Meet the new addition to our family!!

Pizza is keeping a close eye on things!!
What fun, a toy to eat!!!

Yummy, this toy is good!!

Me and new puppy!

Hello! We got a new puppy today!! He is a dachshund-papillion! He is super cute!! We still haven't named him, so far our options are Thriller (because MJ died today), Sausage (Amy and Liam picked that), or Yahtzee! Oreo doesn't like him at all yet. When I brought him in the house she didn't realize he was alive and as soon as he moved she ran upstairs and hasn't been down since!! Pizza is braver, she is the queen of the house so she has to keep an eye on him!! He chases her and she doesn't like that very much but at least she will come downstairs!! I went to the Depot to eat supper with my friends and when I got home I found him sleeping on my throw pillows because Jese thought that was a good bed for him! So far he has had no accidents in the house, of course he also hasn't peed yet! He did go poop outside though so that is good! We took him for a walk down the block and back, he didn't like it very much because it was dark out. Okay well I am going to help Jese get his kennel ready for tonight!

Christa

woohoo!

Hello! I am so glad it is cooler out today! Now it just needs to get less humid out then it would be perfect!! Today was a good mail day! We got our new contacts so Jese can quit wearing glasses and I can quit wearing 3 month our contacts!! I also got my acceptance letter from Mankato State! Now I just need to wait for all of my transfer work to get through so I know what I don't have to take! I registered for two classes that I figured I would have to take but that is all I can do for now. I am going to have to make a trip to Mankato so I can declare my major and get everything straighted out so I know what to take! I am excited to start because I always like English type classes, even the ones I took in college. Okay well I have to go put away the dishes and then make Rochester cookies for Jese. Then I am going to fold the laundry, sweep, maybe vacuum, and then job search for the rest of the day! Have a nice day everyone!
Christa

It sure is hot out!!!

Hello! Don't worry I am now able to move!! Yesterday I was still a bit sore from my run on Saturday but I had things to do so I couldn't just sit around all day. It was super hot in our apartment and the ac unit that we found in the basement didn't work very good so decided to go get a new one. I looked at Walmart in Waseca but Mother called and told me they were on sale at Fleet Farm so then I drove to Owatonna and they were way cheaper there! So I ended up getting a small one for the bedroom and a medium one for downstairs. It is much nicer in here now. The upstairs is still really warm but that is okay because we just close the bedroom door and then it stays cool enough for at night. After I got those I drove back to Waseca and did my grocery shopping. I did it there because the store is way smaller so I wouldn't have to walk as far because my foot was still cramping up every time I walked!! Once I got home I spent the next few hours installing the ac units, but Jese ended up having to fix them when he got home anyways because I didn't have anything to make them level so the water from them was running back in, oh oh!! Now they are working right!! I bought freezes at the store yesterday and they are still not frozen!! Our fridge is not working very good in this hot weather. Our ice cream is soft and my string cheese is not very cold. Jese is going to call and complain, maybe they will get us a new one that is bigger :) I had to do laundry today, I didn't want to because it heats up the bathroom but I gave in and did because we were both low on clothes! I still have to dry one more load but I am going to wait until tonight when electricity is cheaper :) Okay well on with my day!
Christa

Yea I did it!!

Me, Cassie, and Amy after the race
Me and Mama on the shoreline on Friday

All of us girls on Friday

Well I did it! I ran/walked the 1/2 marathon, yea!!! Now I can't really walk and I am going to have to say good-bye to a toe nail!! I didn't train for the race at all so I am glad I was able to finish it. I ran 3 times in March and that was it!!! I finished in 2 hrs 58 min, so just under 3 hours! At the convention I bought new shoes and a new sports bra to wear, good thing I did because my boobs were sore with that good one, I can't image how they would have felt if I wore the sports bra I had! I did have fun though. On Friday we explored Duluth a little bit and we had the spaghetti dinner. Saturday I had to get up at 4AM to run!! The race started at 6:30 but we had to be on the bus at 5:00, that is why we had to get up so early. After the race we hobbled back (mostly it was me hobbling) to the van and went back to the campsite. I took a shower right away because I smelled and was full of salt (from sweating) I felt horrible because I was slightly dehydrated and I was super sore!! After lunch we laid around for awhile then went back to watch a band for a little bit. After that we ate at Grandma's Restaurant. I hardly ate anything because my stomach shrunk to the size of a penny, just kidding, I just didn't eat much! I went to bed super early. This morning we got up and went right away. Mother and I got our tent down and packed up way faster then Cassie, Amy, and Adam because we are pros!! On the way home Mother got pulled over because she went speeding through Lonsdale!! The cop said he clocked her at 41 in a 30 and he paced her at 80 in a 55!! He just gave her a ticket for the 41 in a 30, hahaha!! I thought it was all very funny because she always says that she hasn't gotten a ticket since high school, hahaha, not anymore!! Okay well I am sore from sitting here so I have to move now!

Christa

Back from up north again!

Enjoying the little bit of nice weather we had on Friday!
Starting up my tan!

Jese went swimming!!

I just put this picture so everyone could see how dark my fake tooth is compared to my real teeth, it looks horiable, I can't wait untill we can afford for me to get new teeth!

Getting Saturdays monster fire ready, note how burned Jese's back and neck is, ouch!!

Sunday nights little fire!

Almost time for bed!

Jese and I had lots of fun up north this weekend! We got up around 9:00 on Thursday night. The mosqutios were horiable because the grass had to be cut. On Friday Jese got up at 5:00 and took one of the Iowa kids out bass fishing, they got 17 fish, most were nice bass. Friday was the worst weather day. It would be sunny for 15 minutes then start down pouring for 10 minutes, it was like that all day! So I read all day and Jese of course fished all day! Dad and Rita got up that night. I visited with them for awhile and then went to bed. On Saturday we slept in, then it was time to tan!! It was so nice out!! There were no clouds the whole day so I sat outside in my swimsuit all day. Jese didn't do much fishing, but he did go swimming a few times! Him and dad cut up the shore line to get it ready for a beach. That night we burned lots of brush and boards, now it is getting ready for a beach!! We also went to the Hill for supper that night. I got a steak, it was yummy! We stayed up pretty late with the fire. On Sunday Jese and Dad got up at 5:00 again to go bass fishing but the batteries for the boats were not working very well so they were only out for a couple of hours and the fish weren't bitting very well either. On Sunday we sat out in the sun all day again. Dad and Rita left in the afternoon so then it was just Jese and I up there. We took the paddle boat out for a few hours and saw lots and lots of fish. Then it was time for supper and then time to fish. The fish weren't bitting good at all so I went back in right away and got everything packed up and ready to go. Then I started a fire and Jese came in from fishing. We played a few games and then went to bed. Monday we slept in until 10:00 then packed everything up and we gone by 11:15!

