Hey! Sorry no updates! Been busy! Wedding is in like... 21 days!! Looks like the only thing God has yet to put into place, is the money needed for it. LOL. But I trust that he will provide... He'll drive me nuts about it cause that's what he's good at, but indeed He will provide. I'm just dense enough to forget that he's done so every month in the past.
So if you're wondering what the heck my blog title is, it's NaWriYe in the way that NaNoWriMo is in November. Every year, in November, writers across america commit to writing 1000 words or more a day in the moth of november so that at the end of the month you've written a 50000 word novel. Which, I might add, is incorrect mathematically. You would need to write more than 1000 words on at least 20 days of november to meet your goal. Well... I missed nanowrimo (national novel writing month) so I'm going to make a year of Panawrimo. In which for one month I will try to complete 1 50000 word story, and if I don't complete that story it's scratched and I'll start anew on the first of the new month. Hopefully, I'll be all ready to go come Nanowrimo next year! And, I'm dragging Matty in on it then! *evil laugh*
I think I'll start a new blog and link it here where I'll store my PerNoWriMo stories (Personal novel writing months) and that link should go here. For the month of December, my story for PerNoWriMo is about a young girl, Stacey,(sorry stacey, DRE made up her name!!) who is trying to deal with her best friend's death, which she unwittingly caused. It's actually not so bad right now. Unfortunitly I started it today, on the 6th, so it most probably will not be a full 50000 word story... in fact the first few might not get there... but I'm hoping to expand my writting skill by doing so, and maybe even keep up with this blog too. Link to stories to come!
My Monthly Stories
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thank Goodness It's Friday
So it's friday, meaning I am done with work for the week... and Matt works tomorrow and I'm going shopping with mom for wedding stuff. You know, those small things you need that you overlook and then realize you don't have money for in the budget? Flowers, Flower girl basket, ring bearer pillow, shoes, hair accessories, unity sand ceremony kit, cameras, ect. I'm looking forward to that.
I don't have much to write about today though. Met with my manager and talked about if this job is right for me and all that. it's not like I have a choice. But it's made me think about what kind of job I DO want and I keep coming back to books. So I applied at Borders. Will see about that I suppose.
I started up a sister-blog to this with is more 'blurb' orinated. Should have updates near daily. Its just about how awesome parts of my day are. I suppose I'll update with a "why today is awesome" there too whenever I get around to making my video.
I can't tell you how absolutly THRILLED I am to have the internet back. I missed it SOOO much!!
I don't have much else to say though... so till next time,
DFTBA
I don't have much to write about today though. Met with my manager and talked about if this job is right for me and all that. it's not like I have a choice. But it's made me think about what kind of job I DO want and I keep coming back to books. So I applied at Borders. Will see about that I suppose.
I started up a sister-blog to this with is more 'blurb' orinated. Should have updates near daily. Its just about how awesome parts of my day are. I suppose I'll update with a "why today is awesome" there too whenever I get around to making my video.
I can't tell you how absolutly THRILLED I am to have the internet back. I missed it SOOO much!!
I don't have much else to say though... so till next time,
DFTBA
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Almost Done Addressing Invitations!
o not much happened today. I got my October scorecard at work. Which means my manager is on top of things this month. I'm oddly at peace now though. That's not good... I didn't make goal again this month (goal was 37 and I did 30 per hour- which is 80% of goal and thus "inconsistant) and apparently I'm still talking too much... that's depressing... but the fact of the matter is that as I did not make goal in October, I can't work overtime or hit incentive for November.... and November is the last month before my wedding. As paychecks pay for the previous 2-weeks of work, this means that I have no chance of making extra money before the wedding. This fact, while it brings along the stress of "WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!?!" is also rather calming because, hey, if I make goal this month, I can eventually make money and use it to live on... but as for as the wedding goes, I'm out of luck. No stress (on if I make goal or not).
The OTHER bad part about not making goal is that it means I get no raise next year. which sucks. majorly. But there's also nothing I can do about that... maybe might be able to get a job elsewhere.... but at least I'm not stressing over that now.
The suckier part of that is that in reality it will be like taking a voluntary pay CUT next year as I will be paying for dental and vision insurance for both Matt and myself... and 2-people insurances cost more than 1-person coverage. So by not getting a raise and insurring both Matt and myself, in essence I am taking a paycut. which sucks more cause I'm still under 9 dollars an hour.
Which, I can't afford to do... so I'll be praying that God finds a solution to this little financial conundrum.
We're still waiting for word as to if Matt gets on at Staples or not... we are now told that we will know by Monday, so keep praying on that front. In totally positive news, Matt did get some hours tonight and works tomorrow and Saturday.
As for me, I am ALMOST done with addressing my-side's wedding invitations. I think I have 9 left... 3 my mother just sent me and 5-6 that Amanda is supposed to be getting me by tomorrow... So the invites SHOULD be in the mail... by the end of next week.. I don't exactly have the money required to buy stamps for them to be sent this week.
I am PSYCHED about having the internet again... and there are now 53 days till the wedding!
that's NOT much time to get the money needed... not at all...
well, anyways, till next time,
DFTBA
The OTHER bad part about not making goal is that it means I get no raise next year. which sucks. majorly. But there's also nothing I can do about that... maybe might be able to get a job elsewhere.... but at least I'm not stressing over that now.
The suckier part of that is that in reality it will be like taking a voluntary pay CUT next year as I will be paying for dental and vision insurance for both Matt and myself... and 2-people insurances cost more than 1-person coverage. So by not getting a raise and insurring both Matt and myself, in essence I am taking a paycut. which sucks more cause I'm still under 9 dollars an hour.
Which, I can't afford to do... so I'll be praying that God finds a solution to this little financial conundrum.
We're still waiting for word as to if Matt gets on at Staples or not... we are now told that we will know by Monday, so keep praying on that front. In totally positive news, Matt did get some hours tonight and works tomorrow and Saturday.
As for me, I am ALMOST done with addressing my-side's wedding invitations. I think I have 9 left... 3 my mother just sent me and 5-6 that Amanda is supposed to be getting me by tomorrow... So the invites SHOULD be in the mail... by the end of next week.. I don't exactly have the money required to buy stamps for them to be sent this week.
I am PSYCHED about having the internet again... and there are now 53 days till the wedding!
that's NOT much time to get the money needed... not at all...
well, anyways, till next time,
DFTBA
Back On THe Net Again!
So major news today, I got the internet back!!! For those of you who know me only by the internet, or otherwise only find out about my current status by the internet alone, this is the major news for you. I don't know if I said it before or not, but basically the internet was taken away from me at Carolyn's shortly before I got kicked out/moved out.
Well October 27th I got moved into the new apartment. It's awesome! Five minutes from work means that I get to sleep a bit more than I'm used to, specifically on the normal days when Matt drives me to work and drops me off. Rent was due on the first of November...and I managed to pay it. I still have to pay carolyn for last month.. which is a pain.. I would rather not pay. I mean, she short-cut the agreement... but that doesn't look like an option so I guess I'll take care of that next paycheck.
So we got the apartment all put together really quickly, thanks majorly to my amazing Matty. He did a ton of work while I worked, since his job hasn't given him many hours recently. He only has like 12 hours schedueled this week... last week he might have had ten. So that's a bit tough. But the extra time allowed him to clean up the setteling-in mess and get stuff nice and pretty while I worked.
Also, on the positive side, last week he applied to Staples and had two interviews with them. We should find out tomorrow if he is hired or not. If he is, we'll get a paycheck every week... if not then... well... I suppose life will be the same heck it is now.
Anyways, today the internet was finally installed at the apartment so while that IS one more bill I have to pay come the end of the month, at least now I can pay all my other bills and keep track of my finances and stuff. I missed my internet sooo much. and our internet is fast too! And the only ones limiting what we do on it is the government and ourselves. That is AWESOME.
LEss than 2 months left! and there's a BUTTLOAD of stuff I still have to aquire/do before then... YAY!
Till next time,
DFTBA
Well October 27th I got moved into the new apartment. It's awesome! Five minutes from work means that I get to sleep a bit more than I'm used to, specifically on the normal days when Matt drives me to work and drops me off. Rent was due on the first of November...and I managed to pay it. I still have to pay carolyn for last month.. which is a pain.. I would rather not pay. I mean, she short-cut the agreement... but that doesn't look like an option so I guess I'll take care of that next paycheck.
