wow, time flies.....

hi there everyone!!! sorry that i have seemed to fall off the face-o-the planet!!! I have been busy, so let me give you an update! Jason left for florida in the beginning of April. He got a great job at Gander Mountain in St. Augustine. He has been working day and night to help them get the new store open. I am reallly really proud of him for busting his butt. I packed up the house, adn moved it into a storage facility untill we are ready to move it all. Bellvie and I have taken up residence at my dad's house in bloomfield! It has been great because i get to spend some time with my family as well as work my butt off to make some lots-o-money. The owners of the company i work for have been wonderful!!!!!! I did get a tattooooooo!!!! Mandy and i went two weeks ago and got these matching tattoos. They are wicked cool!!!! Mine is on my neck, and all my customers love it!! I took pictures of it, but haven't got them posted yet! As soon as i can,, i will. I promise to blogg sooner next time!!!!
love ya'll as usual

Hello again....

hey there folks!!!

Did you miss me? Never fear... I am here!!!!! I wanted to share this beautiful orchid picture that I found!!! I love it!!!

Well, there has been sooooo much going on lately!!!! Francine and John finally got their baby!!!

Her name is Rebekah Louise and she is beautiful!!!

Wanna see her???? Here she is.... mom and dad.....

aren't they great??? She is a fantastic baby!!! She ALMOST makes me want to have one of my own (ALMOST!!).

The best news that we have recieved is that JASON GOT A JOB!!! Jason got a great job at Gander Mtn. in St. Augustine. He will be able to open up a brand new store there!!!! He is excited and i am ridiculously proud!!!!!

I have to tell everyone about this movie we saw today!!!! it is called "300" and it is AMAZING!!! Frank Miller is the best!!! He directed Sin City and i am in total AWE of his extremely GREAT directional skills... "300" is about the battle of Thermopali (Sparta and Persia). It is graphic (thank you Frank Miller)... but it is incredible...... go watch it...... RIGHT NOW!!

Well guys, it was a pleasure as always, i will try to blog more.....

My Guys!!!!!!

Hi there everyone!!! i just wanted to show off my adorable picture of Bellvie(the dog!!) and Jason. This picture was taken last year at Mendon Ponds Park, and it is my favorite. My dog is my baby!!!! sad isn't it........

Ok so we got about a foot of snow here in Webster today... and the city got nada. I am ok with this though because it melted a little and then snowed a little more which means it is just right for SNOWSHOEING!!!!!!!!!! yyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am ridiculously excited about it....

hhhhhmmmmmmm there is not much else to spill so i will let you guys go,.,.....

Happy New Year's

Happy Happy Happy New Year's.
Well everyone... sorry that i haven't blogged in a while!!!!! Things have been quite crazy for a while. So here is what we need to catch up on.....
Work was super busy but we did well.... YYYYYEEEEAAAAA for my departments. The Eragon movie came out which i had been waiting for a LOOOOONNNNNGGGGG time. Needless to say i was sadly sadly disappointed. it was probably great if you didn't read the book. Jason liked it!!! I on the other hand wanted to fly to California and kick Chris Paolini in the nuts....

Do i feel let down (and slightly aggressive)?????

ABSOLUTELY!!!!! bite me.

Christmas Eve was great!!!! my dad, sister and stepmom(almost) came to our house for dinner and Cocoa. I got cheesey and gave everyone snoware mugs that we sell at work. and i got platters to match. Mandy was supportive of my cheesey tradition starting notions.

Thanks sis. you are the best!!!!!

Jason and I flew to Florida the day after Christmas.... let me just say that flying sucks!!!! Rochester International is the most rudest, busy at 4in the morning airport. I will say that it is better looking inside than JFK. i was not impressed with JFK at all. we got in to JAX and it was 70!!!!!! wwoooooooohhhhhoooooooooooooooo

FLORIDA RIDICULOUSLY RULES!!!!!!

Jeremy (Jason's twin brother) was a doll and showed us some really really cool places. We went to Sea World as a family with jason and jeremy's parents. It was sunny and warm and I GOT TO SEE SHAMU. the new show called "BELIEVE" is fan-flipping-tastic!!!!!!!! it is the best show i have seen!!!!!!! go see it!!!

now.......... go see it............. i'll wait...............

