Our Life.

craziness!

2011-02-03T00:28:00.001-08:00

basically at the moment i have no life for a number of reasons:

A) I go to school full time Monday through Friday and usually have at least 2 tests/week.

B) I have a full time job in the emergency department and work overnights, which leads to going to school and staying up 30 hours straight every Monday after getting off my Sunday overnight shift.

C) I have trying to be healthy. So in my spare time (haha) I go to the gym, about 3 times a week. And run with my puppy, which is my favorite.

D) Then there is just everyday crap that fills up your life. Eat, SLEEP, take the pets out, feed the pets, do the dishes, do the laundry, etc. At least there is assistant in this department.

E) Paying/managing bank accounts and bills. ( my least favorite thing on the list)

F) Dreaming/planning my future, which accounts for a lot of my spare time. Remembering why I work so hard helps me to stay awake through long days and nights.

so.... if you dont hear from me for days/weeks/months on end. I love everyone, I am just superrrrr crazy. With -0 spare time :)

2011-01-23T01:02:00.000-08:00

"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.” - Alice Walker

well....

2010-12-31T00:02:00.001-08:00

Well, today we got back to Pittsburgh from our trip home, which was a lot of fun. We got to see friends, meet a ridiculously adorable baby (Naomi), hang out with Sam, and be with family. It's always funny though, because being in town for about 4 days, reminds us how bored we were when we lived there! Our nightly options included, bowling, or a $10.50 movie. I'm def. happy to live somewhere that there are always things going on. With the New Year, I have a pretty standard goal and its just to lose weight. I just want to be more healthy.... which I think everyone says that in the turn of a new year, but I really mean it. So, I figure now that I tell the small group of people that read this, maybe it will motivate me to actually do it, to avoid looking stupid. ha. Well, anways.... thats life. The dog is good, cats are still rude, and we're doing great...

drama.

2010-12-15T19:54:00.000-08:00

so for all of those who are hearing untruthful things about me. heres a clue, they're not true. heres the story, because i dont want to tell a million people the same thing. heres the whole story, condensed. i invited someone to move into my home, who was my friends boyfriend, for a few different reasons. we just moved into a place with increased rent, he was my friends boyfriend, and because i knew he would have to sign a lease somewhere else, and wanted to be sure that he wouldnt get stuck in one if being in pittsburgh didn't work out. (i know how it feels to end up with bad credit). anyways, he pays his rent the first month, things are great. buys groceries, cleans, does his part. then my friend comes to me and says that he is struggling with money, and wont have november rent on time. i think, no big deal, a week or 2 late, its cool. well a month and 2 weeks later, still no rent, for the previous or current month. so.... for purely economical reasons, tell him he needs to leave. all things aside, he was buying his own household goods, but was depleting groceries, and not chipping in for them and not paying rent, so i asked him to leave, and gave him 10 days to find a place to go (or move back in with his parents). i figured my friend would now hate me, so i avoided them both for the next about 1o days, until he approached me about the fact that he/her could not find money that thought they had left in his room, and that a box in his room full of cloths were wet? well, i never ever go in his room when he isnt here, and told him that i had no idea where he keeps his money, and since it has been raining for weeks, maybe we had some sort of leak. he then posts to every one of our mutual friends, that i "cant be trusted". he is 100% sure i am a thief and that i " wet " his cloths with water. neither of which make sense, because.... if i wanted money, why would i have let him live here rent free, and if i wanted to piss him off, i would have put his stuff on the sidewalk, not sprinkled it with water. so, just to be clear. i am not a thief, i am a grown adult, who has been living on my own, married, with a life of my own and would not steal from anyone, its ridiculous to even be accused of such a thing. and i am far too malicious to pour water on someones cloths packed in a box, because that wouldn't really bother me too much. i work full time and go to school full time, so quite frankly i dont have time for this, this is just me explaining myself to those who know the situation and/or are hearing ridiculous things about me. there not true. but if you do believe them, we probably weren't good friends to begin with, so think away.

to my real friends, i miss you to death. if i could live closer than a 100 miles to more than one of you, my days would go a lot smoother.

for those of you who don't know this situation, be glad.

2010-12-10T18:04:00.000-08:00

well blogging. its been awhile. i just have been thinking a lot lately. about how great life is. i feel like i should just write it down. i see these tv shows where when things seem to be great, there is always this twist, this horrible thing that happens to people when they get really happy.... i really feel like sometimes i sit around and wait for it to hit me. growing up, it was hard to find light most days. then i found brent, or should i say finally got brent to notice me, right when i felt like things couldn't really get much worse. and he just swept me up. i saw him for years, this gorgeous blue eyed, blonde haired boy, who just seemed like he was in his own little world, and then once i actually got to know him, i just knew. i knew he was the one for me. it sounds so ridiculous, but has kept me grounded. we had our tough times, learning to put each other first and letting things fall into place, but once we worked out the kinks, nothing could beat what we have. here i sit down in front of our third christmas tree, in our third city we have lived in since we have been married, and i know that this is where i am exactly supposed to be. with someone who accepts the facts that i cry when people hit squirrels, and takes injured ducks to wildlife shelters instead of going to the beach. i have someone who wants to see the world, and meet everyone... its just i know so many people who think we're crazy for being married and moving everywhere, and i think there crazy, for wasting their life being so normal. if there is one thing i do well, it's living with no regrets, going with my instincts and experiencing all i can. and thankfully, i do that with my best friend.

again>

2010-01-28T11:23:00.000-08:00

well i have contemplated starting blogging again for awhile now, but i say this all the time so here goes. maybe it will last.

I like to number things... it makes me feel organized.

1. I think I am only blogging because i hate homework. and because i don't want to clean my house.

2. I am bored with Gettysburg. I think I have seen all I want to for now... its time for a move.

3.I have given up on trying to make new friends. Turns out, "good" friends don't come around too often. Granted I have a lot of "associations" and people I would hang out with, but as far as... do or die, tell everything to, secret keeping friends. I'm just not in the market. I really think you only get a few of those in your lifetime, and I have mine. Brent, Sam, Brandon, and Brent will always be "those" friends that no matter how much time or space keeps us all apart we all have a bond that is unbreakable. Throughout all the petty stuff, its always been us and I think it always will be just them for me.

4. Winter break is over and its back to school after a 7 week vacation, not too excited about that one. I have a fullll plate this coming semester.

Random ending note of the day--- I always see people post things on facebook to try and remove different groups of facebook because there "insulting" or "degrading", but heres my opinion. The only reason these groups exist is the same reason the "good" groups exist, freedom of speech. For example, there is a group out there called "F*&% the troops," of course these people are uneducated and ignorant but telling them can't voice there opinion is the opposite of what are troops fight for. Troops defend peoples rights and telling someone they can't have an opinion would be the same as saying "people can only speak positively" about our government. And controlling what a group of people say is a modern element of communism, and we aren't communists so people just need to understand that good can't exist without opposition. Because without opposition what would define good?

venting.

2009-11-03T12:50:00.000-08:00

I always come on here to vent so here goes.

I hate when people say what is meant to be will be. What does that even mean???? Seriously, people are where they are because of their actions, nothing more and nothing else.

For example, people that get pregnant unexpectedly say that they didn't plan for it, it just happened and its obviously meant to be.

Wrong. You didn't use birth control, therefore you got knocked up. Or you used crappy birth control and got knocked up. Thats why you got pregnant. God did not get you pregnant, you are not Virgin Mary.

Or there is this one girl I know who dropped a class because she was failing. She said, well I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

Wrong again. You failed because you didn't study. That's it. Nothing more and nothing less.

I wish people would just stop thinking there is just this big hand behind everything, where you get in life is because of what stops you made a long the way and the decisions you made.

What happened to old fashion cause and effect?

You dont study, you fail.

You cheat, you get caught.

You light a match, it starts a fire.

This is just common sense.

btw.... if you are reading this, its not directed towards you. the people i talk about aren't friends with me on facebook and don't read my blog

Busy busy.....

2009-08-17T19:46:00.000-07:00

Saturday... was in fact better than Friday. haha. Brent worked all day so I went to Hanover to hang out with the family. I basically went to the pool all day with my mom and the kids. Then we hung out with Maren for a bit, then we went back to Gettysburg to hang out with Brent and all went to Subway. Which was fun....

Sunday- We all went to Cascade Lake and swam our butts off. Had a ton of fun swimming and hanging out all day... Nice to get some tan back, me and Brent feel especially white after our Florida days. haha. Then we came back to my moms house and had dinner with everyone and the grandparents. Then we headed home.

Today- Brent went to a chiropractor all day with his parents for all his back issues. He hung out there pretty much all day. I was at work all day then I went to get my college books and spent 650 dollars!!! AHHH! Then had dinner at Brents house, his mom made a veggie dish. Then went to my house for a bit, then home and the grandparents visited.... busy day.

Anywho, thats life.

Stupid Bad Day

2009-08-15T08:07:00.000-07:00

So I guess I will post about my terrible horrible yesterday, since I am avoiding cleaning my house haha.

1. First I showed up in Hanover to go to yard sales with my Mamaw, and had pretty much no luck at all with anything, all I really found was a paper towel holder. I liked hanging out with her, but the yard sales were all just junk, and I love yard sales so I was a little disappointed.

2. I go to there house to try to hook up my laptop to there Ethernet cord and it just won't pick up signal for the internet. Since me and Brent had an extra laptop I was going to let them use it since there computer is really slow. But it wouldn't work, so that crashed my plan completely.

3. On the way back to Gettysburg I followed a dump truck going 15 miles under the speed limit.

4. I checked my bank account because I wanted to go to the beach this weekend and realized I am in the negative, so I have 3 overdraft charges coming my way. I borrow money from my Grandma to try and put me over, but her receipt of deposit dated for Monday, so I am once again in the negative.

5. I then run out the door to go to work and get in the car to realize my keys aren't in my purse but in the house, THE LOCKED HOUSE. So Brent has to run, literally run home from work to unlock the door for me. He works like 6 blocks away and we share a car, so yeah.

6. I am late to work and get written up for being late to work. I had to fill out forms, for clocking in 8 minutes past my time. Then I got in trouble for wearing a necklace in the kitchen, by somebody who in fact had a necklace on. So, I spent about 1/2 my day in tears there. And I was behind schedule so the residents were bitchy with me, because there coffee was 5 minutes late. I HATE MY JOB!!!!!!!!!!

7. Then I go outside @ 8:00 because I am off, and Brent is 10 minutes late picking me up, which on any other day is not a big deal at all. But yesterday, it made me cry for the tenth time.

8. I get home and decide I am going to apply for this job at the hospital for a lab assistant, and I get completely done after working on it for 30 minutes and pressed cancel in stead of submit so it just went away and saved nothing.

.... so i cried and went to bed.

I need to have a good day today.

Catch up take 2.

2009-08-13T20:42:00.000-07:00

Obviously I am a horrible blogger since I never update.... ever. But here it goes.

1. Sam is home!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .... I will lay it down for you.
-We all went rafting at Little Gun Powder.
-We got lost in Maryland for the millionth time. ha.
-We went to the Towson Mall.
-We went to the Outlets.
-We went to King of Prussia.
-WE SAW BLINK 182 IN CONCERT!!!!!!!!!

... So basically Brent and I have been having fun with miss sam. But she goes back to school on September 6th, so that is a sad little day.

2. Ironically, Brent is not working at Pizza Hut or Arbys. But instead got a muchhh better paying job at J's at the Village, in downtown Gettysburg. He works as a Prep Cook... and he says he really likes it. He also just bought his college books for this coming semester and spent more than $500 dollars... CRAZY! (especially since they were used books, and he didn't buy the optional books) But we knew it was coming. He has been going on weekend biking trips with his friends Brad and Brice, and having fun. He also is getting his fill of fiction reading, since he knows when school comes around it will be only the non-fun reading. haha. But he is good. He starts school the 31st of August.

3. I have been working at the Lutheran Home now for like 4 weeks, and am done all my training. Sadly enough, I really hate it there. I don't know any of the residents, they aren't really friendly, and I spend 7 hours a day behind a dish machine. It is nothing like the same job I used to work at the Hanover Lutheran Home. Which is gay, but for now, its a job. I just wish I did something more meaningful, because doing this crap that I have to do just makes you feel a bit like your going nowhere. I know I am in school full time, but when you sweat for 7 hours a day in a 4x4 dishroom, doing tasks that mean nothing, its hard to remember where you are headed.

4. I am still a vegetarian! Woooo to me. I have found a lot of great alternatives to meat. The brand my mamaw introduced me to is called Boca Burgers, and they have some fantastic veggie burgers. I also found the brand Veggie Patch that makes soy chicken patties and nuggets, and they taste great. So life is good there.

5. We are adopting another kitty soon. Reason being that we will both be in school allll day long and then go to work at night so its not fair to have an animal you can't spend time with. She needs a friend, so we are going to get a neutered male kitten. Neutered because we don't want marking, male because the vet i used to work for said that males and females mesh better, kitten because i dont want our cat to feel threatened by an older dominate cat. So thats the deal there.

6. When Brandon was in town he won me a carnival gold FISH! We all know I love the animals, so we now have a fish that we have to keep at high places away from our cat, but none the less it is happy, and still alive after a week so far. His name is Nemo, and he has a white stripe.

Wellll I think thats it.
Love, leah and brent.

life.

2009-07-13T14:24:00.001-07:00

1. Brent had an interview at Pizza Hut and has started working there instead of Arbys. I worked at Pizza Hut for 2 years, and always thought it was hilarious listening to the baby mama drama at that place, and Brent decided to give it a go. He is at work as we speak.

2. I am STILLL waiting to start working at my job. I go in for my "provisional" tomorrow, whatever that means, but basically it means that I haven't started making money and that I am waiting for this place to get a move on. Hopefully I can start by next week, but that's probably unrealistic.... So we will see how it goes.

