Crazy...

It's been crazy. Last week I was on the special project (testing the new machines) it was kinda cool. I really like the new machines, can't wait to use them in a store for real. We were supposed to be taken out of ALL our stores so we could devote Mon-Thur to the testing... Well, Tuesday evening, on our way back to the office, Francise called and told us that we had to go to Murrays Wed morning and help with the store. This was a 420 a.m. carpool with a 5 a.m. start. Can you believe that?!!? We were so pissed... But we went, and then we went and did a trial run of the testing for Thurs. On Thurs the big wigs were there and we had to put on our "show" for them, show them how well and great the new machines were... It wasn't that bad... we were there about an hour... On Friday I worked at CVS until 11... it was a short store...

And then!!! I got my braces... I know I have another blog braces related, but I thought I'd put some here... I was at the ortho for a little over 2 hours... and it wasn't that great. I have 8 spacers and my braces are in... My teeth were killing me this morning and were a little sore yesterday... But today was the worse... and I had to work at Sears for 10 hours... My teeth are fine right now, but I still can't chew... That'll get better though...

Jess is being shipped out sometime tomorrow... I'll be keeping him in my prayers, and I hope anyone reading this will too... I hate that he has to go back to Iraq, and I wish this damn war was over...

We're getting my new car tomorrow... A Pacifica!!! It's gonna be sweet... Actually tomorrow we're going to fill out all the papers, and on Tuesday we're getting it for good... I don't see why we can't just get it tomorrow... Paul and his silly ideas... once he gets an idea in his head, it's stuck there... Drives me crazy!!! I don't see why we can't get it tomorrow!! I really, really don't!!

10 days and no smoking!!!

I'm making a photo album to send to Grandma and Grandpa. I don't feel comfortable calling them and Sally said I should keep simple contact with them this year... She said I should write a letter and send some pictures... well I decided to make a scrap book for them... After we get my car I'm going to take some pics of it and the house, some of my braces, and some of Paul and I, and put them in the scrapbook... That should fill it up... It's not a big scrapbook. I've already added some snowy pics, a couple of Precious, one of Dad and I, and a few other... can't remember... It's going good... can't wait till it's finished and I can mail it!!!

Anyways, not much else is going on... I have to work tomorrow at Sears... AGAIN!! But I have Tuesday off, and then another Sears Wed... lol... Looks like I have the weekend off, and most of next week...like Thurs and Friday off!! I'm looking foward to having some days off... I can't wait!!!

Well, I'm gonna go... I'm watching Reba now...

Finishing our Basement!!!

I can't believe in less then 3 hours we decided to spend $28,000 on finishing our basement. Damn that guy was good.

I'm still in shock over this decision. We said we'd wait a few years before we finished our basement. I thought kids were our first priority, but now finishing our basement seems to be. Guess I"m a little miffed... But I'm excited too. It's just that it took Paul 5 years to decide to marry me "Because the cost of a wedding". And another 3 years to decide to have kids "because of money" but yet he can drop 28G's in less then 3 hours... of course this is another loan... a 20 year loan, and the payments will only be like $300 a month, so it's not that bad. But that $300 a month, with my $133 a month for braces, and then all the dr. bills from having a kid, and then all the kid crap... it's adding up... We were finally getting things under control... no wonder Pauls always in debt, he's not good with money at all... I understand that this is going to increase the value of our house and cause our heating and cooling bills to go down, so that's great.

I'm excited, but still in the shock phase... Plus, when the basement is done it won't be used for quit some time because we don't have any money to furnish it... Lol... so I don't get the point of finishing it now... but it'll be worth it in the long run... this is a good thing...

Work hasn't been so bad because I've been testing the new machines... Awesome... Tomorrow I have a store though. And then I get my braces.

Anyways, I'm tired.

Jess is going back to Iraq in a couple of days... :(

Mom said they're putting a Starbucks in Rsvl... Paul'll love that...

Damn that guy was a good salesman!!!

Time for beddy-bye!!!

Sweet dreams!!!

