So much to catch up on....

Well so much has happened since I have posted last. let me begin...
Sarah and Star attacked the new screen door and it is completly ruined. I have never seen Tim so mad, not that I blamed him. So sarah has to stay locked up in the pen when we are going to be gone for more than an hr.
Tim had a BBQ for his team at work and we cooked for 2 days. Everyone showed up except for 3 people and then the one person had the nerve to get mad at us. LOL
At work we have now trained to be Universal service reps. I dont want to talk to people about their bills. Its way to confusing.
On 05-05-06 Tim bought me flowers and had them delivered to me at work. It was so sweet. He bought them because 5 yrs ago that day he asked me to marry him. On the card he wrote "the best decesion i ever made was 5 yrs ago today.. i love you with all my hear" I will post a picture of them once my camera finishes charging.
I didnt do anything for National Scrapbooking Day on 05-06-06, and i am ok with that. I really need to clean my scraproom and organize it.
as of thursday it will be exactly 4 wks till MEXICO!!!! WAHOOOO i cant wait. We went out and bought Tim some clothes for mexico. We are going to Ronnie and abby's for memorial day weekend. nothing big planned...just hanging out.
I got new glasses today and i really like them. They make everything look so much sharper.
Bye!
Sabrina

Screen Door

I've been lucky to have Chuck (cousin) come up a couple times from GA and give me a hand with some projects around the house! This screen door looks like any easy project huh? Ha... not if it's a Shaw project! :-) When the front door was originally installed it was totally wrong. So the first step to installing the screen door was to rip the existing front door out and re-install it correctly. Haha it get's better... well considering this is a log home, the exterior walls are solid yellow pine. Of course the initial opening was too small so I had to make a cut across the top of the opening to make it taller. This was accomplished with a saw-zaw. (Chuck always seems to find a tool I don't have! LOL My tool collection grows with each visit.) This was heightened to a new sense of fun as I sawed through many knots, standing on a ladder with saw dust in my face! (Chuck was kind enough to take the supervisorly role. hehehehe) It was an all day project and I was whupped by the time we cleaned the tools up! We've been enjoying the wonderful breeze. (I'm still wondering if all that work was really necessary! :-P) I just need to put some polyurathane on it and we'll be good to go. I've enjoyed the time spent with Chuck. He's taught me a ton in just a few short visits. I'm saving for hardwood floors next. Charlie you may need a vacation day to recover from the next project! hahaha

New Kitchen Table

We finally bit the bullet and bought a new kitchen table. The table top is solid red oak while the legs on the table and chairs are hickory, and yes the bark is still on parts. :-) It comes with 2 leaves and six chairs. Built by the Amish we paid... well... let's just say a little higher than we initially budgeted. ;-) However, at least we have room for company to eat at a table like civilized humans do! LOL We are hoping to possibly get a matching bed... dreading the cost.

Look what I did!

I am in a monthly swap with a group of ladies from around the U.S. Every month someone hosts a different swap. This month Melissa hosted the swap and it was an inspiration box. We each had partners and got a bunch of scrap stuff "we" liked not our partner. We mail the box and they have to create something with the products in the box. I had so much fun. I used colors that I dont normally put together... they are now my new favorite colors to work with.
take a look and tell me what ya think!

Friends

It seems like such a simple word. When I think of the word I think of a few different things....Loyalty, support, giving, listening, laughter. I have had friends (or who I thought were friends) come and go. I eventually became disgusted with the whole situation of friends leaving so I said forget it... I don't need them. I can exist with out friends. Having a friend is highly over rated.
Then I met Carina. She is Roberts wife and Robert is a guy on Tim's team that he works on. I met Robert first and thought he is nice, I could handle him hanging out with Tim. Robert mentioned that he has a wife and a little girl named Milan and she is 7 months. He also said that his wife likes to scrapbook! Well that is all I had to hear. I had to meet her. So they came over one Saturday and we all had a great time laughing and talking. Carina and I talked about getting together some other weekend and we would scrap. I have to admit I thought to myself "Yeah right...she won't call" Well I was working the next Saturday and Robert called to see if we wanted to go out to dinner, after I got home from work we all went out. I asked Carina what she was doing next Sat and she said nothing. I suggested we go to the scrap store and then we could just hang out for awhile. ( again I am still expecting her to blow me off) So the following Sat Tim and I are heading back from Hickory, we had to pick up the other 2 kitchen chairs. She called on the cell phone and asked if we were still going to the scrapbook store. I said sure (surprisingly happy) and then she said lets go to a movie. Umm ok sure. Now I am in disbelief because it has been so long since someone has asked me to do something and really wants to do it.
We spend the day together window shopping, went to the movies and saw failure to launch, went to the scrap store and had lunch. We laughed, shared secrets, and past life issues. Lets keep in mind that I have known her a total of 3 wks. I know her better then people I have known for years. She paid her own way for everything and even bought me lunch. It was a great day and I really needed a girl's day out.
So in conclusion I take back what I said about friends... they are not over rated, but a great asset. They help keep a person sane.
Thank God for friends!!
Peace and Love,
Sabrina

Tim's new hobby...