3. Gettysburg just finished up bike week. Which basically means for the past 7 days, more motorcycles than I have ever seen in my life, rode as loud as they could at all hours of the night through town. I mean I get it, it's Gettysburg tourism blah blah blah, but I didn't enjoy not being able to hear myself think outside. I have already decided that I want to go on vacation next year during bike week.. HA.

4. School starts soon, so Brent and I are pretty excited.

5. SAM COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL IN LIKE 11 DAYS!! WOO.

thats all for now... love leah

catch up a bit.

2009-07-02T14:39:00.000-07:00

Well I haven't been posting as much because we didn't get internet hooked up at our place yet. We figured until we starting working here, that was something we could go without. So I am posting at Brents parents house.
Updates:

1. We love our new apartment. Everything about it is what I wanted, its sort of tiny but its workable and it has all the features I wanted. Really our goals were to have our rent be in the 500 area, wood floors, and in a good area, and (NO BUGS). Our apartment is 525 a month and we only pay electric and 11 dollars a month for our gas stove, it has wood floors, and its a block away from downtown gettysburg... So it is a success.

2. I love being a phone call away from everyone I love. I have pretty much almost all of my family since I have been home at least on my mom's side. Brent's sister Julie got married the weeekend we came home, so he got to see all of his family in town. He llooovveeedd that. He missed them a lot when we were in Florida. And my aunt threw my mom a big 40th bday party, so that was fun to get to catch up with that part of my family.

3. Kitty has adjusted well. In our old apartment we had to close her in our room at night, because we had a roomate and she was forced to sleep. Now she has the whole apartment to prowl at night, you hear her galloping through the halls sometimes all night. And we have huge windows that she sits in all day and naps... She also gets a ton of attention from all the visitors, which I know she doesn't mind.

4. I found a job last week at Lutheran Home in Gettysburg. I used to work in the Lutheran Home of Hanover, but I interviewed for the one in Gettysburg last Thursday. I called them on Monday and she said that I got the job. I was so excited, she said the pay would be at least 9 dollars an hour, which is a dollar more than I made in Florida. And I am going to be a dietary aide like I was before. The only thing that sucks is that the process to actually START working in a nursing home is SOOOO LLLOONNNGG. Basically, the lady that hired me has to check on all my refrences. Then she passes me onto HR, then they run my background check.. Then they make me go to Hanover Hospital for a physical, then I have to get a 2step TB test, all in all I think it will be about 3 weeks until I ACTUALLY start making money.

5. Today Brent found a job. He had 2 interviews yesterday at Van Huesen and the Gettysburg Hotel... but neither one of them could give him the hours he needed. Then today he was set and determined to find something and he applied to Arbys. They told him to come back at 3 for an interview.... I know its not a super fantastic job, but none the less, its a job. It makes money, and the manager said that they are looking for shift supervisors, and if he works hard he would definetly be considered. He is such a determing guy, he just pounds the pavement until he gets what he needs... and I am very proud of him.

6. This is a very long post, so I think thats all for today.

Love ya === leah.

2 days.

2009-06-15T05:13:00.000-07:00

Nothing really done yet today... still pretty early.

Just a few things on my mind. I hate fading away from friends. But i definitely need some new ones. The ones I had, I basically have nothing in common with anymore. Or they just don't call anymore. Or they just have other priorities. And the ones I made here I am leaving. Basically I am back at ground zero in the friend level, and need to start building it back up. I find that Brent has to fill the place of husband/girl friend (gossip buddy). And even though he won't admit it I know he gets a little annoyed with that ha.
And I decided something the other day that I have been thinking about for a long time now. I am going to try to be a vegetarian. As many of you know throughout my posts, I am an absolute animal rights freak and it seems every time lately I eat meat I feel bad. I mean in my mind I hold animals at the same exact place as I do people. I can't wrap my head around anything that endangers there well being or makes there life insignificant. So even though its a challenge, I have actually really started to enjoy vegetables. I know a lot of people just don't understand what I mean, but I really think that this is the right thing. I will still cook normally for Brent but for me, I just can't eat anything that had to be slaughtered to be on my plate. I know with just the taste part of eating meat, it will get challenging, and hopefully I can be successful, it not then I am just a fast food junky... but nevertheless I will give it my best shot.

2 ddaayyysss till home.
Leah.

3days!

2009-06-14T11:06:00.000-07:00

This is what packing looks like in our house. The kitty lovveess sitting in boxes and hiding. Our house has turned into a playground.

1. We sold our couch. FINALLY. so now we are trying to sell our loveseat.
2. Today was my last day at work, and suprisingly the past few days there have been reallly good. Today I got to say bye to all my favorite customers that I saw like everyday. And it was just a good day.
3. I have Monday and Tuesday to just basically pack and clean the rest of the place. Then Wednesday we are off!!

So theres an update.

8 days to go.

2009-06-09T10:38:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a pretty good few days.
Monday I woke up, packed lunch and went straight to the beach. Then I had lunch with Brent at CPK. Then I went to the pool. At night I did basically nothing. A little dishes but nothing much. I have a lot to do, but it has to be done last minute. Like packing dishes, towels, the rest of the clothes.... etc. So I am waiting until the beginning of this coming week.
Today, same basic situation. Woke up, went to the beach for like 2 hours then I had some errands to do.My most UNFAVORITE of them all is the hardware store.
I want to get my security deposit back so I decided I was going to clean my grout because it was gross looking. So I cruise on in there and this nice lady showed me the stuff I needed and directed me in the general direction of the cleaning brushes. I grabbed one, and got stopped by some guy that worked there that said that brush was for stripping grout. Then I went back and was looking for a different brush when a guy said that I had the wrong cleaning stuff and took me back to the old aisle, where the previous person that helped me still was and those 2 employees got into an arguement. Needless to say I went to Home Depot. I mean I needed a cleaner and a brush, doesn't seem that complicated but obviously it was a dilemma.
Then I went to the post office/bank. Then to the pool. Now I am just hanging out with the kitty.

Thats my woohoo day.

11 days to go

2009-06-06T16:49:00.000-07:00

Well nothing much new this weekend so far. Today was a better day at work. I opened at 5 am and worked with some cool people. Everybody was laid back, I wasn't grumpy, got out on time. All around good day at work... which is weird. Anyways, then me and brent went to the beach and got rained out. Then we came back here and watched movies. We watched Enough, with Jennifer Lopez... which was a pretty awesome movie i must say. And Doubt, which was a good movie as well... Basically we aren't doing anything today and it feels pretty good.

There is the update! ha.

oh yeah btw... the stupid people that were going to get the couch couldn't come get it after all. The main problem is a bigillion people like our couch, but don't have means to transport it is the overall story. Summary of the story is that, we are going to try to post pictures in our complex clubhouse so the people that see it are from gardens area and not lauderdale. Or.. if i have to I will bring it home and sell it for like 50 bucks. If anybody wants a sectional with a pull out queen sleeper... lettt meee knnowww.

stress.

2009-06-04T16:37:00.000-07:00

Well there is always something i sware at my job. I have never had a job before in my life where people fight with each other so much, and I worked at Pizza Hut for gods sake, i didn't think that Panera Bread would be worse. BUT IT IS!!

Heres the story... There is one manager (Nanci) that nobody likes, because she always has these issues in her life that she has to share with everyone. And feels the need to reveal very personal details to all of us that are just plain gross. Like when she has diarrhea and all kinds of gross stuff. I mean nothing is personal to this lady. And she has this habit of repeating herself over and over and over with everything.
Today I had just about enough of her in general. Basically if you have ever been to Panera, you would see we have samples out all the time, and this sample basket is supposed to stay full. But this morning it was really busy and it was just me and one other girl at the time, customers where lined up to the door. While I was mid taking an order, she tells me to get samples when I am done....
Needless to say, 10 minutes later the customers are basically cleared out and she just keeps walking around telling me to fill the samples, AS I AM CUTTING THEM UP. So just being unnesseccarily repetitive. So I was like, Nanci you don't have to tell me 10 times, I am doing it right now. She said that she wanted to make sure I heard her. I told her that she said it out loud, and I'm not deaf. I obviously heard her all of the 10 times she said it.
Summary of the story, is she sent me home 6 hours early. She knows that she can't really write me up because I am already leaving in less than 2 weeks. But she also knew that I really need the money, so she took away my hours. And it rained on me the whole way home (I work a mile from work so I walk home).
Moral of the story is ... dont piss of fast food management. because it will backfire in your face. and go to school so you don't have to work in crappy food places.

On a different note, now that today I had all this time where I wasn't working. I packed up half of our apartment. Basically everything I could pack right now. Half of the dishes, all the barely worn clothes, shoes, furniture, cook books, etc.

And we are selling our couch, (i might have already said that)... because we have one waiting for us up there in our new apartment.... and i think we have someone who is coming to get it tomorrow... which is exciting!! woo!!

this is a long post.
im about done whining.
loveeee yyoouuu , miss everyone.
bye.

update.

2009-06-02T13:40:00.001-07:00

Well, still haven't been able to pack at all. Basically I have packed one box, thats it. I haven't been able to start because I have been dogsitting and all my extra time I spend over there, they get back on Wednesday night, so I will have more time. My schedule at work goes Wed-Wed, and this week instead of working early, I work Wed, Thurs, Fri- 7:00-4:00, then Saturday 5:00-1:00. Then I have off Sunday-Tuesday so I will pack then, hopefully get a lot done. Anyways, we both put in our 2 weeks notice at our jobs, and will be home soon. Very excited! Right now I am watching CSI:New York with Brent <3

love and miss everyone
Leah

An update on life.

2009-05-28T17:52:00.000-07:00

Updates by numbers.

1. We have our moving truck booked for the 17th of June. We are leaving that night at like 8pm and driving all night for traffic purposes and will be home mid day on the 18th. We decided to come home a few weeks early than planned for Julie's open house.

2. I have discovered that moving gives me extreme anxiety. I mean we aren't leaving for 3 weeks still but I am still very anxious. I am definetly my fathers daughter, he is the biggest butthead when it comes to moving anything. Just annoying and grumpy, and I have discovered I am too. I mean i am so neurotic its ridiculous, I can't decide what to start to pack therefore I have packed nothing. I need to get my butt into gear with that one.

3. We officially have an apartment in Gettysburg, PA. Downtown gettysburg, which is a place that both me and Brent lovvveee! Originally I saw the ad in the merchandiser, then my mom went to see this apartment in this old gettysburg mansion, on the 3rd floor. Turns out, a larger much for cute apartment opened up on the 2nd floor, and I got it before she even got it in the papers :) It has hardwood floors and its just perfect, my mom and Diane picked up the keys today!!!

4. I am also in the process of trying to sell different things, since the apartment we have now is 2 bedrooms and our new one is a 1 bedroom. And its just a different style, so I am hoping to just basically sell some stuff and get some different stuff that will go better.

5. Work is still the same, I work like 5 days a week from 5am-2. Brent works Macys Monday-Friday from 7-315. Then Panera at night like 4 days a week, from 5-10ish. He is a busy guy.

6. Kitty is the same.

7. I am very excited to COME HOME!!!!! WOOO!!!!

thats it for now, I am going to try really hard to update from now on.

Life.

2009-04-07T17:13:00.000-07:00

Okay, so blogging has been a bit on the back burner of my chaotic life lately.... Here are some updates.

1. Brent is officially registered for classes for the fall semester at HACC. He is very excited, he picked the classes himself and is waiting for the status of his pell grant.

2. I officially got news back from McDaniel college that I have 23,000 dollars in a scholarship from them for this coming school year, another 2500 in government grants, 4500 in the stafford loan(subsidized), with an additional 5,000 to pull(unsubsidized) if i absolutely need to. And.... that is very exciting seeing as my school is 32,000 a year... this makes the load more light.

3. I will be registering for classes in like 2 weeks, which is when my session opens up. Also very exciting.

4. I have officially paid for CNA (certified nursing assistant) training through HACC this july, where after the course I will be able to make at least $12 an hour, even more if i work through an agency. Its a 2 week course that I want to take so that I can spend less time working making the same money I would if i worked full time making minimum wage.

5. Brent and I are very excited to go home. We have the moving truck booked for June 2nd, so we expect to be home sometime early on the 4th.... the apartment search is still slowly trudging on.

6. I officially am I in the last month of my semester.... With all A's and B. I say B because I have a stupid B in Biology because my professor bites the big one. Not that I don't take accountability for my B but he really sucks, none of the material he lectures is on the test and what's on the test is the stuff he skipped over. He's impossible. I started out with a class of like 35, and now have like 15 left because all the kids dropped the class due to the fact they were FAILING, not like D failing but like in the 20's. So I have settled for my B compared to what other people have.

7. I have discovered that I love the French language. I could eat, drink, sleep French. Its my first class but I just love it. If all goes well I would like to minor in French, with my Bio-PreMed major. There is just something about the language that makes me want to learn it more.

8. Today something awesome happened!!!! I was walking outside of my apartment complex and I saw this cat with a collar on just roaming around and i was like OMG i have to catch this cat so it doesn't get hurt. I could see it was obviously domesticated my its demeanor and it had a 2009 rabies tag so I knew it was safe.... I took it upstairs (against brent's will i must add)... he wasn't opposed to it, he just thought i was being a bit ridiculous catching stray animals. Turns out it had a phone number on it's tag of a woman, who shortly called me back and was so grateful that we had safely caught her kitty. She was out searching for him for an hour, and was so relieved. He had got out through there patio by mistake. I was very relieved.... to me letting domesticated animals out there and not trying to help is like letting babies roam the streets and not helping. They are domesticated and could not fend for themselves, they could just as easily roam out into the road as could a baby.

