found this email I sent to myself back in March of last year...looks like I never posted it! :)

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mood: fairly good
listening to: Avion


A - Age you got your first kiss: *thinks* I think my first real kiss would have been Joel in ninth grade :)
B - Band listening to right now: Avion
C - Crush: real life - my hubby; celebrity - Ewan McGregor
D - Dad's name: Joseph
E - Easiest person to talk to: Erin, Dustin, Juli
F - Favorite band at the moment: Dixie Chicks
G - Gummy worms or bears: worms
H - Hometown: Beaumont, TX (although I consider Austin moreso since I have lived here longer)
I - Instruments: my voice, and a little piano
K - Kids: my two furr babies, Padm� and Minuet
L - Longest car ride ever: Georgetown to Washington DC
M - Mom's name: Candace
N - Nickname[s]: meg, meglet, meggie, smeggie, red, sarafina, saffi, petal
O - One wish: to raise a happy family
P - Phobia[s]: dying alone
Q - Quote: "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" -Glinda, Good Witch of the North
R - Reason to smile: Juli always entertaining me at work...oh! and that I may get to see her and Lee in a couple of months!
S - Song you sang last: Friends theme song with Erwina! :)
T - Time you woke up [today]: 5:52 am
U - Unknown fact about me: nothing that the important ppl don't already know ;)
V - Vegetable you hate: peas
W - Worst habit(s): too critical of myself
X - X-rays you've had: teeth and chest
Y - Yummy food: Mom's spaghetti, Dad's gumbo
Z - Zodiac sign: Libra

Labels: ewan, meme

mood: sleeeepy
listening to: coffee brewing in the kitchen


I was looking back through some old links and found Minnie's and Paddy's old Kitten War links. Here's how they are doing:

Minnie: http://kittenwar.com/kittens/21764/
Padm�: http://kittenwar.com/kittens/21765/

mood: depressed
listening to: Jas mix cd - power ballads



i am so beaten down from work and surrounding drama today. i have had some mild anxiety-related things going on, so i am trying to lay low so they pass. i was planning on going with my friends on break this afternoon and walk, but they left without letting me know they were going. i don't want to sound like a brat about it, but it kind of upset me. i am sure it wasn't intentional, but it's happened before. it's just the last thing i needed today. dustin is being a dear, though, and skipping his private lessons tonight to come home and be with me. i need to post a pic of the beautiful roses he got me for our anniversary on wednesday, too. :)

sorry this post was a downer and rambled on...thanks for sticking with me.

Bath & Body Works - Shop By Brand: C.O. Bigelow: Facial Care: Oil- Free Face Gel - For Oily skin

Must have for oily skin! My skin was not even shiny and greasy after a night's sleep! :)

mood: annoyed
listening to: nothing right now



reason 554 i hate self-checkout: if you have lightweight items (ie sewing notions) that dont register on the scale where you bag your items...you have to tell it to skip bagging...after 5 items have skipped bagging, you have to get an override from a clerk

so...if you have oh...25 things of DMC floss thread....it gets a little old...

and after about half are done...she tells you to go to a normal register

Top 3 or 4 favorite Ewan movies and why:

Moulin Rouge - Looks like I am not the only one who got hooked on Mr. McGregor with this one ;) This film is just beautiful to look at. The colors are so deep and vivid. Baz's use of modern songs has always amazed me, too.

Velvet Goldmine - Music, half (or less)-clothed Ewan, glitter...what more can we want? Oh yeah...Christian Bale and Jonathan Rhys Meyers!

The Island - Ewan in an action movie! Two Ewans, one Scottish, of course :) Inside jokes about his love for motorcycles. Looks HOT in that white jumpsuit! ;)

Star Wars Episode II - Come on...Obi Wan hotness drenched on Kamino and all those adorable cheeky comments...and lots of lightsaber action!

Labels: ewan

mood: meh
listening to: tv in the other room



I am home today. I don't know if I am trying to get sick or what, but I am absolutely exhausted. I have slept well all weekend, but when it was time to get up this morning, I just couldn't. After D left, I crashed on the couch and slept for another 2 1/2 hours. I know it's Monday and Annie's probably pissed that I called in, but I don't care :P

to the nice person that left their extra Mr. Clean Magic Eraser coupon in the holder for the erasers yesterday. That really brightened my evening to get that 50 cents off just because of someone being nice. :)

mood: pensive
listening to: Mix 94.7 Nineties at Noon



Forgive the self-indulgence and lack of coordination of my thoughts on this post...I just need to get some stuff down. If this offends anyone, I apologize...that is not my intent. This is my journal, however, and you can choose to stop reading at any time.

As many of you know, Dustin and I have spent the past year and a half or so paying off my credit card debt and his student loans. I am happy to announce that in the next week, we will be completely out of debt, paying off close to $30K. It has been very difficult...we have both been living on "shoestring" budgets. It has been completely worth it, though...to know we only have our house to pay off (goal is less than 7 years on that), and that we can finish building up our emergency fund. Most of that will be taken care of with his bonus in July, though. We can finally afford to have our carpet replaced with wood floors, and we can be more prepared for kiddos. Dustin and I have been through a lot over this time. We have fought over the money, we have fought over plans for children, but in the end, it has made us stronger and brought us closer together.

Throughout this process, however, we have both become very disillusioned with others that are in our age group that do not seem to think being out of debt and actually planning for a family are the things to do. It is very frustrating being the ones working so hard and sacrificing while those around us continue to have fun and spend like money is no object to them. They are more concerned with "living it up" and "being young". It's very hard being the exception to the rule...quite a few people probably chose not to spend as much time with us because of our philosophy on money. We understood, though, that making these decisions might make us unpopular, so to speak.

As far as starting a family, it will still be a while for us. There are some things in our relationship we need to work out, and there are some health issues I need to deal with as well. We would appreciate it if our friends and family would support us in our decision to wait a bit longer. For those of you who have already shown us your support, we deeply appreciate it. There is not any one person in particular that has pressured us to start our family, but there have been some things said and done that did make light of it and it was hurtful to Dustin and myself. Having kiddos is not something Dustin and I either one take lightly.

I just want our parents to know, if they are reading this, that I am not referring to any of you. You have always supported us in everything we have done. We are very, very lucky to have such wonderful parents. You have been our role models and, quite often, sources of strength as we dealt with and continue to deal with these things.


For those of you that stuck through this whole post, congrats. It was a difficult one. I promise something more lighthearted tomorrow.