Monday, January 25, 2010

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR SO FAR!!!

SO We got out own place!! We moved in Jan. 12th. We're in and settled, it's great. It's an efficenty apartment but it's very nice, big, and a little different since it was actually an apartment but the one room which would have been the bedroom-was made into a different room in the building. So you can think of how it would be a little different then your average effiency.. It Has one big room and then a kicthen off to the side with a counter/bar area which is nice. And the bathroom is a bit roomy, with a stand up (small)shower, which is ok.. I just have to get use to it and I have to take extra time to sit on the egde and fill it up that way so I can shave cuz can't do that with my back hurting and limited space and nothing to hang on too in there...

Earl is offically off probation. He was "terminated" Jan. 15th!!a year and 2 months EARLY!!! So now more worrying about going to Park City or fishing or the other mall in Burks County, and having to calling letting the PO know i have a doc appointment in Lancaster or soemthing like that since those are places he wasn't allowed to be..And we can take weekend trips or pick up and go to NC or Flordia and not have to worry about getting premission. Wow that will be nice... NOW ONLY IF WE COULD AFFORD IT lol.... His county fine will be paid off later this year. We're slowly getting that down, and down to $300 on another bill (not a fine) but that will be gone after a few months as long as we don't get anything else from them. (funiture wise)..

I got the medical card so now I have a doctor and we no longer have to pay for my BC which saves us $70 a month now.. That was an AWESOME new years present. Now that i have a doctor I will be making an appointment once i get this insurence straightened out.. I signed up for G and they gave me a card with U on it and a different doctor so I really need to figure out whats going on there.. But it'll be ok..

I got my papers for me to fill out for the appeal for Disability. I'm just scared since now all my records are a year old I need updated ones I haven't been to the doctors for updated records not sure how this is going to be working since I don't have alot of the information that I need to put down on there. I just need to get an appointment and put that down. That will work out then.

Wedding planning is back in the cards for us to do. I was doing the guest list for the 100th time the other night and finially realized why people have trouble and need to cut it down after you do it a few times. I got way more then I did the first 98 times.. lol.. with the bridal party and family alone we have a count of 55 people (this included BP's S/O's as well) which realy are only 4, since my MOH and his one GM are together.. Hehehe..This is all starting to feel real but I know it will be more real once we start dishing out money for things. I have to call the pastor that I'd like to marry us, in April sometime to try and confirm everything and to get on the same page as to what needs to be done if anything. Then once that is set in stone, I will then call the hotel where we'd like to have the reception and meet with the lady there in person instead of email (we've been emailing since Sept. 09)... so this will feel real to finaly meet her and get things set up. More then likely won't be able to set it in stone at that first meeting, however we'll have a better idea of what we need $$ wise to make it offical. I'm hoping to do the meeting in April, and have it set in stone, contracted, by the end of June. This will give about a year and 3 months ahead of time to make payments over that time. Then after that will be the photographer, which I have 2 in mind. One I am pretty set on. However, I want to do this right and meet with both and get everything down set packed, prices, packages, coverage, ect. So, we can choose the best one not only for the better price but for the better outcome. Then we have to deciede, DJ OR BAND.. If we go with Band we have to contact the managers by October this year to get information and to put a downpayment or whatever money they would require. If we'd go with a DJ, then we have another year yet, the beginning of next year we'd have to set that into stone. That would be 10 months out so that'd be perfect. We're having someone make cupcakes for us, and decorating them, and the caterer is included with the hotel. So, everything will be taken care of vendor wise. I will then be sending out Save the Dates around Xmas this year. I already have them done just would need to order/print and get them to send out. My neice is making our invites, and as soon as the hotel and church are set in.. I will have her work on them. This is a top thing to do so she can get started over the summer. She is a very good artist, she'll be 14 today at 4:49pm. Time Flies.. Anyway that's everything we'll be doing over the next year and 8 months....

Ok soo all the good things this year soo far-We get a place.
We no longer need to pay $70 for BC.
Earl gets off probation a year and 2 months early.


All the bad things soo far.....
Earl takes his vacation time to straighten out with moving and everything, and his sister ends up getting busted, locked up, her mom now has her 4 yr old son, and she works so we are here to help babysit him, from 530am to 4pm. (baby sitting or getting up isn't the bad thing.... she doesn't like me, doesn't care much of her brother apparently, and will flip when she finds out we're watching her son. And we're not morning ppl at all, he works second shift so we like to stay awake all night and sleep in...)
During the week he has off work, He BREAKS 3 things!!!


1.
he is bowling on the wii, we do not have the strips on the controllers since we use it for GH and they don't fit in the guitar..He bowls as if he's doing so in real life and the controler goes flying on top of the entertainment center breaking an OLD OLD OLD salt n Pepper shaker, That was my grandmothers (it's decoritive as well), he glues it back and you can't tell but... I KNOW!!!

2. He is putting his coffee up on the shelf in the kichen and on the other side of the shelf is another stand up shelf on the counter/bar top near the corner, and we have nicknacks on it.. Well there flies the little dogy I had on there. And the paw breaks and he glues it together, again you can't tell but I KNOW!! (BTW I had these 5 dogs since I was 9 yrs old, they are from tupperware, and my grandma bought them for me!!)

3. There are 3 pigs--piggy banks, magnets on the freezer door, well we all know how when you open the door it flies back... well it did just this and the door hits the bathroom door and the pig hit it and fell and shattered.. They are glass btw.. And I got them in Flordia in 2008 when we went with his parents on vacation. 4 months after we started dating... UGH!!!

Soo, 3 good things followed by 3 bad things.. I hope it doesn't get worse then that. I really can't stand any disappointment, death, or lost of money in whatever way, or more pain, talk of surgery.. etc.. Any of this or more that I don't want to list... I hope it doesn't happen....

A 4th thing we're keeping our fingers crossed is for him to get this job. It's a job that would allow him to run a kitchen.... We thought for sure it was a no go, but the guy called back and asked if he was still interested and now he has a shot at it. and he's just waiting for the last person in this position finally gives her notice to when she'll be done, then the guy will tell Earl if he's hired or not, but now it looks like he pretty much has it, they just don't know when he'll be able to start.. So gotta wait about 2 weeks to know I guess for sure..

Ok well it's late, 1:30am and 530 comes quick.. a energenic 4 yr old will be arriving very soon.


*wow it's hot in here*

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