Young and Married... What could go wrong?

xmas preview

2011-12-23T11:00:00.000-08:00

Thought I would post a couple spoilers... yeah no i just wanted to take another crack at posting pics :)Sneak peak at a certain something I made for someone blonde

A Poppy Bob special :)

a new pattern that I'm hoping turns out like I want otherwise I'm going to owe a certain crochet buddy a new handmade item

Still in the works obviously... I'm hoping it will get done in time for Poppy Bob to take it home....

That's all of the handmade goods for now... I really wanted to do more but there has not been enough time... you may see a few things pop up here before the big day but only if i have time...

Work Work Work Pt2

2011-12-13T05:12:00.000-08:00

Finals are here! I'm excited and stressed out at the exact same time... I made it and can focus on other things like christmas and not caring about school... but life would make sure that I didn't have a moments rest... I've just managed to replace one workload of worries with another... to demonstrate let me give you a glimpse of my xmas project list....
cabled gloves
knitted hat
tardis gloves
cabled hat
tiny puppy
knitted monkey
socks

The list progresses from there... and actually it is really nice cause the knitting doesn't stress me out the due date does... I wish I had known about some of this stuff a couple months back because then it would all be done by now... but in true beka form I couldn't make up my own mind about what i wanted to do when so here i am pretending that i've got it all under control... what i wouldn't give for a set of magical elves to do my bidding....

To a different subject... I joined a knitting group here... bunch of ladies that meet at aromas... and although they are all very very nice i'm starting to get the feeling that I am one of the more normal among them.... which is really strange given my scifi/comic book streak... although it could be that they are very normal and i'm just not used to that kind of person? I don't know whatever it is i'm a little baffled... oh and they are all obsessed with pintrest... i mean don't get me wrong pintrest is nice for inspiration but its very annoying otherwise because people do not consistently link their pics to the original pattern/instructions... but i'm starting to wonder if it is a generational thing cause even though i'm not that much younger than some of these women you would think they never blog surfed or even tried googling some of this stuff...

Work Work Work

2011-11-12T09:08:00.000-08:00

Lately I've felt like a need to find a hole to crawl in to shield me from the world... there is so much stress with school and life that sometimes i don't know how to tune it out... but I have managed to keep up with almost everything and I'm quickly approaching the time of year I have been dreading since August... signing up for next semester... I don't want to think about next semester... I don't even want to live in next semester... the good news is that I will only be taking three to four classes next semester (plus a lab) and they all land on MWF.... the bad news is I'm taking classes next semester and they make for some long days on Mon and Wed.... life seemed so much simpler when I worked retail... I went to work... I did the job... I collected a paycheck... but I know I need to finish this so off I go to register for classes that will cause me more stress next year....

On a different note... my bday is coming... I'm turning 25 and somehow that doesn't really bother me... see it's not the numbers that bother me... it's the feeling like life is passing me by and i'm missing all the best parts... I'm 25 and I haven't graduated school not even once... I have a husband who is the most amazing man I've ever met but have still managed to fail and giving him a family.... oh and I've got this weird body that sometimes decides it doesn't want to cooperate.... But I know my life is good... it's hard work but it's a good life

ok done being nostalgic... life is good and school is hard that's the bottom line... the rest just falls in all over the board... but maybe someday i'll get better at juggling it all lol

School Daze

2011-10-02T18:00:00.000-07:00

I'm back in school... and I'm exhausted all the time... i mean literally I go to class I come home and all I want to do is sleep.... but I can't sleep because I have homework and housework that is just piling up all around me.... although it probably does not help that I get up at the crack of dawn now when Joel gets up.... I can't really help it I have tried sleeping in but all I do is toss and turn until I finally get up... so I have given up and now I just get out of bed and do what I can until I can go to school...
Oh and I've gone back to drinking coffee every day... which isn't quite as hard on my stomach as I thought it would be... although I am improvising an espresso at the moment to make my own lattes... I am looking into an actual espresso machine but it will have to wait until my spare change isn't required for important things...
I am enjoying school and my classes and seeing people on a regular basis I am just.... so tired... all around tired thus the complaining.... oh well I carry on...

school

2011-08-04T11:14:00.000-07:00

School stinks... just when I thought it couldn't get more complicated it did... see my CLEP scores got send but only 2/3 of them... yay so I get to spend my afternoon trying to fix their stuff... again... grrr... good thing I'm already hiding out in my house...

