ABC's

A – An advantage you have – Having a job and being a college student

B – Blue or brown eyes – Brown

C – Chore you hate – I don't really have chores, but I never like taking dishes out of the dishwasher

D – Dad’s name – Daddy!

E – Essential start of your day – I don't have a real start to my day. I normally take a shower when I get up, unless I am just laying around the house for the day

F – Favorite color – I like yellow and pink

G – Greatest thing you’ve ever done that made you feel really good – Every obstacle in life has made me a better person.

H – Habit you have – Picking my cuticles

I – Issue you hate that the world tries to make you pursue – Pro-life vs Pro-choice

J – Job title – 3rd key

K – Kohls or Target – Both

L – Living arrangements – With family right now, but soon J and I will be getting somewhere to live once enough money is saved up.

M – Music you like – Top 40

N - Nicknames – Mae

O – Overnight hospital stay – Last September, I stimulated my vagas nerve by something I ate and got very sick.

P – Pet Peeve – constant chatter

Q – Quote that you like most – Quotes from The Office

R – Right or left handed – Right

S – Siblings – One...her.

T – Time you wake up – Depends on what I have to do that day

U – Underwear – yes please

V – Vegetable you dislike – celery and onion

W – What makes you run late – I don't run late

X – X-rays you’ve had – Too many

Y – Yummy food you make – Jarred likes my 7 layer salad

Z – Zoo animal – zebra

So How is Baby Doing?

So I know you're dying to know how our sweet Baby is doing. So I found both old and recent pictures of her to share.

This is what I woke up to a few weeks ago.

Almost like the Cesar commercial. So sweet.



This is a cell picture. I have a weird, creepy obsession with stuffed animals and the mechanical 'real life' stuffed animals. Both the cat and the dog (the one with pink bows, mind you) are those 'Fur-Real' pets that I had to have. These were bought during late night trips to Wal-Mart and no, there was no substance abuse to fuel these purchases. I seriously just wanted them. And J allowed me to buy them, so it's partly his fault. If he's okay walking around Wal-Mart with me carrying a stuffed animal, cooing at it, then I love him even more.

But yeah, the picture just had to be taken. Baby sat down right next to the stuffed ones and I couldn't help but smile.

This is Baby giving a big shout out to her homeland! We thought she would look darling in a sweater, and yeah, we were right.

And such a fashion diva Baby is! Pink collar with a Scottish-inspired sweater? Honey, please, you are too much!

Finish The Sentence

1. I've come to realize that my last kiss... was as special as the one before it, even if it was just a kiss goodbye.

2. I am listening to... Baby sleeping

3. I talk... about work a lot on this blog. I should stop

4. I love... getting home at night and relaxing with J

5. My best friend/s... Jarred

6. My first real kiss... was more of a peck. But still cute.

7. Love is... something everyone should have in life!

8. Marriage is... what I strive for in life.

9. Somewhere, someone is thinking... 'What time is it?"

10. I'll always... want more shoes, more clothes, and more time.

11. The last time I really cried was because... of money issues.

12. My cell phone... is going to get traded in for a Blackberry come August!

13. When I wake up in the morning... I sometimes have to steam Jarred's shirt for work

14. Before I go to bed... I listen to my iPod

15. Right now I am thinking about... doing some laundry

16. Babies are... little and can sometimes be cute. I prefer dogs.

17. I get on Myspace... once in a while. Mostly to see if it's still there. Go Facebook!

18. Today I... am excited about the weekend!

19. Tomorrow I will be... Relaxing at home, but nervous too.

20. I really want to be... at the beach. On a vacation. That won't come for a few years though, because that's how long J and I will be broke.

Marginal Work Won't Maximize Profits

Who knew part time job could be so demanding. Shoo-weee! I feel like all I've done is work. 26 hours isn't anything either. So why do I feel like all I do is get up, eat, shower, work, come home, eat, sleep, and then do it all again? I'm back down in hours next week, so I am looking forward to that.

What do I have to talk about? Nothing really. No new recipes I tried, but I did have some glorious cous cous and black beans for lunch today. No funny stories to tell. Not looking forward to anything, besides for getting paid and buying my awesome TOMS.

Hmm.

