All Moved In!!

Hello from my new house! Well it has been a busy last three days!! Monday morning we got a call saying we could start moving!! So since we didn't have a day warning we didn't have a truck to use yet! So Jese and I packed up our cars as full as we could to move stuff!! I got three loads! On Jese's fourth load Papa came over with his truck and a HUGE trailer! They managed to get almost everything! We didn't get done unloading everything until after midnight!! On Tuesday we slept in until 10:00. Then I started to unpack and then Cassie, Nick, Amy, Liam, and Josie came over! Mother also came over a little later! Jese got one load from Waterville but he had class so he couldn't get anymore. I didn't get much unpacking done while everyone was here but we had fun so it didn't really matter! That night I unpacked most of the kitchen, I had to redue some of the cupboreds because Cassie tried to help me but I didn't like where everything was!! I had to stop at 7:00 though because I had tv shows!! That was all I did for unpacking yesterday. Oh yes, I also got all of the games unpacked!! Today I got up earlier and I filled up one of the fish tanks so it would be ready for the fish when we got them here! While I was doing that Jese went to Waterville and started emptying that fish tank! By the time I got there he had most of the fish caught. I helped him get some of the babies. We weren't able to get all of the babies but we got most of them. We PACKED our cars, we hardly could fit in them! After that load we had our garbage can and our mounted fish left to get, what a waste of another trip! Jese went and got those last things while I set up the fish tank. So far all of the fish are doing good, except for one of the parents :( I thought it was the mama fish but now I think it is the papa fish. The babies are doing good though. After that I made some homemade mac-n-cheese because Jese had class and had to leave early! It was delish!! After supper I kept working on the kitchen. After I got it all unpacked I did the dishes! Now I am watching America's Next Top Model!! I hung up the curtins with nails so the neighbors can't see in now! I meet the neighbors in the house for sale next to us. They are moving out in one month, they were nice though! They knew a lot about our house. Okay I am sick of typing now!
Christa

It is almost time!!

Well sometime in the next three days we will be moving!! We still don't know which day it will be, the latest will be Wednesday! We are hoping for Tuesday though!! The babies are not ready to be moved yet. It is going to be hard for me to catch them because they are still pretty small. They are swimming all over the tank now in a big group!! Today once Jese wakes up we are going to pack up all the last minute stuff since we could be moving as early as tomorrow, but that is unlikly! I love this weather, it is so nice out!! I don't really know much today. Kipper is hyper and is running all over! Okay well I guess that is all for today!
Christa

Ouch!

Hello! My mouth hurts right now because I walked to the gas station to get a case of pop and decided to get a carmel apple sucker and it cut my mouth all up!! It did taste good though!! So far today I have packed up a few left over things, vaccumed, and swept! I don't really know much, I just thought I would update since Amy is going to try to update every day I would too! Okay well that is all!

Christa

Yea, Grey's Anatomy!!

Hello! Tonight is the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy, yea!! I am excited for it! I managed to watch all of the old episodes, I just finished a little bit ago! Some news on our house...a couple of days ago they decided to order another appraisal and that can't be done until tomorrow morning, which pushes our closing back until at the earliest next Friday. We are not happy with our mortgage lady at all. To contact us she has been sending text messages instead of calling and now she is on vacation and didn't leave anyone else to do her work. So today the realtor and us were trying to contact her but she had no cell phone reception! The good news is, it sounds like the sellers are going to let us move in before the closing so we aren't homeless! We will find out more about that tomorrow, we were supposed to today but seeing as our mortgage lady is gone the realtor couldn't get all of her questions answered. Okay well that is all I know for now, have fun watching Grey's anatomy tonight!!
Christa

All Packed Up...Sorta!

These are all the boxes from when we moved out of our first apartment in Winona....

...And these are just some of our boxes for this move!

