my very first stitches...

I've made it 32 years without getting stitches, but today the streak was broken.

I had Kim, Jazmine and Bentley over this morning for a short visit this morning and Jazmine and Kota had a "tiff"... I got in the middle of it and now courtesy of my favorite Sharpei mix, I have 2 stitches in my left forearm. I am having pain all the way up to my shoulder. I passed out in the dining room and was out for about 2 minutes according to Kim. I got a tetnis shot, 2 stitches, pain meds and antibiotics.... And yet I'm at work now. Till midnight. Joy.

Ouch.

stupid dogs.

starting over...

I mailed off my application for the CWCCA again... since being advised they were having a meeting in January, I thought this might be a good time to get my app back into circulation... Let's see if anyone objects to my membership this time.... now that I've had a chance to be a big mouth ;-) In the reason why I wanted to be a member I stated " I wish to reinstate my membership that lapsed in 10/07. I wish to continue receiving the benefits of membership" :) I will kiss no one's boo-tay thank you :) "oooh please let me in your club.... " ha. If they deny me membership, well then? *shrug* Just means I have no by-laws by which to abide ;-) I doubt they'll deny me, but sometimes it's fun to think about the flip side of things :)
I shall keep you all posted... and I'm sure you all will see my name come through in the newsletter soon enough :)

first time in a year

I haven't been sick since last year at Christmas time.... I thought I was doing so well.... I'm fighting the good fight, but I think I'm slowly losing the battle.... Airborne couldn't catch it, and Theraflu is keeping it at bay right now.... but there is an underlying ICK.... you know that feeling.... that feeling of being borderline REALLY sick.... and wouldn't you know it, I have to work because I have no sick time... :( I'm tired and run down and groggy from Theraflu... but its the only thing that helps.... I can't believe I drove to work today.... don't remember it.... scary.

In the meantime Sis is a great love bug since her last cycle and the boys are romping like any good boys should. Kota is showing Chance in no uncertain terms that while Chance may be bigger, Kota is definitely ruling the house with an iron paw. He's firm yet fair. They are LOVING their new house and their new yard. They spend more time in the yard than they EVER did at the other house, and they romp and roll in the grass and have a grand time. Now I feel bad for having not had grass before.

The lemon-house-from-hell saga continues... tho I haven't shared this publically up to this point... When I moved in the light in the master bedroom didnt' work. Not a major deal, toss a lamp in there and get it fixed when it can get fixed. Then the guest bathroom toilet wouldn't flush. Got a plumber out and he found an old cell phone battery in there! The built in microwave shoots sparks and flames (yes, seriously). The hand held sprayer on the kitchen sink broke (had stress fractures) and finally got that fixed on Christmas Eve. Now the silverware drawer broke last night. It seems that it never ends with this house. Add to this I'm missing screens on the sliding glass door and the master bedroom window. I heard the previous tenants trashed the place, but GOODNESS! So now i'm left to pick up the peices I guess. I like the house tho... and once all this piddly crap is taken care of, it'll be all that much better :)

Enough ranting for one night.... and since this has taken just shy of forever to get done, I will quit while I'm ahead. I got nice stacked pictures of Chance the other day... I'll post them another time :)

glowey eyes

I thought this was so funny.... if you look in the center of the front part of the picture, you'll see glowy eyes... that's Kota ;)
And here he is again, just a little closer up, modeling our yard decor that I found motivation to put out tonight ;-)

Being domestic tonight... making goodies to take to work this weekend...

you really must see this....

I elfed us...

I can't stop laughing....

the kids go to see Santa :)

We subjected Santa at PetSmart to the three kids... they were really well behaved.... I was SO impressed with them :) Didn't it turn out SO great? :)

I'm officially DONE

Done with my old house and can focus 100% on my new one.... now to see how badly they kill my deposits.... *sigh* Wish me luck. Thanks to Sedona for chewing part of the baseboard (see THIS post). I was able to get the piece from the builder, but I'm sure they'll nail me to the wall for labor... The only other thing they might hit me for is some damage to one of the slats of the vertical blinds (thanks Orion!)... Let's hope I get a GOOD chunk of money back.... too bad I won't get it before Christmas :( I could really use the money for Christmas shopping... Oh well.

