Our 1st Baby

Ok... Since Luke posted our big news about the new member of our family (in the making) & since I am actually able to be up & slightly functioning, I thought I'd post some pics. of our 1st baby girl so here you go. She sure is cute... she's a pain in the rear but she's cute:)

We have some news....

Well... it all started about 10 weeks ago. We are packing a baby. We first took the pregnancy test, and yes it showed a "PLUS" sign, which apparently means you are pregnant. Well once that happened we didn't say much for a couple of weeks. Then... the morning sickness hit like a pound of bricks, to both of us. I haven't stopped moving since she got it. Nausea, vomiting, super hero sense of smell, which is amazing by the way. Now her morning sickness is worse than ever. Here is a little note to the guys... When your wife is pregnant, don't go out and buy king crab legs and eat them in front of her, well across the house. The smell is terrible apparently, I had to learn the hard way. Then she had some nasty cravings for everything in RI, she had to be difficult. So my parents overnighted Casserta Pizza from Providence. It was delicious by the way, thanks mom and dad, your the best in-laws to Melyssa. Then here is another note, When she tells to you to go to Wendy's to get french fries, Get the Biggest you can, or you will have to go back for the rest of them. I again learned the hard way. We went to the hospital yesterday due to Melyssa being dehydrated. She's ok now. We got an ultrasound, amazing! Cute kid, I think it is a boy, no girl has a head that big. We hope you are all doing well and we'll see you around the late february or early march time frame.

Not much to say

So... I haven't done a post in .... Forever... because I really have no news to update you all with!

Life on the west coast SUCKS it is cold, rainy & just plain crappy! I don't know if I can last 1 1/2 more years!!! Plus (and you all know that this is the kicker for me) there is NO good food here!!!! I would KILL for a freakin' pizza that does not come from Domino's!

Well... other than that there's nothing much going on here") Hope you enjoyed the update!

Columbus Day

I know... I know... I have been a REALLY bad blogger lately!!! Unfortunately there's just not much to tell out here on this coast right now:(

So I gave myself a short week this week:) I took yesterday & today off!!! Yesterday because Janie & Pete came to visit!!! Yipppy!! We had a great afternoon... It was nice to just have some east coasties to chat w/! I of course took absolutely NO pictures... I'm really slacking in that department as well! I even leave the camera out on one of the side tables in the living room, I mean how much easier access could you get???

So today I've got some errands to run & I'm getting my hair did... so maybe if I remember ... there will be photos taken of that:)

Pictures...

Some random pics. The Feet First sign of the store in Victoria, British Columbia. Our sign &
store is soooo much better:)

Then per Jenny's request... a little pic. of mein front of a muse in Seattle. Supper cute store
and stampies:)

And Angie making friends @ the doggie park... she's so cute hugh?

Here is the promised pic. from Seattle on our ann. weekend:) I tried to upload some more but my computer's being a little finicky!
any whoo... not too much going on around here. Luke's b-day is on monday but he'll be working , as will I @ both places:( but we have this weekend to relax and we'll celebrate his big 26 on sun.:) well that's about all the excitement I've got... sorry!

AHHHHH...

Utter bliss... that's what today is! I have the whole weekend off and I haven't had a weekend off & to myself for hmmmm.... a year! I love retail and all but give a girl a break!!!

So i've had time to organize my scrappy space! It feels so wonderful to know where everything is again:) Now I'm doing nothing but watching tv... utter mindless crap! gotta love it:)

It's a gooooood day!!!

Good Friday

This has been the week from he double hockey sticks:) (for those of you confused con-fussed ~ that would be LUKE~ that would be hell). But when I weighed myself this am (as in morning ~Luke again~) it made it a wonderful day... not only is it the end of the week & I have the whole weekend off & to myself (not that I won't miss Luke terribly).

Anywho... I have lost 10 POUNDS in 2 MONTHS:) Yippee skippy:) I weigh what I weighed 2 years ago (that would be on my wedding day) Only 5 more to go:) Oh happy day!!!

August 27th

Our 2 year anniversary! I can't believe it has been 2 years already... it has definitely been the best 2 years of my life {well except for moving to WA:)} but as far as married life... that's been pretty darn good!