Well today went good once we got back home! We got a ton of stuff packed!! Our porch just has a little walkway for us to get through now because it is so packed!! Some boxes are almost hitting the ceiling!! We ran out of boxes so tomorrow we are getting some totes/clothes baskets/boxes from mama and Amy! We have almost everything packed!! There are just a few more dishes, the clothes I just got done washing, bathroom stuff and some blankets left to pack!! We even brought all of the bookshelves down and some lamps! The basement is empty except for Jese's bike. I made him bring everything from down there up so I didn't have an allergy attack, but I still ended up having a short one. Good thing I took allergy pills before he started, plus I went outside when I started locking up really bad which helped!! Now I am super tired and a little sore! I am sore from falling down the steps, opps!! Good thing I was only carrying a light box when I fell!! The study is completly empty except for a desk and dresser! The cats are no longer allowed in the porch because Pizza was exploring a little to much today and I am afraid she will knock a box over with glass in it, so no more fun for them!! Okay well my 3 shows start in 6 minutes so I better get ready!

Christa

Busy, Busy!

Happy 16th Birthday Ben!!
Liam was attacking Ben with the ballons!

Jessica and Liam

Kipper and Remi kept tangeling each other up!!

Amy, Liam, and Jessica

Cassie and Josie

Hello! Last night we were at Papa's house for Ben's 16th birthday! Everyone was there so it was lots of fun! Today is going to be a busy day, if I can ever get Jese out of bed, lazy bum is still sleeping!! Today I plan on going to Waseca for some groceries (frozen dinners) and to drop some stuff off at Amy's house. After that I am going to pack EVERYTHING!!! I am getting rozen meals so I can pack the rest of the kitchen stuff!! I am also going to pack all of the clothes, except for whatever we are going to wear for the next 7 days! After packing everything I am going to clean because there are leaves everywhere!! I just looked at the weather and saw that on Monday it is supposed to a high of 69 and cloudy so that will be nice for moving!!

Last night I tried to count the babies again and now I think there are still more than 30, oh well!! Kipper is happy today because he is the only puppy here, he is snuggling with me right now!! I hope it starts to rain out soon! I don't know what I am going to do tonight!! At 7:00 there are three different season premiers on so I don't know what to watch!! Heroes, House, and Dancing with the Stars all start, plus Jon & Kate Plus 8 is on!! I think I will probably watch Heroes and watch the other two online later this week. This is the best week of tv because all of the shows are starting again, yea =) Okay well I am going to start my busy day now!

Christa

Dogs Drool, Cats Rule!

So last night I was reminded why I don't like dogs!! My least favorite things about dogs is barking and Dexter is a barker!! He barks at everything!! He heard one of the cats bells upstairs and started barking. He can hear other dogs and he starts barking. He sees people walk by and he barks. He heard Jese come home and starting barking!! The worst part is he is teaching it to Kipper. I do admit though Kipper has been barking more lately so it isn't completly Dexter's fault. Last night around 11:00 Dexter heard the neighbor dog bark (who also barks at everything) so he started to bark which only made the other dog bark more so they were going back and forth!! Finally I got fed up and decided to train him not to bark, I put a bark collar on him! He barked three more times then shut up! He did start again this morning but that was just because he had to go potty. Since it was 6:30 I wasn't going to take him for a walk so he didn't poop but of course as soon as I turned my back he pooped in the bedroom!! Back to the kennel he went!! After that Kipper was whining because he wanted to play so I bribed him into stopping by letting him come into bed with me! It is easy to get him to stay off of it so I should have no problem with him tonight. Today I am training Dexter. I have the bark collar on him and he seems to understand it pretty good. Instead of barking a ton, he barks once and gets shocked and then comes and lays by me =) Mother should be paying me for training him for her! I am sure once he goes home he will start again though because he won't have a bark collar there!
Now to the cats rule! Pizza slept with me all night!! She didn't want me to get up at all last night because she decided to sleep on my back!! I didn't really care because I don't really move at all once I fall asleep. I like it when she sleeps with me because since we have gotten Kipper she doesn't cuddle with us anymore. Poor Oreo hardly gets any attention at all anymore. A couple of nights ago she started to sleep with me but then I had to get up so she ran in the other room. She really doesn't like Dexter being here. Yesterday she was hiding under the bed or on the washer all day!!
My baby fish are getting bigger! Now they have strips and I can see their little fins!! I think some of them got ate last night there seems to be less of them today, yea! They are all hiding more today also so I am guessing there was an attack last night and now they are stressed out, or just scared!! They have 9 more days of growing before they have to be moved. When we move we are putting them and the parents in a different tank so our other fish don't get beat up anymore!
Today I am not going to do anything!! I can't pack because the only things left to pack are upstairs and since Jese is sleeping I can't do it! I have to go grocery shopping but I really don't feel like so I will do that tomorrow when I bring Dexter back to Waseca. I have less than I week to watch 2 seasons of Grey's Anatomy so I think I will spend today watching some of that!! I am trying to re-watch all of the episodes before the new season starts. I am almost done with season 3. I can't believe how many people played patients on that show that are now on their own shows!! It has kind of been driving me nuts because all of the tv shows (mostly on the CW) have been recyling actors, they should get some new ones!
Supid dogs, Dexter just barked at a truck so Kipper started to bark and he didn't even know what he was barking at!!
I have decided to just go down to normal pierced ears. I just took out my top earing because it has been bugging me a lot lately. I think I will just let it close up because I don't want to buy a new earing for it. I had in a nice diamond one because that hole has never liked cheap earings. Oh well! Okay well I guess this is long enough!
Christa

