Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

So Tom and I heard that there was going to be a free concert at the Zucchini festival in Obetz, Ohio. We decided well we like her so let's go. Shawn, Tom, and I ended up going and I have to say that I think it was the best concert I've ever been to. She played for an hour and a half for FREE! Absolutely amazing lady. Now I'm on a serious Joan Jett kick and so is my husband and my little brother. I think they loved her as much as I did. AMAZING!! I bought her 2 disc greatest hits CD and I just checked out her movie The Runaways. I can't wait to watch it. Here's a pic we took from the concert.

Tom's mom's 70th Birthday Party

So here's what happened. A few months back I told Tom we should have a big surprise party for his mom because she was turning 70. He agreed so I reserved the room at York Steak House which is her favorite place to eat. I invited everyone to come and we had a good crowd. I'm not sure of how surprised she was but oh well. I think she really enjoyed the party anyway. The participants were, Tom and I, Mary and Joe, Nona mom's best friend, Billy, Margie, Wesley and Josh, Dad and Lisa and the boys, and Shawn. Bradley her grandson stopped by for a few minutes too with little Brad. The sad thing was her only missing daughter didn't come and I think she was a little disappointed about that. All in all I think her 70th Birthday was a good one.

You never know how something so small will affect someone in such a huge way

This morning I was at work and a lady came in. She looked at me and said "Do you remember me? You took me home a long time ago. I was really pregnant, and needed a ride." It was close to where i live so I agreed. I have never agreed to take a stranger somewhere but with her being so pregnant and it being as hot as it was, I agreed to help her. She was so appreciative and thankful. Fast forward to today, she still lives in the same place and as of that day probably six years ago she still lives in the same place and come to find out she was recovering from a crack addiction at that time I saw her and took her home. She asked to speak to my supervisor and told her how I had gone above and beyond even though I didn't have to. She started crying and telling us how she was in a really bad place in her life and greatly appreciated my kindness. She even told my supervisor that I need a raise. LOL! What an amazing effect you can have in people's lives without even knowing it. It was so great to see her and see how well everything turned out. I hope to see her more often.

So excited about a few things

Well, tonight Taylor Swift is doing a YouTube chat and I am going to watch...I love her. She's such an amazing, down to earth person who hasn't gotten caught up in all of her fame. I'll have to post how the YouTube thing goes. On another note, Wednesday is Tom's mom Margaret's 70th Birthday and we are taking her to York Steakhouse for dinner. What she doesn't know is we are surprising her by having a party for her there with all of her family and friends. I hope she likes the surprise and isn't upset that we set her up. LOL. I'm sure she'll be happy but we'll just have to wait and see.

2012 Updates

So, again it's been a while since my last post. I really want to try to post daily even though my life's really not that interesting. I'm very blessed, but I'm not sure how many people want to know what I do daily. I am currently in school at Columbus State, and I still work for the library. It's been 10 years now. I love my job and the people I work with. The customers are pretty great too. My dad has had some health problems lately so I've been worried about him. My husband has been great like always, and I'm still so in love with my cat Teddy. This is all for today. Sad that I can't go to the car show because I work until 6 pm. Tom, Dad, my brother David, Lisa, and the boys all went. Oh well, next time then.

Not much to say

Well, it's only been 4 days so not so bad so far. Friday was a lot of fun. We went to the auto body supply company party again this year. We all had shirts airbrushed and there was free food, games, and music. It was a good time. On Saturday I drained the pool and then took it apart. It was not fun! On Sunday Tom and I were talking and realized our anniversary falls on Friday and we have the weekend off. Being that it's really close to October already it was difficult to find a place to go away for the weekend to. We ended up finding a place at www.secludedcabins.com which is near Mohican in Lakeville, Ohio. It's really near amish country so we're really looking forward to spending our 5th anniversary there. The picture is of Tom's tattoo. I can't believe he put my name on him. I feel loved!

More than a year since my last post.

I'm going to try to be a whole lot better at keeping up with this. I absolutely love it but seem to not have time to check in and write what's going on and everything. I'm not sure how much I'll remember from the last year but here goes. September 2009 Tom's mom moved out and moved into the new Worley Terrace apartments over on Central Ave. She loves it. October 22nd 2009 Tom and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary. In the end of November 2009 my dad moved in with us. December was a blast with Christmas and family and all. Tom bought me my very own laptop for Christmas! I got to see my best friend Nancy when she visited Ohio. In January 2010 my dad met Lisa his girlfriend. He went from being like Eeyore to being so happy. She has a 6 year old named Brandon and an 8 year old named Jacob. They are amazing but sometimes a challenge as well. In February I wen to see Mariah Carey in concert for the first time ever. It was amazing and everything I had hoped it would be. I paid $150 for my ticket and got into the 11th row. She was right there! It was the best ever. Tom and I celebrated Valentine's Day and I don't remember much else about that month. In March 2010 I had my third miscarriage. It was the worst yet and I feared I would bleed to death. My husband Tom stood by me the whole time though. He's the most amazing man I've ever met. In April we celebrated Tom's birthday and my boss Brenda at the library retired. In May great grandma Ann became really sick and died. She was like a mom and I miss her terribly. She was an amazing woman. I can't say enough good things about her. We did a lot of cookouts with us and Dad, Lisa, Jacob, Brandon, and my little brother Shawn. We had an awesome time. We went to Blendon woods and played Frisbee golf which is so much fun. We went to a picnic that Jared and Erica invited us to in that very same park. In June the kids got out of school and I celebrated my 27th birthday. Lisa, Jacob, and Brandon moved into the basement. The library was crawling with kids and we were all going a little crazy at work what with no Brenda and all. In July we decided we would not go to Red, White, and Boom like normal because we just wanted to relax and not deal with it. We ended up going to Beulah park in Grove City to watch their fireworks the next night. Shawn went with us and it was definately worth the $5 to get in and park. The fireworks were awesome and since we left slowly while the grand finale was going on we missed 90% of the traffic. Toma nd I also wen to see Bret Michaels in concert for free. It was our first concert together. In August we got central air in the house which was so amazing! It was staying in the upper 90s in the house and even Teddy(my cat) was feeling it. He was walking around panting and everything. Shawn started high school as a freshman at West. He seems to be doing good there. We celebrated my dad's birthday on the 27th by having a spice cake with carmel icing that I made and he requested. It wasn't anything major though because Tom had knee surgery that day. He had a torn meniscus and some other stuff so he was mostly laying around until the next week. We took 2 weeks off together and then he took 1 more week off without pay because he just wasn't ready to go back to work and have to get up and down in the work van. There I've caught you all up. Now with the current happenings. Dad and Lisa are still together and they're looking for a house to rent to own. The problem is they have no credit and my dad has a record from when he was a teenager. We've been going to Tom's mom's house every week now for almost a year. It's fun and I've started watching M*A*S*H and really liking it. I'm addicted to playing family feud and the price is right on Facebook and I'm addicted to Facebook in general. The library has a levy coming up in November 2010. Vote Yes on Issue 4! I'll update soon.