everybody is pregnant!

well not me. not that i'm ready quite yet. well i guess more adam's not ready. but i swear, anyone i talk to lately is like, did you hear so and so's pregnat? holy moly man. gina and beth are. a girl at work is. a good friend of mine here in ohio just told me she is pregnant and that 2 other couples announced they were pregnant yesterday at church, plus there is at least 1 other couple (that i remember) at church is too. wowza.

i'm sick. i hate being sick. especially in the summer. and least in any other season, you can kind of blame it on the weather. but no, it has been gorgeous out. so i can't blame it on that. and i dont' feel good and am extra tired, so i haven't gotten outside much lately either. i actually think that i got sick from jake - the little boy i babysat this spring. they came with us for a weekend at rick and dee's and jake was pretty sick - mostly just an awful cough with lots of crud in his throat. but yeah, that's pretty much what i have, so pretty sure i got it from him. oh well though. i think he also gave it to hsi baby bro too. so me and danny are in it together. bummer.

on another note, we got a new car. i'm still in shock about it. we probably can't really afford it. and we ended up trading in adam's car instead of mine, which we had always thought we'd trade in my old escort. so i think that's what has me in shock the most, because we hadn't even considered trading in the pontiac until adam's coworker suggested it, and the next day that's what we did. eeks. rather impulsive. i mean we've been looking into buying a new car for months, but just the whole trading in the pontiac instead has got me. oh well. what's done is done. but i totally love the new car! it's so exciting!

memorial weekend

well, it's been awhile since i've posted. what's new with me. well still working at the scrapbook store, and still love it!!! my family got back last week and i babysat thursday, but the mom has decided to quit her job, so i'm done with that now i guess. for the weekend, we went to adam's parents. on saturday they had a party for erin - graduation/birthday/new job/new apt in chicago. so that was fun. lots of people were over. and it was a gorgeous day. spent most of the day by the pool. sunday the relatives came over again and hung out at the pool and listened to indy 500 (it's not on tv around indy until after the race is over) on the radio, and ate lots of course. monday, adam, erin and i went out for breakfast with rick & dee, then erin left for chicago. we went back to the house and hung out at thepool. then adam's college friend and his girlfriend stopped over for a bit. we hung around until about 3:30 or so then drove back to dayton. we arrived to a starving cat (oops, we forgot to feed him before we left...). but he could stand to lose a few pounds anyways. tuesday i had a meeting at church about mops / moppets coordinator for next year. i think that will wokr out great for me. then i ran a bunch of errands. today i worked all day and will hopefully get to some scrapbooking tonight.... we'll see about that. so my exciting news is that gina is coming to visit in august!!!! i'm super excited! and it's perfect timing too, because i will just have been home like a week before, so it will give me something to look forward to when i come back. ok. well not a whole lot els enew at the moment. better go so i can try to find my desk and do some scrapping!
(the pic is of adam's parents' house - backyard)

i love my job!

so yeah, i love my job. the scrapbook store is awesome. i only work like 10-20 hours a week there, but it's super! definitley not difficult or strenuous work. and it's great to see all the new products and techniques. www.livelovescrap.com hooray!
so this past weekend we went to indiana for my sister in laws graduation. nice to see people. typical long graduation. and like always we ate way too much all weekend. on sunday, adam's family was moving erin up to chicago, so we were on our own for the day and ended up drivign down to a newer shopping area and met up with adam's friend. there was the coolest organic grocery store there! it was HUGE! thankfully we don't have one closer to us, or we'd go completely broke. i love those stores. especially how you can buy spices and flour and stuff in bulk for pretty cheap. we stocked up on a few things.
this week i worked today and again on wednesday. on thursday i have a meeting with a lady from church about our VBS crafts. so i have to go do some price checking and buy a few things for that tomorrow. i also need to get groceries and do lots and lots of laundry and cleaning. hooray. not a whole lot else going on.

hooray!!!

