new beginnings!

So sorry for the delay, but big news around here! Roy and I are expecting a christmas baby! Estimated due date (I've been hearing those words a lot lately) is Decembe 21, 2009! We find out what the gender is this Tuesday! For fun, I've decided to start recording the crazy vivid dreams i have been having. There are celebrity dreams, family dreams, and dreams i'm not even in. Stay tuned!

Finally really truly quitting

So I'm in the process of quitting smoking, not only for my own health but also for my fertility. So far I am down to 2 smokes a day, not entirely quitting, but I'm getting there. I've noticed some changes so far:
1. I no longer "have" to have a cigarrette at 10:00, and 12:00 (after lunch), or in the evening after dinner and before bed. At first I was shoving pretzels down my throat to try to avoid the temptation, but it's slowly getting easier to get my mind off smoking.
2. I can smell the cigarette stench when I get into my car. It's not nice.
3. I haven't purchased a pack of smokes in about 2 weeks. Pretty weird. But very good, since Arkansas is about to raise the cigarette tax 50 cents.

So I've got a little farther to go, but i'm confident that soon I'll be smoke free. I'm all ready alcohol free, thankfully, that one was easy.

But sometimes I think "Man, what did I do when I wasn't smoking?"

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Roy's trip to Wal Mart

My lovely husband volunteered to go to the grocery store this morning. I feel kinda sorry for him now. He was very thoughtful and decided to pick up my feminine hygeine products for me. I told him before he left that they were the yellow boxes. The following are the words he said to me while describing:

" I really hoped for a glowing, shining yellow box that would just call out to me and say 'hey roy- take me and get the hell out of this aisle!'. Unfortunately, all of the boxes were BLUE, Kristen. And by the way, I had no idea that women needed so much stuff for down there. I mean come on, the aisle is L-shaped! So I hoped to find the box quickly, but no, I had to be the hairy pervert lurking in the corner, pacing back and forth, muttering about a yellow box. "

His strange trip didn't end there. Apparently Wal Mart has all ready set up for Christmas. He needed some Charcoal, and went in through the garden entrance. It appears that the Santa's are all ready out in front, ringing the bells. Today's shift included a Chinese santa who knows just a few words of English--" Merry Christmas, YOU!" . Roy said the santa made a point to say this to everybody coming in, forcing he and roy to "break down" so Roy could just get past him.

Always at Wal Mart, eh?

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Great!!!!

My upcoming birthday treat...

There is only one thing I want for my birthday this year....


And I'm going to get it!

Can you guess what it is??

Oh, so freakin hot!

To Bail Out, or Not To Bail Out

Oh Ron Paul, you're my hero....

a bit of a double standard.

Ah, this is great...

analogies

well, things are moving pretty fast right now. I just bought a new(er) car, and it made me realize again that i'm not quite as frivolous or irresponsible as i used to be. I was laying in bed last night, thinking of the changes to come, and I visualized how I felt about my life right now. What came to me was a picture of me in a river current, beginning to go with the flow, rather than sideways down the current. I guess that 's pretty accurate about my feelings of my life. For a long time, i struggled against the forces around me, going in the wrong direction. Now i feel like I'm starting to turn, and things are going smoother. I know there will be bumps and scrapes along the way, but at least I can navigate them easier now.

Lefty Fun Time

I had to post these pictures...One of Lefty's Favorite Activities is hanging out on top of doors- he can play there for probably about 20 minutes at a time...Can you see his big belly?

Part-Time Kitty

Time to give some love to Motley, our part-time cat. She is such a precious kitty...We think she belongs to one of our neighbors, but it sure did look like she was starving when we first met her. Since then, she's gotten plenty of gravy food to fatten her up....

Backyard Mystery

Roy and I were sitting out back this weekend, enjoying some barbeque, when he noticed something amiss with the side of our shed behind our house. The shed sits up off the ground a couple of inches, so we could definitely tell that there was some kind of critter that was making its home underneath the shed! We don't actually know what it is yet, because we haven't seen it- We found a second hole against the fence in the back of the yard, so it makes sense that we haven't seen the animal yet. We think it is probably an armadillo, or ground hog. I just hope its not having babies under there! Check out these pictures of the hole-you can sort of see the hole...

Eye Candy

I decided to take a moment to highlight two very sexy men. I think Daniel Craig has to be my favorite actor right now...Isn'the delectable? He can rescue me any time...


As far as Michael Phelps- Roy and I watched him in the 04 Olympics, he is a machine, and also so nice to look at!

Enjoy!

Surprises at 25

I've learned some things recently that no one mentions will happen to you once you hit your mid twenties:

1. You can get allergies, even if you've never suffered from them before like this crap...

2. You actually have to start thinking about making really large purchases. At 19, the thought of getting a loan for a car made me want to cower under a bed.

3. You can't just eat whatever you want anymore, with no consequences. unfortunately.

4. What is up with going to bed at 10:00 so i can be rested for work? What happened to staying up as late as i wanted and being able to make it the next day just fine?

I'm sure there will be more wonderful surprises to come when I'm 30!

Summer of the End

well, summer is here, and that usually means alot of lazing around for me and Roy. But not this summer. We've decided that this will be a summer full of events. Why, you ask? Hopefully by the end of the summer, we'll be ready to expand our family! Which is why we'd like to get in more " just the two of us" moments before those times become very rare, from what I hear. A summer kind of like when we first met: an adventure around every corner. First up was the Hayes Carl show here in Fayetteville on Dickson street. It was EXCELLENT! I almost didn't go, but man am I sure glad I did. Bonus-he's from Arkansas, so I got to have a little pride in our hometown musician. Next up: I'll be going solo on this adventure, but Roy will be there in spirit: My mother, my sis, and I will be going to the Spring River, located in our hometown and home to many of my fondest memories growing up. I want to come back nice and toasty burned. After that, Roy and I will be partaking in an evening with THE freaking BLACK CROWES!!!!! This kind of show hasn't been around in a while (especially since the band just got back together), so we are sooo pumped to see them. Extra nice because the hotel we are staying at shuttles you to and from the show, so i can be as irresponsible as I want! More posts to come about the Summer of the End!

whew!

What a week...I am so drained. I've spent all week preparing legal papers, and that can take it out of you. I'm really ready for the weekend to start, but its still a couple of hours away. Today was a pretty bad day, i felt like I'd regressed a little bit back into the really anxious, nervous person I used to be, i suppose its because of the amount of stress this week. But I took a step back from the picture, and prayed for inner peace, and I all ready feel better. That's a big difference from what I used to do, which was panick and curl into a ball (metaphorically). Kinda makes me think I can handle more than I realize. HELLO WEEKEND!

impressive

These are my good friends Wes and Nancy Miller. They've been married for about a year, I'm so glad I can call them my friends! They've been taking dance lessons since before they were married, I'm so proud!

Roy Boy

Roy's getting a haircut today, I thought i would show a side by side of the two husbands I have :-)

My Mountain Man, and my Cleaned up Honey