2012

Wow, its been several months since I last wrote anything down. Life is crazy and I feel like I never have the time to sit and reflect, but at the same time I feel understimulated. Ah, welcome to my brain.

Last time I wrote it was Fall and I was telling you all about Chloe, the little chocolate lab puppy we planned to add to our family. Well, Chloe is not so little anymore, extremely active, and 5 months old!!!! She is adorable and a barrel of laughs. Seriously, she makes me laugh almost every day. I never figured myself a dog person – and really, I’m still a cat lady at heart – but Chloe adds to my life. She gives me a reason to get up and out every day, to stay active, and she’s great company too.

We’ve been educating our little pooch too – she passed THREE puppy kindergarten classes and tonight we start her basic obedience. She can sit, shake a paw, lay down, speak, spin (with a lure), and crawl (also with a lure). She is fully crate trained and knows what "park", "outside", and "bed" mean. She comes when she’s called and is pretty fantastic if you ask me. 😉 

Besides the little chocolate tornado in our lives there isn’t much excitement going on. I work a lot and Shannon works a lot and we never work at the same time, so that is definately kind of a drag. We both have good jobs – I work for the city and Shannon works at a university, but I am sick to death of this city. I have been trying to get to Toronto for over 7 years now and no such luck. My plan was to always graduate from university and then pick up and move to Toronto. But then I met Shannon and got married, so I just stayed here. Finally Shannon has agreed to at least LOOK into moving to Toronto…. I’d have already left, except I do love my job and I would need to find something comparable if I were to move. There’s a housing department with the City of Toronto too, but obviously I’ll have to try and weasel my way in there somehow. It wasn’t easy getting into this city, but I figured it out…. so we’ll see. It’s just a pipe dream and we might not even go anywhere. I’m glad he’s at least willing to consider though.

Weight wise I’ve gained about 30 lbs since the wedding. I joined WW again on Tuesday to try and get me grounded. At least I only have 30 lbs to lose this time and not like 120 lbs. So far so good – their new program is nice because fruits and veggies are 0 points and points are calculated using actual nutrition like protein and carbs, so you make better food choices. Hopefully I’ll be back down to 160 by summer. 🙂 

Something else in the back of my head… because Shannon works at a university we get free tuition there as do our children. Well, it makes sense that I complete it now, while it’s free – right? Every year when I think about applying  for my masters I put it off for another year but maybe I should actually get the show on the road while I can… ya know?

Otherwise, not a ton to look forward to right now. I wish my work hours were more consistant with Shannon’s and I wish that we lived closer to friends and family. I think life would feel more complete if that was the case.

So, 2011 has come and gone. This year my goal is to pay back as much debt as possible. I’m in pretty good financial shape but I would like to pay down my school loans and continue saving for a home – wherever we end up.

That’s all for now.