Well...I havent had computer access at home in quite some time. I can hop on Chris' computer from time to time, but he works on that computer and I never have time to post. I have also decided to start posting in both this journal and my old journal again. I'm sure Chris' ex is no longer checking the old one and even if she is I dont care. More personal entries will only be posted in this one though.

Life is good. We had dinner with my mother and aunt this weekend. The decided that they had too many halloween decorations and gave us our pick of what we wanted. So we decorated the house and it looks adorable. We also picked out our pumpkins and I cannot wait to carve those babies! I got two for myself because I'm feeling ambitious this year. I am going to be equally as ambitious when I try to make pumpkin pie from scratch for the first time this year. Unfortunetely I wont have photos to post.... The camera I just bought a month ago is already MIA. I have no idea where it went, and it's really upsetting. Especially since I'm not completely convinced that it's not still around somewhere. I just cannot find it to save my life. I guess if I don't find it soon I will just have to chalk it up and buy a new one..again.

I have a week and half's worth of leave that I have to use or lose before next year. So my aunt and I are going to Paris in december. I am growing more and more excited by the day, and I can't wait to get everyones Christmas presents over there. I am trying to save atleast $1500 for spending money but we'll see how that goes. I need a new camera(dagger), uggs, and a winter coat. Chris and I also trying to get the basement furnished this winter so we enjoy the space and the fireplace. So furniture might win out the money war...

I am still loving my job. I can see myself here for a while. I like what I do, and I love everyone I work with. I will hopefully be posting again here soon...

Hey everyone...

I dont have computer access and I'm sure when I will... but I am alive, and I do miss reading about you are doing.

I will get my comp back soon. Until then just know I wish you well.

Hey all...

I havent had computer access in a long time, at home atleast anyways. Thanks Tanya for the nudge..

Things have been awesome. I got a new job working at an Investments company. It's awesome. I work as a title examiner in the settlement office. It's in the title industry which is really what I wanted to do. Also, I work with the coolest people and I can wear whatever I want to work everyday. I'm totally digging having weekends off, always getting off by 6, and of course making twice as much.


In other news the we got several more house projects knocked off the list. The hardwood floors finally were put in on the second floor! They look amazing and we are slowly but surely eradicating the green carpet. Next up the stairways and master bedrm. The basement has been recarpeted and painted. I am looking forward to when the entire house is done. Hopefully it will be completed by the end of next year.

I do mean to update more than I do. I just need to find the time. My home computer crashed during all those bad thunderstorms. And Chris got some new 3D modeling program called Zbrush that he is obsessed with. Which means I get about three minutes on the computer before he kicks me off to work.

Lizzie celebrated her first birthday!


Lizzie celebrated her first birthday!

I feel really good about life right now..

I had been dreading my birthday this year. I couldnt stand the thought of getting one year older, being 23 and not having a real job or a college education. But....I got the job at the investment company I had been hoping for! So this sunday when I turn 23 I don't have that hanging over my head. It feels soo soo good. I start July 13th. I am a little nervous but I know I have a strong work ethic and a good attitude, I truly believe that those qualities get you everywhere in life.

We leave for the cabin tomorrow after Chris gets off work. I am so excited. I took off all the way through the fourth. Not sure if we are staying up there the whole time but it's nice to know we have the option. There are going to be a lot of young people up there this time. That's always fun. Lizzie is also going! I have been so looking forward to an entire weekend with the cutie pie.

Last year I was at the cabin for my birthday and it was not a great time. Chris totally got me NOTHING. I mean not even a card. I almost dumped his ass. It was completely unacceptable after having dated for six months. He learned his lesson and made up for it at X-mas. I am just curious what this year holds. I am sure he will pleasantly surprise me.

I am really happy right now...

my adorable niece Lizzie...

I seriously hate being Italian when it comes to my eyebrows. I have to tweeze every day. I need laser hair removal.

