Memorial Weekend

We decided to go camping for the long weekend. It was sort of a last minute decision and Hoosier National Forrest is only 40 min away, so we did the lazy mans way of packing. We threw in the full box of camping gear and tossed everything else around it, including the dog. We ended up only staying one night because rain was coming but the 2 days we were there we had perfect weather and alot of fun. Bud seemed to enjoy himself also, although I think he attracted every tick in the forest and we had to spend 10 min prying them off him. I have never had to deal with ticks until we moved here and they are disgusting.

How much gear does it take for a 1 night camping trip?

I love Buds little bull legs. He got very territorial and barked at any dog that went by


Lets see, pregnant lady with the backpack and dog.... whats wrong here?

ARGH!!!!

Have you ever had one of those days where you just want to hide under your covers? I had one of those recently. It started with Chris slamming his 4 fingers in the car door. We are both shocked that he didn't break anything but his fingers are very bruised and swollen. On my way home from work my car decided to up and die. Fortunately it wasn't a busy road so I was able to coast to the side and after several tries I got the car to start again. Chris was working till midnight that day so I had a huge 'to do' list I was wanting to accomplish that evening. As soon as I got home everyone I know decided to take that moment to call me. While on the phone for over an hour my dog decided to grab everything in site so I did my best running after him while carrying on a conversation. Finally, at 7 pm I was able to start my list. I headed outside to work in the yard a bit and brought my dog with me. Looking around the back side of the house I decided the best place to hook the end of Bud's 20 ft leash was the back porch light fixture because it's bolted to the house. Oh boy was I wrong! Bud took off at a full on sprint and riped that light right out off it's place. So now I have a spastic dog and a light fixture hanging from wires..... great!

Fuming, I lock Bud in the house and start a sad attempt to fix the light. Half way through I head to the garage to find a wrench and my Houdini dog some how maneuvered right through my legs and off across the field, at that point I swear I heard him yelling "freeeedom!!!!" I went and found his leash and a toy and started the chase. After only a few minutes Bud got distracted by something on the ground so I took that moment to sprint through the field with my flip flops.... hello pot hole. Fortunately I only tripped a little and kept going. As I got close I heard a squeak by Bud and wondered what he had. I yelled his name and he looked up at me with a baby rabbit in his mouth.... oh boy! I yell, he dropped the rabbit, rabbit makes a dash, Bud pounces on the rabbit and I pounce on Bud. I got the leash on him and with super human strength wrestled him away from the rabbit. I then decide that I need to get the rabbit back to his den so it's mom can take care of him. So as I'm pushing Bud away with my right hand and leg I somehow manage to scoop the rabbit up in my shirt without touching it so my scent doesn't get on it (although looking back I'm sure that did nothing since it was in my shirt and my shirt has my scent on it) If any of my neighbors had looked out their window at this point they would have seen a pregnant lady in her sweats in the middle of the field with a spastic dog trying to tackle her down and her shirt half way up her belly with something in it. I manage to get the rabbit back to it's den only to see that it's no longer moving. I finally got back to the house only to remember that I have exposed wires outside and it's getting ready to rain. Not knowing anything about wires I did the best that I could with rope and called it a night. It was a horrible terrible no good very bad day.

Baby Bump

I'm just about 6 months along and this is my first picture of the baby bump. Pretty pathetic. I meant to take one every month but sort of forgot to. So far so good. Baby boy is doing very well. I'm not doing to bad although I have blacked out a few times. The last time was in the middle of a training session at work... oops. I felt pretty embarrassed when they had to stop the training so people could run and get me some water. Baby is getting more and more wiggly. His kicks are strong enough to move my belly which never ceases to make me laugh. After weeks of trying, Chris finally got to feel the baby kick. Baby boy is apparently stubborn because he would stop moving the second Chris put his hand on my belly. Although I feel HUGE at this point, seeing this pictures makes me realize I still have alot of growing to do *sigh*

Earthquake!!!!!!!

Last Friday, about 4:30 am I woke up because the bed was shaking. My first thought was "what is Chris doing over there?" then I realized he wasn't moving (besides with the movement of the bed) then I thought "wow, what kind of person would break in the house just to shake my bed?" In my sleep deprived moment I really did think that someone had come in my house just to shake my bed. It was after that when I finally fully woke up and realized it was an earthquake. It was about 5.4 and lasted about 15 seconds. Chris slept through the whole thing. Since then we have had 20 aftershocks but only two of those I have felt. Fortunately we have had no damage, but our dog sure does not like it. Every now again he will get up and start to whine and bark then lay down. Our guess is he can feel the aftershocks that we can't. Who would have guessed that we would get an earthquake while living in the Midwest.

Thompson Jr.

I Want One Of These

I wonder what people would think if they came to my cubicle and saw me spinning like this

We Are Floating Away

We just got hit by some massive rain storms. Many parts of our town are shut down due to flooding. The only people getting into those areas are people on boats. The town actually ran out of "road closed" signs. And of course a few morons decided to drive around those signs and had to be rescued as they floated away with their car. The scary part though is the rivers are suppose to keep rising until Monday. I may be kayaking to work by then.

This picture is actually of a town next to us. They got alot more water then we did.

I was tagged

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.

B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.

C. At the end of the post, the player tags 4 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they are tagged.


10 years ago I was:
A Jr. in high school. I was more interested in boys then school and didn't get the best grades. I also had a high quality job at Moves 8. Nothing like coming home smelling like popcorn.


Things I would do if I became a billionaire:
I would get my own Xterra, Chris keeps hogging ours. Love you honey!!!! and of course I would travel all over. I might even hire Martha Stewart to come teach me how to be domestic since I'm seriously lacking in that area.


3 of my bad habits:
Twirling my hair

Waiting till Sunday morning to plan my lessons

Wanting to know everything even if it's none of my business. I'm way to curious.


5 places I've lived:
Provo, UT

Las Vegas, NV

Tallahassee, FL

Kinston, NC

Jasper, IN


5 jobs I've had:

Hostess at the Pizza Factory

Waitress at Fuddruckers

Dental Assistant

Rock Climbing Instructor

Pricing Associate


Something most people don't know about me:
Can't think of a thing. I'm pretty open about who I am. Although people find it very funny when they find out I had pierced my tongue when I was 19


I tag...
Sorry if you have been tagged in the past:
Jill

Mandy

Lisa

Heather