Pushing Daisies

Ok, so yesterday I was sitting around with Chris and he was looking at someones blog online and they wrote a little post about this show. We were thinking Hmm....can this new show really be this great? We watched the preveiw which totally captivated our attention, and I immediately was thinking oh my gosh I hope we can watch this online since we missed it last week!!
But oh my goodness, it is seriously soo great! Everyone needs to check it out!



I believe that this will probably be my new favorite show! Also, you CAN watch it online, just go to abc.com! I know you all will love it! =)

3 Wonderful Years

Today Chris and I have been together for three years. I cannot believe it, my longest relationship ever. And it's only going to get longer in years!
Tomorrow it will be one year since our "2nd wedding". I cannot believe it, I feel like we were just on our honeymoon.
I would LOVE to go back to Boston and New York, we had soo much fun.
These past couple years have been such a whirlwind of events that they have just gone by so fast. Everyone keeps saying that the older you get the faster the years go by.
I am afraid to blink anymore!!
=)

I love you Christopher Robert!
My little BoBo...haha. ;)
He will KILL me for writing that, hahaha... *mwah!

Ok, here goes....the start of my "List About Me"

1. My maiden name is LaFave
2. My birthday is Feb. 5th
3. I was born in Bad Axe, Michigan
4. I have two younger brothers Joe and Charlie who are really related to me.
5. I have an older brother Jesse, older sister Megan, and brother Nate the same age as me who are like my "adopted siblings". They kinda adopted me into their family. =)
6. I have moved 11 times. I hate moving.
7. I went to three different high schools.
8. I went to the Douglas J Aveda Institute in East Lansing and have my cosmetology license.
9. I love doing hair! I just hate working in a salon.
10. I am going to start selling Mary Kay.
11. I want to start having kids, stay home, and start my business doing hair and skin care.
12. I think that once our kids are all in school it would be awesome to be a labor and delivery nurse.
13. The reason I don't pursue this is because I hate going to school.
14. I think that I would be more willing to go to school if I didn't work full time.
15. My husbands name is Chris.
16. He is awesome and a great husband.
17. Oh, and I love him.
18. We have been married for over a year and a half.
19. We had TWO weddings! How sweet is that!
20. Our second wedding anniversary is coming up Oct. 7th. That will be on year for that one, haha.
21. We have a dog, Niles, and he is just over 4 monthes old.
22. My favorite shows right now are Days of Our Lives, The Bachelor, The Biggest Loser, Kitchen Nightmares, and the Office.
23. I also love Friends and Frasier.
24. I love to bake.
25. And I think I'm kinda good at it.
26. I LOVE candles!
27. I love anything pumpkin.
28. I have a small obsession with the Eiffel Tower.
29. I hope to one day travel to Paris.
30. I love it when fall starts to come around and the leaves start changing.
31. I love jeans, sweater and hoodie weather.
32. Christmas is the BEST!
33. I love buying presents and wrapping them and giving them to people.
34. I am SO excited to buy a real tree this year, and decorate it, and put it in our huge big beautiful window in the dining room!
35. I am worried that Niles will probably eat the lights and knock it over, haha...
36. I hate lysol. Chris always sprays it and somehow it gets in my mouth.
37. I had a kidney stone a couple years ago. It was pretty painful.
38. I didn't get wisdom teeth and the dentist said I never will. Yay!
39. I have some of the most amazing friends.
40. I used to be a cheerleader.
41. I really miss it sometimes! Especially going to the games.
42. I actually don't mind doing laundry.
43. I hate doing dishes. Thank goodness a dishwasher came with our house.
44. I don't get enough excercise.
45. I wish I was more motivated sometimes.
46. I administer medicine to residents at my job.
47. I think I am really good at what I do.
48. I really like to scrapbook, I just wish it wasn't soooo expensive sometimes.
49. I wish I liked to run.
50. I hate running.
51. I recently found out that I love to do puzzles!

Ok that is all for now, I'll do more later. =)

Update.

I really need to blog more often, because the more I put it off, the more there is to write about, and then I put it off even longer because I know that it will take me a while to write.

Things around here have been really great lately. I am happy, or I am trying to be, but I will get to why I am not exactly in a little bit.

