Cookwood's Palace

Surgery is tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-01-04T23:12:00.000-06:00

Surgery-BOOOOOOOOOOO!
I am having surgery tomorrow to fix my shoulder. I am wide awake because I am very nervous and anxious. They ( being everyone I have mentioned it to including doctors ) has said that it will hurt like CRAP!
I don't know how long I will be home from work. Don't know HOW much pain I will be in. How much fun it will be to use the bathroom and take a shower. I will also have PT rehab. AND I will have to sit on a CPM machine ( a machine that i have to sit on 3-4 hours A DAY that ever so slightly moves my arm up and down to stretch my arm ).
OWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
I think what I am worried about is not the surgery, but I think I am paranoid that I will never have full use of my shoulder again..... I don't want to be weak in that arm or have permanent problems.
Well I better go to bed! Surgery AWAITS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

My sisters and my week!

2006-11-09T21:34:00.000-06:00

BOO!

I actually talked to both of my sisters in the SAME day, doesn't sound unusual, but it is! Samantha had a job interview ( woo-hoo, her first since she moved in with her husband ) and she has 2 more interviews tomorrow-double woo-hoo.
Pattie and I had some catching up to do-that's not unusual because we only talk once like every 3 weeks. I had to tell her about my SHITTY freakin' week ( Sami already knew ) and she told me that she was getting a nose job!!!!! Well sort of. She has a deviated septum and can't breathe. There was also something else about them needing to SAW bone off ( I almost had to roll down the window to barf ). She said that the doctor told her that it wouldn't hurt THAT bad. I asked her if she was dumb enough to believe him, but she said no, of course not. Smart woman!
I talked to Tamara tonight too. She was sad and having a bad week too. We are like therapuetic soul mates! She is my therapist and I think I am hers now as well! I hope she comes to visit dear old Clarksvegas soon. I need to take that woman to a bar-stat! lol.
Well the dear old laptop battery is about to die ( hopefully not catch on fire since THAT battery was replaced by the manufacturer )!
I am determined to have a good ( LONG ASS ) day at work tomorrow. I am going to buy cupcakes at wal-mart and if there is a customer or employee with a bad attitude- THEN I AM GOING TO SHOVE IT.... IN THEIR MOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS Good luck to PATTIE with her surgery, Good luck to SAMI with her tons of interviews, and good luck to TAMARA to telling some people off that desperately NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love you guys!

I am back!

2006-10-30T20:19:00.001-06:00

Its been a while-sorry!
Sorry its been forever since I've blogged. ( well I am only sorry if anybody actually reads this! ). I have been busy, recovering, and trying to find jobs to move home with.

Ken was actually home for AN ENTIRE MONTH! And then he got sent to Reno until his birthday. Brent wound up getting put on the same trip so now I will have to be all dressed up and all alone handing out Halloween candy tomorrow night. Anyone that TRULY KNOWS me knows that I love Halloween and I love handing out candy to all the cute kids. Figuring out what to get Ken for his birthday has been a challenge, but i think i've got it pegged.

I have been watching TONS of horror movies lately-in honor of Halloween. I rented Slither ( AWESOME ), Monster House ( adorable ), and Rest Stop ( BLEW ). And god bless the AMC channel. I have watched everything from all of the Halloween movies to Friday the 13th, and lots more. I love scary movies! Too bad they scare the crap out of my husband. Big dork. lol.

My middle sister ( Sami ) had her wedding back at the beginning of October, moved, and went on her honeymoon. Pattie ( the old sister ) is in NYC on a vacation with her husband. We got to see Lindsey ( my sister in law ) and Kirk at Sami's wedding. They are SO cute together. And Kirk knows to respect the familia-we are like the mafia. Lol.

I had so much fun when I was home for Sami's wedding. I can't wait to move home and be near the family again. And I really do miss Knoxville. Clarksville isn't awful, but Knoxville is HOME! All the soldiers have started coming home and its nice to see them. Most of them are VERY polite ( at work ). But they need to hurry up and finish expanding the damn roads around here. It took me almost 45 mins for a drive that usually takes 15mins on the way home. I was FUMING when I got in the drive way.

I have also been keeping in touch with some old friends who are still in Iraq. One I have known since I was like 14. He is in the Army ( going home to his wife and kid REAL soon ) and the other I sold a house to ( when I was a realtor to 5 whole mins. They are both in Iraq and I hope they are both staying safe. They are both great guys.

Well. The main reason I haven't blogged lately is because I got hurt at work ( early september ) and I am still having trouble with my shoulder. I was out of work for 3 WEEKS! I had to have PT and now I am going to an orthopedic specialist because of all the trouble I am having with my shoulder now. Typing, writing, and sleeping were EXTREMELY painful. I am still recovering, but typing is better.

Well I think I have MOSTLY caught you guys up on everything. I will blog again SOON.
Is anyone out there?! Lol.

I am back!

2006-10-30T20:19:00.000-06:00

Some pics of the zoo!

2006-09-05T21:51:00.000-05:00

All the kitties acting like the get along ALL the time!
Buffy is the BOSS, don't you forget it!
Yes these are frogs, Yes I have 3!
Ken with our big boys, Moose and Spike. No Spike can't fly he is just REALLY hyper ALL the time!

I don't work today, but I've been awake since 6am!

2006-08-19T07:44:00.000-05:00

Morning. Nice and early! I was babysitting overnight last night. Carmine and Katelynn were really, really good, but that's not way i've been up since 6am. MOOSE is! ( see the slideshow if you don't know who Moose is ). That little shit has woken me up EVERY morning for the past 2 weeks at 6am! I am going to change his name from Moose to ROOSTER! DAMNIT!
The kids were great last night. Carmine kept switching which Gamecube game we were playing. Whenever he got to a point in a game he couldn't beat, we had to put in a new game! lol! That is the opposite of what I did when I was a kid ( granted I wasn't playing video games at 3 years old!!!! ). I would stay up all night, even on a school night, until I beat a game. I would cuss at the tv alot too! lol.
Katelynn was a good girl and didn't PEE on the sofa like she did LAST weekend. Lucky me, huh! Sleeping was eventful last night. We went to bed with Shrek on the tv. I was in bed with: a toddler ( saddled in bed between her brother and I ), a 3 yr old who NEVER gets tired, 2 huge dogs, and a cat or 2. How did I sleep? Eh. Not bad, but I keep waking up to check out the baby. I guess this is practice, huh? But my kids will definitely not be sleeping in the bed with us! I just let K sleep in the bed last night because if I had put her in her playpen she would've gotten really ticked off with me so I just took the easy way out!
Work was stressful last week. Lots of stuff going on and nothing I want to air on my blog. Ken and I are still looking for jobs in order to move home. I am getting desperate because we don't want to be stuck here over the holidays! Stan should be back from Iraq soon. FYI if you don't know Stan he is the neighbor who's house and fishtank we have been watching while he has been in Iraq. He is a good guy and I am glad that will be home soon. VERY glad that I won't have to feed his evil babysitter-stinging-lionfish! ( long story if you don't know it ).
Before I forget props to Benjamin who came and hung out with Brent and me last weekend. We had lots of fun, had Longhorn OF COURSE, and watched the Descent. That movie scared the crap out of all of us. Everyone in the theater jumped and yelled and when I got home I checked all the closets and under the bed! Lol. I definitely want to see that movie again! What can I say?! I love to see scary movies! Anyhoo thanks again to B for visiting us ( hey Brent where are the pics )!
So I have ALOT of stuff to do today and tomorrow! This morning I need to drop off my ebay stuff at the post office, pick up Starbucks, then swing over to Brent's to help him start moving. Yes he is switching apartments, AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! The new one is way better than the one he is at now though and literally behind work. So its all good.
Tomorrow I have to do my weekend grocery shopping and I have TONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS of cleaning to do before Ken gets home. He will be coming home on time instead of EARLY so I am not too pleased....! Too bad I didn't win that huge powerball last month.
OH WELL!

What a weekend!

2006-07-30T20:33:00.000-05:00

I had a GOOD weekend!
Hola, como estas?! Boo! I had alot of fun this weekend. I will try to quickly recap, but you guys know I am not good at that!

Friday night I got Taco Bell on the way home. Ken was in Knoxville already and I hate cooking on Friday nights! I had dinner and just RELAXED all night. Knowing I didn't have to work Saturday morning was good too!

Saturday I woke up and took Miss Patches to the vet for a check-up. She was fine, but angry! Then I had to do some shopping and she had to ride around in the buggy ( in her carrier ). After I took her home it was POURING rain. I mean POURING! I waited till it died down and then I went back out.

I rented Final Destination 3 at Hollywood Video. After that I went to Best Buy and did some mis-spending and then I went to Target to look around. Suprisingly I wasted NO money at Target. While I was at Target I called Brent to see where he was at. He told me he would meet me at Kohls. Ohhhhhhh Kohls. How I love thee?! We didn't spend alot of money, but we did have a buggy of stuff with us. I am proud of us though. We only bought stuff we NEEDED. Mostly.... Brent is THE EVIL SHOPPING INFLUENCE! Not to mention we ate like pigs! We had Starbucks, Zaxbys ( they are SO good ), Sonic ( a snack only ), then the China King buffet! GOOD LORD! We need to have more self control.

After Kohls and lunch we had Zaxbys hmm. Then came back to my house and watched Chappelle Show lost episodes. I love that flippin show. After that we went downtown to check out the TENNESSEE TITANS FOOTBALL TRAINING CAMP @ AUSTIN PEAY!!!! Who cares if you aren't a football fan cause man its pretty cool having that here! We had fun, but it was SOOOOOOOOO hot we left after like 1 hr! We drove straight to Sonic to get cooled down! We stopped by a nifty antique store then went over to the mall.

I finally found a new purse, THANK GOD! I don't really remember why else we went there! Lol. After that we went to eat at China King. Yes we ate, yes again! Then we came back to the house and watched Final Destination 3. Not a GREAT movie, but the special features ( choose their fate ) is flippin awesome. Brent went home around like 1030 ( after sharing some major GOSSIP ), but I didn't go to bed till 1am! I slept REALLY, REALLY good though.
I didn't wake up till like 930 this am and that was only after Patches sat on my head. That'll wake you up! I got up, took a shower ( you shoulda seen my FRO ), then went to Kohls ( yes again I had a 20.00 gift ), then to Starbucks, yes again, then to Wal-Mart to do some grocery shopping. I got home and then Ken got home from Knoxville with Spike around 1230.
We packed his bags for Phoenix. Spend some time together, watched tv, then we had some YUMMY dinner at Longhorns. I know what you are thinking. I know I am not allowed to eat out for like a month. I think its the heat. It makes me hungry....!

Ken has to leave for Phoenix in the AM with Q and I won't hardly be eating out at all and I will be working out ALOT.
Well that wasn't a quick recap, but there it is!!!!!!!!!

PS I AM POOPED!

My Space is temporarily unavailable! DARNIT!

2006-07-27T20:47:00.000-05:00

My Space is down right now. How obnoxious?! Work was kinda crazy today. I think everybody I know has a long day ( at work ). I was glad to come home and have dinner with Ken, spend some personal time, and go for a walk with the dogs. We even stopped by Carmine's house. That's ALWAYS entertaining! He's a nut.

Ken, Q, and Carmine are ALL going to Phoenix next week. Thank god Siana is going to. Now they have a babysitter! Carmine also informed me that their hotel is next to a casino! UH-OH. What else could I say?!

I need to hop off of here. Gotta take a shower and do more laundry. Too bad I don't get paid to do laundry!

I WOULD BE RICH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Need to update! Lots of stuff has gone on!

2006-07-26T20:02:00.000-05:00

Lots of Work, Trying to move home to K-town, Partylite, Pampered Chef, Phoenix, etc.

Man. It's been a while since I have blogged, huh? I have been working my tail off. I had a virus I think 2 weeks ago. I was sick as a dog and actually thought I might be PREGO, but it turns out I just had a VICIOUS virus. We are finally getting more employees so we might actually be fully staffed real soon. That is until someone else moves or quits....! I am permanently in the drive-thru with Mary now. We get along REALLY well!
Ken and I have been trying, without luck, to find jobs and move home to Knoxville. Its frustrating, but I know that Pattie and Rich went through the SAME thing. However I still get mega irritated. We will be back in k-town eventually, hopefully SOON!
Samantha is planning her wedding ( slowly but surely ) and she wants to have her bridal shower the same weekend of my b-day that way she knows I will be in town and be able to make it to the shower. Pattie is in charge or the partay. Hopefully we will have it at her house like we did my shower. That way I can play with Caleb the wonder pit bull. I WILL kidnap that dog one of these days! Or clone him....
I have been to 2 Partylite parties and one Pampered Chef party in the last 2 months. I am partied out! And of course they are fun to go to, but I wind up spending my moolah! And Ken's moolah.... Oh I have also been to a Mary Kay AND Lia Sophia party. There is another Partylite coming up in August, but I don't know if i can manage ANOTHER one!
Ken just found out that he will be in Phoenix the ENTIRE month on August. Starting next Monday ( the day after he gets back from delivering "something" to my parents house ). He will not be back until 2 days before my b-day. He warned that he would be in hot water if he wasn't home by then.... The people he works with must think that I am the boogeyman!
Well this Saturday me and Mathis are going to Austin Peay to check out the Titans Training Camp. Well how cool is that? Well if don't give a crap then that means that you don't like football or the Titans so get over it! lol.
Patches went and got her 12 yr old teeth cleaned at the vet and they said that she looked incredible for her age. What a compliment, huh?!
There's been ALOT of stuff going on, but nothing crazy. Well there's an update. I will try to kick more up to date more often.
PS Superman kicked ASS and I want to go and see it again and maybe again. We saw it at Nashville Imax 3-D. WOO-HOO. Brandon Routh-Rowr. I needed a drool rag.

