Our flannel Sheets :)

Bo playing with the wrapping paper.

My mom's beautiful wrapping jobs.

Reggie and I at my moms.

My Mixer :)

Reggie in his Pjs after work on Christmas Eve with his new Xbox 360.
STINK FACE!!!! If you have ever seen George Lopez's sitcom you'd understand that joke :)
Me getting artsy with my picture taking.
My mother in law got my father in law a trillogy of movies put on by this baptist chruch here in ga. Goooooood movies if you can get them in utah. Facing the Giants, Fireproof, and Fly Wheel. Well she wrapped them then put them in a shirt box with lots of tissue paper then wrapped the shirt box so he didn't know what it was :) she also got him a blue ray player.
My mom's baby Bo Bo!

My mother in law's dauchound Toby playing with his christmas stocking.

Reggie and I on Christmas eve.

Our Christmas Tree.

Me before the Church's Christmas program. The choir sang: Guard him Joseph, Were you there on that Christmas Morning?, Angels we have heard on high, and Once in Royal David City.
Our ornament for this year. Its our First Married Christmas.

The Holidays

So I really suck at blogging but I really haven't had anything to blog about that wouldn't sound like me whining and being all depressed. It just makes me more depressed. However, we've had a good few months. Things haven 't really gotten better financially but the church has been so wonderful in helping us. I don't know what I would have done with out the lord stepping in and allowing for us to have the help that we needed.

Thanksgiving was good. Reggie and I managed to find a 15 pound turkey for 6 dollars. Yes you read that right SIX dollars. If that wasn't a gift from god I don't know what is :) Reggie's dad fried it up Cajun ( that doesn't look right but that's how spell check says its spelled) and it was So delicious. It was a good day with the in laws. I truly love my mother in law.

Christmas Eve was spent with my in laws. We opened our gifts and ate a ham dinner. Its amazing just how wonderful a small Christmas is. I really thought that Christmas was going to be such a downer since Reggie and I couldn't give gifts this year but in fact, I almost think it was the best Christmas I've had in a long time. I really had a wonderful holiday. Reggie got his Xbox 360 from his mother and I got a Kitchen Aide mixer. OMG I don't know how I ever baked with out one :) We also got a nice set of sheets from her as well.

Christmas morning we went up to my mothers not expecting any gifts either since my mother had stated that she wasn't doing any gifts but I should have known better. We got 2 nice sets of Flannel sheets and a mattress cover from her and 2 puzzles. Then she also got reggie some nice fleece pj pants and I got a cute little bunnie stuffie and some cat scrapbook stickers. Then after opening presents we went out to a movie. We wanted so badly to see avatar in IMAX 3D but it was all sold out so we settled for The Blind Side. But in my opinion we didn't settle. Oh it was such a good movie. Its definitely one I have to buy when it comes out if we are able. Sandra Bullock did such a wonderful job. She really deserves that Oscar. I definitely suggest it if you can get a babysitter and go see it . I really want to meet him and that woman just so I can hug them. It was one of those feel good movies. We laughed a lot and cried a lot :) After the movie was over we headed home to have Stroganoff and funeral Potatoes for dinner and to open presents from my aunt Trudy. She got me these really funny looking but oh so warm spa booties slippers with these gel inserts that you can warm up in the microwave or freeze in the freezer to help with foot pain, soft socks, an angel snow globe and the Goonies on dvd. She also got us a 30 dollar Kroger gift card which came in handy for Reggie's birthday dinner coming up on Sunday. I also got Reggie some Transformer Pajamas and he got me some Penguin Pajamas :) I'll have to get a picture of us in our jammies some time :)

After listing all the loot we got this year it seems like we got a lot more than I originally thought but it was still a small Christmas filled with family and warmth. Today while Reggie and I were out with my mother in law, Sister Perkins said that because her family new that Christmas wasn't going to be much this year they were able to appreciate things more. And I think she was right. I found that this year I appreciated the time I spent with my mother in law and my own mother so much more than I have in the past. I loved my gifts but I think even if I hadn't had them that I'd have enjoyed my self the same amount. It was a good end of the year.

