My My I Am A Slacker

I read my sisters newest adventure and she is going to blog about it and I thought to myself hmmmm I need to get back to blogging. It has been too long. The boys are doing well and school is wrapping up here is a few months. I am ready for school to be out but at the sametime I am not ready for school to be out. Luckly both of our boys will be in summer school this year. So at least their mornings will be occupied. I am hoping that our oldest Chirstopher will get a job this summer. He will be 18 next January and really needs to start to incorperate real life things into his everyday agenda. January is going to roll around quick.

Chris and I are doing great. For those of you who don't know we are expecting our own little one at the end of August. We will be finding out what we are having on the 10th of April. We both are hoping for a little girl but as long as it is healthy that is all that matters. The both of us have been plugging away at work. The salon keeps me busy busy and Chris's work is about to embark on their busy season. He is in the industry of concrete. Well that is it for now. I will have more to post soon. Myabe something good tonight.

Man O Man

Man O man where have I've been. What a crazy year for the Jones family this year. Last February we made our great journey over to VA where we stayed with my father in law for about 3 months. It was the most challenging 3 months of my life ever. Not only did I experience patience, keeping my mouth shut and being the bigger person was a huge part of the testing. Lets just say I learned how to "Keep Sweet"!!!!! for those of you who know what I mean.

We made two fabulous trips up to see my sister and her family in Chagrin Falls, OH. We were up there for Easter weekend which happened to be my birthday, but things were so drama filled and tense when we left our house that when we got up there we were so happy to just breath that we didn't even have cake and ice cream. In fact the next day my sister, my hubby and I were sitting out on the deck and she says to me "Oh my goodness we didn't even sing happy birthday or get you a card or even do cake or anything yesterday for your birthday." You know how you always have one crappy birthday well mine was this year, number 29 will never forget it.

It also was the year that Chris and I lost our first child. We both were very sad but God always has a bigger plan in the works for us. We know he will bless us with a little one when the time is right.

The summer was amazing! Hot and sunny, we had a pool to go to everyday which was so nice. If I wasn't at the pool I was at work in the air conditioning. I was sad to see summer go. Now we are into winter and it hasn't been to bad actually. We had some snow last week that has lingered on but for the most part it's cold and sunny. Which I have always said " I don't mind if it's cold as long as it's sunny out"

There is the Jones update. We are now awaiting Christmas with lots of presents to open, only a few left to wrap. That is all I have for you now stay tuned.........

Oh Man Where Have I've Been

Wow where the heck have I been?? A lot has happened in the last 5 months so I will do a small recap:

*Living with father-in-law went south and had to move out sooner then expected
*Went to Ohio twice to see my sis and her family
*Work work work
*Boys start school tomorrow yeah!!!
*My hubby got me two puppies for our 1 year wedding anniversary, they are so cute

*Marcus and I went to DC on Sunday and met up with my sister and her family. It was truly awesome. We both have never been so it was a lot to take in. I still can't believe that we live only 30 minutes away from the president. We stood in front of his house it was amazing. Then we went around to some of the local museums!! My sister and I were dragged out of the first ladies room. I will be making a trip alone to spend more time up there.

*Rode the Metro for the first time it was a blast.

Long and Short of It

Hey everyone I had my last day of training up at the Pentagon Fashion Center. I was sad to leave, everyone was so nice and patient with me while I trained. Today I was at Salon Cielo, this is a salon that our companies owns as well. The girls were so nice and fun to be around. They were happy to answer any questions I may have had. Tomorrow I start the first of many days in my salon here in Va, Bubbles is the name if anyone would like to look it up. It's a smaller branch, with about 12 stylist and 4 receptionist. I think it will be a fun and yet challenging place. They have been with out a manager for over a year so I will have my work cut out for me. But the good lord never gives us more then we can handle. I am happy that I will not have to travel to the DC area for work all though I did not get lost today, going to and from work hahah. Go figures that would happen on my last day!!!!! Sorry this is a short post but I will have more to report after the next two days, goodnight everyone

Recap

Hey everyone sorry I have been MIA but things have been crazy around here. Last weekend we went down to Richmond to celebrate my hubbies birthday at his brothers house. We had such a good time hanging out with other and my future sister in law. She was kind enough to show me how to properly cook greens. When I came home I was so excited to try it and I impressed myself. They were so good, even my husband complimented me on them. I also over his birthday weekend tried Pigs Feet for the first and lets say last time. The sauce that they were cooked in gave them great flavor but I just couldn't get pass the fat and the slimy texture that fat has. That is all pigs feet are is fat and I just couldn't do it, but at least I can say I tried them. After we got home that Tuesday I started my new job. I had to drive up the the


Pentagon Fashion Center Mall in DC and lets just say I got so lost I ended up right smack in the middle of downtown of DC. Luckily the manager Mark that I was training with understood. Then on the way home I got lost again and had to call Chris to navigate me home. Today was a little better, I made it down there okay, well minus all of the accidents that happen to have taken place at all of the exits that I needed to take Ha. I know right can I just get a break. But at least I wasn't as late today like I was yesterday. Still I got lost on the way home, but I at least made it back to 66, so I wasn't to far off. I have one more day up at the Pentagon Fashion Center (in this picture is the food court@ the Pentagon Fashion Center) and then I will be at my salon starting Friday, so exited.