I have wanted to update so many times recently but just couldn't. Things have been kinda busy lately. I dont think I ever posted about what Direct Tv did to Chris' basement. They drilled and subsequently put their wire through...our waste pipe. So there has been a whole in the pipe that takes all the dirty water out of the house leaking into the basement wall and we didnt even know it b/c it was behind this huge entertainment center. We started getting lots of flies and we couldnt understand where they were coming from b/c the house was clean. So for some reason Chris poked his head back there one day and saw it. We are currently seeking damages from direct tv. But the real point of this rant is that the basement needed to be gutted. That's one project we weren't planning on. I love that I get to design and decorate the house but it's been so much work lately. We cleaned out the garage and there was so much shit that it took us three days. But now it looks awesome. Well almost..there are finishing touches needed. There are finishing touches needed everywhere. After the basement is finished I am taking a break. Today I need to finish up painting all the trim and put together the futon. And tomorrow the new carpet goes in!!! Forest green hideousness gone!!

Chris has been working a lot on his website recently. It's not completely done yet but it's almost there. And it's awesome. It has graff and drawings from ten years ago. I love it. Check it out.

www.ChrisSpade.com

This weekend is Starscape! So excited. This will be the third year Wit and I have gone together which is awesome. And Chris is painting graff on the live wall so we get in for free..and without being searched which is awesome. And then next then next weekend is my birthday and July fourth weekend. Everyone is going to cabin and pitched in for a party boat. Deep Creak Lake here I come!

Hopefully I can get all the cleaning, most of the laundry and the trim done by three. Then I can go lay out by the pool if it's sunny enough..

I need to point some house pics soon..

I have so much awesome stuff going on in my life that I should be getting out of me and into my journal. I am just such a fucking wastoid. I need to cut back on how much I smoke.

Today has been horribly blah and my feelings mimic the weather. I have been taking program courses the last few weeks and I had one scheduled for today. I mean I should have known from the start...I left the directions to the place at home, and then it took me forever to find the damn place. It was so hidden, thank god for cell phones and my aunt. And then when I got into the classroom I realized that the dude who scheduled my classes botched it. I was one level ahead of what I supposed to be taking. I skimmed over the chapter topics from the class I was supposed to be in and it was all stuff I already knew, mainly for having taken excel courses before. I decided to hang around because of that, and the fact that it's SO hard for me to get off work. I have every confidence that with a different instructor I would have been able to jump right in and do fine. But she was horrible, I wasn't going to learn anything and it was a waste of my time so I left. It was doomed from the start.

I was hanging out with Wit until just a little while ago. I love that now lives minutes from me but I love even more that she is in a healthy positive relationship with a nice responsible person. She needed it and totally deserved it. I feel like we will be able to relate to each other even better now. Now she lives in Manass like me, and like me she is living with her boyfriend, one that has serious "the one" potential.

So many things have happened! I gave Speedy to Wit's boyfriend Gerald. He will be played with much more often over there, Gerald is a huge snake lover. And I'll still get to see Speedy so it's not upseting.




The best thing that has happened in my life recently was holding my niece Lizzie for the first time! She is my first neice and we have been waiting for her for so long! Shannon and Sean got back from adopting her in China a few weeks ago and last weekend they had a family bar-b-q for everyone to meet her. She is such an awesome baby. So much fun, not scared of anything, playful and loved everyone. Here is a link to her site if you want to check her out.
http://www.babyhomepages.net/lizzielink/index.php

The bar-b-q was such a great day for so many reasons. I think holding Lizzie really made Chris think about starting his own family. Everyone else left and it was just Chris, his sister,his mother and I. And then a lot of the conversation started to revolve around marriage. It feels so surreal to know that it's something Chris feels so confident about that he will talk about it around me. His mother and sister want him to propose, his mother was grilling me about what kind of ring I want and Shannon had me trying hers on. I know it's silly to be so retarded about this but I am just so happy, we are so in love, and I just want it to happen already. I want to get started on our life together. And every in both my family and his talk about it constantly, I couldn't forget about it if I wanted to.



All the pics are up on the mexico link except the dolphin ones. Here's the link again...


http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/plurgirl/random/


I have lots of decorating around the house. I will post pics soon!

Mexico....

I have been back for about two weeks but havent had the time to post any pictures or write about it. I have been working six days a week the last two weeks and in my free time I didnt feel like sitting down typing and uploading pics.