We also went to St. Augustine. It was really really cool too. We visited the Castillo de St. Marcos. it is a really neat spanish fort. we got to see spanish cannons fired.

i will have a bunch of pictures to come soon.....

ok kids... i gotta get going.... love you all!!!!!!!
oh and p.s. if you haven't seen Talledaga Nights, go rent it right now!!!! RIGHT NOW... GO!!!!!

Why????

so... some of you may wonder why i called my blog swords and orchids.....you are in luck....... the explanation is forthcoming........

yeeeehaaaw....

i was watching a documentary once where a famous actor(that will remain unnamed...) said that you should always have one or two words to appropriately describe you at all times, and when you truely know who you are, the words will become inherently clear. ("it is not knowing ourselves fully that hinders us more than ANY other hurdle"-Robin Williams) I have found it to be resoundingly true. it has taken me quite a long time to figure out my true identity and i feel that i am closer to the goal.

yeeeeehaaaaw.....

all this boils down to my three words... me.... in a nutshell..... swords and orchids... i will explain in depth..

here goes......

when you invision a sword, you may think of many images...
old, traditional, slightly tarnished, heavy handed, plain and simple, - i proudly take on these descriptors.. old feeling after a long day(and slightly more mature than expected for my age at times) traditional in "sirs and ma'ams", in what i look for in a man and how to be treated, embracing tradition as well as modern, slightly tarnished- life does that to us all.... heavy handed i liken to a hot temper.... good old german in me.... plain and simple-need i explain more?????

or you may think of......
modern, badass, versatile, beautiful yet deadly, lightly shrouded in fantasy,-
modern in ideals and thought processes, badass- self explanatory(what can i say, i have scared a few in my day!!!) versatility is one of my most important traits as i see it. lightly shrouded in fantasy????? let me just say that i want a dragon more than ANYTHING....... one day......

the point of the sword is that it can be used to fiercely defend loved ones, AND complete strangers but also used to inflict havoc.........

orchids.....well besides the girlie connection of being a flower and all......
they are beautiful, pickey, require warm weather and lots -o- sunshine. they can sometimes be hard to figure out. they are scary untill you know what to do with them. they take forever to flower but when they do.... they bring rewards so sweet that it justifies all the frustration and hard work that you spent to get them there. they are set in their ways but can be persuaded gently to grow in a general direction. they can't be rushed......

me, in a nutshelll......

i found my words (ironically enough) by looking at our den... Jason's swords are on the wall and my flowers are everywhere. when i originally found the words, i thought that it just explained our relationship very well.. but after careful consideration i believe that they also describe me in a way that i have found no other words to... and i have tried... believe me!!!

untill next time................

My debut

Welcome to the publishing of my personal babble everyone!!!!

haha you folks are in for a treat! maybe not.......

anyways, welcome to me. let me tell ya some about me. the reason that i have decided to try this whole blog thing is a medium to long length story, mildly interesting (scale of one to ten, 7).

here goes.....

where to start, well, i was recently diagnosed with Seasonal Affect (not effect) Disorder. What is this? Basically, when it rains i get really depressed. i know what you are thinking....

THEN WHY DO I LIVE IN ROCHESTER???? (i know i know, i am working on it ok???!!!)

anyways, on with the story..... so i am now on anti- depressent serum via injection ( newer precedure for forgetful people like me....) which is kinda interesting. side effects (not affects) are medium to mild and getting better. but with my family history of mental illness (mother) it has been hard for me to deal with in my brain. i don't want to be like her. actually, most of what i do is to distance myself from anything related to her. i was doing ok for a while but then..... i got looney.. like mother like daughter i guess...

wonderful.......

there are some reasons to go on... jason, bellvie, jen.... you get the picture. so here i am getting shots to keep me level and in doing so have found a fantastic docter!!!! she has been there for me to call day or night. (i like sleep so lucky for her it has only been during the day) and she has recommended that i keep a diary. hmmm... not really my style. my friend fran has a blog and i figured that this might serve as an avenue to talk peoples eyes out without annoying jason (or my docter). so longish story shortish... welcome to my blog.