Thursday, April 30, 2009

Time-Outs & Alzheimers


Wow, it's been almost three months since I've put up anything new. No wonder all of my old journals skip about every 2 -6 months. Well, I am human. Really nothing too interesting has happened, we're just chugging along in our routine. However, with today, came a story that I just loved too much to not share.

Jake and I got home from work at the same time, though I had left early as my allergies are finally acting up and I felt like a train wreck. Anyway, on the way home Jake asked if hamburgers sounded good for lunch. I said yes, so he stopped by the store and grabbed a few things while on his way home. So we get in the door, put down our things and just begin to get settled when Jake brings up the fact that "I swear I bought a loaf of bread when I went to Harvey's the other day."

"You did, you set it on the counter." I replied. I truly only remembered this because I thought it odd that he had set it on the counter, instead of on top of the microwave, where we keep our bread.

However, we quickly realized it wasn't in either spot. A search ensued. Every possible cabinet was checked, the fridge, the freezer, the top of the fridge, I even went to the lengths of checking the oven. My reasoning being that if a loaf of bread could grow legs, surely it could hide in the oven.....maybe?

We gave up our search and Jake went into the computer room before getting into the shower, but he came back out of the room with a treasure! Sure enough, there was a torn open bag of bread that was already missing at least 3/4 of the load. He handed it to me, as I am the one who seems to discipline our hairy child (dog) the most. I was very calm though, it was too cute to yell at the dog who instantly sank to the ground, belly as low as it could, the second the bag touched Mommy's hands. (He knows what's coming, or so he thinks he does). So I ask the typical question, "What is this?" and hold the bag out to the low-lying dog. Bryce proceeded to sulkily turn away from me in a complete 180-turn and lay down, as if to ignore me. We couldn't hold back the snickers as I could easily imagine him putting his "hands" over his ears and pulling the "La-la-la, I can't hear you" trick.

Again I asked, "Bryce, I know you can hear me, what is this?" The criminal slowly turns back around to face me, sitting up with puppy-dog eyes. Too bad for him, I am not a sucker for this maneuver. I figured I'd turn up the heat a little, pulled out a piece of bread and asked "Do you want some?" His cute little ears came up, the tail wagged slightly and he sniffed it. "I dare you to take a bite," I coaxed. Bryce seemed to catch on as a little light bulb went off in his head, saying 'It's a trick, don't do it!' Thankfully, for him, he listened to that voice. Instead he got sentenced to the backyard for a "time-out", though it was needed for Mommy to breathe too. His time-out area seems so much nicer than mine ever did growing up.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Catch-up!

First I must apologize for not posting anything new as of late. I could blame it on being busy, which is, somewhat true. But mostly I got lazy and procrastinated. I think that's a disease that runs in my family at times. lol. Yes Dad, I know, you're a "pro" at procrastinating...*sigh*.

So, I guess I should take a few minutes this wonderful rainy Thursday (hey, I was born on a rainy Thursday!) to catch everyone up with all the exciting stuff going in our lives at the moment. We finally got all our furniture, the house isn't quite done yet, but it looks MUCH better, especially as my books finally have homes. I think this is a first, lol. I'm also extremely fond of the fact that we finally can play online on our separate Xbox 360s, together, and not have poor Jake set up on the kitchen table. Talk about driving me nuts, lol. Not that we use the table much.... well not to eat at, it's very good at holding up all our mail :)

Jake had signed earlier this month to move into a different department at work, which would not only increase his pay rate, but he would be working with the sugars and creamers, and not smell like nasty, yucky coffee everyday. Unfortunately, he didn't pass the last part of the test, so we were pretty bummed. We just have to keep reminding ourselves that it just means there is something better around the corner. As for me at work, I'm still slaving away at GameStop, hating my wonderful ghetto surroundings at that store. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy what I do, but I'd prefer a different area. Oh well. The good news is, after taking 20 years to choose, I believe I have decided what I want to be when I "grow up". I'm hoping we can start setting some money aside to pay for the online classes I would need, to become a certified wedding planner!
I'll take donations as well, hahaha! Honestly though, I truly feel this is something I would excel at, after already helping plan my own wedding, and now I am a bridesmaid in two more!

