Fall has begun

It is so cold here. Fall has officially started. The leaves have changed colors and it is colder than cold. No more shorts and T-shirts to be found. Oh how I miss you summer. It has been so cold and nasty here that we had to start our first fire.

The one plus of Fall is CIDER MILLS!!!! Today my family all got together and went to the Parshallville Cider Mill. It was cold and rainy but we got cider and doughnuts so it made up for it. Then we all came back to our house to eat and get warm!

mom trying to take a picture of Dan and I


Mom and Dad making out!!! Ben and Allison posing at the mill



Dan testing the coldness of the creek
We really should have gone to Spicers. Its closer to home and there is more to do there like a corn maze and a huge gift shop. Oh well. There wasn't too many people there and we left fairly quickly because of the rain, so I guess it wants too bad.

Employed at last

I finally have a job!!!! I will be working FULL TIME!!! First ever since working at 16. I will be working at the Learning Tree in South Lyon which is 30 minutes from my house. It is a perfect spot because Dan and I want to live there.

I will be working in the toddler room. It is my first time working with toddlers. I have only worked with preschool. It should be interesting because I dont know as much about them as I do with preschool. Plus they cant do much, so it will keep my days busy and challenging.

Today they sent me to get a physical and a TB test. Naturally I waited an hour and a half, just to see the nurse, who took my vitals (height, weight, eye test, lifting test,) then she gave me the TB test and then the doctor came in and made me retake my blood test because it was too high. I finally left after and hour and a half. After that I had to go to Howell to submit for a background check. If everything pans out by Friday I will start Monday. I hope it does because we are really starting to hurt for money; we currently have none.

I cant wait to get started. Its going to be so fun working with toddlers and the girls I will be working with are really nice and friendly!

YEA ME

UGH

Ok so its been a month since I wrote last. Nothing much happens. I lost my job because one of the mothers convinced the boss to get rid of me. So now I have to get a new job but no one is hiring.

My purse selling is growing! I went to a fair and made $600, then had a purse party on Sunday that made another $300. So that is helping us out lots. I am also getting calls from people who want a party now so business is picking up!

I am on a baby rampage. I want one so bad. I keep trying to convince Dan, but he says we cannot afford it, especially since I don't have a job. I keep hoping to get pregnant one of these days. My mom and my sister keep hasseling me to have one. I guess I could. All I have to do is stop taking my birth control pill, but I don't want to put Dan in a spot where he is going to resent me for it.

The dogs got fleas and our house is covered in them. Dan has bites all over his arms and stomach. He is finally going to the doctor today to see what is wrong. We cleaned the house top to bottom and gave the dogs flea medicine but they are still scratching and Dan's bites keep growing.

Failure

I had my first purse party on Sunday. It was horrible. My mom and my sister came over and helped me make and set up all the food. Dan and I moved furniture and set of tables. Then my boss came and told me how to set up the purses at someones home. After that we sat around and talked for 2 hours. People were suppose to get there at 2:00 pm: nobody arrived till after 3:30. I only had 5 people show up. None of my friends or coworkers came, none of my moms friends came, and none of Dans moms friends came. It was a god awful experience. It really hit home for me that I have no friends. All I have is Dan (who I love and helped out so much) and my family. Everyone else sucks. I invited over 30 people and only 5 turn up. I was so upset, I almost started crying. So F*** everyone else. Next time they need something from me, I am not going to do it. I am so mad.
I did sell 6 purses, so that made me feel a little better. I can't wait to have other parties. I think if other people have them, then more people would come. I hope.

purse seller extrodinaire

I can now sell purses. I contact my new boss and she has started setting me up. I am going to get all my purses and supplies this Saturday!!!!! Then next weekend I will be at the Hamburg Family Fun Fest with a booth full of purses. I am so excited.

But I am also stressed and overwhelmed. I have to fill out lots of paper work, and forms, start a website and create a profile on the companies website. There is so much to do and no time to do it in. Plus I am confused on how to do some of the things she wants me to do. ahhhhhhhhh

I have asked Dan to help and he could care less. All I want is to see if he can understand it better than me. What a turd. But I guess this is my business and I have to figure it out.

My first party is the 27 of June. I am having a Beach Party theme and got some supplies from my mom to make it more authentic. The party is at my house so that means lots of cleaning and rearranging things to fit in more than 20 guests. Yikes!

New job.... Hopefully

I have decided to start writing again since I have so much free time now that work cut my hours. Daniel and I are still the same. Spending the weekends with the dogs and the weekdays working. We are low on money so I got the idea to sell something from home. I love purses so I got online and signed up to be a consultant for Purse Divas. Well when the lady finally contacted me so give me this rehearsed speech about their company. She told me I would get a cut of the money and had to have 6 parties a month. No way. I don't know enough people for that. Then she told me that I would have to attend a training in NEBRASKA!! Is she freaking nuts. I have no money as it is and she wants me to buy a plane ticket for a 4 hour training. I don't think so.

So that night I spend 2 hours on the computer looking at other companies. I found one located right here in Michigan and I get all the money I make. I contacted the owner and she emailed me that night to arrange a time to talk in the morning. She called on time and told me all about the company and how I would be the only consultant in my area and I could make a ton of money. So after talking with Dan, we decided that I should do it with his help. So now I am sitting here waiting for her to call me so I can tell her the good news!!

