Cell Phone and other ramblings

Well my cell phone has been acting up this afternoon so I call At&t and it turns out that it is pretty much my own fault that is has been messing up. It kept telling me "no sim" and I would have to turn it off and turn it back on for it to work again.

So I called At&t and had the most fabulous customer service rep (I'm serious, he was great) and he said that there was a problem with my sim card (so it wasn't completely my fault) so he fixed the problem and he asked me how often I turn my phone off (here is where it becomes my fault)... I don't turn my phone off on a regular basis, just every now and then. He told me that when you turn your phone off and turn it back on that when it reconnects to the satellite that is when your sim receives updates. My sim card has not been updated since I opened my account with them in April of last year. He said that there was an attempt to update it on February 22 but that it failed. He said that it was not completely my fault for not turning it off that often, there was definitely something wrong with my card so he thinks that he has that problem fixed and he told me to turn my phone off every day and turn it back on.

Anyways, they are going to call me on Tuesday to make sure I haven't had any more problems. Hopefully I won't.

Today was so busy at work, but it made the day go by super fast. Now I am at home wondering what we are going to do for dinner... I don't really feel like cooking, I wonder if Zach would be ok with ordering a pizza... probably not but we will see.

Zach and I were talking last night about what we are going to do with our three angels (the dogs, who aren't angels) while we are gone to the beach for a week in June. My mom and dad kept Max and Emma last year for us but I hate to ask them to do that again this year because they have three dogs and now we have three dogs... They don't need 6 dogs running around their house for a week. I thought about boarding them but that would be expensive... I may let Max go to mom and dad's since he is fixed and can't reproduce with their two females. As for the girls, they are not fixed (but mom and dad's male dog is fixed I believe), I thought about boarding the two of them together but that would still be expensive... I wonder if Karmen and Matt would keep the girls... Who knows... They will probably all three end up at mom and dad's, but I feel so bad for them having 6 dogs in their house.

Any volunteers to watch my dogs this summer???

Well, I am going to try to get Zach to either cook or order a pizza. Have a fabulous weekend!

Mini-Vacation Pictures (see post below)

Jimmy and Brenda and their new house!

The house we are staying in this summer!

Mrs. Kathy, Margaret, and myself at the beach!

Mr. Larry and Zach at the beach!

Dying Easter eggs at Nanny's.

Ava hunting Easter eggs.

Vacation

My mini-vacation last week was much needed!

I will post some pictures from it...

On Wednesday I spent the day with Mom, Karmen, Ava, and Nanny. We met up with our friend Amanda and her two little boys Cody and Rowdy at the mall to have pictures with the Easter Bunny. We went to lunch and we shopped and then spent the rest of the day hanging out.

Thursday we went up to Georgia to visit Brenda and Jimmy. I had not been up there since their house burned down. (I forgot to mention this in the last update so I will elaborate in a minute.) We went to the old house, their rental house, and their new house. We also got to visit with Patsy and Guy (Brenda's sister and her husband). We made a stop at Panorama Apples so we could all get some fried apple pies. We also went to see Tyler and Caty. It was a busy day but it was great to see everyone!

Ok, Brenda and Jimmy's house. Nanny went up there to visit them after Christmas. On January 2 I believe, Nanny Brenda and Jimmy all got in the car to go ride around and look at the snow. They got a call from someone wanting to know if they were at home (luckily they weren't) when they got back to the house it was gone! EVERYTHING! Mom and Karmen had to make an emergency trip to Georgia to get Nanny and bring her home. They lost everything and everything that my Nanny took up there was destroyed too, including a necklace that my grand dad had bought for her. Anyways, Brenda and Jimmy decided not to rebuild and are looking to sell the foundation (that is all that is left) and the 11 acres.

Ok, now to Friday. Me, Zach, his mom and dad, and his aunt all drove down to Gulf Shores/Orange Beach to find the house that we are staying in this year to make sure it is on the beach. When we pulled it up on mapquest the house was not on the beach. But when we got down there the house IS on the beach. We drove down to Florida so they could get lottery tickets and then we went out on the beach. It was chilly but beautiful! We ate at The Original Oyster House, my favorite!!! We came home that day, two days of riding in the car will wear you out!

Saturday morning we got up to go to Nanny's and dye Easter eggs. Since we were born Karmen and I have dyed eggs with Nanny so now that we are married and Karmen has a baby we are continuing the tradition of going to Nanny's.

Sunday we had Easter lunch at Nanny Dixon's and dinner with Zach's family.

The week is half way over now (thanks goodness) and I plan on doing absolutely nothing this weekend!

Have a fabulous rest of the week.

Pictures

Going in face first at her birthday party!

from left to right: Max, Emma, and Violet. They enjoyed the snow!

Ava saying "Choo Choo" at the zoo!

When you ask Ava what a lion says she does this and says "Roar"!

Finally...

It has been FOREVER since I have posted. A lot has happened since my last post, I don't really know where to begin.

First, I hope this finds all of you well and enjoying 2008!

I still have my Taste of Home Entertaining business. It has been so much fun getting to meet new people and introduce them to TOHE. I am still doing home shows so if you are interested just let me know.

Zach and I are doing quite well. Just working and spending time with family. Max, Emma, and Violet are all getting big. I have some new pictures of them so I will post them at the end. They are so funny, they are like little kids, if one is getting attention they other two get jealous. They are sweet though.

Ava is getting big. I have some new pictures of her too! Her Chickie and Yack (me and Zach) sure do love spending time with her. She is walking all over the place and talking up a storm. She is the sweetest little girl in the world!

In November of last year I found out that I had melanoma. It was a non-invasive melanoma, but still melanoma. I had surgery the day before Thanksgiving for that. I didn't have to have chemo or anything like that. I just go to the dermatologist every three months to be checked for new moles or freckles or changes in moles or freckles.

My public service announcement for the day! Don't go to tanning beds, ALWAYS wear sunscreen, reapply your sunscreen every couple of hours and if you notice a change in a mole or freckle have it looked at immediately! I was 22 years old when I found about my melanoma, it can happen to ANYONE! That is my PSA for the day, thank you!

Thanksgiving was pretty good. Christmas was fabulous! New Year's was great!

We were at the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert for New Year's, it was so much fun! My mom and dad and my friend Lindsey went with us... Everyone enjoyed it!

We are planning for the Self Family Beach Trip in June. I don't know how much time I will spend at the beach but I am looking forward to the time away. We are going to Orange Beach/Gulf Shores. I love it down there, I could live there!!!

I still work for ACIPCO. And Zach still "works" for Self Painting Company. For those of you who don't know Zach "works" for his parents which means that he goes to their house and hangs out in the office with his dad all day. I am just kidding he does work hard, we all give him a hard time because his schedule is so flexible, especially when the business is slow.

Nanny had her birthday in January. Me, Karmen, Mom and my mom's cousin Joy threw her a birthday party. All of her friends from her exercise class came. It was so much fun! The 4 hostess wore black pants, white shirts, and red aprons. The decorations were Italian themed, since Nanny is Italian. We had spaghetti and meatballs, salad, and bread. And for dessert, TIRAMISU, my favorite!!! It was so much fun!

Speaking of birthdays! Ava turned 1 on November 1st. She had a great party and was so cute eating her cake...

Me, Zach, Karmen, Matt, and Ava went to the zoo this past weekend so I enclosed some pictures of Ava from there!

I can't think of anything else to write! I hope everyone has a great Easter!

God Bless!

Kristen

Edit: OK, pictures are not working right now. I will have to upload them later!