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Ok, so I'm about to drop some names and their debts, so listen up.  Today, I come home from work, we give Gabby a bath, notice the water doesn't get very hot, but then again, it shouldn't when we're washing her, so we didn't think much of it.  Then because we decided we didn't feel like cooking, we went out to get food.  Then we come back, and I was comfortable through 2 shows (lost & jericho both on DVR) and then I'm like..man its cold in here!  I went to the thermostat and the temp is colder than the setting....now I'm thinking something is strange here.  I go to the stove, NOTHING.  It just clicks.  Now I'm freaking out.  I run to find the latest bill (found it, it's not even past due!!!!) and I'm like, eh ok - $48 I'm sure they didn't shut us off for that....Jason calls the emergency line and they say "is there a tag by the door, or in the mailbox?"  He glances through it quickly, sees nothing, so she says (paraphrased) you live near construction+ so maybe it was a routine shut off.  Either way, we're sending the service guy out.  Well, here I am nervous as hell, so I replace our halloween light with the regular one, and look in the mailbox and lookie-here!!!  There's a tag.  Addressed to WILLIAM PFIEFFER!  Who in the HELL is that!?  The people that lived here before us were the Juroseks!  Not the pfieffers!!!  And, to make it even worse, this somebody owes over $1500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  So, just then the gas guy shows up and we show him the tag, and the name on our bill and we're like...uh, this isn't us.  So he says "i'll try to turn the gas back on at the street"  And of course we say OK (its getting cold inside and gabby is sleeping peacefully...don't want that to end.) and then we come inside and I say....what is Shiloh's last name?  Cuz her husband is named...duh dun du duuuhhh!  BILL!  So yeah, we got our fuckin gas shut off because our dumbass neighbors didn't pay their $1500 gas bill.  What exactly are they heating with that!?  Ugh, so retarded.  So the guy broke the valve at the street, needs to come back and repair it tomorrow, and probably shut off our neighbors gas lmao.  What a night...what...a...night.

+ For those of you who don't know rockford...we live right off of the worst conditioned street in rockford.  it's been patched and repatched and patched over the repatches....its bad.  So they're finally ripping the whole thing up and replacing it.  Yay when it's done, shitty for now tho!!

Well take care ya'll.  I'll write something more meaningful next time, but currently - I'm just content and busy working at home.  Nothing to report here...but maybe I'll become a show blog addict...Yeah, I think I'll blog about Lost and Jericho tomorrow <3

Gnite ya'll!  <3

So I promised an update on Gabby and here it is.  She turned 2 months old the other day - two whole months!!  It's insane to think how long it's been since that nice hot day at the hospital.  She just started smiling like crazy the other day.  She now eats her food then spends the next hour smiling at things.  Oh and we made her laugh yesterday!  Swear to God, we tickled her enough to the point she was laughing!  It was probably the cutest thing I have ever seen. 
People at my work keep telling me we should put her in baby modeling.  I think we should do it.  My mom agrees - she doesn't have any prior commitments...like school.  Plus, its a great way to get a little extra cash to spend on her and put into a savings account for her.  I was thinking 25% to keep, 75% to save.  I figure if she could get some work (why shouldn't she be able to?)
Random baby side note:  I am so excited for my friend's Luke & Amanda's baby!  That little girl is gonna be the second cutest baby on earth!  lol.  Well...I guess that side note is going to be my end note - I don't know what else to say about Gabby...oh I know - she's 24" long and 10 lbs 7 oz (she was 19 1/2 and 7lbs 4oz at birth)
Well that really is it for now - more later!
<3

