I've got three girls. (no Chris, that isn't what I don't understand) :o) They're all about 3 1/2 years apart; my oldest is 10, then my middle is 6 (7 in 4 months!) and my youngest is 2.
Somehow my middle and my youngest daughters ALWAYS seem to fight. Now, I'd totally chalk this up to middle child syndrome, since its my middle daughter that picks on the little one... but she was like this BEFORE we had our youngest! LOL
Today, Emmaline (middle) was playing with Abigael's (youngest) Elmo K'nex-type toy, Abigael's hat, Abigael's silo from her Little People barn and her own piggie. All was well, until Abi decided she wanted to play WITH Emmaline. She didn't try to take the toys, instead Abi brought her cow and tried to put it in the silo with Emmie's piggie. Which caused Emmie to have a coniption and push Abi away. Which then caused Abi to scream, loudly, ear piercingly. Emmie then got a time out, Abi chilled out.
THEN while Emmie was in her time out, Abigael picks up the piggie. Emmaline WIGGED OUT!! She actually started CRYING! Goodbye piggie, goodbye silo (another cause of contention).
What I just don't understand is that Emmie does NOT want Abigael anywhere near her toys, to the point where her Dora the Explorer kitchen is squeezed into her bedroom, along with all her other toys that she doesn't want Abi to touch. On the other hand, Abigael's toys are behind the couch in the living room and in the hallway. Emmaline won't share her own toys, and she won't let ABI play with ABI'S toys! She puts them up out of Abigael's reach, freaks out if Abi gets near them... I just don't get it!! She won't share hers, but expects Abi to not be bothered by having to share.
Oooh it just pisses me off. To the point that after THEY start screaming, I tend to start screaming. It sucks.
Anyone got any ideas? Today, Emmaline has been banned from touching Abigael's toys... and I think it sucks having to do that.
And what is even sillier? They absolutely LOVE each other, hugging and kissing... when they aren't trying to kill each other! LOL
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Our love story... part trois...
Okay... so where was I? Oh, right, we were living in sin... :o)
We moved in with Rick's bestest buddy's ex-wife and daughter. Oh yeah, it was about as odd as it sounds! LOL It seemed like forever, but we only lived in her house for 2 months! :o)
Rick, Kiera & I stayed in 1 room in the 2-bedroom/1-bathroom house. We had 2 twin mattresses directly on the floor, Kiera's crib against the wall (and about 6 inches from the mattresses), and my oak armoir that I'd had since I was about 7. We also had one of those bouncing pony-things in the room for a bit, until we finally put it in the front yard. :o)
I have 3 very distinct memories of that house.
-The first was before I moved in, Rick made me dinner... lemon chicken and fettuccini alfredo. It was amazing! And whenever we have it, I am reminded of that day. It was a GOOD day! :o)
-The second was Halloween 1999. Kiera's first Halloween. Rick's bestest buddy's father was there, along with his ex-wife, her boyfriend and her daughter. Rick was working. I dressed Kiera up as a Harley Davidson fan :o), because I didn't have a costume for her, but I had a Harley outfit! LOL
-The third memory was buying ourselves a Christmas tree. It was a total Charlie Brown Christmas tree, but it was our first tree together. I loved it! We went to a tree lot, bought the tip-top of a tree (I think it was about 2ft!) and they put it on the shaker... we almost died laughing and were thankful that there were needles left on it when it was over. :o) We brought it home and put it on the table and decorated it. Now the lady we lived with, she kept her heater on 24/7 and cranked REALLY HOT! This memory leads into the next part of our story...
December 24, 1999~ We're at Rick's parent's house for Christmas. As are his brother, younger sister and older sister (with her husband and son). Before we headed for their house, we had gone to Wal-Mart and bought rings... we weren't sure when we would get married, but we had our rings and we were going to show them off. :o) I don't remember where we slept, but I know it wasn't together. Even though they knew we were living together, in the same room, we weren't sleeping in the same room there! :o)
Christmas Day~ It was a lovely day in Victorville. We woke up, sang Happy Birthday to Jesus, opened presents and enjoyed the rest of the day. That night, at about 10P, we were all standing in the kitchen. Rick told his parents that we needed to get to bed, since we were getting up at 4A to drive to Las Vegas to get married. :o) Merry Christmas! :o) Needless to say, they were shocked. But their response? Well then, we all better get to bed if we're all driving to Vegas in the morning! :o) Rick's older sister was a bit concerned about Rick marrying me, to put it lightly :o) She thought maybe I was marrying Rick so Kiera would have a father. To tell the honest truth? I was marrying him to be Kiera's father, and because I loved him from almost the moment I met him. As a single parent, your first thought is for your child... so if I wasn't marrying him to be Kiera's father, THAT should have been cause for concern. :o) She was also concerned because I was not a Christian, and Rick & his family are. I think God spoke through Rick that night though... he told his sister that he understood her concern, but that he loved us and he felt such a peace in his heart about marrying me. He said that he KNEW I was his Eve.