Hubby update

2011-07-21T07:56:00.000-07:00

I've been running on a hormone high for about three days so this may be a bit more gush than I normally do but here goes... So Joel started his job on monday and by tuesday he came home in a suit with his badge holder and I couldn't have been more proud when he walked in that door he looked so professional and attractive (despite the fact that his suit is a little too big lol) I just couldn't believe that The Lord had blessed me with such a man.... but that's beside the point... like I said... hormone high... anyways Joel seems to be enjoying his job... he leaves early in the morning and comes back before 5pm which is nice for me... now if we could just start adding a paycheck to that equation and this would be amazing lol... I got registered for classes last week but so far have only been able to get two.... grr but I've got a couple irons in the fire that should get me at least two more... and i'm hoping to get an override from whoever is teaching physiology of exercise.... but we will see... so I guess pray for Joel to continue well in his job... and pray that I can get more classes... life... yay

House! Part 2

2011-05-15T04:20:00.000-07:00

We have a house! for real this time there is a house and it is all ours... or so says the signed paperwork... the apartment is beautiful... I'll add pics when I get all my stuff moved in... It has two bedrooms, a perfect kitchen with all new appliances, a giant living space, two giant bathrooms, and a dining room, plus a full sized washer and dryer... am I in heaven? why yes I am... One downside to everything... we have to give the pets away... but the Lord seems to be providing for that... I have an incredible woman that emailed me about Alice the bunny yesterday... she supposedly has a garden with a play area for her to run around in so I will probably go see for myself today or tomorrow... Justin Maynard is helping us move all of our stuff which is amazing of him... and we plan to have it at least most moved by today or monday... but for now i'm starving so i'm off to my local coffee shop (which is INCREDIBLE by the way) :)

House!

2011-05-11T19:09:00.000-07:00

Yay I have a house... well sort of... I found an apartment that is gorgeous... It's a two bedroom at park place city center and we are just waiting for them to put our application through and if all goes well we will move in on sat yay!

housing update

2011-05-09T12:47:00.000-07:00

Housing update....

Just pulled up to the first house I was supposed to see with the relator.... I'm not living here.... the neighborhood could be worse but the house itself looks aweful... it's technically a townhouse but the outside is run down and the whole entire block looks like it needs someone to turn a firehose on it and just spray it all down to get it clean... I'll go see the inside but it would have to be one heck of a house for me to put an application in... and she said she had two applications already.... yeah... right... no one in their right mind would live here for the price they are asking.... i could go live in my old apartment in Chesapeake and Joel could drive to work and we would probably save money and it would be nicer... lol

So to sum up first house is a big fat NO!

Keep you posted...

Moving... Again

2011-04-28T09:20:00.000-07:00

We are moving.... again.... It seems like every time I turn around I'm packing boxes... I hate moving I always feel really disorganized and scattered... which I realize is my normal state of being but it irks me because I have to become organized and unscattered which is not my strong suite and I don't have any idea where to begin.... but it happens... little by little... all i can say is I'm not looking forward to doing this with little people in our house and all their little accoutrements.... but on the bright side we shouldn't be moving for a while again so that's exciting....

Today I'm trying to get myself together enough to have most of the house ready for when I leave... which is killing me... slowly killing me lol... I know this is what I signed up for but moving without my husband is crap.... and I'm totally over it lol

Ok enough of the pity party I get into annapolis on may 3rd and then we will be down into newport news by may 15th so if ppl want to know where we are that is all i have set in stone lol...

No Pressure...

2011-04-05T13:15:00.000-07:00

So a week or more ago I decided I was gonna get my act together and sell stuff on Etsy.... except here's the problem... I hate pressure... even if it's from myself... if someone tells me to do something (except for my lovely husband) I almost always run in the exact opposite direction...and what do you know this project is no different... I mean seriously I even have Leslie's bday present from two months ago still sitting in my living room and that's gotta be finished by the end of the month when I leave but have i worked on it? of course not... that would be giving into the man.... the point is that for the few weeks I have not touched my jewelery supplies... well uless you count my new shield bracelet which by the way turned out smashingly well...

The bracelet is buttons i found on etsy and hemp... I'm considering trying it with different buttons since this came out so well but this one was just to satisfy one of my random crafting cravings...I've also been crocheting cute little dudes like this....

He's husky out of one of my new books... it took me time to adjust the yarn size to the pattern but i finally figured it out...

The point of this rant is simple... pressure gets to me easily... even pressure I put on myself... so it may be a week or it may be three months before I get stuff out there... but it's cool people support me either way

Home Alone.... Again

2011-03-26T08:38:00.000-07:00

Well Joel left for a week in the field yesterday and he will be gone till next week sometime... which you know should make me really sad and stuff but all I can be is jealous cause I know they do lots of boring stuff in the field but I also happen to know that they get to shoot really cool guns.... which is just not fair...

Couple days ago Joel told me that by the end of the trip he would prob be rank first or second in his class... which is really cool... except it does nothing more for us than bragging rights... but I am proud of him anyways and I stick my tongue out at the army.... I mean you would think that they would be trolling places like this looking for good leaders to put in the fleet... I mean force? unit? brigade? oh well I may not know the correct army term but I'm learning fast.... I've already converted some of my lingo like "base" to "post" although my brain still sometimes has to take a minute to translate things... the other day a woman asked me if I lived on or off post and it took me a couple seconds to realize what she was asking me... I could almost see my brain cells scrambling around the insides of my head looking for the "navy to army" translation dictionary.... but back to the main point... you would think that the army would have scouts at these bases looking for capable leaders... I know that the program evaluates their leadership skills and abilities... no for real they get evaluated from time to time and get a score... the army purposefully rotates these boys through a schedule of leading the unit so that they can evaluate their leadership skills.... but then what? give them a score and say "good job son"... there has got to be a better plan than that at work.... or not who knows....

