So Richard started school online. Yay! Thats the good news. It's scary, but doable. I have a feeling I will be spending even less time with my husband now than ever. This sucks, but I keep reminding myself that its for the benefit of us later in life.

Blarg....

Richard's car transmission overdrive light keeps flashing, which means there is something wrong with the transmission. And we probably don't have enough money to get it fixed, unless we take what money we have been attempting to squirell away to pay of our furniture loans before Jan 7th without getting HUGE amounts of back intrest.

Crap.

Depending on if we can find an inexpensive mechanic depends on if we will see if we can buy a newer car then. Lets just hope if we have to do that, we can get a car loan. *cries*

Finance Gods....why do you hate my family so?

So we are biting the bullet, and Richard decided he wants to go back to school (while still working full time of course) online to finish his Bachelor's degree. I think we have decided that Phoenix Online is the best bet all around, and he should hopefully be submitting his FAFSA paperwork next week. He's going to be getting his degree in Business Management, which should take roughly 2 years to complete, which is AWESOME! Afterwards, if all works out well, he can hopefully continue on to get his Masters of Library Science. I'm hoping this can land him a more awesome paying job so I can evntually be able to stay home for the kids most the time, possibly breaking down to just needing to work part time. This of course is only theoretical at the moment, but one can home. I'm just hoping this won't all dig us further into the hole of debt. I keep telling myself we ARE doing better, but our credit cards scream at us otherwise. Ahh....the joy of bills. Can't wait for tax time....we should hopefully get a nice refund...to pay bills.

The 8th was Michael's 6th birthday. Much excitement abounded. We spend a lovely afternoon at the local Chuck E Cheeses, and since Michael only goes to Kindergarten half a day, we were able to enjoy Chuck E Cheese almost to ourselves. It was wonderful. Best time I think any of us have ever had there.
Michael got to have an icecream cake, which he LOVED, and he picked out the design. Superman!!! Which really suprised me since there was a Spiderman and a Bumblee both of which he adores completely.


Many clothes and games were opened after everyone got a peice of superman. It was so good, my teeth hurt afterwards. (That sounded a bit off...haha)

Also tonight, which Richard and I were done making Apple PIE (which turned out divinely.....*drool*) I decided it was about time to give Amilyn her first haircut. It all turned out relatively well, so I am pleased. She was being cute with her "cape" afterwards. Richard helped keep her entertained so noone got hurt while trimming her locks.



Not the greatest haircut in the world, but it looked much better than it did before. So I'm happy, and no tears were shed. Yay!

The last few weeks have been all but...well......crappy. As far as work goes that is. Home life is ok. Ami's been cranky as usual most of the time, and still isn't talking much other than a random "hi" here or there and a wave. Michael has been having more tantrums lately, so I've been having to restrict his video games.....which to a 5 yr old, is like the world ending. Well, back to the crap at work. My manager shattered her knee last month, and at this point we still have no idea when she'll be back full time. In my opinion, this is the cosmos saying "freaking retire fully already!!!!". But no...she's too stubborn. Meh. Plus, she won't just stay home and heal. Noooo...she has to make it her personal mission to bug us every single day just to make sure we're doing everything right. Honestly, no trust. At least our community director (her boss) likes me and seems to have a great deal of trust in me. I like her. :-) Our children's librarian has taken over the mantle of manager while the head cheese is out, and been doing some amazing things in the process. It's gonna suck when the real manager comes back full time. If the time ever does come where the manager retires, the past few weeks will be shining amazing examples of why our children's librarian should be the manager. Honestly, the woman is amazing, and SOOOO easy to work with. On another side note, found out my supervisor (aka deer in headlights) is going back to school in the fall full time, but has given us absolutely no idea of when he'll be leaving. At this point it almost seems that he wants to try to stay working while going to school full time. STOOOPPPIIIIDDD Idea! It's nearly impossible.
To be a supervisor:
1. Must be available more than a few hours a week....
2. Must be able to give more direct answers than "uh...um..."
3. Must be able to have some sort of backbone.
I'm sure you can see where I'm going with all this.
Essentially I want him to exit gracefully soon so he doesn't get his butt fired (as it looke like that might happen soon if he's not carefuly) and NEVER be able to have another job again because he keeps getting fired........ and so then I can have his job :-) (yes, there are many alterior motives) Either that or at least take a voluntary demotion. I mean geez....I've had a lot of supervisors while working for the library, and this one by far has been the worst. Not that he's a bad guy, he just has no idea what he's really doing....
For the most part though, everything has been going ok, which the exception of when the children's librarian is gone for a few days (deer in headlights gets a little out of line and things fall apart, fast! thank goodness my other coworker has a decent head on her shoulders) I just wish all the comments of "things will really open up for you in Pasco" would hurry up and happen already. I'm freakin miserable not being able to handle things the way I would be able to if I was in at least a slightly higher station than I am. Knowing policies inside and out and being damn good at my job doesn't help when I'm the lowest level clerk you can get...really I'm not supposed to do half the crap I do on desk. Oh well....hurry up and wait, right?