The STING of the Lionfish

2006-05-24T13:15:00.000-05:00

The STING, the visit to the after hours emergency clinic, the pain SHOT, the 3 days home from work, the swollen hand like the marshmellow puff man, the swollen sausage-looking finger, all thanks to a lionfish named hollysh*t.

Who is this little troublemaking fish you ask? The little SH*T that I babysit for my neighbor Stan who is in Iraq. I tell ya, the things I do for friends....

No Pictures, Please

2006-05-20T21:14:00.000-05:00

So I worked today. Went to wal-mart, petsmart, target, kmart etc. DIDN'T get my eyebrows waxed ( thanks to the witch of a lady at the wal-mart hair care center ). I am bored to death even after renting and watching 2 movies, Match Point and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Ken went to my FAVORITE rollercoaster park ( that I have ever been to, so far ) Kings Dominion and Mom is in NYC right now and ran into INDIANA JONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES, HARRISON FORD! Flora and Mom ran into him and said he was nice, but he wouldn't let them take a photo! My opinion of him floundered of course. Who tells two 60 yr old women NO? Its not like they are going to sell the pictures on ebay or something!

Anyhoo. I am bored. And jealous that everyone is out having fun, but ME ( and dad who is home watching mom's dogs and cats ). The problem is that there is NOTHING fun to do in Clarksville or anywhere nearby! I miss being right next door to DOLLYWOOD! And you know we have the WORST mall in the ENTIRE WORLD so going to the mall is not a relief, its a nightmare!

Ok I am done whining and crying. Goodnight.

Boring, Bored, ZzZzZzZzZz

2006-05-18T21:15:00.000-05:00

What can I say? I am really, really BORED!!!!!!!

Deal or No Deal....?

2006-05-16T18:58:00.000-05:00

Well for the first time last night I watched it ( deal or no deal ) and it was acutally pretty entertaining! Not to mention that the lady who was playing had her husband on satellite helping her play. He was a marine via satellite over in Iraq and all I have to say about him is GOD BLESS THE MARINES! The wife ignored his advice and she lost ALOT OF money. Maybe she will learn to listen to him and not just look at him!

I watched WAY too much tv last night. Besides deal or no deal I also watched Prison Break, Grey's Anatomy, and CSI Miami. They were all so exciting and entertaining. On Prison Break the guys finally broke out and were on the run and by the end they were only down to 5 escapees. Down from like 8 or 9 to start with. I don't usually watch Grey's Anatomy ( eventhough I know it's a good show ), but last night the preview reeled me in and it was SO good. And I cried for like the last 30 mins. If you saw it too, then you know why I was crying, you probably were too! CSI Miami was really good, but sad too. This couch potato got some entertaining tv last night!

My work week started out bumpy.... Monday was crazy ALL day long and Tuesday started out rough. We have all been screamed at alot by customers the past few days! The weather has still been CRAZY! For the past week or so the highest the temperature has gotten is only like 65 degrees. And it has constantly been raining on and off. One day last week it rained and then got sunny again and then would rain, repeat this about 10 times! It was crazy!

Between working ALOT and talking to Ken on the phone ALOT ( he is on business still for a few weeks ) I have STILL been trying to SUCCESSFULLY crate break Spike the satanic black lab. Lol. Sometimes he is an angel and some days it looks like TAZ has blown through my house! I think i've figured him out-he's possessed!

I know it's late, but HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to my WONDERFUL MOMMA, Carmelita ( my godmother ), Ken's Mom, Ken's Granny, and my late Grandma. Oh and my Aunt Bea who will be a NEWLYWED this time next week! I wish I could make the wedding, but I couldn't get out of work.... :-( . I love going to NYC and I am totally bummed that I am missing the wedding, but hopefully she understands.

EBAY is evil. Why you ask? Because you can find anything that you have ever wanted or needed, but don't really need to be spending money on! And usually its a good price or a rare find! IE a nintendo 64 controller to replace the one Spike destroyed a few months ago.

Well I need to go and vaccum up a mess that Spike made-GASP huge surpise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clarksville is now called ThunderstormVille

2006-05-10T20:36:00.000-05:00

It rains here WAAAAY too much! GOOD LORD! And every other 3rd week there is a TORNADO WARNING OR WATCH OR BOTH!!!!! Ahh!!!! Can you tell I miss Knoxville?! FYI as I am typing another storm is starting up! lol. I am also cleaning off my desk and watching a CRAZY episode of "Lost". I can't believe what has happened on the past 2 episodes. But I won't say anything incase you are a fan and haven't watched it yet. I was cleaning off my desk in the hunt for a postcard for the local Banfield vet with no luck. I think that it was on the fridge and on one of Spike's binges ( when he YANKS stuff off the fridge ) I think he destroyed it.... It was IMPORTANT so I am irritated.

So 2 big pieces of news: I got my test results back and they came back GOOD. IF you don't know what test I am talking about, you didn't need to know! And I also got promoted and a raise at work. I am now the VT at work. If you don't know what that is then ask me.

Sorry that I haven't posted lately, but I am trying to be more productive and I am usually NOT productive while im on the computer! And also because we got this PIMPIN' new sofa and now I never want to leave it. Lol. I am ashamed to admit that! Well I have been sitting at the desk for too long and STILL haven't found the postcard so I need to GO!

Talk to you guys SOON!

:P

Silent Hill

2006-04-22T22:17:00.000-05:00

Well obviously by the title of this blog, I have been to see the movie Silent Hill. It started out and I really liked it and then by the last 45 minutes I had no idea what was going on and it was starting to suck. I didn't HATE it, but I was disappointed. Those of you that know me, know that I am a huge horror movie buff so I reserve the right to be disappointed! Brent didn't think it was so hot either. I wish Ken liked movies like that so I could see them with him and talk with him about them. But oh well we can still watch movies like Fast and the Furious and Die Hard together. Lol. That's love!

So lately I have been practicing my Spanish. At work and at home. At work I am really working on counting ( cash back ) to spanish customers. I have also been totally addicted to listening to Michael Buble. I had to compare, but he sounds like Frank Sinatra. He has such a wonderful voice. I heard him ( doing a song ) while I was watching "The Wedding Date" with Debra Messing. It was a cute movie, but I LOVE his music! lol. I looked him up right after I watched the movie.

Well today I was OFF from work. I know! Off on a Saturday?! Totally unheard of! lol. I woke up late. Woo-hoo.I had an early phone call, but I made myself go back to bed. I woke up and took Romeo to the vet for a check up. Then we went to Starbucks. lol. He wasn't too happy about sitting in a drive-thru and not going straight home! I took him home and then I went back out to go to the gym. I came BACK home, took a shower, then went to a Partylite party that a co-worker in my neighborhood was throwing. Don't worry. I spent less than $100 and I REFUSED to sign-up to host a party! After that I had dinner and then we to see the movie previously mentioned. Did you read it or are you skimming? ! lol.

Well I am headed to bed. Tomorrow I have work ( at the house ) and working out to do! I am going to the cardion kickboxing class.... wish me luck.....

More Wedding Pix

2006-04-20T22:50:00.000-05:00

Here are some more wedding pics for your viewing pleasure. Thanks again to our photographer, Julie Roberts.

PS If there are any dupes you will have to forgive me. Its late and I am TIRED!

Back to the gym!

2006-04-20T20:22:00.000-05:00

Shoo! This week hasn't been a bad one just a LONG one! For example today I worked from 845am to 730pm!!!!! I was scheduled until 530, but we had to stay for a meeting. And we had ALOT to talk about. Yesterday was my day off and I was so busy I needed a day off from my day off! I am off this saturday! WOO-HOO! I never get saturdays off unless i'm going outta town. So I am stoked. I need to talk Romeo back to the vet for a check-up and then I need to shampoo the carpets ( special thanks to romeo, buffy, and spike ).

On Sunday I am planning on taking the cardio kickboxing class on my gym. That should be alot of fun, but I am afraid that I will be EXTREMELY sore on Monday at work. I am so glad that I finally went back to the gym. Exercise is essential and it makes me feel so good about myself. I had a great time and had a wonderful cardio workout. And now all of the cardio equipment at our gym has little tv's and you can put it on whatever channel you want! Somehow I landed on MtV. God forbid! I hate MtV and its worthless, but I started watching this show called " made " and I wound up fascinated with its retardiness. lol. They were makeover a tomboy into a "girly girl" and it reminded me off my times in high school. Good times and mostly bad times. Lol. I wound up staying on the elliptical machine for 10 extra minutes ( 4o total ) just so I could catch the end of the show!

I have also been working on scanning wedding photos, figuring out which ones to enlarge, and print. Getting the wedding photos back was only HALF the fun! The wedding photo cd's I ordered from the photographer should be here on Saturday. That will make the photo printing WAY easier!

FYI I wound up getting a tetanus shot at the doc's yesterday and now my arm is S-O-R-E!!!!!

Ken is still in Alabama, but I am looking forward to him coming home next Friday. We are still looking for a job where he won't have to travel at all or not nearly as much! I have already had to pay to get the lawn mowed once! That's only one of the million reasons that I hate it when he's gone. One of the things I totally DON'T mind is walking across the street to Stan's house and feeding his wicked fish. I need to post some pics of them. He is an awesome salt water tank. He will be back from Iraq in August or September. Unfortunately I know several people in Iraq and the list grew today when I found out that one of the people I sold a house to ( when I was a realtor ) went to Iraq for a contracting job! That was a very surprising thing to hear from him, but money is getting ALOT of people to go over there. Ken had discussed taking that route too, but that didn't go anywhere.....

Well I have alot of catching up, cleaning, and fish feeding to do so I need to head out.

I need some questions and comments from people here!

Happy Easter!

2006-04-16T20:11:00.000-05:00

Well I had a pretty nice weekend. Except for having to work on Saturday morning and getting stuck behind 2 separate accidents on the way home. Lol. After I finally got home on Saturday Kim brought over her kids, ages 1 and 3, for me to babysit for a little while. They are the cutest kids in the world and they are always good for me when I am watching them. The baby realized I wasn't her mother about 15 mins after her mother had left and started crying. I felt bad that she was crying ( and of course I wanted her to stop ) and I discovered the miracle cure. I gave her a saltin cracker and she gobbled it down. I gave her another one and she gobbled that one down. After lots of cracker gobbling and milk sippey cup drinking she was one happy little baby. Everytime I moved the crackers away from her so would crawl back over to them! Its so nice to find out quirky little things about babies before you have one!

Right when Kim came to pick up the babies Ken also got her to spend the weekend. He is on business in Birmingham, but its so close by that he drove up for the weekend. Kim and the kids left and Ken and I said her hellos. We had to run to the pet store and get dog and cat food. After that we ran to get taco bell ( one of our weaknesses ) and then we took it home to eat it while watching Wallace and Grommit the Curse of the Were Rabbit on DVD. That movie was SO stinkin' cute, but it had alot of hidden, dirty, little jokes in there. The movie cracked me up! By 9pm we were so tired and completely falling down asleep that we got in bed and we were sound asleep by 930! We ALL SLEPT THE ENTIRE NIGHT THROUGH! All of us including Me, Ken, ALL of the dogs, and ALL of the cats. By 730 am on Easter morning we were well rested and ready to get a move on.

We had Easter breakfast at IHOP ( yeah we do eat out too much ), then we did the grocery shopping at Wal-Mart, and then we came back to the house and chill until Ken had to drive back down to Birmingham. I did lots of cleaning, laundry, and alot of trips to the garbage can ( I had to clean out ALOT of stuff in the pantry ). I missed Ken and it was nice to spend time with him even when we were cleaning. I hope he finds a job soon ( where he doesn't have to travel ).

The lawn almost got mowed, but it started pouring rain! After Ken left I worked on cleaning s'more and then I worked on cleaning out the TiVo. When you leave the house for 2 weeks straight ( the whole wedding/honeymoon thing ) your TiVo REALLY fills up! I forgot to mention that I had crazy Bugsy for the weekend, but Brent came to pick him up earlier. That cat is a HOOT! And a nut!

Well I have some more stuff to do before I get ready for work tomorrow. Work starts EARLY tomorrow. ( I feel like I just left there..... ).

The Wedding, The Honeymoon, and the RECOVERY!!!!

2006-04-12T22:23:00.000-05:00

This is me and my little buddy, the flowergirl Victoria.

This is everyone dancing, YMCA of course!
This is our insanely PIMP limo ( free upgrade )
This is our beautiful picture of us smiling like fools in love!

*The pics are courtesy of our wonderful photographer, Julie Roberts in Knoxville*

Boy do I have LOTS of pictures and stories to tell you guys! Sorry its been a FEW weeks-like 3 I think. But things were CRAZY on the week of the wedding, I was NOT going to post during the honeymoon, and I slept the whole week after the honeymoon!

