ship from" address. Matt had to track it down to some DC down the street from his office, so I finally got it. Who runs these online companies? A bunch of Monkeys?

Weekend--

2007-10-15T17:49:00.000-05:00

The weekends seem to go by so fast! Saturday night we had our friends Jon and Tiffany over for dinner. They brought their baby, who is 4 months old. She's getting so big. I can't believe it's already been 4 months. We are so thankful that Jon got a new job were he is home with the family more and
spend time with us, the best part!! ;-)

Tiffany and I. Remember...a friend helps you move...a good friend helps you move bodies.

What's an evening at our house without some Wii?

Abby loved the baby. Both of our dogs like kids really well.

Abby has also decided that she gets away with things if she's really cute and sweet. They aren't supposed to get on the furniture but she jumped up in the chair with me and I couldn't make her get right down, she had to get a hug.

On Sunday, We went to church and I drug Matt to Fayetteville with me to go shopping. We both needed new athletic shoes and I was on the look out for a new pair of pointy-toe black boots and some chocolate brown suede flats. Goody's was having an awesome sale and I got 4 new shirts and a gift for my mom for Christmas. Matt went with me to scope out some laptops since my dad sold mine for us last week. We were both getting really frustrated, and had decided on one last week, which is a huge ordeal within itself, with the specs he wants, and the weight requirements I want. We found one at Office Depot and were just going to order online, it was out of stock, chose another, so was it. Their website stinks. So, we picked one at Walmart, they were out at every store in Northwest Arkansas, of course. Matt ordered one on the phone with Office Depot today, thank goodness. I'm not sure if I could have handled too many more days of laptop shopping.

Think Pink

2007-10-13T11:20:00.000-05:00

I've been working on the Think Pink Women's Event at church. I worked with Genessa on the decorations, we hung pink daisies from the ceiling over the chocolate fountain tables and over the drink area, had lots of pink metallic candles on the tables and votives in the window sills. It really turned out cute. We had a great night, there are so many spectacular women in the church, I'm really glad to know them.

YUMMM!!! Chocolate. The food was great too.

Garaga Sale Mania

2007-10-06T20:49:00.000-05:00

Matt and I hit a couple of neighborhood garage sales this morning before I went to work at the gym, we so scored. He got a battery back up for the computer, which we needed, a microsoft steering wheel and pedals for driving/racing computer games, which he wanted (we ended up getting a truck driving game that afternoon, I'm going to learn to drive in Boston yet!) We got a rug for my dad's new shop, I got a super cute brand new-tags still attached jacket/blazer and we hit the jackpot at the last one we went to--brand new dog toys!! The were only a quarter each so we got the dogs several, the one below is one that releases food or treats when the roll it. Abby's got it figured out, and I'm sure Remy does too, but I think he realizes that as long as Abby is interested, he doesn't stand a chance.

I finally got a picture of Remy doing this. We call it his "worried ear" when he folds his ear back, does this this when he knows something is going on...like we're getting ready to leave that's not in our normal schedule.

Dunkin Donuts, the Starbucks of New England.

2007-10-04T11:33:00.000-05:00

I was amazed that there were so many Dunkin Donuts in New England, they were everywhere, much like Starbucks in Seattle. Since donuts are probably the most terrible food known to man, I was suprised that the majority of the population looked relatively normal for so many of these establishments. My thought is, does this:

Counteract this?:

You decide.

Vacation Photos 9-27

2007-09-30T23:16:00.000-05:00

We drove from Bar Harbor to Bangor on Thursday morning to get on the interstate back to Boston. This is a photo from along the way:

And what's a trip to Bangor without swinging by Stephen Kings house? He really lives here, it was easy to find after you google the address and have a gps. We didn't see him but there were cars in the drive way so they are probably still there, I read somewhere he and his wife go to Florida for the winter. There wasn't anything terribly creepy about the house, other than the italianate style and bats and spiders in the wrought iron fence. There were a lot of people driving by the day were there, so it's a stop you need to make if you ever visit Maine.

We drove back to Boston, and through Salem MA that afternoon. Nothing weird in Salem except their crappy and poorly planned streets and traffic flow. But I guess that's what happens when the town was settled in the 1600's. If I lived in Boston and had to deal with that train wreak of streets and traffic, I'd be grumpy and rude most of the time too.

Vacation Photos 9-26

2007-09-30T23:01:00.001-05:00

Whale watching. It didn't go well for me. If you ever go on one of these tours, here are my tips:

1. Don't take small children. They were sick before we ever left the bay.

2. If the captain announces that it was windy at sea the night before and waves are large and they give you the option of getting your money back or scheduling a later date, take his advice.

I did okay on the way out, but as soon as the boat stopped, I got really sick...or the Mary Kate and Ashley diet as we've been calling it. I don't ever remember feeling that bad in my life. I saw a whale 2 times and after that, lost interest. I had taken some dramamine, but it didn't work, Matt didn't take any and of course, he was fine. He got a lot of pictures for me to see later, I still really can't look at the pictures, it brings back too many bad memories. On the way back to Bar Harbor, they were playing some music and one song went something like:

Oh me, Oh my, I think I'm gonna die, I wish I had never taken this little excursion around the bay.

Over half the people on the watch got sick. Matt had to keep getting me more bags. The staff on the boat was great, though. Glad I don't have that job. The canceled the afternoon watch since ours was so rough.

Here's the before picture. I don't look too bad. We didn't take an after, thank goodness.

Whale.

That afternoon we went back to Acadia and saw the Bass Harbor Head Light.

Vacation Photos 9-25

2007-09-30T22:44:00.001-05:00

Bar Harbor from Cadillac Mtn. That's a cruise ship on the left. The have several that dock everyday. Matt was amazed by how geriatric they were and now isn't interested in ever going on a cruise. I have my own reasons for not wanting to go on a cruise... more on that later.

What a view.

Matt and I at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park.

Sand Beach.

The water was very, very cold.

Vacation Photos 9-24

2007-09-30T22:36:00.000-05:00

Pictures from the beach along Marginal Way in Ogunquit.

"That's not a bridge, those are termites holding hands."

If you look on the left side of the first photo of the bridge, you will see the white truck, aka, the crazy mailman in Funny Farm.

Wonder how you find a covered bridge in Maine that is off the beaten path? It's easy when your husband is a geek. Matt bought a GPS and the software from Delorme, I highly recommend this if you go on trip. It was awesome, saved us a ton of time and probably a lot of arguments.

Vacation Photos 9-23

2007-09-29T22:03:00.001-05:00

Sunday 9-23. We spent the night at the Puffin Inn, a cute B&B in Ogunquit ME.

The Nubble light house on Cape Neddick.

York Beach

Matt had some Lobster. Or Lobstah, whichever.

New Hampshire?!? Greetings from Lake Winnipesaukee. I just love the movie What About Bob.

I'M SAILING!