Lately I've been feeling I needed a creative outlet. This all started after I volunteered myself for a project at work. The project turned into a 10 ft mural! Long story and many hours later I was actually quite pleased with the result. Especially since this was my first time painting! :-) I'll see if I can get a pic with my phone. Ok, so back to the new hobby... here's the highlights as to not bore you to death... saw a new toy at the Log Home Show... it's a pnuematice high speed engraver (aka: wicked fast (420,000 rpm) cool knew toy)... toy was very expensive... waited for months saving up the money... got the money up... tenant called, the furnace broke... called furnace guy... paid $1,400 to furnace guy... no more toy for Timmy! Waited a few more months, did some internet research... found similar toy for 20% the money... said yippe and but said new toy! :-) This tool can engrave almost any surface. (glass, metal, wood, egg shells, etc, etc) The pictures below is of a dried gourd I carved and then painted. this is only about the 4th piece I have experimented with. I was quite pleased. The goal is to be able to sell my art and have a paying hobby. The gourds are only $1 each and there is an endless supply out here in the sticks! LOL I think I may put my next one on E-Bay just to see what I could get for one. Feel free to leave coments with any feedback or ideas of other scenes or items to engrave.

Rambling

Well here it is March 24, 2006. Officially it is the 4th day of spring. We had better weather before spring got here. It will be high 40's maybe low 50s today. Chemlawn is coming out today to start treatment on our lawn. There really isn't any grass...its a bunch of weeds in the fall they will plant seed so that we can get grass in the dead spots. Sarah will have to stay in the fence today. The recommend not having your dog on the grass till it drys which is a couple of hours.
this is my last week of school for this block of classes. I still have to do my report and the power point presentation. It will be a long weekend. I was going to do some of it yesterday while i was off, however i was just too sick. I changed my associates degree. I was taking associates in buisness arts. They just came out with a new program called associates in IT. Since i am going to get my bachlors in IT , it made sense to get the associates in that as well. I am hoping that once i get this schooling under my belt i can move somewhere in bellsouth to start doing networking.
Speaking of bellsouth...things are going pretty good. I really like being a team lead. Carole has done so much to teach me. depending how things do after my yr as a team lead i might just go for a coach position. I was always looking at the money aspect at bellsouth before i went to a different position. Being a team lead i dont get bonuses anymore like i used to, so thats a 1500 paycut a month. :O( I am happier though and that is what counts. Tim still likes being a team lead. In fact he put in for a coach position. I cant wait to see who he gets on his team.
We bought a new table 2 wks ago. It seats 6 and has two leaves in it. Its very rustic which goes great in our house. Its made out of oak and hickory, the thing cost 2500 too bad we wont have anyone to pass it down to when we die. well time to get ready to go to work.
Peace and love
sabrina

The first signs of spring

I love spring!! I took friday off as a vacation day and i did nothing!!! That was fun. I really needed a mental health day. I only had to reschedule it 3 times. I did some scrapbooking for a couple of hours and then I watched some TV, I sat on the swing on the porch and read my book. The peach tree is in bloom so I took some pictures of that and the yellow southern bell looked pretty so I took some pictures of that. I will post them once I pull them off the camera. I made dinner and thats all I did on friday. It felt great! On Sunday Tim and I went for a motorcycle ride. We went up to lake lure and had lunch. On the way up there we saw a bunch of other people riding so we joined in with them. They were pretty nice. It was awesome being on the bike again. When we came home I had this paper I had to write for class and when I first read the assignment I thought it wouldn't take me that long. I was wrong it took me 6 hrs because of all the research I had to do. Next I will make sure I read the assignment better. I did get a 90/100 on it. So I am happy about that. Time to get ready for work.

Spring Cleaning

I am off today. I love having days off during the week but hate working the saturday to make up for it. What can ya do? So I woke up this morning thinking I will be home all by myself so I want to do stuff that I cant do with Tim around. What do I do? I clean. LOL I rented a rug dr and cleaned the living room rug and I realized that our couch is way to heavy to move by myself. I think I pulled something. The rug looks a little better I still can't wait to just replace it. We are still going to put hardwood floors in. I bought an spring green area rug to put down. It has different shades of green and white. Very pretty. I got two compliments on it as I was leaving the store. If I can get those same compliments when it is in the house that would be super. I also bought a new shade to go on the living room door. On there now is a shear curtin and I hate it. I bought a dark cilantro colored pull up shade. It looks just like a curtin but gives much more privacy. Now I am off to take a power nap so I can get back up and clean the bedroom and put the laundry away. That has been driving me crazy for a week. I just hate putting it away.
Till next time...