Everything went off without a hitch, THANK GOD! The worst thing that happened was that I got to the convention center late, only because certain members of my family couldn't move fast enough. Cough cough! I got there with enough time to get dressed ( unfortunately in a hurry ) and get ready for photos. I was kinda cranky since I had been running late and because when I got there my room was FULL of people.......... but once I found my mom ( she vanished for a few) and then my buddy Victoria got there I got in a MUCH better mood.

We started taking ALOT of pictures around 1pm and of course I had to make sure that I didn't bump into Ken at all! That was quite a task! After we all froze our tails off outside taking pics ( of course it warmed up after we were done ) we got ready for the ceremony. I wasn't nervous until the best man disappeared into the bathroom and then when it was my turn to come down the 10,000 stairs. Lol. Dad had to tell me to slow down like 5 times.... During the ceremony I was nervous that I talked alot through it... I can't help it. I talk when i'm nervous....

Afterwards we took more pics and had appetizers. The food was great, the flowers looked BEAUTIFUL, and the cake was to die for. It tasted great too when we smashed it in each other's faces! We danced alot. Did the Ymca of course. Had the dollar dance ( should've done that sooner lol ) tossed the garter and the bouquet ( an engaged couple caught BOTH!!!! ).

And of course I went to see and hug everybody. Things finished up WAY sooner than they were supposed to ( by over 2 hours ), but we managed to get the limo there early and our close peeps stayed to see the limo. They were lucky. We had quite a suprise. The limo got upgraded to the navigator limo instead of the sedan ( see above photo ) because someone accidentally used our car. HEY ITS OK with us. We got the navi for the price of the sedan! WOOO HOOO!!!!!!! What a ride!

The 1st day of the honeymoon we had breakfast with the Pood's at Cracker Barrel and that was a HOOT. Then we drove to Florida. Which took FOREVER! When we got there we checked in, dropped our bags off, then got dinner. Monday we went to Typhoon Lagoon. Which was AWESOME! Tuesday we did Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, Wednesday we did Sea World Discovery Cove which was SUCH a beautfiul experience, then Thursday we did Universal Studios and we snuck back over to Islands of Adventure to ride the Incredible Hulk again. Friday we drove home to Knoxville and had dinner with Mom, Dad, and Sammi. Then Saturday we packed up the dogs and packed up ALL of the crap we had with us. That was ALOT of stuff.

After we got home to Clarksville on Saturday we just RELAXED all weekend. We got back into the swing of work that week ( barf ) and then Ken left for Birmingham that next weekend. I am still recovering from tons of photo proofing, thank you note writing ( my poor poor thumb and wrist ), and I am still trying to catch up on all the little things.

Thank you to EVERYONE who helped with the wedding, came from far to be there ( especially my adorable godmother Carmelita ), our familes, the wedding guests, the flower lady, the caked lady, and the photographer. And anyone else I left out.

I love EVERYBODY!!!!

4, 3, 2, 1, and here's ZERO!

2006-03-25T07:31:00.000-06:00

Well today is the day. Yes, it's Saturday AND the day of my wedding! I'm sorry I didn't post this week, but it was as crazy as everyone told me it would be! And now I am on the way to get my hair done and pick up alot of Starbucks ( went to bed kinda LATE ). But to make up for not posting all week I am going to post one of the engagement pictures that the photographer sent me. I'll try to post soon! Wish us luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. My photographer is Julie Roberts and she kicks BUTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ParTAY PIX!

2006-03-21T19:49:00.000-06:00

Don't ya just LOVE the face I am making in that pic?! I sure don't! lol. There were some really good party pix that Samantha sent me, but I just decided to put a few for your enjoyment!

7,6, and 5 all down. 4 and more to go!

2006-03-20T19:28:00.000-06:00

Shoo! I had a good, long, EXHAUSTING weekend! lol. I didn't have to work Saturday. Can I get a whoop whoop?! Saturday morning I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. Then after I cleaned I ran some errands and then I met up with Brent at Starbucks. Starbucks RULES!!!! And the Greyhound rescue was there so we petted the Greyhounds and donate some money to them. I love greyhounds. They are so sweet. I want to adopt them all. After Starbucks we went to wally world and both spent money on clothes that we could've lived without, but didn't want to. Lol. I need some new clothes, I have NONE! Well I have clothes, but none I want to wear. BIG difference. ;--)

After I said adios to Brent I sped home to take a shower and try to pack for my bachelorette party. Also I had to make sure that I wasn't late for the bridal shower that my co-workers were throwing me. I managed to take a shower, wash my hair, etc etc and throw TONS of outfits into my tiny little overnight bag. Hey I was in a indecisive mood and I needed lots of outfit options.

So my wedding shower was FUN! It started at 3pm. All the girls from work showed up from work. Except for Sheryl because her mother just passed away. When I got there they were still setting things up at my managers house. They got all the food set up and then everyone started showing up around 320/330. They had us play 3 games. I won't tell you which ones because I am going to try and use them at Sami's shower in a few months. We ate and then we opened my presents. Some of which were X-rated gifts. lol. I won't tell you what kind. Blush blush. I got some really cool stuff and alot of Target giftcards. So after we ate some more food and goofed I had to head home.

After I got home from the party Ken was home from Kansas. We hugged and smooched and I said hi to his guests ( Q was home with him and Debbie had picked them up from the airport ). I didn't get to stay for TOO long, but I did have to stay long enough to pee, grab my overstuffed bag, and kiss Ken a few more times. lol. I hit the road around 515pm which was later than I wanted. I knew all my bachelorette party girls were already in Nashville and already whining that they were hungry. My ride should've taken probably 55 minutes, but took more like an hour and 20 minutes! Thanks to briley pkwy being under construction i was late, got lost, and very ticked off by the time I actually found the nasvhille marriott!!!! It even took me like 15 minutes to find parking. Of course I was wondering WHY this place was so loaded down with people and after a few minutes of walking towards the hotel I noticed something strange.... Strange you ask? I walked past the convention room and saw lots of INTERESTING people and an even more interesting sign. It read BLOOD AND INK ! They was a bleeping TATTOO convention at the hotel and it looked like there was a bunch of circus freaks everywhere! I quickly found Samantha in the lobby and got the crap outta that lobby and up to the hotel room!!!!!

Pattie, Sami, and Elizabeth were all there waiting for me. Of course they were all starving, but NONE I REPEAT NONE of them were actually ready to go! lol. After like 45 minutes of us goofing off and trying on outfits we FINALLY called a cab and headed out. We wound up eating at this really yummy, really strange, little grill. It was GOOD! We headed out around 815/830 and lots of barhopping ensued. lol. We started out at a place called The Stage. It was fun, but a wee bit too country for the PR girls. lol. We left there and headed to the karaoke bar and it was awesome! lol. I forgot to mention that we were barhopping and drinking lol. So the karaoke bar was DOUBLE the entertainment! After that we headed to grand central station. It has different floors with different kind of music. It was supposed to be cool, but we stayed long enough to pee and then left! I wanted to go to the Coyote Ugly ( like the movie ), but the girls didn't want to so we headed to the Red Iguana. They have one in Nashville and Knoxville, but from what the girls said the one in Knoxville SUCKS! It was only like 930 or 10 when we got there and no one was really there. We weren't sure if we should go in or not so one of the staff convinced us to peek in and see if we liked it. We went in and it was AWESOME! I had my future bride tiara on, Sam and Liz complained about the other Red Iguana, and I guess the guy really wanted us to stay so he put us in the V.I.P line after we decided to stay. Did we have fun? YES! Did we drink? Pattie and I did too MUCH! Did we feel super cool cause we were on the 2nd floor and the V.I.P lounge??? HECK YEAH?! The place was really cool and started to fill up and every song that came on I drunkely BELTED the words out to. Hey can I help it if I knew the words to ALL of those songs...?! None of us got asked to dance and no of us got harrassed so that was a good thing. Pattie was sloshed after like 2.5 drinks. It was hysterical.The girls kept buying me drinks so they had me pretty drunk by the time we crawled into the Taxi van. Can I just say what a ride! I was drunk and giggly and the 2o min drive felt like 20 seconds. And it felt like a rollercoaster since I was in the backseat. Anyhoo. We were back in the hotel and giggling about everything by like 1am. That's not late. We had SOOOOOOO much fun though.

Sunday morning we TRIED to go to breakfast, but with no luck. I said by to the girls and set off in my car and the 3 of them set off in Sami's car. After we got lost and then found our way back to where we were going I headed home to meet up with Ken and EAT! I was starved to DEATH! We went to IHOP and WOOFED down some food. Then we ran to Best Buy, Target, and PetSmart. We went home and I had alot of cleaning and packing to do. Ken packed his bag and then he went to a movie with Brent. We finished our night by watching TV and getting the house ready to leave it for vacation/wedding/and honeymoon.

This morning I had LOTS of stuff to do. I had to go to the chiropractor cause my neck and back are KILLING ME! Then I had to run around doing last minute stuff including taking Ken some paperwork. I finally hit the road at 1pm our time 2pm Knoxville time. I got here around 515pm and I have been exhausted ever since. I had really yummy dinner with Mom and Dad. Talked to everyone on the phone. And I am STILL trying to get the dogs settled in. They are being NUTTY!

Well my weekend re-cap has gone on long enough. I am going to head out and i'll write more tomorrow after my trial run hair appt and my bridal portraits.

Here's hoping that it STOPS RAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( or i'll have a fro in my bridal portraits )

8 days to go and still counting.....

2006-03-17T20:04:00.000-06:00

Hello. Thank god this week is O-V-E-R! I am ready to lay down and go to sleep for the next 24 hours. According to Brent, I sleep too much. He is mistaken. I just complain that I am tired too much. lol. There's a big difference. I am very tired tonight. And my tendinitis in my shoulder is really actin' up again. I am taking glucosamine and I THINK its helping, but my shoulder can get really painful! When I win the lottery ( my goal in life ) I am going to hire a personal chiropractor to adjust my shoulder whenever I need it! Moving on.

I am tired. lol. Romeo is doing good after his dental cleaning. He is still being kinda lazy, but he is moving around, eating, etc. He was pretty ticked off with me this morning. On the way to work I realized that I needed to give him his antibiotic. Well I gave it to him and he ran around acting like a NUT. Poor thing was shaking his head and running around for like 10 minutes. Wait till I have to give him his medicine again in a little while. He is NOT gonna be too happy with me....

I can HONESTLY say that I am NOT going to miss work at ALL while I am gone for the wedding and then the honeymoon. I am gone to miss SOME of the people I work with, but definitely NOT all of them. I guess we will see who shows up at the bridal shower tomorrow. Hopefully since I am off tomorrow I will be able to sleep in for once in my life. PLEASE PLEASE I hope I can sleep in. If only Moose would sleep the ENTIRE night through without waking me up. Maybe I can bribe him or drug him or something..... lol.

Well I have ALOT to do before Ken comes home from KANSAS tomorrow and before I head out for the Nashville scene, so I better get on with something more productive than blogging!

:----P

9 ( niner niner ) and going

2006-03-16T15:05:00.000-06:00

So today is my day off. Yoo-hoo. Yipee! Woo-hoo! Ok anyways. I had to get up at like 645am to take Romeo to Banfield for his teeth cleaning. My poor chubby baby is 12-TWELVE years old so of course I was worried and I gave him a huge hug and kiss when I dropped him off this morning. They were supposed to call me after he was awake and moving. Well I did ALL my errands ( there were LOTS of them ) including my visit to the chiropractor ( i was in BAD need of an adjustment and some therapy ), but still hadn't received a call yet. So my last errand was PetSmart ( Banfield is inside of PetSmart ). After I did my shopping I went over to ask about "chubby hubby". Karen ( the friendly Banfield desk girl ) said that he was just finished and that he was just starting to wake up. She went back to check on him and then said I could come back to see him. I went back and they opened up his cage, he was laying on his side, his eyes were open ( but not moving ) and his tongue was hanging out! I almost yelled! OMG. My poor baby looked AWFUL! It was kind of traumatic to see my baby like that, but I'm glad that he's ok. I get to pick him up at 5pm and I can't wait to go get him and bring him home!

So I went to get gas too, but every gas station I drove by was AT LEAST $2.45!!!!!! So I am holding out on getting gas until i'm on E or I see something under $2.40 for crying out loud! After I got home from my errands I backed up the driveway ( to empty out my cargo area ) on my way back out of the house I noticed a PING on my LEASED NEW HONDA BLEEPING PILOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well investigating the PING I always realized that there was a CHIP of PAINT missing from my passenger side door! BLEEP BLEEP BLEEPITY BLEEP! Now I know how Ken felt when his BRAND NEW WEEK OLD Dodge Ram had a paint chip knocked out of it. What the BLEEP is wrong with people that they will hit your door and then just drive off. UN believable!!!!!!!!!!! I called Sami ( the middle sis who works at a car dealership ) and asked her to hook me up with her paint chip-fix it man at their dealership. She said that she would talk to him for me. It is so irritating to have something BRAND NEW ( AND LEASED ) and someone else messes it up FOR YOU! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I think I have vented enough, but just let me add that I will stick to my CURB SPOTS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! I will park at the END OF THE PARKING LOT EVERYWHERE to protect my Pilot. OK now I am really, really done venting..... for now......................

