Autumn Leaves

Life is happening, whether I like it or not!
Lately, it just seems like weeks and months are just speeding by!

Brandon's Mom, Nancy, my mom in law got married on 8-9-10 to her longtime fiance, Dave Schipper at the Little Brown Church. It was a monday so I had to rearrange work stuff but we got there. So now Nancy is now Nancy Schipper... one less McBride and there are only a couple. She came over Sunday and we filled out Thank You's... She said she wanted me to help since she's figured out i'm a super speller. lol. Also, I have inherited 2 brother in laws, 3 sister in laws, and 2 niece's... big family!

I've been loving decorating our house lately, it's been hard to actually accept the wonderful gift that this place is. I have kept alot of things in boxes because I never really could tell myself... this is OUR place? I get to decorate the way I want? What? We're not moving? AWESOME! I have been here for 3 years and I AM SO BLESSED! It has been the most stable place I've been in in my whole life. In all aspects and because of that I feel like I can love Brandon with my whole heart, not just the broken one that I had before.

I went over to my brother, Ben's apartment for his birthday, he's 22! Gosh, time it flies. His apartment looks the same as when he first moved in, empty. I think he thinks of it as, hey, less stuff to move when I go wherever I go. He requested chinese so I brought over Red Apple and some No Bake Oreo dessert (he requested that too). We had fun, he is something else though. VERY funny, stubborn, opinionated...

Brandon started his new job, and it has been stressful! It is alot of stuff to learn at once, but basically he programms and operates a HUGE cricut machine for metal. My brother actually creates some of the templates that Brandon uses at his work to make special order parts for Deeres. It is alot of heavy lifting of metal, so B is looking like a football player these days.

Spent alot of time this summer at the beach, 30mins away in Palo, IA. Pleasant Creek State Park. Clean, beautiful, and free!

I have a bunch of time off I could take but we are trying to plan a vacation in February, its really hard to decide. Especially with a boss who schedules horribly! If I took of a week in October he would make me work tons of hours in sept. and nov. and I just want my regular shifts! If he's mad at you, you'll know by the schedule, and I don't want that to change, so I may just wait to take vacation.... idk....Brandon has been talking to a travel agent, I want him to make the initial decision then we can go from there. If I don't take my paid time off, I get a big check for all the hours at christmas, plus a bonus, so I may just do that.

Wisdom teeth are coming in, fiercely, and I'm trying to figure out my plan of attack. I have Brandon's and my dental insurance but I don't think this procedure is in our plans. I had a molar pulled a while back by Dr. Larry Lenth, and he did an awesome job, so I will go back there... I've never been put under before... kinda freaked out about it....

Lately I've been chatting with friends and I've realized... I'm an open book! Look at me! I'm not hiding anything! Because I don't have anything to hide now :) Is this what happy feels like? I know it sounds dumb but I actually have people in my life that don't want anything from me but friendship and love. It is an amazing feeling.

I was talking to Mom in law and by her calculations, she expects Brandon and I to have one baby, then TWINS! She said it runs in the family, and I saw what she meant. Good lord. I was laughing hysterically! Brandon and I had been talking, maybe no kids for us, because our life is finally going the way we want but... let's see how long we wait... lol. Everytime I see a little one at work I melt like butter, and lately they have been so talkative... there was a little girl who came up to me as i was cutting fabric and she was telling me about her cats, and asked me if i had any... I might as well have melted into a puddle on the ground. Brandon is that way too, we love kids too much not to have some of our own. Just not now. :)

I absolutely love September, lots of walks in my huge bears hoodie.

Final Thought:

Work sucks. but....

Hubby. Kitties. Home.
this is the life. my life :)