Engagement excitement!!!!

So its not very often I update this thing... I spend too much time playing useless games on facebook while I'm at work. But something happened this weekend that is just beyond too exciting to contain myself!!!

Michael proposed to me Sunday morning! There's kind of a build up to the story that I will now share.... So, for Christmas I made Michael a photo book of our "first year" on Snapfish. It came in the mail last week so I wrapped it and put it under the tree. Michael and I went out Saturday evening to watch the Flyers at Cousins (where we first 'hung out' the day after Christmas 1 year ago). So I wasn't feeling very well and the alcohol hit me harder than it should have.... i.e. I was plastered. So we return to 9 Clayton Ave. to find that the dogs have completely destroyed the presents under the tree, wrapping paper everywhere causing me to have a drunken nervous breakdown, of course. LUCKILY the book that took me like 3 weeks to put together only has minor dog-damage to one corner of it. Mike thinks it "adds character." Which, in a way is true... the dogs have shown their destruction in every inch of our house, why not my Christmas present to Mike? So, I wake up in the morning... feeling just aweful. I truly was a pitiful wreck. So we paged through the photo book together as I pouted and sniffled and coughed, pitifully and then Mike said that it was only fair that since he got his present early, I should get mine. So, he disappears and reappears and hands me a beautifully wrapped box with a bow on it. Of course, deep down I was HOPING I knew what it was... But Mike's pretty slick and I thought maybe he was going to pull a fast one on me and in this tiny little box could've been a number of random tiny things... But after it took me 15 mins to remove the bow and wrapping paper I saw the box was in fact from Murphy's! AHH THEN I OPENED THE BOX to see the shiniest most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life... So, now I'm almost crying and Mike asked "Hunny will you marry me?" Which prompted a quick scolding from me.. "Do you even have to ask!!" It was absolutely perfect... Regardless of the sniffles and the sore throat and the dogs destroying his surprise... it was perfect. I couldn't think of any better place for him to propose other than the house we love so much, in our bed, with our dogs on a lazy lazy Sunday... all cuddled up under the covers on a cold December morning. :-)

My only regret... ordering our Christmas cards last week! I could've been sporting this beautiful three-stone wonder in all our Christmas pictures... Still though, since I plan on ordering another photo book in the first place... I might as well tack on the pictures of the ring and some pictures from Gina's on Christmas Eve and Alice's on Christmas day... and of course Ben and Jackie's on New Years. So then, the book will REALLY be our WHOLE first year... no exclusions!

So many fantastic things have happened this year, its really hard to imagine that this whole thing started with a mass "merry christmas" text message to everyone in the phone... which luckily included Michael! :-) I love the holidays!!! Actually, I love everyday!!! And really... the best is yet to come :-)

We've decided that we will officially tie the knot June 2011, the color scheme is champagne and cranberry (very romantic!)... it will be an outdoor wedding with a "subtle beach theme" and we already found a cake topper!!! :-) and of course I already have a "style" of dress I'll be looking for (not anytime soon of course) but if I happen to stumble upon a bargain I might snatch something up!

late nights.

There comes a time in a second-shifter's life where enough is enough. Its nearly 3am and not only am I wide awake, but I have a margarita. *sigh* what is my life amounting to? Maybe it wouldn't seem so desperate and depressing if I were in the living room with the dog with the "hubby" and other dog in bed... Maybe if the roomie were home I might not be feeling like such a "college kid" waiting to grow up. Its not a life everyone can appreciate. I could stay up til 5am without batting an eyelash. To a college kid, I'm god. To a working adult... I'm crazy! *sigh again* Regardless... I'm kicking ASS at Cash Cab right now. Too bad I can't actually win that money. Darn.

I wish I had some rediciously funny story to tell or something exciting about me life... but to be honest its the same shit different day thing we all hear about. I feel mundane.

I've been playing a lot of online facebooky games lately. I feel as though its stifling my creativity. I used to write and.... well think, a lot more than I do. I'm disappointed in a sense, but greatful too. Sometimes thinking isn't the best thing to be doing. Haha, I mean, I work in a factory or christ's sake, I have my college degree and I work in a factory. Its not so bad, I guess. I have insurance I don't ever use?

Oh I hate to sound depressed. I am TRULY kicking ass in cash cab. lol I need to be using my intelligence, istead of wasting it.

All things asside... I love Mike, I love our house and I love the dogs and ferrets. I'm happy I have a decent job... I guess that's really all I have to say for now. I'm disappointed in my lack of creativity in blogging. I apologize.

It is 3am afterall...

its been a while...

I always forget about this blog... I have a tendency to relieve all my brain "belches" onto my lovely lab partner... Today the topic of conversation was "losing faith in humanity." The recent events that sparked this conversation were
1. someone robbed a dairy queen at gun point and actually held people hostage
2. Michael Vick.

