My weekend

This weekend we headed to the local fall festival. We hung out, got to see some people I hadn't talked to in a while. Caught up with some that I had seen in a LONG time. Realized that time flies because I hadnt seen them in a few years and their kid was almost 4!?! Where does the time go?

Saturday night we went to the movies with Heath and Lindsey. Lindsey and I saw High School Musical 3: Senior Year. She's a big huge fan and I was fine with seeing it. The movie was good too!The guys saw Max Payne.

Excited faces! Too funny not to post! :)

Sunday we carved one of our pumpkins. I actually did all the carving, Ben just cleaned out the guts for me. While I carved, he cooked the pumpkin seeds. Well roasted them in the oven.

Here's my finished pumpkin. I'm gonna carve the other one later this week.

Finished pumpkin seeds. Nothing really exciting to look at but I just had to post a pic. They were pretty good, but I'd honestly just suck all the salt off of them and throw away if I could. :)

Fall Stuff

I love this time of year. I think I've mentioned that already. I love when the leaves change colors. Hot Chocolate. Apple Cider. I love it!!

Today was my day off, so I baked muffins. Chocolate chip and lemon poppyseed. Chocolate for me and lemon for Ben. If you can believe it, I haven't gotten my camera out since vacation. So I figured today was the day. Slapped on my 50mm lense, which made my camera feel 20 times lighter and snapped away at some stuff.

Lilly in her new sweater. I know what you're thinking, She's one of those people who dresses up her dogs. No actually my dog gets cold and thats why we have one for her. She only looks annoyed because I was holding a treat to get her still and she wanted it.

This is the extent of my fall decorating, plus the mums on the front porch. I got them all half off at Hobby Lobby.

Lastly, me. Modeling my new scarf, hat and gloves I got a while back. They were too cute and affordable to pass up. I like the gloves because as you can see you can have your fingers out if you need to do something. I will probably get caught wearing these at work. Yes, it gets that cold at work and with these I can still type at the computer. But you also have the little part that goes over your fingers. Cool! Also, I half way like my self portrait. I think its the lighting...

Randoms

Let's see....

In fertility news...I had a not so fun test yesterday. Its called a hysterosalpingogram. Say that 10 times fast! I wasn't at all excited about the test, but I was even more not excited about the fact that it was at the nearby imaging center. I did 2 semesters of my x-ray school rotation through there, meaning I knew all the x-ray techs. Normally, knowing people doing your test would make you feel comfortable. This time I didn't want to know the people because the test involved putting contrast or dye in your uterus and then it flows into your fallopian tubes. I'll let you figure out how it gets there. ....yeah, not a test you'd want to have everyday, much less with people you know. I will say the tech, who I did know, was awesome. She made me feel very comfortable and my nerves went away quickly. I had to wait almost an hour sitting on the xray table because the radiologist was busy with a biopsy. I had also heard stories that the pain from this test was horrible, causing some people to pass out! I don't claim to have a high pain tolerance, but I can't say anything has ever been that painful for me. Pain was minimal and over as soon as the test was over. The test only really took maybe 15 minutes. Results are good, so now we move on to more things. Did get some bloodwork results back, which resulted in trying some meds for a while, then repeat tests again.

In work news, my schedule has changed again. It results in some good mileage money which will be going directly to the savings account. That I'm excited about.

I couldn't help myself and had to buy our halloween costumes. For mine, I only had to buy two things. A tank top which was only $3.99! Gotta love Old Navy clearance. I also had $20 off my whole order! I guess I can reveal who we're gonna be. Have you seen Juno? I'm going to be Juno and Ben is gonna be Paulie Bleeker. Pregnant belly. Short yellow shorts. Yes...we're going all out. The whole pregnant thing has nothing to do with us wanting kids, just a coincidence. I'm excited about halloween! :)

I'm ready for the election. I know who I'm voting for and I'm proud of myself for that. The last presidential election, I admit, I had no clue who I wanted to vote for. I saved president for last and honestly I don't remember who I picked.

