I miss my friend

I get hit with two tragic anniversaries back to back; March 14th, my brother and today, my best friend. I don't talk about him but that doesn't mean I don't think about him. 

His name was Evan and he was my best friend. Today makes it 8 years since he passed away. I could not even begin to describe what an amazing, kind hearted, unique person he was. I have never and will never have a friendship with anyone like ours was, ever again.

I was the luckiest person to consider him and him consider me his best friend. 

Knowing him made me a better person.

I'd like you to meet Lucy.

After much anticipation, I'd like to introduce Lucy.

Here are some details about my little girl.

Little Lucy is a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel and her birthday is January 21, 2009. She weights 3.5lbs (says her vet Dr.Rines at Severn River Animal Hospital,) and is from Missouri.

The Story.

We got her on Sunday, April 19, 2009 from Today's Pet in Columbia Mall. I have been wanting a dog for over a year now but with Harley being sick and then passing away, it never felt right to get one. He was such a great dog and meant so much to us, it was an uncomfortable situation. Harley died on November 1, 2008; so it's been some time and on Saturday I went to my mom and talked to her about the dog topic. Being my mom, she just rolled her eyes at me; Hey at least I didn't get a NO, like before! I have looked at sooo many types of dogs in the past; Dalmation, English Bull Dog, Pug, Boston Terrier, Akita, Labs... etc, etc, etc, but never liked one type. Jeremy and I woke up on Sunday and went to breakfast at Bob Evans (not my favorite place.) I told Jeremy how my mom seemed "ok" with the idea of me getting a dog. To my surprise he said, "Let's go to the pet store." I love going to the pet store and have went like 100 times but never once did I feel a connection to one dog that made me think, I want this dog! I kept saying, "I'm not getting a dog today, especially from Today's Pet! I just want to play with a bull dog." That is until I walked into the store, and saw a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, I looked at Jeremy and said it's probably a boy, ew. Brandon (the guy who worked there) walked by and I said "is that a girl or boy King Charles," he said, "uhhh it's a little girl." I looked at Jeremy again and said "can I see her?" Brandon put us in a room and from the moment he handed her to me, I was done! She has the best little personality and is so sweet, I knew she was ours!

Now after two days of much much much debate over a name, we decided last night, she is our Lucy! Jerms and I both love the beetles and little did he know, Britney Spears' character in Crossroads was named Lucy, muhaha! :)

Thats the story of how Lucy joined our family!

Happy Easter Mester!

(This blog post is all over the place)

I love Easter! It's the start of my favorite time of year. Everything is in bloom, the weather is changing, time for tanning and boating, I can't wait for Summer! Even if that means the dreaded allergies but oh well. I'll start with today;

Woke up and scoped out all the yummy candy the Easter bunny left me. That Easter bunny has really good taste! Decorated some cute (and delicious) Easter bunny funfetti cupcakes, see Erins Edibles for pictures. Of course we were late for Jerms fam. I swear, I will be late for my own funeral; I do not know why I am late for everything! Jerms and I don't get to go over his parents that much but when we do I absolutely love it! So many things over there are so much fun; The board games, the activities, the conversations, the company... it's just an all and all great time! Around 4:15 Jerms and I headed to Mawmaw's. Again, we were late for dinner there but it was ok we ate at the Martin's, but I did have seconds... and a giant piece of chocolate delight. Hey, Aunt Carol made it especially for me! We missed the kids Easter egg hunt but we had o.... WAIT, I forgot (I don't know how) to mention the Hunt at the Martins. WELLLLL, considering I have ice packs on both of my busted up knees THANKS CHARLES but I'm glad you got to keep your balance at my expense. Needless to say, I got that egg. j/k Charles, I only have one icepack on one knee. ;) Anways, we had fun down Mawmaw's too. I don't know why both Easter Egg hunts this year got really physical. My cousin Michael, who is as tall as me and probably weighs more tackled me but I got him in a sleeper hold... barely, he is a strong kid. Next year, he is totally going to be able to kick my butt! Yup, the weather was beautiful and this Easter was a blast! I posted below a few of my favorite pictures from today... more on facebook & webshots, of course :)

Pic 1. 5 Deviled Eggs, Perhaps that's why he spent 45 minutes in the bathroom???
Pic 2. Hannah & Ben going after the same Easter Egg.

Pic 3. Jerm running out the door at Mawmaw's after some Easter Eggs.
Pic 4. A stare down during the Easter Egg hunt.
Pic 5. Michael and Tucker.

Saturday started out bad but ended good.

My 2 1/2 year old bad ass HP laptop, died. I was working on it for 2 hours, took a shower, went to use it again and bam, it's fried. It sucks because I do everything on that laptop. I have all my artwork saved on an external drive but all my software (adobe mostly) is for PC and now I am getting a mac. I currently have another tab open ordering a mac book pro! I'm excited for it, I just really can't afford it right now, which blows. I guess that's what a credit card is for.

