The wedding ring

Ok this is a gonna be a short blog but I just need to vent a little bit. I have been married for almost 13 years, and so is my wedding/engagement ring. Well John has been talking about upgrading my diamond for a few years now but I just never wanted him to spend the money on it when there was absolutly nothing wrong with mine. It may have not been the biggest one but it was my ring. It was the first real piece of jewelry he ever bought me and he did it on his own. It means alot to me. So now I am pretty sure that he will try to fix it and make it "bigger and better" than it was before. I know he is only trying to be sweet but it was sentimental to me the way it was. On top of it all, I really hate not having it on but I can't wear it in the state its in now, first of all it looks stupid without the stone and second, its really sharp now and I really don't want to end up disfiguring myself in my sleep and end up having to hide my face behind one of those phantom of the opera masks. So this is what my ring looks like now. I'm so sad

Date night brings attack of the killer tomatoes

My friend Sara asked me if I would go to a play with her that she had to go to for her drama class. I was actually looking forward to going. We decided on Romeo and Juliet which is my favorite Shakespeare play. So she comes to pick me up and we decide that we are gonna grab something to eat at one of the cafe's near the theater. There is a lot of construction going on around the theater so the only place to eat was this snack shack that had mini bottles of sod for 3 buck and what they called half a sandwich and salad combo thing for 6.95. First of all there is no way that the sandwich was half a sandwich, it was more like a third of a sandwich and the salad, well let me tell you about the salad of torture. It had lettuce, broccoli, corn and cherry tomatoes. So anyone who knows me knows that I will not eat broccoli or tomatoes but Sara will so I gave them to her. She absolutely loved the broccoli (even though she shouldn't eat it). Then she moves on to the tomato. I am minding my own business attempting to eat this so called food and BAM! All the sudden I am blinded in one eye. I realize I have just been attacked by a killer tomato with its juice squirting attack that obviously has a targeting system because beside it squirting all over my face and hair, it managed to fly over the top of my glasses and into my eye. Now mind you my eye is stinging like crazy by this point but Sara and I are laughing so hard that we can't even breath. I wish she had taking a picture of my reaction because that would have been one of those priceless moments. So after the exploding tomato we go find our seats which by the way could not of been more uncomfortable. They had us stuffed in there like sardines. Absolutely no room to breath. Sara had casper with her hair whipping attack next to her and I had the dark knight with the man purse and his glass bottle of high class water next to me. 1 row in front of us was a man who obviously has no friends and will talk to just hear himself talk to anyone who will listen ( he was fun to listen to). So the play starts and it is awesome. For most of the play romeo had his back to us and we could see him flexing his butt muscles in those skintight leggings, and I'm not being gross but you couldn't help but take notice of the continuous flexing. So anyway we get to the intermission and thankfully casper and her friend move back a row to some empty seats to where her hair whipping attack won't effect Sara but now we cant look back at all because the dress she was wearing was a tidbit short and she had no secrets (if you get my meaning). Then the dark knight and his man purse and expensive bottle of water moved away from me (thank you lord), he wiggled a lot. We watch the rest of the play and it was great and I think that our evening is coming to an end. So we are walking back to the car and I realize that Sara is walking a little faster and then she speeds up more and more and I look at her with a your killing me look and she informs me that she doesn't like it when people walk behind her, so I decide instead of having to break into a sprint , I would pull over and pretend to need to tie my shoe but secretly I just needed to catch my breath. She takes me home and with a farewell and no goodnight kiss(because we weren't really on a date for all the slow to catch on people out there). That was my night out. thank you Sara I had a great time!!!

Like father like daughter

I have always know that my children look alot like their father but this is ridiculouse. These two pictures show how much she looks like him, all the way down to the hair lines. Even their facial expressions are the same. To me that is just crazy. I know what you are all thinking.....Is that really john spending time in the outdoors willingly. Yes it is and he had a good time and no I didn't force him to go. I made it very clear that he could stay home if he wanted to . . . . be single. He actually enjoys going out on the lake now. As long as he gets to follow it by a day of just playing video games. So they are both on a kneeboard being pulled by a boat. You may think that this would be easy. Well its not......for some of us. You start in the water laying on the board and after the boat starts going you have to then pull your self up to a sitting position on your knees all while making sure you dont dip the front of the board down into the water because if you do that you end up face first in the water. But when you start feeling confident, this is what it looks like

And when your confident and young, this is what it looks like.

Michael did try the knee board also unfortunatley those videos are on my other computer that is in need of repair but I do have a few pictures of him trying it out.

So that is fun fun fun in the California sun. Hope you all enjoyed the video's. Have a beautiful Day!!!