The good and the bad

With my last post there was a little sadness, there is a little more with this post. Things are not going to pan out the way we thought they were going to with our move to GA. He would have to take a paycut of about 10-15k and we just can not afford that at this time. It looks like we will not be moving to ATL anytime soon. Really who needs friends close by,... its highly overated. LOL On the good side I have a new position at work. I have become a team lead for my currant team and carole's team. I am excited about the position and the new opportunities it will bring me. Tim is applying for a coach position. He said he is ready for his own team, so great things are happening at work for us. Its about time. LOL My nephew Quinn will be 1 yr on the 18th. I miss all my nephews and niece. :O(
Peace and Love
Sabrina

Another post?

Great Googlymogly.... posting 2 days in a row, who would have thought that would happen? LOL
Well I got word today that I did not get the position in Atl with the broadband dept. However my name has been added to the list to be a team lead for the students. I am bummed about the job in atl but hey...it just isnt time yet. Tim talked to a realtor about selling our house. She recommends we put hardwood floors in the living room and ceramic tile in on the kitchen floor. So tim will add that to the list of things we are already going to do. She said she would not list the house for less that 170,000. We only paid 150. it will be great to walk away with some cash at the closing once her commision is paid.
We did offer kathy at work the opportunity to buy the house first because we know she really wanted it. Unfortunatly for her she just can't do it at this time. She has allot on her plate with josh and melody. Melody is the girl i did the baby album for. I found out today that josh just lost his job and kathy is trying to support him. I am sure everything will work out for her its just a little hard at this time. At least she told us now that she couldnt afford the house instead of waiting til the last minute.
On another note my friend khadija at work is having a baby...she actually is having TWINS!
She just got engaged at Christmas and was planning on a yr before they were going to have kids. Well i guess that theory is not going to work. She finds out at the end of march if she is having boys/girls/or one of each. I hope she has one of each.
I am in my 3 semester at school and things are rockin!! In my first semester i got b+ in both classes. In my 2nd semester I got A- and a B. I am shooting for graduating with honors. I got my transcript from my old school in NY and man it is terrible. all it is in d's and f's a few c's ...I was really wasting my time and my professors. Glad i smartned up before i started this time.
well a few more things to do before bed so.....good night, good day and in case i dont see ya....good morning!
yeah its a little backwords but its from the truman show with jim carey. lol

Whats new

Hello!
Well the holidays are finally over and life can get back to normal or as normal as it can be i guess.
Things are going good. There is a special project at work that I put my name is for. It is in Atlanta and its working with the broadband Department. I would be helping them do testing and giving ideas on how to make it better. Its all expenses paid and the project runs from march - November. I hope I get to go. I also put my name in to do team lead for the new classes they have coming in. I really like working with the students. So things a definetly changing at work but i think it will all be for the better.
Tim bought me a zipemate for valentines day. It allows me to make die cuts for my scrapbooking. I am so excited to have one. Speaking of scrapbooking i locked my self in my scrap room yesterday and did my friend kathy's album. She asked me to do a baby book for her son's girlfriend who is having a baby. It took about 3 hrs but all 22 pages are done! YEAH!
Tim is still doing good, he bought a new toy to play with. Its an engraving machine and he can carve wood and all kinds of things with it. So now he will be buying wood and creating things. Stay tuned for pictures. Hope all is well with you .. we are off to the movies.
ohhh and tim got the upstairs wall painted a nice blue/gray. I will post pictures later.
Take care
sabrina

Yikes

Well looks like i have really neglegted to up date this. First...lets start off with the update of little foxy. His real name is Kewi. He belongs to our neighbors 3 doors down. He is really a very sweet boy. He comes and goes all the time. I guess he is part chow.. who knew? So he will not be joining our family which according to tim is a good thing. I just dont understand why he wont let me love the animals?
We went to Atlanta for Christmas and hung out at Ronnie and Abbies house. We had an awesome time!!! They have this tradition where they eat the big meal on christmas eve. I thought it was weird but actually it really makes sense and is so nice. We have decided to move down there. Tim is going to work for John doing insurance claims. I want to work for Marlin doing IT for t-mobile. As long as i dont have to talk to any customers i almost dont care what i am doing.
I am looking forward to actually having friends to hang out with. I am looking to having more people to scrap with too. What i really what is a person i can just call up and say ...Hey lets get a pedicure or a manicure. or better yet lets catch a movie. I miss having girlfriends to do things with. I miss the girltalk. So needless to say we are moving. YEAH!!!

New Friend...

