2 weeks a year

2 weeks a year....I don't see my husband at all. One week in the spring and one week in the fall. That's when he's working at the farm. Thankfully, the farm is only a crop farm. So he plants corn and then he harvests corn. He LIVES for it, and he LOVES it. This year I have been especially worried since he found out he has bronchitis last thursday and has yet to slow down. But as of 9:00 tonight, he is done for the year. And our life will resume to normal until fall when the corn is taller than me. I don't really mind it, thankfully I am one of those people than can be alone for a day or two and it doesn't really bother me. I can find enough things to keep me busy. My dog on the other hand, he is Dustin's dog and he whined and cried for a whole week because he didn't get to go too!!!!

Funny thing today I found out as well. There's a saying out there about good things come to those who wait and bad things come to those who treat people like crap. Ok, well that's not exactly the saying, but you get what I mean. I worked for a company a few years back that was very unbearable to work for and simply thought that they were invincible and people had to come to their business. Well...today I found out...their establishment is CLOSED! A little part of me, the part of me that has the horns and the pitchfork, are secretly smiliing. Smiling because finally it's realized that you really cannot treat people like crap all the time and expect your life to be perfect. Sooner or later, it will get you!

My new hobby room.

I have spend the past week or so cleaning out the computer room (which is about the size of walk in closet) and making a little scrappy room in the spare bedroom. All that we use the spare bedroom for is when we have overnight guests, which has been once all year, and to store stuff.

Here's the before.And here's the after:

It's not completely done yet, but it works for now. I do need a chair though don't I?!?

Beauty Mark or Mole

Whatever it is, I don't like it. I have one on my face close to my nose I've had for years. Probably since I was born. It bugs me. Plus I worry because it's on my face and with the sun, could it turn into skin cancer? So yesterday I went to the good old Dermatologist to get an opinion. I can have it removed, and it would have to be plastic surgery and the insurance probably won't cover it unless their is reason to believe it's cancerous or precancerous. Or I can leave it alone. I still haven't decided what I am going to do. I'm going to think about it and maybe persue it later. My mom thinks it's my "personality" and can't imagine me without it. I think it's ugly and will be super embarrassed if it starts growing hair. lol.

One good thing though, I got some prescrips for my face acne that he said will work much better than what I am currently using. Woohoo!

Electrifying Monday!

What a Manic Monday. From the time I got to work until the time I left my phone rang non-stop, emails popped up, and people came over looking for answers to problems. Mondays are the worst in my job. I didn't even take a lunch break, but I did eat my 0 pt. progresso soup. lol.

Then about 3:00 p.m. (my coworker and myself are on the same power unit and battery backup) our electic lines to our computers SHORTED OUT! I smelled something burning and then all of a sudden the lights flickered and our computers went black. It was freaky!!! Thankfully maintenance came over to fix it, they weren't done by the time I left but they said they would be by tomorrow. THANK GOD!!!!

Tomorrow should be a better day. I only have to work 1/2 day because I have a dermatologist appointment about an hour away so I get to leave at 11:30 then I am treating myself to a little Kohl's shopping trip since I'll be there anyways. ;)

Sooo Excited!!!

I found out this week one of my good friends is pregnant. She has been married 2 years and her husband just wasn't "ready" until now. She's due in October and she had a little bit of problem in the beginning but all is well now. I am so happy for her.

Which leads me to the question everyone has asked me in the past couple weeks seeing most of our family at the funeral and phone calls about Dustin's dads accident...When is it YOUR turn. I keep telling everyone I am on the 30 year plan. lol. I am going to be 28 in July so at 30 we'll probably start trying. Right now I want to make sure I have a house big enough for the 2 of us, a baby and the dog. And this little trailer just isn't cutting it. We were going to start the blueprints this summer for our house and have it built next year but with the housing market as crappy as it is, we are waiting a while to see how the economy is. That may sound risky now, but we really have no reason not to wait it out.

Other than me HATING this shoebox. lol!

Day 1 Back to Weight Watchers

Well today was Day 1 back to weight watchers. So far, not too bad for just getting back. Slow but sure. I'm hoping that the support from the girls at the dawg will give me the motivationt to keep it up. I also worked out again today. :) That's a good thing too. That's the hardest thing for me to do. But with the time change, getting out at 5:30 and not getting home until 6:00 makes it alot easier to keep motivated when it's daylight out.

Ok...my total points I'm allowed for the day is 22. Plus 30 flex points for the week. So far I am at 25 points for the day. I know that's a little high, but it's not horrible for being the first day back.

I am hoping I can do this. I'm sick of feeling like this!

An Easter Gift from my best friend.

My friend just stopped by with an easter gift for me. And my husband WILL kill her when he see's her next.Ha ha! but I think it will look fabulous on my black car! lol

Spring = Mud

And lots of it. This is our driveway a few days ago when we first got the load of gravel for the driveway. I knew it would get muddy this spring, but not like this. Poor Dustin is out on the loader with his snowpants, carhart jacket, and gloves as it's about 32 degrees and freezing rain.

And my dog testing out the new gravel this morning. It still needs ALOT of work. I have a feeling yard work is going to be our only work this summer. :(
And for Amy (Gebmom) a pic of our house.

Spring Cleaning

Spring is far from here, even though the calendar says it's 25 days away. but today is my spring cleaning day for some of the rooms. Partially because we have company coming in a few weeks and you can't even open the door to the spare bedroom. There's just something about spring cleaning that gets me in the groove of things. Soon it will be time to plant flowers, mow the lawn, and break out the sunglasses for more than just the sun's glare off the snow! I can't wait! And today is the start of my cleaning expedition!

