Saturday, March 26, 2011

I think I forgot about this

Woopsie! I forgot I even had this page! I joined the 'darkside' (facebook) and never came back!
So I guess I better update!
-We moved
-We live in the country now
-and when I mean country, I mean 10 minutes from a gas station, store or any other civilization
-transferred jobs (we still both work for the Department of Corrections, now just at a new pen)
.....that's about it.....really.....
we work, we hang out with our critters, and my family (since we're next door neighbors and all) and that's about it. See....2 years since my last update, and I got everyone all caught up in 2.5 seconds! ha ha!

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Ahhh....sunshine!

I don't want to get my hopes up too soon, but yesterday was 85 degrees! We went to a car show yesterday in Pleasanton and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!! It was even warm enough for me to have worn shorts, but the world is not ready for these WHITE (think transparent) legs to make an appearance. Hooray for Tan-in-a-can!
You know what's funny, I think the time when I had the best tan is when I lived in Idaho. (serious) During those long winter months when the sun was just a big "light in the sky" tanning was my way to thoroughly warm up. But now I'm more concerned with avoiding skin cancer than with a glowing tan.
I can't wait until it's warm enough to be outside at night and it's still 80 degrees!
I can't wait until I can cruise down the road with all the windows open!
I can't wait until the lake is warm enough to break out the SeaDoos!
I can't wait until the neighborhood smells like one giant bar-be-que every night!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

I have a request.....

First- let me give a little background:
Curtis and I have been married since 2002. We have wanted to have children, but it's just not happening. It's been a very stressful and heartbreaking ordeal that no one can completly understand except those in our situation. I want to make very clear that those in my famlily and circle of friends who do have children absolutley deserve them, are wonderful parents and I am nothing but happy for all of them.

I don't know how many of you have heard of the woman in Southern California who just gave birth to 8 babies. While I don't know all of the details here is what I do know:
She is not married.
She lives with her parents.
She already has 6 children under the age of 6.
She does not work, and is on disability.
She has already asked for a $2 million T.V. deal (similar to "John and Kate plus 8')
She will support her children by being on welfare.

My first question- How did she afford in-vitro? It is VERY expensive.
Secondly- what doctor in his right mind would implant that many embryos (6)
and do so knowing she has NO SUPPORT SYSTEM (except the California Tax Payers)
and lastly- how are all 14 children going to get the individual attention and care that they will need to grow up strong and stable?

This is my request-
Please do not support this convoluted woman by watching any of her T.V. interviews or specials. And don't feel the need to donate to any of her "funds" becuase the California Taxpayers will be doing plenty of that for her. And please feel free to share my message with anyone who askes "did you hear about that woman that had 8 babies?!"

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Ella Rose and Auntie Amy




Ella is growing so fast! She's already out of her newborn clothes and well into the 3 month old clothes (which is fine for me, because everytime I go to Target I always find cute outfits for her! Kevin, Carina and Ella came over the other day for a visit. We had good time, I held her as much as I could- giving her back to Carina only to change her or when I was trying to eat! All of our critters took turns checking her out- they wanted to see what is was that was taking all of our attention away from them!










www.stuffonmycat.com


Gizmo's second appearance- isn't he CUTE!

Saturday, December 6, 2008

My Favorite Things

I got one of those fill-in-your-answer emails the other day. Usually I'm not big on "forwarded" emails, but I am a sucker for the question-answer ones! SO instead of sending the email around and possibly irritating someone :) I'll just post some of my answers here. And of course I'd love to see all of your anwers too!
1) Real Tree or Artificial? fake
2) Favorite Christmas Song? O Holy Night... and Adam Sandler's Chanuaka Song!
3) What is the most annoying part of this season? I originally said the Christmas music that starts in November, but I just got back from doing some shopping and have changed my answer to: PARKING LOTS!!!
4) What was your favorite Christmas gift as a kid? I got a discman when I was 11/12. (and my first CD was Boyz II Men) yes. I'm serious.
5) Favorite Christmas Tradition? My family started going to look at the Christmas lights on Christmas Eve, and then would go to Burger King after.
6) Do you own a Nativity Set? - yes. My gramma gave it to me. It's identical to the one my mom had when I was growing up. (but my set's wise mans head has not been broken off like moms! :)
7) Do you have a theme for your decorations? Curtis and I buy ornaments from places that we go.
8) Favorite thing to eat at Christmas dinner? Pecan pie.
9) Travel or Stay home? We travel to our parent's homes.
10) What do you want for Christmas? To buy my niece lots of presents!
.....only 19 more days until Christmas!!!

She's Here!!




Ella Rose Hamilton was born 11/26/2008. 8 lbs. 12 oz. We went to see her that evening and to my surprise she wasn't as tiny as I was expecting! Carina is doing well (minus sleep). Ella Rose has her entire family wrapped around her little finger!!!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Red or Blonde?


Consider this practice for the upcoming Election!!!!!! Cast your vote on the poll!!

What's in a name??




Carina's baby shower was on the 4th. I think it turned out great! (if I do say so myself)

The menu was "Olive Garden ala Dad Stout" He made 3 soups-I didn't know which one to start with! The guests each scrapped a page for the baby book-first bath, first Christmas etc etc.
A special thank you to all of my helpers-especially Kelsey who was my personal SLAVE!!
Carina got TONS of clothes-"larva"won't wear the same outfit twice!!!

-you probably want an explanation about the "larva" thing: Carina and Kevin are keeping the baby's name a secret, so we have to call her something. I think they were calling her "Puddle-butt" for a while, but Carina thought that nickname might be traumatic. So Carina (who's family nickname is "Bug") wrote me an email a while back, and she signed it "Bug-and larva"

I love it! Our families humor is warped but awesome!