Missing: family

Listening: to the sound of my husband play poker in the other room on the computer

Looking forward to: getting back into the groove of work

Childhood Memory Crushed

As a little girl my dad would often take my sister and I on Saturdays to the local Dunkin Doughnuts for fresh doughnuts and chocolate milk. Even if my dad couldn't take us because he had to work either my mom or dad would get up early and go get a dozen for all of us to have in the morning for Saturday breakfast. Since we have been here in Virginia I had been seeing a lot old places that we used to eat at growing up in Cali and well to my surprise when we went to staples I saw a Dunkin Doughnuts. I was so exited I said to Chris, we have to go there some day just once. I had then shared with him my childhood memory of Dunkin Doughnuts. So just this last week he had to go back to staples to replace an ink cartridge and Chris says to me, hey lets go get a doughnut. I was like of coarse. I was so stoked, my favorite one is the glazed with

the pink frosting and sprinkles, I felt like a little girl as we approached the door. When we walked inside I was so disappointed, it was nothing like the Dunkin Doughnuts that I remember. When we went as kids there was a big glass display case full of all the doughnuts they offered, they were always fresh and pretty, that is made it so hard to choose what you wanted. The doughnuts I remember were always moist and just melt in your mouth when they hit your lips. Oh and lets not forget frosting that would get on your face cause you would take the biggest bite possible, while the you tried to catch the sprinkles before they hit the floor. No no this place was nothing like that. This place only offered limited doughnuts!! And what I mean by that is they only offered like 10 different kinds, what they had made for the day. There was no glass display case, they for sure didn't have any glazed pink frosted doughnuts with the sprinkles. When I asked if they had the one on the sign, which was the one with the pink frosting with sprinkles, they said no. That was it just no, no attempt to even offer to make one or maybe say, oh they will be out later. Just flat out NO. I just couldn't believe it, so I settled for a sugar one, thinking it was a glaze with sugar, like it appeared.

We paid for our doughnuts and left. As we were driving home Chris had one of his Boston Cream doughnuts and I had my sugar doughnut. I again was so disappointed. It was first of all a cake doughnut, which should be light and fluffy and moist. OHHH no it was hard, stale and dry leaving my mouth unsatisfied. Chris even said that his doughnut was not up to par. He had gotten one of their raspberry jelly filled doughnuts, I had a bite and it was awful. The jelly was lumpy like jello almost chunky. Unlike the other kind they usually use, the really smooth like consistency of the jelly in cherry pie. I just couldn't believe. My memory of Dunkin Doughnuts was just crushed. I hope maybe one day we will run into another Dunkin Doughnut and they will redeem selves. One can only hope.

Listening Ears

Since we have been here in VA, the boys have realized that they have a grandpa that likes to make deals with them. The latest took place last night. Grandpa Robert made a deal with Chris that if he brought home a B average at the end of his Junior year that he would buy him an iphone. So of coarse he said yes, then they shook on it. Not to my surprise when Chris SR decided to let Christopher have one of our older phones he says to his dad "well I don't want that one, I want one of the new LG touch phones" His dad was like well you aren't going to be getting one of those from Sarah and I right now, this is what we can do for you right now, we don't have the money to get you one the phones you would like sorry bud. This one works and you can text" Youth says "well I will think about it, grandpa said he is going to get me one at the end of the school year" I looked at my husband and said " I knew it! All he heard was end of the school year and decent grades I get a phone of my choice. He choose to forget about at the end of your Junior Year, as in next June 2011" I was so annoyed cause he never hears the whole deal, he likes to pick and choose what he wants to hear and then run between us adults and does this, well he said this, oh well that's not they said.

So once grandpa got up and was function able we addressed the situation. Christopher was re-informed that the deadline was for next June of 2011. He looks at me and says "what" I then reminded him of a specific question that I asked last night to make sure he fully understood the deal. I looked right at him, in front of everyone and said "you do understand that it is at the end of your Junior Year right??? That means next June not this June???" The youth looked right at me and said "yes" I tole him ok just want to make sure you understand the deal and what it means. Grandpa Robert then said "that was the deal I offered" So of coarse the youth then re-thought his decision on rejecting the phone in which his father and I had to offer him. Wow it's amazing what happens when you open your ears and listen!!!!!

But you want to know what the whole getter out of all this is. The youth was so quick to turn down our phone. He so turned his nose up to the phone that his father and I were willing to give him, I just couldn't believe it. Even though it's an older phone, it works fine. You can call and text etc.... and he was, "no I don't want that one". He was so set on grandpa was getting him a newer touch phone. Then I thought about it lets say the deal was that grandpa was going to get him a newer phone at the end of the school year, that is still 3 months away and he was still turning down a perfectly good working phone that was being given to him. Given to him, FREE FREE of payment with out evening earning it.

Side note: His father and I were guilted into giving this phone to him, pretty much backed doored by the youth!!! He talked a good game to grandpa, more then likely telling him that he should be able to have a phone and just try to do good, try to get good grades, try to stay out of trouble. I'm sure he said stuff like this and more to grandpa knowing that grandpa would talk to us. The thing that frustrates me the most it the youth knows that this not how we operate. We have heard so many times "Oh I will try" and then he never follows through. So I was pretty irritated with him when I realized what he had done. I thought to myself, this will be the first and last time he will back door us ever again.

Anywho back to the turning down of the phone, I was like, WOW really he is that selfish. He is to good to take a free phone, while he works hard and proves that he can hold up his end of the bargin to get his newer, fancier phone, I was so taken back and dumb founded. I really can't wait for the youth to turn 18 and be out on his own to experience that things in life aren't free.

Listening to: the sound of the Eagles website page being played in the other room

Looking forward to: going to look at a 5 bedroom house in a half an hour