Heres Whats New in The Stafford House...

Well, I think my last post was after Thanksgiving....

December I went through my LaStone course(hot and cold stone massage) It was so cool. I am really excited about educating people on this particular massage. I was working for a chiro office. The girl I was temping for came back right after the holidays so now I am at home again.
I am packing the house for our move at the end of February.... I am a terrible mover.LOL.!! So I have to start now.
Our Christmas was good. We spent Christmas Eve with my parents and the Christmas day with Nathan family. Nathan got a Keyboard(I should say that we are really bad about getting our gifts early.... his real gift was a laptop he bought at the beginning of December...for the business, he says...just ask him!!LOL!) I got Diamond earrings, I was really surprised...because I too had gotten what I thought would be my gift a week before Christmas..... I got my Hot and Cold set of Stones.
New Years was quiet for us... I made Chicken enchiladas with rice and beans and then Chinese cheesecake...yummy. We watched the Trueblood marathon on HBO.

We are downsizing for a year.... So we will be moving into a condo... which means one of the dos(Dexter) found a fantastic home, I searched hard for the people who took him and I get regular updates. So I am okay with that. We are excited for what lies ahead of us in the next year... hopefully we will buy a house at the end of it.

I am really looking forward to this year... I have a motto for each year and this year its Motivation... which means all aspects of my life. I am finally starting to see what I was missing in so many areas. Nathan has been really patient with me and letting me go the route of trial and error for the past 3 and a half years. Another one of my goals is to take more pictures just of our day to day life.
Not to much is going on in January... I am just so excited the cardinals are doing so well..... Nathans dad and his brother have there birthdays coming up.
This is it fr now and I am going to have pictures for my next post!LOL!

I hope....

Everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving! We did. The day started out by going to Nathans parents house in Buckeye. His ssister was driving in from California for the weekend. We only stayed until about 2 and then we drove out to my parents in East Mesa. We ate dinner with them and watched the game. Kassidi came home with us.. we love having her she makes life interesting. On Saturday we are going back to Nathans Familys house to make Tamales.

Brief update.... Nathan is in his busy season right now and is working dawn til dusk. I am working for a chiropractor and loving it. I am taking my first CE course next week... I will be able to do hot and cold stome massage, I am really excited. Other than that December shouldn't be to exciting! work work work. I don't know if the dr I am working for will keep me on once the other girl comes back from her surgery.... If not its okay I would like to get a job closer to home... and not drive out east everyday.

Thats all for now.. The Kassidi is wanting to go do something fun.....hmmmmm how to entertain a 10 year old....

November.......

This is such a great month to reflect upon the past year and realize.... all the stuggles and craziness are worth it. I am thankful for Nathan who is a strong person when I need it most. I am thankful for my dogs...they drive me crazy however I love all of them. I am thankful for family...............

Now on to the borning updates
Nathan is busy working, I started my job with a chiropractor...its a temp position and its for 6 weeks. The hours are good and I love working only monday thru friday. The day spa I was hired at turned out to be extremely lame. I was all set to start work and realized they had never gone over pay or hours with me.... I asked them to sit down and talk to me and was avoided, so I called and no one called back for 2 days and then they wanted to sit down and talk....hmmmmmm interesting.

Nathans sister Kim will be here for Thanksgiving, I think we are going to make Tamales that saturday. We are going to spend thanksgiving at home by ourselves this year. and who knows about christmas.... I get stressed having to divide the time so we haven't made a decision yet.

I love the weather... I am thankful for goose down comforters... I know Nathan is because I sleep with the windows open and some nights he thinks he ill freeze!

Surviving...

I don't even think a little diet Dr pepper with some caffeine could help me right this moment. This last week has been crazy. Riggins is home from the vet.... yay! However this means sleeping downstairs and getting up with him every two hours to monitor him when he uses the bathroom. Nathan has been fantastic though, he gets up with him all night long... someday he will make a great daddy! Riggins is starting to eat more... Thank goodness. However right this moment he won't eat anything besides boiled chicken.

I got a job... something I wasn't actively pursuing, however here i am. I will be working at the Healing Arts day Spa in Chandler/Mesa. Exciting I know. I went to the first staff meeting last night. I really like the owners, they just have something about them. It will be good for me to use my craft more. I am once again excited about the learning I can continue to recieve... there are so many different areas I want to get certified in.

Lets see what else... my grandma is still in the hospital, don't know when she will be getting out.

Other than that I will find out more of my work schedule today...... luckily they din't have sunday hours!

Riggins

Nathan and i were talking about when we first brought Riggins home... he was so freaking cute and then he turned into this huge beast...LOL! I would take the beast back in a heart beat... I miss him and all of his naughty ways!

Riggins... Aka Piggy Riggy

It was a tough day yesterday... Riggins started not feeling well two nights ago. We thought he ate a bad bug(He eats everything). Yesterday morning he started throwing up. i went to the store later in the day and got him some gatorade a a piece of chicken to boil. I had to take him to the vet... he has parvo. He will be with the vet until monday.. we are hoping he will pull through.... we bleached everything and are hoping the others don't get it.... so far so good.

October Happenings....

i love the month of October... the weather is getting cooler.. .which means my AC bill is going down and I LOVE Halloween. It is my favorite Holiday. We usually go over to my Uncles house. Nathan takes my sister Kassidi and some of the other cousins(brave man it generally is 3 to 4 little girls) around by himself. Well i sit at the house with my mom and pass out candy and generally we make the kids work for it... they have to show us a trick and impress us to get the candy.
Lets see what else our monthly family dinner with Nathans family is this Saturday that is always a nice time. I need to start working on Christmas presents... cause go figure I am trying to make everything...LOL! if you know me you know I am not crafty. So I apologize ahead of time! I am going to start working at the two home Depot stores we are assigned to, that will be an adventure... I am going in to work out all the kinks so hopefully we can get an employee in there within the next few months! I have been answering our business line for almost a week, thanks to all the customers who are so patient with me! LOL! and Thank you Nathan for trusting me! So if you want me you have to call Nathans phone and if you want him you have to call mine.... I know its all crazy.
We are working on training the dogs, stimulating there minds more... the pit bulls need it, so we are walking them and making them walk on the treadmill. Dexter did REALLY well for it being his first time last night! Riggins now gets on it with no leash! YAY! We are working with the Yorkies on barking when someone comes to the door. So far they do okay... its just all repetition.
For the rest of the day i am running around... to the hospital, grocery shopping and the bank. That's if i get off the computer... which doesn't seem to be happening. I am so tired yesterday Nathans first job was at 630...EW! Who schedule that...oh yeah me! luckily he had a short day he was done by 2. Today his first job was at 730... he did that to himself. and today might be a little longer. My Grandma is on the phone so i better go check on her!!!