Summary of our week with pictures

So, I just wanted to let you guys know that I have not been emailing, posting or talking much since we have no internet at the new house, moving has been a disaster and also I have been working a lot. It is a crazy week, but luckily it is the last whole week of classes before finals. Now I just have to start studying for all three of my tests! yeah! As soon as we get internet in the duplex, I will post pictures and wrtie a lot about our experience. Oh and Ryan's head is ok. He busted his forehead open Sunday night on the glass chandler at the new place. He hit it so hard that the bucket in his hand flew across the room, he fell on his butt of and blood splattered on the newly painted wall!! It was easy to fix all of the above though and Ryan didn't have any symtonms of a concusion. Why are we painting you say?? Because when we got the keys to our house on Saturday there were nails still in the wall, patches that had never been painted over and scuffs all over the place. The landlord gave us a gallon of paint and told us we could touch up, but then that paint was the wrong color. We ended up getting a whole new color of paint and painting everything ourselves. That is the shortened version! I gotta go now. Ryan and I are at the townhouse just for a sec to do little things!

Real Quick Before Bed

Ok, so our day was kinda crazy, but I thought I would give you a little info before I head to bed for classes tomorrow. Ryan, Allison, Jordan and I spent all day painting our new house, which we were not suuposed to have to(long story). Also, Ryan ended up with a busted forehead! The house looks great though and we get our new bed tomorrow! Good night!

We survived!

Thorugh this week of more final projects being due, making appointments, bad weather and other stuff...Ryan and I have almost made it through! I just turned in my major project for counsleing this morning and Ryan is on his last assignment for his classes. Then he is going to take a two week break before he starts another class to move! Sunday we are signing the lease agreeement and then Monday our new mattress will be delivered and Wednesday movers are going to move our big things like the couches, refrig, washer dryer, etc. Oh and Allison will be here tonight sotaht we can use her SUV to move a lot of our little things. Ryan and I are both really excited about moving into a one story house! We have decided that our house is such a mess because we are tired of carrying laundry up and down the stairs!
We had some more bad weather on Tuesday. I was at work and down in the basement so I had no idea what was going on until I needed someone to drive out to get more ingredients for that night's supper and they said they couldn't. When I ran to the dock to look, it was snowing!! No not really, it was hailing so much so fast that it looked like snow! Ryan was trying to drive to work at this time and was able to wait until the hail stopped, but still almost got into a bad wreck because there was ice balls all over the road. Apparently there wa a tornado right outside of Lubbock and then another one about thiry minutes South of us. I am very happy I knew nothing about allof it at the time because I would have been freaking out!!!
Next week is my last full week of classes!! WOO HOO!! ONe more semester done and only two more to go! Moving home is sounding so good right now! I am tired of the Lubbock drivers, crazy weather and terrible roads. Plus, being around family is going to be a great reward!
Ryan and I took the dogs to the park yestruday. I actually had to tell Ryan that we needed a night to ourselves, without homework or work, to sit and spend some time together. We did! After we took the dogs walking and bathed them, I put a pizza in the oven and we watched a movie we had rented on Staurday and just never had time to watch. It was fantastic! I went to bed early too, wore up early and have gotten a lot of stuff done this morning too! yeah!
Have a great Thursday, Friday and weekend!

Ok, so the stress is over and now I am just recooperating. It has been a crazy and busy week. Now I just have to play catchup for a bunch of projects and homework that is due because classes are winding down. One of my stresses this week was a biochem test on Wednesday, I didn't even study enough for it. Imagine my surprise when I made an 84!!!! Estatic!! So now I am off to work right now, Ryan is already at work. Luckily I have tomorrow off to spend some much needed time with Ryan, catch up with a friend from the dorms and then to do all those projects!! I hope everyone else is having a great weekend! Oh yeah and it still isn't warm here. Last night it was freezing and we had a chance of snow showers, but never got any.

Stressed, Stressed, STRESSED!

I know that after Easter I am supposed to be really happy and cheery, but it is extremely hard to be right now. I had to work allll weekend long, Ryan and I didn't even get to go to church, plus my classes are really pouring it on hard. Oh and not to mentioned the snow was all gloomy and un-springy. For instance, I had to record a counseling session I had for a class and then use the tape to do an assignment and turn in both the tape and assignment. Well, now I can't do wither because my tape sounds like chipmunks. Grrr. Plus I have got a test coming up on Wednesday in Biochem and I am already so exhuasted right now that I am crying and still have to work three more days before I MIGHT get a day off! Sorry to be such a complainer, but I just can't wait for this week to be over with and have a day to myself!!!

Confused Seasons

That's right it is snowing AGAIN!!! On Easter!! The flakes aren't even tiny, they were about dime size right as we woke up, and some silver dollar size. I guess it is good that we didn't throw out our salt for the sidewalks yet!! Apparently it has been going for a while because it is built up a lot, as you can see on the BBQ pit in the next picture. If you look against the maroon houses too in the background, you can see how hard it is coming down too! I hope everyone has a great Easter!

Addie seems to like the snow just like Raider does. They were running around on the balcony for about five minutes kicking up snow. So cute!

Our House = Adoption Agency??

Alright for starters I mean dog adoption and not a permanant stay with us either. It all began about a month ago when Ryan and I were joking that we were going to steal our neighbors dog because she was so cute and they just didn't seem to care about her. She never got a bath, ran around without a collar on and could get out from the courtyard to ran anywhere or have anyone pick her up. Ryan and I had talked about when we moved, just taking her with us so that she would have someone to care for her. Obviously we have not moved yet and we didn't steal the dog either. Tuesday night when Ryan got home from work though Alli, the dog, ran into the garage and started digging in our trash as soon as the door opened. He picked her up to bring her to the owner and then started talking. The owner said they had run out of ideas and that they were taking her to the pound in the morning; her behavioral problems were just too much for them. Ryan mentioned to him that we would be willing to take care of her or try training her for them. They said no, they couldn't ask us to do that. Then, when I got home, Ryan and I talked about it and then went to their house to pick up our new dog!! The owners were very happy that we were willing to take her and train her, although they did not express an interest in getting her back. She is a schnauzer and bichon mix. Adorable! Of course, we made a deal that we would not keep her. Luckily, Lauren, one of my friends wants a schaunzer really bad!! She was so excited when I told her about the puppy we had just "adopted." Needless to say we no longer had a Alli, we had a Addie in our house! Ryan and I both enjoy training dogs and we have a lot more flexible schedules than Lauren and her boyfriend do, so Ryan and I are going to train her for the next two weeks. Lauren is going to puppy proof her apartment, buy puppy necessities and work her way through finals and we get to train her baby! Normally Ryan and I would want her to take the dog right now. But we don't want Lauren to get frustrated with the training part of it all and not take her.

Long story short....we have another dog in the house!!!.......for the time being. Here are some pictures of our adopted Addie!