I'm back! We haven't had internet for over a month, and my phone's 3g service has been really crappy, so I've not been able to update.
We're almost two our 2 year anniversary! Where did 2011 AND 2012 go?? Time has flown! Granted there were rough patches... and still are some, but we're getting better at working through them. Sometimes things are just so infuriating and frustrating that it seems hopeless, but we make it through :)
I've been kind of down in the dumps lately and I think it's because I have pretty much zero friends here STILL... and the people I used to talk to, don't talk to me anymore. I try to start conversations, but they kind of fizzle out after a few moments. It hurts... I feel like I have no one to go to. Well, I have Matt, but I need a female friend. I need someone to confide in and let go with and just.... be a girl.
I guess this is a depressing post. I apologize. I have nowhere else to vent this out though. I feel alone up here. No friends, no family. Just Matt and Chewy. It's no fun and really depressing.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Annoyances
I'm a horrible blogger. I really am.... I need to get better! I do enjoy it, i just feel that I have a very dull, non-exciting life! It has been 3 months to the day of my last blog update. Oops!
NEWS: Today, September 5, 2012 is my lovely husband's birthday! He is 28 years old... Yup, I married an older guy ;-) It's funny hearing stories from him and his friends about their high school years, and I'm like "I wish I would have known you guys back then. It sounds like you had a lot of fun!" Then Matt tells me "Abbi, you weren't even high school then. You were still in middle school." Ahh, true. I was. And we all know high school age kids do NOT want to be seen with a middle school kids. ;-)
So HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!
I think I'm going to try and change the title of this... I can do that, right? I don't really blog about marriage much, it is just a bunch of whatever is on my mind whenever I remember to update! I'm going to look into that...
Work has been good. Still working over 40 hours a week, but not by much. I made it through the Fall Semester rush! Whew that was an experience! I'm actually writing this at work, in between doing my job :-p
I am wanting to move into a house - for multiple reasons. Not sure if we're going to rent or look at bank owned/foreclosed houses to purchase or what, but I want out of our apartment. I really like our land lady - She is so sweet and flexible, but our neighbors are crazy and the tiny space is just getting to me. Our one downstairs neighbor is just out there... She is an ex-stripper, so thinks nothing of talking to my husband in just an untied bathrobe, fresh out of the shower (uhm can we say TOTALLY uncalled for??). Plus she slams doors when she's mad, BLASTS music at all times of day and night and if she thinks you are doing laundry too late at night, she'll post a note on the washer/dryer for you. The other neighbor, in the next building over, has been seriously flirting with Matt. I didn't say anything at first because i didn't want to be "that wife" who thinks everyone is flirting with her husband, and Matt just said/thought she was a friendly person. But when she kept touching his arm whenever we talked with her, and when she kept texting him, asking for help with ANYTHING or about her upstairs neighbors and how she wished he would do something to make them leave or whatever, and when she invited only him on a walk with the dogs and invited only him out for drinks - calling him sweetie, enough is enough. We got it to where she isn't texting him anymore, but I'm just waiting it out to see if she'll really leave him alone.
I'm just tired of apartment life. I would love to it just be Matt and I in the building, having a back yard for Chewy (or any other dogs we might get) to play in. To have much more counter space in the kitchen would also be lovely.
Moving on - I'm starting to get into the Christmas spirit already! I think this is the earliest I've gotten excited/happy for Christmas in... ever! haha I don't know why, but I'm so ready for Christmas.
Still wanting to lose weight. Haven't really lost any :( but I'm going to buckle down and get to it....
Other than that, nothing to report! Hopefully I can remember to post more often! ;-)
Abbi
NEWS: Today, September 5, 2012 is my lovely husband's birthday! He is 28 years old... Yup, I married an older guy ;-) It's funny hearing stories from him and his friends about their high school years, and I'm like "I wish I would have known you guys back then. It sounds like you had a lot of fun!" Then Matt tells me "Abbi, you weren't even high school then. You were still in middle school." Ahh, true. I was. And we all know high school age kids do NOT want to be seen with a middle school kids. ;-)
So HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!
I think I'm going to try and change the title of this... I can do that, right? I don't really blog about marriage much, it is just a bunch of whatever is on my mind whenever I remember to update! I'm going to look into that...
