Who is Jackie Jones and why is she trying to add me as a friend on fb?

OMG!

Ryan's facebook status says he's going to be a dad.

I'm assuming he's not just referring to the kids Cassie already has...  so she must be on the prego wagon too!


Someone fill me in on this!  It's my nice break from watch political stuff since 5 pm! :)

Oprah is all about sex today. 

The sex therapist she has on says you should have a 10 second kiss with your significant other each day.

She also says to use a mirror and check out your 'down stairs.'




She says to love your vulva.


There you go... for all of you who have lives and don't get to watch tv all day...  that's what was on Oprah today. :)

Do any of you watch the Biggest Loser?  I haven't really had a problem with anyone this season... until tonight.  Heba is being a big baby.   She was being a snot, so she put Phill on the other team.  Dumb.  Anyone who watches the show knows that having the big guys on your team is where you lose most of the pounds.

Maybe it's not such a big deal, but I'm tired, and she is driving me nuts tonight on the show.  I hope she goes home.

Sorry if that makes you mad.

I ran to Crookston Saturday afternoon for Dad's birthday.  I stayed the night and went to church with my family the next day.  All the ladies at the church were so cute because they were so excited about the fact I'm expecting.  :) 

Then today I finally subbed (first time this year because I've been so sick) and the two secretaries were like little mother hens just practically bouncing around me they were so excited. 

Older ladies are so funny. 

Please tell me you watched Grey's...  If you didn't, don't read this I guess.




My fricken hormones.  At the end when the elevator door opened and Izzy saw him, I started bawling.  Not just sweet little crying...  hard core bawling.

And earlier, when Rose said she was pregnant, I almost threw something the screen I was so mad.

Other than that... I loved the show. 



I guess I like to fly from one extreme to the next now that I have 5 million pounds of hormones running through my body every day.

Kristin... please tell me i'll even out once I hit 12 weeks....

okay.  i will admit that hormones may have affected the intensity of my last post. 

in a calmer fashion...  i am just incredibly nervous.  Josh and I own a business that paints/stains houses for people who are quite wealthy.  Up until now, the markey has only slightly affected our business. 

If these people start running low on cash, I doubt that keeping their 'cabin' stained will be a top priority. 

And for small business owners...  no work = broke. 


Its just hard to not let it rattle me.  The perk is I hardly ever watch the news.  (Thanks to advice from a baby book.)  The news just freaks me out when I think about what kind of a world we're bringing a baby into. 

I miss the good old days... where our biggest problem was if i was going to have hot or cold lunch at school, and when we got home from school, we watched things like fragle rock and the smurfs.

I am just going to pre-appologize to those of you who this offends.  That's not my intent.  I'm just venting.


Bailing out the banks is no way to solve this issue.  The banks were the ones who make the dumb decisions to start with.  And I know this first hand.

Two years ago, Josh and I wanted to buy a house.  We knew we couldn't afford more than 1000.00 a month for a mortgage payment, and we knew that in the mid 6% range, we couldn't afford more than a 150,000 loan.  Do you want to guess what the bank was willing to give us?  Over 250,000.  Now if we weren't semi-level headed 23 year olds at the time, we probably would have tried to buy some kick ass house.  But we knew that was stupid. 

It's not my fault that so many Americans didn't think twice before taking out a loan they could never afford.  And its really not my fault that the banks were so stupid to allow people to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars more than they should.  But who is going to pay for this in the long haul?  People like Josh and me.

So let's bail them out.  Lets just condone what they have done and instead of letting people learn a lesson, lets put the country in billions more in debt... after we're already so far in it we can hardly breath.

Everything has a natural ebb and flow.  From the deer population in MN to the economy of the US.  But instead of letting some people deal with financial hardships... lets make the whole country deal with it. 

A few of you know Josh's little brother, so I figured I'd share his news. 

This fall he decided to play football to keep him busy until hockey starts.  (Hockey and Baseball are his main sports.)  Their team really sucks, and Charlie is good, so the coach had him playing pretty much every line, offence and defence.

The other day his knee was hurting and then he heard a pop.

Result:  Torn ACL. 

It took a day or two for Charlie to realize how bad this really is, and now he's in rough shape.  Obviously no more football this season, but probably no hockey for most of this coming season either.

This has lead Josh to the conclusion that if we have a kid who is really good at a sport, they will not be playing contact sports in their off season. 

holy posts!

here's my exciting evening...  the baby was hungry for taco salad.  yummmmm.   

so i, on behalf of the baby, say thank you vanessa for teaching me to make the best supper in the world! :)

So I was just thinking 'Thank God for Muriel...'  because there are always new posts to read.  And then I saw Nessa's reply asking her why she is the only one who posts, and I laughed!  So I'm posting.  Not because I have anything fun to say, but because I feel guilty that I always look on lj, and am bummed when there are no posts, but I hardly ever post. :)

So far my opinion on pregnancy is not that high.  I'm sure things will get better, or more exciting...  But for now, I am miserable and moody most of the time, with no reward except the fact that a few weeks ago I had a positive test, so I must be pregnant.  But other than feeling crappy, I don't really feel any different.  And I haven't heard the baby at the dr, I haven't seen the baby, I haven't felt the baby, or gotten a baby bump.  So it's completely unrewarding so far...  Except knowing there is a little life in there.  When I do stop and think about that, that's exciting.