Well on my day off I usually clean, but today I am just trying to relax. I watched my soaps. And now I am cleaning off the tivo. I wanted to hit my local gym, but because I was so beat up when I got to the chiro's office I am going to hold off for now. Well I just got SQUISHED by Buffy! She decided that even though there wasn't enough room on the sofa, she would just get up anyways! She about knocked the laptop clear off my lap! I am watching "Bones" right now and it is gory. More so than usual! Good show though. And one of the cuties from "Firefly" and "Serenity" is on this episode! I like such a strange variety of shows, but they are all good in my opinion.

I think I am going to treat myself to some Mexican take home tonight after I pick chubby up. We have two kick butt Mexican places in Clarksville, Casa Blanca and El Toro. HMMMMM! lol. I just LOVE mexican!

Oh I forgot to mention what happened at work this month. We have literally had to call the cops on people with fake checks like 5 times this month. We now have our own personally assigned detective that we are on first name basis with and my manager has him on speed dial. How sad is that? Banking has gotten to be DANGEROUS! lol. Hopefully I won't have to make any more statements for any more fraud cases in COURT!

I am going to finish watching Bones and then pick up Romeo. Maybe i'll write more later. Maybe, maybe not. ;-)

10-diez mas days

2006-03-15T19:58:00.000-06:00

10 days and counting. Can I just say that I hope the week of the wedding is NOT as stressful as the week before the week of the wedding!!!!!!!!! lol. Can I just say, what a week? Shoo. At least tomorrow is my day off. I have to drop Romeo a.k.a Chubby off at Banfield tomorrow for his dental cleaning at 7:30!!!!!! AM!!!!!!!!!! lol. Even on my day off I can't even sleep in! WaaaaH! Anyhoo. After I drop him off I have a chiropractor appt. Boy do I need an ADJUSTMENT! Then I will go to the usual places I go to on my day off ie Wal-mart, Target, Best Buy, etc. and I gotta fill up the gas tank. Blasted gas prices! They are up to like $2.30 a gallon in Clarksville. Gag me.

Well I just got a really, really good laugh out of Pattie. She updated Ken's resume and then called me. She asked me what I was doing and I just said well you know I am in the bathroom. Using the bathroom. And she started SQUEALING! lol. She said OMG you are just like Ma. Get off the phone while you are in the bathroom. I laughed so hard. Thank god I was already in the bathroom. Anyhoo. That might've been TMI!

So I got good news: Ken is coming home Saturday instead of TUESDAY! Wow. Now that's more like it. And now that he is going to be home I will have supervision for the dogs so I can go to Nashville with Samantha, Pattie, and some other girls for bachelorette party #1. lol. That should be interesting. I have never hung out ( or partied ) in downtown Nashville before. And we are going to be staying in a nice hotel so that will be nice. More details to come on that one.

Well I am watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire again. lol. Geek alert. I watched all the making of stuff on my 2 disc special edition and found out some fascinating stuff. So now I wanted to go back and watch the movie again. I am reading the book right now too. I am a big nerd and a huge HP fan. That's something that Elise ( Ken's baby sister ) and I have in common.

I can't wait to see EVERYBODY ( that's coming ) at the wedding next week. I wish that Flora was coming, but I don't think she can make it. Well I need to head out because I need to tidy up the living room and figure out a plan of what i'm doing for the next few days before I head to Knoxville.

11 days and counting......

2006-03-14T19:27:00.000-06:00

11 days till what? If you are asking this question then:

A. You don't know me very well
B. You haven't been reading my blog
or C. You weren't invited to my WEDDING! lol.

I would like to say that I am handling it well, but I don't think I can. I dropped almost 10 pounds in one week ( illness or stress you decide ), I need like 9 hours of sleep at the minimum, and I have been grinding my teeth ( again ) in my sleep. Its not even the wedding that's stressing me out. Its all the DETAILS. IE: How should I do my hair? What should I put in my ceremony? Where should Elise sing during the ceremony? Should I or shouldn't I get my makeup done?! All the silly little details are starting to make me C-R-A-Z-Y! Now I see why rich people hire wedding planners!!!! On the bright side my wedding party has 10 HOT people in it. Lol. Check out what the girlies are going to be wearing. In the black and white OF course! All the guys are going to look so great in their tuxes. I can't wait to see Ken in a TUX! OMG! Just the thought.
And I am SO looking forward to seeing baby Carmine in a JUNIOR TUX and Victoria in her flowergirl dress. They are going to look so adorable!

Anyhoo. Enough wedding babbling. Ken and Pattie are working on a project together, but its a secret for now. Rich ( Pattie's HUZ ) is working on our wedding programs. He is quite the ARTIST. He is also doing our wedding video. Super cool.

Well Clarksville got cold again. We had warm weather for like 2 seconds. Ok maybe 3 or 4 days, but whatever!

Well tomorrow is big bad payday at the bank. Military payday. Where if they get paid 1900 they HAVE to withdraw 1850 in CASH and then 2 days later they wonder why they are OVERDRAWN! ANYWAYS. I am off.

Mondays are the WORST!

2006-03-13T19:01:00.000-06:00

You know how people always say that if your Monday starts off badly that your whole week doesn't look so good? Well then I am screwed! There were MANY MANY things that ruined my monday, but I am so exhausted ( from yet again being shorthanded at work ) that I don't even have the energy to whine. If you want details then call me. If you don't have my number then you weren't meant to call me! lol. I just had dinner and the phone finally quit ringing so I am just trying to R-E-L-A-X.

The weather here has been crazy lately. Last week it was cold, but sunny. Starting over the weekend it got really warm and all it has done is RAIN! We have been on 2 tornado warnings since last Friday. One minute its sunny and then the next its pouring rain! Its hard to know what to wear or if you should bring an umbrella when the weather is so unpredictable! For example: today the high in Clarksville was an impressive 73, but tomorrow its only supposed to get up to 54! Thats a big difference dude!

Well nothing important came in the mail today. I am waiting for a certain piece of mail. The response cards have stopped coming. I guess that means that I have all the yes' and no's that I am going to have. Whoever decided to just NOT respond is just NOT welcome! I was really disappointed that my Naval Junior ROTC teacher never responded..... There were a few others, but that really bummed me out.

We have had some wedding changes in the past few weeks. We had to bump an usher up to a groomsman. The groomsman that he is replacing lives in PA and PROMISED that he could make the wedding, but then he and his family backed out 3 weeks before the wedding! When Ken told me that my response was: YOU BETTER GET ON THE PHONE and call Samantha ( my middle sisters fiance ) and beg him to go get fitted for a tux and be a groomsman. Thank god he said yes and he got fitted RIGHT AWAY. Shawn is good like that. They are planning their wedding so they now how crazy and hectic I feel.

The planning and preparation for bridal shower # 2 is in full swing. Saturday at 3pm is coming up soon! Afterwards I am supposed to go to Nashville to PARTAY with my sisters and some friends for bachelorette party #1. We have to have a #2 in Knoxville so all the girls who can't make it to Nashville can still have some fun with us. Plus I was really looking forward to going to the Electric Cowboy in Knoxville and wearing a cowgirl hat ( possibly with a veil attached ). I haven't gone to any clubs in a WHILE so I am going to feel WEIRD and outta place! But I am sure I will have fun anyways.

Oh. Before I go-I forgot to mention that after I got home Pattie called me. She called to tell me that after a meeting she had downtown she drove by the Convention Center where I am getting married. She looked at the flashing sign they have that promotes "upcoming events" and she saw the SANCHEZ/POOD WEDDING listed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought that was so cool. I knew that they were going to put it up, but I didn't think that it would be this soon. Hopefully they will be putting up the pictures that I emailed the event manager real soon. That's going to be so cool to drive by and see that!!!!! Check out these awesome pics of the convention center. I'm outta here.

The Hills Have EWWW!!!!

2006-03-12T19:57:00.000-06:00

Well today has not been eventful. That's a good thing. Unfortunately the stinkin' dogs woke me up at 7:45 am on my ONE AND ONLY day off and day for sleepin' in. After I unsuccessfully tried to go back to sleep I got dressed and headed to Wal-Mart. I wondered around for over an hour ( hey I love wally world ). After I drooled over clothes ( I haven't really bought any new clothes in a WHILE ) I ran into 2 of my co-workers. They looked like they had partied a wee bit too much at the party we were at last night. lol. After Wal-mart I stopped by Starbucks on the way home. My name is Vanessa, I have an addiction, and its STARBUCKS!!!! Anyhoo when I got home I busted my hump cleaning the house, made some lunch, watched the "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" dvd special features ( yes I am a GEEK ), then I went to see the movie "The Hills Have Eyes" with my horror movie buff bro, Brent.

I think that movie was either THE nastiest movies I have ever seen or one of the top 10. EWWWWW. Ew ew ew! lol. Don't get me wrong, The Hills Have Eyes was good ( i never saw the original ), but if you get queasy easily, DON'T GO! Now I am home. I had dinner. And I am chillin' with the kids and the TIVO. Tivo and I have a very close relationship. God bless whoever invented it and da*n Pattie for introducing me to it! I am re-couch-potatoed! I broke out of couch potato status once, but I dunno if I can do it again! Help me!

I got VERY VERY VERY good news this week. My godmother got a flight and confirmed that she is most definitely coming to the wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is my honorary guest and I can honestly say that I would've been bummed if she couldn't have made it to the wedding. But she is coming and she will be here for an entire week! So after the wedding she will be chillin' with Ma and Pa back at the casa! I don't think Carmelita has visited Knoxville since '91 or '92! I can't wait to see her. I have been to see her in New York several times, most recently in 2004, but I miss her so much I might squeeze her to death when I see her!

I am looking forward to this week going QUICKLY!!!! What does the week before the week of your wedding feel like? Quiet and peaceful is what I am hoping for! I work all week and Thursday is my day off ( why oh why couldn't they have made it Friday )! On my day off I have to take my chubby, older cat Romeo back to Banfield vet to get his teeth cleaned. I figure by Thursday I might be starting to get anxious about the week of the wedding! I am going to miss all the kitties while we are gone for the wedding and the honeymoon, but I know Brent will take good care of them. I refuse to board the dogs so they are all going to chill with their grandparents while we are gone. Poor Ma. lol. She loves her granddogs, but they are a handful. I will have to find a good way to thank her. Maybe I could win the powerball for her or something! lol.

Well I am getting computer vision ( where you have been staring for so long that you are seeing computer spots ) so I need to head out. I work all day on Mon, Tues, Wed, and Fri, but I will try to blog again this week. Mostly so Pattie and Brent don't ONE up me!

:-P

Getting Ready

2006-03-11T16:47:00.000-06:00

What am I getting ready for right now? My managers birthday party in downtown Knoxville at the Blackhorse Pub. Ken is in Kansas right now so since he can't go with me I am making Brent go with me as my plus one. I don't want to stay all night like most of my coworkers intend to, but I do want to make an appearance.

I have also been getting ready for the WEDDING. There are only exactly TWO weeks left! That's crazy!!!! All of the details have been finalized for the convention center, the florist, the cake, my hair, the limo, and basically everything else except for my make-up. Do I want my make-up professionally done? I don't really know.... lol. We are also having trouble on agreeing what to do for the bachelorette party. On the 18th my co-workers are throwing me my 2nd bridal shower. That should be cool. More details after it happens.

So am I stressed out about the wedding yet? Check. Have I written checks for more than I usually spend in a year? Check. Am I looking forward to it? Yes. Am I looking forward to getting the wedding over with and go on H-O-N-E-Y-M-O-O-N? DOUBLE CHECK!!!! I found out that my godmother is definitely going to be able to make it to the wedding so I am TOTALLY STOKED about that. I will even get to spend a few days before the wedding with her. I can't wait to see all my family! And the fact that they are all going to be in the same place should be INTERESTING!!!!

Royally Spoiled

2006-02-16T21:08:00.000-06:00

First of all let me just say congrats to Pattie. She finally got offered that job that she has been PINING over! I knew she would, but she kept whining and worrying. She should just listen to me more often.

So I had another long day at work. There is ALOT of drama at work and the drama is kinda getting overwhelming. I will post more details when the "storm" blows over....

Tomorrow morning Ken has an appointment to get a new bandage where his new surgery was. There are also going to clean it up and look at it. It will be gory, but cool. I will try to remember to take a picture and post it for you guys to EWWW over! lol. After the appt I have to head into work. After work I am going to make dinner for Ken and I and then I get to make sure that I am all packed for my weekend trip to KNOXVILLE!!!! Can I get a whoop-whoop?! I haven't been back home for like 2 months! I miss my peeps! And all of my favorite stores that we don't have in Clarksville. Tee-hee-hee. Some of those being Kohl's, NY and Co, China Pearl, Havana Cafe, and a few others. I have TONS of stuff to do this weekend. I am bringing the Buffy with me, but her brothers are going to stay here and keep Ken company while he limps around the house....

So in reference to the blog title, its all Ken's fault! I get home and Ken has been WORKING from our recliner instead of RELAXING. We sit down to eat and he says hey, I think I am going to order you a laptop.....! EH?! One minute we were talking about ordering a new battery for my stinkin' old Sony Vaio and next thing you know he is ordering a Dell! Its my wedding present, but it will be a little bit early. Ill post pics after it arrives.