I am really excited and I think I will do really well. I hope she calls me............

flu scare

flu, I hate it. It has been going around my center for 2 weeks now. almost everyone, including teachers has had it. I got it on Tuesday. I woke up around 4 and ran to the bathroom, but nothing came up. i did that 3 more times and i never upchucked. The whole day my stomach felt very weird and I felt extremely nauseous. I got sent home from work and sat on the couch from 11-9:30 pm. The next morning I felt better but my stomach was doing some weird gurgling stuff. I tried eating a variety of foods, but nothing settled my stomach but Ice cream. for some reason the pain always went away when i have a shake or a cone.

I let the girls know at work and they said that I could be pregnant. And that ice cream was the food i was craving. I counted my days and realized it was possible that i could be. so after work, i went to the store and bought a pregnancy test. I was so nervous. i peed on the stick and waited, holding my breath........

negative. In a way i was happy; we dont have the money to raise a kid, but i was getting excited on the way home thinking of telling everyone.

my stomach is still doing the weird gurgles, and i still dont eat very much. I had 2 shakes in the last 2 days, not good. maybe i should try the stick again......

Our newest

This is Zappa. He is the newest addition to our family. We adopted him on Valentines Day, so I guess you could call him my present. Isn't that the cutest face ever?

Ever since we adopted Lily, I noticed that she was obsessed with Dan. she would follow him everywhere, and only listen to him. I told Dan that I wanted a dog for me, that I really want a dog that will love me like Lily loves him. He said that I already had a dog and that she loves me just fine, but she never ever payed me the attention that she gave to Dan. I looked on Petfinders.com to find myself a small lap dog that I could carry around with me and he/she would be mine. Petfinders was too hard. I contacted about 5 people and they all said the same thing...... Home visit. We didn't have much luck with that last time, so I knew my only option was Last Chance, where we adopted Lily.

We went to Petsmart every weekend to look for a dog for me. I always found one I liked but Dan had a problem with each one. Valentines Day, after church we made a stop at Petsmart. They had tons of small dogs there, which is awesome because all they ever had was big dogs. There were 4 different types of Pomeranian's, and a couple of Yorkshires. I wanted a yorkie so bad, but again Dan had a problem with a dog that small, he thought he would step on it, or sit on it. We saw Zappa and went to pet him. He was very friendly and the foster mom pulled him out of the cage and we fell in love. We took him home that day.

Problem was, he had heartworms. Thoes are little worms that get into a dogs bloodstream and travel to the heart and weaken the dog. It is very hard on the dog and the operation for it is very expensive. (thats why the previous owner had to give him up) We had no idea how well he was going to recover, and my mom was pissed that we would get a dog that had a huge problem. But Zappa is great. We took him to the vet and was as healthy as a horse.

Zappa is very outgoing, and active. He tends to pee all over the house and bark at the slightest noises, but we are working on that. Him and Lily get along pretty well. They are learning to sit next to each other and they even play tug-of-war with each other. Lily is very jealous of Zappa. She now comes to me and will try and climb all over me if I am playing with Zappa.

I love him and I am so glad he came into my life. He is my little lap dog and I cannot wait to show him off to people.

here is a video of Lily and Zappa playing tug-of-war!

Happy Birthday

Another year older......
My birthday was not what I expected this year. My morning was terrible. I felt like poo on a stick. Then we went out to look for a dog, and Dan didnt like the one I did. Then we went to GFS and the only thing I wanted there was sold out. Then we went to Best Buy and they didn't have the cds I was looking for. Then Dan wouldn't take me to Red Robin for lunch so we had Mc Donalds. I was so upset, I came home and took a nap. Then we went to my parents house, and that was much better. I got a new purse, Borders gift cards, an Ugly Doll, and an awesome cake. We had Gus's for dinner and then watched Next with Nic Cage. The whole time we watched it my brother would not stop talking and making fun of it, so it ruined the movie.

I have another dinner tonight. hopefully that goes better.

Sick times

Since the new year, almost all the children have been send home because they are sick. Not anything serious, just running noses and temps. well i knew i was going to get it, it was just a matter of time. So last week I started feeling like crap; tired, sore, exhausted, and a sore throat. It never got any worse, thank goodness, (I am known to get strep). This week Dan is sick and very crabby. He had exactly what I had only his is taking longer to heal. He is so mean and short tempered I cant stand it. He needs to get better fast because I am sick(pun intended) of his crabbiness.

Happy New Year

So I have decided to ring in the New year by going full out. I am going to have the best year. Dan and I are happily married, and have a dog that we love. We are going to work better on saving money and going out less. We also decided to stop buying things we dont need. Good luck to us!

Our New years eve was nice and relaxing. We spent the day together at our house enjoying the holiday and not worring about going places. Around 5 we went to my parents house for our New Years eve tradition. We eat lots of food and play tons of games. We all had a good time playing Apples to Apples, In a pickle and of course, the Wii. We rung in the New Year with Ben and Allisons engagement. Yep thats right, Ben proposed to Allison right as the ball was dropping and she said yes. They wont be married for a while because Ben wants to finish school so he can support her. My family was very happy for them!!!

New Years day we went to the Motorcycle show in Novi. Its basically a bunch of dudes looking at all kinds of motorcycles, atv, and other fun things. Dan loves it. Its like a toy store to him. He gets on all the bikes he likes and pretends to drive them.

After the show we went to Borders for me! Love to read, Dan got to see his bikes, I get to see my wonderland of books! Then back home to relax some more. It was a pretty good New Year. Much better than our hectic Christmas.