Halloween

So I know that I am a little late but I thought that I would still post about what we did for Halloween.

We were up in New York for our friends wedding. On Hallween day we were sitting around the house so I thought that I would go outside and look through the pumpkins on the front lawn to see which one I wanted to carve.

There were a lot to choose from. I was in heaven. I love pumpkins. I even got Marshall in on the fun which made it even more fun. Here we are carving our pumpkins...

We had a little competition between us to. I think that his is better but hello I haven't carved a pumpkin in who knows how long. Oh well I will do better next year. Oh yes next year we will be having the same competition and I will be kicking his little butt.

Here are our pumpkins after they are done...

This next picture is of our pumpkins plus his Grandpa carved a pumpkin but he cheated because he used power tools so his is better then both of ours because ours were done by hand.

I love handing out Halloween candy so we sat at his Granparents house and I got the candy bowl ready but as the night went on no one knocked on the door. I couldn't believe that not one person knocked on the door. Yea crazy huh. So I ate some :)

It was a lot of fun and hopefully next Halloween will be just as fun!!!

Halloween Decorations

So I blogged a little bit ago about not having any Halloween decorations...I don't have any for any other holiday as well :)

So my sister suggested a buotique. Easier said then done when it comes to where I live. I had the hardest time tracking anything down. When I asked people around here where I can find something like that they got so confused. It was weird because they were everywhere in Utah. I couldn't keep my mom away from them :) Anyways I found one but it was picked over and I couldn't really find anything that I liked that I didn't have to be to crafty for. I am not a very crafty person so I need things to already come together.

We did find a box and some cute filler stuff to put in the box. They were in the shape pumpkins. It is really cute. I put a couple of pumpkin candles in there so it look nice.

I also went to Michaels to look for a couple of things and decided to start collecting a halloween village. Yeah I know that it sounds a little weird because my mom collects a Christmas village as do a couple of other people that I know. But I thought that this was something different. So here is a picture of what it looks like now...

I know that right now it isn't much but hopefully as time goes by I can add to it and make it something really cool in the future.

My Little Sister

I don't know if I mentioned it but me and Marshall went to my home a couple of weeks ago. While we were there we got family pictures taken...Oh joy!!!

My little sister sent me a picture frame a couple of months ago when my mom sent pictures of my whole family. Me and my little sister didn't have any pictures taken the right way to put in the frames. So it has been sitting on my night stand waiting for me to put some pictures in it. Well while I was home I had Marshall take some photos of us so that I could print them and put them in my cute picture frame to hang up in the apartment.


Here are some of the pictures that were taken...

Aren't they cute??? Now I can print them out next time Marshall is home and put them in the frame and then hang the frame up in the apartment somewhere.

I hope that one time when we go and visit Marshall's family that we get a nice photo that we can put up in the apartment. I feel bad because I now have tons of photos of my family around the apartment and we only have a couple of his family around. The Ameele family better watch out :) I will trap them one time when we are there for a visit.

My Birthday

My birthday was last Monday...Woo Hoo
I was a little nervous being away from my family for my birthday because we have always been together. I love my birthday. I know that I probably make a bigger deal out of it then I do but who doesn't enjoy a whole day about them? That isn't even normal :)
I shouldn't have worried so much about being away from my family because even though we weren't together I had a great birthday. Marshall made it great.

Thanks honey for everything that you did!!!


I had to work that day but Marshall was there in the morning wishing me a happy birthday and asking me if I wanted him to make me something for breakfast. He even got out of bed to hang out for a little bit until I had to leave for work.
Once I got home I knew that something was up because the blinds were closed and Marshall was home. There was also a happy birthday balloon taped to the front of the door. It was really cute. I walked in and there were more ballons on the walls. I also saw these...


These beautiful flowers are from my mother. They were such a suprise. I had no idea I was getting them. I thanked Marshall for them and that was when he told me that they were from my mother. She arranged for Marshall to get them for me so that I would have them when I came home. I told my mother that he didn't even try to take any credit for them. It was cute! Here is the next thing that I saw...
I got my bookshelf that I haven't been able to afford. I love it!!! All those books have been sitting in a box since I moved here because we haven't had any place to put them. How nice does it look now that they are in my new bookshelf??? Again I was so suprised because I had no idea I was getting it. He had it all put together and everything. I just had to add the books because he wasn't sure where I would want to put everything. I love it so much. I don't think that I could say that enough. It is so nice to have one more thing done in the apartment. Now we don't have to worry about bugs hiding in between the books since they aren't on the floor anymore :) They now have a new home that looks great. It matches our entertainment stand. I can't get over how good it looks. He did such a good job :)

The rest of my gifts were wrapped. He did a good job wrapping them although he probably hated doing it. I know how he feels about wrapping :) Here is what I opened next...

