Sweet, Vonage

We saw an ad in the paper this past weekend that Circuit City is having a special on Vonage phone service, so I went by there today while Ann was at work and signed up and they activated it in the store and everything. Our handsets need to charge overnight, but we have phone service at the townhouse now. It got to be such a hassle using just our cell phones. If we wanted to make a call, we'd have to try to remember where we put our phone last, and if someone called we'd have to run upstairs or downstairs to find the phone before voicemail picked up. Ann will email everyone with the phone number sometime tonight.

Since Vonage gets phone access through the internet, we were able to choose any area code we want, so I figured since we both have family in the Wharton area I'd choose a Wharton number (they didn't have East Bernard or El Campo for 979). And the cool thing about Vonage is that since it gets access through the internet, we can take the phone adapter anywhere we can hook it up to high speed internet and hook a phone up to it. So if for some reason we had to move, we don't have to have the phone company do anything with our phone service, we just take the adapter with us and when we get internet, hook the phone back up and have a dial tone.

Halloween

We got a pumpkin from Market Street last week and decided this afternoon that we wanted to carve it. Ryan saw a picture online that gave him an idea, so we have a puking pumpkin with a hangover. now we just need to find a couple empty beer cans to put next to him. Star and Raider were unsure about the pumpkin at first, but after they got a taste they kept coming back for more. Ryan got the bright idea to put pumpkin guts on Star's back, and instead of acting prissy about it, she was turning around trying to eat them off of her back.
It is Ryan's birthday today, so we are going out to eat at Joe's. We spent all day just hanging out together and it was great. I hope he had as much fun as I did. We went by Kohl's and I bought some flannel sheets for my bed so I will be warm now. When he saw the fall decorations at the store, he decided he wanted to decorate our house some, so we ended up buying some amber candle holders and fall leaves to put ontop of the entertainment center. After supper we might run by Wal-Mart too and get a wreath for the front door. I love having a roommate that loves to decorate for the season as much as I do!!!

They blew the game....

That is right. The referees in the Tech game tonight blew the game. I was really excited to go and even more so that in the first half we were ahead 21-0!!!! It was incredible, but too good to be true. The referees kept on making calls in favor of UT and making up crap that really didn't happen. All in all it was a good game, even if we should have won. Ryan is cracking me up though. He keeps making comments like, "Why does my butt hurt so bad??? Oh wait, that's right the refs f***ed us in the butt!!!" I think it is funny.
I was off today for the game so I slept in. I have not been sleeping good at all and last night I finally slept hard! Since I have been cold in my bed, I slept on the couch and was more comfortable and warm. Tomorrow I am going to but some flannel sheets though. My plain jane cotton ones are not keeping me warm!

The family keeps on growing!

Yup, that is right...another Heimann. Gabriel Andrew was born today in Missoula, Montana. I heard he is too cute! I can't wait to see the pictures of the newest addition! For now though, I have to get some sleep. Night guys! Congrats to the happy new parents! We miss you guys.

Toliet Explosion!

Tuesday night I was going to take a bath, so I started the water running in the bathtub to warm it up. I went to the bathroom and then noticed a different running water sound than usual from the tub. Next, I felt water under my feet! The water wasn't coming from the toliet bowl(I didn't do anything to make it get clogged!!!) and it wasn't coming from the water line. I started yelling for Ryan, who is downstairs sleeping on the couch alredy. Luckily he woke up and started running upstairs and stumbled on the way! It was so funny! Anyway he turned off the water since I had no idea how to and then got towels to soak up the water. We couldn't determine where the water came from though. When we turned the water back on it was working fine.

We had the maintence guy come look at it and he didn't see anything wrong. SO Ryan looked and saw that the hose inside the tank was pointed straight to the top of the tank. Everytime you would flush the water shot up it the lid and then splattered out the side of the tank. He learned this the hard way while the tank ws open.

