Maynard

Ok, It has been over a month since I have posted, so here is what is new at the Piper house. We have a new child. His name is Maynard and he is a chocolate lab. He is 9 weeks old, and he is pretty big for his age. He has a cone head that we are hoping he will grow into. I will post pictures later. My camera has been in surgery so I will have to take some now that I have it back. Ellie is not so excited about her little-big bruder. He is already three times her size and of course is full of energy. He wants to play with her soooo bad, but she is scared. I can understand why. He is clumsy and rough and he barks at her like she is a toy. What else.... We just got home saturday from a full week at the beach! It was awesome. We went parasailing, and we rented jet-skis, we saw dolphins, and sharks and manna rays, and sting rays and we stuffed our faces. It was good for us to just have some stress-free time together. I guess that is all for now. It is lunch time, and I am hungry, and my belly won't let me focus on what I am writing.

a little complaining + an update.

Now is probably not the best time for me to blog....but here I go. I am so ill today. I have been sick with a chest cold for two weeks, and I thought I was over it, and now I woke up with stuffy sinus infection head. Ugh! Josh is being a jerk today too. So I'm bored at work as usual and I decided to look at houses online. Just to pass the time. I found one I really liked and I called him to tell him about it. Woa! I was not prepared for a hissy fit, big baby, panties in a wad,butt hole tantrum, but that, most definitely, is what I got! Conversation went as follows: Hey babe, I was calling to tell you to check out this house online. "A HOUSE!" Yeah, I was just bored at work so I was looking at them. "SIGH...OK WHAT'S THE WEBSITE" Gave website and MLS number......waiting......Then I say.." I know what your going to say about the outside, just give it a chance and look at the inside, it's really pretty. WELL YOU SEE THAT IT WAS BUILT IN 1955! I'M NOT INTERESTED. "Yes but it has been totally remodled. who cares if it's old. That just means it has lasted that long." "Just look at the pictures please" WELL I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WIREING IF IT HAS BEEN REDONE. " Ok Mr. electritian, just look at it would ya?" WELL I ALREADY KNOW I DON'T WANT TO PAY THAT. " Ok honey...that's just the asking price, would you just look at it." ..............ITS OK. "I really like it." ITS NOTHING SPECIAL. "I would like to look at it." WELL YOU CAN GO LOOK AT IT THEN, BUT I'M NOT INTERESTED. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE SO INTERESTED IN BUYING A HOUSE ALL OF THE SUDDEN, AND I WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU I'M NOT PLANNING ON DOING ANYTHING ANY TIME SOON. BUILDING OR BUYING!..........
Ok. I'm sorry somebody pissed in his cherrios this morning, but the attitude was uncalled for. Oh, did I forget to mention that just two weeks ago he wanted to go look at a house in the home buyers guide for the simple fact that it had a shop! really? In fact the only reason we didn't go is because when I called my sister (she is an agent or realtor or whatever) she said the house had already sold. So I didn't just get some wild hair for a house.
Ok, I realize I am venting more than blogging, but sometimes you just need to. Maybe I am done now. Just for the record I really am happily married, and I do love my stubborn husband.
Hmmmm.... what has been going on lately?
1.)Ellie got a summer haircut. It's cute
2.)Ellie went "swimming" at the in-laws and almost drowned.
3.)Me and Josh tried knee-boarding with my sister for the first time ever. I was not very successful.
4.)I decided to call a temp agency to see if I could work some fridays. I met with the lady, and she will call when she needs me. (FYI: this decision was for extra money for a house!)
5.)They haven't called, but it's ok cause I kinda changed my mind. I'm lazy and I like my fridays off.
6.)It is just me and my sister working out at the gym now. Kristi is back in school.
7.)I signed up for a 1 year membership. Weight loss to date: 0 lbs ha ha
8.)Went canoeing with our friends Gary and Sherry on the fourth.
9.)I am reconnecting with my bff from highschool today. We are having a dinner date.
10.)Got totally schnockered on nyquil last night and passed out. Don't remember much.
11.)Planning on a decadron shot in the hiney after our dinner date. "hey...long time no see...I brought you something.....It's the crud!" ha ha jk
12.)Sarah just called and said she is giving me back my regular Nintendo. I'm pretty excited. She's had it for a while. Regular Nintendo is awesome!
That's all

House fever!