So we got the apartment all put together really quickly, thanks majorly to my amazing Matty. He did a ton of work while I worked, since his job hasn't given him many hours recently. He only has like 12 hours schedueled this week... last week he might have had ten. So that's a bit tough. But the extra time allowed him to clean up the setteling-in mess and get stuff nice and pretty while I worked.
Also, on the positive side, last week he applied to Staples and had two interviews with them. We should find out tomorrow if he is hired or not. If he is, we'll get a paycheck every week... if not then... well... I suppose life will be the same heck it is now.
Anyways, today the internet was finally installed at the apartment so while that IS one more bill I have to pay come the end of the month, at least now I can pay all my other bills and keep track of my finances and stuff. I missed my internet sooo much. and our internet is fast too! And the only ones limiting what we do on it is the government and ourselves. That is AWESOME.
LEss than 2 months left! and there's a BUTTLOAD of stuff I still have to aquire/do before then... YAY!
Till next time,
DFTBA
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Post Update!
Hey guys! So I havn't updated in a week or so cause my internet time has been severely limited. First Jeremy changed his password so that my computer was not connected to the internet, and then he said that Matt couldn't stay, so we applied for the new apartments and then on Monday I got approved to move in!
After I got approved, Carolyn got upset at whatever it was that made her upset and basically that night we moved my bed, refrigerator, clothes, books, everything out of the apartment and back to either my mom's house or ninny's house to store it until October 27th, when I can move into my new apartment. So that's this Tuesday. Shortly after that we should be back on the internet as per usual.
In the meantime, I've been staying with my Ninny since she is amazingly kind and wonderful enough to allow both Matt and I to stay here. This was my number one concern because we both need the car to get back and forth to work. Well, actually he neeeds the car more than I do because my aunt is so nice as to give me a ride to work all week last week so that I don't have to use the gas, as it is still about 20 minutes from Ninny's to Citi.
Things actually went a LOT smoother than I could have hoped. I went to my mom's to pick up some containers for packing, as was planned and she volunteered "Shayna, do you need us to come get your stuff until you can move into the new apartment. You could live here a few days" But in the end she and dad and Uncle David all came to the aparment and packed up all my stuff so that I could go and live with ninny for the inbetween time.
The only thing that I'm slightly worried about is the rent. Matt's job is in questionable standing as his body does not deal well with heat and we've not got the money to get him checked out... so he gets sick when he overheats and for that reason has been sick quite a lot and we're kinda crossing our fingers that he gets to keep his job. But there's also the possibillity that he might be able to get a job at staples. so if you are reading this please keep that in your prayers.
A little over 2 months until the wedding! And mom has made matt quite... hesitant on that... he now feels guilty and although he says he wants a wedding, it's hard for me to believe it... adn for some unknown reason it's really really important to me. Though I half-way wish that I didn't care... but I do... so I suppose for the time being, the weddding it still on, I can still be excited about it... and the money will... hopefully, fall into place as needed.
Till next time,
DFTBA
After I got approved, Carolyn got upset at whatever it was that made her upset and basically that night we moved my bed, refrigerator, clothes, books, everything out of the apartment and back to either my mom's house or ninny's house to store it until October 27th, when I can move into my new apartment. So that's this Tuesday. Shortly after that we should be back on the internet as per usual.
In the meantime, I've been staying with my Ninny since she is amazingly kind and wonderful enough to allow both Matt and I to stay here. This was my number one concern because we both need the car to get back and forth to work. Well, actually he neeeds the car more than I do because my aunt is so nice as to give me a ride to work all week last week so that I don't have to use the gas, as it is still about 20 minutes from Ninny's to Citi.
Things actually went a LOT smoother than I could have hoped. I went to my mom's to pick up some containers for packing, as was planned and she volunteered "Shayna, do you need us to come get your stuff until you can move into the new apartment. You could live here a few days" But in the end she and dad and Uncle David all came to the aparment and packed up all my stuff so that I could go and live with ninny for the inbetween time.
The only thing that I'm slightly worried about is the rent. Matt's job is in questionable standing as his body does not deal well with heat and we've not got the money to get him checked out... so he gets sick when he overheats and for that reason has been sick quite a lot and we're kinda crossing our fingers that he gets to keep his job. But there's also the possibillity that he might be able to get a job at staples. so if you are reading this please keep that in your prayers.
A little over 2 months until the wedding! And mom has made matt quite... hesitant on that... he now feels guilty and although he says he wants a wedding, it's hard for me to believe it... adn for some unknown reason it's really really important to me. Though I half-way wish that I didn't care... but I do... so I suppose for the time being, the weddding it still on, I can still be excited about it... and the money will... hopefully, fall into place as needed.
Till next time,
DFTBA
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Guess What I Got!
Well I'm still waiting on the word as to if I can move into the new apartments... hopefully I'll get that tomorrow... but in the meantime the two other things I was waiting on today went great!
1- I got my paycheck! so that's that- as long as I work at Citi I won't have to worry about the mess up with paychecks and auto deposit again.
2- I got my wedding invitations! Started addressing them... that will take a while... but I got them! and I'm QUITE happy with them.
The last few days I've been listening to The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.
1- I got my paycheck! so that's that- as long as I work at Citi I won't have to worry about the mess up with paychecks and auto deposit again.
2- I got my wedding invitations! Started addressing them... that will take a while... but I got them! and I'm QUITE happy with them.
The last few days I've been listening to The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Moving Out... Again...
So I went to work today, and found out that bankcards in now back up and running and so I spent all day on verifying old affs I'd already verified a week ago, and continued verifying affidavits we'd just processed. I was exhausted at the end of the day, as per usual, but I had premarital counseling to go to... so I came back to the apartment, picked Matt up and we went to the church to meet with the pastor.
Only he didn't show. So we went to my Ninny's for a wonderful dinner of homemade potato soup and popcorn chicken. After dinner we got back to the apartment to find out Jeremy had changed the password to the internet network... which sucked... then Jeremy asked to talk to Matt (thank God he went to a different room for that) and said that while I could stay, Matt cannot.
Which... I'm sure Jeremy and Carolyn think is easy enough, Matt moves out and whatnot... but it's a LOT more complicated than that. Matt has a job, but no car... and his mother no longer works over here anymore... he's been told by his mom that he needs to be out of the house, and so him being allowed to move back in itself is a questionable possibility... but even IF he did that, he'd need a car to get to work, as would i... basically meaning every day he'd have to come and get me and take me to work, go back to his house, come and pick me up from work, go to his work, go back home... rinse, lather repeat... and we CANNOT afford 1- to put that many miles on the car or 2- to put that much gas in the car... so that idea is not possible.
Our next option, and most favorable, is to apply at Unicorn Apartments, and move in there. This is a fairly straight-forward option, however it's problems involve the cost. It's a 20 dollar application fee for each of us, (40 dollars) a 150 dollar deposit to reserve the room if we are approved. After that it's 280 a month. Which is just barely possible... it's more-possible now that I've took my cell phone and reduced it to 450 minutes per month.
So... please pray we get approved... if we can't get into Unicorn... I don't know what we are going to do....
Till next time,
DFTBA
Only he didn't show. So we went to my Ninny's for a wonderful dinner of homemade potato soup and popcorn chicken. After dinner we got back to the apartment to find out Jeremy had changed the password to the internet network... which sucked... then Jeremy asked to talk to Matt (thank God he went to a different room for that) and said that while I could stay, Matt cannot.
Which... I'm sure Jeremy and Carolyn think is easy enough, Matt moves out and whatnot... but it's a LOT more complicated than that. Matt has a job, but no car... and his mother no longer works over here anymore... he's been told by his mom that he needs to be out of the house, and so him being allowed to move back in itself is a questionable possibility... but even IF he did that, he'd need a car to get to work, as would i... basically meaning every day he'd have to come and get me and take me to work, go back to his house, come and pick me up from work, go to his work, go back home... rinse, lather repeat... and we CANNOT afford 1- to put that many miles on the car or 2- to put that much gas in the car... so that idea is not possible.
Our next option, and most favorable, is to apply at Unicorn Apartments, and move in there. This is a fairly straight-forward option, however it's problems involve the cost. It's a 20 dollar application fee for each of us, (40 dollars) a 150 dollar deposit to reserve the room if we are approved. After that it's 280 a month. Which is just barely possible... it's more-possible now that I've took my cell phone and reduced it to 450 minutes per month.
So... please pray we get approved... if we can't get into Unicorn... I don't know what we are going to do....
