Wake up with a dog...

Jackson goes to the golf course to work on the grounds crew on the weekends (free golf is his reward) REALLY early. Last week he let MacKenzie out of her cage on his way out and she took his place in the bed. I woke up to her sleeping with her head on Jackson's pillow and everything. I laughed so hard.
She even looked unhappy to be moved, just like her dad! ;)

Mr. Big

My Mom got to go see little Alex this weekend and sent me this photo with a caption reading, "Hi Aunt Ninny!" Can you even deal with how big he has gotten?! I hear he even has a little of his Aunt's attitude as he threw a fit when his mommy told him "no." A boy after my own heart. ;)

Overwhelmed

We have had a crazy couples of months with re-renting the Noblesville house, moving and settling into our new home and me starting classes again (fear not- it is just for CPA exam review- I'm not seeking yet another degree. Yet.) Anyway, it has been a lot. I have been working out with a trainer about 4 days a week and while I'm getting stronger I do not see the pounds disappearing as I hoped they would. I have class for 4 hours on Monday and Wednesday nights from now until December 14th. I have a CPA exam on August 22, October 10 and November 23. I will have one more to take in early 2012. Yes, there are four parts to the exam. Yes, they all suck. No, my work life has not slowed down at all to balance out with studying for and taking the exam. To top it all off I will be in India (yes- across the globe) for 8 weeks starting in early January for work. It is a lot of administrative work here in the States to be allowed to go work somewhere for 8 weeks so that has been fun, too. Whew. I'm exhausted thinking about it all, honestly. I have taken some life simplification steps. I quit Facebook. I mean it this time. I think it has become a real time suck for me and I need every minute of my day these days. (I also think it breeds unhappiness and annoyance with others. I mean people are either complaining or showing off with their posts.) I am moving my workouts to be in the morning so that I can spend some evenings (when I'm not working late) with Jackson. I'm taking large chunks of time each weekend and dedicating them to studying. I'm not going to do any additional fiddling with the house (after the window treatments are done, of course) until I return from India. I think if I just make a few shifts that balancing everything will come a lot easier. I'm still going to blog as I get free time and something to blog about, but let's be honest my life is going to be a lot of suckage until Thanksgiving. Yay. ;)

U-verse

Let there be INTERNET!!!!!! :) :) We finally have television and internet. Woo hoo! We're in business. I'm so happy!

BB&B

We are slowly but surely moving into our new house. We do not have internet there yet so I will continue to be absent for a few more weeks.

Anyway, we NEED Bed, Bath & Beyond coupons. (It is amazing how much stuff we "need" to get settled!) The coupons never expire so do not believe them when they say that they do. Please, please (if you are not using them) send them our way. I will send you our new mailing address if you just email me at: jennapetefish@gmail.com

Thank you!

Happy birthday, Deb!

We want to wish my Mom a very happy 50-something birthday today! She's over the hill, but not too far. ;) We hope you have a fabulous day, Mom! We LOVE you!

"I'm in a couch buying mood!"

This evening Jackson decided that we ought to go ahead and order the love seat that matches our new couch. I was surprised and happy! We decided to just swing into a local store to order it, but did not know when the store closed. Jackson called at about 7:25 and the lady who answered, Eva, said they closed at 8:00. This was the conversation:

Eva: "Thank you for calling Godby, this is Eva."

Jackson: "Eva, I wondered what time you all closed tonight. I'm in a couch buyin' kind of mood."

Eva: "We close at 8:00, sir."

Jackson: "Oh! That soon, huh? I guess I better get out of my mood then."

Eva: *Laughs*

We hurried and made it before the store closed. We walked in the door and were greeting by who else? Eva. We did not tell her that Jackson was couch buying mood guy so we got to hear all of the store's employees laughing about his call. He finally came clean to Eva that he was the jokester and she loved it. Oh that kid drives me nuts and keeps me laughing all at the same time. :)