Melody Beth

2007-05-24T14:48:00.001-07:00

Well even though my mom posted a comment about the doctor's I will tell you guys everything else.

Went to the doctor's today and I am pretty sure that my mucus plug or whatever came out, because it looked just like it said it would in the book. When I actually saw the doctor she did an exam and told me that I am about 2 centimeters dilated, and that everything is thinning out great. She said that she would put the baby about about 7 lbs 1 ounce and that I should have an easy labor. But she probably tells that to everyone lol. She also said that I should probably be delivering this weekend sometime. But also made an appointment for me next week just in case I don't. They hooked me up to the monitor's to do a non-stress test and everything looked really good. She was sleeping for the first half but then I would poke my side and she would poke me back in the same spot, it was pretty funny. Jon kept yelling at me, but it woke her up and made her more active.

That's about all the new news I have. Went out and about yesterday in hopes it would send me into labor but no such luck. We went mini golfing and had a little bbq at my friend Chels's house. Then went out to a local bar for wing night (they half 10 cent chicken wings), and then to another local bar for karoke night.

Well love you all and will post again when there is something to post.

2007-05-23T10:38:00.000-07:00

Well not a whole lot of new news to post on my end. The baby is being stubborn and is still in my tummy. She is moving around still, and I am having tiny irregular contractions, but nothing to serious. I don't think she ever will come out. I think that she will just live in there forever :) I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow (unless I go into labor tonight). They will give me another ultra sound, and check all the good stuff that they normally do.

My parents and my sister are coming out this weekend and I am very excited, because I get to see my little monster Bryan. Hopefully I will have the baby by then, or while they are here. If not at least I will get some family time in.

Jon started his chemistry class this week. They actually cancelled the class he had in Rome, and didn't even let him know. But he is able to take the class in Utica, which is about 20 mintues away from here. He also took his entrance exam today to get into the nursing college and he did really well and got a 88% overall. So hopefully he will be starting there in the fall.

That's about all the news I have of now. I love you all and will update everyone when I have more news. I will give whoever wants a call when the baby is born, just let me know. If you don't want a call, I will be posting the day I come home from the hospital (or have Jon post for me). Marisa I know you want an update as soon as something happens...I already have that covered :)

Love you all!!

New Belly

2007-05-16T17:22:00.000-07:00

This is the most recent picture of my growing tummy. I took it earlier today. And with any luck it will be shrinking down any day now lol.

I had a little scare yesterday and had to go to the hospital. About 6 o'clock I started to worry, because I had not felt the baby move at all. So I called the doctor's office, but since it was after hours, the calls go thruogh to the Materity ward at the hospital. They told me to come in since I had tried everything to get her to move. When I got there they hooked up monitors to my stomach to listen to the baby's heartbeat. It also showed when she was moving. It showed that everything was fine and that she was moving around normally, although I was still feeling nothing. After about an hour and a half or so they sent me home, and told me to try eating something and drinking and to lay on my side for an hour and to keep my hands on my belly to try to feel her move. They told me that if I still didn't feel her move after an hour to call back. Well after an hour had past and still I felt nothing, I called and they had me come back in for a sonogram and some more monitering. The sonogram showed that my placenta or whatever it is called was positioned where I probably wouldn't be able to feel the baby kick. They were able to push on my belly and feel her roll around, but I felt nothing. Maybe because I was not sure what I was feeling for, since usually she is always kicking and I don't have to feel for her. After the sonogram I was able to feel her kick. I guess they must of pushed everything around, because she kept me up all night playing inside my tummy. Jon asked if they could tell for sure that the baby was a girl and the lady checked but said that since I am so far along that she couldn't really see anything.

I go to the actual doctor tomorrow for a check up, and for her to check and see if I am dilated anymore. Not really looking forward to that since it's painful for me.

In other news Jon is doing good. He has been working 4 nights a week at the casino, working the midnight shift. But as of next week he will be only working 2 nights. He will start his Chemistry class this coming Monday. He will be going Mon, Tues, and Thurs from 5:30-9:30 till mid June. And hopefully he will be starting the nursing college this fall. He has to take an entrance exam on May 23rd (same day as I am due). We were going to have him see if he could take it another day, but when I was talking to my mom about it, she said not to since whatever day he changed it to would be the day I go into labor, which would probably happen.

Besides that there is really no more news to post about. Love you all and I will post again soon!!

2007-05-03T15:33:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have been looking into hotels for those coming out for my wedding. But I am having trouble, because I am not really sure what days I am looking for. Plus I am unsure of who is coming. I know I have not sent out invitations yet, which may be a good thing now. Um...I am going to talk to Robin to see if she has already requested the time off of work, and if she hasn't then I can look into pushing the date a week ahead or back. That way it is easier for everyone. Since we haven't told anyone yet (besides close family) about the date, it wouldn't be that big of a deal.

So if I could get dates in which you plan to come out assuming the wedding stays the same date, that would be great. I know of 4 hotels in the city of Rome. There is the Rome motel (which is not the nicest place), the Quality Inn, The Beeches, and The Ecno Lodge. Now outside of Rome there is the 4 hotels and Inn's connected to and by the Casino. I looked and most of them are booked for the weekeend.

Besides that not a whole lot to post. I went to the doctor's today and I am half a cent. dialated (sp?), and 50% efaced (sp?). I don't really know what that means lol, but it's good I guess. The doctor told me that I should probably have my hospital bags packed just to be sure. He said although I am not dialated very much now, that can change quickly without any warning. All my blood test came back good. My iron is up from my last test, but is still low. They just said to keep taking my pills everyday.

That's about all the new news on my end. Just tryin g to figure out the hotel situation for you guys. I asked Jonathan if he knew if anything was going on that weekend at the casino and he said nothing that he can think of, but I guess he said that it gets busy at the end of the summer.

Love everyone!

2007-04-28T11:14:00.000-07:00

Well there is not a whole lot new to post about on my end. We lost power again this past Monday, but only for a few hours this time. We had a bad thunder storm and this time the whole city lost power.

Um, besides that things have been pretty low key. Just hanging out with the dogs. Tango is now going outside with Cha Cha. Her leash is a little bit more shorter then Cha Cha's so she can't go quite as far. We are looking into getting the invisible fence that way they can just run around and we don't have to worry about putting them on leashes.

I went to the doctors this weekend and they did all the good stuff that they do to girls. I am starting to get a little scared of actually having to give birth. If I can't handle the woman poking around in there, how am I going to handle having a baby actually come out. Besides that she said that everything looks great. The baby is positioned right, and is the right size, and everything is on schedule. More then likely I won't have another ultra sound, because everything looks good. Unless I have a problem then they won't do one. They also did some blood work to see if my Iron level is back to normal.

I got some great things in the mail this week. I got the car seat that I wanted...Thank you very much Aunt Adrienne. I got a box full of all kinds of goodies from Aunt Erika..Thank you!!! And I got a bunch of new books to read from Aunt Kathy...Thank you!

I'm starting to look at wedding dresses online, which is kind of exciting. I found a few that I really like. But because I don't know exactly we are having the wedding at, I don't know what kind of dress I want to get. I only chose a date because I knew I had to let people that live in Michigan and what not when it was. We know that we are going to be having the reception at the house, but we are not sure if we want to get married in a church or at the house as well. Something we are working on trying to figure out, but I have come to the conclusion that Jon is useless...he just says he doesn't care.

Well that's about all. Thanks again for all the great things that I got this week!

Love you guys!

More stuff

2007-04-19T10:39:00.000-07:00

Well there are a few new things to post about so here it goes.

We finally got the crib put together, Jon's dad did it a few weeks ago. It's starting to look really nice in the room now. It's actually got stuff in it lol. We still have a few things left to get like a dresser, carseat, stroller, diaper bag, high chair, bouncy seat, and other random things. But it looks good with the crib in there. I am going to ask Jon to put together the bassinet this weekend (I am no good with putting things together...if I did then they probably wouldn't be safe lol). I have put it off for long enough, mostly because I am lazy and since the bassinet is going in our room, I would have to figure out a place to put it and clean up and everything, and I haven't felt like doing that, but I have to soon, since I don't have that much longer.

The weather here is finally nice. Monday we got quite a snow storm, and our power was off from 8 in the morning until 10:30 at night. It was awful. I resorted to talking to the dogs for most of the day. Because Jon's mom is on her spring break from work and is in Chicago for the week, his dad is down in Albany for the week working, and Jon worked the midnight shift so he slept most of the day. So I had no tv, music, movies, computer, or anyone to talk to. I read a little bit, but I can only sit still and do one thing for so long without getting bored.

I went to the doctor's today. They said that everything looks good. The baby's head is down and my belly is the right size. I have to start going once a week now, instead of twice a week. Which is a pain in the butt, but it's what I gotta do.

Well that's about all. Love and miss everyone like crazy :)

Stuff

2007-04-04T18:28:00.000-07:00

Well the baby shower was this past weekend. I had fun, mostly because I had my family here. Everyone else was drinking and singing karoke...not my cup of tea. But it was nice that my parents and sister and Robin and Aunt Sandy came. I had a lot of fun with them here. It made the whole thing so so much better. I couldn't see myself having all that much fun if they weren't here. We didn't do a lot of "baby shower" things. I think the only thing that was baby shower related was the opening of gifts.

I got a lot of cool things. A lot of clothes, and bibs, and the normal baby stuff. But I also got a diaper genie, the baby bath that I had put up on my target registery, a beautiful bassinet from Sally (Thank you so much!!!), and a crib from my parents. My girlfriends from out here made me a beautiful scrapbook for the baby.

Besides the baby shower, nothing exciting has happened. Jon is working more midnight shifts at the casino, so he is quitting the Salvation Army. This week will be here last week working there. I went to the doctor today and everything is looking good. I'm in my 7th month, and counting down the days till the baby comes out. We are starting to plan our wedding, since we won't have much time when the baby actually comes. Hopefully we will have a date picked out soon so I can let everyone know.

Our puppy is doing good. Crazy as ever though. She went to the vet and everything looks good for her as well. The two dogs together are getting along much better now. They play all the time, although Cha Cha would rather not lol.

Well I can't post pictures right now of the baby shower because the computer down stairs, for some reason won't allow me to upload. But I will post some in the next few days.

That's about all for now. Love you all!!

It started off short

2007-03-14T04:28:00.000-07:00

Well there is not a whole lot of new news to post about, so this is going to be a short and sweet blog.

Our new puppy whose name is Tango (we went with a dance theme since our other dog is cha cha), is doing well. She is a bundle of laughs most of the time, and the rest of the time she is wild and crazy. She has adjusted to house and other dog pretty well. Cha Cha is a bigger dog (the size of Tootsie Roll or a little larger then Link) so Cha Cha's bark scares her a little bit. But she is getting used to it. We went to the vet yesterday so she could get her shots and get checked out. Turns out she had about 200-300 ear mites in her ears. Not to mention all the hair. I've never seen a dog with so much hair in there ears. Apparently with the snoodle hair in the ears is very common, but the vet said that it doesn't usually bother the dog if you tweeze them out. But because of the ear mites we have to wait a few days, because her ears are so sensitive. They gave her a one time treatment for it, so hopefully it will get better soon. But besides that she is a healthy dog. She runs around like crazy and licks like crazy. She wakes me up (she sleeps in the bed with me and Jon) usually around 7-8 a.m. everyday to play. She will wake me up by licking my face or biting on my toes. And she also gets up in the middle of the night (when I get up to use the bathroom), but she just usually does the same thing as me (go to the bathroom) and then comes back and goes back to sleep. She is not big enough to get onto the bed or walk up the stairs, so I have to carry her everywhere.

Um...we have a vacation planned in January of next year to go to Disneyworld. Jon and his father (also names John) are going to be running a marathon down there, so his mom decided that we would just all go, and spend a week down there. I'm looking forward to it, because I love everything about Disney :)

No new news on the baby yet. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, just a check-up. I am going to ask to get another ultra sound done. I think it's about that time anyways, but I want to make sure that it is still a girl, before the baby shower lol.

The baby shower is coming up fast. I'm looking forward to getting to see my parents and everyone again. It's nice living so close, I get to see them so much more often now. I don't really know what is planned for the baby shower, Jon's mom is taking care of most of it.

We have had great weather here lately. It's been up into the 60's the last couple days. But before I could get to excited, I saw on the weather in a few days we are expecting another snow storm. And just when I was getting used to the melting snow, we are just going to be getting some more.

Jon is still doing well. Still working all the time. He has stopped working on Friday and Saturday nights at the casino and now is only "On Call" so when they need him they will call. He may be starting to go full time on the grave yard shift since that's the only full time position they have avaiable right now. I don't really want him to, but it keeps him busy, and gives us a little more money.

Mary is almost done with the baby's room, at least the decorating part. She has got all the wallpaper up and has painted the ceiling. I know she wants to put some fish and dolphin things on the wall, so she is not done completely. I will have my mom take pictures when she comes, since I'm not very good at getting those things done lol.

Well so much for short and sweet huh!!

Love you guys

Pictures

2007-03-08T18:37:00.000-08:00

Here are pictures of the unfinished baby room and the new puppy. She is just so adorable.

Nothing new to post...just thought I would put up some pictures :)

No Puppy :(

2007-03-06T09:51:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday when Jon's mom came home she was going to call and cancel our appointment for the day, because the weather was awful and you could barely see. It wasn't really snowing that bad, but we had awful winds and the drifting snow was making it white out conditions. Well anyways, when she was talking to the lady, the lady has failed to mention before that the dog had parvos. The place where we were going to get the puppy from is a rescue place and they said that Darby (the puppy we were going to get) was the only dog that had survived this diesease out of the whole litter that they had gotten. But with Parvos it's either you live or you die, and it's not a cureable diesease. So we were still thinking about getting the dog, in hopes that everything would be ok. Well Jon's mom called the vet to make an appointment for the dog we already have and she asked them about Parvos, and they said that it's very catchable amoung other animals. Human's can't get it, but other animals can. So we decided against it, because we don't want our dog getting sick.