Smoking and Special Project

GUESS WHAT!!! I QUIT SMOKING!!!! Isn't that awesome!!! It's been 36 hours since I've smoked. I smoked yesterday morning before I went to work, not even realizing it was my last... but that was it. I said last week that that was my last pack... and I'm sticking to it!!! I'm so proud of myself!!! Woo Hoo!!!

It was a little rough last night though. I'm into the habit of smoking right after we eat dinner... and of course last night I didn't... So that was odd... I drove Paul nuts with my pacing, finger nail tapping, and gum snapping... Lol!!! But I made it through the first 24 hours... that's the hardest part... I feel fine now... Every now and then I get the urge, but not too bad... it's mostly just habit though. I'm used to going outside and smoking, and now I don't go outside. So when I feel like smoking I go outside and walk around for a few minutes and then its gone...

Francise called me last night and moved my stores on me. She pulled me out of the Dollar Tree and put me in CVS... Apparently Kim requested that I be put in her store (CVS). I didn't mind, I like Kim, and apparently she likes me because she requeseted me. Francise asked Kim why she liked me so much and Kim said "Because she's willing to help people, and she's fast". That made me feel good.

Also Francise put me on Special Project... Sounds cool huh?? Not really!! lol... She pulled me out of all my stores Mon-Thrus next week, and put me on the special project which is.... drum roll please to call it special project.... testing the new machines... LOL!! Can you believe that... how cheesy. I'm actually looking foward to it though... Getting a first hand look (and first person) at the new machines. So this'll be interesting..

Anyways, I'm supposed to be getting braces on Friday.. so we'll see!!!

Can't think of anything else going on... Making a frittata for dinner since it's Friday and Paul can't eat meat... should be yummy!!!

Hey

I'm going to make this short because it's almost bed time and I have to get up at 5...

So I'm going through with the braces and expander. We can afford $133.33 a month for 18 months and still have a baby.

Just to let readers know, I have started another "blog". My new blog is strictly for braces related stuff. I will still update this blog with regular life crap. But the other one (http://crooked2str8t.livejournal.com/) is braces only... No I'm not cheating on you!!!

Anyways time for bed... Will write more tomorrow I promise.

Amanda

Braces....

Okay, So I may not be getting braces at all... but I think I most likely will. We found out that our insurance only covers 50% and a $2000 life time maximum. Well my braces (with expanders) are $4400. Yikes!!! However, there's always a way to do monthly payments...LOL!!! We could pay $133 a month for the course of my treatment (18 months). Which I don't think is bad. The only thing is, now we have to find a way to have an extra $133 a month. Which I think we can do. I'm working now, which gives us about $600-$800 a month more then we were used to. So I would think that would work. And in July the Grand Am is going to be paid off... That's an extra $500. So I think we can pull it off... lol!!! But we also want to start trying to get pregnant next month, and all the dr.s bills, and baby crap costs alot of money too... So we'll see.

So now I'm getting braces on Friday, March 16 @ 2:00 pm... If I'm out of work in time. Which I should be because I have a FYE That morning at like 6. I should be home by noon.

It just sucks though because I was all ready and pumped up to get them tomorrow. I was in the right frame of mind "I can do this" and now I've just dropped. My whole attitude about having straight teeth is shitty again. I've always dreamed about having straight teeth, and as a child my parents couldn't afford braces. And it seems like we could pull it off, but I just don't know. It seems like everytime I get excited about something, and get all pumped up, something happens and it's gone just like that... I know this isn't true because a lot of really amazing, great things have happened in my life, but still... today sucks... I've always said if I could change one thing about myself body it would be my teeth... not my weight, or ass, or legs, or face... my teeth... And I feel like I'm sooo freakin close to getting that done, and then it's pulled away.

I just have to change my mindset again. The universe is trying to tell me something - Wednesday isn't the right time for me to get braces. And it wasn't pulled away from me, I just have to wait. The universe is not ready for me to get braces. Maybe I'm not as ready to get braces as I think I am... Hell I don't know!!!

The bottom line is... I need to wait another week and a half and see what happens.... If something happens in the week and a half that is negative towards me getting braces then I guess I'm not getting braces. BUT I DON'T WANNA WAIT!!! I want it done and over with.

