100th Post!

Wow...I can't believe that this is my 100th post!! So I am doing what I have seen others do on their 100th and write a list of...

100 things about me…(sorry it isn't more exciting!)

1. I am the youngest child of 2
2. I have an older brother Chris
3. Everyones names in my family start with C (Charles, Carol, Chris & Carrie)
4. Yes it was planned :) My parents would sign all cards etc to people as "The 4 CV's"
5. I am from Delaware - yes it is a state, not a city in Pennsylvania - and yes now you can tell people you know someone from Delaware
6. I am a natural Blond - I have never died my hair ever
7. I am a very good bowler (I bowled in a league from ages 6-16)
8. My husband is the first person I ever really dated
9. I played 3 sports in high school (Volleyball, Basketball and Softball)
10. I played 1 sport in college (Basketball)
11. I still play basketball in the fall with a bunch of the girls I graduated college with...not this fall though :(
12. My father retired when I was born
13. He was a stay at home dad (proof lies in my 2nd grade picture when he did my pigtails…they were just a little crooked!) :)
14. My mom was a 1st grade teacher for 27 years
15. This is the reason why I have amazing penmanship
16. And also the reason why I never missed a day of school…there were NO EXCUSES
17. It all helped in the end…I have a dual Undergrad Degree and an MBA
18. My Pop-Pop (Mom's Dad) was a principal
19. I thought I wanted to teach too…until I went to observe a class freshman year of college…then I came to my senses
20. I have an Undergrad Degree in both International Business and Information Systems Management
21. I have an MBA in Information Security
22. I love the beach
23. I love to travel
24. I love my husband
25. I love all animals
26. I currently have 3 dogs
27. I love my dogs like they are my kids
28. And I treat them that way too!
29. I have tons more if I could
30. If I see a stray dog, I stop and pick it up
31. I have almost had another dog because of this twice
32. I also have a fish tank
33. Our fish tank really needs cleaning right now
34. Jimmy likes to reach in and pet the fish (weirdo)
35. I believe that everything happens for a reason
36. My car is paid off (finally)
37. I'd like a new car -- but no car payment
38. One day I am going to open up a Doggie Day Care
39. I love and am good at training dogs
40. We own a hybrid car
29. I have been to Spain (twice
41. I have been to England
42. I have been to Morocco
43. I got proposed to in Morocco (not by my husband…but some weird guy in a market, who just came up to me and asked me to marry him…they don’t see young blonde's there often!)
44. I have been to Mexico (multiple times)
45. I am not a big fan of going to Mexico (yet I keep going back…I guess it is the beaches!)
46. I want to own a beach house some day
47. I'd really just like my parents to own the beach house that I could go to and bring the dogs
48. I really don't think 36 will ever happen though :(
49. My dad still drives the pick up truck that he bought the year I was born
50. I want my dad to give me that truck when he is done with it so I can drive it
51. It would need a lot of work though
52. But my husband likes to work on cars…so that will help
53. I had so many speeding tickets when I lived in VA that I was put on probation!
54. I haven't had a speeding ticket in 3 years though…so now they are all finally off of my record! (knock on wood!!)
55. My husband proposed to me after a horse and carriage ride
56. My husband is going to be the best dad in the whole world!
57. I have one tattoo
58. I got it in Hawaii
59. After I graduated from college I moved to Hawaii for 2 months with a girlfriend of mine
60. We didn't work or anything…just partied and sat by the pool
61. It was one of the best decisions I ever made
62. I just finished paying it all off a few years ago…
63. That was probably one of the worst decisions I have ever made
64. My best friend and I went to pre-school together
65. My best friend is a twin and my other best friends from home are triplets
66. I am growing my hair out
67. I am growing it because I don't want to be a mom with short hair
68. I know it is weird, but that is my reason
69. I really really want to belong to a pool next summer
70. I found out it is expensive to belong to a pool for the summer
71. I still want to belong to the pool though
72. I want to own a horse farm someday
73. I tell my husband that I will have to have at least 2 horses…so they won't get lonely :)
74. I don’t think he buys it :)
75. I'd like to own a boat some day too
76. My husband says he like OPB's better (Other People's Boats) because they are cheaper
77. I like buying gifts for people
78. I like surprising people
79. I do not like to be the center of attention
80. My husband loves to be the center of attention
81. I have had sinus surgery twice
82. I will probably have to have it again after the baby is born
83. I worry about not being able to afford to take enough time off after the baby is born
84. I want to go to Australia some day
85. I have incredibly thick hair
86. When I was in 4th grade I wanted to get my hair chopped off and permed
87. It was a bad idea
88. I don’t know why my mom let me do it
89. I looked like I had a tri-colored afro
90. It was tri-colored, because it was in the summer and in the summer the sun changes my hair all different shades of blond, lt. blond, brown and brownish blond…it was bad
91. I was also buck toothed then
92. There is a picture to prove this…it seems to resurface at family functions :/
93. I had braces
94. I also did invisalign
95. I wear contacts
96. I want to get LASIK
97. But need to save money first…but I'd like to belong to the pool more…so it looks like the LASIK will wait
98. My favorite ice cream is the green mint chocolate chip :) mmmm
99. I am a Survivor/Biggest Loser/Lost/Greys junkie
100. I am finally done!! (I can get back to work…shhh…don’t tell I did this at work!! I needed a mind break!)

17 Weeks...

I am 17 weeks today. Time is still flying. I am starting to feel the baby move...well at least I think that is what it is. It feels funny - don't really know how to describe it. But it is so exciting.

