Leading Lady

I was watching The Holiday (which I love Kate Winslet..she is great) the other night.  I love the Kate Winslet story and fast forward through most. I feel like she is playing me in the begining.  Anyway, in my semi-conscience state I caught this line:

"You're supposed to be the leading lady of your own life, for god's sake! Arthur, I've been going to a therapist for three years, and she's never explained anything to me that well. That was brilliant. Brutal, but brilliant."

You can read the full exchange here.


But I thought that is my problem.  I don't treat myself like the leading lady.  I think I am the best friend!!  But no more.  This is the year for me.  I was speaking to a sister and she said this will be my year.  And for the first time in a long time I actually agree.  Normally I would just brush that off but I said "I think so too!!"  Postitive step!!  I am improving in my.....mental image..or believing in oppurtunities.  I guess I am just becoming more positive about myself.

YEAH!! 

When a decision is necessary, I have removed the factor of "What will my family think".  I value their opinion but it will no longer be THE deciding factor of what I do.  I have a car. It's paid off.  But as soon as I have enough, I am going to trade in the car and get my SUV.  I love my car but every time I drive it I keep wishing for the SUV.  I even looked up the trade in/resell value of my car.  $3000 trade in and $5000 resell. I think I am just going to trade in and save hassell of trying to resell it and then find a SUV after it has sold.  I can already hear what my parents will say but that is ok.  I am made the decision and I am ok with that. 

Plus school is in the works.  I just need to get in my transcripts and then register for class!! Thankfully I have adjusted to saving money rather than spend it so my savings is larger than I excepted!!  I can pay for class without financial aide!!  But to be honest, I have gone on some shopping sprees but have kept what I spent less than what I had budgetted for. 

I have decided to go on a road trip over Memorial Day weekend.  I have a 5 day weekend.  I may just drive to eastern Idaho to visit Grandma but I will be taking the scenic route. I may swing up to Sun Valley and then over.  Who knows.  I am just ready for a small adventure. 

To make it even more exciting, I get to go to Atlanta, GA for a week, June 13-18. I won a contest at work and it is an expenses paid trip!!  We land in Atlanta around 2pm and get the afternoon/evening to ourselves.  Tues/Wed/Thurs we are visiting corporate offices and seeing how they operate. Thursday we even get to go to a Atlanta Braves and New York Mets baseball game!!  WOOHOO!!  Plus they are trying to work in a nice dinner with VP's and possibly the president!!  How exciting will that be!! 

For the first time in a long time, I am happy to be me!!

2 years....and I forgot!!

April 9th, TJ and I have been a family for 2 years.  Thursday April 9th of 2007 I adopted TJ from the Canyon County Animal Shelter.

This is what he looked like then:

And here he is now:

Not much change....  :)

But here he is with his haircut (which happened on April 6th)



But in the two years:
-he has escaped numerous times
-hates taking a bath
-innumerable trips to the dog park
-hunderds of pictures
-3 trips to the vet
-millions of car rides
-1 birthday party
-2 houses
-2  collars
-1 leash
-4 camping trips
-a million cuddle hours

April ride..

For my birthday, Dad, John, and I went riding in the Owyhee's. It was AWESOME!! Snow was everywhere and kept falling while we were out. I usually never where a helmet but so happy I did today. I was especially thankful I could still wear my sunglasses. If not, I would have been blinded by the snow. I LOVE to ride!! THANKS DAD!!

Zoo Eggstravaganza

Today, Zoo Boise was hosting their annual Eggstravagnza Egg Scramble. I loaded up two of my neices, Kaylee and Emma, as well as my friend, Brehdi. It was so fun. We got to see the Tigers up close and also play. Then we also saw a baby....wambat or something. I think we were at the zoo for maybe 3-3.5 hours. It was great. :)

It's been awhile...

since there has been any pictures or mentions of TJ. So to make up for lost time..here are some random pictures. He got his hair cut on April 6th....just FYI.

Slumber party...

Random pics from awhile ago.  Can't remember the circumstances but saw the draft in my blog list so thought I better publish it. :)

And I moved.

In case you haven't heard, I have moved back in the with 'rents (aka parents). I had to move because the complex was settling and deemd structurally unsound. So the property management told me I had 2 weeks to be out. I was notified of the move on Febuaray 14 (Monday) and needed to be out by the end of the month. OH JOY!! I did it. The plants and the living room were the first to go as they were some of the most precious items. (Just FYI, the door was on my last day and everything was out..tear :( ) So into the old homestead. It was cramped for a couple of weeks. Because not only was I there, but so was my sister, her husband, and their 2 year old. Plus Mom and Dad. Then TJ. It was interesting. Finally sister moved into her house and I moved into my old high school bedroom. Which is fitting because I am headed back to school. I am enrolling in a local community college, CWI. I plan on studying business administration or something with computers. Who knows. But living with my parents not only allows me to go to school debt free, it also allows me to save for a home. There is a time frame on this project though. I will be out of here by my 30th birthday. That is 3 years from now. Hopefully something changes prior to that but right now that is the plan.