I'm a mommy!!!

I picked out my puppy this morning!!! She's a few days over a week old, a brindle with a small white marking on her neck and face and a white chest. I'll get her around the middle of May which should give us plenty of time to puppy proof and get all of her stuff ready. We won't decide officially on a name until we pick her up, or until Ben decides to go my way!



On a bad note, I have had awful sinus headaches the last few days. I've been taking Claritin-D and that had been helping, but it must getting worse outside or something cause it's really killing me. If you guys have any ideas for over the counter medicines that help you let me know, I need something or work is going to hurt for a few months.

I'm here

Well I'm back... there hasn't been much going on in my world, just learning a new
job, and being slightly overwhelmed by it in the process. I'd tell you more about it
but some might be offended so if you really want to know send me an email at
skparsha@school email.

In other news, the CEO of my company started a intranet blog. Yeah he did... in 6
hours there were 130 comments... Now to me that seems slightly ridiculous, but he
did start it this morning so it could just be the initial congrats comments. I'd
like to see what he'll get in the coming months, or whether they think it'll take up
too much time of the employees.

Amanda Levitt and her boyfriend were in town this past weekend and I had them and
Christine over for dinner and drinks. This was my first hosting opportunities and
I'd say that it was a success. Even while cooking we were able to hang out and talk
and everyone seemed to have a good time. It was great seeing Amanda, to see that she
was doing well in Omaha. I also hadn't seen Christine in a while, even though we
live maybe two miles from one another and I used to pass her house on my way to
work, so it was nice to have an excuse to get together.

On the puppy front, I found a breeder that I'm going to go with although it means I
won't have a puppy until June. That is a bit longer away than I wanted since a main
part of it is me having "someone" to hang out with while Wilmer golf's after work
everyday (and at least 18 on Sat. or Sun). But the breeder looks reputable and the
dogs she is breeding are both brindle so I have a good chance at getting the color I
want. So unless I see a puppy I really want (which by the way is almost all of them)
that's in the right age range I'll not get a dog till June. Oh and the name thing
was pretty much split, so I guess we'll see what fits when we get her.

New Job

So I start a new job today. It's with Dow, same as before, but this time I'm an actually employee instead of a contractor. I didn't sleep for anything last night. I even took some of Ben's ambien and that didn't help. Normally I'm out in 10 minutes with that stuff but last night was awful. I have paper work to go over and after lunch I'll be in my new building. I dropped my stuff off there on the 1st and everyone was really nice but I'm still super nervous.

Ok, well off to work... Wish me luck!!!

Puppy

So Ben has finally agreed to let me get a puppy! I am super excited! I've always wanted a boxer, Ben wants a female so she'll be a bit smaller, and hopefully less like to mark around the house.
So I've been checking for breeders who don't want too much for a dog. I've honestly seen a puppy for sale at 1700 dollars. I was shocked to say the least. Having thought about this for about 7 years I really know what kind of look I want the pup to have, brindle in color with flashy white markings. However at this point I'll be thrilled with whatever color of dog I can find. The breeder I'm interested in getting a puppy from will be having a litter in early April, so in June I should be bringing home a pup. While I'd much rather have one in a few weeks if I can get the kind of dog that I want with health contracts and from a responsible breeder, I can live with an extra two months.

So on to what I need from you guys...

I have thought of a great name for the puppy. At least one that I love, along with one that I like. Ben likes one of them but won't budge on the other. Personally I feel if I'm buying the dog and paying for all of it I can name the girl whatever I'd like. But since I have to appear to compromise on some things, he thinks I should ask you guys and see what you come up with, so here are the two names. I won't tell you what I like (so he doesn't think I'm biasing you in anyway)...

Nyx - Greek origin meaning "night". I've also seen it as "lively". We could lengthen it out to Nixie to sound better when calling.

Sophie - Greek origin meaning "wisdom". Sounds nice when calling a puppy.

OK so I'm looking for feedback. Either name is good, and if you have any other names that would sound nice, let me know.

Also if any of you know of a boxer breeder in the Michigan area, let me know, I'm up for checking as many as I need to so I get the best dog. :)

hmmm...

I wonder how class would have been if this was around during college... no more flasks for me!

For AJ

So for those of you who don't know Ben/Wilmer here's a pic of us from two summers ago.


My hair has grown out a bit... but otherwise we're the same... fun right...

Finally!!!

Oh my, I am finally back online. The saga involving the Internet hook-up at our house would take me quite some time and would frankly get me all worked up again, so I'll summarize -
AT&T decided they weren't sure if they could get us DSL at our new place, they take a week, still no decision, we decide to go to charter. Day before charter comes AT&T says "sure we can give you DSL" you'll get it in two days... Yeah!!! Day comes, no Internet. Problems arrived from starting cable Internet request, AT&T cancels things without letting us know, Ben yells at a few people, Internet in a few days, day comes, problem with the line. Honestly, completely frustrating. But they fixed it finally and I now have Internet. Thank you AT&T....

Moving into the house was fun. It's been two full weeks and the place is still a mess. We managed to paint the family room, and the trim and Stanley Steemer just left, so we almost have a normal place to hang out now. I'll put up pictures when we finally get our desktops set up and download the 100 pictures stored on our camera.

Something incredibly funny to me though is all the service people we have coming to the house calling me the wife or asking for my husband. It's hard to correct people so I try to spell out dating before married comes up, but sometime it's unavoidable. And since I'm not one to correct people, like pronouncing my name incorrectly or spelling it wrong... it's SonYa not SonJa..., I tend to just let it go. But it makes Ben so uncomfortable... which is funny.

Anyway, I'm off to move stuff around the house, and do a little shopping :)