bad to the bone

duke started his puppy class last night, oy. there are 3 other dogs in the class, 2 girls and one other boy. duke is the largest in size, and little emma, the 3 lb. purse dog will never match my 30 lb. lab in size or bark. duke clearly thinks he is the boss, especially when none of the other dogs want to play with him. he pushed the other boy dog, mingus, because he wanted to get friendly with emma instead of play with duke. what can i say, my dog is mean.

we go back next sunday, and i hope he's learned some manners by then. i would hate to get kicked out of puppy class for bad behavior. eek.

football, troy bolton, and tears.

i love saturdays when i don't have much to do. i got up today, spent some time with duke (who is almost 5 months old and starts puppy class TOMORROW) and then headed off for the tanning salon and grocery store. it is amazing how so many $1.89 things add up to nearly $100.00. I always set out with intentions of only buying what i need, but who doesn't need 3 jars of peanut butter? you never know when there will be a blizzard and you will crave grilled pb&j...

aaron spent the morning tearing down an above ground pool for a co-worker, and when he got home, he informed me that we would be going to the "super bowl". hmm, like football? ah yes, football for 8 year-olds. our little friend abby is a cheerleader for a football team in a nearby town, so we made the drive to watch the game, and hoped that one day, our son (or daughter) would play football (or cheer) on the same field. chicken wings followed, because they always do.

AND THEN, we went to see high school musical 3. i heard a woman say she cried 3 times yesterday during the movie and i lol'd. until i felt myself on the verge of tears, at which point i whispered under my breath "sorry". ah, high school. there is no time like it. no other time (at least that i've found) where your world is so care free, so easy going. not that there aren't problems in high school, i don't mean that. i just think back to the days of thinking i was sooo busy because i worked 3 hours after school and then had to go to musical practice. or when i had to get up early to go to choir practice, or whatever it was. i wanted so badly to just graduate and get out of there! but now i long to go back, just for a day. to the friends. the laughs. the jokes. the choir practice. the history class. where the biggest issue was who wore what and dated who (whom?? didn't major in english, sorry).

things were, are, so different. my best friend moved away, found alcohol, and all new friends. we were never the same. i thought he would be my best friend forever, or at least until i got married, and then my husband wouldn't go for that. my best girlfriend moved away to college, with her boyfriend, and did not need me anymore because she had new friends to talk to. there were no more choir trips, or late night pizza hut dinners. no more football games to go to, no more dances. no more of the familiar. it all changed. my other girlfriends (not from my school) and i lost touch. went away to college, had serious boyfriends, or just didn't have as much in common anymore. the things we used to laugh at weren't as funny, and the stories we used to share didn't interest us anymore.

people change and forget to tell each other.

anyhow, i cried tonight during high school musical. and also admitted to my husband that i think troy bolton is cute. he laughed.

shot up

i got my first flu shot today. i am still alive.

check back tomorrow.

well, see, i said i would change my signature, and i ended up changing my whole page. i closed my "myspace" page today due to lack of use.

i can't really find the words to describe how i feel right now...frustrated at myself, my dog, my bathtub. the tub won't drain, the dog won't stop biting me, and i won't stop saying things to my husband that i regret 10 seconds later. i really need to do some self-evaluating and figure out what's going on inside of me that's making me so ugly.

i told aaron tonight that i wanted to find a new church. the pastor at the church we've been going to was dismissed last week, and i just feel like it's a good time for us to start our search again. we never really felt connected there, but liked the pastor, so we kept going. i don't like the idea of "church shopping", but i want to find a place where i can get involved in study groups, women's groups, worship team.

tomorrow is friday, and for that, i am grateful. the weekends plan are full of nothing but high school musical 3 and potentially a new church.

i think it will be just what i need.

i just created my signature at mylivesignature.com and you can too. but beware, i will probably change it often, just to keep things interesting around here.

Do you see what eye see?

i put my contacts in the wrong eye(s) this morning. and one was inside out. after all the switching and turning right-side-out, i couldn't see for 3 hours. what a total waste of eye makeup.

not good at this.

i am so not good at this blogging thing. when we got duke 5 weeks ago, i never imagined how much time and energy he would take out of me. i am only able to type this right now because he is sleeping. we played a lot today which made him tired. otherwise, he would be in the computer room with me eating the cords to my computer and chewing on my nice comfy chair. after about 2 days of that, i just stopped using the computer. he seems to follow wherever aaron and i go, so we spend a lot of time on the floor.

we did venture out of the house to a "tastefully simple" couples bbq last weekend, which was delightful and a wonderful time with friends! my goodies should be arriving sometime this week and i am so excited for beer bread and spinach dip! also, i met a fun girl named steph who is thisclose to having her 4th child. she craves celery and knits a lot. she it totally nesting and managed to make a baby sweater in like, 3 days. i love that she craves celery, because 0 CALORIES! i wish i craved something so good for you. instead, butter pecan ice cream and chips and salsa (obv. not together). non pregnancy cravings. odd.

aaron is out at auto zone buying a part for his mustang. boys and their toys. i'm ready to go in the bedroom and knit myself to sleep. i decided i wanted to knit after watching steph last week. if she could learn to knit a baby sweater in 3 years, well then so can i.

if you are in my family, expect to get a scarf for Christmas.