So for our big 2 we went to Seattle on Sat. for a wonderful day of shopping, eating and being in an actual city!! woohoo!

Monday Luke was working so I drove out there w/ dinner for us... then I drove alllll the way back home:) what a good wifey I am:)

Here's some random pics. since I haven't bloged in hmmm.... FOREVER!

Never mind... Luke didn't upload them onto the computer yet... sorry:)

Where have we been?

Luke is in Seattle for the week doing "Seafair" which is like a blessing of the fleet... big parades & oceany stuff going on. As for me... I have a new job!!! it's a good one so far. TONS to do... I'm working in the office of a B&B/vacation rentals for a highly disorganized Realtor!!! i've been on the go go since day 1! Then I go straight to DB for the evening... poor Angie has been cooped up:( She's had a trip to the doggie park (first trip) recently so that was fun for her... we just have to let her out & about when we are home:)

Hmmm.... I think that covers the Marland life @ this point in time:)

Yesterday

Was... the worst day eva!!! Since the lavender festival is going on in Sequim (oh so much fun) everyone & their mama is in Sequim to see the stupid purple flower, eat the stupid purple flower, and buy ANYTHING with the stupid purple flower on it!
So in addition to all the stupid purple flower people we lose power.... make that the entire city of Sequim loses power because (and this is the best part) they (who "they" are I don't know but I think they may be stupider ~ i know that's not a word but it seems fitting here~ than the stupid purple flower) but they tried to send more power to the street fair & killed a transformer so the entire city lost power. so the good thing to happen out of all of this, i go to go home early. the bad, very oh so bad, thing to happen was that i got out @ 4:30 on a friday afternoon when there's normally traffic - tripled by the stupid purple flower festival and the fact that the traffic lights are out. so my normal horrible 30min. drive now turned into a really horrible 50min.! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Then i came home to a puppy who was locked up all day in her little room... she was very barky, very energized & extremely annoying! So there you have it... my day from HELL:) hope you all have a better weekend then me:)

For Jenny

Here's the 1st actual class that I've taught @ Doodlebugs... Jenny wanted to see the pics I took to hand out to the class so here they are... it's a photo cube by making memories for all you scrappy girls:) i'll maybe be making another blog for crafty things so i don't have to subject everyone to my "stuff":) but for now here's a little sneak peak hope you like it:)

Lavender

Sequim is having there lavender festival this week so we decided to go to a few of the lavender farms before the chaos! here are some of our favorite photos @ 3 dif. farms... luke' s eating lavender icecream... yum!

7.7.07

Hope everyone had a good 7.7.07... how cool is it that we were all around for that one! luke of course had to go to the casino i mean come on... i would have taken my unlucky little behind(well not so little anymore) to do a little gambling if i didn't have to work:) luke's lucky any way but he was definitely lucky yesterday... now we have a little extra cash to pay for the new tires my truck needs:) fun... fun:)

While i'm at it... Happy 4th! Sorry... i'm a little slacking in the blog dept.:)

i'm baaaacccckkkkk

So I'm back to WA... after a looooonnnnngg crappy flight(s).... so my wonderful darling husband set up my flight schedule & silly me didn't really look @ it until arriving @ the airport! so here's a little recap of my day yesterday