Dog Sitting

Hello! Dexter has came over for the weekend. At first he was crabby at Kipper but now they are playing and having lots of fun! Kipper really doesn't know what to do with another dog here. If Dexter is walking around Kipper has to follow him and Dexter has to follow me everywhere I go!! Kipper should be really tired after this weekend is over!! I am sure he will be sad to be the only puppy here though. Pizza and Oreo are hiding out upstairs =)

Last night I got a bunch more stuff packed, now there is pretty much just clothes and a few more dishes and our food to pack! I think I will pack most of our clothes on Monday. I just got done changing the curtians downstairs back to the ones they had in here. They are ugly!! The ones they have for the closet doors are about 1-2 ft. to short so it looks really stupid!!

The baby fish are still alive! It is harder to tell how many there are now because they are spreading out more. The parents are a little less aggressive now, they are letting the other fish swim around a bit more so that is good. I don't think I wrote that my favorite fish, the shark, was killed =( Jese tried to save it but it didn't work. Other than that there have been no other deaths, well besides the random baby that gets ate! Okay well I have two dogs wrestling on me so I must go!

Christa

Okay Amy here is your update!

I haven't been up to much lately! On Sunday Liam came over for a little while so Amy could bring Josie to the doctor. After that Jese and I went over to Amy's for supper, we had chicken and sweet corn! We got home at 10:00. On Monday we went over to Amy's again for game night with Alicia and Brandon. Amy suckered us all into going there, Jese and I were supposed to go to Alicia's but Amy won like always :) We played lots of games!! Kipper came with us and he got super tired out from playing with Remi and Cooper! On Tuesday and Wednesday not much happened. Today Jese had work training in the cities so he has been gone since 11:30. He won't be back until tomorrow morning because he also works tonight. I just packed a couple more boxes since we move in 11 days! Kipper is outside right now. He will have Dexter has a playmate starting tomorrow because we are watching him over the weekend! Kipper will love that, Dexter is his favorite puppy to play with!! On Tuesday we are having Kippers manhood cut off!!! Hopefully it doesn't hurt him too much! Okay well that is about all I know!
Christa

Sleepy!!

