As promised

So here I am full of info and pictures. I just downloaded a TON of pictures from my camera. I had like 90 pictures just hanging out on there. And the sad part is, the majority of them were from Christmas time! Gosh, I guess I have been busy!

Well let's see. There has been a lot going on around here. The dogs of course are doing fabulously. Baxter is almost potty trained and I am sooo excited about that. I can't tell you happy it makes me! That puppy poops more than either of our other dogs did when they were little! And I don't even have carpet this time...thank goodness! I took some pictures the other day because my grandma requested some pictures.

I wasn't even trying for this pose and it turned out great! This is our favorite picture of all 3 dogs! It's so hard to get them to sit still. John is holding a treat above their heads which is why they are all looking in the same direction.


This picture is my new favorite of Baxter. I know it is only his face, but he has beautiful markings and this picture shows that!


John is loving his job. He was officially hired on as a full time employee. I can't remember if I mentioned that part yet. So it means he doesn't work for the temp agency anymore. He served his 90 days with them and then KSI (his employer) was able to hire him away from them. So, on May 1st he will be done with his official 90 days and get benefits and all that good stuff. He really likes his job and that makes me so happy. I asked him the other day if he wanted to move back to Orange County. When we made the decision to move here, I told him if he gave it a year, then we could do whatever he wanted; either stay or move back. He told me he wanted to stay. That made me feel really good.

As for me...things have changed. The main reason we moved here was so I could hired as a teacher. I couldn't get a job in Orange County and the growth in Bakersfield has been really large. So new schools have been opened and jobs were plentiful. So we moved. I have been subbing pretty much everyday and it looked promising. I am starting a long term sub job that will last 7 weeks for a fourth grade teacher who is having a baby. So the principal liked me there and it was looking good for me to get hired in the Rosedale district. WELL now the state of California has once again slammed education with a big hit! When I was in the OC, budget cuts were happening and teachers were getting laid off. That made it virtually impossible to get hired. Now it appears to be happening again, only in Bakersfield. I can't seem to catch a break. Rosedale, the district I have been subbing for, has announced the possibility of laying off 30 teachers at the end of the year!! Well, great. That's just great. The other districts are getting hit too. It's just unknown how hard yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and am going to apply anyway as planned. We will just have to see what happens. It's just frustrating because I worked so hard this year to make good contacts and to do a good job to get noticed. It seemed to work and now this road bump. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Enough about all that. Back to pictures! Here is our Christmas picture. Usually we send out Christmas cards but this year I just didn't get around to it. This picture is the one we printed and framed for our families...but John was able to photo shop the dogs' creepy eyes. So this isn't the final one. But rather the one on my camera!


So that is pretty much all for now. I have still been subbing and working at the office and dance studio. I choreographed a trio for company and Jennifer Skiby's solo this year. Both of those dances will compete in March and April. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I did a good job!

I hope to have some more pictures to post soon. This has already taken me forever tonight. Until next time....

Here I Am

Well a few people have asked that I update my blog. This is funny to me because well only a few people actually read the thing...AND they ask me to update it while they are on my myspace page!! Sooooo that makes me laugh seeing as how my myspace page pretty much keeps you updated and whatnot too.

Anyway, there are a few things to post but I am compiling pictures and notes and so far it's not ready. Well, I haven't started so that might hinder the readiness. Anyway, I wanted to let you all (few) know that an update is on the way. I'm sure you are all (few) so excited you can hardly stand it!! I know...I would be too!

Until then...

Baxter Pup!

Well things around here have been moving at full speed! I don't have much time to post right now, but we have a new addition to our family...well we got him the day after Thanksgiving. Anyway, because it was a surprise, I couldn't post pictures until John's Dad and Step-mom saw him in person! And now it's been awhile since that and I thought I should at least post some pictures for those of you who haven't seen him on my Myspace page.

This is Baxter Maximus Wagsley!



As you can see he didn't waste any time playing with his new brother and sister. Little secret...Scooter doesn't like Baxter. Hopefully that will change!



Well that is all for now. I will repost soon with updates on the lives of John and I. But for now enjoy my lil boy Baxter!

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!!