Till next time,
DFTBA
Monday, October 12, 2009
Marriage, Sex, and Fun Stuff The Institutional Church Has Opinions On
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Ok, that all settled? GOOD! On with my thoughts/studies.
First of all as I began looking into all the scriptures quoted in our premarital counseling book, Preparing for Marriage by David Boehi, Brent Nelson, Jeff Schulte, and Llyod Shadrach I noticed that for all their inclusiveness on 'purity' and 'holiness' and 'immorality' and 'godlessness', while discussing the issue of Sexual intimacy, they never referred back to Songs of Solomon. This seems noteworthy to me... why leave out the one book totally devoted to showing us how God feels about sexual relationships?
Before I continue on with that.. there are some important questions that must be answered first.
1- What is marriage? -For the purposes of this blog, I"m going with my personal definition of marriage, which is similar to Webster's definition. with an added twist. and that's this. Marriage is a covenantal, life-long relationship between and man and woman and God. If you disagree with this definition, please provide a working definition in your reply, and include why you think my definition is not correct.
2- What does it mean to be holy? - "Holy" is from the Greek word that means "separated... or set apart for a sacred purpose.
Ok... so given that information, lets proceed with the topic.
So the first thing that made me want to write all this out is the reasons frequently given for 'saving sex till marriage' (note- I am NOT saying this isn't a good idea... if you want a mission-statement for this blog is to figure out whether or not the church places too much emphasis on this. If I'm to live by it, I don't want it to be just another rule the institutional church comes up with that sidetracks us from really living life as God intended.)
So the reasons given (as quoted from the book)
1- You affirm that you care more for the other person than you do yourself.
2. You protect yourself from feelings of guilt and shame
3.You are protected from emotional, mental, and physical trauma should you break off your relationship.
4. You discover more about each other than just the physical.
5. You maintain a witness to a lost world.
There are several others, many of which Im sure we all have heard, but I"m gonna hit on those five.
You affirm that you care more for the other person than you do yourself
Ok. I had several issues with this one. The first of which is that from all my study, sexual intimacy is about what you can do for the other person, to meet their needs, and not your own. So please explain to me how abstaining from sex before marriage proves this. I could almost say, if two people thought opposite ways, that the person who would not be sexually intimate with their fiance because they thought it was wrong and thus prevented the two of them from being sexually intimate, he or she is caring more about herself. Now, that's not a rock-solid case... but the point is that sex in marriage isn't supposed to be selfish. And it is true that abstaining from sexual intimacy before marriage is a good idea, in most circumstances, it is a great idea! But, I would say that it is not beneficial in all circumstances.
You protect yourself from feelings of guilt and shame
major problem with this one- With the way we are taught "sex is bad" all the way till marriage.. it's not easy to take that training and toss it aside just cause "you said I Do."
You are protected from emotional, mental, and physical trauma should you break off your relationship.
My thoughts here- if a relationship seriosuly under consideration of marriage/is commited to each other, with or without sex you will still suffer from it.. and not necessarily minor sufferage either.
You discover more about each other than just the physical.
Well... I'd argue to say that if this becomes an issue... there's a bigger issue than premarital sex in the relationship.
You maintain a witness to a lost world.
And this all rests on Christianity being about a list of do's and don'ts. Which, while that is totally another topic altogether... Christianity is about a relationship with Jesus Christ who was crucified and rose again to free us from death's grip.
and as I'm lazy and getting tired, I'll leave it at that for now. comment with thoughts.
till next time, DFTBA
Saturday, October 10, 2009
I Missed A Day!
Sorry I missed a day! O well, it's not like I forgot today too.
So today was my little cousin's birthday party! He turned four a few weeks ago but the party was supposed to be on my bridal shower day, so my aunt rescheduled it for this week instead. It was fun. We all went to Pizza Hut and then we went back to Ninny's house cause he wanted to break open a pinata. That was a lot of fun. I'm tired so... I'll update more tomorrow...
Till next time,
DFTBA
So today was my little cousin's birthday party! He turned four a few weeks ago but the party was supposed to be on my bridal shower day, so my aunt rescheduled it for this week instead. It was fun. We all went to Pizza Hut and then we went back to Ninny's house cause he wanted to break open a pinata. That was a lot of fun. I'm tired so... I'll update more tomorrow...
Till next time,
DFTBA
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wow... I Can't Think of a Title Today
Hey guys!
So I can't think of much to write today. Work was a nice relaxed day, I sorted statements all day as the system was down. The significantly fun thing about that was that Sears and private lable stuff got back into production, but as I was bank I have to wait till sometime tomorrow probably before I restart on verification and all that normal stuff.
After work Matt and I went and picked up a stamp and inkpad to use instead of stickers, and some stamps, and a little bit of food. Then I came back and finished up my thank you notes. Which... took longer than expected... cause I forgot I was dealing with wet ink and stacked them up totallly causing a red/white tye-dyeish look on about six of the envelopes... so I opened them and re-put them in a different, clean, envelope which I was smart enough not to stack until the ink had time to drive. I'm very happy with my thank you cards now though! and they go in the mail- tomorrow!
Then Matt went to work, and then I took a bubble bath, now I'm blogging... that is pretty much my entire day but I don't wanna skip a day.
So I was thinking, so long as I'm updatin daily... maybe I should have a special-posts day where I talk about some subject. I think I'll make that Friday. So tomorrow instead of any updates or whatever, I'll discuss something imporant. Comment back with ideas for topics. otherwise you'll get to enjoy some intresting things on time travel and time itself and things I am currently thinking about that day. So... there's my idea and I'm out of things to say.
Till next time,
DFTBA
80 days left till the wedding
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
First Feet Now My Hands... O Dear...
So today has been fairly ordinary. I found my thank you cards mom gave me and the gift list so I got to start writing out thank you notes for my bridal shower gifts! Honestly, maybe it's cause there's fewer of them (though my hand does not feel like that fact is true) but for one unknown reason or another, these are easier/better than my graduation-gifts thank yous. Maybe it's the fact that I'm now older and thus see the importance of doing them, or maybe it's cause I"m broke now and thus if it were not for the gifts there's no chance at all I'd accure the stuff, thus making me more thankful. Like I said before, in any case I"m quite enjoying the process of writing out these thank you notes.... though I can't say that my hand is enjoying it much.
But I don't think I explained the foot bit. Well, see, yesterday while hanging in the apartment with matt I was like "the bedsheets need redone" and so we hopped off of the bed and fixed the sheets. I stood back to look at them and Matt was like "neither of us are on the bed, that is a problem that needs fixing" and promptly picked me up and threw me over his shoulder and onto the bed. I was giggling all the while, I generally love being tossed and thrown onto the bed... it makes me feel... little? but in a good way... like... not gigantic and small and throwable... but this particular time I had just gotten into my dresser drawers to pull out a pair of socks and did not think to close the drawer back up. so when I hit the bed and my feet bounced, they hit smack dab on the corner of the wooden drawer. I should clarify, so that you can appreciate the pain that walking has been today, the smack dab middle-edge of my arch of my foot was hit fairly powerfully by the wooden corner of my sock drawer. I will say, that although it is still rather painful to walk on, it has healed nicely. So just in time for my feet to be fine (well until I walk on them at least) I decide to go and write up *counts* nine thank you cards in one night (actually more than that as I just stopped so my hands could type and thus get some kind of movement, and then I actually plan on finishing up this short list and getting them sent off tomorrow night, after matt gets me my required stamps.
So that's all that has been going on today. We are now at 81 days till the wedding! YAY!
Till next time,
DFTBA
But I don't think I explained the foot bit. Well, see, yesterday while hanging in the apartment with matt I was like "the bedsheets need redone" and so we hopped off of the bed and fixed the sheets. I stood back to look at them and Matt was like "neither of us are on the bed, that is a problem that needs fixing" and promptly picked me up and threw me over his shoulder and onto the bed. I was giggling all the while, I generally love being tossed and thrown onto the bed... it makes me feel... little? but in a good way... like... not gigantic and small and throwable... but this particular time I had just gotten into my dresser drawers to pull out a pair of socks and did not think to close the drawer back up. so when I hit the bed and my feet bounced, they hit smack dab on the corner of the wooden drawer. I should clarify, so that you can appreciate the pain that walking has been today, the smack dab middle-edge of my arch of my foot was hit fairly powerfully by the wooden corner of my sock drawer. I will say, that although it is still rather painful to walk on, it has healed nicely. So just in time for my feet to be fine (well until I walk on them at least) I decide to go and write up *counts* nine thank you cards in one night (actually more than that as I just stopped so my hands could type and thus get some kind of movement, and then I actually plan on finishing up this short list and getting them sent off tomorrow night, after matt gets me my required stamps.
