For Christmas this year, we decided to spend Christmas Eve and Day with Mark's family (since we live with mine lol) On Saturday, we opened gifts at my mom's... and my mom embroidered my gifts for the kids! Monday morning we left for our journey to Indiana. Mark drove for 3.5 hrs or more...I took a few little naps here and there lol... but we got 37 mpg!! yay! Then we got there and gave the kids their blankets; the LOVED them! Much better than toys full of lead! lol We mainly just visited while we were down there... with his sisters and nieces and nephews and mom and dad and grandma and aunt and everyone lol we did do some after Christmas shopping on Wednesday before we left ...I got some stuff for next year to wrap gifts lol...oh and some huge candles for $2! our ride home was mostly in the dark, so I had to stay awake so that Mark would as well... lol well, here are some pictures from our trip... ENJOY!

the girls playing around with ken with their new blankets

my favorite drink! mmm it's like drinking candy, seriously! i heart it! and i like the upside down look lol
sierra riding the little battery powered train that goes in circles forever!
isn't he the cutest little boy ever!? lol he is my favorite...bryce and play dough
Chernobyl...lol j/k.. the power plant in mich city, in

Opening gifts at mom's...

The first semi-truck we saw on our Christmas Eve drive to Indiana...
A drive through pawn shop in IN... lol funny huh...?
Skyler pretending to be sleeping with his blanket
Sierra's blanket (the blankets were embroidered by my mom, who is the best! Thanks Mom!)
We had a great time for Christmas! Mark and I got to spend time with his family (me mostly with the kids and him with his mom) during Christmas and my family a few days before. The worst part had to be the driving; it's a 3.5 hr trip there! Oh, and the awful air matress we bought to sleep on...that is definitely going back to Walmart! Too bad we didn't have enough time to go other places like Arizona or Hawaii or Texas! My mom has a new cell phone now, so you all should be able to talk to her with out the phone dieing! yay...
Oh I guess I thought of another bad part, I got the flu at the end of Christmas and still have it... stay away from me (unless you want fever, shakes, chills, nausia, headache, stiff neck, no appetite, etc lol)... oh and don't eat at mega for awhile... I went to work today and breathed on everything (not on purpose though) lol :/ and I work on friday and saturday... :( but i go to the doc tomorrow! too bad its dr tony...his reason for everything is sinus drainage... too bad I use the sinus rinse so my sinuses are clear! lol
Who wants a diamond? go to mr. z's on miller rd...they go out of business tomorrow, and everything is really really cheap! i was sad that i didn't have enough money though; i could buy pretty diamonds or pay for my car and rent... lol
okay so I shall go to bed, my body needs it's rest and lots of it! hope you enjoyed our pictures and story!

Christmas 2007

okay well i had a mini post made with 5 pictures and captions but i accidentally deleted it by selecting everything and hitting some key... :( and it had saved automatically right after that... and ctrl+z doesn't work on here... why doesn't blogger have an undo button!? wtf! lol so you all will have to wait until later b/c we're going to bed... 3.5+ hrs of driving is a drain on the body... good night!

okay so I haven't had time to go buy stamps... so I've decided not to send out Christmas cards... oh well lol hmmm

well for this Christmas, we are going to my Mom's tomorrow, Lachowicz's and Kohler's on Sunday, and we leave Monday for Mark's famliy until Wednesday or Thursday. Fun times... lol maybe we can fit in time to fly down to Arizona and visit the Hauk's too?! lol and then over to Hawaii... now, that would just be crazy! oh well...

I got the blender out the other day and have been making some yummy drinks! lol a little frozen strawberries, some fresh pineapple, and bananas and peach schnapps and some orange juice and cranberry juice...and voila! a miracle in a cup! haha...oh you can't forget to garnish with a pineapple slice and a umbrella! haha

Check out my new Cashmere sweater from Old Navy! It's so soft!! go to old navy and shop now! it's fabulous!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2007!!!

not much time

It is finals week...so I don't have much time for anything except cramming my brain with stuff I will forget once I'm done with the tests (or during them...I hope not!) okay so my address is my dad's address... 11305 white lake rd... you fill in the rest!

GREY HAIR!!!

look closely...

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Oh my goodness! I found my SECOND grey hair! How depressing! I found the first one in July... :( I only find them when my roots start to show...

BAM!

There they are, sticking out like a sore thumb!!! The pictures only look like it is an inch long, but that is all my hair has grown since the end of september(the last time I dyed it)...the rest is brown...

I am only 20! grey is not fabulous at 20!! Who started going grey at 20? Come on, admit it... Grandma doesn't even have grey hair... it's blonde! ;) lol (That should get me a good Christmas present lol)

Now begins the dying of my hair fooorEEEvvvveeeer!

