A dumb moment

I think I'll share a funny story with you all.
It's quite emberrassing but it makes me chuckle and thats all that matters.

Yesterday I had to go home after work and pack a bunch of stuff but I wanted to watch some shows that I had taped at the same time. Plus American Idol was coming on too!
So I turn on the TV and turn it to channel 3 and turn on the digital cable...all I got was blue static. So I started to freak out because I HAD to watch American Idol tonight...(I'm that addicted) So I call Stephen at work and he tries to help out over the phone,....but the cords look alright (well for what I saw but i don't know anything about tv's)
So I get off the phone and call Time Warner to see if they could help me out. The guy says that everything looks okay in our area and it's really odd that it's not working....he even said the internet was working and that was odd that one wasn't working and the other one was. So he tells me to take the cord out from the back of the cable box (of course i had no clue on which cord it was so he had to "instruct" me on that) So after I do that it still doesn't work....so he says "hm...I wonder why not" . While he was re programming it I decided that maybe i should check to make sure that the TV was indeed on channel 3.....yeah so it was channel 4 that it was on....as soon as I flipped it to 3 I go "Oh look its working now" .....Of course I didn't tell him that my dumb moment was the reason I had him racking his brain on to why our TV wasn't working, I just made him believe he fixed it.
They should have recordings at the beginning:

"If you are calling about your cable not working please make sure your TV is plugged in and turned on. Also make sure your channel is tuned to the right one. If this was the case please hang up and think next time before you call and waste our time"

So much going on

So I haven't posted in quite a while, I've been crazy busy.
Not a lot going on from the outsiders stand point but there are a lot of changes going on in our lives. Stephen will be receiving a phone interview sometime this week or the next. If he passes that he will be flown to Nashville for a face to face interview. If he gets accepted into MIT (Manager in training) he will be going on to Dallas (we think) and training there for a couple months. After those months are over he will be given his very own store and that could be just about anywhere. Because of the circumstances of not knowing where we may end up in a couple months we have talked to Stephen's parents and they have allowed us to move in with them until we find out where we will be living. We are moving this weekend, I'm excited in the way of seeing that God has a great big plan for our lives. I'm so proud of my husband and all that he has accomplished in the last year. He has really proven himself and he is respected on top of everything. I'm sad becuase this is the beginning of all the change that will effect our lives, and it's hard for me to swallow, it's hard for me to say goodbye to our home for the past 2 years of being married. I'll be sad when Stephen goes away for a couple months but in the end this is God's plan and he will take care of both of us. Once I get past the packing and the moving process and Stephen passes his phone interview I think I'll be fine, I just need some concrete ground to stand on....so I can get my balance before I'm back on the wirlwind of everything.
If you think about it please pray that Stephen, he is so nervous, and I'm so nervous for him.

I'm happy with my job and where I am right now, I just worry about being rooted up again. I know that there is a bigger picture out there, but for now I just see where I'm at now. This is everything I've wanted and yet somehow I'm scared. Leaving family and friends....no one can prepare themselves for that.

Well those are just some of my thoughts on everything and also some updates on what's going on in our lives. I'll keep you posted on things as they progress.

I have to get back to work now....have a great weekend.

Game and busted toe

So I was given 4 really good Houston Rocket tickets yesterday evening. They were about $160 a piece! It was a great last minute plan.....they even won..by like 4 points...it was awesome, even I enjoyed it.

Okay so funny story, we are at the Toyota Center going down the escilators when a friend of ours stopped up top and said we were going to far...so then Wade and Stephen proceeded to run back up the down escalator and urge me to follow. I turn around and start stepping up the down and it's going pretty good until i get to the top, then the one step keeps coming and coming and coming....SO I decide that the only way to get past that is to jump while trying to keep my balance and not tumble down. So I jump and wack my big toe against the stair and busted it open......it hurt so bad. So word for the wise never go up a down escalator...and vise versa...those things are dangerous....

but yes we had a blast!! and the tickets were the best I'v seen.

