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our first baby Benjamin James 11 lbs 7 oz Born: 12/15 |
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my site is being moved to a new server... so currently, my email is not working. so if you have a message for me, hold on to it. i do have a yahoo email account, so if it's important, you can email carrie_decormier@yahoo.com... but don't worry about changing your address books, me@carrie.cc will be back soon... as will the message forum...
| posted at 7:46 AM ~ comments (0) |
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what a way to spend a day off. poor lily has thrown up three times this morning... and she's still acting pretty sluggish, which is very abnormal for her. so i know she's not feeling better yet... i just hope she got out whatever was bothering her... yuck...
other than a sick puppy, i don't have huge plans for my day off. sleeping, cleaning, watching tv :) i just need a day to unwind... so let's hope the rest of the day is uneventful!
other than a sick puppy, i don't have huge plans for my day off. sleeping, cleaning, watching tv :) i just need a day to unwind... so let's hope the rest of the day is uneventful!
| posted at 8:56 AM ~ comments (0) |
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i got an email a year ago today with some photos... that's right, photos of lily! she's one year old today! i still think it's one of the best decisions i've ever made, to bring her home. i love this dog, and she gives it back ten-fold. never thought i was a super dog person... but i wouldn't give her up for the world. :) happy birthday, lil ;)
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i can't wait for spring. i bid farewell to 40 degree weather... even though we've been ridiculously spoiled with such a mild winter this season (70 degrees in january??) i'm ready for it to warm the heck up. i'm sick of my animal-hair covered wool coat... i can't wait until i can go running outside with Lily again :)
nothing new is going on... it's almost friday and i'm glad. i plan to start up running/exercising again this weekend, now that my cough is almost gone. i had a normal appetite today, and could actually make out smells again, finally :) so a few more days, and i'll be back on my plan of getting into shape. two weeks of lying around makes for a very squishy me. and shorts season is right around the corner... i may even get some cute skirts for the summer. yes, me. in a skirt. maybe. ;)
nothing new is going on... it's almost friday and i'm glad. i plan to start up running/exercising again this weekend, now that my cough is almost gone. i had a normal appetite today, and could actually make out smells again, finally :) so a few more days, and i'll be back on my plan of getting into shape. two weeks of lying around makes for a very squishy me. and shorts season is right around the corner... i may even get some cute skirts for the summer. yes, me. in a skirt. maybe. ;)
| posted at 12:48 PM ~ comments (0) |
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man, i was so nervous... i didn't know if i was prepared at all, and i knew it was important for me to get the approval of my neighborhood association for the dog park. but nervous or not, i did it! unanimous support from all the members :) that will help a lot when they discuss plans for the park. i had a lot of coaching... and i now feel much more prepared for the future, in case i have to do any more 'presentations' :)
looking forward to this weekend... my friends out here are celebrating a birthday on friday night, so that will be a great time, i'm sure :) still recovering from my cold, but i feel eight thousand times better today. i can breathe and hear again, and i no longer sound like death. work is still work... getting busier by the day. but i don't mind... busy makes the days go by faster...
looking forward to this weekend... my friends out here are celebrating a birthday on friday night, so that will be a great time, i'm sure :) still recovering from my cold, but i feel eight thousand times better today. i can breathe and hear again, and i no longer sound like death. work is still work... getting busier by the day. but i don't mind... busy makes the days go by faster...
| posted at 9:42 PM ~ comments (0) |
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happy valentine's day everyone. i actually am starting to feel a little better... i can think clearly... but my head still feels like it's in a fog, and i still sound like i have a major sinus infection. the new thing for today is that i feel like i am wearing earmuffs. everything sounds muffled... i know it's probably just my head cold giving me trouble... but it's weird. i'm still very tired, and i still have no appetite what so ever, which may be why i am so tired. anyway, no plans for tonight. we were originally supposed to have our meeting for the dog park, but there a few lucky ones in the group that actually have plans. i've been out of it the past couple of days, and i'm not prepared for the meeting i'm supposed to attend tomorrow night... so i guess it's good i have no plans, so that i can prepare for that. it's an important one, and i don't want to let the group down! speaking of the group, yesterday's event was great! i completely forgot my camera, and i am so mad i didn't get photos. lily was great... and someone brought heart bandanas for all the dogs to wear... she was so freakin cute :) i don't think we got as many people as we had hoped... someone came every day to take down our poster announcing the party... luckily a woman in our group is just as determined, and was back every day putting it back up. it's very frustrating to have someone so determined against us. but we're a determined group, so it's all of us against one person :) but of the people that did attend, we had a great time. lily even got to play like crazy with her old friends that she had not seen in a while... and another girl brought her 8 week old puppy! he was a-freakin-dorable!!
anyway... my valentine and i will be snuggled up tonight, while i catch up on some sleep... i just hope she keeps her bandana on long enough for me to snap a photo! ;)
anyway... my valentine and i will be snuggled up tonight, while i catch up on some sleep... i just hope she keeps her bandana on long enough for me to snap a photo! ;)
| posted at 9:30 AM ~ comments (0) |
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hmm... this is the sickest i've been in a while. i shouldn't have gone into work yesterday, but i made it through the day and made it an early night last night. took some nyquil at about 9:30 and had a good nights sleep. i've spent the rest of today watching movies... and just went to the video store for more. i rented four... but only three made it into the house. i rented 'the terminal'... only i managed to lose it on the three steps from the video store to my car :( i didn't notice until i got all the way home that i was short a movie... so i drove all the way back to look around, and even asked the video store people if they had forgotten to give it to me. *sigh* so now i own it, but i've never seen it. argh. that was twenty bucks i didn't plan on spending this weekend :( but i'm feeling a little better... not coughing quite so much, and no more fever... but i still feel like crap. gonna do the nyquil thing again tonight, and that should help things along. good sleep always does wonders for me...
| posted at 7:10 PM ~ comments (0) |
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man did i feel like a tool today. i already felt like crap... but then this afternoon i looked down to see that i had mistakenly put on my brown boot with my black boot. doh. thank god no one really pays attention to your shoes. or if they did, they didn't say anything, god bless them :) my cough has turned into a beautiful hack... and my throat is now on fire from being 'hacked' to death. :( chloraseptic anyone? i downed a pint of ice cream... which was wonderful for about an hour. now i'm back to feeling big and scratchy. *hack* needless to say, my running schedule has taken a hiatus... i'm taking the weekend to get better and monday (or sunday if i feel better by then) i'll be back in full swing. *hack*
| posted at 9:20 PM ~ comments (0) |
i'm still not 100%, but i'm feeling better today. i ran across this article on cnn... and since it affects virginians... i paid closer attention. looks like the thong above the pants phase has been abruptly ended... and not only that, but you could be charged $50 bucks for letting your pants sag too low, that your underwear shows. i'm not kidding. nice to know that we're spending time debating worthwhile issues. for cryin out loud...
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well, i wound up coming home for lunch and took my temperature. yep, fever city. so i called in for the rest of the day, and slept. i still have a slight fever, but feel a lot better with some aspirin. i'm still achey and i still have a headache... but it's slowly getting better... back to bed i go...
| posted at 6:59 PM ~ comments (0) |
bleh. i'm sick. it's not that bad... but my whole body feels achey, i have a bad headache, and i keep getting chills. i'd give anything to eat soup all day and crawl back into bed...
| posted at 8:30 AM ~ comments (0) |
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i got out to get in my car this morning, and i saw one of the most beautiful sunrises. the sky was a purple hue, but then on the horizon it was bright orange... it looked like it had been painted that way! it was really breathtaking. i wish i had my digital camera in the car with me to capture it... my camera on my phone didn't get even close. oh well... it's in my memory at least :) last night we had our weekly dog park group meeting. i will be presenting a resolution to our civic association next week, in the hopes that they support us in getting a waiver to go back to the park after sunset (like we had been for the past four years). i say 'we' like i have been in the community longer than three months :) but i am hoping to stay here for a while... and i am learning a TON about the history of the county, and meeting a lot of people involved in the development of the community. it's actually pretty fun. makes me wish i had taken more classes in speech and debate however... my orator skills are horrendous. i talk way too fast... always when i'm nervous. anyway, so we hopefully will be back at the park after dark next month... we'll see how it goes. we are having a 'valentine's day - love your dog' potluck party at the park this sunday. i plan on bringing balloons and food. :) should be fun! I'm even contemplating getting heart shaped biscuits for the dogs... but we'll see. :) hopefully it will inspire more people to come back. i think i'm also going to go around to the other parks in the area and post signs about it... to try and let the people who used to be regulars but have left know about the party. it will be good to see all the familiar faces again! :) and lily can accompany me to the park starting tomorrow... WOOHOO! she's been driving me INSANE :) i can't wait ;)
| posted at 7:25 AM ~ comments (0) |
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yesterday and today have been beautiful outside! near 60 degrees and sunny... i took lily for a nice long walk (since we still need to take a hiatus from the park). it was great! i am getting excited for spring... i can't wait until we can go back to the park again, and take lily swimming. then this summer i plan on introducing her to the atlantic ocean... it's gonna be great!
i'm watching the super bowl later today at robyn's house :) i kept it low this weekend... went to see 'sideways' yesterday afternoon, and then had dinner with a couple of friends. nice low-key weekend. gave me a chance to clean and catch up on sleep :) then tomorrow it's back to work...
i'm watching the super bowl later today at robyn's house :) i kept it low this weekend... went to see 'sideways' yesterday afternoon, and then had dinner with a couple of friends. nice low-key weekend. gave me a chance to clean and catch up on sleep :) then tomorrow it's back to work...
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so far the only people that have loved my haircut are the ones that give me the most crap about needing a change with it. so i begin to wonder if they just like it because it's different :) honestly... i feel more attractive with longer hair... and since i'm the one who has to look in the mirror and like what i see... long hair it is. so sorry... this haircut only stays for as long as it takes to grow it out. i didn't mean for it to get this short, and it is not staying...
| posted at 9:57 PM ~ comments (0) |
ok, i looked up what i need to do for the marine corps marathon this year. it's on october 30, 2005... which means if i follow the runner's world beginner marathon training schedule, i need to begin training on july 10th. that's five months from now :) so in the meantime, i am going to work on making running a habit, and getting in better shape so that this won't kill me. 26 miles is a long way to run... my goal is to finish :) i will know by july if i have the endurance to do it... i just have to hope i don't make any crazy plans that will interfere with the schedule. but there are no major holidays between july and october... so hopefully things will go smoothly! it's gonna be interesting, that's for sure!
| posted at 8:07 AM ~ comments (0) |
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who says this dog is spoiled? ;) i don't know how i managed to get to work this morning with this... i just wanted to stay home and snuggle! :)
| posted at 8:57 PM ~ comments (0) |
something that made me laugh out loud today... everyday, before i go to work, when i come home for lunch, and when i go to sleep at night, lily is crated. i grab a couple treats and say 'bedtime', and she usually is already on her way there before i can finish the whole word. well, i had to move her crate yesterday, since it was most likely her dog hair that resulted in my computer dilemma on tuesday night. so now, a filing cabinet now stands where her crate used to be. so today, i go through the routine of 'bedtime'... only lily goes straight to the filing cabinet :) she stopped, cocked her head, and looked up at me as if to say 'where the hell is my crate?' not knowing what to do, the poor dog just sat down and looked back at the cabinet. what makes this funny, is that she had climbed in and out of her crate all night last night, so it's not as if i moved it and she just hadn't discovered it yet. but her routine was to go right into that corner... and it just baffled her to no end as to what she was supposed to do. :) i love that dog... :)
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here's the site where the quote originated from... i agree with almost everything this guy had to say:
what you wish you would have known in high school
:)
what you wish you would have known in high school
:)
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i read a pretty good quote today:
"You start being an adult when you decide to take responsibility for your life. You can do that at any age."
interesting. i remember the point in my life when i decided that even though i would accept advice from people... i would now depend on myself to make things happen. no more blaming teachers, schools, parents, etc... no more expecting people to be there to bail me out. i needed to face up and realize that if i want things in my life to happen... i need to make it happen. i don't like talking to people that blame their situation on someone else. sure, things happen. car accidents happen, that are not your fault. you can't control how the world interacts with you. but what you CAN control, is how they affect you, and how you react. you take responsibility for your own life... and what you want to do with it. sure, i hope that if i need someone, i can count on people when i really need it. but i make sure that i did my part first... that i truly can't do it on my own before i ask for help. some people say i'm stubborn. i've always been the one in math class that struggles with my homework... but out of pride, refuses to ask for help. it hasn't always been the best approach... there are times when i probably should have just buckled down and raised my hand to ask a question. but i feel so much more rewarded when i finally figure it out on my own. so i get frustrated when i talk with people who complain that their life is not how they want it... but are not doing anything to change it. rather, they complain about how they got where they were, and how it was all as a result of someone else. i can't relate to wallowing in a situation, and claiming it's impossible for me to change it. i've always believed that there is a way... you just have to find it. figure out what you need to do... and do it. don't rely on someone telling you what to do... and don't let someone else's mistake dictate how you live your own life. it's really all up to you.
anyway, that's my rant for today. apparently i've been in a talkative mood lately. don't know what's up with that... so i apologize for the ramblings. but hey, i didn't make you come here ;)
"You start being an adult when you decide to take responsibility for your life. You can do that at any age."
interesting. i remember the point in my life when i decided that even though i would accept advice from people... i would now depend on myself to make things happen. no more blaming teachers, schools, parents, etc... no more expecting people to be there to bail me out. i needed to face up and realize that if i want things in my life to happen... i need to make it happen. i don't like talking to people that blame their situation on someone else. sure, things happen. car accidents happen, that are not your fault. you can't control how the world interacts with you. but what you CAN control, is how they affect you, and how you react. you take responsibility for your own life... and what you want to do with it. sure, i hope that if i need someone, i can count on people when i really need it. but i make sure that i did my part first... that i truly can't do it on my own before i ask for help. some people say i'm stubborn. i've always been the one in math class that struggles with my homework... but out of pride, refuses to ask for help. it hasn't always been the best approach... there are times when i probably should have just buckled down and raised my hand to ask a question. but i feel so much more rewarded when i finally figure it out on my own. so i get frustrated when i talk with people who complain that their life is not how they want it... but are not doing anything to change it. rather, they complain about how they got where they were, and how it was all as a result of someone else. i can't relate to wallowing in a situation, and claiming it's impossible for me to change it. i've always believed that there is a way... you just have to find it. figure out what you need to do... and do it. don't rely on someone telling you what to do... and don't let someone else's mistake dictate how you live your own life. it's really all up to you.
anyway, that's my rant for today. apparently i've been in a talkative mood lately. don't know what's up with that... so i apologize for the ramblings. but hey, i didn't make you come here ;)
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so i decided to get my act together and possibly get my site up tonight. i have had a new design for the past month... but have been super busy lately, with friends and lily and dog park craziness. but tonight, i cleaned, fixed my computer (which completely died last night), and now i'm ready to finish it. it might not be up for a bit, since it takes some time to put something like that up all the way... but i think i'm ready. i'm in that kind of mood where i could sit online all night. i used to have those moods all the time... i think it was my own form of depression. some nights i just feel like having it all to me. just me, and a really good movie, or a really good book. other nights, i want friends... lots of people... and other nights, i just like to veg out on the computer. i absolutely love reading about stuff online. whether it's people, technology, or just things in general... i love all the information. can't get enough. :) so bear with me... i'm trying to finish it soon...
| posted at 7:24 PM ~ comments (0) |
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today is not starting out very well. i now know why people tell you 'a tired puppy is a good puppy'. since lily has been in heat for the past two weeks, and since it's been freaking freezing outside, we are not able to go out to the dog park... so she's been getting a lot less exercise. so as a result, i am now the owner of two chewed tennis shoes, one chewed boot, couch, coffee table, wall molding, and when i got out of the shower this morning, i found my id badges chewed and strewn about the living room floor. *sigh* only one more week, and hopefully i can keep her entertained enough to leave my stuff alone. she discovered that when i'm not in the room, she can still reach the counter, and won't get shoved down. so nothing is sacred up there, if i'm not right by her. i know she's bored out of her mind. thankfully, the cats have decided she's fun to play hide and seek with... so lately they've been chasing each other around. it's the funniest thing i've ever seen, to watch lily chase bailey under the bed, and watch bailey pop out to hit lily, and then chase her back into the living room. good to know they finally are getting along. i even caught the cat sleeping on lily's head yesterday... never thought i'd see the day :) harmony in the house is good... now if i could just get her to quit eating everything...
so despite this morning's badge loss, i was happy with the meeting i went to last night, involving the dog park. i am trying to give all the help and support i can to keeping up the park, since i will definitely be living here for the next 10 months, at least. but i've never been involved in any sort of community organization... so when they start talking about petitions, committees, working groups, board members, etc... i feel like i'm in over my head. i don't know the first thing about community/city legislation. but i guess there's no time like the present to start :) i like being involved, and knowing that i am doing everything i can to support this park. and the people in my group are all very knowledgeable, and are all dog owners that want to see this park do well, just as much as i do. so i'm learning a lot from them, and hopefully i am helping our cause :) plus i've met a ton of new people... getting involved is a great way to meet everyone in your community! :)
so there are definitely things still going on with the dog park craziness... if anyone has any ideas as to things we can do to help, i'm all ears. we going to host an event on feb 13 in honor of valentine's day, at the park, to get people aware of the "towers park group" and how they can help, or let them know that they have someone to contact if they have complaints suggestions. i'll be sure to post photos of that day... lily won't be in heat anymore, so we will guaranteed be there!
other than the dog park and lily news... nothing much going on. i'm having difficulty researching graduate school programs. the one i want to apply for is expensive... around $875/credit hour. ouch. my job requires an employment commitment if they reimburse me for school... and they may not be able to reimburse me for the entire amount. so it's a difficult decision. i also realize that i will have to give up most of my social life to finish school... everyone i know that is enrolled currently, has only been able to make it out one night a week while class is in session... if that. but i have begun to realize that this is something that is important to me. but it forces me to make some very big decisions regarding my future, and where i would like to spend the next 10 years. having only been in dc for two months, i'm not sure i'm prepared enough to make that decision... but we'll see. if you have any opinions on that, i'd love to hear them :)
so despite this morning's badge loss, i was happy with the meeting i went to last night, involving the dog park. i am trying to give all the help and support i can to keeping up the park, since i will definitely be living here for the next 10 months, at least. but i've never been involved in any sort of community organization... so when they start talking about petitions, committees, working groups, board members, etc... i feel like i'm in over my head. i don't know the first thing about community/city legislation. but i guess there's no time like the present to start :) i like being involved, and knowing that i am doing everything i can to support this park. and the people in my group are all very knowledgeable, and are all dog owners that want to see this park do well, just as much as i do. so i'm learning a lot from them, and hopefully i am helping our cause :) plus i've met a ton of new people... getting involved is a great way to meet everyone in your community! :)
so there are definitely things still going on with the dog park craziness... if anyone has any ideas as to things we can do to help, i'm all ears. we going to host an event on feb 13 in honor of valentine's day, at the park, to get people aware of the "towers park group" and how they can help, or let them know that they have someone to contact if they have complaints suggestions. i'll be sure to post photos of that day... lily won't be in heat anymore, so we will guaranteed be there!
other than the dog park and lily news... nothing much going on. i'm having difficulty researching graduate school programs. the one i want to apply for is expensive... around $875/credit hour. ouch. my job requires an employment commitment if they reimburse me for school... and they may not be able to reimburse me for the entire amount. so it's a difficult decision. i also realize that i will have to give up most of my social life to finish school... everyone i know that is enrolled currently, has only been able to make it out one night a week while class is in session... if that. but i have begun to realize that this is something that is important to me. but it forces me to make some very big decisions regarding my future, and where i would like to spend the next 10 years. having only been in dc for two months, i'm not sure i'm prepared enough to make that decision... but we'll see. if you have any opinions on that, i'd love to hear them :)
| posted at 8:52 AM ~ comments (0) |