So that's all that has been going on today. We are now at 81 days till the wedding! YAY!
Till next time,
DFTBA
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
So I Guess It's True...
It really DOES have to get so bad before it can get any better. So this morning Matt's paycheck went through and today my paycheck came to my door via UPS (an hour or so later than was supposed to but it came none the less!) And Matt deposited it (which is allowed as we now have JOINT checking! YAY!) and so we now have money again! Well, we have money enough for bill paying at the least!
Unfortunatly, work isn't decided to hit the good part yet. Just found out today that when recovery has NEVER been out of backlog before, and when we WERE given until Nov first to get out of backlog... my manager walked by today informing us that we have till the 15th.... of this month :-( and I don't want to have to be one of the states still in backlog after that date. As, in her opinion, we will have had no excuse. (other than possibly the fact that we are humans and not machines and therefore might actually have limit... but who cares about that, right?
Other than work and getting my paycheck FINALLY, not much happened today. Matt and I went to premarital counseling. It's not bad... honestly it's not. It's kinda what I feared actually... and that's that we'd have already discussed or dealt with a lot of the materials. We get to watch the Love and Respect seminars over the course of our counselings, which I've been reading the book for... and the last 5 or so months have provided a ton of circumstances to discuss the questions we have to answer for our homework.
And after premarital counseling we went to my Ninny's for dinner, and she was looking for things to can, or more correctly jar, homemade relish into. Then we came home and I paid the bills and now am writing out this blog.
So things went considerably more in my favor today.... although I might recant my "im not mad at my mother" statement... as she is now trying to say there will be no wedding *bangs head* I'll write about that when I actually understand it.
Till next time,
DFTBA
Unfortunatly, work isn't decided to hit the good part yet. Just found out today that when recovery has NEVER been out of backlog before, and when we WERE given until Nov first to get out of backlog... my manager walked by today informing us that we have till the 15th.... of this month :-( and I don't want to have to be one of the states still in backlog after that date. As, in her opinion, we will have had no excuse. (other than possibly the fact that we are humans and not machines and therefore might actually have limit... but who cares about that, right?
Other than work and getting my paycheck FINALLY, not much happened today. Matt and I went to premarital counseling. It's not bad... honestly it's not. It's kinda what I feared actually... and that's that we'd have already discussed or dealt with a lot of the materials. We get to watch the Love and Respect seminars over the course of our counselings, which I've been reading the book for... and the last 5 or so months have provided a ton of circumstances to discuss the questions we have to answer for our homework.
And after premarital counseling we went to my Ninny's for dinner, and she was looking for things to can, or more correctly jar, homemade relish into. Then we came home and I paid the bills and now am writing out this blog.
So things went considerably more in my favor today.... although I might recant my "im not mad at my mother" statement... as she is now trying to say there will be no wedding *bangs head* I'll write about that when I actually understand it.
Till next time,
DFTBA
Monday, October 5, 2009
Sorry About the Rant, But Maybe This Might Help...
So today, I'm super upset at the world. I don't mean that to sound so melodramatic, and it's not entirely true... but it sure in the heck feels like it.... so... how about I write a disclaimer for what I'm not angry at?
DISCLAIMER: When I say that I am mad at the world, I do not mean the following people/items. 1- I am not mad at either of my maid of honors whom did an amazing job with my bridal shower. 2- I am not mad at my mom who is doing all that she possibly can so that I get to have my wedding at the Elms where I want it. 3- I am not mad at my dad as there is no reason I should be. 4-I am not mad at my amazing husband-to-be Matt, because he puts up with me when I'm in these moods and none of it is his fault. In fact I'm highly thankful to matt for putting up with me and allowing me to bawl like a baby on his shoulder. 5/6/7/8- I am not mad at my ninny, aunt becky, jewelee or robbie. the first two as they help me through whatever I have to face and try to keep me as sane as possible, the later two because I've no reason to be mad at them and if there was a reason to be mad at them- their cuteness would override said reason. 9- I am not mad at my grandmother Nora who does what she can for me and although at times she can feel... restrictive... I know she does have my best interests at heart and honestly wants to help. 10- I am not mad at mountain dew- as it is my minor alcohol, i am also very thankful for it and don't know what I'd do without it.
Ok... disclaimer out of the way... what I AM mad at... well... there's really no one to blame.. and thus I say I am mad at the world. See, Matt and I opened a joint checking account but for reasons I'm not sure of I couldn't keep my individual account (nor did I want to, though I DO know why I didn't want to. I didn't WANT to keep it cause one checking account is more than enough to keep tract of, much less two) and so we closed that account, moved the funds to my new account, and linked my debit card to the new account. The problem being... I DID have auto-deposit on my paychecks... and so I made sure to uncheck auto-deposit at work and re-wire it to the new account instead, but sometime between the time I disabled auto-deposit and reenabled it with the new account, the new paychecks went through (last wed). Well... needless to say my funds did NOT get deposited into my new account, and I was expecting to get my paycheck in the mail... so I gave it till Friday then called up HR as my paycheck had yet to appear. A small solace was found in the fact that Matt DID get his paycheck physically handed to him on Friday.
So, we deposited his check in the account and paid off my wedding dress with the funds because my deadline to pay off the dress completely was Sunday. Well... for whatever reason the way our world works, you can withdraw funds ANYTIME you want and they'll happily take the money out of your account... unfortunitly, you can't just deposit money so freely. What ended up happening is that David's Bridal's payment wen through... Matt's paycheck is still on pending... and thus it now looks like we have insufficient funds.
Now, had all the paychecks gone through, we still would be broke and have no money now... but at least I could find peace in knowing my bills and stuff had been taken care of. As it is we are shown as having insufficient funds, AND my insurance, 3 credit card bills, cell phone, rent, and a small store-wide credit card still need paid before my next paycheck... normally all this would be taken care of... o, and I've no money left for food either.
Well, lets continue with the story. So, after finding my old account deleted, Citi mailed my check to me... and they said that the check should come in the mail today. Well, waitied till 5pm... checked the mail... not a thing. so I called them back and they said they don't know where the check is currently, but they are going to void that and then auto-deposit my check into my account, but due to bank processing and all that, the earliest I will get it is Wednesday. A whole week AFTER it was supposed to be given to me.
As for Matt's paycheck, I'm told it's supposed to go through tonight at midnight.... but still that's not too helpful... I think that will give us 50 dollars. YAY! *note sarcasm*
So while dealing with trying to find money to put into the gas tank (difficulty: 2), money to buy food with (difficulty: 100), and money with which to buy my tranquilizer (mountain dew) (difficulty: 5), I also had a wedding shower which I outlined a few previous entries back. (enjoyment level- 10) And with wedding showers come presents. and with presents not-given at the anniversary of your birth (also known as your birthday), comes the necessity of writing out thank you cards! (enjoyment level- 2. it gets points as I"m able to cuddle in my new blankets while doing this.) And while writing thank you notes is already at the top of my "yay I get to do this list", it just made the cake when, after getting back to my apartment, I seem to have lost my thank you notes mom gave me, as well as the list of who gave me what. So as much I as I seriously want to get to writing thank you notes... I can't cause I don't have the cards nor the paper telling who gave me what.
And to top it all off- when I got home Matt had cleaned the room up a bit- now THAT I am not angry about.. that was nice to come home to... what was NOT nice to come home to- Carolyn banged on the door, walked in and said how the room was nothing but a mess and she was allowing us to stay on the lease and it's disrespectful for us to keep the room in such a state of disarray. Now, had she said that yesterday, I'd recoil like some sad puppy that got smacked and begrudgingly cleaned up... as, yes, it is true that yesterday you could not have seen the floor... but matt worked hard on the room, the floor was near spotless and the only 'mess' left was on the futon where I had dumped my clean clothes and extra blankets and clothes that I really don't have room for elsewhere. and so, that just got added to the heap of things I'm mad about. Cause it's not easy fitting everything in this room unorganized... and it's near impossible to get everything to it's "rightful place" because it's all packed in tightly. I mean, there's just not enough space in the room for all of the clothing and stuff... so we do our best... but apparently that's not quite good enough.