What is the world coming to? Those two things alone really have made me believe the apocolypse is truly upon us. Then again, on that note, I'd like to say that any ailment can be cured, or atleast relieved by simply looking a cute picture of a puppy!

:-)








So now that I'm smiling again maybe I should elaborate a bit more on life the past few weeks. Having a house is wonderful, I love every inch of the entire experience. There's no way to describe it... I truly feel like a "grown up." I think that the most difficult time in someone's life are the transition periods... high school to college, college to "real world"... Highschool to college is easy... you meet your friends, you have a ton of fun, accomplish a lot, learn a ton... ultimately grow. College to "real world" served to be a bit tough for me... jam packed full of heart break, disappointment, unemployment, separation anxiety from my friends... Well, and then... then I met Mike. Everything fell into place, my poor little broken, stomped on, trampled, empty, whatever was left of my heart got a complete overhaul and everything I thought I knew about men went completely out the window. Thank god for that, because I was NOT doing so well when it came to the opposite sex, my endless string of useless relationships was really starting to take it toll when every low life scum bag dick I dated slowly took a piece of my heart with them when they screwed me over... I honestly thought I had nothing left to give. They all tell you, "when you know, you just know" and I thought that for sure that was a crock of steaming shit, because I thought I new everything... However, I'll be damned, because when you know, you just know. And believe it or not this time I KNOW. A lot of people were critical, actually still are critical of my relationship with Mike... We've only been dating 9 months and we already have a house, 2 dogs, a mortgage, we're eachother's beneficiaries for christ sake. This is some serious shit.

not to interrupt my proclamation of love for my boyfriend... but there's some HYSTERICAL shit going on in the lab right now... my mom just called and told me that my phone bill is 100 dollars.... and I used 0 ZERO of 5000 MINUTES HAH! Fuck you AT&T!!! Then amanda got in a fist fight with kevin, now elmer's all up in this shit

OMG. Rediculous!!!!!! NEVER A DULL MOMENT here at ICO.

the forgotten blog...

Well I certainly have not written for quite some time. Sadly to say, my free time at work has been consumed by Farm Town. And if you don't know, don't ask. haha.

Updates include...
the house is painted, and all decorated... we still need kitchen tile and crown moulding... (a weekend project for my love, of course)...
The housewarming party was fantastic! We have a stocked liquor cabinet to prove it... haha.. Now i'm really excited for the next two house warming parties!!! The Mitten/Becker and the Foreman/Gray!!
Ah yes, which brings me to the newest addition to the family... Thor Thunderwolfe Hartman. The monsterous lovebug big baby that has entered our life and destroyed my favorite shoes. He's really very sweet... but has some separation anxiety issues... as well as some past issues with males... also a gluttony issue... all of which we are lovinly working on. Yes Thor is a handful, but that's okay because he's a handful of love too :-)

The month of August has turned out to be an exciting one thus far... with Ben and Jackie moving on the 1st.. as well as the unforgettable amazing Elton John and Billy Joel concert... <3 Which turned into the 2nd (my 23 b-day!!) Which is when we got our large bundle of joy Thor... Then a week of work... A weekend of play with the dogs, a long walk into town for food at Como, mini-golf with Eric and Melinda... a night out with the ladies which is always eventful and exciting. Id like to throw in that I smoked a cigarette with John Gosselin... who was not quite so interesting OR attractive, for all of your information. Which brings me to the terrorous thunderstorm that is Thor... The list of things that Thor has eaten is as follows...
one plate of birthday brownies, one bowl of hershey's kisses with almonds, one ralph lauren (100 dollar) high heel, one bag of dog treats, one chicken sandwhich, and many many many bowls of food that belonged to Pepito. The most eventful of the list of course was the Hershey kisses with almonds... because Thor has been shitting gold nuggets that shine and glisten in the summer sun for 2 days. Needless to say, he's a lucky pup for eating all that garbage and not getting sick... Oh Thor...

That brings me to today... in the midst of yet another boring work week... filled with old men cursing, my 21 year old lab partner's foul and entertaining stories and a boss who promises me things that I will never ever recieve... such as a raise, a better position and dinner to name a few...

Now the future holds many exciting things... first and foremost, tomorrow. Thursday, my last day of work for the week which yields the ever anticipated weekend... Michael and I will be headed to Gaithersburg, MD to help Ben and Jackie while leaving the little pooch with Nana Gina and the big monster with Grandma Alice. Thank god for angels, i.e. mothers.

Next weekend, also and exiciting one... Friday, Luau in Chambersburg hosted by one of Michael's army buddies... Again, the dogs will be left with mothers (thank god for them)... Saturday, the Foreman/Gray housewarming picnic!! I'm so excited for that... I love this seemingly neverending chain of picnics...

The following weekend includes the ICO company picnic... Which, since I work with all crazy people, should be one for the record books. That evening I will be attending Legends to accompany Channy on her 24th b-day, with all the ladies of course... Hopefully, another run-in with John Gosselin will not be on the list of events for the night.