Here is a new friend we made... poor little guy showed up one day in the middle of an ice storm. He was wet and very cold (he actually he ice on his back). We let him in, gave him a bath and feed him. Still not sure if he has a family. He doesn't have any tags and kinda comes and goes. I won't let him stay overnight as I am not sure what terrible things I would find in the morning. We know he is part fox, not sure what he is mixed with. In a way we hope he doesn't have a home because we have become attached to this little guy. Sarah loves to rough house with him which gives Star a break! :-) Since we don't know his name we have been calling him Foxy. Stay tuned to see if he becomes a part of the family.

Timmy's Toy

This is my very first brand new bike! This is my 2005 Yamaha FJR 1300. It's in the class of super sport cruiser. I picked it up in May and already have over 6,500 miles on it despite a very wet summer. It is as fast as it looks, so far top speed 165 mph and it was still pulling! This bike handles like a sport bike and has much of the comfort of a cruiser. I have never felt a bike with this much acceleration, it pulls extremely hard through all the gears. You definately feel more like a pilot than a rider. You'll see plenty of pics of FJR adventures to come! Check out the pics from Deal's Gap!

Tim's Tattoos

Here is the art that I have so far. All my work was done by Carl Cederman
at Carl's Tattoos in North Tonawanda, NY. The pictures don't do them justice... great work!
The cat above is on my right calf. To the upper right is my first tat and is on my right bicep. Below is the newest one and is on my left bicep. The angry sun below in on my left chest. Hopefully I will be adding another this coming spring.

Our Kids

Star is the dark brown one, she is a mix of Chocolate Lab and Pit Bull. She's almost 6 now and showing her grey. I got Star from the SPCA in NY when she was 2 1/2. Star is the alpha female and a great companion. Sarah is the golden pooch. Sarah is Golden Retriever / Lab mix. Sarah came to us the day after Siera died. Siera was Sabrina's very first dog of her own and was the sweetest dog ever. Unfortunately only 2 weeks after we moved to our new home, she was hit by a car. We were devestated and never imagined the pain could be so great. Well, a friend called us the very next day and explained she had a friend with a litter of pups (same mix as Siera, coincidence?). There was a particular pup that reminded our friend of Siera... and they wanted to give her to us to help ease the pain. When we arrived at our friend house, the cutest little bundle of joy was waiting for inspection. Strange thing... this little pup had a purple harness on. Well, Siera had a purple collar on when she died. (our friend had no idea). All it took was Sabrina to hold this little pup, get a lick on the face... with tears in her eyes all she had to say was... "her name is Sarah..." with that we had a new edition to our family. She will never replace Siera but has a special place in our hearts. Sarah has also been a huge challenge. She chewed more than any pup I've known. Let me paint a picture... puppies love to chew on wood right? We live in a log home... need I say more? :-) She has since gotten out of the chewing phase and has taken to being our "alarm". Sarah like to sit on the porch and let us know if anything is approching the property. Sarah is a great guard dog (at least the alarm portion, she counts on Star as her "backup"). Sarah prefers to be outside while Star would rather be inside on cold or wet days. Sabrina would like more dogs but 2 is just fine for now.

Painting Project

We decided it was time to add some color to the walls. Deciding to be a little bold we picked this color and hoped for the best. It was scary when first putting it on but, we are very happy with the finished product. The room feels very warm. I wish we would have done this much earlier.
I also replaced the light and some trim around a few doors.
Now we are on a mission so stay tuned the bedroom is next....

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!
Well here it is the 4th or 5th thanksgiving that Tim and I have spent in the south. I realized today that even though I miss my family I wouldnt want to spend it any were else. We were cooking our turkey today and had the doors open. It was 65 degrees today! Gotta love that. I hope everyone else had a wonderful day with there friends and family.
Tim's boss mike shot a deer today and gave it to Tim. He spent a good portion of the day cutting it up and grinding it into meat. What a chore that was, but now I don't have to buy ground beef for a while. I started my second round of classes this week. It seems that they will require a lot more of my time then the others but thats the name of the game. Nothing comes with out a little bit of work. I have to work tomorrow and Saturday. :O( i am not happy about that. Tim will be off till monday. I have started my Christmas shopping already and seem to be stuck. Not sure what else to get Tim. We are going to spend Christmas at Ronnies this yr. So I need to make sure we have their gifts all set. Tim and I are also dressing up again this year for christmas at work and we usually just pass out candy. But i thought it would be nice to pass out cookies to the coaches as well. I have 9 different kinds of cookies to make and about 15 batches. I should get started on those soon. I was going to work on some today but that dang turkey has made me too tired. Besides I just cleaned the kitchen. Who wants to dirty that back up again... not me not today!
Well off to go snuggle with Tim. Stay tuned for some pictures soon.
Peace and Love,
Sabrina

more pics from Deal's Gap