Which.... reminds me! I missed something else that I'm mad at. I'm mad at my boss. Cause I'm honestly at a loss. I've worked freaking hard all of September, including times when everyone else was talking I just sat there ignoring the visitor and working my little butt off, verifying as many affidavits as I possibly could... and today I went to my boss and asked if I'd done enough to make goal as I didn't make goal for August and thus for the latter part of September I was put on overtime freeze. Well... turns out I did not make goal for September and thus will not be able to work overtime for October either. Which SUCKS cause I NEED overtime to help pay for the wedding... or at least to help pay for bills and rent when I'm done paying for the wedding... in anycase I NEED to be able to work overtime and I'm at a COMPLETE loss as I seriously did the best that I could throughout all of September and if mid-month reviews are to be believed (they don't change your overtime freeze status, just allow you to see how your doing thus far in that given month) then I had close to the highest number of affidavits ran... and yet I still did not make goal... I'm about ready to give up... seriously... when your best isn't good enough, what can you do?
And finally, I guess I have to recant what I said earlier cause I am a bit mad at Matt. But that's a recent development since I started writing this entry. See, he took the dirty laundry to his mom's house to cool off. We talked about me going but I need to be somewhere comfy and familiar. I needed to stay here... and I need him too but, alas, he needed to leave the apartment. So I decided that was fine, that he could leave and do the laundry and I'd stay here and cuddle up and cool off some, with the promise that he'd be back before 11 (which is "our time" as of thursday) and that we'd both wear hats until he got back. Well he went to Sunfresh with his brother, Chris and called while Chris ran inside and informed me that his hat "was too hot and thus he had to take it off" Well... that sounds silly but the hats were a connection... silly, yes, but it cheered me up a bit to think that we'd both look silly until he got back... and on top pf everthing else... It makes me minorly mad at him... but it's play-mad when considering all the above.
However, regardless how mad I am with the world and all that.... I did get up a video today for Randomchatters so that much I can consider good... although it's not much more than more ranting, I did include the mandatory why today is awesome... so yay! I promise I'll make a better video next week....
till next time,
DFTBA
DISCLAIMER: When I say that I am mad at the world, I do not mean the following people/items. 1- I am not mad at either of my maid of honors whom did an amazing job with my bridal shower. 2- I am not mad at my mom who is doing all that she possibly can so that I get to have my wedding at the Elms where I want it. 3- I am not mad at my dad as there is no reason I should be. 4-I am not mad at my amazing husband-to-be Matt, because he puts up with me when I'm in these moods and none of it is his fault. In fact I'm highly thankful to matt for putting up with me and allowing me to bawl like a baby on his shoulder. 5/6/7/8- I am not mad at my ninny, aunt becky, jewelee or robbie. the first two as they help me through whatever I have to face and try to keep me as sane as possible, the later two because I've no reason to be mad at them and if there was a reason to be mad at them- their cuteness would override said reason. 9- I am not mad at my grandmother Nora who does what she can for me and although at times she can feel... restrictive... I know she does have my best interests at heart and honestly wants to help. 10- I am not mad at mountain dew- as it is my minor alcohol, i am also very thankful for it and don't know what I'd do without it.
Ok... disclaimer out of the way... what I AM mad at... well... there's really no one to blame.. and thus I say I am mad at the world. See, Matt and I opened a joint checking account but for reasons I'm not sure of I couldn't keep my individual account (nor did I want to, though I DO know why I didn't want to. I didn't WANT to keep it cause one checking account is more than enough to keep tract of, much less two) and so we closed that account, moved the funds to my new account, and linked my debit card to the new account. The problem being... I DID have auto-deposit on my paychecks... and so I made sure to uncheck auto-deposit at work and re-wire it to the new account instead, but sometime between the time I disabled auto-deposit and reenabled it with the new account, the new paychecks went through (last wed). Well... needless to say my funds did NOT get deposited into my new account, and I was expecting to get my paycheck in the mail... so I gave it till Friday then called up HR as my paycheck had yet to appear. A small solace was found in the fact that Matt DID get his paycheck physically handed to him on Friday.
So, we deposited his check in the account and paid off my wedding dress with the funds because my deadline to pay off the dress completely was Sunday. Well... for whatever reason the way our world works, you can withdraw funds ANYTIME you want and they'll happily take the money out of your account... unfortunitly, you can't just deposit money so freely. What ended up happening is that David's Bridal's payment wen through... Matt's paycheck is still on pending... and thus it now looks like we have insufficient funds.
Now, had all the paychecks gone through, we still would be broke and have no money now... but at least I could find peace in knowing my bills and stuff had been taken care of. As it is we are shown as having insufficient funds, AND my insurance, 3 credit card bills, cell phone, rent, and a small store-wide credit card still need paid before my next paycheck... normally all this would be taken care of... o, and I've no money left for food either.
Well, lets continue with the story. So, after finding my old account deleted, Citi mailed my check to me... and they said that the check should come in the mail today. Well, waitied till 5pm... checked the mail... not a thing. so I called them back and they said they don't know where the check is currently, but they are going to void that and then auto-deposit my check into my account, but due to bank processing and all that, the earliest I will get it is Wednesday. A whole week AFTER it was supposed to be given to me.
As for Matt's paycheck, I'm told it's supposed to go through tonight at midnight.... but still that's not too helpful... I think that will give us 50 dollars. YAY! *note sarcasm*
So while dealing with trying to find money to put into the gas tank (difficulty: 2), money to buy food with (difficulty: 100), and money with which to buy my tranquilizer (mountain dew) (difficulty: 5), I also had a wedding shower which I outlined a few previous entries back. (enjoyment level- 10) And with wedding showers come presents. and with presents not-given at the anniversary of your birth (also known as your birthday), comes the necessity of writing out thank you cards! (enjoyment level- 2. it gets points as I"m able to cuddle in my new blankets while doing this.) And while writing thank you notes is already at the top of my "yay I get to do this list", it just made the cake when, after getting back to my apartment, I seem to have lost my thank you notes mom gave me, as well as the list of who gave me what. So as much I as I seriously want to get to writing thank you notes... I can't cause I don't have the cards nor the paper telling who gave me what.
And to top it all off- when I got home Matt had cleaned the room up a bit- now THAT I am not angry about.. that was nice to come home to... what was NOT nice to come home to- Carolyn banged on the door, walked in and said how the room was nothing but a mess and she was allowing us to stay on the lease and it's disrespectful for us to keep the room in such a state of disarray. Now, had she said that yesterday, I'd recoil like some sad puppy that got smacked and begrudgingly cleaned up... as, yes, it is true that yesterday you could not have seen the floor... but matt worked hard on the room, the floor was near spotless and the only 'mess' left was on the futon where I had dumped my clean clothes and extra blankets and clothes that I really don't have room for elsewhere. and so, that just got added to the heap of things I'm mad about. Cause it's not easy fitting everything in this room unorganized... and it's near impossible to get everything to it's "rightful place" because it's all packed in tightly. I mean, there's just not enough space in the room for all of the clothing and stuff... so we do our best... but apparently that's not quite good enough.
Which.... reminds me! I missed something else that I'm mad at. I'm mad at my boss. Cause I'm honestly at a loss. I've worked freaking hard all of September, including times when everyone else was talking I just sat there ignoring the visitor and working my little butt off, verifying as many affidavits as I possibly could... and today I went to my boss and asked if I'd done enough to make goal as I didn't make goal for August and thus for the latter part of September I was put on overtime freeze. Well... turns out I did not make goal for September and thus will not be able to work overtime for October either. Which SUCKS cause I NEED overtime to help pay for the wedding... or at least to help pay for bills and rent when I'm done paying for the wedding... in anycase I NEED to be able to work overtime and I'm at a COMPLETE loss as I seriously did the best that I could throughout all of September and if mid-month reviews are to be believed (they don't change your overtime freeze status, just allow you to see how your doing thus far in that given month) then I had close to the highest number of affidavits ran... and yet I still did not make goal... I'm about ready to give up... seriously... when your best isn't good enough, what can you do?
And finally, I guess I have to recant what I said earlier cause I am a bit mad at Matt. But that's a recent development since I started writing this entry. See, he took the dirty laundry to his mom's house to cool off. We talked about me going but I need to be somewhere comfy and familiar. I needed to stay here... and I need him too but, alas, he needed to leave the apartment. So I decided that was fine, that he could leave and do the laundry and I'd stay here and cuddle up and cool off some, with the promise that he'd be back before 11 (which is "our time" as of thursday) and that we'd both wear hats until he got back. Well he went to Sunfresh with his brother, Chris and called while Chris ran inside and informed me that his hat "was too hot and thus he had to take it off" Well... that sounds silly but the hats were a connection... silly, yes, but it cheered me up a bit to think that we'd both look silly until he got back... and on top pf everthing else... It makes me minorly mad at him... but it's play-mad when considering all the above.
