Happy Anniversary!!!

April 26th was our one year anniversary! I can't believe it's been that long, but at the same time it seems like it's been forever...

Paul and I both took the day off work. We mostly just hung out around the house. We did take Pebbles to the vet at 3.

After the vets we went to see "Vacancy". It was a very good movie, very tense. And after the movie we went out to eat in downtown Mt. Clemes at Luigis. It was good, but expensive.

All in all, we had a good anniversary, didnt do much, but it was nice.

I got Paul a new wallet, a Pink Floyd tshirt, and a framed picture of us at our wedding... the 'You may kiss the bride" picture, for his desk at work.

Paul got me two plants, and the 7th season of Golden Girls. And I consider Pebbles an anniversary gift also.

Not much else has been going on. Just tryin to get Pebbles adjusted to her new home, and the cat adjusted to her... Guess I gotta change the name of my blog.... Right now it's "The Cat, The Husband, and Me!!!"... Gotta think of something clever to change it too! lol... Pebbles is adjusting well. She still has potty accidents at night, which is why we keep her in the powder room with a puppy pad at night and while no one is home.

Been workin, workin, workin! lol

Paul got a 2% raise at work, and also is getting bonus in July I think! So that'll be nice...

I haven't gotten my period yet... I am now 4 days late, but that could be because my cycle has to become regular after getting off the pill... But the other times that I've stopped taking the pill it was right back on... so we'll see. I'm not testing positive on POAS tests. I had some cramping on Thurs (Apr. 26) and a little (very pale pink) spotting on the TP last night when I wiped. Today I thought I was going to get my period cause of the spotting and I had some cramps yesterday, but no period yet... Just some very light brown spotting... So I'm still waiting to see... it could be implantation bleeding and cramping... FINGERS CROSSED!!!

If I'm not pregnant then we're going to try Pre-Seed and I'm going to chart my temps, CM, and OPK's... So we'll see what happens!!!

Grandma McCurley is in the hospital... Now she's the Little Rock hospital with heart problems I guess.... God I hope she's going to be okay! lol

I'm gonna go for now... I bought a cute skirt today... yep i said skirt... And I want to shower and shave so I can wear it tonight... It'll be interesting to see Paul's reaction...

Oh yea... I have my first adjustment on my braces today at 430... Not looking foward to that!!! lol

I'm still in love with husband... even after being married for a year!!!

Pebbles...

On my way home from work on Wednesday (april 25) I decided to stop by the pound. I walked in and asked to see the dogs as I was considering adopting a dog if we found the perfect one for our family... Well I was escorted to the back room, that reeked, and to a row of dog cages, all of which had some kind of bark coming from it. When I finally got my footing back, after the stench almost knocked me over, I started the walk throgh the cages. The first cage on my right appeared to be empty, but all the other were filled with very large, very loud barking dogs. We do not want a large, loud dog. As I was descending down the row, sad that I didn't find the perfect dog, I heard this very meager yelping bark coming from the first cage on the right. Well, I walked over to the cage and there stood a white maltese... I thought "how perfect". So I went out to the car and called Paul. I told him that I think I found the perfect dog for us, her card says she's good with cats, kids, and is potty trained... He wasn't too thrilled but agreed to meet me at the pound. I went back in and told them that I wanted to play with the white maltese to see how we interacted, they told me that if it wasn't raining I could put the leash on her and take her outside, so I did!!! She was soooo happy to be out of that cage, you could just see it in her eyes... pure joy! So we walked around on the grass, and played a little. Then I saw Paul pull up... Needless to say I talked him into letting us get her... So now we have a 9.8 lb, white, maltese dog!!! Her name is Pebbles!!!

So, after we bought her, we had to make the manditory stop at PetCo to get her some dog food. She liked Petco, walking around, meeting new people... It seemed to suit her very well...