Also, last week, Richard's kitten (Chappy) died that he rescued from a pond out near a park a few months ago. Really I've come to realize that it was only a matter of time before he was going to die, but I'm glad we were able to at least make his little furry life a little more enjoyable while it lasted. Richard is convinced that he cannot pick out animals or have animals pick him. Some day Richard will get lucky...maybe when the day comes that he gets his turtles he's been wanting. "I" will just have to pick them out for him. I'm apparently good at picking healthy animals.

Oh, and Richard and I now have cell phones now. YAY! Cheapest plan out there mind you, and no bells and whistles, but at least now I can call long distance without too much trouble. Main reason for this is we are going to go visit Kristen in 2 weeks. I'm excited to see her and Carlos, and I hope to rub some mommy germs on her in hopes to fulfill her posible dreams of becoming a mommy. (I want more neices and nephews...preferably ones I might ACTUALLY get to see every now and then) I just hope the kids will survive the car trip all the way down to Utah (10 hours) without going stir crazy. I also hope I'll remember to take the camera so I can document our family vacation.

And here are some pretty pictures to leave you with...I took these a couple months ago, and just barely got them off my camera...bad me.

I swear...the clouds looked like brains...it was cool!

And the super cute Ami-cakes in her sunshine yellow dress at Easter time.

I'm now working in the Pasco Library....

yay...the excitement ensues...

Can you just feel the sarcasm?

For those nearby, stop by and say hi, and help me get rid of the wierdos that keep stalking me....oh wait. In most cases, that'd be you. :-P

So I did it...I quit. Not my job mind you, but virtually everything else in my life. I decided to take a much needed break from Radcon's Masquerade chair, looks like my domain of the Camarilla will be going down the hole any day now, and so I may be quitting that as well. I also quit a few more lbs of weight (I know...wierd way of saying that, but yay me)

I'll most likely not be attending Greenwood this year in any shape or fashion, which anyone who knows me should be looking at me like I have my head screwed on funnny.

I think I just need a while to grow up a little and actually...maybe...act my own age.

The other thing is, I would really like to be able to take my family on a road trip and possibly go visit my little sister down in Utah. I miss her, and she's been talking about wanting to have a baby, so I feel its nessisary to go visit so hopefully some of my maternal insticts will rub off on her. (Plus get a good dose of her neice and nephew)

The job search continues, because tell the truth, I am REALLy bored with my current job. I'm overworked, overstressed, unpaid, and sick all the time. Yet....noone is responding to my applications. I shall continue on in this monotonus job until some sort of silver lining breaks through the gloom and either I'll start to enjoy my job again, or I'll get that amazing call saying "YES, we want you!" Whoever they might be.

Till then, I'll plug along, and be a social hermit for a while.

I just joined www.sparkpeople.com in hopes I can mind some motivation to loose more weight. I've plateaued again at around 218...just gotta get my butt in gear. My goal is to get back down to 180...lets see if I can get under 200 by the end of the year. As a reward to myself if I can get under 200 lbs, I want to get Michael and Amilyn's names tattooed on my ankle in tengwar elvish. (I have a friend that had this done on her ankle, and its sooooo pretty)

I came acrossed this website while looking for new backgound for my computer. They are all so pretty. :-)

http://fredsastro.googlepages.com/


Go take a look...They are all very relaxing to look at. Plus, its just fun to say "Neh-bew-laaaahhhh" *grins*

Radcon was awesome...even though Richard didn't come with, and I knew my kidlets were mad at me for leaving them behind. Had a really great time though. Got to meet Joe Kugen (Kane from Command and Conquer) and played some who's line is it anyways with some friends. I think Joe was having a lot of fun torturing us with wierd poses: (I apologize in advance...my camera settings weren't right, so a lot of pictures turned out really dark and blurry)



Then Saturday was the Masquerade! And lots of fun taking pictures in my costume...I'm still finding more pictures out there...