I have to tell you, I found out about his sister's objections 3 years ago after my BIL's wedding. And she apologized profusely. I love her so much more for it, too. She was just looking out for her brother. I also found out Rick's answer just a couple WEEKS ago, when we started writing our love story for KLOVE. :o) Let me tell you, it brought tears to my eyes.
December 26, 1999~ We left the house just after 4A. Rick, Kiera & I in our car. Rick's parent's, his grandfather and his younger sister in their car. We headed for the Little White Wedding Chapel, where Britney Spears 2-minute marriage started... but also where my mom & stepdad were married. We bought our wedding 'package'; limo to & from the courthouse to get our license, ceremony, a 24-exposure roll of film that they took pictures with AND we had our wedding aired on the Discovery Channel!! :o) We drove to a Denny's on the strip and had breakfast while we waited for our limo to come pick us up. :o) Rick's family took Kiera while we went to the courthouse, and met us at the Chapel. And then we had our ceremony. I cried. Rick cried, too... but don't tell him I told you! :o) And what is funny is that I cried because I was so overwhelmingly happy. I barely knew him. We had met just 4 months and 12 days before. And yet, I KNEW that this was right, that this was the forever kind of marriage. Not to knock anyone who felt the same and it didn't work... it is just how I felt, and I still feel to this day. :o)
We left Mr. & Mrs. Piccini, because I am TOTALLY old-fashioned :o) We got stuck in massive Vegas traffic, and then made our way back towards Morro Bay. We TRIED to make it home, but the fog got SOOO thick in Carpinteria that we stopped at the only hotel sign we could see... the Motel 6 :o) So we spent our first married night in a Motel 6. That was our one and only honeymoon.... to this day. The next day we had to call into work married LOL Our boss let us come in late :o) And I had to tell my mom that I got married without her. And we got to come home to a FRIED CHRISTMAS TREE!! LOL We were so thankful it didn't ignite!
I think 2 more installments... I don't think I can fit 9 years into one more :o)
Thank you for reading... I'm enjoying sharing!
We moved in with Rick's bestest buddy's ex-wife and daughter. Oh yeah, it was about as odd as it sounds! LOL It seemed like forever, but we only lived in her house for 2 months! :o)
Rick, Kiera & I stayed in 1 room in the 2-bedroom/1-bathroom house. We had 2 twin mattresses directly on the floor, Kiera's crib against the wall (and about 6 inches from the mattresses), and my oak armoir that I'd had since I was about 7. We also had one of those bouncing pony-things in the room for a bit, until we finally put it in the front yard. :o)
I have 3 very distinct memories of that house.
-The first was before I moved in, Rick made me dinner... lemon chicken and fettuccini alfredo. It was amazing! And whenever we have it, I am reminded of that day. It was a GOOD day! :o)
-The second was Halloween 1999. Kiera's first Halloween. Rick's bestest buddy's father was there, along with his ex-wife, her boyfriend and her daughter. Rick was working. I dressed Kiera up as a Harley Davidson fan :o), because I didn't have a costume for her, but I had a Harley outfit! LOL
-The third memory was buying ourselves a Christmas tree. It was a total Charlie Brown Christmas tree, but it was our first tree together. I loved it! We went to a tree lot, bought the tip-top of a tree (I think it was about 2ft!) and they put it on the shaker... we almost died laughing and were thankful that there were needles left on it when it was over. :o) We brought it home and put it on the table and decorated it. Now the lady we lived with, she kept her heater on 24/7 and cranked REALLY HOT! This memory leads into the next part of our story...