7:30am ec (east coast time ... 3 hours ahead of west coast time) wake up
9:15am & again @ 9:20am (we forgot something) leave wakefield RI
11:00 get to the airport with a painfully full bladder (got to love that:)) oh ya we got stuck in traffic on the way to Boston
11:05 run as fast as possible to the nearest potty w/ all luggage in tow
11:10 get in line... for a loooooonnnnngggg fricken time... decide while i'm waiting i'll check out my flight info i mean come on... my flight only leaves in 1hr1omins. i have pleanty of time:) so I look ... really look @ my flight info. and notice i'm flying into laguardia & leaving to seattle out of JFK... hmmmm... are they the same??? i think not...
11:15 call luke (7:15am in WA for those of you following along here) on the verge of tears w/ a very bad feeling in the pit of my stomach...
11:20 tears flowing down my face while the guy behind me is looking @ me w/ a perplexed look on his face:) while luke tells me he's going to call on my flight stuff
11:35ish get up to the counter & give her my flight info. blah blah blah... she says you know you're changing airports in NY... i say yes (holding in tears god... i'm such a baby) and ask her what i do when i get there... she tells me i have to get my bags & a shuttle to JFk ... ok tears again... she starts typing away while i'm swiping @ my eyes... she looks at me and says i can't get you on the 12:10 flight to JFK because it's too full & there are 6 bags that are 70lbs... i look over at my own 70lb bag:) hehehe oopppss:) i say thanks for trying ....
11:50 (have to be @ my gate by 12) i get in the security line.... there's no line @ the end and the lady is waving me over so i go... the security lady behind me starts saying maam... & i turn around to look @ her and she keeps saying it so she must not be talking to me right? i get to the xray place take off shoes etc. & start to go through when she comes running after me & yells at me for not stopping ... great i'm sooo not going to make my flight... she checks my ticket & huffs off... WHATEVER!!!!!!
11:54 get through the security check & run to my gate to find that my flight has been delayed 1/2 hr... nice of someone to let me know:)
1pm get on the plane
2:35 get off the plane @ laguardia & try to find my bags... not so easy when there isn't any flight #'s posted on any screens:) i finally ask someone @ 3pm & find my bags... then i run to transportation center & find out that the next shuttle leaves @ 4 (my flight is @ 5:35 @ JFK) I get a taxi instead & make it there by 4:30
4:35 in line to check my bags... ask the guy in front of my what he's waiting for... checking in, bags etc. got the lovely NY attitude back:)
4:45 bags checked in & off to my flight... no more worries except my 6hr flight to Seattle (yuck)
8:35 (west coast time ... 11:30 east cost time) i land... very tired & grumpy:)
9:20 we park & have dinner
10:55 get the ferry
1:05 am... we get home... oh what a day!!!!!!!!!! but now i'm home sweet home... missing RI already but it's good to be home... angie is so stinkin' cute & she's calmed down a bit:) I'll be posting pics of her soon:)

Today's the day

We are leaving for RI TODAY!!! I really can't believe that it is finally time for us to go home... it seems like forever ago when we bought our tickets.... and it still seems like this day should be far far away! I am soooo excited about our little vaca. that I haven't slept in @ least 3 days... going on adrenalin & caffeine (lots and lots of caffeine) right now! Any way... tomorrow am we will land on the east coast... we'll see everyone soon:) can't wait!!!!

Up on my soapbox... again

Ok... so pretty much everyone who reads this has probably already gotten an email from me... but on the off chance that someone else in the world reads this blog... click on this link ... please.... we neeeeeed to lower gas prices!!! my clothes budget is suffering ... hehehe Thanks guys!! I'm sure it will help you all out too! pass it on... it goes through tomorrow 5/25/07 ... I think. http://pol.moveon.org/pac/stoppricegouging/

One more week

'till we leave for RI! And what a good week it will be... no .... seriously! Luke has a different schedule 'cause he's doing some kind of coastie thing:) so i get to see him every day this week except for thurs. ( at least i don't think i'll see him thurs.)! that's a lot of quality time & then we get the next 2 weeks together too... hmmmm.... hopefully we'll still be lovey dovey:) yeay!!!! one great week and then 4 extra great weeks in RI:) can't wait to see you all!!!!!

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2 weeks!!

Just a little FYI... we leave 2 short weeks from today to RI!!!!!!!

Hikin' it

Here are some pics of Luke & I on our hike yesterday to soleduc falls... The battery on our camera died right as we reached the falls ~ typical Marland luck!!

