All dressed up

So last night was my office Christmas party. Despite the catering disaster which Renee and the gang handled superbly, it was a nice night! Seriously though, props to them for whipping up appetizers in like 30 minutes for over 100 people!

So John and I got all dressed up for the party. I found a cute dress at Kohl's believe it or not and I wanted a certain hairstyle. I have been really into the show "Samantha Who?" with Christina Applegate and her hair is flippin' cute! So I requested assistance from my dear pal Kassi who colors and cuts my hair normally. She whipped up the perfect do and I was so pleased! Of course I had John take some pictures to document this fabulous look! Anyway, that's all this blog is about...the pictures from last night!

My long shot showing my cute dress!


The hair close up..thanks Kassi!


John and I at the party. I got him a cute tie to match me!


The very cute Corinne. Didn't she do the 40's well?


My carpool buddy....only a few people understand that one!


I will probably post some more pictures soon! Until then...

Just a little update

So I realized it's been a month since my last post. I feel as though I am slacking but there just hasn't been much to post. Things have been going pretty well here. Scooter has been on his medication but has had 4 seizures in the first 3 weeks of taking the potassium bromide. This past week we have been seizure free!! So we are hoping it's starting to take effect. That would be so spectacular if the seizures stopped. I can't stand to see my baby during one of those. He had one the day after Thanksgiving and Trish and Jamie were there to see it. They were freaked out too. It's hard because there is nothing you can do but hold him until it passes. But let's keep our fingers crossed that the medication is working! Oh and on another note, Scooter has conjunctivitis right now and is NOT happy. I have to keep wiping his eyes and he gets so mad! That should go away in a couple of days though. If not, back to the vet we go.

For Thanksgiving we made the trek down to Orange County. We left Wednesday night and were pretty worried about traffic. Surprisingly though we made great time and saw minimal traffic. We were quite pleased, especially because we opted to bring the pups along for the trip. We were having Turkey Day at John's uncle John's house and he has 2 pups and we wanted our dogs to meet each other. Funny thing is Uncle John has a puppy named Penelope too. Total coincidence because we got our pups around the same time. Anyway, we stayed at Trish's house (John's moms) and had a great time. The dogs were pretty crazy and we decided that would probably be their last trip to Orange County for awhile. It's just too hard to keep an eye on them. While he was outside in the back yard, Scooter got into a fight with a cat!! Sigh...poor Scooter.

So that's pretty much all I have to talk about right now. My office Christmas party is coming up this Friday so I should have some fancy pics of John and I to post. And then John has his party the following week. And Christmas morning will be full of pictures this year again! Scooter opened all his presents last year and this year we have to teach Penny!

Until the next post....

Busy

So, this is really the first chance I have had to sit down and write in quite awhile. Things have been pretty busy around here. John is working full time at KSI and up until last weekend was still working every Saturday and Sunday at Red Robin. I'm so glad he is done there!! I have been subbing pretty much everyday. I have been lucky to get sub jobs at Patriot for most of my days, but occasionally I am at Centennial as well. Next week I will work at Endeavor for the first time. I'm a little nervous about that, but I'm sure it will be fine. And of course, I am still working at the office everyday after school as well. Subbing doesn't pay well here and I can't afford not to work at the office. My classes at dance are going well too. I was nervous before the year started, but now I'm feeling okay about it. So that's a good thing.

On other news...aka...PUP news! We had a bit of a scare with our oldest child, Scooter. Scooter was having random seizures recently. We weren't really sure what to make of them or even what to do about them. All we knew was that they were getting worse and scarier. So after a really bad one on Tuesday night, I got him right in at the vet's on Wednesday morning. They ran some blood work and on Thursday informed us that it doesn't look neurological (meaing we didn't have to go to LA and have an MRI). So that was GREAT news. Basically Scooter has to be on Potassium Bromide for the rest of his life. Hopefully it is effective and minimizes the seizures. It's not too pricy which is also a plus. If the Potassium isn't effective, he has to take Phenobarbotal which will destroy his liver over time. So we DON'T want to have that road be our option. So keep your fingers crossed for our little guy. He has had such a rough time in his short little life. He is such a good boy too. It breaks my heart when he is sick. Today was his first day on the meds, so we won't know if they are working for a couple of weeks. I will update though.