By the way my blog should get more pictures and things soon because I bought myself a nice little camera.... Joel gave me money from our tax refund to get a really nice one... so I got online and started looking and after about an hour i gave up and called Erin.... lol she patiently took me through what I probably wanted and what to look for which was really cool of her... so fairly soon you should be seeing pics of my house and my town... and some of my newer projects... although I've been toying with the idea of starting up a "beadingmonkey" blog where I can exclusively put up my crafts and things... I'm just not sure how much I wanna mix my personal life with my "business life" so i'm thinking about separating the two... but that's at least another week or two off and there will be a post here once i've gotten up the courage to get it up....

Goals

2011-03-17T09:22:00.000-07:00

So I've decided to quit hiding behind "it's not quite ready" and get some stuff up on etsy... so here are my goals for the next month or so....

1. Produce jewelry nice enough to sell
2. Take pictures and post on etsy
3. Do not get distracted by other projects
4. Do not get discouraged when people do not buy them
5. Continue to pretend like I can design and that I've got the talent to pull this off
6. Persevere to the end even if it does not come out like I envision

Pray please because I am my own worst critic and I have never felt like my stuff was ready but i'm never gonna know till I get it out there and see how people respond to it.... so just pray that I can persevere till I get some stuff on there...

Coming Home

2011-03-17T08:49:00.000-07:00

The Lord is faithful... that is what I have been reminded of constantly for the last two weeks.... The Lord is forever faithful to His children.... Not only did I see the Lord take care of a family that is very near and dear to my heart these last two weeks but I watched him take care of me in all the daily things... and He was gracious enough to keep me healthy so that I could have the pleasure to serve them... the Lord seems to have made it his personal mission to remind me that He is always faithful to us and I always love seeing it... many thanks to all the people who helped me this week and gave us a place to stay and just made my life easier in general.... Love you all...

This week

2011-03-05T17:19:00.001-08:00

This week I am back in Annapolis for a bit of time... I'm here helping some very very good friends of mine while they are caring for a dying family member... Grandmama is very sick and will soon join her Lord in heaven but for now she is here with us... So early this week my friend Leslie and I made the 16 hour drive out to Annapolis to care for the family... By the grace of God I have stayed fairly healthy this week... I had a small instance on Thur night where the toilet and I got friendly but other than that i've been ok which has been a blessing because I'm not sure if I could get it all done otherwise... but the point is pray for this family... watching a loved one die is hard at any age and this whole family is taking it very very hard... and I don't believe anyone was prepared for what they have gone through in the past few days... so lots of prayer for all of them and if you wouldn't mind slip one in for me too... because to be honest watching someone go through all of this is terrible too... Thanks to all :)

Here comes the train

2011-02-21T20:25:00.000-08:00

It's a good thing that I don't actually get to bed at a decent time these days because between my neighbor and the train that rumbles past my house and likes to blair his horn I would never sleep... I mean I sleep like the dead when I'm with Joel... In fact I've got a working theory that I catch up on all the sleep I lose during the week when he comes home on the weekends... but it's not like i'm sleeping when the train comes around at 10pm or when my neighbor comes home from work at 2am so I guess it's all good lol...

Enough complaining though... This week I've been back into the incredible land of jewelry... I discovered a place called Artfire.com which is not all that exciting if you've ever sniffed around Etsy.com but I have found that artfire is an incredible resource for craft supplies... I ordered colored wire there and am experimenting in jewelry land... so far I have cranked out three different bracelets that I am wearing around to see if the wire holds up as well as I'm hoping it will... the wire is actually aluminum which means its slightly more malleable than the stuff I normally work with... and by slightly I mean a lot... But it seems to be doing well so far and I'm not careful with my jewelry so...

I also found a website that lists a lot of different chain maille weaves... the site is extensive but the directions are difficult so I'm exploring the internet for better options... but I figure I can start with some basic weaves and see how they hold up then get more elaborate to set me apart from other crafters... but the switch has been nice... it made me remember why I loved jewelry and why I got into it... it's a good activity for an ADD person like me... good results quickly lol

I will try to post some stuff soon and if there are things ppl want let me know then you can test my materials for me :) I am always looking for new guinea pigs...

2011-02-07T05:38:00.000-08:00

Quick list of prayers....

That the Lord would direct us on where we need to be as far as a church goes...

That the car would either fix itself or I will be able to find a mechanic that doesn't give me the run around....

That my W2s will not get lost in the giant pit of life sucking that is gymboree...

That Joel will be safe in the field and me while i'm traveling this week...

Thanks all love you all

Samples Part 2

2011-02-03T11:34:00.000-08:00

Ok so sorry about the two separate postings but you wouldn't believe how hard it is to post more than one pic on here... i had worked on the last posting for about an hour and i got to my last two pics and managed to delete them so i just figured they would have their own posting... so this is the post to show you my two favorite pieces

This fairy was my first attempt at a fairy.... it is one of my favorite pieces cause all the colors came together perfectly and the whole thing just popped nicely.... you probably can't see it but i did this technique with both of the fairy's wings where I faded the color as i worked inward and it ended up looking awesome...