Today I did the laundry, dishes, and looked for a job for a bit. I didn't find much. Right now I am washing my kitty blanket even though I am supposed to only dry clean it. I hope it doesn't get ruined but I have no choice, it is just too dirty!! I use it every night when I watch tv and I am a messy person and have spilled food and pop on it more than once!!

Right now Jese and I are watching our free cable tv!! Yesterday I reprogramed our tv and found out that we have free cable tv! I am guessing we are getting the neighbors tv, haha!! I love having free tv, it almost makes up for how expensive our internet is! Okay well that is it for today!

Christa

A post from January 2004

Jan. 12, 2004
So, here I am, sitting in psychology class. Like most days I am really bored, but at least I have something to do today! Most days I just sit here trying to stay awake. I'm kind of surprised I'm tired today seeing as I stayed up the entire night trying to finish my schizophrenia report, which I had to read a 900 page book for--600 of which I read Sunday night. I am so pumped though because I quit my job on Saturday so this is the last Monday night I have to work for five months! Heck yea! That means no more eating supper at 3:30 pm and starve for the rest of the night. So anyways there is not to much going on in my life in the great 2004. Archer just started a few weeks ago. I head on over to Waseca every week to get some lessons from Rick R. I am getting a bit better but for some reason I cannot get sighted in which really sucks!
Jan. 13, 2004
So I didn't finish this in one day, who cares! Anyways tonight I am heading over to Waseca to go kill some targets (with my bow) I don't feel like driving all the way over there but oh well! So in the big ol' '09 I'll be reading this again huh! I'm sure that'll be neat. Hopefully I'll be sitting (or standing, whichever) in a nice couch out in Montana on my ranch with my husband who knows how to play cribbage, has a Ford Mustang, blue eyes, hunts, and takes me fishing! If I'm not, well say screw the other guy and go find the right true love of my life! Ha what a joke, like that'll ever happen. I highly doubt I will find the all time perfect guy (that likes me in return) in only five years. Well anyways as they said in the 70's,
Peace!
Christa A. Wadekamper

Oh yeah if I haven't yet, get a boob reduction, guys like them a tad too much and they'll just be saggy in a few years!

So yesterday when Papa came over with my washer he also brought me this letter that I wrote to myself in Intro to Psych. in 2004 and the teacher just mailed to me. I wasn't a loser, she had the whole class do it, she did it every year. Don't worry I wrote it before I started dating Jese so I didn't know I would have to leave him to go find my true love in Montana!! Anyways, Jese has most of the qualities I was looking for, he has blue eyes, knows how to play cribbage, he hunts, and he takes me fishing! So he just has to get on the Ford Mustang and get me ranch in Montana and he will be the guy of my dreams!! I thought my letter was funny so I shared it with everyone, hope you got a laugh out of it too!
Christa

Well this is just great...

Me and Mama at the hospital, note I am not white as a ghost!!

Hello! Well today was not a good day, not a good day at all. I got a job :( and even worse, any every day person can get my same job. I am now getting paid less than I was in college even!! What is my new job you ask.....I am the newest cashier at Target, yes that's right, go get your accounting degree today folks and you will get the greatest job in the world!! On a better note, I did apply to MSU-Mankato just a little bit ago to go back for my degree in English so then I can be a teacher and then I will go back again for Library stuff and become a librarian!! I know I am going to be in college for the rest of my life! I am just going to go part-time so I can still work lots and lots to save for a house. So tomorrow since I had to get a job I have to drive to Owatonna and take a drug test and then go to Faribo so I can request my transcripts from South Central. After that my plan is to make some cookies and then sit around all day, unless mama needs a ride home from the hospital than I will go pick her up :) Okay well I am cold so I am going to go downstairs and sit on the couch for the rest of the night!

Christa

Hey there little kitty!

This morning Jese and I thought Pizza was dying because of the noise she was making! We both rushed to her and found that she just found a new friend on the roof, it was another kitty! So I closed the window and went back to sleep. Well it appears the kitty to a liking to Pizza and Oreo and decided to tourter them all day by sitting outside of the window seat. I saw it climb a tree and jump after a really annoying bird but sadly it missed it. The bird never shuts up so I am hoping kitty will kill it soon! I tried to get close to it but it ran away :( I think if it keeps hanging around it will let me come up to it, it doesn't seem too afraid of me. I talked to it through the window and told it to kill the annoying bird. I guess I should get some friends so I don't spend my day talking to stray kittens! I hope it comes back tomorrow so I can befriend it! My day of doing whatever I want didn't go as planned. It took me way longer than I thought it would to dust, sweep, and vacuum, I hate wood floors! Even though my allergies are way better with them, they sure do get dusty!! Also I hate sweeping, it is my least favorite chore, vacuuming is way better! Okay well I just wanted to give you an update on my new kitty friend!
Christa

A much more productive day!

