First Try at Gardening/Planting! LOL

So today was my first go at gardening/planting EVER! It was a beautiful day and Tommy and I decided to go to our new date spot Home Depot. We bought some gardening tools, waterhose, some African Daisies (deep burgandy and a deep purple), a new planter, gardening gloves for me and some planting soil.

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We just wanted to do something small to start with since it was such a beautiful day. I poured myself a glass of wine and of course beer for Tommy, cranked up our Bose system and got down and dirty. I must say thoroughly enjoyed it. We have a long way to go but today was a good start. Not too overwhelming and it was fun. It's nice to do something that's all our own! I even took some before and after pictures.

It's nothing fancy yet but it's a start and it'll only get better. I'm going to add some hydranges and some lilies next and fresh ground cover all the way around. Stay tuned!


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Pup or no Pup...Now that's the Question!

Tommy and I always said when we bought our first house we'd get a puppy. We both like BIG DOGS. So the more we settled in and the more we spoke in spells about getting our first pup. We both are interested in a Great Dane. Yeah I know they are big as a house but I have always had big dogs, mostly German Shepherds. I know GDs are wayyyyyyy bigger but I still want one. Small dogs are OK but I just like the safety I feel with bigger dogs, even if they are push-overs. Plus when Tommy travels it will help me feel safer without feeling like I always have to have a houseguest. Anyway so I mentioned wanting a pup to my friend the other day at brunch and she told us about Great Danes of North Texas Rescue.

So I contacted them on Tuesday and did an application for adoption online. I received a couple of emails with information and on Wednesday I got the call for a phone interview. It went well and they explained in more detail how the match-making process played out. The rep told me I'd be contacted for a home visit soon. Well soon came pretty quick and I was contacted the next day! So tomorrow at 1:00 we have our home visit and the rep actually brings their own great dane. So I'm excited and nervous b/c I'll actually have a huge dog in my home and I'm OCD. This however is a wonderful idea b/c I'll be able to get a feel of what it'll be like to have a HUGE dog in my home. We'll see how it goes! Wish us luck!

Awww So That's It...

My patio and front doors are both open...there are wonderful breezes going in and out of my house. Birds are chirping and my trees have new beautiful violet blooms. I'm listening to light chimes from my chandelier while sitting on my chaise and when I close my eyes I feel overwhelmed with joy...This is "THAT" feeling everyone was telling me about. Homeownership...I must admit it does feel really nice.

**Blessed**

Back to working full-time!

Most of you know I left my firm last year after 10.5 years. July 31st was my last physical day there and August 31st was my last day on call. I was off 4 months before I started going hay-wire. Yes I got bored....maybe it would have been different if alllllllll my friends didn't work full-time. Or maybe it would have been different if I were a millionaire. Who knows.

So at the beginning of December I went to a placement agency on December 2ND and on December 3RD they called me to tell me they had a 10 week assignment that started on Monday. So after 4 months off I was back at work but it was only part-time which is exactly what I wanted. The schedule was Mon-Tues from 8:30-5:30 and Wednesday 8:30-12:30 then I was off the rest of the week! Now who wouldn't love that!

After 2 weeks I was getting buzz that the lady I was temping for who was on maternity leave may not come back. So they started feeling me out...you know planting seeds and I had noooooooo interest! Well turns out she didn't come back...so I'm approached strongly to go FT and I'm hesitate but then I hear about their wonderful insurance...then I see their benefits package!!! HOLY SMOKES BATMAN! I've always heard of fabulous company that had crazy benefits and low and behold that's exactly what I stumbled into. Needless to say BEFORE I knew about the benefits I told them I'd do a 30 day extension and then after that I'd determine whether I'd go FT (yes I like to play hard to get). Well now I'm TOTALLY going FT! I'm already on my husband's insurance but it's just OK but this new company well let's just say it had an unexpected gem. I don't want to speak too prematurely b/f I get more details but I think I may have hit the goldmine people!!! SCORE!

Slide Hug Huh?!

To be married to my husband is wonderful HOWEVERRRRRRRR he can go from being a uber responsible career driven brilliant man to being a 12 year old boy in 2.5 seconds. Lord! He has some major quirks...not serious ones but just silly! They always get my attention whether negative or positive!

He LOVES to cuss but of course can't in a corporate environment so when he gets home what does he do??? Yep you guessed it he curses his ass off (no pawn intended)! For instance he'll be washing the dishes and he'll sing this little ditty that he wrote himself (singing) " Babyyyyyyy why you always got make so many MOTHERF*CKING dishesssssssss. You know I hate doing all these MOTHERF*CKING dishes". Yeah just put that on repeat and run with it.

He re-tells my stories!! UGH it drives me freaking insane!! I can JUST tell a story to a group and he will re-tell it right after me! I mean not even a minute wait time in between! He says I do more of a trailer and he does more of a storyyyyyyyyyy! WTF dude it's my story no one needs you to repeat what I JUST SAID! Dork!

He's a conversation-hog!!! Watching him in a conversation is like watching that dude on the side waiting for his turn in a double-dutch competition (insert mental pic here). He's literally like jumping back and forward waiting..or should I say trying to wait his turn to speak. It's hard to watch I tell ya just painful. He cuts people off, he's long-winded...oh it's so bad. So much to the point where if we are sitting down I squeeze his knee. It's a sign, kinda like "baby shut your freaking pie-hole so people don't think you're an ass"! All said with love mind you..all said with love.

I mean I have a million of them but we'll just move on to the latest thing. The past couple of weeks he has invented this new "annoying" thing he deemed "The Slide Hug". Yeah WTF is right! He puts his crocheted slippers on (his sister made us both a pair for Xmas and there hella comfortable). So he puts on these slippers and he gets a good distance away from me and then he what....he slidessssssssssssss into me then hugs me. Doesn't sound that annoying right but try every time I freaking see this dude. We have hardwoods through-out so I have no safe place to hide. He'll sneak up on me from behind with it or he'll do it with an announcement. I could be washing dishes, vacuuming the floor, cooking, doing laundry just whatever! It doesn't matter what I'm doing or where I am he's coming for me. He does it in his pjs, in his business suit hell he's even done it in the nude! I've opened the door from the bathroom to find him waiting in the hall to slide-hug me! So if you were a fly on the wall you'd hear this at least 5 times a day "DUDE DO NOTTTTTTTTT FREAKING SLIDE HUG ME DAMMIT"! It's to the point where I erupted into laughter the other day b/c I tried to walk down the hall and he was waiting for me. He was standing to the side with his neck cocked as if he was an outlaw in the Old West. I lost it and he did too. I guess telling him I didn't like it made it more appealing...why? B/c he's 12!! So now I guess I have to start liking the slide-hug until he moves on to the next thing.

Ugh what am I going to do with this man? I digress (head down, walking off).