Hollywood

So in case anyone is completely out of the loop, 3 Hollywood stars have died within the week.  Ed McMahon died at 86 the other day, and Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson died today.  Now what really gets me, is that there are so many people so distraught over the death of Michael Jackson, but not so much about Farrah.  Yes, I understand that MJ died of a sudden heart attack, but Farrah's story is so much more sad since she had cancer and had a long painful road before she died... plus, she was just much more loved in my eyes than MJ.  I can't say I was ever really a big fan of MJ... especially with all the negative media with him and children.  I don't get over that type of stuff very quickly.

Anyway, that is my random rant for the day.  I have decided that God is attempting to kill Hollywood little by little.

Happy Father's Day!

I thought since it was Father's Day today, I'd do a quick little tribute to the fathers in my life.  Numero uno- my dad.  If you're not afraid of reading mushy stuff, then read on.  I think I would kind of consider myself a daddy's girl at times.  Although I did not like the farm (and am still not a big fan of working on it), my dad and the farm have taught me a lot of things... responsibility being a huge one of them.  My dad has also been a great teacher of integrity and honesty in every aspect of his life... he's pretty darn good at standing up for what he believes is true and right.  This has always been something that I have admired.  I don't think I could have picked a better dad if I had a choice, but I know God did wonderfully in picking him for me!  I love you Dad!

And secondly, my hubby.  Yes, he is a dad in my eyes, although the little one is still percolating.  Jason has vowed to be the best dad ever, and the dad that he never had, and I know he will not fall short of what he says.  Jason is great at putting his mind to something and then getting it done no matter what he has to do to get there (within the law, of course). ;)  Jason has taught me so many things within the three and a half years of knowing him, and I can't even begin to describe how much I admire and love this man!  Plus, he puts up with my weird perks, and all those pregnant hormones. ;)  I love you honey!
And just because I love this picture... here's the two of them together (and my mom, of course).  I guess my dad decided he needed to remind Jason of the power of his fist. :)  Love you all and Happy Father's Day!!

Painting...

I'm VERY glad we didn't have to paint every room of this house when we moved in!  I'm in the process of painting the baby's room, and that's enough for me.  Here is a picture I took with my phone.  I got the top part painted, and tomorrow I will be on to doing the trim work and also taping off the part for the border that will go between the green and the brown.  I'm also glad this room was already brown, because that's half the work already done for me!  This is a pretty close depiction of the actual green color, I think...  oh yeah, and this is the first time I've really ever painted a room, so it's all new to me.  I'd say I'm doing pretty well!

Some words...

Well, I still don't know where the cord is for my camera, so no pictures until I find that (which could take awhile the way this unpacking thing is going).  In the meantime, here's some highlights from the last couple weeks.

1.  We have been moving (in case you hadn't figured that out yet).  We got one of Jason's old high school buddies that now goes to our church to help move the major big stuff, but the rest of it we've been getting little by little.  I get off of work, go to the rental, pack some stuff, and then Jason usually grabs it on his way home after work.  Makes for some long nights, but that's about the only way we can get it done around our schedules and needing breaks due to heat and whatnot.  So far in the moving process, we have experienced a broken screen door downstairs, a refrigerator on its side while my english muffins rolled down the hill at 1030 at night, and several new dings and bruises on Jason's pickup.  Maybe someday we'll be done and have a housewarming deal for people to see (at least the ones that live in this state!).  I'm thinking mid-July possibly, or maybe for Jason's birthday, but that's still in the works.  Since I have this blog pretty well private (you can't search online and find it... you have to know about it), here's our address: 14 Diana Lane, Elmwood, TN 38560.  Besides, even if you do know the address, you may not be able to get up the driveway... although I have mastered that in my car these days!

2.  There have been several mornings that Jason or I have looked out our window to see deer or turkeys in the grass... just chillin'.  Every time that happens, Jason says "we picked a good one".  Duh honey. :)  I think he's getting excited for all the hunting seasons... I just hope he doesn't kill them all so we'll have some for next year too!  This morning we had a doe in the grass under a tree, and she even stayed there while Jason went to his pickup to leave for work... very mellow animal.

3.  These are pretty randomly ordered, so sorry about that... BUT Jason SAW the baby move the other night for the first time.  Every time I try to get Jason to see him move, he stops as soon as Jason is watching or feeling.  Well, the other night, Jason finally got to see him move, and it wasn't just kicking... he was rolling and VERY active.  Now, Jason's all about trying to see him move more, and he's been an active little guy the past week or so, so Jason's having fun with that.  I am too though, since he does it almost all day long while I'm at work.  He's a pretty good distraction!

4.  I picked out the colors for the nursery walls the other day.  I was in the mood to think about it, and now I just want to buy the paint and do it!  I knew the general idea of colors I wanted, but I think I found the actual shades I prefer.  Kelli managed to help me a bit by explaining how different shades of things work together (like a green tinted white will still look white with a green wall...).  So maybe the next time I post about the nursery, it'll be that I got the walls painted... hopefully!

5.  It feels like I have been working like crazy lately.  I think the combination of work, baby, and moving has made me pretty exhausted, and thus haven't felt like blogging much lately.  When I get home, I just want to sit and do nothing.  It also didn't help that we didn't have internet here at the house until this last Wednesday.  They were supposed to come Thursday, but came a day early because they were "in the neighborhood".  We have no neighborhood lol... but they were coming from Knoxville, so it made some sense.  Anyway, back to the work thing.  I've driven over 200 miles in a day 4 different times this last two weeks.  I have a client who is with his mother in Cookeville right now, which is the opposite direction of Nashville, so I drive to Cookeville, then back past the house and to Nashville for all my other cases.  After doing this so many times, I've made the decision to transfer offices.  There is an office in Cookeville, and I realized how close Cookeville really is to our house... so sometime within the next month, I should be even more stressed with transferring lol.  But in the long run it'll be nice because I will be able to have cases in the county we live in and not have to drive nearly as much... so when the baby is here, that'll be MUCH better to get home quicker to see him as much as possible!!!  Whew... just thinking about work stresses me out... but I'm on call this weekend anyway, so I'm thinking about it all the time and hoping the pager doesn't go off!

6.  We've had some pretty severe and interesting storms this last week.  No tornadoes that I know of, but some VERY strong winds and hard rains.  I had to pull over the other day while driving on the interstate because the sheets of rain were so hard, I could not see anything.  Right after I pulled over, the FedEx truck that was about 6 cars in front of me was moved by some strong straight line winds and hit the car behind it too.  I was glad I stopped when I did, and after about 5 more minutes, the rain left and it was sunny again.  Strange weather, I tell ya!  Then the night before last, we had HARD rain from about 10 to midnight... and I mean HARD rain.  I think it probably rained close to 4 or 5 inches during that time.  I know it was about 2 inches in Nashville, but we're an hour east of Nashville now, and the storm definitely dumped more than 2 inches here.

Anyway, I think those are the major things that have been happening here.  We've been busy, if you can't tell lol.  Hopefully I will be able to catch up some (oh yeah, and still post pictures from the wedding in WA, which was over a month ago now... ugh).