The Last Night of 2008!

Well, I don't have much to report on our title. Right now it's being forwarded to the Oklahoma Tax Commission and I'm hoping that we can pick it up Monday on our way to Dallas. However, I'll have to wait until Friday to see if this is possible, since after calling them it appears the Tax Commission takes off New Year's Eve. ::rolls eyes::

Anyway...on to the fun stuff! New Year's Eve!

Since Sean and I are trying to save some money we aren't going out, but we do have a fun evening planned. Currently we are watching the Twilight Zone Marathon on the Sci-Fi Channel. Seriously...the best show ever.

Tonight we are dining on lobster with garlic butter sauce and shrimp and we rented a few movies from Blockbuster today. We got Wall-E, House Bunny and Office Space (since Sean has never seen it).

I already made Andrea's chocolate chip cookies and they are as always, simply amazing!

Yesterday Sean and I headed to Stillwater so I could get my hair cut and highlighted. Usually when I get it done Sean says he can't see any difference, but yesterday he suprised me and said he really liked the change. It's a couple inches shorter and still blonde, but I did have her put a few more lowlights in. Maybe one of these days I'll really change it up.

We ended up watching the Holiday Bowl at a sports bar last night and can I just say I was extremely disappointed in my Oklahoma State Cowboys?

Once we got back to my parents' house we were taken on a tour of the naughty things Boomer had done that day.
1. He tore up an edible Christmas decoration which consisted of two candy canes and three small chocolate bars. He ate the chocolate bars. Don't worry though, he didn't get sick.
2. A puppy pawprint in the peanut butter fudge, which he left on his way to getting the edible Christmas decoration.
3. A whole roll of toilet paper torn up in the bathroom.
4. A chew toy destroyed.

I could tell yesterday when we left he was mad, so I should have guessed he'd take it out on us and destroy things. Oh and in case you are a new reader and don't know of our Min-Pin Boomer, then just let me say that I own one of the naughtiest Min-Pins known to man.

So...what plans do you have for New Year's Eve?

I'll be doing my resolutions tomorrow and asking for yours then, so you better be thinking of some good ones!

Give Me a Break....Please!

Nothing has frustrated me as much as this whole shipping my car to Italy business.

You remember my posts about trying to get a loan with a different bank so we could be authorized to ship it?

Well, of course as I mentioned, we got a loan for it. At the beginning of December. Our bank in Leesville was going to send the check to our bank in Tulsa, the bank in Tulsa would send the loan release form back to our bank and our title for our car would be taken care of.

Fast forward to today and we still have not gotten the title for our car. I call the Oklahoma Tax Commission bright and early to see why we haven't gotten it.

THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF IT

Which means either it got lost in the mail or the bank never sent it to them.

After playing phone tag with our loan officer in Lousiana, we finally figured out that our bank here in Tulsa hadn't sent back the loan release to our bank in Louisiana.

To make a long story short, our bank in Tulsa says they sent it the 18th, our bank in Lousiana says they haven't received yet and so I had another copy of it overnighted to our bank in Louisiana.

The biggest problem? It hasn't even been sent to the Oklahoma Tax Commission yet and we leave for Dallas on Monday.

I'm trying not to freak out, but I'm so tired of things not going as planned with our car. If we don't get that title by Monday then we won't be able to ship our car. Simple as that.

This time the situation was out of my hands. I didn't drop the ball on this one, but of course someone inevitably did.

Argh! I seriously just want to scream. You have no idea.

So once again I'm asking for prayers and good wishes that this gets done before we have to leave.

Wacky Weather

If you've never lived in Oklahoma I'm not sure you can fully understand the wacky weather that constantly goes on in this state.

For example:

When Sean and I returned to Oklahoma a couple of weeks ago we were greeted by full-force winds, then a brief snowstorm and Arctic cold.

Yesterday it was 74 degrees. Last night it stormed something fierce.

Today? A brisk 35 degrees.

I don't know the pioneers did it.

This weather drives me batty!

Since Christmas we haven't been up to much. Christmas night we busted out my new Trivial Pursuit 80's edition. I thought something centered on the 80's would be easy, but alas I was wrong. I did come away the winner though.

Sean and I have been going to the gym religiously, which is a good thing considering there are still a lot of tempting holiday goodies around. Not to mention that Mazzio's calizone I picked up last night.

Sean is getting into the college football bowl season and I'm trying to get around to seeing the rest of my friends and family and other little important tasks, like getting my hair cut and colored before I leave.

There's also taking Boomer to the vet for his health certificate, getting our car detailed and a few other things before we can leave the country. As of tomorrow we only have a week left here until we leave for Dallas. I can't believe moving to Italy is getting so close! I'm still uber nervous about the plane ride though. I had a dream the other night that a huge blimp crashed. Yeah...not a good dream to have prior to this trip.

I think sometime next week Sean and I are going to one of the fancy restaurants in town for a romantic dinner. My aunt gave us that dinner as a present, which was a welcome idea instead of the usual QVC oddities that we receive instead.