And I ran in to the ever super sweet Captain America. We had a great weekend together. :-)




Here's a couple people that entered the Masquerade:

She was soooo freaking cute! I wanted to take her home with me. She was soooo sweet. She was a Valentine Neko she created herself. Since con happened on Valnetines, there was a LOT of chocolate being given out.

Kelli and her Hubby John. She drafted these costumes completely! She's amazing at sewing. The best part: she put a sign on her husband's back "Frak me, I'm a Cylon!" LOL


Noone could keep a straight face over this one. Tinky Winky of Borg. (snicker) abosolutely brilliant. She was hilarious.


So now that this year's con is done, time to fix the parts of Wonder Woman that fell apart late Saturday night, and get to work on more costumes. Richard says he wants an Altair costume, and a Chichiri. We'll see what I can finish in a year...

Please let me know what you think. I know its not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with the results.

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me!

My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

* I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

* What I create will be with you in mind.

* It'll be done sometime this year (2009)

* You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be something written, some physical thing made, could be anything at all, but I will make it myself. It's entirely my choice what it is. No quibbles, no refunds.

* I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch?

Oh, the catch is that you put this in your journal as well. If you don't, you don't get anything.

She's walking, and talking...sort of. Amilyn's max consecutive steps now have reached 18 steps before deciding that crawling gets there faster. And she's mastered the word Mama. :-) As Richard says, I win. Hahah. Still doesn't use it properly though. Everything is Mama...even Daddy.

Happy holidays....Enjoy these pictures :-) Amilyn is now 10 months old, and Michael is 5 years old.

Amilyn in one of her more happy moments. She was trying to eat my friends cell phone.

I swear, I can't do anything with my girls hair....

Michael Moore wrote this wonderful letter that sums up the joy of this results of this years presidental election. As he said...

Anything is possible.

Wow. Just wow. :-)

Take a read for yourself:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=240


Thanks to Jay Lake for providing this link. (I luvs his link salads he does on a daily basis)

Check out this speech made by Barak Obama:

www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/23/10301/755/589/639122

Barak Obama is truely an inspiring guy. A lot of my family doesn't agree with me doing this, but I'll be voting for this man.

I've been super busy the last couple of weeks, and haven't had a lot of time to do anything, so I decided to do an easy costume for halloween. I'm going to be Wilma from the Where's Waldo Books. Only trouble I'm having is finding a red and white stocking cap. Bah...I thought finding a red and white striped shirt was hard enough....yeesh.

I got all of Michael's costume ready, and he's going to be Super Mario!!!! He's sooo cute, and so excited to be Mario for Hallowen. WAY better than Spiderman. Fer Sure....
I think we'll just reuse Michael's baby devil costume for Amilyn, as I'm quickly running out of money. Stupid bills.....

OH! and I found the most awesome site for when I get around to making my Wonder Woman costume! (I will do it! I just don't know when....beofre Radcon for sure) Check it out: https://www.spandexwear.com/product.php?productid=16158&cat=75&page=1
It makes me happy....caz I have NOOOO time to sew lately, and I still plan on making all the armor peices so that will take me forever. Still not sure what to make it all out of yet....

And now on to the joy of this....pictures! a few of the kidlets, Michael's birthday, and a walk down in Zintel Canyon.



Michael's favorite presents he got....Pirates and Mario Kart!

 This is Michael's best friend Dylan from school last year. It was also his birthday. He's one year older than Michael, so I put an extra set of candles on tha cake for him. Speaking of cake....How cool is this??



Taking a hike down in Zintel Canyon. Ami was stuck in the stroller for most of this, but she seemed to enjoy herself. Michael had a lot of fun "exploring" side trails with Daddy and "Auntie" Shannon.


Isn't this just heavenly?