3 weeks...

from today we will be leaving on jet plane... don't know when we'll be back again:) 3 weeks from tomorrow we will be landing in sunny Rhode Island!!!!!!! We CAN'T wait!!!! So we'll see you guys in 3 little ol' weeks... yippppppeeeeee:)

Jobs... jobs.... jobs

So for those of you who knew about my new job... I decided not to take it... for many reasons... But as I always say .... everything happens for a reason & I've already got a new possibility that's a little more me:) I'll keep you updated on this little hunt for the semi-perfect job:)
Luke, Angie & I are all doing fine... the count down to RI is officially on! 33 days (round about)!!!
I am SO doing the happy dance!
Hmmmm.... other excitement.... there isn't much! Luke and i started to do yard work (not generally found in my vocabulary) last weekend... more to do today!!!
Well... this being one of the most boring post thus far... I'm going to say peace out:)

Bye Bye Sanjya

Thank god!!!!!!!!!! This is the very first season of American Idol that i've watched all the way through & this guy drives me nutty!!! I don't even care if he can't sing... his hair is ridiculous!!! I'm watching the show right now but luke let the good news slip @ our bedtime conversation.... i forgive you honey:)

Going for color

So Josie gave me a little inspiration when she updated her blog look... have no idea how she did the fancy header & she really needs to share w/ me since we have the same blog "headquarters"!!!!

Jos... please... I'll be your best-friend:) hehehe... fill me in b*tch:)

So for now... we have a new color palette:) isn't perty!

I've been tagged

Jenny tagged me to let you all in on my 5 fave. blogs....

1. Ali Edwards
big time inspiration... that's about all I can say:)

2. Jenny - she is also pretty inspiring... I mean come on... she is nearly famous:)

3. Creative Chicks headquarters.... another tribute to Jenny (do we see a theme here) it's fun to see the new stuff they get in... it's such a big (wonderfully full of fun goodies that i miss mucho) store:)

4. And my no means lastish... Josie - she's a little slow on the posts :) but I really have no room to complain since I've been "that blogger" too:) love ya jos!

5. Rebecca Cooper ... i actually just found this... but she's got some amazing photos... just a little more inspiration ( i need as much as i can get)

Are you happy Jennifer:) love ya!

Missing you...

Hey... just got home from teaching a class & luke was watching our wedding video! It made me miss you all sooooooo much more than I already did:) Can't wait to see you all in a couple months ~ we love you guys:) xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Hoppy Easter!!!

Go Electric:)

My dad will be oh so proud of this little post! I just watched "Who killed the electric car" I know... I know... sounds super cheese - but it actually gave good insight as to what's going on in the world & what we all should really be concerned about... if you have brought or even think you might bring kids into this world... you might want to start thinking about this stuff... we are responsible for all the sh*t they will have to deal with 50-60 years from now & let me tell you it's going to be mighty shi*ty if we keep up the way we are now... yucko!!! Never EVER thought these words would be coming out of my mouth {fingers} but hey.... I can't not say it:)

The Best $20 we've spent

We bought a new dog bed @ cosco this past Thursday... it was 20 bucks & it's already held up against the angie test. We brought the bed home got rid of her old bed which was deflated, peed on 1 too many times & stitched back together @ least twice... I tell you this dog is TOUGH on her beds! So we go back out, leaving angie & the bed alone in her "bedroom". when we returned she had already chewed through the zipper ~ wonders of all wonders ~ it zipped back together! Then later in the evening I went into her room (in the dark) & stepped in something wet... light on! she PEED!!!! on her brand new bed. To my udder shock & surprise it is WATERPROOF what an ingenious idea!!! I sopped up the pee w/ a paper towel & good as new. Super excited... I know you are too!

*Wicked* Exciting...

Luke sold his jeep - or should I say Luke's parents sold his jeep... since it's been sitting in there driveway since we left RI {thanx guys:)}

Any who this is REALLY exciting news since we now have an extra $300 a month that will go to.... you guessed it - other bills... man it *stinkos* growing up:)

Super Angie

This is Angie after her shower... Daddy sure is funny:) She was... not so happy!

A nice relaxing....

Sunday!!!! We haven't had one of these it was seems like forever (but is probably only 2 weeks - since Luke was off last) As you can see Angie takes full advantage of the fireplace going... & yes I'm well aware that you east coasters no longer need to use the fireplace! (you suck) It's been nice here... 50's but w/ out a lot of windows in our house... no sun... not so warm! Luke sewed it up yesterday:) We laughed about the fact that he's going to be the one to teach our daughter(s) how to sew:) I can do a straight line (well semi-straight) and even that's pushing it... I am no domestic diva that's for sure.... I can cook w/ the best of them though (thanx mom & dad... I owe that all to you guys). Have a good week... you're already 1/2 way through Monday:)

Thank you...