Work has been good. Still working over 40 hours a week, but not by much. I made it through the Fall Semester rush! Whew that was an experience! I'm actually writing this at work, in between doing my job :-p
I am wanting to move into a house - for multiple reasons. Not sure if we're going to rent or look at bank owned/foreclosed houses to purchase or what, but I want out of our apartment. I really like our land lady - She is so sweet and flexible, but our neighbors are crazy and the tiny space is just getting to me. Our one downstairs neighbor is just out there... She is an ex-stripper, so thinks nothing of talking to my husband in just an untied bathrobe, fresh out of the shower (uhm can we say TOTALLY uncalled for??). Plus she slams doors when she's mad, BLASTS music at all times of day and night and if she thinks you are doing laundry too late at night, she'll post a note on the washer/dryer for you. The other neighbor, in the next building over, has been seriously flirting with Matt. I didn't say anything at first because i didn't want to be "that wife" who thinks everyone is flirting with her husband, and Matt just said/thought she was a friendly person. But when she kept touching his arm whenever we talked with her, and when she kept texting him, asking for help with ANYTHING or about her upstairs neighbors and how she wished he would do something to make them leave or whatever, and when she invited only him on a walk with the dogs and invited only him out for drinks - calling him sweetie, enough is enough. We got it to where she isn't texting him anymore, but I'm just waiting it out to see if she'll really leave him alone.
I'm just tired of apartment life. I would love to it just be Matt and I in the building, having a back yard for Chewy (or any other dogs we might get) to play in. To have much more counter space in the kitchen would also be lovely.
Moving on - I'm starting to get into the Christmas spirit already! I think this is the earliest I've gotten excited/happy for Christmas in... ever! haha I don't know why, but I'm so ready for Christmas.
Still wanting to lose weight. Haven't really lost any :( but I'm going to buckle down and get to it....
Other than that, nothing to report! Hopefully I can remember to post more often! ;-)
Abbi
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Playing Catch Up
I've been meaning to post here for awhile, but a new semester just started here at the college, and I've been busy around the office with students and such. Plus the announcement of us moving to a new building in August, it's been pretty hectic.
A couple of weeks ago, I had my phone stolen right off my work desk while I was gone for not even 2-3 minutes. I went to the restroom, and when I came back, I noticed almost immediately that my phone was gone. I thought maybe I had carried it to the bathroom with me or the lounge. I looked in my purse and all over where I was. It wasn't even 9AM, so I hadn't been there an hour, meaning I hadn't been very many places yet.
Finally I called down to security and we looked over the security cameras. Nothing concrete, but there were two men up here for a very short time while I was away from my desk. Unfortunately, the cameras don't go into the rooms, so.... grrr
But about a week ago, I got a new phone. It's a Samsung Galaxy SII - the white version. I LOVE it.
This isn't mine, but it's the same phone. The colors are so vibrant and clear. It's amazing.
Also, I got contacts again. I missed them so much. I was starting to hate my glasses. I got them in time for vacation. But today I lost one trying to put it in. :( I was too sleepy apparently. Which sucks. Today has been a sucky morning. I hope the afternoon is better and that it speeds up!
Vacation was nice. I wish we could have been away longer so we didn't feel rushed on some things. We went to Williamsburg, VA. It was fun. We saw Jamestown, the first settlement, and the place where Pocahontas married John Rolfe. Then we saw Yorktown, and even toured Historic Williamsburg during a candlelight ghost tour. Then we went to Virginia Beach. That felt rushed, but only because we were there for a day. We took a dolphin cruise where only adults were allowed on the boat. Adult beverages were served, and it was a lot of fun. The water was rough from the tropical storms so that made it even better! lol
Other than that, nothing much else to report on. I've lost approximately 6 pounds or so. Not a huge amount, but it's a start! I don't remember if I posted here when I thought I had lost 15, but that wasn't the case. It was a mistake :(
Currently, there is someone who just comes into the admissions area and just sits here... waiting for class. It's kinda creepy. He sneaked up on me yesterday and it freaked me out. All he does is sit here and watch people and listen to conversations. *shudders*
Also, I have poison ivy. It's spreading like wildfire :( Matt had it first, and I think Chewy gave it too us because there is a poison ivy plant that he keep going to and peeing on. Then he gets on our bed while we're at work... So the oil gets transferred from him to the sheets to us. Right now we're rubbing alcohol on the blisters, and it seems to be drying up, but then it flares up again. It's driving me CRAZY!
