February Madness

Things sure have been crazy lately!!


The last puppy =(

We have finally managed to find homes for all of Donut's puppies. (The dog that we are taking care of for a friend.) I'm glad that they're all gone but I miss them too. p_q They were just so cute!! It's for the best though, considering our current financial situation it would be very difficult to continue giving them the care they need plus our other animals.

Ben is still not working, and it doesn't seem like he is going to go back to Longview cable. He feels like he shouldn't anyways, and that he shouldn't even go back to the cable field. We're in a sticky situation because there are hardly any jobs in Henderson and driving elsewhere isn't really a option right now. =/

Soooooo.... I don't know what we're going to do. The only reason we went ahead and moved out here to begin with was because Ben's gas and such was paid by the company. We figured we could just drive the jeep if he lost his job, but we also didn't foresee gas being such a big expense. (the jeep gets TERRIBLE mpg) So things are pretty much all up in the air right now. We've been praying about it, of course... no answer yet. I just have a hunch that we're going to have to move. Using my own understanding that's the only thing I can see that makes sense - but God sees things way out of our range of sight so I could be wrong!

Before we talked about moving back to Longview because Ben's job was there and we'd get free internet/cable being back in the cable district, plus much closer to our church... but now it seems like we're more likely to move to Tyler. There are so many jobs there, and it would cut down our gas consumption immensely since I wouldn't be driving so much as I am now. I could even get a part-time job there since there are so many places to work... unlike Henderson where I can't even find a job. It would still be a close call though, and it wouldn't be easy.

Please keep us in prayer that we will do what God wants us to do!!

Greetings from Oregon!

EDIT: For more pictures of our vacation, check out my photobucket!

Hello again, this time I'm blogging from several states away from home! :D

Well we've been here for almost a week now, we got here last weekend and we'll be leaving tomorrow afternoon. It has been a very eventful week. We've been going sight-seeing and visiting relatives. We went back to Mount Hood and walked around in the snow. n_n Those pictures above of the snow and trees are from Mount Hood. Ben and I also went to downtown Portland to hang out with his cousin and her boyfriend. We road a train to get there... it was kinda like a above ground subway, very different from what I'm used to!

I really like Ben's Mom's apartment because of one main reason... ducks! (as pictured above) Her apartment has lots of ducks that live outside. They come waddling up to you if they think you have food and swarm you. XD So cute. They also have really fat squirrels. I've never seen squirrels so tame. They will eat nuts out of your hand if you let them!

We tried to visit one of the beaches here but the weather was so bad that we couldn't really see anything. So we just drove around and looked at the beautiful scenery. All the plants and trees are so healthy and lively looking here. I took way more pictures than the ones featured in this post, I'll probably post them when I get home. :3

I'm looking forward to coming home this weekend... I've been homesick for awhile since I've been gone so long. @_@'' Catch y'all later!

Post Christmas News

Hello all, I'm back from the holiday chaos and happy to say that I have survived the madness! :P

Well, I passed all my classes. ^^ (yes, even that really hard one!) and I'm set up for taking four classes at UT this Spring with $300 to spare. Yahoo! Unfortunately, I've been sick as a dog since I got out of school. @_@ I'm just now getting over it. But despite my sickness, I managed to haul myself with Bennie to go visit two sets of family on Christmas day, and now I'm staying over at my Mom's for the remainder of the week. This weekend Bennie and I will be leaving for Oregon to visit his Mom and her husband. <3 It's gonna be coooooooooold! I'll be sure to take pictures. ^^

So... I know I said that I wouldn't go out and get another dog, but I never said anything about a dog going out and finding me!



When we got to my Nana's house, shortly after I stepped out from the car this fellow came running up to me with the biggest smile on his face! Apparently he was a drop off, and he quickly won me over with his charming personality. n_n I asked Ben about it over the phone, and he agreed to let me have him if no owners came to claim him before we get back from Oregon. In the meantime, he will be staying with my Nana's neighbor till we get back. What a wonderful anniversary gift. ^_~

Thanksgiving Break!!

Today is my first day of Thanksgiving break. :D I am enjoying it veeeery much! It's so nice to just stay at home in my warm PJ's when it's cold and rainy outside.

My plans for this Thanksgiving are to leave this Wednesday night with Bennie to Houston! We are going to visit my Dad and other family members at his house. ^_^ We won't get to stay long because Ben has to work black Friday. x.x So I guess we will be leaving sometime in the afternoon on Thanksgiving day. As far as the weekend goes, we've got nothing planned... but I believe Ben wants to just chill out at home. :3 He's had a nasty cold lately so he's pretty tired.

I made some new pretty graphics for Aoi Skies. :D I've been staring at my site for awhile trying to figure out what would look good, and I am pleased with what I came up with this morning. <3 I think it looks cute. ^_^

I still have some art projects that I've gotta finish... just haven't had the time till now. :/ I'll probably get something done this week, at least I hope so! Lol.