Thanks for the flowers:) Our house has never looked sooooo colorful & cheery! & Thanks for all your support and words of encouragement... I don't know what we'd do without all our friends and family - you guys *rock*!!!

Happy Sunday

...people:) I'm up early {well not tooooo early} with puppy... Luke's still asleep & will probably stay asleep as long as he possibly can! Watching Six Degrees - soooo happy it's back on!!!
We'll be working on a sewing project today... so I'll keep you posted on how that goes. (notice I said we'll & not I'll... Luke's the sewer in our family - he's such a catch!)

Have a happy day... enjoy the sunshine if you have some:)

Blurry... but better than nothing

isn't she just the CUTEST puppy in the whole world!!!!???? I mean look @ those wrinkles!! We *heart* her:)

No weight postings in a while...

That's because I'm a weight watchers drop out:) I had a reason to drop out so I did... I passed the membership on to a worthy person, so no worries:) But now that I've stopped WW I've been eating even less... losing even more! how exciting is that!!! I am down 5lbs and *hopefully* counting:)
Luke, as we all know, has been losing massive amounts of weight the whole time... and you'll be happy to know that he's still going strong! i honestly have no idea what he's @ right now... can't keep up:)

As for everything else... Angie is GROWING, GROWING, GROWING!!! I've been trying to take pics of her ... but taking pictures of a *toddler* puppy.... not so easy! She is constantly on the go! Wednesday I took some toys out of her toy basket - for her to play with - I looked @ her about 15 minutes later and she had taken every single toy out of her basket & they were all strewn (is that a word??? it is now) about the downstairs ... living room to dining room (which is pretty much all one room:)) She is so cute - and sooooo like a real baby... she's our real baby!!! Can't wait to take so pics to share with you all! We miss you... happy spring!!! It's a little cool here right now- but overall it's been REALLY nice... 68 last week in Silverdale when I went shopping... but only 54 here what's up with that???

WW update....

Ok... monday was weigh in day as we all know:) i'm down 1.6 more & Luke's got a total of 10lbs lost!!! yippy for him!!! i'm having a tough week... reaching my ww limit and it's only week 4 out of 12 ahhhhhhh! hopefully i'll pull through:)

Other news... spring has sprung here (sorry guys i hear you're in the negatives:)) it was 63 here yesterday and sunnnnnnnnyyyyyyyy!!! i'm lovin' it. Today's a little rainy but not too cold. i want to take pics of all of our little flowers blooming in our front yardish spot. we pulled EVERYTHING living up and out of there and now we have new flowers coming up in random places:) i guess we can enjoy them for a bit and then they too must be pulled:) i don't do living:) but they are pretty for now!!!

Enough already!

Ok... ok have you had enough yet??? well luckily I'm done for the day:) Hope you aren't too overwhelmed!

Just a few of my faves

Seattle

Here are a few pics. from one of our trips to Seattle... love the city scape of Seattle...love that space needle

...& a glorious picture of me on the ferry:)

Wait... what's that

Could this possibly be a picture of our (dare I say it)... wood stove. Why yes... your eyes are not deceiving you, that is our wood stove... installed... with fire... in our living room! It only took... hmmm... 6 months and self installation!

Oh well at least we are now free from any contact with the former owners of OUR house... but their mail is still being sent to OUR mailbox (can you explain that to me???) and they think we're going to hand-deliver???

I've had a LOT of jobs people, but I don't recall POSTAL WORKER being one of them... do you????? :)

Luke's job... fun.... fun...

Here are some pics of luke "working" ... it looks like fun huh??? (not so much) Any way... I'm playing catchup... i just figured out how to get our pics. from here to there so you are getting your more post wishes (all in the matter of an hour) then you know i won't post again for a month or two :)

Pics of our baby

So this is our Angie... isn't she getting sooooo big??? And she's even bigger now since these were taken in Jan. ... please note the vera bradley collar... as if you all didn't know that she would be the most stylish dog on the block:) Don't let these pics fool you... she is as obnoxious as she is cute:) but we love her!