On Thursday (april 26) we took her to the vet. I found a vet up in Richmond (not far from our house) and made an appointment. We soon learned that our dog has problems, or as Beth says "You have a handicapped dog" lol... She's not handicapped!!! I swear!!! She just has issues... The pound told us that she had kennel cough, well the vet said that it could be kennel cough, but in Malteses a collapsing trachea is very common, so now it appears that her trachea collapses when she gets too excited or scared... I sounds horrible when this happens, she does this awful wheezing - can't breath - hacking sound... She also has knee problems... Lol... Her back knees tend to pop in and out of socket, which is why she avoids stairs! The vet said that neither the collapsing trachea or the knee thing were major issues.. HOWEVER, her teeth are terrible. So we are now taking her back to the vet on May 10 to have her teeth cleaned, and some extractions done.. this is going to cost around $300... But something that has to be done, if left unattended then the disease in her teeth could travel to her blood, and either be life threatening, or end up costing HUNDREDS more then a dental! lol... so we're having that done on May 10...

Now I hope that you haven't forgot about the cat through all of this... Yes, we have a cat... a very large cat... Now remember, Pebbles weighs 9.8 lbs.... Precious weighs roughly 23 lbs!!! lol... that's a big difference!!!

When we brought Pebbles home, Precious was none to thrilled. Precious took off running to the basement, and there he stayed until Friday afternoon!!! So for around 36 hours Precious locked himself in the basement and refused to come up stairs... Also, Precious wouldn't eat... Not wet food, not dry food... it was crazy!! Precious wouldn't come to us for petting, but didn't pull away when we went to pet him, and we went to pet him a lot... We wanted to let him know that we hadn't forgotten about him, and we still loved him... Well on Friday morning we went down into the basement and Precious had thrown up about 5 times... We started worrying. Paul decided to work from home Friday so he could keep and eye on the cat, to make sure he was okay. Precious ended up throwing up again, but it was like pure water. So when I got off work, I called the cat vet and talked to them, of course they said it was just because of the dog, but I was worried about him not eating and throwin up. So I made an appointment for 2. Well, when I got home the cat was upstairs with Paul, laying on the dining room floor, soakin up the rays... So that was a big improvement. So I called and cancelled the appointment. Precious has finally come upstairs and is willing to stay up. But he won't go in the living room, or get on the couch yet... which is where the dog always is... I know it's going to take time, but for the day and a half that Precious was in the basement, it broke my heart... I couldn't stand it...

Not to mention Paul stressing out about it... I had to work on Wed. night, which meant that Paul was alone with Pebbles... Paul was so stressed out about that... And he's still a little stressed out by the dog, but not nearly as much as he was... he's getting a little bit better.... He pets Pebbles... This is what he did when we got the cat, and now he loves the cat to death, so it's just a matter of time until he loves Pebbels to death too. I can already see/feel the love he has for Pebbles... LOL.. but if you asked him, he'd say he's still stressed out about the dog...lol

Pebbles doesn't care too much for baths... but she lets you bathe her for the most part. But ocassionally she tries to get out of the tub, and she doesn't care to be blow dried or brushed, so it'll be interesting to see how she does on Friday at the groomers! lol... She has her grooming appt on Friday the 4th at 4 pm... And her dental on May 10th... I have to drop her off at 8:30 and pick her up in the afternoon... That's gonna be sad..

I just gave her a bath, and I noticed a HUGE blood red spot on her chest... It's HUGE... I don't know if it's just her skin color, cause it doesn't seem to be bothering her, but it doesn't look good. The vet didn't catch it the other day, so I don't know if I should call the vet and ask about it, and possibly take her back in, or wait until the 10th, but that's a ways off... Not sure what to do... I'll prolly call the vet tomorrow and talk to someone about it, and see if they think I should bring her in or not... So we'll see...

Well, it took me all day to write this entry, as I kept getting interupted... but I think I've finally finished it...

Pebbles is so pretty when she all clean, and shiny, and very white!!! Gorgeous!!!

"Wanna help me in the sheets?"