This weekend was awesome. Saturday morning we got up and went to do the Aids Walk downtown. We noticed that other people had their dogs so Chris went back and got Niles, he was so good throughout the whole walk, and it was 3 miles, I was almost surprised he made it the whole way without plopping down. The weather was great and everyone seemed to be in a great mood, it made me feel good that we were doing it for a good cause. Everyone who walked also entered a raffle and at the end they drew my ticket and I won a gift basket with some hair products and a free shampoo/cut/and style from a little salon downtown, how ironic huh. We were hoping for the Grand Prize of a free nights stay at the Amway Grand. We want to do that so bad but for some reason just can't bring ourselves to waste the money on it. Eventually we will I guess. Pic from before the Aids Walk:

After that we came back home, made some lunch and just hung around and relaxed. I finally got to bust open my puzzle, which hasn't been going too well so far. We got the border together and a couple other pieces here and there....1000 pieces is just so much harder than the 500 piece puzzles! Plus I have been so busy, I am having a hard time just sitting down to work on a puzzle when there is like a billion other things going around in my head that I need to be doing.

I even got to take like an hour and half nap that afternoon. After that we finally got around and got ready, then went to Macy's to spend the giftcard that I found. I bought a shirt, and two sweaters, all on sale of course, and also a Mac Eyeshadow. Chris bought an outfit, that he looks really cute in by the way. We ate at Panera (they have some awesome French Onion soup, if you haven't had it, I definately recommend trying it sometime.) And then got some Spiced Chai at Beaners, it was fun just spending the whole day and night together, we had such a good time.

Sunday morning we went to church, went grocery shopping and then came home and got some stuff done. His parents went to Ohio this weekend and on the way back home they stopped by and we went out to eat at Kobe. Sushi!! That is all I'm saying. =) Anyways, they went to Ohio because they rescued a little Brussels Griffon dog named Faith (they are gonna rename her Bindi), she is really a cute little thing!

After a late lunch we went to our friend's Joe and Erica's house for House Churh. It was so good, it totally made me realize something about myself. When I find myself getting really mad or frustrated at someone, or a situation, it's because they aren't doing what I want, or things aren't going how I want them to. And the whole time I am thinking about it in my head and getting myself all riled up, it's so ridiculous! I am really trying to work on that. I am also trying to work on the things I say to other people, and what is coming out of my mouth constantly. Sometimes I really have a hard time keeping it shut when I know that I should more often, and I hate that.

After we came home I made 7 dozen cookies! I have been wanting to make them for a couple days now, and finally I just couldn't take it anymore. It only took me two hours. I LOVE my kitchen aid mixer, my nice cookie sheets I got from Bed, Bath and Beyond with a giftcard from our wedding most likely, and our new stove we bought when we moved into our house. All I gotta say is they were like the best cookies I have ever made!

Our little Niles lost his first baby tooth yesterday. He is getting so big! I was wondering why he has kinda been trying to chew on things more lately. I was walking into the living room and stepped on it and it kinda crunched and I was like what in the world, so I bent down and picked it up and sure enough...a little tiny tooth. I was like, oh my gosh!!! Today when he was chewing on his rawhide there was a little blood on it, it was kinda gross, but I guess if he is teething it doesn't surprise me. I feel bad for him because he has a cold right now and has been sick for like 10 days. I know how he feels, haha. But yeah he is all snotty and keeps coughing, it's gross for sure. He's on medication but doesn't seem to be getting all that much better. I hope he gets better soon because it's hard to play with him and stuff, you just kinda want to stay away because he is always sniffing you so he rubs his nose on ya...yeah it's gross. But he is seriously getting so big, I am sure that he weighs 30 lbs. now and I swear he is still getting cuter.

I also got my hair done this week. I was so sick of it being long, I needed a change. And I was ready to go back to brunette again. It's crazy how you can go from this:

To this in only a few short hours:

This week is going by fast already. I am looking forward to friday so I can have a day off, but I know already that it will be filled with things for me to be busy all day with. Right now we are supposed to be going to Muskegon, Chris actually has the day off too, which I am really excited about because that doesn't happen too often, but I may be going home to see my sister and spend some time with her. Which comes down to why I have been sad for the past two days. I got a call from my mom yesterday, she was so upset.....when my sister had gone for her ultrasound, they couldn't find either twins heartbeats. It is so upsetting....you just, don't even know what to say or do. Or how to feel. It's just a sickening feeling. All I could think was...no...no...this cannot be happening. And...if I feel this way, how does Megan feel? I know that they are devastated. This was such a miracle, this cannot be happening. I pushed it from my mind the rest of the day because I had to go to work and I knew if I kept thinking about it it would just upset me more. When I came home last night and told Chris I started crying a little. I could not help it, I just know she is grieving and there is nothing I can do and it makes me so sad. Today I got to talk to her finally for a little while, she seems to be doing a little bit better than yesterday. I just wanted to hug her and tell her that it will be Ok, but how do you tell someone that? This is such a huge loss to them. I guess I still have hope that she will go back and they will hear the heartbeats again. And I just thank God, because atleast now she knows that she can get pregnant. Please just pray for my sister, pray that God gives her peace and understanding throughout this whole situation. Her and Pat are such an amazing couple and would be such awesome parents, they totally deserve to be blessed with children. Please just pray for them.

