I'm Still Here...

It has been a while since my last blog... my dear friend Alicia keeps telling me to update, so here goes.

First off, a little explanation why I have been absent for so long. I actually planned on creating this elaborate blog page and started getting the hang of Photoshop, but then my computer grew a brain of its own and decided to retire! Seriously, it refused to turn on anymore. We took it to this teeny tiny repair shop (which was ironic because the name of the store is Computer Giant) and they said after three weeks and three different prices, that it would cost $423 dollars to fix it (that's after a promise it would only take three days and $79.99 to fix the laptop). Well, after that third call I kind of lost it with the repair technician and told him he could take his hard drive and shove it in someone else's [eh-hem]. So, needless to say, the guy did not fix my computer, dang hot-headed temper! He was able to recover my pictures (no projects though) so he charged me $45 for the disc... grrrr.

So then I was stuck with a broken computer. My sweet mother in law, Betty (MIL from here on out) brought her laptop over for us to borrow because she knew we were too lazy to hook up the desktop again. Well, her kindness connected me to the virtual world, but it took longer than stinkin' dial up! I mean, we have high speed internet at my house, but this computer is so slowwww that once, when I was bidding on an ebay item that was about to expire in 2 minutes and 9 seconds, I missed the whole auction just trying to sign in and place my bid!

Great, now I have a no-brain laptop and a laptop running off of a steam engine! Okay, that was a really dumb metaphor, but whatever, you get the point.

Well, two weeks ago my father in law, Billy (FIL from here on out) took our computer to the school where he works so the computer guy there could fix it... he ordered the parts and when he installed the new parts, the computer crashed again within just a few minutes... so, he gave us a new laptop and kept the old one to work on as a project. SWEET!

Thanksgiving was great this year. I was in charge of bringing sweet potato casserole, and let me tell you, it was scrumptious! I made it with orange juice, marshmallow cream, cinnamon, etc. Oh yeah, and sweet potatoes. Even my husband, who hates sweet potatoes ate some... he actually said he liked it too! I had to make enough to feed 50 plus people at my Nana's house in Belton... I looked like a total weirdo walking through Wal-Mart with 32 sweet potatoes. I'm not sure where I came up with the number 32, but I just filled up 6 bags and bought them. I baked them all too..... my house stunk for a long time, in fact, I think I can still smell them! Regardless, they were good, the family was good, the time spent together was good. I laughed a lot and learned some new things about my family. For instance, my cousin Adam is basically this AWESOME photographer that I never knew about... he has travelled all over the world and taken pictures for National Geographic... check out his ABSOLUTELY AMAZING pictures at www.mylivingimage.com and let me know what you think! He took a few family pictures of everyone... he even did one of just me, Brian, and Brilye which I cannot wait to see!

My job at the police department is still super exciting, but I am looking for a new job now with steady hours and more responsibility. I applied at Baylor where a couple of friends work, and I went and tested yesterday for clerical skills. I did pretty well on my tests, so everyone cross your fingers. They said it will take a couple of weeks for my scores to be forwarded to the correct department, but that I should definitely hear something back.

So, this has been a little long, but I wanted to catch you all up on what's been going on. Brilye is doing fantabulous.... she is almost seven months old! Brian is loving his new job... he has more freedom and a lot of responsibility. My sister, Kim is pregnant with a boy! She is due in April around Easter weekend (super excited for her!!) And yes, Alicia, that means I will be needing one of your amazing wall plaques!

So here I am... I need to install Photoshop now and get to work on my page... all tips will be appreciated... uhh, that's informational tips, not monetery, unless you really want to ;-)

XoXo
Kellye
-aka-
~ScatterBrain~

Back Pains, Bad Bugs, and Baby Prison

Back in January we decided to assemble Brilye's crib, but little did we know anything about how to do it or where we would need it set. So, for months (she was born May 2008) I have had an aching back from the mattress being so darn low and having to lay her down in her crib. I literally would balance myself as I tried to place her on the mattress... my feet would come off the ground and I would do everything I could to restrain from falling into her crib at night. Today after baking some cookies I ever so slightly bent over to shut the oven door and I got stuck in a semi-squatting position in front of the oven (yes, it was still on). So, as my eyebrows slowly scorched themselves away I decided to fix the heighth of the crib to help eliminate these pains.

As I was un"starring" the screws (no screwdriver used here, just a star wrench) I realized I couldn't reach the back corner. *DING DING DING- Just crawl underneath the mattress bars* So, as I am underneath the crib trying to balance the bars from crashing down on me and unstaring at the same time, I realized Brilye's mobile is terrifying! She has been sleeping in her crib now for a month and a half, but when we lay her in it during the day, she screams! Now I know why! The bug mobile my aunt and uncle got her is absolutely horrifying! BEADY LITTLE EYES! SHIMMERING ANTENNAE! DIVE-BOMBING INSECTS! Oh my gosh!!




My poor baby. She loves these bugs when we're standing next to them :-\ Then I realized that we must look scary too. At that exact moment Brian walked in the room. He just knew I'd lost my mind when I told him about the attack bugs. He agreed to hold Brilye up next to them so I could see if an unsuspecting person was funny-looking from this angle too. You decide.



Seriously, there are some people in this family (no names, but they're not on my side) with a case of nasty nostrils... they're hairy and long and pointy... imagine that from her angle!!


Lastly, I realized that I have placed my baby in her own prison... probably about 20 times a day, everyday! Her perspective is scary... her crib, her carseat (with the funny front bars), her play gym... what else??? I figured I would show you my view of baby prison... it was scary and I started to feel clausterphobic! My poor baby... maybe I should just let her sleep with me, and I will start riding my bike everywhere so she doesn't have to use the carseat, and I will just paint her whole ceiling with funny things so she won't need a play gym... yeah, right. She'll grow out of it eventually, right? I mean, toddler beds are only around the corner!