if you can look at a dog and not feel vicarious excitement and affection ...

... you must be a cat.

meet rusty.

"i am a dignified cat."

meet sadie.

"i'm so cute. everyone loves me."

sadie looooves rusty.

"oh rusty, you're so fun! i just looove you! let's play!"

buuut .....

"this thing better not bite me."

he's not so fond of her.

"please make her stop."

i have to exercise in the morning ...

... before my brain figures out what i'm doing.

so, bdub and i finally decided to join the local ymca. i'm not going to lie ... i HATE exercise. anything that has to do with me not being able to eat delicious food and sit on the couch for hours at a time is not my thing - just kidding ... sorta.

let me tell you how this week has been going:

monday 6:45 AM - bdub woke me up because i was too busy enjoying our nice, warm, comfy bed. (please let me sleep some more) we got in a good 20 minutes that morning. (exhaustion)

tuesday 6:45 AM - i got to wake bdub up! for some reason i was ready to go (it had nothing to do with the fact that i was in bed at 9:45 PM, promise) we got in an awesome 30 minutes! (feeling tired, but accomplished)

wednesday 6:45 AM - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. turn off that alarm!!!
wednesday 7:30 AM - i guess i'll drag myself out of bed and get ready for work ... bdub is STILL sleeping ...

thursday 6:45 AM - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. alarm? what alarm?
thursday 7:45 AM - OMG! i'm running so behind! ....... bdub is snoring peacefully .......

needless to say, our first week has been going fantastic!

for once in my life ...

... i don't have to try to be happy. when i'm with you, it just happens.

it is quite hard to believe it is already january 2010. where has the time gone?

we had a wonderful christmas, even if it was a day late because of the snow. we are so blessed to have both of our families close by so that we can all gather and enjoy the holidays together. there was much laughter and joy, and i couldn't have asked for a more perfect christmas. we celebrated bdub's birthday by going out with our families to one of our favorite restaurants, oliveto. the food was delicious as usual! bdub's mom made a delicious red velvet cake and we enjoyed watching him open all his presents :D

bdub and i have been discussing gyms for quite some time now, and since most places take advantage of the majority's "healthy resolutions" and offer wonderful discounts, we have decided now is the perfect time to find one! the top choice right now is the ymca, simply for the low cost and multiple locations. i will keep you all updated and hope this will help hold us more accountable!

meggo

the beginning ...

... is the most important part of the work.

well, here we are. i've given in and started a blog for us. i know the title is a bit misleading since we’re not married yet, but please forgive me, it was the only thing i could think of ... how unoriginal of me.

a bit of history is in order, i suppose. bdub and i have been dating for almost 2 years, crazy to think it’s been that long, but it feels like forever sometimes. we DO plan on getting married, we just have to get our finances in order first, so it will hopefully be this fall (or at least that's my plan :D). we just recently bought our first house in tulsa. we absolutely love having a place to call our own, even though bdub claims i'm trying to kill him with the work sometimes. i work for the national association of legal assistants in downtown tulsa. it's great and i work with a close-knit group of amazing women. bdub just started a new job at dish network as a technical service representative. he's been there for a few months, and is enjoying it, i think. he has decided to go back to school to pursue his degree in mechanical engineering. he is currently attending tcc to get his general credits out of the way, and then he will be transferring to osu-tulsa. we have 3 cats ... jasmine, socrates, and ajax, as well as a foster cat athena. they are quite energetic and provide us with a great deal of entertainment. we also just adopted a papillon puppy named sadie. she is 3 months old this month and is quite a handful and provides us with lots of laughs.

for now, we are just loving life and enjoy each day and the things it brings.

meggo