Same old stuff...study and work

Yup, that is all I have been doing. Right now I am at a point where I am so sick of the people that I work with that I am ready to quit. Actually next semester I will have classes MWF from 3:005:00 and then on TR from 4:00-5:00. THat means I will only be able to work from Friday Saturday and Sunday, but unfortunately everyone else is taking the same classes sine we are all nutrition majors and will all need to work those days. I could come in early, but everyone else would need to too or I could supervise, but then of course there is at least one other superviser taht is taking these classes too! ANyway, the basis of that is I might have to find something else to do. A big reason I am working there to begin with is the internship, but now I really don't think I am gong to do that right out of college, so it doesn't benefit me working there so much. I am sure all of this is gibberish to a lot of you guys, but believe me Mom has heard all about it lately! :) Love you MOm!!

Other than that I am studying like crazy for classes. I didn't do too good on my BIochem test this time around so I am already preparing for the next. The bad news is I don't have to have just this semester of the class. I have to take the second part next semester and it is only going to get harder, plus they are changing the teacher to make it even harder.

Ryan and I have found some new things to do around the house though that make us laugh and de-stress a little bit. We are still riding bikes. Plus, I play hide and seek with Raider everynight before I go to bed. Then there is the new game-Hut Hut. Ryan stands infront of me in the kitchen with his back facing me holding Star or Raider between his legs. When I say hut hut, he slides them to me. It is so hilarious!! We don't do it all the time since they don't like it, but just when we need an extra laugh!

Today I am off, but not without a fight or two. I was scheduled to be off since I worked all week, but people are having problems with it now and complaining a lot. To me it is all fair since I have worked there the longest and am still doing trayline. The two that are having problems with me are doing to easy jobs and smaller floors. Anyway, I have gotten a lot done already today and still have over half the day left! Yeah! I hope all you guys are as productive as me today!

This is all that I have been doing the past couple of days. Me sitting on the couch or chair reading and studying biochem and Raider right ontop of me somehow. He has always helped me study, ever since he was a puppy. I think it is really cute, but it didn't help my luck this time. My biochem test today was the HARDEST test I have EVER taken. I am not over-reacting either. The whole class thought so. Anyway, I am not done with the books just yet for this week. I have my other test Wednesday so I will study really hard again tomorrow night. Right now I am off to bed since I just finished my assignment for tomorrow and I have to be up at about six. Last week and this week have been really bad with assignments and tests. Next week I have another test too. At least I will have Saturday off to study for that one though.

Ryan and I have been continuing our bike riding. Yesturday we rode three miles. He was trying to get me to de-stress and unwind from all the studying. Of course, it worked. It added to the fun having to dodge rain puddles since it had rained all day and Lubbock doesn't have a drainage system! I had to make sure I was not near a low spot when a car drove by so I would not get soaked.

Who has a minute?

I sure don't! Things have been crazy at our house. Quala, Randy and ALlison were here this past weekend and we all went to the football game. Tech sucked it up realllly bad, but we all had fun going together. We also got to see Ryan's aunt, uncle and cousins. As soon as they left, I started studying and have not stopped. I don't have tests this week; just a BUNCH of assignments due...one everyday. I do have tests next week though that I am preparing for-Biochem and Stats. My stats teacher is a total moron though and so I have to spend this whole weekend teaching myself the info that he doesn't teach.

I finally got Ryan his bike. Sunday after we dropped off his parents, we went to get the bike. Little did we know that we would walk out of wal-mart to pouring rain! We both got soaked trying to get the bike on the bike rack. Then tonight we were able to get my bike and we went for a ride. It was great. I was stressed and it really calmed me down and now I am really sore!!!

Today we spent most of the afternoon driving around looking for a chevy dealership that would actually help us. We went to three and on the last try, I got someone to the car to check out my seatbelt on the passenger side. Apparently chevy does not have a lifetime warranty on their seatbelts, so it looks like I will be replacing my seatbelt tomorrow. For some crazy reason Satruday when we picked Ryan's parents from the airport, it just locked up. It worked for me on the way there, but Quala could not get it to work when she got in the car. Really strange.

Sorry it took so long to write something. It might now be awhile again since I have tests and no days off.

E. Coli

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Please check out this site!!!

I guess I owe you all an update. I have been keeping myself pretty busy with putting my homework and projects off to the last minute. There really isn't too much to say though....Ryan's birthday is coming up and I have an awesome idea! I thought about it for months and came up with three ideas, but I narrowed it down to just one...a bike. We talked about it when we moved here and since he has gotten two stolen just at our old apartments, I think he deserves another. This time he has a safer place to keep it though. I am hoping that by buying us both one, we will go riding around the neighborhood we live in and to the park. We both need exercise outside of our daily routines!! He is really excited about it too....I couldn't hold it off until the end of this month to tell him.

