Updates with Pictures

This is my SSS gift! It came in the mail today!! How cool is that?!
Two Christmas ornaments and a picture frame. How beautiful is that?!
This is the card! She doesn't tell me who she is. So now I'm on a mad search to figure it out. Anybody have any ideas?! Secrets are so hard to keep!! Come on, spill it!
This is the package it came in! It's so gorgeous!
This is my Christmas mantel....I think I need more space!
The Elmo hanging there is Connor's stocking. Chris' is the green one. It's Snoopy and it sings.
This is Connor AKA Grumpy Gills. I love those pouting lips!
This is the end of a water fight. Snow on my floor. A bowl FULL of snow.

This is my hubby. He is posing for y'all. Isn't that nice?!
This is what happens after a water fight in my house. We all looked like this! So fun!
This is Hooch! What a great picture.
This is Jack. He is the dog talked about in a previous post. He loves the snow. He will go curl up in the snow and sleep when it's snowing. Crazy dog!

Well that's all I have for you today!! I'll post tomorrow with pictures of my sister and me and of the quilt I'm working on now!

Hi!

Hey there! It's been awhile so I thought maybe I should get on here and update you guys. I guess I'll go in order of events so...

Sierra the puppy is digging holes in the yard, and not just little ones. And is she smart enough so stop when she gets caught? Oh no, she digs faster! And recently she has discovered that if she goes in to the woods, she can dig and not get caught because I can't see her. I want to know whose idea it was to get another dog becuase it couldn't have been mine. She has her good moments but she has more bad moments, I'm hoping it's a puppy faze and it will go away quickly.

So, I went down to the academy for yet another physical fitness test and failed the sprint by ONE second. I was so mad at myself. Failing the sprint means that I don't get to go to the academy that starts this week, rather I get to go back in January to take the test all over again and hopefully get into the January academy. But I'll take the test as the last alternate which means that six people have to fail in order for me to get in to that academy. But if that many don't fail, then I get to go to the academy in February. After being mad at myself (and my chief being very angry with me), I'm starting to see failing as a blessing because I really wanted to finish my last class for my BA and now I get to. The class is done in two weeks but if I had passed the physical I would have had to go to the academy classes and do all of that homework plus the homework for my last online class... if any of that made sense.

The good news is that I am now a full time employee working 40 hours a week! Right now I still work in the office doing admin stuff like filing and answering the phones but starting December 1 I go to night shift. Yea!!! I'm excited for this because I get to go out with my training officer and work the road, write reports, and learn more cop stuff.

I think that's about it. Just work and the puppy and school. How are you guys doing? All ready for the holidays?

Love ya!

Blogging question

I'm sorry I haven't blogged on this blog for a while. I have had a hard time coming up with things to write about here. Not a whole lot has been going on for me. Especially since I have been sick. But things are good here. I am just keeping busy with Josh running all around. I am also busy trying to get things ready for the baby. I can't believe how much faster the time goes by with the second one. There are only about 5 weeks left. But I think we have pretty much everything. And the cradle just arrived today, so I am pretty excited. I don't think we will put it together until after Thanksgiving because of the space issues in apartments. For those of you who keep asking, the name we have thought about is LillyAnn Potter. Do kind of the same thing as my mom and I's names are. We will probably just call her Lilly. If it ends up being a boy, I really like Christopher Gary Potter. Robert's Dad's name is Gary, so I want to use it as a middle name. And I just like Christopher. Though I have also thought of Nickolas Gary.

So anyways. Krista I have a question for you and I figured this would be a good place to ask it. I was wondering if you knew where I could go to get a tracker for my blog. I would like to see who is actually visiting my blog. If you could let me know that would be great thanks.

Read this

Seriously you chicas need to read this! It's so funny. Well maybe it's just a nursing sense of humor...tell me if you think it's funny!

Aimee

Aimee had her specialist appointment today. She says "Everything is fine! The cyst is almost gone! And I will have the placenta checked again at 30 wks! I think everything will be fine!!"

So that's most exciting!! I'm so grateful that things are working out for her. Just wanted to keep you updated!

Aimee update

I texted Aimee on Sunday. It seems she has more going on than first thought.

She has Placenta Preivia. Scary!!

AND (!!!) the baby boy has a brain cyst. The tech said that it usually goes away in the 26 week but STILL!!!!!!

So keep her in your prayers.

Hi!

Hey there! So this past week has been a combination of busy, stressful, and overwhelming... all at the same time. On Monday I read in the local newspaper that the city I work for was making some pretty big budget cuts and would be laying three people off. So I worry because budget cuts means that the city may not hire the two more officers that it needs. Then Tuesday my commander calls me to tell me that I have to meet with my chief on thursday. Seriously, they make me wait TWO WHOLE DAYS to see if I am still going to be hired full time. But I cowgirl up and wait like a big girl (it was hard!!) and go to my meeting with the chief on Thursday, where he procedes to tell me how sorry he is about my job. Me, the eternal optimist (NOT) smiles and nods and then he starts laughing and hands me my hire paperwork!!! Yea, I still get a job! So now I have to take another physical fitness test on the 12 and if I pass (which I will) I report to the academy on the 25 of November.

I have most of my gear already. I had to go down to the uniform store in Seattle on Friday, where I tried on more clothes in 2 hours then I have in the last 3 years. You all know that I am not a shopper so by the time I was done I never wanted to try on another piece of clothing or equipment for at least a year. I can't complain too much though because I will probably never have to do that again. Once you do it they store all of it in a computer so that if I ever need anything else I just have to call them and they look it up and send it to me. How cool is that!!! If only every store could do that for me. :o)

I'll try to be better about posting... Some days I just get lazy though. ;o) Love ya!!!