4 Things

I've been tagged by Lindsay, so here goes:

Four jobs I've had:
Sales Clerk at Lifeway
File Clerk at a construction company
Receptionist at a construction company
Accounts Payable Administrator at a construction company

Four movies I can watch over and over:
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Raising Helen
Wedding Planner
Napoleon Dynamite


Four TV shows I love to watch:
24
One Tree Hill
American Idol
Gilmore Girls


Four places I’ve been on vacation:
Gatlinburg, TN
Destin, FL
Mishawaka, IN
Douglasville, GA


Four favorite dishes:
Chicken and Dumplings
Sweet and Sour Chicken (PF Changs)
Green Bean Cassarole
Macaroni and Cheese ( I know it's not a dish but I love it)


Four Web sites I visit daily:
Mail.yahoo.com
Myspace.com
Fire Fighters Credit Union
Blogger.com


Four places I’d rather be:
Europe
West Coast
Colorado
Home

Four others I'd like to tag are:
Kristen
Alicia
Jenny
Nathan

it's been one crazy week

So in my spare time I'm now addicted to the great show American Idol. Honestly it's my first season to watch the whole thing, and get myself into it.
These are the people I would like to see win, or get close to. Really in no particular order as of yet:

Ace
Taylor
Chris
Will
Katherine
Lisa
Mandessa


Hopefully one of them will win in the end...with that I will be happy.

So work is crazy busy, I'm so not joking...the days seem to go by one after another after another after another. Two weeks is almost over and I haven't had time to even really think about it. But I like being busy and I like people really depending on me and coming to me to do things for them. If there is one thing I'v learned is that Accounting is always busy and hopping. Hopefully in another 2 weeks I'll have it down and not have to keep using my notes to run checks or certain things like that. I'm just excited that I don't have to answer all the phones anymore....its quite a change in life.
One sad thing is that I don't have my door anymore...so if I don't go to lunch I never see the outside...its quite sad. But you always lose something to gain something. In the end it works out.

A couple things I'm looking forward to:

Monday-a brand new episode of 24
Wednesday-An instense episode of One Tree Hill

Just thought I'd share....I love those shows.
Well I'm going to hit the hay, I'm not feeling well and I know tomorrow is going to be a busy one.
If I haven't commented on your blogs it's only becuase I never have time. For once I'm too busy to keep checking this every day.
Have a great rest of the week and a wonderful weekend.

Michelle

I'm here

Wow, I love all the pictures of all these babies! How fast they grow.

Nothing much going on here, I started my new job today, I really love it. It doesn't leave me much time to get online but that's alright I love being busy.
Last week I had to train the new Receptionist to replace me, that was fun. I felt like i was between jobs, lol, I had to sit there and not work. It was crazy.

Anyways I just wanted to let everyone know I'm still here, just very busy.
Stephen took me out to Zio's tonight for Valentines day. I'm not much of a Valentines day person, and didn't feel like waiting for a table for 2 hours tomorrow. So we went out tonight. It was nice.

Well you all have a great day tomorrow, I'm going to get some sleep.

Alicia and Josh, congrats on the birth of Caleb! He is a beauty.

More pictures

Both parents




The three gals




The 6 of us! I love this picture, my family was making all of us laugh!








My sister and I





Me and my dad



The wedding party

Wedding Pictures!!!

Some pictures from the wedding, I finally scanned some in. I just love them.


My brother Josh, and cousin Cidney

THANKYOU!

Thank you everyone for praying for my Grandpa.
He is doing really good right now. It seems that his family has cheered him up.
They just ran test yesterday, he has had a heart problem since he was younger, and he never really thought it would hurt him. Well it caught up to him and they think that because of that it was letting out blood clots every now and then which was causing the strokes.
But I believe that everything will work out and he will be out of the hospital before we know it. He is a very strong man.
His hands and feet have been cracking for a long time, but yet he just would tape them up and play volley ball. He had hip surgry and instead of taking it easy he was right back out there with his league.....he's an extremely strong man, and I'm thankful that we have more time with him. God is good.