Ok, so not much is going on in my life right now, but I figured I would blog anyways. I have house fever! I want a house so bad I can taste it! I am tired of the trailer life. ha ha. I am thinking about doing temp work on fridays to make extra money to save. Really the problem is the saving. We should have extra money, we just don't know where it goes. Obviously not in our savings account. Anyways, we have been looking at house plans again, and I am not thinking clearly. I really just want to jump in head first and start building a house and hope that the finances just work themselves out. I know that isn't a good idea. I just get so excited about it! I want a house more than anything! When we got married we had a 5 year plan. It hasn't even been 2 years and I can't take it anymore! We need to speed this up.

On a different note, I woke up at 3:00 this morning because the sheets at my feet were cold and wet. What? Stumbling around in the dark. Grab the flashlight to investigate. Flashlight is too bright. Blinded myself. Can't see anything at all. Sleepy. Don't understand. Finally focusing. Ugh. Ellie has gotten sick right on my feet. Yuck! This is a first. Not good timing. Why couldn't she have puked on Josh's feet? He would have slept right through it. Ha ha. It was just watery. Nothing solid, but still not good.
Her new nickname is tanglefoot. She desperately needs to be thoroughly brushed and detangled. I am a terrible mother. I know. She normally follows me everywhere, so the other day when she was missing, and not coming when I called I got worried. When I found her she was in the bedroom floor immobile, because her hind leg had gotten tangled in her matted hair when she was scratching. It was really sad. She was so helpless. Just hanging out with her foot stuck to her head. ha ha. Ok it's not funny. I will work on that this weekend. I guess that's all I have for now

Updates

Well it has been a while....I am still not good at keeping up with this. I forget. Then I can't remember anything worthy of mentioning. Josh and I are planning a vacation. A whole week in PC! We have never vacationed for a whole week. I am excited. It won't be until August though. I gotta get my tan on. I kinda wanted to go to Hilton Head, SC but I couldn't find any nice, cheap condos right on the beach. If I'm going to the beach I want to have it right outside my door. And I want to pay nearly nothing for a luxury condo. That is hard to do. It would have been a more laid back beach experience though. Coffee shops and bike trails. It really sounded like fun. I am too picky about condos. Oh well PC will be fun too. Actually this will only be my second time in PC. We went for a few days last year, but somebody (myself) wasn't picky enough about the room for once, and we almost passed out from the smell of some really harsh cleaning materials when we walked in the room. There was also some pretty nasty obviously puke stains in the carpet. This is why you should always see pictures of the EXACT condo or room you are staying in. I have never done the spring break thing. Its not my style. I always went to Gulf Shores.

So my new addiction is Farm Town on facebook. It is so ridiculous. I laugh at myself. This game is so addictive. Don't even try it unless you want to be hooked! I spend my days at work plowing and harvesting my little heart out!

What else?.....Still working out....still no weight loss. Still slow at work....Still planning Sarah's wedding. No wonder I never update this. I'm boring.

Camping and Canoeing!