December 24, 1999~ We're at Rick's parent's house for Christmas. As are his brother, younger sister and older sister (with her husband and son). Before we headed for their house, we had gone to Wal-Mart and bought rings... we weren't sure when we would get married, but we had our rings and we were going to show them off. :o) I don't remember where we slept, but I know it wasn't together. Even though they knew we were living together, in the same room, we weren't sleeping in the same room there! :o)
Christmas Day~ It was a lovely day in Victorville. We woke up, sang Happy Birthday to Jesus, opened presents and enjoyed the rest of the day. That night, at about 10P, we were all standing in the kitchen. Rick told his parents that we needed to get to bed, since we were getting up at 4A to drive to Las Vegas to get married. :o) Merry Christmas! :o) Needless to say, they were shocked. But their response? Well then, we all better get to bed if we're all driving to Vegas in the morning! :o) Rick's older sister was a bit concerned about Rick marrying me, to put it lightly :o) She thought maybe I was marrying Rick so Kiera would have a father. To tell the honest truth? I was marrying him to be Kiera's father, and because I loved him from almost the moment I met him. As a single parent, your first thought is for your child... so if I wasn't marrying him to be Kiera's father, THAT should have been cause for concern. :o) She was also concerned because I was not a Christian, and Rick & his family are. I think God spoke through Rick that night though... he told his sister that he understood her concern, but that he loved us and he felt such a peace in his heart about marrying me. He said that he KNEW I was his Eve.
I have to tell you, I found out about his sister's objections 3 years ago after my BIL's wedding. And she apologized profusely. I love her so much more for it, too. She was just looking out for her brother. I also found out Rick's answer just a couple WEEKS ago, when we started writing our love story for KLOVE. :o) Let me tell you, it brought tears to my eyes.
December 26, 1999~ We left the house just after 4A. Rick, Kiera & I in our car. Rick's parent's, his grandfather and his younger sister in their car. We headed for the Little White Wedding Chapel, where Britney Spears 2-minute marriage started... but also where my mom & stepdad were married. We bought our wedding 'package'; limo to & from the courthouse to get our license, ceremony, a 24-exposure roll of film that they took pictures with AND we had our wedding aired on the Discovery Channel!! :o) We drove to a Denny's on the strip and had breakfast while we waited for our limo to come pick us up. :o) Rick's family took Kiera while we went to the courthouse, and met us at the Chapel. And then we had our ceremony. I cried. Rick cried, too... but don't tell him I told you! :o) And what is funny is that I cried because I was so overwhelmingly happy. I barely knew him. We had met just 4 months and 12 days before. And yet, I KNEW that this was right, that this was the forever kind of marriage. Not to knock anyone who felt the same and it didn't work... it is just how I felt, and I still feel to this day. :o)
We left Mr. & Mrs. Piccini, because I am TOTALLY old-fashioned :o) We got stuck in massive Vegas traffic, and then made our way back towards Morro Bay. We TRIED to make it home, but the fog got SOOO thick in Carpinteria that we stopped at the only hotel sign we could see... the Motel 6 :o) So we spent our first married night in a Motel 6. That was our one and only honeymoon.... to this day. The next day we had to call into work married LOL Our boss let us come in late :o) And I had to tell my mom that I got married without her. And we got to come home to a FRIED CHRISTMAS TREE!! LOL We were so thankful it didn't ignite!
I think 2 more installments... I don't think I can fit 9 years into one more :o)
Thank you for reading... I'm enjoying sharing!
Monday, February 16, 2009
I have the coolest husband...
he bought us tickets to go see the Newsboys next month. I've wanted to see them since forever :o)
We used to live in San Luis Obispo, CA, and one day, while driving somewhere (we drive a lot) we saw this big white blow-up tent-like thing and there were lights... LOTS of spotlights dancing all over the sky. We had no clue what it was, but wanted to be there. We couldn't be there, but we found out the next day that the Newsboys had put on a concert.
At that point, I wasn't even a Christian. I had HEARD of them, but never HEARD them. Rick, was a fan... he was more bummed than I. NOW I look back and I am so bummed LOL
I was looking for concerts here in town at the Broomfield Event Center, but wasn't finding anything. The very next thought in my head was, "I wonder if the Newsboys are coming to Colorado this year?" I looked, and l0 and behold, they'll be at Cherry Hills Community Church, in Highlands Ranch, CO on March 17th. St. Patrick's Day :o) I mentioned to Rick that I was bummed that we couldn't go... to which he replied, "Why not?" Then he told me that I always ruin his surprises! LOL
He had told me last week that we needed to save about $50 for my birthday/Valentine present. The tickets were my present. He could have just agreed with me :o) But I'm glad he didn't... now I'm super excited! :o)
If you have never heard the Newsboys and are wondering why I love them, check out their MySpace page with your volume on... give it a moment to load the page and their streaming music will come on. I love their new song In the Hands of God... its got a great beat and a great message, too! :o)
Well, I'm off to watch Phineas & Ferb get busted... :o)
We used to live in San Luis Obispo, CA, and one day, while driving somewhere (we drive a lot) we saw this big white blow-up tent-like thing and there were lights... LOTS of spotlights dancing all over the sky. We had no clue what it was, but wanted to be there. We couldn't be there, but we found out the next day that the Newsboys had put on a concert.