Oh well... hopefully when I update again, it'll be gone.... because I never know how long between updates! lol
~Abbi
A couple of weeks ago, I had my phone stolen right off my work desk while I was gone for not even 2-3 minutes. I went to the restroom, and when I came back, I noticed almost immediately that my phone was gone. I thought maybe I had carried it to the bathroom with me or the lounge. I looked in my purse and all over where I was. It wasn't even 9AM, so I hadn't been there an hour, meaning I hadn't been very many places yet.
Finally I called down to security and we looked over the security cameras. Nothing concrete, but there were two men up here for a very short time while I was away from my desk. Unfortunately, the cameras don't go into the rooms, so.... grrr
But about a week ago, I got a new phone. It's a Samsung Galaxy SII - the white version. I LOVE it.
Also, I got contacts again. I missed them so much. I was starting to hate my glasses. I got them in time for vacation. But today I lost one trying to put it in. :( I was too sleepy apparently. Which sucks. Today has been a sucky morning. I hope the afternoon is better and that it speeds up!
Vacation was nice. I wish we could have been away longer so we didn't feel rushed on some things. We went to Williamsburg, VA. It was fun. We saw Jamestown, the first settlement, and the place where Pocahontas married John Rolfe. Then we saw Yorktown, and even toured Historic Williamsburg during a candlelight ghost tour. Then we went to Virginia Beach. That felt rushed, but only because we were there for a day. We took a dolphin cruise where only adults were allowed on the boat. Adult beverages were served, and it was a lot of fun. The water was rough from the tropical storms so that made it even better! lol
Other than that, nothing much else to report on. I've lost approximately 6 pounds or so. Not a huge amount, but it's a start! I don't remember if I posted here when I thought I had lost 15, but that wasn't the case. It was a mistake :(
Currently, there is someone who just comes into the admissions area and just sits here... waiting for class. It's kinda creepy. He sneaked up on me yesterday and it freaked me out. All he does is sit here and watch people and listen to conversations. *shudders*
Also, I have poison ivy. It's spreading like wildfire :( Matt had it first, and I think Chewy gave it too us because there is a poison ivy plant that he keep going to and peeing on. Then he gets on our bed while we're at work... So the oil gets transferred from him to the sheets to us. Right now we're rubbing alcohol on the blisters, and it seems to be drying up, but then it flares up again. It's driving me CRAZY!
Oh well... hopefully when I update again, it'll be gone.... because I never know how long between updates! lol
~Abbi
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Little Update
Well, by now I'm sure you all have figured out that I am not a very good blogger! I hardly ever update on anything haha. It's my fault, not making time for it. But I work over 40 hours a week and when I get home, I barely want to make dinner! Much less clean the house and then blog.
I think the last time I wrote, it was our anniversary. So that must mean I never updated in April? Wow, I AM horrible at this!
Not much has been going on. We don't lead a very exciting life, haha. We get up, go to work for over 8 hours, get home, crash on the sofas, eat dinner, watch tv, and go to bed, just to do it all again the next day. Although, this week, we've been going to the gym every night, and it's paid off! I've lost 7 pounds since the last time I weighted myself! That is a total of 15 pounds lost since I started back in February! I am SO happy. I know it's taken forever to lose 15 pounds, but not that I see progress and am excited about it, I think I will work out harder and eat much more healthier than I had been in past months. This past week I've only eaten salads, lean meats, and drank lots of water. Along with running on the elliptical at the gym and trying to do some light weigh lifting. Haha, I am so weak, it's pathetic. But hopefully I'll get stronger!
At the end of May, we are going on a vacation with my family. We are going to Williamsburg, VA for a few days. I am excited. I think we are going to Virginia Beach one of those days. I can't wait to get out of Ohio for a little bit!
Other than that, I don't have much to update.
Later!
Abbi
I think the last time I wrote, it was our anniversary. So that must mean I never updated in April? Wow, I AM horrible at this!
Not much has been going on. We don't lead a very exciting life, haha. We get up, go to work for over 8 hours, get home, crash on the sofas, eat dinner, watch tv, and go to bed, just to do it all again the next day. Although, this week, we've been going to the gym every night, and it's paid off! I've lost 7 pounds since the last time I weighted myself! That is a total of 15 pounds lost since I started back in February! I am SO happy. I know it's taken forever to lose 15 pounds, but not that I see progress and am excited about it, I think I will work out harder and eat much more healthier than I had been in past months. This past week I've only eaten salads, lean meats, and drank lots of water. Along with running on the elliptical at the gym and trying to do some light weigh lifting. Haha, I am so weak, it's pathetic. But hopefully I'll get stronger!