Ken and I just got done watching Dancing With the Stars. Ken might not admit it, but he is just as entertained as I am by the show. I am entertained because I am fascinated by ballroom dancing, but Ken likes all the "cute dancing chicks"! Cough cough.

Well I have to finish the laundry, pack my bag, and get everything together so tomorrow I will be all packed and ready to go at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning.

P.S. Daddy called to check on how Ken's knee was doing. That was so sweet!

The HORSE is BAACCK!!!!

2006-02-15T18:23:00.000-06:00

Yo. Sorry I haven't posted since well since like December..... Hey things have been hectic! You try planning a wedding, working, etc. etc. Christmas and New Years was GREAT. I got so much stinkin' loot for Christmas!!!!! AND I had a wonderful time with my family and Ken. And I finally got to meet my middle sisters fiance's son. Lol. He was cute. And wild!

There has been alot going on lately. Over Christmas I got our wedding invites mailed out. We got them from www.willowtreelane.com. The invites and the website are awesome. I would recommend them to anyone. I have already gotten 80 something yes responses! We never thought THAT many people would DEFINITELY be coming. We have only gotten a handful of NO responses. Mostful people that are way too far away to make it in. So far most of the NO's have sent some WICKED gifts! When Ken and I scanned gifts for our registries at www.target.com and www.kohls.com of course we scanned stuff that " no one would ever buy us " and most of the gifts that have shown up are some of those! lol.

I also wound up finding the wedding photographer, florist, and cake baker all within one week. That was extremely hectic, but once it was over it was ALL good. There are just a few things left with the wedding to tie up, but most everything has been finalized. I still have some lazy a** groomsman who STILL haven't been fitted! I will have to start strangling some groomsman here soon.

Not much else is new. Ken has traveled to Hunstville and then Mobile, Alabama and come back. Then today he had knee surgery. He is doing just fine, but of course his knee hurts- DUH!

And the reason why I called myself a horse is because my Mom and Sister keep joking that ever since I moved to Clarksville I keep getting sick. That might be true, but I don't know that it has ANYTHING to do with Clarksville! I think that it might have something to do with my handling money ie GERMS all the stinkin' time at work. I am hopefully going to the doctor in the next week or 2 to get a physical.

This weekend I am heading to Knoxville to see my peeps! lol. And I am meeting with my wedding photographer, florist, and cake baker. And my wedding shower is on Sunday!!!! YAY!

Well stay tuned. I will try to do another update this week. We will see though, don't hold your breath!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The POOD's

2005-12-18T18:49:00.000-06:00

What is a Pood you ask? The Pood's are a family. And on March 25, 2006 I will be the newest Pood. I will be Mrs. Vanessa Pood. For some reason whenever people see this name they always try to pronounce it "POD". I say no, its not POD, its POOD, just the way it looks. We got a box from Ken's Momma with Christmas gifts. I opened a few of them. Including one that had a family Christmas album that on the cover says " The Poods ". I am definitely taking Ken's last name, but looking at the album it hit me. I am gonna be a POOD! So far I have LOVED all the Pood's I have met. Most of all Ken. I figure if I love all the Pood's, I will love being a Pood. I will definitely be the first PUERTO RICAN Pood in history. That's for sure!

Speaking of becoming a Pood. I mentioned that I had ordered wedding invites. I am still waiting for them to be mailed out. I got them on www.willowtreelane.com. They are very cute. I was hoping they would be mailed out before we left this week for Christmas vacation, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. I will just wait and see! I also spoke to Benjamin tonight. Incase you don't know Benjamin is going to be performing our wedding cermemony. We had a nice talk tonight about the wedding, family, love, and me and Ken. B is very easy to talk to and he is a great person. I know he will do a BEAUTIFUL job at the wedding. If you are reading this and don't already know him when you meet him you will love him! I forgot to mention to him that Elise Pood is going to be singing at the wedding. During Christmas holiday we are going to be meeting with B to discuss the wedding ceremony and we will make sure the ceremony has enough time for Elise to sing. That girl can sing! She is in her church choir and she even just sings while she is at the house doing her homework, doing her chores, etc. Like I mentioned earlier, I love ALL the Pood's and I don't think I could've asked for a better family-in-law.

Ken is coming back from Colorado on Wednesday. Thank goodness I am OFF on WED so I can go to the airport and pick him up! I have alot of stuff to do between now and then. And when he gets home we will have alot of stuff to do in order to be ready to leave for Christmas break. Thank goodness I get off at 1:15 on Friday. We hope to be packed and ready to set off as soon as I get off work. We have lots of wedding stuff to do while we are in Knoxville. LOTS. Well I need to head out and finish cleaning up the house.

Talk to everyone later!

Vanessa-gonna-be-a-Pood-but for now I'm still a Sanchez

;-)

Rest/Recovery and I broke the razr!

2005-12-16T20:47:00.000-06:00

As you know from my last post I was sick as a DOG! Starting last Saturday I got a cough, by Sunday morning I felt like I was dying. This continued till Wednesday morning! Monday I was off from work, Tuesday I went to work, but I still felt awful. I lasted about an hour before I went to the bathroom and got sick. Let's just say my manager had no hesitation to send me home! I stopped at the doctor's and got a decongestant and some extreme strength cough syrup. I started to feel better, SLOWLY. By Wednesday I was back at work and hanging in there. My cough is basically gone, but I am using up alot of tissues. Lol. I am making sure that I take ALL my meds so whatever i've got doesn't come back! A co-worker had the same thing and hers came back!

SO what else happened this week? Besides laying on the sofa, using up ALOT of tissues, taking ALOT of naps, taking meds, and going to work not much happened. Lol. I did watch a decent amount of tv. I did some house cleaning and I checked Brent's mail and Stan's fish and mail. Incase you all don't know Ken and I are babysitting a mailbox and a saltwater fishtank for our good neighbor while he's in Iraq for the next few months. He's out there fighting for EVERYONE'S freedom, so it's the LEAST we can do! He had a friend staying there, but he was a bum. lol. Well not a bum, but he didn't have time for the commitment he made to Stan to watch the house and tank.

Is everybody done Christmas shopping? I am SO close to being done. I had a really good start , but now I can't seem to finish. I am basically done, but I still need to mail off the Pood family presents and finish buying a few more things. Oh! I almost forgot! I did manage to FINALLY order my wedding invites! YAY! About time! I will have to mail them out AS SOON AS I get um! Now that I finally got that done I just have a million other wedding things to do! I also got my FIRST wedding gifts! They were from my secret santa at work! Yes I said secret santa. It was cheesy, but my SS has really good taste! I got some cool stuff from him. I also got a box full of Christmas presents from the Pood's tonight. Can't wait to take a look at them.

Anyhoo. Brent is coming back into town tonight. He will be taking Bugsy back tomorrow. Till Christmas anyways. Then Ken will be home on Wednesday and we will be headed to Knoxville on Friday. I have ALOT to do between now and Friday! Including work. Well I need to head to bed since I work tomorrow. Just wanted to update and let everyone know that I survived my cold!

TTEL
Talk to everyone later

PS I forgot to talk about what happened to my cell phone! I dropped it and it broke and I wanted to die! My nice expensive Razr cell phone got severely messed up! I had to call Cingular and their insurance replacement co and they gave me a HARD time, but I wound up getting my replacement. So all is good. For now. lol. No more cell phone dropping!

Home Alone and Sick as a DOG!

2005-12-11T22:13:00.000-06:00

What else needs to be said!?! Someone needs to bring me some chicken soup and more tissues....

New Addiction, Busy Week

2005-12-09T16:08:00.000-06:00

Hola!
So I haven't played Gamecube Strike Force Bowling since Monday afternoon. I have accidentally got addicted to soemthing else. Like I mentioned previously I starting re-watching my Sex and the City DvD's. I have been watching 3-7 episodes per night. I just started this weekend and I am one episode away from finishing season 2. I absolutely love that show and I didn't realize that I remember the details of practically every episode!

Since I called in sick on Monday and I got off at 1pm today my work week went by pretty quickly! It wasn't too hectic either. I am still sticking to job hunting after the new year! Besides work I burned a new cd for me and Ken, cleaned the house a whole lot, TRIED TO CATCH MICE ( LONGGGGGGG STORY ), went shopping, TRIED to wrap up my Christmas shopping, but failed, and went to some appointments. I managed to buy some stocking stuffers, but I am not quite done shopping. I still need to mail out my Christmas cards. I am SO behind on that. Hopefully this time next week I will be ordering our wedding invitations. I received the contract for the reception and ceremony and I have to sign and return them. I also need to call Benjamin who will be marrying us. We have lots to talk about! I have SO much to do for the wedding. I have also been trying to read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but I have been busy and the book is SO BIG that its hard to hold it!

Ken got a new position at work! Everybody clap! Call him and congratulate him if you can. He now works in the IT department at work and we are DEFINITELY not moving to Huntsville, AL. I was excited about the prospect of moving to Huntsville, but at the same time I am SO glad that we aren't going to have to pack and move RIGHT before the wedding! That kind of pressure would've wigged me out. He is in San Antonio right now, but instead of staying there till the 21st of Dec they are sending him to Colorado. That sounds fun. I have never been there and I heard its nice. Hopefully he won't go skiing without me! Maybe we can go skiing in Gatlinburg sometime soon.

I finally managed to get an appointment with the local Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor. I went to the appt on my day off and I get there and the receptionist tells me that he called in sick. When were they going to call me and let me know?! I did manager to see the Chiropractor. THANK GOD! I was sore and in need of quite an adjustment. My next appointment is going to be a neurologist the same day that I have to go and make a statement in COURT because of a fraud case at work! That's gonna be a long day!

I have HUGE plans for next week. NOT! I am off on Monday and I will be waiting for the exterminator to arrive! I think Chubby, Romeo, my 2nd oldest cat needs to go visit the vet. So I need to take him in. I have more cleaning and throwing out to do. I need to finish my xmas shopping. I need to order the wedding invites and get some mailed out. Well I think I have babbled enough. And I do have plenty more Sex ad the City to watch so I am going to go.

PS If Ken doesn't post a comment on my blog I have threatened him with action. The action is that I will go on blogging STRIKE!

Addiction and Nip/Tuck

2005-12-06T21:12:00.000-06:00

I know I haven't posted in like a week, but don't holler. I have been sick. Can I get an awwww please? Have some pity cause I was SICK. I felt like I was dying on Sunday after Ken left for the airport. I was sad to see him go, to San Antonio on biz, but that's not what made me sick. While we were out at Wal-Mart on sunday I had a really bad headache "hit me" while we were at the store. After I dropped him off to catch his ride to the airport the headache got progressively worse. By dinner time I felt like I was dying. I thought I was going to call an ambulance! Maybe I should've, but I didn't. I threw up before I got in bed and Monday morning I was still feeling too awful to go to work. I called in sick and went to a doctors appt. I have had these kinds of episodes before and my ding-dong family dr STILL has no idea what's wrong so he finally, FINALLY recommended me to a neurologist. So long story short I have had one heck of a time making an appointment, but I got one on January 17th. More than an entire month from now! IT might be worth the wait if they figure out what's wrong with me.

Besides being sick and and hanging around the house I have been watching my Sex and the City dvd's. I LOVE that show. I was an always will be a die-hard fan and I miss having new episodes to watch. Someone made me want to watch them so I started re-watching them and I am already on Season 2, disc 2. It's kind of funny that I still remember what almost all of the episodes are about and I know most of the lines. So I have seen all of the episodes more than twice. So what?! Who are you to judge?! lol. I know Pattie has seen all the like 8 episodes of Prison Break like 10 times each!!!! Speaking of PB the fall finale was good. I might go nuts until they start up the new episodes. Pattie also informed me that Muse Watson, the guy who plays Charles Westmoreland was the killer in " I Know What You Did Last Summer ". I knew I had seen him somewhere. I love cheesy horror flicks and that is one of my faves! lol.

So on to my addiction. Before Ken left we started playing one of my Nintendo Gamecube games that I had neglected, Strike Force Bowling. I have been playing it quite a bit the past few days. Probably more than I should! Its very fun, extremely addictive, and best of all challenging. And if a video game is challenging I will get addicted! Other than video game bowling, trying to feel better, and going back to work there's not much else going on. I am watching the latest episode of Nip/Tuck wondered what happened to Kimber?! Unless you watch the show you have NO idea what's going on, but I want to know what is going on?! And I can't believe how gross the last scene was. Man this show is NEVER dull. I love it!

Well I'm still not 100% so I better head to bed and get rested. I have to work tomorrow. My day off isn't till Thursday. Goodnight.

I'm back, sorry I took so long!

2005-11-30T17:57:00.000-06:00

Shoo. I felt like I haven't posted in FOREVER! Actually I haven't for about a week or so. I have so many events to cover, let me do a quick run down list:

* I drove to Knoxville with Ken, Buffy, Spike, and even MOOSE! A Honda Pilot holds more large breed dogs then you think!!!!

* Even though half of my family was late to dinner, our Thanksgiving was awesome and the food was to die for. I gave my Mom a break by cleaning the ENTIRE kitchen.