Ok so I've been slacking on my blog writing.  To be fair, we're totally broke, so I brought work home to make some extra money and haven't had time to myself to write.  But I wanted to share my news - I'm applying for the Rockford Police Department with Jason.  Our physical test is November 4th and I'm terrified.  I know I can do the sit and reach, I know I can do the sit up test...I'm pretty sure I can do the mile and a half in 16:46 or whatev it is...I'm getting better at it - I'm doing a 20 min mile and a half right now, but I'm sick, and I gave birth NINE WEEKS AGO...and I used to be a smoker for the last 5 1/2 years, so I'm pretty damn proud of myself...but I'm really really REALLY scared about the bench press.  I have almost NO upper body strength and because it's a ratio of body weight, I need to lose weight and gain muscle.  That seems damn near impossible, kthx!  However, Jason I think can pass the tests - especially because we're working really hard - going to start training twice a day!  If I can't do the bench press tho, I'm just not going to go and I'll try to apply next year - by then I should be in much better shape :) 
But anyways - if you didn't know, Jason is staying home to take care of Gabby and that's really hard on us.  He's making no money so that I can keep working my better paying job, which is great, except here's the new dilemma.  When I'm at work and waiting for someone to get some info to me, I'm getting paid.  When I'm at home waiting for someone to get some info to me - I'm NOT getting paid.  I haven't worked a 40 hour week since I went back to work and it's to the point where I'm not making anything more than what Jason was making almost part time with much lower wages! Although, my checks do have insurance taken out which is huge (107 a week.  I hate insurance.  lol)
Needless to say, it's been so trying on us...there have been alot of sleepless nights and hours crying.  We need this.  One of us needs to get this job and make some real money...but I'm going to go listen to the song that makes me feel like everything is going to be OK...take care all - love you!
<3
Krista

P.S. next one will be an update on gabby i promise!

Yay!  I have a new main-page layout!  In the spirit of halloween, I've updated my layout.  Super fun cuz it's all sexy and not too corny or scary!  Yeah, okay I'll admit it - I've spent the last two hours in bed working on my project for work.  I created a myspace profile for the sales website I'm working on - go look at it.  www.myspace.com/signsusa  I'm going to make it better looking because obviously it doesn't represent a graphic company the way it should, but I worked hard copying and revising what our sales sheets say.  By the way, you would think when writing a sales sheet, someone with some training in the english language would read it.  The sales sheets we have are so poorly written and repetitive!  it's called a thesaurus!  ugh, anyways I'm really sleepy and for once, I don't have to go anywhere to solve that problem.  teehee.
leave me love - I'm bored!
<3

You know how people say they're more creative when they're high...drunk...stoned...sleepy...whatever?  I used to think it wasn't true.  I used to think that the truely great rockstars were great because of who they were, and that the drugs had just gotten to them.  Today I think maybe I was wrong.  I used to smoke ALOT...i mean ALOT ALOT...and I was always so inspired.  What happened to my life where I lost my inspiration?  I used to write these insanely long and beautiful, sarcastic, and dark journal entries.  I used to write poetry that had a deeper meaning, and I used to draw.  I drew on EVERYTHING!  I drew my version of what I saw...I painted my soul...I was inspired!  Don't get me wrong, I have alot of things to be happy for, but maybe thats my problem.  Maybe being happy is making me miserable.  I have nothing to draw from...I have no rage or torment to get out...no frustrations other than bills and money (and lets face a few facts here...1- everyone has those problems, 2- no one cares and 3- no amount of drugs or alcohol can make poems about bills interesting.   Don't believe me, see Destiny's Child "Bills, Bills, Bills."  Even spoken word sucked.)  I used to have strangers I'd never met read my livejournal because they were enlightened, amused, and touched by my writing, by my dark view on things...but now I'm almost too cheery.  The happy people live such long lives...but I'm beginning to think they're probably the boring people as well...the ones with nothing to say...I want to be passionate about my feelings - I want to have something to say!  Maybe part of the problem is the censorship of a strong relationship.  (Kids, thats one thing people don't tell you...when you enter into a long term relationship, you become more open with each other, but much more closed to everyone else.  Suddenly your life is their life, and that's no longer public information.)  Anyways...as much as I'd like to rant more, my hubby just brought my beautiful baby girl over to me to say hi...time to play with my little monkey and become boring again!
One of these days I'll find a more interesting muse and learn how to balance creative torment and a "normal", happy life.  When I do - I'll let you all know how to join me...just please, don't hold your breath until then!
<3