At the end of May, we are going on a vacation with my family. We are going to Williamsburg, VA for a few days. I am excited. I think we are going to Virginia Beach one of those days. I can't wait to get out of Ohio for a little bit!
Other than that, I don't have much to update.
Later!
Abbi
Monday, April 9, 2012
Easter
Hello!
Happy Belated Easter everyone! I hope yours went well. Mine did! This was the first holiday that Matt and I hosted. It was so much fun! I loved it! I made the ham and green bean casserole and croissant rolls. Everything was finished at the same time, which was awesome lol. The only thing that was troubling, was how long the ham took to cook. Even though it came out as the same time as everything else, it took longer than I thought it would, but other than that, nothing went wrong. :) We had enough food, enough drinks, and plenty of leftovers!
I was about to call dibs on Easter for next year, but apparently my brother beat me to it haha. He just moved into his own place. He seems happy. He also has a job waiting for him as a nurse in Critical Care once he graduates and passes his boards.
My mom, dad, and brother came up Sunday afternoon. My grandparents weren't able to make it after all. My grandfather isn't doing too well :( My sister also joined us. I picked her up from college Friday and she spent the weekend with Matt and I. We had a lot of fun :)
I know this probably jumped all over the place, but I'm tired and I'm really wanting to crawl into bed. So until next time....!
Abbi
Happy Belated Easter everyone! I hope yours went well. Mine did! This was the first holiday that Matt and I hosted. It was so much fun! I loved it! I made the ham and green bean casserole and croissant rolls. Everything was finished at the same time, which was awesome lol. The only thing that was troubling, was how long the ham took to cook. Even though it came out as the same time as everything else, it took longer than I thought it would, but other than that, nothing went wrong. :) We had enough food, enough drinks, and plenty of leftovers!
I was about to call dibs on Easter for next year, but apparently my brother beat me to it haha. He just moved into his own place. He seems happy. He also has a job waiting for him as a nurse in Critical Care once he graduates and passes his boards.
My mom, dad, and brother came up Sunday afternoon. My grandparents weren't able to make it after all. My grandfather isn't doing too well :( My sister also joined us. I picked her up from college Friday and she spent the weekend with Matt and I. We had a lot of fun :)
I know this probably jumped all over the place, but I'm tired and I'm really wanting to crawl into bed. So until next time....!
Abbi
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Our One Year Anniversary
So, we made it one year! Wow, lol It was one tough year, getting used to everything. We've learned a lot though, I believe. I know I did. I know I posted about our one year coming up, and included some things, so I don't want to repeat things, so I'll just blog about our anniversary day :)
We had spent Sunday night at mom and dad's, so when I woke up, I got dressed and went downstairs. Mom and dad wished me a Happy Anniversary and gave us a couple of suggestions about celebrating that night, which was nice. I woke Matt up and asked him to think about it while he showered and went out shopping for a gift for me. When he got back, he asked mom to help him wrap the gifts he got haha. So cute.
As soon as he finished wrapping, he came out and asked "Do you want to open gifts now?" lol he can't wait that long :-p So we did. We sat on the living room floor and handed each other our cards. His was totally cute. I forgot to take pictures of it though. Then he wanted me to open my gifts first, so I did.
The first one he gave me was a Kindle Touch!!! An e-Reader! I was SOOOOO excited. I LOVE that thing! lol I've already bought 2 books and finished them! (by the way, The Hunger Games are an AMAZING trilogy! and the movie is good too!) The second gift was a purple leather cover for it!
Tada! lol
Other than that, nothing else went on that day. We packed up our luggage and made the drive back home so we could go back to work on Tuesday.
Well, that was our anniversary re-cap! lol
Abbi
We had spent Sunday night at mom and dad's, so when I woke up, I got dressed and went downstairs. Mom and dad wished me a Happy Anniversary and gave us a couple of suggestions about celebrating that night, which was nice. I woke Matt up and asked him to think about it while he showered and went out shopping for a gift for me. When he got back, he asked mom to help him wrap the gifts he got haha. So cute.