---- On the last note, we all know how crazy I am about animal rights and vaccination. This is a lesson to everybody who doesn't have there animal vaccinated, at least with rabies and an up-to-date tag. I knew when I first stopped that animal it was safe due to the fact it had a new tag, without the tag even if it had a collar, most wouldn't get near it. Add to the fact, if your aminal gets out my mistake and bites anyone and they called the SPCA which they probably would... your animal would be euthanized due to your neglect to get a tag. They only way to "officially" diagnose rabies is a thorough examination of the brain, which happens after they are killed to make sure that the person has not been infected that was bit. So even if you go to claim your animal, you could not pick it up without proof of vaccine, if you aren't already to late.

I could "preach" (ironic word) about animal rights all day because THEY CAN'T. Its heinous to me how some people can get animals without the means to support them.... same with kids. They aren't just cute cuddle buddies... there babies!! Lets say your dog gets hit by a car, and you can't afford the surgery, so you "spare them the misery and pain" and euthanize them. Thats such a load. The day you can euthanize humans based on your personal opinon about there pain, is the day you should be able to euthanize animals.

And thats all folks... :)
Sorry for the longevity of my post.
leah.

brents bday

2009-03-14T20:52:00.000-07:00

So I haven't updated this in awhile so here goes... lately has just been same stuff. work and school for me. work and work for brent. he had 2 of his friends visit this last week though, they had fun all together. AND TODAY BRENT TURNED 20! For his birthday I got him a PSP, portable playstation system. he loves it.. and most of our friends and family got him money so he could get games, as they are really expensive... and he is very excited. and i was a good wife and made him a cake, his favorite that his mom makes and it was awesome.

Brents itinerary for his birthday goes as follows...
1.Shower

2. Buy games from Game Stop

3. Go to the beach.

4. Workout

5. Watch movies

6. Eat dinner of Bagels Bites, Mozzarella sticks, and Sunny D.

7. Eat birthday cake.

8. Play with PSP

pretty ideal for a guy. lol.

2009-02-24T17:41:00.000-08:00

Update:

Saturday was the last day that everybody was in town here. That night when everybody went back to my grandmas Joshy stayed here with me until we met up with the rest of the family. Basically so that we could hang out alone before they left. When we were together we went to Boomers which is basically a huge arcade/miniature golf place like 30 minutes from here. We had a ton of fun.....

Then that night when picked up Brent from work and headed to my grandmas to hang out with all the family. Mom, dad, kirsten and aaron where already there but we had to drive up. Sunday was Todd's birthday so the whole family and tim and todd all hung out all day at the grandmas and had fun. my dad cleaned our car and it looks pretty fabulous i must say... then that night we drove home. Monday I had a chemistry test, which I believe I did really well in and then I had classes all night, as well as a biology test at 630 pm so my dad was pretty filled.

Today I had work from 5-1 and Brent had work from 7-315 and 6-10ish. So he is a busy man. I had a horrible day at work... Basically my bosses are all bipolar. One minute they are like CLEAN THE FLOOR. GREET THE CUSTOMERS, the next minute they are heyyyyyyyy how are you, hows your day...then i say something to them and its like I'M WRITING YOU UP IF YOU THROW PAPER ON THE FLOOR! basically it drives me nuts when people are extremely moody. One minute they are your friends the next minute there jerks and I hate trying to figure out whether or not its okay to speak to someone and not get screamed at. They need to get a life and realize that Panera Bread... is a sandwich restaraunt, not real life... and to loosen up a tad bit before i throw them over the cliff.

And on a happy note... a hilarious video

An update!

2009-02-19T17:07:00.001-08:00

So today was a fun day, for the first time this week Brent had to work all day and I had the kids all day. The day went pretty good.... in the morning we all watched Indiana Jones, mostly because I was really tired and lazy. But partially to see the movie. Then we had breakfast and Josh and I did schoolwork for like 1 1/2 hours. Then we all got all ready and went to my favorite restaraunt ever!!!!! FRIENDLYS!

Then we drove home and we ALL took a much needed nap before we picked up B-rent. Then came the park.... which was very eventful I must say. 3 things I have discovered today

1. Girls at the playground are VICIOUS! Basically I walked myself into like at least 3 conversations where they were like, um girl get out of here this is our space, and saying crap like you can't go down this slide and just bullying crap to kirsten. It hurt her feelings and it was just stupid because as soon as I walked over there were sweet as pie, girls are so gay.

2. Boys are also rude at the park. Aaron found a part of the park where there were picnic benchs and a bunch of boys jumping from bench to bench in some sort of game. Summary of the story is that Aaron eventually fell not exactly sure how, and this is what they say... "Thats why we don't let boys like him play with us, and how bout you cry about it" so Aaron cries and then they mock him until I walk up... The worst part about it is there was a mom there that was laughing as well. I could have hit her in the head.

3. My brothers and sisters are relentless. I really think that either A. Kids have the memory of a goldfish. Or B they just recover quickly. Everytime something bad happened at the park, they sulked for like 30 seconds then ran away as quickly as possible to a new slide. Kids are tough.

All around an over all okay park day....

This is the chase.... as you can see.

This is the timeout bench picture... a little cute if you ask me.

This is a pretty sweet picture here.
The end.

Family in town!!!

2009-02-18T16:57:00.000-08:00

So this week has been as follows!!

Friday:: I had off work all day and basically everybody got all there stuff in the house. Then we went to beach and dad took a nap after his drive down here from Grandmas. Then we ate dinner and hung out here basically... i dont think we did anything else?? maybe we did.

Saturday:: I worked in the morning and when I went to get in the car I had a big teddy bear sitting there on my seat and a cute singing card... that was really cute and Brent had off of Macys. They went to the beach and I met them there when I got off. Once we were there for a bit, Brent and I went out for Valentines day. We went to the Cheesecake Factory and had some awesome food. I had chipotle pasta and brent had meatloaf, we split dessert. Then Brent went to work at Panera, and my parents went out on there Valentines date! Fun stuff...

Sunday: Josh and Dad went to the Daytona 500!!! They were very excited.

During the day Brent, Mom, me, Aaron, and Kirsten went to the beach. Then we had lunch there. Then we came home and had dinner later and just hung out. Me and mom watched tv while all the kids ran about and played. Brent had work at night.....

Monday: I had class pretty much all day. I have chemistry from 930-1215. Then chemistry lab from 1230-230. Then I came home and we ate dinner. Then I had French, where I had a presentation and a test from 4-545. Then I had Biology from 630-915, I was supposed to have a test... but my professor forgot it? Yeah... weird but whatever. While I was at class... in the morrning Brent took all the kids to the park and just hung out with them all day. Then at night he took them to McDonalds with a playland. Needless to say, Brent looked like he had been hit by a mactruck when I got home... It was cute.

Tuesday::I worked from 5am-1... Brent watched the kids while I was there. Then when I got home we all hung out together and had dinner. Then we took the kids to a park until we dropped off brent at work at 6. Then I took all the kids down to WestPalm and let them run threw these big fountains in the sidewalk, they were freezing but they had fun. Then we pit stopped at McDonalds and went home and SLEPT!!!

Today:: Was very fun... I had one class from 9-11, my Bio Lab. During that Brent did schoolwork with the kids and got them ready. Then Dale (our roommate) offered to take us to this beach of sorts that has a playground there. Basically it was a lagoon, where the beach is like knee high and the kids can play on the playground, eat at picnic tables or play in the ocean. It was great. We had a ton of fun there. Then we came home, it was time for nap. I had a French test at 4. Then Brent made chocolate chip pancakes for dinner. Then off to the park....

Needless to say it has been eventful so far, and bedtime is now here. My conclusion of the week is that Aaron adores Brent....

update of sorts

2009-02-10T11:17:00.000-08:00

Basically... Brent has been working at his 2 jobs and keeping himself busy. He also recently bought himself some weights and protein shake stuff and wants to start working out. He is very excited, as is our kitty who despite all her houses and toys will only lay in the box that the weights came in HA...its like she finds the cheapest thing possible and makes a home out of it.
This week we have a bit of cleaning all my family is coming into town!!!! Which is so exciting, might be a little crowded but we none the less are very excited to be hanging out with them! The game plan is that the family will first go to grandmas tomorrow.......
...then come to our place over the weekend... then mom and dad go back to gmas on monday and get alone time while me and brent watch the kids till thursday! then parents come back and hang with us till they go home that coming weekend. last time they came aaron and kirsten weren't with them so i am excited for a bit of time with those 2 crazys (as well as joshy)

Anyways... needless to say there is a lot of cleaning to be done HAAAAA!! Once I found out they were definetly coming I have avoided all housework like an illness because I want everything to be freshly cleaning and my kitty always has a way of messing up things. ...
Needless to say, Thursday night is going to be an all out laundry/cleaning frenzy in this house and kitty is getting a bath.... a much needed bath.

I will leave you with a video that I find hilarious... hope you will to. most moms have so many children pictures, but my kitty is my baby, and that's why this post is pretty much filled with her.

carly

2009-02-05T14:02:00.000-08:00

I have been thinking a lot more frequently about my old friend that died in the drug overdose. I just haven't been able to cope with the fact that she isn't at home and I have been actively searching for all the pictures that we had together and I found 1 decent picture on a reallly old account of mine. This was my girl, and still every time I see my kitty that I named after her I am reminded about the good times we had... I just wish she would still be around.

...updates.

2009-01-30T17:09:00.000-08:00

well nothing new happening lately...
this past week brent worked macys monday-friday.... he really hates it there, he is just sick of doing things that don't have purpose, like putting away boxers and such. he can't wait to go to school. he also worked everyday but wednesday night at panera, that boy needs a day off. he just works works works! macys as a corporation has been having financially issues and he heard rumors that they were laying people off, thankfully when he asked his boss, she said his job was fine. so we were very relieved.
i went to school on monday and wednesday and had a test in french on wednesday.... it was very techincal with the grammar, so if i didn't do well its for accent marks and the difference between hi and hello. then i got called in to work on tuesday, and worked thursday. i also work tomorrow. even though i work really early in the morning i like it because I get off at 1 so i have the whole day ahead of me which is cool. i also started our taxes today online with what w-2's we have so far. things are looking pretty good.
anyways.... things are good. i have to work early. night

update

2009-01-25T15:13:00.000-08:00

Not super much to update... normal stuff new day.
This week Brent and I took the car to get the oil changed where they told us that our front brakes were going metal to metal and because they were so bad it ruined our rotors, so we needed new brakes and rotors.... so today we went and spent like 330 dollars on stupid car stuff... which uber sucks. cars are stupid, but it wasn't avoidable. and tomorrow I have to go get 2 new front tires from this used tire place because our front 2 tires are past the wear bar?? whatever that means... basically the front 2 are shot and I need to fix it. annnddd.... thats all for the car.
i started a diet like 2 weeks ago, not really a diet of sorts I just met with the doctor from golds where my gym membership is and she told me what types of food to avoid and what my calorie intake should be to lose weight. basically i need to eat 5 meals a day, 3 of them are 500 cals or under and 2 of them are 250 cal snacks. and stick with whole grains instead of regular breads and pastas. and no soda, lots of water. i have 1 diet soda a day with dinner and usually i only drink half. for desserts i have frozen yogurt or popcorn, but its going well. i just need to be healthier for me. so far i lost 1 lb so my goal is like 1 lb a week.
school is going good, just lots of reading. and panera is... well its panera. i work there about 20-25 hours a week. brent is still working hard at both jobs. and very excited to come home, as am i.... so tonight is just studying since brent is at work. i have school all day tomorrow and brent works both places, so basically just long days ahead.
kitty is doing fine, not chewing up anything else and staying hyper.
loveyou missyou peace

thoughts from leah.

2009-01-19T07:50:00.000-08:00

Life...
Brent is still working hard at his 2 jobs so we can save money.
I am still working at Panera and going to school full time
and kitty tore up brents headphones last night (she is in the dog house) HA

today for me is a contemplative day.... so im not saying what i am saying to offend people, its just what I think. the subject is teenage pregnancy. when did people get so careless about babies. I am married at 18, but the first thing I did 3 months prior to marriage is a 3 year birth control implant. 50% of my close friends from high school are pregnant or have had kids... and so many MARRIED young people are just popping out the babies. I just don't understand what people are thinking, do people really think that is the sole purpose of life, just get married and have a "eternal" family. What about education, what about goals, what about learning your spouse as an individual for AT LEAST a year before you just start burning out kids. Dont get me wrong, stuff happens, and when you arent careful there really isnt anything you can do after the fact. for example, birth control fails and you have a baby... okay. but some people are trying it or just not doing anything to prevent it. seriously, do 16-20 year old mothers really think this is what its all about? some people really don't think at all. what about the fact you will probrably struggle for most of your life unless you have serious parental help and you will never go to school. or that your kid is gonna grow up and not go to school because they think that this is the way to go because of what you did, leading by example. people walk around with there pregnant pictures and gloat about there tiny babies in there 1 bedroom apartments and think this is some sort of divine intervention. what it really means, is you didn't use the technology that was provided for you so that YOU and your husband could have a future. the husband who now work 2 jobs to support there wives and kids so she can stay at home and change diapers and dust shelves. and that they will probrably work in some factory or car dealership foreverrrr and never fufill there educational or career inspired goals. what about the husbands years down the road when all the kids are gone, and you don't know him without them... and he realizes that stuff sucks and his jobs sucks and hes miserable, then what? what happens when they leave..... you just keep dusting wishing you had something to fall back on, but you don't because you never went to school.
these are just the things that I think about. i think about everyday how grateful i am to have thought and have been taught and be able to go to school and work hard to get stuff done. this doesnt mean that i dont see the bigger picture, because i do. life is all about family, i love my family. my mom is a 39 year old student, and she is doing things right. my dad is just trying to find himself and what he wants to do. they raise 2 handicapped children as their own and my brother and never take a breath. but growing up school is what she stressed, college, and my dad even more stressed college... i love kids, i want them someday when i am can build them a house and afford a babysitter. but until then its about priorities, it has nothing to do with being "wordly" it has to do with wanting to help people, be a doctor, raise my kids comfortably and truely know my husband.

so heres the advice... adopt a cat. they love you just the same :)

A little bit of an update.

