I am blessed!

Now after all the hell we have been through with my car being totaled I look back and can see that we are very blessed. David was not injured, I got a new car (that I LOVE) that is nicer and cheaper, and we are moving on. I tried to take some pictures to put on here, but it is dark outside and the car is black so they did not come out very good. I did get some of the dash and my favorite part- the black and red leather seats.




It has a sunroof and a sync package. I love the sync feature. I can sync my ipod and my cell phone and talk through my radio. It is very cool!

Lots Going On...

I haven't blogged in a while. I have been so busy at work and wrapping up my final project for my leadership course. I can now say I am officially DONE!! Yeah! We had a ceremony here in Mesquite and I had to make a speech. Several people came and supported me: my mom, dad, sis, David, my mother-in-law Kim, my Nana, Aunt Jane and Aunt Stacey. We went to dinner afterwards and had a great time! Here are some pictures from that night.

Here is me, David, and his mom.


Here they are announcing my name, etc.


Here is me giving my speech


These are some pictures with me and other COHORT members from my school.


And this picture cracks me up! I am not sure why mom is making this face??




This is the sign Dana made me and hung outside my portable.


Here are pictures from dinner.






I can't wait for my December Graduation!!

New pictures

I have gotten really lazy about taking pictures lately, but did get a chance to take some new ones this week.



This is Jackson when we got his costume. After a dog fight on Halloween in which he received a gaping hole in his neck- we decided not to make him wear it. Okay, I admit I tried to put it on him, but he was not having it.



Also, the night before my car was hauled away I got really sad. I took some pictures so everyone could see the damage.






We were getting ready to leave my parents the other night and I went to get Jackson from my mom and dad's room where I thought he was sleeping with my dad. Turns out there was a dog party! Yes, all 5 dogs piled into bed with my dad to go to bed. Mine is the cute white one who stands in front of the fan beause he likes it blowing in his face. My mom and dad have the big black one, Heidi, and the puppy- Sophie. And the other two are my sisters. Mollie is looking at the camera and Kobie is ducking down.

Insurance madness

I finally got the word today that they had amounts figured for my car. They emailed me a 21 page packet to fill out and said as soon as I get that filled out they would get my check in the mail. The value of the car was about $2000 short of the owed amount so THANK GOD for GAP insurance. Did not know I had it, but I highly recommend it. In the mean time, five minutes after that phone call the auction people are calling me wanting to come pick up the car. I have not even started cleaning it out. Now I must go car shopping this weekend and I am not at all excited about it. Those people get on my nerves and the process takes entirely too long. On a positive note I LOVE my rent car. It is super cute and sporty and I really think I may look at cars now and not just SUV's.

Jackson got his costume last night and he will be a fireman this year. We took him to the groomer today and they had cuter costumes and they were on sale. I may go back and buy him a couple for the next several years. I was sad looking through my online photos because I could only find 2 of his costumes. I will have to do some digging and share those next week!

And the survey says...

My car is totaled!

I am so depressed! I LOVED my Escape and really don't want anything new. By the way, David got in another wreck- yes 2 in one week. I really cannot even get excited about car shopping.

And the bad luck continues...

So as of my last blog I was having a HORRIBLE weekend and it just kept coming... First of all I had to go to court Tuesday for school purposes and that was not alot of fun. Then on Wednesday I get a call from my mom and knew it was bad news. She never calls me at school and she had them come find me. David was working for mom and had just left her house when a girl ran a red light and hit him in my car. THANK GOD he was okay but then then DUMB teenage girl proceeds to drive off. So David has to make a u-turn go and chase the girl down. She proceeds to scream and holler at him that he ran a light not her. I guess she did not see the cars stopped in either lane beside her??? Needless to say we now have to wait on the insurance to investigate. Her grandpa is harassing us and our estimate was $50000.

Then as I am leaving on the bus to go to the opera yesterday my counselor comes out and tells me to call my mom. I am thinking "NOT again??" When I call her she tells me my Aunt Mary has passed away. 2008 has not been a great year. I will be so glad when it is over.

Just one of those days....

I had already had a HORRIBLE week. Lots of stressful things going on at work and I was ready for a long and peaceful weekend. I had started off Friday morning with a cold I caught from my mom (never thanked you for that one Mom). So Saturday I told David not to wake me up I am going to try and sleep and rest most of the day so maybe I will start to feel better. I remember waking up when he left that morning and he told me he locked the door from the outside. So when I woke up around 11 I decided to take jax on a walk around the pond. Now we do live in a trailer (RV) park so I dont really care what people think. I did not get dressed, brush my hair, or even take out my retainers. When I returned from our walk I could not believe that I had forgotten the door was locked. See when you lock it from the outside- you can open it from the inside no problem- you just can't get back in!

So...... after getting hot walking I had started to cough and not feel well again and now I am locked out. My phone is inside the trailer. Why not go to the neighbors and ask for a phone? BECAUSE I live in a RV park. (I called it a trailer park the other day and the owner corrected me- its a RV park). I sat on the steps- Jax in my lap for over 2 and a half hours until David came home. I was too tired and sick to even gripe at him- plus it really wasn't his fault. He told me later he was impressed with the way I "handled" it. He also informed me that the laundry center I don't use- because it is where the men hang out and drink beer- has a courtesy phone, a couch, AC, and a mini fridge with bottled water. Who knew?

So about 30 minutes later- I just got out of the shower and David was making lunch on this electric grill and the power goes out. No big deal- just flip the breaker-except that it would not come back on. Then David notices that our plug has melted. I try to call the owner like 3 times and no answer. I call my Dad to come help- David finds this really annoying that I rely on my Dad because I dont trust him. I have a nail appt at 4 and now I can not get ready because we have no power. I decide to throw my hair in a clip and leave. Except I get there right on time and reach into my wallet to get my debit card and guess what? NO CARD!! I call David and oops.... he forgot to ask me if he could take it and forgot to return it. I had to go all the way back home to get it- and now because I am 30 minutes late- she took another client in front of me!

Needless to say they came to fix our power problem today and we had another power failure tonight. Plus I have to leave early tomorrow and go do something I can't discuss and I really am not looking forward to it. This week is not looking any better........