Hello! Today I got lots more done than yesterday!! Yesterday I played the Sims 3 all day!! Today I decided I better get some stuff done or Jese might kick me out. In the morning I took it easy. I finally did the laundry today, I only had $8.50 in quarters though so I couldn't get everything done. I still have our comforter, sheets, towels, and sweatshirts left to do. Once I finished that I reorganized mine and Jese's dressers. We need to get a pole in my closet so we can hang up all of Jese's button-up shirts. Right now all of my dresses and some of Jese's shirts are in the hall closet!! After I did that I hung up and fixed the curtains upstairs. The landlords finally got our screens and storm windows put on the last two windows upstairs so we can finally have those windows open, yea! I also partially cleaned the bathroom today, it looks much better! I took the faucet handles of the sink to clean them off better, they were disgusting, I don't think the last person that lived here cleaned the bathroom a single time, the toilet was disgusting also but I have it all cleaned up nice! I also did the dishes and organized the basement a bit more. I also finally gave in and applied to Target, lets see if I can get a call back from them! Tomorrow all I have to do is dust, sweep, and vacuum and then I can play Sims 3 the rest of the day!! Okay well that is all I know for now!

Christa

Sorry no pictures today :)

Hello! Well Jese and I had lots of fun on our one night camping trip. The weather was really nice and it only rained for a little bit Sunday night but not enough to force us inside. We left around noon on Monday because Jese had some errands he had to do. We also brought Liam to the park on Monday just for fun! Yesterday I went up to Cassie's with Amy, Mom, Liam, and Josie. We did some shopping (not me just everyone else) and then we went to the swimming pool. I had lots of fun! After I got back home I drove to Owatonna to go to Target and get Jese and video game he has been wanting and Sims 3 for me, it just came out yesterday! I ended up staying up untill 2:00 AM playing it! I like it alot, it is different from the old versions so it is taking some time to get used to but it is much better! Now I don't want to do my cleaning today because I just want to play it all day! I am thinking I will clean the downstairs and then be able to play, it couldn't hurt to put off the laundry for one more day (I have been saying that since Monday night!) Jese worked untill 8:30 last night so he got lots of overtime and he has to go in early on Thursday so that will be some more overtime! His next two checks are going to be very big from holiday pay and from all of the overtime he is doing now. I think he is a workaholic, he did the same thing in Winona all the time too! Oh yes, I am also going to pay all of our bills for the month today so we won't have anything left to pay for this month and we can finally start saving again, yea!!!! Okay well I am going to go downstairs and eat some cereal and then think about doing some cleaning!
Christa

hello!

I just got back from the garage sale a little bit ago! I think I made lots of money, I had hardly anything left, just one bag of clothes and a box of stuff, which just had a printer, VCR, and a couple pairs of shoes!! Now I am at home with nothing to do but clean but that is boring! I thought about doing to laundry but I don't really want to do it now. Someone should come visit me, I am bored! Jese won't be home until dark so that will be awhile yet. Tomorrow we are going to Whitewater State Park to go camping even though it is supposed to rain. Okay well I am going to clean the kitty litter and do the dishes now!
Christa

"I picked up a kaiser blade that was a layin' there by the screen door, some folks calls it a sling blade, I call it a kaiser blade."-Karl,Sling Blade

Jese slept for two hours in the window seat!!

Hello! Right now we are watching sling blade, mmm hmm! Jese has never seen it before so I decided we should watch it. We also watched the movie Prom Night, it was pretty good. Today we got up nice and early to watch Liam and Josie and the bring them to Adam's sisters so she could watch them for the day. Once we got to Faribo we went to the garage sale and worked there all day. Jese took a break to mow papa's grass, I was going to do it but he was bored so he did it instead. When we got home Jese slept untill 7:30, then I woke him up so he would sleep tonight. Tomorrow he is working on a barn and I am working at the garage sale again. Okay well that is enough for today...he's not funny haha, he's funny queer--that's what the little boy says in Sling Blade, hehe!

Christa

in and out all day long!

Hello again! I know this is my second time updating today!! I made up my business cards for my bakery! I took the phone number and email off for the one I put on here because I didn't really want to advertise to all of the world!! All day long the landlords have been in and out of here because they are working in the basement like I said this morning. It is getting really annoying!! I am not working tonight with papa because my arms and me are too tired. Today I cleaned the downstairs, I wanted to do the upstairs too but the people keep coming in and out and I don't know how I feel about them coming in when I am upstairs. Okay well I don't feel like writing any more!
Christa

So Sleepy...

Good morning. I am sleepy today, well I was yesterday too. I have had no energy lately. Yesterday I didn't do anything untill 4:00. That is when I drove over to Faribault to work on a barn with papa. Now my arms are tired today and I have to do it again today :( The landlord people are working on the apartment next door and they are really loud, jerks. Some time today they are going to come over and go in the basement to change all the electrical work down there so everyone has access to their fuse boxes without having to come through our apartment. I think I might lay down and watch a movie this morning :) Right now I am watching Ellen. Okay well I am going to go eat some breakfast now.
Christa

I'm home!

Hello! Well I am home from up north! I had lots of fun up there! I got nice and tan, well kind of burned!! I stopped by Grandma and Grandpa B.'s house to give them some fish before I came back to Waterville. Now I am home! This week is going to be really busy!! On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night I am working with dad from 4:30-dark, on Friday I have to babysit for Amy, on Saturday I am working the garage sale, and on Sunday Jese and I are going camping. On Thursday I also want to make some mini tuxedo cakes to sell at the garage sale to get my name out there in case someone wants me to bake them some cakes! I still want to open my bakery so first I should try to get some customers! Right now Jese and I are watching the Bachlorette! I am tired so I am going to lay down on the couch now!
Christa

I can never get anything done!!!

Living close to family makes it way harder to get anything done!! When we moved in Winona I had everything unpacked and cleaned in two days, we have been living here for 3 weeks and I am still not done!! Everytime I start to do something I get distracted, either by going somewhere or people coming here!! The good news is our basement is now clean and we have our windows back, yea!! Now that the basement is clean I will be able to put all of our camping stuff and holiday decorations down there so then the upstairs will get clean fast!! Tonight is game night, yea!!! I am excited! Okay well my salmon is done now so I have to go eat before everyone gets here, bye!
Christa
Oh yes, there was a window AC in the basement that works so we will be able to use it in the bedroom, yea!!!

Careful, it's a jungle out there!!