Today my mother in law took us out and paid our tags for Reggie's birthday and proceeded to spoil us rotten. Reggie also got 2 games for his xbox, Dragon Age Origins and MM2. I also got a Vera for my birthday since the color she was going to get me was retiring so she had to get it today. I'm not complaining, I just hate seeing the cute colors going away. Bye bye Raspberry Fizz.

Sunday is also Reggie's birthday. I'm making home made lasagna. He's super excited. Surprisingly more so about the lasagna than the red velvet cake I'm making as well LOL. Also while at lunch with his mother he got a phone call from Kroger, he'll be working 2 extra days starting next week. Its the 11 pm to 7 am shift but thats about 15 extra hours he'll be getting on top of the 12 he's been getting when they don't take them away from him. So thats about 27 hours a week. Only 3 hours away from full time. Who knows maybe he'll show him self enough that soon he'll be full time. Wouldn't that be nice. Well my next post will be pictures from Christmas. I'm sorry this has been a boring blog but I figured at least its not a depressed blog and I have some good things to say finally. :)

non one line update

I guess I should up date the blog and let you all know whats been going on with me and Reggie. Its been forever since I have even thought about blogging. Mainly due to the fact that its been really tough here for us lately. I am haveing a hard time believing that there is something for us in this world other than utter misery. But I've got to have faith and stick to the grind.

Reggie has found work with his father doing a horrible inventory job. I say horrible and I mean it. Honestly if he could find something else he'd be dropping it like that. His schedule is so off the rocker that I never know when I'm gonna see him for dinner or if I'm going to see him at all for several days. They do alot of Lowe's in the Carolina's. We are doing our best though. Even though its been tough not being able to always sit down and talk but I think that we've decided that we need to set aside time to do this. SO like we should have been doing before, the lack there of being that we were too lazy, we're going to be moving dinner from infront of the computers to sitting down at the kitchen....sorry DINING room table. I think I'm also gonna try and get him to go to the river walk with me once a week with our dog.

I still haven't found anything on the job front. I'm hoping that I can get on with one of the school districts around here as either a teacher's aide or a substitute teacher. My mother has also told me that she'd help out in trying to get me back into college to finish my associate's degree. I'm going to apply here at Macon State. I figure if I can get in and get student loans that will help us out until I can get my GACE Certification and I can "leagally" start teaching. It may only be pre-k but it would be in the career path that I've chosen.

I'd like to get reggie to consider moving to a new location and trying to start anew but I know that is not a possibility right now, finacially as well as the fact that both of us are close to our families and of course the pet problem. >.< It would be hard to find an apartment that would allow our whole family to live there. And I know it would be hard for me to sacrifice my babies but I think it would be harder on Reggie. He cringes at the thought everytime it gets brought up. But for right now they don't eat much and we can afford them. We charish all the love we recieve from them. I know I can only speak for myself on this but I know with out the love of my animals I really don't know how I'd have made it this far. I love my husband but he's not the best under stress, but neither am I.

On a side note, my mother in law gave us our christmas in july. She couldn't wait to give Reggie and his dad theirs. They both got a GPS system. Its nice. Its a Moterolla and it even says the name of the street not just Turn Right in 1 mile. Its nice :) I got my Vera Bradley I've been waning so badly. Its the Rasberry Fizz. Its small which is what I wanted. My old purse was so bulky. I loved it but it wasn't practical for everyday use. I kept knocking stuff over.

I'd post pictures but that will probably be Saturday evening. I have a really nice one that I LOVE but because reggie's teeth are showing and I know how he is about them I won't post it. I'll wait till he gets his hair trimmed and then I'll get a picture of the two of us. and post up an updated one with our short hair :)

Good night to you all!

no offense inteded

I just saw this quote and thought it was hilarious. it made me giggle.

Music is like candy. You should throw away the rappers.

Reggie's new hair cut :)

So I finally broke down tonight and emailed several Dentists about the tooth I broke about 2 years back. I've babied it but have still managed to get a sever cavity in the tooth. I just feel so worthless for asking for charity from anyone like that. Well I guess it really isn't' charity. I offered to work in the office as payment. I'd try a payment plan if we could afford it but with both of us still out of work that's nearly impossible. I don't even know how we've managed to pull through the last few months. We wouldn't' be married right now if my mother hadn't stepped in and helped us out in the end. I'd just deal with it until we found something but the pain has gotten to the point where it hurts to swallow. I may just end up having it pulled. It will look funny since its my left bottom canine but I can manage looking silly just as long as the pain stops.

