Currently Listening Across The Universe [Deluxe Edition] By Original Soundtrack see related

So my youngest kitty, Piper, loses her womanhood tomorrow. Well, technically on Tuesday but I have to drop her off tomorrow night. The other night she was sleeping on the back of the couch one minute...then the next minute she is up sticking her butt in poor Lola's face and meowing for hours on end. I'm not kidding. Friday night she meowed for 2 hours straight. 2! And loud too! The poor thing, I feel sorry for her but it makes me really uncomfortable. Poor Lola is all confused and trying to help her out, but obviously Lola can't do anything. The other night though Lola sat on her. It was the funniest thing. Piper was laying on her belly and I look over and Lola is sitting on her just like one would sit on a horse. It was hilarious. I wish I could have gotten a picture. Isis won't have anything to do with it...when Piper comes meowing in her face Isis chases her down the hall until she leaves her alone. So by Wednesday it should all be over. Yes she'll hate us for a day or two but then will eventually love us again. I'm almost sure of it.

If you haven't seen Across the Universe, you should really think about adding it to your list. I think the movie is simply amazing! The way the director incorporated the Beatles songs as if they were actual words from the characters' lips is amazing. The whole thing just goes so well together and with 200 Beatles songs to choose from I think she did an excellent job. I think Jim Sturgess is a great actor and the whole cast has great singing voices. I love the way she chose to arrange the Beatles songs and make them different. Really it is such a creative and unique movie with a great soundtrack. I give it 2 thumbs up!

Currently Listening One Cell In the Sea By A Fine Frenzy see related

It's a New Year

This new year has brought many changes to my life. A new job, a new house, and a new addition to our family. Yep, I'm pregnant! I'm about 6 weeks along and we are very excited! We've also put an offer on a house and it has been accepted! So we'll be moving sometime in April and I simply cannot wait! These are all very good changes that have happened so far this year, but the one negative change is the new job. I think I hate it. I was promoted to manager at the coffee shop I work at. I thought it was what I wanted, but I have recently discovered that it's not. At all. It's a constant weight on my shoulders and I tend to stress out rather easily. I don't think that is healthy for the little person growing inside of me. I was given a ton of new responsibilities but I wasn't given any training or instruction on how to carry them out. I have to run things I do by two different people who always give me a different answer. It's become very frustrating for me. It's been my dream for years to be running my own coffee shop. This new job is not quite the same..but it's similar and I am a little dismayed to find that I can't stand it. I know that my priorities have changed over the years so I guess maybe God was just showing me that it's ok to let that dream go maybe? I just know that I want to be the best mother and the best wife and a good homemaker and I really don't need to have a career anymore. I don't need a job. Now I just need to find the guts to sit my bosses down and talk to them. I feel bad for letting them down like this. But I just don't think I'm the right person for the job. So...yeah  That's my life in a nutshell right now.

Yes. I am one of those people. I bought a santa hat for our cats.

Lola

Isis

Piper

haha, i love it!

Thanksgiving

  We put our Christmas tree up this past weekend...fun times

our tiny little ornament collection for our 7 1/2 ft. tree

aww

our little weasel of a cat climbed up the christmas tree

Yay for christmas trees!

Death

My aunt passed away on Saturday and the funeral was this morning. I've had very little experience with funerals but I suppose it went as well as a funeral can go. It was really just a graveside service. It took place right next to my grandma's grave. That was a little hard to see. My grandma died when I was 7 so I never really got to know her but it was still a little hard. Everyone was worried about how my grandpa was going to handle things today...during the service he kept walking away. I absolutely cannot imagine what it would be like to outlive one of your children. My uncle seemed to be handling it pretty well too. I heard people saying it was because everyone was around but what happens when everyone leaves. And he has to go to bed alone. And wake up alone. My aunt was a collector. She had tons of dolls all over the place. All these special edition barbies, beatles dolls, kiss dolls, betty boop dolls....I mean her stuff was everywhere. And he won't let anyone touch it. I imagine the house would seem so empty without all her stuff there. I thought the pastor did a good job of talking about God's p resence in the midst of our pain. I wonder if any of my relatives found comfort in that or if it sounded empty to them. I hope they found some comfort in it.  I guess today was one of those days where you gain a little perspective. All of the petty things we get worked up over are so meaningless. How many days go by where we forget to thank God for the gift of life and all of the blessings he has given us. I know I forget a lot. I'm sorry, God. Thank you for loving me.