i got a part time job at a scrapbooking store!!!!! i am so excited! it's kinda funny - i was going to the grocery store the other day on my way home from babysitting, and i saw a sign and i was like, what? a scrapbooking store!? so of course i had to go check it out. and i knew it was a fairly new store cuz i hadn't seen them there before, and i go over there once a week or so. so i went in, and asked if they were hiring, and she was like, maybe.... we're looking for someone to work days. and i was like, that's exactly what i want! so i got an application and also had to scrapbook my resume and then brought it back the next day and had a very short, informal interview. and i start tomorrow! hooray! i can't wait. the store is called live.love.scrap. it's really cute store. and the people seem super friendly. it doesn't pay a ton, but hey, it's a job. plus i get a discount. starts at only 5% but works up to 30% by 6 months of working there. so yeah, i'll be working 2-3 days a week. they're pretty flexible and willing to work around my babysitting job (with notice of course) so hopefully i will now be working 4-5 days a week! yay!

moppets!

so i have been asked to be the mopppets coordinator for the mops (mothers of preschoolers) group at our church. and i'm pretty sure that i am going to do it. (moppets is a daycare/preschool type thing for the kids while the moms are at their mops meeting). i would be in charge of making sure there are enough nursery workers and teachers in each classroom, keeping supplies organized, planning the curriculum for the 2-5 year old groups, training the teachers and workers, etc. i think it sounds like a lot of fun. i went to their meeting today just to kind of meet people and talk with the girl who is currently doing it - and some people said oh my gosh, what a ton of work, and the girl who is doing it, said it's no big deal. but she hasn' tbeen doing any lesson planning this year because she kind of got the job dumped on her when someone else moved. but i don't think it should be too difficult with all my experience in lesson pllanning and that kind of stuff. and it will be a good experience to put on my resume whenever i get around to finding ateaching job (dumb ohio licensure....). oh well. this will also give me a chance to get more involved in our church and meet more people. i've met some people through our adult bible fellowship, but not a ton. and i'm also going to work at the vacation bible school this summer and am excited for that.

the influence of toddlers...

so i've realized that i've been treating the cat differently since i've been babysitting more. it's kind of funny. last night, rex (the cat) was getting in to some of my yarn, and i was like "rex, no, no!" and shook my finger at him. and then i was like, holy crap the cat is not going to respond to that - i am a total dork. (heck, half the time jake doesn't even respond to that) i think i've done some other stuff like this too, i just don't remember any specific examples. at least regarding the cat. so sometimes, i like walk my fingers along and "chase" jake until i get him and then tickle him. so i've been doing this to adam sometimes too now. and as soon as i start, i'm like, oh my gosh, he is not a toddler, why am i doing this?
anyways on another note, not a whole lot new with me. (as anyone could probably tell from the above paragraph). babysitting is going well. i've been working pretty regularly lately. and danny is adorable! unfortunately, they are going to texas for most of may, so that stinks. i'll ahve to really try to get some subbing jobs. although, i dont' know what else i can do that i'm not already doing. oh well. today i'm going to plant some more flowers i think and work on a sewing project for adam (he needs a bag for his airplane wings....)

cake

so yeah...for the past month, i have been taking a cake decorating class with missy (the mom of the boy i'm babysitting). and tonight was the last night of class. so this is a pic of my final cake. kinda dorky with the yellow dots on it, but i wanted to use up some mroe of the frosting. it was a lot of fun to do, and i think i'm going to try to take at least the next level. i'm kinda bummed that this class is over. but oh well i guess. it was a lot of fun - which is good, since i went overboard and bought the big expensive kit with everything instead of just the class kit. but i'm glad i did. i really think i'll use the stuff in the future. maybe not often, but as often as i can. so if anyone needs a cake, just give me a call! i'm glad i took the actual class too - because really you could probably teach yourself the stuff just with the books, which i semi-did anyways, but the instructor was really cool and had a lot of other good tips and techniques. i wish she was teaching the 2nd level right away, but she's not, and i'd like to take the class with missy, who needs to take it asap since she's having a baby in march and won't have time after that really. so i think we're going to try to take it at another store, which will actually be better for me, because it's only 5 minutes away instead of 20. cool cool. cake is good.