At that point, I wasn't even a Christian. I had HEARD of them, but never HEARD them. Rick, was a fan... he was more bummed than I. NOW I look back and I am so bummed LOL
I was looking for concerts here in town at the Broomfield Event Center, but wasn't finding anything. The very next thought in my head was, "I wonder if the Newsboys are coming to Colorado this year?" I looked, and l0 and behold, they'll be at Cherry Hills Community Church, in Highlands Ranch, CO on March 17th. St. Patrick's Day :o) I mentioned to Rick that I was bummed that we couldn't go... to which he replied, "Why not?" Then he told me that I always ruin his surprises! LOL
He had told me last week that we needed to save about $50 for my birthday/Valentine present. The tickets were my present. He could have just agreed with me :o) But I'm glad he didn't... now I'm super excited! :o)
If you have never heard the Newsboys and are wondering why I love them, check out their MySpace page with your volume on... give it a moment to load the page and their streaming music will come on. I love their new song In the Hands of God... its got a great beat and a great message, too! :o)
Well, I'm off to watch Phineas & Ferb get busted... :o)
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Happy Valentine's Day
I'm not sure how I feel about this holiday. I definitely am all for love, though I think its best celebrated EVERY day, not just on one day. :o)
Usually when Valentine's Day rolls around, we don't have any money. Or a kid-sitter, so even if we have money, we have kids... so no romantical dinner out. We have NEVER had a romantical dinner on this day, in fact, I think in our whole 9 years of marriage, we've never had a romantical dinner. We've always had kids and no sitter. :o( Poor me! (Okay, I'm done)
Today, after Rick gets home from work, we are heading south to Colorado Springs to have lunch/early dinner with my Aunt Lori and her mom. I am REALLY looking forward to it... we haven't seen her in about 6 or 7 months. What is funny about that is that before seeing her 6 or 7 months ago, I hadn't seen her for 8 YEARS! And before that, FIFTEEN YEARS! :o) That had been the first time I met her and my Uncle Tommy (and my cousins, Kim & Patrick... Patrick was a baby!!). They are the Texas part of my dad's family. I'm very happy that Aunt Lori's mom lives in the Springs, she comes up to see her 3 or 4 times a year... so cool!
Not sure what is on tap for AFTER we eat, but when we get home we're having pot roast (I'm crockpotting it). Woohoo. :o)
Happy Valentine's Day... and if you get a nice romantical, kid-less dinner... enjoy! :o)
Usually when Valentine's Day rolls around, we don't have any money. Or a kid-sitter, so even if we have money, we have kids... so no romantical dinner out. We have NEVER had a romantical dinner on this day, in fact, I think in our whole 9 years of marriage, we've never had a romantical dinner. We've always had kids and no sitter. :o( Poor me! (Okay, I'm done)
Today, after Rick gets home from work, we are heading south to Colorado Springs to have lunch/early dinner with my Aunt Lori and her mom. I am REALLY looking forward to it... we haven't seen her in about 6 or 7 months. What is funny about that is that before seeing her 6 or 7 months ago, I hadn't seen her for 8 YEARS! And before that, FIFTEEN YEARS! :o) That had been the first time I met her and my Uncle Tommy (and my cousins, Kim & Patrick... Patrick was a baby!!). They are the Texas part of my dad's family. I'm very happy that Aunt Lori's mom lives in the Springs, she comes up to see her 3 or 4 times a year... so cool!
Not sure what is on tap for AFTER we eat, but when we get home we're having pot roast (I'm crockpotting it). Woohoo. :o)
Happy Valentine's Day... and if you get a nice romantical, kid-less dinner... enjoy! :o)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Must be feeling 'spacy'...
The girls decided to watch E.T. today. They like this movie, and I LOVE that they are interested in things that are part of my youth :o)
I decided to clean our room up a bit, get rid of some of the boxes that I can (would you believe that after 9 months of living here we STILL have boxes in our house?! We need a storage shed!). One box had some of my new cookbooks (not ones I wrote, but ones I collect!)... mmmm Sweet Maria's Baking compilation! Another box held quite a few Star Wars books and blueprints, they are Rick's... yes, he is a Star Wars fiend (nerd, geek, etc).
In the girls' bathroom is a book/magazine I bought Rick for Christmas, SFX Director's Edition: George Lucas. I started looking at some of the pictures, and one of them was 'the best movie poster EVER'... the original Star Wars movie poster.
