We made it!!!

Just an update:

We're here in Boise. What a relief to have that done!
We spent ALL frickin' day on Tuesday loading all our stuff into a 17' Uhaul, and 2 compact cars.

Lisa's "stuff" - clothes, shoes and bathroom supplies - all fit nicely into her little Dodge neon. But my "stuff" - which she called "my shit", would not all fit into my Kia Rio, so a bunch of it had to be cramed into the cab of the Uhaul, with me and the bird (Gracie). Geez, like that was a big deal. Hey, I've been on this earth twice as long as her, it's only right that I have twice as much "stuff". (Have you ever notice that your stuff is "stuff" but someone else's stuff is "shit". What's up with that???

Then, Wednesday morning, we had to load Lisa's Neon onto a tow dolly behind the Uhaul. Oh, that was fun!!! I'm sure everyone at the apartment complex was looking out their windows and laughing. Especially when we rammed the carport roof with the big overhead bin of the truck! I'm surprised the whole carport didn't collapse! But we got 'er done! We hit the road about 1:00pm. Lisa drove my Rio, and Gracie and I drove the Uhaul, pulling the Neon.

We got to Moms about 10:30 pm. We had to make a zillion stops along the way, so that the little pregnant lady could pee and eat regularly!

Mom and Jodi helped us unload our personal "stuff" that stays at Mom's with us, and then Jodi went with us to help us unload all our "house stuff" into a storage unit until we get an apartment.

I'm going to miss Portland and my friends terribly, but I must admit, it's DAMN nice to have family.

P.S. I have a date tomorrow already!!!

(Hi Tiffany, Hi Gabby, Hi Bridget, Hi Greg, Hi everyone!)

My Friends from Al's Garden Center

I didn't get to take a photo of everyone, I wish I had tho,...
but here are some of my WONDERFUL FRIENDS,...

The PURPLE PEOPLE.

"I will really miss you guys!!!"

Teri (Mrs. Claus) is such a sweetie
and Johnnalee - Wooohoo! My Jiggles buddy!!!


Patty - who'd leave her comfy marketing office to help unload a truck load of house plants.

Susan & Sherry - they were so often my solid rocks when my whole world felt shakey.



Mark - I had a crush on him since I started - too bad he's married!
Gabby - my adopted daughter - love her!



Bridget - my buddy, my friend, she is soooo awesome.

Susie (Doc), was my entertainment. She is such a hoot. We had a LOT in common!

Meagan, the most creative and complex '20-something' I've ever met. She's amazing!



Marita saved my butt more than once!

Stacy- our girly granola! She's cool!

Pete - you could depend on him for ANYTHING.
Kirk - Ornery as cat shit! Funny as hell.

Bonnie - the sweetheart that is gonna take care of all my little green babies when I leave. Thanks Bonnie!!!


Linda - She was a great ear whenever I needed one. She understood.




Bill and Melissa
(being nice to each other??? - wtf???)
Damn they're funny!




There are so many others, Diane, Duane, Noah, and Becky (my other Jiggles buddy! LOL!!!!).
Felicia - who calmed me down a few times, and Suzanne who gave DeWitt a good home.
Tiffany, Jenny, and Meridith are all so sweet, and so good at what they do - like entertaining me!
Tom, who tries hard to be a tough guy, but really is a sweetheart. (Sorry Tom, it was bound to get out eventually.)
Jonesy, Janette, and Jean, Andrea,... fun gals, I'll tell ya.
Julie, Sandra, Amber, Tara, Laura, Laura & Lora (LOL!) , all awesome girls that I adore. Chris, Juanita, Ruth, Barb, lovely ladies. Josh, Greg, Tim, Phil, Charley, Cody, Justin, and Ray - great guys every one of 'em!

And last, but certainly not least, Teri. Thanks for seeing past the sometimes overly opinionated and obnoxious person, to see an employee that genuinely cared about her job.

Mark and Darcy, thanks for everything!

I will miss you all very, very much!

I LOVE THESE PEOPLE!!!

:o)

What a wedding!

Kate and David had such a FUN wedding!!!
Here are just a couple of pics. I'll add more later.
(Kate, I took a TON of pics, I might need to use photobucket too! BTW, you looked stunning in that dress.)

Well, it's back to reality,...

I had sooo much fun in Boise last weekend for Kate's wedding. It was the funniest, and HAPPIEST wedding I've ever attended. But I would expect nothing less from Kate and David.

But now it's back to reality, and moving, and all the fun that goes with it. I hate packing. Plus, we are living so minimalistically, that there is really nothing we can pack because we use it all. We will literally have to pack immediatly before loading the damn truck! And packing is just one piece of it. I've got to rent a truck here, and a storage unit in Boise. Then, as soon as we get there, we have to unload the truck into the storage unit, only to move it out again in a month!

But first, we have to job hunt, change the address on every bill, magazine, and utility. Then there's things like car registrations, drivers license, and geez, even weird stuff like ebay and paypal that all need changed and updated.

Ugh! I hate moving.
I wanna just be "beamed" over there!

Whew! I feel so much better now that I got that out of my system!

We're having a blob!!!

1st baby pics are not that cute... but here's ours!
(I circled it in yellow.)

The Doc says so far everything is going fine!

I don't think Lisa will let me name the baby....

Ok, here are some cool ones!

D'artagnan - from the 3 musketeers - I love that name!
Marcutio - from Romeo and Juliet
Norbit - from the Eddy Murphy movie, Norbit.
Cloud - from Final Fantasy
Vincent - my FAVORITE character from Final Fantasy!
Hatsuharu - Anime character

Himeetsu - Japanese for "secret"
Piko Piko - Japanese for "hungry"
Pelo - Spanish for "hair" - (maybe not)
Kimbia - Swahili for "RUN!"

Lisa just keeps shaking her head... I don't think she likes my ideas!!!!

Damn it's gonna be hard.

I absolutely suck at saying goodbye.
I didn't realize how many friends I had over here, until I'm faced with leaving them.
I know I will cry like a baby as I say goodbye to each one.
And it seems I've already cried enough tears to float a fucking battleship this past week.
I'm going to by stock in the Kleenex company, because it's gonna get worse before it gets better.
SHIT!
or perhaps I should I say,...
SNOT!

Is it just me,...

...or has this election gone from a political race to popularity contest?

'cuz if so, we could be in trouble! > > > The girl's got go-nads!!!
:o)

We have
the best family
ever!!!

I'm gonna be a GRAMA!!!!

I'm gonna be a GRAMA!!!!

Lisa is gonna have a baby!
My baby is having a baby!!!

Bless her heart, she's been GREEN as these letters almost every morning! (giggle....)
Poor boo-boo.
But the good news is that the morning sickness is a sign of a healthy pregnancy.

Lisa and I are moving back to Boise the end of the month so that we can be with our family.

Yesterday, I put in our 30 days notice at this armpit of an apartment we are living in. And come September 30th, we are outta here!

Break out those knitting needles Kate!

I'm taking a break...

I'm taking a break from blogging for a few days. I'm fine, but things are changing. I just have a few things to sort out and then I'll be back. And it really has nothing to do with men.