Catch Up!!

Day 27: Pets!

Oh the love of my life. Pip. Pip is my baby and my first born. He is spoiled rotten and loves it. He is at Chihuahua, Shitzshu, Terrier mix. ADORABLE! I have never seen another dog like him. Other than his siblings- but even then he is the only who is spotted. Pip is who makes a bad day good and when Justin is gone keeps me company and keeps me safe. What would I do without my little baby?Growing up, I had my best friend, Austin. My first love. It was he who introduced me to my love of puppies. Austin was a full bred cocker spaniel and would stand like a champion when you brushed him. Adorable. We were his life and he lived to make us happy. He lived to be 17 years old. You can read about him here. or here (funny thing- this post was from 2009 and it was titled 1st love) and lastly here. He was such a good dog. We all STILL cry when we talk about him. 17 years is a long time for a dog to live and he was loved and considered part of our family.

I love animals. If Justin would let me I would have 3 or 4 dogs. I L-O-V-E- THEM!! My sister is so anti-dog. She is "allergic" hmph. Its so weird to me when people don't share my love of puppies!! However, I don't like cats, so I understand.

Day 28: Something That Stresses You Out

Hmmm...I would say photography. Its totally ustress. I get so nervous and excited before a photo shoot. I get all jittery and nervous and hope that I can perform and meet their expectations. My wedding photographer whom I work with sometimes told me the day you are no longer nervous before a shoot- its the day you should stop photography. SO TRUE! It is such a rush and I always have so much fun but I get so stressed before a shoot. But its the best kind of stress.

Also, family. (not always, just sometimes) They stress me when everyone wants to make decisions for everyone else. No one can just make a decision and go with it- everyone has to run it by everyone else and make the decisions for everyone else when they can't even make their own decisions. CRAZINESS- totally stresses me out!

Day 29: 3 wishes

1. I wish we could win the lottery. I mean who doesn't!?
2. I wish more than anything Justin wouldn't have to be gone all the time for work.
3. I wish I was a good cook. : )

Picture of Our Family

My family consists of Mom, Dad, Jessica & Roy, Justin & Me.
Justins family consists of his mom, dad, Taylor, Eric, Cannon, Gunnar, Grayson, Ella, Cambrey, Joe, Adam, Zachary, Ragan, Brad, Avery, "Piglet", Kason & Carla. Justin has 4 siblings, all which are married and 3 out of the four have kids...more than one. : ) The picture I can find of the majority of us is from our wedding, but its without the kiddos!And of course our new family...Justin, Me & Our Fur Baby, Pip. This picture is from last Easter, but its the only one I could find with Pip included. : )

IPod Shuffle

So my ipod is currently in Houston with Chelsea but she is bring it back to me this weekend so I just did a shuffle on my itunes.

I recently uploaded a lot of current songs so my shuffle is pretty current.

1. Mammas Song- Carrie Underwood
2. Hope Now- Addison Road
3. Revelation Song- Kari Jobe
4. Dj Got Us Falling In Love- Usher
5. What do I know of Holy- Addison Road
6. If We Ever Needed You- Casting Crowns
7. Just A Dream- Nelly
8. Smile- Uncle Cracker
9. Justin Bieber- Baby
10. Alright- Darius Rucker

I want to go home and download some more songs this afternoon after looking at all of yalls list! Don't forget to link up with Katie!

Package!!

So today I get home from work and see a big white box at the door....SCHOLASTIC!!!!!!!!

I ordered some Halloween/Fall books because they were on sale and they arrived today!! Yippie!!!

I got...
Who Will Haunt My House on Halloween

The Littlest Pumpkin

The Best Thanksgiving Ever

There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!

Fancy Nancy & The Late, LATE Night

Let it Fall!