Now I intend to watch the OG Star Wars :o) without Rick... that is odd for me :o) I plan on introducing Abigael to this awesome movie, the older two LOVE it :o)
Off to watch Star Wars with Abi, the Force is strong in that one. May the Force be with you.
I decided to clean our room up a bit, get rid of some of the boxes that I can (would you believe that after 9 months of living here we STILL have boxes in our house?! We need a storage shed!). One box had some of my new cookbooks (not ones I wrote, but ones I collect!)... mmmm Sweet Maria's Baking compilation! Another box held quite a few Star Wars books and blueprints, they are Rick's... yes, he is a Star Wars fiend (nerd, geek, etc).
In the girls' bathroom is a book/magazine I bought Rick for Christmas, SFX Director's Edition: George Lucas. I started looking at some of the pictures, and one of them was 'the best movie poster EVER'... the original Star Wars movie poster.
Now I intend to watch the OG Star Wars :o) without Rick... that is odd for me :o) I plan on introducing Abigael to this awesome movie, the older two LOVE it :o)
Off to watch Star Wars with Abi, the Force is strong in that one. May the Force be with you.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Our love story... part deux...
So, I knew I was going to marry him :o)
About this time, his friend (who'll remain nameless, until he or his wife tell you!) was kind of freaking out. :o) See, Rick and I were going out EVERY DAY together. And my little girl was going to all these places with us, because, sadly, there was no one to watch her.
Our first 'date' was a drive down Santa Rosa Creek Road in Cambria... completely terrifying, seeing as I was afraid of driving (or being driven) in the dark, on windy roads in the wind. At times I was, literally, curled up in a ball on the passenger seat clinging to the 'oh shit' handle... near tears! And he came back O_O Kiera was in the backseat asleep. LOL
Another date, we went out on Highway 46 to this pull out that overlooked Morro Rock and took pictures. Kiera was there in her car seat :o) And after we took pictures, Kiera came out to look with us (really, do you think I was stupid enough to let her wander on a pullout that had a busy highway on one side and a cliff on the other?!).
Would you believe that Rick & I didn't have our first kiss for almost two weeks?! If you know ME, you know that this is odd. He brought me Reese's peanut butter cups and daisies... I HAD to kiss him! LOL Little did he know that those were both my VERY favorites, and still are to this day! :o)
At some point, after spending all this time together, Rick asked me to go to Monterey for the weekend with him. Kiera included. (This was about a month and a half into us 'dating') So we headed off for a weekend in Monterey... we hardly left the hotel room, except to venture out to Cannery Row for a few hours. :o) It's odd having your kid underfoot, but I'm thankful that she was only 8 months old by this time! LOL
After this wonderful trip, we had plans to go out the next day... so he kept the car seat and stroller in his car. From what I've been told, his friend completely freaked. I couldn't tell you the exact words, but suffice it to say I was not this guys favorite person LOL (I am now though!)
October 4, 1999 (1 month, 19 days after we met) ~ I was sick as a dog, with a bitch personality to match. Rick drove me out to Cayucos one rainy afternoon... one of our few moments without Kiera. I was just too sick to enjoy it, so he drove me home. We got to my house (I was living with my mom still), and he got out to open my door. Not an odd occurrence for Rick, he was just raised that way. :o) As he opened my car door, he got down on one knee. I pretty much told him to get up and get out of my way, I wanted to go inside. (Oh yeah, I REALLY had that bitch part down that day! I am very ashamed of this now...) He wouldn't get up :o) and to this day, I'm grateful that he didn't :o) I wish I could remember his words, all I know is that he ended with "Will you marry me?" My answer? "Yes, now will you please get up so I can go inside?" Seriously, that is what I told him :o( Not very romantic of me... I'm actually surprised he didn't say 'never mind'.
Later that day, I was standing in the kitchen and my mom was making dinner.
"Rick asked me to marry him."
(not looking at me) "Did you say yes?"
"Of course"
"Good. You're very lucky he asked you."
Huh?
Seriously, this is the general consensus in my family... I am lucky that this wonderful man asked me to marry him. Was I really that much of a heinous bitch that no one thought I deserved him?? Both my aunts like to remind me how lucky I am that I have him.... like I don't know this! Everyone in my family LOVES my husband. I get the feeling they like me, too. LOL
End of October ~ This is one of my most favorite parts of our story!