2009-01-13T19:38:00.000-08:00

I am officially done with the vet job, I miss it already, and Panera gets a little hectic sometimes. Its just something to hold us through till May so its all good, but yeah during the week days its just lines out the door and craziness. I work there like 3 days a week and go to school Monday and Wednesday. My french teacher I thought was a little spratic at first but now I like her, she is very funny once you get to know her. My chemistry professor/lab professor is so old that he is using a walker and looks like he belongs in a nursing home. Hes a big joke. My bio professor is very intellectual, basically he was the dean of a lot of stuff with a PhD and is just retired teaching here to keep himself busy, I will enjoy learning from him. My bio lab teacher is a riot, very funny, seems to be an easy class, so everything is cool there. As far as home goes, Brent had off today so he slept till 12 and was very excited to do so :) He is taking an interest in weight lifting and wants to build muscle so he is going to start going to the gym... ( he knows I idolize Vin Diesel). haha jk. I am going to start taking classes at the gym for cardio and am excited about that. And for now all is well for us... Just working and school for me... and working and working for Brent. He is very excited to start school this summer.... nothing else tonight.
toodles.

a small something

2009-01-05T05:52:00.000-08:00

so leah is scared as hell.....
new things everywhere in short amounts of time make my stomach sick and give me headaches. therefore, i am sick. basically heres in numbered order why things are different.
1. my job at the vets office is gone as of next week, they have trained another person and this friday is my last day
2. i started a new job with new people. i am now working at panera bread within walking distance from the house. althoughhhh the people are very nice, and i love the food. and they can work around my classes.
3. I START SCHOOL TODAY! i am actually on campus right now on a school computer and just purchased the last of my books. so in total with renting books and getting 3 used ones i have spent approx. 440 dollars!!!
:( yeah.

so life is getting a little crazy, and i always clame to be so into new things, really i am a baby. new things terrify me, when i had to apply to get a job, i almost threw up and i was sweating and pacing. now i am about to go to class and i am sick all over again. the lesson is..... as scary as new things are, you just gotta do it.

an update.....

2008-12-31T10:48:00.000-08:00

So... here is life.

Brent- Brent is still working away at both jobs. We spent Christmas at Grandmas house up in Winter Haven and had lots of fun. Brent got for Christmas: 2 book store gift cards, a visa card to shop with; a dkny shirt; a book light; a book mark; ipod headphones; ipod charger; a book; earrings; running shoes.... and our together gifts are as follows; tons of kitchen stuff; walmart cards; panera card; book money; cookies and tjs picture/frame; flitch... and other stuff I am probrably forgetting. And my grandparents brought him down his guitar from PA which I believe he uses the most. He lovessss his guitar! But yeah, Brent has also recently taken over the bills and all money output because he is a lot more responsible than I, so that we can save more money. And I think thats all for him right now. He has also had off Panera for this week since we went to Grandmas, he enjoys just working one job for a week. He goes back tomorrow night.

Leah- My posts are always longer because I am the one that updates and I dont know everything that Brent thinks... lol. He is very busy and does not update often. Anywho... Leah has a few different updates. First of all Leahs Christmas gifts; red flats with matching shirt; blue shirt; tote; shopping bag tote; bath soaps; earrings; a wallet; moccasins; a shirt from Brent; a hoodie and tank; and I think thats it unless I forgot things. And I start school on Monday. I am taking a chem class, a bio class, and a french class. I also bought most of my books online yesterday, which made everything very real to me. I am very nervous about going back to school but excited at the same time. My job as I probrably said before can not keep me around as part time because they need full time, so they found somebody else to take my shift. So they took me off the schedule as of the 12th of January, which is a little more than a week away. So.... today was job hunt day. The one day where my PANERA addiction has helped me, heres the story. Brent works at a Panera about 5 miles away because the one close was not hiring. Although I used to get lunch at the Panera basically 1/10 of a mile away from our apt all the time. So I walked in there and knew the hiring manager because thats how much I go there, and got a job. I start training this weekend hopefully, but she said welcome to the team... so all is well. Job stress is off, and I have an awesome schedule. I know I primarily will work the day shift which is like 5am-1pm which means I have every night off which is sweet. So thats good for me.... I am pumped to start there. I think that is all for today!

Kitty- Started a new food, instead of a kitten food which plumps them up she is on a dental care food from Science Diet so that her teeth stay healthy.... and she is sleeping under the Christmas tree right now, so she can't add anything to the conversation. ha...

well.... love you miss you peace

update

2008-12-20T10:19:00.000-08:00

So here is life as of now:

Brent- Brent is still working allllll the time so we can save money. He works 7-315. And then night hours at Panera. This week he worked like everyday but Monday at Panera and he works straight through till I think Tuesday. He asked off of Panera for Christmas Eve to Christmas weekend so that we can go to Grandmas for Christmas. He is at work right now at Macys since its the weekend before Christmas. So... yeah, that is Brent right now... Workaholic man.

Leah- may be a little more complicated. Basically since I am going to school I am cutting my hours back at work, and my current job is not interested in me being part time so I am going to get another job for part now. I will be in college full time starting the 1st week in January. Grandma told me about sites that let you rent books instead of buying, so basically I finally looked into it and realized that I can get my books for a 1/4 of the price of what they cost. So that is a good discovery. Anyways.... thats life or now. I am just being a bum today.

loveyoumissyou peace

christmas

2008-12-15T17:51:00.000-08:00

This is the tree after the decorations.
This is the stockings we made and one of my angels

This is one of the felt decorations we made
This is the tree from afar ha
This is the kitty in Brents sock drawer

okay... so here is an update for you.
1. Ben was here this weekend and we had a ton of fun. He came in on Thursday night and we all went to pick him up. On Friday Brent called off work to hang out with him and they went to the beach, picked up Sam when she got off and just hung out and played cards. When I got off we all just hung out together. Saturday we went and bought stuff to make our own Christmas decorations out of felt and had a ton of fun. Then I went to a work party at Dr Teresa's house and had a lot of fun, Brent came for a little. Then we came back here and hung out with Ben and Sam and watched movies. On Sunday we went to a craft show and then came back here to hang out. Sunday night we took Ben back and went shopping with Sam for the last of her college stuff at Target. Today Sam went home and now its just us for Christmas. :)

2. My mom sent me a box today with all my angels in it. Since I was born I get a Christmas decoration that is an angel for every Christmas, so I got all 17 of them in the mail today. And my gold ballerina, which is like the ultimate decoration. And we got a letter from Joshy/Kirsten/Aaron, and candy. So then I put them all on the tree and I have update pictures.

pics

2008-12-06T20:33:00.000-08:00

This is our freaking awesome picture from this kick ass concert we went to all day today. Its where 26 bands come together and throw a great show. Some death metals, some punk bands, and pretty much all of them are nationally great bands. Red Jumpsuit, Atreyu, Salivia, Mayday Parade, etc. It was awesome, and it was our Christmas present from Sam.
This is kitty being devious
This is the bottom half of our tree that has no decorations thanks to kitty.
There is an example of 1 of the millions of decorations placed in different places throughout the house by her
This is the tree as a whole and our stockings.
This is our roomie Dale, he is pretty kick ass. He is pretty chill and laid back, he's an optician, but is very musically talented. He also introduced us to eggs Benedict, and cooks breakfast for us. Very cool guy, him being here makes it possible for me to go back to school, financially. So all is good with him

And there is just a few picture updates.

yo leah

2008-12-05T19:30:00.000-08:00

So life has been pretty regular lately.

Leah-

I work every week day at the vet office. I am registered for the spring semester at PBCC still, I owe them $90 for the remainder of classes that my loan did not cover. I also need book money, which is about $350 dollars, so I really need that. And life is good. I decided that my sweat pants are such a scape goat for me, thats why I never notice weight gain, so I am getting rid of all but 1 pair of sweaties. Looking cute makes me get out and going. Things are getting a little hard as the holidays come closer.... like without family, but grandma is coming soon so I am excited.

Ben-

Has bought plane tickets to come down here to see us next weekend and we are so excited to show him around. This is also the last time that we will see him before his mission (poop).... and we are going to miss him.

Brent-

Is SOOOOO busy.... he works works works works works. And we have a separate bank acct to put that money in for savings. He is working hard so we can pay some things off.

Sam-

BOUGHT US TICKETS TO THE BUZZ BAKE SALE FOR CHRISTMAS!!!! Which is basically the largest rock concert in all of South Florida. It has like 26 bands and it will be amazing. It is tomorrow and we are all pumped. Today was her last day at the chocolate shop, and next friday is her last day at macys. She goes home dec 15th, we will miss her.

Kitty-

Loves toes, weird I know. And Christmas tree ornaments. HAHAHA

well... love you miss you peace angelia

pet education

2008-11-28T16:16:00.002-08:00

PET EDUCATION

1. Grocery store food for pets is like you eating McDonalds every day. There are so many fillers, and fat in those foods. Later in life, when your pet gets arthritis, diabetes, and dies a long death.... Its because of the effects of poor nutrition. Use preventive care and it will pay off later. Good foods are ones from Pet Supermarket, and your vets office.

2. Vaccinations do not harm your pet, and are not made from pesticides, they are needed even for indoor animals, they are made to boost your animals immune system. If you can't afford them, don't have animals. Somebody else could give them better care.

2b. Heartworm tests and fecal tests yearly are necessary to make sure your animal does not have parasites. Certain types of worms can be transmitting to people!!! Stray "cute" animals can make your family sick. Hookworms and roundworms are SO COMMON in outdoor animals. They cause diarrhea, vomiting, and lethargy in people. So just make sure that is something you are okay with if you don't take your animal to a vet!

3. Flee and tick preventive are needed in all parts of our country and not the stuff from Walmart. Heartguard, Interceptor, Advantix..... all good stuff.

4. ANIMALS HAVE TEETH! They needed to be brushed, "dog breath" IS NOT NORMAL!!!!! It means your dogs teeth are not taken care of! You either need to brush them every morning like your own, or get dental cleanings every year. Or use a water additive, like fluoride for animals you can get it at your vet's office.

...... I only share all this because every single day I see these ridiculous people that aren't educated about there animals, and I was one of them. To this day, I have an outdoor cat at my moms house that has God only knows what, and is completely unvaccinated. I never knew how important that was, and when I am home I will take care of that. But for the time being, don't be a slacker and take care of your pets, they are just like kids and care about you just a much.

And I want everyone who reads this blog to never say nobody ever told me.

Finally a post from the leah

2008-11-28T15:43:00.000-08:00

Life has been pretty busy lately. Heres some updates.

Brent

He went back to Panera Bread part time at night so we could save money to come back to PA. He works about 15-20 hours a week there, and full time at Macys everyday from 7-3:15. So he is working super hard so we can save money. He is also applying to McDaniel College for the fall semester, so if it works out he will go there in the fall. If not he will take more courses at a community college until he can transfer in. He decided to write his admissions essay on how being married young will add diversity to the college, based on the things that he knows that traditional college students wouldn't. Like how to be independent, do your own bills, work hard, and understand the concept of money. I am excited to see how it will turn out. Brent also pulled himself out of bed this morning at 3 am for Black Friday.

Leah

My McDaniel advisor and I have been corresponding back and forth on my re-admission into school. When I went there in the Fall 07' semester things didn't go so well, I was trying to do to much at one time, and my grades reflected my neglect at school. They said that if I can pull at least a 3.5 this semester at a community college, there are good odds to be being re-admitted. If not I will just take classes at HACC until they let me back in. I know its weird that I am so set on this school, but I just know its a great school. The teachers there just expect more, they want you to think deeper, and they know when you write a paper in 5 minutes. They want you to be diverse in the world, so you aren't just educated in your degree, but you are honestly EDUCATED. Really educated, in multicultural aspects, language, race, everything. So I am completely ready to be back on track with school. I am still working at the vets office and learning more things each day.

Sam

Is still working her 2 jobs, and shopping for school stuff. I took her for her first Black Friday experience this morning. She bought presents for her family and jeans for school, and some other cute stuff. She is heading back home on the 15th and then goes to college in Idaho on January 3rd. She is very excited.

Carly(kitty)

Carly has discovered the Christmas tree, she thinks that I bought her a 6ft jungle gym.... Needless to say the bottom half of our tree has no decorations because they are disbursed throughout the house by her. Behind every door is a Christmas bulb. And she discovered that she likes the way it sounds when you walk across a key board. And unlike most cats, she comes with us on daily outings and when we go to pick up Brent at night from work, she always comes along. She likes looking out the window.

And thats all today!

love you miss you peace angelia

life

2008-11-01T13:20:00.000-07:00

So here is the dealyo
Basically lately has been really crazy, and we have been really homesick/its cold here/we are having a lot of complications with school. So we decided that coming back to Pa would be a good answer to the problem because we could get instate tuition and things are so much cheaper there. We went and talked to our leasing guy and he said that it costs 250 dollars to get out of our lease, so we were like making plans and stuff. Then we went and talked to the property manager and she said that it really costs 3600 DOLLARS TO GET OUT OF OUR LEASE. Needless to say, the only way to get out of our lease is to find somebody to take over our lease, so for now we are stuck. But we put up signs for our apartment and its on the net and stuff. So thats life. But, its not that we don't like it down here. Its just that things are getting really hard, and money is SUPER tight so we wanted to go back to where everything is so cheap. But needless to say, that might take longer than expected. So for now, our goal is to go to McDaniel back in Westminster in the fall, and try to take some classes at PBCC for the spring, which is a lot harder than you would think...... Our lease is up in July, if we can't find somebody before then and we will be on our way home. Its not that we are miserable, it would just make being a student a lot more possible in PA. And we miss a lot of people. But anywho, Brents mom/dad/brother are coming into town as we speak. They are n there way down from the Orlando area(where Matt goes to school and they are almost here). So yeah, for Halloween Brent, Sam, and I watched scary movies and ate pizza/ate candy for fun. So we had fun, and are excited about this weekend. YAY
love you miss you peace.an gelia.

