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

8 Wonderful Years!

Today is David's and my 8 year wedding anniversary.  It's kind of unreal.  The last 8 years have pretty much flown by.  I'm one lucky lady.  I have a husband who loves me, and has put up with me for the last 8 years.  I have to show off the pretties he surprised me with at work today:

Sweetie, thanks for putting up with me, and loving me, and being there for me!  You are my best friend and I would be lost without you!  Happy Anniversary! ;)

~Emily

The Bunnies are Eating Sand

So there is a funny story behind the title.  One of my friends back in High School would do whatever she could to get out of going to school.  One morning she deliriously (and I mean in the faking way) told her mom that "the bunnies are eating sand" and her mom let her stay home from school.  It has since been one of my favorite random phrases and I'm excited that it actually works as a title for todays activities.

David and I spent some quality time with some real beach bunnies this afternoon:

This is one of our favorite things to do when we visit the Inn at Cape Kiwanda.  They sell bags of bunny food and we go over to the camp ground behind the inn and feed the hungry bunnies.  They come out of nowhere when they hear the sound of the food bags.   We had fun walking around feeding different groups of round happy bunnies.

Pretty Bunny

This is the sweet bunny that let us pet him.

I look forward to next years bunny feeding frenzy! :)

~Emily