This design is my all time favorite... I found it at Urbanthreads and fell in love... the only thing that I think i will change on my own is the color... I mean don't get me wrong I love the color I used but I think I will also do a version with a red iridescent thread as well...

ok you've seen the stuff reviews please! I need all the feedback and inspiration and ideas I can get!

Samples : )

2011-02-03T11:01:00.000-08:00

Real quick I thought I would post some samples of my work so that you guys could see where I was coming from and the rut that I'm stuck in...

The first sample is just a fun little hedgehog that I found somewhere... I thought he was really fun and lovable so I whipped him out... he is a patch done on white fabric so all you have to do is peel the back off and iron him on... in the pick he is against a black background for contrast....

The next pic was my attempt at a rose pattern... the pattern itself was actually very pretty and elaborate but I managed to screw up the stitching so it ended up like this.... this sample was done on purple fabric and would have become a patch if I had managed to pull it off...

The next sample is my attempt at a chidren's design... now admittedly I killed this design the minute i put it on black fabric... i think my thought was the colors would really pop that way... but in general i'm not a huge fan but to be fair I am always my own worst critic so help me out... is it childish and fun enough? This design is also a patch mostly cause I wanted it to be really easy for the moms to get my designs on their kids clothes...

Ok... next one is my "monster latte" lol see what I did there? with the joke? cause he's a monster and he's holding a latte... ok i'm done anyways I believe I found this guy at Urbanthreads.com which has become one of my new best friends... i did him on black because i found this awesome pastel purple color and i wanted it to show but i feel like i killed the design yet again so.... but in general is he cute? is he the kind of thing I should be investing in?

Next comes my purple fairy... Now this was a second attempt at a fairy the first one I did was extremely colorful and bright and I went with different tones on this one and it may have come out muted.... interestingly enough this is one of the only designs that I wonder if I should have put onto black fabric... this design and the next one were both created as patches to test how well they would work and wash on clothes before I began selling them... they have stayed really nice so far....

What I'm up to...

2011-02-03T09:47:00.000-08:00

So I haven't posted in like two months but they were busy months and this is why my diary died out when I was a little kid... anyways so there is plenty going on in my life at the moment and by plenty i mean I'm stuck in the house all the time in a little backwoods hamlet that is two hours from any type of civilization.... but still i like it here it's cute and pretty most days I like having the time on my hands... Right now I've been working on several different craft venues... mostly cause my rampant ADD will not allow me to just focus on one... I'm turning out lots of little embroidered iron on patches which is a whole lot of fun but murder on my eyes... but that's why God created reading glasses lol... I bought myself an itty bitty sewing machine and and slowly working through a couple fabric projects... I've got a couple set of crocheted gloves in the works.... and various other yarn projects that haven't quite made it beyond conceptualization....

But this week oooh this week is cooking... I have discovered a treasure trove of dairy free recipes at the Whole Foods website which I am really excited to try along with several other recipes that are not as dairy free but that's ok cause their not really for me anyways... the only problem I'm coming across is that for most of the week I'm all alone in my house and I mean I can put away some food when I want to but I'm finding that when I'm alone I really don't eat as much... Now on the weekends when Joel comes home food disappears faster than I can replace it.... I think it is all the extra training he is doing... or maybe it's just that he has to eat at the mess hall during the week... but I don't remember him putting away this much food on a regular basis...

Anyways the point is that cooking is my project this week... But I was hoping people would leave me ideas for other projects either here or on my facebook... the projects can be anything from patches to jewelry to crocheted things... i just need.... inspiration... so that's the cry for help... inspiration!

2010-11-18T05:44:00.000-08:00

You know i've been so busy with christmas stuff that I had totally forgotten I even had a blog... so life is nuts... I recently figured out i'm lactose intolerant.... yeah that's a good one... do you know how much more complicated it is to cook when you can't eat milk or cheese? Luckily butter is pretty safe so I can still bake but i'm deff not slathering down my bagel... I've mostly discovered that milk is bad so is cheese and everything else kinda falls in between... gotta love that discovery period though... I basically eat things and see if they make me wanna puke.... yay.... it's not so bad though... except I cannot eat ice cream or chocolate... well chocolate I can handle in small doses if there is tea involved... but I don't usually try it unless i'm really desperate... the good news is I can drink coffee again and since my creamer is lactose free I can wake up every morning to a perfect cup of joe with that nice winter peppermint mocha flavor :).... joel has been quite the trooper... he is rolling with the punches as best he can while I try to adjust to all this... but it is getting better and i'm excited for that...

We are still waiting forour date to training in January... apparently no one bothered to tell Joel we were only on the waiting list for this thing and not actually in it until about a month ago... yeah that's an interesting story but what is really interesting is that Joel finally told me what I thought I had been asking for months... Yes we can go active duty at the end of training but he has to be top of his class... apparently only the top couple people get to go active duty... barring that we could come home and get a job with the newport news police... oh but here's the kicker... they won't make him a job offer till he gets back... lol so my life is a swirling maze of mystery at the moment... but The Lord will provide and we will come through in the end so i'm really not that worried... I'm mostly laughing at this point... cause you know everytime we seem to kinda get comfortable withlife The Lord hands us a new curveball and says "Here this is so you will remember that I am in control and that I will take car of you. Remember that and you will be fine."

