Some very important events this week.

1. Yesterday I found out that one of my good friends is having baby #2! She’s my age. She’s on baby #2. Ba-bee-#2. That’s a lot of babies. I’m so far behind with that whole baby thing. Going to be 30 in 2 years and I don’t even have the thought of a baby #1. Oh well. Very exciting for her.

2. But tooooodaaaayyyyy……
I found out that one of best bestest friends is getting freaking married!!! I’m so excited for her!!!

But this is all so shocking because she led me to believe that she really had no plans of getting engaged anytime in the near future.

But getting caught off guard with a proposal is pretty much the best thing ever!! So things couldn’t be better.

Cheers to a happy couple, another fun wedding and a life full of love.

3. Finally, I noticed that my dog is not losing his penis hair. James said it’s like baby peach fuzz that will go away. But it’s not going away. I hate that our dog has a penis, let alone lots of hair on it. Gross.

What an exciting week!! What will happen tomorrow????

Times are tough. I mean we’re in a recession. I’m sure most people have had to cut back on things. But the positive side of this is there’s always sales and coupons. I didn’t even care about coupons up until a few months ago. But now, I just can’t bring myself to pay full price for ANYTHING. Because really, there are coupons for everything. EVERYTHING.

Now days, before I make a purchase, I usually check slickdeals.net, and 80% of the time I’ll find a printable coupon or internet code to get a discount.

Well tonight I glanced and slickdeals and noticed an 80% discount for Restaurant.com. I’ve always looked on this website, but never actually bought anything.

Glancing through the available places, I saw Tantalum on there!!! Yay!! So I bought a $25 gift certificate for $2. Do you know what a great deal this is?? I actually bought 2 gift certificates but you can only use one per visit. And you can only go on Sunday through Thursday, but I’m fine with that. And if you’re a Tantalum lover too, you should buy one here (and enter the discount code “DISH”). $25 worth of food for $2? That’s the deal of the year!!

I love coupons. I love discounts. They make me soooooooo happy. Thank you to my cheap asian friend that has always inspired me to be a better person and use coupons.

Today the husband told me that he’d like to get a photo project set up of him and the dog.

“That would turn out really cool” he said (in all sincerity).

“That’s nice” I explained, “but how come you’ve never mentioned a photo project of us?”

“Jen, we had engagement and wedding pictures, isn’t that enough?”

<>How are John & Kate Plus Eight gonna get divorced when they have 8 children but that’s not my life, thank goodness.

<>There are 2 new bags of cans outside the dumpster that are not mine which means that I have officially inspired people to save the earth too.

<>We went hiking today and I fell over in slow motion and thanks to yoga I’m flexible and it didn’t hurt too bad except for all of the dirt on my butt sucked but it was beautiful with waterfalls so the treacherous fall was worth it.

<>I faithfully watch the hills every week and get angry at myself for not being able to stop but have no plans to change this anytime soon.

<>Went to Knotts for the first time in years and it was fun except for when I got dizzy from the swings, felt vomit coming on, and had to go home because getting old sucks.

<>James said he’s putting bunk beds in the oasis (the 2nd bedroom), Rampage on the top, him on the bottom, I said sweet!

3 years ago, James’s Grandma’s condo caught on fire (brief explanation here. I don’t know if I ever updated many about what actually happened. The unit below her had a major fire and destroyed her condo. She didn’t lose too many of her belongings, but her condo was done. They were forced to gut it down to cement.

The contractors, insurance, everyone, initially told her they’d have everything redone, back up and running in a few months. She lived in a hotel for a couple months, finally coming to the realization that it was going to be a little longer. So she moved into a luxury apartment on the beach, intending to stay there for a short time. Well 3 years later, almost to the day, her condo was finally completed.

This 85 year old lady has been the most patient person I’ve ever met. If my home burned to cement and I had to store most of my stuff for 3 years, I can confidentially say I’d be pretty miserable, regularly. But she rarely complained and just kept going with life.

Fortunately, she had State Farm home owners insurance. It was amazing to see that they paid for everything. Every small thing she lost, to the years of apartment rent they’ve paid.