I will have to post a picture of my ever expanding stomach one day soon.

Work is getting busier...we got a request to do some more classes out of town. One in Miami the 4-7 of Nov. This one is perfect timing because my parents are going to be in Tampa for my brothers baseball tournament that week/weekend so I think I might fly up to Tampa after we are done work in Miami and spend the weekend with my parents and get some sun and lay by the pool. Then we are trying to get a trip to Germany together the week before Christmas...I am hoping that one comes through, because by then Jimmy will have some vacation days and he can come over and spend a few days...our last big hurrah trip before the baby comes and will be traveling with us.

Things are looking up...Jimmy's job...some traveling...feeling the baby move. Our house is still a disaster, but we will eventually get it cleaned up some time...soon I hope!

The Biggest Loser is on tomorrow night and I am so excited!! I can't wait to see how the teams react to Jillian coming back and I can't wait to see how much the lose!!

ok...got to go and switch the laundry.

Adios :)

Overwhelmed and Excited...

Two extremes...I am so completely overwhelmed that I don't have enough time in the day to do what needs to be done, both at work and at home...and incredibly excited, because Jimmy's clearance came through and he got a start date for his new job!!

So he will now have a FT job with benefits, paid vacation, paid sick leave and REGULAR HOURS!! I am so excited this finally came through for him, I just hope he really likes working there as much as I do. Gosh I hope so. But now things can start rolling...we will have enough money to do things we have been wanting to do to the house etc, and no more worrying if he will make enough bar tending. Life will be so much more relaxed, I just hope he is happy. He says he is now, but I need to give the job a few weeks before I will really be able to tell if he is happy.

Now to the overwhelming part. I have to teach a block tomorrow, I finished up my PowerPoint about 5 minutes before I rushed out of work to get home to take care of the dogs and make up dishes for tailgating at the UMD v. WVU football game tomorrow. Then I got a baby shower gift for a lady at work (who doesn't even work with us, but her husband does...everyone at our work is so generous and nice) and I don't even know her, I do barely know the husband, but with being pregnant and all, I figured I'd send a gift even though I can't attend the shower, I am sure she will do the same for me when the time comes. Then I had to go and get Jimmy a body pillow like I promised. I have been sleeping with one, since it has been the only way I have been able to fall asleep now that I am not supposed to be sleeping on my stomach - which I have my entire life - and while I was away at the beach last weekend, Jimmy slept with my pillow and loves it, so I said I'd get him one. So I did that and got this fuzzy wand thing to clean out our dryer vent.

Oh and there are still MILLIONS of things that I need to do at work for the next 2 weeks of class and at home to make our house look presentable. AND clean out the basement as we got our quote back from the contractor and hopefully we will have the framing up and completed by the end of September, which will be a HUGE step in the right direction.

I am going out of town for the next 3 weekends though...so no time to spend doing things around the house unless it is during the week nights. Which I will do...but I am starting up reffing dodge ball in 2 weeks too, so that will be one or two nights out of the week...but it will be money for the basement. What to do, what to do.

Jimmy is taking off 3 full days in between quitting his job at the gym and taking the new job, so hopefully he can get some things done around the house that we have been trying to do. Like get the boards put up in the attic that are currently sitting in the middle of our dining room floor!!

Something exciting did happen at work yesterday...someone who didn't know I was pregnant came up to me and asked me if I was!! I am so happy that you can finally tell a little bit that I am actually pregnant. Don't know why that makes me so happy but it does. :)

Ok, now it is way past my bed time. I needed to be in bed at like 9:30 I have to be at work extra early to review my slides for my class...eh...

Sorry to rant...thanks for listening...

Until then...

Adios :)

Alive & Well...though growing by the minute...

I know I have been missing in action for a long time and I have missed blogging, but I have been busy busy busy and right now I am really not sure doing what. That seems to be my life lately, I have been busy with not much to show for it.

I go to work, come home, take care of the dogs, clean up around the house and then watch some tv and go to bed. Then every weekend from here through mid October I am booked with something to do. Time is flying.

I can't believe that I am already 16 weeks pregnant. 16 weeks! 4 weeks from 1/2 way there. Scary. So much to do and so little time. We want to finish our basement. Me, I want to pay someone to do the big stuff...Jimmy wants to do it all ourselves. Now while I know we can do it ourselves...it will take way more time then we have. And on top of that we need to do the nursery. So I think I have convinced Jimmy that we will get someone to do parts of the basement that are time consuming...like the framing and the drywall. I have a friend that can do our electric, we can do the bathroom and we can paint and everything else. So...I send out an email to the contractor that did our neighbor's basement tonight and hopefully we will get back a reasonable quote tomorrow. I am keeping my fingers crossed...because if he is reasonable, then we can get rolling on the basement and hopefully have it finished by Christmas -- that would be the best situation...

Jimmy's clearance finally came through, so he might be starting to work with me in a few weeks...so that is looking up. Better benefits and more money are always nice.

I am heading home this weekend to go shopping with my mom for maternity clothes at the outlets. My mom is one of my favorite people to go shopping with...because she buys :) heehee I am milking it up while I can because after her first grandchild is here I have a feeling that I won't be getting much :)

I made a big batch of french onion soup tonight and it turned out delicious! I can't wait to have it for lunch tomorrow. I just hope it doesn't stink up the microwave too much at work. Some people at work are way too sensitive about things you cook in the microwave.

Well I need to sign off and go look up some info about planning our 10 year high school reunion.

Until then...

Adios :)