You know two weeks ago in church we had some people get up and talk about how much they had sacrificed in the last few months and how they had become so dependent on The Lord and how this transformation had lead them to give up tv and all these other things... and I really just... it upset me a little because I felt like it wasn't totally about the Lord... it was a grab for attention it was a "Oh look how much we have given up because the Lord wants us too"... now granted I have my own issues with the people in that church... mostly because... and I can't believe i'm going to say this but .... they are too toucy feely... don't get me wrong the teaching is solid but the people just really irk me sometimes... we had some woman quote "the message" in the middle of the service the other day and that just really bugged me... and so I sit here trying not to have a bad attitude about the people of this church because I know i'm spoiled and I need to learn to compromise but is it really a compromise worth having if it takes me to a place where fellowship is not all about God? oh well something to ponder over

Stencils

2010-09-05T06:35:00.000-07:00

Iv discovered stenciling... not in the way your thinking though.... iv begun making my own stencils for shirts... I managed to aquire the equivalent of a reusable fabric spray painter which I am extremely excited about... I finished my first design yesterday and it was decent... really the biggest challenge is coming up with designs and begin able to find pictures you can work with on the interweb...

The other project that i've been working on is my costume for ren fest... some of you guys know me and a group of friends go to the maryland renaissance festival every year... several years ago we began going in costume and this year is no different... we've decided to go steampunk... which is like if you stick space cowboys and the victorian era and airship pirates and lots of creativity all in a box and shook them up... you would get steampunk... I'm pretty sure i've figured out my costume if I manage to put out a decent model I will take a pic....

Jobs etc

2010-08-11T07:15:00.000-07:00

Life is alright... lol life is alright... Joel has a lot of night shifts right now... so he stays out all night and then comes home and sleeps... which is ok cause it means we can pay all the bills and both of us are alright with that right now... we are both hopeful that he will manage to land a manager position at his job... His boss seems to like him very much so as soon as he can get firearm certified i think he may be moving up in the world *squee*... In other news Joel's appointment to test for the police academy has been postponed and he hears that the department is getting a lot of cutbacks so this job may be what we are coming back to after training... but if he gets the promotion we will not have to worry too much... the Lord is providing and I am just very grateful...

2010-07-30T13:25:00.000-07:00

God is so good! not only has He provided and well paying job for Joel but He provided a beautiful house for us to live in! well an apt anyways lol I love it and I'm so happy to be moving out of Larchmont I could just sing. Joel's job is great, he is working as a security officer... on a bike lol but he seems to enjoy it and apparently he could come back and work for them while he is a police officer to earn extra money if we need it! The apt is beautiful and it's two bedrooms and it's in Chesapeake which means we are about five minutes from the church and we can be more involved and i'm just way way excited. oh and there is a DISHWASHER!!!!!!! I don't think i've ever been so excited about one lone appliance in my entire life lol...

2010-07-21T07:08:00.000-07:00

Ok so I know I stink at keeping up with this thing... I just kinda feel like there's no reason to post unless there is something going on... and in this thing I try to focus on the positive as much as possible... so... positive things in my life... I have a husband who loves me... a job... and a set of adorable pets... lol I know that sounds stupid but i've been trying to focus on all the positive little things in my life lately since our life has become what most people would call challenging... but really in the end I know that the Lord will provide something for us... he brought along a job opportunity just the other day and it looks like we just might get it... it's not perfect or anything... in fact its crappy hours for crappy pay... but that's ok because it is something... a stable job that will provide us with a stable home lol that isn't covered in mold and put food on the table... see I know the Lord is working things out because not only did He bring this job along but he has also made the apartment people desperate enough to hold our apartment for far longer then they should have... part of this new job is that I won't be going to school this semester, mostly because I need to get a job too in order to help out... but that's ok because I know that's the Lord's plan... and seriously who is better at planning life than God? not me that's for sure... so for all you guys who have been praying for us thank you and don't stop... Joel and I need all the prayer we can get lol

2010-07-06T07:24:00.000-07:00

life is all about choices and right now there are a lot of choices for me to make... do i want to finish school... do i want to start a family... do i want to switch majors... do i want to move again... do i want chicken or beef for dinner... life is full of choices and some days they just seem to overwhelm me... choices choices choices... but choices are what make up our lives... the ability to make a choice isn't always a good thing... i always seem to waffle a lot between different choices forever.... but this time around i had a wonderful helpful man to help me out... dancing around decisions with Joel was interesting... do we do this... do we do that... I just have faith that the Lord will work it out... I'm glad he's there to watch over me...