However, regardless how mad I am with the world and all that.... I did get up a video today for Randomchatters so that much I can consider good... although it's not much more than more ranting, I did include the mandatory why today is awesome... so yay! I promise I'll make a better video next week....
till next time,
DFTBA
So I Actually Missed a Day, But It's Still Early Enough That It Counts For Me
So 'today's' adventures in the life of the soon-to-be Mrs. Shayna Nicole Gier, we tried to make a little money off of some books that I've already read and thought that I could get rid of them. Matt and I packed up 52 books, including college textbooks, christian non-fiction, dating, fiction, ad how-to-do-it books and took them to the half priced book store which offered us a total of ...37 dollars for the lot of them. Talk about paying you to let them take them off your hands. But as one of the 52 was a book in good condition that when I looked up on a book pricer I own, it was that book was selling used for 32. I Figured, hey, why not sell them on ebay instead? Since my uncle is already on E-bay, I just went over to my uncle's house and dropped off the 52 books that I'm gonna sell and put min. prices that we'll take for them on little "bookmarks" for him. With several being at 5 dollars, and a few below that, and with the fact that I didn't write dow every price I wrote down-- minimally we should be able to get like 410 dollars all together.... I'm hoping that doesn't take forever to do cause 400 would be AWESOME for wedding stuffs!
So I'm hoping that all works out. We then came home and matt's been trying to jailbreak the ipod ever since... but that's not working too well.... anyways, I'm thinking about entering the "ohnomoney"--> honeymoon thing on my life is average cause I' think it's funny either that or a previous quirky thing I said that went like this....
Matt: *during a game of rapid fire q/a* What does it mean for two people to "have chemistry"?
Me: That they attend a science class in which they study the atomic structure and it's chemical properties when it mixes with other chemicals or substances"
so... what do you thing,, ohnomoney or chemistry defined? Comment please!
Till next time,
DFTBA
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Bridal Shower Blabery
Ok, so I never mentioned it before, but today was my Bridal Shower! *crowd cheers and applauds* Which was really cool and I think a very good way to start out my real first blog on Blogspot! For your convenience, I have posted all past blogs from Livejournal, and will henceforth blog on this instead. What do you think of my awesome skin?
Anyways, back to the Bridal Shower. It was thrown for me by my two maid of honors: My baby sister, Shelby, and Amanda. It was pretty awesome. We played 2 games, though my sister and amanda planned for three. The problem was half of the party had to leave to go to a birthday party for a different friend, and Amanda, one of the hosts, had to leave to attend a wedding afterwards too... so we ran a bit short on time. But anyways, first Amanda and Shelby gave us all a list of 20 Anagrams that had to do with love and weddings and gave us 5 minutes to decode them, and I got 12, which was actually rather average as everyone was cheating off of everyone else. Cindy got 13 though so she won. the funniest one was this: ohnomoney---> honeymoon. My aunt recognized the 'ohnomoney' and thought that as a wedding-related anagram, it was awesome; but she didn't get that it was supposed to be honeymoon till near the end of the five minutes.
The second 'game' we played was cool cause I totally aced it! It was called How Well Do You Know Shayna? For this one Shelby and Amanda read a list of questions off and everyone went around and said what they think I would answer, then I said my answer and they got to see how good they did. There wasn't really a prize or anything, but I found it entertaining to see what others thought that I had answered.We only got through 12 of the 20 questions at that game. For the fun of it I'm gonna list the questions that I still remember. Please, if you read this, reply with what you think the answers are... if you leave an email address I'll write back the correct answers:
1. What is Shayna's ideal outfit?
2. What is Shayna's worst quality/characteristic?
3. What is Shayna's favorite game?
4. What is Shayna's best quality/characteristic?
5. What annoys Shayna the most?
6. What is Shayna's favorite day of the week?
7. What is Shayna's favorite movie (not including Harry Potter)?
8. What is Shayna's favorite restaurant?
9. What does Shayna want to name her firstborn girl?
10.What does Shayna do when she is home alone?
Ok! Can't wait to read all your different answers! Anyways, on with info on the Wedding Shower!
So after that game I opened up presents which was extremely odd for me because the only time I get to unwrap presents is during December... and it's still October! Well, anyways a non-complete list of what I got follows. Sorry if I forgot your present, it's not that it wasn't awesome it's just that I'm doing this on my bed with my Macbook and Snuggie and only by my memory, so please forgive me?
1. 2 Blue Snuggies (which are seriously made of awesome!)
2. 20 piece flatware set I had picked out where the stems are circular and have two circles in the design... I'll show them to you at some later point.
3. 1 oversized red indulgence blanket- which is super-soft!
4. 19 knives! - do I need to say more?
5. A Toaster/coffee maker/iron 3-in-one package
6. A Crock pot and a crock pot cook book
7. A tool box w/ hammer and screwdriver set, a nightie, and a cookbook
8. A 40-piece rubberware storage set (which is seriosuly cool cause there's only 3 differently sized lids and the containers are a bunch of different sizes)
9. A Lucky basket containing towels and soaps/lotion/bubblebath!
10. 3 Photo albums for the wedding shower, wedding and honeymoon
11. An AWESOME shower curtain that has a bunch of internet smilies on it
12. A set of kitchen towels/oven mitts/pot holders
13. A Photo frame that is chrome and as a heart cut out of it for the picture to go into
That's all I can remember off the top of my head, but basically it was awesome!
The game we DIDN'T get to play was charades. That was unfortunate as my sister put in a lot of work on that game. She had taken red construction paper (well more like scrapbook paper but whatever, it looked nice) and cut them into heart shapes, and then wrote in silver sharpie a bunch of marriage-related topics/movies that we would have had to act out.. some of them were kind of interesting, like Monster In Law and would have been funny to see acted out. But we ran outta time so.... yea!
Finally we ate cake and punch and took pictures and talked until people had to leave for their next event. Mom had bought me about 15 or so cupcakes which were arranged and frosted to look like a wedding cake. It was really cute, and the cupcakes tasted good too.
Overall, I had a blast! Now however, it is time to get back to planning the wedding and making sure I get everything taken care of in time. Specifically this week, I have to order the invitations and get those sent out probably by next week and if not then then by the week after that.
Which means... if you are reading this and have NOT sent me your address- please do so on facebook! Thanks!
Till next time, DFTBA
Anyways, back to the Bridal Shower. It was thrown for me by my two maid of honors: My baby sister, Shelby, and Amanda. It was pretty awesome. We played 2 games, though my sister and amanda planned for three. The problem was half of the party had to leave to go to a birthday party for a different friend, and Amanda, one of the hosts, had to leave to attend a wedding afterwards too... so we ran a bit short on time. But anyways, first Amanda and Shelby gave us all a list of 20 Anagrams that had to do with love and weddings and gave us 5 minutes to decode them, and I got 12, which was actually rather average as everyone was cheating off of everyone else. Cindy got 13 though so she won. the funniest one was this: ohnomoney---> honeymoon. My aunt recognized the 'ohnomoney' and thought that as a wedding-related anagram, it was awesome; but she didn't get that it was supposed to be honeymoon till near the end of the five minutes.
The second 'game' we played was cool cause I totally aced it! It was called How Well Do You Know Shayna? For this one Shelby and Amanda read a list of questions off and everyone went around and said what they think I would answer, then I said my answer and they got to see how good they did. There wasn't really a prize or anything, but I found it entertaining to see what others thought that I had answered.We only got through 12 of the 20 questions at that game. For the fun of it I'm gonna list the questions that I still remember. Please, if you read this, reply with what you think the answers are... if you leave an email address I'll write back the correct answers:
1. What is Shayna's ideal outfit?
2. What is Shayna's worst quality/characteristic?
3. What is Shayna's favorite game?
4. What is Shayna's best quality/characteristic?
5. What annoys Shayna the most?
6. What is Shayna's favorite day of the week?
7. What is Shayna's favorite movie (not including Harry Potter)?
8. What is Shayna's favorite restaurant?
9. What does Shayna want to name her firstborn girl?
10.What does Shayna do when she is home alone?
Ok! Can't wait to read all your different answers! Anyways, on with info on the Wedding Shower!