2008-10-26T11:07:00.000-07:00

THIS IS KITTY!!!!(CARLY) WE LOVE HER!

blog

2008-10-23T17:26:00.000-07:00

i have not abandoned the blog
i am just verryyy busy
and tired

1. i am trying to pick up a weekend seasonal job as a waitress, so that we can save money
2. i hate struggling for money
3. i love my kitty, carly
4. i am trying to find cheaper housing
5. i am riding my bike to work so we can save on gas/i can work out
6. i am going to the gym every bitching day
7. i have not lost much weight yet
8. i want to pull my hair out because i am so stressed
9. damnit.

say the sam and the leah

2008-10-14T09:37:00.000-07:00

leah say:

i love sams laptop.

leah say its sunny and leah does not want to go to work

leah say she love panera

leah say she loves kitty

leah say peace out

sam say:

sam say she needs a job that pays a million dollar an hour

sam also likes her laptop

sam LOVES to shop!!!! (she has a problem)

sam say she likes the beach, palm trees and the sun

and her friends too :)

brent say

(from leah and sam)

brent is at work

his feet are smelly

BRENT LOVES SEX AND THE CITY MORE THAN HARRY POTTER AND THE TWILIGHT SERIES.

and we never lie.

Brents monthly post

2008-10-06T13:54:00.000-07:00

Friday night connie and brad came to see us. We showed them our place then went to cityplace to eat at panera bread. We looked at some of the shops there including Brookstone where they have all sorts of cool gadgets and massagers. Then they took us grocery shopping so that we have food again for the next week (awesome!).

On saturday we woke up early to go to breakfast at BurgerKing. We were supposed to go to the beach but the weather was frightening so we investigated the nearest goodwill for books, movies, and pictureframes for the house. Once we got a few things there we went back to our place and packed to go to Connie and Brad's place. There house is really amazing, and it's right on the golf course. Connie took Leah and Sam shopping and the girls ended up getting shoes, and leah bought be a new belt (which I desperately needed). While the girls were shopping I went golfing with Brad and he showed me the basics at the driving range. That was tons of fun. Connie made dinner for us that night. The food was absolutely amazing. We had meadloaf and corn and mashed potates that Brad made.

Sunday we played a boardgame called battle of the sexes. hahaha. that was interesting, but the questions were pretty hard. We also went swimming and went out to eat again, this time at perkins. Sam drove part of the way home so Leah and I are really proud that she can drive the stickshift. It'll make things easier when we're all working at different times.

Its monday now and that means back to work for me and leah. Sams job hunting some more and my boss at macy's said that she wants sam to come in for an interview this week and if all goes well she can start first thing next week. Carly is doing well and does a good job at keeping us entertained.

on a happy note

2008-10-03T08:07:00.000-07:00

Some pretty good things have been happening. On Tuesday, Sam came into town!!!! She was quite terrified because they had to just cruise over Miami because there was a storm, so the plane couldnt actually land. Then she went to get her luggage with Brent(I was working so I couldn't go to pick her up with him)... and they wouldn't unload it off the plane because they said that there was lightening 10 miles away. So we also had to pay for parking, but needless to say around 8-9... Sam and Brent arrived and I was very excited. Then on Wednesday I adopted a kitty. She is a black and white kitten, and I named her Carly(after my friend). I know there are expenses that come with having a pet, but I also know that the best me and Brent can do, is a lot better than a cage. Needless to say she makes us laugh 24/7 and all three of us are so glad she is here(even Brent). He loves her. Then yesterday night Sam had her first beach experience in Florida, we all went to the beach till it got dark and had fun. Then we got home to see the kitty and we could not find her for like 20 minutes. And she doesn't meow. Literally does not meow. So here we are FREAKING OUT about in tears because we had searched every damn cabinet in this house, every crack and could not find her... we even checked the frig and outside. Then we checked the frig again and when Sam closed it, it let her loose... she had gotten stuck in between the frig and the wall in this crack I didn't think she could possibly fit in. We were all so grateful. So we stuffed the small space with plastic grocery bags so she wouldn't think she could get in there again. Then we all played a game of cards and went to bed. We have been having slumber parties in the living room. My friend gave us her sectional couch with a sleeper in it and we arent letting the kitty in the bedrooms yet because it is carpetted in there, so basically we are camping out with her. Sam mans the couch and me and Brent sleep on the pull out. It has been good. We love her, she constantly plays and jumps and she is just a ton of fun. So yeah, it has been good. My grandparents are coming into town today!!! How exciting. They are spending the night down here and then we are going to there place from Saturday-Sunday. My friend Crystal is coming to check on kitty over the weekend. So I am excited.... thats the daily update. Sorry for everybody who said we are responsible people who are waiting to get animals, I am a softy.
love you miss you, peace angelia.

from the leah

2008-09-28T10:26:00.000-07:00

Well not much has been happening lately. Friday, Brent and I went to Panera Bread for dinner. Saturday early morning Brent left early morning to go visit with his brother Matt and a friend from wayyyy back, who is about to go on a mission. So he is still up in Orlando having fun with them, he said he is having lots of fun.
So yesterday since i was carless I rode my bike to the library and a friend of mine/ a few other people left me messages telling me that a best friend of mine from middle school overdoesed on drugs and died a few days ago. Her name was Carly DeVage, she is from Abbottstown. She was my first friend when I went to New Oxford middle, we were both new and didn't know many people. Needless to say, if you knew me then, I was NOTHING but trouble. Me and her got ourselves in so much crap it was ridiculous, suspensions, detentions, and all that crap...... but to me it was like 7th grade. I knew 7th/8th grade didn't realllyyy matter and I still had years to pull myself to together. We were a tag team haha... my mom actually wrote the school principal, or whoever she wrote to say that we were not to communicate, so we passed notes constantly and skipped class together whenever we could. Then at the end of my 8th grade year, my mom pulled me from school into a cyber school because I got the last suspension she said that I would ever get and I got kicked off the cheerleading squad for stuff me, Carly, and a girl Danielle Smith did. So me and Carly go way back... she was always a smart girl that just got into the wrong shit time and time again. I got pulled from the situation (New Oxford High School), but she didn't and look where she turned out. She has a 10 month old son and shes gone. Most of my other friends from school are either pregnant, have kids, drug problems, or just never got off their ass and did anything with themselves. Needless to say, I am happy to be where I am. And I wish when I left, New Oxford I could have taken her with me. That school is down hill in a handbasket and it gets worse everyday. After I had time to absorb it all, I just feel like there is something else I could have done to get her out of there... not that what happened can be blamed on that school, but seriously the kids there are no good (most of them) and the drugs in that school are ridiculous... God only knows where I would of been if I would have stayed. And when I left in 8th grade I got better, me and Brent got together and now we are married and we live in a beautiful apartment and are really happy. When I left Carly in 8th grade, she got worse friends in worse shit and then she got pregnant, then she died. It's weird that even though I haven't talked to her in about a year except for maybe running into her in the mall and saying hi... her being gone would stir up so much in me. I am just grateful to have what I have and am soooo sorry for not trying a little bit harder to pull her out with me, and i am so sorry she is gone.
sad post today. sorry.

picture time

2008-09-24T17:08:00.000-07:00

This was what all five of our chairs for our table looked like before... then i re-upholstered them... and heres what they loook like now!!!

how cute is that! :)

This is me and mom at Duffys, a popular sports bar/grill down here.

This where I work at the vets office.

leah

2008-09-24T09:30:00.000-07:00

a quick one i guess.
we havent posted in a while because we have been pretty decently busy. my parents were in town all last week and we had so much fun. we took them to a whole bunch of different places all over west palm and our house was finally not so quiet. also, they came baring presents from amy and matt... 2 SYSTEMS, A TV AND A DVD PLAYER. It is amazing finally having something to listen to. and.... they bought us groceries/numerous house things that we desperately needed. and one of the days we went to boomers(which is like a huge mini golf/arcade thing) for joshys bday and had so much fun. and we went to the beach like everyday. that was a ton of fun. i will put up pictures soon. so as far as any other news, i still really love my job, the girls that i work with are great and i really like the environment. it can get stressful but there is still a lot to learn. and... brent still likes his job. and we both have weekends off. i am pretty much done macys... because it stank. but thats all in the job area.
as far as anything else goes we have a number of visitors coming. we have SAM coming next tuesday and staying till december. then we have brents parents coming from november 1st to the 5th and ben is coming but we are not sure of the dates yet. and to help us out, one of the girls that i work with is getting a new couch so she is giving me and brent her sectional sleeper couch, so we can have more people here. its going to be great. but anyways. i am excited. AND i am painting my dresser... its hideous, like wooden and chipped. so we are painting it a white sand color with blue border detail, the color of our bedspread. i started this morning. but i had errands to run so i took a break. but anywho. loveyou missyou peace. angelia

News from Brent

2008-09-14T12:49:00.000-07:00

I started macy's on tuesday and I like the job a lot. It's actually very easy and there is practically 0 stress when I'm working. They don't rush you at all and everybody seems really laid back, almost lazy. I did have to end Panera and Target which I felt really bad about. I really didn't want to quit (I hate quitting things). At least I left panera on good terms and target on fair terms though.

Lori, Lonnie, and Josh are leaving right about now I believe and they will get here tomorrow evening/night. Leah and I are so excited to see family and be able to show them where we live. Leah has been making plans for the week and I'm sure much of them include the beach. There is a waterpark here that looks like a ton of fun so we are planning on going this week. Also, Sam is coming on September 30th and Ben is going to try coming for halloween. We're all going to go trick or treating! AWESOME!

That's all for now.
-Brent

another one from leah.

2008-09-09T07:03:00.000-07:00

so i told brent that he has to blog more, i think hes going to come blog tomorrow. this morning i dropped him off at macy's to start his NEW FULL TIME JOB!! he is so excited. anyways, i don't have to be at work till 12 on tuesdays so i am just chilling around. i put a card in the mail today for arch. (arch is my grandpa's brother), he doesn't have any kids so i am his adopted grandchild. hehe. he was in the hospital for a while, so hopefully my card will cure him! ha. it was a pretty good card. and... life is pretty mellow right now, just work, work, work. I AM SO EXCITED FOR NEXT WEEK! my brother, mom, and dad will be here so its gonna be fun. then SAM IS COMING at the end of september. then BEN is coming in NOVEMBER! its just an exciting time for all this fun! so... love everyone. miss you. peace. angelia

an update from leah.

2008-09-02T16:52:00.000-07:00

so basically heres life guys.
I currently work at the vet full time and love it. I love the animals and the job does not suck at all compared to Macy's clothing. I mean its not a cake walk, but I like to learn new things so learning about the animals and medicines is something I enjoy and hope to do more of. I feel like I am actually accomplishing something by working there, rather than organizing clothes, which quite frankly makes you feel like a pretty big POS if you ask me. And on the subject of Macy's, I did finally decide to the job, except in fragrances... the comisssion is different there. Basically in clothes you got paid 9 an hour to sell 1700 in clothes. Anything extra you sold (which barely ever happens) you get 5%. In fragrances you get paid a base hourly of 7 dollars. Then you make 3% on everything you sell. And its nicer in that department because instead of fighting over customers, basically you have an alternating system, its just every other person rings the next sales. So its always ends equal. My first day part time was Sunday, I worked 11-7 and sold 1565 so I made like 13 an hour with my comission. Its worth the money. And they work around the vet, and they are letting me off the week my parents are coming into town... so i will only be working the vet that week. I am happy about that one. Sooo.. and I went on a diet. Not a unrealistic one, but I eat salad for lunch and don't drink soda. I also joined Gold's Gym, which is in the same plaza as my job at the vets office. I am so relieved... it feels so good to be trying to get in shape. It buils my confidence. And they have all these free classes that are way better than the YMCA, there is no signup... You just show up on time and take classes. So I like it, when I got off the vet office today I took a class called PUMP. It kicked my ass, and I can barely move. So I guess thats a good thing. The rest of this week is crazy for me though. heres the schedule.
Wednesday- 8-5 at the vet 530-930 at Macys
Thursday- 8-830 at the vet
Friday- 8-5 at the vet and 530- 930 at Macys.
Saturday = Macys
Sunday = Macys
So I dont forecast any days off for me pretty much until my parents come into town, then I will have off weekends because I wont be working Macys. So thats life for now. I will post as soon as I can, but my time is pretty limited. So love you miss you peace. angelia.

leah has a plan

2008-08-27T12:07:00.000-07:00

So i have made tenative plans which makes me happy. most them have to do with brent and his school. we are about to start at the university of pheonix but brent can only go there for a year since they dont offer any science courses. so i had to devise a plan... my specialty. basically this is what i came up with. he is going to go to the university of pheonix for year and work on all his general classes. then starting next year around May, he will go to Palm Beach Comm. College (our original plan) because then we will be able to get in state tuition and they offer a pre-chemistry assoicates degree that he can transfer to a 4 year institution. so once he goes to pbcc he will take all his sciences then get his associates and move on. basically then i was looking around at schools. basically, I found Florida State University, reason why I like this school is because it has options for married students. Basically they have on campus housing for married students, and how cool would that be... to like be around a bunch of other young married people that are all going to school. so basically, i think that school is really cool. so hopefully once brent has his associates he will be able to go there and we can live in that housing while I go to univ of pheonix. and this school has international campuses so if we would want to study abroad we could go. anywho. the financial process is going good at school. and work is good. one more macys day.

loveyou missyou
angelia.