Puppy

2010-06-03T19:47:00.001-07:00

this is Bella... i want bella to be my puppy... alas i cannot afford her... not yet anyways... joel promised if he gets a steady paying job we would find a way to put up the money to get her... it makes me sad because she wont be around forever and i want bella to be my puppy... what they say is true as soon as its got a name u get attached... *sad face*
I've decided i want a puppy... i found the perfect breed for me too its an ori pei.... its a pug sharpei mix which means its still adorable but it also is bigger than a pug... i found my puppy and she is adorable

2010-05-23T06:00:00.000-07:00

so little update... i still have my job... i had to drop my summer classes due to my job constantly making me late to class despite my best efforts... joel has a job... he works for a sports marketing something or other... he basically sells tickets/sports packages/fun time packages to people... does he work on commission you might ask... well yes he does... sort of... see the company he works for likes to give some security to they are paying him a base pay of 1500 a month until he can sell consistently enough that they know he wont bomb out.... so far he is really good at it apprently... its not his dream... but he doesn't hate it... and he gets adorably excited when he has had a good day... i had my first roller derby bout last night... i played quite a bit and was jammer for two jams... we kicked butt at an awesome score of 219 to 81 lol... i got to jam for two jams... scored some points and got clocked in the face... but in the end i think it brought me that much closer to the team cause everyone was mad for me lol... all in all we are doing alright... we get to move out in about a month which is great because i swear if i find any more of my possessions with mold on them i'm gonna scream bloody murder lol... i guess just stay tuned :)

2010-05-05T15:26:00.000-07:00

ok so long time lots to say... in a nut shell... finals are done and i managed to pull all A's and B's yay go me... although truth be told there are lots of props to go out to my gorgeous husband who encouraged me every step of the way... i quit my job at gymboree mostly because my boss was a lazy control freak who didn't know what she was doing and was talking about me behind my back... plus i got yelled at twice and no one really cared enough to fix it so... yeah last day is wed... and derby is kicking my butt... and my back ... and my hips... lol but interestingly enough... its ok... i'm doing alright and i'm not upset or bitter or angry at anyone... and to be honest i think that is all the Lord... yep so that's my life for right now... i'll try to keep you all updated

2010-03-25T05:19:00.000-07:00

So lately my life has been one giant event... like i'm talking one thing after another... iv got a new boss at work who is amazing but needs an assistant manager badly because she doesn't always know when to say done... and as much as i love her i've had to boot her out of the store on multiple occasions just so she can go home and rest... despite my efforts she is a little burned out and i'm trying to come along and pick up the pieces... which is cutting into my derby life and seeing joel... and you know i'm just not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel yet... as per my usual i'm going about all my stress relieving activities (putting off homework, clothes shopping for children that aren't mine, and trying to buy small animals) but there isn't a lot of help for me these days and i'm starting to wonder if it will ever end... this month and next promised to be such a good time and now it is turning into a disaster... I was supposed to bougt twice next month and now i am no longer eligable for either one which makes me epically sad and i realize thats life but... can't i live the dream for just a little bit? anyways the upside is i'm making a TON of money... enough to finance a new wardrobe for both me and four small children and two big ones lol... anyways if y'all could pray for me that would be nice... i feel like there is a lot and sometimes i feel like i never see joel anymore but i know it will end i just need to keep up the good work on all the improtant things... yay... why does being an adult have to stink?

2010-03-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

so quick little ditty here... Lips called yesterday... no her name is not actually Lips her derby name is Thunderlips I believe her real name is Maggie.... but since i'v only had like one "real name" introduction and everyone always goes by their derby name I know her best as Lips... anyways Lips called and told me they want me to start playing for the ALL STARS!!!! exciting stuff... apparently i'm gonna do some double duty for a bit for both the stars and the stripes till they can groom some of the new freshmeat to fill in the positions of the ppl who will be moving up to the stars... my first couple bougts are in NC but if we end up traveling to play DC Rollergirls i'll let everyone know :)

2010-03-11T08:16:00.001-08:00

so since i offically passed my eval for derby and became "cheeky monkey" i've gained the status of "rotten meat" lol which is but one step above "fresh meat"... the perks? i get to go to better practices and i'm on the B team the "all stripes"... yeah i think the name is semi lame too but whateves... downside is that i'm still used as the beater skater lol apparently that is my lot in life... but i still love it lol and our first game will be april 18 in Raleigh yay lol...

got a new boss at work too... she is cool very down to earth and hard working... expects a lot out of ppl but still likes to have fun and is very encouraging... ppl seem to be accepting her for the most part and i think i will enjoy working for her....

school is better lol i decided to ignore the children in my classrooms and be the grownup even if it means putting up with crap... apparently i'm not the only one frustrated with these girls... even the teachers are a bit frustrated and that makes me feel better... school is ok for the most part... still very easy assignments but i found the kicker because the assignments are so easy its harder to nit pick them appart so its easier to lose points... yay

anyways in general my life is good... working schooling sleeping derbying... thats my life

