Coming home!!!
Mood:  bright
Topic: Family
Sean's coming home tonight!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!! He's been visiting his family for the past 10 days. I miss him and he's coming home.

Lotsa news...
Mood:  down
Now Playing: The Birdcage on TV
Topic: Me
Hi, all! I thought it was about time I updated this thing. So I'm now living in WV and working. Yay!!! So much better than living in Ireland. Ireland's a great place to visit...yada, yada, yada. The reason I'm down is that my husband, Sean, is there now visiting his family. I miss him like crazy and he's only been gone one day. :(

We got a dog from the shelter on Sunday. He's a two year old beagle named Pedro. He's not housbroken, but we're cage training him. I really hope he's a fast learner. He ate one of my flip-flops today. I'm not a happy bunny. He's a total sweetheart, though.

I have a gorgeous niece now. She was born in November and she's fabulous. I can tell she's going to be a genius. :D

I need to get back to work on the Friends of the Arts logo I've been working on for a few weeks now. I've joined the local Friends of the Arts. Double yay!

That's all I can think of right now. I swear I'll start writing more. Pinky swear!

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Mood:  don't ask
Now Playing: Let Me Entertain You on Accuradio.com
Topic: Home
It's taken 28 years, but I've finally realized why there are so many lawyer jokes. I'm having to deal with two of the world's worst. Our lawyer is lazy and the other lawyer is holding our money for interest. So, okay, we're selling our apartment to move back to America. Everything should have closed well over a month ago. We still don't have our check. We're down over 3000 euro just in exchange rates alone. That's not counting mortgage payments and interest and car payments and interest. I can't wait to get home so I don't have to put up with all this Irish crap anymore. I've fallen totally and completely out of love with Ireland. Anyway, Sean called our lawyer again yesterday and the secretary told him that our lawyer received a letter from the buyer's lawyer, so Sean told her to have our lawyer call him back. He never did. I really hate these lawyers.
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We got really bored last night because we're down to three channels on tv, so we went to the movies. We saw Lord of War starring Nicholas Cage, Ethan Hawke, and Jared Leto. I didn't expect to like it at all, but I loved it. It was a weird mix of comedy and tragedy and it had me pulling for the bad guy. And he really was a bad guy. Strange, huh?

Where to start?
Mood:  rushed
Topic: Me
Okay....where should I begin? We had a lovely trip to WV. <== Sarcasm. The trip was hell. We nearly didn't make it thanks to Aer Lingus. Hate them. Really do. We finally arrived and my parents and Grandma were waiting for us in our new house and they had a big surprise for us. They had moved all my stuff for us. Can you believe how amazing that is? I have the sweetest family. :D We had a ton of problems with the house that cropped up without the previous tennants/owners telling us. Didn't appreciate that one bit. Sooo....we had a ton of extra expenses that we hadn't budgeted for. It's pretty much all straightened out right now, but it was a very stressful two weeks. The trip back was totally uneventful except that the film was probably the worst I've ever seen. It was called Herbie: Fully Loaded and it sucked sooooo bad! That's a couple hours of my life I'll never get back. lol
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We finally signed the papers to finalize the sale of our apartment and the other party's lawyer is still sending our lawyer questions that have to be answered. Can you believe that? It sounds to me that he just doesn't have a clue about his job. So we're still here in the apartment about two weeks after we were originally told we'd have to move. On the upside, we're still living on our own. After we leave here we have to stay at his Mom's house. I really like living on my own with Sean and his Mom doesn't have broadband. lol
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Sean got his green card yesterday! Woohoo! Mom and Dad called to tell us. We're over the moon about it.
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Jamie had a little girl at 7 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, named Carly Renee. Mother and daughter are doing well. :D

Don't have too much fun without me!
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Travel
Sean and I are heading off to West Virginia tomorrow morning for two weeks to set up the house for the move in December. It'll be such hard work, but totally worth it. We finished packing late last night. It's odd having everything done so early. lol
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Sean and I went to see The 40 Year Old Virgin last week. I nearly peed my pants at the waxing scene and at the end of the film my face hurt from laughing so much. hehe!

News, news, and more news.
Mood:  chatty
Topic: Me
It's been forever since I last posted, so there's so much news to tell. First off, Sean and I are moving back to America in December! Yay! I so can't wait. I'll have my old job back and it'll be fab. This place is slowly killing me. It's going to be awesome living in an actual house where we own all the walls, ceiling, and floor. And no one can drill or hammer on any of those without our permission. lol

My second bit of news is that my brother, David, and his wife, Amber, are expecting their first child in November. We don't know what it's going to be yet, officially, but it's a boy. I just know it is. Zoe said so. lol

My third bit of news is that our apartment has already been sold. It hasn't completed yet, but the deposit was put down. And we got full asking price. We've already packed up some stuff and we've been giving away lots of stuff that we can't bring with us. I'm so excited. :D

That's all I can think of right now. Oh! Go see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! It was absolutely brilliant. I can't wait for the dvd to come out now. lol Tim Burton is a genuius. It was so beautiful and creepy and amazing. The whole cast was fabulous. I can't say enough about it. It's one of my all-time faves now.

Aaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: Me
Drilling again.

I hate living here!
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: Home
The people are drilling again. It's a Sunday afternoon and they're drilling. Again. I want to move so bad, but there's only a few places in Ireland that has broadband. I'm going crazy here.

Lonely. I'm missus Lonely....
Mood:  not sure
Topic: Me
Sean's in London. He'll be home tomorrow afternoon. This is the first time in my entire life I've ever been alone. Ever.
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We went to Sean's award ceremony last night. It was great. We all had a fantastic time. Sean's speech was the best one of the night. And I looked pretty good. lol

Headachy
Mood:  down
Topic: Me
Ever get a headache from too much sleep? That's what I have. Grr! The drilling and hammering has gone on for 9 days. They haven't started today. Yet. I'm not holding my breath. I've only done two days of pilates. I really need to do it today. I also need to update my other site. Seriously. It's been a while. I hate doing big updates. It's a bit overwhelming. hehe!

Grrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: Home
I'm not a happy bunny! Since last Tuesday there have been people drilling and hammering under my apartment. I feel sooooo lucky they took Sunday off, but today's a holiday and they're at it again. 6 days. This morning they woke us up bright and early at 9:30. And, the rally crowd's in town and with that comes the boy racers. They go all night long revving their engines and doing doughnuts in the parking lot next to the apartment. I really hate living here sometimes. This past week has been so long and I don't see an end to it.

Why, oh, why, oh, why-o...
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: Me
...did I ever leave Ohio? (Or WV, in this case.) Since I moved to Ireland I developed a fear of leaving the apartment on my own. Well, today Sean wanted me to go to the grocery store (like normal people do). I had the usual anxiety attack, screwed my courage to the sticking place, and got ready to go. I fell down the stairs on the way there. I'm still in pain. Grr! I really get flustered when I'm out and have to talk to strangers like the clerk. I always feel like I'm being stared out and I hate crossing the street. Double grr! I'm just glad to be home in (relatively) one piece.

Such a sad day.
Mood:  sad
One of my favorite forums, The Magic Circle, has closed down. Probably permanently. I loved that place and all the people in it. It was so much fun. I spent a lot of time and energy doing projects for it. There are three pages on my website dedicated to it. I miss it like crazy already. I hope they reconsider. It's a fabulous place.

Home Again.
Mood:  spacey
Topic: Travel
We got back yesterday morning. Slept all day yesterday and most of today. I could use another nap. lol We had a nice trip. I got a kick out of seeing Dad just get up and walk whenever he wanted to. He's doing so well. I was sick the whole trip and still have a bit of a cough. I was at the doctor's three times. Grr! I spent some time with a friend I hadn't seen in years. That was great. It was just like old times. We even stayed on the phone all night once. I found out my brother's wife is expecting. That'll definitely be interesting. ;) I unpacked yesterday. Everything. That's a first for me. It usually takes me a few days to get it all done. I hate packing and unpacking. Although upacking can be like Christmas because I usually forget most of what we buy. lol

Nearly Ready
Mood:  rushed
Topic: Travel
Sean and I are going to America Monday. Yay! I nearly have laundry caught up. Still don't have a working dryer. Grr!
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Sean was told today that he's being honored at his old school, which is amazing. The only problem with that is he had tickets to go to London that day. We're still trying to work that problem out. That's a nice problem to have. lol
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I still haven't had soda. The headaches are gone, but I'm still tired all the time.

*Yawn*
Mood:  lazy
Topic: Me
I gave up soda on Monday because it was giving me tummy aches. I've been sleeping ever since. I'm tired all the time. The headaches have eased up a bit, but I did have a migraine yesterday. On the plus side, no more tummy aches and my skin is looking better. Yay!

Stranger by the day...
Mood:  not sure
Topic: Me
Ok, yesterday I got an email from someone I used to know. A long time ago. We have a chat scheduled for tonight just to see if we can start up an old friendship.
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Today I realized that Google has finally found my other website. It only took them 2 months. I think what really helped was when I figured out I need to put keywords on my index page. hehe! That was only a week or so ago, so I'm pretty thrilled about it.

Bone Again!
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Family
OMG! Today's been awesome! I just found out that my Dad's vertebrae has grown back and the mass is gone. The radiologist doesn't want to see him for three months. There are some more tests he has to do, but it's looking really good!

Next, please!
Mood:  cheeky
Topic: Technology
Pretty as a Pixel now has an official shop!!!! Woohoo!!! There's only the logo line there now, but more will be coming very, very soon. Visit my store here.

3.5 Gone
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: Me
Yesterday I did an offical Saturday moring weigh-in and I lost 3.5 pounds. Woohoo! Thursday I won an award for a graphic. This has been a pretty good week! hehe!
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I'm planning my next painting. It will be my first in at least 6 months. It might be closer to a year.