So thanks again for your thoughts and prayers and words of encouragement.
You guys are awesome!

Sad News

My Grandpa had a stroke yesterday evening......he is doing good though. They were running some test today on him to see what caused the stroke. The Cat Scan said he had a couple strokes...and that his blood pressure was high....they were afraid that he would have a heart attack.

I cried my eyes out......nothing prepares you for bad news about someone you love. I'm also angry that I can't be there with him at the hospital. I'v always hated being so far away from my family...and this just makes it so much harder.

But mom called me last night, and he is doing much better...my aunts and uncles when to see him and he was in a good mood from what I heard.
Please keep him in your prayers if you think about it......he has so many people that love him and want him around for a long time yet.

Two post in one day..what a record

Alright well I know I already posted today but I thought I would share something with you guys.

Today about 12:50 a lady comes up from accounting (my new boss) and she told me that my friend Katy had been in a car accident at the corner of The Beltway and West Hardy.
So me being who I am I freaked out and got my relief to cover for me and left to check up on her. I got there and she was still sitting in her car up on the curb crying. Another co-worker from work was also there.
Supposedly she was crossing under the Beltway and someone crashed into her from the other direction as she went through the light. The man that had hit her claimed he had a green light...the lady that was behind him claimed they had a green light. Katy clamed she also had a green light....
The police were there and they were getting statements and Katy was still sitting in her car just trying to calm down, her car was such a mess.
Well as we are standing there talking to her two cars came through the intersection and crashed into each other. At that point when they were finally able to stop we found out that they claimed BOTH their lights were green.....strange huh?
So the police gave Katy a ticket because they say her light had to be red since there was a witness to the guy's green light.
About 5 minutes later I walked acrossed the stree to get a camera that another co-worker was bringing me and when I came back Katy was sitting on the ground crying and there was another man on the ground looking like he was in pain. I look up and there are 2 trucks in the intersection who had just crashed into each other. Accident number 3 within 20 minutes.
When talking to the police man about the lights not being syncronized right he said "I don't have time to sit here and watch the lights". Okay so that just really made me mad, so you would rather someone get seriously injured or die because you didn't have time to watch them? And you are still okay with giving my friend a ticket when clearly she didn't run a red light. Every one of those people in those 3 accidents claimed they had GREEN lights.
So me being who I am I called my father and told him what was going on and with him being a sergeant i knew he could do something. He couldn't help with the ticket but he did dispatch someone out to check the lights.
So I left and went back to work and a little bit later I called Katy to see how she was doing and she told me after I left there was a FOURTH accident in the middle of the intersection...and almost a 5th but they were able to stop in time.
All people say they had green lights....shouldn't the city have to pay for this???
I saw one of the accidents about 20 feet in front of me and it scared me pretty bad....poor Katy, but atleast she is still alive....God is good, no one was seriously hurt.
Be careful out there, if you are the first at a light make sure you are careful as you cross the intersection...it can be very dangerous.

Thanks for the congrats on my new position, hopefully I can start the first Monday in Feb...I'm praying.
Have a good weekend.

Exciting News

Well I have some pretty exciting news, well for me anyways.
Yesterday I had an interview at my company for an position in Accounting.
Well I found out right before I left work yesterday that I got the position.
So now I'm going to be:
The Accounts Payable Administrator!!!
I'm so terribly excited about this, I'm finally getting off the phones and going to do something productive, and I'm thankful to be able to utilize my brain power. :)
I know there may be question about my ability to do this job, because if you look at me i'm a Receptionist, with no degree, where is my experience?
But I love a challenge and as I have proven to them for the past 3 years is that I put everything in my job and do it to the best of my ability.
They did give me the job so they must trust that I am a good canidate....this is a huge chance to move up and have this experience on my resume. Last week I was so upset about work and everything and less then a week later God opened up a door for me and I'm ready to walk through it.
I do have to wait to move back there until they find a replacement for me up here...I'm that important! LOL
So this week has been such a great one...and now its almost the weekend, how exciting is that.
One other part of this new position is that I'm back there with one of my best friends, Katy, she works back there (I helped her get the job ;)) and so it's going to be fun, and its a great group....so yes God has blessed me tremendously this week.
I just thought I would share with you some extremely exciting news.