I hope all of you are having a wonderful Saturday!

Very Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Any special presents you'd like to share?

I think a few of my favorites were Photoshop, a beautiful necklace from Sean and a digital photo frame.

Merry Christmas to All!

Now for the missing husband update.

I finally heard from Sean around 5:30 p.m. He did in fact lose his phone while out. He claims he sent me text messages through the computer earlier in the day, but I never received them. I admit I was still a bit angry when I talked to him. It'd been almost 24 hours since we had any contact, which unless he's in the field is honestly something that doesn't happen. I didn't originally share this on my blog, but I think part of the reason I was so upset yesterday is because I felt like there was a big double standard when it comes to keeping in contact. He expects me to check in from time to time when I'm out with friends, so I didn't think that him not doing that was really fair.

Anyway...thank you all for your comments and suggestions. I really do appreciate it.

Last night my mom wanted me to help her with a few new candy recipes she had. We made peanut butter fudge and cinnamon candy.....but with disatrous results. Come to find out our candy thermometer wasn't working correctly and so the candy didn't get hot enough. So...the fudge and the cinnamon are quite soft and pretty much unedible. It was fun making them though.

Tonight is Christmas Eve!

Which with my family means tonight is our "snack night" and watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation!

I'm so excited, I love all the tasty treats that we make and of course I love the movie choice.

Do you guys have any special Christmas Eve traditions you'd like to share?

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Am I Being High Maintenance?

Ok...I have to get this off my chest, because it's really bugging me today.

When Sean and I are apart, it's so easy to get mad at him. Something about him being away from me just aggravates me and the littlest situations blow into something major.

For example: As you know Sean is up in Iowa visiting family. However, last night his cousin, wanted him to go out with her and her boyfriend and friends. Ok...so that wasn't really what I had in mind when I told him to go visit family, but whatever. I like being updated when he's out. A text message here and there and then for him to let me know he's home safely.

I haven't heard from him since 7:00 last night. Granted prior to that he said his phone had a low battery, but my reasoning is that surely his cousin's phone was in working order and he could have sent a simple text from her phone when he got home safely.

I awoke this morning around 4:30 and realized I'd never gotten a late night text, call or anything and pretty much couldn't go back to sleep for two more hours because I was worrying.

Needless to say this morning I'm fit to be tied and you can be sure I sent a sarcastic text message to him thanking him for his consideration in letting me know he's ok.

Ok...that might be a bit juvenile, but I'm angry! I also had another juvenile thought that maybe I should just ignore him today for the same amount of time I haven't heard from him and see how he likes it. Yeah..I know I know. Grow up Melissa. It's so tempting to do though!

So...am I honestly being high maintenance or do I have a reason to be miffed?

Lay it on me girls!

*Edited to add* It's now five and I still haven't heard from him. When I tried to call him his phone when straight to voicemail, so I'm not sure if it's just dead or if he lost it. The only reason I know he's ok is that I saw some pics from last night and one from this morning on his cousin's MySpace page. Keep the comments coming ladies, I appreciate all of your opinions so far!

Gym Story and Winter Pics

So let me start out by telling you guys a funny gym story.

As I mentioned, Sean and I are working out at our local YMCA to keep in shape while we are at home. On Saturday I did cardio, which usually involves me doing running intervals on the treadmill.

So....I'm running along on the treadmill and feeling great. I increase the speed and keep plowing along. There are two guys to the left of me power walking and as I increase the speed again I can see them looking over at me.

Silly me thinks they are impressed by my running since they are walking about the speed of my grandma so I'm feeling pretty good about myself.

Then my song ends on my IPOD and I realize why they are looking over at me.

FWAP, FWAP, FWAP, the belt on my treadmill is so loud! Everytime I increase the speed it increased the volume of it.

I was a bit embarassed and I have to admit I decreased the speed a bit so I wasn't quite so loud.

Last night I met up with two of my dear friends from my younger years. I had the opportunity to meet my best friend's baby for the first time and he was beyond adorable! She took a picture of us so hopefully when she emails it to me I can share it with you guys. She also got me the most awesome baby photography book and I've already gotten some great tips from it.

She and I rode together over to a local Mexican restaurant that we all happen to like and were supposed to meet our other friend there at 6:45. Thirty minutes later she finally shows up. Our friend is infamous for being late, but I have to admit I was a bit perturbed by how late she was. That just cut into the time that we all got to spend together.

Other than that incident though it was a really good time.



This is my best friend Jessica and I.

Here are a few pictures from the snow day last week.





Sean is still in Iowa. He left early Sunday morning and won't be back until Wednesday evening. I'm already ready for him to come home. I miss him, but I understand that it was important for him to go visit family. I would have gone with him, but I didn't because all of his family are very heavy smokers and the last time I stayed at their homes I ended up with burning lungs for about three weeks. So...I opted to stay home this time.

Hope all of you that are traveling for the holidays stay safe!