And The Winner Is......

Gemini!! Here's the buddy after we finished our 5k yesterday!! It was so cool...everyone along the route was cheering him on and talking to him and he ate it up! He watered every inch of the 5k route and was so tired when we got him back to the truck. He plopped down and slept for the ride home!The race was at a State Park that none of us had ever been to! The sad part about that is ---- it's only 15 minutes from our house! This park is so amazing and HUGE! We didn't realize how big it was and that there are cabins out there that you can rent. There's fishing, a beach, swimming and sooo many hiking and equestrian trails. We are definately going to have to bring our bicycles out there and check it out! Here's a picture of one of the cabins overlooking the lake:
This picture is one I took for Dave. It reminds me of California with the super curvy roads and figured he would enjoy that on the motorcycle! It took us about 20 minutes by car to get from the entrance to the park down to the start of the race in the middle of the park! The roads were all like this: CURVY!!
Finally, a very proud Gemini when we got home! I made him pose one more time and then let him get on our bed (his bed during the day).
After the race, we went and picked up my wedding dress (YAY!) and then we picked out and ordered Kelly's bridesmaids dress. We also went across to the mall the find a dress for my mom - but no luck yet. Oh, I guess we'll have to go to the mall some more (Darn!). I hadn't been to the mall in about 6 months -- I know why now! I mentally spent all of the money from my future lottery winnings!! That's all for now! We are cooking out at my mom's today so I have to go finish my Sweet Potatoe Casserole. It's the same one you can get at Boston Market! Super Sweet and oh so good. Take Care everyone!!

Look What I Can Do!!

Apparantly, the new rage in home decorating is the vinyl decorations on your paint. I ordered one of the catalogues from one of the leading companies just to see what it was all about. Well, my catalog arrived, and, Lo and Behold....this is the same vinyl that I use everday to make my signs!! I CAN MAKE THESE!! So, if any of you want any for your walls, classroom walls, anything - let me know! I can make them for ya for free of course!! I am just excited that it is the same thing becuase I can make them for myself! I created a saying that says, "Always Kiss Me Goodnight" that will stick on our bedroom walls, and then I created one that will go in our right side guest bedroom that is about dreams. Too Cool!! Here is an example of what one of these things looks like:

You know, for the last week I have felt completely overwhelmed, by work, by school, by it all. I had a mini-breakdown on the way to the grocery store because sometimes I feel like I am juggling. Each task that I have to do is a ball and I feel like I have too many to keep in the air at one time. I do it to myself, and I know that. Dave is great at offering to help and to do whatever he can - but the things that I need to do right now that are overwhelming are things he can't do. He is certainly not going to do my school work, that's a funny thought:) I just feel like from the time I get home to when he is home, there is no time for me. I am upstairs getting the guest bedrooms ready, I do clean the house everyday, but with tile floors - it is unavoidable, I get dinner ready, try to do homework and then....what for me. It will get better, I just have to learn a better balance I guess. Sorry for the vent.

This weekend -- a three day weekend!! Dave and I actually have two days off together! Who knows what we will do? Tomorrow morning, I am in a 5k with my mom. Kelly & casey are driving down tonight and we are going to get Kelly's bridesmaids dress tomorrow. Sunday, I think we are going to grill out and then Monday I would love to go to the range to shoot. Dave finally received his Conceal Carry Permit, so he's packing heat in his backpack! I can't wait for mine! I already know which gun I am going to carry...it's small but will serve it's purpose if God forbid I ever have to use it!

Still planning the wedding! I have my rough draft done for the invitations and the card stock and envelopes are here already, I just need to print them and put them together. We should go for our cake and meal tasting in June sometime. We are going to be ordering the guys clothes as soon as I have all of the sizes. Many more things to do, but it is a fun job to take on!! I think that is all that's going on! Hope everyone is happy and healthy! We are!!

Fair?? I Think NOT!!!

So, I get this:

And Dave gets this:

Is this Fair??

I'm kidding. Last week, our washer died and we decided to just go ahead and buy a new washer. So, that's the story on the new washer! I like the one that I bought - mid range price level, no fancy anything -- it washes...I am happy with that!