Hello! Today was a busy day for Kipper and I!! We got up bright and early at 5:40 AM and we were out the door by 6:40! We went to Waseca for the garage sale mama and I had! I am happy with the amount of stuff I sold today!! I am suprised the Wii Fit did not sell yet though, hopefully it will tomorrow. While I was selling stuff Kipper was busy playing with Dexter and Dudley and he got to go on a walk with them and Rick! He had lots of fun! At 2:30, Amy came and picked us up to go to Faribault to watch brother Ben run! He did a very good job! It was hot there!! Kipper liked being there too, but he got tired and kept trying to sleep!! After that we picked up Liam and Josie and then Amy brought me back to Waseca to get my car. Kipper and I got home around 7:00. Kipper went straight to the couch and hasn't moved since!! He is sooo tired, hopefully he sleeps all night so I don't have to get up to let him out! Jese left for work at 7:30 so I got to see him for a long time!! The babies have moved to the front of the tank. All of the other fish are starting to get really stressed out, they are being forced to stay on 1/3 of the tank and they are not doing to good. I don't know where the big evil fish is hiding but I have only seen him once since I got home!! Hopefully they parents get less protective soon because I don't want my shark to die, he is my favorite!! All of my tiger barbs are sitting in a corner and some are facing downwards :( The parents won't even let the sucker fish come near them!! They are diffentally taking over the tank. They do let the kissing fish near them though, it normally is sitting right above them, I think they know that he is nice and won't eat the babies!! Okay well that is all I know, I am sleepy and tomorrow is another early day for the garage sale!

Christa

Finally scheduled!!

Well we finally got to schedule our closing! At 10:30 on Sept. 28th we are going to close on our house! We finally got all the problems we were having figured out and now the loan is finally on it's way to be officially approved!! I am sure the banker and realtor are going to be happy to be done with this house because it was causing everyone a headache with all the problems that were happening!! I think everything that could go wrong was going wrong, but at least it is all figured out and we will get our house on time, not 3 months late!
The babies are doing good, no dieing yet! When I got up this morning I thought that about half of them were ate, I was wrong!! They were just all laying around, once they started to swim around I saw that they were all still alive!! The parents don't leave their side, not even to eat, they just wait for the food to fall down by them!! If they all live we are going to have a lot of fish on our hands!! So far we have found two homes for some of them, Amy's house and Jese's work (maybe)!! If anyone else wants a couple in a month or so let us know, I am sure we will have lots still, unless they get ate by evil fish!!
Okay that is all for now!
Christa

swim little guys, swim!!

They are growing so fast!! This morning the baby fish were hardly moving, now they are swimming all over the place!! I just resuced them :) The big evil fish was in their nest trying to eat them and I chased him away, I am so nice!! I am estimating there are between 50-100 babies!! Okay that is all for now!

Christa

War Zone!

Good news, I didn't kill the cichlad fry (that is the word for baby fish!) There are a ton of them!!!! I hope they all live so then we can give some to Amy and then the rest to a pet store for in store credit, that would be sweet!! I have been researching Convict Cichlads all morning and the are the rabbits of fish!! They have babies every 3-4 weeks!!! That is a lot of fish!! We will sure get our monies worth of these fish since we only paid $3 each for them!! It is like a war zone in the fish tank right now though!! The parents are very protective, hence them attacking me yesterday! All of the other fish are on one side of the tank and those two are taking over the whole other side!! I tried to get a picture of the babies but they are in the back corner so I couldn't get a picture of them for you! I did take a video, I am trying to upload it right now, you can see the babies swim around a little bit in it! I am having fun watching the fish, they are exciting!! Unfortunatly they have already tore up two plants and I am to chicken to put my hand in the tank again because they bite hard!! So now we have two floating plants!!

On another note, Jese said his class was fun last night. I know what kind of loser thinks his class is fun!! Tonight he probably won't say the same thing because it is Statistics, boring!! He has never liked those classes, thankfully it is the only one he has to take! Okay I am going to get back to watching my babies now!

Christa

oh no!! I'm sorry!!!

So Jese is at his first class tonight and I had nothing to do so I thought I would redecorate the fish tank, bad idea!!! Once I got everything but the dragon out I started getting attacked by two chichlads!!! Once I got the dragon out and started putting different stuff in I discovred they had babies and because I uncovered them the big evil chiclad was eating them!! No wonder I was being attacked!! Now I feel like I am the evil fish in Finding Nemo that eats all the baby Nemos, only I showed the evil fish where they were and I didn't actually eat them!! So I quickly covered them up with a log but evil fish could fit under it and continued eating away. I even tried feeding them to lure it away but that didn't work either :( I am evil! Hopefully they will have more babies!!! Okay well that is all for tonight!

Christa

Yep it is Jese!

