* Christmas was great. Tons of fun, but too many presents ( Read more... )

*I finished my Medical Coding and Billing Certification. My average was a 96%. I was fairly excited. I also got it paid off, even more exciting ( Read more... )

( I couldn't love them more if I tried )

Richie got a new job. This is HUGE for our family. Mostly because Richie was previously working for his father. Those of you who have had a close relationship with us have known about all of the problems we've had with Richie's family. Long story short, Richie's mother wrote us off over two years ago for ridiculous reasons. She hasn't seen Tristan ( Read more... )

So my basic belief is that Kwame is trash. I think that he has ridden on Archer's coat tails for most of his term. And then of course you have his most recent acts of stupidity, never failing to have an even more dramatic encore. The man's ego is even bigger than his heaping pile of wasted flesh ( Read more... )

This is the newest addition to our family. He is a puggle and his name is Duke. He is ten weeks old, and a whopping 4 pounds. Tristan named him. Richie and I wanted to call him Angus, but that was quickly vetoed by Tristan, and promptly changed to Duke.


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This has been the worst week ever for our pets. Last week Petey died, and last night, our cat Barb was hit by a car and killed. Barb was a stray tomcat that we have been feeding since we moved into our house. Tristan named him after his hairdresser. Richie was lighting off fireworks in our driveway last night and he ran across the road to see ( Read more... )

Petey (the parakeet)died on Wednesday. It was sad. I bought him before my senior year of high school. He was six years old. I left him with my parents when I got married. He didn't get along with Malibu (the cockatiel). The kids played with him all the time at my parents house, and now I get teary eyed when I eat Cheez-its (his fav). The kids are ( Read more... )

So Victoria, or Queen Victoria to us, celebrated the big 01 two weeks ago. It was a really nice day. We got the one good day of weather that weekend. Since the party was outside, that was great! We met some of our neighbors and spent time with family and friends. The girl got a ton of clothes! She also was all about the cake situation. But we knew ( Read more... )

Since my last post I can report that my mom is fine. It's actually her stomach and not her heart. So she is doing well, and I'm very glad. My pathology reports came back and everything was perfectly normal. I have more spots that need to be removed, so hopefully all will be well there, too ( Read more... )