Damn YELLOWJACKET

Everything was going great today, I was cleaning my room picking up clothes and getting ready for our company. I picked up the last 2 pieces of clothing, my jacket and dress that was hanging on the bed post, when all the sudden... I felt this overwhelming stinging sensation in my index finger. I run out of my bedroom screaming SH*T and jumping up and down shaking my hand. Markus thought I saw a bug and was laughing til I started balling. I think the venom was creeping into my finger. You talk about hurt. I couldn't even think to tell Markus what just happened. I told him KILL IT, KILL IT. I still can't believe it. I thought it was a wasp. he thought it was a hornet. After digging it out of the trash and studying it on the internet, we determined it was a yellow freakin jacket. I wish I could've done worse to it than kill it. I feel terrible and it was all I could to frantically scramble around the house to find some Benadryl.

Markus claims it's the biggest yellowjacket he's ever seen.

Naturally that didn't help the swelling go down in my finger. It has crept into my middle finger and my hand. It feels terrible and of course it would be my right hand. This typing isn't good for my fingers, but avoid the stupid yellowjackets at all costs.

Swiss Chocolate

I must admit I always look forward to Markus' aunt Ursula coming in from Switzerland because she always bares CHOCOLATE. Ok for those of you who know me well enough might know that I'm not a chocolate person. I just don't like the way american chocolate tastes. This chocolate melts in your hands before it even reaches your mouth. I just had to take a few shots of the beautiful chocolate she gave me to remember how awesome it is. Look how danty.



My favorite was this little thing with dots in it which turned out to be crispies covered in different kinds of chocolate. Divine

A Few Things Real Quick

So of course after I vent about my boss she gives me this $100 gift card to Red Door Interiors. I've never been, but have wanted to go sooo... bad.

We are dog sitting for the Rawsons. I realllllly want their dog. He is sooo... Sweet. I want a dog period.

Nursery @ church is working my nerves. We had 9 kids yesterday. I'm so over it. Maybe that is why we don't have kids yet. Just a thought.

Christmas- Seems to come at the best time of year... WHEN WE ARE POOR! Next year Markus and I are giving $30 from every paycheck to the Christmas club. The Lord has blessed us so much and I don't feel like anyone appreciates my handmade gifts anymore. haha.

Z Gallerie never ceases to amaze me. Ahhh... They have really opened my eyes to the possiblities... the endless possibilities.

P.S. Markus' cousin told me she read in the newspaper that we are getting a POTTERY BARN. Yep I said it. POTTERY BARN. I don't know if I want to leave the BR yet. :) I know MIL would be happy to hear me say that. HA

The Boss

Why is it that bosses can be so dumb and you can be so smart? I'm not intelligent by a long shot, however I have more common sense to outsmart them any day. These people don't want to get me an assistant in my office and throw so much crap on me it's ridiculous and expect me to perform miracles. Did it not occur to them that I am only one person and that I can only do 5,000 things at one time not 5,001. Ugh! I guess common sense doesn't want to step into the scenario. My favorite is when they offer you time off like they are doing YOU a favor. I finally told my boss yesterday that I can't afford to take anymore time off because I have so much work to do and Christmas holidays will be interfering enough. She had the audacity to tell me I could work from home if I needed to. Like I don't have a husband or something or a life a outside of work. HELLo! Must love these people I suppose. I feel like I can run a business now after all of this. HA! And I haven't even been to college for this kind of thing.

Common sense can take you places... TRY IT!

The Solution

Markus and I have come up with a temporary solution to the paint spilled on the ugly pink carpet. We have decided to rip it up and stain the concrete. I must say I really wanted this done since we moved into the house, but have gone back and forth. I really want bamboo floors in the office/scrapbooking room, but that will take some time to save for. But for right now we will freeze our feet on the concrete.

Patience

If there is one thing Markus has taught me (and the Lord too) it is patience. As I have posted before I promised Markus a tv. And not the ones you see in people's kitchens the ones you have to rationalize to buy because they seem so unrealistic. Markus has decided he would wait til we actually had all the money in hand to buy the tv. huh? What? Could you repeat that? I was confused but glad he sensed that I felt the same way. Ever since I have started listening and reading Dave Ramsey's books I have really been all about paying for things with cash money and not credit. So I just want to say how happy I am that Markus has once again chosen patience over instant gratification (what the world revolves around) and will wait til the money comes in.

Just a few quotes from a book that I was glad I read in my early twenties instead of my early thirties. Taken from the "Total Money Makeover" by Dave Ramsey

"Debt is not a tool; it is a method to make banks wealthy, not you."
"Don't even consider keeping up with the Joneses. They're broke."
"You have to tell money what to do or it leaves"

So even though Markus won't be able to enjoy the game on his own big flat screen, I think we both agree it will be nice not to have another payment. After all what is one to do without any payments? haha.

Yesterday's Intensity

Markus and I have been trying to decide what color to paint the office/scrapbooking room for a while. I couldn't decide which color I liked until I saw this beautiful color at Sherwin Williams. Well Markus' cousin gave him a giftcard to Home Depot so we matched this "Aqua Chintz" up almost perfectly. I painted it on the walls and was worried at first because it looked baby blue. Well it dried and here is what it looks like NOW.

New Color vs. Old Color

Here it is the first coat!

