My Poor Dad

My dad had surgery on his shoulder last Monday. (Heather knows all about it!) He had a follow-up appointment at the Corvallis Clinic this morning. He cant drive because of the sling and drugs so my bro dropped him off and Phil picked him up and brought him to our house. Jenn and Emma went to the Kirkbride's so my dad can lounge on the couch all day. I set him up with pillows, blankets, snacks and of course the remotes. I made some pasta stuff during my lunch break. And here he is, he's so cute!

Apartment Management Update..

So Phil and I have been back and forth about the apartment management position (check older blog). We finally decided we wanted to do it last Thursday and the manager said he will get back to us in a couple days. I called him this morning to "touch base" and he said he wants to give everyone who applied a fair chance. 3 other couples applied. 2 dropped out so there is one more that has been trying to come in for an interview but the snow has kept them from driving to Corvallis, hopefully he can meet with them tomorrow and call us! Gosh!

We just want to know where we will be living. We have a plan B. A co-worker of mine built an apartment above their detached garage and it is GORGEOUS! I would love to live there but we chose to try for the job first. This has been a 4 week process, im going crazy!

cra-zy
-zi·est, noun, plural -zies. –adjective

1.	mentally deranged; demented; insane.

2.	senseless; impractical; totally unsound: a crazy scheme.

3.	Informal. intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited: crazy about baseball.

4.	Informal. very enamored or infatuated (usually fol. by about): He was crazy about her.

5.	Informal. intensely anxious or eager; impatient: I'm crazy to try those new skis.

6.	Informal. unusual; bizarre; singular: She always wears a crazy hat.

7.	Slang. wonderful; excellent; perfect: That's crazy, man, crazy.

8.	likely to break or fall to pieces.

9.	weak, infirm, or sickly.

10.	having an unusual, unexpected, or random quality, behavior, result, pattern, etc.: a crazy reel that spins in either direction.

IT WAS A DOMESTIC SATURDAY...

So it was absolutely wonderful to sleep in until 10:45am but unfortunately immediately after eating my Kashi cereal I found myself extremely bored... it didnt help that Pete, Jenn and Phil had things to do, so I did some stuff:

stripped the bed and washed our sheets
washed 3 loads of laundry
made a gourmet lunch for Phil and myself
reorganized the laundry room
reorganized the fridge, threw a ton of stuff away and bleached it
reorganized the cupboards and spice shelf
organized our room
vacuumed and febreezed everything
planned our meals for next week and made a detailed grocery list
brought up the garbage bins from the road and emptied all the cans in the house
swept the kitchen and entryway
scrubbed the bathtub for an hour
bleached the bathroom
started organizing the "to-do basket"
baked 2 kinds of banana bread

broiled a tuna fillet for Phil to eat when he came home. my dad caught it and I have been waiting to use it to make home-made canned tuna.

everyone left me all alone! Jenn caught me in my cabo shorts blastin my tunes: channel 904 Hip-Hop & R&B! I just love that channel when its time to do chores!

and now its 8:30pm Im on my way to babysit Chase the son of Eric who is the owner of Platinum until 4 in the morning.

Dear Ruby and Lewis....

IT IS TOO COLD FOR THE GUY! HE HAS BEEN HANGING OUT WITH ME ALL DAY!



THIS IS WHAT I SEE WHEN I LOOK OUT MY WINDOW
PHIL ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL DEFROSTING HIS TRUCK


It snowed in Corvallis last night! I thought you might want to see. WE MISS YOU! Cant wait to see you for Mark and Kelly's wedding.

"Wanna be a balla..!"

CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM "EL SOL" FOR THEIR 3RD STRAIGHT WIN! AND AN EXTRA CONGRATULATIONS TO CASEY VANDENBOS FOR BEING PLAYER OF THE WEEK, YET AGAIN!!

My brother put together a TH basketball team with his buddies from high school. Casey and Jessica have been coming to Corvallis every Wed. night for the last 3 weeks, so fun!! We are so proud of Casey and his "balla skillz"! I think someone on the court called him Lebron James last night...

Maybe you didn't know but...