2010-01-29T15:16:00.000-08:00

people frustrate me... not only am i in a class that is composed mostly of children that looked like they just stepped out of high school... but i have to put up with teammates who acts like they are still in high school... i know i should be sort of expecting this in a 200 level course but really? grow up children... so heres the situation... i have two classes with Mr. Knott and he has divided us into six teams within each class... as the semester progresses we will be learning different sports and competing "as a team"... now this isn't really as much of a problem in my individual sports class... since we only really have to practice as a team... which is frustrating enough when one of your team members decides she is too good to either practice with you or talk to you because your not some stupid jock on a varsity sports team... but to top it off you have ppl in the team sports class who don't even try, or in some ppls case don't even want to acknowledge the rest of our existence, and that is just frustrating because it makes it that much harder on the rest of us... to top it all off you have a showboating soccer player who wont play by the rules and was about this close to eating dirt cause i'd had enough... sheesh i realize that ppl are in class and they think its whatever but if your on a team at least try because your not only killing yourself your killing the rest of us... so tuesday i get blown off and basically called things i can't repeat and thursday i get treated like a high school outcast... are you kidding me? i wonder if some ppl could grow up just a little to make the rest of our lives easier and to make it at least semi pleasant to go to class...

2010-01-21T21:12:00.000-08:00

Well I got my eval for derby and I PASSED! yay i am now Cheeky Monkey and i'm totally stoked... joel and i are getting used to our new schedule which includes 11pm practices and 8 am classes... it is interesting but we have been able to work it out so far... it should be a good year though... classes are nice and i'm enjoying that...

2010-01-05T18:25:00.000-08:00

so in the last five weeks i have been through finals, acquired a second older guinea pig named lenny, been to christmas at my parents house, and finally made it back just in time to start school once more... finals were a breeze mostly cause they were nonexistent... christmas was wonderful and we had so much fun.... we took the piggies with us which was no small task since Moe had a fungal infection... oh sheesh let me tell you about this thing... the poor baby was so miserable but the third day of having this thing and i was at my wits end as to what to do... i had a pretty good idea of what it was but having never done this before i worried to no end then finally took him in to the vet... who told me what i already knew but did manage to give me a lotion/medicine that healed him up nicely... but long story short Moe couldn't live with Lenny because fungal infections are contagious so they have to live in two separate cages for the trip... which is a minor inconvenience to say the least... but it was totally worth it to see Grace and Cami attach themselves to my babies... every morning when i came downstairs from my room Cami would ask if we could "do feed the dinny pihs Wenny and Moe" lol she was so cute i thought she would be really scared of them but it was adorable... we had a great time while we were there and everyone was incredibly generous to us... thak you all by the way... school starts on mon so we will see what the year holds...yay

2009-11-29T19:18:00.000-08:00

I have a guinea pig!!!! i'm so excited!!! his name is moe and he is adorable!! you should all go to my facebook page and see him i have a couple pictures up... today was my first day as a sales associate... and it was not my greatest day but i'm hoping it will get better... i hope

2009-11-24T05:27:00.000-08:00

So we spent the weekend in Annapolis for a conference on marraige... it was great Paul Tripp is hilarious and did a great job... we came back all too soon for my liking but we had to... i'v finally made some progress on the mold... i bought a bleach cleaner for the bathroom and it killed it quick so iv been bleaching any sign of mold i find wihin the house... i get such pleasure from watching it die its probably wrong... but it seems to be doing the trick which is what counts... angie informed me yesterday that she had a sales lead to replace me which i wasn't aware that she was still looking but i think i'm happy she did... with the holidays coming i should have enough hours to be able to make enough money and now i won't have the responsibility and i wont have to deal with ppl calling me in... so good things i guess... anyways we are headed to Joels house for thanksgiving and i'm planning on cooking somethings which will be cool... then comes black friday which will probably be a teribble day however its a necessary evil i guess... anyways i'm sure there will be many stories from that day... oh and by the way as far as classes go i managed to get only one but i might get an override for the other two i want the prof is considering it and she will be letting me know soon...

the rain rain rain came down down down

2009-11-12T07:34:00.000-08:00

ok so we are flooded in it's hilarious i tried to go to work this morning and spent a half an hour trying to find a way that wasn't completely flooded out... we didn't succeed lol and i ended up not going to work... david picked us up and took us to the boys house in his SUV... so now we are just chilling and whatnot... Blair said th high tide is supposed to be just two inches lower than katrina... which is just awesome... i'm hoping this gets joel out of ROTC training this weekend... but iv never been so lucky...

2009-11-05T05:05:00.000-08:00

well halloween was extremely boring i had to work and then we got all dressed up only to have everyone ditch us... we had set up to meet up with jordan and his posse after we got dressed and then go dancing as joel's exroomates house... but the group that jordan was with overruled his and decided to go somewhere else... whatever lol i was just peeved cause it took me forever to paint the upper half of joels body silver... oh yeah he was colossus from xmen and i was rogue... colossus is all metal and really strong so i painted joel all metallicy and silver lol it was fun...

katie asked me about the latest from my work the other day so here it is... i am still a shift manager only because we couldn't switch me until next week... but this week angie texted me and asked if i could stay shift manager a little longer basicaly cause she didn't have anyone to replace me... in exchange she said she would give me set days... so i texted back and said i didn't need set days but a set time to come in and if she could give me that then i would stay shift manager as long as she wanted me... see angie is nice and i like her and she doesn't try to bulldoze me so i try to accomodate her more... kate asked if that meant they could still call me in... yes they can but the difference is i can say no and i prob will if blair calls... just saying it pays to be nice to your ppl... anyways bottom line is ill get what i wanted in the first place and they will also know i'm serious about dropping down in the middle of the holiday if they don't treat me well...

