One Word: Me

I'm a sucker for these silly blog things and here is one now!

Type the FIRST word, and only one, that come to mind.

1.  Where is your cell phone?  Counter

2.  Your significant other?  Chair

3.  Your hair?  Straight

4.  Your mother?  Coast

5.  Your father?  Coast

6.  Your favorite thing?  David

7.  Your dream last night?  None

8.  Your favorite drink?  Latte

9.  Your dream/goal?  Clean

10.  What room are you in?  Family

11.  Your hobby?  Stamping

12.  Your fear?  Failing

13.  Where to you want to be in 6 years?  Here

14.  Where were you last night?  Home

15.  Somthing that you aren't?  Perfect

16.  Muffins?  Chocolate

17.  Wish list item?  TV

18.  Where you grew up?  Coast

19.  Last thing you did?  Blogged

20.  What are you wearing?  Clothes

21.  Your pets?  Cat

22.  Friends?  Special

23.  Your life?  Complete

24.  Your mood?  Content

25.  Missing someone?  Nope

26.  Your car?  Filthy

27.  Something you're not wearing?  Hat

28.  Your favorite store?  Bi-Mart

29.  Your favorite color?  Blue

30.  When is the last time you laughed?  Today

31.  Last time you cried?  Monday

32.  Who will read this?  David

33.  One place that I go to over and over again?  Safeway

34.  One person who emails me regularly?  David

35.  One place I would like to go right now?  Pub

So that is me today!

~Emily

Our Puppy

Which isn't actually a puppy but rather a kitty.  We just call her puppy.  She is adorable.  I wanted to share some less that quality (I'm retarded with the camera) but really cute photos.

She likes to be as scrunched up against the wall as she can be, it doesn't look comfortable, but she spends a lot of time in this spot.

This is puppy missing David.  We had a wonderful 2 weeks of all of us being home together, and I think puppy has been missing David being around the house.  I found her sacked out in his chair in the office a good part of the day (when she was encouraging me to my chair so she could sit on my lap that is).

~Emily

Holy Crap!

Every year I wish for at least a few hours of a white Christmas.  It seems that all my years of wishing have been building up and exploded into reality last week.  My last day of work was December 12, and ever since then the weather has been wonky.  It started out cute and innocent, and today it is no longer cute or innocent.  Enjoy below:

I had to show Riley the snow, I'm not really sure what she thought of it!

The above two were taken a few days ago, below were taken this morning.

~Emily

What Was I Doing?

So sometimes I think I space out while I'm doing the dishes.  I have a lovely view of the back yard from the sink, and sometimes it is rather lovely out.  Given the fact that it has been snowing means it's been particularly intersting outside.  This is great, until I do something like this:

It hurts like a son of a gun. :(  David took good care of me and applied the magic glue and bandaide.  I know I'm going to have a nasty scar.  What have I learned from this?  Doing dishes is evil?  Don't wash and daydream?  Knives are tools of satan?  I guess accidents happen. ;)

~Emily

Winter Wonderland!

It has been a very strange year, and the weather is rounding things off nicely!  This last week has been titled "Artic Blast" by the local news.  We have had snow and ice all week.  I woke up this morning to a view very much like Christmas morning from "A Christmas Story" (without the killer icicles).  As I sit here typing this, snow is starting to gently fall again.  I'll have to take some pictures and post later today.  David has been able to work from home, which makes my heart happy.  It is nice to not have to worry about him on the roads.  Instead, I get to feel safe and warm with David and Riley around.

This is also my first week of freedom!  I guess I picked a pretty good time to quit my job, at least weather wise.  It would have been a huge stress for me to have to drive in to the office.  I don't do so well moving about in the snow and ice (bad knee, I'm overly paranoid that I am going to dislocate something again in a horrible fall and have no one around to help me and I'll be found an hour later purple, crying, horribly contorted and with a frozen, wet bum).  David has been so sweet and supportive.  I'm slowly working on getting things around the house in order.  I just don't want to be a huge distraction while he's working, so I think I'll do more of the noisey cleaning while he's getting some work shop time next week.  All and all, I'm starting to feel like myself again.  I'm one very lucky lady.  I have the best husband and the best kitty cat ever!

~Emily

Times, They Are a Changin

So a lot has happened in the last few weeks.  David and I have been busy with work, home, and World of Warcraft.  We had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!  David brined a turkey and we tried a new dressing reciepe.  It was all to die for, and any weight I put on from the rich heavenly food was worth it!   We are part of a (new to us) guild alliance side and we ran our first instance with them this weekend and had a blast!  They seem like a really great group of people, and I'm lookign forward to doing more in game with them.  David has been very sweet and supportive while I've gone through some growing pains/stress in my life.  I've finally decided to quit being a doormat and stand up for myself.  Unfortunately, some people are not happy about that.  I've perhaps fractured the relationship with my parents, and that's going to be really hard, stressful and draining to fix, but maybe what the relationship needs to move on to where is should be.  I've resigned from my position at work, and am unsure about the future of my employment.  All big sort of growing up things for me.  Standing up for myself is hard, especially when all I want to do is make everyone else happy.  Well, now I'm trying to do the right thing for me.  And unfortunately that is going to make for a rough couple of weeks.  Thanks sweetie for being their for me, and knowing when to hug me tight.  I also appreciate my sister, who understands and loves me even when I'm cray.  I'm a lucky person to have you both in my life!

~Emily

I'm Bad!

It's been awhile since I've updated, I am a bad blogger!  We have just been so busy.  Work has been, busy and sucky and all that jazz.  I don't want to talk about it.  We are still going strong with our walking and eating better.  I'm very pleased with the progress we have made, and the path we are on in respect to our health and well being.  We also are the proud owners of our very own copies of the newest World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Litch King.  We have been enjoying all that the new content has to offer together.  It's been a nice escape after a really crappy day at work.  I'll have to work on blogging better.  I can't have anyone thinking we've fallen off the wagon and are living of donuts or dead! ;)

~Emily