Our Married Life

Halloween is over and we have a buttload of candy left. Sweet Tarts anyone??

I thought about bringing them to work, but of course I wasn’t the only one with that thought. There were buckets everywhere.

We got several bunches of kids ranging from little wee ones to teenagers. It was good night. Our first set of kids came by too quickly because Reesey was still loose in the house. The minute that doorbell range, she went bark crazy. I literally had to walk out and hand them the candy. But since the door was still crack open, I could feel Reesey by my legs, so in an effort to keep her from eating little Cinderella and Spider-man I slammed the door shut as soon as they got their candies. I hope I didn’t seem like that crazy neighbor lady. The rest of the night we had Reesey stay in the back. She spent the entire night barking up a storm. Brian had to go out there and sit with her. Nothing we say or do will keep her from barking. Arg. Maybe we should get a spray bottle and spray her everytime she yaps. I finally got tired at around 8:30 and turned off our porch light. I think I passed out at 9.

Anyway, we need to get rid of our jack-o-lanterns. I’m starting to see mold grow on the inside. I was hoping to light them up last night but Brian was too afraid of fire. I guess next year we’ll have to find a battery operated candle.

On a side note: I ended up returning the wooden spoon and fork. I guess I should invest in something we both like.

Here are the results from our pumpkin carving this morning.

Now that we have a house…I’m excited about each and every holiday, because we get to not only decorate, but see trick or treaters. Unfortunately though, we may have to bypass this one. Reesey go bark crazy when the doorbell rings, in fact, she goes nuts when the doorbell rings on tv. So what do we do?? Turn off the lights? Go out to dinner that night? Leave Reesey in the backyard so we can pass out candy? Who knows, I wish she wasn’t so yappy some times. Oh well, just because we can’t pass out candy to annoying teenagers or cute kids doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it. I bought two pumpkins the other day and Brian and I will be carving our first pumpkins together. Awwwww…..

They’re turning the Lovely Bones into a movie. The cast seems pretty awesome, so I hope it turns out well. I never finished the book. The whole rape thing just didn’t do it for me. Besides I was on my honeymoon then. I think I need to go back and finish it. Ryan Gosling is going to be in, ahhh so dreamy.

This is rather random or early, but I’m in search of a good Christmas Tree. And yes I’m all for the fake stuff, why chop down real trees that end up being in the trash later on?? Stupid people. Anyway, I’m not sure where we can find the best deal on one. I known we can wait until after Christmas, but I want a good one now! I’m thinking a 9 ft tree would be ok (YIPES, it’s 199 bucks at Home Depot). Maybe that’s too tall? I can settle with a 7.5 foot one. I also need a good tree skirt. Or maybe we just stick to the current one and wait for the after Christmas sale…

So I was thinking of a new vacation, perhaps around New Years. Then I realized, that’s probably the busiest time here at work, so maybe around February. We get Washington’s Bday off which is February 18th. That’s perfect timing since it’s right around Valentine’s day. Hmmm. I’ve always wanted to go skiing. Brian thinks it’s silly because “we don’t ski”. I think there’s an opportunity to do stuff at least once. Who knows, we could be pros (or not). Anyway, I guess we’ll have to think about it a little more.

Happy Fourth of July everyone! It’s been a while since I posted, I’m sitting here on our new couch we bought for the gameroom watching Traveler and listening to the booming fireworks outside. I tried to go out front to see if I can catch a glimpse, but couldn’t see anything. It’s the first time in weeks that the sky is clear just in time for fireworks. Too bad we’re missing it. It’s been years since I’ve seen a real fireworks show.

It’s odd having a holiday smack in the middle of the week. But I guess I’ll take whatever we can get. I have no urge to go back to work tomorrow though. At least it’s Thursday! The past week has been rather uneventful. We did spend time with the Neidig side of the family at the Hyatt Regency Resort in Bastrop two weekends ago. That was fun and a much needed break. We spent 4 days lounging around, sleeping, at the pool, doing absolutely nothing.

The house is a slow work-in-progress. It’ll be awhile before we can fill it entirely, and probably be a year or so before we’ll get real furniture for the formals. However, we did finally buy chairs for the kitchen table. It doesn’t exactly match, but oh well.