As soon as he finished wrapping, he came out and asked "Do you want to open gifts now?" lol he can't wait that long :-p So we did. We sat on the living room floor and handed each other our cards. His was totally cute. I forgot to take pictures of it though. Then he wanted me to open my gifts first, so I did.
The first one he gave me was a Kindle Touch!!! An e-Reader! I was SOOOOO excited. I LOVE that thing! lol I've already bought 2 books and finished them! (by the way, The Hunger Games are an AMAZING trilogy! and the movie is good too!) The second gift was a purple leather cover for it!
So then he opened his, which I got him two books, one is a collection of all Zombie stories and the other is the Zombie Apocalypse Survival guide lol Then I also got him a tinted glass English Pint Beer glass with his Monogram. (again, no pictures, oops lol)
So then we went out to lunch at Panera and I downloaded one book to my Kindle. Then we met mom and my aunt out at Walmart, where we decided to just grill steaks on their grill and grilled veggies and baked potatoes. It was SOOO good. Matt marinated the steaks in that special way he does lol
After dinner, we got our cake topper out that had been frozen for a year and cut into it. I was nervous because we had heard so many horror stories! But we tasted it and it tasted just like it did at our reception! I was amazed lol Here is a picture:
Tada! lol
Other than that, nothing else went on that day. We packed up our luggage and made the drive back home so we could go back to work on Tuesday.
Well, that was our anniversary re-cap! lol
Abbi
Monday, March 12, 2012
Almost A Year!
Wow, it's hard to believe that this time last year, I was finishing up the final touches of my wedding.I had my dress, the girls had theirs. My flowers were almost done, decorations were being finished up, the ceremony was all planned, reception was being finished. DJ had met with us and was given our list of songs we HAD to have played (and he was SO awesome, the best ever).
Of course I was getting nervous, but excited too. I wasn't thinking about leaving my family as much as I'd bemoving and be with Matt all the time. Only after the wedding, honeymoon, and move did it sinnk in I'd left my family. I did okay through it because we'd go visit them mostly every weekend, or every other weekend, until recently, it's been almost a month since I've seen them. It got to me last weekend and I freakedout for a moment and was crying, but Matt hugged me tight and let me cry on his shoulder.
A lot has happened in a year, and I can definitely see myself different now than what I was. I was looking at life, love and marriage through rose colored glasses. I imagined this fairy tale where everything was perfect and nothing happened to make anything hard or difficult. But then reality set in.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Matt and being married to him. Ijust didn't know it would take so much work and time. I thought things just happened. I've learned a lot. I've learned to control my emotions better and to be mature. I wouldn't trade anything I learned.
A year has almost gone by since our wedding, and it's had to believe. It's gone by so fast!! I'm excited that we'll be working on two years in a short week. I'm not sure if we have any travel plans for our anniversary or not, but that's okay :) I think we're going on a vacation with my family in May, so we'll get some alone time then lol!
I can't wait to see what this coming year brings us. I'm up for anything. Whether we travel a lot, or stay home; move or stay put; have a baby, or get a new dog. It's all up in the air, and I'm going to enjoy every minute of it!
Of course I was getting nervous, but excited too. I wasn't thinking about leaving my family as much as I'd bemoving and be with Matt all the time. Only after the wedding, honeymoon, and move did it sinnk in I'd left my family. I did okay through it because we'd go visit them mostly every weekend, or every other weekend, until recently, it's been almost a month since I've seen them. It got to me last weekend and I freakedout for a moment and was crying, but Matt hugged me tight and let me cry on his shoulder.
A lot has happened in a year, and I can definitely see myself different now than what I was. I was looking at life, love and marriage through rose colored glasses. I imagined this fairy tale where everything was perfect and nothing happened to make anything hard or difficult. But then reality set in.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Matt and being married to him. Ijust didn't know it would take so much work and time. I thought things just happened. I've learned a lot. I've learned to control my emotions better and to be mature. I wouldn't trade anything I learned.
A year has almost gone by since our wedding, and it's had to believe. It's gone by so fast!! I'm excited that we'll be working on two years in a short week. I'm not sure if we have any travel plans for our anniversary or not, but that's okay :) I think we're going on a vacation with my family in May, so we'll get some alone time then lol!
I can't wait to see what this coming year brings us. I'm up for anything. Whether we travel a lot, or stay home; move or stay put; have a baby, or get a new dog. It's all up in the air, and I'm going to enjoy every minute of it!
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