We had an awesome time in Puerto Vallarta! But how could we not in such a beautiful place. I was so impressed with everything I encountered there...The hotel was incredible, it was so big and modern. All inclusive is def the way to go if you can party hard with some drinks. It felt so weird to sit down to eat and just get up when you're done without whipping out your money. I got used to that really fast. :) The people of Puerto Vallarta were some of the most amazing people I have ever met. Everyone was so incredibly nice, warm, and gracious. I def have a much greater respect for the Mexican people having been on this trip. Not that I didnt have respect for them before, but I guess it would be like a foriegner going to New York versus South Carolina. The people of Puerto Vallarta were def a different breed from the ones in Cancun.
We had activities scheduled every day which kept us very busy, and by the end of the day very tired. We didnt stay up past 12 once the whole vacation. The sun just takes it out of you.

our schedule:

friday-fly in and eat dinner with his parents at hotel
saturday- explored the beach and the hotel, booked all of our excursions
sunday-swam with dolphins!
monday-scuba lessons and sunset cruise
tuesday-horseback riding through old Nuevo Vallarta
wednesday-atv tour through jungle
thursday-scuba diving in Las Caletas
friday-flew home!


It was just so wonderful. I was nervous that Chris and I might fight the whole time, it was our first trip together and sometimes they can be stressful. But we enjoyed one anothers company very much. I do think it took us to a higher level in our relationship. It was also really nice to get to know his mother a little better, and I am glad that she got to know me a little better too. I just can't wait till we go again!

here is a link to some of the vacation pictures. I am on Chris' computer so these are just the ones off his camera. I will upload more later and give you a fresh link when that happens.


http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/plurgirl/random/

So it's almost here after months of preparation. I leave Virginia tomorrow to head to Maryland for the night...and friday morning I fly to Puerto Vallarta. I can't wait. I have invested so much time, energy, and money into this vacation.

After months of grueling work outs and no carbs I can finally say I am bikini ready! I can actually fit into clothes that I wore when I was a sophomore of highschool, and it feels good. Which is super convenient because now I am bringing all my cruise clothes from so many years ago. I've been tanning for a while now to which makes me a huge hypocrite. I always spouted the evils of tanning. And I still think it's evil, and I wont do it once I get back but, I can see how people can get addicted to it. It does hide flaws ridiculously well. I tried to get Chris to go pretty frequently but three times was the most that I got. I was hoping he would build up a good base tan so he wouldnt burn, he's so pale. I will just have to be super super vigilant about dousing him in sunblock about every five minutes.

here is our hotel:

http://www.palaceresorts.com/Resorts/VallartaPalace/GenIndex.asp

I can't believe how lucky I am to be going on such an awesome vacation with Chris. We are already planning our next vacation. I think we are going to spend a week in NYC this august. Anywho I will post tons of pics when I get back..and hopefully with my new schedule I will post more all around.

Our anniversary dinner was wonderful. I dont want to get into too much detail. We both ate so much, the food was so delicious! I requested the same booth we had last time. Chris just couldnt believe it, it was so cute. We talked about our favorite memories of the past year. It was very sweet. We decided that we should make Morton's a yearly anniversary tradition.

I am counting down the days till our trip. 36 to go... I bought my first bikini today! I still need to get another one before I leave. I know tanning is awful and I always scold people for doing it but...I have been for a few weeks now and I am finally starting to see some color. No way I am going to mexico in my typical casper state.

I feel like such an old grouch but I think I am going to have to write a scathing letter to my gym. When I go in at 7 all the staff are older, but more to the point, mature and they do their jobs. But when I go in after two it seems like I am working out at a daycare. The staff have to be highschool. They are annoying...they never have towels ready, the locker rooms are a mess, and they have all their friends hanging around. And, the showers sometimes switch back in forth from hot water to barely tepid water. I shower there atleast 4 times a week and it's just rediculous. I am writing the letter tomorrow.


I am super pumped for the superbowl! I really really want the seahawks to win but I doubt that will happen. We are throwing a superbowl party and I am so excited. I bought all sorts of cute football stuff...football coasters, a football chip and dip bowl..superbowl XL plates and tablecloth. A good amount of people are coming, some friends from high school that I havent seen in a few years. I am looking forward to baking and cooking food for the party. I have been cooking so much lately. And I am having a contest, whoever guesses the winner by the closest amount of points wins an unknown prize.

I'm hopping off this box.