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Well the new quarter has begun at school. I am now in College Chemistry and Medical Terminology. I have to say it seems like this quarter will be challenging but good. I loved Chemistry in high school and my professor teaches with the assumption that every one has absolutely no back ground with the subject. My terminology class, however, is online. So I will have to be more self driven for that class. I can do it though. I know I can. I find my self saying "woah" every time I learn something new or what something really means. So thats a good thing right?

Today was very pretty out. Where was I though? I was in bed with a three day old migrane. That sucked let me tell you. Its only been in the last 5 or so hours that my head has quit feeling like it was going to explode. This after noon I did acomplish some things, though they were few. I potted my 4 rose bushes, that is until I am sure that there wont be any more freezes this year, I will keep them in pots. Then we went to the store and the sucker I am, I bought 2 more of them. All of them a different color. They should look beautiful in front of my house though! I cant wait to get them in the ground. In between them there will be tulips of various colors and varieties. I only bought like 9 or so bags back when I found them on sale this fall.

Im even thinking about putting them down the length of my sidewalk in the front. We will see though. Upon inspection of our newly dried out back yard, which has been completely covered in snow since we moved in. We discovered a whole slew of planted onions. I mean we found a lot of them. So we are going to move them from the center of our yard to the area of our new garden.

Last Monday we recarpted our basement, which makes our home feel just that much closer to being finished. Our dog doesnt quite know what to think yet. He wasnt allowed down there before and now we spend most of our time down there watching tv or hanging out with him.
We found out that my older sister is having a little boy in June! Get this though, the name is terrible. Ok the first name isnt but the middle name is so gonna get the kid made fun of. Xander Wolfgang. I wish I could tell you that I am joking. That is really the name for the kid.

I am going to Texas in June to see the new kid, my family and friends. I cant wait. I can however, wait for the expense. I am doing good with my finances, Adam says Im being too hard on myself though. I know all my money is going to bills, school and all that junk, but then I look at my bank account and just feel broke instead of good about being able to pay it all on my own. Im not whining, just feel a little drained. Then he reminds me that most at my age dont own a house and balance 40 hours of work with paying their own tuition. I guess he is right. Why do I feel like Im not really accomplishing anything though? Will it finally hit me what I have done (am doing) when I have the degree and am out of school? Will it hit me when I have that amazing job and make really really good money? I sure as heck hope so.

Finally, for anyone whose been keeping tabs on me and how I never really picked a major, I did it. I picked one. I want to go into the Radiography Technician program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Think I can do it? I sure hope so! They are super picky about who they let in so heres to hoping!!!

Edition #17

Thirteen Random Phrases I have heard this week.... 1. "Holy Buckets!" courtesy of Emily Morton 2. "Oh my gosh, have you read your email??" Sarah and Christy 3. "Holy cow what if they stick us with Dick? We might all die!!!" um yeah that was me! 4. "Its amazing we arent in weekly thearapy, but no one would believe this shit anyways." The Munchkin 5. "The first thing I thought was, oh gosh what is my dog doing now?" Adam, concerning our dogs habit of barking at the thunder. 6. "I will go spit on him if you would like...." Darryl J. 7. "Doesnt he remind you of a bunny rabbit??" Me again 8. "I think your my boyfriend's favorite." The Munchkin 9. "Hey! People this is a no party zone!" Anastasia 10. "I think he has some serious plastic surgery going on." Me to Anastasia 11. "For some reason he likes to go in the bathroom with people.." Carey 12. "Shes kinda shady when your not here!" Sarah 13. "I will not sign that document! Its like selling my soul to that woman!" Jennifer Links to other Thursday Thirteens!1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Edition #14

Thirteen Things about The General (my puppy)...

1. He is an escape artist. We can put him in our laundry room and he will crawl through the crawl space under the stairs, and get out through the coat closet!

2. On Tuesday I went to class, about an hour in my sister in law called to tell me that the dog had broken my brand new coffee table. He knocked over a chair and broke the large oval glass on my table! Then to top that off he had ripped into the trash and spread it all over the floor!

3. The above mentioned incident caused the dog to get a kennel. With in 24 hours he figured out how to get out of that too! Adam then reinfored the thing with zip ties, so now he can not get out! The walls are sooo not coming down.

