Working Hard

So, a quick update in my busy little life...
1) I am transitioning into a new position at Heartland Services (www.heartlandsi.com). That position is the Assitant to the Vice President. It's a great honor and something that has been buzzing around us "oldies" since I first became full time 4 years ago. I am excited about working with Shannon because he reminds me of Josh in personality and humor. This should be exciting.

2) Today I had my review for Heartland. I will post parts of it later and how I did, but it was a good review and it came with a raise. You can never argue if they're going to pay you more money and say you did a good job.

3) Fuzz-Bucket went to see the vet for the first time since we rescued him. He is now a eunuch and has had his front claws removed. The vet really frustrated me though! The receiptionist told Josh Friday morning that Fuzz would be ready by the end of the day. Josh shows up and she says that they have to keep him overnight, but they'll be open til 6 p.m. Saturday (which is great because I had to work). I go to pick him up at 4 and was told they closed at 12 and I'd have to wait until Monday...this because they could not verify that I had paid for the procedures. Which is quite hilarious because they misscharged Josh Friday for someone else's pet, had to do a refund to our card (which takes 4-5 days to appear back in our account), and then recharged our card the right amount. Needless to say, we were down over $500 and still didn't have our cat back! But he's home now and doing great...our little "Insta-purr"!

4) We are in the works of planning our 2 week vacation for this summer. We will be traveling to Acadia National Park in Maine, down to DC and then home again. Keep an eye out on this blog for our miniseries "Vaca with the In-Laws and Such". It should be good...a few stories and a few pictures.

5) Tomorrow night we will celebrate Andy's January birthday. He chose to go to Garozzo's Italian Restaurant. It'll be really yummy. We had to cancel Volleyball to make it work though...so instead of getting the MUCH needed exercise, I will be chowing down on pasta and Italian desserts! Happy Belated Birthday, Andy!

6) Spring time is just around the corner and with that comes lots of yard work. We have some flowers in bloom (pictures coming soon) and gardens to cultivate and glean. Also, with the change of weather, there will be some friends in town. Jason and Jana will be coming to visit us in May. I will have pictures of them and our fun time spent together after their visit.

Well, there's the quick story of my life. No childern, no big plans, but everything is in God's hand on this in. We glorified him with our work for him and he has answered our prays. Praise be to God for guiding us through our journey.

Pet Pictures

These are just random acts of petdom.


Intense focus...


Listen, Kitty, I might be smaller than you, but I'm ferocious!


Kitty night vision?


I am NOT vertically challenged...he's just holding the toy too high!


I might be the old man around here, but I can be a playa.


If I were really like this, I'd sell for millions, baby!


Honest, Ma, I wasn't gonna mess with the flowers.


On 2nd thought, they smell very funny...


Young pounce done in by old tailer!


I'm Italiano for a reason - Whatcha want?


I'm feeling tense with that thing looking at me!

Pets Galore

So, since we got our new gadget, I can actually take good digital photos and upload them for all the world to see. Anyways, here are some photos of our pets in the order that we actually owned them. Enjoy!


Wiloe Mae (aka Lil Bit) - female - 7 year old long hair Chihuahua


Roseco Roscisimo - Male - 9 year orange short hair tabby


Aspen (aka Big Bit) - Female - 2 1/2 year old Jack Russell Terrier
Aspen was rescued from Wayside Waifs.


Peaches - Male - age unknown Betta



Goliath - Giant White Snail


Blueberry Muffin - Male - age unknown Betta


Fuzz Bucket (aka Fuzz or Fizzle) - Male - 8 month old long hair tabby
Fuzz was a stray picked up in Lamar Colorado

Digital Canon Rebel XT

So, yeah, maybe I'm spoiled. But don't I deserve to be spoiled once in a while? We finally got the camera and like everything in my life, there's a story to go with it...

We originally ordered this professional SLR over our Thanksgiving hiatis in Colorado. The camera was on backorder, but was to arrive right around or very shortly after Christmas. It never showed up. Upon further investigation, it was found that the company we had bought it from had sold out to another company. This infuriated and frusted both myself and Josh as the company didn't even both to tell us. Furthermore, the new company didn't even call to confirm that they had our order and it was still on backorder.

I found it to be a ridiculous cycle as we were seeing other sites selling our camera and it was in stock. Why couldn't this company get us what we wanted? Needless to say, in the middle of this month, we placed our order with the trusted KEH (http://www.keh.com/) folks. The camera was to arrive in one week. I had to wait again...but KEH succeeded in getting the camera to us in 3 days!!

So, short story long, we got our new professional digital Canon Rebel XT and have been playing with it all week.

P.S. It's the best professional SLR to have if your seriously into photography as a job or hobby.

