Family time

Last weekend we took Miguel's youngest sister to lunch and the movies (the new James Bond movie I almost fell asleep in the beginning). The whole family bonding thing was great for me and I think I enjoyed it more then she did. =) I also showed off my oldies song knowledge and horrible singing/car dancing abilities that I'm sure will have the poor girl afraid to go out with us ever again... But it was a blast!

Random Pictures

Here's a few of the MANY pictures that I have taken lately

Kissy Kissy

Couple of nerds

Peace!

This one is just funny, "First Financial Tax Services, Here your finances IS first"
My car, killed during Ike
All of the electric company's that came from all over to help us get power back

To be mad, or to be romantic?

Miguel has been complaining for a while about his neck and shoulders hurting, and it seems like everyday after work he is in pain. In the past two days it has been the worst, or from my opinion it has because he's been saying more about it. So we get off of work today and I'm in a great mood after all I'm free for the next fifteen hours. Miguel isn't though, he's in pain and to be frank he seems a little on the grumpy side. I know it was wrong of me, but this seriously aggravated me. I wanted to have a nice night and it didn't look like I would get that. So after walking the dogs I decided to go to the store in part because I needed to go and also because I felt a little me time would put things in perspective. Well it did and when I was walking around the store waiting for the pharmacy to fill my order (by the way, I don't understand why it takes a whole 20minutes to take a birth control packet which is pre counted and packaged out and stick a label on it) I stumbled upon the great isle of bath salts and face masks. While perusing through all of the girly stuff I found a bath ball that was supposed to "relax muscles" and instantly an idea popped into my head. "Why get aggravated when I can just try to change his mood?" So I got the bath ball and went along with my shopping. Now sorry to disappoint you, but this blog isn't about the actual romantic night but more about what it meant to me. A bottle of wine, dozens of candles and this little bath ball changed the whole night around for us. And I realized that it worked so well because I wasn't thinking about my feelings and how hurt I was that he wasn't in as chipper of a mood as I was, but instead I was thinking about him and how to make him feel better. While I was at the store I started planning in my mind, and it was running 90 to nothing about all of the things I wanted to do to make it great for him (I had even planned down to the dog bones that would ensure the ever playful puppy's quietness for at least 15minutes). After it had all been worked out, I realized that I too was rewarded with the pleasant, relaxing evening that I had wanted because I thought of him first. So my lesson from all of this: Be thoughtful and considerate of others and often you will get what you need in return. Or better yet, give 100% and expect 0 and both of you should have everything you need (I finally understand how that works and what it means)

It has been a while, I know!

Ok Jess, you have been bugging me to post something so here's my explanation as to why I haven't. Work has blocked my computer from anything Google =( I know, that's just horrible, but I have found time to write a little something

A whole lot has happened since last post, but first let me say that I love this man so much! It still amazes me how I think there’s no possible way to love him more and then he does something to make me love him so much. Ok, so lets see what all has happened….

Hurricane Ike - This was an interesting time for Miguel and I. When we were planning and deciding if it was going to be bad and where we needed to go we made a lot of small changes to our relationship. The most important one was when I just gave in to us. What I mean by this is that it’s hard for me to trust someone’s opinion over my parents. They led me through life for many years, and did a pretty good job, so in turn I trust and value their opinion above all others. What I was faced with when Ike was threatening us is should I go with my parent’s instructions or Miguel’s. I finally came to the conclusion that I should trust Miguel’s opinion, since I plan on spending the rest of my life with him. So I asked him, “What should we do?”. The look on his face was amazing; it was this smile, grin that told me that he was relieved that I asked what should WE do. Not only did I ask for his opinion but I also did it in a way that meant we were a team; we could make these tough decisions. I believe this to be an important step in our relationship.

Charlie Brown -
Last Sunday Miguel and I were getting ready to go to check out a new church. We woke up early and decided to go to the bread store for breakfast. On the way home we saw this little bitty dog running down Clay road and I freaked. So Miguel had to get out and get him away from the road (we do this every time we see a dog near or on a busy road). I actually was able to catch and hold on to him by a flea collar that someone had together on him. When Miguel walked up the dog freaked and pulled until he got away. By now he was on a smaller road and I told Miguel "come on let's go, he's safe now" but Miguel wouldn't have it he said he wanted the dog. So we followed him and got him by giving him some of my breakfast. The dog was dirty, full of fleas, and malnourished, but he was still the cutest dog ever. So we take the dog home and gave him a strong flea bath. Then we took him to the vet and got all of his shots, and now he's apart of our family. You can see how grateful and happy this little dog is, and Miguel loves him. Ringo is also pretty fond of him, right now they are both so tired from playing all day that one is passed out in my lap and the other on the couch. Here is a picture of the adorable Charlie Brown.