The Spooky Wheels on the Bus

Spooky Hayride

I got home, opened the box and read all of them. I love it! Made my day!! Justin thinks I'm insane because I have like 1000 books in the attic from my classroom but you always need some new books : )

Something I've Learned

So I was looking back at my blog archives and realized I have never blogged as much as I did the month of October- 34 posts!!! The whole reason I blog is to leave a footprint behind. What I do is make my blog into a hardback book. Yes it takes FOREVER. I use a program called Blurb and copy and paste each blog individual, and then add each picture individually but it is totally worth it. It is amazing the results- I just like to go back and read it and I know one day my kids and maybe even my kids kids will look back on this book and be like WHAT!? What was she wearing? What is that hairdo? Look how skinny she was, what happened!? Plus I was totally that kid who would search through my grandparents attic and basement and hope to find some sort of journal/pictures of the past. So in hopes I will have a child like myself, I will leave them some journals to read. haha! Anyways, it is totally awesome and I totally recommend it. I have currently had my 2009 blog printed and am in the process of making the 2007 & 2008 (they will be one book since I only blogged like 5 times in 07) and then I will begin 2010. I am determined to be caught up by December. On Saturday, I worked for 3 hours and got one month of 2008 done. It takes FOREVER-but WORTH IT!

Anyways, today for the challenge is something I've learned. Oh I can't even think to write down things I have learned. Ya know we could go basic and say I've learned 2+2=4 or 5x4=20 or how to brush my teeth, get dressed, etc. but to go deeper....

I have learned we are not guaranteed tomorrow. I think every day how lucky I am and how different it could have been. I have learned to stop planning for the future and live each day like its your last. I have learned to tell everyone you love them every time you see them, it may be the last. I have learned to live your life for the one made you. I have learned that sometimes its okay to cry. I have learned that sometimes its okay to get in car, roll down the windows and scream. *it really does make you feel better

On a less serious note, I have learned if you make your husband pay for the monthly gym membership you better go. : ) I have learned that eating candy every day when you get home from school makes your clothes not fit. (hence the gym membership) I have learned that having a comfy bed makes you want to sleep more than if you have a rock of a bed.

Lastly, I have learned/am learning to love. (The Love Dare- amazing book.devotional)

And just like Katie said in her post this really could be a continually thing. We are learning new things and changing everyday.

Big Cats

I got this in a email and look how cute these cats are. I never thought about what happens to the leftover pumpkins or how much fun a bunch of huge cats could have with these pumpkins!! *I wonder if Sophie or Pip would have as much fun?*

Favorite Vaca

Today at Katie's 30 Day Challenge is your favorite vacation. I could go with a lot of them. Any vacation I get to go on is one of my favorites!! like our yearly trip to Virginia to see my mom's side of the family, our yearly trips to the beach, my honeymoon, our cruise, etc. but a trip that I know I will never be able to reproduce and was so much fun was the summer before my senior year of college.

My 5 best friends and I had thrown parties for our 21st but Jordan was the last one to turn 21 so we figured we better go big. And when I mean go big, we did just that. All 5 of us (my friend Lauren couldn't come) headed to Florida to spend a week at Disney World! All expenses paid! Her dad said when we got back he would NEVER do that again. We had the time of our lives. During the day we went to the different parks and at night we would dress up and go out to eat. One night we went to Cirque Du Soleil. Friday we went to the magic kingdom. Saturday & Sunday we moved hotels and hung out together. Monday we went to Universal and Isle of Adventures, Tuesday we went to Epcot and Wednesday we came back home. It was so much fun. It was my first vacation without my parents and with my best friends none the less.

Before we left we all came over to my parents house and we had gotten a cookie cake that said Happy Birthday Princess Jasmine (we were all the different princess- I was Snow White because the 7 dwarfs and all the animals were my students, Megan was Beauty, Jordan was Jasmine, Chelsea was Little Mermaid, Kimberly was Cinderella and Lauren was Sleeping Beauty- we deemed Jordan's dad the genie since he was making our dreams come true)Me making my wish at the Magic Kingdom All 5 of us after eating a wonderful dinner at Blue Zoo one night. For Jordan's actually birthday, we spent the day at Epcot exploring the countries- this is a picture of me and the birthday girl!

It truly was a vacation I will never be able to recreate. I love my best friends. I can't wait until this weekend when we will all be reunited again for some Aggie football!! We are all over the place now so all 6 of us together is rare! Yippie!! (Me and Kimberly in College Station, Lauren and Megan in Dallas at dental school, Chelsea in Houston and Jordan in Florida!)