Thankful Thursdays!

Today I am thankful for lots of things. Let's see what I can list.

• New jobs, even if they are just long term temp positions.
• Getting things done around the house.
• Family support
• Working in such a supportive, friendly office
• Football Season!! GO BUCKS!!!!!
• The beginning of sweater weather
• Friends that don't get concerned when you don't see each other for a little while.
• New dance related opportunities.
• A husband who loves me even when I'm a little crazy
• Pickles

I think that's good for now. What are you thankful for?

Awful Blogger

It's been a while since I blogged last.

Life has been kind of crazy lately. We have been busy with our last weeks of summer. B is looking for a job still. He recently had an interview that he felt really good about, so we are hoping that this one is the one, for a while at least. He is also finally feeling better after he got a summer cold. Why is it that summer colds seem to stick around so much longer then winter colds?

Yesterday was my grandma's birthday. It's the second year that she hasn't been here for her birthday so it was a kind of sad day. Mom was weepy and I spent a lot of time remembering. She was such a special lady and will always be dear to me. A friend of mine delivered her little girl yesterday, so that was kind of cool. Congrats Meg! Welcome, little Clara.

Erin over at Dishes and Wishes is without her husband Jake. He's at training for deployment for 2-3 weeks. She's learning how to basically live alone. I think it's a little harder then she expected. However, she did buy a car, finally. Jake was not here to ok it, but she had lots of other people check it out. I think Jake will be a bit envious of it once he sees it. It's a cute little VW Passat. Just the right car for Erin, in my opinion. Yeah for new cars!!!!

So as you can see, life is just moving right along. Hope your life is just as ...... whatever as ours. :)

Slacker, That's what I am.

So my life hasn't been unmanageable, busy or full of drama. Really I've just been lazy on the blogging front. This will be an update post.

First off Oliver is this weekend. Tonight is dress rehearsal. The show is coming together, more slowly then the director would like, I'm sure, but coming together. Costumes are finally done. My dress was in the making for weeks. You'll have that when you have over 100 people in the show though. Brad is not doing Oliver this year but I'm trying hard to convince him to be involved next year in Ragtime. I think I may win him over.

Last Thursday was Brad's birthday. He turned 33. It's funny to see the amounts of happy birthday wishes that are received on Facebook. So many people that you never talk to, maybe FB stalk once in a while, decide to swing by and give you a happy birthday wish. It's strange really. Anyhow, the family pitched in and got him a PSP. I think he likes it. I've played with it a bit and it's kind of fun.

The latest update on school is Brad has decided to withdraw. So we are back into limbo, kind of. He had an interview on Tuesday and is waiting to hear back on that. Hopefully we'll know by the middle of next week. It seems to be a great fit for him in a Children Literacy Lab. Send those prayers out for him.

Life is moving along. The summer seems to be flying by.

Babies!

I feel like this picture represents the number of people I know who are pregnant or have babies under two years old. It's funny how as you grow up, you and everyone around you go through stages.
A few years ago everyone I knew was graduating from college and moving into their own place. Getting new "real" jobs and growing up.

Then everyone was getting engaged, planning weddings, getting married and growing up.

Now everyone I know seems to be trying to get pregnant, getting pregnant, growing babies in their bellies, having newborns and learning how to be parents in real life. Oh and growing up.

Will I always feel like when we reach that next life stage, that we're growing up? Or do you reach a point where you feel like a grown up? Will everyone I know continue to reach the same stages of life around the same time? I love life and how you grow and change with it. I also love the predictability and unpredictability of it.

Birthday for me!

So I'll start out saying that today is my 29th Birthday! Happy Birthday to me! I think its amazing how many posts you get on your birthday through Facebook. Gotta love that little calendar notice thing on the side.

Now, I have never not looked forward to a birthday. They tend to sneak up on me because it's only the second day of the month. In February you can't see that it's coming on the calendar and then you flip the page and poof, it's the next day.

Anyhow, this year I'm having a hard time with it. It maybe that I'm almost 30 and 30 is officially grown up. Your supposed to have your act together by 30. I always thought I would have two kids by 30. I thought I would have a house by 30, a bedroom suite that matched, real furniture. I thought I would be comfortable in my life at 30. I didn't think I would be dealing with a husband going through law school, or living in my parents house again, or working diligently to pay off our debt.

I love that Brad has finally found something that really interests him and is pursuing that. I'm glad that my parents are kind enough to let us live with them until he gets out of school. I'm glad that I have a stable job with benefits. I'm glad that we have the ability to pay down debt hardcore. I'm glad that I have a great life, even if it's not the life that I imagined at 14 or 24.

So here's to a birthday that teaches me that not all dreams are meant to be fulfilled in your time. I'm still not loving turning 29 though. :)

Normal Life

I guess that is what you could qualify us as living right now. We are back into the flow of life after/not including holidays. Brad is back to the school routine. The holidays are over and we are starting to finally get settled in at Mom and Dad's. I love the holidays while they are here, but I love it when they are gone too.

Over the weekend I got another couple of boxes unpacked. We need to make a trip to drop stuff off at Kidney Foundation or someplace. After that, our room will be manageable. The study is another situation. I want to get in there, but at the same time, Brad is in there studying. I know which is more important but I'm itching.

The snow and cold is back. I had to scrape my car this morning. Actually, Erin scraped my car. Thanks Schmoop. I love sweaters, but after Christmas, I'm OK without the snow. Awful, I know. Anyhow, not much of an update, but better then nothing, I guess.

Last year, about this time......

Last year, about this time........

We had the apartment all decorated for Christmas. Everything was looking all cozy and pulled together. We were preparing to leave for Michigan to go to the annual Madrigal Dinner Concert, one of our Christmas traditions.

Our kittens still looked like they were teens. Erin and Jake were just about to get engaged. Erin and Jake are married now.

Our apartment is, in the words of Katy, "Frat-tastic", which is so true. The green couch has gone to Erin and Jake. There are boxes everywhere as I get ready to start packing for our move. We currently have a horribly uncomfortable futon as our seating in our living room. The apartment is just in shambles. It's crazy to live in!

Sorry for the horrible picture quality. I took them with my phone. Here's another.

But.....Remember that hole in our ceiling? The one that formed last September? It's finally been fixed. About two weeks ago the painting guy came and smacked some Spackle in there, sanded it down (got dust EVERYWHERE), and then added the texture. Our ceiling is not prefect still, heaven forbid they fix it correctly, but at least there isn't a hole. Picture to come for that.

So much can change in a year. What has changed in your life in a year? I know most of my friends have had MAJOR life changes.