Growing Family

I always thought that I wouldn't want to get anymore pets beside Molly. The hair from her alone was everywhere as it was. Lol. But we found ourselves in our new home with an EXTREMELY lonely pup. That's when we decided to get the boys. Sesmu and Bagheera are both attention nuts, thus the need to lock them out of our room at night. They both enjoy sleeping on faces and clawing those who dare to ignore them. Evil little cusses, but I love them. Lol. Having three animals in the house seemed more than enough pets, not to mention the pain of having a cat box (the main reason I never wanted any cats!!). Molly has been a lot better since they came. I no longer come home to a crying dog or anything in the house trashed beyond recognition. She now spends her day happily bullying the two cats and chasing/racing them up and down the stairs. Bagheera just takes the unannounced baths via Molly's tongue, but Sesmu likes to bat at Molly and join in on the races. **In case you're wondering why the cats have bizarre names, when I was reading up on Egyptian mythology, I found out that
Sesmu is the Egyptian demonic god who works for Anubis in the underworld, affectionately known as the "Slaughter of Souls." Lol. I couldn't resist, so I named him that. And everyone knows Bagheera is from The Jungle Book.**

My aunt's friend recently rescued a little one-year old German Shepherd and could not keep her, so my parents took her in for a few days. Poor Abby arrived newly spaded and "sicker than a dog." She is on antibiotics for her respiratory infection and drops for her ear infection, but it's nice to see her gain more energy every day and not cough so much. Not much is known about her history. She is not house trained AT all, does not know simple commands like "Sit" or "Down", and steals socks, shoes, shirts, etc. for a little chew time, so the popular belief is that she has been out on her own for awhile. Amazingly enough, she has the sweetest personality and, if allowed, would sleep at anyone's feet right on the bed. She drinks like an elephant and enjoys flipping the food bowl. Last night we found out about her fear of stairs. She could go up as long as someone was with her, but going down the stairs proved to be a problem.

Since Mom and Dad DEFINITELY do not need anymore pets, Evan and I offered to take her. Molly is going to get a little of her own medicine since Abby is quite talented at "leaning." It's going to be a pain in the butt potty training another puppy, but hopefully it will be worth it since Abby is pretty cute. Oh, my poor white carpets..... Goodbye. *Sigh.

**Update on Abby: Abby decided that she did want to live with Mom and Dad afterall, and while Dad is not thrilled, she is excited to be there and so am I. Lol.

Ahh, Tuesday...

This past week Evan and I celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary. We meant to just celebrate the one night, so we decided to go out to Buca di Beppos with my family over the weekend before our actual anniversary. It was a ton of fun and Evan bought me a Kindle2!! The goober totally went over our agreed budget for gifts. Lol. I bought him a watch to replace the one that broke and he was just as excited.


On Monday, Evan and I still went to work. While I had PTO available to take off the day if I so chose, Evan's still new to his company and doesn't accrue PTO until March '10. I figured it would be a normal day in the neighborhood, but as soon as I got to work, it all went downhill. By the time I got home, I was fighting tears, which is definitely NOT normal since I can usually handle whatever work throws my way. But Evan told me over the phone to at least wait for him to get home before I did any leaking. Lol. I was lying on the couch with my migraine when he finally burst through the door, got down on one knee brandishing a dozen red roses, a bottle of sparkling apple cider, and a card. His expression was so cute that I couldn't help crying. Sounds so funny. I immediately felt better of course and we had a great night together feasting on take out Applebees and my friend who made my wedding cake made us a mini version for us for that night too!

And if that wasn't enough we went to Disneyland this weekend too. Lol. It was a lot of fun just to get away for a weekend since my work week turned into a complete nightmare. What's funny is that me and Evan only went on maybe a handful of rides. If we didn't feel like waiting in lines, we just went and sat in the middle of the park enjoying the weather and ambiance.

My overall point of all this is mostly to say that a year ago this month, I married my best friend who showed me how easy it is to love. He was the answer to my prayers and SOOO much better than the man of my dreams. He's all that I want and more than I deserve. :) Here's to the next 70 years and beyond! (I like aiming high! Lol.)

I suck at this whole "blogging" stuff. Lol.