I dont remember if I said this or not (too lazy to check as well) but my grandma had her surgery. They got all the cancer and she went home two days later. So all is well there!

One Step At A Time

I had heard this song on the radio, but didn't really listen to it. Then I listened to the words. Kinda how I feel some days...


Hurry up and wait
So close, but so far away
Everything that you've always dreamed of
Close enough for you to taste
But you just can't touch

You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting

We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen and it's
Supposed to happen and we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

You believe and you doubt
You're confused, you got it all figured out
Everything that you always wished for
Could be yours, should be yours, would be yours
If they only knew

You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting

When you can't wait any longer
But there's no end in sight
when you need to find the strength
It's your faith that makes you stronger
The only way you get there
Is one step at a time

by Jordin Sparks

:)

I forgot to mention some exciting news. Very sad that I find this exciting...

Our cable company has decided its time to branch out and get some new channels. Two of which include The CW and Bravo!! YAY! I got addicted to Project Runway while on vacation...now I can atleast watch next season. :)

Sadly that was the highlight of my day yesterday.

How many posts can I do in one day?

An update, with words, no pictures.

Nothing really going on that I think is exciting. Yesterday, work was awful!! I hate the days at work where I feel like I wasn't properly trained to do my job and that nothing will go right. I thought for sure I was gonna get yelled at by someone, the radiologist, my boss. But no, I didn't, which was fine because I give myself enough grief over my mistakes, don't need it from others. I think it helped that I admitted what went wrong/didn't work out right, instead of going on like nothing happened. I'll get Monday to fix that mistake. It didn't help that I'm sick. I couldn't sleep the night before, so I took some sinus meds that hadn't worn off by the time I got to work. I still haven't figured out why childrens meds make me so loopy. I avoid the adult stuff, its worse. If Lindsey hadn't been there with me, it wouldn't have been pretty. Between people telling me they had heard our machine wasn't very good, to wanting to go to the next closest hospital which everyone thinks is the bombdigady (yes, it has its perks I will admit) I was ready to go off on someone. I kept my cool, but it was still very irritating. Clock out time was exciting yesterday, thats for sure!!

We had our first RE appt. It went well, had some tests, got scheduled for some other tests and will be back in several weeks to go over what those tests showed. My upcoming test is one I'm not looking forward to at all. Its quick but not painless. I got to observe many of them as an x-ray student and always said I never wanted one. It's just something I will have to deal with though. I'm glad we had our first appt, it means the ball is rolling. It also means some priorities are getting switched around. Money is a big issue due to the fact that insurance pays for no fertility anything. So buying halloween costumes this year is out of the question, which is fine, its not like I'm crying over it. Although I did like my idea. :) Lots of other things we have enjoyed doing/buying, etc will change. I'm totally ok with it though, if it means we will have a child one day. I have a feeling all of this may affect some friendships, which probably weren't strong to begin with. Our priorities are and will be different than some, which some may not understand. I think out of this we will find out our true friends though. I'm rambling. I never know if I get across what I mean to get across in these things. haha...I shall quit for now.

Vacation Pics 10/9 and 10/10/08

Kylie chillin during mini golf
She got a hole in one here!
Serendipity, the house they used in Nights in Rodanthe
Its right on the beach. Looked a little different in the movie. Had blue shutters, probably wasn't condemned at the time...

View underneath the house. I'm pretty sure the concrete was once level with the sand
My dad, uncle jerry, aunt jean, and my mom
My aunt and I posing in front of the house

The driveway/garage...theres a big hole in the concrete now

Turtle at Pea Island Wildlife Refuge

Boiler from The Oriental, a ship that ran ashore in the 1800's

Vacation Pics 10/8/08

My last sunrise of the week. It was cloudy and raining the rest of the week.




The famous flip flop...hehe.

My little cousin Kylie on the front steps of our beach house. Yes it was pink!
Outside the aquarium
My dad and I on the beach

Kylie flying a kite with my Aunt and Uncle (her grandparents)

Vacation Pics 10/7/08

Another beautiful sunrise




Inside the Currituck Lighthouse
View from the top



The Whalehead Club
horses