10 posts tagged “pictures”
If I have a retail weakness, it's Target. I can shop anywhere in the world and not feel the overwhelming urge to buy, buy, buy! Clothes, shoes, baby stuff, kid stuff, bedding, furniture, decor, groceries, EVERY THING.
Tonight, I went in there to just browse. Nick was off to his dad's for the weekend so it was just me and Zo. Girls' night out shopping. I was just hoping to get some sandals and a pair of shorts for myself and Nick. I won't say how much I spent, but it was well over the idea I had in my head before I ever left the house. I'll probably take two of the shirts back because they fit weird, but I love me some bermuda shorts. I also bought a new bedding set for Zo..well, the beginning of a new bedding set.
I only bought the quilt, dust ruffle and a fitted sheet. I'm going to go back and get the rest but I'm staying away from the mobile and bumper pad because she's 6 months, we don't need it.
Note: I have a thing for ladybugs. I love them! Fun fact for the day, my first word was ladybug. But, it was also the name of our pet collie. That dog and I were best buds, and my parents had to constantly tell her to back off (she hung over me like I was her baby) so I picked up on her name.
I am back on LJ. If any of you are over there, let me know. I feel more comfortable over there, I've known the people on my friends list for a very long time (some 5+years) and I need a comfort zone. Add my username _thats_so_hot_ (I need a new one!)
I had today off. It's nice having 3 days off, working one, having another day to hang out with the kids! I went in to drop some stuff off for my boss, and she pulled me aside and said I got a raise! I've only been there coming on 2 months, so I'm surprised and happy about this. Needless to say, I really enjoy my job, even though my main role will be dying down this summer (retail slows down) and I'll be doing the normal retail grind.
I took the kids to the park Monday as a "surprise". Nick loves surprises so when he goes above and beyond to be well-behaved, I usually get him something or take him on a "surprise". So we went to our favorite park:
She had her 6 month check up yesterday and she's 16.2 lbs! She's almost doubled in size! Every thing is right on for her, even a little early. She has separation anxiety which just means anyone who takes her from my arms ends up with her screaming in their ears. She's a mommy's girl, except when Derek is around. She won't cry, but she looks for me if he's holding her.
This weekend is Mayfest which is SO much fun! I love Mayfest. I haven't missed it in over 7 years, so we'll be heading Downtown Saturday night. Expect lots of fun pictures!
P.S. Vote David Cook on American Idol! I'm off to vote for him in Tulsa's ABoT awards for best Male Vocalist of Tulsa :)
I think I want to cut my hair like this again..
Awww..
FYI: I am pregnant in this picture, that's why I look like hell, and he was mad at me..that's why he looks like..that..
Who or what do you really love?
Have a happy Valentine's! Mine started Feb. 5th, and I got my final present last night..a diamond "Circle of Love" necklace :) I like-a the diamonds! Derek gets his present tonight..but that stays between us..
I need to clean out my camera so I'm going to post a bunch of pictures. They're all of Derek, Nick, Woodward Park which we went to yesterday..just Derek and I, and the boys playing horseshoes.
Gaw I do NOT feel good today. I woke up in the middle of the night and it felt like my mouth was completely dried out. My throat hurts, my eyes hurt, everything from my neck up hurts :( I have my interview @ 230, which I'm not too stoked about but I'll make it through. Turns out Macy's will actually only be a mile from my school so I will be OK as far as traveling goes! I am so ready to do something other than working for my mom (which I never mentioned, oops) a couple of days a week. I love my mom, but she's a ditz!
OK Picture time!
These are from last Monday when we had our cook out w/the Other Ashley & Derek. These are just of Nick and Derek though.
And yesterday, Derek and I went to Woodward Park. We didn't have the most spectacular weekend together. It was actually a pretty emotional one and we actually didn't spend it together, we just had a really bad..argument. So we decided to get away from everyone and go..sit in the park. This is actually in Tulsa and reallllly close where Nick and I used to live. I used to bring Nick here when he was a baby, lay out a blanket, and let him roll around and enjoy the scenery..it was peaceful :) Derek and I were enjoying the squirrels until we saw a couple pretty much dry humping..it was time to move on.