BS & J PHOTOGRAPHY

Well, we're legit! Anyone who knows me, knows that I love photography. They also know that what started as a hobby has become a great passion...and I'm good at it! Josh and I (I filled out the forms and stuff!), now are legitimate and so is BS & J Photography!
You can check out some basic pictures at: www.bsjphoto.blogspot.com. I will be update with some wedding photos shortly.
We specialize in all sorts of photography from weddings, senior pictures, toddler/babies, to basically anything you need. Right now we are "By appointment only" business as we both still work regular jobs during the days.
I will shortly have a business card posted to this with our information. In the mean time, enjoy our other site.

God Bless!

Mary Kay Time

Hey There!
You are now reading about a new Mary Kay Beauty Consultant and Skin Care Professional. I thought I would introduce myself to all of you first because some of you know me and some of you have no clue who I am!
I wanted to take a moment and provide you a little bit of information about what I do for Mary Kay because most of you are probably saying, "Bobbi selling makeup?! She doesn't even wear makeup!". Well, most of you are mostly right. While I wear very little makeup, I do like to keep my skin healthy and showing that I'm 24...or younger! Mary Kay does not only specialize in makeup, but also has an awesome skin care line of which I like to partake.
Our skin care line features age-fighting technology that helps to reduce the signs of wrinkles and aging. We have some awesome eye cream that you can feel to work immediately. This stuff is the bomb...especially if you have deep set eyes like mine...because it helps to lift the brow and make your eyes appear more bright. My absolute favorite has to be the satin lips though. This stuff happens in two stages...First a buffing stage that removes that dead skin that you either end up peeling with your figity fingers or biting off. It's very gentle and does a great job. Then you apply this awesome balm that rehydrates your lips...think about the best chapstick you've ever used and multiply that good feeling by 10 or so.
Anyway...enough of me blabbing. I'm just getting started, so my Mary Kay page is not completely set up yet. But you can go to www.marykay.com and view our full line of products. If you'd like to order from me, just send an email to bobbibomb@marykay.com. I can take MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, a personal check, cash, or money order...though I won't lie, it's cheaper for me to accept check, cash, or a money order. I can have your products to you in a little over a week.
Also, if you have questions on the products or just want to laugh at me for sending this to you...please feel free to let me know.

Aspen

Josh and I have a chihuahua named Wiloe Mae and a cat named Roscoe. Wiloe Mae was bought for me by one of the friends I first met in KC. Wiloe is a $564.27 pure blooded chihuahua. Roscoe is an $85 Wayside Waif (http://www.waysidewaifs.org/) owner surrendered cat. Wiloe weighs a whopping 4 pounds and is 6 years old. Roscoe weighs in at 14 pounds (healthy, he's taller than the average cat) and is 9 years old.

Recently we added to our family a $99 Wayside Waif stray dog. Aspen is a 2 1/2 year old Jack Russell Terrier weighing in at 10 pounds. She's pretty cool because she can do back flips! Here's how she came home with us...

I went to go get a manicure and pedicure with my mother-in-law, Barb. On the way back to her house, I decided I wanted to stop and look at Wayside Waifs at the animals. We had gotten Roscoe there and love him. I thought, unbeknownst to my husband, that a 2nd dog would be great for us. A small dog still, but one with energy and spunk. One that would be unafraid to traip off with Josh on his wild ideas and through creeks with him. As we walked through the kennels, I saw Aspen. (WW named her Gidget, but we didn't think the name fit.) She put her side as close to the kennel as she could and moved back and forth slightly. Then she gave the "Can you reach that itch between my shoulders? I can't get it!" look. I told Barb matteroffactly, "That dog is coming to live with Josh and me!"

The next task was the hardest, convincing my "I don't like change at all" husband, that this change would be good. It took me 30 minutes to coax him in to returning to WW with me to see Aspen. He looked at her in her cage, again pressed as close as she could to the kennel, and sighed. "I don't think I want another pet. And if I had my choice, it would be a cat again. Or at least a dog with more energy than this one." I looked at him, then Aspen and nodded. "Oh, another cat that you're alergic too? Don't you remember this winter when you were grumpy all the time until I bought the humidifier. I know you love Roscoe, but this dog, she has the energy you want."

I convinced him to have a look at her in a bigger cage where she could stretch her Jack Russ legs. The minute she was down and unhooked, she ran several circles around Josh, the volunteer, and myself. She then ran at me full speed and jumped. Rebounding off of me she did her first back flip and I laughed. Sure it was blow because she hit pretty hard, but it was all good. Josh sat down in a chair and watched Aspen run herself silly.

As if Aspen had finally figured out I couldn't make the decision alone, she walked over to Josh and put both front paws on his lap then gave him a "I'm the cutest doggone dog you ever saw. You know you want to take me home" look. Josh's response over and over, "Don't give me that look. Sure your cute, but don't look at me like that. You will not guilt me into taking you home!"

Needless to say, the next day Aspen came home with us. She was diagnosed with heartworms at WW and had already begun the treatments. She is slowing overcoming them and getting her energy and strength back. Since she is not spayed, WW will take care of it at no extra charge.

Here is our new doggy: