Saturday Bliss

Today I worked. It was fine. Now I am in my bed (how unusual for me, ha) and I am watching TV. I'm watching "You've Got Mail" which I love, and ironically I LOVE MAIL! And then after I am watching Steel Magnolias. Probably one of the BEST movies EVER. I LOVE IT! I am being especially lazy because I am catching my Dad's upper respiratory infection and have been coughing a majority of the day. Ew. And also my dog bite is feeling better.

That's all I got for today. Unless I become inspired suddenly. Hope you all are having the best of weekends!!

I am going to leave you with some love that I have recieved recently!! Thank you :) You made my day!!

Traquility gave me this cute little "Lemonade award"!!



I so appreciate this! Thank you for giving me the time to post about it! Sorry it has been so long!!

I also got something from Betty!!


It is so beautiful!!

Thank you to both of you! It means so much to have such good bloggy friends!!

MEMEMEME...how unusual...

Paula gave me this award!! How sweet is she???

Thanks Paula! I am sorry it has taken me so long to get this up, but I really appreciate it! You are too kind!!

Bia from The pages of my life... tagged me for this meme!

The rules are: I have to list 10 honest things about myself, and then pass the award on to 7 bloggers.

So, here it is!

1. I am scared to DEATH of spiders and snakes. When a spider is in the vicenity I literally start to shake...and scream. Usually at the same time. Just ask my friend Meagan (who needs a blog) or Amanda who lived with me in Utah during the attack of the HUGE spiders. *shudder*

2. I want a different job. This is my BIGGEST secret. I work for my Dad. I'm not ready to tell him yet, as he may want to end my life. We own two flooring companies, one that I run. I do not like being the boss (my little sisters may be SHOCKED by this), I do not like stressing out, and it's just not enjoyable. I want to be able to do something creative. I don't know what yet. But I am looking. Particularly in the Richmond, VA area. If you know of anything ANYWHERE, I'm open. Seriously.

3. Another BIG secret. I want to live closer to my mom and granmda. Again, I don't want my Dad to know. It will hurt his feelings. As of now, I am living with him. And while I am grateful for the support and everything that he had done, I need to move out. For me AND for him.

4. I am not good at saving money. I need help. Calling Mrs. Newlywed! That's right. I read your post on budgeting, different savings accounts, etc...but do I know how to implement those things? No. Can I save more money and shop smarter? I sure hope so. It's going to be one of my 2009 goals.

5. I have become ADDICTED to LOST. And Real Housewives of OC or Atlanta.

6. I buy DVD's...a lot of DVD's. A lot of time they stay upopened for a LONG time.

7. I am a planner. I want to plan. I can not. My future is uncertain and it drives me crazy.

8. I really want/need to learn Portuguese.

9. Despite this list and the way it sounds, I am a relatively happy person. Life is not perfect, and it never will be. I have tried my best to grow and learn to be happy wherever I am in life, to always give people the benefit of the doubt, and forgive, forgive, forgive.

10. I love my dog Gracie. But she drives. me. crazy. I cant seem to housetrain her and I know it is because I am not with her enough. It was a lot easier when it was two of us. I dont know what to do. She has ruined the carpet. I feel guilty. I am a bad dog mom. But there are some days when I want to beat her (dont go all PETA on me, I don't, I just want)...For example:

a. She loves Hershey Kisses. I tend to make them for favors, for like the birthday shower. I had leftovers. She climbed onto the dresser, where i put them so she couldn't get to them. Ate them. Sick. For days. Ugh.
b. Loves to get into purses. She has figured out that purses hold a few key items: phones..which are yummy to chew. Gum...she can eat an entire pack...or 3. Pens...white fur around mouth turns black/blue depending on which pen she busts open. Pepper Spray..thats right, pepper spray. And it went off in her mouth, but do you think that stopped her?? NO. But she licked her chops all night and it was soooo funny. Lesson learned? Nada.
c. She loves to lick...EVERYTHING. It drives me crazy. Me, the floor--tile, carpet, whatever it doesnt matter, the fridge, the dishwasher, her cage, the list goes on forever.

Like I said. I love her. But she drives me bananas.



I love you all. I don't have the energy to pass it on. I still have to go Christmas Shopping, go to church to put in some information in the system, wrap presents when I get home, and a million other things like clean, etc. And it's quittin' time, which includes an hours drive home. I'm a lucky girl (and I mean that sarcastically and literally..I am... despite the whining)

So take the award, but if you do, you have to take the meme! So ha!

Life is a Bowl of Cherries!

So yesterday after my rampage little episode and a little cooling off period....I started to read all my lovely blogs my in my reader. You people make me happy. It is nice to live in other people's worlds for a while! So while I was reading I ran across some people who had obviously not read my post that day because I think I scared some people that showed some love, and passed on awards!! The first one was from Ashley! You definitely need to go visit her! Her and her husband are so cute! She recently posted some gorgeous pictures from her wedding!



"This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

Fabiola
Wep
Vanessa and Kyle
C
Carla
Kelli
Dari
Chelle

Please go check these girls out! They are all great and so much fun!!

NEXT! Poor Kelli got to me right after my post! Thank goodness she isn't faint of heart! She was soo good to me and truly made me feel better with this little number!



How cute is that??? I love it!

Here are the rules:
As with any award, there are rules. The rules of this award are:


1. You have to pass it on to 5 other fabulous blogs in a post.

2. You have to list 5 of your fabulous addictions in the post.

3. You must copy and paste the rules and the instructions below in the post.


Instructions: On your post of receiving this award, make sure you include the person that gave you the award and link it back to them. When you post your five winners, make sure you link them as well. To add the award to your post, simply right-click, save image, then "add image" it in your post as a picture so your winners can save it as well. To add it to your sidebar, add the "picture" gidget.Also, don't forget to let your winners know they won an award from you by emailing them or leaving a comment on their blog.

Laural
Ashley
Kori
Bia
Amber

Thanks so much again Ashley
and Kelli!

Go check out all these blogs! I promise you won't regret it!!

I got MORE good news!!!!

Mr S finally got a court date scheduled for December 10th! I am not holding my breath, but we are SO excited!! Haha! We are really hoping the ball is finally going to start rolling and that we will be back together soon!! I knew as soon as I scheduled my trip, they would decide to schedule Mr S's court! But I should still be able to see him! He should be back by then! I am SOOO excited to finally get some answers and get this over with!! Today seriously SO made up for yesterday!! Let me tell you, Heavenly Father definitely heard my prayers last night!! I am SO happy! Mr S and I both really needed this to happen!!

I am behind on my reader, I will try and catch up tomorrow night. If not it will be Thanksgiving Day! Tomorrow I will drive up to my Mom's house! I am excited for a little vacation!! I need to post about my Favorite Swap package I got yesterday too!! I promise I will get around to everything soon!!

Hope you all have a great day and if I don't talk to you before then...

Happy Thanksgiving!