A nice surprise

     Well, the start of this year has had its downs... not scheduling me hours as a greeter, Livvy being sick, found out I haven't been paying my taxes, my knee had issues, and the sky fell down. Not really but i lost my phone a couple days ago coming home from Mcdonalds so it really felt like the sky was falling.
     I was doing my homework earlier today, while calculating exactly how any points I need to pass with an A in my professional business management class; and in comes Amber holding an envelope with a big smile on her face. Confused I asked her what it was and she showed me,



She showed me me that <----
It is an Academic Honors award. All that hard work, sweat and tears paid off. Now I fee like I can finish this year with a bang.

I won't make honors this semester, because the cut off is 12 credits and I'm only taking 11 so poo... But I feel a lot better.


     Someone keeps trying to show me I can do this, while at the same time don't give up. Amber is the best wife ever, here I am worrying about our money, our situation and our future and she told me, "You don't worry about money, I worry about money. You worry about school."

     Well, I will.  I will finish this semester best as I can, continue work and be the bst husband and father I cab be.


     Speaking of Livvy, everyday she sais new words... she said shoes, and cereal... and when the dogs bark she yells at them UP! Because we're all bad and tell them to shutup... we're trying to teach her that's not nice.

Til next time
~The Jarnagans

EDIT- after a typed this, I told Amber I love you. Livvy said Love you.
she also hugged me and called me bebe last night.

The Toddler Terror

     I know all kids go through the destructive "toddler" stage, and Livvy has een there for awhile, so don't think I'm new to this. I'm just commenting on the "fun" she's having at this very moment
     Yesterday I cleaned up and organized her toys. Well about 3 hours after that, she threw all her toys around the floor... She has a toy box in the closet, and today she was trying to pull the toy box out of the closet. I'm having fun here.. trying to teach her to take care of toys.
   
     We bought her these doll houses where the dolls talk to each other, they are kind of neat. But shes playing with an old back massager thing i bought for Amber some years back.  I don't get this kid..

Winter Update

     Well, holidays are over (school starts tomorrow) so figured I'd give a nice update. We are all better after that bug went around the house. Livvy is back to eating more, and Monty is fine.
     After Christmas, Amber's mom took us all on the Polar Express. If you haven't seen the movie, it involves a train ride to the North Pole. It was very fun, lots of singing and enjoying the season.
     I became a cashier at work, so I feel like I'm actually earning that pay. I'm still learning (there is a lot to learn)... like theres a code you put for a dozen doughnuts. I put the code in, and it asked for the quantity- so i put 12, duh. The price came up 59.45, and it took me a few minutes to realize that the quantity was 1. lol 1 dozen, yeah I had a blonde moment.
     We are workig on buying a car this year, then oving to our own place... so hopefully all that goes well.

     As I said, school starts tomorrow and hopefully everything goes well. Im doing real well with a 3.6 gpa, lets hope I keep it up. taking 4 classes this semester, each 6 weeks each. But 2 start tomorrow, when they end 2 more start. This should be easy.

~Til next time
The Jarnagans