Even though she’s been jipped out of 3 years of living in her high rise condo with the most incredible views of everything, she’s come out ahead. Everything in her condo was redone, 10,000 times better than before. Usually you hear lame stories about how insurance companies are trying to screw everyone. I have to say, this is one case where they’ve done everything they possibly could to make things right.

So ya, 3 years later, back home, and hopefully no more fires in that building. And if you rent or own a place, get insurance! I know it seems like this could never happen to you, but you never know. Of course I hope that we never have to face a fire. But if we did, my plan is made. As long as I have my macky & external harddrive, rampy & hubby, everything else can be replaced.

I’m going to tell you why I haven’t been blogging: Because 90% of our time is devoted to the dog. And do you want to see blog after blog about dogs? No. So I have had nothing to post. Sorry (Amanda). But since I have nothing else to talk about, here you go:

1. You know how they say “once you have your own puppy, you’ll fall in love with it!!” Well it’s not the case. I like my dog fine. But I’m not in love. I do not make out with him. I do not cuddle. I told James the other day, “it’s weird that we have the same dog and you and him are like BFF, but me and him….not so much.”

2. Where do people think of the nonsense that comes out of their mouths? When I was walking him yesterday, the lady downstairs walked up to the dog and said, and I quote, (and read this with a high pitched oooogly voice) “Oooooh Rampage, you’re so soft, you’re so soft like the velveteen rabbit. But you’re the velveteen bassett.” I mean really, where do people come up with these things???

3. For your viewing pleasure since the majority of the world are dog lovers (except for Christine and I), here are a couple oh so freaking exciting snaps of the Rampage of our lives…

And finally…a pic of him and I. This is the closest I come to the dog.
*Note that I’ve had to resort to “puppy clothes.” Which pretty much means I look like a bum most of the time. Awesome.

This time…last year…

So it’s officially been a year. I will always consider our wedding one of the most perfect days of our lives together. James told me that the day before our wedding was the best day of his life. He was still single. Thanks.

Married life is good. I’m blessed to have a husband that is my perfect fit. Love you scoop. Cheersies to many more years of new adventures together.

11:30pm…I haven’t watched tv in a while. Oh perfect Sex And The City. I haven’t watched an episode in weeks, sadly. Hmmm which episode is this? I don’t remember Carrie having long brown hair. Wait, what’s this? Do my eyes and ears decieve me? Nooooo they don’t!!! That’s right James!!! Sex And The City Movie on cable???? James…we can watch this every night now!!! Happy happy day!!

Has been more than I had in mind. But we’re getting it down. Here are some things I’d like to discuss:

-Our dog has a middle name. Maximus.
His name is Rampage Maximus!

-We’ve been in this condo for 2 years. I know 2 of our neighbors. Suddenly, we’re the most popular tenants ever!! Well let me clarify. Rampage is the most popular tenant ever. The other day I had a crowd of 4 people around me (around Rampage) ooooing and awwwwing over him. “What’s his name,” they shout. “How old is he,” they need to know. But did one person ask my name? No. But not to worry, they know Rampage Maximus. Lame.

The other day, a man I’d never seen before walked by me and said good morning in a monotone voice. Then he lights up, and in a goofy lame voice and says “hi Rampage, you’re so cute, you’re so cute!” and walks off. Awesome.

-Before we had a dog, I always knew who was walking around the house dropping ass. Now, I have to ask James “was it you or the dog?”

-Unfortunately, some things never change. When we were half asleep the other morning. I turned and laid facing James. He popped his head up and started sniffing. I asked what the problem was. He said (in all seriousness) “did the dog poop in his crate or is that your breath?”

**I’ll be back soon. Computer time is temporarily limited as we’re raising a puppy. Once life is back to normal, I imagine my blog will be too.

Today was my first day alone with Rampage since the husband was at work. It’s exhausting. Ex-haus-ting! But James came home to a wife and a dog, so all is well!!

In the midst of everything, I had planned to take pics of some friends since I noticed their walls didn’t have any cool family pics. Have I mentioned I love taking pictures? It’s my favorite thing ever. Anyhow…here’s what I came up with (and I’m probably getting a little carried away, but I liked the way these turned out, a lot, I hope they do too!)…