Just an update from the last blog: I wound up finding my diamond on the counter in my apartment. Having to deal with moving and all that, I just now made it down to my friend's shop for them to repair it. (After my friend's horror story, I made sure to go to somewhere I knew someone who would watch out for my ring!) The sucky part is, my diamond is cracked on the side, and the sales guy let me know that there may be a possibility that they can't reset my stone. The hardest substance in the world and it's chipped, go figure. The reason they might not be able to, is because the jeweler puts the ring in a "seat" to press the diamond back into setting and it might cause it to break or shatter even more. So if they decide not to go through with it, I have a useless diamond. Yay.....

Chaos. What's new?

This morning, to my horror, I found that the main diamond on my wedding ring had fallen out. Mortified, I cried out and one of my supervisors ran over to see what had happened. We tore apart the office and sent others upstairs to check the break room. My boss came over and told me to look in my car. I got my keys and went outside, my boss and supervisor trailing behind. The one thought that kept going through my head was, "Darn it, I wish I had cleaned out my car last night!" They helped me tear my car apart, but alas, the diamond was not to be found. I went straight back to my desk and began working once more, more or less forcing myself not to cry.
I had always known something like this was going to happen ever since the shop we got it from was liquidated and our diamond warranty was lost. I checked my ring everyday to make sure that the diamond was still set firmly. I never found it to be loose, so I still cannot believe that it is gone. I will have to search the apartment later tonight. I'm not expecting to find it, since I am almost positive that the diamond went down the drain with my shampoo this morning when I washed my hair.
It has been suggested to call my insurance to see if it would be covered under my renter's insurance, but State Farm has screwed me over so many times that I do not have the heart to talk to them at the moment. I am just going to pray that it works out. We have a few tricks left, so maybe they'll pan out.
I can't get too upset today. The rates just went down again, and we were locked into a 5% interest rate on our mortgage so that definitely made me feel a little more chipper.
If this next month is smooth, I will be exceedingly happy. This weekend will be irritating having to move and pack, but if it gets me away from our neighbors, so much the better.

Up, down, up, down!

We went to California this weekend to visit with Evan's West Coast family and had gone with his cousins and a friend to Disneyland when we got the call that our bid was accepted on a house. On the one house we liked the most, yet never expected to get! I am still not able to be excited about it because it feels unreal. I keep expecting my realtor to call up and say, "Oops! Sorry! I don't know what happened, but you no longer have this house." I know that the house buying process is far from over. We still have a month left of closing "fun" to get through. I'm nervous and happy and scared and worried all at once. It will definitely be nice to have a permanent address. I am not looking forward to packing up and having to move twice, out of my apartment into Mom and Dad's and then from there to our house after it closes. I suppose I will be excited once we get the keys. Then it will be for real. Lol. I have decided that I want to spend my entire stimulus at Lena's. But Evan would kill me, so I will make a list of the stuff I want the most. AH! Wish me luck!

On another note, I found a website dedicated to only fan-fiction. What is that, you ask? Oh, I'll feed you, baby birds. ;) It is where people get obsessed with a story or movie, or even a picture, and will write a story using those characters. Intrigued, I am now setting forth to do my own. I feel a little silly, but it will be a fun exercise, and I bet I can bring forth a little smoothness and, you guessed it, romance to one of my favorite games in the entire world: Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It won't be what anybody will expect, so at least that will be new- ish. Lol. Hopefully other fans will get a kick out of it too. We'll see!

So tired....

This has been the most frustrating month. Buying a house always drives one over the edge, so I guess there's nothing abnormal there. I am constantly trying not to hate my job so much. I don't want to be in our apartment anymore, but living at mom and dad's for a few weeks is something I'm not looking forward to. We've put four bids in on four different houses and none of them are seem to come through with anything more than an outright no, or "Not sure yet". I feel like tossing in the towel, but the thought of renting another house is out of the question. There is nothing worse in the world than landlords. Will we have to settle for a house we don't really want? Chances of that are definitely rising. Sigh . . . .

Buying a House

The worst part of buying a house is the bidding wars. You want that house? Yeah, well so do 5 other people! Getting approved for a mortgage was the easiest part of the whole process. We've already bid on two houses, and yet, the bank countered our first offer, saying that they would take $20,000 more than we offered and the other has not yet given us an answer. Problem with the first is, the house won't appraise for the amount the bank is countering with so we would not be allowed to buy it, and second, the next bank could just friggin answer us so we aren't chillin' in limbo! That would be nice! So we're going out AGAIN to look at more houses and will prolly put in five more bids. If a bank would friggin accept it then we would have someplace to live after next month. We have the down payment. We have our LSR. JUST LET US GIVE YOU OUR MONEY ALREADY!! Lol.