I'm offically outa Pittsburgh 12-28-07

Well I'm still on the road... * I'm already tired of our trip* Friday the 21st we Graduated school!!! I'm DONE!! weeee I'm thrilled about that I actually made it through. We actually went to Brian's on Wednesday night and deb made a huge dinned and desert's. Thursday we went to school took one of our finals we all got the same grade a 94. then home and packed, then headed to Brian's to eat and also see Patti and her girls. we headed home again and packed till about 1am then headed back to Brian's to spend the night. *we didn't have any beds cause they were already packed* Friday morning we went to school late again..... we had class took more finals then headed to Carson City Saloon for our party. it was fantastic!! I couldn't believe we had so many people there. I'll try and remember everybody there. Richard,Carol, Sarah, Kathryn, whiley, Craig, Graham,*his friend*, Jeff, MaryJane, Russ, Taso, Lois, Laura, Mom, Debbie and me. I think I got everybody, i hope!... after the party Laura's Uncle came and picked her up and too her to maryland. we didn't get to leave the school till after 6 pm. we headed back to the house and scrambled to get the van completely packed it was mostly packed on Thursday. After we got everything outa the house deb took pictures and then we headed out. we didn't get very far we left at 8pm and had to pull over in OH at 1am, we haven't gotten enough sleep since the beginning of Dec. we traveled through IN and noticed the weather turning bad.... when we got to WI we ran into FOG that was like wow thick.. half way through WI the weather was getting bad!! the snow started falling and the wind picked up... I couldn't go over 35 40 on the highway. I couldn't keep the car on the road! it was real scary, people would fly by us and blow us even more over.. it got so bad that we decided to stay in a hotel in Oshkosh,WI. we ate at hardee's and then went to bed. Mom snored so bad that at 1am i couldn't take it anymore. I went to the car and tried to sleep. 7 hours later i went back into the hotel and warmed up. the snow fell through the night 6 inches but the snow drifts were over 2 feet. it was -17 outside *with wind chill* I froze needless to say. I didn't wan to wast gas turning the car on so I just sat in the car and hoped morning would come soon. The weather was still bad in the morning but at least it was day light, so we decided to head out. we got to ND Rothsay and were getting gas, deb turned off the van and started pumping gas.. The wind was terrible!! your couldn't stand very well and the snow felt like hail hitting you with all its might. she finished trying to get gas, found out that the credit card thing was outa order, she went to start the van and move it to another place when the van wouldn't start. so its blowing wind like crazy its beyond the worked cold outside and the stupid van wont start *JUST GREAT!* I noticed that behind the building the wind wasn't so horrible and that if we were able to move it we would be able to lift the hood of the van and keep it there without losing our heads, from it shutting on you. we got it pushed behind the building with the assistance of some guy. we look under the hood and noticed that on the battery was all liquid-fide and smelly... after a long time looking at it and talking on the phone with dad we tried jumping the van with my car... nothing happened... so mom had to drive 20 miles to the next town and buy a battery. deb and I waited at the station, talked to some people about tpt. mom got back and we had to find tools first by taking the van contents out and then by asking the gas station if they had any tools for us to use. we got the tools and then Deb had to figure out how to get the old battery out and the new one in. She talk to two truck drivers and got assistance from both, but mostly did all the work by herself. after being on the phone with dad forever and finally getting the new battery in we started the van with no problem. mom got gas in the van and I went to back up my car and the reverse wasn't right! it like shook my whole car!! I was pretty worried so i popped the hood and looked at it and called dad again. As i was on the phone standing out in the freezing cold!!!! he hear my engine and asked what the noise was I told him my car was idling.. he said my motor shouldn't have been making that much noise. so he thinks my trany is going out.. we were in the middle of nowhere so I am left with the decision of trying to find a machanic the next day and trying to find a hotel in the town with nothing, or drive my car till it stops.. I chose the later. I have coverage and thought well if it breaks down that I wont get to see the fam that night and if it did I was stuck with finding a tow truck. the car made it to ND with little to no problems so I haven't done anything to it since. I might have to get it looked at here. we didn't get to ND till the 23rd at 11pm so it was pretty late when we met up with Scott, Kristy and girls. the next day we went shopping, for