Just Being Miley

Sweet Miley, my four month old golden retriever- yellow lab mix puppy, is going to the vet again today. 

Let me explain something. She goes to the vet EVERY three weeks. For some reason, I believe that the vet is taking advantage of a newly married couple that has never owned a dog. She gets another vaccination every three weeks.. which means we pay A LOT every three weeks. Granted, she was a free puppy. But woah, no puppy cost this much at four months. She has been on 5 different antibiotics during this time period too. 

So today we are going back to have our ear infection looked at. Her yeast infection in her ear. Crazy. She's the sweetest puppy. She loves the water. So if that means that she comes into the kitchen from our walks and dumps her WHOLE bowl full of water onto the floor and lays in it, how can I not just laugh at her, let her enjoy it then finally clean it up?

She's been the perfect companion when Taylor is traveling. She doesn't have much to do with me when he's home. My parents have fallen in love with her. Weekends at their house are all about her. She won't know what to do when my sister or I have children. Because right now, weekends end like this... 

My family makes fun of me and the fact that I do treat her like my child right now. Since I don't have a job, my day basically revolves around her. I don't know what I'll do without being around her for 10 days. 

And yes, I did name her after Miley Cyrus, okay? 

FINALLY

After waiting three 3 weeks, I will finally be touching down in Charlotte tomorrow and get to see Taylor. We are staying with my sister and brother in law for a few days before my parents come into town. 8 days in Charlotte then on to Asheville for a few days before I return home.  I'm so excited That I can't stand it. So today will be full of many things. Lunch date with my mother in law, shopping for a few last minute things, Miley's visit to the vet, preparing Miley to be at her "Gi Gi's" for 10 days, packing, etc.

I'm sure that I'll be awake until who knows what time tonight cleaning the house. I can't stand leaving home without everything in place. This way when I get home everything will be in order and I won't have to do housework right away. 

This will be my first visit to my sister's since they moved almost a year ago. I can't wait to see her apartment, where she walks everyday, where she shops, where she works, and visit the coffee shop that my brother in law works at a few days a week when he's not in class. He's a seminary student at RTS Charlotte. 

Then after all that's over.. a few days with Taylor in Asheville and Ridgecrest. I can't wait to finally spend time with him!!

So that's the plan. Just wanted to post since I finally had something worth posting about. 

First Time for Everything

It's happened. After months of "stalking" other people's blogs and seeing when they got "tagged", it finally happened to me. Thanks Lindsay! Maybe something like this will help me feel like actually have something to blog about that's worth reading. :) 

1. What was I doing ten years ago?

In the summer of 1998, I was busy with the most important things in a soon to be eighth grader's life. Going to the country club to swim almost every day. Babysitting when I wasn't riding four-wheelers in the woods to the creek. Cheerleading practice as we prepared to go to UCA Camp at Alabama. Slumber parties at Ansley's just about every night. Camping trips to the river and to the beach. Ah, the memories. 

2. Five items on your to-do list:

    1. Thank you notes (even though you have like a year to finish, I'm still a little overwhelmed!)

    2. Job search (yes, still unemployed but working a few things here and there)

    3. Give Miley (my puppy, not Cyrus) a bath. 

    4. Target run for essentials.

    5.  Find appetizers for my cousin's bridesmaids luncheon.

3. Snacks I enjoy:

Diet Coke, Goldfish, monkey-bread, chocolate chip cookies, grilled cheese sandwich, chips and salsa... (I need to stop now.. since I don't need a snack before dinner time.)

4. What would you do if you were a billionaire?

Pay off our debts. Buy a house at the lake.. furnished in PB and Ballard Designs. Buy a house in San Diego so we'd be closer to the band. Maybe a tour bus so I could travel with Taylor, too. Travel. Travel. Travel. Italy is first on the list. New car. Boat. Buy lots of things for the family. This list could go on and on. (Maybe I should get Taylor to buy a few more PowerBall tickets..)

5. Places I have lived:

Montgomery, AL; Monroeville, AL; Auburn, AL; Etna, CA; Montgomery, AL again

6. Bloggers that I am passing this on to:

I have no one to pass it on to, really. Either Lindsay tagged her or have already been tagged. Oh well.. Maybe Lauren will pass it on. 

Taylor and I have had 3 normal weeks at home. Sleeping in until noon everyday (which I know isn't actually normal) then working in the yard, swimming with the puppy, cooking out or just being lazy on the couch. It's been amazing!

My husband is a lighting designer for a band called Switchfoot. He travels a lot, so for him to be home from 3 weeks straight is a rare thing. But those 3 weeks ended this morning. He's off to work at Bonnaroo for the week then a few Switchfoot shows and some things for Lifeway. What in the world will I do for these couple of weeks until I see him again? Oh yeah, it's wedding season. I have a two weddings in the next two weeks, including bridesmaids luncheons and rehearsal dinners.  Then off to North Carolina for 10 days to see Taylor and stay with Kelli and Reid. 

In the mean time, if you need me... I'll be writing thank you notes... lots of thank you notes.

Follower

I am jumping on the bandwagon with everyone else. I have secretly been "blog stalking" every night for probably a month now. So Taylor finally said last night, "Why don't you just start your own?" 

Who knows that this blog will become, but I only hope that I will be able to keep it up. Taylor says that this will be "my job" for now... since looking for one has been so uneventful. Long story about how I ended up without one... two weeks before my wedding. But I intend on this being a blog about my life, now. My new chapter. 

So here I am : 23 years old, unemployed, adjusting to the amazingness of married life, enjoying actually having a summer, traveling, house-training our new puppy, decorating the house... and so much more. 

Let the fun begin!