We drove around downtown for awhile after we left the park. We were trying to figure out a place to go eat where we could sit out on the patio, but nothing sounded good. We opted for the grocery store, bought everything to make a huge salad, went home. We made our salad (which was SO good) and he lit candles out on the patio so we had our own little patio dinner :) He even watched Ghost with me..and got into it! Love my boyfriend :) Even if he is a booze hound on the weekends...
Ok I have NOT disappeared forever. I am learning a thing called "time management" and I have not yet managed to get time in for Vox. Doesn't necessarily mean that I don't have time for any of this, it just means I need to be kicked in the head and reminded that I even have a Vox. I spend so much time now emailing back and forth with friends that I feel the "Update Of Ash" is complete at the end of the day. I get to bitch back and forth with Jamee since she is also a receptionist (and loan officer. Note to all: Don't cop an attitude with your bank's receptionist. She may also be your loan officer!!!
Today was the first real day of over-whelming work. It wasn't bad though, just enough to keep me struggling to stay above everything. I can't believe how insanely busy one location can be. Would you people stop wrecking your vehicles, for the love of anything holy! Stop running over deer, stop leaning down to pick up your cell, STOP TURNING SIXTEEN!! Note to all: Do not be mean to your body shop's receptionist. He/She has the power to make you wait for a painfully long amount of time :)
But work is swell. I spend 60% of my day surfing the internet, catching up on world events. 40% is spent saying "Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening..blah blah, let me transfer you/can I take a message/they'll be with you in just one second" and being a slave to all adjustors. Easy. But I did have a lady yell at me because *I* didn't wash her car. What about a receptionist in slacks, heels, sweater and jewelry is going to make you think SHE WASHED YOUR CAR? It's called common sense, let's all practice together!!
And traffic sucks. Note to anyone in Tulsa: LET ME MERGE. Common courtesy is something that has quietly slipped out w/the ages and this saddens me. I like manners. A LOT. I like people who call me "darling" and tell me thank you, you're welcome, and open doors for me. SO LET ME MERGE. Twice a day, you Tulsa douche bags do this to me, causing panic in my body making me think "I will forever be stuck here, at a dead stop, waiting to merge."
Nick is doing swell in daycare. No crying fits when mommy leaves! But I have had to sneak out but there's no crying when we go there. I cried yesterday and today, feeling as though my child will hate me and need therapy when he's 30 because Mommy abandoned him with the company of strangers when he was 2 years old. I even contemplated writing him a little letter for later in life informing him that I never meant to do it..I just wanted to buy us pretty things!! I miss him though, like crazy. And there have been times when I want to bolt out of the office, and pick him up and never ever leave his side again!! But he is faithfully by my side in the evenings and doesn't want me to even leave the room. And if I do, he yells "HEY MA!" That's my special kiddo :)
I have about 5 million pictures to upload while I wait on Derek for our "Breakfast In Bed" date so I'll do that now and hopefully get to touch some people's voxes!!
Also, if anyone is as bored as I can be at work, let me know what your work email is.
Forever21.com now has kids clothes! I am such a role model mom today..did the check-up w/the doctor (he's normal in size, above average in intelligence), toured a daycare..asked the good questions and came off very professional, and now I'm completely stoked about him being the best dressed kid in the daycare. Ok, so I think I'm a good mom every day, but today I felt like Super-I-Work-Full-Time-And-Have-To-Get-A-Lot-Done-NOW-Mom.
5 points for me today.
I promise I'll catch up on everyone..soon. I hope. Probably Sunday!
Nick starts daycare on Monday. I start my first full 50 hour work week on Monday. I get a big fat paycheck every Friday. Life is looking good :) Let's hope I stay on this track!
Oh and I'm working for a place that is one of the biggest collision repair centers in the Southwest. It's a pretty sweet job. I am a "CSR" blah blah, but I just sit pretty, answer the phones, do computer work, call Enterprise/Hertz to set up drivers for clients, and I get free donuts and coffee from the rental places. OH and I get a Nextel because I am *IMPORTANT* Hahaha, not really. But it makes me feel cool.