I was going to meet Rick's parents. That's right, I hadn't met them yet... and better yet, they had NO CLUE that we were engaged! O_O Rick drove Kiera & I to Victorville to meet his parents and siblings (minus one, she didn't live there). When we got there, his dad was still at work and his siblings weren't there either. His mom welcomed Kiera and I easily. When his dad pulled up, his mom grabbed Kiera and said, "Let's go say hi to grandpa!" Really, she did that, and she still had no clue! :o) His dad came in carrying Kiera (9 months old now). He went to change out of his work clothes... he comes downstairs wearing a sweatshirt that says "#1 Grandpa" I swear! :o) That night, after dinner, we dropped the bomb LOL They took it well.
There was a worry about my not being a Christian, Rick is... he was raised that way. His parents were incredibly worried about him 'yolking' himself with a non-believer. He set them at ease, letting them know that he KNEW in his heart WITHOUT a doubt that I was 'his Eve'. Awwww! :o)
Kiera & I moved in with Rick in November 1999. Shock & chagrin... we weren't married O_O :o)
There will be more... I think 2 more... right now I have to go enjoy time with my girls :o)
About this time, his friend (who'll remain nameless, until he or his wife tell you!) was kind of freaking out. :o) See, Rick and I were going out EVERY DAY together. And my little girl was going to all these places with us, because, sadly, there was no one to watch her.
Our first 'date' was a drive down Santa Rosa Creek Road in Cambria... completely terrifying, seeing as I was afraid of driving (or being driven) in the dark, on windy roads in the wind. At times I was, literally, curled up in a ball on the passenger seat clinging to the 'oh shit' handle... near tears! And he came back O_O Kiera was in the backseat asleep. LOL
Another date, we went out on Highway 46 to this pull out that overlooked Morro Rock and took pictures. Kiera was there in her car seat :o) And after we took pictures, Kiera came out to look with us (really, do you think I was stupid enough to let her wander on a pullout that had a busy highway on one side and a cliff on the other?!).
Would you believe that Rick & I didn't have our first kiss for almost two weeks?! If you know ME, you know that this is odd. He brought me Reese's peanut butter cups and daisies... I HAD to kiss him! LOL Little did he know that those were both my VERY favorites, and still are to this day! :o)
At some point, after spending all this time together, Rick asked me to go to Monterey for the weekend with him. Kiera included. (This was about a month and a half into us 'dating') So we headed off for a weekend in Monterey... we hardly left the hotel room, except to venture out to Cannery Row for a few hours. :o) It's odd having your kid underfoot, but I'm thankful that she was only 8 months old by this time! LOL
After this wonderful trip, we had plans to go out the next day... so he kept the car seat and stroller in his car. From what I've been told, his friend completely freaked. I couldn't tell you the exact words, but suffice it to say I was not this guys favorite person LOL (I am now though!)
October 4, 1999 (1 month, 19 days after we met) ~ I was sick as a dog, with a bitch personality to match. Rick drove me out to Cayucos one rainy afternoon... one of our few moments without Kiera. I was just too sick to enjoy it, so he drove me home. We got to my house (I was living with my mom still), and he got out to open my door. Not an odd occurrence for Rick, he was just raised that way. :o) As he opened my car door, he got down on one knee. I pretty much told him to get up and get out of my way, I wanted to go inside. (Oh yeah, I REALLY had that bitch part down that day! I am very ashamed of this now...) He wouldn't get up :o) and to this day, I'm grateful that he didn't :o) I wish I could remember his words, all I know is that he ended with "Will you marry me?" My answer? "Yes, now will you please get up so I can go inside?" Seriously, that is what I told him :o( Not very romantic of me... I'm actually surprised he didn't say 'never mind'.
Later that day, I was standing in the kitchen and my mom was making dinner.
"Rick asked me to marry him."
(not looking at me) "Did you say yes?"
"Of course"
"Good. You're very lucky he asked you."
Huh?
Seriously, this is the general consensus in my family... I am lucky that this wonderful man asked me to marry him. Was I really that much of a heinous bitch that no one thought I deserved him?? Both my aunts like to remind me how lucky I am that I have him.... like I don't know this! Everyone in my family LOVES my husband. I get the feeling they like me, too. LOL
End of October ~ This is one of my most favorite parts of our story!
I was going to meet Rick's parents. That's right, I hadn't met them yet... and better yet, they had NO CLUE that we were engaged! O_O Rick drove Kiera & I to Victorville to meet his parents and siblings (minus one, she didn't live there). When we got there, his dad was still at work and his siblings weren't there either. His mom welcomed Kiera and I easily. When his dad pulled up, his mom grabbed Kiera and said, "Let's go say hi to grandpa!" Really, she did that, and she still had no clue! :o) His dad came in carrying Kiera (9 months old now). He went to change out of his work clothes... he comes downstairs wearing a sweatshirt that says "#1 Grandpa" I swear! :o) That night, after dinner, we dropped the bomb LOL They took it well.