Later that night, The folks, Jerms and I went to Rob's (The plant manager and good family friend) wife Rosas birthday party. Rosa is hispanic and so was 80% of the people there, 75% of which did not speak english. No big deal, I know some spanish, Jerms knows a little more then me and DK is pretty fluent in it. BK knows none. :) The evening was actually so much fun, they had some banging ass food, and super fun everything else.

This weekend was a blast!

2x Tuesday

Today is 2x Tuesday which is one of my favorites during the week... We order pizza here at the plant and it is really good. :) Wow, that sounds lame and fat kidish.
I have a 10k mailer going out that I am creatively blocked on... I need to design it and actually make it while designing labels and all the other stuff I do around here. I want to find a graphic artist that is seriously bad ass at what they can do. Know someone?
This is all for now. Boring day!

Welcome to my Bitchfest

I can barely keep my eyes open today. It's not a lack of sleep, lack of caffeine (or junk food), not boredom, not sick... I am just plain ass tired for some ungodly reason!
I am going to bitch for a few:
I was really looking forward to this weekend.
Saturday I had Erin O's Moveable Feast charity event. Erin O is just an all around good person, I love being around her because her fun and happy personality is contagious. Plus, she is a outstanding singer and performer and I would never miss a chance to see her perform! I had a lot of fun with my momma, grandmother, aunt, cousin and my moms friend. I won Edward Arthur Murray dance lessons, hehe. After that, I went to the gym for the general managers surprise 50th day party. I love SPRFC and everyone there! Jeremy was supposed to go with me but because he got stuck at work then stayed home drinking and playing pool with my neighbor he blew me off. Yes I am bitter about that. Hence an argument ensued and carried over to the next day...
Sunday Mikey, Melissa, Jerms and I went to DC to check out some cherry blossoms. I have been looking forward to going since we made the plans over a week before. I felt fine when I woke up, no sneezing, running nose, eye issues, throat... etc you catch my drift. Of course Jeremy was a complete ass hole and ruined the day for me from moment one when he woke up. I know that is harsh and revealing to post "in a blog," but it's true and if he doesn't want the "world" to read it, he shouldn't act that way. He really hurt my feelings because it was something I had been looking forward to. We argued before M&M picked us up, didn't say more then 10 words to each other during the day and then really argued when we got home (after my nap.) When we were in DC I picked up a blossom that was laying on the ground, bad idea. I don't know if I touched my eye or it just seeped in my pores but I started to feel like butt! First the nose started, then I couldn't keep my eyes open especially my right eye, I felt exhausted and a headache followed. Of course DC traffic was a bitch to get through! I was kinda bummed we didn't get to go to this farmers market but I felt crappy and I was hating Jeremy and just wanted to go home. I took some cool pictures and so did Melissa. I wish I could have had more time to really "explore DC," but maybe another day.
I went home and passssed out! Woke up, Jeremy and I argued like woah, ate dinner and junk, watched some of the CMA's and went back to bed.
Today I had to get here (the plant) relatively early because the receptionist had tickets to opening day. I have so much stuff to do and absolutely no motivation to do it. I hate making labels that are ugly, it makes me insane! (Side note that occurred while I was proof-reading. The ugly label I made, the customer approved and loved... ick) Also, I have eaten so bad today; 2 boston cream donuts, a venti vanilla latte with whip and caramel sauce and an orange fanta... OK AND 1/8th of Jeremys glazed donut AH! With all that sugar, why am I not bouncing off the walls?
The power kept flashing here at the plant, that means poor Rob has to restart the line. :(
Welp, time to do something productive...
OHHH P.S. I saw pictures from Yesterday and Saturday and I look like shit! I am so washed out looking and frizzed out hairish, I can't even see straight. Blah, I need to go tanning!

"What should the title of my blog be?"- E "Friday night,"-J... real Original Jerms

I just deleted a really long blog... I talk about the same shit. I love my job, Jeremy, I miss my bro, I love my job... next topic please!
This is the best time of year! I have my windows open and I can hear the sailboats bell and the water rolling around outside... JEREMY just closed the windows hahaa. I said "why are you closing them?" He said, "I am cold!" Random and perfectly timed to burst my bubble, haha.
Erin O has a charity event tomorrow and Jerms and I went over her house to drop off some H2o for her. We got to hang out with them for a few hours and I really had a blast. Zoey girl is probably the best baby ever! She doesn't cry, she plays and laughs and is so freaking cute! There is only about 5 kids I like and she is definately one! What can I say, I'm more of a cat person...
Ok I want to mention work because I am totally excited about something... I am doing a mailing campaign, with this badass flyer! I will scan it (when it's done) just to show how bad ass it is! I am super excited!
What am I really supposed to type talk in blogs? I don't "really" say what I'm thinking and most of the time I type something up and delete it. So tell me now, what should I type?