Well, that's about all for now. We went to Orange County last weekend to visit some family and friends. We went to La Cave for the Halloween whatnot. Anyway, here are some pictures from that night. Sorry no pictures of the dogs this time!!

This one is of John and me. Can you tell he didn't really have a costume?!


Me and Torie (my old gym buddy)...I like this one because I'm finally starting to look skinny!!! Yay! Thanks Torie for all your help and inspiration!


Our La Cave friends. Josh (dressed as a "cholo") and Dave (from "Blades of Glory")We really miss them!


Anyway, I promise more pictures of the pups soon!

Slightly Ridiculous!

Yes it's been awhile since my last post. Things have been going great here. John finally got a job! Go John! It's a really good one too. He should be leaving Red Robin shortly. It's just not worth it having no days off...which is what is happening. Anyway, now the stress level has decreased tremendously and that is great! I have been subbing almost everyday. There is a possibility that I could have a long term assignment during the second half of the year. That would be great! Then I could really get my foot in the door!

Anyway, we should be coming to the OC for a visit in the coming weeks. Once John is done at Red Robin we will have weekends free. Expect visits soon!

Most importantly and the REAL reason for this post is the addition of MORE pup pictures! I thought we weren't gonna get Halloween costumes for the dogs UNTIL I saw these! I know, we are awful parents...subjecting our dogs to this torture, but it was just too cute to pass up!

Scooter makes a great jailpup!! The hat was the greatest part...don't worry he only had it on for the picture!


Penny is a little witch!!


Blame John. He enables me and my madness!!!



So that's it for now! Hope you enjoy my cute pups!!

Pumpkin Pie

So it hasn't been TOO long since my last post. We are staying pretty busy now. I am subbing usually 3-4 days a week now which is nice. Dance is going well. It's so refreshing to be back. My body feels better...in a strange way, because although I'm sore and ache, I wouldn't have it any other way!! My Thursday night classes are going well. I don't think I have scared any girls away and as far as I can tell, none of them hate me. So that's a plus! The last two weeks I totally worked them and they were major spazzes!! It was great! We had a lot of fun. :)

John is still on the job hunt. He has been working a few days a week at the restaurant and he recently got set up with 2 temp agencies. Hopefully something will open up with that. We are trying really hard to be patient. In the meanwhile, I am working extra hard to make money to pay the bills.

On a super cute note, many of you know we have a Halloween costume for Scooter that he wore last year! But Penny is so tiny in even Scooter's clothes, that we can't really find much for her that doesn't hang off and bother her. BUT last night at Target I saw an EXTRA SMALL pumpkin t-shirt! I grabbed it up! So Penelope is a pumpkin and I posted Scooter's picture from last year! Because Penny's middle name is Pie, we have a little Pumpkin Pie!!!

Care Bear Stare!

This post is pointless but I had to post this picture. I can't explain the Care Bear...but what's important is my dog's love for the stuffed animal!

Our OC Visit!

Well I feel like a blog slacker cuz we went to the baseball game on Labor Day and it has taken me 5 days to post this blog. I guess it's better late than never.

Anyway, last weekend we dropped the dogs off at my Dad's and drove down to Orange County for a short visit. We had fun just laying low. I did some shopping while I was there. That is one thing that I REALLY miss...shopping! It's soo much better there. And since I lost so much weight, none of my clothes fit anymore for work. So I had to break down and spend some money for clothes.

Anyway, we went to the Angel game on Monday. I was excited because they had fireworks after the game and I had yet to go to a game with fireworks. So I was looking forward to that. I was also hoping they would win. See, every game I have gone to, they have lost! I was starting to feel like a curse. It was sad. But on Monday they came through for me and beat the Oakland Athletics! We had great seats too! We took John's best friend Eric along (he's an A's fan). He wasn't too happy during the game (A's were losing) but all in all we had a great time!

As you can see, Eric isn't having too much fun watching his team lose!



This is how close we were. We were on the 3rd base line. Front row seats...sadly no foul balls were in our area.


I love Garrett Anderson! He kicks butt!


It was SO hot that day. I was sweating!


This one is a good one. I personally like the conflicting teams!


We're pretty cute!


Well, our visit was short but sweet. We are hoping to come back soon! So to all our friends at OM and La Cave, we will make a stop by to see you all!