Ryan's parents will be here this weekend! I am super excited. Of course the house will be kinda messy since I have been doing other stuff. But I get to see both of them and Ryan's aunt and uncle that are sitting just two rows behind us at the football game.

Sorry I am rambling and have homework still. This is all boring anyway! I don't have a new nephew YET like other people! :)

Big Plans!!

For those of you that get to watch the Tech vs. AM game... I am sooo jealous! Yes, that is right, I have to work today. Apparently being the only one out of everyone at work that went to AM still doesn't qualify me to have off to go to the game! It makes me a little irritated!! So, I am about to leave for work. You guys have fun watching the game.

Phenylalanyhistidylglycylanlanylthreonine

Can anyone tell me what that is!? Here is a clue....biochem!!!

Pics for fun

Just a couple of pictures. I am off to bed and have a big day tomorrow.....school and read biochem! I am off of work, but not from school!

This about explains our weekend I guess. I was soo excited about it because I asked off on Saturday to go to the game and clean up a bunch of stuff here at the house. So, Friday kicked it off ok beacuse they came to tear up the concrete in the back yard. The down side of that though was the noise and the shaking!! At first they used a sledge hammer to knock some holes and then they started with the jack hammer. All was well though since it was being done. Then Saturday I got a TON of things done at home. I even was able to detail my car! About three o'clock I started making Ryan and me some soup, and wouldn't you know that at three thiry they call me in to work?! They wanted me to be there right away since two girls ahd called in sick. What could I do tell them not to feed the 5th floor because I had made pther plans?! I hadn't even taken a shower; just a quick bath after I washed my car to get the soap off of me. Needless to say I was in a really pissy mood since they called me on a day I had requested off rather than someone else who had just been given the day off. There are other reasons, but to keep it shorter I will leave it at that! They did need help this morning though again and I told my supervisor not to even bother asking me since I had already come in a day when I had made plans....I am the only person they did not call at four this morning looking for help. :)

I was realy looking foward to the weekend and now I can't wait to start the week. I think it is funny that I look foward to any day that I have off, whether it is a Thursday or a Monday. I love my days off! This week is Thursday so I am really grateful for Thursday to coming rolling in. Sorry all I really have right now is work BS. Ryan and I both were irritated that I had to go to work on Saturday so that is our big highlight of the weekend! I will post a pic of my hair once it is fixed and not just in a ponytail.

Loud House

All my tests are over!!! Yeah! I made great grades too so far. ON Biochem I made a 86!!!!! WOO HOOO!!! Oh and then I made 92 on Essentials and 93 on skyviews exams. I took my stats today but I won't know what I made on that for a while. It felt like I did good though. Tests are over and right in time too...they decided to tear up our backyard today!! They are outside our patio door with a sledge hammer just taking swings at the concrete!! It is crazy becuase the whole house is shaking. I took my crystal down from my shadow baxes just in case they hit too hard and made the glass fall! I will send pics of it all.

I cut my hair on Monday too! She took off two inches all over, layered it again, then thinned it out a lot! Now my ponytail is tiny! She did a really cool technique too that gave my hair more body and volume at the roots. I was pretty worried when I saw who was going to do it because she wsa really young, but she did a great job.

I will post more later when I have more to say and some pics of the things going on around here!

You have got to read this!!!

I really need to study for Biochem tomorrow, but before I get started I wanted everyone to see this! This is what we talked about in my class today!!!
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I can't believe it!!

Test Week!

You remember that one week at the beginning of every semester when ALL your teachers have their first tests? Well, that is this week for me. I have Biochem on WEdnesday, Essentials and Skyviews on Thursday and then Stats on Friday. At least my tests aren't all four in one day like a lot of people I know have. Still, I have been reading my biochem book all weekend. I am so tired of it, but I still feel like I have not absorbed any of the info I need to know!

It is a lot cooler here as of this morning. Ryan and I took the dogs for a walk to the park and let them run a while. It was great. Then we let them run in the couryard here too with the neighbor kids chasing them. Star was too prissy and wouldn't play, bue Raider was chasing, running, barking and fetching for about thirty minutes with the kids.