I stole this from amazonmandy   It looks fun, so I thought I'd give it a try.


LAYER ONE: On the Outside
Name: Jennifer Pruiett
Birth date: March 17
Birthplace: Prosser WA
Current Location: MY room
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Light Brown
Height: 6'0"
Zodiac Sign: Pisces

LAYER TWO: On The Inside
Your heritage: Danish/English
Shoes you wore today: Shoes? What are those? Haha...maybe sneakers later
Your weakness: Diet Pepsi...I want some now :-(
Your fears: I won't be alive to see my kids have kids
Your perfect pizza: Supreme with stuffed crust
Goal you'd like to achieve: Have a perfect A1c! I'm getting there!

LAYER THREE: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Your most overused phrase: It's NOT my bloodsugar!
Your thoughts first waking up: I want to go back to sleep.
Your best physical feature: my nose, it so cute.
Your bedtime: between 10:30pm and 1am
Your most missed memory: Diabetes Camp

LAYER FOUR: Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Pepsi...were you not reading earlier?
Mc Donald's or Burger King: Hmm...depends on what I'm getting. I've been enjoing Jack in the Box lately. Their smoothies are yummy.
Single or group dates: Single.
Adidas or Nike: Neither, I don't DO name brands for clothing. I can't afford it
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Don't really drink either
Cappuccino or coffee: Neither

LAYER FIVE: Do You?
Smoke: No. Ick
Cuss: Yeah, but working on not as much. My son's picked up the habit and started swearing at school. We broke him of that REALLY quick
Sing: All the TIME! Ask my friends. I can't watch musicals caz I end up busting out into song.
Take a shower everyday: I try, Every other day at least!
Have a crush(es): Who doesn't
Think you've been in love: Yup
Like(d) high school: Not at all
Believe in yourself: Sometimes
Get motion sickness: After having kids, yeah
Think you're attractive: Not really, but guys keep staring at me lately, so apparently I am, either that or I have something stuck on my face....Is there something on my face????
Like thunderstorms: Yes, but only if there is lightning as well
Play an instrument: Yup, several actually

LAYER SIX: In the past month...
Drank alcohol: Yeah, I had a shot called chocolate cake. It actually tasted like Chocolate Cake. Go Figure.
Smoked: No.
Done a drug: Does insulin count? :-P
Gone on a date: No. :-(
Gone to the mall: Yes, for the first time in almost a year!
Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No.
Been on stage: No
Been dumped: No
Gone skating: No
Gone skinny dipping: No
Dyed your hair: No, but i'm starting to think about trying it for a big first.
Stolen anything: No

LAYER SEVEN: Ever...
Played a game that required removal of clothing: Yes
Been caught "doing something": By my parents? No.
Been called a tease: yes
Gotten beaten up: No
Shoplifted: No

LAYER EIGHT: Getting Older
Age you hope to be married: Already married....
How do you want to die: Quietly in my sleep. Less painful
What do you want to be when you grow up: I don't know anymore
Best eye color? I'm kind of partial to blue. But I'm not picky
Best hair color? I'm quite fond of blonde and brunette
Height: no preference. I have friends a whole foot shorter than me, and my husband is 3 inches taller than me.
Best articles of clothing: Hanes! It da best. :-)
Best first date location: The movies

LAYER TEN: In The Numbers
Number of drugs taken illegally: None
Number of people I could trust with my life: um, 3 I think
Number of CDs that I own: I have no idea...couple hundred at least
Number of piercings: 2
Number of tattoos: None
Number of times my name has appeared in the Newspaper? 3 times, but that was for wedding announcement, and for my children's birth announcements
Number of scars on my body: You want me to count them????? I have too many
Number of things in my past that I regret: too many.

I don't normally do this but....

You've got to check these out!
http://www.democraticstuff.com/

There are some pretty sweet buttons on here, and say, I had some extra money to burn (HA!) I'd buy a whole bunch. I really like Obama, I like his views, and this merchandise to support his campain is made of win. :-)

So yeah, check this stuff out, at least for a good giggle if nothing else.

I didn't get that job. This sucks. My manager doesn't like me apparently. I have a meeting tomorrow to "discuss" why I didn't get the job. This sucks....Oh wait, I said that already.



GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!