The story on the bike? Well we have two bikes that are both paid off (actually we have four, but that is a different story). One of the bikes is our '05 600. It's a great bike, but as soon as we bought it, Dave ran it on the track and ran it on the track hard. So, it's going to go quicker than the usual bike would with just normal street driving. The second bike is his '01 929. This bike we call Old Faithful, it has I think 40,000 miles on it?! Parts and pieces are starting to go bad on it. It's time for a new bike....this is Dave's main mode of transportation 1) because he enjoys it and 2) because gas prices are so expensive. So, it's time. We are going tomorrow to the dealership he worked for before this one to talk to the GM and see what kind of deal we can get with trading both in. Hopefully, the GM will make it an even trade save for a couple of thousand dollars. We hope. If they don't give him a good trade-in value for the 929, then we will sell that one on Ebay and we will go from there!!

Other stuff:

School is going fine. Homework might kick my butt thought. I finally had to say on Friday night, "No more homework" and sit down with Dave and relax.

The kittens STILL need a home. Tami. So. Not. Kidding. Now.

It is starting to get warmer here. I guess that's all that needs to be said about that. We do need the rain though. Bad.

I am scheduling an appointment for us to have our engagement photos taken in the next few weeks. This should be interesting: This is the type of smile I get from Dave. Christmas. All of it:) He is such a goof!!

Other than that, we are happy and healthy and couldn't ask for more!

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Perception, School and Horses - Yep, It's a HodgePodge

Hello all! Just an update and some thoughts. Things have been busy here (what else is new?).





School starts *gulp* TODAY for me. Yes, today! I am taking 3 classes this go round - all online. Meteorology (yippee- I think I used to be a meteorologist in my past life), another government class (Not that I love government, but it is being taught by my previous gov't teacher - and he was great!), and Mythology. I am not looking forward to that third class, but it is one I have to have. On Friday, I was checking out my classes and performing a degree audit, which is just a fancy term for "what do I need to graduate", and I realized that I only need to classes to graduate with a Psych degree. I think I am going to go ahead and graduate next semester. I'm not going to walk, because the commencement is in May and we will be in Greece sometime around then, so I will just transfeer my happy self to the University of Central Florida to finish a psych degree. What happened to my beloved sign language degree? Well, after some research, I discovered that I could either take the classes I need at the College for a mere 375 PER CLASS or I could take the classes I need at the Sign Language Institute here and pay only 100 per class....hmmm...I might need to think about this one.





Did anyone watch the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. I didn't...and I am so glad. What is the point of this, really? Is there a point in making these beautiful creatures run themselves until they BREAK THEIR LEGS..and then - they continue to run. The filly, Eight Belles, that had to be put down on the track apparantly didn't stop running when she had two compound fractures (where the bone comes out of the skin)....becuase that is what she is trained to do. I just find it pointless. It is just sad. Sorry for the vent, but I felt it needed to be said.





Tonight is our "off night" for shooting -- we've been going every other Monday - So, we are going to go eat - there's a new Italian restaurant here in Clermont that I have heard is so delicious.





What else have we been up to?


Saturday my two brothers and I took my mom to Epcot for the Flower and Garden Festival. It was amazing and so beautiful! YEsterday, we went for our Sunday breakfast ritual and then My mom and I ran back up to this little bridal show. IT was super small, but I found the person who is going to shoot our engagement pictures. She seems really cool.





Dave roto-tilled (sp?) the yard yesterday around the porch and I began the process of steamcleaning upstairs and taping off one of the upper bedrooms to paint!





Finally, last Wednesday I bought my wedding dress:) and I also picked out the styles for the bridesmaids dresses - There are five styles and everyone gets to pick their own! I am sending emails out later tonight to everone with those details. I think that's all that is happening here.





Oh, still need to find homes for kittens - Tami: Let me know if you can pick yours up Friday at the airport - you'll know which one is yours, it'll be the one that is hanging from the TOP of the cage and meowing the meow where you know something really bad is about to happen if it doesn't get out of the cage - You know, the one that goes to the BAD part of your brain:)





Love you all!

Picture of the day: Me and my cousins:) My loves!!