how we met

how you met your love.
1. Where did you meet?
match.com

2. What was the first thought that went through your head when you first met?
He is really tall.

3. Do you remember what he/she was wearing?
He was wearing his doc martens, jeans, bruce shirt and some jacket thing.

4. Where was the first time you kissed this person?
In my apartment on our third date.

5. How did he/she ask you out?
He asked me out over IM

6. Where did you go for your first date?
We went to FrappHouse in Chambersburg for coffee

7.How long did you know this person before you became a couple?
About 1.5 weeks

8. Has this person ever proposed to you?
Yes. He did.

9. Do you and this person have kids together?
on the way.

10. Have you ever broken the law with this person?
ummm....yeh we download movies.

11. When was the first time you realized that you loved this person?
After our second date after he asked to look at my scapbook from Colorado.

12. Do you get along with any of the ex's of your partner?
I don't know any of them.

13. Do you trust this person?
100%

14. Do you see your partner in your future?
Absolutely and forever

15. Whats the most expensive thing this person has given you?
Everything. my ring. our house. our vacations.

16. What is one thing he/she does that gets on your nerves?
sometimes he plays on the computer for hours on end

17. What is the thing you do that gets on his/her nerves?
sometimes I forget to take my cups to the sink

18. Where do you see each other in 15 years from now?
wow....I would be 42, so I guess i see myself and Greg with kids in the house that we built. Greg would still be teaching and I would be a trainer for CCJJPO.

'Twas the night before Valentine's Day...

...and Greg and I are still sick. We are on our 2nd snow day. You would think people would know how to properly remove snow from the roads but not here.

I spent the day doing research for my field practice. Yikes...I feel like I am getting no where. I found about 20 different articles telling me that Juvenile Deliquency is high and so is recidivism. DUH. Risk factors are the same all across the board. Parental involvement and environment are the two main factors. How many different ways can you present that information in a research study that needs to be 70 pages long....ahhhhh.

ok. I will not buckle under the pressure but I have been swamped lately. Greg and I feel like we have no time anymore. With me no longer working at the school with him our time together is limited. There is a job opening in this agency (cumberland county juvenile probation office) and I have been asked to take the interview for it. Who knows, maybe it will be the best thing for me.

more news later...now is time for bed. long day tomorrow.

Snow Day

I think the biggest difference from northern PA and southern PA is how they deal with weather.
You wouldn't think there would be such a difference but believe me, since I have moved down here almost 3 years ago, I have seen school cancelations over 2 inches of snow.
My husband, a kindergarten teacher, thinks snowdays are wonderful. They have never a TRUE snow storm.

So today I start my rant because there are 197 school closings in the surrounding counties. We have an inch and a half of snow. I laugh.

I have lived in northern PA, Maine, even Colorado (2002). I know what a real snowday is and it is not 2 inches of snow.

Anyway....here I sit. Ten in the morning, did I mention Greg and I are both sick. In a way this snowday has been a blessing, a way for Greg and I to get better without having to miss work.

Now that I am done with the ranting....We have pretty much settled into being married. We love it.

A Day Away

Our wedding picture from December 23.......festivus

and so my journey begins....



but not alone.

Cancer Free

Just an update. Yesterday I went to the doctors for my follow-up appointment after my surgery and I am officially cancer-free. All nasty bad cancerous cells were removed with laser-gun...haha. I should stop joking...
in all seriouslness.

I am fine. I am healing. I am crossing my fingers that this stuff doesn't want to invade my body ever again.

Thanks for the thoughts,

BW

Friday, May 25

Greg and I went to Troy to visit the parents and to attend the 150th anniversary of Trojan Lodge 306. My dad is worshipful master of the masons in this lodge and they were hosting this anniversary party in which my dad was in charge of. Greg and I were the photographers. But the weird part is that Saturday morning out of nowhere I woke up with no voice. I hadn't been sick and I wasn't sick but somehow I didn't have a voice. The anniversary party went off without a hitch, and the pictures turned out awesome.

Saturday night, Greg and I went to my brother Donnie's and my other brother and his wife came over. My brothers live over the field from each other so it makes it nice for all of us to get together. My sister-in-law Katie is starting to show big time. They found out they are having a girl....yippee....

Sunday Greg and I went out to the farm and went fishing....I swear it's the new cool thing to do. He caught at least 10 little fishes...and I caught....NOTHING. Fish don't like me. All in all, it was a fun weekend. I never got my voice back. Even now as I sit here writing this...I still have no voice. Finding ways to communicate without using ones voice is difficult. This week I have my pre-admission testing. I am a little scared. or maybe worried. I also have an appointment for a second opinion on the same day as my testing. Who knows....maybe somewhere along the line, some doctor made a mistake.

Thankful

So today while I was working with my client, this adorable little 7 year old, I started thinking about all the things I take for granted. So I decided to write what I am truly grateful for:
a home with someone I love
animals to keep me company
too much food in the refrigerator
a good paying job in my field
going to work with the man I love
having 'things' to complain about (when i KNOW i don't need them)
a good life
toilet paper
wireless internet
a grill for nights like tonight
men who are strong enough to cry
men who dare enough to be themselves
Most of these things don't mean a single thing to anyone but me, and some of them sound down right ridiculous, but its what I am thankful for this very moment. School is sometimes too much, but its still worth it. My job is overwhelming at times, but the little guy who is benifiting from what i do, keeps me going. Sometimes Greg and I don't see eye to eye, but that's what inspires me about him.....we can see things differently and learn from each other. I am especially thankful that Greg and I found each other....
i love you babe.