Saturday, February 26, 2011

New title, new look

So I'm starting my blog over from being just me to being my new family with my husband. For the time being it is just he and I and our house full of pets, 3 dogs and 1 cat. We do plan on having kids, just not any time soon! Possibly within 2-3 years. We want to get settled, have time with each other, and get a good foundation for our kids when the time comes!

The last post was all about me getting engaged and its been quite a while since I've posted and am obviously married to my best friend and wonderful husband, Micky! I'll post a few wedding pics later to start our new journey here on Blogspot. In 2 months we will have been married for 1 year and are really excited about that, but hope to gather a few followers as we go.

Hope you are all having a great weekend!


Don't be afraid to be "wong" every now and again!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

My weekend of "engaging" activities...


So my weekend started Saturday morning. I got up and left my house at about 11am to go to Micky's place in College Station. I told him I would be there in time for lunch, but ended up getting a later start than I had planned. I actually got there around 2:30 or 3pm. It's about a 4 hour drive. No sooner do I get there, he says he has to go to the post office. I tell him thats fine, I'll just go with him. He insists that its only going to take about 5 minutes and he'll be back soon and I should just stay at his house. I persisted and asked why I couldn't tag along. It's just the post office, I'll be back in a few minutes. Ok, fine. I'll stay behind. His idea of 5 minutes was more like an hour! I couldn't believe that I had just gotten there only to be left by myself for an hour! For a trip to the post office! What?!? He finally comes back and he can tell I'm a little upset.

"Are you mad at me?"

'No, I'm not mad, I'm upset b/c you left me, I just got here and you left me! Doesn't matter what we do together (ie going to the post office) as long as we are together, right?!'

"Well, yeah, I'm sorry babe."

Then he says, "Oh, yeah, I also got us a bottle of wine."

What?! A little random but okay. So anyway, we leave his house and go eat. Then it's off to the theater to see the Wolverine movie! Which was pretty good. Its your basic saturday night date. Nothing too special. After the movie we get home and are watching tv and sitting on the couch together and decide we need some snacks to snack on. So he gets out a can of pineapple chunks, I decide on popcorn, and then he suggests the wine. Ok. Odd combo, I know. Pineapple, popcorn, and wine... Not your everyday menu. Sounds more like a pregnant woman's menu! LOL After a few hours of that, we call it a night.
Sunday morning comes and he wakes me up with an eskimo kiss, really sweet. I'm getting ready for church, have just gotten out of the shower and dressed when I decide to go see if he's getting ready as well.. Which, he's not. He's playing on his computer.

"Hey, babe. Are you ready for church?"

"Yeah.... Hey, babe... will you marry me?" (He's at this point still sitting on his chair in the office). "What? You can't ask me that now!"

"Why not?"
"Your not on your knee for one! And in your house?! Are you sure you want to ask in your house, in your office?"

He kind of laughs and says, "well, okay."
So we continue to get ready, but I'm feeling kinda bad about what I had said so I tell Micky,
'you know I will, right?"
And he says yes and we go to church. It's a really good service, we meet up with his friends Rob and Becca, and go to lunch afterwards. So we get back home and we are goofing around in his house, sliding around on the tile floor actually... I'm staying through til monday so we still have plenty of time to do whatever we want. Micky goes to the garage for a second and we soon find ourselves back on the couch watching Van Helsing, which if you've never seen it, is a movie about a guy who is employed by the roman catholic church to hunt down and bring any mythical creatures back to the church. Or if necessary kill them. One such necessary kill is Dracula. It's at this point of the movie when Van Helsing is hunting down Dracula and fighting with the wives of Dracula (he has three) that Micky proceeds to get down on one knee. I again, think he's joking and tell him to get up. Until he reaches into his pocket, pulls out a little pouch from which a little ring drops into his palm.... At this point, I'm just kinda stunned. Caught completely off guard!!! He asks me to marry him, I say yes! and hug him! And surprisingly there are no tears. The funny thing is, he goes back to watching the movie as if nothing ever happened! Great commercial break! I asked him why now and he said that it just felt right. He hadn't planned on doing it sunday, it just kinda happened. And it was still really sweet, despite being in the middle of Van Helsing! I love these kinds of movies though, so it's actually pretty appropriate! Guess I should buy the movie now!
"Kids, this is the part of the movie where your dad asked me to marry him!"
It wasn't until after I was driving home that the tears came. My hands on the steering wheel, all I have to look at are the road and the ring,
"Oh my gosh, I'm engaged!"
Delayed reaction or maybe it was just sinking in, I dont know.
He was nervous, but he had to laugh at me, b/c my hands were shaking so bad after he put the ring on! I thought he must have gotten up Sunday morning with the idea in his head, but he said he hadn't. Said the time was just right, that he felt in his heart that it was the right time.