Hello! Our lawn is getting so long it is looking like we have a jungle for a front yard!! Jese called the landlords again today and they didn't answer so then he called them right back with my phone and for some reason they were able to answer the phone!! He said they sounded suprised when it was him, haha! The jerks are avoiding our calls! They took our windows almost two weeks ago and still have not brought them back, the basement still needs to be cleaned out, and we still have no lawn mower!! They said they are going to have someone come cut the grass this one time untill they can figure something out. Aparently the last guy that lived here owned his own mower so they thought we would own one even though we have only lived apartment complexes where they mow the grass for you!! They are going to come with the windows and clean the basement on Tuesday or Wednesday, I'll believe it when I see it, jerks!

This weekend was a fun but busy one! On Saturday we managed to get all 8 cakes delivered and ate, they were all very good and were a huge hit! On Saturday we Grandma and Grandpa's anniversary party, it was fun to see everyone again. Then after that we went to Alicia's grad party, we had lots of fun there!! We got back home around 11:30 because Jese had to work the next morning. On Sunday I did some grocery shopping and a lot of cleaning!! Our downstairs is finished besides the curtians, those need to be hemmed, they are way to long! Tomorrow I plan on working in the upstairs.

This morning Jese and I got up at 5:45 because we were supposed to babysit for Amy but apparently we didn't need to because she didn't go to work. So instead we went down to Winona and got the rest of our stuff cleaned out (mostly fish) and turned in our keys, we are offically out of there! We were out of Winona by 8:45!! On our way back we stopped in at the Blind School to say hi to Papa and to give him my old camera to use till his gets fixed. Then on our drive back to Waterville I decided we should take a tour of the town so we drove around one of the lakes which ended up taking us back to Morristown, opps! Jese wanted to take it easy today because it is his last day off for 10 days so he has been playing video games all day, even though it is nice out! So since he is taking a lazy day I decided to do the same and I have been spending the day catching up on some more shows!

Tomorrow I will be much more productive, I have cleaning upstairs to do, resumes to send out, garden work to do, and homework to get ahead on! I want to get way ahead on my homework because I have decided to go up north this weekend with Papa so I have to get it all done so I don't have to do it up there! Okay well this blog is long enough! Oh yes, Wednesday night is Game Night so don't forget to come, so far we have the Hagre Family and the Papa Family coming!

Christa

So sleepy!!

Fridge full of cakes! There are 5 here and 3 in Amy's fridge!!
Half of the cake I managed to save from the ground

One of the anniversary cakes

another anniversary cake

Alicia's Graduation Cake, I wish I wouldn't have wrote on it in my sloppy handwritting!!

I am so sleepy! For the last two days it has been nothing but cakes, cakes, and more cakes!! I have frosting in my hair even!! Jese didn't work today so he was able to be a big help! He took care of the round cakes for me and frosted all of those. He also ran for more supplies for me whenever I ran out (three times, the last at 12:30 AM) We managed to get them all done though so now we can sleep in tomorrow, yea!! I also went garage saling today with Alicia and Amy, the garage sales sucked this year, I didn't find a single Christmas decoration to buy!! After that Jese and I drove over to Dad's for Rita's suprise birthday party, I didn't know it was a suprise!! We only stayed long enough to eat because we still had 3 cakes with no frosting and 5 other unfinished cakes!! We just got done with them (around 1:30 AM) We even got the kitchen cleaned up and the dishes washed (but not put away) I hope everyone likes the cakes, even if someone doesn't please don't tell me because I may just have to hurt you after all that work I did!! In total I mixed up 9 cakes and ended up with 8 1/2 (the chocolate round cakes were two batters but 3 cakes) I used over 10lbs of suger, not counting powdered sugar, that is a lot!! I also used 80 oz of cream cheese, and 4 cups of butter, gross!! Okay well it is really late now so I am going to bed! See everyone (pretty much) tomorrow (which is today!)

Christa

I'm Alive!!

Hello! Sorry about the lack of updates! I haven't had the internet since we moved!!! We just got it installed today, yeepee!! Well lets see what has happened since last time, oh yes, I GRADUATED, then I went up north!! I had lots of fun up north! I have some pictures but my camera is in the other room and I don't feel like getting up. Today I baked all day long!! It wasn't a very good day. I started out by dropping half a cake on the floor so I had to make another one. Then on my second to last cake for the day I forgot to spray the pan so the cake wouldn't come out and so that one was ruined also so then I needed to make ANOTHER one! I ran out of some of my ingrediants though since I had to make 2 extra cakes so I gave up for the night and I will get up early tomorrow (which is really today because it is 12:04am) and make them. I need 7 cakes total, 3 round and 3 half sheet for G&G Becker's Anniversary party and 1 half sheet for Alicia's grad party, all on Saturday!! Tomorrow is frosting day, I will be working on that all day! Jese will be here to help me though, he is getting good at the frosting. Then at 4:00 I am going garage saling in Waseca for city wide garage sales! Then after that I am going to Papas for a bonfire! On Saturday I am going to the anniversary party and then to Alicia's graduation party. On Sunday I have no plans yet, I think I will just sleep the whole day! It is late but I am not tired because I had to empty my fridge out for the cakes so I have no juice to drink so I ended up drinking way to much Pepsi today, our water is gross that is why I didn't drink that in case you were wondering! Okay have a nice night (Amy), or day (everyone else!)
Christa

So Bored!

Hello! Well today I is my last day of tests!! I have one test at 1:00 and the other at 3:30 and then I am done, yea!!! This morning I got up and packed up my car and then I went to Fantastic Sams to get my hair washed since I couldn't take a shower! After that I came to the library since my computer was dead and I had no charger! My phone is also dead becasue I talked on it to much yesterday, opps! I don't really know anything. I am just sitting here bored! I think I will read over all of my notes really quick and then go to my car and get my books and then go sell them at the bookstore since I won't need them anymore :) Okay well I guess I will do that! Have a nice day!

Christa

Almost finished!