Where did the last couple days go?

The weeks are flying by I swear! I can't believe it is almost October! One of mine and Chris's favorite monthes. So yeah, it makes me happy. Christmas is almost here, right around the corner. Good stuff.

Yesterday I had the day off. I had to go to meeting at work at 10 am. Nothing annoys me more that being forced to drive all the way over there on my day off, I guess it's different if I go on my own terms, which I actually do quite frequently, to visit residents, bring Niles along to see them (they love that!) or see my coworkers, whatever. But anyways, we have these mandatory meetings, but atleast we get paid for them. It's always the same old crap we are talking about though, I with they became more useful. We were informed that if people keep abusing their 15 min. breaks that we get paid for that they are going to get taken away. It's same couple of people that keep doing it, and they are ruining it for everyone else. I don't even get to take my 15 min. breaks, most of the time I am too busy. Plus I don't smoke, so people don't expect me to push it, which personally isn't fair. But I don't complain. If we have a good night and everything goes smoothly, most of the time I get everything done somewhat early, which means we hang out in the living room and work on the infamous puzzles. So yeah, I don't complain. But these meetings are still an annoying hindrance on my day off.
After that my friend Stephanie came over and did my hair, I love it!!! I always feel bad asking her to do it, because, to be completely honest, I'm somewhat of a brat about it. I just know exactly how I want it colored, and cut, and sometimes it is hard to express that to someone else, that is why a lot of times I end up coloring it myself. Especially when the whole time I know exactly what she is doing. I know I just need to have more trust in her, especially since she always does an amazing job. I will post some pictures soon. Chris is so happy, he loves it when my hair is brown, and he keeps telling me how much he loves it. =)
Steph brought her little puppy Pudge over. He is a little cutie, he is half maltese/ half shitzu, black and white, and only weighs 6 lbs. We thought him and Niles could have a litte puppy playdate. But nope, Pudge was SO afraid of him, I was kinda surprised!!! I mean, I know he is hyper and all, but Pudge wouldn't even let him sniff him, I felt so bad because she was here for like almost 6 hours and pretty much the whole time I had to keep Niles in his crate. Anyways, we didn't finish my hair until like almost 6 pm. I had such a huge mess to clean up, we seriously cut off like 7 inches of my hair probably? It was getting so long and blah, I need a change! After that I did some grocery shopping, it's amazing how much stuff I bought and spent and I still feel like we don't have any real food, I hate that.
I went to Erica's last night and hung out with her and our friend Andrea (these girls are in my house church), it was so fun!! I miss having close girlfriends that I can talk to about anything. I love hanging out with you Erica and I'm so happy I met you guys! We told some funny stories about talking and walking in your sleep, and also discussed some funny things that have happened with elderly people at our jobs (she used to work in a nursing home too). Good stuff. Anyways, I promise to be posting my list soon of and huge number of random facts about me. I could work on it right now, but, it's already have noon. And I need to get ready and I want to bake some cookies! Not to mention that I need to eat some food. Watch for my list, coming soon!

I can't wait for tomorrow. Chris and I are doing the Aids Walk downtown, and then going shopping at Macy's. When we were in Chicago we were walking to the Navy Pier. I was looking around at the ground, probably thinking about how much litter was everywhere and how people need to recycle more, and low and behold, there was this macys card on the ground, with a receipt in it that told the remaining balance. My Dad was like, you know you have to try to return it to who it belongs to, I was like yeah I know!! So when we got home I called customer service, and they said that there was no way to track who it belonged to unless you had the orginal receipt of who purchased it and it had a credit card number on it, so they told me that I got to keep it!!! There was $222.00 on it!!!!!!! I feel so lucky. I was like, Thank you God! This is such a blessing! I mean, why me?? Why did I find the giftcard? There we so many people walking around, anyone could have saw it, but I did?! So yeah, tomorrow me and Chris are going to go shopping. It is going to be our little date day, I am excited to spend some time together!