No more rain. It is funny that we actually want it to rain and make sure the water isn't going to get into our hosue and now it won't rain! There are storms all around us, but no rain since we got home.

Yesturday was a rough day at work for me. I found out that I won't get to supervise after all at work. It seems like they are having a surplus of supervisors now and I would only add to the cut in everyone else's supervising hours. My boss didn't tell me this, instead he is kinda slinking away from the thought that he even asked me. He has not said one word to me about it. I guess I can just hope that soon someone will get promoted to another job and I will be able to supervise.

Jordan bought our bridesmaid dresses last night too! Since the wedding is outside in June, the dresses are really light and airy. I am really excited.
For now, I am going to get back to studying. This was just a quick escape for me. Oh and here are a couple of my favorite pics from last weekend.

Catching up...

Sorry I have not written anything in a while. I have had a really hard time getting back into the swing of eveything and catch up on my rest too. Everyday it has been the same...rush to school...rush to work...home..sleep. I really don't mind the sleeping part though! I have my first round of tests next week in all my classes, so I have been trying to stay ahead with all my classes.

Oh and I know most of you know by now, but Ryan and Ihad some really great findings when we got home. Ryan had left the de-humidifier hose out of the sink so we had a soaking counter top and plus wet carpet...again! It stunk so bad in the house. Luckily, the carpet is dry, we have padding now and they steam cleaned them too to get out some mildew. Next on the agenda is having the slab fixed. I will keep you updated!

The rain has gone, but problems arise!

So yesturday I discovered what I thought was an accident by one of the dogs infront of our patio door....only it wasn't. Turns out it had been raining so much, water was actually getting into our house and soaking the carpet! I could step on the carpet and have water jump between my toes. It reminded me of "the flood" and of the first water that came in from Mom's closet. Needless to say I freaked out a bit because of that, but all is well. We got the carpet guys out here today since it finally stopped raining!!! They ripped up the carpet and tore out the padding about five feet away from both of the doors, now we have fans in our living room drying it all out. We will see what tomorrow brings now! They were forecasting more rain. Good thing we have renter's insurance!! :)



You can see the little blower we have in our living room in the pic. It is small, but pretty loud!!




Ryan and I made it to the Tech game on Saturday. I wanted to share this one billboard that we really liked.



I have been crazy busy. Today was my first really long day. I had my lab at seven thirty this morning, had class until three twenty and then had to be at work by three thirty! Ryan is so sweet and every Tuesday and Thursday he meets me in the parking lot with a snack and a hug. That makes things a lot better. Plus he is cooking supper a lot too. With taking biochem this semester, I really won't have time to slack off too much on homework and quizzes.

Star made us both really pissed the other night. To begin with she HATES the rain. When it is raining you might as well just put her straight into the bathroom as punishment because even if you throw her onto the grass to potty, she runs back to the door, then we spank her, put her back on the grass and it just keeps going. Anyway, this had been going on Friday and Saturday and Ryan and I were just about to leave her on the back porch except it was cold too. She hadn't went potty outside all day, so Sunday night we took her out. It started all the same with putting her in the grass. This time though the neighbors opened their garage door to leave and she took off! Little Miss ran underneath his car and would not come out! Ryan and I were laying on the garage floor with treats and coxing her out for about fifteen minutes. Grrrrr She got a real nice spank and then slept in the downstairs bathroom all night. Plus we were both really embarassed.

Rain, Rain and More Rain

Mom was pretty astonished when I told her it was raining here on Friday, but it has not stopped! Yesturday it did stop just long enough for the football game, even though it started drizzling right at the beginning of the fourth quarter. That is when we left so that we wouldn't get sick. We had plans to take care of a bunch of stuff during the day yestruday and then some today, but when it is yucky outside you just don't want to do anything! Instead, I have been cleaning and getting binders organized for my classes. Oh another thing about the weather here lately...it is chilly! I wore a jacket to the game and was cold still and then we have the AC turned off completely and it feels great!! I love it when it finally turns to a comfortable fall chilly. I am sorry that it isn't cooler at home for the rest of you. At least the warm weather will be good for the beach next weekend!! I am super excited about that! See you guys soon!