Playing Catch Up

I haven't posted any pictures in a long time.

 Shane and puppy fell asleep together.

 We made caramel apples! Yummm!

 My sister's cute family on Halloween!

 Happy Halloween! (We don't do costumes.)

Sometimes when it's snowing out we like to get slurpees!

A Few Things

SO glad I have fast internet again so I can blog! I love blogging, not because I want others to read what I write, (although I do appreciate the few readers,) but because this is kind of like a diary to me. I like to share fun and important things that happen in my life so that I can look back and remember these times.

I love my job. I know I say that so much, but I really do. I work with an amazing family who is so fun and easy to work with. It doesn't even feel like work, the kids are adorable and I love spending time with them! In the past couple weeks we have gone to the park, the Aquarium, Southtowne Mall (for the carousel,) Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point (they have tons of baby animals right now,) and the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum, (and it is so much fun!) I feel so blessed to have found a job that I enjoy and that makes me feel happy.

I went boating for the first time this year with my brother, sister, and dad, and I am so disappointed in myself! I could NOT get up on the slollum ski. It was so frustrating because in the past seven years I have NEVER had a problem getting up. Here's what I think it was; I did the wakeboard first and for a very long time. I got my arms tired, and I got used to popping right up. When you slollum, it takes a bit to get up, you have to let it pull you up. So, next time we go boating, I am going to slollum first!

Shane and I went to the midnight showing of The Avengers, and of course we thought it was awesome! Shane even went to it again the next day with his brother.

For the past eight years my family has had a miniature schnauzer named Dodger. Dodger had anxiety, so he was always, and I mean always, barking. He was also moody and snapped at you very easily. Besides that though, he was a good dog. I struggled a lot with different things, especially in high school, and when I felt most alone he was always there to cuddle with me and love me. He slept with me every night, and when I moved out, anytime I'd come visit he'd go hysterical loving me. I loved him more than most anything. In the past year Dodger's anxiety had become unbearable. He was hard for my family to live with and so they talked to a friend of ours, who is a vet, on what to do with him. He said that when you give a dog to a shelter, it traumatizes the dog and hurts him more than does him good. So after much thought, my parents felt it was best to put him down. They took him in Thursday and we all found out about it yesterday. It sucks, as losing pet always does, but it's ok because he's happier now than he was and well, all dogs go to heaven. I miss him a lot though, and can't wait until I get to see him again.

Our cruise is in less than a month, and I can't wait! That's all.

Nowadays

A few things have happened since I last updated my blog:

• I am no longer a blonde. I wanted to dye my hair, and I thought if I don't do it now, I never will. So I set up an appointment and I just did it! I like it, and I don't regret it.

• Shane and I picked out the kind of dog we want. Of course we won't be getting one until we have a house years and years from now, but it's still fun to think about. I want a dog so bad it's not even funny, so dreaming about him helps. One day, we're going to get a super cute labradoodle! We researched them and everything about them is perfect for us.

• Of course right after getting married and becoming poor, we start having doctor bills haha. (Isn't that how it always happens?) In January Shane started having trouble breathing. It was not good, so he went to a doctor for it and had to get an inhaler. (This wasn't a big surprise because we already knew he has asthma, we were just relieved it wasn't anything more than that.) In February I started getting really bad stomach pains. They were so bad I was dry heaving and feeling nauseous all the time. After a few days of that not going away, we saw a doctor. We found out it was nothing serious, I just had an ovarian cyst that had ruptured. It's a pretty normal thing, but oh man it is so painful I hope it never happens again. Anyway as of now, Shane and I are in good health! We are crossing our fingers for no more doctor bills!
• I am jobless. I loved where I worked and I loved the clients that I worked with. They were amazing and I learned so much from them. But after a lot of prayer, thinking about it, and talking it over with Shane, we decided it's best if I quit. There were a lot of reasons behind why I felt I needed to quit, but I don't think they're all that relevant. Let's just say it was very stressful, emotionally overwhelming, and a bit unorganized. So I am looking for a new job now. Hoping to find somewhere I can do what I've wanted to my whole life, work with kids.
• The weather is so nice Shane has been riding Ruby! He took me for a ride Saturday and Sunday and it was wonderful. I can't wait for the weather to just keep getting warmer and warmer!

• Shane and I get to go on a cruise with my family in June! We are so excited it is just ridiculous! Can't even wait, except that we have to, but we don't want to!

That's about it for now. I am not even sure how to end blog posts sometimes. . . . uh. . . ?