I'm extremely happy and I love him so much! God has definately blessed us! Everyone I tell says that I deserve it and I'm getting a really great guy. I like to think so...
I love you, Micky! Proud to say that your my fiance!



















Thursday, April 23, 2009

God is great!










It's been awhile since I last posted anything, but I have to admit, I'm not the best at keeping up with this. A lot of stuff has happened since I last posted. Stuff that has changed people and opened doors for others.



Micky and I are still together and loving the time we share. He is still in College Station and I am still here in K-Town, working at James Avery with the possibility of stepping up into a higher position. One of our Sales Team Leaders is leaving to spend more time being a grandmother, which leaves her spot wide open when she leaves in May. I'm not sure who has put in a job interest form, but I plan on talking to the manger about the position and finding out what my possibilities might be. I have been working at Amy's Hallmark as well, but that came to an end today. My younger brother is marrying my manager there so my position at Hallmark has become a conflict of interest.

It's a corporate store with lots of rules. Which is fine, b/c this leaves me with the time to devote to Averys if I apply for the open STL position. I have also been offered a job at the UPS store, which is 2 doors down from the Hallmark store. The position there would be full time, 5 -6 days a week, with 9-5 hours. And the man and his wife that own the store are great people! He, Mr. Bill, always come into Hallmark in the mornings to check on us girls and sing us a morning song, "Good morning, good morning, good morning to you!!" He's such a goofball! To sum up, I have two open doors in front of me, which only occured after I submitted to God and put everything in His hands. I was so stressed out about looking for a new job and didn't know where to go or what to do. I've also had some financial stressors this past month as well, which made everything else worse than it actually was. I was a few months late on a credit card payment so they sold the debt to a collections agency. A man at the agency called me and completely scared me! He told me the credit card company was going to sue me if I didn't send them, the collections agency, a payment before an allotted amount of time. I ended up giving him my account info to take out a sum of money. I made sure that the amount was the only thing I had in my account so they could get no more than I had stated they could have. Which turns out, they can take as much as they want whether you have it or not (not that they did this). Thing is, they had lied to me and told me they were a law firm, which is actually against the law. They are not allowed to claim to be anyone they are not. Anyway, all is well that ends well. I called up the credit card company (I should mention that I prayed before hand) and told them why I had missed the payments. I pointed out that I had made a payment three months prior, I told them of the collections agency and how they had talked to me and lied to me, and I told them that I had helped my grandmother pay for some of her pills and medications. When she can't afford them, she just doesn't get them until she can afford them again. Which is very unhealthy and unwise. Her health comes first. The manager at the credit card co. was sympathetic b/c her husband was also having some health problems. Another lady also told me she was having health problems and understood the cost of medicines was high. I told her I would pray for her and she was very thankful. Well, as I said, all is well that ends well. They lowered my amount due by more than half! An amount I can afford, and can pay off by the end of May. God answers prayer and He is an awesome God.
Now, I know I am not smart about money. I am not the best steward of what I have. So this has opened my eyes to keeping better track of what I spend my money on. I've once again learned how to use Microsoft Excel. Yay for technology!

On other news, Justin and Julie's wedding is this sunday, April 26th at 3pm. Julie is excited to finally be a Weaver. And now I have an older sister! Micky is coming down on saturday for the wedding and all the pre-wedding stuff, like the rehearsal dinner. I'm excited about seeing him again, though I did just see him this past weekend. It's been such a stressful month that it's been so nice to see him everytime. I don't have much more to add so I'll leave you with a goodnight kiss...




And the funny face my dog made earlier this month. It just made me laugh, despite it all!


Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Randomness...