Well I have one test done so far! I have another one in an hour and a half. I have been going over all of the material that is going to be on it for the last 1 1/2 hours! I am so bored!!! I have nothing to do now but wait for it to start. I forgot my computer charger in Waterville so I have to sit in the library and use on of theirs, great! I was planning on watching all of the Thursday night shows I missed last week tonight but since I have no charger my computer will probably only last for one show!!! It is 70 degrees outside here in Wy-nooona! This morning my test went okay, I am sure I did alright on the test. I am 100% sure I got 2 questions right because he accidentally stapled the answers on the back of all of the tests!! Nobody even realized it until a girl pointed it out and then he had us all turn the answers in, jerk! I did managed to see 2 answers though, I already had those questions right, I wish I would have seen some that I had wrong so I could have changed them. I am really sleepy, I had one pepsi before noon and I am on my second one now!!
We got everything moved to Waterville this weekend, it was exhausting!! I am glad we are done with it. It ended up taking 2 trucks, one trailer, and lots of car trips to get everything! Pizza and Oreo love the new place!! They like that it has lots of windows they can see out of. Jese spent all day yesterday getting the windows open. The last people that lived there painted and caulked them shut and the landlords "didn't have time" to fix them because we moved in so fast! So instead of waiting for them to do it, Jese just did it himself! We also went to Mother's yesterday so I could use her computer because we don't have internet yet. Jese was nice I reminded me that every time I go to hospitals I almost pass out so he ended up getting me out of babysitting Mama on Wednesday, now Amy gets to! I don't know why she wouldn't want me to go with her, I would just have to sit outside of the hospital!! I don't know why I don't like them so much!! No matter what I am going there for I always get like that! Once we went to see Jese's Great Aunt, whom I never meet before, and I still got woozy!!! I guess I am just a baby! After that we went to Father's for supper. Him and Rita made turkey, it was really yummy!! Jese went hunting for gophers after supper while I went through all of my junk in the garage, then we went back to Waterville!
This morning when I drove from Waterville to Winona I went super fast! I got here in 1 hr and 40 minutes!! I shaved 20 minutes off the time it should have taken me!! I normally don't drive that fast but I forgot to print off my notes for the test I had to take so I was trying to get back in time to do that! I did get back in time but my internet wouldn't work so I couldn't print them out anyways!!! After I took my test this morning I went to subway and got some lunch! Then I drove back to school and ate it in my car and then came over the library and here I have sat ever since! Okay well I guess I am going to go to the bathroom before I have to take my test and then study a little bit more!
Christa

Yea, no more classes!!!

Jese found this really good drawing I made for him a few years ago! Isn't it pretty!! The big bunny is saying, "I like to eat baby bunnies!" and the baby bunny is saying, "no, no, don't eat me!!" I know, I should become an artist!

Yesterday was a VERY busy day! I got up and did homework, went to class till 6:00 then went home and started packing! I packed untill 10:00, it was a very long night. I still have some more stuff to do today but I should get out of here around noon, I'm hoping anyways :) The kittens don't like the boxes everywhere very much, they probably won't like being in a kitty carrier for a few hours either. Poor kittens. I packed up my car last night so today I just have a few more things to put in it.

Jese went to the apartment already this morning, even though they told him it wouldn't be read untill noon. Well they decided that since the kitchen floor wouldn't dry (they were redoing the wood floor) they would just put linolium down instead so they are doing that this morning. They also have to clean out the basement, put a faucet in the kitchen, and close of one of the doors. They are closing off a door because our apartment used to be 3 bedrooms but they took one off and are making it a 3rd apartment instead. The guy told Jese everything would be done by 1:00 so hopefully it really is by the time I get there! Okay well I have to many things to do today so I can't be sitting on here anymore!

Christa

Last day, woohoo!!!

Hello! Today is my last day of classes, yea!!! I guess it is time to enter the real world :( I put my resume on careerbuilders.com and I guess insurance agencies like me because I have talked to two of them so far and I also have talked with Wells Fargo. I am going to interview with an insurance agency in Owatonna next week just for the experience but I probably won't end up taking the job since it has nothing to do with accounting at all! I just talked to someone from an insurance agency in Faribault also, she called at 9 AM!! Good thing I just got up a little bit ago! I wonder if she could hear Oreo when I was talking to her, Oreo was following me around meowing!! Now she is laying on me. Okay I have to do my homework that is due today and study for the final I have today and pack, pack, pack!! Later gators!
Christa

Dad I looked at that website you told me and I didn't find anything that had to do with accounting either :(

Almost There!!!

Good morning! Today is my last day of Accounting, yea!!!! Tomorrow is my last day of classes, yea!!!! Well really on Monday and Tuesday I have finals but those don't count as classes! Today is going to be a busy day! I have an Auditing case I have to finish, another Tax return to do, and I have to study for the final I have tomorrow! Everything is due tomorrow!! And after I do all of that I also need to pack, pack, pack! Last night I got all of my clothes pack up from the closet and everything from our desk. Now the only things left to pack are, kitchen stuff, bathroom stuff, camping stuff, and decoration (pictures, candles, etc.) and I only have 4 little boxes, one suitcase, on clothes basket, and one bag to pack everything in, oh oh!! I will pack what I can and after Jese moves all of his stuff on Friday he will come down here with the totes he empties and fill those up with the rest of the stuff so it is ready to go! I am excited to move out of here, I am sick of it! Although I will miss the warm weather, it is always warmer here than it is back home. I won't miss the wind though, it get super windy here ALL the time!! Oh oh, Pizza is looking at me like she wants to cuddle and I am about to get up....oh good she walked away! Okay well I am going to go take a shower and then start working on my last homework assignments!!

Christa

New Apartment!!

Kitchen
Kitchen

Living Room

Bathroom

Bathroom

Hall Closet

Hallway

Bedroom

Bedroom

Jese found us new apartment today in Waterville! It is a 2 bedroom for only $550! They just repainted the whole place and re-did the kitchen! I hope I like it! The only bad part about it is the parking. Right now it is off street parking but they want to tear down a shed and put in a driveway so hopefully they do that. I think we will like it. Jese only signed a 6-month lease just in case we don't like it though. This weekend we are going to pack up everything and move on out! So anyone who wants to help is more than welcome to lend a helping hand! Really we probably won't need much more than a truck and trailer and we already got that covered! Jese is bringing me boxes today so I can pack everything thing up this week. He is going to start moving all of his stuff from Waseca to there on Friday if everything is ready for us, hopefully it is! The big move will be on Sunday though, that is when Rick is coming down with his truck-n-trailer so we can load up all of the furniture! Okay I have to pee and Jese is almost here so to-dul-do!