My pet peeves

Anybody who knows me, knows that have a few very specific pet peeves. They are as follows...(just remember I have friends who do these things so don't get offended). People who drive with their rat size dogs on their laps, people talking on the phone while they drive and STUPID people. I know that last one is not all that specific but I will hit on that one in a minute. Even though these are pet peeves of mine it does not mean that I am not guilty of participating in these activities from time to time. So I hate it when people have their rats on their laps but it just so happens that I was guilty of this the other day. I was taking my dog to the vet. So I put him in the back seat like we always do. Well he decides as I am driving down the road that he wants to be in the front, so he gets into the front passenger seat. I start yelling at him to get back in the back, he decides this is a perfect time to try to sit in my lap and give me kisses. Mind you this is a 55 lb Siberian husky. Now just picture driving by somebody who has that dog in their lap. Oh my gosh I have just become one of my pet peeves times 5.

Now my next pet peeve I really don't have to worry about anymore because the state of California took care of that for me. No more talking on the phone while driving unless its in hands free mode. This does not mean to put it on speaker and hold it in your hand while driving. wink wink....you know who you are.

My last one is just plain old fashion stupid people. There will always be stupid people in this world but if they could just stay away from me, then I will be just fine. My stupid people story is just about a women who wants to get her starbucks coffee and do her grocery shopping but come to find out to work at this particular coffee stand you don't have to have one bit of common sense. So I go to Vons(grocery store), I am just there to pick up a few lurch items for the kids, I immediately stop at the starbucks that they have inside the vons, like I always do. I order a venti iced white chocolate mocha no whip cream, like I always do. The lady precedes to tell me that they are out of ice and they need to run in the back to get some. So I said ok I will just grab the things I need and come back after I check out. I have no problem with it. So I get done and I go over to the counter and there is a new lady there and I ask if they have the ice yet. She tells me she has no idea whats going on or where the other lady went and that they don't have any ice. So I see the other lady coming back so i wait a few seconds but low and behold she isn't holding any ice. They don't have any. My problem with this is the coffee stand is right next to the cooler that vons keeps ice in. Now I know that they are probably suppose to get it from the back but seriously to say that you have to ice and I am standing next to tons of bagged ice is ridiculous to me. So I left those stupid people to try to figure out their dilemma themselves.

That is it for my pet peeve rants of the week. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Friends in my world

So these lovely people to the left are Betty, Ashley, Matt, and Rick. I have known them for 6 years. We met in Virginia, then moved to California with in 6 months of each other and now they are in Japan. Even though there is a huge time difference, Betty and I talk at least 4 times a week. Thank god she has a San Diego phone number. I have a ton of pictures of us together but they are all on my computer that isn't working right now.






These goofballs to the left are Angie, Ethan, Gavin, Sara, Brandon, Renee and Keith in the back. We have known them all for about a year. The ladies in this picture helped me survive the 6 month deployment. They are playing rock band , we all stayed up until 2 in the morning on this particular evening pretending to be a rock band. We all had a blast. I have video but I don't want to embarrass anyone. I may change my mind later, like when I move out of state.








Here they are again the only difference being that for some reason Brandon thinks he is captain Morgan. But Keith made that feeling go away real quick with his own creation of a special drink that he had us all try We were not all smiles after that. Some of us had to extract the liquid from our tummy's. Not telling who, you know who you are. Just so you all know, john is at all of these gatherings but he seems to always the one behind the camera. I think he does it on purpose.





For any of my friends who read this and are not on here, I am working on it. I have very few pictures at my disposal right now but you are all in my hearts. (Mike and Julie, Norma and Ben, Mike and Jess, Jodi and John,).

Welcom to our life

Welcome to all who know us, and go away to all who don't.

I thought this would be a good way to keep our friends and family updated on our lives because I am not very good at phone calls or emails. But you all probably have already realized that and if you haven't, then all that means is that I haven't moved away from you yet.

So with this blog I am attempting to kill 2 birds with one stone. The first being, keeping our friends and love ones updated and the second, learning how to type on my laptop so that when I start school in a month I will be well practiced typing on this thing. Let me tell you that its not going well. The backspace is my best friend right now. Yes that's right, I did say I was starting school in a month and no I haven't lost my mind. I think its time for some higher education. Its better late then never or so I've been told by the biggest procrastinator I have ever met. I'm not sure that's a good thing because to a procrastinator, late is how they live. Hmm. I will have to ponder that one.

Anyway, Michael and Alexandra started school last week. They are now a 5th grader and a 3rd grader. They grow up so fast. That's what parents are suppose to say. Alexandra is a little firecracker and Michael has become a very kind and imaginative kid. I will upload pictures in a few days(after I figure out how). John and I are doing good, After 12 years I figure we are in the clear. . . . . . . . for now that is.

We have a dog now, he is 2 and he is a Siberian husky who thinks he is a lap dog half the time and a human the other half. I don't think he realizes that a 55lb dog should not ever sit in our laps.

Well I post again in a few days, when something really exciting happens, like I go somewhere cool like the grocery store. Have a beautiful week.