Merry Christmas from the kids :)

the best news I've had in a really REALLY long time....

I got a call last week from a guy.... his name was Gabriel... he said he found my resume on Careerbuilder.com and was interested in talking to me. He was from a company called InSpeech. I figured he was calling about an IT position, so I called him back.

Long story short, he offered me a position to be a SPEECH LANGUAGE TECHNICIAN!!!!!! I can do therapy and all except supervise someone!!!!! In August I will start working in the schools here in my area as a speech therapist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I can't add enough exclamation points to get out how excited I am)

For those who may not know, I got my bachelors degree 12/13/97 in Speech Pathology & Audiology, but since I didn't get my Masters I couldnt' work. Well it seems that Arizona is one of THREE states in the Nation who will let Bachelors degreed folks work in schools with kids. I will have to get some observation hours in, and prove my degree and observation hours that I already have, but it shouldn't be an issue. We've already done the paperwork and I've accepted the salary offer they've given me.... :)

I'm finally going to get to do what I've wanted to do since 1993!!!!! :)

*happy dance*

art...

I've had a hard time finding something I *wanted* to put on my walls.... then Le'o pointed me in the direction of Art.com and I've been saving things to my "gallery" slowly but surely. I got an email the other day about getting 25% off through 12/10.

SO....

Rather than treat myself to a massage, I decided to treat myself to some art to put on my walls :)

This is one peice of a two peice collection, and in time, I will get the 2nd piece.... but as posters, they're really not all that expensive!! :)


This goes great with all of the colors in my house... the sage in the dining room, the maroon in the kitchen and the two shades of brown in the living room :) I can't wait to get it and put it up!! :) This peice, and it's match, were made by Eve Shpritser.

Thanks Le'o!!!

We're getting ready for Christmas....

The kids greet the Christmas holiday.... we put up the tree and some lights yesterday.... more to come....

rompin' in the new yard

a quick video of the kids playin' in their new yard :) Oh how happy they are :)

some pictures of the dogs....

So I went back to the old house today and finished emptying out the master bed and bath, the office, the living room, kitchen and pantry. That leaves only the guest bedroom and the garage for Friday. I just can't take any more right now. I'll empty those rooms out on Friday (the 7th) and then go back to clean on the 10th, 11th, and 12th. The Carpet will be cleaned on the 13th, and my walk through will be on the 14th. THEN I WILL BE DONE WITH THAT HOUSE!!!!
My feet ache, my body aches in ways it hasn't in years.... moving blows.

But on the upside, I have a great new house where I already feel at home (mostly because it's almost exactly the same!) with 95% of my junk :) Now to unpack and get things going here. I took a break after the last load and sat outside with the dogs in their new yard....

Kota REALLY approves of the grass in the new yard :)

Sedona and Dakota were romping like kids... rolling in the grass, tackling each other :) Play I hadn't seen outside in a long time.... probably because it HURT to play that way at the other house... :( Now I feel bad :(

And the Piece de Resistance... :) All three enjoying their new grass :) Happy puppies, all three :) Still figuring out where crates and dog beds will go in the new joint, but we'll get it all worked out :) They love having a bigger kitchen to lay in and won't they be surprised when there aren't boxes every where.... to find they have a bigger HOUSE to run and frolic in :)

And now for some unpacking... *ugh*

a new house for us...

We're in the new house and this is my first official blog from the new house :) MOST of our stuff is here tho there are still some things in the old house... including hot water, which is NOT in our new house (yet). I had to pack up and go back to the other house for a shower tonight. Why do showers feel SO MUCH BETTER after you've been moving all day? ;-) The couch is cleaned off, the TV and Tivo are set up and internet is up.... bed is made too :) All the important parts. I'll be taking pictures tomorrow hopefully, once some things are put away... it's pretty wild right now and OH my gosh the disaster in the other house... *whew*
So for tonight, I say goodnight... more tomorrow :)