Christa

I'm back home...

Hello! Well I managed to miss almost all of the rain on my drive back to Winona today! Good thing too because I don't know if my windshield wiper would have held up, I had to stop in Owatonna to fix it because it was falling off!!! After this weekend I decided I didn't want to live in Amy's basement, so now the search is on! We are looking for a different place to live now. Jese called a place in Waterville and is waiting to hear back from them. I have lots of homework to get done today, I'm not looking forward to it. I also have lots of cleaning and my laundry to get done sometime today. I hope it rains all day and night, I love the rain!! I wish it would thunder and lightning out too! Okay well I don't really know anything so I am going to get started on my homework!
Christa

I am sooo hungry!!!

Hello! I am in class right now and I am sooo hungry! I haven't ate anything since 9:00 this morning!!! I just got done with my last presentation for my college career, yea!!! Next week is my last week of classes, woohoo!!! I have my shoes off right now! My feet are on them though, not the floor because that would be gross since I am in class! I don't really know anything. Yesterday I didn't do anything, I just went to class. Today I didn't do anything either but that is because I have been in class ALLL flippin day! I am so glad I am pretty much done! When I get home tonight I am going to eat supper and then pack my clothes for this weekend. In the morning I will pack up everything and head to Waseca so I can see my hubby :) Okay well that is all I know I guess!

Christa

It's Another Sunny Day

Good morning! It looks so nice and sunny out today, I wish it wasn't though! I want to to be thunderstormy because I don't feel like doing anything today! When it is icky outside then I don't have to do anything and can just sit on the couch all day but since it is nice out I can't do that because then I feel guilty!! I have lost all motivation. I don't want to do any school work, I don't want to go to school, I just want to be done. It is kind of like the last week of high school, where you know you are going to graduate and don't want to do any more work! Of course I can't do that in college because if I don't do my work than I probably won't graduate! I am ready to be done with all of this. I am sick of living by myself too, the kitties don't talk to me so it gets boring and talking on the phone with Jese isn't the same as him being here. He works this weekend so I still won't see him much. I am going to go to Waseca so I can see him for at least a few hours each night. I think I am going to see if he wants to go to a movie, I haven't been to one since The Dark Knight was in theaters!! We always talk about seeing one but we never do. Okay well I guess I can't put off my homework and chores any longer. Have a nice day!
Christa

I'm Tired

Hello! Well I just got home from school about half an hour ago (around 8:00) It was another long day. My first class was cancelled so I didn't have class untill 2:00 so that was nice. That class got over at 5:00 and then I went straight to the library to meet with my Strategic Management group. We finished our presentation stuff at 7:30 so it didn't take too long. After that I went to Walmart to get some turkey, bagels, sour cream, and cream cheese. Then I got home ate, did some homework and now here I am!
This morning Oreo torked me off!! She decided that she wanted new food so she spilled all of her food all over the floor!!! I told her I wasn't going to feed her untill so ate up all of the food she spilled, stupid kitty! Last night Pizza woke me up around 1:30 so I could pet her, that is when she likes to be pet! Then I rolled over and Oreo came up to join us and we all went to sleep!
Right now I am watching Twilight, I was going to watch Dancing With The Stars but I needed my computer for my homework so I just threw in this movie. I am sleepy. Okay well I am going to go find a snack to eat now.

Christa

Is it Friday yet?

Hello. I am not looking forward to this week at all, it is a busy one. Well it isn't too busy I just have some big projects I need to get done by Thursday. I have my last presentation on Thursday, my group hasn't really even started yet. I have to have my part done and emailed to everyone by midnight tonight, I haven't started yet. Then we are meeting tomorrow to finish everything. I also have a tax return due on Thursday. I am meeting with someone to work on it today at noon, I was supposed to have it started already but I haven't even looked at it so after I take a shower and eat I will start working on that! I love the end of semesters because that means I am done but I hate them because everything is piled on in a short amount of time. I had lots of fun this weekend! Alicia, Brandon, and Liz came down so we could go bridesmaid dress shopping. Us girls went while Brandon and Jese played video games. We also grilled out and played mexican train dominos. Yesterday Jese left me again :( Now I am home alone again. I don't like it very much, it is very lonely. This morning when I sat up to get up Pizza decided that she wanted to cuddle, she misses Jese just as much as me I think. So I felt bad for her and laid back down for a few minutes so she could cuddle with me! Okay well I am going to go take a shower now!

Christa

April Showers Bring May Flowers!

Good morning again! Well I made it through my classes yesterday don't worry! They were really boring yesterday!! I have also made it through the whole week without seeing Jese, he is coming home tonight, yea!!!! He won't get here until later though because after work he has to go back to Waseca and then he will come here. Today is my day off from classes! I am going to go to hyvee to get some steak to grill and the ingrediants for cheesy potatoes and for my cheesecake that is super easy to make! Some of my friends are coming down tomorow and we are going to grill out for supper, even though it will be raining! I plan on sitting outside all day today! I have a bunch of homework to do so I am just going to tie up the kittens outside and sit out there with them doing my homework! I have a stupid tax return due next week, I hate doing those :( He is going to assign us another one right after this one too, jerk! I only have 8 days left of classes and 2 days of finals, yea!!!!! I am ready to be done. This semester I have had a ton of work to do and I am ready to be done with all of it! Okay well I am going to go take a shower and then eat some honey nut cheerios! Have a warm day!

Christa

I love this weather!