long day

so today i had a subbing job. which i have known about for a month. but it never showed up in the computer system, so i was like, am i actually supposed to go? or did they make a mistake. so i called yesterday to check, and the lady was like i don't see you in the computer. so i'm like, ok, so what do i do? still show up in the morning in case, or not at all? she's like call tomorrow at 7. ok. great. so i'm assuming that i don't have to work since i'm not in the computer. so i stayed up later than i should have. so get up and call this morning, and i'm needed. still not in the computer but i'm supposed to be there. so i'm like, crap. haven't showered or anything and don't have time to. so hurriedly get ready and get to the school. and the day went fine and all (actually quite well) i was just so tired and not prepared to be there. plus i'm babysitting 9 hours for each of the next 3 days and monday. so it's goign to continue to be a long week. but oh well. i'm finally making some money! hooray! now if i can actuaally start paying off some of my debt....

but anyways, most likely will try to post again soon while babysitting, since the boy takes 2 - 2 hour naps a day.

hooray!

so it's been a pretty good weekend so far! we cleaned up all our christmas stuff yesterday and then did some other house cleaning. ok not the most fun. but the rest of the weekend has been much better! nick and jesse came over yesterday and we watched football and ate tacos. this morning adam and i made french toast and bacon (my favorite breakfast!) then made some homemade crackers and spinach artichoke dip, which we brought over to nick and jesse's to watch some more football. unfortunately all the teams we watned to win this weekend lost. tonight, adam and i watched shrek, and figured out all the extra excursions we're going to do on our cruise. i'm super excited! in st. thomas, we're going to do a scenic drive and mountain top tour, and then in the afternoon sail to turtle cove for some snorkeling. in st. maarten, we're going on a catamaran out to some beach where we can swim, snorkel, whatever. then in the afternoon we're going to do a tour of the island. the last port we stop in, is an island in the bahamas owned by the cruiseline, and is kind of a beach day. so we're reserving a transparent hull 2 person kayak. they also have some shops and markets that we'll probably go check out. fun fun!

oh, so i lied... the weekend hasn't been all totally good. jenean called me yesterday and one of our friends dad's died from injuries in a car accident. super sad. i had only met him a few times at cross country events mostly, but he was always so nice and supportive.

so last wednesday i started a cake decorating class. holy cow. it should be fun, but it would have been nice if they had mentioned beforehand how much extra stuff you have to buy. yikes. not a cheap class. and of course, me being me, i have to go all out and get the bigger kit that has more than i really need for this class. but my logic is, that if i take the other 2 or 3 levels of the class, i should already have the stuff i need and not have to get any more tools or anything. plus it was maybe $30 more than what i would have spent anyways, and i've gotten tired of worrying so much about money. so i just went with it. no changing my mind now. the box has been thrown away and i've been experimenting with stuff already. but i'm excited for the rest of the class. there are 3 more nights. and we have to bake a cake to bring in each week. holy cow we're going to be eating alot of cake. i think i'll send most of it with adam to work. it should disappear quickly there.

let's see. since i haven't written in a long time... christmas was good. i got to spend about 2 weeks in minnesota. i got to see all of my family and lots of friends. that was fun. got some good presents. lots of scrapbooking stuff(hooray for my sizzix!) and a sewing machine were probably the highlights. i was pretty bummed that it was so warm up there, cuz i had gotten adam ice skates for christmas, and we didn't get a chance to use them. bummer. we went to ikea one day and spent our last wedding gift card. we got a great desk for me to use for scrapbooking (and sewing). i love it - it has tons of storage on the shelves avbove it and so much work surface. it's great! i finally am able to have everything all in one location. my birthday was fairly uneventful. went out to eat with my family and my aunt, uncle and cousin. that was cool.

so yeah, like i said the other day in a post - jenean is coming to visit me! i'm so excited! she's coming the second to last weekend of february (and we leave the last weekend for our cruise) so that will be an exciting time. unfortunately the way the flights worked, jenean won't get here till saturday around 6pm, and has to leave mon around 6 pm, but hey, a visitor is a visitor and i will take what i can get and i will enjoy every minute! i can't wait! unfortuanetly despite living here for almost 7 months, i still don't know of anything really interesting or fun to do around the area. but i'll have to come up with some options before she comes.

so yeah. i really think that about sums things up for the moment.

hooray!!!

jenean is coming to visit!!!!! i am so excited!!!!