* Friday morning I went "black friday" shopping like I have for the past 2 or 3 years. Believe it or not, I got MOMMA to come with me! It took some convincing, but once I promised that I wouldn't drag her to Best Buy she said she would come along. We stopped at JCPenney, Proffits, Target, Kohl's, and then Steinmart. Proffits was the busiest and the worst experience, but parking at Target was HORRIBLE. Overall shopping was as crazy as busy as last year. I think everyone is too broke from how expensive gas was! I managed to more or less finish my Christmas shopping.

* Saturday morning we finally got Mom to trade in her 135,000 mile Nissan Quest. It was PAST time to trade that baby in. She wound up choosing a Honda Odyssey which was fine by me since I am a Honda lover. She wound up getting a used one because minivans are ALOT more expensive than they used to be. Alot of them were expensive as Ken's truck and my Pilot! After car shopping we were all starved to death and had lunch at the MUCHO YUMMY Cuban restaurant nearby Mom and Dad's house. That place is SO good I wish I could bring it back to Clarksville with me. After lunch Ma and I were supposed to go and see the new Harry Potter movie, but we were both too worn out to sit through a movie so we opted for a nap instead.

* Saturday night was FUN!!!! I decided to get EVERYONE together for Mom's birthday dinner party. Her 59th birthday wasn't actually till Tuesday, but we had to celebrate early because most of us wouldn't be in town on her actual birthday. Mom and Dad, Me and Ken, Pattie and Rich, Samantha and Shawn, and Brent plus Tamara ALL managed to show up for dinner. We were there for so long. I don't remember how long we were there! We gave Mom her gifts, had dinner, laughed and acted loud, took a million pictures. The highlight from the dinner was when all the cuties from El Mezcal ( the mexican restaurant we had dinner at ) came to sing happy birthday to Mom and Shawn ( they have the same birthday ) and even brought them Tequila shots and put sombreros on them. After we paid the bill we all went outside and swapped stories and we even got a "gopher" dance from Pattie. I haven't had that much fun at dinner since we were at Ken's parents house and Bonnie told Lindsey's "blowout" story in front of her then boyfriend. Needless to say I think everyone appreciated family more after the incredible time we all had.

* Sunday Mom and I went and did a little more shopping. Not THAT much more! Then for lunch we met the same wild and crazy bunch of people for lunch at the YUMMY Mc Allister's Deli in the Turkey Creek Shopping Plaza. We once again had a crazy, wonderful time and yet again I had concerns that we would get kicked out for having too much fun! After lunch we said bye to everyone, went back to mom and dads house and finished packing. We packed up the babies, said bye to mom and dad and all their brats, and we drove home. When we got home I unpacked and did the laundry while Ken went and ran 2 errands. It was nice to be home. I didn't feel good at all when we got home, but it was nice to be back. Of course now that we are home I miss being around all my crazy family all the time.

* This whole week we have just been working and getting back into our usual routine. We also watched the fall finale of Prison Break, which was pretty darn good. And last night we watched one heck of an episode of Nip/Tuck. For those of you that are NP fans I am sure you would all agree. I sat there with my mouth open for most of the episode and afterwards we were left wondering what the heck happened to Kimber?!!!?!?!?!?! I guess we will have to finish out the rest of the season and wait!

I have been feeling pretty under the weather this week and I even left sick from work this afternoon. I was feeling awful and went to the doctor. He said that I had alot of fluid behind my ears, but of course I feel alot worse than that because the fluid intensifies the discomfort I have from my vertigo. Other than that I have been working on wedding stuff and making more decisions for the ceremony.

Well I think this blog is longer than long enough. I will try to stay more up to date this week. And stay tuned for pictures from our wild trip home. Lol.

PS Ken and Brent are both leaving on Sunday on separate trips to Texas so hopefully I can motivate myself to WORKOUT! When we get a bigger house we have GOT to by an elliptical!

Appendicitis and Appendectomy

2005-11-21T22:31:00.000-06:00

Don't panic! Ken and I are ok. However Ken's best man for the wedding, Q ( Quentin for those of you who don't know ), has an appendicitis! He went in to work this morning and lasted for less than an hour when everyone realized something was wrong and that he needed to go to the doctor. They made the discovery and admitted him to the hospital around dinner time and should be performing surgery in a little while. Ken has been visiting with him for the past 2-3 hours. He sounds like he is dealing with needed surgery, but talk about awful timing! The week of Thanksgiving he needs his appendix taken out! What is appendicitis you ask? I am sure you all know, but here you go just in case you don't.

Other than learning about Q today was a pretty stinky Monday. Our ( Ken's, Q's, and mine ) friend Darr came into where I work today and informed me that he is getting sent to IRAQ this week! Of course I was shocked and horrified. Yes, Jerokiah is in the Army, but he has a heart problem and they weren't supposed to send him and now he is on his way! How does J Darr feel you ask?! The man is STOKED! I know he wants to go and can't wait ( this will be his first time unlike MOST soldiers ), but that means I have one more buddy to worry about. EVERYONE please pray for his safety and the safety of ALL the troops in Iraq. I think everyone knows someone who has been there or is there.

Another reason this Monday was not so good because of work. What else is new?! I love my job, but NOT the atompshere I am currently in. And the situation only seems to be getting worse. I am officially, officially ready to look for a new job. The only reason I haven't looked for one yet is because the holidays are coming and I don't know what's going on with Ken's possible job down in Huntsville. I have to hang in till January 18th and then I'm out.

Well I really, really want to go watch the fall finale of "Prison Break" and finish Ken's deviled eggs for his office Thanksgiving lunch, so I'm OUT!

PS

2005-11-20T18:49:00.000-06:00

Remind me to learn how to "guess" when my sister is taking a nap or just to not EVER call her house line EVER again!!!! I guess I should go to Hogwarts and learn how to read crystal balls!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was better than ALRIGHT!

2005-11-20T18:24:00.000-06:00

Grr. Remember how I bought advance online tickets to see the Sunday 1pm showing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? Well I went and checked in with my will-call ticket, got my tickets, met Brent in the concession line, then sat down. By the time we found seats the whole theatre was full! Its safe to say that our showing SOLD OUT! Its a good thing that Ken didn't want to go to because I don't think we would've found seats together!

Anyhoo back to the movie-this was the best HP by far! The opening was so much better than the 3 previous movies where poor Harry is stuck with his horrible aunt,uncle, and fat little cousin. This time the whole gang started out at the quidditch world cup. Within the first five minutes I knew that I was going to love this movie. This is the first HP that was rated PG-13 versus the usual PG, but I still think it was just like the others (good for teens AND adults ). Of course I am wondering if my future, youngest sister-in-law has gotten to see it yet. If I lived anywhere near them ( Pood Familia ) I would've taken Elise to see it. I know she would've loved it too.

Incase you haven't read the books I don't want to give away too much! Just let me know when you've seen the movie and then we will discuss ALL the details. Anyways. The reason I chose the title is because when the movie was over I asked Brent what he thought and his response was IT WAS ALRIGHT!!!!! Of course I gasped in horror! How could Brent say something so awful?! He told me what bothered him about the movie and of course I respect his opinion, but I totally disagreed with him! Lol. We can't all agree all the time, now can we?! Dr Tamara said that she thought it was awesome too. I will take Ma to see it this upcoming weekend.

So Ken and I got alot of stuff done this weekend. Other than me achieving my goal of finally seeing a HP movie on opening weekend! We did a boat load of cleaning which was very important. I had to work on Saturday of course. We finally switched out the temporary tag on my car for the real one that had been here for over 2 weeks! We went grocery shopping. I got some Christmas shopping done. We also rented "Guess Who" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Guess Who was cute and pretty darn funny. I liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but I prefer Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory any day of the week! I think what annoyed me so much about Charlie was the HORRIBLE music and the oompa loompa being the same identical man versus the dwarfs in the original! I'm pretty sure the dwarfs in the original were not identical!

Well I have some Christmas presents to wrap and some TiVo to watch. I'll try and write tomorrow!

Vertigo Haze

2005-11-18T19:33:00.000-06:00

Well I had another long day at work! I had a bad start ( and eventually finish ) to my day at work. I also had another bad night of sleep last night. This just hasn't been my week! My vertigo was bothering me all day today. I was dizzy and felt yucky all day. The migraine I had didn't make things any better! Anyhoo. My awful day got way better when I got home. Mainly because I was home and also because Ken had cooked dinner and it wound up being a candelit dinner so that was very sweet. Neither one of us has felt good today so we are just vegging.

Ken and I have been talking about the details for the wedding. Of course we are worrying, but who wouldn't be worrying about something as important as that! We are trying to figure out details and pick out stuff etc, etc. Its fun, but at the same time nerve-racking!

Well being the super-geek I am, I bought tickets online for the new Harry Potter movie! No I am not going tonight at midnight, I am a geek, not a NUT like Pattie. I acutally bought tickets for 1pm this Sunday. I can't wait to see it, but I don't want to go when its TOO busy.

Well I don't really have much else to talk about tonight. Blame it on the vertigo or the 10hr work day! Talk to you guys this weekend.

PS You guys better start leaving more comments!!!!

Early Start/Cooties

2005-11-17T22:57:00.000-06:00

Well Ken's birthday got off to an early start! This morning at 450am Moose woke us up whining about something or another. I got up and let the other dogs out to play with him and go potty. They came in and about 2 mins later Moose start crying again. Moose had been sleeping in the garage again cause of the cold weather, but Ken decided to let him outside to see if that would make him happy. Well it didn't. He continued to be a pain in the butt till about 630am when Ken got out of bed for work. Then when it was time for me to get out of bed the power went out! Low and behold by the time I got to work I was already having a bad day. Usually my bad day doesn't start until I get to work! Thank goodness I only had to work for 4 hours.

After I left work I went next door to wally world ( wal-mart for those of you that aren't "hip" ). I picked up a few small groceries while I was at WW, but the main reason I went was to get a birthday card of Ken, some flowers, and an ugly birthday balloon. My goal was to go visit Ken at work and embarrass him with the flowers and ugly balloon. If you are wondering if it worked, of course it did! Most of the people at work didn't even know it was his 26th birthday. After I was done embarassing him, we swapped out cars so he could take my new SUV to get a new battery. Someone that test drove it before me had left a light on so when we test drove it the battery was almost dead. Well we forgot and the problem just got worse and worse. This morning it was about 27 degrees and the car didn't want to start! So after I got it started I asked Ken to go get the battery replaced. I drove Ken's truck home and I went home and baked him a marble pistachio birthday cake. It is EXTREMELY good if I do say so myself. Suprisingly it didn't take the car dealership that long to replace the battery so Ken came home and we hung out till dinner time.

Througout the day Ken got a few different birthday greetings. There was my traumatic suprise I brought to him at work, he got a gift ( a beard shaver ) from his Momma, his sister called, my sister called, my mom and dad called, my mom sent him a GOOD bday card in the mail, I gave him a wireless earpiece for his cell phone, then we went to bday dinner at IHOP with Brent. Brent gave Ken a VERY appropriate card and also gave him a $30 to SEARS. If you know Ken well then you know that he wanted to drop his fork at IHOP and run straight to Sears when he saw the gift card, but I told him to wait and save them up! I think Ken had a very nice birthday, he is just still waiting for one more very important phone call to make his bday complete.....

This week has gone by slowly and its been kinda long, but next week is going to be SHORT!!!!
Thursday we are off for Thanksgiving, Friday I am taking a vacation day, and then Saturday I am off!!!! Woo-hoo! Too bad every week isn't like that! Well I am going to spend some more time with Ken and continue my online quest for Christmas present shopping. Wish me luck. The 2 VERY cheesy Steven Seagal movies that Dad wants are pretty hard to find!!!!!

Oops, PS

2005-11-17T21:05:00.000-06:00

I forgot to mention what the cooties comment was about. When I went to see Ken at work I asked where Brent was so I could say hi and I was informed that he went home sick. He called around dinner time and asked if we were all still going out to dinner and I said your not if your still sick! Then after I hung up Ken informs me that he had invited Brent to dinner regardless of the fact that he had cooties. He actually thinks he might have the flu!!!! So i had to call Brent and apologize and re-invite him to dinner! So even though Brent felt awful he still went to dinner with us and possibly gave us whatever he has! We still had a blast though!!!!

Twisters

2005-11-16T21:40:00.000-06:00

Sorry I didn't post last night, but while on my way home there was TORNADOES in the area! The rain was so bad that I couldn't even see where I was going! I don't know how I got home safely, but I did! I got home around 445pm and we had been on tornado watch since about 2pm. By the time I got home it was a tornado warning. Those of you that know me VERY well know that I am very afraid of tornadoes! Once you learn about tornadoes and see how dangerous they are ( watch the discovery channel or the movie "Twister" ) you will know to be afraid of them! My main concern was that there was tornadoes in the area. They are pretty sure one touched down in our county, Montgomery county that is, and I know how quickly they can change direction!!!! We put Moose the Mastiff in the garage and we had dinner and listened to it POUR rain outside and thunder and lightning! Thankfully we had no damage and the damage in our county was very minimal. And thank goodness we didn't lose power. Ask my family about ANY of the times we have had to sit around without power on. It's a miracle one of them didn't kill me! I go stir crazy without power!

