We adopted Prada's brother!
We will pick him up the first week in February.
We are now thinking of names. Any ideas? We are thinking of naming him Prince, but it is still in the air.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
The good, the bad, and the ugly...
THE GOOD
We have started this year out with plenty of friends. On New Years day we went to a friends house to watch for the guys to watch the Rosebowl game while the ladies scrapbooked. Andrea has been busy keeping up with scrapbooking since she got her cricut machine for Christmas. Her current project is a scrapbook on her family that has a lot of ancestry information. She already put it together once, but she is re-doing it to make it look better. Also on new years day we were invited to another friends for a dinner party. We still have our Sunday dinners that we enjoy with our neighbors. We have also been trying to complete the Super Mario Bro. game on Wii with our neighbors (it is their game but we play with them). We already beat the game but now are working towards the secret world.
Prada's litter brother is still available with the breeder we adopted her from and so we are interested in adopting him. His name is Rolls Royce. She lives quite a distance away so we are hoping that she will be able to meet midway to deliver the puppy to us. We are 100% sold on adopting him and are excited if we can bring him home for Prada as a play mate. He looks like Prada but a bit lighter, he use to be cream but is now starting to show some orange.
THE BAD
School starts tomorow for Jason, so no more sleeping in and more studying to bring on stress.
When we were heading to our neighbors for dinner today Prada decided to make a break for it. She escaped through the door and then burst down the down the stairs towards the apartment parking lot. She is quite the little runner and finds it a game to chase her down. She began running around all over the apartment complex. Circling our building, running up and down the hills, and around the mail box. It took a while to team up and catch her and Andrea was clearly out of shape and breath by the end. She must have had fun but she was in trouble afterwards. She is grounded I suppose. Andrea was the crazy lady chasing after her dog running down the sidewalk screaming because she was scared that Prada would get hurt in all her fun. This never happens and hopefully it is the last it will happen.
THE UGLY
Andrea's wedding band is in the shop getting fixed because one of her diamonds fell out of her wedding band.
The weather is improving here but there is still ice in some spots, especially the parking lots. Jason has now fallen twice on the ice going to the car. The first time he hurt his arm as he tried to grab on to the car for support. Last night Jason slipped and crashed right on to his back. He is doing okay but lets hope the ice doesn't get any uglier.
We have started this year out with plenty of friends. On New Years day we went to a friends house to watch for the guys to watch the Rosebowl game while the ladies scrapbooked. Andrea has been busy keeping up with scrapbooking since she got her cricut machine for Christmas. Her current project is a scrapbook on her family that has a lot of ancestry information. She already put it together once, but she is re-doing it to make it look better. Also on new years day we were invited to another friends for a dinner party. We still have our Sunday dinners that we enjoy with our neighbors. We have also been trying to complete the Super Mario Bro. game on Wii with our neighbors (it is their game but we play with them). We already beat the game but now are working towards the secret world.
Prada's litter brother is still available with the breeder we adopted her from and so we are interested in adopting him. His name is Rolls Royce. She lives quite a distance away so we are hoping that she will be able to meet midway to deliver the puppy to us. We are 100% sold on adopting him and are excited if we can bring him home for Prada as a play mate. He looks like Prada but a bit lighter, he use to be cream but is now starting to show some orange.
THE BAD
School starts tomorow for Jason, so no more sleeping in and more studying to bring on stress.
When we were heading to our neighbors for dinner today Prada decided to make a break for it. She escaped through the door and then burst down the down the stairs towards the apartment parking lot. She is quite the little runner and finds it a game to chase her down. She began running around all over the apartment complex. Circling our building, running up and down the hills, and around the mail box. It took a while to team up and catch her and Andrea was clearly out of shape and breath by the end. She must have had fun but she was in trouble afterwards. She is grounded I suppose. Andrea was the crazy lady chasing after her dog running down the sidewalk screaming because she was scared that Prada would get hurt in all her fun. This never happens and hopefully it is the last it will happen.
THE UGLY
Andrea's wedding band is in the shop getting fixed because one of her diamonds fell out of her wedding band.
The weather is improving here but there is still ice in some spots, especially the parking lots. Jason has now fallen twice on the ice going to the car. The first time he hurt his arm as he tried to grab on to the car for support. Last night Jason slipped and crashed right on to his back. He is doing okay but lets hope the ice doesn't get any uglier.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
A good end to a good year
Jason has been certified into the Hospitality Business Management program at WSU!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
It's the Holiday Season...
Last thursday we began our Christmas vacation by going to our hometown to visit our family. Jason's parents were in California a majority of the time but we were able to spend lots of time with Andrea's family and shopping!! Prada came with us, of course. Prada got to play with her cousins (Andrea's parents dogs) and run around the backyard, she loved it.