I'll leave you with pics of me and Nick. Time to shower!
I'm browsing Flickr because it's Sunday and my son is too cool for me, he's with his uncles at my mom's, and my boyfriend is working. Blahh
These are better pictures of where we went Friday night:
This snow..has got to go. I should say the ice has got to go, it's ridiculous. 3 inches of ice on the roads..tons of abandoned trucks and SUVs on the shoulder of the highways. I didn't drive my truck for 2 days, then yesterday I went to pull in the drive way and barely made it halfway up before I slid back down! Then Derek and I went to get a drink at Kum And Go, we got stuck on a huge sheet of ice. He's pissed as can be, I'm trying to be the nice caring girlfriend, trying to back out while he pushes..it wasn't working. Then a cop finally comes out of the gas station, looks at us, takes a bit of his donut (I'm not lying, folks) and gets in his Expedition police SUV and just watches us..before driving off.
I'm sorry and please, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they take an oath "To Serve And Protect"? I mean, I could be wrong..
Finally two old men stop and help us..only for us to get stuck again but he finally made it. There was no sledding this weekend..not yet. And there was no wine. Obviously, I'm a liar. There was plenty of going to bed at 10 Friday night, and sleeping for 12 hours. And we even ventured out to Compadres for lunch, because it's literally across the street from his neighborhood. Followed by 3 hours of deep cleaning his house, followed by Big 12 Championship, dinner w/friends, watching football w/friends and Miller Lite :) OHH, and Elf. I LOVE THAT MOVIE.
All in all, being snowed in isn't half bad when you have 10 people to keep you company..
Oh, we took Nick out in the snow for the first time. He was unsure, but anything Derek does, Nick will do. He had fun stomping around..but he tripped, didn't have mittens on and touched the snow. OH THE INSANITY OF TOUCHING THE SNOW! He did NOT like that..he cried but Derek and I warmed his hands back up and he was happy to stomp around some more :) He looked so cute!
I love this picture, but it could be better in the sense that it's not even close to all of us that are as close as a family. I look all weird off in the left corner..Derek's not even paying attention..he's too busy holding my leg and wearing THE.BEST.SHIRT.EVER!!!
Things with us are a million times better than what was going on during the weekend. I hate how I can not stay mad at him if I see him. Keep him away from me and I'll be mad for days. The second he shows up, I'm trying not to smile, hiding my face and not let him see that I'm really not all that mad anymore. We had a little situation yesterday that just reinforced my hatred for wanna-be man-stealing fat whores. No one likes those though, right?
I could be doing 50 million other things right now. Like looking for a JOB. Yeah, that one I got..didn't work out. No daycare, no job. Daycare is a bit more of a process than this guy thought. Oh well, must not have been the job for me, right? (But I was so upset).
Nick JUST went down for a nap. Score 0 for me since I'm trying to change his sleeping habits just a bit. It's either make the kid go w/out a nap, get nothing done and deal w/crankypants in a couple of hours, or beg and plead him to take one. Finally after Cars, he agreed to laying down. I just want him to go to bed earlier. I put him down at 8:30 on Saturday night..that kid did not go to sleep until 10:30!!
Derek and Nick have become a lot closer in the past couple of weeks! It's so cute because I can see it all over Derek's face how much it means to be close to Nick. Just this morning, when Derek came over Nick was crying and I couldn't figure out why. He left me side and went straight to Derek as soon as he walked in. Then when Derek left for school, Nick goes "No Derek! No Derek!" So cute :)
I've posted all the pictures from the zoo now. I was in the middle of it yesterday, and my internet went down. We switched to Cox and so far, I don't really care for it. It goes down a lot, somehow the network card was magically disabled and it interferes w/our phone lines when it goes down. But anyways, the pictures are up!
Nick's going to his dad's here in about 20 minutes, and I'm going out to the Riverwalk in Jenks with Derek!
Hopefully it doesn't rain on us! I'm going to take my camera in case it doesn't.
And have a good week :)