So after that game I opened up presents which was extremely odd for me because the only time I get to unwrap presents is during December... and it's still October! Well, anyways a non-complete list of what I got follows. Sorry if I forgot your present, it's not that it wasn't awesome it's just that I'm doing this on my bed with my Macbook and Snuggie and only by my memory, so please forgive me?
1. 2 Blue Snuggies (which are seriously made of awesome!)
2. 20 piece flatware set I had picked out where the stems are circular and have two circles in the design... I'll show them to you at some later point.
3. 1 oversized red indulgence blanket- which is super-soft!
4. 19 knives! - do I need to say more?
5. A Toaster/coffee maker/iron 3-in-one package
6. A Crock pot and a crock pot cook book
7. A tool box w/ hammer and screwdriver set, a nightie, and a cookbook
8. A 40-piece rubberware storage set (which is seriosuly cool cause there's only 3 differently sized lids and the containers are a bunch of different sizes)
9. A Lucky basket containing towels and soaps/lotion/bubblebath!
10. 3 Photo albums for the wedding shower, wedding and honeymoon
11. An AWESOME shower curtain that has a bunch of internet smilies on it
12. A set of kitchen towels/oven mitts/pot holders
13. A Photo frame that is chrome and as a heart cut out of it for the picture to go into
That's all I can remember off the top of my head, but basically it was awesome!
The game we DIDN'T get to play was charades. That was unfortunate as my sister put in a lot of work on that game. She had taken red construction paper (well more like scrapbook paper but whatever, it looked nice) and cut them into heart shapes, and then wrote in silver sharpie a bunch of marriage-related topics/movies that we would have had to act out.. some of them were kind of interesting, like Monster In Law and would have been funny to see acted out. But we ran outta time so.... yea!
Finally we ate cake and punch and took pictures and talked until people had to leave for their next event. Mom had bought me about 15 or so cupcakes which were arranged and frosted to look like a wedding cake. It was really cute, and the cupcakes tasted good too.
Overall, I had a blast! Now however, it is time to get back to planning the wedding and making sure I get everything taken care of in time. Specifically this week, I have to order the invitations and get those sent out probably by next week and if not then then by the week after that.
Which means... if you are reading this and have NOT sent me your address- please do so on facebook! Thanks!
Till next time, DFTBA
No Work Today!
So if anyone but Stacey reads this, please comment and let me know!
So there's no work today (saturday and I'm once again on overtime freeze) and I'm feeling rather... tired.. lathargic. My sister went to visit Truman college today... Matt's working... Mom reportably went to the Elms yesterday, hasn't contacted me, and also reportedly "needs to talk to me" about the elms.
I'm also kinda excited cause my bridal shower is next week! SERIOUSLY!! That seems a little... odd... MY bridal shower... yay! on one hand, not sure who is invited and whatnot, on the other hand, the idea of getting gifts to pon mid-year is just... weird to me! oh well, I'll enjoy it!
and now I'm tired so I'm gonna rest till matt gets home.
So there's no work today (saturday and I'm once again on overtime freeze) and I'm feeling rather... tired.. lathargic. My sister went to visit Truman college today... Matt's working... Mom reportably went to the Elms yesterday, hasn't contacted me, and also reportedly "needs to talk to me" about the elms.
I'm also kinda excited cause my bridal shower is next week! SERIOUSLY!! That seems a little... odd... MY bridal shower... yay! on one hand, not sure who is invited and whatnot, on the other hand, the idea of getting gifts to pon mid-year is just... weird to me! oh well, I'll enjoy it!
and now I'm tired so I'm gonna rest till matt gets home.
Decisions, Decisions
I don't know what to do... there is one good option... but as usual most people won't be happy if I choose it... then again, every other solution is impossible or complicates things or makes life... not easy...
see... I moved in with Carolyn and Jeremy...and Matt is basically kicked out of his house... and the appartment people won't let him stay with us without adding him to the lease- in which case carolyn raises the rent to 400... which we can't afford....
There's an apartment litterally 5 minutes away from my work... 280-325 dollars a month... it's almost perfect... then again.. I don't know how to tell mom I'm moving out from Carolyn's and into my own apartment... not when to her there appears to be nothing that would precipitate that... so I don't know what to do...
see... I moved in with Carolyn and Jeremy...and Matt is basically kicked out of his house... and the appartment people won't let him stay with us without adding him to the lease- in which case carolyn raises the rent to 400... which we can't afford....
There's an apartment litterally 5 minutes away from my work... 280-325 dollars a month... it's almost perfect... then again.. I don't know how to tell mom I'm moving out from Carolyn's and into my own apartment... not when to her there appears to be nothing that would precipitate that... so I don't know what to do...
New Countdown!
Ok, so most of you won't understand this, but I'm gonna try to explain it.
See, in my book, a relationship will work if two parties are committed to it. And, as far as I am concerned, the idea that you have to have dated for three or two or even one year to know "if it will work out" is rediculus. So Matt asked me out in April, actually in the very begining of the month and we dated for 2 months. That was really cool. Now granted at first I was reserved and scared that he'd dump me and what not, but he was sure from the start that we went well together. And I started to see that too. We were both Harry Potter Nerdfighters who watched and recorded stuff on youtube and to top it off we were both believers in Christ and a little more than a little fed up with the institution that calls itself the church today.
If you've read my notes on facebook, then you know where my thoughts come from and all that.
Anyways, something that I think the institutional church (I'm gonna refer to it as the IC from now on) seems to have forgotten is the absolute authority that God grants us. Think about that before you go spamming me. Sure, they SAY God is all powerful. I don't disagree with MUCH that they SAY. What I'm interested in and what gets to me is what they DO. Say for example, you feel like God is telling you to NOT go to church summer-camp this year. In a LOT of the ICs you will immediately hear "are you sure that God wants you to stay behind?" "Have you prayed about this?" "What about the fellowship you are missing out on?" ect. But, in fact, the week that Summer Camp is scheduled for, your friend's parents kick them outta the house and you are needed there.... which is following God's plan?
And if you say staying behind-- what will it take you to convince the IC leaders of that BEFORE hand, not knowing what is to come?
Anyways, I am throughly convinced that God is who we answer to, and God alone. The other possible exceptions to the law- parents if you are below the age of consent (what exactly that age is is an ENTIRELY different topic altogether) and to your spouse. Other than that, I am not convinced that we, as followers of Christ, answer to anyone. No, this isn't a random bout of rebellion, in fact, it's in scripture that since Christ came the "hierarchy" is broken you YOU have DIRECT access to God. And if you have direct access to God, then you are in fact a Priest (again, this is scriptural) and thus answer TO God.
So Matt and I, believeing that we have direct access to God, exchanged vows in my basement on May 13, 2009. Effectivly commiting to each other in a binding contract between ourselves and God.
But, as secure as that relationship is, it is a PAIN from everyone else.... and so he asked to marry me leggally and we decided to have a wedding on Dec 27th of 2009.
And I am WAY excited about that! So... when I referred to "my husband" before, that's because to me, he is.. but in fact we ARE having a wedding and LEGALLY getting married Dec 27th so then I will officially be "Shayna Nicole Gier" which is way cool
Currently reading: Love and Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggeriches
All Moved In
So I came home from work and Carolyn and Matt had got my room all nice and set up! it was cool! So then we played Life. I came in last and Jeremy won, adn then Jeremy left and Carolyn, Matt and I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Work was busy... yup.. that's all for today!
Currently reading: The Boyfriend List by E. Lockheart.
So That Worked Brilliantly, Didn't It?
Ok, so the whole countdown/blog thing didn't work... stacey's already come here and is back gone... sadness... but I thought it silly to let a good livejournal go to waste, and so I shall use it to chroniclize my life after I've moved out of my parents house.
Moving was something that I wanted, and needed to do. being out of the house will hopefully alleviate the stress on my relationship with my mother. So far. I love it! I've made some stupid mistakes. like not packin work clothes, but after that it's been fun.
Living with Carolyn and Jeremy is a blast in general, when we are all around. you never know what will be said. not to mention that my boyfriend/fience/husband gets to be around more. Sadly, he will be taken home tomorrow... but that will all be corrected on friday I think... he's allowed to stay for three days, so it's basically stay three and off three. I don't know whether or not I'll see him on the other days, I hope to, but that depends on how tired I am, but at the least I have the three days that he IS here, and that is worth it.
Not to mention I live closer to my work, so I'm able to wake up by 8:30 and still get there on time. I like that alot! I'm not near as tired and I'm rather alert at work.