WW 2 (the weigh in)

Well friends... here's our weigh in ~ drum roll please:)
Melyssa's weight loss for the week of 2/18... 2.6 pounds (sweet huh:)) I no longer hate weight watchers!!! I am supper excited!!!
Lucas's weight loss... 2 lbs ... haha i win ... just kidding ~ over all he wins:)

and yes... these are the exciting blogs you get to look forward to... aren't you sooo glad we moved to WA to share this ever so important news with all of you... hehehe

ps... I keep promising you all photos and I really do promise to do them at some point...

Pink, is my favorite color....

We've gone pink... more my decision than Luke's ~ it really is my favorite color lately... never thought of myself as a pink girl although I am the ultimate girly girl so I'm not sure why I've been so anti pink before... well not anymore.... I'm a barbi girl in a barbi world(Port Angeles):)

Weight Watchers

So Luke & I started Weight Watchers this past week... very exciting. Until today... I am STARVING and I can't eat anything... but air! no b-fast... tuna blah sandwich for lunch and some low-fat pizza (yuck) for dinner. oh ya... and enough water to float a whale! I'm peeing every 5 seconds which is much worse than my usual every minute! Where are my burgers and fries ~ I want them back!!!!!
Any who... no loss for me for our 1st 3 days... Luke's down 5lbs. (he sucks!!!) I think even Angie has lost about a pound:)
I'll keep you posted on our progress... or lack there of! (at least for me)

Bad blogger... that's me:)

Ok... ok... ok.... I know that I am not the best at keeping up with my posts on this blog... oops:) What am I doing with all my time you may wonder... Nothing!!! Which is why I have absolutely nothing to keep you all posted on I guess:)

Let's see... weather is good 40's-50's ~ not a snowflake in sight:)

Angie is growing ... growing... growing:) I 'm trying to get more recent pics of her up on the computer & on the sight but we're having problems getting our pics from the cam. into the computer while using the same program we've been using so that all our photos are in the same spot! Any way... this brings me to the exciting topic of our NEW cam. .... we got a real camera (not that I'm sure as to what a fake cam. is:)) anywho... we got a cannon digital rebel & we LOVE it!!! its so much fun to take pics and have them turn out really nice... even though our last cam. wasn't that old (or that bad) the pics. that we were taking just were not turning out that great! any way... I've talked way too much about this...

well... other than that nonsensical nonsense... not much is going on... sorry to disappoint:)

Change of scenery

Well since it's a new year... I figured it was time for a change on the blog. Easiest way to do that ~ change up the background... hence the new green color... I think I like it:)

Any who... got our new camera in the mail a couple weeks ago! wooo hooo!!! we are still getting used to using it since it has lots of fun new features we've never had before! Luke's taken it to work every duty period so I haven't really had a chance to play with it yet... as soon as I get a chance I'll post some fun new pics. (hopefully I can alter them, just have to learn how... if I feel like getting a little crazy:))

For those of you who are unaware of our ERIA (estimated Rhode Island Arrival) hehehe ... I crack my self up... we can chalk this one up to the Coasties with all their silly acronyms:) Any way what was I saying.... I even lost track on that side-track.... we are planning on coming home for my cousin Laura's wedding (can't wait for it by the way!!!) which just so happens to fall on my B-day... couldn't have planned it better myself hahahaha! so we will be home for the grand ol' 28 ( can't believe that I'm sooooooooo close to the 3-0!!!!!!!!!) so as of right now the plan is to get back to RI @ some point during the last week in may & my plan (again... as of right now) is to spend the whole month of june in RI (this is not going over well with Luke ~ or Angie... even though she doesn't know it yet:)) so you can all drop what you're doing for the whole month to fit my schedule... right:) heheheheheheeeee! no... but i really do want to make sure we have time for everyone!!! we miss you ALL so much.

Well .... enough comedy act from me... next post i promise pics... of what who knows????