Hello! Well most of you know what I did yesterday because I talked to you but I will give you the run down yesterday again! In the morning I swept, went grocery shopping, came back and started the laundry, found out that in 30 min. our apt. was going to be shown, dusted and vaccumed super fast, finished the laundry. After that I had my eye dr. appt. it lasted 5 minutes! I walked there to enjoy the wonderful weather!! Once I got back from there I had 1 hr 45 min before my class so I took the kitties outside and cleaned the porch off. After it was clean I read out there, then Pizza found a dead bird under the step so it was time to go in! It was hard to be at class because it was so nice out and I was missing it! Once I got back from class I ate left over pizza from lunch, then I decided that it was time to fold all of the laundry so I hooked up my computer to the tv and watched some of my tv shows while folding the clothes! Then I went to bed after reading for about 20 minutes! Today is my least favorite day, Thursday. I don't like Thursdays because I leave for school at 12:00 and don't get back until 8:00, all though most of the time I leave my last class half way through so I can get home earlier! That is my plan today, we are just watching presentations so I will watch the first one then go home! I got up at 8:00 today so I could enjoy the day before I am stuck in classes all day. Plus I have to do my homework that is due today :) So my plan for this morning is to eat breakfast, do homework, and then do whatever I want until noon! If it warms up a bit more maybe I will go outside, right now it is only 45 degrees, brrr!! It is supposed to get up to 69 today and 70 tomorow, and then rain this weekend. I love thunderstorms so I hope we get one!! Okay well on with my day!
Christa

Good Morning!

Good sunny morning everyone! Oreo decided she wanted the window opened this morning and insited I get up at 8:00 so I woke Pizza up to take a picture of her sleeping in the closet! Yesterday it was soo nice out and it is going to be even nicer today, yea! Last night after I got home from school I made myself hamburger helper, it was gross. The I read for a little while and then I watched a movie. After the movie was done I read a little bit more and then went to bed, it was a VERY exciting night! Today I have a lot planned. I have to go to the grocery store because I am out of milk! I also have to vacuum, sweep, dust, some homework, and if I have time I will do the laundry. Oh yes, I am also going to bring the kittens outside while I clean the porch and I have an eye dr. appt. at 12:50, it should only be about 15 minutes long though. I just have to go back to see if my contacts are good enough for me. I have class at 3:00-4:20, I'm not excited for it, I would rather be outside with the kittens but oh well. There are only 9 days left of classes and then two days of finals and then I am finished so I guess I will go if have to! I forgot to say yesterday but Jese has to come back to Winona on the 28th to appear in court about a girl that kicked him at the FCC last year, he isn't happy about it! Okay well I am going to get my day started!

Christa

The weekend!

Flying kites at Grandma and Grandpa's house
Jese falling asleep while playing games!

My fish being moved!

Hello! Well this weekend was a busy one! On Friday Jese and I got up and packed up the cars. I had to empty out the fish tank so we could move it. The fish were not happy about being in a cooler all day long, but they all lived! Once we had everything all packed up we took it to Waseca. We had both of our cars filled up to the max! My trunk was bunge corded closed because I had the fish tank stand and it couldn't quite fit in the car! After we had everything unloaded in to Jese's new apartment aka, Amy's basement, we went out to eat! On Saturday we went over to dad's. I shoot my bow for the first time in years and I actually did pretty good! I am excited to move back so I can start shooting again! Jese shoot my bow too, he did good also! We ate some delish food, ham and cheesy potatoes (Rita made those), the cheesy potatoes were really good! I tried to go back for seconds but they were all gone! So I stole Jese's! We were going to have a fire but instead we played mexican train dominos all night! I went to bed around 1:00 and Jese did around 2:00!! It was a late night! On Sunday we drove to New Richland for lunch. The food was good there too. The we went back to Faribo to Grandma and Grandpa B.'s for supper! We got to fly kites, it was lots of fun! My kite dive bombed Cassie but she ran away from it! It also hit a few trees, a barn/shed, a bird house, and finally ended up in the pond!! Adam had troubles with his kite also, oh yeah, my kite hit his kite too! Cassie was the kite flying champion, she got hers super high!! It didn't even crash when she reeled it back in!! We stayed there untill 8:00 I think, I don't really remeber, we were playing dominos again! Then Jese and I drove back to Waseca! I came back to Winona yesterday (monday) morning. Jese started his new job yesterday, he thinks it is going to be super easy! He just has three clients to watch, two are scitofrenic (I know I spell good) and the other one I don't remeber what is wrong with him. Last night he got chicken from the Pizza Ranch to eat, lucky duck! I wish I lived with Amy so I got good food like that! I had mac n cheese and a zebra cake for supper. Okay well that is all for today! Have a great sunny day!
Christa

Happy Easter Weekend!

Hello! Well today we are moving Jese to Waseca :( Yesterday he packed up his car minus the electronics. So today we just have to get the fish tank emptied out and put into my car. Last night we watched the movie Role Models, which I didn't want to see but it ended up being funny! We had tacos for supper, they were really yummy! Our plan for this weekend is to go to Papas on Saturday, and on Sunday go to New Richland and to Faribault, then I will come back to Winona, all by myself don't wanna be ALLL by myself, anymore! That's a song, it just popped into my head! Okay well I don't know anything else, just thought I would update before I leave for the weekend!
Christa

It's almost time

Well Jese is only here for two more days. We are moving all of his stuff Friday afternoon. Then I am going to be super lonely, I hope everyone is ready to talk on their phones with me all the time! This week I have been getting him ready to go. I packed up all of his clothes and shoes. Yesterday we switched the tv's around. I am letting him take the bigger one because the smaller one can be hooked up to my computer so I can watch all of my tv shows on the tv via my computer! We have them both sitting in the living room now and the big one is twice the size of the little one, it looks funny!! Hopefully we can fit everything in our cars. We are also going to bring the fish tank right away because it will be easier to move it now rather than when we are trying to move everything. I have also made meals that freeze good so he will have enough meals for next week to bring to work for lunch. Once we get to Waseca on Friday we will have to go to Hy vee to get him some snacks, milk, and cereal. Now the only left to pack is his bathroom stuff. Oreo is watching the birds right now, she loves them! Last night we watched the day the earth stood still, it was pretty good! Today we should be getting bedtime stories to watch. I made cookies for all the kids down at Jese's work and he brought them to them yesterday. They LOVED them! They couldn't believe I made them from scratch!! One girl asked Jese how many chocolate chips I put in because she figured I didn't put enough in and he told her I put a whole bag in, so then she was happy and ate them! They each got two and then the staff all got one. They were my best batch yet, I baked them perfectly! They were almost my worst batch because when I measured the brown sugar I accidentally used the 1/2 cup instead of the 1 cup, but when I went to measure the flour I saw that the 1 cup was still clean so I added another 1/2 cup and fixed my mistake just in time! Okay well I am going to do some homework now! Have a nice sunny day!
Christa

