Thursday, August 28, 2014

It's school picture day!


And for all you folks out there that want a SIMPLE fast and silent video on how to tie a tie here is an awesome link!

http://www.brooksbrothers.com/how-to-tie-a-tie/how-to-tie-a-tie,default,pg.html


I did this one, the Half Windsor in just two attempts :-D for me that's AMAZING!!!

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Mikes Car! (DELAYED POST OOPS)

SOOOOOO, I wrote this one weeks ago and hit send, I sent it to drafts instead of publish sorry for the blogs now lack of chronological order. Don't tell Sheldon it's not in order.


Mike was SO HAPPY to become independent again

Parked in its new home

First time driving in 3 months


Pictures

Mike's first day of school.
All ready to go to school 
My car has gotten a VA makeover, plates, and stickers
RVA = Richmond, VA. everyone has this here. It's "The Thing" and
this one has paw prints on it and supports the SPCA thats awesome.
And my Heart is in the North of the Golden State. Represent :-P
We still haven't put up the bottom one yet, but the rest look nice. 
Hi im Penny. I am an adorable pain in the butt. 
This is Mikes new licence plate. Sacred Honor. Pretty cool huh?
NOT to mention how good he looks after losing 30 lbs this month! GO MIKEY!

Back again

My DEAREST readers,
It has been brought to my attention that I have not blogged in quite some time. I do apologise! I was feeling a bit discouraged at my lack of readership/comments so I let it fall away for a bit. BUT This very day I have had two people ask me why I have not written lately. SO, here we go again! 


Day .....who knows... 
Michael started school this week! He LOVES it and knows hes in the exact right place. I guess he updated his linkedin page and a whole bunch of people he hasn't spoken to in ages have emailed him asking him why he isn't in California anymore lol. See, if they read the blog they'd know LOL! 

Penny is doing better over all, less anxiety about people walking about around the car and house. She still doesn't like deliveries though. Our UPS lady thinks its hilarious how Penny acts every time she knocks on the door. :-/ Goofy dog. 

Michaels parents were out for a week and we had a blast. We finished putting up our wedding photos on the wall and got Mikes office all decorated ready for school.
Then we went to visit Mikey's aunt and uncle in DC for a couple days. We went to a Washington Mystics (WNBA in DC) game (As Mikeys Uncle is the PA announcer for some of the games) It was a BLAST! I've never been to a women's sporting event before. It was quite impressive.

The next night we went to a Washington Nationals game. That was REALLY fun too! They have a great park. ALL the seats in the place have awesome views. 

Michael was stressing about what internship (sorry,,,,, "Graduate Assistantship") cause you have to have one for school. His first choice was to work for VCU Men's basketball. BUT that already has 7 intern..excuse me.... "Graduate Assistants" for this year. and besides being the 8th pawn he wouldn't make much of a personal mark. Kinda just be a kogg in the machine. He was looking online and, I don't quite remember how he found it, but found a really cool school called Richard Bland. Its a 2 year, BUT its a live-On-Campus school and guarantees its grads an acceptance to William and Mary. They don't have to go there, but they can if they want. Mikey emailed the Basketball coach (who is also the Head of the Athletic department) and asked to be his Graduate Assistant. 

The Coach called him back the next morning (Coach was on vacation at the time, and thought Mikey was worth calling back that fast!!) They had an interview and Mikey got the job. Its really great. We call the school "The Bland" and they are just starting their athletic department up again after budget cuts had killed the department for like 20 years. Mikey can SERIOUSLY help them there and make an HONEST difference. His marketing experience is really paying off now. His professors at VCU think its a good position too. SWEET! 

thanks for reading ya'll 
(thats what people say in Virginia, ya'll)

Hanging photos
More pics and a place holder in the middle. 
Penny's Cousin Sadie, her parents are Mikes Aunt and Uncle. 
WNBA Game. Before the game.
Walking in DC at night. 
In the Capital Mall
At the Smithsonian, thats the Hope Diamond!!! Its HUGE!
The Nationals Game. It was Coast Guard Appreciation Night 
LOVE that face!
The President drove past us! Closed EVERY ROAD but we got to see him!

When Penny growls at people i put a blanket over her and she goes to sleep hahaha! EVERY TIME!
These were on clearance at Kroger 
Normally $50, I got them for $15. YEP...

My Patio Garden is Producing!