Brent

2008-08-26T15:59:00.001-07:00

working conditions seem like they get worse and worse everyday at panera. Today around 1 pm we ran out of lettuce, strawberries, turkey, and some other small things (running out of key ingredients seems to happen often lately). Our computers kept crashing and when they finally reboot they don't operate properly. Since we (the hourly associates) are the ones usually dealing with the customers we have to take the heat from angry people that can't and don't get what they want. I started at target in electronics on sunday. Im in training right now, but the job seems alright. While I was working I saw some demos playing for the ps3. The games were mostly war games, and the graphics were amazing. I saw some really cool racing games for it, and I realized that it also plays blu-ray discs. I really want a ps3 now.

We talked to sam a couple days ago, and she found out from one of her friends that works at the movie theatre that the opening day for harry potter 6 got pushed from november to mid next year. this left an open spot for another movie to take its place, and twilight got pushed forward a whole month. Sam will be visiting us in november so we are all going to go see twilight!

Alex dimmick got his mission call to somoa and is leaving october 8th. He said the entire Island has a population of about 200,000 which is smaller than orlando. crazy. Alex's mission call made me think of ben. I hope you're doing good man. We miss you.

Hurrican Gustav (currently a level 1) was heading towards florida from what we heard earlier, but we found out today that it is heading west and should miss florida entirely. The website we looked at spotted three more formations off in the atlantic that are potential hurricanes. We'll keep checking up on these so we know what's going on.

leah say

2008-08-26T15:53:00.000-07:00

okay so i know our updates have been sort of shitty, sorry peoples. basically i have been working non stop. i am in the process of switching over jobs so i have been training there from 8-11 and then going to work at macys from 1230-930. so i work literally all day. the days when i have off the vet (like the weekends) basically then i work macys all day. when i have off of macys i work at the vets all day. so basically my life consists of working non stop. all day everyday, so... but on a good note. i really like the job at the vets. everyone there is super cool... so its good. and the work is definetly better and i love the animals. so anywho, thats it for now. love you miss you peace angelia

Brent

2008-08-18T15:44:00.000-07:00

My parents sent me a bike so that I can get to and from work when I don't have a car. today was going to be the first day that I rode it, but the weather was calling for a level 1 hurricane. It was pooring rain (thats all though) so Leah drove me and I was 20 minutes late. I started talking to alex dimmick over facebook over the past few days. He is leaving on a mission in the fall so I might try to visit him before he leaves. I start the target job on the 22nd. Im hoping the job works out and doesn't conflict with my schedule at panera. Our representative at the university of phoenix said that leah and I should start our classes before the end of august. I'm excited to start. I'm currently majoring in Information Technology, but I am only doing this to get financial aid while I get my general classes over with. by the time I have those classes done with I will be able to go to a school somewhere else and major in biotech, biochem, or biomedical engineering (something along the lines of one of these). Nothing is really changing now that we're getting settled, and it's leaving me without anything to blog about.

leah...

2008-08-17T10:06:00.000-07:00

so brent needs to blog. i think he fell off the face of the earth. so basically, i am going to have him blog today. friday at work was crazzzyyyy boring, and i did a double shift. i was there by 9 and didnt leave till 8 at night. then i went in at 1 on saturday and was there till 1030ish. it was crazy busy all day, the store was so trashed. i am just glad i had off today. so brent had to work today from 10-3. so i dropped him off and went to the beach!!! i felt bad though because the waves today were huge, every other day that i go with brent... there arent any waves, so skim boarding isnt as fun for him. today they were awesome, and he wasnt there. so anywho.... i start my new job this week, as well as still working macys. when i told them i was quiting, they offered me the chanel counter position... which is a big deal. but i said no because i dont like macys... its crazy over the holidays. so next week i train at the vets from 8-11 and work macys 1230-930 like 3 days. they wanted me to get acquainted with the computer system before i start. i actually want to get a weekend job just to give us a little extra money for the holidays and things. i am going to go around to some restaraunts... then maybe to pizza hut. i never minded that job, and i already know what i am doing. so it would be good. anyways.... just my little update. but i am on my way! loveyou missyou. angelia.

leah

2008-08-14T13:57:00.000-07:00

a few words from leah.

1. the macys misery is over 2 weeks from today.
2. i got the job at the vets office, FT and I have every weekend off!!!! and i like the people that work there. they are really nice.
3. i dont think i have any other news.
but i am happy!!

YAY EVERYBODY PICTURES

2008-08-11T16:29:00.000-07:00

wedding scrapbook

florida after the storms

at the beach

the kitchen

the other angle of the kitchen

the bathroom

the spare room

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the dining room

this is the living room area

this is another angle of the living room area

this is our bed room

this is the other angle of our room

our beach

our beach take 2

proof the brent does dishes

SORRY these pictures are in completely random order. but look at them. their cute.

leah.

2008-08-10T07:51:00.000-07:00

so nothing really has been happening lately, at least nothing that good.

1. Macy's is not what I thought it would be. First of all I thought you made alot more for selling the daily goal. My daily goal is like 1400, and after returns you basically need to sell like 2 grand a day to make any extra money. I talked with a few other girls that are new there as well, and they definetly had the same impression that I had. They were all SOOO excited about this job because they thought they would make bigggg money, which is not the case. I found out over 50 percent of the store associates are in defecit. Which means, each week if you dont m ake your goals, when you do start making over and making extra money, the company takes it. So you still dont make anything extra. So basically I get paid 9 dollars an hour to run my ASS off and kiss rich peoples asses, for no reason.

2. I semi got offered a job at a vet office, as front desk. For the same thing that I make at Macy's but I HAVE A CHAIR TO SIT IN. and i have to kiss nobodys ass, but on rare occasion. I get to be nice, play with puppies, and check people in. And since I am going to school for accounting, front desk experience is good on my resume. The guy that interviewed me was really nice, his wife is the vet and they run a vet hospital. And the other girls that work there seem to be really nice as well.... So on Tuesday I go in to shadow one of the girls from 8-11 and based on that is whether I get the job. Hopefully all goes well, because I am sick of Macys.

3. I can't wait to start school. Basically they are just waiting to process my financial aid because my last name changed, so I had to get a new ss card. But when I try to go in and edit my FAFSA, I cant becauseeee the name that the ss office has on file for me, isn't my married name. So I am just waiting to get my new card, then if all goes well I can start school.

4. Kiki (our cat) has finally started to actually warm up to us and cuddle and do what cats are supposed to do BUT.... Brent was changing the sheets yesterday to put them in the laundry and we realized that he had peed on our new mattress!!!!! Thankfully we have a expensive, liquid resistant mattress cover, so the mattress it self is okay... but still. And then we decided to look under the bed, because he lays there a lot when we are at work. And we found one spot so far :( so we think we have to get rid of him, which is really sad for us. So, today I am going to email the woman that gave him too us and see if she will take him back or find a different home for him. Or I don't know what we will do. Anyways, sad news for us.

Well its life.
loveyou missyou peace angelia

Hey guys

2008-08-07T11:44:00.000-07:00

I know I haven't blogged for a while, but it feels like im running out of things to talk about. Leah and I are both looking for jobs 24/7. She decided that she hates macy's and doesn't get treated fairly there. I completely understand (commissioned sales was my least favorite job ever). I applied today at a roofing company as a driver. They said they were willing to train as long as I have a clean driving record so Ill follow up with them after the weekend. I also applied as a pharmacy technician at cvs. They preferred experience but said they were willing to train. They already hired a girl that had previous experience at cvs, but I talked to a lady there today that said this doesn't mean that I won't be hired too. I have an interview at target on monday for a part time position. If I got this job then I would keep the job at panera and work a total of 40-50 hours a week.

Leah has some interesting job possibilities. There is a babysitting job that pays really well that would be full time. She applied for this and also for a position at a dance studio in Jupiter. She got a call from a lady at the dance studio and they are organizing a meeting as I type. If she gets the job there she would be teaching ballroom. pretty cool huh?

I saw a ferrari today. Two days ago I saw a dodge viper and a plymouth prowler. I saw an amazing car that Id never heard of before at the beach called Mosler. I looked it up on the internet and found out I never heard of it before because the company is based in riviera beach Fl. (10 minutes from us). I see lamborginis and lotus's now and then. All these nice cars make me want a job in valet.

the cops here are nuts. the police force here is bigger than the south west class of 2008. maybe not but it feels like it. motorcycle police hide every day under an overpass and wait to pull people over coming off the exit ramp. we see them at it every single day. sometimes I think they are just making up their own reasons as to why they pull every other car over.

I just finished reading breaking dawn, and I think I need to let everyone know that there has never been a better fantasy fiction series. Not even harry potter. sorry jk rowling.

oh, one more thing. I've been really excited ever since leah found out about the university of phoenix. I have been waiting to hear back from florida atlantic but regardless of whether im accepted there or not I'll be looking into the university of phoenix for myself.

-brent

ya leah

2008-08-06T14:32:00.000-07:00

important things in leahs life.

1. leah and sam just bought sams plane ticket!!! she is officially coming from september 30th- december 15th. how freaking exciting.

2. leah officially does not like working in retail.

what say leah

2008-08-04T16:28:00.000-07:00

hey guys.
a boring post again... not much has happened here. last friday i had off and brent went to his concert. he had a lot of fun. me and kiki cuddled and watched movies all night. we watched becoming jane, WHICH IS AN AMAZING MOVIE... its about jane austen and it has anne hathaway. basically every woman or boy that likes chick flicks should watch it. anywho, then i watched some gay olsen twins movie from there pre drug addict days ha, it was okay. then brent got home around 1, and we went to bed. saturday, i worked and i dont think anything else exciting happened. sunday, which was yesterday i went to work to get more hours. i worked like 12-6ish and sold 1800... so i made like 800 over the sales goal. which is 171 per hour. then we relaxed. today i went to work.... i had a lot of returns at different registers, which gets deducted from your daily goal, so it was hard to make the goal today but i sold like 1500, only like 150 over the goal, but yet it was done so i was content. TOMORROW I HAVE OFF!!!! i am so excited. Anywho, this week is going to be hellish at work becuase we have a corporate visit, from the CEO over ALLLL of the macys in the us. He only picked 3 macys out of the 200 in florida to visit, and we were one of them. soooo.... anywho, everybody at work is being a little coo coo. needless to say, i am happy i have tomorrow off.
well... love you miss you peace.. angelia

hey

2008-07-31T15:27:00.001-07:00

well I don't need to put to much effort into blogging today because Leah did such a good job covering all the bases in hers. My friend brandon will be in fort lauderdale for two weeks actually so we'll probably skateboard a little while he's here. Also, of course I am stoked (STOKED) to be able to see linkin park in concert and possibly see them back stage! I think the used, armor for sleep, atreyu, hawthorne heights, and some other amazing bands will be there too.

Now that we work we haven't been able to make it to the beach more than once a week (I know life is terrible), but I am going through withdrawel and really need to get back in the water. I reserved breaking dawn at the library, but I'll have to wait a little while till I can get it because there were already some people that reserved it before me.

-brent

what say leah.

2008-07-31T15:14:00.000-07:00

hey guys... brent realized that me and him havent blogged in a long time so we decided to come blog. basically nothing much happened last weekend, but i had off saturday and sunday. saturday i just grocery shopped and went to the pool. and sunday we got to go to the beach!!!!! yay. then monday was a bore day.... i worked 1230-930. i sold 1300 something. tuesday.... i sold not much because we were putting a new line of clothes on the floor and setting stuff up like all day. then we got our kitty, kiki. he is adorable, i believe he is still a little scared of his new surroundings but we love him and like having him around. its nice to have a little guy to come home too. then wednesday i sold 2500 dollars!!! it was pretty busy. but none the less a great selling day. today wasnt really good for selling, there were 2 other people there besides me and its pretty dog eat dog. i just didnt really feel like playing that game, so when they stole my customers i just let it roll.... i need a day off. WHICH IS TOMORROW YAY! anywho, i miss everybody. i am so excited for all the visits that we have coming though. first, brents friend brandon is staying with his dad for like a week in fort lauderdale, and he bought brent a back stage pass to a concert with linkin park etc... thats tomorrow and he is very excited. then in the end of august the grandparents are coming in to town!!! woo.... !!!!!! then in mid september mom, dad, and joshy are coming down to visit (which makes me so excited :) ). then!!!! samantha schlesser bff duh, is coming down for the monthes of october,november, and little of december to work and stay with US!!!! HOW EXCITED IS ALL OF THIS NEWS. and brandon and ben have a road trip planned for november over thanksgiving.
so basically everybody loves and misses us. and that makes me happy.
and leah is going to be attending the university of pheonix as long as my financial aid goes through, i start in a few weeks. my advisor said that since i have like 1/2 of my classes done, i will have my associates in accounting in 12 monthes. then my bachelors will be done in 18 monthes. so basically life is good, except we are poor. but what can be expected! ANYWAYS!!! LOVE YOU MISS YOU... PEACE ANGELIA

say the leah

2008-07-25T17:01:00.000-07:00

okay so today and yesterday were cool. I went to work both days from 9-6. I wasn't expected to actually start selling until 2 weeks after I started, and once I did start selling, I am supposed to meet my sales goal of 171 an hour so about 1400 a day, and everything over that is 5.25%..... BUT. I SOLD $$$$1301 YESTERDAY AND $$$$1535 TODAY!!!! How nuts is that. Seriously, it is so cool. I like my job, at times it is a little frustrating because there is this one lady that tries to steal customers, but the other ladies that I work with are cool. But yes!!!! Leah is a selling machine, my managers where shocked. But anywho, after work everyday me and brent have been going to the pool to help my feet, without weight on them and in water it feels so great, seriously. And then we eat dinner and read and go to bed. Seems a little boring but its nice to finally be making money. I have off Saturday and Sunday though so WOO HOO!!! Anywho.... I am going to go.
loveyou missyou peace angelia

McPanera

2008-07-25T17:00:00.000-07:00

Today was my third day at Panera Bread. This first week they scheduled me only about 20 hours so after I got my schedule I had to confirm that I was a full time employee. Patty (boss) said "yes, I am trying to have you as full time." I don't know exactly how to interpret this but if im not scheduled full time hours next week then Ill be applying to another 100+ places. Also, since I know I can't afford to work part time and because panera was short staffed everyday i've been there so far, I took it upon myself to add an extra 2 and half hours to my schedule the first day, an hour and a half my second day, and an hour today. While at work, I've discovered that panera bread is nothing but glorified fast-food. They don't have much going for their employees when it comes to benefits either. I get a 50% discount but only within a half hour of the time I was clocked in at the store location that I worked. dumb.

