It's Pay Day!

Every Pay Day is a good day!

Today has been super busy at work. I couldn't even go to our Chamber luncheon today because we were too busy at work. It is ashame because I was getting a check and I think I came in 3rd for this weeks top producers so that usually means a little gift. None of us have ever won so I don't know what happens but hopefully I can get it next week.

I talked to mom and she and dad just left the house a little while ago. They came and checked on Rocky and Rafa since Lucas and I are both going to have a long day today. I am working an event until at least 6:00 but I'm hoping I have time to run home before I go to my tennis match at 7:30. Lucas is playing soccer until 7:30 or 8:00 then maybe he'll come by and watch the rest of my match. We'll see.

Last night we had a surprise. Lucas heard one of his old tennis friends was getting married so he called to congratulate him and found out he was actually in Huntsville visiting relatives. So his friend, Sam, came over to the house last night and had a beer while we caught up. It turns out, Sam is a rising musician and is in the works of getting signed by a record label. Awesome! I checked out his music on myspace and it is really good. Check it out for yourself: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=119556950

Like I said, I have a tennis match tonight at 7:30. If we win this match, we will be in second place. Our captain is trying to get us a wild card to go to state. However, I already signed up with the 4.5 team because I didn't think we would go to state. I am going to be in a predicament if we win and actually get a wild card. I would like to go to state as a 4.0 and win more matches. But I have more friends on the 4.5 team and would probably have a better time with them. I am just going to wait it out and see what happens. There is no point in getting worked up about it now when the future of our 4.0 team is uncertain. But I'm sorta hoping we don't get a wild card so I don't have to make this decision.

The dogs are doing well. We had a little scare yesterday and thought Rafa might be sick. He had a little green mucusy stuff coming out of his eye and his eye was a little swollen. I gave Rafa a bath and poured water over his face and eyes. It seemed to be getting progressively better and this morning he seemed back to his normal self. Mom didn't mention anything about his eye so I guess she didn't see anything out of the ordinary either. Rocky seems to be settling in, too. He seems more at home and at ease around us and Rafa. But I know he is going to be very excited to see his momma and poppa. We are over half way through our baby sitting!

Rocky Comes to Visit

I haven't written since Friday.... partly because I'm still in mourning over the braces but also because we got a new house guest on Saturday morning.... ROCKY!

Chris and Aida are in Bosnia visiting family so we offered to take care of Rocky so he doesn't have to stay in a kennel for so long. We are keeping Rocky Saturday to Saturday. Day 4 of 8..... almost half-way there.

Oh, boy.... this has been quite some time. Rocky is a handful. I am not use to having a big dog around and it changes everything. I am constantly bracing myself afraid that at any minute I'll be tackled to the ground by Rocky. But I do love him. A big problem is Rafa. He constantly wants to play with his cousin Rocky and won't take no for an answer. He'll climb on Rocky's back, hump Rocky's leg (should he even be humping at 3 months?), and eat Rocky's food. We are taking Rocky and Rafa on walks at night. Sunday night was Rafa's first walk. He did reallly well. I thought we'd have to carry him half way through but he just kept on chasing after Rocky the entire time. I have been walking Rocky in the morning right before I go to work. My hope is that this will tire him out and he won't mind being in his crate all day but I know he is excited when we get home and he can run and play in the yard. One nice thing about his crate is that it is a safe haven from Rafa (as long as he is locked in b/c Rafa loves laying in Rocky's crate).

Saturday was the annual Madison County Democratic Reunion. I brought Rafa with me and he played with lots of fellow Democrats (and 2 other Democratic dogs) while I worked the event. I also got some photos to put on the MCD website but I'll share a few with you:



And the best for last. My cute little boy:


Saturday night we went over to Lucas's boss's house. I met Chris and his girlfriend Brittney and some of their coworkers and friends. We had a great time and I really enjoyed meeting them. I hope we get to hang out more. I did get into a pretty heated political debate with one of the guys who was there. I kept trying to get out of it but everyone kept pushing us on. We had to settle our differences afterwards with a drink then take a friendly picture together. You can see here that I still haven't let it go. Also, here is a really good picture of Chris and Brittney.