Another Day, Another Race

Hello! Well today was the Fools Five Road Race! I registered online the other day but it somehow got messed up so when we got there, they didn't have our names down!! The money was already taken out of our checking account though so they just had us re-sign up and since it was so windy and cold out Jese talked me into just doing the 1 mile instead! So Papa was the only one that did the full 5 miles, he is tough! It was cold and windy out but it was still fun! It took us forever to start because of all the walkers. We were going to run with Amy and Liam but getting the stroller around all the slow pokes was taking too long so Jese and I ran ahead of Amy and Liam! After the race we went back to Winona so we could put some of Jese's things in Amy's van. We ordered pizza for everyone while Papa took a shower. After we ate they headed out so Papa didn't die from kitty attacks! Don't worry Adam did get to play some video games before they had to go! I just got done taking a shower. Now I am going to read a little bit I think! Have a nice night!
Christa

NO SNOW NO!!!

Hello again! I sure hope we don't get any snow. There is a chance we get up to 6 inches in the next two days, I hope we don't! Yesterday I didn't do much, I just enjoyed my day of nothing! I did do some homework and I priced a bunch of clothes for the garage sale at the end of May. And I put a bunch of our sheets and blankets into a tub to store them for when we move to Amy's. Now that we will have a washer and dryer that we don't have to pay $0.75 for each load we can wash our sheets more often instead of getting them all dirty! Jese is getting ready to move into their basement. We are moving him in next Saturday then I will be a lonely old lady with my cats! Yesterday his engine light came on so hopefully their is nothing wrong with his car because we don't really have any money left to fix it seeing as we just spent $800 on it. I guess he will bring it in somewhere next week to get it checked on, oh yeah! Last night we went to the Drive Inn for supper, it was good! Then we went to go rent a movie and we saw that the Drive Inn people forgot to take the number off of my car so we drove back and gave it back to them :) Okay well I am going to go spend some time with my husband before he leaves me. Bye!

Christa

600th post, Time for a Confession

I don't like Easter. This will be the fourth year I don't like it. Every Easter I have the same memory and that memory took place four years ago. Four years ago was my freshman year of college and I came home that weekend. The night before Easter I was told that my parents whom I always assumed were great together were splitting up. My world fell apart. Sure you may think that is a bit dramatic but it changed me forever. I don't take thinks lightly, I am a very emotional person as most of you know. I remeber Mom telling me this and I was think are you serious this happens to everyone else not our family, it won't last they'll work it out. A little bit later Dad came home and he didn't say anything, he just went into the bedroom. The next day was Easter, he went up north, we went to Grandma's and acted like everything was okay. Mom didn't stay long. I know some people got used to the whole divorce thing faster than others, but it took me a long time. It altered mine and Jese's relationship. I distinced myself from him, fearful that he would just up and leave me some day. I cried myself to sleep many times. I was at a point where Jese asked me if I wanted to postpone the wedding because I just couldn't deal with our parents. At that point I realized I better get ahold of myself and fast if I didn't want to lose the best thing that happened to me, so I did. Of course it wasn't really fast and I never really got over it, I just learned to deal with it. On TV and in movies when parents get divorced the kids always think it is there fault and you think why would they think that. Well I managed to twist things up into thinking it was partially my fault too, just like all those TV kids. Here is how it went in my mind, I pushed my mom into archery, a sport that the whole family did but her. Well like everyone else she wanted to be the best so she started coming with me to Waseca to get help from Rick. Mom started to go there without me after I left for college to continue to get help. At that time Jese's parents were going through a divorce, so they would talk about it while they were shooting. So I always thought, would she have gotten a divorce if that one wasn't going on a it wasn't put in her head. So in my head, if I hadn't pushed her into archery none of this would have happened. Today I realize that this isn't the reason they got the divorce, it took me awhile to figure it out but I did, Jese and I got married on time and we will live happily ever after, just like we are supposed to. But you see every year around Easter since then I think about the day I was told my parents were seperating, it isn't a happy one. Last year I went to Easter hungover just because I didn't want to be there. I am over the divorce. I am happy Dad is happy with Rita and he will get his happily ever after with her. I am happy Mom is happy. But to me it is still a sad day and I don' like Easter. I will still show up with a smile on my face, but I just thought every one should know what was really behind that smile on Easter weekend.
Christa

Just another day!

Hello! I am in class right now, I am not supposed to be using my computer but I am anyways! I just registerd for the Fools Five Race (papa you can register for it on the apple raceberry jam website) Jese and I are going to run it (or attempt to) on Sunday for the second year in a row! My class was supposed to start at 12:30 and right now it is 12:50 and we still haven't started and at 1:20 we get a break! hahaha!!! We never start on time but it is never this late! Okay well I don't know anything! I am in class from 12:30-8:00 today :(

Christa

YESSS!!!!!!

I GOT A 79/100 ON MY ACCOUNTING TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY NOW I HAVE 70% IN THE CLASS EXACTLY!!! MY LAST TEST I FAILED SO I DID MUCH BETTER THIS TIME!!!! YEA!!! THIS JUST MADE MY DAY!!!!

Can't Sleep Again!!

Hello! I don't really now much today. I couldn't sleep so I thought I would get up and see if I got any more bids on my stuff on ebay and then I thought I would update this! I have 4 out of 10 things selling right now and I think most everything else will sell too! There are people watching almost everything on there so hopefully they start bidding! Nothing new has happend at all the last couple of days, Jese worked, I went to school and that is about it! I know my life is so exciting I don't know how I put up with it! Last night I drank two Dr. Peppers and then I ended up staying awake until 3:00 AM!!! Tonight I didn't have any pop to drink, I just can't sleep! Well it is 1:00 AM now so I guess I will go try to sleep again, I have been sitting up for almost an hour now! Night!
Christa