HERE THEY COME. . .

Are you ready for it? I know you have all been biting your nails, eagerly waiting for blog updates from yours truly.

anywhoooooo, moving on. . .

Here's pics from Pauly's b-day:

The Decorations.

Yes, I meant to capitalize the 'd' on Decorations, because they are that awesome. Don't be jealous of my creativity.

Here's Pauly

looking slightly thrilled and minorly* (is that a word?) embarrassed after we sang to him and made him blow out his candles. Check out the awesome German chocolate cake I made. Gross, excuse me while I gag. Coconuts, pecans and any other nut should not be anywhere near my beloved chocolate. However my Pauly is even more beloved by me than chocolate (I know, hard to believe, but oh so true) so I made him his favorite cake. I didn't eat any, but everyone else loved it. Never fear, I also made brownies so I didn't miss dessert.

*I checked with my friend webster and it is in fact not a word.

I could have taken it out of the post but then you wouldn't see the real me. Just keepin' it real, peeps, always real. groovy.

Have you ever seen a cuter couple?

Never mind, don't answer that.

Anyone not living within a 15 mile radius of me (I'm talking to all you Utahns, y'all aren't even within a 1500 mile radius) notice anything different about me?

hmmmm. . .

I am now a redhead

and I love it.

I hope you do too.

If you don't, please don't tell me.

Tell me lies instead.

Lots of pretty lies.

Happy 35th Birthday to my bestest** everything.

You are my life and I will love you forever. Forever and a day. Okay, okay, forever and a million days***. Sheesh, you're so demanding. ;)

**also not a word, but I can't take credit for it.

I'm sure some 4 year old thought of it way before me.

***how could I not with "Pirate Vader" throwing gang signs my way? I mean, seriously, don't even try to tell me that you could resist that amazingness** when it came your way. Don't even try.

OH THE JOY!

My computer is working again! I no longer have to suffer from hand cramps and seizures while trying to use Pauly's demented computer. So I will now be staying up all night catching up our blog (it's already after 2 am, not a whole lot of night left!) Stay tuned. . .

Only 1 hour to go!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully in about 5 hours from now my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers will be Super Bowl Champions once again!!! I'm freaking out!!! I'm so excited for this game!!!

GO STEELERS!!!

I pray that this is what we will see later tonight!!!

Happy Birthday Pirate Pauly!!!

My sweet Pauly celebrated his 35th birthday on December 5th! I surprised him by decorating the house, just a few balloons and a banner. I gave him some new watercoloring supplies and all 3 pirates movies. We went to dinner at his (and mine!) favorite mexican restaurant with his family and then they came to our apartment for presents cake and ice cream.

pictures are coming but the queen just came on tv and i want to watch it.

**this post is late. it is obviously not december 5th. oh well

O REESA, REESA! WHEREFORE ART THOU REESA?

I'm right here! I've been bad about blogging. Several reasons for this:
1 - lazy
2 - lazy
3 - working 12 hour days
4 - lazy, those 12 hour shifts are only 4 days out of the week ;)
5 - computer problems; as we speak I am typing with one hand because I have to push and pull on the monitor at the same time to get it to work. If I don't the screen jumps and flashes and triggers migraines and seizures. Seriously, it's very uncomfortable to hold and I can only do it for a few minutes until my hand cramps up. Anyone have a free computer to give us?
6 - see reasons 1, 2, and 4.

the end

UH OH

Ummm, so I lost my blog list. Oops!! Please comment and leave me your blog address so I can put them back up! If you weren't on my list before but have been lurking around and want to be added, I say, "The more the merrier! Come one, come all!" Thank you!

WE SURVIVED!!!!!!

So for those of you who may not know, Reese and I work for the same company now. And as I'm sure you all know by now the economy is terrible, especially in the Mid-West. Our company makes parts for a plethora of different companies but three of our biggest buyers are General Motors, Whirlpool and Mitsubishi which have all hit very hard times. So basically our company is restructuring to survive in the tough economic times and for the last few weeks we seriously thought that we would both be laid-off because we were the last two people hired on. Well last week the whole company was on a week long shutdown but we had a meeting on Monday morning to find out exactly what they were going to do and.....WE GOT TO KEEP OUR JOBS! They laid-off 45 people total but I guess were stellar workers because we were the last two people hired and we still survived the cut! And, it's even better! We have switched to four 12 hour shifts a week instead of the normal five day, 8 hour shifts. So not only did we get to keep our jobs but now we get a three day weekend EVERY week AND 8 hours of overtime EACH!

To say that we feel truly blessed would be a major understatement!