If you can't tell that is the movie 'Transformers'. I love that movie!!! He got it for me on blue-ray so I can't watch it in the bedroom but I am sure that one day I will be able to do just that :) I made him watch it with me once. I don't think that I could get him to do that again...Oh well I can watch it by myself. I used to watch it everynight when I was going to bed. Yea I know that I am weird but I really like the movie. In fact tonight I am going to have myself a movie night. I am going to pop some popcorn and cuddle into the couch and watch my new movie. I don't have to worry about Marshall not enjoying himself because he isn't here right now :)
He also got me two different size cutting boards. I can't wait to use them. We have a big nice wood cutting board but it will be nice to have a couple different sizes for different things. I didn't take a picture of those but I really am excited to use them. I am sure that I will get a chance to this week.
My family was great as well. They all called me throughout the day to sing me happy birthday and wish me well. I was busy when they called so I spent my lunch hour calling all of them back to thank them for all singing to me. I kept them all saved on my phone so that I can listen to all of them again. They make me smile. All of them...they are all great. I also got a card and a lotto ticket from Grandma and Grandpa Ameele. It was very thoughtful for them to think of me on my birthday. I only won $2 on the ticket but that is just my luck :) Marshall's dad also called so say happy birthday which was great. Sheesh everyone was great!!! I really appreciate what everyone did. It was all a lot of fun and everyone made it so special. Thank you everyone for everything is was such a great day...I didn't want it to end. Oh well there is always next year :)

Halloween

I was driving to work and I was thinking about how I don't have any Halloween decorations. I am such a loser. I want to go out and buy decorations right now but there in lies my problem...I have no idea what to buy. I don't think that I am very creative when it comes to things like that. I know though that I need to start collecting things so that I have stuff to put up every year. I really want to call up my sister and have her send me things that she will think will look good in my apartment but she hasn't really seen my apartment. Sheesh I don't know what I am going to do. I haven't had this problem before. I have a sign that I won playing a game but it is back in Utah so that doesn't help me out much. Plus it is kind of heavy so I don't think that I could talk my mom into sending it.
I want to get up to Marshall's dads house so that we can at least have some pumpkins but we aren't sure when we are going to make it up there again and I don't think that he would go out and buy any.
So if any of you know of any ideas that would look good in the apartment let me know. I also need to start on Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations as well.
HELP!!!

Grocery shopping

So when Marshall came back home last week we had no food. I mean the cupboards were bare :) I felt bad for him that we had nothing for breakfast so I took him out to eat. We then when grocery shopping and spent almost a $100. Now you can imagine how bare our fridge and cupboards were :) I was just sick and then I got busy with work and training. Hopefully it won't happen again. But no worries now we have enough food for a while...

See now our little fridge is full. I am afraid that all of our liquids on our top shelf are too heavy. So far the shelf is holding up and we haven't had any spills yet :)

Speaking of grocery shopping I have to go again before Monday because that is when Marshall comes back home and I want to make sure that we havve things to eat. It isn't as big of deal when he isn't here because I am gone so much that I don't eat all of my meals here. Oh well I will make sure that I go so that he doesn't have to go with me when he is home because I know how much he likes to go grocery shopping :)

UPDATE...on Jack

I have been talking with my dad this week a lot about Jack and how he is doing. As I last posted about him he had just gotten out of surgery and was back home. A lot has happened since then. Jack at the first of the week somehow got his stitches all out so his wound was all the way open because there was nothing there holding it together. Apparently it was really disgusting. So my parents took him back in to get him fixed up again and get a cone around his neck so that he would leave his wound alone so that it could heal. My dad called me when he got that done and said that they did 4 layers of stiches and then staples on top of that so that it would stay closed. I wish I had a picture but I don't think that one was taken...oh well.
My dad told me that he totally hates the cone on his head and just looks defeated when he has it on...he won't eat at all and just looks at you with those sad puppy dog eyes that he has. So they would take it off of him when they were home because they could watch him but then when my parents went to work they would put the cone back on his head. Apparently while my parents were at work Jack got the cone off (bad dog) and got out more than half the staples and the bottom half of his stitches. So now his wound is wide open and bleeding on everything that it comes in contact with. They didn't want to take him back to get stitched back together because everytime they do this it is costing me money to have them fix him again. It is frustrating. I just wish that Jack knew not to touch it becacuse it is something that will make him feel better. I mean we as humans know not to pick out our own stitches because we know that they are there to make us better.
My parents decided to switch off and stay up with him throughout the night to make sure that he didn't get at the rest off his stitches. I feel so bad that they have to stay up throughout the night when they both have to work during the day. I appreciate them and I am so thankful that they are willing to sit there during the night to watch my dog. Apparently when he gets ansy they just give him drugs to settle down and sleep throughout the night.
On Friday they started to notice that the open part might be healing and getting an extra layer of skin...BUT when my dad got home from work again the skin was off and apparently looking bad enough for them to take him in again. From what I understand there was just no more skin there. They couldn't even stitch it back together because the skin was gone. They took him in at 6:45 pm and the doctor called around 8 to let them know that they were finally done with him. They apparently took fishing wire to try to link the wound together as much as they could to try and heal somewhat normal. They are also going to keep him at the vet for a week so that they can watch him constantly and make sure that he doesn't get at it again.
I feel so bad for him. There have been so many problems with all of this. My parents are wondering if it was worth it to have the lump removed with as many problems as it has caused. I just want him better. I called my parents and asked if they were going to go and visit my dog while he was there so that he wasn't lonely all week away from home...they assured me that they will go and visit him throughout the week. My dad said that he told the doctor to take pictures so that I could post them here but I haven't received any yet. Hopefully I will get them this week and if they aren't too bad I will put them up so that you can see what I am talking about.