last min xmas gifts. we spent pretty much all day out in town the went to scott's gramma's and raped the gifts that we just bought. after that we went to the hotel just in time to celebrate Christmas with dinner and gifts.. it was crazy doing xmas with so many people. we had alot of fun and really enjoyed our Christmas. Christmas day we went to scott's gramma's for breakfast then, headed over to his great aunts house for lunch dinner. after that we watched the gift exchange game and then finally left. it was so crazy there were over 40 people there. ALL FAMILY!! we got a hotel room that night and I stayed in the rest of the night while mom and deb went to Scott's mom for more gifts... The next day we went to Lois's cafe and ate a huge breakfast with some of scott's family members. Lois's paid for everything.. I felt bad!! she and his gramma have been more than generous to us. they have paid for everything!! hotel included! the 26th we hung out all at Stephs and played dark tower *the greatest game* we stayed there all day, we had fun. the 27th we had breakfast and then headed to Fargo to get on I94. we drove till 6pm then got a hotel in MT. the 28th today we finally made it to Teri's so here I stop with my story that I have managed to leave alot of blanks in. well Love to all Dream Sweet ~Jewls~

Almost done! 12-9-07

I can't believe I've let the time just fly by without blogging anything! I don' t think I even have anything about our Thanksgiving. About a week before Thanksgiving Scott's dad died. The whole Bushee family had to make an emergency trip to ND. He died of heart failure. Anyway they ended up having their Thanksgiving in ND, so dad was supposed have his at their place, then it changed to him going to Uncle Ron's... well he got the flu that Sarah and Kristy had so he ended up staying at home alone :( *poor dad* The four of us went to Jeff's mom's house for Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time, we spent several hours there then headed too Brian's parents. we had more desert there and just hung out. We had a fantastic thanksgiving!!
Laura's 24th birthday came and went real fast! we had Brian over for cake the next day so that was fun!
Work has been absolutely crazy! we are getting 6 trucks a week and we just don't have the man power to get things done. The backroom is so full of backstock you can't move around. Today was interesting I actually took some pictures of work in progress... it didn't really show much but hey now I at least have pictures.
Our going away party given to us by Patti,Brian,Terri and Abbi was awesome. we got there right at six. Brian, Terri, Josh K., Patti, Malcolm, Mandy, Gary *our head boss*,Stephanie, Loretta, Ross, Abbi, Laura, Mom, Debbie and I were all present that night. it was so great to see everybody come and just hang out. Alot of the gang got together and bought us Pittsburgh things, we got a mug that says Pittsburgh, a bumper sticker that says Yinz Pittsburgh, a magnet picture of Pittsburgh city at night, a blanket that had Pittsburgh city on the whole thing, a teeshirt that has Pittsburghes on it, it says alot of the strange words you hear here. for example Yinz... means you all. we all got our own gift bag with all these items in them. It was a great shock that they got us things! we have been to alot of going away party and nobody ever got anything.. they even paid for our food! we didn't spend a dime there!! it was so great of them, I';; remember them for ever *even without the party* we really had a great time, we got a group pic Gary had already left though so he wasn't in it , the Rochester Inn. was great to us some people were their form 5pm till after 1 am.. we all left about 9:45pm we had to work the next morning. they didn't complain that we took the room and seats all night :)
After work on Saturday *Debbie's 20th birthday*, we plus Kathryn *whom drove my car so we could sleep* went to Ohio. We went to Karen's office and spent the day getting pampered. We all got massages, facials, steam shower, hot rocks and our hands neoprene waxed. It was so great I now have had an official massage! I loved it and the facial too. I think we are all addicted to it now. The weather started out cold but nice. then on the way to where Brittney works it turned real bad. the wind picked up and then rain,sleet, and snow all started at once. My car handled terrible!!!!!!!! it was all over the road and the black ice caused my anti-lock breaks kicked in about four times. It wasn't fun! we tried to get to Brittney's work before 8pm so we could make the last seating. we made it there at 8:01 so they turned us away. we were able to wave Brittney down and talk to her, she is a waitress there. we ended up eating at Wendy's and getting home about 1am. we celebrated Deb's birthday on the 2nd, we had Brian over for cake,a movie and dinner. it was fun all hanging out.. *talking about work of course* ( Brian has come over for all four of our birthdays now :P.....) He has become family! a great Uncle figure and a Brother figure to mom.
