Monday, February 23, 2009




Tara tagged me on this one...So here it goes!

The Game of Tag about your MAN:

1. Who is your man? Donald James Gannon (D.J.)
2. How long have you been together? married for a little over a year
3. How long did you date? 6 years
4. How old is your man? 28 years young
5. Who eats more? He does
6. Who said "I love you" first? He did
7. Who is taller? D.J.
8. Who sings better? Most defiantly me because D.J. does not sing
9. Who is smarter? I have the "book" smarts and D.J. has the "life" smarts (I am jealous)
10. Whose temper is worse? Me, D.J. is normally cool as a cucumber
11. Who does the laundry? It is a equal distribution. Whoever is home and has the time.
12. Who takes out the garbage? Both, same as the laundry
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? D.J.
14. Who pays the bills? D.J., he is a financial warrior!
15. Who is better with the computer? D.J. (man I am making myself sound bad)
16. Who mows the lawn? D.J., I would love to do it but his lawn mower is to high tech for me
17. Who cooks dinner? Equal distribution. Whoever is home and has the time!
18. Who drives when you are together? Me
19. Who pays when you go out? Equal distribution. Whoever has their wallet out first.
20. Who is most stubborn? D.J.
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? D.J. (I am working on that)
22. Whose parents do you see the most? Well with my schedule I never see my parents or D.J.'s parents, but he sees his dad a couple times a week.
23. Who kissed who first? HE KISSED ME, I am a lady!
24. Who asked who out? He asked me, about a million times! I finally said YES!
25. Who proposed? HIM OF COURSE!
26. Who is more sensitive? ME, I am such a cry baby!
27. Who has more friends? I guess we both have about the same amount of friends
28. Who has more siblings? We both have one brother
29. Who wears the pants in the family? I will where them one day, then D.J. might were them the next! It is a complete DEMOCRACY!

OKAY I TAG: LACEY JONES, SARAH WEBB, AND JESSICA HIGGINS

Thursday, February 12, 2009

On The Other Side of the Fence

Okay...Not much time to blog but I really had to share this...

As most of you know when D.J. took the buy-out from Nissan he was given the opportunity to go back to school. After weeks of soul searching and investigating my little hubby decided that he would really love to try his hand at becoming a Home Inspector. Anyone who knows D.J. knows that this is absolutly right up his alley. The job really could not be anymore perfect for anyone but him! I often tell people that I am married to a "milleneum man", which means he is bascially the best at everything he does. D.J. can fix the car, patch-up the roof, paint two bedrooms (trim included) and still have a load of laudry done and dinner on the table by 6. I am the first to admit, that I am one lucky lady. However, D.J. has met his match,

SCHOOL WORK

Initually D.J. anticipated a 3 day weekend in Nashville and a state board examine for certification, (which was a little intense for my sweet little poodle) but as of last night he found out that within the next 3 weeks he will have to read 7 books and complete several audiovisual lectures from the internet! As disbelif feel upon my sweeties face I could not help but to have a grin on mine! Finally I am not the only one in the house that is completly overwhelmed with work, school, housework, family, friends, voluneteer work, and mainly just the everyday aspect of life. In the end, I know D.J. will be just as successful at this as he is in every other aspect of his life. If I had to give D.J. any advice it would be..

"D.J., don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful. There will ALWAYS be someone telling you no, or telling you that you can't, NEVER listen. Always surround yourself with successful people and eventually you too will become successful in your own merit. I will always be your biggest fan and your loudest cheerleader. One thing is for sure, If you ever fall I will be the hand that is reaching out to pick you up. Good Luck D.J."

Thursday, February 5, 2009

"Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up."
-- Dean Karnazes
Runner and author of Ultramarathon Man

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Back On Track

Yippee...After a disappointing lose of ZERO pounds last week, I am now back on track with a weight loss of 3.2 lbs for week number three! I have now lost a much needed 7.2 lbs and have successfully met my first set goal of 5% of my weight. Next set goal is of course 10% of my starting weight, which you guessed it, is another 7 lbs!!

However, it can't always be blue skies and sunny days! With the good there must always be bad. Has anyone ever had a week where they just want to scream as loud as they can? Kinda of like this..

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Well, that is exactly how I have been feeling this week in regards to school. After much thought and even much preparation my research teacher decided that the research problem that I had proposed to him, 3 weeks earlier, was not going to be acceptable. My reaction to this..

"Uuuummmmm..excuse me? Did you not tell me 3 weeks earlier that It was just perfect? Weren't you the one who helped me use correct wording? Do you not realize that I have spent the past three weeks working on this project that you signed off on? Are you a complete *** or what?"

In response to this thorn in my side I have spent the last few days re-working my research proposal in hopes that it will be in compliance to his wishes. FRUSTRATION!

As a fellow colleague of mine stated: "Welcome to Grad School"

P.S. DEAR RESEARCH TEACHER, IF YOU ARE READING THIS PLEASE DISREGARD EVERYTHING FROM ABOVE...I PROMISE I DID NOT MEAN ANY OF IT..ESPECIALLY THAT SILLY NAME I CALLED YOU...I KNOW YOU ARE THE EXPERT AND I AM JUST THE LITTLE PEON THAT WORKS RELENTLESSLY INTO THE MID HOURS OF THE NIGHT NEGLECTING ALL FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF YOUR MOST INTERESTING AS WELL AS INSIGHTFUL CLASS.