Pizza playing in the boxes!
Oreo hanging out on the boxes!

Oreo and Kipper almost getting along!

Well starting at 5 AM kipper started to whine again so I guess it is Jese! By 6:30 I was sick of listening to him so I put his kennel in the porch, that did the trick :) I really don't know if he was still whinning but I didn't hear him so I didn't care! Hopefully tonight goes better. Yesterday I went to the movies with Mama and Theresa, mother ate a whole bag of popcorn by herself!!!! Okay well I don't know anything!
Christa

I guess it is just Jese!

All week Kipper has been barking throughout the night, but last night he was quiet the whole time! I think it is because Jese worked last night! He doesn't work until Thursday night again so we will see if he continues to be quiet!! Of course since he was good last night he had to be naughty this morning! I let him out of his kennel at 7:30 and went back to bed only to wake up to him puking up some kitty litter he decided to eat!! Hopefully he learned his lesson and won't eat it again, silly puppy!! I don't really know much today. Yesterday I started to read a book and got sucked into it and ended up reading the whole thing, opps! That was not my plan for the day!! So today I will have to do some cleaning downstairs since I didn't do that yesterday! Some drunks keep taking down the rental sign in our yard. Yesterday it was all bent up and laying in the grass and today again it is laying in the grass, jerks! They obviouly don't know that we only have 22 more days to get this place rented out before we have to start paying for two places, which would suck balls!! Okay well I am going to go eat and take a shower!
Christa

Not Qualified My Ass!!

This morning did NOT start out good. I got the mail and found out that I am not qualified to be a receptionist/payroll clerk!! Bullshit I say, even I think I can do payroll without any experience, plus I was a receptionist for two years!!!! Anyways I am not very happy about this. How is a person supposed to get experience if nobody gives them a chance to get it, grrr!!! I am getting very irritated at all of the emails I have gotten lately that have said that sorry I am not qualified, or sorry we got your application ages ago but we filled the position last week, job searching for a real job sucks balls big time!

christa

Hello!

It feels like I haven't updated in forever but really it has only been two days! Jese was gone for 24 hours!! He left me at 8:30 pm Monday and didn't come home until 8:30 pm Tuesday!! He was at work for 13 hours, sleeping at his mama's for 2 1/2 hours, at school orientation for 2 hours, and driving for the rest of the time (6 1/2) hours!! That is a long day if you ask me!! Yesterday sister Amy, Liam, and Josie all came over to get some towels and sheets to bring up north! Jese was sooo nice, he made us all lunch! I was tired and stuffy yesterday though so I was pretty lazy!! Today my nose is finally a little less stuffy, I just took some more allergy pills since I haven't taken any all day and I was starting to get stuffed up again! Today I packed up lots of stuff upstairs! The only stuff left is clothes and one closet full of sheets and bored games! I also decided that I HAD to rearrange, even though I will only be here for another 25 days! I decided that the couch had to be in the bedroom because I like to watch tv on that better than the bed at night! So Jese was nice and helped me shove it in there! He thinks is looks much better now! I almost got a new kitty today but jerk Jese brought it back to his owner! The neighbor lady got a new one and it was wondering around so I picked it up and tried to keep him, he was super friendly!!! I wish Jese would have let me keep him!! Okay well that is all I guess, Jese just said this was awfully long so I guess that is all!
Christa

Ouch!

Hello again! Well last night I went through a bunch of stuff to get ready for Mama's garage sale! Some of our coats were still downstairs in garbage bags from when we moved so I went through those and they all got musty and now need to be washed!! Some of Jese's clothes he was planning on getting rid of also had the same fate! So needless to say going through those put me in a huge allergy attack! I have been taking allergy pills like a nuts-o! My throat is super sore :( I just went through my purse and found my rebate card from my phone and I thought there were only a couple of dollars on it but I decided to look it up anyways and found out there is $24.05 on it, sweet dude! Kipper was in his kennel for 7 hours today and he didn't even have an accident :) He is such a good puppy now that he is letting me sleep at night! Now if only he could open and close the door by himself so I didn't have to let him out! Okay well I don't really know anything else!
Christa