Happy Memorial Day!

Sorry for my lack of blog posts, but I've been super busy trying to finish stuff up. Obviously the theme for today is Memorial Day seeing as how I have today off of work thanks to it.

Sometimes it's easy to get lost in a holiday without fully understanding the reason for it. Memorial Day is a great holiday to stop and reflect. Even from when I was little I can remember stories about the military. My dad was involved in Vietnam and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't meet a veteran.

What I think it the greatest thing is that when you thank a veteran for the service they have done for the country all they ever say is that it was worth it. I can't imagine being in that position where putting my life on the line for my country would just be "worth it."

All we can do is thank those present and past for what they have done to keep our country the way it is. They put their lives on the line everyday and it's great that we have one day to honor them for all they have done.

Happy Memorial Day to my family and friends who have served and are serving in the military. Your service means more to me than you could imagine.

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee

This is a short post, but still a needed comment. My husband is fabulous. Lately we've been on a frappuchino kick from starbucks. My favorite drink from there is the caramel frap, but I've trying it a little differently and getting the low-fat one just so I don't gain 90lbs from drinking them. Well yesterday morning Matt shows up at my work with a caramel low-fat frap with no whipped cream. And why is this so important? The other day I mentioned how I forgot to ask for no whipped cream. If you've ever had one- they put like a full can of whipped cream on the top. Gross. Especially when after you finish the coffee all you have is soggy whipped cream. To my surprise, my husband does in fact listen to me. The other cute part of this is that when I asked why he got me one he said "well you said you were tired." Sometimes he's just really freakin' adorable.

On another note, Buster spent yesterday and last night at the vet getting neuteured. Bella spent the afternoon and night looking super lonely and ridiculous. I seriously felt like crying when I looked at her looking around for her brother. They are super close, even though they fight like crazy. I guess it's one of those things, even though you fight...you're family. We gave Bella a bath last night and to our surprise, she didn't fight us at all. She just looked at us weird kind of trying to analyze the situation. She's super duper fluffy and cute today though. I need to start posting some adorable photos of them. Maybe I'll get more readers.

Happy Reading!

Back to School

back to school, cleaning, kansas, graduations, and more puppy fun

I'm turning into quite the blogspot slacker, not that I'm surprised. I have a few bits of news, but mostly just observations of life recently.

First big news...I'm going back to school!!! I've always wanted to go back to school, but now it's going to be official. For those of you who know me, I have a BA in history from KU, but was always planning on going to law school. Well now that I've had almost two full years away from school I've decided that law school isn't in my future. I've doing some searching and found a great online program through Baker University in Baldwin City, KS. I'm going to start the application process soon and am going after my masters degree in business administration with a marketing concentration! I'm excited to get back into things, but also a little nervous. It has been a full 1.5 years since I've done the school thing so I'm nervous about how I'll handle it. The great thing about this program is that instead of a full 18 credit hour schedule for a whole semester it's one class at a time. One class for 5 weeks, then another, then another and they automatically enroll me in the next one. Basically I'll know exactly which class I'm taking that week and I log in to the system every week and turn in papers, assignments, etc. I am very excited at a chance for a masters degree and hopefully a newer, bigger, and better job after that!!! Everybody has been super supportive so far, including my parents, Matt's parents, Matt, friends, and family. Hopefully with that many people behind me, I'll be able to put my full focus into it. Wish me luck! I probably won't start until August so we can get our vacations out of the way without me being distracted!

Happy graduation to a few of my best friends. To my cousin and one of my best friends, Stephen, my best friend and maid of honor, Brenna, and both mine and Matt's old roommate Aaron. Happy GRADUATION!! CONGRATULATIONS! You all deserve so much in life. On a similar tangent, how sad is it that after this year all of my good friends will be done at my alma mater? I don't have a day where I don't miss my days at KU so it's sad that my friends days are numbered there also. Graduation is such a joyous occasion, but when I think back to all of the memories and friends of my college days I do tend to get a little mopey. I miss so many things about KU; friends, campus, Mass. st., the Sandbar, awesome history professors, all of the buildings, being an ambassador, and so many more. College is truly the best time of your life, but it usually takes you a while to realize it.

On a nice little addition to the KU paragraph, Matt and I might be going back to visit! I've been really missing friends there lately so when I brought up the idea of going back in August, Matt seemed interested. It's also the same weekend as a family reunion so we'll get to see a lot of friends and family. We'll see if we decided on it officially, but it's definitely becoming more and more of a possibility!!!

I don't have any fun puppy news really, except for the fact that they are still super adorable and becoming fairly well-behaved. We had friends over on Sunday night and they still couldn't resist jumping on people for attention, but they are still puppies so nobody really seems to mind. They seem to have mastered the art of "sitting" but we're still working on it. Another improvement is in the kennel area. Buster and Bella both HATE their kennels, and for good reason. Well lately we've been reinforcing them getting in their kennels by themselves and they are getting better at it. If we go back there at night Buster goes straight in his kennel because he knows it's time for bed. Bella usually takes some coaxing, but she goes in eventually. Bella will go into the kennel when she's tired though, so they are progressively getting better. All I have to do is pat the kennel and Buster goes in so that's definitely better than dragging him in. On another note, they are growing so fast that I almost don't notice. It's harder to notice now that they are with us everyday. When we saw them once a week it was easy to see the difference, but lately their have been signs. Buster is getting longer and his tail is growing longer also.

Anyways, that's a good catch up on our lives so far. We've having a housewarming BBQ this weekend. I don't think many people are coming, but that just means we'll have more booze for us! lol. Happy reading!