Okay, so I like literally just walked in the door, and because my life is so sad and boring I just had to post what happened today at work... Okay, so I didn't just walk in the door, I went to the bathroom and changed... but I've only been home for like 10 minutes...

Anyways.

We did a SuperK today out in Bloomfield Hills, nice one too... I was working with usual people, mainly Tom and I stuck together. Well the first funny thing that was funny is that we were in HBA (health and beauty aids) doing cosmetics. Well, I was doing all the lipsticks and when I would pull them out they were stuck together by their price tags... usually two at a time. But I pulled one group out where 3 were stuck together and I told Tom (who was right next to me) "look at this" he goes "ohh a threesome, nice" lol .... And we started joking about it, and I pulled another one out that was just two, and said "look a twosome" he said "naw, the threesome is the only way to go" LOL... At this point Lauren (in the same aisle as us) says "What the hell are ya'll talking about". Tom and I started busting up laughing and he said "Well, the word threesome sure did get your attention!" lol... More laughter... it was funny! you had to be there!!

Anyways. The most funny part was....

We were in domestics, bedding, and I was all done with my aisles so I was looking for open areas and I saw Tom on a wall of sheets that were AutoScan and when he saw me he says "Wanna help me in the sheets" I started busting up laughing and said "It might be kinda fun" lol!! OMG it was so funny we laughed about that all day...

So we're at lunch in the SuperK breakroom (they served us pizza, very nice of them. Thank you!) and the table was full and Tom came in. Pete told Tom to grab a chair and bring it over and Ollie (i believe was the one) said "No, Tom has to sit on Amanda's lap." I said "Why not he already tried to get me in the sheets". Everyone started laughing and then it hit them... "wait, what is she talking about " LOL So then Tom had to tell them what he said to me earlier! lol... Of course every one picked on us, and I started blushing...

Well, then I called Paul... while I was still at the table with everyone and was talking to him. Tom said "Is that your husband? Let me talk to him"... So I handed him the phone, Tom introduced himself to Paul and of course Paul said something like "Hi Tom, I've heard all about you" (LOL). Then Tom proceeded to tell Paul that he tried to get me in the sheets earlier... Well, of course Paul didn't get what he was saying... so we all laughed about that too... So now I gotta fill Paul in when he gets home, cause I think he was like "Well, yea she helped you in the sheets, she's supposed to, it's her job to do inventory" lol... Something like that!!! So then of course everyone laughed about how Paul didn't get it... lol

I'm not sure that this is as funny if you're reading it, maybe it was one of those "You had to be there" moments, cause it was frikkin hilarious today... Tom and I had a ball today...

I like Tom a lot, he's a great guy, and a lot of fun to talk to... And since I like 'em old... hehe!!! I'm kidding I'm kidding!!! He's not that old... prolly around Paul's age! lol...

Maybe I should take him up on the offer... Again... kidding!!! Might be fun though!!!

Naw, I love Paul, even if we do have our issues. We always work it out and things get back to normal after a while!!!

Tomorrow Tom, Ollie, and I are carpooling to the store cause I don't wanna drive that far. We're meeting at the office at like 620 I think for a 7 start... Should be an interesting ride, they both like to pick on me A LOT!!! But it's fun!

Fingers Crosed!!!

So, we've been doing well on BDing (Baby dancing) every couple of days... however last week we didn't do so well... Went almost a week... And I most likely ovulated last week... I just hope the one day that we did BD it worked... Now the waiting game is happening... If I'm not PG then I should get AF on April 25th or 26th (our one year anniversary)! God I hope I dont get AF!!! It would be totally awesome to tell Paul that we're pregnant on our one year anniversary! How cool would that be?!!? lol So I have my fingers crossed!!! But not my leggss!! HAHA! Couldn't resist!!