I hope you all are having a great weekend!!!
Good luck Alicia, I'm praying for you, you are almost there!

Today is going to be great

I know, I'm a little behind on keeping this updated but there is nothing even romotely interesting happening.
Stephen and I are still trying to get through all of the 24 seasons. We are now on the 2nd of the 6 disc of season 4. The new season started on Sunday so hopefully by next monday we can of finished season 4 and finished off 4 episodes of the new season. I know we are addicted, but we love it so much, its really hard to stop watching it mid season.

I can't believe how old babies have gotten and how others are about to become moms.
Alicia you have just a few weeks left
Andrea you have a few weeks left
and my dear friend Natalie is having a boy in May.
I feel a little behind, where is that baby dust?? lol
Melissa you are going to have a year old baby soon, and Lindsay your little girl is just the cutest, I can't believe how fast she is growing.

Work is about the same here, nothing really going on. Well actually we have had some changes at work, but not enough to really talk about.

This past weekend Kristen and Dennis came down to have a short little visit. We met them at IHop on Friday night....man you put us four together or more like Dennis and Stephen together and they always keep you entertained.
Saturday we went to my brother Josh's basketball game (which his team won both games) and then to Fudruckers with the family. Good ole times.
My parents anniversary was on Sunday...28 years...or was it 29...anyways, its great to see two people stay married for such a long time.
Last night my company had their annual business meeting, I didn't get home til 7pm...7:30-7pm makes for a long day.
Tonight we are going to my in-laws, its my father-in-laws birthday, I think we may be grilling steaks.
Stephen is still busting his butt trying to get into MIT, pray for him....he has worked so hard.

Anyone that is not working today, go enjoy the weather, its absolutely beautiful out there.
I must get back to work.

Alicia and Andrea good luck and I pray that your baby boy's come fast and easy....your almost there!

What a great New Year

Well I'm back and it's a brand new year.
Life has been somewhat busy but not too bad now that the Holidays are over.
I was off on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday before and after the New Year.
It was a very nice change I must say, considering I hadn't had any down time since before Thanksgiving. Stephen was off on Friday and Sunday with me so that was also nice.
We did find something that we both enjoy, that is the Fox show 24. Stephens' brother has all the seasons, 1-4, and we borrowed Season 1 a while back. Well we decided to check it out and see what it was all about. The first 2 episodes had us hooked so we HAD to get through the remaining 22. So all weekend and in the evenings and my time off we watched this show. I will have to say its about the best show I'v ever seen, very intense, but great. Tuesday night we finally finished the last espisode on Season 1 and last night we watched the first episode on Season 2. I would really like to finish all 4 Seasons before the 5th one starts in a week and 3 days. It might just be the impossible but we will see how far we can get. It's one of those shows you just can't turn off, I dont see how I'm going to stand waiting week after week to find out what happens, I'm spoiled with having all the seasons at my fingertips. Anyways so thats kinda what we have been doing lately. I have managed to find time to cook and clean and take down all our Christmas things. It was nice to unclutter our place. Back to the normality of life, sad but nice. I'm ready for some relaxation and peace. Last night was my last night at Lifeway, which was very nice....I can now have somewhat of a normal life. I do have a couple things I want to do this year...I want to run every evening, watch what I eat and read the Bible in a year. I think I can handle it....I like goals.
Stephen is getting closer and closer to his right now, I'm excited to see where God is going to take us this year. Who knows what or where we will be in 6 months, bittersweet but exciting. I'm ready to move on see what else is out there.
Well Stephen and I want to do something in Feb before his life becomes hectic so if anyone has any ideas please let me know. Somewhere we can go for 4 days....that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
I feel like I need to catch up on everything in my life, I'v just started but I feel I have so much more to do, I didn't realize how much I let slack because I didnt' have time. Also if anyone great Recipes that they would like to share I would appriciate that also.
I hope you all have a blessed week. I have to get back to work now.

I''ts Chistmas time...

Well i'm sitting at my parents house all cuddled up in their lounge chair and blanket with my mom's lap top in my lap. We are all watching War of the Worlds. Stephen and Wade both got one for Christmas.
It's been a good Christmas this year. Busy but fun. Last night Stephen and I went to his parents for the evening. Stephen's grandparent and siblings and parents were all over there. We did preents and ate a fabulous dinner. Then Stephen and I went home and did Christmas with each other. Stephen got me a ring from James Avery, some clothes, my favorite perfume, a Chi, and pajama pants oh and some sketchers. I love everything. Stephen love his ipod nano and then after that I told him he had one more present and he opened up a wedding ring. I surprised him with the same ring with an engravement on it. He absolutely loved it, and this time I actually surprised him. I was so happy just to see his face. We are married again! ahaha.
This morning we woke up and went to my parent and opened gifts and then had lunch. Here we are relaxing and just enjoying the day.
I hope you all had/have a very Merry Christmas!!!!!
This lap top is hard to type on so I'll update again soon. It's been crazy busy lately. Just two more weeks and 'thing will slow down.

Merry Christmas!!

A scare

So yesterday it rained and rained and rained. It was so nasty outside.
All day the IT department at my company were keeping an eye on the bayou to see how high the water was rising. The area around work always floods and if you don't get out in time you are stuck til it goes down again.
It rose from being 10ft under to 7ft..to 3 ft..to reaching the top of the bayou. About 2:00 we started getting worried about flooding because even though the big rains had stopped there was another storm on its way. The waters on every exit out of here was flooded....so about 2:30 a lot of us decided to leave and get out before we were stuck. I had to take off my shoes because the water was up higher around my car...i think it was past my ankles...anyways so i drove out to the exit that everyone else was driving through and I thought if they could make it then my small car can make it. I'm driving through it when i feel myself stopping, so i give it some more gas and finally make it out...it really scared me.
I get to work today and find out that some guys from work were at the end of the road watching me wondering what kinda person would try to drive through the water in such a small car. As I got closer they found out it was me, and I was told that if I hadn't made it they would of laughed at me....yeah well as I was crying I doubt they would of been laughing. Anyways we got out and I heard it got higher but the next storm never really came so we didnt' flood. If it had since the water was already pretty deep it would of given our building 2ft of water. yuck! God was watching over us.
So that was my scare for the day. I did get to get a couple errands done once I got home and changed before I had to go to work that night. So it was a blessing in disguise and a couple hours of freedom.
Christmas shopping is coming along, I'm almost done with everything and pray that I finish this weekend. As Christmas is only 10 days away....wow..how exciting is that.
Ryan: Are you happy??? If you had my life, I doubt you would be posting much. But I did it just for you.
Have a great rest of the week, Friday is right around the corner.

Merry Christmas!

24 more days til Christmas

So it's already December 1st. I can't even believe how fast this year has gone.
I have so much to do before Christmas can get here.....hopefully on Monday I can come back to work and know that I finished 75% of it.
I'v been crazy busy at work and everything. Stephen has been sick for almost 2 weeks now, I hope he gets better soon....not a good season to be sick in.
It's getting closer and close to the new year...I can't wait to see what God has in store for us then.
I just wanted to update and let you know that everything was still the same, and we are doing okay. Just trying to stand still in this busy month.
I had so much to do yesterday but accomplished nothing, didn't feel like going out and doing my Christmas shopping, or grocery shopping...I was too tired. So all that will have to be done Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Can't wait! LOL
Well I hope everyone is having a great week, and will continue to have a great rest of the week.
For all my blogger friends with babies, I love looking at the new pictures. Keep them coming!