Janet Jackson happens to be one of my favorite artists ever..My high school dream was to be one of her back-up dancers! She was also the first concert I ever went to, (the Velvet Rope Tour) the brand new artist, Usher, was the opener! I was in 8th grade and with my mom! I am so excited about her recent comeback! Check her out, turn up your volume and get your booty of the chair and DANCE!! http://www.janetjackson.com/site.php

My body forgot how to sleep

So its the third night of my newly quired "restless leg syndrome" but actually its my super busy brain. Monday night I couldnt fall asleep until 4ish, Tuesday night I couldnt fall asleep until 3:30ish and tonight it is currently 11:30pm and I took Tylenol PM 2 hours ago. Im hoping drugs will assist my broken internal-clock and I will pass out soon. Why is my brain so busy you ask... DECORATING! I keep think about how I want to decorate our future apt.. oh yeah, Phil and I are starting to look for a new place to live. Jenn is kick'n us to the curb.. Just kidding, Pete did, no just kidding. The real reason is that Emma took her first steps yesterday and she needs more room to grow. We have lived here for 10mos! Our goals have been accomplished and it is time to move on. It has been so much fun living in community! I cant believe how well it worked out. Jenn and I only got into one screaming match and I only punched Pete in the face once, Phil also only swung one punch but that was at Scott not Pete. The best 10mos of my life! We love Pete, Jenn and Emma and it makes me sad when I think about not being able to go out to the living room and talk in Emma's face, walking past Pete and have him scream in my face and best of all laugh with/at Jenn. "You know what Jenn, why dont you just go ahead and do my laundry so I dont have to!"

I applied to an add posted on Craigslist:

"36 Unit Complex needs management couple with minimum of 2 years verifiable apartment administrative & maintenance experience. Applicants should be well organized, possess good customer service and language skills, and be computer literate. Final applicant will need to pass credit and background check, in addition to drug screen. Compensation: 2 Bedroom 1-bath apartment, with utilities paid, plus salary as compensation."

Phil and I are meeting the head guy tomorrow or Friday... I hope we can pass a drug test!
We might be able to save..umm... like a million dollars for our future house. I hope it works out!

Random Photos from my camera...

I HAVE SHORT HAIR NOW SO WHAT!
RUBES AND LUBES HUNGOUT A FEW MORE DAYS BEFORE GOING BACK TO CALI. I MISS THEM ALREADY!
THE TOP OF OUR WEDDING CAKE.. WE FORGOT TO EAT ON THE 30TH. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. WE ATE IT PARTIALLY FROZEN. IT TASTED LIKE COLDSTONE ICE CREAM CAKE.

EMMA IS ALMOST ROLLING OVER. SHE IS MORE ENTERTAINING THAN TV. WE ALL LIKE TO SIT IN A CIRCLE AND CHEER HER ON. "YOU CAN DO IT EMMA, GET ANGRY!!"

Rain, Rain, Rain...

Ok everyone Im serious! LETS ALL MOVE TO BEND! Im having trouble dealing with all the rain/gray... right now I bet there is beautiful white snow on the ground and sunny blue sky. We'll start a new Dox!

ITS NOW THE FUTURE! Weclome to 2008!!

It was super convenient that the bar downstairs was having a New Years Party. There were different contests throughout the night, one being a dance contest that of course Jim entered and won!!! We had such a great time, I was so proud of Phil who danced with me all night long!

FEELING SO CRAZY ON NEW YEARS EVE!!

After work Bre and I hit up the happy hour at the bar below her apt. The boys ditched us for a nap so we decided to do what ever we wanted. After finishing up our free drinks that Bre's old customer bought us we headed to the nail salon for manicures. Eventually the boys came and found us and we got extra crazy. Bre, Jim, Phil and I decided to start the New Year off with new HAIRCUTS! Yes, Bre cut off you curly locks!!!




I actually love Phil's head shaved. Im going to try to convince him to keep it short. Isn't Bre adorable!! We bought dark brown hair die to finish her off be we didnt have time. I cant wait to see how it turned out.

We Love Snow

I LOVE MY HUSBAND
I GOT TOO COLD WITH ALL THE SNOW IN MY FACE SO PHIL LET ME PULL THE TUBES
I FLEW AROUND A CORNER TOO FAST AND DUMPED PHIL IN A DITCH! SO FUNNY!
WE DUMPED THE EXTRA TUBE SO BRE AND I COULD DRIVE, THE POWDER WAS THICK

THE BOYS GOT COVERED WITH POWDER. POOR PHIL AND JIM WERE SO COLD, JIM WAS WEARING 2 SWEATSHIRTS AND JEANS, PHIL AND BRE HAD RAIN GEAR. I WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH PROPER SNOW CLOTHES, THANKS JENN!

LATER WE WARMED UP WITH SOME D.D.R. AND HOT APPLE CIDER. JIM WAS A NATURAL AND BRE GOT MOST IMPROVED!