Okay, I'm over it... lol until the next time my roots grow out... and I pluck another grey hair! I'm not going to have any hair left if I have to pluck out all the grey ones! lol

I only have ONE more week of fall classes!! yay! then a week of finals!!! I am super excited! I have registered for the winter semester and am much more excited for that semester! I am taking BUS 261-Fianancial Management (online), MTH 220-Elementary Linear Algebra (MW 1230-145pm), MTH 378-Theory of Interest (TTH 2-315pm), ECN 354-Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (TTH 1230-145pm), and CSC 152-Database Management (online)... I only have to go to campus for 3 classes and NO friday classes!!

Me and the kitties...my how they've grown! awe!

oh yeah, and so today ends the dear season with out a deer... no venison dip yet Tracy! but there are too many does, so we get another season! yay! dec 18-31, I think...hey! maybe I'll go out and try to get one of my own... ha! who am I kidding... lol well, you never know! ;)

hmmm

There is a great need for more blogger templates! I need to learn some HTML programming and get to it, huh? lol... I need one that is more like alisha and ben's...with out the middle part...just the whole page... It would look prettier that way! If anyone knows where to get a new template or how to code html let me know! I'm sure I could figure it out if I tried hard enough... all programming languages are pretty close...and I know 2.25 (vb.net, c++, and 1/4 of a semester of java lol) just short and sweet today... ohh, where can I buy silver spray paint? walmart? I have to be awake at 7 and I can't seem to fall asleep... goin shopping but not for the really good deals ... maybe i'll see you out! ciao

What's happening in our lives lately

The man in hunting gear!

So, we have been kinda busy doing our own things lately. I've been working and trying to make it to class at 11 am lol... Mark has been bonding with my dad i.e. hunting for my dinner! mmm venison! and he has been working too. So, not much time together lately. I only have class on Monday and Tuesday next week, so we are going to spend some time together on Wednesday! I'm taking him shopping lol!

I am up late researching EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique?). I remember it from stopping in the store and browsing through KT's (Kevin Trudeau) "Weight Loss Cure..." book... I don't feel like buying it... so I only get bits and pieces at a time. It is a neat, goofy procedure. But I am going to try it on everything that is an "issue." The idea has to do with energy meridians of the body. You repeat things and tap yourself. Something you probably want to do alone. lol If you go to you tube, you can search EFT and many videos come up. I like the one by ailaspeaks. She has it on her website: http://www.ailaspeaks.com/eft.html ... She goes through it step-by-step. So, this is a challenge for you Mom and Dad. You can use it to quit smoking! We will do it together, you guys to quit smoking and me to stop craving pizza and nachos lol!

BTW, is this color okay for your eyes Grandma? I'll try to use darker colors for you.

As I mentioned, we are going shopping on Wednesday. I plan on getting a Christmas outfit. I found this really cute dress at Forever 21. I'll have to take lots of pictures since we're doing Christmas in Indiana. I'll bring hope pictures of all his cute nieces and nephews! Ohh, I need every one's addresses. I have to make a hard copy of my address book so that I don't have to keep asking for them every year, huh? Maybe this will be the year. lol

Aunt Denise, we need a day for pictures! We can do Wednesday... when I get home from the mall... we should do them in a store in front of a blow up Santa lol j/k I wish I could put music on here. wouldn't it be nice to look at my blog while listening to Christmas music?! I know, perfect, right? My thoughts are so scattered lol But that is to be expected at 4 am! lol That probably means it's time for some shut eye. Buenas Noches! Here are some pretty pictures:

A beautiful close up of a lilac!

A beautiful orchid!

the new site

I am hoping you all are enjoying the new blog...

I've been procrastinating on my other things to do while upgrading it lol!

Make sure you check out all my new features I've added/updated:

I changed the layout to a pink layout,

Added a picture of an orchid behind the blog title,

My favorite love quote from the bible,

A picture of us,

A countdown to Christmas,

A count up since Mark and I've been together,

A cute little I love you clip art,

Our Christmas Wish Lists,

A "Love is..." comic,

and the link to everyone else's blogs!

Wow, that is a whole makeover! Make sure to comment about it!

We haven't been up to much. Mark has been working and preparing for Thursday. For all of you in the dark, wondering, "What is happening Thursday?" ...It is open gun season for deer! My dad has gotten Mark into the hunting thing. They bond over it! *how cute!* lol We are hoping to have some venison in time for Thanksgiving! mmmmm! How about some venison dip Tracy? lol {priceless}...