Speaking of those two weddings, Jamaica itself got canceled for Nick and Debbie, who have decided to get married July 11, here in Camden County. The second, well really the first, time wise, is my sister-in-law Traci's. Apparently Zack actually proposed last night, though I have yet to know the details, however we've been doing some major planning for about the past two weeks or so. We all knew it was coming, and am so happy for both couples! Looks like we started a trend with our wedding, lol. Your turn is coming Vicky, hahaha. You're the only one left from our wedding party, but we'll give you time don't worry! :)

That's pretty much it of everything new around here, hope the close of this first month of 2009 finds everyone well! We love you all, and God bless!

Monday, January 5, 2009

Happy New Year!

It's a few days late but I've been spending most my time in bed with a cold of sorts. Thankfully Jake barely had any of it. However we did have a nice New Years. We went over to Jake's parents, with the request from his mom, that we bring Rock Band 2, which was our Christmas present to ourselves. Of course, we couldn't pass up the opportunity of watching his mom play a video game, so we took it. We spent about two hours with Jake on drums, Zack on the bass, Pam on vocals and me on the guitar. Kylie wanted to play as well, as we'd let her bang on the drums and "rock out" while we were all eating. Unfortunately, my camera broke so now I can't even take pictures to post up.

With the new year came some exciting news. Nick, who was our best man proposed to his girlfriend, Debbie, who was one of my bridesmaids. So now both Jake and I have been asked to be in their wedding which will be in June 2010..in JAMAICA! Needless to say, we're going to be setting up a much needed savings account!

Our house is also quickly beginning to feel much more like home as I've had more time to unpack while sick, and we were finally able to get more furniture so everything had a place. We're still waiting on Jake's desk to be shipped, but then our last room of messiness should be complete and I cannot wait. I'm trying to be really good about not being a pack-rat and trying to get much more organized as well. So far, so good.

Well, we hope the beginning of 2009 finds everyone in good health and happiness. This new year has so much to offer, we wish everyone the best,send our love, and God bless!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas everyone!

We are slowly getting settled in our new place, as soon as it looks presentable, I'll post pictures of the whole thing, but for now I wanted to share our own little corner of Christmas with everyone. Please forgive the quality on the videos, as they were taken with my phone, we have yet to get a nice camcorder.







And last but not least, just for your entertainment, because we definitely enjoyed it...

The Many Personalities of Jake & Bryce! Starring...Jake & Bryce!

Friday, November 28, 2008

New Address

That's right, we finally got a place! We'll be renting a nice 2 bedroom, 2 bath duplex, which I hope to have pictures of, posted within the next few weeks. But for those interested in our address, it's:

406 Admirals Walk Dr
St. Marys, GA 31558

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Wedding Professionals

Alright, I finally figured out how to use this dumb thing properly! So, I took off the bazillion slideshows of wedding pictures from our photographer. Instead, I figured I'd give everyone the links to each album and then stream in a slideshow some of our personal favorites. Hope you all enjoy them, we sure do!

Getting Ready

Candids

Details

Ceremony

Formals

Reception

Hubby Tag

Thanks for this Silvia!!

What's your husband’s name? Jacob Alan Leggett
How long have you guys been married? 1 month, 4 days :)
How long did you date? 1 year, 8 1/2 months
Who eats more sweets? Chocolate is all mine, but give him some Nerds or Runts and he's more than content!
Who is the better singer? You don't want to hear him sing...trust me.
Who is smarter? Hmmm we're both a pretty balanced mix. He usually has more common sense than I do.
Who does the laundry? We both do, whoever is home and has the time. Or whoever (me) doesn't have to work at 5 am, so I make sure his work clothes actually dry...2 cycles.
Who pays the bills? Currently, we each pay our own personal ones and rent is a joint effort, but I will be the one dealing with the bills.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? looking at the bed, I'm on the right side
Who mows the lawn? He will be...I'm SO excited to have a lawn in two weeks!!
Who cooks dinner? Both, but usually Jake, as he gets off work at 130pm, and I'm not home til usually 530ish.
Who drives? Almost always Jake, but I LOVE to drive his car!
Who is the first to say they are wrong? Depends on the argument, lol!
Who kissed who first? He kissed me first, and it finally registered "He likes me!!" hahaha
Who asked who out first? Hmmm, we never really asked one another "out", our first date was really supposed to just be us hanging out, eating cereal and playing video games...neither of which happened. :)
Who wears the pants? Hahahaha, we heard a great joke about this at our reception, but I do, most the time.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Newlyweds

Oops! So I said you'd hear about the wedding in about a week..and here we are almost an entire month later! First and foremost, I am so glad the wedding is over! Much easier on the stress levels this way, lol. Forgive me, but I'm totally going to just copy something I typed up for WeddingBook, make a few adjustments and go from there. :)

So, October 18th, it was fantastic, but blew past so fast! It rained all morning as I had breakfast with my dad (a family tradition), and then the church was locked when I got there at 11, so Jake had to show up, (as my family pulled me away so we wouldn't see one another) to unlock the church. Thankfully, sometime between being shoved into a bathroom with my wonderful mothers and bridesmaids working on my hair and makeup the weather cleared up to a beautiful warm and sunny day.