I just have to believe that this is going to happen. I have to believe that we can afford it (because I know we can). I have to have faith that the universe will not let me down...

Time for me to go watch "The Secret" again... Definitely need to watch that movie today...

Okay, Paul's supposed to be calling me back... but he isn't... I hate it when he doesn't call me back. I know he's busy at work and whatnot, but still... take 5 minutes and call your freakin wife back... Lol... Still love him more then I did yesterday though... And yesterday I loved him tons!!! So imagine how I'll feel about him tomorrow!!!!

Whirlwind!!

Haha!! That was my junior high school mascot. I can hear it now... " G-J-H-S Russellville Whirlwinds!!!GOOOOO Whirlwinds" lol...

Yea, my life has been kind whirlwind like for the past month. I've been working almost everyday. Just had a couple days off a week. But it hasn't been bad. The money is cool... Lol

Anyways, We have to turn the Passat in at the end of the month. And guess what I'm getting!?!? A PACIFICA!!! I can't wait! I love those cars... Sooo cute... We took one for a test drive a couple weeks ago, and decided that's what I'm getting. We will get it on the 22nd... Just a couple more weeks... Like a week and a half!!! Woo hoo!!!

Teeth time!! Last Monday (Feb 26) I had my frist dentist appointment in over 8 years. I was scared to death. All that did of course was clean them. They made an appointment for March 5 (Today) to fill 5 (FIVE) cavaties... Like I said, it's been over 8 years since my last dentist appointment. So we just got back from the dentist... half of my mouth is completly numb. It feel weird to drink anything becuase I can't feel the liquid on the bottom left side of my mouth. But it wasn't that bad. I was totally freaked out about it though. I started crying in the dentist office and everything. I was not looking foward to it. But it wasn't that bad. They took care of it...

On Wednesday (DAY AFTER TOMORROW) I'm getting braces... Yep, BRACES... Can you freakin believe that? I'm kinda looking foward to it though. I've always wanted straight teeth and now I'm going to have them. Yay!!! But I know it's not going to feel good, and it's going to hurt at times. But the end product will totally be worth it. I look foward to having straight teeth.

Let's see, what else is going on. Oh yea. We babysat on Saturday. It was fun. We took Jakie over to Beth and Mike's and they had a blast. Jacob had a blast too. He didn't go to sleep until after 2 am though... but it wasn't bad.

We got our incom tax refund. Woo hoo!! But it's pretty much gone already... lol

We got a new couch.. love it love it love it!!! It's extremely comfy and looks great also. The cat likes it too.

We ordered for some more blinds. We got shades for the laundry room, stairs, spare bedroom with the bed in it, and the mast bath. They look awesome.

Hmm.... Paul gets his bonus on the 15th. So we're going to save that for the deck and sod... that'll be fun. We've decided to hire someone to build our deck... Thank god!!!

I'm still getting my puppy next month. And at the end of March, when I run out of BC, I'm off the pill... Yay!!! I just know we'll get pregnant fast... Just know it!!!

I'm just about done smoking. When I run out that's it, I'm not buying anymore. I'm down to about 2 smokes a day... When this pack is done, I'm not buying anymore... yay!!!

I cant' seem to think of anything else...

OMG, oh yea!! They've started building next door to us. There's going to be 2 small houses between us and the other row of small houses... I hate it... It's horrible... our value just soooo went down.. They just dug the hole of Friday and it sooooooo freaking close to our house. I can't believe how close. It totally sucks... But oh well, not much we can do about it. We knew they were going to build there, just didn't know it was going to be small houses... it totally sucks. They've also started digging holes at the front of the neighborhood for houses. We can't tell if they'll be small or not though. Just have to wait and see...

Anyways, I can't think of anything else... and my freakin tongue and left bottom side of my mouth is numb... it sucks. Hopefully it'll be gone around 3-4 so I can enjoy the yummy spicey chicken supreme pizza we have for dinner tonight... Hopefully!!!

Paul was great at the dentist with me. I tell ya, if I had to go alone, I probably wouldn't go. Thank god he was there... It was great having him there, feeling his hand on my leg, and holding my hand while they shot my up with novacaine... Love that man to death!! More and more everyday!!