We have been having so many difficulties trying to find a puppy. The only ones we can seem to find through the humane society are pit bulls, and we really don't want to get a pit bull. So she decided that she is just going to buy one. We found a breeder not to far away that is selling Snoodles for $400. So hopefully either Thursday (depending on Jon and if he wants to drive and go) or sometime this weekend, we will be going to pick one up. They are only 3 months old and the cutest looking dog. The picture I have put up is not the exact dog, but it is a picture of a snoodle.

And as for the comments on my last post...yes Aunt Adrienne it is a lot better then a duck. Although I would still really enjoy having a duck. And as for walking the puppy, we will probably potty train it to go in the house until the summer time. We also have an enclosed garage in which we can alway take it out there.

Something I didn't mention in my last post is that we have turkey's. Well we don't HAVE them, but they come and visit lol. I woke up one day last week and the first thing I usually do when I go downstairs is look out the window in the living room at the birds. We have bird feeders out there and we get some of the prettiest birds. Well the other day I saw no birds, and went and sat down, and OMG I noticed about 5 turkey's sitting out there eating the bird seed off the ground. I almost peed in my pants. It kind of scared me a little bit. I'm not used to seeing them so close. We sometimes get deer, but I have never seen a turkey lol. I will have to take a picture if they come back.

Well that's about all on my end for now. Love you all!

New things

2007-03-05T10:10:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! Here's a quick look into the things that are going on.

I went to the doctor's last week for a check up. And they said that everything looks great. The baby's heartbeat is nice and strong, my weight is good, and she said something about the babies position, but I'm not really sure what. My iron on the other hand is really low. I am taking 2 iron pills a day, that make my stomach upset. I am still taking them though, because my iron dropped 14%. I'm going to talk to my doctor my next check-up (next week), and see if there is a different kind of pill I can take.

We (well I should say Jon's mom Mary) has started decorating the babies room. She has most of the wallpaper up. It's an under water themed room. We have water bubble paper on the top half of the wall and then in the middle there is an Ariel Little Mermaid border, and then on the bottom half we have it painted a dark purple. She is almost done, except the Little Mermaid border paper we got, we got two packages of and one of them has a larger bottom part, so we have to go exchange it. I will take and put up pictures when we finish the room.

I have registered at Target. I have not put much on there yet. I'm still trying to figure out what I need and what not. Plus I'm not to sure what is good and what is not good. I've never done this before, so I'm pretty lost. When I registered in the store, they gave me one of those little scanner things and when we looked at the stuff they didn't really have much. We had found a stroller that we really liked, but for cribs and other furniture and what not, they didn't really have much at all. They had 2 cribs, that were 5 in 1 cribs, which we don't really need. So I have to look online for one.

Mary (Jon's mother) and I are going to look at a puppy today. I have been saying I want a puppy for a very long time now. We were about to get one when we lived in California, and then we decided to move out here. And now he always tells me that I am going to have a baby, and we already have a dog so we don't need a puppy. But I lucked out and talked to Mary about it and she told me she wanted to get a puppy too, so after many trips to the Humane Society (in which they never had any puppies only older dogs), we found a Rescue place not to far away that had one. We had to fill out an adoption application (we needed references lol), and then she called us back and set up an interview for today. An interview to adopte a puppy, how crazy is that. I think it's because this place is a Rescue Shelter, so they are very certain that the dog is going to a good home.

Jon is doing well. He is working 2 jobs now. He works Monday and Tuesday mornings (1-9 a.m.) at the casino doing the bartending. Then he works usually Mon-Sat at the Salvation Army from 9-1 (except mon and tues. then he works 10-2). Then Friday and Saturdays 4-Close at the casino. He is thinking about only working the over night shifts at the casino, because that's when he makes the most money, and he is getting worn out. But besides all that he is doing well.

I did my taxes a couple weeks ago. And I did them all by myself for the first time. Although I had Jon's dad check everything after I was done, just to make sure that I had done everything right.

The snow has yet to go away. I just read in Aunt Erika's blog that the snow is almost gone there, I wish we could be so lucky. We just keep getting more and more. We had some pretty crappy weather the other day. We had rain, freezing rain, hail, sleet, and snow. It's funny when we let the dog out, we put her on a chain and she can't go very far because there is so much snow. Next time I post I will take a picture. Normally we can't see her in our front window but with the 4 feet of snow we have, she just sits in front of the window and looks at us.

Well that's about all for now.

Love you guys :)

Here's the belly

2007-02-24T15:34:00.000-08:00

Well I am uploading pictures right now, in hopes that they will take. It's been the same status for about 20 minutes now...so here's to hoping!!

Not a whole lot to blog about. I went to the doctor's last week and everything is going good. I start going every 2 weeks now, which is kind of a pain in the ass, with Jon working two jobs. He is working now at the Casino and at the Salvation Army doing janitor type of things.

Well I now see my pictures at the top of the screen so they seemed to upload alright. That is the view I could best get of my tummy. It's growning more then I like, but hey what can I do lol.

That's about it. We have a ton of snow, and it has finally stopped...but who knows for how long. When I came home from California we had about 4 feet, and then added about another 2-3 feet on top of that in the first week I was home. Luckily it has been warm, although there is a ton of snow.

Ok love you guys!!!

The baby's sex

2007-01-09T15:20:00.000-08:00

Ok everyone just another quick little blog.

Went and got my ultrasound today. She told me she couldn't be for sure on the sex of the baby. But she is pretty sure it's a girl, since she looked at every angle and saw no little boy parts. It was really exciting to get to see every part of the baby. She singled out every part to show us.

I do have a picture but there is not a scanner on the computer down stairs so I am going to have Jon hook up his soon that way I can post the picture. It's nothing exciting really, just a picture of the baby's face.

Well just thought I would share!!

Love you!

2007-01-05T19:14:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Just wanted to update with the latest news. It's not big but I thought I would blog. I went to WIC today and got applied for that. I get all kinds of food with that until the baby is born, so that's really helpful. We get to go see what the baby is on the 9th but I think I already mentioned that.

Jon got a new record player so he has me listening to old records all the time. He has a few people that I have heard of but nothing really that I like. So if anyone has any records I may like let me know :)

I'm not sure if I will be starting school this Spring, since I have not been able to get into a placement test. So hopefully after the baby is born it will be better. I can get the information and call for my placement test as soon as they start taking applications and such for school.

Jon had his first day of work this past Wed. It was just orentiation but his actual first day of real work is tomorrow at 4. He is real excited to be finally starting work. He is also looking into starting school hopefully this Spring. But for the nursing program you need to take Chemistry and they have no openings in the class for the Spring at the college by us. He is now looking into a different school just for the Chemistry class that way he can get that out of the way.

Well that's it...love you guys :)

Baby Shower

2006-12-28T11:07:00.000-08:00

Just a quick blog to let everyone know that our trip was great. It was nice to get to see everyone again so soon.

Thank you aunt Kathy for the great gifts.

Also I will be having a baby shower at my house on March 31st, 2007...those of you who will can and want to come please let me know.

Doctors

2006-12-20T11:47:00.000-08:00

Here is just a quickie little blog for everyone.

I went to the doctor's this week and everything went well. They said that everything looks alright. The doctor felt around my stomach and said that May 3-4 is the approximate due date. We got to hear the heartbeat which was really cool. It sounded really fast, and it kinda scared me, but she said that is normal so not to worry. They don't do ultrasounds in there offices so she set me up with an appointment on the 9th of Jan. to get one done at the hospital. Then I don't see her again until the 17th of Jan.

Jon and I leave for Michigan tomorrow sometime. We will be spending the night in WB then driving down state to see everyone down there, and then back up to West Branch on Christmas eve and will be there until the 27th. I am ready to take a little vacation back home, even though I was just there. I miss everyone already. I am really excited to see my boys...I miss them a lot.

Well that's about it. I love you guys, just wanted to update a little.

2006-11-22T11:00:00.000-08:00

Ok so here is what everyone has been complaining about with me lol. It may be a little short but sorry.

I'll start with my trip to Michigan. I had a ton of fun while I was there. It was really nice to get to see everyone. I got to see my Robin a lot, which was really really nice. And I got to spend a lot of time with my babies. They are getting so big it's unbelieveable. It was nice to get to see my dad and help him as much as possible since he was kind of rescrited in the things that he could do, due to the contrapation thing on his leg, which let me tell you is way gross. My sister was pleasant most of the time...jk Megan... I wish I could of spent more time with my momma but of course she had to work.

Vegas was a lot of fun as most of you know, since you were all there lol. I didn't wind up winning at all, but I still had a lot of fun. It was nice to walk the strip the last night, a little crowded but nice. I don't have a lot to say about Vegas since you were all there.

My trip back east wasn't all that bad. The first night we drove to Utah and stayed in some hotel there. The second day we drove all the way through Utah, Colorado, and stayed in Nebraska. It was crazy windy through Colorado and Nebraska so a got a little worried at times, because of all the stuff on the top of the car. I do believe the third night we stayed in Iowa which was really pointless since we stopped at like 6 and we only had two hours to go till we got to Chicago, but his aunt wasn't expecting us until Saturday so we just stayed. Then Saturday we got to Chicago around noonish and had some time to relax. We stayed with his Aunt Sue and her husband Tom. I had a lot of fun there playing with their kids. Then we went to his cousin's soccer game on Sunday and headed to Indiana afterwards. We got to Aunt Erika's around 6-7ish because I forgot about the time change. There we went out to dinner and got to see the wonderful Jackson. He is just the cutest thing ever. So adorable!! We left early morning on Monday to drive to Penn. to see Jon's aunt and we stayed there 2 days. Nothing really to blog there. Oh wait...I forgot the best part...this woman is a cat lady. She has like 10-12 cat's. It's nuts...I called her the crazy cat lady lol. Not out loud of course. Then we left mid afternoon for the end of trip to Rome, NY. That wasn't so bad it's only like a 4 hour trip. We got about 45 minutes away and Jon got pulled over for speeding. Luckily they only gave him a ticket for not having an updated inspection on his car. But they give you 5 days to get an inspection on your car and if you send that in with your ticket they will not fine you, so he did that. We finally got to Rome about 4 in the afternoon on Wednsday (you know I never know how to spell that). We rested a lot until Jon's friend came over and had us go out with him.

But since I have been here I haven't really done a lot of exciting things for me. I got to do all the stuff for the college and medicaid so that is nice. But besides that it's just going out with his friends. Most of them are really nice. There is one we go out with a lot that I don't really care for. He is just really annoying and has to be the center of attention all the time.

Anyways...in other news...Jon and I are going to be getting married after the baby is born. He proposed to me in Chicago, and gave me a ring when we got to NY. It's all very exciting. We haven't set a date or anything, but yup.

That's about it. Love you guys!!!

2006-09-27T20:51:00.000-07:00

Sorry that I don't update often. But anyways...I went for my ultra sound 2 weeks ago almost. They said that I am only about 6 weeks pregnant. They were having a hard time seeing anything, all they could see is the sac or something where the baby is living.
I was having problems late last week. I was spotting and it really scared me. I had an appointment to get medical until I left this Thursday but I needed to go to the doctor's as soon as possible I thought, so I found out that since I am currently pregnant I get 31 days without medical to see the doctor and such. So I went last Friday and he told me to just relax and take it easy for a few days...my blood preasure was high (probably due to being really scared), and he wanted to see me again on Monday. So I went Monday and he wanted me to stay out of work until tomorrow. I am still spotting here and there...sometimes heavier then normal, but he said that it's somewhat normal in the first 3 months. He did another ultrasound and he said that the sac or whatever was really small, but he saw a heartbeat so that was really good.

They had to draw blood and do all that good stuff. I cried cuz I'm a wuss. But I dealt with it. Plus they had me drink that nasty glucos stuff that made me sick to my stomach.

He wants to see me one more time before I leave for NY. Jon's parents looked into Medicaid for me in NY, and said that I am eligable, all I have to do is fill out the paper work when I get there and I should be set to go.

I'm nervous about moving to NY, yet very excited at the same time. I guess I'm nervous because, everything is going to change. But then again whether we move or not, it's gonna change so it's all the same. I'm excited for the same reason. It's something new, it's something exciting and can be a ton of fun.

I don't really have any other problems with the pregnancy. I don't really have any morning sickness at all. I get dizzy from time to time, and I'm tired a lot. But that's really about it.

Well that's really about all I have to post. Love you guys!

Learning to Pee

2006-09-11T19:06:00.000-07:00

Well I have a bit of news to share with everyone...so sit tight.

First of all I started my new job today. It was alright for the most part. It was kinda boring cuz it was just the typical training and what not. For the first 2 hours of the day I will be opening the front board. Which yeah of course sounds pretty simple. But at Irsfeld, I had maybe 14 people whom I transfered calls to. This place has over 100 people in the office. So it's a bit more hectic. For the rest of the day (excluding covering the regular receptionist for her lunch and breaks), I am doing filing in the filing room. Mostly I am on the computer imputting things. They have everyone in the office connected to AIM that way if you need anything you can find them on there. They give you a work s/n but you can add some of your friends if you want. I work 8-5 which isn't bad. And the people are way way nice. I like the enviroment much better. But that's about all to do with that...I will blog more on that once I start working more.

Um...Sonny left today. He left this morning. He was moving to Washington to do some work there, since we kicked him out and all. He was in a movie this past week and lucky me, they filmed it at our apartment. So it was many late nights for me. And of course they left the house a complete mess...I told Jon that Sonny or the people that were here had to clean it before he left, and of course he didn't. So I get to tackle that tonight if I get bored enough. But I'm just glad he is out finally.

Biggest news last....I finally got it confirmed...so it's time to post it. I am 7 weeks pregnant. I don't really know what to post about this. I took 3 home tests last week and they all came out positive. Then I went to the doctor's on Thursday and apparently I didn't pee enough and they couldn't read my results. So I made an appointment at a different clinic on Friday...I go in during my lunch...after the lady preaches to me for about an hour about how I need to let god into my heart, or else one day he will just turn me away. And how he is coming in the next 7 years. I finally go into the bathroom...pee in the cup (I drank a lot to make sure I had to pee)...5 minutes later the nurse calls me back and tells me that my urine was to dilluted that they didn't get any results. So they gave me a cup to take home and to pee Monday morning and bring it in. Well of course they don't open until 10 and I start work at 8...so Jon had to take it in for me. Well the nurse called me back and said that the results came back positive...and then I made an app. for 3:00 on Friday to get an ultra sound.

Jon and I are both very excited. His parents were very supportive and are very happy for us. They said that if it gets to hard for us out here, that we can move out there and have the upstairs of there house.

Well I'm not really sure what else to say.

Love everyone!!

New Job

2006-08-30T11:06:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have put it off long enough. I do have some new interesting news.

As of September 8th, 2006 I will no longer be working at Irsfeld.

I was interviewed a few weeks ago for this company called Wexler. They really liked me and told me that they would get back to me. Well a few days later they called and said all they had to do is a background check on me, and then they would make me an offer. Well after a week or so I got a call saying that my background had cleared, and all they had to do was to clear it with the hiring manager.

Well a couple days later they called me back saying that they wanted me to start as soon as I could. But they knew that I had to put in a 2 week notice at my current job and they were ok with that. They also know that I need that time off in October to go home and such. And they are ok with that as well.

I think this job will be really good for me. It pays a little bit more then I am getting here, it's a 40 hour work week instead of 35, I get better benefits, I get a 401K, and it's closer to where I live now. Not to mention the environment seems like a lot of fun.

I don't know a lot about the company. But while I was in my interview she asked me to name a reality TV show that I watch. I of course said big brother, and she said that her company was the company that went in and put all the video surveillance up. She also said celebrities and what not go in all the time, and director's and such. So that should be interesting.

I am really looking forward to starting this new job. I think I will have a lot of fun there. She said that they have monthly bbq's for the employee's and that it's a really laid back place.

In other news...Sonny will be gone by the 5th of September hopefully. That's when he asked to stay till, cuz he is shooting a short student film. So

I am looking forward to having the apartment to ourselves for a month or so before Nira moves in. Oh and we found out last week that along with Nira moving in, so is her boyfriend. So that will be nice, so we can split the rent 4 ways instead of 3.

Last week Jon's parents were in town. They drove cross country and what not. We had a lot of fun while they were out here. We hung out a lot and went to dinner (Buco Di Beppo). It's a little Italian restaurant and it was amazing. That is where I took Jon and his mom when she was out here last time. She really enjoyed it, so she had Jon's dad take us there while they were here. The other nights, Jon's dad always made a fabulous dinner.

October is getting closer and closer. I am looking forward to going home for my birthday. I plan on having a lot of fun while I am there. I am also really looking forward to Vegas. That is going to be a ton of fun.

Well that's about it! Love you guys! I do have a house phone for those who can't reach me on my cell phone from time to time. If you want it just let me know!

New York, New York

2006-08-16T09:04:00.000-07:00

We were in Rome, NY. It's a little city in upstate. I guess there is nothing exciting to blog about because we didn't really see anything. I was there for his cousin's graduation party and his parents renewal of vows...which they were both really nice.

I ate the same foods. With the exception of some really amazing pizza.

We didn't go into the city at all. I guess it's like 5 or 6 hours away from Rome, so we just stuck around town and hung out with is friends and his family. Which was alright with me, because I was not feeling to well the last few days.

All his friends liked me, one even had a crush on me. Plus all his friends parents liked me as well, and said if I ever feel the need to go back that I will always have a place to stay out there. So that was really nice.

I got to spend some more time with his parents, which was really nice. I really like them a lot. They will be back in California this coming Sunday. For their sort of honeymoon they decided to drive cross country, starting in Chicago (where Jon and his parents were for another wedding), and ending in North Hollywood.

Well that's about it! Love you guys :)

Welcome

2006-08-15T13:01:00.000-07:00

Sorry it took so long to blog.

NY was fun. I really don't wanna go into to much detail...but just know that I had a great time :)

Things have been kinda crazy since I've been home. Working a lot and very hard. Have a lot of stuff to do. It's nice today though I get to do Marisa's job since she is not in today.

Um...in great news...Sonny will be moving out at the beginning of next month. We have had some problems with him paying rent...so Jon talked to the land lady and in order to get Sonny to leave he would have to take himself off the lease. I didn't think that he would actually agree to do it, since he would have nowhere else to go, but he did. Nira will be moving in with us at the end of October. That's when her lease is up, and instead of renewing it she will be moving in with us.

That's about all on my end. Sorry I wish I had more to blog about but my life is not that exciting.

Here ya go

2006-07-18T14:37:00.000-07:00

Not a whole lot new going on here. My sister is in town and I’ve had fun with her while she has been here.

Things we’ve done since she’s been here:
Saw Pirates 2
California Adventures
Beach
Hung out

We really haven’t done a lot of things, but it’s been great fun. California Adventures was a blast. We rode the Tower of Terror twice…and both times I screamed my head off and squeezed Jon’s hand as tight as I could. The roller coaster was a lot of fun, we rode that several times as well. Along with the one water ride, were we went rafting and got totally soaked, at least Jon and I did.

This weekend we are gonna conquer Disneyland. Marisa will not be joining us there. We will have an even number of people so we can all ride together for the most part. I have been wanting to go to Disneyland for a very long time, so I am really looking forward to it.

That’s about it on that front.

Everyone keeps asking me what it’s like living with my boyfriend. I’m really not to sure on how to answer that. I was practically living there before I actually moved in. So it’s the same is that. We have a lot of fun. He has got a new job now, so he is only working 3 days a week, so he can move forward with the whole acting thing. I like seeing him more often, and he seems to really enjoy the job so that’s always a good thing. For those who don’t know he was selling meat for a company called Prime Selection. It required him to work Monday thru Saturday from 10 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. And now with this new job, which is basically being a personal assistant to a man who has “MS” and is a retired acting coach. He says it’s an amazing job. The guy he takes care of has worked and is personally connected to many famous peopling including Al Pachino. He really enjoys this job because it’s mostly just taking him where he needs to go, and he says so far he hasn’t done anything really besides go out to different cafes, and a marina down in Santa Monica. So hopefully it will all work out for him. It’s less pay, but with me living there and paying half the rent, it should help a lot.

I go to NY at the end of next week. I am really looking forward to it. I am really looking forward to getting to spend more time with his parents. I had a blast while his mom was out here. She is a ton of fun. And I am looking forward to getting to know more about his dad and what not. His cousin Jessica (who both his parents and him said I remind them a lot of her), is having her open house while I am there. So I will be getting to meet a lot more of his family as well. Not to mention his friends. I talk to a few of his friends already on the internet and on the phone. They seem like a lot of fun. So yup I’m doing really good.

But what I am looking forward to the most is it’s getting closer to October, and getting closer to me coming out to Michigan for 2 weeks. I am way beyond excited about getting to spend so much time out there. Both times I’ve been out there since my move, were either for a short time, or I just had a bad time. Hopefully this time will be much better. Jon may join me for part of the time I am out there. But nothing is for sure yet. If so he will get a flight to Vegas from Michigan, depending on if someone can get him to the airport and what not. All to be figured out very soon, since it’s not that far away.

Well that’s all I really have to post right now. I guess it’s a lot, since my last posts have been pretty short J

I love you guys lots, and looking forward to seeing most of you soon
♥mel

This is Megan with her new hair:

All moved in

2006-07-07T09:53:00.001-07:00

Well I am all moved in.

Jon, Nira, and his mom helped me moved all my stuff Sunday afternoon. I was actually really surprised at how much stuff I had. It only took one trip (but with 2 cars). So it wasn't that bad. And since the only thing furniture wise that I moved was my dresser, I wasn't surprised at only needing one trip.

I left my tv and stuff at the house that way when my sister is there she can at least watch tv and movies and such.

Um...living with Jon so far is the same it's been since I've started just staying there. I do realize it changes a lot of things...but it's a risk I wanna take.

I am going to NY in about 3 weeks and I am way excited. His friends don't know I am coming yet...we think we will surprise them. There are 2 of them who I talk to all the time that keep trying to get me to come out, and I'm like "oh I don't know" so yea that should be fun.

Jon's mom left on Monday. I had an amazing time while she was out here. We did all sorts of things...shopped, went to the beach, her and Jon got tattoos (I forgot my ID so I couldn't get mine), and just hung out a lot. I asked her one day...I was like could you imagain if we didn't like each other. That would be really weird. But luckily we get along great and she said her and her husband are really looking forward to my visit to NY.

Well that's about all the time I have to post so I love you guys :)
♥mel

Movin on out

2006-06-30T15:14:00.000-07:00

Ok so I figure everyone is gonna read Kathy’s blog and then start asking when I’m moving out.

Jon and I decided it would be best if I was just to move in there. I am spending 97% of my time there anyways…so it would be more convenient for both him and I to just live there.

I will be starting to move my stuff this Sunday after we take Jon’s mom to the airport. I don’t really have a lot to pack…only my clothes and movies and such. And the only thing for furniture I am really going to be taking is my dresser and my night stand. But besides that everything else is pretty easy to just throw in garbage bags.

So that’s my big news.
Love you guys :)

No information to post

2006-06-29T12:24:00.000-07:00

Well lol I didn't have anything really to post...all I was gonna do for that blog was say who Nira is lol. She's a girl I met thruogh Jon and Sonny. And that's about it.

I don't really have other news. Jon's mom is in town from NY for a while. We've just been hanging out and stuff like that. Nothing to exciting.

I really wish I had more to blog about but I don't. I love everyone :)

Information coming later

2006-06-20T11:21:00.000-07:00

Vegas Pictures

2006-06-09T09:45:00.000-07:00

Jon and I

Jon's ParentsJon and his mom

Jon being goofy

A few new things

2006-06-05T13:38:00.000-07:00

It's been well over a week since my trip to Vegas and I have been slacking off, and have failed to post. So I have a lot to post this week.

1- I am not moving out yet. I was thinking about moving in with Jon & his room mate Sonny. But after sitting down and talking and thinking about it, we decided that it would be taking things a little way to fast for us. Things are going really good between us and we don't really wanna ruin that.

2- Vegas was so so so so so much fun!!! We stayed at Caesars Palace. Turns out his aunt had gotten a suite that included 2 bedrooms and a living room. So it worked out well with Jon and I going there. His parents, and his aunt and her fiance were amazing. They are incrediable people. They were very kind and nice the whole trip. And I'm pretty sure they liked me. I will explain why later. We were only there for 2 days and 1 night. The first day we just hung out by the pool most of the day and talked and got to know each other. Then later that evening we went to dinner at Bradley Ogden. It was extremly expensive but very very good. I tried a few new things like Kobe beef (yucky!!!) I don't think it would of been that bad had it not had all the crap on it lol. Then that night we went and walked around the strip for a while. The next day we did the same. We had lunch at a little Irish place (since his family is Irish). So all in all I had a great time.

3- My mom booked my flight to Michigan. I am pretty sure she has posted about this already so I will keep this part short. I am very excited that almost everyone is coming to Vegas for my birthday. I'm sure it's gonna be a lot of fun.

4- So earlier I said I was pretty sure his parents liked me. Well I was invited out to NY for a week while Jon is out there visiting his family. I figured since I was taking so much time off in October, that I would just shoot for a long weekend. I am leaving for NY on July 27th and returning on August 1st. I am very excited and nervous. I thought meeting his parents was nerve racking, now I'm meeting the rest of his family and all of his friends. I have talked to a few of his friends on the phone and internet, but I'm still way nervous.

Anyways...that's all I can think of!!! Love you guys

Vegas Baby

2006-05-24T08:05:00.000-07:00

Well not a lot new to post about!

This week and last week were pretty boring. Just been working a lot, hanging out, and trying to figure out the dates that I am going to be in Michigan.

My mom wanted me to come out the week before my birthday, but I don't think I will be able to since I will have to close out the billing for the month at work, that week. So it would be easier to come the weekend of my birthday stay that week, and then go to Vegas the middle of the next week. But who knows yet.

I'm actually going to Vegas for my first time on Saturday. Jon's parents are going to be there...so we are gonna go down for Saturday night to see them. I'm kind of nervous, meeting the parents for the first time and all. But hopefully everything will go over smoothly. He said that they will like me, cuz I'm goofy and all. He said I should fit right in!!

Well that's about it! Love you guys

Alley Cat Strike

2006-05-16T08:18:00.000-07:00

Well happy late mother's day to all those mother's out there in our little blogging world :)

This weekend was a lot of fun for me. I went to Jon's house on Friday and just hung out. He took me home at 9 a.m. Saturday morning cuz he had to go to work...I was talking to his crazy/odd roomate online for a while and he asked me to go back over there to help clean (since I've become quite fond of cleaning), so around 11 I went back over there. We cleaned forever and then once Jon got home we all just kinda hung out for a while. Then Sunday me and Jon got to actually spend some alone time together without Sonny. We ran a bunch of erans (sp?). Then in the mid-afternoon we decided we were all gonna do a double date (sonny was meeting some girl offline), but before we could go they had to change the oil in Jon's car. So I decided I would go down with them to see if I could learn a thing or two. Well that I did...NOT TO HELP lol. I got so dirty and I didn't really even do anything. But as I walking back into the apartment they had me carry the old oil filter and I didn't know not to let it go upside down, so what happens...oils leaks all over my clothes. And of course I didn't have time to go home and change before the movie, so I just wore some of Jon's lol. But we wound up seeing Ice Age 2...which all in all wasn't bad. I liked the first one better it was much funnier.

Then last night Lucia, Jon, Sonny, and I went bowling. I was doing well at first, but after the first 2 frames lol it went all down hill. But I did get a strike..nothing compared to them, but hey I was proud of myself. Then after that Jon, Sonny, and I went to IHOP to get some food (Lucia had to be home by 11 so she couldn't come). I think they had more fun at IHOP then at the bowling alley. Our waiters were very funny.

Well that's about all that's been going on. I am looking into leaving LA on October 12th (taking a night flight), but debating if I should leave at an earlier time and getting in on Thursday to, because well I guess the whole Friday the 13th thing scares me a bit, I'm not Aunt Adrienne...i'm a chicken lol. And then spending that weekend with my friends and family in the local WB (and anyone else that wants to come really.) Not really sure what I want to do on my actual birthday..but I'm sure I'll think of something lol. But then that whole week my mom will be down state so I will get to spend some time with my friends and such. Then my mom was saying that Vegas is better from like a Sun-Wed. so we thought we could go in those days. (did that sentence make sense?)

Well I gotta get to work. Love you guys :)

Ok not so much

2006-05-11T09:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry for not blogging yesterday. I didn't really have the time to sit down and write...but today I do.

So lots has been going on

Work's been going great. I am getting more used to having to do the billing by myself. I am still some what unaware of a few things, but I try my best to figure them out or to ask Sirarpi. It's kinda hard to get everything done though. I do the filing for Norman and it always gets way piled up. Between billing, Library, and all the other things, I never have time by the end of the day.

Jon is the guy that I was seeing for a little while. The one that decided to break up with me to go out with another girl. Well after really thinking about things, he decided that he doesn’t really want to be in a relationship with anyone at the moment. After being just friends, we decided to casually dating. I don’t know if it will go anywhere, but I will never know unless I give it a try. So that’s what we are doing. Sonny is his room mate. Very nice kid, very odd though lol.

So I guess not that much has been going on, cuz I can’t think of anything else to write. If I think of anything else I will blog again.

Love,
Mel

Flicking of eyes

2006-05-09T16:48:00.000-07:00

Lots of new stuff going on...I will blog again tomorrow...but because Adam has not posted the video I think I will. Jon and Sonny came over to our house for dinner on Saturday night and were playing this stupid game where they flicked each other in the eye lids and see's who gives up first (retarded if you ask me...and you will notice in the video what I think lol)...so here it is...I will blog again tomorrow about everything else going on :)

Miss everyone :)

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New e-mail

2006-04-21T10:43:00.000-07:00

I know I know I have like 600 e-mail address, but I guess you guys can add just one more. My work e-mail which is mbg@iiylaw.com and if you could just send me something soon so I can add your name to my address book, that would be much appreciated :)

Love you guys!

My new friend

2006-04-18T08:45:00.000-07:00

Well I suppose since I was asked to write about my new friend...I would share a little about him.

Me and Mike have been on and off for the last what year or so. Finally things got so bad that we have just decided to call it quits. I love him with all my heart still, but he just isn't the one for me.

I have been talking to this guy Jon, on the internet for about the last month/month and a half. We met up last week sometime and hung out with lucia, marisa, her boyfriend, and Jon's roomate Sonny. I had a lot of fun, and after that I began smiling a lot more. We have hung out a few times since that, and have decided to start seeing each other.

Well let's see what I can write about him. His name is Jon (go figure), he's 20 years old, and will be 21 in December. He lives in North Hollywood, he moved to NoHo from Manhatten Beach, and before he lived there he was from New York. He lives out here with his room mate Sonny (also a very cool person). He has some family out here that lives in Apple Valley. He works as some sort of trash man for a private company down in the Bay area. And I guess the best part of all, is that I like him very much so!!

The new job has been going good, haven't had to many problems since Mary has left. It's a little more stressful, but nothing that I cannot handle.

But besides that, all things are well at the moment!

Love you guys!

What kind of Coffee and Doughnut are YOU?

2006-03-28T15:44:00.000-08:00

You Are a Powdered Devil's Food Doughnut

A total sweetheart on the outside, you love to fool people with your innocent image.
On the inside you're a little darker, richer, and more complex.
You're a hedonist who demands more than one pleasure at a time.
Decadent and daring, you test the limits of human indulgence.

What Doughnut Are You?

You Are a Frappacino

At your best, you are: fun loving, sweet, and modern

At your worst, you are: childish and over indulgent

You drink coffee when: you're craving something sweet

Your caffeine addiction level: low

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

90's child!

2006-03-24T15:35:00.000-08:00

I know I've posted something like this before but there a bunch of different ones on this one...so check it out!

You're a 90's kid if:

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCH!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.

You know that "Whoa!" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on Saturday to watch cartoons.

You got excited when it was Oregon Trail day at school.

You got a new "Goosebumps" book every month.

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You danced to "wannabe" by the Spice Girls, and...

...females had a new motto, and males got a whole lot gayer.

You remember the craze and subsequent banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence... Not!

You played "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" at school and then went home to watch it on TV.

Captain Planet. Enough said.

You knew that Kimberly, the Pink Ranger, and Tommy, the Red Ranger, were meant to be together.

To the last sentence you said "Hey, Tommy was the green* ranger!"

Then you said "And he was the White Ranger!"

When playing Power Rangers with friends, you fought over who got to be who...

...and still all ended up being Tommy.

"The Console Wars" referred to Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis.

You watched Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York... and tried to pull the pranks on your "intruder" siblings.

"I've fallen and I can't get up!"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

Two words... Trapper Keeper.

You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS PHANTS PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE
he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants show show show

You played your tapes on a boombox.

Your favorite song was "The Right Stuff" by New Kids on the Block...

...and when Joey McIntyre was on Dancing With the Stars, you felt like he was a real celebrity.

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You played and or collected "Pogs"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.

You begged your parents for a new Beanie Baby every week.

You remember a time before the WB.

"Are You Afraid of the Dark?" was the scariest show ever.

You know the Macarena. (BPB people automatically get this one :-p)

"Talk to the hand."

You hoped Brain would finally take over the world.

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

You wondered why the plastic Slinky didn't make it down the stairs like the metal one.

When we were younger...

We all wanted L.A. Gear... and L.A. Lights

You weren't allowed to get British Knights (BK) shoes because they looked like gang shoes.

We rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

Gas was $0.95 a gallon and Caller ID was a technological revolution.

We recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

We called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

2Pac and Biggie were still alive.

The Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

We had something called The Dream Team.

Tag.

The phrase "Get Over Here!!!!" means something to you.

Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.

Red Light, Green Light.

Heads Up 7 Up.

Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on.

Hopskotch.

REAL Slip-n-Slides

Hula Hoops.

"POWER OF LOVE" BY CELINE DION..ONLY COUPLES COULD SKATE TO THIS.

Annoying Nano Pets & Furbies.

When Mufasa died in The Lion King, you cried... in a movie theater.

Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

Squeeze It and CapriSun

We watched...

Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your TMNT, Power Rangers, Barbie, Fairy Princess comforter.

Woody Woodpecker and Chilly Willy

ThunderCats

Hey Arnold!

Rugrats

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

More specifically, Bulk and Skull and Ernie the Juice Bar guy

CHiPs

Garfield and Friends

Or what about:

The Secret Life of Alex Mack

Ren & Stimpy

Double Dare

Family Double Dare

Rocco's Modern Life

Aaahh! Real Monsters

Wild & Crazy Kids

Clarissa Explains it All

Salute Your Shorts ("Caaaamp Anawaaaanaaaa...")

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

The ORIGINAL cast members of All That.

More specifically, "Vital Information" with Lori Beth Denberg.

Doug

The Magic School Bus

Nick Arcade.

The Adventures of Pete and Pete.

Legends of the Hidden Temple.

Hey Dude

Dinosaurs.

Pinky and the Brain.

Sailor Moon.

Blossom.

Hangin' With Mr. Cooper.

Wishbone.

Bill Nye the science guy!

Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood!

Who could forget Snick?

And the original Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Get Smart, The Facts of Life and I Love Lucy.

Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

Nick Jr... with Face

Gullah Gullah Island

Under the Umbrella Tree

Pee-Wee's Mother-F'ing Playhouse

The Big Comfy Couch

Go back to the time when:

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.

When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.

When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.

When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

When Toys R Us was cooler than the mall.

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'

'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly.

It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.

Being "old" referred to anyone over 20.

A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.

Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.

Where the best form of protection was "circle circle dot dot now I've got my cootie shot, circle circle square square now I've got it everywhere"

It was a big deal to finally be tall enought to ride the 'big people' rides at the fair.

When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.

When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

Who'd have thought you'd miss the 90s so much?

Post this in your bulletin if you remember these days!

Autumn

2006-03-23T12:30:00.000-08:00

Nothing really new to update here! My life is boring...same stuff all the time!

I tried to get a background that said "i love my family" but I can't seem to get one...but I'm gonna keep trying until then it's I love my mommy :)

I took this quiz thought I would post the results...

love you all!
Take the quiz:
What Season r u?

Autum
Your always chaniging moods! Your autum! Youve gt lots of differnt sides just like autum. Your cool but not to hot lol ;).

Quizzes by myYearbook.com -- the World's Biggest Yearbook!

2006-03-16T16:46:00.000-08:00

You Know You're From LA When...

You're driving on the 101 and see a clear cut definition of where the smog begins and ends

You go to a karaoke bar and battle with seven year old divas-in-training who are trying to steal your thunder

You're sitting in traffic for at least an hour at any given part of the day

You go to the beach and see that real lifeguards actually do look like the lifeguards from Baywatch

You see purple and gold and the word "Threepeat" on every corner

You begin to "lie" to your friends about where you are (i.e. "Yeah I'm like 20 minutes away") - when you know that it'll take you at least an hour to get there).

You eat a different ethnic food for every meal

You look around at the nice cars around you during traffic, thinking it'll be your favorite Laker or WB star.

You make a conscious choice to watch Jay Leno over David Letterman

You mourned for Tupac and not for Biggie

You know it's best not to be on the 405 at 4:05 pm.

Getting anywhere from point A to point B, no matter what the distance, takes about "twenty minutes".

You know what neighborhood someone lives in by the degree of damage incurred during the riots.

You've inadvertently learned Spanish.

You've got to bring the cat/plants in when it drops to 55 degrees.

In the "winter", you can go to the beach and ski at Big Bear on the same day.

You've bumped into a celebrity at El Pollo Loco.

You know what "sigalert", "PCH", and "the five" mean.

Your pizza delivery guy is also on contract with Warner Bros.

If your destination is more than 5 minutes away on foot, you're definitely driving.

You have a gym membership because it's mandatory.

Your TV show is interrupted by a police chase.

You can't fall asleep without the lull of a helicopter flying overhead.

When tourists ask where they can get souvenirs, you direct them to Venice Beach.

You know someone named Freedom, Rainbow, Persephone or Destiny.

You've trespassed through private property to get to the "Hollywood" sign.

You've partied in Tijuana at least once.

You know Hollywood has a "lake".

You don't stop at a STOP sign, you do a California Roll.

You've lost your car in the Century City Shopping Center parking lot.

You've ever bought oranges, flowers, cherries or peanuts on a freeway off-ramp.

You think that Venice is a beach.

You drive next to a Rolls Royce and don't notice.

You've started crossing a street and returned to the curb when the DON'T WALK sign started flashing.

You've never listened to NPR.

Calling your neighbors requires knowing their area code.

You have a favorite Thai restaurant.

You think Johnnny Rocket's is an accurate depiction of a diner.

You think Manhattan is a beach.

You eat pineapple on pizza.

You've been to Disneyland more times than Downtown.

When giving directions , you follow up with the phrase: "With/Without traffic."

You classify new people you meet by their Area Code. An "818" would never date a "562" and anyone from "323" or "213" is ghetto/second class. Best area code: "310."

Driving along, you see a high-speed police chase approaching in your rear view mirror. You don't panic or even flinch. Instead, you call your friends on your car phone and tell them you're on TV.

You know that if you drive two miles in any direction you will find a McDonald's or a Starbucks.

Your cell phone has left a permanant impression on the side of your head.

You never, ever go into the water at the Beach. You barely touch the sand.

Everyone you know has 3+ phone numbers. Home, Office, mobile, pager, two-way, voicemail.....

It is not unusual for your waitress at a restaurant to have blue streaked hair, a dragon tattoo and tounge piercing.

You are awakened in the middle of the night by a moderate earthquake. Your reply: "That ain't even a 5-pointer" and go back to sleep.

You think you are better than the people who live "Over the Hill". It don't matter which side of the hill you are currently residing, you are just better than them, for whatever reason.

You live 10 miles from work. It takes you 60 minutes to get home.

Walking out of Jamba Juice, you see that a movie is being shot on-location across the street.

You are not happy, or even slightly exited that there may be a movie star there. You just say, " They f*ckin better not be blocking my parking space."

You have to yell at your bank teller through a 2 inch thick wall of plexi-glass.

That last one goes for your local convienience store man, too.

You go to Las Vegas for a weekend getaway and the whole trip cost you $50.

You personally know at least 5 people with agents.

You personally know at least 3 people who have been in a movie or TV show.

You know what In N Out is and feel bad for all the other states because they don't have any.

You know that not everyone in Beverly Hills is a millionaire.

You know who the tinsel underwear dude in Venice Beach is.

You've done something on a street corner in an attempt to get money (i.e. sang, tap danced, told jokes).

You've gotten parking tickets from parking in the red zone in front of your house.

You say you live in LA when really you live in a subsection of a subsection of a subsection of southern LA.

Any major movie star is picking out the best portobello mushrooms next to you at the grocers and you don't notice.

The guy at 8:30 in the morning at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney IS George Clooney.

You really can never be too rich or too thin.

The gym is packed at 3pm...on a workday.

The workday starts at 10am...or whenever you get out of your therapy session.

Any invitation comes with, "Starts at 8pm or as soon as you can get through traffic."

You have never met a waiter that wasn't really an "Actor."

You never go to a coffee house without a copy of a script - any script.

It's sprinkling and there's a report on every news station about "STORM WATCH '99"

You call 911 and they put you on hold.

You have to leave the big company meeting early because Billy Blanks himself is teaching the 4:30 tae-bo class.

The three hour traffic jam you just sat through wasn't caused by a horrific 9 car pile-up, but by everyone slowing to rubberneck at a lost shoe lying on the shoulder.

A nurse can look at you in all seriousness and ask, "you don?t drink or smoke, right?"

All the "cool gyms" allow pedestrians on the street a full-view of those working out. Literally, you can?t drive by Wilshire without staring into L.A. Fitness. Perhaps a new form of window shopping?

The hot seasonal party favor is a candied apple from Neiman's. The apples are called "Skinny Dippers."

The waitress asks if you'd like "carbs" in your meal.

Bars card. For real.

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Los Angeles.

you know you're from michigan if?!?!

2006-03-10T13:07:00.001-08:00

You Know You're From Michigan When...

You define summer as three months of bad sledding.
You think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder.
You can identify an Ohio accent.
Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six pack and a bucket of smelt.
Owning a Japanese car is a hanging offense in your hometown.
You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.
The Big Mac is something that you drive across.
You believe that "down south" means Toledo.
You bake with soda and drink pop.
You drive 75 on the highway and you pass on the right.
Your Little League baseball game was snowed out.
You learned how to drive a boat before you learned how to ride a bike.
You know how to pronounce "Mackinac".
The word "thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical significance.
You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
You expect Vernor's when you order ginger ale.
You know that Kalamazoo not only exists, but that it isn't far from Hell.
Your favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, the opening of deer season and Devil's Night.
Your snowmobile, lawn mower and fishing boat all have big block Chevy engines.
At least one person in your family disowns you for the week of the Michigan/Michigan State football game.
You know what a millage is.
Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon.
Half the change in your pocket is Canadian, eh.
You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your left hand.
You know what a "Yooper" is.
Your car rusts out before you need the brakes done
Half the people you know say they are from Detroit... yet you don't personally know anyone who actually lives in Detroit
"Up North" means north of Clare.
You know what a pastie is.
You occasionally cheer "Go Lions- and take the Tigers with you."
Snow tires come standard on all your cars.
At least 25% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
You don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
Octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
You know more about chill factors and lake effect than you'd EVER like to know!
Your snowblower has more miles on it than your car.
Shoveling the driveway constitutes a great upper body workout.
When giving directions, you refer to "A Michigan Left."
You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.
You never watch the Weather Channel - you can just assume they're wrong.
The snowmen you make in your front yard actually freeze. Solid.
The snow freezes so hard that you can actually walk across it and not break it or leave any marks.
All your shoes are called "tennis shoes", even though no one here plays tennis anyway.
Your major school field trip includes camping and cross-country skiing.
Half your friends have a perfect sledding hill right in their own backyard.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Michigan.

2006-03-10T13:07:00.000-08:00

Well not to much to post about...but there are a few things...

I like my new position at work. It can be somewhat stressful but for the most part it's not so bad. I like not being bored...because it makes the time go by a lot faster.
I got an iPod not to long ago. I got the 60 gb video one so it holds a ton of pictures and a ton of videos and songs. I like it a lot. It's a lot easier then having to carry my cd player around everywhere I go.
Everything with me and Mike is going good. Could be better but also could be a lot worse. We still fight but we have much better communication (you know talking instead of me yelling lol).

That's about it. I wish I had more stuff to talk about but nothing really exciting happens! Love and miss every one far away lots!

♥mel

From Risa Blog

2006-02-28T13:00:00.000-08:00

Four jobs you have had in your life:

1. Paper girl

2. Baby-sitter

3. Wendy's

4. Office person

Four movies you would watch over and over:

1. How to Deal

2. Save the Last Dance

3. Dirty Dancing

4. Breakfast Club

Four places you have lived:

1. Detroit

2. West Branch

3. Glendale

4. North Hollywood

Four TV shows you love to watch:

1. Gilmore Girls

2. One Tree Hill

3. 7th Heaven

4. Big Brother

Four places you have been on vacation:

1. Colorado

2. Flordia

3. Canada

4. Michigan

Four websites I visit daily:

1. myspace.com

2. blogger.com

3. yahoo.com

4. google.com

Four Favorite foods:

1. Steak

2. Fries

3. Hamburger

4. Cheesecake

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. Home

2. Michigan

3. The Beach

4. Moutains

WOW!!!!!

2006-02-27T13:39:00.000-08:00

Not much new to post about..

-I'm working full time in the back now. Except for Marisa's lunch break and her 2 15 minute breaks throughout the day!

-Um...i'm still losing weight without really trying...i'm happy but I wish I would stop losing so much. I want to tone myself better rather then lose it now...but it's harder!

-And yeah that's about it! I'm not a very exciting person. I never have anything really to blog about!

-This picture is from my senior trip. Some of you may reconize some of the people in the picture. But others (mostly the people out here in California) won't really reconize anyone.

Crystal, Jill, Heather, Me, Kim (at the bottom).

Love you guys!!

What does your name Mean?

2006-02-15T10:59:00.000-08:00

Nothing new and exciting with me...same old boring stuff!

I did this little quiz thing about my name and this is my result:

Your name of Melody makes you easy-going and refined, but detracts from your physical vitality.
You desire all the finer things in life--lovely clothes, home, furniture, and environment.
However, procrastination is your worst enemy, and you find yourself lacking the ambition to make your dreams a reality often because of lack of confidence.
People are inclined to take advantage of your sympathetic, tractable nature.
You naturally attract people with problems who seek your understanding and advice.
Though the name Melody creates the urge to understand and help others, we emphasize that it causes procrastination, lack of confidence, and the inability to realize your goals and ambitions.
This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses in the fluid systems.

If you want to know what your name means...here is the weblink http://www.kabalarians.com/Index.cfm

My weekend

2006-01-24T09:02:00.000-08:00

Well I'm not to sure why all my posts are being hidden underneath the other ones...weird huh!?!?!

My weekend in an overview:

Friday:
Didn't really do to much. Worked all day which of course is oh so much fun. Then hung out with Mike for a few hours...that's about it...not much to post there huh?!?!

Saturday:
Was supposed to go to NAMM with Mike, but he wound up having to work so I got to stay home and clean. Which all in all wasn't that bad. Once you get into the groove of things...you can't stop (well at least I can't). So when pretty much the front part of the house was clean...I went ahead and straightened up my room. Then later that night I met up with Mike again and we hung out and watched movies all night...well I did cuz he fell asleep (so I got to watch Finding Nemo...cuz he never wants to watch that :)

Sunday:
NAMM! I was expecting Mike to want to get there early and spend the whole day there. But we got there around 1 in the afternoon (this is at that Anaheim Convention Center not LA) and we have to walk what seems like forever to get to the stupid place. But finally we got there and all I can see all around me is musical instruments. NAMM is when instrument company's come and show off there products. It was actually very cool. I was expecting to be bored and putting on a happy face cuz I didn't wanna look bored. But we looked mostly at the drum stuff (considering Mike is a drummer lol). They had big shot people there (who I had no idea who they were) but Mike was very excited. There was one guy that I did however know...that was Thomas Lang. He is an independent drummer (and an excellent one at that). I had seen a few of his videos while at Mike's house. But all in all that was pretty fun. They had instruments from other countries that was pretty interesting. Mike was hoping to find something there (A snare drum I believe) but didn't wind up finding it! So after spending about an hour and a half there...we went to a place called Sam Ash (A music store for those who don't know) where he bought an electric drum set (he has a normal drum set, but because he lives in an apartment he can't play them really so he has to go to the studio all the time). Now I don't know how much drum sets cost really, but from what I have seen at other stores they run from 1,000-9,000...Mike got his for under 900 which was really good.

Then there was the power outage but both Marisa and Kathy blogged about that...so there is no need for me to recap that!!

Love you guys!

NAMM

2006-01-17T09:58:00.002-08:00

Well nothing really to exciting is happening with me! This weekend I am going to this thing called NAMM http://www.thenammshow.com/ there is a site basically I guess telling you what it is. It's something that Mike invited me to probably about 6-7 months ago and I said I would go...and sure enough we are still together so we are going to be going to that Saturday and Sunday. Fun times! It doesn't look like it's going to be very interesting for me...but hey I told him I would go and it cost a fortune for him to get the badges so I am gonna go!

But that's about it. I wish I had more to blog about, but nothing really is going on in my life. I will blog more about work and stuff when I have more time!

Love you all!

2006-01-17T09:58:00.000-08:00

You are a
Social Liberal
(65% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(33% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Democrat

Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid
Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

Totally 90's

2006-01-06T16:21:00.000-08:00

I saw this and thought it was really cute! I am so from the 90's generation!

You know you're a 90's kid if...

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You've worn skorts and felt stylish

You yearned to be part of the Baby-Sitters club

You use to love playing with your MY Little Pet Shop

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You wore a ponytail on the side of your head and had fluffed bangs

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in kindergarten

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

" Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE" he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stumbed he's toe oe oe and thats the end end end of the elephants show ow ow

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare"

You remember Alf, the little brown alien from Melmac and Vicki the Robot from "MY Little Wonder"

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You played and or collected "Pogs"

You used to pretend to be a MIGHTY MORPHIN Power Ranger and you owned a Skip It

You had at least one GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.

You remember a time before the WB.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You thought it would be so cool to be Alex Mack.

You know the Macarena by heart..

LOL " Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You thought Brain woud finally take over the world

New Hair

2005-12-29T09:47:00.001-08:00

Well I decided that it was time for a change of hair. I had dyed it about 2 or 3 weeks ago...a deep red..best seen in the top picture!

Then yesterday I was sick of always wearing my hair up...but with as long as it was (which wasn't very long)...I couldn't wear it down because it bothered me...so I decided to get it cut. I think it's a little to short for my taste...but it's ok cuz it will grow out!

I got the cutest present from my sister. It's a picture frame that says *Friends* on it...and the top picture is of Sabrina, Bryan, and Sean...and then the bottom holds 2 pictures...one of Joshua and one of Robin with antlers. I love it so much! Thank you Meggers!!

I haven't really started working fully in the back yet with Mary. They still haven't quite figured out who is going to sit up front. But once they do Mary would like me back there full time...but I will probably still be working the front desk for a few hours a day. But who knows!

Well that's all i can really think to post about! Love you guys!

I'll post more when I have stuff to post about!!!

Christmas

2005-12-29T09:47:00.000-08:00

My christmas was alright for the most part! I came home Christmas morning (me and Mike) and we opened gifts and had a wonderful breakfast at my house and then Mike went back to his house and spent the rest of the day with his family and I stuck around my house. Aunt Adrienne cooked a ham and french fries (cuz that's the Van Houten way) for dinner, but well I don't care to much for ham so I passed on that...but passing on the chocholate pie...now who would do such a thing?!?! Thank you Aunt Erika, Uncle Lyle, and Jackson for the gift card! Thank you grandma for the money! Thank you aunt Kathy for the cell phone holder...it is very convient...I love it! Thank you Aunt Adrienne and family (you know who they are lol) for the beautiful beautiful skirt and Bubble bath (white chocholate how cool is that lol)!!! Thank you Taj for the gift certificate to Black Angus!

And thank you mom and dad for the....Charmed seasons 1,2, 3. Also the candles, the stuffed animal, the fudge, the candle warmer, and all the little goodies you got me!

All in all I loved everything I got!

New Year's is coming up quickly on me.

I have decided on my new year's resolution and hope to stick to it this year! I have been doing well at losing weight but I haven't been very good at the real exercise part so I have lost the weight but am still very full of fat lol. So I am going to join the YMCA and start working out and such to tone my body a little better. I really have no set weight or goal to accomplish...I guess my only goal is to actually do it...without slacking off! Lucia has decided to join with me as well. So at least I won't be doing it alone!

Mike and his friends are planning a trip up to Big Bear (a ski resort). I am very excited about this because I have yet to see snow in almost 2 years now and it's bringing me down.

Well that's all I can think about to post! Oh wait...I have recently gotten a new cell phone number due to the fact that lately I have been getting calls (note not just 1 call but anywhere from 10-20 calls) late late at night (i'm talking from 12 a.m.-5 a.m.). They all come up private so I have no idea who is doing it...so I just decided to change my number. I'm not sure if I have everyone on my e-mail address list so if you would like my new cell phone number just e-mail me at melodybeth2000@gmail.com and I will happily send it to you....if you are lucky and I love you. But chances are if you are reading this...I do love you!!!

Well that's all! Love you all and thanks again for all the lovely gifts this Christmas!

Capital Punishment

2005-12-13T13:59:00.001-08:00

I remember doing a report/presentation for my communications class in 10th grade on Capital Punishment. I haven't really thought about it since my report (considering the only reason i thought about it was cuz it was my homework!) but recently Tookie Williams was executed (by legal injection) and for some reason I can not stop thinking about it. I even went as far as trying to find my old communications teacher (or at least an e-mail) address to see if she still have my paper (to be honest so I didn't have to look up the info and statistics again) but turns out she no longer works at the high school so I do not know how to contact her. Now I haven't done much research so far on the subject but I do intent to look up information, cuz as of now I do not believe that capital punishment is right.

I guess the one thing that I do remember reading and talking about in class is "Leopold and Loeb". Leopold and Loeb were 19 years old in the year when they commited "the crime of the century". In the year 1924 they kidnapped and murdered a 14 year old boy. They did this just for the simple fact that they wanted to know what it was like. However they were both lucky enough to get life imprisonment instead of the death penalty. Together there accomplishments include working at hospitals, teaching illiterates to read, creating a correspondence school, making significant developments in the World War II Malaria Project, and writing a grammar book. Look at what they have done to society. I'm not saying that by doing these things they have paid back society for what they did that little boy, and I'm not saying that our world is a better place because of what they have did, but they did get a sliver of a chance to pay back something.

What are we accomplishing by sentencing someone with the death penalty? What is our point as society, as a nation? I see it as trying to prove to society that committing crimes is wrong. Looking at certain statistic the majority of crimes that result in the death penalty are murders. I also saw other ones...Espionage, Treason, and Trafficking in a large about of illegal drugs.

I don't understand the point in killing a person to prove to society that committing a murder is wrong. It does not make sense to me what so ever.

Sorry I had to vent and get that out and it's a little to serious for a myspace blog so I thought I would post it here!

Nothing

2005-12-13T13:59:00.000-08:00

Well nothing really all that new and exciting to blog about here!

Work is boring as usual. But as of January 1st I am only going to be on the front desk from 2-5 Tuesday-Thursday and we haven't figured out what is going to happen on Monday and Friday. But I need to be in the back working with Mary more so that when she retires I will be able to take over some of the things that she is doing!

Um...my new (but old) e-mail address is melodybeth2000@gmail.com for those who didn't read it in my blog like 3 months ago *wink wink*

Lucia and me have my hanging out like crazy. But it's not gonna happen as much anymore cuz she just got a new job as a receptionist at some doctor's office. And it's in Glendale but her hours are like 7-3 or something so she has to get up really early and such.

But that's about it! I re-did my whole page thingy...tell me what you guys think!

My Posts

2005-12-01T15:00:00.001-08:00

Well nothing new on my front.

Just working and hanging out. I am making friends left and right! I guess since I am a Gerth and all I have the talking skills down pretty well lol!

Um...I get to hang out with Lucia a lot more...and I'm so glad. We hardly saw each other and now it's like every few days I get to see her! We have so much fun together!!!!!

I miss my family in Michigan like crazy. Here this one is for you guys! I love you guys!

Um...work is going ok. Kinda stressful lately but nothing to bad! I am so proud of my sister for being chosen one of the top 5!!! Way to go Mego!

Caitlyn is the cutest baby ever. She has an amazing smile. But I also here she has the Van Houten nose lol!

But nothing really new and exciting to blog about! Love you guys...here are a few pictures!

Ryan, Clint (a friend of that just left for germany he is in the army), me, and ray

Me

Me again...I really like Ryan's glasses lol!

2005-11-16T13:15:00.000-08:00

I am better with the picture thing then I am with actually writing. Well nothing new is going on here. Just working and hanging out. Wish I could write more but nothing to exciting has happened!

But yeah here are some pictures for you enjoyment :)

This is Lucia, Ryan, and Me! Ryan is a new friend I made about a week ago. He is my age just like 2 months older then me! Um...he is a good friend of Lucia's boyfriend :)

This is me and Ryan!

This is me and Ray! Ray is pretty cool. We hang out at his house a lot. He is also just a few months older then I am!

And then this is all of us! We were waiting for Lucia's boyfriend to come over and I needed new pictures with my new friends so I took a bunch! Hope you enjoy!

Me and Lucia...taken on her cell phone

I miss you guys!

another picture

2005-11-09T08:12:00.000-08:00

Ok still nothing new going on but I thought I would post another picture for you!

2005-11-08T16:50:00.000-08:00

Nothing new here are a picture for my sister :)

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Jonathan Carter

2005-10-27T08:18:00.000-07:00

That is the name of Heather's new baby boy. She had him this morning around 5:30 a.m. He came out at 8 lbs. and 4 1/2 ounces. I don't remember the heighth though! Just thought I would let everyone know!

Crazyness

2005-10-26T09:33:00.000-07:00

Well I know I don't blog as much as I should but nothing really new and exciting has happened in my life recently. Just the same boring crap as there always is!

Um...I noticed some of the comments in grandma's blog from people I don't reconize. I realize that they are family and all but I really have no idea who they are. Does anyone care to share. The one Sean that is around mine and marisa's age I was actually talking to on aim the other day. I had went to his blog and saw his screen name and wrote him! He is a very nice young man. Very smart.

Um...what else...being 20 doesn't feel much different then being 19. I don't think that there really is a difference expcept the fact that I am no longer a teenager. I can't wait for my 21 birthday. I want to go back to Michigan to be with Robin and My mom. So hopefully I can plan that.

I talked to Heather the other day she is going to the hospital today around 8 o'clock and that's when they are going to start enducing her to have her baby. She is still unaware of the sex so that will be a surprise. I was promised a call as soon as she has it! I am very excited and scared at the same time.

Well I don't know what else to blog about! Love you guys!

G-Mail

2005-10-18T11:22:00.000-07:00

Well I just opened a G-Mail account. It's so much nicer then Yahoo. It has over 25,000 megabites of storage. It's just google mail. You don't get any spam or anything like that. But in order to get an account someone has to refer you or something like that. Well my new e-mail will be Melodybeth2000@gmail.com if you could just send me a quick e-mail so I can add everyone in my address book. Thanks!
♥melody

ALSO

Looking for Mars? Tonight you can find it using the Moon as a "landmark." Go outside between 9 and 10 p.m. local time and look east. (You can do this even earlier if you have a clear view of the eastern horizon.) You'll see the Moon and Mars rising together in the eastern sky. Both are bright: The Moon is almost full and Mars looks like a brilliant orange star. If you're impressed by Mars tonight, you'll be even more impressed two weeks from now when Mars makes its closest approach to Earth for the next 13 years. For more information you can always look at www.spacewheather.com

My birthday

2005-10-17T09:10:00.000-07:00

Well my birthday weekend was very nice. Friday night I went out to dinner with Mike and hung out with him that night. Lucia also came out and chilled with us. Lucia got me some sunglasses and a purse for my birthday! I love my purse...it's just like one I used to have a while ago that Aunt Adrienne bought for me. Mike got me flowers and some other cute little things that only I would understand. My gift from my mom arrived on Friday and after telling me it wasn’t what I asked for (Gilmore Girl’s season 3) I couldn’t think of what she would have gotten me. But to my surprise it was GG Season 3. Thank you momma I love it!!! I also got my card from grandma! Thank you very much!

Saturday I didn’t do much during the day. Well that is besides watching Gilmore Girls. (I forgot to send out Seasons 1 and 2 to Megan, I will try to remember to do that tomorrow, Megan send me a text message in the morning before you leave for school to remind me ok?) We went to Outback to dinner and it was great as always. Kathy gave me and Marisa our presents in the car on the way there. Thank you very much for the address book. And aunt Adrienne gave me my present on our way home from Target...woohoo Gilmore Girls Season 4. Thank you thank you Aunt Adrienne. I think that should keep us girls well occupied for a couple of weeks.

Well that’s about it! Love you guys.

baby shower

2005-09-29T14:37:00.000-07:00

Well nothing really new has happened this past couple weeks. Maria's baby shower was on Sunday and since nobody has really blogged about it I guess I will take the oppurtonity (sp?) to say that it was wonderful. There was tons of food and tons of people...and tons of gifts. We played games such as...unscramble the words...find the picture (it was a bunch of pictures of marisa and josh as kids and kathy had certain things written on the back such as find the bow tie and you would have to locate which section the bow tie was in)....then there was the "how big is risa's belly" people had to take a piece of yarn and cut long enough that they thought was how big marisa was around...I guess someone had gotten it right on! Then there was a game where there was 5 or so different baby products such as binkies, bottles, things like that and you had to put down the price that you thought Marisa thought it was! Gosh there was another one...I can't think of what it is though. OH wait it was Name Bingo...you had to fill up a bingo card with a name of someone in the room (made everyone get up and meet new people) and then we took down the name of everyone there and drew names. That was kinda cool!

There was a TON of food. Everything from ham, turkey, beans, veggies, cake, crackers, cheese. There was everything! And it was all amazing. Adrienne did a very very good job at doing a lot of it!

She got a ton of presents. Everything from lotions for the baby to baths, to toys and what not. I guess I don't know much now do I lol!

Well just thought I would do what I could since nobody else has! Shame on you!!!!

Love you guys!
♥melody

Ways to Stay Sane!

2005-09-23T10:47:00.000-07:00

20 Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity.

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and pointa hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.

2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.

3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that

4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "in."

5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gottenover their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.

6. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for smugglingdiamonds"

7. Finish all your sentences with "in accordance with the prophecy."

8. Don't use any punctuation at all.

9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.

10. Whenever you go out to eat, order a diet water with a serious face.

11. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."

12. Sing along at the opera.

13. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme

14. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.

15. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party becauseyou're not in the mood.

16. Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Bottom.

17. When the money comes out the ATM, scream "I won!, I won!"

18. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling"run for your lives, they're loose!!"

19. Tell your children over dinner. "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."

20. And the final way to keep a healthy level of insanity.......send this to someone to make them smile. Its called therapy.

rocket launch

2005-09-23T09:38:00.000-07:00

So last night around 7:30 I was on my way home from a walk with the dog. I was just walking and I look in the sky and I see this red line...and was like wtf and then i see this thing shooting through the sky (stupid me thought it was a star) but yeah it was leaving a white trail behind it. Then it disapeared...and I was again like wtf so I called adam (finally after trying adrienne's cell got a hold of him) and he went outside to see it. By then it had started to go down leaving another white trail behind it (but it was not staying in the sky it was diminishing). Well when I got home Lucia and Mike both said that it was a rocket...but Adrienne got online and saw that it was a solar flare. Well after doing some research and finding stuff out I ran acrossed this site http://www.spaceweather.com/ and found out that it was a rocket. It was so cool to watch. I wish I would have had my camera to take a picture but there is a picture on that site. I am very glad that I got to see this happen. You don't see stuff like this everyday. Well just thought I would let you all know!!!
♥melody

2005-09-22T11:52:00.000-07:00

Well I thought I would drop another picture for you guys! Gosh I look stupid here...but oh well!!

2005-09-21T09:49:00.000-07:00

So not a whole lot to blog about right now! Just doing the same stuff...this is a picture of well me lol!

2005-09-16T16:42:00.000-07:00

Well since I finally got my RAISE I thought I would come and post a picture...that I took with my new digital camera!!! It's a HP Photosmart M22 if that means anything to anyone. I really really like it!

Nothing really new...just hanging out! I love you guys!

First Post

2005-09-09T10:31:00.000-07:00

2005-09-08T09:45:00.000-07:00

Ok so nothing new is going on with me...I am alive and still breathing...But I figured I would let you guys know...here is a picture of me with my hair down

Reel Big Fish

2005-08-09T13:04:00.000-07:00

So yesterday I buy this hair dye. To me it looked really cute. Well Lucia picked me up from work and she was gonna dye it for me. Well it was this Strawberry blonde color that should have turned out beautiful on my head. Well...after waiting for 30 mintues I jump in the shower. Praying that it doesn't come out all crazy. Well I get out of the shower and look in the mirror. I didn't like it.

After letting it dry for a little bit it didn't look so bad. It's way to orange for my liking though. But I can deal with it. Everyone thinks it looks great...yet I still don't really care for it.

Mike really really like its. But if it doesn't grow on me in the next couple weeks I am gonna dye it back to my natural color (or as close as I can get.) I don't know Strawberry Blonde I thought was blonde with a tint of red...but this one is more red with a tint of blonde lol.

I don't know. I will live with it for a couple weeks and then change it again. I wanna go black but everyone tells me not to because I am to white.

Well love you guys!
♥Melody Beth

Contents may be hot

2005-08-08T09:45:00.000-07:00

Well not a lot happened this weekend. Yesterday was 10 months for me and Mike. Nothing exciting happened though. I spent most of the night waiting for him and then the rest of the night crying. What a happy 10 months that was. But oh well...

Taj put up the curtain in my room. I am gonna have to get darker curtains though because the ones we have now you can see through. So really there is no more privacy. But it works for now. My mom said she has extra she thinks so I have to measure how much I need and what not.

I was told I am gonna get a raise at work. So that will be nice. And I didn't even have to say anything to anyone.

Marisa went to the 4D place again yesterday those pictures are so cute but creepy. But at least you get to see cool shots of the baby.

Well that's about it. Love you guys!
♥melody

The show goes on

2005-08-04T17:31:00.000-07:00

Nothing much has happened this last week. Well nothing worth blogging about at least.

I got an e-mail back from my attorney saying that he did talk to the prosecuting attorney and she said she would look it over. He said because she was just elected she might not want to take the chance...but he will let me know as soon as he hears anything. God I hope so!

Mike and me and are doing much better. Well at least I think so. It's hard to tell now a days. We go through the breaking up thing at least 2 a week but I have learned to never take it seriouslly considering he always changes his mind.

I enjoy having my own room. It's really nice.

Marisa is getting big. She looks so damn cute though.

We went to Ikea yesterday for a clothes rack for the tons of baby clothes she has. I found some cute things I wanted to get for my room so in the next few weeks I am gonna be going a lot more. I need some new lamps and I wanna get some chairs or something for when Kathy takes the couch of the room.

I have started to read the book on Relativity. Although I don't understand it much (should of paid more attention in Geometry) I am making it a mission to at least finish it.

Me and Adam investigated the Black Widows on Monday. He has a cool picture of one of them. Kinda scary but interesting at the same time. The police officer had told us there was a huge one in the tree that at night we would be able to see it. Well when we went to look on Monday we saw nothing. Well in ways I wanted to see it and in ways I didn't. The garderner had came that morning so maybe he scared it away.

Well that's about it. Sorry about how everything was moving last time not really sure what it was but I took care of it. I just redid everything. Well love you guys!
♥Melody Beth

Relativity

2005-07-29T16:36:00.000-07:00

Well surprise suprise nothing new happened this week.

This weekend isn't going to be to exciting. Going out to dinner with Mike tonight. We were supposed to go to Outback last night but that didn't happen. So we are going tonight instead.

I must have called my mom's house like 200 times today to talk to my sister. I am working on her template for her blog and I was calling back and forth to see if she liked it. I finally finsihed it now. I have done what I could with it and she likes it. It looks a lot more fun then the normal boring templates. Well not boring but not really hip either.

I bought 2 books on Relativity today. They looked interesting and I needed a new book. Well they looked different and I want to read something besides Novel's. So they were on sale really cheap so I got both. Well I was reading just the beginning of both books and realized that I had bought 2 of the same book. They just had different covers. So after work I am gonna go back to Border's and return one of them. What amazed me is that one was 2 dollars more expensive. Who knows...but they told me that there would be no problem returning the book. As long as I have my reciept. It's so funny because I go there like at least 3 times a week just to check on the new books and get an italian soda. And the cashier guy always flirts with me. Well when I was getting the books today he goes "man I would never have a chance with you...you are way smart if you are reading about Relativity. I was like lol I know nothing about it just wanna learn about it. He's cute but not really my type.

Anyways...that's about it! Love you guys...hope you have a great weekend!
♥melody

2005-07-27T14:55:00.000-07:00

Well as normal there isn't much to blog about now.

I moved into Kathy's sitting room this past weekend. It's working out ok. I have rearranged it how I want it for now. But we just got a rod so we can make a curtian wall for now. I measured the wall wrong and we got the wood a little short. But thank goodness there are blocks of wood in the garage. But with the curtain there I will have some more privacy. I mean it's not the most best thing...but it works. And it's better then having nothing.

I have come to the conclusion that I have way to many clothes. And I just got rid of a bunch too. I do where most of them. For those who know me I wear like 3 different outfits a day. I don't know there is work clothes, and then clothes for going out, and then clothes for laying around the house. I don't have many jeans but I have tons of shirts.

My job is getting crazy. Tim only comes in once a week if that now. He has another job cleaning pools I guess. So now I get to do most of the stuff he used to do. I like it sometimes because sitting in the front is way boring but sometimes it gets way busy. I am gonna be starting taking the bus everyday to work. I am gonna have to come in early 15 minutes everyday and make sure all the copying stuff is in order and such. Mary (the one who enters time sheets and stuff that I was doing for her while she was out for surgery) she is retiring in March of next year and Sirapi wants me to train to do ALL of the stuff for the billings and stuff. So that's gonna be crazy. It's fun and exhausting all at the same time. I think I deserve a raise lol.

That's about it. Things are getting some what better between Mike and I. We still argue and what not but it's getting better then it was. I know who he is and I either and to deal with it or leave. But i'm getting better with dealing with. And he is learning to deal with me better. I can be quite a handful.

Well that's about it. Love you guys!
♥melody

Some Pictures

2005-07-20T15:26:00.000-07:00

♥Melody Beth

You guys are exciting

2005-07-19T12:51:00.001-07:00

Well lets see...what can I blog about...I have no cute baby, no baby on the way, no clubs that i am in, no new job, no money issues (well I do but dont' wanna talk about it), and I have no house to be redone and talked about.

I do however have a lot going on. It's all teenage stuff that older adults wouldn't really want to hear. Sure they wouldn't mind hearing it but they would keep reading saying "is it over yet."

Nothing fun happened this weekend. I didn't get to see Willy Wonka as planned. Then again the more I plan things the less they happen.

I am moving into Kathy's sitting room this weekend. I am gonna have Mike and Lucia come and help me rearrange things. And then the weekend after I am going to go shopping for some new stuff. Maybe a lamp and a cute table or something. Who knows...it all depends on how much room I will have to use in the room.

I e-mailed my lawyer in hopes to hear some good news. But I haven't heard any news so nothing to blog about there.

I am kinda sorta on a diet. I have lost about 20 lbs since I left Michigan. I walk a whole lot more then I used to and have been doing some other easy exercises. I jump rope a lot. I try to do it when nobody's home. I am staying away from chips as much as possible. But I give every now and then. I am just trying to stick to it. It's working so far...but who knows!

Well that's about it. Love you guys!
♥melody beth

Missing home

2005-07-14T08:05:00.000-07:00

Well like always nothing new is going on in my little world. Same stupid shit with Mike...It seems to get better and then it just gets worse again. Partly my fault I guess I am to jealous or something.

Nothing exciting happened last weekend. I just kinda hung out. This weekend will also be filled with a bunch of boredness. The only fun thing I am gonna do is go see Willy Wonka with Lucia. I can't wait to see it...it looks so funny.

I miss my home terrible. I am dying to come home. The California life just isn't for me. I have only one true friend out here and that's Lucia. I have a stupid boyfriend. I have no mommy and no Robin. I miss Robin so much. I talk to her almost never (she is always to busy) but when we do talk it's mostly about her stupid husband and my stupid boyfriend. I miss being able to lay in bed with her and just cry when I was sad. I miss my mommy's hugs that made me feel better when I was said. I miss my daddy...and my Megan. She is going through her teens years now and having a big sister around would probably help (or make it worse who knows.) I miss my Heather...I hear she is getting bigger. I just miss everything about West Branch.

I guess moving out here has taught me a lot about life. I have a lot of responsibility and in ways I love it (makes me feel grown up) and in ways I hate it (it just seems like to much.) I know no matter where I go it will always be there...but right now having my mom and my robin there to help would be so great.

I am trying to get my felony off my record. I e-mailed my attorney a while ago but haven't gotten anything back yet. Maybe I should e-mail him again. But yeah as soon as that is taken care of I might just look more into go home.

I would miss my job. Well mostly the people at my job. I have come to befriend a lady named Sally. Most of you know her. Everytime I am sad I feel like I can talk to her without being judged. Some of the other people in my office just say "break up with mike blah blah blah" well Sally tells me to do what my heart tells me too. And she doesn't think i'm stupid if I stay with him (unlike some people here) she just thinks that maybe I'm making a bad choice but sooner or later I will learn from it. My job is kinda boring so I don't think I would miss it all that much.

Well that's it. Love you guys!
♥melody

Holy Crap

2005-07-05T12:41:00.000-07:00

Well this is how my weekend went!

Friday- Well I went and got my hair trimmed to begin with (I had an hour to spare before Mike got home so I thought I would get a hair cut. Then Mike and I went out to Tony Roma's for dinner. I love that place (one of my favorites). They have amazing Steak. Then we went to see War of the Worlds. I liked it a lot. I mean it was the typical kinda action movie but it was good. It was to unrealistic. But of course anyone that knows me knows that I go to the bathroom all the time. Well I thought the movie was gonna be at least another 30 minutes so I decided to get up and go to the restroom at a dull part of the movie...and of course the whole 2 minutes I was gone...was the end of the movie. So I missed the ending...but according to Mike it was nothing special!

Saturday- We were supposed to go to the zoo but Mike's sister wound up using the car in the morning/afternoon and then his dad needed it at night so we didn't get to go. But we just kinda relaxed and did nothing all day. We went to Dairy Queen (cuz I wanted a blizzard) and that's about it. Mike had bought "Grand Theft Auto--San Andres" like a month ago and I rememeber in the store me saying "Don't get that game it's to violent and is no fun" or something like that. Every now and then I'd pick it up and play for a minute. But Saturday I played for like 4 hours. It's an interesting game. Mike just blows stuff up and kills everyone...but I like the phone stuff (you can get tattoo's, new hair styles, clothes, all that good stuff). Plus every now and then I would blow something up :)

Sunday- Again we were gonna try to get to the zoo but we woke up to late so we went to the beach instead. Where it's $20 to park...where we stayed for about 30 minutes. (I don't think Mike likes the beach to much). But that's about it.

Monday- We spent 2 hours at the damn Apple store. Mike has an IPOD mini and it just stopped working. We had used it the night before and it worked fine. But the next day I tried turning it on and got nothing. And then I thought that maybe it was dead so I tried charging it...still nothing (usually comes up with a sign "do not disconnect") so then I thought maybe it's his charger...so when I was at my home I tried just trying it on Adam's and still nothing. So we decided we would go to the Apple Store in the mall. Well they have this place called "the genius bar" were you can put your name in and wait for a genius to help you. Well after an 1 1/2 of waiting i was helped (Mike had went to See's for some candy while I waited). They figured out that it just needed to be reset (because it froze) but the guy wanted to do something else to it (I don't rememeber) and that he would be back in a minute. Well he came and said...you know we are gonna have to replace the whole thing because it froze again and there is nothing to fix it. So because he still a 1 year warranty on it...they replaced the whole thing for free. So that was kinda cool.

Well that was my weekend! Love you guys! And no fireworks for me this year :(

plans

2005-07-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

So all of our plans have changed. Well mostly tonight we are going to see War of the Worlds (instead of last night). Turns out the club we were going to go to is being temporially occupied by something else. So me and Mike decided to go tonight instead. Saturday I am still hoping for the zoo. He told me he was gonna take me but who knows what will happen. Sunday is going to be the beach/ocean whatever you wanna call it. I love going to the beach. Although as much as I go now...I haven't been in the water at all. But that's it. I love you all!
♥melody

just some interesting facts

2005-06-28T15:44:00.000-07:00

>In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"

>Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

>The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

>Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

>Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

>Coca-Cola was originally green.

>It is impossible to lick your elbow.

>The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

>The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness:
38%

>The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

>The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

>Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
>The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

>The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

>Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
1. Spades - King David
2. Hearts - Charlemagne
3. Clubs -Alexander, the Great
4. Diamonds - Julius Caesar

>111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

>If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in
the air, the person died in battle.
If the horse has one f ront leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

>Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence July 4th, John Hancock and CharlesThomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

>Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace

>Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?

A. Obsession

>Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

A. One thousand

>Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

A. All invented by women.

>Q.What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

A. Honey

>Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?

A. Father's Day

>In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."

>It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and lunar based, this period was called the honey month. which we know today as the honeymoon.

>In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender
would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

>Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

> ~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~ >

>At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow

>Don't delete the following just because it looks weird.
Believe it or not, you can read it.

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2005-06-28T15:27:00.000-07:00

HAVE FUN WITH THIS!!!!

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weekend fun

2005-06-28T13:32:00.000-07:00

Well here I am again. Stuck on what to write. I had a pretty nice weekend. Friday night Mike and I went and saw Mr. & Mrs. Smith and went to dinner at Bennigans. And then Saturday we just kinda bummed around and hung out for a while. And then Sunday we went to the beach. Of course I couldn't find my bathing suit top so I asked Marisa if she had one. Well even though it was a bikini I still wore it. When we went in the water I did however where a tank top over top (considering I have a belly and all) And then I got sunburned on only my back side. I found that i don't look that bad in a bikini way i am on my belly. so i just let my back burn.

This weekend should be pretty fun too. We (mike and I) are gonna go see War of the Worlds on Thursday and gonna go out to eat at Tony Roma's. And then Friday me and lucia are gonna go to a party of some sort. And then Saturday I hope to go to the zoo or disneyland or something.

Well that's about it! Love you guys!
♥melody

Scratching

2005-06-23T10:29:00.000-07:00

Well i hate blogging about nothing but I would rather just let everyone know that I am alive and kicking. Things aren't to good with the boyfriend but I won't bore you with that. I have ran into a lot of old friends lately and that has been fun! Work has been alright for the most part. I spent a lot more time at home now...considering me and mike are taking more time apart for ourselves. Lucia graduates today. Yesterday was her last day and her graduation ceromony is tonight. And of course I will be there cheering for her.

Steph called last night and said that she is alive too. She has been working 14 hour training shifts so by the time she gets outta work the library is closed so she cannot blog. She said she is very very sunburt. And would like me to tell everyone she loves you all!

That's about it really. Nothing really to much has happened with me. I'm excited that Marisa finds out what the baby is today.

Love,
Melody Beth

nothing really

2005-06-13T08:32:00.000-07:00

Nothing new going on here really. There is a lot I want to post about but right now I don't have that much time. So when I get a computer back at work (hopefully sometime this week) I will post a much longer blog. Everything with Mike is getting better but it still sucks lol. I miss my mommy and my family back home. Um...I've made a few new friends but that's nothing special. Just some people I can hang out with instead of being with Mike all the time. Um...that's about it. I never have any really exciting to talk about. Unlike some people that have a lot to talk about. Love you guys!
♥melody

A blogsite

2005-06-02T14:32:00.000-07:00

Ok so I was on myspace today and this girl was telling me about this website http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ it's funny and sad at the same time. what it is...is people send in home made postcards with secrets that they cant' share with there family some of them are funny but then some are very disturbing. Check them out if you would like!

Pictures!

2005-06-02T09:20:00.000-07:00

These are some pictures with me and my babies!!!

exciting stuff--NOT

2005-06-01T12:57:00.000-07:00

Not a whole lot going on here. Um...me and mike aren't doing so good...but then again we never are. Rent went up in our house do to a mortage increase or something. So now I pay 170 istead of 100 which isn't all that bad. Mike is feeling much better. They have refered him to a therapist so he can get on medication and what not for his stress and his emotinal problems. Besides that everything else is dandy. I miss my home. I wanna go back so bad. But more to come on that later. I miss my family back there. It sucks cuz just when I got used to being with them almost everyday it was time to leave. I am trying to get my felony expunged from my record. So hopefully that all works out. Anyways...I am not writing much cuz I am not feeling to well. Love you guys!

it's about time

2005-05-23T14:11:00.000-07:00

yes I know it has been like hm...forever since I posted. Well besides the Michigan trip not a lot has happened.

Michigan was a blast. I got to spend lots of time with my babies. Mike got to meet my family...which he seemed to love. He said he is jealous cuz we are such a fun family lol. We stayed at robin's and my mom's. We went back and forth depending on how I felt that night. I would say I wanted to stay at Robin's and then when we got there...I would decide it was just way to cold to stay there...so I would ask Mike if we could go to my mommy's house. And of course we did. He loves me lol! Spending some time with grandma, jackson, and aunt erika was great. We got to go swimming and enjoyed a very nice baby shower for Heather. We spend a lot of time just hanging around. Monday we went down to Sterling Heights to visit some of Mike's family (whom he never met before) and it turned out to be great. We went to the casino on Friday I do believe and I got 40 dollars in quarters for me, mike, and heather. well about an hour or so after being there we had like 90 dollars between all of us. Well I cashed in 40 dollars worth and then told them we would play with the money we had left and then we would be done. Well when my parents found us we were dying to get rid of the 5 dollars we had all put together. we would put some in and then win of course.

Tuesday night/Wed. morning after we got back to California Mike had a mild heart attack. And the doctor thinks he has sleep ampina (or something like that). But he is doing much better now.

Sorry it's been so long!

Love,
Melody Beth

Boredom

2005-04-15T11:37:00.000-07:00

Ok so not to much is going on here! Working, hanging out with friends, getting everything in order for my trip home! all fun times! everything with the boyfriend is going good. i have made a few new friends! last night we all went out and had such a great time! I love being a girl. I was singing and playing and dancing around yesterday...and I was with a few guys so I was like come on and play with me. But they don't for the fear that they may be picked on for it. A girl skips and twirls around all in fun and boys thinks it's so adorable but if you see a boy go do the same things girls start to get the wrong impression! But yeah it was much fun! I have nothing really exciting going on. Life is pretty dull usually. Always doing the same things. I am way excited to come back to Michigan! Kinda nervous cuz mike is coming with me! It's not you guys that I'm worried about...it's the Franks lol. I was talking to Robin's husband Jermey the other day and he said "once he meets the Frank's he will never be the same" ain't that the truth! But hopefully it will all turn out alright! Well that's all for now! Love you guys!

doctor's

2005-04-06T10:42:00.000-07:00

Well lets see...i'm doing pretty well! Kathy lost the election which total sucks. But she did an amazing job and probably learned a lot from just running! Marisa is pregnant and happy as can be. I am also happy at the fact that she is so incrediably happy about this. So lots of news going arounds...so what's new with me. Well not a whole lot. My mommy "thinks" she knows when i'm coming but who knows. Um...Last week I went to the doctor's and they made me take on of those damn pee tests but it was ok i had to go anyways. Well the doctor came in told me I had a UTI and told me that they were gonna send my urine to the lab to get a culture done. Well the only problem with that was the stupid nurse through away me Pee. Yeah so I had to go again for them...oh wait as often as I have to go to the bathroom the one time I really need to go for something important...I don't have to go. SO finally after 10 cups of water and waiting forever I am able to go. The doctor gave me a prescription and told me that when the results come back if i don't hear anything it's fine...but if i do then it's not good. Well yesterday I get a call. My doctor just told me that my lab results had come in and he would like to see me on Wednesday. But he told me not to worry that everything was ok. So I was like yeah ok fine. Well later that afternoon I had 2 missed calls on my phone. A completly different doctor (but with the same office) called my phone to talk to me about my lab results. So of course I freak out...they already called me why are they calling again. But by the time I went to call back they were closed. All night last night I was thinking "man i hope i don't have some kinda cancer down there" Well I called back today and Dr. Kinely (not my doctor the other one) didn't know that Dr. Guiterez (my doctor) had already called me and he just wanted to get the number to my pharmacy so he can call in another prescription for me. So my lab results showed that I also have a small yeast invection coming on. So now he is giving me a cream for that and another prescription for the UTI. But I still have to go into my doctor's today because MY doctor wants to do a pap. for some other reasons. But yeah that's all the exciment really in my life.

So I am sitting here typing this blog and there is someone from my office sitting reading the paper. and is talking to me about this girl who goes to glendale high and is an amazing sports player. she is a junior in high school and plays...softball, basketball, and football. and he is just going on and on about how great this girl is. not paying much attention he goes "they call her Heather Football" and when i asked to see a picture of the girl it was Mike's sister. Now if i would of payed more attention to him talking I would of realized it real fast. But yeah...she is an amazing athlete. Just thought I would share.

Well I think that's it for today. Sorry it's been so long since I last posted!
♥melody beth♥

2005-03-23T15:06:00.000-08:00

Hello...nothing new going on here. Just the same old stuff...but I do have some pictures that I would like to share!

2005-03-15T09:47:00.000-08:00

Well not a whole lot is going on...I am thinking about posting once a week or so since I dont' have much to say everyday. This weekend was fun didn't really do much but hung out with mike and lucia. I am not allowed to stay at mike's house anymore...but saturday his dad let me which was nice cuz we got home way to late! But um...yesterday was quite a day. Kathy took me to the bus stop in the morning cuz she couldn't bring me to work cuz she had court. and everything at the time seemed to be fine. well i was standing there and all these kids are going to school...well my tummy made a weird noise and i put my hand on it and pushed a little bit...well out of nowhere I just threw up and not just a little bit. Talk about embarrassing there were a ton of teenage kids walking by me and i was just standing there being sick it was awful. well i called into work..and jumped on the bus to the doctors. well they told me all they can do is advice me to see the surgeon as soon as possible for my gall bladder surgeory. Well I called them and I have an app. on April 4th at 4:30...it's just another app. they aren't gonna do the surgeory then but will meet with the doctor again i suppose. but besides that things are great. mike is doing much better. Lucia is almost out of school woohoo! steph and arnold come today and we are very excited. I am having dinner with Mike's family tonight so that should be fun! Well that's about it that happened last week. Like i said I am a boring girl. But as for school...yea i am gonna sign up for fall classes i think. I wanna enjoy my summer...so I think I am just gonnna take fall classes! Love you lots!
♥melody beth

2005-03-08T12:18:00.000-08:00

Wow my life isn't very exciting. Its' been quite a while since I last posted. Well lets see....mary one of the ladies at work is gone and has been gone for about a month now. um...i am doing her job until she comes back. it's not really a difficult job just entereing time sheets and fax charges into the computer for bills. it's really easy just a lot of steps. and the hardest part was...was reading the writing on the timesheets. of course kathy's was the easiest considering it's very neat and i have been reading it for how long now? things with mike aren't so well. he has high blood pressure. yes he is only 19 and has high blood pressure? his dad doesn't like me "cuz i cause ALL his stress" well if he only knew lol. but besides that me and mike are doing much better then before. um...i have been thinking a lot about this year...you know technically i am not gonna be a teenager after this year. i am gonna be 2o years old and that's scary. you know you always blame it on "oh well i was a teenager...young and stupid" well i am not gonna be a teenager. i mean sure i'm still gonna blame it on being young and stupid lol. my life isn't so bad right now. um...kathy's commercial is wonderful. and holy cow is she skinny. she looks amazing. we were watching a home video the other night when mike was at my house and he was like "that's your aunt kathy...no way" yeah you can hardly tell. Well that's about it. Love you guys!
♥mel

2005-02-18T09:43:00.000-08:00

Wow it's been quite a while. Yes all is going well with me. Not a lot of exciting stuff going on. Me and Mike are going good so far. We fight a lot about stupid stuff but just think about it and stop. Work is going good...I am doing part of Mary's job while she is out with surgeory. Well she had surgeroy on her hand. It's for the most party pretty easy...just entering time sheets and stuff like that. Maybe when it's time to run the bills I might run into trouble...but between me and Sirapi we can handle it. But besides that nothing new really. I am loosing weight a little bit. Of course I don't notice but everyone else does. But my life isn't to exciting right now...Love you guys!
♥mel

Fun Times!

2005-01-31T09:25:00.000-08:00

Well I had such a fantastic weekend! I went to a friends house on Friday with Lucia and just had fun. I hadn't done that in so long. We didn't do much besides hang out and watch some movies but I was with a bunch of people who actually made me smile so much! Saturday night we just went to a few parties and hung out...and then wound up coming home at a very late hour...we had went to Denny's to get some food with some friends. Actually I left my friend Keith's house because Lucia was going to meet a guy that she really likes at Denny's and she was scared to go alone...so she begged (well asked) me to go with her. She was there for me when I first met Mike cuz I was scared so of course I was gonna be there for her. And then we were at Denny's for like 3 hours. So that was another late night. Then yesterday I just sat around (slept till 3) and watch tv with Marisa. And then around 7 Mike came over and we talked forever on end. Well about an hour of that was just silent. But again I didn't get in till around 12ish. But now I am at work..just as bright as the sun. I have a date this Friday with a guy named Max. He is a friend of a friend. Also (and in the beginning I had no clue) that he was a friend of Mike's. So it's gonna be a little weird but I just hope everything goes alright because I really would like to get to know this guy better. He is way nice....we talk online everyday...and I am supposed to call him later tonight. But yeah...he lives in Long Beach...but is from La Canada and is coming up for the weekend...so he asked me out. SO I am way excited. I think that's about it! Love you guys!
♥Melody

The Story

2005-01-28T09:10:00.000-08:00

I'm not really up for writing much but I will write some. Well Monday afternoon is when he broke up with me, over the phone, while i was at work. so that was bad. i knew he was going to do it...but I thought he would at least do it in person. Well I went to his house after work and talked a lot...he said he isn't ready for a relationship. And then finally after he brought me home I just sat at home and cried for a long time. Did the same thing on Tuesday. Except he came to meet me after work. Again we sat and talked and cried a whole lot....but I told him that if this is really what he wants then there is nothing I can do about it. And then Wedsnday he came over around 8 brought me flowers and said goodbye--i said goodbye and sat in front of my house until he left. Well he was walking around just crying (more then I was) and he fell and of corse I went over there. He was crying so hard and feeling so bad that he couldn't walk. So I went over there and he dropped his keys somewhere...so I helped him to the car and told him to sit in there and cry and I would find his keys. Well after looking forever I went and got a flashlight and found them. I brought them into the car and he was just crying. So I hugged him and just held him when he cried. I felt so bad for him. He feels so awful because he hurt me so bad. That's why he is saying he is so upset. Because all the things he promised me...to write me letters, to buy me flowers, to take me to the beach, to get me little cute cards....he did none of that. I did all of that for him and he just felt like shit. Well he was just freaking out so I went in the house and got him a glass of water and some tissue. When I went back out he was saying to me that he doesn't deserve that...that he doesn't deserve anything for treating me like the way he did. Well he drank all the water so I went and got some more. And this time I brought out a cold wash rag to put on his eyes cuz i'm sure they were hurting. Well after calming down for a little bit...he looked at me and started all over again. So he laid on my shoulder and I sang to him and finally calmed him down again. Only this time I told him he needed to go home and get some sleep. I didn't say good-bye again cuz i knew that would mkae him cry...so I only said I love you....but that is the last I talked to him. His dad called me yesterday seeing if he was at my house...I was freaking out because nobody had heard from him. But I called his house this morning and his mother said that he was at home. But besides that I am doing not so good. I can't hold food down...I don't sleep very much...I cry a lot, and out of the blue. Love you guys!

2005-01-25T07:49:00.000-08:00

he broke up with me

2005-01-18T13:08:00.000-08:00

Hi! Well I am way excited because i get to see my aunt erika, jackson, and grandma tomorrow! But besides that I am doing well. Nothing really to exciting has happened. Mike's mom went into rehab yesterday for drinking so he isn't doing to well. I don't really know what to say to him...I mean his mom seems a lot like my dad. And his dad reminds me a lot of my Mom. So i kinda know where is comming from...but all i can say to him is that i hope everything gets better. I know how hard it is..so that's all i can say. Love you guys lots!

♥mel

2005-01-17T11:09:00.000-08:00

Well a lot of stuff happened this weekend. Me and Mike had planned on going to dinner and a movie on Friday night...when I got a call from his mom that afternoon she said that Mike and his dad had to move some stuff Friday night and that his sister and her were going dinner and I could go. Well I was all ready to go to dinner, and Mike picked me up around 8ish and was gonna bring me to his house to meet up with his mom. Well he wound up surprising me and taking me to dinner. He had his mom call me so it would be a surprise. I was kinda hoping he would buy me flowers or something because he were fighting lately...but I was all sad when he didn't. Well instead he bought me a cd that I have been looking for forever and have been unable to find it. I was so excited. We wound up going to City Walk and eating at Hard Rock, and went to see "White Noise". OMG it was so scary. He kept telling me "honey you are squeezing my hand to hard" I was really surprised because some of my friends told me it wasn't any good. I also bought the village and watched that. Antoher way wierd movie. Anyways....Saturday Lucia got her car back so me and her hung out a lot that night. And I stayed at her house...while Mike hung out with his friend. And then Sunday we all hung out and went to Hollywood...it was so nice outside! Well that was my weekend! Love you guys lots!

♥mel

2005-01-13T09:43:00.000-08:00

So last night went pretty well. I was so nervous. I got to his house a little early, and waited outside because nobody was home. His mom and sister showed up and asked if I wanted to wait inside but I thought the fresh air would help. Well after an hour of waiting I knocked on the door and they let me in. I guess they were stuck in traffic and got home an hour and a half later then normal. Well when we started talking...he started out with "I don't think I am ready for this." And I was like fine. And he's like "No...not fine...say something." And I was like what am i supposed to say. if you don't want this i am not gonna make you stay with me. Then he went into he doesn't know what he wants. he wants to be with me, but he doesn't want things to stay the way they are. Yeah I feel the same way...things have been bad lately and a lot of things do need to change. So...after about 2 hours of talking I came to the conclusion that we will try to give each other more space and whatever else we need (we sat down and told each other exactly what bothers us about them). And if things don't get better in the next two weeks then we will call it quits. But I just hope everything gets better. He appoligized for everything he has down. He knows that it wasn't right and blah blah blah. And he said it's partly because he has never been in a serious relationship and he doesn't know how to act. So let's just hope things get better! Love you guys!

Grr...Boys Suck (Most of them)

2005-01-12T13:17:00.000-08:00

Well in all good things there has to be a bad. This morning was not a good one. The day started out with my message from Mike saying "we need to talk" and from experience that is almost never a good thing. Well right before I left for work he said that he doesn't know what's going on with us. I asked him if we were breaking up and he said no. But still kinda hurts so i was crying. So after pulling it together so I could go to work, I keep getting messages from Mike. I don't really know what's going on with us. We spend entirely way to much time together...but we are taking more time apart which is nice. It has been feeling like we are married instead of dating, and I personally hate it. He feels smothered and I feel hurt. I understand that as much as I want to see him everyday, it's not healthy. So I have been trying to give him more space. So in one of him many text messages he said that he wanted to end it. Of course that upset me, but since I am at work I am not letting it effect me. On my lunch he calls me and tells me that he is confused and that he doesn't know what he wants. he wants to be with me but he just doesn't know. I always thought that if we were to break up with each other it would be me breaking up with him. He doesn't know what he wants from this. So I am going over to his house after work. I dont' really know what to say. I have done everything I can to make him happy. I am somewhat happy. When we first starting going out everything seemed to be great and I just don't have that feeling anymore. But I am happy. (He keeps telling me that I am not, but I was like dude you have no idea what I am feeling). He tells me that he loves me and would do anything to make me happy, but the last month it feels like he isn't doing anything. You know what he got me for Christmas. Nothing...well he did but he ran out at 11:30 Christmas eve so I had something to open. I know that it doesn't matter, but it hurts you know. I just don't know what to do anymore. I want to make it work because I like being around him. Maybe not as much as we usually do. I guess hopefully things will work out, but I know if they dont' I will be ok. I think that I am slowly going crazy. I cry a lot more. For a while I hardly cried but now it seems to be a daily thing again. I need help!!! Ok love you guys!