SNOW DAY!!!!!!!

Well our snow is here and it is piled up! I don't know our offical count, but I can say it's a lot!

Here are some pics from Dan and I playing in the snow today.

The top one Dan was goofing off and put his nose in the snow!!

I surrender!!!! LOL Caught China in the act of pooping. hahahaha

Fast action snow ball!!!

Well the snow finally came here...

Well the snow has finally made it!!!!! I mean some real snow, not the slush we had been getting! This ended up being around eight inches or so for us, and it was so pretty! Of course now we are getting some freezing rain and all, but it's still pretty. I'm one of those people who like snow in wonderful measures! I either want a whole lot or none at all. I hate slush. So I think I would like to live somewhere, for just awhile, to experience some real high numbers in the snow fall. I seen on the news where some places in New York got 14in. overnight!!!! That would be interesting to see. Daniel loves playing in the snow, so much so that Mom has to make him come inside and then he's all frozen. Oh to be a kid again!

CheyChey having some good fun in the snow.

First Day of the rest of my life...lol

Well so far I have done very good. I am still sick, which sucks, but I am finally getting better. I have not given in to temptation and ate junk today. I had breakfast and some cereal for dinner (cause we don't have anything else really, we haven't went to the grocery). No pop or ice cream, which we do have, go figure. I finished my homework, now I am going to take a shower and go to bed. Getting up early tomorrow to study for my two tests that I have this week.

I could never love anyone as I love my sisters...

Leave it to me to become sentimental as I watch the movie "Little Women." So in my days of being sick and sentimental here is a tribute to the two women in my life who make it all worth it. To my sister Kathi for giving me the gift of knowledge (and not being afraid of kicking my butt to keep me learning! lol), trying new things, and laughter. To Candice for not being not being afraid to be yourself and helping me see that it is okay, for giving me three wonderful nieces, and for always thinking the better of me. We've had fights, tears, and laughter and through it all we are still there for one another. I will love you both beyond measure for the rest of my years! And here's to hoping that we have plenty more to write home about!!!!!

Here's to hoping that the next three sisters in our family follow our footsteps and have lots of love, laughter, fights, tears, and joys. Life is all about the little joys and experiences that we find. So here's to many, many, many, more!!!

Missing Ireland...

Burren Coast

Today was a very busy day at work but as always I had time to daydream! LOL I always have time to daydream! My head in the clouds I guess. Anyway I thought I would post some pics from Ireland. I traveled there with my sister in July of 2008. It was one of the most moving experiences of my life.Me drinking Guinness for the first time in Dublin, and a church in Galway.

Dungaire Castle and trees on the coast of Ireland. I just love how the wind has made them tilt to the side.

This was a park in Dublin that we walked around as we waited for our room to be ready. It was really beautiful, called Saint Stephens Square.

Good News and Bad News on the horizon in Ohio...

Well my mom has a big soft heart and couldn't stand losing our dog, ChyChy, so she went and picked her up and now she is staying in the basement. The guilt of getting rid of her was eating me alive. I have come to think of her as one of the family. So I am very happy she is back! We will just have to be diligent in our watching to make sure she is not let around the other dogs.
She seems content enough, so I am glad that she is back in our lives. Not to worry, she has a fully furnished basement! She has her own futon to sleep on with blankets and pillows! She has her toys down there, and we all take turns going down there and being with her! The basement has it's own entrance, so we can let her out in the backyard to play and I do my studying for classes down there, so she's not lonely.


Furthermore from the home front, my step-father has lost his job at AK and now I am the only one making any money in the family household of four. So my job said I can work some more over-time, imagine that, I was already working over-time, so now I will be working more. I am also going back to college full-time and working over-time is going to be killer. I had to make a sacrifice and cancel my advance scuba class, much to my dismay, but I need the money more than I need to take the class right now. In the end it will save me gas money, book money, and class money. So that will be put towards the electric bill! Yay! I hope in the end that I can sign up for the class at a later date and conquer my fear.

Well I am off here, gotta be at work at 2am tomorrow. Yay...

Since I showed ChyChy, here are my other two dogs. China is the brindle colored one in the toy graveyard on Christmas and Brandi is the fawn colored one that looks sleepy in the pic, also she has her baby, which she still has.

A sad way to start a new year...

There are not enough words to describe how sad I feel today. I have went through the whole day in a fog and I know that with time I will get over this loss, but right now my heart cannot see the light for the end of the tunnel. We had to get rid of one of our beloved dogs, ChyChy, she kept getting into fights with the other two and we didn't know what else to do with her. She was a great dog, if only she was by herself. I don't want to be mad that there was not another solution to our problem, but I am. I am mad at myself for ever taking her in and I am mad at the whole situation.

Goodbye Cheyenne

I will always love you and miss you