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Protected: hard feelings, part 2

i hope i don’t sound like a complete witch for saying this, but it’s really been bothering me, so i figured i needed to get it out somewhere.
i continue to have feelings of animosity toward my brother. he got married two weeks after me (and actually called me while i was on my honeymoon to say [...]

sad news

my best friend from elementary school sent me a text this afternoon to tell me her dad died after a battle with cancer. i feel so sad for her. she lost her mom a few years ago, and now her dad. her parents were older than most parents of 27-year-olds, but it’s still hard for [...]

surprises

i love surprises. joe stopped by best buy this afternoon and surprised me by buying a video camera. we were planning on getting one for our trip to new york at the end of july, but he went ahead and got it to tape me in the 4th of july parade. aww.
he also got me [...]

mountains and rain

joe and i are headed to his parents’ cabin in the mountains this weekend. it’ll be the first time we’ve spent a weekend there by ourselves, and we’re really excited. it’s always so relaxing up there, so we’re going to take a bunch of movies, bubble bath (because our tub has stains on it and i [...]

feeling married

yesterday was one of those days that makes you feel married. after work and while waiting for my car to be done at firestone, we headed to lowe’s. joe wanted to pick up some stain to do the deck. while we were there, we decided to start planning to paint the bathroom. we want to do [...]

the window saga continues: update

our contractor wouldn’t call joe back today about our windows. this is what happens when they don’t call back:

yes, that is duct tape. because apparantly we now are redneck. sigh. can you tell this will be a long two weeks for me?