For now, I will leave you all with a lovely picture of my Zoe... :D



I know Myumi gets a lot of attention on my blog, partly because she takes such good pictures! It's like she's posing for me. XD Zoe... not so much. All her pics are almost always blurry because she can't hold still but for a few seconds! :P

Hello all! ^_^ Enjoying this wonderful cool weather? I think it's great, it's such a nice breather from the intense summer heat we had this year. @_@


So this is what I was up to while I was away for the weekend at Mom's... ^_^



Tie-dye!!! :D



It was so much fun! We made a BUNCH of stuff. My Mom always has a lot of things she wants to tie-dye so it takes several hours to do it all. @_@ She makes a bunch to give away as gifts. I took home some very nice tie-dye skirts. :D

Hmmm... *thinks* what else is new... well, not much. I'm getting ready for next semester already! I'm trying to plan a schedule that will work for the Spring semester but I'm having trouble. @_@ I'm getting to the point where I only have a few classes to choose from and some of them aren't even offered in the Spring. The other classes conflict with each other so it looks like I will have to toss in a couple of electives.

...well Jesse, I may be taking a course in web design after all. XD

One Crazy Morning

So today was very interesting! (I'm talking as if the day has already ended, but it's only 11:38 AM as I am typing this :P)

This morning I was driving in to town to pick up some dog food and a cup of coffee at a local coffee house in Henderson. I decided to take Zoe with me because she LOVES to go riding in the car and the place where I buy dog food allows pets so I thought I'd take her inside. ^_^

Well, on the way to town on this two lane road, I saw this huge utility vehicle swerve into my lane (heading towards me) and then serve back. I slowed down to give him time to get pulled back over, and then I saw a small english bulldog standing in the road! Then a white truck came speeding by and nearly clipped it on its jaw. I quickly pulled up to the little dog and opened my door, "GET IN!" XD Without hesitation, the bulldog walked right up to the car and began to crawl in the floorboard right in front of the gas pedals. Seeing this strange dog crawl into our car, Zoe rears her head around my seat and starts growling. "NOW'S NOT THE TIME ZOE!!" I said, pushing her back into the back seat. Meanwhile, I am still parked in the middle of my lane with no flashers on and a pick-up truck waiting behind me patiently. o_o

So we take off awkwardly with me attempting to drive with this bulldog sitting in my floorboard. I knew I would have to go back home since I had Zoe with me so I turned around and headed back for the house. Then just as I glanced to my left I see a man waving at me standing in a driveway. I then again, manage to turn around and pull up to this guy's driveway thinking I must have picked up his dog.

I rolled down my window and the guy calls out, "IS THIS YOUR DOG!?" pointing to yet another english bulldog that was standing beside him. "Um, no... I was thinking THIS was YOUR dog." I said, speaking of the bulldog I had just picked up. Turns out, the two bulldogs had been traveling together and we didn't know who they belonged to. Then suddenly a guy walked up and said they belonged to him! So with relief, I pulled up into their driveway and opened my door to let the bulldog out - but he wouldn't budge!

The one guy walked up trying to coax the bulldog but he was just as pleased to stay right in my floorboard. Then the owner came out and literally had to drag the bulldog out of my car. And apparently, sometime during the process the bulldog pooped himself and it smeared on my leg!! :O

So the guys thanked me and I left. o_O Like I said, one crazy morning. I headed in to the coffee shop as previously planned with poo on my leg, and used their bathroom to clean it off. When I got to ordering my drink, the man there asked me what I had been up to this morning. I told him the whole story, including the part of the cleaning off the poo using their bathroom. Maybe he won't be so inclined to ask his customers such personal questions in the future. XD

September and Myumi Pics

Hey all! Sorry it's been so long since my last post... I've been kinda sick off and on and school has been keeping me busy. ^_^''

I decided to upload some pictures and make a post about all the interesting stuff that I've been doing lately. :3




^ In the above pic, Myumi has gotten inside the bottom compartment of the cat tree. She usually doesn't do this so I had to take a picture. XD




^ Another pic featuring Myumi... in the car! Doesn't she look a bit nervous? :P Yeah, Myumi and I had to take a break from the house for a bit when we had the house sprayed for bugs a few weeks ago. Normally I wouldn't let a cat ride in the car loose like this but I was in a hurry so I just scooped her up and got in the car! Lol. She was actually far better behaved than I expected her to be, she only meowed a couple of times and mostly just stayed in one spot the whole time.



^ This next pic is of a recent lab project I did this past week. It was for my computer architecture class. ^_^ I made a connection to a LED display that would flash numbers from 0 - 9, much like they use in digital clocks. I thought it was pretty fun, lots of wires to get tangled up though. @_@




^ and of course Myumi is again the center of focus in this last picture. :P I caught her hiding in my school backpack... it was just so cute I couldn't pass up getting a picture of it! She loves to get in bags and things, whatever she can hide in. When someone or another animal walks by she'll pounce on them. :3 I need to get her declawed at some point... she often plays too rough. D:

So there were all the highlights of my September. XD Apparently it was almost all about Myumi... Lol. She is a really fun kitty. <3