It's great to hear from the Garcia's! We miss you guys too. I was bummed that we couldn't see you guys before either of us left town, but I hope you guys are doing well and like Colorado.

As leah will probably post, we are scheduled to officially adopt our cat KiKi on tuesday. We're both excited.

-Brent

says leah

2008-07-22T16:12:00.000-07:00

okay well a few things to update on. i dont know if i posted about this or not already but this woman was trying to find a home for her cat or she would have to put it in the pound, and she came over yesterday with her cat to see how the kitty (KiKi) interacted with us. They were such nice people, they told us a lot of helpful information about the area and about hurricane preparations. They were seriously so nice to us. Anywho, Brent and I both loved the kitty and I believe we will get it some time this week. On other news I started my job today at 945. I went in and was supposed to have some boring 3 hour lecture in an orientation but the manager that was supposed to give it I guess wasn't there. So instead, I watched about an hour full of videos about store knowledge and all that and then I went on the floor to find my manager. Her name is Kay and she is super nice..... I have some other pretty cool managers, Judy and Sharon are my bosses, I am not shure in what department, but they are really nice too. But yeah today was so busyyy!!!! I got delegated certain sections of the store to organize and make look good, and we basically did that all day.... I actually had fun though. Then as I was leaving for the day at 645, they told me I was keeper:) And that I did a good job, so today is a good day. I am going to go find a book though. So loveyou missyou.... peace angelia

At the Library

2008-07-20T10:22:00.000-07:00

After Leah and I were finished blogging yesterday we were both looking for books when a siren in the library went off. A librarian told Leah that it wasn't a drill and made everybody exit the building. We still don't know what the siren meant (whether there was a fire or something else) but we are back in the library now and everything is fine. On the way here from the beach leah and I mused over the fact that the library is our favorite place to go here. We come here as often as we go to the beach. Who would have seen that coming? Also, I didn't have a bookmark for the book im reading now so leah let me borrow hers. It's a picture of her, and her whole family together at the wedding. I think I'll try to make this a short post for once. That means that you guys need to give us more to talk about for next time. Ben, do you know when your leaving for a mission yet or planning to turn in your papers? Sam, give the blue girl a try, but if it has too much fairyland in it then try reading Leah's book, waking brigid. It's also pretty good so thats what I'm reading now. Also, I'm right there with you about hopping planes. There are schools in florida but no beaches in Idaho.

-Brent

say leah

2008-07-19T12:34:00.000-07:00

leah didnt get any comments. but she will post anyways. I FOUND THE CAT I WANT(regardless to everybodys ridiculous comments).... its a cat. her name is boo boo, and i am going to buy her once me and brent are on our feet. she looks beautiful. i saw her on this animal rescue website and she is house trained, i love boo boo. AND BRENT GOT A JOB. we think... he will tell you more about him. but congrats to him, he worked VERY hard to get it. seriously. he was more determined more than ever and it happened for him. he starts monday as he will probrably tell you. anywho. i finished the book that i started reading, it was called Waking Brigid, it was a reallllyyy good book. Then I remember seeing that woman on Oprah, that escaped that polygamy cult in Arizona, and I really wanted to read her book and see how those people lived. Because I have never been able to wrap my head around how crazy that whole modern day polygamy thing must be, but the book is nuts. Everything those women went through must have been so hard, and they are all so brainwashed. You should all read it, its about this excommunicating Mormon group, the FLDS. The women cant drive, have money, they cant own books, they cant leave their house without their husband, they cant eat sweets, and they are required to be married by 20 or they are an OLD MAID. Its all just crazy to see how these people live, so if you are up for some discoveries, I would read it. Its called Escape with Laura Palmer. Anywho, yesterday Brent and I pretty much did job searching for him, then we went to the pool at night and watched the movie 10,000B.C., which is an awesome movie. And then we read for like 2 hours and went to bed. Today we went job searching in the morning(where Brent found this job YAY!!!) and then we went to the beach. It was really nice outside today, and Brent got his skimboard in that his mom shipped to him so he was excited. So anywho, got some stuff to do. And my family is at the beach without us which makes me sad. My dad sent me a text message last night and said Leah I need you help packing the car, and I bawled for like ever (which is monumental because me and my dad dont cry) and we didnt always get along but packing cars was something of our expertice :) It made me realize how much I miss him, and his jokes. I hope he reads this when he gets back from the beach. But I miss him more than anyone, that goofy man holds a very special place in my heart. sooo....
missyou loveyou
peace....angelia.

Panara Brent!

2008-07-19T12:31:00.000-07:00

PGA is dumb and I'm too awesome to be employed by such losers so I got a job at panera bread instead. The new manager said she wanted me to start on wednesday. until then leah and I are trying to figure out how we are going to be at two different jobs at different times in two very different locations. ship my bike or buy a bike or find buses? Mom- how much did it cost to ship matt's bike to him? Anywho, leah has started on her second book in the few days that she has been reading. I told her reading was addicting (and free). Mom sent out my skimboard to me. Thanks mom.

I've decided that good writers are the ones that aren't completely sane. JK Rowling writes about wizards and magic so she's off her rocker, and stephenie meyer thinks vampires are romantic. I just finished a book called The Blue Girl by Charles De Lint that was pretty witty and was an overall pretty good story. It was about fairies (not good tinkerbell fairies, but mischevious devil fairies), ghosts, imaginary friends, and other sorts of paranormal.

Leah and I gave up fast food as soon as we got to florida in an attempt to become healthy people. We hadn't eaten it once until today because I had two free sandwich coupons at burgerking that were about to expire. We want to be healthy, but we are poor newlyweds that aren't about to pass up free food. Our kitchen is stocked with lots of fruit, lean meat, and actual ingredients as apposed to our old diets of microwave dinners and bagel bites. Since Im done my book I have to go look for a new one now. Anybody have any recommendations?

-Brent

READ ME

2008-07-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

Leah makes fun of me for reading so much and now guess who I got to open a book! whoa. I almost feel bad though that we don't have anything else to occupy ourselves with that its come to Leah reading. I'm sorry sweetie. :(.
For prospective bad news, I called pga today to line up my last interview, and Juliana (would be boss) said that the schedule changed slightly giving her 6 more interviews today. she said the callbacks would be tomorrow. So I'll wait again tomorrow and probably give them a call in the evening. When I hung up I was slightly discouraged so we (leah is so helpful) applied to about 5 more places. My hopes are still up for the pga position because I really think there is no comparison between valeting at PGA National Golf Club and Resort vs. being a cashier at blockbuster.
Ben had to bring up the fact that the Batman sequel comes out tonight. Thanks ben. I want to see this movie so badly. So let me know how it is.
Reply to Sam's comment: We definitely are going to go see twilight and dress up like vampires. This movie might be higher up on my list than even batman. We might have a hard time persuading Leah though because even though she started reading one book she still laughed at me when I suggested she try reading twilight. Why does a vampire teen romance novel sound so dumb? that's retoracle. don't answer it.
We met one of our neighbors today when she was walking her two dogs. She confirmed leah's assumption that it was easy to get away with having pets without paying the pet deposit. Everyday I hear more reasons from leah why we should have either a cat or a dog, but I'm still against the idea until we have steady jobs and schedules, and till we have our lives a little more under control.
Leah and I agree that we miss her siblings a ton. I already knew what it was like to be seperated from siblings. It was surprisingly hard when Chris, Julie, and Matt all left the house so I know leah must miss her brothers and sister being around all the time. I know it's really hard for parents too. I hope you guys are all doing well. We love and miss you.

-Brent

ps. oh no! Leah is searching for pets on her computer right now. Help.

life according to leah.

2008-07-17T13:17:00.000-07:00

heyyy all.
i have news. i am officially reading a book(for leisure), suprisingly, not as gay as I thought. Yesterday night out of COMPLETE AND UTTER BOREDOM, i started reading one of brents books that he got from the library. its actually a really good book. anywho, i was pretty bummed when i didnt get to start my job on time like i was supposed to on tuesday because they didnt have enough people. but i get to go in a fill out paper work tomorrow at 2, then i start at 10am this coming tuesday. we went to the beach today, the water is so amazing here, you can see straight through it (compared to ocean city)... but yes its amazing. so we just swam then laidout and read our books. we must have looked like dorks. but its okay. anywho, not much else to say

loveyou missyou
peace.. angelia

books, movies, and jobs (in order of importance)

2008-07-15T13:39:00.000-07:00

I finally got a membership to the library here! woot. so I checked out two books yesterday because the one I got at target turned out to be terrible. Why can't everybody write like Stephenie Meyer or JK Rowling? The fourth and final book of the twilight series comes out early in August and I can't wait to get it. My mom is trying to mail out my skimboard so im excited to get it. Tons of people down here skimboard so maybe ill end up meeting some cool people that way. The other night me and leah walked by the movie theatres when we were together and leah decided that she wanted to go see sex and the city. I really did not want to go see it, but I think I would have if she couldn't compromise to a more gender neutral (ha) movie. So at about the time I was giving in and getting ready to get the tickets she says that she is going to go see it but that she is going to get me a ticket to a different movie. She put her foot down and absolutely wouldn't let me go into the theatre with her. WEIRD. so she ended up seeing her movie while I watched the incredible hulk. I'm still a little confused about it.
Today was the first day in a while that we haven't gone to the beach. The weather was actually less than perfect so we settled with a quick trip to the pool that is across the street from our apartment. I'm nervous about the pga job. I really want it, and Ill be angry if i cut my hair for nothing. Tomorrow is supposed to be my last interview for the job. I'll let everyone know what happens as soon as I find out myself.
-brent

say leah

2008-07-14T17:11:00.000-07:00

so brents gay, he didnt post. but we are at the library now and i will do a short one. today we went to the beach and they went shopping for me to try to find comfortable heels(joke right), anyways brent actually found the winners. he found a super cute pair of heels for 6 bucks at payless down here, then i found a pair for 9. so 15 dollars for 2 super cute pairs of shoes. so anways, i was supposed to start my job tomorrow but they called me and told me that they dont have enough people in orientation so i have to start next tuesday. i was a little sad, but then i realized i can go to the beach tomorrow so its okay with me HAHA. anways, then we came home and ate lunch. then me and brent did scrapbooking!!!!! we got done officially 1/2 of our wedding scrapbook. me AND BRENT!!! yes my friends, brent scrapbooks. we did the whole 9 nine yards, with the stickers and pictures and colored paper and shapes and all the cute stuff, me and brent both did pages by ourselves. it looks so good. we still have to do the other half of the album, but we made a lot of progress. me and brent both grew up in box picture famiies. meaning, all of our pictures that arent digital(Excluding my baby album mom) are sitting in boxes their garage getting older... brent claims the same thing, except he says his are in boxes in storage.
SOOOOOOO i decided we will be scrapbook people, non box having people, time for a change.(no offense families.. i loveyou) but, i am excited. all of our pictures that we have taken since we have been married, are in an album too. which while i am on the subject of pictures, SAMANTHA SCHLESSER'S WEDDING PICTURES THAT I MADE FOR HER ARE ON HOLD. until samantha schlesser sends me the cute pictures from hershey park, to put in our short bus buddies album. sam... i have about 15 FREAKING CUTE WEDDING PICTURES, that i want to send to you, that i cant send to you, because i have no hershey park pictures that i was promised. i am waiting miss sam....me. ha..jkjk. anyways, i miss sam. and i m iss ben. and i m iss brandon. mostly sam, but anyways. this has turned into a dreadfully long post that i will end... now. because i am hungry.

ps... mom i fixed your link. and show this post to Josh, and tell Josh, that if Josh does not call his sister, his sister is going to get very upset. His sister calls him, and he does not talk to her, so if he does not call me, we are not friends. the end of storyJOSH.

there is a lot of capitilization in this post.geez

loveyoumissyou...peace.angelia

leah says....