I keep getting discouraged. Every time we think we'll pull out on top something gets pulled out from under us. I feel as though I'm cursed. We finally got out of the nasty apartments and into a nice house only to have Reggie lose his job. I got the job of my dreams and just when I was starting to enjoy it and get good at it, it ends. And now every time we think that something just might go our way, everything goes to hell in a hand basket. I don't' know what to do really. I'd ask for help from the church but I'd feel horrible since I haven't been in so long. I need to start going again. I know I do but its so hard when you know that you need to save every last drop of gas for Reggie in case he gets that interveiw or incase I get called for a babysitting job or interview and the church is so far away. I really just feel like I've been abandoned. I know he's suposed to challenge us here on earth but at one point isn't it suposed to get better? Aren't you suposed to earn some time when the challenges aren't so burdoning? I'm at my wits end. I'm crying again when I should be happy that I'm with the most wonderful man god could allow me to have. And just when I think that blessing will pull me through something else goes wrong. I'd like to say atleast it can't get worse but I know it can. I had a control on my depression and ever since I lost my job in october I keep slipping further and further and I find it harder to bring myself back up. I feel so lost.

I apologize for putting this out there for all of you to read but I needed to get this off my chest.

March 20-21, 2009

A picture of our rings taken by my father in law.

A picture of us with our mothers. Joyce, Reggie, Me and Teresa

A picture of us. Now how did we manage to both close our eyes LOL

One of my favorite pictures of us.

 

4DAYS!!!!!!!

6 days!!!!!!!!

The blues and the uppers

Well Reggie and I are getting married in less than two weeks. I'm very excited but bumbed at the same time. I am one of those people who wants everyone to be happy and its hard when you can't please everyone. My mom is throwing Reggie and I something up at her place; however, about 20 people down here won't be able to make it up there and I knew that from the start of things. Reggie and I had planned on doing something down here but alas one bad thing after another seems to be happening and now we don't have the money to feed 20 people. Then i thought we could do a dinner and have people pay their way and go someplace simple and cheapish like golden corral. And yes I know its like only 10 dollars a person but with the way things are right now, I dont' think Reggie and I could even afford that. It just really stinks that we can't have something going on down here for his side of the family. We'll probably have dinner at his parents house for his two best friends my two best friends and my mom after the wedding but it still stinks. :(

On the upside, a lot of friends that I haven't seen since highschool will be there and my best friend is flying in from Utah to spend the weekend and the first part of the week with us. I wish she could have stayed out her longer than 5 days but timing just really sucks. But atleast she'll be here that is all that matters.

Reggie still hasn't found a job. He had an interview that was promising but they never called him back and he hasn't heard anything from anywhere else that he's applied. It really is upsetting but I know somewhere in my heart that something will come up soon enough. I also haven't heard anything from anywhere and it seems like the bills keep stacking up. I really hope that Reggie and I will make it through. Its putting a lot of strain on us.

Thats about it for the news. I'll probably be Mrs. Kincaid next time I sit down to blog. I'm bad abou that. Laters

In game related news, we managed to clear a Raid. That was pretty impressive for us this week. my toon on the game is so well geared it sucks that we probably won't be raiding again for a while :(

HE ATE MY MUFFINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know its really sad when the 2 and 3 year old that I watched have more manners than a 25 year old man. HE ATE MY MUFFINS WITHOUT ASKING!!!!!!! I made six muffins for breakfast this morning i got to eat 2 of the six. I though hey I'll wait and eat them on my way to ATL to visit my mother. but NO!!!!!!! Reggie's friend came over today and ATE THEM!!!!! He doesn't even ask reggie and I anymore he just takes. OMG!!! he doesn't even ask before coming over he just shows up and expects us to be here with nothing better to do than do what he wants. OMG! GAH!!!!!!!!!!! atleast the 2 year old I babysat asked before he took something. THATS SAD. I mean I konw its just muffins but its other stuff too. But right now this is what I"m aggitated about. so therefore I must blogg.!!!!!!!