4 Things I did yesterday:
1. Watched TV with Micky
2. Made lunch and dinner for Micky
3. Watched part of a movie with Micky
4. Helped Micky load his car to go back home...

4 Things on my Wish List:
1. A new job.
2. Growth for my church.
3. Spending time with Micky
4. A book of my poems published.

4 Restaurants I like:
1. Rosa's Cafe
2. Chipotle
3. Olive Garden
4. Acapolcos

4 TV shows I like:
1. Heroes!
2. Fringe
3. House
4. CSI

4 People I tag:
1. Amy
2. Kelli
3. thats really all I got....

Christmas and thereafter...

Okay, so for Christmas Micky also got me some perfume and body lotion from Victoria Secret and a digital picture frame, which he added some pictures to himself. He also put a picture, or somehow loaded one my poems into the frame, which is pretty cool!
He was just here this past weekend and I got to keep him for one more day, yesterday being MLK Day, he had the day off and left late last night and got home at 2am! But I had made some super strong coffee and he was wide awake! Ooops. ;)
So the next holiday to spend with my Micky is Valentine's Day. And I can't wait! I have never looked forward to Valentine's Day so much as I am looking forward to this one! First one in a while, when I don't have to celebrate Single's Awareness Day (S.A.D) with a night out with the girls! I already know what I am going to get him! I am excited because its just so darn cheesey!
I have been going through a couple things from my closet and have found some old letters from an ex-boyfriend from high school. For whatever reason I kept them before, it no longer matters. I re-read the letters, rehashed the memory and have decided that its all I really need, a memory. Micky has decided the same. A new chapter has started in our lives and we are excited to see what the future holds! Til next time...

Friday, December 26, 2008

What's new!

Helllloooooo! (to be read as Mrs. Doubtfire, thank you)
Well, Christmas has now passed and I have received some very nice things from my family; a purse, a wallet, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, socks, a Mr. Potato Head (random, yes I know), a few gift cards, a necklace, a shirt, and the Word of Promise NIV Audio Bible! The last of which I am so excited about! I've listened to the first few chapters of Matthew thus far!
Another gift I received was not from my family, but from the man I love....
... it was the Planet Earth DVD set, which I am also so excited about! We haven't really had our Christmas yet. I am heading to College Station this coming Wednesday, the last day of 2008 and we will share our first kiss of the new year! My first new year's kiss with a man I truly love! Yay! So excited! (Who knew that was coming?!) So to sum it all up, Christmas this year has been good and... exciting! It's such a blessing to share a Christmas with a significant other! Granted we were both missing each other. I think of him throughout the day and imagine him coming up behind me and kissing me on the neck or walking around the corner and finding him there.... Sigh. When love blossoms 300 miles away, the watering can must have a spout more than 1,584,000 feet long! And though its hard, we seem to be making it work! (Micky will appreciate the math in that last comment, I promise.) I love him more and more each day! And can't wait to have our Christmas together during New Years!
I hope everyone had a merry Christmas! And I hope your new years will be as exciting as mine! God bless everyone!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

...of Shellie the Weaver

So I am counting down the days til Christmas! I just so happen to know that I have a Word of Promise NKJ audio Bible under my tree and I am so excited about it!!! I am also excited about sharing Christmas with Micky this year! It's always exciting to spend a holiday with a significant other, but when you just happen to have one that is actually significant, it super special! I have gotten a couple of Christmas gifts for him, which I will not divulge here, as he might actually read this... But I have one left to buy. I am excited about his gifts! As I think he is equally excited about his gifts for me. I am slightly jealous though. It's snowing in College Station right now. Micky has been taking pictures, building snowmen, having snowball fights, making snow angels... ah, I miss snow! Maybe the hill country will see some this year! Snow that actually sticks to the ground that is.
Things are picking up at Hallmark and James Avery. Not as much at Averys but all in all, not bad. As always in retail there are going to be a few scrooges out there, especially so during the holidays, and they have already shown their faces in Hallmark. Two men not satisfied with the selection of cards we had. And all I did was smile and say, "Merry Christmas! Have a nice day!"
Hallmark appeals more to women anyway, but we have a dang good store here in Kerrville! We are rockin the socks off our district!
Anyway, I must get back to my Spurs game! Merry Christmas all and to all a good night!