Sunday was a little yucky outside but we did get a few things accomplished. I did our laundry then we hung up blinds in our living room. Yay! It looks so good.



I have had a busy week so far between Rocky and work and it is only Tuesday. Tomorrow is going to be an exceptionally busy day. We have our Chamber luncheon tomorrow. I have to help work an event for one of our clients from 4 to 6. I have a tennis match at 7:30. Lucas has soccer at 5:30. I might recruit mom to come check on Rafa and Rocky tomorrow afternoon. So mom, if you are reading this, thank you in advance. :)

The countdown begins....

14 Days.... May 9th

No Reason to Smile

Today is another busy day but I'll take time out to catch up the blog. I played doubles with Toy, Debbie, and Jill last night. Then Debbie, Andy, Lucas, and I went to eat dinner at Rosie's.... So Good! We just sat out on the patio and ate and had a margarita... it was very nice. I got home and read a little then we went to sleep.

With what is left of my short day I am going to try to get some more Chamber sponsorships. I looked on the campaign website to make sure some contracts that I had already submitted were turned in and guess what I saw.....


Yep... that's me. I don't know how I feel about having my picture up here. Anyway, I am now about $5000 away from the trip. I can smell the beach! I am going to work hard to get this $5000 but then I am going to try to help Jennifer make it, too. She normally helps all of us but I'll see what I can do.

Now onto the worst news EVER. Well, maybe not ever but it is pretty bad. I am getting braces. I am very upset about this. VERY. I have my appointment at 3:30 today to get the xrays and impressions taken. I should set up the appointment to get them put on, too, so I'll know this afternoon when the humiliation will begin. The dentist guessed that I'll be in braces for about a year. This will be a horrible year... but at least I'll get them on and then be done. I'd rather have braces at 23 than at 30 or 35 with kids.
I'll let you know how it goes... I'm expecting the very worst.

Busy Day

The day has slipped by and no time for posting. Not much new going on... I played tennis last night and won. Mom came to watch and brought our other wicker loveseat for the back porch. Lucas stayed the night in Indiana to help fix some part but it turns out it was fixed by the time he got there this morning so he is back in Huntsville now. I am going to play some doubles with Jill, Debbie, and someone else as soon as I leave work. Busy, busy, busy day at work.

Tomorrow is my dreaded dentist appointment... more on that tomorrow.

Yay, me!

I am now officially addicted to digital scrapbooking after only two days of researching and playing in my spare time. I need a Mac at home so I can do this on my off time but this is freaking amazing! And... I just finished my first page while I've been playing around. I knew with my wedding photos I had too many to decide which ones to use for one page so I went with our engagement photos since I was just playing around. Here is what I came up with...


So more scrapbooking projects in my future! I'm so excited! I've always loved scrapbooking but several things hold me back.

• It is expensive. You need papers, letters, word art, ribbon, accessories..... not to mention the cost of all the other things like binders, cutters, glue, etc.
• It takes up too much room. If you do invest in all of these supplies, where do you put them? I guess now we have an office I could make space but it is so much hassle. And every time you feel like scrapbooking you have to get out all the crap and make a huge mess. This way... no mess.
• Lack of talent. I think I'm pretty good on the computer (better than average, worst than most graphic designers) and in my mind I'm pretty creative. But when I sit down with paper, scissors and glue, the image in my head never quite comes out like I plan in reality. With a computer, however, I can get pretty close

Now, I can buy digital papers, fonts, and extras and I will always have them. Plus, I can change colors on many things and use them again in totally different ways. And even better... I can put these digital creations on here to share with you.

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As I was writing this I got a phone call from Lucas. He is in Kentucky right now and was supposed to be on his way back home. As he was leaving, he got a call from his boss to go back to Indiana to fix the same problems they had last week that they were fixing. So now he has to go to Indiana and stay the night there and probably won't be back until late tomorrow night or Friday night. Who knows. I had to help him find a Target so he can go buy clothes, toiletries, and, yes, more steel-toed boots. I think from now on whenever he goes out of town we'll fix him an overnight bag just to be safe. Unbelievable!

Another trip

Lucas just found out he will be going to Kentucky tomorrow for business. Trip #3 in week #4. Incredible!