April is sick again. I have come to the conclusion that she has to be put to sleep. I have called around and found the best place to have it done. I look at her and think .... she's to young to die.. all because of an eating problem... :( I have had her on different meds she doesn't get better with them. by the time they kick in she is already in her healthy eating state. then a week later she goes back to being deathly ill. I have pulled my hair out worrying about her. I hear her barf in her cage through the night and I clean her litter box twice a day cause its mostly black slime and some blood mixed with it. To look at her people would not know she is extremely ill. But I know and so does everybody who cleans up after her. The other day she actually went poop well if u could call it that *I call it slime*, on my bed! I couldn't believe it!! I broke down Friday just before school, cause I finally decided to really have her put to sleep.. I made alot of calls and talked to several vets and techs and they think I'm horrible for having my 3 year old cat put to sleep....I am looking at her now and I'm not sure if i will be able to go through with it, just yet. I wish I knew just what was wrong with her.. I wouldn't mind paying high dollar for food if it was what she needed.. so far I haven't found anything that she doesn't get sick on. I should have her put to sleep this week but.... well see.....
Debbie had her wisdom teeth extracted Wednesday, they were impacted so the Dr. had to go under the roots of her other teeth and scrap her jaw bone to get the teeth out in pieces. She is still in alot of pain. she hasn't been able to go back to work yet. Thursday and Friday she had blue box alot of the day and didn't participate in the Friday Alexander class at all. She had a tough time coming outa the sleep, the Dr's were a bit worried. a nurse asked her my mom's name and she signed ASL to her without even thinking. lol thats just crazy... the nurse knew what she said so it worked out anyway. She is recovering slowly.... but surely...
I bought a new laptop! finally broke down and got it! I like it... I'm adjusting to it slowly. we were so busy with school and other activities such as homework and work, that i didn't open it for a week! after i did open it I didn't use it cause I was annoyed with eh Vista windows. I still don't care for it... the laptop has a webcam, so i got to use it when I talked to Ada a few days ago. it was great i felt like we were really close and not 5000 miles away. Debbie got me a bluetooth for my birthday/ Christmas present! I love it so much!!! its pink of course! weeee.. mom, Deb and I all bout cheap GPS car systems. * they were all black Friday sales.... yes I went shopping that day...* Not early in the morning!.. I bought a new camera too, its a Kodiak 12mp. I LOVE it!!! it records video in HD so it is nice!!! * I spent alot of my saved up grooming money that day* hehehe....
Saturday was my last day at the grooming shop.. it was so sad packing up all my things! I got a lovely Christmas card from Babe and Sue. I had no idea that it had money till i opened it tonight! it was so sweet of them!!.. I'm really going to miss them! I told them that when I visit Pittsburgh that I will defiantly come see them.
This week is our last week at Target, the new schedule is out and we aren't on it... Its kinda a sad sight.. we are having everybody sign our shirts form the party so that should be nice!
We were going to go to Brian's to help him decorate for Christmas today but Deb isn't good enough to do that.. so hopefully Tuesday will work. Tomorrow Dave and Heather are coming so thats going to be fun! it will be our last time of seeing them :( ... we are down to 2 weeks till we Graduate and start home!!!*this month is full of sadness...* anyway Love to All ~Dream Sweet TCaGB ~Julie~