*PS* Before I get mauled about sharing. I would have gladly allowed him like 2 of them if he had asked. I want my strawberry cheesecake muffins. That was my only batch because I can't find the mix anymore :(

Tomorrow is my last day at this job. I'm bumbed out. I really enjoyed the job ; however, this has definitely shown me that I want to work with children. I am really going to miss the boys. I'll still baby sit everyonce in a while but it won't be the same. :( *sigh* i'm going to look for stuff for my open house at my mothers :)

Stuffage updates!

I found out on Friday that the boys will be going back to day care on the 23rd. I'm really rather depressed about it because I was so happy and enjoying this job. I'm going to keep looking for something similar. Alot of day cares around in the area have raised their rates due to the economy and hard times. Which to me seems wrong. The economy is bad so you're going to raise the rates and make the parents pay more? That doesn't seem right to me. But eh. Maybe someone will be willing to have an in house nanny for cheap. 180 a week for 2 kids is cheap right? Reggie's best friend said he knew a couple who were looking in Milledgeville so hopefully they haven't found someone and I'll get a call from them.

Reggie and I went up to visit my mother this weekend. It was a very nice weekend. My aunt and I went looking around for a dress for me to wear to the court house and the open houses. I found a few that I really liked but no purchase yet. I'm gonna check macy's before I decide. We also got the paper to start with the announcements and the invitations. Tiffany, you'll be getting one because mom has your address. I was hoping that you'd be able to make it out with the kids but I understand if you can't. Natalie, If you'd like an announcement let me know your address in an email. They should be really cute. We spent about 2 hours taking pictures out side. Some of them were modled from Natalie's and Jay's. (We're still trying to figure a way to do the silloette.) I'm thinking I may have to do some photoshop magik :) I'm not allowed to post any of them on the blog till we decide on the definate choice...or after the wedding. I'm not sure but Reggie threatened my mint chocolate ice cream pints :-O

We're just going to the justice of the peace then we're going to do a dinner here in Macon and then have a big who-haw in Powder Springs at my mothers place for the friends i have up in ATL area. It should be really nice.

Well i'm gonna go play world of warcraft for about 30 minutes before bed while my clothes dry.

quick update

Well Reggie has been out of work for a week now. Still no word on anything yet. But its not that bad he's got about 3 months worth of severance and they are paying it out like his usual pay schedule :) MY job is still wonderful. I'm enjoying the time with the boys. They are alot of fun. Reggie and I are getting married in less than two months and I'm so excited. I haven't had much time for games lately which is okay. I'm keeping busy other ways :). I'll do a more thorough update later we're actually spending some time tonight together which is nice. laters.

what the hey!

I saw this in a friends blog and thought that I would do it...to kill some time.

I tag anyone else who wants to share...Just paste this list into your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done, and unbold any I have done that you have NOT... (I changed the font size also on the ones I bolded.)

I have done 46 out of 100...

I have done everything that is in big, bold letters .

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungie Jumped
12. Visited Paris
    
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch-hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
    
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish Community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (sketched but i think it counts :)
    
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eifflel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Gone to a Nazi concentration camp
    
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. eaten caviar
    
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire bible
86. Visited the white house
    
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chicken pox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. met some one famous
    
92. Flown in an airplane
93. Joined a book club
    
94. Lost a loved one
95. Had a baby
96. Seen the Alamo in person
97. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
98. Been involved in a law suit
99. Owned a cell phone
100. Been stung by a bee

Reggie's New Camera

Me being annoyed at reggie for taking the picture. I know I've lost about 20 lbs but when I see the pictures of me now I don't see a difference. I'll fish out an old picture for ya'll to see. Also on Myspace I'm thinking of keeping a picture folder to see my progress. www. myspace.com/gckitten0323. I'd like to be a size 18 or 16 by the time Reggie and I decide to have kids or December of this year...which ever comes first. LOL

Our New house. I love it. :) oh and our focus

My very sexy man :)

again here he is :)

The dog that belongs to the family that I work for. Lizzy is soooo cute :) I wish i could bring her home :)

Me and my baby Acheron. Ash for short.

Ash giving me kisses

A creative endeavor with ash...i missed his face >., but it still looks wicked.

Our baby Mace :)

he's so cute

Reggie's baby Boots :) my tuxedo kitty

Our christmas lights :) pretty good for packing tape holding them up :)

believe it or not this is also our christmas lights :)

again our christmas lights.