There was a worry about my not being a Christian, Rick is... he was raised that way. His parents were incredibly worried about him 'yolking' himself with a non-believer. He set them at ease, letting them know that he KNEW in his heart WITHOUT a doubt that I was 'his Eve'. Awwww! :o)
Kiera & I moved in with Rick in November 1999. Shock & chagrin... we weren't married O_O :o)
There will be more... I think 2 more... right now I have to go enjoy time with my girls :o)
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Happy Birthday to my honey!
Today is Rick's 39th birthday. He says he wouldn't have remembered if we hadn't told him. I think he's lying. I also think he's a little worried about 40. He should be. He's so in for a BIG party LOL
I don't think he has changed much since I met him.
He's gonna hate that I used that picture :o) Gotta find another one :o) The first was September 1999, Monterey, California. The second was January 2009... so 9 1/2 years apart. Same hair cut :o)
I don't think he has changed much since I met him.
He's gonna hate that I used that picture :o) Gotta find another one :o) The first was September 1999, Monterey, California. The second was January 2009... so 9 1/2 years apart. Same hair cut :o)
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Our love story...
Tomorrow is Rick's birthday, he'll be 39. Personally, I don't think he's changed a bit since the day I met him! :o)
KLOVE, my very favorite radio station, is having this awesome contest right now. You send in your love story in 250 words or less and if they choose it as the winner, Matthew West will turn your story into a song and sing it to you! I love Matthew West! :o) So I entered. I think we have a great story, but honestly don't think they'll even pick it to read on air... just my luck :o) But that is okay with me because its still our story, and our kids and grandkids will love it :o)
In WAAAAY more than 250 words, I'm going to share our story... this way it will be written down for all eternity :o)
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It goes all the way back to my stepdad being HORRIBLE with computers! :o) I was a 20-year-old, single mom (my daughter was 7 months old) and I had moved home with my mom, stepdad and little brother. My stepdad somehow DELETED his modem... and expected me to fix it. So I called our internet companies tech support at like midnight one night to see if they could help. I got a tech named Chris who was TOTALLY helpful, and sorta hitting on me LOL He said I had a great phone voice (how sad is it that even when I was 13 I was being told that I could be a phone sex operator? WAIT! Now I know how to bring in extra cash! LOL *kidding*) and he'd like to keep chatting... so we started IMing through AIM. We'd chat, but mostly I'd send him jokes; funny ones, not funny ones, mostly dirty ones because they are the ones that make you laugh the hardest! Unbeknownst to me, he had told his friend about me and my jokes.
(according to Rick's memory) "You have to talk to this girl, she has the best jokes."
August 14, 1999 - Chris and I are chatting and he says he has to go to the bathroom, "Chat with my friend, Rick. He's visiting from Victorville." So he and I start chatting and after a while he logs off Chris's AIM account and into his own. He logs on as SilverSurfer. Now, I'm digging talking to this guy, so I try to impress him with my 'vast' (read: absolutely NO) knowledge of comics. "Silver Surfer? Like the comic book guy with a surfboard?" I know this only because YEARS earlier I had found a Silver Surfer trading card on the ground. I liked it, so I kept it. Eerie, right? I sent him my website link, so he could see my picture of me & Kiera at her christening. We chatted online for a bit and he busts out with, "Can I call you on the phone?" Like I said, I'm digging him... so of course I gave him my number. :o)
We talked on the phone for HOURS. It is now August 15th VERY early morning. I have to get up to be at work by 9A. I told him as much and he asked if he could call me at work the next day. Seeing as it was a Sunday and always a very slow day at the pharmacy (I worked for Cambria Village Pharmacy in Cambria), I said yes.
Sometime during the day, Rick called me at work and told me that he needed to run some errands and would call me to actually talk later. "...but call before 4P because that is when I close up." Fast forward a few hours. A customer called and was upset because there was no pharmacist. There was NEVER one on Sundays :o) She was threatening legal action, I was frantically running around the store looking for whatever it was she needed. A man came in and stood at the counter.
(out of breath) "I'll be right with you sir!" as I run to the backroom
*nods his head, says nothing*
"Okay. Now how can I help you sir?"
"Well, I figured that since I had seen your picture online that I should come in and show you me."
(according to Rick) My jaw just about hit the floor. LOL Bestill my heart, he had me at hello! :o)
He stuck around while I closed, and when I walked down to JJ's Pizza to meet my mom, he came with me. That night Rick met my daughter, mom, stepdad, little brother, older sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew! And, believe it or not, he came back the next day! :o) Shocking, I know!!