I stopped looking at names, cause the list is already too long! So I'm going to stick with the names we have for now, unless I come across a totally rad name... lol

Paul's birthday was Friday... It was fun. He took half a day off, and worked from home the other half. I had to work Friday, but I was home by 1... I got him 2 books' an astrology one and a positive thinking on, AND and $20 gift card for Starbucks...(He called me at 11 and told me he was on his way to Starbucks to get a mocha... I think he likes his gift card! lol..)

When I got home from work we went to Ikea... Well, first we went to Chilis to eat (which is in front of Ikea). Damn it's a long drive there... About an hour... 94 to 696 to 275 to Ford Rd... It's crazy!! but worth the drive...

We got a bunch of pics... two for the attic, two for the living room, and one for the bedroom. We also got me a dresser...I love it, and it looks great... One of the pics is hanging above it and totally looks great!!! lol... We want to get Paul a dresser that matches it, and the bed that matches too! We already have one of the nightstands (Got it the last time we went there). We also got another night stand like the one in the bedroom, but we put it in the attic, and it looks great!!! Oh yea, and we got another cool little lamp for the attic...and a LARGE lamp (like the little one) and put it in the basement.... It looks great!! lol

On Saturday I worked (at the OU bookstore). We had Paul's Bday dinner at 5... Jen and Jacob came and so did Fay and Jerry... We ended up babysitting Saturday night and took him over to Beth's with us... He was really good, slept all night!!! Which was really good!!! lol

Yesterday we went to Fay and Jerry's, had lunch and played 31.

When we left Fay and Jerry's we went to the Dollar Tree and I got some pregnancy tests and ovulations tests (Just in case I don't get pregnant this month). If I don't get pregnant this month then I'm going to start charting... taking my BBT, checking for EWCM, and taking ovulation tests... Also I want to get some PreSeed if Aunt Flo shows her ugly head this month...

Been emailing Jess a lot... .I had him on block for a little bit without realizing it lol... Oooppps! lol.. I thought he was just busy, and that's why he hadn't emailed me... but he called me yesterday and told me he'd been emailing me... so when I checked my blocked list... there he was! lol.. So I unblocked him!!! lol

It was good hearing from him yesterday! The caller I.D. was weird though... Just "2223" lol

Gonna send him a package this weekend... Got him some body wash and a loufa sponge... and some other things...

Talked to Aunt Shirley Saturday, they're doing good. I get the feeling that Uncle Lee isn't that great... But I've always known that... hope he's gonna be okay!

Sarahs pregnant... or so she says.... I'll believe it when I see it... that girl has lied so much. I hope she's gotten her act together... She claims to.. She told Granny that her new beau is great, treats her right, works and makes good money, etc. Hope it works out for her!

Not much else is going on... Just obsessed with getting pregnant!!!

Going to see Sally tonight, haven't seen her in a while as she was on vacation in FL. Glad to know she's back... Been itching to go see her... see if I can get over this obsession... Need to relax, put my faith in God, and just let it happen... Easier said then done!! lol

Getting Pregnant!!!

So, we've officially started trying to get pregnant... I stopped birth control last Wednesday (March 28). We're trying to have sex once every 2-3 days, since sperm can live in the body for 2-3 days.

I went to the Gynecologist today and got a prescribtion for pre-natal vitamins... Gonna pick that up in a few hours.. Had a pap, everything looks good on the outside... Should have the test results back in a week or so... I can't imagine anything being wrong... nothing ever has been... didn't like the pap though, not looking foward to when I am pregnant, and always being checked down there and such... Aww the wonders of being female!! lol

We've (I've) already made a list of names... boy and girl names... and even found their meanings... I'll post that now!! It'll be interesting in a few years to look back and see the first names on the list... We've already taken some names off the list because either one of us didn't like them, or the meaning... So we'll see what we come up with in the end!