Oh Darn! The T.V. Broke!!

So wednesday is Curt's day off. I called him from work just to say hello. I asked how his day was going. This was our conversation:
Me: Hey babe! How's your day going?
Curtis: Well this morning I was watching tv then all of a sudden it made a wierd 'pop' noise, and then went black."
Me: Aw man! So I guess we'll have to move the Ti-Vo box to the tv in our room, so we don't miss our shows.
Curtis: Well.....
Me: Well, What?!?!
Curtis: I kinda already got a new tv.
Me:
Curtis: it'sHDandflatscreenand1080pandtheyhookeditupalreadyandIgotareallygooddeal!
Me:Don't tell me how much. I don't want to know.....
P.S. Survivor is awesome in HD :)

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Getting to know- ME!
10 years ago I:
1. was 18
2. enrolled at Ricks College (now BYU Idaho)
3. finally decided I wanted to major in Psychology
4. weighed 20 pounds less than I do now
5. drove a 1988 Toyota Pickup

5 things on today's "to do" list:
1. go to Joann's and buy fleece for blankets
2. marinate the chicken for dinner
3. continue to wash the dog's blankets
4. call Carina
5.wash my car

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Cheeze it Mix
2. Nectarines
3. Sour Cream and Chedder Ruffles
4. pickles
5. pistachios

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. build our house at the lake
2. travel travel travel
3.in vitro
4. give an equal amount to every member of my family to do whatever they want with
5. get Curt's corvette finished

5 places I have lived:
1. Hickman, CA
2. Rexburg, ID
3. Laie, HI
4. Salida, CA
5. Stockton, CA

Five jobs I have had:
1. Janitor
2.Macy's clerk (yuck!)
3. Waitress at Perko's
4. Waitress at Olive Garden
5. Correctional Case Records Analyst

I tag...
1. Tangi
2. Jana
3. anyone else that wants to play

Everyone else reading this!
Rules:Each player copies and pastes my answers to their blog and then answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you've answered the questions on your blog.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Funny random stuff...


Yeah... it says "caution! Cat barf!"

Dude!?! Where's my blog?

Yeah- I'm not that tan anymore.....

So I really have nothing new or exciting to write about....

I've been on the computer for like 2 hours trying to change my blog skin, but unfortunatley I am WAY too retarded to figure out how to do it.....oh well. Anywhoo...

The Touareg should be out of the shop any day now (they've had it for over a month-small fender bender yah right!) Not like we'll want to drive it much- Hello $3.90 a gallon!!! Yikes! And if the Governator has his way my paycheck won't even be enough to make my car payment. Anyone who thinks we could survive on $6.55 an hour is on DRUGS!!

***ok. I'll stop now***

Oh yeah, I'm going to be an aunt! (That's Auntie Amy to you!) Carina is due November 16th. I guess if I can't be a mom, I'll just have to be a kick-butt auntie! I guess that has it's perks-no 2 am diaper changes! tee hee!

So is everyone enjoying their summer? Hurry up-it's almost over!! :(

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Gizmo's Famous!!


Gizmo made it onto Stuffonmycat.com!!! (I'm such a proud mommy!)

People can comment on the pictures, and someone wrote him a poem:

Haiku on my cat

I have a Gizmo

that changes channel for me

Have a remote, too.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Here Fishy Fishy!




We brought snorkel gear with us (can you say rental equipment EWWWW!!!) And found some fun places to see awesome fish!
One day we went for a drive around to the southern side of the island. We checked out a waterfall that was pretty big, and then said "I wonder where all the water comes from." We went through the chain-link fence (put there for this very reason) and followed the river. Curt climbed some vines on the way! We ended up at a smaller waterfall area that had deep clear pools all around it. Curtis was the only one that went swimming, he said the water was great, but it felt a little cool for my taste! After bushwacking our way back to the car-seriously- we drove to Waimea Canyon. Big hole in the gound. Don't get me wrong, glad to say that I saw it and it was big, but....I was glad to get back to the beach.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

The Beach




We found an awesome beach in Princeville called Hideaways. It's hard to find & hard to get to but it's well worth it! Each time we went, there were never more than 10 other people there. One thing that cracked me up was even though the terrain was so crazy-there were still chickens there. (For anyone who's not familiar with Kauai there are chickens everywhere! We got to watch a monk seal come up and take a nap on the beach, and the snorkeling was awesome!!!

Friday, May 30, 2008

We're BACK!!




After weeks of planning, and (impatiently) waiting we made it to Hawaii. And just like that (*snap*) it was time to come home! In the interest of my hands well-being, I'll break this up over a few days (plus, long blogs can get well, long) So with out further adu.... Hawaii 2008!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Whew!


Trip's back on! Got new airline tickets! 23 days and counting.....

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Wah!!!


A little "gripe session" if you will. So if you don't want to hear it-STOP HERE:

I had a countdown at my desk- 39 days till Hawaii.....until today. Unfortunately our flight was booked through ATA airlines who just declared bankruptcy and cancelled all flights. I've started gathering info from any airline that services Hawaii and it looks like for a fee (think 100 per person per flight=$400) we could get another flight. But that's only if you wait for standby. (at least they don't make you pay until you get a flight) Southwest may be our only hope, but I have to wait until the 7th to call........ SO...... if anyone happens to work for an airline/travel agency/therapist let me know. I was SOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to our trip. At least we saved our receipts for the snorkel gear.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Gizmo...





Gizmo is our newest member of our family (he will be 1 on April 11-he shares his birthday with Dad Stout!) He's awesome! Daddy just got him a laser pointer and he LOVES IT! He chases it until he's out of breath (it's soooo funny to hear a cat wheeze!)

Gizmo's hobbies include, chasing Prissy, chasing Star, shedding and tearing up toilet paper!!