On Christmas Eve we went to the Tacoma Mall and saw someone get chased by security because he was stealing something. Then Andrea's sister came to visit from Seattle and we opened presents early. Prada was excited and opened the first present, she got way too many toys we are talking like 10 toys for a dog and then treats. We got a new desk top with a 22" monitor, a scale, and a Butcherite Family Est. framed picture. Unfortunately we cannot hang the picture yet because the company that it was ordered from printed the wrong wedding date. We also got a new pitcher and her sister bought Prada a foldable dog house. Prada is not use to kennels or anything enclosed so we are still working on getting more than her head in the dog house.
Jason got: Call of Duty Black Ops, Sherlock Holmes movie on blue ray and Inception. He also got an Ipod from Santa. Jason got a new calender, golfing shoes, giftcards, and candy. His new Christmas ornament was a golf bag with clubs.
Andrea got: a Cricut machine from Santa. She also got new bras, a couple calendars for home and work, giftcards for make up and shopping, scrapbooking stuff, the movies Alice in Wonderland and The Princess Bride on blue ray, Donkey Kong on Wii, slippers, and some new nail polish. Her Christmas ornament was a sweet cupcake.
On Christmas day we spent some time at Andrea's grandmas house for Christmas dinner and made it back to her parents in time to watch the Cougs play for the championship, but we lost.
On Sunday Jason's parents drove back to Washington and we were able to visit with them. The next morning we packed and headed back home. We were lucky enough to never hit snow on the road. Just after getting home the snow began to come down and now the roads are covered in snow.
I will post pictures of our break later.
On Christmas Eve we went to the Tacoma Mall and saw someone get chased by security because he was stealing something. Then Andrea's sister came to visit from Seattle and we opened presents early. Prada was excited and opened the first present, she got way too many toys we are talking like 10 toys for a dog and then treats. We got a new desk top with a 22" monitor, a scale, and a Butcherite Family Est. framed picture. Unfortunately we cannot hang the picture yet because the company that it was ordered from printed the wrong wedding date. We also got a new pitcher and her sister bought Prada a foldable dog house. Prada is not use to kennels or anything enclosed so we are still working on getting more than her head in the dog house.
Jason got: Call of Duty Black Ops, Sherlock Holmes movie on blue ray and Inception. He also got an Ipod from Santa. Jason got a new calender, golfing shoes, giftcards, and candy. His new Christmas ornament was a golf bag with clubs.
Andrea got: a Cricut machine from Santa. She also got new bras, a couple calendars for home and work, giftcards for make up and shopping, scrapbooking stuff, the movies Alice in Wonderland and The Princess Bride on blue ray, Donkey Kong on Wii, slippers, and some new nail polish. Her Christmas ornament was a sweet cupcake.
On Christmas day we spent some time at Andrea's grandmas house for Christmas dinner and made it back to her parents in time to watch the Cougs play for the championship, but we lost.
On Sunday Jason's parents drove back to Washington and we were able to visit with them. The next morning we packed and headed back home. We were lucky enough to never hit snow on the road. Just after getting home the snow began to come down and now the roads are covered in snow.
I will post pictures of our break later.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
End of Semester
Jason got his grades for this semester. He earned a 3.44 GPA for the term which brought his Cumulative GPA well above a 3.0 which he was really hoping for to help get him into his program for HBM.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
It's not everyday the cops come to check on you at work...
Today is Jason's Mom's birthday.
Also, today Jason finished his fall 2010 semester at WSU. He had 2 finals today, Spanish & Geology, and he completed the exams so now he is done! He can officially sit back and relax because his winter break has started. It is only a matter of days until we hear if he is accepted into his program.
Today was a good day at work for Andrea. Lately she has been helping the admissions team by responding to applicants e-mail. Today she got to venture more into the work of the admissions side by handling the paperwork and mail. All the applicants are mailing in their transcripts so Andrea has to open it up and verify if the transcript is official then after it is scanned in she can date it in the system so that when the student checks their status it shows we had received the material. It was a nice break from hundred of e-mails. Andrea is really enjoying working with both sides of the graduate school- programs and admission.
While at work today one of Andrea's co-workers used Andrea's work phone to make a call since her e-mail was not working. The co-worker does not have her own phone so that is why she used Andrea's. To make a call outside of campus you have to dial 9-1 then the phone number. Apparently her co-worker held the 1 down too long and called 911 then hung up. She then proceeded to make her call. After making the call for about 10 to 15 minutes she returned the phone to Andrea. Andrea noticed she had a voicemail. The voicemail was about how there was a 911 hang up from this number and that we needed to call in to verify if everything was okay. So Andrea made the phone call to let the officers know everything is okay at the graduate school. Since some time had passed after the accident it was too late and after notifying the police a cop walks in to her office area to check on things. It was a crazy day at work but it brought some entertainment around the office.