BABY NAMES

April 2007

- green names are still contenders
- red names have already been removed from the list... but I wanted to post them anyways

Brielle - Girl, Hebrew meaning “Gift of God”

Cadence - Girl, English meaning “Rhythm”

Madison - Girl or Boy, English meaning “Son of Maud”, “Son of Matthew” (the more I saw it the less I liked it)

Brooke - Girl, English meaning “Brook”, “Stream”

Aurora - Girl, Latin meaning “Dawn”

Olivia - Girl, English meaning “Elf Army”, Latin meaning “Olive” (I didn't like the meaning)

Arabella - Girl, English, Scottish, Celtic (Paul doesn't like it)

Bianca - Girl, Italian meaning “White or Fair”

Willow - Girl, English meaning “Willow Tree” (Paul didn't like it)

Heaven - Girl, English meaning “Heaven” (Paul didn't like it)

Melody - Girl, Greek meaning “Melody” (Paul didn't like it)

Jordan - Girl, Hebrew meaning “Descend/ Flow Down”

Rayne - Girl, French meaning “Queen” English meaning “Rain”

Danielle - Girl, Hebrew meaning “God is my Judge”

Addison - Girl, English meaning “Son of Adam”, Many cities in the USA, a disease (We didn't like that "Addison" is a disease... lol)

Cooper - Boy, English meaning “Barrel Maker” (I don't care for the meaning, but I'm leaving it on the list beacause I love it!!!)

Ethan - Boy, Hebrew meaning “Strong, firm, impetuous, optimistic, solid, enduring, permanent”

Braden - Boy, English meaning “Broad, wide”

Ashton - Boy, English meaning “Settlement in an ash tree grove”

Sebastian - Boy, Spanish

Cole - Boy, English meaning “Coal, Dark One” (Don't like the meaning)

Matthew - Boy, Hebrew meaning “Gift of God”

Connor - Boy, Gaelic meaning “Lover of hounds, hound nobleman” (Don't like the meaning)

Joshua - Boy, Hebrew meaning “God Rescues”

Caleb - Boy, “dog”, Hebrew meaning “Heart”

Bailey - Both, English meaning “Bailiff” (Paul doesn't like it, and I don't like the meaning)

Abram - Boy, Hebrew meaning “Exalted father, High father”

Dakota - Both, Native American meaning “The Allies”

Now for work related crap...

I've been working alot... But I've been doing that damn testing on those damn new machines... I really like the new machines... But on Wednesday I had to drive 65 miles for 2 hours of work... I pretty much worked for free... And on Tuesday I worked an hour and a half on the testing (Of course got paid 2 hours) when I could have been in a KMart and worked 6 hours... Kinda pisses me off... So the next time they ask me to test I'm not doing it!!

I have a nice, long three day weekend... Am totally looking foward to it... Had today off, and didn't do much... did some shopping and went to the doctors (see above)

They're coming along very well with our basement... can't wait till they're done... They should be done by Paul's Bday... next week... yippeee!!! I'll definitly have to post pics!

Jess is in Iraq, we've been emailing alot... glad I can do that... He's not to happy with Gloris (big surprise lol). Apprarently since he's been over there she's emailed him like twice... lol...

Not much else is going on, we're going to Meijers in a lil bit... about 45 minutes... Gotta get a few things...

We might go to Ikea tomorrow... wanna get a TV stand for the basement, and my dresser... yippee!!!

I now have an expander in my mouth... It hurt like hell when she put it in, but I'm used to it now... It's weird though, when I eat food gets stuck up there... lol...

I also have a HUGE canker sore in the back of my mouth, near my throat... my gyno was able to give me a prescribed mouth rinse that'll help it... It hurts like hell when I swallow, eat, chew, talk... hell just sitting here it hurts... hopefully this mouth rinse will make it go away, or atleast feel better!!!

Gonna go!!!

I love my husband and can't wait to get pregnant with his child... it's going to be the so awesome!! Glad I quit smoking, and I haven't drank in over a week... gonna keep it that way... Also gonna start my prenatals tonight!!! Wanna make sure I'm healthy for the baby!!!

Amanda!!!