Good things!

Just finished watching an old Office episode on Hulu.

The one where Jim and Pam go to Michael and Jan's dinner party.

Laughed my butt off.

Sometimes I miss TV.

I've been really stinking busy this week.

Got my car insurance, title, and cell phone transfered from my mom's stuff to mine.

That was a hassle.

Homework.

and I had to clean my house.

It needed it.

and it does again, now. ugh.

Our camping trip was awesome, though, and it was so worth it.

When we got back, we FINALLY conquered the green room!!

This was the only room in the house that i wasn't happy with.

In fact, I hated it.

Because we hated it, it became a catch-all for stuff we didn't know what to do with.

So...we painted it!

It was glorious.

It is now officially the music room.

We cleaned out a bunch of the junk, and only took Jamie's guitars and accessories, and the piano back.

It looks a little bare right now, but it will be better once we get stuff on the walls.

I love it.

While we were painting, a door-to-door salesman.

Strike #1: He strongly resembled someone that I don't trust.

Strike #2: He asks "Are you the woman of the house?"

I answer "yes."

He says ".....really? you look really young."

Strike #3: He made dirty jokes about the product he was selling.

Really??

It was ridiculous.

I get really irritated when people see or find out my age, and then make a big deal about the fact that I am married.

So? You don't know anything about me other than my age.

Stay out of my business.

On a fabulous and awesome note...

JAMIE IS NO LONGER ON SWING SHIFT STARTING NEXT WEEK!!

This is SO many answered prayers.

We were both so tired of him having to rotate from days to nights every week.

It was awful.

But...now he will only work Monday through Friday, and during set hours!

I am so happy.

♥

Camping

Just got off of work.

Super, super tired.

But..

I wanted to talk about our camping trip!

Jamie and I went on an impromptu camping trip last night to Turkey Run.

It was a really fun experience, just to drop everything and go hang out for a night around the campfire.

We stopped at Dairy Bar on the way, and Jamie decided to get a small cone.

While driving a stick shift.

In 100 degree heat.

The result was a hilarious attempt by him to keep the ice cream from melting all over him, while I laughed.

And of course I had to take "Road trip" pictures.

When we got there, it was still a little wet and soggy.

Here is a before...

And an after...

of our campsite.

Jamie was of course not without his girlfriend, Ashley.

We went and got firewood down the road from our favorite place.

The guy who sells it is Romanian, and has an awesome accent, and always has sweet stories and things to say.

On of the first things we realized after we got there, is that Minnie is NOT cut out for camping.

For dinner, we had grilled corn on the cob, baked potatoes (wrapped in foil in and the embers,) and brats. Yum!

Minnie was worn out, and was super ready for bed.

This morning when we got up, we had our coffee and tea, as usual.

And eggs and brats for breakfast,

Cooked by our wonderful chef!

Jamie and Minnie read their magazine... =)

But when we packed up, Minnie was ready to go, and was the first in the car!

It was a wonderful break from reality.

We had a great time.

Okay, so going to bed now.

Big changes in our house, hopefully pictures tomorrow.

♥

Awake

Can't sleep.

I worked 4-12.

My feet feel like death.

My job takes a major toll on my bod.

That's probably why I can't sleep.

Or maybe it was the 1/2 an hour nap that ended up being 2 hours.

Oops.

I guess I could do homework.

Ha.

I think I will start doing some research for my garden.

I am determined to start a vegetable garden next summer.

I want to eat healthy, organic, home grown fruits and veggies so bad.

I plan to start small.

Just one or two stalks of sweet corn, a tomato plant, a few green bean plants, and a few strawberry plants.

I will also probably plant asparagus, as you are not actually supposed to eat any until the third year of harvest.

Eventually, however, i would like to have carrots, potatoes, and lettuce as well.

But, I think I will save that for the following year, I don't want to get ahead of myself.

I know it will be a lot of work, but I am excited, and ready to face up to the challenge.

Tonight is Jamie's last night.

We get to spend most of this coming week together.

Our schedules just worked out perfectly.

I love it when things like that happen.

I feel very blessed, despite not being able to sleep.

God is Good.

♥

New tunes

I miss my momma.

We had a cookout over at their house tonight, and it was so great.

All of the Heidlebaugh side was there,

and my brother and sister-in-law,

and my sister and her boyfriend.

It was awesome.

I took Minnie to meet Dex.

That was not so awesome.

Then I had to leave there and come to an empty house, because Jamie is on nights.

It was awful.

It just made me realize that I need to spend more time with her.

She's an amazing woman, and I don't know what I would do without her.