Also, today Jason finished his fall 2010 semester at WSU. He had 2 finals today, Spanish & Geology, and he completed the exams so now he is done! He can officially sit back and relax because his winter break has started. It is only a matter of days until we hear if he is accepted into his program.
Today was a good day at work for Andrea. Lately she has been helping the admissions team by responding to applicants e-mail. Today she got to venture more into the work of the admissions side by handling the paperwork and mail. All the applicants are mailing in their transcripts so Andrea has to open it up and verify if the transcript is official then after it is scanned in she can date it in the system so that when the student checks their status it shows we had received the material. It was a nice break from hundred of e-mails. Andrea is really enjoying working with both sides of the graduate school- programs and admission.
While at work today one of Andrea's co-workers used Andrea's work phone to make a call since her e-mail was not working. The co-worker does not have her own phone so that is why she used Andrea's. To make a call outside of campus you have to dial 9-1 then the phone number. Apparently her co-worker held the 1 down too long and called 911 then hung up. She then proceeded to make her call. After making the call for about 10 to 15 minutes she returned the phone to Andrea. Andrea noticed she had a voicemail. The voicemail was about how there was a 911 hang up from this number and that we needed to call in to verify if everything was okay. So Andrea made the phone call to let the officers know everything is okay at the graduate school. Since some time had passed after the accident it was too late and after notifying the police a cop walks in to her office area to check on things. It was a crazy day at work but it brought some entertainment around the office.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Another Semester Ending
There are many reasons our family can celebrate and love December. One, who doesn't love the holiday spirit? Two, the decorations are everywhere to bring even more holiday spirit all around. Andrea's work has the stockings hung down the hall way and little decorations around the office. Going to work and school you can see the apartments with the tree lit up and work offices with snowflakes hanging from the ceiling. Third of all, presents. Not only is it nice to receive gifts but Andrea's favorite is shopping for presents. Another reason to love December is the traditions that the holidays have. Soon we will get to be with family, have a Christmas dinner, and enjoy the quirky traditions that each family has. This year we decided to start our own tradition, again, by getting each other Chirstmas ornaments each year to put into each others stocking. Last of all, and probably the best for Jason is that December means another end to a semester at WSU and just one semester closer to graduation.
Jason is preparing for finals week. He has spent extra time studying in class as a group or meeting friends to prepare for finals. Classes are over for Fall 2010 all that is in the way between him and Christmas break are a few final exams. With that being said you can imagine not a whole lot is going on around our home.
WSU commencement was yesterday, and Andrea was able to help out in her first commencement. It is a busy time for Andrea at work. She is now helping with both Admissions and Programs at WSU graduate school. Admissions keeps her busy alone even though she helps by responding to the hundreds of e-mails that are sent in regarding applications and the process to apply. The deadline to apply for Fall 2011 is just around the corner. With programs area we are ending final exam scheduling and preparing for clearing students for their degree. At the same time we are trying to approve students into their program by processing the program of study.
Also this week, Andrea accidently washed Jason's Ipod in the washer. She thought it was broken for good. Thankfully Jason got it to work and everything is a ok.
Our friend gave us about 7 extra large frames, 15x12 ish (if matted). Our next project is to enlarge some photos to hang on the wall. Andrea would like to enlarge a wedding photo and engagement photo at least. Jason thought we should just save the rest for future reference when we have kids. He thought it would be nice to hang a picture of the children in the hallway like his parents have, only Prada's picture would go first.
Jason is preparing for finals week. He has spent extra time studying in class as a group or meeting friends to prepare for finals. Classes are over for Fall 2010 all that is in the way between him and Christmas break are a few final exams. With that being said you can imagine not a whole lot is going on around our home.
WSU commencement was yesterday, and Andrea was able to help out in her first commencement. It is a busy time for Andrea at work. She is now helping with both Admissions and Programs at WSU graduate school. Admissions keeps her busy alone even though she helps by responding to the hundreds of e-mails that are sent in regarding applications and the process to apply. The deadline to apply for Fall 2011 is just around the corner. With programs area we are ending final exam scheduling and preparing for clearing students for their degree. At the same time we are trying to approve students into their program by processing the program of study.
Also this week, Andrea accidently washed Jason's Ipod in the washer. She thought it was broken for good. Thankfully Jason got it to work and everything is a ok.
Our friend gave us about 7 extra large frames, 15x12 ish (if matted). Our next project is to enlarge some photos to hang on the wall. Andrea would like to enlarge a wedding photo and engagement photo at least. Jason thought we should just save the rest for future reference when we have kids. He thought it would be nice to hang a picture of the children in the hallway like his parents have, only Prada's picture would go first.
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