My herbs are sprouting and I can actually see cilantro leaves. My next goal is to plant some real plants, maybe not this summer, but since it’s been a mild summer I just may. I want to plant a pepper plant and some lemongrass. Those are the two easiest. Although I may not be using as much lemongrass as much, it’ll at least be aesthetically pleasing in the garden. We’ll see if Brian would let me. Speaking of gardening, the previous owners left a bird bath on the side of the house. I want to put that in the front lawn, lay some of the leftover bricks around it, and plant some flowers inside the bricks. We’ll see.

Yesterday I went to Willow Bend to trade in a couple china sets for some flatware. Instead I got a giftcard in case the flatware went on sale. I also went to the new DSW in the mall to spend my gc. I came out with FOUR pairs of shoes. However, they had a 50% off sale on all clearanced shoes, so I ended up paying less than 20 bucks for each pair. The one pictured was the one I was eyeing a few weeks ago. I got it in brown. I only spent 15 bucks out of pocket. Woot! Other than driving halfway down Texas to go to the Alamo Bowl, that was my only exciting new years. I was asleep on New Years Eve and woke up right at midnight to say happy new year.

Someone called me this past weekend though. She was trying to explain what happened and why she bailed on my wedding day. I haven’t called her back, not because I don’t want to, but because I wasn’t quite in the mood for an awkward conversation. I hate those situations. Why can’t it be cool all the time?? Anyway, I am over it and was never quite that upset, but I am curious to know as to what happened.

I finally got back to the gym after a 2 month hiatus. I spent 30 minutes doing cardio this morning. I guess it’s a step. It wasn’t quite as packed as I thought it would be, but there’s still this one annoying chick that I keep seeing. She goes at super sonic speed on the elliptical while reading. Anyway, that’s all.

Last week Christina called me at work to let me know she’d spent $250 on her lunch break. I didn’t know what she could have possibly purchased since we just had Christmas and there wasn’t really anything we needed. But there was something I’d wanted! She had stumbled upon a shipment of Nintendo Wii‘s being stocked at Target and had quickly grabbed one before the word got out.

She had tried to no avail to find me a Wii before Christmas so she could surprise me but this was just as good. If she had actually been able to find it and wrap it and put it under the tree, I would’ve easily spotted the box and ruined any surprise.

The first night it took close to two hours to get the darn thing set up. Unboxing and plugging everything wasn’t too difficult (finding space for it in the A/V rack was a little fun) but the two separate system updates too forever. I think it may have been our Internet being slow and not Nintendo’s fault, but one update took about half an hour and the other at least 45 minutes. It kind of ruined that initial joy of turning a brand new console on and starting it up and playing some games. (Yes I could’ve skipped the updates but I had no idea they’d take so long when I started them.)

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What a fine Christmas it was. Not only did I/we get a buncho stuff, we got stuff I didn’t expect. I gave my mother-in-law a list because she requested it. I wrote down some stuff only expecting to get a couple things, but not only did I get ALL of it, but then some. What a great MIL I have.

I felt not being able to get Brian what he wanted this year, a Wii or a PS3, but I looked and looked and of course they’re sold out everywhere. So this year his gifts are pretty lame. That’s ok though, since all the “electronic” equipment I buy him gets shoved in the closet anyway, like his WACOM tablet that I tried to pawn off the other day to a coworker. Hrmph. I am never buying you what you want, EVER, you hear?? I am still bitter about the bike! It’s sitting in the office, the tires all flat, unused and unhappy.

Anyway, unfortunately I had to be back into work today, and what a busy day it was. I was hoping to leave early too, but of course that didn’t happen. I hope the rest of the week is slow. Now that the holidays are over, it’s time for to get back into shape. My “skinny” jeans are no longer loose. Must hit gym and be on strict diet. I’m hoping to be even more successful this time around than I was earlier this year, especially since I don’t have a big motivator. For those of you looking to get in shape, you should look into MyFoodDiary.com (which I’ve been using or was using) or SparkPeople.com. Both are great tools.

Anyway, I hope I sleep well enough to wake up early tomorrow to hit the gym… ick.