Speaking of at work, I'm seriously wondering how ANYONE gets anyhting done! so there's this woman there, D. and D works EXTREMELY hard. like seriosuly goes through a ton of accounts a day and all. me, her, c, and another woman probably all work the hardest of everyone. Well we were noterizing and talking and I found out that NONE of us can work overime due to scorecards. And I knew that I had been on a 3 month freeze, but I thought for sure these ladies were making goal... so I'm kinda feeling a bit defeated over it all... I mean... if these women, some who have been working for the company since Ive been born, can't meet the goal.... *sighs* is there really any hope that I'll get back in the 3's even this next month? I guess I'll find out within 2-3 weeks.
And now, I am very tired adn no one elsse is currently in the apartment. which sucks cause I was rather anxious to talk to matt and cuddle up next to him... I suppose there's later for taht. and since I've nothing else to do, I'm settling for maybe calling my parents to check on my sister who got her teeth pulled today and then a nap.
I'll check back in soon, promise!
Moving was something that I wanted, and needed to do. being out of the house will hopefully alleviate the stress on my relationship with my mother. So far. I love it! I've made some stupid mistakes. like not packin work clothes, but after that it's been fun.
Living with Carolyn and Jeremy is a blast in general, when we are all around. you never know what will be said. not to mention that my boyfriend/fience/husband gets to be around more. Sadly, he will be taken home tomorrow... but that will all be corrected on friday I think... he's allowed to stay for three days, so it's basically stay three and off three. I don't know whether or not I'll see him on the other days, I hope to, but that depends on how tired I am, but at the least I have the three days that he IS here, and that is worth it.
Not to mention I live closer to my work, so I'm able to wake up by 8:30 and still get there on time. I like that alot! I'm not near as tired and I'm rather alert at work.
Speaking of at work, I'm seriously wondering how ANYONE gets anyhting done! so there's this woman there, D. and D works EXTREMELY hard. like seriosuly goes through a ton of accounts a day and all. me, her, c, and another woman probably all work the hardest of everyone. Well we were noterizing and talking and I found out that NONE of us can work overime due to scorecards. And I knew that I had been on a 3 month freeze, but I thought for sure these ladies were making goal... so I'm kinda feeling a bit defeated over it all... I mean... if these women, some who have been working for the company since Ive been born, can't meet the goal.... *sighs* is there really any hope that I'll get back in the 3's even this next month? I guess I'll find out within 2-3 weeks.
And now, I am very tired adn no one elsse is currently in the apartment. which sucks cause I was rather anxious to talk to matt and cuddle up next to him... I suppose there's later for taht. and since I've nothing else to do, I'm settling for maybe calling my parents to check on my sister who got her teeth pulled today and then a nap.
I'll check back in soon, promise!
So I Suck at Blogging....
Well I do! I skipped a day, already! hopefully I'll update this later today, but let it be said there is an entry for June 1st
Ok, so the writters block of today is what one wish I wish would come true this month. Well... to answer that question, I would love it if I could just forget my double life and were able to peacefully and happily live with my family, while still being matt's wife... that would be awesome.
As for the realistic view of life- here is what I have to look forward to-
This week - I went to the dentist and got another filling today. I HATE the mouth numbness that forms afterwards... Mom and Matt and I had a fairly decent talk and that was cool... Ryan is coming over later to talk too- as we havne't dont that for a while. Tomorrow I work and there's not much to that. Wednesday I'm taking Shelby to Red Lobster with matt. She seems to think that this is going to be screwed up, but I don't think it is and I'm rather looking forward to it. Thursday is... nothing, Friday is bowling I think.. that sounds like the plan....... and Saturday I am taking pictures at WalMart with matt, for mom (well, the individuals are for mom... I really want a few pics of matt and I too) and finally, Sunday I get to go see The Moaning Myrtles, The Whomping Willows, and Justing Finch Fletchy in Lawrence, Ks. I'm REALLY looking forward to that too.
NExt week- Monday consists of yet another visit to the dentist, of which my excitment level is inversely porportional to how much I'm looking forward to the Wrock concert.... After that I don't know...
beyond that- well... I'll have to either get a root canal or extraction (but then I am DONE with the dentist!!!) and... who knows what else the month holds... am too tired to think about it much longer,, so deal with it.
DFTBA,
~Shayna
Ok, so the writters block of today is what one wish I wish would come true this month. Well... to answer that question, I would love it if I could just forget my double life and were able to peacefully and happily live with my family, while still being matt's wife... that would be awesome.
As for the realistic view of life- here is what I have to look forward to-
This week - I went to the dentist and got another filling today. I HATE the mouth numbness that forms afterwards... Mom and Matt and I had a fairly decent talk and that was cool... Ryan is coming over later to talk too- as we havne't dont that for a while. Tomorrow I work and there's not much to that. Wednesday I'm taking Shelby to Red Lobster with matt. She seems to think that this is going to be screwed up, but I don't think it is and I'm rather looking forward to it. Thursday is... nothing, Friday is bowling I think.. that sounds like the plan....... and Saturday I am taking pictures at WalMart with matt, for mom (well, the individuals are for mom... I really want a few pics of matt and I too) and finally, Sunday I get to go see The Moaning Myrtles, The Whomping Willows, and Justing Finch Fletchy in Lawrence, Ks. I'm REALLY looking forward to that too.
NExt week- Monday consists of yet another visit to the dentist, of which my excitment level is inversely porportional to how much I'm looking forward to the Wrock concert.... After that I don't know...
beyond that- well... I'll have to either get a root canal or extraction (but then I am DONE with the dentist!!!) and... who knows what else the month holds... am too tired to think about it much longer,, so deal with it.
DFTBA,
~Shayna
Day Two
So it's my sister's 17th birthday party and it's been really fun. I've been hanging out with my husband all night which has been a blast ther than the time mom told me o "act younger" and my sister reminded me that I had to take him home. Honestly, I am kinda tired and not looking forward to taking him back to his house.
So for my sister's party we played Things and Apples to Apples and Truth Dare Double Dare Promise or Repeat o, and twister! Matt let me win on Twister.
So yea... question of the day is... what little things I do everyday to help the earth. honestly, nothing. I don't hesitate to jump in my car, throw everything away.... I'm awful. Anyways... that was a dud. I hope that future questions of the day are more fascinating.
In conclusion, I FREAKING LOVE MY HUSBAND!!!!!
So for my sister's party we played Things and Apples to Apples and Truth Dare Double Dare Promise or Repeat o, and twister! Matt let me win on Twister.
So yea... question of the day is... what little things I do everyday to help the earth. honestly, nothing. I don't hesitate to jump in my car, throw everything away.... I'm awful. Anyways... that was a dud. I hope that future questions of the day are more fascinating.
In conclusion, I FREAKING LOVE MY HUSBAND!!!!!
42!
Hey!
So chances are only Stacey is reading this. This is day one of my 42 straight days of blogging! Hopefully I do better at this than I do at Vlogging everyday in april.
So lets see...yea, I'm married.. that kinda rocks, kinda sucks. would rock if it weren't for the whole not-living together thing.,.. and something REALLY cool happens in 42 days! I'm really looking forward to that! I think I'm just gonna dress up as a random hogwarts student for the midnight showing, insteadof a certain specific character. my husband likes to point out I'm not hogwarts-aged anymore, but that's why it's called dressing up and eing in costume, no?
Speaking of fun Harry Potter things, I get to go to Wrockstock in November. I am looking forward to that a LOT. FIFTEEN wizard rock bands in THREE days! HECK YEA! I hope Matt gets to go, but whatever. And I get to play (or att least watch) quidditch and...yea!
So I don't know what else to say... that's all for today I guess. ttyl! and DFTBA
So chances are only Stacey is reading this. This is day one of my 42 straight days of blogging! Hopefully I do better at this than I do at Vlogging everyday in april.
So lets see...yea, I'm married.. that kinda rocks, kinda sucks. would rock if it weren't for the whole not-living together thing.,.. and something REALLY cool happens in 42 days! I'm really looking forward to that! I think I'm just gonna dress up as a random hogwarts student for the midnight showing, insteadof a certain specific character. my husband likes to point out I'm not hogwarts-aged anymore, but that's why it's called dressing up and eing in costume, no?
Speaking of fun Harry Potter things, I get to go to Wrockstock in November. I am looking forward to that a LOT. FIFTEEN wizard rock bands in THREE days! HECK YEA! I hope Matt gets to go, but whatever. And I get to play (or att least watch) quidditch and...yea!
So I don't know what else to say... that's all for today I guess. ttyl! and DFTBA
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