I have been just schooling every day and working Friday through Monday. I have just under a month of classes left! yay!!! I am so excited! I know, I love school and all, but It is nice to be done with another semester! It's like achieving a mini-goal. I'm hoping to pull-off the dean's list, but that multivariate calc class needs to get easier! lol I'm t

hinking about taking some Japanese or another foreign language to fill gaps in my schedule. Next semester, these are the classes I have planned:

BUS 361(online) Financial Management

CSC152(online) Database Management i.e. Microsoft Access

MTH220 Elementary Linear Algebra

MTH 378 Theory of Interest

ECN 354 Interemediate Macroeconomic Theory

Even with the two online classes, I have to be on campus 4 days a week; for one class on Mon/Wed and for two on Tue/Thur. But on the good side, I don't have to be awake super early (as I am not the morning person...I am an angry person too early!)... I'm pretty sure the earliest class is 1230pm! yay! Well, it is 2 am and I have class at 11 so I should wrap it up... Buenas Noches!

Keith Urban!! ;)

Last night Me, Mark, Mom, Ken, Debbe, Tommy, Keith, Pam, Auntie Karen, Auntie Rose, Karen, and another girl (I don't know her name) went to see Keith Urban in concert!! It was lots of fun!

We had a suite up in the top, and he looked like an ant, but there was a big screen so we could see him lol!

I was going to include a video of "Making Memories of us" but an error about the video popped up...it won't upload! :( ... When I figure out how to fix it I'll post it later...

I've included some pictures of Keith Urban for all you girls to drool over... lol I made sure I made them as big as they go for you! lol Plus, they are of him on the big screen or else he would be really tiny!

Don't you just love me for taking so many pictures?! Go ahead, save them to your computer...blow them up...cut out the eye holes...and make you husbands wear his face as a mask lol!

Btw...I get to go get my stiches out on Tuesday!! yay! They itch like crazy! But it hurts when I itch! I woke up clawing myself raw the other day... that wasn't the best idea I've done in my sleep before lol...

So this week I don't have much going on... I have a few exams next week... and only a month left of classes!!! Five semesters down, 3-5 (depending on if I take spring/summer classes)...

Here is my 3 year plan:

Take and PASS my first 2 actuary exams.

Find an internship in my field. (summer 2008/2009)

Finish my degree. (december 2009 or april 2010)

Move to Chicago. (soon after I graduate and get hired into my field)

Start grad school. (fall 2010)

Kristina's Birthday Party

My blog is having issues half way through... so my pictures/story is a little out of order ... deal with it! lol

Opening Presents! I forgot to check where her present was made? I hope it isn't full of lead!

Playing with the dogs at home:

The *beautiful* sunset on the way home:

The family went out to eat to Logan's for Kristina's 7th Birthday! Here we are after dinner singing "Happy Birthday" to her.

(Sorry about the wobbly-ness; I'm not a pro lol)

Making messes with peanuts:

Frosting!!!

Cookin out in October...

...but freezing our butts off!

Since BW3 doesn't have their "50 cent Leg Wednesdays" anymore, we decided to make our own! Nice applewood smoked chicken legs...mmmm We bought some sauces from BW3 so that we could get the whole feel... Can I just say, much better than BW3! The moon was pretty sweet looking tonight!

The sunset made the clouds look bright pink, but I didn't get pictures of them...

Aren't Tex and Hans pretty pups!?

That's all for the blog tonight... short and sweet! Just like me! haha ... Sorry we didn't come over to frost cookies tonight Mom... our food took too long to cook! I hope you guys feel better! We will see everyone who's anyone tomorrow at Logans!! mmm sorry Tray! Happy 7th Birthday Kristina!

Random

While mark was shopping for hunting garb, I played around in it!

Can you see me!?

In the middle of talking... lol that hat was sexy on me...I may go back and buy it...lol j/k

Don't you wish you could hold the fur/body of an artic fox with holes where the eyes where? ewww!

There were way too many furs hanging by the eye holes ...skunk, fox, racoon.... poor little animals!

I picked out the gun im gonna get when I'm 21... better watch out...I'll be loaded! lol gonna get a CCW...probably never use it though... guns scare me lol ... I like my pepper spray; no real harm done there...

We went out to eat for "lunch/dinner" on Thursday... Can you guess where we went?...

...Fenton House! mmm

In the spirit of sweetest day, here is a cute little comic:

For those of you guys out there who were unaware, today (sat, oct 20) is sweetest day... now, hurry go buy her some flowers!

The 24th is our 3 1/2 years! <3>

BTW, the shopping countdown for my birthday is 5 months! lol

For Halloween, we are going trick-or-treating in the usual place to party with the Hauks! Yes, we are going trick-or-treating...just because I'm 20, doesn't mean I'm not allowed to dress up and get free candy! I'm a starving college student, I need some food to eat once and awhile lol...

Here is a sweet picture from cedar point: