American Idol & Moving Date!

I think I'm already hooked on American Idol. Poor Dan! I think the new judge Kara is nice and all... but I don't really think she is necessary. I liked it better with just the three judges. She does have a pretty awesome name though. (for those of you who don't know: Jennifer Kara) I really thought some great singers were on the show last night. Lots of people they're putting through sing well but they just aren't special. I tried to find a video of the lady from last night's show that referred to her "traishia" and was singing from her wrong rectum, but alas, couldn't find a video of her on youtube. I did, however, find this interesting trip down memory lane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG3SYPzCEWA

PLEASE! Someone tell me they're hooked like me!!

Well... we finalized our moving plans and have signed a new lease! I'm SUPER excited! We're moving in on February 21st so I've got just over 4 weeks to do my packing. I was so excited I've even packed my first box! WHOO! Yea, I plan ahead. :)
My Mom & Step Dad, Walt are coming up to help us move and I'm really excited to have the extra help and to spend a little time with them. Hopefully we'll have time to go the Loveless Cafe while they're here! Well, that's all for tonight. Adios!

Tag, I'm it!

I was tagged by my sister in law, Amy, to go to the 6th folder on my computer and pick out the 6th picture. This (obviously) is a picture of Shelby and Roscoe. Roscoe used to be our 2nd baby but we decided it was a little too much to have two shelties in one apartment and let my mom & step dad take care of Roscoe permanently. He loves it there with all the space and the huge yard! My grandma told me that "he has developed such a personality that he didn't have when he lived with you". Apparently he was extremely depressed and has flourished into a quite lovable creature now that he is in a healthy home. :D I kid, I kid!! I know she didn't mean anything by that but we all got a good laugh out of it. I do miss that little rascal!Well I guess my next task is to tag 6 people to do the same thing (6th folder... 6th picture). I'm tagging Amanda, Melodie, Katie, Kristine, Mariana, and Dianne! Have fun!

The Holidays!

Well, I've been waiting to write this blog because I wanted to include the professional picture taken of Dan and I at the annual Dave Ramsey Christmas Party... but I'm tired of waiting for it so I'm writing anyway! Speaking of the Dave Ramsey Christmas Party... it was awesome!!! We walked away with great memories and a little, well... a lot, of extra folding money. :) We originially had planned to save the money but we decided just last weekend (very spontaneously) that we wanted a flat screen tv... which, by the way, is AMAZING! Just what we need... more reasons to spend too much time in front of that box that sucks you in.

Christmas was full of mixed emotions... I went home to be with my mom & Gommy (I didn't see them on Thanksgiving or last Christmas) and left my sweet hubby all by himself on Christmas day. Call me a bad wife if you want, I don't care. Okay... maybe I do care but I really wanted to be in Mississippi for Christmas this year! I missed him so much that I came home a day early to be here and it definitely felt good to be back in my own apartment. My cousin (twice removed) Stacy and my Uncle joined us for Christmas which was really nice! Stacy is quite possibly the most interesting person in my whole family (besides myself of course). He lives in France and makes his living singing and playing piano on a norweigan cruise lines ship all year long! Christmas Eve was really neat because he got on Gommy's piano and sang a few Christmas songs. See my pretty Christmas tree below that my mother in law helped me decorate after Thanksgiving.

My company gave us a total of 5 days off this year for Christmas and New Years so we got to go ring in the new year at Nick & Julie's house with some other people from Lampo. Thanks for the get together Julie! :) See pics below!

I'll finish up this post by telling everyone that we're thinking about moving into a townhome in bellevue! It is actually an apartment complex with a townhome floor plan. They're only a little more than what we're paying now and they're MUCH nicer! They are upstairs and downstairs and have a great gym and fenced in dog park for Shelby. See the floor plans by clicking this link: http://www.865bellevue.com/community/floorplan.do?lid=en_US&pid=1625. The one we're looking at is on the 2 bedroom tab and it is the The Parthenon down at the bottom of that page. Look how huge the closets are!!!!!! :) :) :)