Turns out he had moved up to Morro Bay from Victorville. He came to see me every day!
About 2 weeks after we met, Rick & Chris picked me up for lunch. We grabbed sandwiches from Soto's Market and headed down to the beach. Sitting on the beach, after eating lunch, I was doodling on my paper bag with some charcoal. He asked what I was drawing.... it was cheesy LOL I had been doodling a house with a tree and standing next to it were me & Kiera. "Where am I in that picture?" Oh, right then and there I KNEW I was going to marry this man! :o)
I'll write more another time... that is enough for now :o) Plenty more though :o)
KLOVE, my very favorite radio station, is having this awesome contest right now. You send in your love story in 250 words or less and if they choose it as the winner, Matthew West will turn your story into a song and sing it to you! I love Matthew West! :o) So I entered. I think we have a great story, but honestly don't think they'll even pick it to read on air... just my luck :o) But that is okay with me because its still our story, and our kids and grandkids will love it :o)
In WAAAAY more than 250 words, I'm going to share our story... this way it will be written down for all eternity :o)
-------
It goes all the way back to my stepdad being HORRIBLE with computers! :o) I was a 20-year-old, single mom (my daughter was 7 months old) and I had moved home with my mom, stepdad and little brother. My stepdad somehow DELETED his modem... and expected me to fix it. So I called our internet companies tech support at like midnight one night to see if they could help. I got a tech named Chris who was TOTALLY helpful, and sorta hitting on me LOL He said I had a great phone voice (how sad is it that even when I was 13 I was being told that I could be a phone sex operator? WAIT! Now I know how to bring in extra cash! LOL *kidding*) and he'd like to keep chatting... so we started IMing through AIM. We'd chat, but mostly I'd send him jokes; funny ones, not funny ones, mostly dirty ones because they are the ones that make you laugh the hardest! Unbeknownst to me, he had told his friend about me and my jokes.
(according to Rick's memory) "You have to talk to this girl, she has the best jokes."
August 14, 1999 - Chris and I are chatting and he says he has to go to the bathroom, "Chat with my friend, Rick. He's visiting from Victorville." So he and I start chatting and after a while he logs off Chris's AIM account and into his own. He logs on as SilverSurfer. Now, I'm digging talking to this guy, so I try to impress him with my 'vast' (read: absolutely NO) knowledge of comics. "Silver Surfer? Like the comic book guy with a surfboard?" I know this only because YEARS earlier I had found a Silver Surfer trading card on the ground. I liked it, so I kept it. Eerie, right? I sent him my website link, so he could see my picture of me & Kiera at her christening. We chatted online for a bit and he busts out with, "Can I call you on the phone?" Like I said, I'm digging him... so of course I gave him my number. :o)
We talked on the phone for HOURS. It is now August 15th VERY early morning. I have to get up to be at work by 9A. I told him as much and he asked if he could call me at work the next day. Seeing as it was a Sunday and always a very slow day at the pharmacy (I worked for Cambria Village Pharmacy in Cambria), I said yes.
Sometime during the day, Rick called me at work and told me that he needed to run some errands and would call me to actually talk later. "...but call before 4P because that is when I close up." Fast forward a few hours. A customer called and was upset because there was no pharmacist. There was NEVER one on Sundays :o) She was threatening legal action, I was frantically running around the store looking for whatever it was she needed. A man came in and stood at the counter.
(out of breath) "I'll be right with you sir!" as I run to the backroom
*nods his head, says nothing*
"Okay. Now how can I help you sir?"
"Well, I figured that since I had seen your picture online that I should come in and show you me."
(according to Rick) My jaw just about hit the floor. LOL Bestill my heart, he had me at hello! :o)
He stuck around while I closed, and when I walked down to JJ's Pizza to meet my mom, he came with me. That night Rick met my daughter, mom, stepdad, little brother, older sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew! And, believe it or not, he came back the next day! :o) Shocking, I know!!
Turns out he had moved up to Morro Bay from Victorville. He came to see me every day!
About 2 weeks after we met, Rick & Chris picked me up for lunch. We grabbed sandwiches from Soto's Market and headed down to the beach. Sitting on the beach, after eating lunch, I was doodling on my paper bag with some charcoal. He asked what I was drawing.... it was cheesy LOL I had been doodling a house with a tree and standing next to it were me & Kiera. "Where am I in that picture?" Oh, right then and there I KNEW I was going to marry this man! :o)
I'll write more another time... that is enough for now :o) Plenty more though :o)
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