Aside from baby stuff... I had an odd revalation the other day.  For some reason (probably because of my own situation)  I always assume that at our age, if someone spends years with a person, you'll probably end up with them.  Now obviously I know this isn't true, but I am always suprised when a relationship ends after such a long period of time.  In the last year I have had three friends who's long term relationships have come to an end.  I feel like two of them were definately for the best.  But this most recent one really suprised me.  I guess it probably still is for the best, but I am just shocked.  The half of the couple that I am closer to, was totally blindsided by it.  It kinda' makes me wonder if there isn't someone sitting in the wings, waiting for the other one.  Hmm.

So there's my post.  Sorry it's not more exciting! :)

I know this is probably dumb, but here is something that I hate.

On facebook, when I put up an album that is filled with people who don't have facebook, I normally don't tag them.  A lot of times in the caption under the picture I'll say something like..  Mom Dad Carrie and Alex.  But Carrie and Alex also have facebook, so I would tag them.

My aunt just got facebook.  She went through a whole album tagging people who I had already named under the picture and who don't have facebook.  So it's totally redundant.  She's not the first person to do this, just the most recent.  I don't know why it bothers me so much. 

I do love when people tag my pictures if the people they're tagging have facebook and I don't happen to be friends with them there. 




I know...  this is retarded.  But it's bugging me.  I guess if this is the worst thing in my life I should  just shut up.  Sorry.

 Today is August 26th.  That means Josh and I have been married for two years already!  That's amazing to me.

The interview went well.  But I'm not holding my breath.  The two other women who were interviewing are women who also sub in the school.  And one of them is the woman who did the long term subbing for this sick teacher last spring.  So I'd be supprised if she didn't get it.

And I found out it's actually for a Kindergarden classroom, not first grade, because a K teacher is moving to first grade for now.

Anyway, It went as good as I could really hope for.  I think I'll find out with in the next 24 hours, so that's nice.  I hate waiting, so to know either way that quickly is really nice.


Have a good weekend!

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A few hours later...

I didn't get it. :(

 I really should be in bed... but nooooo.   I'm watching the women's all around.


Tomorrow morning I have an interview!  Pine River listed a long term subbing position from this August 25 to December 19.  I applied and got an interview!  I'm actually really looking forward to it.  It would be like the perfect step before having my own classroom (which I am really nervous about for some reason.)  Anyway, It would be almost like student teaching, because I would have a cooperating teacher, but it would also be my own class, because she wouldn't be there.  She would be a resource I could use more than anything I think.  Plus it would be a pre-stocked classroom, so I wouldn't have to throw stuff together in one week!

Anyway, I am excited, and feeling positive, but not holding my breath.  Brainerd didn't pass a referendum (sp?) this past year, so there were quite a few teachers in the area who lost their job, who will be looking for subbing positions.  But... I did have a letter of recommendation from the principal from the PRB elem. school, who is one of the interviewers.  So maybe that can give me an edge.

I'll let you know how it goes!

 This weekend Josh leaves for a week of hunting in South Dakota.  I'm bringing him to our friends' place Saturday afternoon so he and Craig can leave.  

So I think that Saturday, late afternoon/evening I'll be driving through the cloud.  And because I'm obsessed with the Olive Garden, I'll probably eat there.  If anyone wants to eat with me they should let me know!


ps.  last night staying up until all hours of the night was not worth it for the men's all around gymnastics.  but i'll still probably do it again tonight for the women's all around.    darn addicting olympics. 

 Is anyone watching the men's gymnastics?


AMAZING.

 Well, I got pictures up as soon as I could... just for you Nessa!  :)  I hope you like them!

I only tagged Ashley and Jay though.  Otherwise it would have taken forever.  The whole day was amazing Ness!  We really missed you!  We got a roommate picture with you though!  :)  And you went down Joey and Lori's dresses, but I decided not to put those pictures up!  

I had so much fun with all of you!  I need to realize that the Cloud is not that far from my house and I need to come and see all of you more often!  Or you need to come up to the Pine River Boonies!  :)  Really though!  I had such an awesome time with all of you!  Sorry I ditched out on you at the bar afterwards...  I must have been going on adrenaline for most of the day, because when we sat down at the bar I started getting shooting pains around my stomache.  It's a good thing we went back to the hotel.  I'm in pretty rough shape today, and I can't immagine how I'd be feeling if I had stayed out and danced for another hour! 

But all the tummy pain in the world is worth it.  Ashley... you threw an awesome party!  Both Josh and I had a crazy amazing time!  




ps.  I wish you could tag multiple moods... because I'm exhausted, happy, content, sore, and thankful! :)