So this little entry will be a short one, but I wanted to post some pics of Gabby.  If I get half-way into this and then the computer dies due to the killer thunderstorm that is going on right now, I'm going to give up writing tonight and try again tomorrow! 
Oh, I want to let you all in on my newest little secret...the Disney Movie Club.  Hahaha it's such a guilty pleasure.  It's like one of those columbia movie club things, but all disney movies.  I'm so excited to have never-ending christmas and birthday presents for the Gabster.  So far I bought Baby Wordsworth, Baby Noah (both Baby Einstein movies) and Alice in Wonderland and Finding Nemo.  For Jason and I, I bought Glory Road.  If you've never seen it before, you should - it's totally good.  I can't stand stupid "racial-themed" movies, and this is not one of them.  Think remember the Titans but basketball...oh and they're real people!  I can't wait to have a Disney collection...the only thing that bothered me was the survey.  You're supposed to fill in how many kids of what age in the house, as well as your age.  It kind of weirds me out that I'm only 22 with an 8 week old...but at the same time, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world!!!  Well anyways - I'd better get to the pictures.  She can hold her head up, laugh, smile, and is trying like hell to roll over and crawl - it's so exciting!  For those of you who haven't met her yet, you better come meet her before she can talk and piss you off ;)  Love you all - enjoy the pics!  <3

Hey ya'll.  You know, I haven't been around writing stuff much, and maybe I should be.  It might be nice to get some frustrations off my chest and relay my good news to the world.  Of course, who in the world really cares? First off, let me start by saying - Go bears!  Way to be 4-0 and proving to the rest of the football loving nation why I've been such a fan for the last 10 or so years!  With that, let me say a prayer - Blessed father...please watch over Rex Grossman.  Please keep him safe and far from injury, because we now know what a blessing he is.  May there be many more first downs, and 40+ yard receiving touch downs to Musin Muhammed.  May you see your children to the Super Bowl.  Amen!  Haha ok, so that was kind of corny, but you know - life happens and such. 
Side note - anyone that still lives in the northern illinois region...anyone else wondering where the hell the 70+ degree weather came from?  Holy hell it feels great outside for October 1st!  I hope the rest of the week is as nice as tonight - we just might spend some more time outside if that's the case!  My dogs were so happy to not have to spend the day huddling by the door outside.  Yes, they are huge wimps...but it was nice to see them running around in the sun today :)  The sun makes me happy!
Random thought: My neighbors are getting married in a week.  I'm really happy for them - they seem like the nicest couple.  My only wonder is how he says his last name..."Comer"...is it Comer like I'm coming?  Or Comer like Comb-er?  That could be really embarassing to get wrong.  I'll have to ask him next time I see him outside with his dog.
Okay back to the good stuff.  Gabby finally slept through the night.  10 hours straight.  10 hours!!!!!  Do you know how nice it is to go to bed and wake up the next day fully rested?  It's really...really...really nice.  And then she's in such a good mood for most of the day.  I really think she was sleep deprived before because we weren't in tune with her needs, but by putting her on a schedule, we're really paying attention to how much sleep she's getting, when she's eating and all that.  I think the sun might make her happy too since she was in a good mood with me today.  Oh and she looked so cute in her little Bear's cheerleading outfit!  Anyone actually reading this, yes I know I tend to ramble, but you know that keeps you on your toes, ya know?  Anyways, so back to Gabby.  I think she finally recognized me today...not just by scent or sound, but my face.  She saw me this morning and gave me the BIGGEST smile...and then she did it two more times!  And Jason said he even heard her laugh.  It's amazing to think that Kids are what it's all about.  Yes, the meaning of life is life.  Creating life, enjoying life, ending life...funny when the question is the answer.  Well...I don't really know what else to talk about - I've pretty much said everything I've done today!  Take care kiddies - and I'll post more pictures of her as they come.  I've got some I really should share with you.  Love you all <3
--Krista