Sunday Snowday

Today I'm pretty much snowed in. It's cold, it's windy, it's snowy and frankly where I live, it's not worth driving anywhere. We don't get snow days up here. The roads never close for snow and I always have to report to work, regardless of the weather. So for me Sunday Snowdays are the best! They are the days I spend in my jammies and I don't shower until almost dinner time. I watch my favorite chick flicks. I can scrapbook and not clean my stuff up. I can read forever if I want to. It also seems the days when I am the most productive is on those "sunday snowdays"

Ahh Country Living!

So this morning I found myself running down my icey driveway in my pajama pants, a hoodie, my husbands shoes and my hot rollers in my hair screaming to the top of my lungs. Why do you ask? My dog thought it would be fun to chase the damn amish buggy that was going past our house. I'm sure the amish found me very funny looking. I know my husband was laughing hysterically in the door way. My dog, let's just say, he's on my shit list today.

And that was just the start of my oh so wonderful monday.

10 Years!

Wow...It's hard to believe I've been out of school for 10 years this June. Someone I graduated mentioned it to me today and I can't hardly believe it's been 10 years. Looking back it's amazing how far I have come, and how much further I have to grow.

I went from a very shy 17 year old who pretty much just studied and worked and worried about what other's thought of me to a 27 year old married career-driven women. I've graduated college with a 4 year degree, met some great friends along the way, met and married a great guy, built an awesome restaurant then left it all behind for greener pastures, been through family hardships and surgerys, lost a good friend in car accident, and learned to trust people along the way.

Here's to many many more!!!!!

The difference a week makes.

Today we finally have snow in January. Imagine that, snow in January in NW Pennsylvania.

Here's what it looked like last week.
And here is a picture from the same position (my front porch) this morning.
It's amazing what a difference a week makes!

my "bucket list"

Things I want to do before I kick the bucket!


1. Build a house, and i mean really build it, no kit home.
2. Have children and be healthy enough to see their children.
3. Go on an Alaskan Cruise (I am strange I know)
4. Get my MBA (sometime)

The hardest thing I've had to do this week.

I would say the hardest thing this week has been not letting my job get me down. I had a major slap in the face last week when an uneducated individual who has been in my department 4 months was promoted to a job I was more qualified for, the reasoning I was told was that I am too good in my current position. I felt that was a cop out reason. I was hurt but I've learned that age old lesson, life isn't fair, just get over it and keep on trucking.

2007 In Review

So...2007 is almost gone so I thought I'd think back to the past year.

New house, new husband, new dog.
The year of new stuff.

Finally decided to buy a trailer and live in it until we can afford to build "comfortably" without strapping us of our finances. It was hard moving out of living with my brother, i've lived with him for 26 years!!!

Marriage...after 5 years we finally got hitched. Great wedding, awesome honeymoon, and realized we really have a bunch of people that care alot about us.

My life as a mommy...a doggie mommy that is. Buddy joined our humble household in the fall. We luff him! He's such a fun addition to our little family.

Supervisor...got promoted the first of the year at work. Got a great pay raise with it. ;) Then I went from supervisor to taking upon another person's entire job as well. It's been a stressful year at work, but it's a job I truely do enjoy. (saturday working aside).

Goals for the new year:
Be healthier, be happier, and look more to the good.
The other goal...BE MORE ORGANIZED. I guess I need to clean my house/desk first for this to happen but I am going to try very hard to be more organized.


Cheers to a great 2007 and hopefully an even better 2008!

2 More Days

It's 2 days until christmas and surprisingly I'm pretty much done. Granted I'm not cooking dinner and I didn't make hardly any cookies or treats but that's alright. That's what the mom's are for. This will be our first Christmas as husband and wife, which is a little strange. It's hard to believe we've been married almost 5 months now! But I am thankful that we have what we have and have made it this far.

Scary Day

Yesterday was a very scary day for me. My mom called me in the morning to tell me she was going to the Dr. because she had a pain in her stomach. I told her to call me when she got done. She called me about 11:30 a.m. to tell me she was in the ER they thought she had a kink in her intestine. So I flew down to the hospital and sat with her through all the tests and etc. We laughed and joked and watched lifetime in the ER while they took forever. Finally we found out the Dr's office was wrong, it was actually GERD in her GI system that caused the severe pain. I could've killed the woman at the dr's office that told my mom she'd probably need surgery. Mom was all worried because I missed my office christmas party to sit in the ER with her. But she's my mom and I would've stayed all night with her if I had to. Dustin and I talked last night about how the roles have really changed, it's not longer our parents taking care of us, it's us taking care of our parents. *sigh* Getting old really does suck! lol.

Annual Fall Weekend Getaway

This weekend was our annual fall getaway. We always go to Gettysburg in October to visit friends of ours that live there. Dustin went to college with Adam and his wife Kelly. We only see each other a few times a year but they are "true" friends.

This weekend 2 other couples went with us, as it was a surprise birthday for Adam at their house on Saturday. Saturday mornin the guys went farm touring (rolleyes) and the girls went to hagerstown to the outlets shopping. It was alot of fun! Then we came back and started cooking. Such good food and good drinks! And he was totally surprised with his John Deere tractor cake and the collector pedal tractor we bought him.

It's so nice to get out of town for a weekend and just relax. We had a great time! I can't wait until we do it again!

Our New Ride

Dustin decided that we needed a new "toy" A friend of his was selling his ATV, so we decided to buy it. We sold dustin's old sport atv to his brother and we bought a grandpa atv with 4 wheel drive and reverse. It's an automatic too, so no shifting. I wasn't sure I'd use it, but since we've had it, I've used it to go to his parents and take my garbage down. And it's a nice mailbox getter! lol!

Here's the new toy!