Anyhoo. We made some wedding progress since the weekend. The wedding coordinator at the KCC give us a break on the room rentals and I also got the phone call I had been waiting for! What phone call you ask?! The call from Benjamin W saying that he would be FLATTERED to marry us!!!! I have known Benjamin for over 10 years. We are friends through Pattie. He is ordained and I know he will do a BEAUTIFUL job at the wedding ceremony. We are going to meet up with him next week ( while in town for Turkey Day ) to go over different ceremonies that we could pick from. Slowly the details of the wedding are coming together, but i still have my hopes that I will win the powerball!!

So what else have I done this week? Not much actually. Just work, work, work. And spend time with Ken now that he's back from Germany. Ken has been catching up with 3 weeks of programming he missed ( while in Germany ) thanks to our TiVo. Tivo is the best invention in the entire world. If you don't know what one is or you don't have one, then you need to get one!! I am still trying to wear Mom down so she will get one, but she has a strong will! I also wrapped the Christmas presents that I bought this week. I wanted to get that over and done with! I like wrapping presents, but I don't wrap them as well as Pattie does! Hers look so pretty that you feel guilty for unwrapping them!

Well Ken's birthday is tomorrow. He turns 26 incase you didn't know. He decided that he wants to celebrate by going to IHOP. That is JUST fine with me! I love IHOP. Yummy. Well tomorrow I will let you know how Ken's birthday goes and what he gets from friends and family. I figured I should traumatize him by taking flowers and/or balloons to him at work.

Later!

Recovery Period

2005-11-14T20:11:00.000-06:00

Woo! I had a LONG weekend! When I last left my blog I was finally leaving for the airport to pick up Ken from his flight home from Germany. We was supposed to land around 140pm and he didn't wind up landing until almost 530pm!!!! I arrived at the airport with the dogs and had to sit in a parked car in a garage for almost 2 hours! Needless to say when Ken finally arrived the dogs were ecstatic to see him and I was dying to head home to Knoxville and have some dinner!

We arrived in Knoxville around 830pm their time. We stopped at Chick-fil-A got a bunch of food and drove to my parents house. Since it was so late we didn't expect them to wait and have dinner with us. Ken was so exhausted he ate 2 or 3 nuggets and went straight to bed. I on the other hand ate ALL my dinner, took my bags upstairs to the guest room, and stayed up late and hung out with my Momma.

Saturday morning we woke up around 730am, got some breakfast, and headed out to Pattie's house to pick her up. Once we picked Pattie up we ( Me, Ken, Mom, and Pattie ) all drove out to the Knoxville Convention Center to meet with the lady who coordinates the wedding that are held there. The 4 of us ( most importantly Ken and I ) loved what the KCC has to offer for a couple getting married there. Also the photo and surrounding scenery opportunities were to die for! See Pattie's blog for a sample of what wonderful pictures can be taken for the wedding. The coordinator discussed with us all of our options including food, decor packages, room space, etc. It's a very nice package deal, but we would still need to hire a photographer, florist, and cake decorator. Having the wedding and reception in the same location REALLY appeals to me. I was very excited about the whole thing until I got Cheri's proposal email saying that the package price was around $6,000.00! SURPRISINGLY this is the low end cost of weddings nowadays. Unbelievable! However, I have not yet given up hope. I am working out the details and looking at ways to cut costs. Any ideas anyone?!

I also did alot of other stuff on Saturday. After leaving the KCC we drove Pattie back to her house. Her husband woke up so all of us went inside ( Pattie didn't want us to wake Rich up ). When I walked upstairs I was pleasantly greeted by Caleb and Snoops. My two favorite canine relatvies. Caleb is Pattie's ADORABLE pit bull and Snoops is her cranky older German Shepherd/Husky mix. Caleb runs around and goes nuts when he sees me and of course he kisses and licks me! Pit Bulls are awesome! We hung out at Pattie's then went back to Mom and Dad's house. We picked up Dad and went to THE BEST spanish restaurant I have been to in a WHILE. Taste of Havana is a Cuban restaurant just a few miles from Casa De Sanchez. Their food was authentic and AWESOME! The four of us ( Mom, Dad, Ken, and ME ) woofed down lots of yummy food. Afterwards Mom went home and Me, Ken, and Dad went to the indoor shooting range. We had LOTS of fun. It took a little while to get to actually shoot, but once we started it all came back to me and I had tons of fun. After that the 3 of us went to the shopping mecca, Turkey Creek, and looked around some. Afterwards the boys went home and I drove to David's Bridal to pick up my headpiece for the wedding. After that I drove to the mall so I could say that I had been to a real mall recently ( Clarksville has a HORRIBLE mall ).

After I got back The four of us plus Miss Tamara went to dinner at El Mezcal ( the delicious Mexcian restaurant near the house. Their food is awesome and we always have TONS of fun when we have dinner there. Pattie and Samantha coudln't go, but we had fun anyways. We went home and hung out afterwards. Sunday Mom and I went to Target, Kohls, and then pet food shopping. Pattie and Rich were supposed to come meet us for lunch, but they couldn't come so the four of us went anyways. We went to Roamans Pizza. Its a very good pizza joint, but the cheese they use does bad things to me. Next time Dad wants pizza I will hang out back home! After pizza I let my stomach settle and then we headed home. The dogs couldn't wait to get get home and see Moose. We couldn't wait to get home either, but as soon as we got there we were asked to help out a friend by babysitting their 2 and 1/2 yr old and their 6 month old. I had LOTS of fun with those 2. They are adorable AND well behaved. Can you imagine?! Brent came to pick up Bugsy ( he spent the weekend ) then Carmine came to pick up the babies. And by that point Ken and I couldn't wait to go to sleep. I am still recovering from the weekend. Hence the title of the blog. We got ALOT of stuff done in 2 and 1/2 days.

Next weekend we get to do it all over again! But next weekend we will have 4 days!!! Woo-hoo! I am pretty sure I am going shopping on Black Friday ( the only one in my family crazy enough to go for the past 2 or 3 years ). Call me crazy. I know. I know. Well this blog is long enough so I will start another one about today!!!!

The Knoxville Convention Center

2005-11-12T22:31:00.000-06:00

Well this morning I went to the KCC to look at the possibility of getting married there. Ken and I absolutely loved it! Mom and Pattie were there and they loved it too. The wedding event planner said she would come up with a proposal for the package and what the cost would be. Well I checked my email earlier and she sent it to me and the cost NOT including flowers, photography, and cake was $6010.00!!!!! I am so bummed. I never thought it was going to be THAT expensive. You can't even get married nowadays unless you are a TRUMP with your pockets full of money. Unless I hold a fund raiser I don't know what Ken and I are going to do....

This is Vanessa signing off, very bummed and ready to elope

:-(

The Peeves ( list of )

2005-11-11T15:53:00.000-06:00

This is my list of PEEVES. Things that basically annoy me to the point of INSANITY!!!! I'll just start with 25 for now, but I'm sure that there will be a part 2 maybe even part 3!

25. When a family member cancels on an event or dinner for no REAL, GOOD excuse, but they wind up doing something else....
24. When you finally buy a video game that you have been wanting and you play it and hate it or beat it on the first day
23. EMAIL SPAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
22. Margaritas that don't have a decent amount of tequila in them, but you still have to pay 7 or 8 bucks for it!
21. When BM wants to eat Thai and doesn't CALL first and make sure the stinkin place is open ( they close whenever they "feel" like it )
20. Aiport delays
19. People who come door-to-door to sell you something. I still don't open the door for those people. I don't care what they want!
18. Inflated gas prices, FOR WHAT REASON?! There's NO excuse.
17. People who come to the bank drive-thru and DON'T have their deposit slip, DON'T have a pen, DON'T know their account number, they need their balance, AND OH YEAH they have a rude hateful attitude....?! And we are still supposed to be customer friendly to them........
16. When people are making a deposit with cash and have their money upside down, backwards, etc. how hard is it to ORGANIZE your money to make a deposit!!!!!
15. Customers who wait in line with 20 or 30 customers and when they get to your window and ask for a deposit or withdrawl slip and slowly fill it out while the people behind them stand there and wait....
14. We get customer complaints about our WAIT time from the people who peform numbers 15 and 16 of this list!!!!
13. When a network advertises that an episode of something is NEW and they give a re-run?! Who would do that to a die hard fan off a show! ( I told you I watch too much tv )
12. When they kill and or break up one of your favorite soap stars or couples
11. When they bring the same soap character back from the dead so many times that you actually start to hope they will just leave them dead!
10. When teenagers come to the door for Halloween and they aren't even dressed up and they expect me to give them a handful of candy....
9. A sequel to a movie that doesn't bring back the same actors. We remember who was in the first one, ok!?
8. Not being able to finish college ( financially ) and being denied financial aid.....
7. Waiting in line the day after Thanksgiving for some cool free stuff and by the time you get through the line the cool free "thing" is ALL GONE
6. When I am babysitting Brent's cat BUGSY and he decides to poop in the bathroom floor or shower INSTEAD OF THE LITTER PAN!
5. Not being able to win the powerball no matter HOW HARD YOU TRY!!!!
4. Rich people who think they are better than you JUST because they are loaded. Just because you are loaded doesn't mean that you deserve more respect!
3. Racist people
2. When I am in line at the Starbucks drive-thru and the person ahead of me orders more than 2 drinks! Get outta the car and go inside if you are gonna order THAT many drinks!!!! ( this annoys me ALMOST as bad as number 1 )

And the number 1 thing that annoys me worse than anything else I can think of is ( drumroll please )
1. PEOPLE WHO TALK during movies and yell stuff out like run girl, run. And when they laugh during a scary or serious part of a movie. Don't go see the movie in the first place PLEASE!

Ay Chihuahua!

2005-11-11T15:01:00.000-06:00

I was already ready to take off and pick Ken up at the airport when I get a phone call from Ken sitting ON the airplane, but DELAYED!!!! Grrrrr. He is sitting on the plane in Chicago on the runway and they are being told that there is a "maintenance" issue and that it has to be looked at before they can leave....!

Of course this reminds me of the time that I was stuck on the runway with Samantha ( my middle sister ) in Atlanta on the way to NYC. She stole my seat, she wanted to sit in the window seat, and after a few minutes she started to "smell" something.... I asked the flight attendant if they could spray febreze something because my sister was picking up an odor ( she's got the nose of a drug sniffing dog!!!!!!!! ) that smelled like barf. Next thing you know the human services health team or something like that was boarding the plane and taking our seats apart!!!!!

They came to discover that YES INDEED there was days old DRIED up barf underneath our seats. By this point Samantha and I are standing in the middle of the aisle of a PACKED plane full of people staring at us. The Atlanta airport employees were on the walkie talkies yelling at each other demanding that someone had to clean the seat up before we could leave AND replace the seat.... Needless to say this took almost 45 minutes ( yes that long ) after this began before they cleaned up as much of it as they could and replaced the seat. Then we sit back down and Samantha can still smell barf and we are YET again delayed because Laguardia airport is backed up and there are too many flights etc etc. After almost 2 hours of delays we finally took up and everyone clapped. We still got dirty looks the whole way there though. Hey, WE didn't put the barf there! Of course I still aruge that if I had been in the seat to start with then I would've NEVER smelled the barf.

And people wonder why I don't like to fly.... Anyhoo. Now I am all packed, the car is packed, and the dogs and I are ALL ready to go. Waiting for Ken to call and say that they are taking off.... Buffy is very VERY upset. She caught a glimpse of her leash ( the leash always signals that we are headed to her grandparents house ) so she is sitting there whining at her leash.... Spike is sitting here on the sofa snoring. LOL! I am just ready to see my baby at the airport and go spend some time with my family.

To pass the time I am watching my soap opera "All My Children". Friday always has a cliffhanger, but this weeks wasn't so big. I guess I will watch my other favorite soap "One Life to Live" until Ken calls. Hopefully their delay isn't TOO long and cause us to be late or miss dinner with la familia back home. I could be doing something more producitve, but the house is clean and the car is packed....

I was surfing the net earlier and I came across the article 'Halloween' Producer Akkad Dies in Jordan . Moustapha Akkad was the man was produced ALL of the Halloween movies, including the original, which is STILL the best horror movie ever made. When I heard about the bombings in Jordan I was shocked to hear that the motive behind the targets was the fact that they were ALL american hotel chains. What is this world coming to when they decide to blow people up based on the fact that they are staying in American owned hotels?! I have never been out of the country and if stuff like that spreads to other countries then I doubt I will ever leave the country. When did America become SUCH a target? I can't wait to have kids some day, but I wonder what tradegies our going to happen in their lives that make them wonder what happened to create SUCH hate in the world.

In case you have all forgotten today is Veterans day. Hopefully everyone remembers that. Ken is a veteran. Most of the people in this town are veterans and everyone should pay respect to all of the veterans they know. Everyone should pray for all of the American Troops over in Iraq and Afghanistan today and for months and months to come. Ken is a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and I hope he knows how proud I am of him and how proud his family and my family are of him.