And the big summer finale!!! Assateague!! Its gonna be an exciting and eventful end of summer.

Somewhere in there, Michael starts school and I start EMT classes. How that's going to fit into my schedule of picnics, hasn't really occurred to me until this very moment... which leaves me the option of calling RACC and changing my classes to the next session which starts in December... I'm pretty sure I'll be able to work around it. I'm pretty resiliant in my young age.

I'd post pictures, but to be honest, I'm too lazy!

Thats all for now folks.

9 clayton ave--- before

hardly working...

1. Where did you take your profile pic?
<~ that one is from ocean city NJ, the other one on my profile is from cozumel mexico!

2. What exactly are you wearing right now?
Belikin Beer shirt from Belize

3. What is your current problem?
I am at work and I would rather not be...

4. What makes you happy most?
my loved ones, family, friends, aminals, my house and the fact that everything in it is not mine, its ours :)

5. What's the name of the song that you're listening to?
Hit em up? I dunno its some silly song on the radio

6. Any celeb you would marry?
only one person I'd marry...

7. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Krystal

8. Ever sang in front of a large audience?
yep in HS

9. Has anyone ever said u look like a celebrity?
someone told me christina applegate, but i just don't see it

10. Do you still watch kiddy movies or kiddie TV shows?
i <3 cartoons, and we just watched finding nemo 2 nights ago

11. Do you speak any other language?
i know some german and some spanish...

12. Has anyone you've been really close with passed away?
unfortunately, yes

13.Do you ever watch MTV?
never ever ever

14. What is something that really annoys you?
BAD DRIVERS! and new jersey, the two go hand in hand

Chapter 1:
===============

1. Middle name:
Marjorie

2. Nickname(s):
T-bizz, bizzle, t-bag, t-rock, bartowski, blondy, blue eyes

3. Current location:
6355 Farm Bureau Road, Allentown PA 18106, to be precise.

4. Eye color:
blue

Chapter 2:
===============

1. Do you get along with your parent(s):
yes indeed.

2.Are your parents married/separated/divorced
married, for a looong time

Chapter 3: Favorite
===============

1. Ice Cream:
bubble gum!!!!!

2. Season:
summer!

Chapter 4: Do You..
===============

1. Dance in the shower?
sometimes

2. Do you write on your hand?
a lot!

3. Call people back?
only if i like them

4. Believe in love?
very much so

5. Any bad habits
leaving drawers, cabinets and such open... hehe

6. Any mental health issues?
WORK-A-HOLIC

Chapter 5: Have You..
===============

1. Broken a bone?
a few small ones

2. Sprained anything?
yes definately.

3. Had physical therapy?
yup

5.Taken painkillers?
yup

6. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling?
snorkeling yes... i really really want to go scuba diving

7. Been stung by a bee?
yup

8. Thrown up at the dentist?
haha no? does that normally happen?

9. Sworn in front of your parents?
yes, always

10. Had detention?
never.


Chapter 6: Who/What was the last
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1. Movie(s)
finding nemo!

2. Three people to text you?
mike, gennie, annie

3. Person you called?
amanda

4. Person you hugged?
mike :)

5. Person you tackled?
haha? i haven't really done much tackeling lately

6. Person you talked to on IM?
oh geeze, don't really do the im thing anymore

7. Thing you touched?
keyboard.

8.Last thing you ate
flavor blasted goldfish nothin' but nacho!!! POW

9. Thing you drank?
pepsi

10. Thing you said?
I dunno, i haven't said anything in a while, i'm all alone in the lab today

=============== How I end my sentences==============

1. My ex...
is not important.

2. Maybe I should...
go in the office and take a nap! screw work

3. I love...
animals

4. People would say that I...
am insane

5. I don't understand why...
i don't get paid more to sit at work and blog! haha

6. When I wake up in the morning I...
play with my puppy

7. I lost my...
faith in the system.

8. Life is full of...
ups and downs

9. My past is...
interesting, and makes for good story tellin'

10. I get annoyed very quickly...
when people underestimate me

11. Parties are ...
necessary

12. I wish life was not...
so full of work

13. Dogs are...
the greatest, best friends in the world

14. Cats are ...
stupid pets, and they make me itchy and sneezy

15. Tomorrow is...
going to be full of fun!! rain or shine :-)

16. I have a low tolerance for...
caffiene

17. If I had a million dollars...
i'd rescue all the puppies in shelters!

18. I'm totally terrified...
of nothing worth mentioning

19. My spouse is going to be...
Michael <3 whether he likes it or not!

20. Money is...
a pain in the butt... the more you make, the more they take. what the heck.

like it, love it, gotta have it!

ah home sweet home... settling down, painting, decorating, fixing and what not. love it.

<3 more blogging later