i had roller derby last night and it was lots of fun... because i'm freshmeat i'm still doing all the falling drills and crossovers and basics like that... its really not bad i just got stuck in a group that was really really slow so i felt like it wasn't as good a workout as i should have got... but hopefully once they kind of get a feel of where ppl are skillwise they will be able to make a group that i am better suited to... but overall i had a ton on fun

2009-11-02T05:35:00.000-08:00

First day of roller derby was awesome! my left leg was very angry at me and my feet killed but it was so much fun! these girls are really serious which is good cause it means i will get wooped into shape like i had hoped but it's also gonna be interesting cause they have money for equipment and crap that i don't so... yeah anyways i've been airing the house and burning candles to get rid of the humidity... i'm hoping that will stave off the mold a little so that i can have my house back... yay

2009-11-01T04:45:00.000-08:00

Had a good time for halloween... didn't get to hand out candy much to my overwhelming disappointment no young children showed up at our door to squeel over my oh so cool transformer and tinkerbell candy... but we did paint joel entirely silver and spray paint my hair... yes loads of fun... anyways we got dumped last night by the ppl we were gonna go out with so around midnight we called it quits so that i would get enough sleep for practice... oh yeah forgot to mention... mom youll be so proud ;)... i'm trying out roller derby! i have a friend who just became part of the team and they were looking for ppl so i decided to try it out... i'm stoked! anyways practice boot camp thingy is today so i needed my rest so we came home cleaned up and went to bed... I woke up promptly at 630... which makes no sense to me whatsoever but i couldn't fall back asleep so here i am... telling you all about the fun we didn't have and oh yes the mold that is trying to eat our house... yesterday i descovered mold trying to eat joels desk which was slightly disturbing but not quite as bad as the rest of the mold that i found all over the house... so i called dad and talked to him about probable cause and what to do about it... then i came home and decided that the mold is what is making me sick... so today i get to purgue my house of gross nastiness... yay i'm so excited lol

2009-10-28T06:52:00.000-07:00

yesterday I finally left my dooming note... lol no not really dooming I just left the note that told Angie and Blair that I would like to be dropped into a sales associate position... mostly because I had a conversation with Blair yesterday which started with "why didn't you take the two bags of trash out last night" and ended with "get a calander beka I handle all my hours and my families schedule and I do just fine"... the entir econversation was just basically telling me I was wrong and couldn't have the consistent hours that I had asked for... oh not to mention she basically told me she could replace me... I will spare you the gorey details but it was enough to send me over the edge and decide that if they felt like I wasn't important enough to even listen to or try to work something out instead of sit there and tell me what to do to fit into thier plans then I could be done working as a manager... I don't need this drama and with more classes next semester I really wont have the time or energy to deal with it... although as a side note Cali one of my coworkers told me Blair has lost a lot of good ppl because she likes to be in control and if she feels like she doesn't have control then she goes crazy... I don't doubt it... i've obviously seen it and so i'm ready to step down because I don't need it in my life... I went to the doctor yesterday because of a couple weird things and i'm wondering if it's not all stress caused by work... it's a thought anyways... the doctor hasn't found anything yet but everyone there seemed to get a big kick out of asking if i was pregnant and then rolling their eyes when i told them I wasn't on birth control lol... but the doc was nice

On a brighter note Joel got his unit set to Ft Eustis so he will start looking for jobs with the local police soon... he says he has looked into a bunch of departments but hasn't applied yet... which usually means he hasn't decided which one he wants more... he is plugging away at his school work like normal... haha I asked him if there was anything else he wanted me to say and he replied "that my muscles need a massage" lol so I guess I will go try to take care of that... oh on a side note Pres Obama came to our campus yesterday... which of course was a giant inconvenience for everyone but ppl really seemed excited so... the line for student tickets stretched over halfway around our stadium so yeah i mean ppl were excited

2009-10-20T06:47:00.001-07:00

So after a wonderful weekend at work i made calls to play and music to see if i could move over... i haven't had any calls back yet so i'll be calling again soon... but after dealing with a weekend of crappy stuff at work where my store manager decided to turn her phone off and let me deal with it i'm seriously done... so i guess i'll be making more calls to play and music... Joel is doing well though... he had drill this weekend and had a couple pt tests... which of course he did well on lol... he has rotc leadership commitments that has him evaluating other students... that apparently is going well... so pray that i keep my patience at work with the managment and with the customers... pray that I will have the opportunity to switch jobs... pray that joel will continue to do well with all his work... and that we will continue to grow as a couple...

Here we go

2009-10-13T06:28:00.000-07:00

So I decided to start blogging so that people in my life would know what was going on with us and so we wouldn't have to fit so much into a little phone call lol. Anyways here I am starting off... and here I am signing off because joel wants me to get showered so we can go find food in the grocery store... yay food!