Welcome Daisy

This is Daisy, she is a dog, she lives with us now.

What? I know what you must be thinking, yes I have never had a dog before, but I didn't know how much I wanted one until we got her. All three of us had different reasons for wanting a dog, Wayne wanted some security, I wanted a playmate/companion for Andrew, and Andrew, well he's a young boy he just wanted one. Yes dogs are a lot of work, and yes most of the work falls on me, but look at that face. We met Daisy at the local pound, they told us she was a stray but they said she is a Labrador mix, and that she's about 7 months old. Wayne and I think she is mixed with Boxer, and others have guessed she is mixed with Pit Bull or Beagle. I personally don't care what the mix is, I just know that she is adorable and she is ours.

Year? What Year?

Yeah, okay so it's been an entire year since my last post, what-evs. Record keeping is seriously not one of my strengths, oh well. I have a bunch of fun things to talk about so... let's try this again, shall we?

Master Manipulator

Andrew hit me with a new one today. I made popcorn and he wanted me to share some with him. I teased him telling him, no that it was mine. He then looked up at me and with all sincerity said “But I’m your only child”. Man he is getting good at that.

New Hair

Here is the picture of me with my new hair. I totally love it.

Bad news, Good news, and Fantastic news

Well, first the bad news. I have developed a skin condition called guttate psoriasis. “It often shows up after a sore throat, with many small, red, drop-like, scaly spots”. About 8 weeks ago I had a really bad sore throat which I think was strep as Wayne was diagnosed with strep a couple of weeks later. I was given an antibiotic and a cream to treat this and was told that it usually clears up completely in 4 to 6 weeks. I truly hope so because it ‘aint pretty.
Now on to the good news, I got a new haircut yesterday. I went to Angela at Hot Box Salon, my sister Lauren found her and she is soooooo good!! I have not been this excited about a haircut in many, many, many years. I love it!! (I will post the picture as soon as my mom e-mails me the one she took afterward.) It feels really good to be very excited about my appearance, it’s been a while.
And now, the fantastic news, Wayne applied for an Architect position at his current job at McCarran Airport, and he got it! I am so very proud of him. There is one condition, he needs to get his architecture license within one year or there is the possibility that he could be fired. For the last year he has been working on getting his architecture license, there are a series of 9 tests involved. Wayne has taken and passed the first 5 tests, and is about to take the 6th test on the 31st. So he only has to take 4 tests in the next year. I know he can do this without a problem, he of course is cautious and concerned as ever, poor guy just can’t help it. I on the other hand, am not worried at all. He has passed 5 of the tests on the first try, and I have no doubt that he will be able to do the same for the rest. As an added “yay” he will receive a raise as well as his annual raise. That is a very happy thing indeed.So, all in all things are looking pretty good in our lives and it feels great!