We had a Christmas Party to go to last night so I got 3 walls painted with the first coat and the ceiling and baseboard trim done. I was excited and proud of myself. It only took 3 hours I think. Not bad. So after the party I really wanted to get to a good stopping point for the weekend. I came back and did the 2nd coat. Not long into it I was screaming for Markus. Let me show you what he found.


Umm... yeah that was me in the background scooping the paint up off the carpet. I mean I hated the pink carpet and everything, but it wasn't supposed to happen this way. OOOPS!

Blood

Since Markus and I have bought this house I found it very important for both of us to get life insurance, just in case. Well I had been thinking about it not really looking for a company until one of his friends called him up one day. He had started selling life insurance. How funny. Well long story short we were both all about getting it and from someone we could trust. Until he said we have to take your BLOOD. WHAT? Ok suddenly I was like uhhh.. what. I told him to forget it. I was soooo..... serious. I don't do blood or needles. Long story short a month later, tonight to be exact they came to take my blood. I am such a baby, but didn't even pass out. I am proud of myself. Now if I could just get past this when pregnant I'll be doing good. So if you don't have Life Insurance yet and are thinking about getting it, let me just take the surprise out of it...THEY HAVE TO TAKE YOUR BLOOD!

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!

Okay so I had to calm myself down before I wrote this. I have just found the store I have been looking for, for years! Markus and I went to Perkins Rowe tonight to see Fritz's new theater and check out the Fresh Market. We really hated the concept of the whole thing. It is so close together. BUT in the middle of it all is the store called Z Gallerie. It is all that and more. I just can't even describe it in this blog. You have to go and visit, oh and buy me something too. :) It's amazing. I've waited patiently and it has arrived. They have the colors I love and the furniture and textures and accessories and the EVERYTHING. Tell me what you think! Z GALLERIE

I hate that I cannot do anything on this stupid website. I cannot make the link to save my freakin life. Sorry but that is the website.

What a SURPRISE!

Well Markus' surprise party was successful. YEAAH! Boy was I stressin. He really made it easy for me though. He believed everything we planned on and I kinda knew he would. See Helen and Heber our really good friends took him to play tennis. Well that meant I had like 2hrs to clean our house and get the food together while picking up Bday cake and getting a few last minute obvious things. VERY HARD. I drove myself mad. But in the end it was all worth it. He was surprised. He later told me when he walked in he saw what looked like Jared Rawson (it was) with a video camera and was like, what is going on and looked to the left and saw the food and was like huh? THEN everyone screamed surprise. Oh I guess everything can't be perfect. HA! Even though Josh H. told me it was. I promise I can't believe that. So thought I'd share some pics. His friend I asked to take pics didn't really get any SURPRISE shots, so that was a bummer for me b/c I had to push him into the room b/c he wasn't moving forward and I was behind him and didn't see anything. Oh well.

I Can't Decide

Not that these are like the best pics we have ever taken, but I really can't decide which one to send in our Christmas cards. Which one do you like better?

Tag your it

I was tagged for the Seven Things Meme by Ann
The rules are:

Share seven random facts about yourself, in your blog.
Include these rules.
Link back to the person who tagged you.
Tag seven more people and list their names & blogs. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged.

I had this under a comment, but couldn't find it when I was ready to do it. Sorry Ann. so here goes.


1. I got held back in the 2nd grade.
2. I'm scared of the dark (VERY)
3. I absolutely cannot stand tunafish (it won't exist in my house, sorry kids)
4. I went to hair school AND graduated
5. I'm a perfectionist (horrible disease, haha)
6. I don't really care for chocolate (unless its Swiss)
7. The L in Jennifer L Wilson is Lynne not LeBlanc (I still don't know if my granny knows that)

I don't think there is anyone else left to tag. So maybe in a few months we can try this again.

Holy Shizzy

I can't freakin believe it. We're going to be playing in the National Championship GAME! Ahhh... Suddenly my heart is racing. Yeah. But do I try to get tickets from our hook ups or do I get the TV. Oh decisions, decisions. Oh dear. And we thought when Markus went in 2004 that is was a once in a lifetime thing. more later

Spoke too soon...

Holy freakin cow! Tigers win! Loved the 2 point conversion. I secretly knew they would go for it and MAKE it. Wow. Love the tigers and I am sooo... proud of them. BUT: Markus and ESPN are saying LSU could still go to the National Championship game. I mean yeah I'm happy and all but I guess we'll be making a trip to Circuit City to look at tv's. I think Markus knew this would happen that is why he drug me there earlier this week. I actually wanted to look at the tv's for longer than he did. He wanted to go because it was depressing him. HA! What a trip. Ok so tomorrow the news will come out about the National Championship Sugar Bowl. Markus was going to try to get tickets. Does that mean my deal could be off? If we get tickets and can afford them those were the conditions. I knew we wouldn't be able to afford them and that is why I promised him the tv. Crap. I think I'm screwed either way. I haven't even picked a tv stand. OH well. tomorrow will tell all. Peace

Officially December

Markus has really hated the whole Christmas season this year. That is why I wasn't going to put our Christmas decor up on the blog until December. Last weekend we got our tree. Markus hates the fake one his mom gave me and wanted a real tree. We really didn't need to spend the money on one, but our first Christmas in our house... oh why not.

Before:







After:
We used to clippings from the tree on the mantel as garland. I think it is going to die soon though.


More later. I hate how long it takes to load pictures on this thing. 5 mins plus is too long for me for just one pic. I'll be back to post the rest.