What a boring week. I am still wanting to post though because I don't want anyone thinking I've fallen off the face of the earth. I'm still here, just either asleep or surrounded by appliances. What. A. Life.

I am wanting Jarred and I to plan a fun day trip sometime when we both aren't working. Since an actual vacation is out of the question for the next, oh, three or so years, I'd like to plan a daycation for sometime before school starts.

But the most important thing on my mind right now is making money to better J and myself. And I know he is thinking the same thing. And some thoughts about student loans being paid off. Once I get out of school and start a full time job somewhere, hopefully two incomes will help to pay off college much sooner.

But that's a bit down the road.

I love working because I love money. And I have given into the fact that college will get me more money, so yes, it's necessary.

I am going to be wonderful in business because I just look at finances and want to know how businesses can maximize their profits.

I'm sure Daddy would be proud!

101...Barely

So I get to 100 posts and then I never write again. It's only been a day or so since my hundredth post, but in the blogging world that is forever!

So sue me. I've been busy with work this week. A lot has gone on but I can't really say anything on here because I don't know for certain who reads this.

I'm counting down the days left of my summer because my second summer class starts soon. I can't wait. Gag me.

That's the only things that have gone on this week and it's looking like the rest is going to be just as boring.

Man. What a lousy post.

100th Post!

It's my 100th post! YAY!

I guess after Christine's contest, this post might be a little anticlimactic considering there is no prize for this blog. I am one broke chick! Paying for school stinks. And swipes all your money.

But I thought nonetheless, I will do something special for my 100th post. Since it's a big feat for me. I have tried to keep blogs in the past and it's never worked out so well. But with motivation from reading friends' blogs, I have been able to keep this one running! And it's so fun to blog, even when there is nothing to say. Because it's your blog. Who's gonna tell you to shut up on your own blog?

Ahem.

Anyway.

I decided yesterday that tonight I would post a review of the move UP for my 100th post. And now that I am back home from the theatre, I am so glad this is the topic I chose.

Let me tell you: That is one special movie.

I don't see too many movies in theatres. I choose carefully which one to spend the money on. And Jarred and I love going to see Disney Pixar movies. Our first date was to see Meet the Robinsons. I have wonderful memories of that summer at PU going to see Ratatouille. And we were beyond excited to see Wall-E. So yes, we love those movies.

The movie UP happened to be one of those movies that you see previews for and scratch your head, thinking Disney has finally gone off the deep end. But the closer the movie got to its release, the more we found out about it. Yet still, the movie was such a mystery. Did anyone know what it was about? Because what I thought it was about was not at all correct.

I don't want to give away too much of the plot, because I really want everyone to go see it themselves. But here goes...

The movie begins with a young Carl Fredricksen watching a movie of the famous explorer Charles Muntz. He is fascinated by exploration.
Carl meets a girl named Ellie who is also an explorer.
The next few scenes are of Carl and Ellie getting married and living their life together. The scenes are so heartfelt; ones of them taking picnics and cleaning their house together and holding hands while reading in their armchairs.
Eventually, life catches up to Carl and Ellie. Ellie passes away and Carl is left on his own. He is obviously very sad and lonely.
That is when Carl meets Russell, a Wilderness Explorer scout who wants to help Carl cross the street so he can earn his 'Helping the Elderly' badge.
After a scuffle with a man over Carl's mailbox, Carl is ordered to a retirement home. But Carl has another idea. Leftover from his days of working at the local zoo, Carl inflates tens of thousands of balloons to lift his and Ellie's house off it's foundation so he can finally go to South America to explore. He and Ellie had made promises to one another to someday go to find the Paradise Falls.
Does Carl find the Falls? What happens with Russell?

Just watch the movie in theatres!

I cried so much during the movie. During, like, the entire movie. Seriously. My eyes are all puffy and swollen. Jarred commented that the movie really wasn't for children. I agreed. Movies that Pixar has come out with lately are more for adults. The subject matter is something a child would not understand. The deep love Carl and Ellie had and his sense of loss when she is gone is very apparent. It really touches you.

What did I get from the movie?

To always have an adventure. Life isn't terrible, even when we are sad. And on the other said of tragedy, life can be happy once more.

My favorite character, Carl Fredricksen

Probably J's favorite character, Dug

Can't Wait