House showing!

Hey all,

We had a wonderful church service today and here pretty soon, we go to NBU class. It's a 6 week class we take to learn about the church, people and its mission. It's at 4 and it's a pretty interesting class. Reuben and I are staying after class to chat with the pastor and his wife. Reuben and I have some issues that we need to figure out and we want to talk with them about it.

I just showed my house to some folks that bank at my bank! I technically don't own this house anymore, due to the bankruptcy, but I do lease the lot it is on. I still make the monthly payment for both, because A..I have a lease on the lot til May and B...I need a place to live!! SOOO...I figure if I ever up and leave the house, I would still be responsible for the lot rent and then would have to pay rent on a new place and the lot. If I can get these nice folks to buy the home from the mortgage company, they might get a really good deal due to the fact that the house is technically "written off" by them. I have called the mortgage company already and they said anyone that is interested in purchasing the home, can call and request a "short payoff" for it. It takes some time to accept the offer, etc. It seems these folks that came by are really interested in the house and I have already asked them if I can be sure to stay here thru May because of the graduation and everyone coming down. Plus, my lease isn't up until May 1st anyway. So, I think this is a good idea cuz then I won't have the burden of this place anymore, etc. Now I get to house-hunt!! or apartment hunt!!

Well, that's my exciting news for now...glad to have tomorrow off too!! Until next time...

Puppy!!!

Hey all,

Well, Kalyn won the war of "can I get a puppy", last Sunday. Her and her friend Jennifer drove down the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and she adopted a puppy and named her Sasha! Sasha is so wonderful, cute and so well behaved!! She is 4 months old and already spade. She is a lab mix. We have enjoyed her so much this past week. Kalyn just loves her to death!! Kalyn spent a pretty penny (or two) on her as well. She bought her a large crate to keep her in during the day while she is at school and such. Every other day, Kalyn only has two classes so she is able to come home and play with the pup for most of that type of day and then either I am home at night or she is, to watch her in the evening. There are some nights that we both work, but Kalyn gets home at 8:15, so Sasha isn't alone for too long. So far it is working out well.

It is windy today, but warm here in NM. Kind of strange weather for February! Haven't had a lot of snow this year, so the Spring should be interesting!

Shane and Stephanie are in town. They stayed at Kevin's for two nights and now staying at Diana and Tj's townhouse. Kalyn went to a movie with them last night. I think they plan to see Tyler on Saturday and then they leave sometime Sunday. I guess since I have Monday off, i will stop over at the townhouse and clean up after them. Should only take about an hour to get it back to normal. They also brought their dog, Sadie, so Sasha got a friend to play with also.

I did my first evaluation today, as a supervisor, with Catrina. Lesley and I did it together, so that helped and it was a good evaluation!

I bought tickets, today, to go see Jason Aldean in concert in Abq on April 9th!! So excited about that!! I've been wanting to see him and also want to see Daughtry at some point, as well. I got 4 lawn tickets, so it will be myself, Catrina, Kalyn and one of Kalyn's friends of her choice.

That's all I've got today. Have a wonderful 3-day weekend!! I work a lot this weekend.....today I work at bank til 6, then go directly to gym and work til 10. Saturday a.m., I clean for Angie and then work at the gym 1 to 7. Sunday, we have church and then church class at 4. So, really Monday will be my only day to goof off and catch up. Until next time...

Fafsa....done!!

Hey all,

This morning I worked on getting the kids' FAFSA paperwork done. It is a government form you fill out, online, and you put in all your tax info, etc and at the end it tells each kid, what kind of grants/loans, etc they are eligible for, off of my income. You have to have your taxes pretty much done to figure all this out. They typical, or colleges rather, would like parents to file them by 3/1. I got both of them done today, since each of them is interested in taking colleges courses in the Fall. I'm proud of my self for getting it done already.

When I got done with that, I had a quick facial over at my friend Tatiana's house. Her and Reuben trade services with each other (he gives her massages, she gives him or me facials) so I am able to do this for no cost!! Today she did a microderm abrasion and boy does my skin look great!! Never had that done before!

I got back home and then began doing dentist research for Kalyn. She is having her wisdom teeth out by June and I need to make sure that both insurances she has, will cover and how much etc. I think I've got everything figured out, just waiting to hear back from the Army insurance to see if I need a pre-auth from them. The dentist we have in mind, Dr. Carlberg, is covered under the Army one for sure and then for my insurance, they said they would file for me. Hopefully we won't have to put too much money down on this.

All this fun stuff is a little time consuming so I made sure to do it this morning when it was quiet around here! I'm heading to work now and then I've got another busy week coming up.

