fall, huh? try winter

at 12/01/09 6:35PM
Fall has most definitely arrived. It was 30 degrees this morning when I left for work.

Zuzu is still alive- who'da thunk it?

I did try to put a contact in my eye. A brown colored one, so I could finally see what it would have been like if Mom had gotten her wish for a brown-eyed baby. After 20 minutes of poking my eye and blinking profusely, I gave up. Then I had to help more patients, looking like I was on drugs.

Currently boiling a turkey carcass- who else gets excited about that besides me? It doesn't exactly fit in my dutch oven, but I'm still enjoying it. Gumbo on Christmas is going to be AWER-SOME!

To Do list:
-buy a small christmas tree. mainly so i can put up lights.
-work.

can't think of anything else.

love you all!
~~c. amber
  • beulahbec
    Turkey Carcass! My mother loved to take the turkey carcass back home after the holidays and make soup. She was horrified I would throw the thing away.
    by beulahbec at 12/02/09 3:27AM
  • zanniemom
    any more news, Faux? (I'm so with Mary Lou on the turkey carcass, Bec.)
    by zanniemom at 01/01/10 9:12PM

fall?

at 09/18/09 5:22PM
when is fall getting here? also, i demand snow this year. last year i came up to arkansas, waiting for snow. where did snow appear? new orleans!

hm. i'm trying to think of what's new with me, other than being impatient for some cold fronts. my parents came up for labor day, and that was great. they got to see my apartment, play JL's new wii, and have a get-together at the hooton's. and, of course, see my adorable niece who brings us all so much joy.
in other news, JL and i have been together for more than a year now. i am so very happy! we celebrated by going up to petit jean and exchanging gifts- for him, the wii, and for me a cd of songs that he burned for me. so romantic!
loving my job as an optician. it's long hours, which has taken the most getting used to, but i think i'm getting the hang of measuring people's vision and helping them pick out glasses and all. the only thing i haven't done is actually put a contact in my own eye. i don't really want to.
halloween is coming up. ugh. i dislike halloween the most out of all our national holidays, because i'm usually trying to get things done, and these punk kids keep ringing my doorbell and demanding more candy. some of them are downright rude. what do i get out of this?
and most of y'all that are friends with mom have most likely heard that zuzu is dying. it does make me very sad, but mostly i pray that the Lord will sustain my parents. dog or not, it's difficult to lose someone you love and have been close to for so many years.

guess that's about it. i love you all!
-cag
  • wise
    So sorry for Zuzu's illness.
    by wise at 09/20/09 2:39PM
  • gone2neptune
    Oh no--poor Zuzu. I can't imagine losing Madam, so your parents must be devastated.

    CONGRATS ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

    love,
    me
    by gone2neptune at 09/23/09 12:09PM
  • zanniemom
    Sweet note, Faux. Just hang on. You'll know when fall hits up there. I do so hope you get some snow this year, but not ice. (You know a Mama is always concerned.) To clarify, Mama did not play wii. Anybody wanna guess who did? Zu is hanging in there, loving to lay in the sun, checking her peemail, laying up in the bed tired. We are just taking it a day at a time. Dad & I will be fine. It's is so hard to lose someone, especially someone you've invested so much time & love in, & they've given back 1000x over. Funny that we give them rather conditional love, but they give back totally unconditional love. Their person is their world & they live right in the moment. I've learned so much from our Girls.
    by zanniemom at 09/24/09 3:48PM
  • zanniemom
    Btw, something is seriously wrong if you still have conjunctivitis.
    by zanniemom at 09/24/09 3:50PM
  • maryjaneguillot
    lol i thought about taking that quote off, but it still makes me laugh. maybe i should put it in my journal and find a new quote.
    by maryjaneguillot at 09/24/09 5:05PM
  • zanniemom
    It rather looks as if you have some horrible, nasty, disgusting eye disease that has lasted many months. Picked up on the job?lol
    by zanniemom at 09/27/09 8:39PM
  • sparkle_motion
    fall is here... fyi :)
    by sparkle_motion at 11/12/09 4:42PM

Newest Update

at 08/05/09 2:18PM
it's not just an update. it's new.

so i have a new job at an opthemologist's office. hope i spelled that right. anyhoo, i'm going to be a tech which means i'll be showing you to your room, looking at your eyes and saying "thank you, the doctor will be with you in a moment."

i'm sure it'll be a lot more involved than that, but that's basically all i know right now. i bought my scrubs too, which was exciting. i start monday.

hmm what else? my fish are down to one but i bet i already mentioned that. michael's still kickin.

tomorrow i'm going to get my arkansas driver's license, since my louisiana one expires on my birthday (which is in 22 days!). i'm delegating plenty of time to sit around, waiting for a beauraucracy.

not sure i spelled that right either.

things with jl are going really well. 3

LOVE,
me
  • gone2neptune
    Oh! Scrubs on the job=comfort!
    by gone2neptune at 08/06/09 5:11PM
  • brynee
    Seriously? Wasn't a fish named Dwight or Jim? How sad!
    by brynee at 08/08/09 7:05PM
  • sjbabin
    congratulations on the new job, and i have to admit scrubs do look like the most comfortable thing to wear "on the job". i'm glad things are going well for you
    by sjbabin at 08/08/09 9:55PM
  • brynee
    Christian is what it said next to his name on Wiki. I know, I don't agree with it either. And go Michae, go!
    by brynee at 08/14/09 9:38PM
  • millertime
    congrats on the job! Glad to hear things are going well with you!
    by millertime at 08/18/09 8:28AM
  • brynee
    Happy Early Birthday:-)
    by brynee at 08/26/09 9:53AM

Update

at 07/14/09 7:32PM
don't really have anything to say, but i'm updating.

watching 48 hours MYSTERY. i must have watched court tv too much, because i'm dictating it. why don't they check dental records?

had a great weekend with melissa and isshah! playing fugitive, clothes shopping, listening to cake woman scream at her husband. good times.

marketplace got struck by lightning last night. the computers were fried, the air conditioning was fried, and the fire alarm kept going off. also good times.

i get to see jl tomorrow! he got a job as a teacher, and is now learning how to be a teacher. life without him (sort of) takes some getting used to, since he moved about two hours away. we'll see.

spose that's about it. oh, also:
boo on harry potter.

love,
ME
  • gone2neptune
    BOO ON HARRY POTTER?
    by gone2neptune at 07/15/09 9:50AM
  • melissakae
    wait... he already moved?! Sad.
    by melissakae at 07/15/09 2:17PM
  • libster
    was HP bad?
    by libster at 07/16/09 8:38AM
  • millertime
    I'm sorry you now live 2 hours away from him or he from you...whichever you prefer, hopefully that wont be too dificult to deal with. Other than that ....how have you been?? Not much going on here. Besides the whole married thing and being a mom, not that that takes up much time ; ) Going to see my family tomorrow and go swimming! I've not been able to do so all summer so i'm pretty stoaked. Hope all is going spectacularly for you!
    by millertime at 07/19/09 12:01PM
  • maryjaneguillot
    i didn't see harry potter, i just think it's insane. and he's moving this weekend, but he's been gone. it's a whole long story and...yeah. sad face.
    by maryjaneguillot at 07/21/09 2:47PM

woo!

at 06/24/09 8:42PM
4 days of wonderful, blissful, no-working-on-prep. that's my job. YAY!

heading down to louisiana tomorrow to see my 'rents. jl's coming with me. he would ;O)

i hope you all are doing wonderfully!

p.s. dwight died, but holly and michael are still swimmin like the fish they are.

LOVE
me