2008-07-13T13:14:00.000-07:00

k well I had my final interview with Macy's on Saturday, and I GOT THE JOB. I start full time Tuesday, I have orientation from 9-3 that day, then I train on registers for 2 days. They say you should be ready to go on the floor on Friday. But they don't expect you to start the comission sales for 2 weeks which is a relief. And this job is full time, and when I told them about my college classes they were fine with it. If financial aid goes as planned I will be going to school Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday nights. Its only part time, but with us being out of state residents, they are charging us 270 dollars per credit hour, and each classes is usually 3 credits. So thats like 900 dollars a class. For instate, its 75 per hour, so its like 1/3 of the cost after this year of being out of state. We will go full time as soon as we are considered in state, so next summer. And they wont consider us as independents, so we are basically getting the money of a dependent child, and you cant live on that. sooo... thats the deal with school. BRENT GOT HIS HAIRCUT AND HE LOOKS LIKE SUCH A HOTTIE :) haha... but really he looks adorable. Yesterday we went to beach, then i had my interview, then we went out since I got a job. We went to see the movie Wanted, which was this action movie.....but it was an awesome movie. So today we went to the beach, but it rained so we left, then we went shopping for me to get a suit and I found 2 of the most perfect suits, 1 was a pants suit(usually I cant get pants suits because they are too long, and they look like clown pants) but these fit perfect, then a skirt suit, one had a long sleeved jacket and one had a short sleeved jacket, so I can mix and match. And they were both only $20 dollars each at ROSS discount store(they have one in York too, you ladies/men should go there to shop, because everything is cheap and amazing). Anyways, we are at the library now and I have some things to do, so I will go. leave comments people.
loveyou missyou
p-e-a-c-e...angelia

every time I log on I plan on leaving a small post but then this happens-

2008-07-12T12:10:00.000-07:00

theres not much to update you guys on. Leah and I still aren't positive if either of us have landed the jobs. Leah is at her third and final interview at macy's right now though so my fingers are crossed. The weather has been amazing the past few days, but a thunderstorm is rolling in as im typing. I'm seriously disappointed about the whole alligator thing. I got my first decent night of sleep last night. I think I might warm up to our new bed after all. Since we don't have cable tv I grabbed a random book off of the shelf at target for cheap. It was an author I've never heard of, but it actually is pretty decent writing. Most of our time is still being soaked up by the beach, job interviews, grocery store trips, clothing store trips (for leahs potential job), paperwork for school, bills, mail, getting wedding business in order and things of that nature. Most importantly the beach though. Leah has been complaining much lately about the fact that my back is super tan and my chest and stomach look the the creme on an oreo cookie. So today we went to the beach while the sun was strong and I laid out while I continued to read my new book.

I'm really glad everybody enjoys reading the blog. Connie, your comments are hilarious, mostly about convincing sam that alligators are big lizards. Ha. And we can't wait to show you and Brad the nice beaches down here. Lori and Mom, I've been contemplating cutting my hair, but so far it didn't seem like a big deal at PGA. I probably will cut it though. Ben, I think I'm about to stop checking your blog everytime I get on the computer. And what's this about trek? were you there all three days? Congrats on the Eagle Scout. Go get a job that's better than everybody elses now :). Sam, keep us updated on your plans and whats going on in lebanon. Whats going on with your internet?

Hopefully next time we update one of us will assure you we have a job. till then, leave comments...

-brent

leah....

2008-07-11T11:31:00.000-07:00

okay well the comments are lacking on brents post. goodnesspeople.
anyways, since I posted. we got our mattress in and I think its amazing. but brent still cant sleep, I think its just in his head, because this bed is amazing. anyways, yesterday Brent had his interviews like he said, and I am excited for him. And he is at his Lowe's interview as we speak. Today we had to go back to the school to resubmit some stupid paperwork, but like while we where in line some stupid security guard guy walked in and turned off all the lights and was like we are closed. how dumb is that, it was like 12 noon and the hours said it was open till 4. so it was just weird. then we went and returned some things at ross and looked for me a suit. BECAUSE I GOT THE JOB AT MACYS!!! WOOO.... I hope I did at least, because she said once you have your third interview you are basically hired, and my third is tomorrow at 3. so I am excited.... but I was looking for a suit today, and I was unsuccessful... basically because I am short, all the pants look like clown pants. soo... we have to look more tonight. Anyways, its gorgeous outside(like it is everyday), so I am going to go to the pool to wait for Brent to get home. Then we are going to the beach. Well loveyou missyou peace...angelia.

tofu

2008-07-10T13:23:00.000-07:00

Yesterday when Leah was at the library she found out that the valet position was open again for PGA national golf club. So this morning I went over filled out an application and asked for an interview. The first interview went well so the woman scheduled another interview for the afternoon.
In between interviews I had to take my placement test at pbcc since I'm a freshman. That was fun. not really. But when I was done, Leah picked me up and we went back to the apartment to eat lunch. she also bought me some cheap dress shoes so that I would look decently professional. I had to take out my ear rings because the first woman to interview me said their male employees can't have peircings (whatever). So I drove back to PGA and had 3 mini interviews with different people. All the interviews went well, but I still need one more interview before they can officially hire me. That interview will probably be next wednesday. The job sounds pretty amazing during the winter because my would be boss said that she has seen some valet attendants walk out in a single night with over $300. Thats during the in season though. Currently she said business is pretty slow and some of the guys are leaving at the end of the day with only a few dollars in their pockets. I don't know whether I should take the job or not. It will depend on whether leah gets the job at macy's and also how my interview at lowes goes tomorrow.
Leah and I almost died when we found out that the school won't let us resubmit papers for financial aid now that we are married. We have to wait a year to resubmit so we are screwed for this semester. I think that I'll have to go part time this semester and then transfer to a nearby university next semester so I can change my financial aid status. We're worried, but we'll figure it all out.
People skimboard here a lot more than they do in Maryland so I can't wait to get my board shipped down. Im also really surprised at how different the beaches are here. the waves move like you're in an enormous wave pool. The water is so clear that I have to taste it everytime to know that its not spring water. There are tons of surfers down here, and there is fishing off the piers at the same areas that people are swimming and boogie boarding (that kinda scares me).
-brent

leah says.

2008-07-09T15:15:00.001-07:00

hey guys...
well today me and brent had a load of crap to do. first we had to turn in our rent check, and get proof of residency so we could get our new licenses. and then we had to go actually get our licenses. which I must add are so much cooler than PA licenses. they have colors and they are just cooler, and my license picture is pretty fab, just like the last one. that whole license picture sucks thing just doesnt apply to me. not to be a snot, but my license is maddd coool!!! lol. hehe anyways, then i went and did a bank deposit while mr brent made lunch at home. then we had lunch (i finally cleaned out the car today). literally since we moved down here, we havent gotten any crap out, we had like a foot tall pile of just crap all over the car that was starting to smell rotten, so i figured it was time. so I cleaned then I came to the library so I could write on the blog and just do internet stuff. Anywho, WE GET OUR MATTRESS LIKE AS WE SPEAK THEY ARE DELIVERING IT!! WOOO... I will give more updates tomorrow.

loveyou missyou peace...a ngelia

another leah post

2008-07-08T09:15:00.000-07:00

hey guys.
so me and brent like really hate our bed. seriously our bed is the owrst bed that you have ever slept on in your life. we want to throw it off our terrace. actually brent said he wants to attack it with his pocket knife. HAHAHA.... Anywho, we need a new bed. Sometimes you get what you pay for (like with generic poptarts and beds). Last night we watched this boring video on skimboarding... I fell asleep. Then we went to bed, but we woke up a gillion times because of our gay bed. Then we got up around 9, had waffles, and I got ready for my next interview at Macy's. I got offered a job at Bed, Bath, and Beyond but its only part time. I think I have this job, but I have to wait 2 days for my background check to come in, then I call them on Friday. Anywho, its full time sales in one of the clothing departments. But I hope I get it. You have to wear suits or dresses so its like a professional job. Which excites me, anyways. I want to go get in the pool, and I am bored with this computer so loveyou missyou peace... angelia

random thoughts of brent

2008-07-08T09:00:00.000-07:00

hmmm.... its tuesday and leah is at her second job interview at macy's. I just got back from walking around the nearest shopping center applying for jobs, but I haven't had any luck. I walked into a deli, pharmacy, pizza shop, meat store, nice bar and restaurant, and I think one more place. None of them were hiring! pshhh what a load of dung.
I did apply to target, home depot, and the gap yesterday though so I need to give them 24 hours for the applications to go through then I can call them. I got out my skateboard today but there isn't much of an area to skateboard here. That's nothing new though. I've been having a lot of fun with being married and especially seeing people's reactions to me and leah as a couple. Today I walked into the computer lab and the woman on duty asked to see my ID because you have to be 18 to get on the computers. She was being a bit of a jerk so I asked her if there was a problem. She said no but made me sign in on some roster (that I've never seen any other time I've gotten on the computers). I signed in and she noticed my ring and got all embarrassed.
HAAA!! stupid woman. She really was being a jerk.
We still haven't seen any alligators, but we're keeping a lookout. We're really excited that so many of you guys are planning trips to come see us.

-Brent

oh ps. Ben you need to post more often on your blog. it's pretty disappointing. :(

leahs post

2008-07-07T13:15:00.000-07:00

so we still dont have internet, but we ordered it today and we are excited. i only have 5 minutes left on the library computer so here it goes. brent and i this past weekend have gone to the beach like everyday, its been good(hes getting a tan line) lol. anyways, it has been fun. and we learning the hassle of keeping up an apt. I had to clean the bathroom the other day, it was saddening. anyways, i got offered 2 jobs(in the works). one at macys and one a bed,bath, and beyond, hopefully the one with macys goes through though because I want that. And its full time, and i get to wear cute clothes. plus its comission and we all know how convincing I can be. So anywho, I have other stuff to do, we will update more later, but we still miss all you guys a bunch... if brent has time to update today I think he will, he is applying online right now to the sports authority, like dicks sporting goods. he is experiencing job stress, but it all will work out. anyways, loveyou missyou

peace
angelia

ben(as soon as i can get on my laptop and use the net I will put your pic back up. you had one but now its gone, i deleted it by mistake. l0ve ya)

according to brent

2008-07-03T08:11:00.000-07:00

well we thought we'd have internet in our apartment but we don't. So, we can't post when or where we'd like to, and that makes it hard to upload pictures. I did see the first lizard yesterday though and have pictures of it. I named the little guy albert. I think it suited him nicely. Also, when we were arriving in florida I saw a lotus (dream sports car). I had to wipe the drool off my chin after I snapped a couple pictures of it.
The last two days we have been extremely busy. We've been unpacking and shopping and unpacking more. Our first shopping trip was three cart fulls at wal-mart. We're already learning about the area (nice areas and areas to stay away from). Yesterday we bought a ton of furniture. We have a dresser, a bed, a loveseat, and a kitchen table and chairs. We also used our target giftcards to get a rug, tv stand, and a couple other things. I had to drive a U-haul to get the stuff to our apartment. That was fun. The thing was massive and impossible to park anywhere.
Today we are applying to jobs and financial aid. We also need to go on another small shopping trip.
We'll try to post again soon with pictures. We are going to need internet soon so we're trying to find an easy (and cheap) way to get it. We miss you guys.
-Brent

Leah Says HA

2008-07-03T08:07:00.000-07:00

OKAY. well the deal with the pictures is that we can't upload them right now because we dont have internet at our apartment. We have like an internet cafe of sorts at the clubhouse, but we dont want to upload our personal stuff onto it ya know? So I know everyone is dying to see what it looks like but we trying to find a way to get them up. Anywho. These past few days have been so crazy. Basically the first day we got here we went to our college, unpacked our car and then had the biggest shopping spreee I have ever seen at Walmart. We filled up 2 full carts in the store with just household stuff, then we rung out and loaded the car, then came back in for food. It was nuts, then we basically had to unpack the car all over again. Then we slept on the floor haha. Then the next day we went to Goodwill, and got a loveseat, bed, table and chairs, and dresser all for like 400 dollars. Cool Stuff. Then we went to Target and got a rug and stuff for the house. BRENT MADE DINNER! He made this chicken and biscuits thing for us and it was super cute. Then we went to bed, after I did some neurotic cleaning. Today we just have to go to the school and open up a bank account blah blah blah. Fun stuff! keep you posted.

Brent's First post

2008-06-30T15:32:00.001-07:00

ello!
Today Leah got this idea for us to create a blog. My first reaction was that i don't want a diary, but once I thought about it I figured it might help me keep in contact with a few people that I miss a lot even on my first day away. Also, I'm sure our family would like to see what we're up to so we're going to try to keep updating with pictures of brent and Leah's (gill and dill's) amazing adventures.
Currently we are in Santee, South Carolina. We really loved being able to get out of the car and stretch our legs, but this town isn't anything to get excited over. The restuarants are a little dirty and our motel smells awkward. I want to get out of here asap and get on our way to florida again so I think we're going to wake up butt early again tomorrow. We have lots of things to keep us busy when we're not driving including job searching and lining up our classes for the fall semester. Today, I realized that I forgot my usb cable to upload pictures to my computer with my camera. I'm a little bummed because now I can't upload all the wedding pictures until I get a new cord.
This post is a trial run to see if blogging is anything more than writing to yourself about nothing. I want comments! and questions!
I miss everyone tons. and I love you guys.
-brent, numbero uno

Leahs first post!

2008-06-30T15:29:00.000-07:00

Heyy guys. Leah here. I am so excited to be in South Carolina. This motel room is sorta stinky but we are making the best of it. Maybe its just because my mom had us spoiled with this super uber nice bed and breakfast for the last 2 nights. Its weird to not be home, its so quiet, I miss my brother and Kirsten and Aaron. I miss the parents too. And its weird not being able to just text my friends and ask if they want to hang out or something like that. I miss them a whole ton. I know they will visit though. I am hoping that my brother is going to come down in August with the grandparents, I know he will be missing football, but the boy is 9 and opportunities to visit him will be limited, I know this won't end his FOOTBALL CAREER lol, and I MISS HIM ALREADY. Maybe thats my selfishness, but I hope that he still wants to come. Anywho, we left at 4 something after giving a final goodbye to my family, and then we were on our way. By the time we got here out butts were numb, but we like knowing we are more than halfway to our new HOME! I can't wait to see new things and meet new people. I am so excited to start my new life with my NEW HUSBAND! I just wish we had a shorter last name, maybe I will just abbreviate Bartholomew to Bart. Angelia BART HA. Well, I miss everyone and Brent and I are excited about our blog, we will try to write almost every day hehe. He is writing his first post on his computer right now. But I am hungry, so I am going to venture out to find food. I love everybody. Peace.