Shane is deploying by the end of the month, so him and Stephanie are coming to town on Wed and stay through til Sunday to see the kids. I believe they are staying at Diana and Tj's townhouse. They are bringing their dog, Sadie, with them too. Kalyn loves that dog!!! lol

That's about all I've got for right now. Love to all...until next time....

Packers!!

Hey all,

Well the Packers won the Super Bowl!!!! Woooooo I'm so excited!! I'm wearing my Rodgers jersey to work at the gym tonight, just to make my peeps mad that were rooting for the Steelers and making fun of ME!! lol

I did not take any pictures during the party, but there were 11 of us. Small little group and we had fun. A few people had to back out at the last minute, so that wasn't good. Oh well....we had a great time!!

I did take a pic of the cupcakes I made and then Kalyn decorated! She's a great decorator!!

Well, I'm off to work now....love to all...until next time...

Super Bowl Weekend!!!

Hey all,

Well, I'm pretty super pumped for the Super Bowl tomorrow. Why.....do you ask? Well, because only my favorite team in the whole wide world is playing!!!!! Go Green Bay!!!! woo!!!

I've got about 11 people showing up for my Super Bowl party tomorrow at 4pm!! Should be a grand time. I am baking cupcakes this morning and then tomorrow after church, will stop at Smith's and pick up a few last minute items for the feast. Then, go home and make my chili in the crockpot so peeps can have chili or frito pies!! Frito pies is more or less a chili salad with fritos on top. Delicious!! I'm also serving queso with chips, homemade salsa with chips, nuts, cupcakes and punch. Plus I will have all the trimmings for the frito pies. Someone else is bringing wine/beer, some kind of frito dip and chips. I didn't really feel the need for everyone to bring stuff. I just wanna have a great time without trying to figure out who's bringing what!! Really pumped about this if you can't tell!! We all will watch on our 32" tv we got back in November as an early Christmas gift. My other tv had finally crapped out.

Today I just work at the gym, so I got the cupcakes made, some cleaning up around the house, laundry and me and the kids' taxes all filed this morning!! What an awesome feeling to have all that done! Next, I'm gonna work on birthday/Valentine cards for February. I do need to file the FAFSA stuff for each kid before March 1st (it's a college report thing to see what kind of aid Tyler and Kalyn are eligible for, for college), but I will do that next weekend or on the 21st when I'm off work.

Reuben is out of town and that's probably why I'm getting so much stuff done!! LOL his youngest daughter, Cosette, had moved to CA with her boyfriend back in September, but has never been able to get a job and now her bf, may be getting laid off, so they decided since their lease was up on the apartment, that they better figure stuff out now. She is moving back home to her mom's house, here in town. Sooo, Reuben flew to LA (Los Angeles, not Los Alamos) yesterday and today they are driving back in her red PT Cruiser! They should get to town about 10pm tonight. Reuben has been sick the past couple of weeks so he hasn't been working much. Not good when you are self employed!

Kalyn went to a concert last night, Blind Melon and Candlebox, at the Hard Rock Hotel in ABQ with a coworker. She had a great time! I was all alone last night, which was kind of a nice break! I worked at the bank til 6, went and worked out, went and got me some BBQ from Bob's Bodacious BBQ and then went to Keith's and ate and visited with him, then went home, straightened up some stuff, got settled in and watched "Saw 7: the Final Chapter". It was pretty good! I like all those Saw movies!! Then, I tv surfed and went to bed. Kalyn got home about midnight, just as I was getting settled in bed. Kalyn had dinner with Tyler last night too and I guess they had fun.

I told the kids about our plans for Spring Break yesterday!! I asked them to please keep it between us so that no one's feelings out there, get hurt. I am taking both kids and myself to Florida on March 28th and we come back on March 31st!! We are staying with Tj and Diana and they are gonna take us to Universal Studios, Disney World, the beach and whatever else we can fit in!! Should be fun as Uncle Jesse is there too. I'm so excited to be able to go somewhere with them and it should be a fun time!! We are flying Southwest so there are no bag fees or anything too. That is a big help!!

So, that's our happs around here. The weather has been sooo cold that parts of NM were without gas since Thursday!! I can't even hardly imagine what that would be like. Los Alamos is on a separate pipe system so we didn't have any disruptions, thank goodness!! We would have had broken pipes all over the place!! ugh.... but yeah, all is well up here in LA.

I will take pics at the party tomorrow and post as soon as I can! Hopefully, the Pack do well tomorrow!! I'm just happy they are there! I got my new Rodgers jersey ready and clean to put on...actually....we get to wear them to church tomorrow too!! It's Jersey Sunday!! LOL

Love you all....until next time!