Well, I had a fabulous time this weekend, although it was a little crazy at times! Friday, I went and got pedicures with my mom, and my sister, and then we went to eat perico's together! yumm. After that my mom and I went back to the mall and I did a little shopping. I got a shirt, two dresses, and some 89 dollar shoes on sale for 24 bucks!! You can't beat that! After shopping, I met with my cousin Sarah and her other bridesmaid Kristi and we went to David's bridal to find her a wedding dress! We were successful, and she looked beautiful! (NO thanks to Donna, her crappy consultant!!) That night, Josh and I went to a birthday shin-dig for his friend Wes, and it was pretty fun. Saturday morning Josh and I got up to pack for a weekend camping in Arkansas with his friends "the WCO" (also known as Walker County Outlaws) Don't ask! Their girlfriends came along too. We also had two other chicks that I didn't know tag along. That's a long story. Anyways we borrowed a tent, and bought an air matress and packed up, and we left with some of the others around 2:30. The trip over seemed long, but it was fun and we only got lost twice! (Thanks to the Garmin!) We got there at around 8 something, and met everyone at the "Price Chopper" to get some groceries. Then we were too hungry to grill out, so we ate at a mexican place. We walked in 5 min before they closed. Needless to say our waiter was not all that friendly. Having been there myself, I can't really say that I blame him. We had to set up our tents in the dark, so that was interesting. Then we pretty much crashed because we had to get up early to go canoeing. I slept great on that air matress! (really. that's not sarcasm) Oh, I forgot to mention that when we got to the camp site, Josh's friends told us then, that there was no running water in the bath-house. That's right...no potty, and no shower! Now that is roughing it! We got up early, and went to eat breakfast at this little country place. It was awesome. It started raining early that morning, so when we got back to the camp site to change into our canoeing clothes, Josh and I discovered that our tent leaked. Bad. So half my clothes in my suitcase was already wet. Bummer. fortunately the bed stayed dry because of the matress. Anyways, it was still raining, so: To canoe, or not to canoe. That was the question. Well the "WCO" still wanted to go. So us girls loaded up in the cab of a truck, and we put the boys, and the coolers in the bed! Ha Ha! You should have seen them in the cold rain on the way there! Pitiful! Once we got there, we had six seperate canoes, so we used our lifejackets to tie them all together like a barge. It was like a party on a river! Crazy people! We had a blast. Nobody flipped because there was too many of us to take down. People on the banks would point, when we would get close to a drop-off, thinking we would never make it, but we did. I think the boys had a little too much beer, but other than that it was great! The bus ride back to the truck was a mess! Crazy people we didn't know, being loud and obnoxious, and puking out the windows, and flashing us, and "other stuff." I can't even describe it. Or, I won't anyways. Let's just say it was bad. When we got back, Jordan got a call saying there was a storm with a tornado headed our way. It wasn't close yet, but anyone who has read my blog knows I don't do well with tornados! I flipped out! I wanted to get a hotel room ASAP! At least then I could shower too! Anyways I finally calmed down and we monitored the weather, but nothing ever happened. Just lots of rain. We grilled out that night, and I had the best hamburger I've ever had in my life! Then me and Josh slept in our wet tent. I didn't sleep so well that night. I was scared of storms, and there was a railroad crossing right near the campground, and I'm pretty sure I heard the whistle like 5 times that night! We headed home on Monday. We stopped at a western store, and I got me some pink boots! I've never had a pair of boots, so I was pretty excited. Arkasas is very flat. (I know that came out of nowhere) It was just an observation. There were lots of rice fields there. Me and Josh couldn't figure out if they were flooded on purpose, or if they had just had a lot of rain. I did a little research, and apparently they were supposed to be flooded. I thought it was neat. Anyways that was the weekend for me. Quite eventful!

Well it's been a while since I've posted. Not much is going on in my life right now. Not that that's a bad thing. I'm actually enjoying just being in a routine. I love having Josh at home at night. Did I ever even mention he is on day shift now? Well he is. He has been super sweet lately.

I am still working out at the gym with Kristi. I totally love our Zumba class! I will probably sign up for a year membership in June when my three months is up. Just so I can Zumba! It gives me lots more energy.

My little cousin Sarah is engaged!! I am so excited! She is like my little sister. We have always been close. Ok, I call her little, but she is like 22. I am going to be her matron of honor! She is getting married this year in sept. or oct. I may be more excited than her!

Work has gotten slow again! I'm starting to worry. We are finally having an open house on tuesday. Maybe that will generate some businness. Everyone is slow right now though. Even the pedo office down stairs.

I guess me and Josh are going to cookout with our friends tonight. That should be fun. We will have to come home early because Josh has to work again in the morning. I guess that is it for now!

First pics with my new grill!

Ok, so I'm not lovin the braces. I am still learning how to eat, not that that is stopping me!