Stranger at the Door

I came home today to find a stranger at our door. There was someone else parked on the street near our driveway. Due to their location, I was unable to make the turn into my driveway. I went down to the end of the street to turn around and by the time I got back they had already moved on to the other houses.

Difficult Times

It's unfortunate that certain things have taken place this week. It could lead us towards some potentially difficult times if things don't turn around.

2007 Car Accident

The Beginning - May 2002


The End - March 2007

In March of 2007, my beautiful 2002 metallic blue Firebird was totaled when a Dodge Ram truck ran a red light downtown. I got home yesterday to find mail relating to the legal paperwork that I need to complete. Apparently, my insurance company now has an attorney to try to recover the funds from the guy that hit me. Well, the paperwork are questions this guy's attorney who wants me to answer in 30 days. Some of these questions have no relevance!!!! I can't believe this, I even had a witness to the accident for the police report.

Last Day of Summer Class

Today brought the end of the summer session for my volunteer work. Got to help in all three classes. It was a hot one again today. At the end of class, I got a volunteer t-shirt!!! I can't wait to wear it. Sounds like the fall session starts sometime in September.

Lesson Learned on Getting Burned

I have learned a very valuable lesson this week and I will not allow this to happen again in my future. I now have a clear direction for my goals and I am taking a very aggressive approach to accomplish in the next 6 months.

Almost the End

The summer session for my volunteer work is almost coming to the end. Today, I was a side walker in the first two classes and for the last class I got to be a horse handler who gets to lead the horse around. It was a beautiful day here, so all the classes went on one long trail ride. At the end of the third class, I had to wash down the horse, clean the hooves (had some help here), spray down with fly spray all before releasing the horse into the pasture. Afterwards, I convinced my husband to go with me to get a cherry limeade from Sonic. It was totally what I needed!!!

A/C

Worked most of the day with no air on the 16th floor in a suit!!!! No fun.

The Bachelorette Reality Show

Every year I seem to get sucked into watching this show. Last night one of the dates had a picnic and dinner at the hotel we stayed at for our honeymoon - Hotel Hana Maui. Where they had the picnic was not far from the sea cottage we stayed in during our trip. That episode brought back great memories and makes we want to go back for another visit even more! Five year anniversary sounds great to me!!!!

View from the sea cottage


View from the sea cottage

Man, What a Week!

This week at work was absolutely packed with all kinds of activities. I am really glad the weekend is here. I did get up this morning to go volunteer. I ended up being a side walker in each class session (there are three classes). I really wanted to go swim this afternoon, especially since it may be raining tomorrow, but I think I should just stay home to relax instead.

Happy 4th of July

My husband and I made it to the pool by 10am. It was actually more crowded than I had anticipated. Guess everyone wanted to get their laps in before eating a ton later on in the day! I managed to swim for about 20 minutes and even tested out my new goggles. There was one lady who asked my husband if he was Spanish (he gets that all the time) and she even asked if I was. Wow, I could see her asking about him, but me? That must mean I have a pretty good tan going on!!!

Later on in the evening we headed over to the Wardens for their 4th of the July cookout. Man was there a ton of food. I had a hamburger and split half a kabob with my husband. We had a great time hanging out with everyone.

Barking Dogs

Friday night I went to bed early, probably around 9pm, because I had plans to be at the pool by 8am to swim laps. Around 10pm, I was awakened by Jasmine and Auburn barking loudly. I quickly figured out what was going on . . . Fireworks! This went on until 11:45pm, barking dogs every time fireworks went off. The problem was that a neighbor two doors down was putting these off, so it was really loud in our quite house all ready for bed. Needless to say, by 12am I was wide awake, checking facebook, with a headache.

Additional Responsibilites

Well, someone is leaving our department. In the shift of everything, I will be providing compensation support to two additional lines of business. Both are new worlds to me, so this should be a nice challenge to learn about the jobs that are utilized in these areas.

Horse Handler

During my Saturday volunteer schedule, I was able to step in and be a horse handler for a rider during a class due to a shortage of volunteers trained for that task. I lead the horse in the direction needed as the instructions for the class change. It was awesome! I so miss being around horses and especially owning my own. Maybe in the future . . . . a Palomino would still be my choice.

Three Year Anniversary

June 24, 2009 marks three years of marriage and about eight years together as a couple! We took the day off from work, slept in late and just spent quality time together which we had not been able to have due to work and school schedules. I feel really blessed to have found such a wonderful person to spend my life with and I look forward to all the exciting stuff to come in our relationship.