On a lighter note I can't WAIT to see the new Harry Potter movie, the Goblet of Fire. I wish I still lived near my Mom or Ken's baby sister Elise so I could go see the movie with them. Ken is not a HP geek/fan and that isn't a movie I could even FORCE him to go see. The last movie that he wasn't a fan of that I forced him to go and see was the Spongebob Squarepants Movie and he hated it so much that I thought he was going to ignore me for a whole week! I know Mattress wants to see it so I guess I'll go with him. I am kinda glad the new HP is PG-13. Maybe there won't be so many talkers in this one!!!! FYI i usually like to go and see movies a few weeks after they have come out so there are few to none people in the theatre with me. This eliminates the possibility of people talking during my movie! I am pretty sure this is my biggest pet peeve! I am going to make a blog list of PEEVES soon. However with this new HP movie I HAVE to go and see it the first week it is out. I cannot wait a few weeks!

Well this blog is long enough. When I am bored and impatiently waiting for a phone call to hit the road I write alot. Who knew I could actually enjoy writing....?! Shh. Don't tell anyone.....

Its the end of the week, but it's Thursday!

2005-11-10T22:00:00.000-06:00

Tomorrow is a holiday. Thank god. I am sooo tired. I got off from work today and I started packing for my weekend trip to Knoxville. I was making some real good progress until I realized that thanks to my VERTIGO I felt like I was going to fall over. What is vertigo you ask? Go on a titl-a-whirl and get off and compare that dizzy, room spinning feeling. That is vertigo, but you don't have to go on a ride to feel like that!!!! This is not a good thing. Just ask Mom and Pattie what their thoughts are on this topic....

Ken just called from Germany and they are getting ready to head to the airport ( they are 7 hours ahead in Germany ). We are both so ready for him to come home! It will be so nice to get him in the airport in a few hours. Well I have LOTS of stuff to do before I go to bed and wake up and head to Knoxville tomorrow. Wish me luck! Hopefully I will have a chance to update this weekend from dad's computer back at the ole casa de sanchez!!!!!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Random photos of Me and Ken!

2005-11-09T21:47:00.000-06:00

These are some random photos of me and the fiance. He does have a name. It's Ken. And he is the best fiance in the world!!!!!!!
PS I just love the word FIANCE!

2005-11-09T21:37:00.000-06:00

Halloween Princesses On the bottom is a picture of me ( this Halloween ) dressed as a princess. In the pic with me is little miss Victoria sassypants. She is the 3 year old of Ken's friend who I just adore. She was supposed to be dressed like an angel, but she wasn't acting like one because she had WAY too much sugar in her system! On top is Victoria's 3 month old baby sister Mikaylah. She is the CUTEST baby in the world! She fools me into thinking that all 3 month old babies could be THAT cute and so quiet... She was dressed as a JALAPENO for Halloween. Yes you heard me. I said Jalapeno!

Only 2 more days....!!!!

2005-11-09T21:01:00.000-06:00

2 more days till what you ask?! 2 more days until my bebe ( Ken-fiance ) comes home from his business trip from Germany. There are many reasons I am excited. First of all I missed him lots! Second of all I can't wait to see what souvenirs I got!!!! And most importantly when he gets home on Friday I am picking him up at Nashville airport and then we are driving to Knoxville for the weekend ( with the dogs of course ). While we are there we will spend time with my family and HOPEFULLY find somewhere to actually have our da*n wedding ceremony!

We have an appointment on Saturday morning with a wedding cooridnator at the Knoxville Convention Center. From what I have seen ( online ) it looks like a very nice place to get married I am just worried that the lady will tell us that the cost is us handing over our first child. I guess by Saturday afternoon we will know something definite. I guess if you guys get a phone call from me asking for "wedding donations" then you will know that it is EXPENSIVE.....

Anyhoo. Moving on. What did I do today? I worked, I ate, and I came home to watch TV. Mattress just came and dropped Bugsy off. Bugsy is Brent's spunky little kitty. He gets along with my 4 cats like they are all from the same litter. He is such a cute little cat, but the cat knows how to stir up trouble at my house. He especially likes to sit on top of the tank that houses my frogs and stare down at them. I am worried that he is going to give the frogs heartattacks! FYI my frogs names are Kermit and Coqui. Yes I am strange, I admit it.

Besides finding a place to get married, while I am in Knoxville I plan to go shopping ( duh, hello ), hang out with Momma lots, go shooting at the indoor range with Ken and Pappa, and visit with the rest of my family. I will definitely have to visit Kohl's and New York and Company since Clarksville lacks both of them. They are my favorite stores ( along with Best Buy ) and whenever I go to Knoxville.

Anyhoo. I think its time to go and try and find something productive to go. Other than watch
TV that is..... Wish me luck.

101 things about Vanessa

2005-11-08T21:02:00.000-06:00

1. I was born in Houston, Texas on August 27, 1982
2. That means that I just turned 23 this year
3. I am the baby of three daughters
4. My parents are still married after 30+ years!
5. My Mom is one of my best friends
6. My dad and I get along 100% better since I moved out
7. My oldest sister and I get along pretty great
8. My middle sister and I hardly ever get along
9. I got engaged in August of this year
10. I met my fiance, Ken, over the internet
11. I adore my Ken's family
12. Ken and I both gained about 30 pounds after moving in together on October 1, 2004
13. I gained the 30 pounds back after i had lost ALOT of weight
14. I LOVE to eat
15. Mexican food is my favorite
16. I have always been a die hard SCARY movie buff
17. The Halloween movies are my favorite
18. Ken and I want kids after marriage, but we already started a family with our 3 dogs ( 1 of them being the size of a muscular man ), 4 cats, and 2 white dumpy tree frogs
19. I love my frogs ( science geek ), but I have to buy crickets and keep them alive just to feed them to the frogs-YUCK!
20. Ken and I are getting married in March and neither one of us knows how to plan a wedding
21. What everyone says about wedding stress is true
22. Ken got offered a job in Huntsville, Alabama and we will most likely be moving before the wedding
23. I love going to new places, but I despise the process of moving
24. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up, besides a wife and mother
25. I used to get to see FREE movies all the time, Ma works at the movie theatre, but know that I live out of town I have to PAY for them
26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is one of the first movies I recall seeing for free
27. Now that I pay to see movies, I get PEEVED when a movie is bad. I want to ask for a refund, but never do
28. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who yell stuff out during movies! Just ask BM what happened during "The Fog"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRR!
29. I am a die hard Spongebob fan
30. My favorite episode is "Sailor Mouth"
31. I LOVE Hondas
32. My first car was a Civic and my second was an Accord
33. I just got a Honda Pilot and I have NEVER been happier with a car
34. I have always preferred Nintendo over Playstation and Xbox
35. I still have my Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, and my Gamecube
36. I taught myself how to do latch-hook kits and it relaxes me
37. I hate Soda and I have NEVER drunk an entire can or bottle
38. I love juice and chocolate milk
39. I have always drunk ALOT of water
40. My aunt got me drunk for the first time when I was up in New York for my 21st better
41. I didn't meet my aunt until I was 16 or 17
42. She is the coolest Aunt in the world!
43. My favorite Disney movies are Lilo and Stitch and The Little Mermaid
44. I went to Disney World for the first time in August of this year
45. I love going to New York City for vacation
46. I was at the World Trade Center exactly one month before the attacks that brought them down
47. I have only managed to see 1 New York Yankees game, but I am still a crazy yankee fan!
48. I catch ALOT of slack about being a Yankees fan, people from the South are just jealous
49. I want to have 2 kids, but Ken says that if the first two are girls that we have to try for a third just incase its a boy....
50. I LOVE babysitting Victoria-3 years old- and Mikaylah-3 1/2 months old- they are the children of Ken's friends Ryan and Amelia
51. I am watching Nip/Tuck right now. It is one of my favorite shows, but I don't think that Season 3 is as good as 1 and 2....
52. Who else thinks that the new surgeon, Dr. Quentin Wacko, is the serial killer, UM HELLO?!
53. I was raised watching All My Children and One Life to Live and now I hate missing an episode
54. My 2 favorite shows are Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sex and the City
55. I wish they would make a Sex and the City movie
56. I was mad when they gave Angel his own show, but it was sooooo nice to see Buffy with Spike.......
57. I have had quite a few jobs, but I think the most satisfying was working at Lane Bryant
58. Helping women find outfits that make them feel good about themselves is more rewarding then it sounds
59. I have never done drugs or wanted to
60. However I really, really love Margaritas, THANKS MA
61. I want to have babies while their grandparents can enjoy them
62. This is because I never got to KNOW any of my grandparents
63. A few months ago Extreme Home Makeover came to Clarksville
64. OF COURSE I went to watch and I got to meet and get a pic with Ed and got to see and shake hands with Ty
65. They were making over the house of an Army soldier who lost his leg in Iraq
66. Clarksville is boring, but it is a nice town
67. I am very proud off all the soldiers in Iraq, especially my neighbor, Stan, who just went back for the SECOND tour
68. Ken has to travel for work alot, but we talk on the phone alot and get on the webcam
69. He is in Germany right now on business
70. I can honestly say I have never had an interest in going to Germany
71. I really want to vist Hawaii, Australia, and Atlantis ( in the Bahamas )
72. I have never even been out of the United States
73. I used to want to be a marine biologist
74. I still want to go swimming with dolphins some day
75. Sometimes I wonder if I get on Ken's nerves, but I don't think I get on Mom's!
76. Ken's youngest sister, Elise, is almost exactly like me, but WAY smarter!
77. Ken's middle sister, Lindsey, is dating a guy in the ARMY, poor Ken. Its KARMA!
78. Ken's family were victims from the hurricane and came to stay with us for a week.
79. I love them to death, but our house doesn't hold six grown adults AND 3 extra cats!
80. I got the pleasure of meeting Ken's grandpa, PR, before he passed away a few months ago
81. One of the things about Ken that I love is that family is as important to him as it is to me
82. My favorite flavor of ice cream is Mint Chocolate Chip HMM
83. I multi task to the point of obsession
84. I type very fast because of all the years I spent on the internet back at my parents house
85. I am hoping in Alabama my fast typing skills will come in handy!
86. I try to win the powerball, but I guess I suck at picking numbers
87. I need to start going back to church
88. I love taking pictures
89. I would love to be a photographer
90. My dream job would be a secret shopper or a personal shopper
91. I almost got a job at Best Buy once and thank god I didn't cause I would've spent more money than I made
92. The only style of purse that I like is the backpack purse, usually black and nine west brand
93. I watch too much TV
94. God bless whoever invented Tivo. They help me watch too much tv
95. I love going to the movies
96. I can't wait to see the new Harry Potter movie
97. I am a geek and I admit it
98. I prefer animals over people with the exception of Ken and my family and friends
99. You have to be a good friend to me or no friend at all
100. I TALK ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
101. With me there is no such thing as an inside voice, but I try ( another thing I inherited from Ma )

My first time posting!

2005-11-08T20:27:00.000-06:00

Hola everyone. It's Vanessa. This is my first time blogging. The only reason I am starting a blog is cause almost every member of my family and close friends have started one..... It was peer pressure. I also think if I start writing a blog I might not watch SO much TV! But somehow I DOUBT that will happen.... You know how I know? Because I am watching tonight's episode of "Bones" while writing my blog! I love this show because its very good AND because David Boreanz from Angel is in it.

In case you are reading this and don't know me very well or I haven't talked to you recently I will give everyone a quick rundown on me. I just turned 23 in August. I got engaged to my wonderful boyfriend, Ken, about a week and a half before my birthday. I went to DisneyWorld for the first time on my summer vacation this year. I loved it, but I wish I had gotten to go when I was like 8 years old. I met my fiance on hotornot.com. No I am not kidding! I had just decided to stop dating and live with my parents for the rest of my life when I got an email from a guy ( Ken ) who was in the Army and had just returned home from the war in Iraq. He drove from Clarksville to Knoxville to see me even though he hardly knew me. We fell in love and have been inseperable ever since. Since then I have also fallen in love with his family ( i'll give more details later ) and his dog. Moose the Mastiff is our pride and joy. We also have Spike and Buffy ( diehard buffy the vampire slayer fan ) and the 3 of them get along like peas and carrots! I work at a bank. It's a very good job, but I don't see me retiring from a long career at a bank....

I watch WAY too much tv, go to see way too many movies, eat unhealthy foods, and don't work out enough. Lol. Oh and I go to WalMart and Best Buy WAY too much. I love animals. I would adopt all of the homeless cats and dogs in the world( runs in the family) if I had more room in my house and ALOT more money!!!! I am getting married in March and I have NO idea how to plan a wedding! Any ideas or tips ( or any monetary donations ) that anyone has would be great. My best friend is a guy. Brent. Actually Bi*ch Mattress is his formal name! He is the ex husband of my oldest sisters ex best friend. LONG story, but it all worked out good. He actually works with Ken now! Well that's a bit of history for now. I will do some more when I do my list of 100 things about Vanessa ( coming soon ).

Well today I was off from work. THANK GOD. I need a day off during the week if I work on Saturday. I went to my Chiropractor appointment and then ran some errands. B Mattress wanted to curb his craving for Thai food by having dinner at Thai House. And I said SURE! We got there and they were CLOSED..... They have their hours posted on the window ( mon-sun 1pm-9pm ) but sometimes you get there to eat and they are just closed for no reason....... Da*n Brent needs to CALL first next time! Anyhoo. I am going to finish watching Bones, then watch the hotties on Supernatural, then watch Nip/Tuck. I told you I watch too much TV!