I promise I am going to start doing this more often.

Well hello everyone. I am finally almost better!! I am still coughing a little, it's finally starting to all break up. I am been so sore, but it is starting to get better. I have a lot to update about. But I was just feeling so lazy for so long. I got so much done today though! All of the laundry, some calls I needed to make....sometimes you just need to get all your ducks in a row to get un-stressed. I just got so behind with everything when I was sick, but I feel so much more energized now.

Work is going pretty well. I really enjoy the people that I work with, and the residents are so cute and funny sometimes. Old people can be pretty hilarious, and it's awesome when you create a bond with someone like that, and they depend on you. As much as I like working there, I have been really just not content lately.

I keep praying that God will help me be content in every area of my life. I am so thankful just to even have a job, and a steady income, it just isn't what I want to do for the rest of my life. But it is so easy to be jealous of what others have etc. I think I have finally come to a point where I am content. We are so blessed to have our house, our family, our friends. I am constantly reminding myself this. We are so blessed!

Me and Chris have been working on our relationship lately, and trying different things so that we can become more engaged with eachother. It's so easy just to become comfortable with doing your own thing. Sometimes we just have to force ourselves to be together and talk and do different things to keep things exciting. I think we have been doing a pretty good job the past couple days and things are going really well. He even bought me flowers and a card, they are so pretty. And the card is pretty cute, he always finds the funniest cards. There is a little dog on the front and it says: "You make my tail wag so much....." And on the inside it says: "my butt hurts..." haha! So cute.

Ok, so yeah...my sister is DEFINATELY pregnant with twins!!!!!!! AHH! This is so exciting. I am so happy for them, it's so amazing and such a miracle. A huge blessing from God. Anything you wanna call it, it's amazing! I wish they lived closer, I feel like I am missing out on everything and I hate that. I have only seen my little nephew a couple times since he was born in March and he is already getting so big!! Please just pray for my sister that everything continues to go well and she has a healthy pregnancy. I totally think she is having girls, or atleast one girl. That would be sweet if she had one girl and one boy. But definately atleast one girl, I just have a feeling about it. I had a feeling with Sam and I was right about that one!

So I have also discovered lately that I really enjoy doing puzzles. The residents at work are always doing them and they always want us to help them, I love doing it! There was this really cool one on a table in the living room there. It was this cute little fall scene with pumpkins and scarecrows, and well, it was kinda hard so the residents weren't really working on it. And since I love fall and all, I kept working on it during my breaks and when we weren't busy and then I ended up finishing the other night. I know, I am a nerd, but I was excited to finish it, I felt a sort of sense of accomplishment, haha. But it's somewhat relaxing, and so Chris came to the dollar store with me yesterday and I bought two new puzzles. I took one to work to work on it there with people and then one for at home. I guess I find it somewhat relaxing.

I just took a little break for a sec to make some lunch because I need to go to work soon. I have been craving chicken lately but I can never make it as good as Chris can so he just told me his little secret, but anyways, my point is that Chris always tells me how good our microwave makes baked potatoes so I got the idea to make one with my chicken breast. One of the awesome perks that came with our house is this cool Stainless Steel Accuwave Whirlpool Microwave that the sellers left in the kitchen. It is attached to the cupboards above the stove, so I am assuming that it would have probably been a pain to take it off, but still, it is so nice, I can't believe they left it behind. But yeah, so you put a potato in, push the baked potato button, it "senses" how long to cook it for, and voila! Amazing perfect baked potato! Same thing for popcorn. It's so cool, I love it!

goodness gracious

I promise I will update very soon. Please forgive me as I have been sick for over a month now, with which this cold came along with this wonderful cough that I have had for over two weeks and cannot seem to kick. I have not had a good nights sleep since Chicago. That was 12 days ago. I will never again take that for advantage. A good nights sleep that is. I have literally tried everything and nothing is working. If I am not better by next week I have to go and see a pulmonologist. I seriously hope this does not become necessary. I'm on a steroid right now for my lungs and still have four more days to go. Please pray for me!!!

On a much different and very jealous note.......

I feel like everyone around me is getting pregnant. Three people in the past week. I cannot help but to feel a longing for this time in my life, I get so excited!!! I want to get in on all this! I know that now is probably not the right time. I suppose whatever God has planned for us will happen. I am just so impatient and excited for the future!!!!

Despite my jealousy, I am sooo very happy and excited for you all. I love you!!! And you are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Yay for babies!! =)