It's been a while

Oh wow, it's been a while since I'v updated.
This past week has been so busy. Some of my family came down from Indiana last Friday night for Thanksgiving. They just left this morning, so between work and spending time with my family, there really hasn't been that much time left to do anything.
We had a great Thanksgiving, Thursday we went to my in-laws and had a wonderful meal. Stephens grandparents came in so we spent some time with them also. We left there that evening and spent some time with my family. Friday I had to get up at 5am to go to work from 7am-3pm. So that kinda ruined my shopping time, but thats alright, I didn't need to spend money. It was so busy at work though, it was crazy! I'v never seen it like that. The day went by extremely fast.
This morning Stephen and I got up at 7am, and went and said goodbye to my family and then came home and crashed from 9-1, it was so nice to actually get to sleep and not have to set an alarm.
I had to work this evening, but it was alright, when you don't have to work a 9 hour shift before hand it actually can be fun.
This next week is going to be so busy, once again. I can't wait for the holiday season to come to a close. I will be finally quitting Lifeway, which will be nice but I'll still miss it.
I have about half my shopping left to do, can't seem to find the time to get it all done. Hopefully this week I can get away and get some of it done.
We got our Christmas tree put up along with all of our decorations. I still need to get some little things but I think we are just about done with all of that.
Well my husband is sick and I need to go check up on him. It seems the flu or cold or whatever it is is going around right now. Yucky.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and good luck with all your Christmas shopping.
Have a great week!!!!

My weekend

This weekend was so much fun.
Stephen and I decided at the last minute that we would go to Dallas to visit one of our favorite friends, Abby, after work on Friday. Actually we decided this about 5:30pm on friday evening. So he got home and we got ready and left for Dallas and got there about 10:20pm. We got up and met up with Abby on her lunch break and had lunch at this awesome Mexican Restaurant called On the Border. Then Stephen and I shopped all afternoon. It was so much fun. We got some Christmas gifts and also some stuff for ourselves. Let's just say it tired Stephen out.
After Abby got off work we went to Downtown Fortworth with her and Trish. It's so much fun down there....especially the chocolate shop we went into. YUM!
We left there and got back to Abby and Trish's about 9:30 and we left from there and headed home. Got home about 1:30am on Sunday morning....it seemed like it took FOREVER!!!
But we did make it to church that morning and then on to Papasitos with the family afterwards. Afterward we went home and crashed for the rest of the afternoon/evening. We did absolutely nothing. It was great. We still need to get both vehicles oil changed, but other than that besides a messy apt, we had a blast this weekend. It was nice to get away.
I also found out on my way to Dallas that my Aunt and Uncle and 4 cousins are coming here for Thanksgiving....they are arriving Friday night or Saturday morning. I'm so excited, to have family visit us...its great. I can't wait to see all the 4 cousins...we always seem to have a blast together. Hopefuly I can get off some next week and spend time with them.
This week is going to be hard and fast and long.....I work about 63 hours...its going to be great. But hopefully in 7 months I wont have to work at all....I'm praying....:) Please pray with me ! lol

Well thats about it, I'm here at work and I still have a while to go before I can go home and relax before tomorrow starts.
If I have any more interesting news before this week is over I'll let ya know.
Have a great week.

Oh and Thanksgiving is in 1 week and 3 days!! Whoo hoo
Christmas is in 6 weeks!

Oh and yes I have already put the Christmas tree up, with the lights. I haven't decorated it, just put the lights on it. I'm getting ready.

Same ole Same Ole

Alright well I'm here and it's been a super duper long week.
I dont have a baby to talk about,
I'm not pregnant so I can't talk about that.
I haven't gotten anything new,
I haven't moved into a real house yet,
No pets yet,
I'm doing the same exact thing I'v done for the past 3 years....
SO I have no idea what would be that interesting that someone would want to read.

All i can say is that this week and last week have been sooo long and that I'm ready for the weekend. Only 16 more hours left to work this week. I'm so thankful for that.

I just thought I would update and let you all know that I'm still alive and well but just busy.
I guess I'll post more when something changes....
I hope you all have a great rest of the week.