Snow White and Noah ( like from the Ark )

Here's how the story goes....

As most of our family and friends know we have been looking for a house, we are tired of this apartment and we want out!! So for the past few Sundays Ryan and I have been heading out on Sunday mornings, driving around, trying to find a house.

So Sunday January 13th started out like any other Sunday morning. We headed out around 9:30/10:00am to drive around the areas we are interested in. For 4hrs all we did was drove ( man that seems like a long time, but while we were driving it didn't seem that long ), anyways... we had found some open houses that started a 2pm, so were went thought a couple of them, a total waste of time, as were are driving to a third house we see a golden retriever walking on the side of the road. As we drive by I see that the cable it was tied to was broken, so I make Ryan stop and back up. I get out of the car, half hoping that it will just run away, and all I say is "come here" that's it I don't really call it, all I did was make a statement, "come here" and I only say it once. But sure enough it comes over to me. Well now what do I do?? It had no owner tag just a vet tag that we call and of course they are closed on Sundays. So I do what any normal person would do... I call my dad. :O) As he is trying to look up the number for animal control I hand the phone over to Ryan and I start knocking on doors. Of course no one has ever seen the dog before, after about 20 houses or so I knock on this door, a guys comes to the door and says that he thinks he knows who's it is. Oh and I do have to say that the whole time of me walking this dog around it was the best dog ever, never ran away, walked with me, and even sat when I said sit. Anyways.... so this creepy looking man say that he can take me to this house that he thinks the dog belongs to. Now mind you Ryan is in the car, and I am walking with this guy thought back yards and all I keep thinking is that I am going to be killed by this guy and no one will know. How long will it take for Ryan to realize that something is wrong?? So we get to this house and of course its not theirs, so we walk back and he says that he will take us to another house that has a golden but that we have to drive there. So now he is in the car with us and the dog. Now I am thinking that not only is he going to kill me but Ryan as well, and for sure no one will know. We drive to this house and sure enough its not theirs either. We take the guy back to his house and he says that he will take care of the dog and call the vets office in the morning. Then he asks us where we live. We tell him that we are just looking for houses and we don't live in the area. Then he invites us in his house and says he will draw a map of some houses that he knows are for sale. So somehow we end up in this guys house, and now I know we a for sure we will be bumped off. But instead he really does draw us a map. Which leads us to what may very well be our FIRST HOME!!!

So thank you lost doggie I hope you are in a good home now and thank you creepy man :O)

But that's not the end of this fairy tale ( for animals )

On Sunday we made an appointment to look at some house on Tuesday at 1:30pm. At 1pm as we are leaving our apartment we see this little mouse running down the stairs. I look at Ryan, he looks at me and we both look at the mouse. What do we do?? Of course we decide to save the mouse. So we start to follow it. But it is way to fast for us. After trying to catch it for a while we decide that we have to go or we will be late. But that when we get home we will look for it again and if we find it we will help it. So we go to our appointment, which lasts way longer that what we thought, and we go to my dads house after because it was his birthday. We don't get home till after 11pm. As we are walking in Ryan says that he will take the front stairs and I will take the back and see if we can find the mouse. Really all I expect to find is a dead mouse either stepped on or something else got him, but I do not expect to find him alive. As I am walking though the back stairs I hear Ryan " I found him". Can you guess where he was??? Right in front of our door. Not in the corner, smack dab in the middle between the door and our door mat. Curled up just waiting for us. Actually at fist I thought I he was dead. I was sooooo cold that day and we walked right up to him and he didn't even move. I reach down pick him up, and he was so cold. Crap he's dead. Then he moved a little, and of course pees in my hand. But that's OK he was scared and cold. So I had Ryan rip up some paper towels and we put him in a plastic storage container, I run to Meijer, get him a cage, food, water bottle, and bedding. So now we have a pet mouse. Mr. Bojangles.

So now we are known as Noah and Snow White.


And they all lived happily ever after. For now, until we rescue something else.