At least I have Minnie and Emma to come home to.

I love them.

I got new clothes yesterday.

That was sweet.

I said they were for Chicago,

but lets face it.

I will use anything as an excuse to go shopping.

It was awesome, though because Old Navy was having a student discount this weekend only.

Students got 25% off!

I was so pumped.

I got an awesome deal on skinny jeans, a dress, two shirts, two camis, and two pairs of flip-flops.

I found a sweet new blog.

It is aura j o o n.

http://aurajoon.blogspot.com/

She is awesome.

Her photos are amazing, and she gardens, which is what i want to do.

I like it a lot.

I need new music.

I'm bored with all 2,253 songs of mine.

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changes!

Old hair....

And...

New Hair!!!

I told Jamie my head feels naked.

=)

But I love it!

♥

MmmBop..

Had to close Sunday night, and this is what I came home too.

I love it. I laughed so hard when I walked in.

Afterwards, we sat up and tried to plan a little bit of our mini vacation to Chicago.

We checked out the House of Blues, to see who will be playing there that weekend.

Yeah.

It is definitely Hanson.

Yeah. that Hanson.

At the House of Blues.

Jamie asked "Are they a blues band now, or what?"

So...

We sat and watched recent Hanson videos on Youtube for a half an hour.

It was weird.

Hahaha, at one point, I told Jamie "You are the only person I could do this with and not be horrified."

I love him. =)

Our final verdict: Not blues, but not horrible. maybe a 6.5 out of 10.

However, we will not be going to see them.

I am in love with my parent's new puppy Dexter.

He is so perfect. Super cuddly, and very smart. He was potty-trained within the first three days.

And he's precious.

Minnie is going over there to meet him on Saturday.

I'm hoping that goes well!

We have a new houseplant!

(That may seem really dumb to be excited about, but I have wanted one since I moved in, and haven't been able to afford it.)

It was sent for Nan's funeral, and Jamie's family gave it to us.

We went and bought a pot and potting soil for it, and re-planted it ourselves.

Now we just have to keep it alive.

Had a good day off with my husband yesterday.

Even though we spent most of the day at the SS office and bank for his brother (which is still a complicated mess), grocery shopping, and doing homework, we still got to have dinner together, and watched Shutter Island. (Crazy creepy, but good.)

School clothes shopping w/ Nat today, date night tomorrow, and haircut thursday.

Sweet.

♥

God saw you getting tired,

and a cure was not to be.

So he put his arms around you and

whispered "Come to ME."

With tearful eyes we watched you,

and saw you pass away.

Although we loved you dearly,

We could not make you stay.

a golden heart stopped beating,

hard working hands at rest.

God broke our hearts

to prove to us,

He only takes the best.

This was on the inside of Nan's funeral announcement.

I thought it was the most appropriate and beautiful thing I have ever seen.

♥

happy feelings

Feeling good this morning.

Had a really good night's sleep.

My house is spotless.

I cleaned from 2 to 8 yesterday, without stopping.

Scrubbed the bathrooms top to bottom, picked up, dusted, and swept every room, and cleaned the kitchen like there was no tomorrow.

I was exhausted afterwards, but felt really accomplished.

Oh, and I also got all of the dishes, and all of the laundry in the whole house done.

Turns out it was a really good thing I did. Jamie's brother and sister-in-law called this morning and said that they are staying here tonight so they don't have to drive home between the visitation and funeral for Nan.

I feel that he is very critical of me as a wife, and was just making comments the other day about how he "hoped that I was keeping the house fixed up."

Well, ha.

It's clean.

On a funny note, it stormed during my cleaning. Minnie is super afraid of storms, and typically stays right under my feet the whole time. While i was hanging clothes up, I realized she wasn't with me anymore. I started looking for her, and this is where I found her.

hahaha, i guess she missed her dad.

I Love her.

We have a busy week ahead of us.

Taking Jamie's other brother to the SS office to become his registered payee.

Don't ask.

It's a long and complicated story.

I am also going to be Natalie's official payee.

That I am happy about, because we both really want to start spending more time with her, and helping her out.

She needs all of the positive role models she can get.

I am getting my hair cut too.

Excited and a little nervous.

It's going to be a big change, but I am feeling the need to do something different.

I will probably just grow it back out over winter, though.

=)

I changed my mind on the cookbook.

I am getting this one instead.

It looks like the recipe's are much simpler, and will take less time, which is what I need.

Can't wait until it gets here!

For real this time.

=)

Excited.

Still haven't done any homework.

Not good.

♥