Waiting to go down the aisle....holy crap, the whole time I thought I was going to walk in and just being a bawling baby, being carried down the aisle by my dad and step dad. Thank goodness it didn't happen like that. I walked in, saw Jake, and I couldn't stop smiling. I teared up during "I Will Be Here" which a friend of ours sang before we exchanged vows....which was slightly comical altogether. My wonderful husband had our own personal vows "ninja-d" inside his tux and totally pulled them out all smooth-like for our exchange.

Afterwards, it was a bunch of hugging and thanking people I didn't know, or possibly would know if I'd been able to look at them more than two seconds, lol. More than anything I wanted to be with my new husband. We finished all the formal shots while everyone else went to go enjoy the food for the reception. We got time for a few bites ourselves, then the toasts, tosses, cakes, and my favorite, the dances. I've never felt so alone in our little world. Of course everyone's favorite part we missed until afterwards, but my wonderful 4 yr old niece, Kylie, saw me dancing with my dad after Jake and commented loudly, as all children do (big_smile) "I can't believe she's dancing with other men already!" Gotta love kids!

We then had our fake-exit which involved getting in our wonderfully stickered-up car.... scrapbook stickers...you know with the little foam backing...DO NOT go on windows! They're a pain in the butt to get off, lol. Anyway, back to the fake-exit, we pulled out of the church, and pulled back in the other entrance lol. Took more pictures and then headed off with the photographer to downtown, just the two ...er, three of us. That was a blast, unfortunately I don't have her pictures in yet...so you can enjoy these! smile

Saturday, October 18, 2008

WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!!!

Yup, today is finally the day! That's pretty much it, all the details will come in about a week or so, after we get back from wonderful Orlando! Love you guys!!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

It's October!!

And has been for almost 48 hours. Oh well, but still, the blessed month is finally here! And the stress is in some ways getting worse, and better in others. We had a interesting scenario come about this week, in which we had to secure a new officiant as we will no longer be getting married by the one we had planned on. But it wouldn't be a wedding if everything went according to plan, right?

A new possibility has also arisen this week, that we may actually try to find a house on the south side of Jacksonville. We'd be much closer to Jake's job in downtown, and let's face it, it's always nice to have SOME room to be independent, especially as newlyweds. And... there's obviously a larger job market for me in Jacksonville, than Camden County. We're hoping we'll be able to afford a two bedroom so we have room for guests....who am I kidding.... so we have room to game our lil' hearts content. And really, we could use the extra storage. We have a lot of junk....which I intend to be going through within the next 6 months.

Speaking of 6 months...that's also my goal on having finished our wedding scrapbook. Otherwise it might not get done until we're empty-nesters many years down the road! :)

Okay, time to head back to real life. Have a great weekend and God bless, everyone!

Friday, September 26, 2008

Friday, September 19, 2008

Wedding Countdown

Alright so Jenn's last name may not be Leggett yet, but we're down to 28 days and most definitely counting! For those who don't know, October 18, 2008. Be there!

With less than a month to go, Jenn is super stressed and if Jake is...he hides it a lot better. I think his mindset is more on "Hey all I need to do is show up, right?" :) There's still so much to do!! But to finally join as one for eternity quickly dispels the anxiety.

Just a quick update on what's going on with us besides the wedding. Jake will be hitting his year mark with Maxwell House this next week which is really exciting. Jenn is at GameStop,....still. After the wedding we'll live in Jenn's apartment (in Jacksonville) for roughly a month and then when the lease goes up, hopefully we'll be moving into an apartment in Camden County, GA. It'll be a longer commute for Jenn (for a little while) but it gets us out of the hood!! Yay!! After the holidays Jenn wants to get a new job, so keep your eyes peeled Camden County folk.

Well, more to follow at another date! Have a great weekend everyone! God Bless!