I want to pull my hair out!!!!

I hate looking for a house!!! We either find one that we think looks good go and see it only to discover its crap, or all we can find is crap!!! We did find some lots and got all excited thinking we would build only to discover the lots are way to small!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! I need a magic house finding fairy!!!

The only good things is that at least Ryan and I are having fun together looking at the crap!! Laughing and stuff, so the whole experience is all bad :O)

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Oh what to do, what to do?? Oh here's the problem. Ryan works a lot, everybody knows that. He works at least 12hr days if not 14hrs, which everyday this week but yesterday ( Friday ) he worked a 14hr day, yesterday he worked only 12hrs. His last day off was the 30th ( last Sunday ) and he had to go in at 2pm and then stayed till 8 for family night. No, I don't mind him working so much as long as he stays sweet when he comes home, and so far he has, in fact his attitude is better than I could have ever hoped for. He comes home with a smile, we laugh and joke and play around every night, we have dinner together and he always wants to help even though he just got home, he isn't cranky at all its amazing com paired to other years that we have been together its like he is a new person. I love it, he even wakes up with a smile, pulls me close and holds me for a few minutes before he gets out of bed. The point is no matter how tired he is he isn't being mean or grumpy, and I don't feel like I have to walk on egg shells in fear that I am going to make him mad.

But the problem is that our friends keep calling and wanting us to do stuff with them, and we feel bad because we keep saying No, and they are beginning to get mad. I just don't know how to get people to understand that Ryan is tired and just wants to rest when he gets off work. Winter is not a good time for us to hang out with people. Its Ryan's busy season and with the new store opening things are twice a busy, not a busy as Best Buy was but I would say 14hrs is a pretty busy day. Its not that we don't want to go to a movie or out to eat, or play pool, etc.... its just that he just wants to come home and sit, plus we don't really go to moves we just wait for them to come out on DVD, the we buy it :O) and Ryan doesn't want to be rude and fall asleep at someones house. Like last night he came home "early" we had dinner and he started to fall asleep in his apple pie, I had to take it away from him cuz I thought he would drop it. I rubbed his back for a bit and he was out like a light. It was 9:30pm. How bad would it have been if we were at someones house?? It's not that we are avoiding people, he just needs some time to catch up on some rest. And if he is feeling up to doing something we will call you. We want to have fun too.

And the reason I don't just go out with out him is because I want to spend as mush time with him as possible. He's my hubby, I love him and if I only get 45mins with him then I best he home to make sure its the be 45mins it can be.

So he works today, he is going to try and get off at 6pm, I really hope he does, and who knows maybe we will give you a call tonight to hang out or something, or maybe not. Just please don't get all pissed off, please understand that this just how it is, we love you all and if things were different we would totally be having fun with you, and when things calm down we will be.

So far this year

For New Years I went to my Pops we shared a steak and both had our own potato, watched some T.V , took a walk in the snow WHICH I LOVE!!! Got back just in time to toast in the New Year with my Pops, called Ryan ( woke him up ) told him Happy New Year and to go back to sleep, called Joe, Lt. Mary, and my Mom. Then shoveled some snow something else I LOVE. And was home and in bed by 1:30am. And if you really want to know the reason Ryan and I didn't spend the new year together was because he worked 16 hours and had to be up at 6:30am New Years day to work ( again ). He didn't even get home till after 11pm and went straight to bed. So instead of me having to be alone we decided that I should just go to my dads and have fun with him :O) So I did. We have also decided that when he gets a day off we will have our own celebration, but that won't be for a while :O( He is pulling an over 70hr week this week. So we will wait till we have a chance.

Other than that all I have done so far this year is cleaned, organized, washed, put away, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah......... oh but I did get to play my sisters new Wii,and my arms are killing me. That game is such a workout, but FUN!!!! And what is my plan for the rest of the week and weekend??? Clean some more. Well at least when we find a house we will be ready to go and not have to go through things, thats a plus :O)