4. Ever bought your dog a toy? Did it squeak? Well these are The General's favorite toys. Funny thing to me is that most dogs try to pull the squeaky out. Not mine. He just pulls the tag off and then chews on it. Its kind of cute.

5. This dog sleeps like all day long. That is when hes not trying to escape from his shelter when we are not at home. Adam sleeps during the evening and gets up at about midnight when I get home from work. The dog sleeps the whole night with him. Then in two hours or so when Im ready for sleep, so is The General! I swear then if I take a nap after school and before work, he is sleeping too! Dang what a life.

6. He's such a funny dog. He and Adam play a game where Adam will blow a little air at his face. The dog grunts at him and tries to catch it. You would have to see it to appreciate it, but its hilarious, especially when the dog tries to snap at the air and catches Adam.

7. Today I looked out side, The General was playing in the snow. He loves the snow. I looked out and he was pulling sticks out of the snow and kind of tossing them around then running to get them and do it again. I laughed so hard because the dog really looked like he was having fun.

8. Have I mentioned how smart my dog is? Yesterday I was checking my voice mail and when a message from Adam came on, Patton went nuts. He started wagging his tail and whining because he thought Adam was home. Poor kid he was so confused, so when Adam came in yesterday after noon the dog didnt believe that it was him when he heard him start talking. It was funny when Adam walked around the corner and the dog jumped!

9. Yesterday I had to put him in the kennel for a little while, during a walk through with our insurance company. The hair on his back stood up when that man walked around the corner and took a picture of him. What a good little guard dog. I was so proud!

10. Ive mentioned already that the dog likes to sleep. Well he likes to sleep up in the bed with us. Well this is a major feat considering we have a queen size bed. Hes funny though cause he gets up on the bed, right between us then kind of lets out this moan/grunt noise as he collapses on to the bed. When he does it, the whole bed moves.

11. Adam and Patton play hide and go seek. Adam will tell him to "go find mommy" then he will go hide. When hes good and hidden he yells something at me, the I will tell him to go find him and off he goes. He will check every room until he finds him. Last night Adam hid behind the curtain in the dining room, the dog went right to him after circling the dining room table sniffing the floor. Totally cool!

12. Patton likes to watch the TV. When I watch TV in bed, he props himself up and watches it too. Then when me and Adam start talking about something, usually the history channel or animal planet, he will grunt and groan like he is talking with us. Totally the funniest thing to see.

13. For Christmas I was given these really comfy slippers, they are like socks sorta like ballet flats. My dog thinks that if he hides them I will stay in bed. So yeah now I have like 9 pairs of them. I know Im a dork! But thats pretty darn silly cause he looks confused every time I take out a new pair!

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The General

These are just some of the pictures from his first day in our family! Isnt he a handsome puppy!!!!

Name game is over!

Well last night we chose a name for the new little one. Little will end up being one heck of an understatement but its all relative. He is a beauty. The name we have chosen ended up not even being German, like we had originally wanted. The boys named him last night while I was at work and he is now going by the name General Patton. Yeah, you can tell I didnt pick it out. But he has started responding to it. He doesnt even act like hes an adopted dog except for the fact that he acts like he is scared to be out of our site. We have a permanent shadow now. If one of us leaves the room thats ok, but if the other leaves he is very alert and ready to follow. Poor baby was kept in a kennel for 12 or more hours a day with his previous owners, so I think he has a little seperation anxiety. Good thing is between Adams job, my job and school and Carey's job, he wont be home alone often enough to bother him. Adam works weekends over night. Im off weekends. Carey works Saturday through Monday during the day into the evening. And me I work alot! I work my Sunday to Thursday until 1230 at night and getting ready to play switcheroo with that again. So he will be well looked after! He sleeps like a rock and likes to lay on the bed, though he still has some trouble getting a good jump up there. As long as he has a good toy though he is happy.

Our new baby!

This is the newest addition to mine and Adam's family. He is a full blood, 9 month old, German Shepherd puppy. Right now he is 53.5 pounds and still growing! We havent really decided what we will call him. His name that the Humane Society gave him was Turk. But we want to give him a name that is from us. Now the debate will begin! We are open to suggestions. Adam really wants a German name since he is of German descent.