Do you really want to read this crap?

It's been a long ass time since I've posted in here. Not sure what prompted me to do so right now either...

Anyway. Things are awesome right now, never better in fact. I can't believe I'm married. haha. I was one of those fag ass girls who always thought about what their wedding was going to be like and blah blah. So, married life is awesome....nothing is different than it was, I just wear a ring every day and my last name is now Freeman.

I was kinda happy to say goodbye Maudlin. People never say it right and no one ever spells it right. Not only that, but it was like I shed a part of myself when I made this transition. Even thought nothing personally changed, but it's like I entered a new phase in my life. Even though marriage hasn't changed our relationship or any thing about our lives. I don't know. I'm rambling. It does feel awesome to say my husband instead of boyfriend. I always felt like a high schooler saying OMG MAH BOYFRIEND! LOL

Neil is awesome and I couldn't imagine being with anyone else. Best husband ever. I really don't know what I would do with out him.

Hm...what else? We've been living in Columbus since last July...wow, about a year now. That's insane. This time has flown by. Living with the family has been...different.haha. It's been great seeing every body more often and getting to spend tons of time with my little niece. However, Neil and I are ready to get back on our own again. Our own space, own things, privacy....I'll miss some parts of living here though. Not so much living in Columbus. I'll say it once, I'll say it again...this town sucks. haha. Honestly, this past year hasn't been too bad living here. Thanks to the CB and Nicole and Jesse's...which are the only two places we really hangout in town. Oh and Ashley and Erik's. If we're not in columbus(which is quite often) we're in Lebanon hanging out with Jimmy and Lizz and visiting Neil's brother Kerry, his wife Brooke, and their baby Kai. Anyway, Columbus isn't as bad as it used to be, but I'm still ready to get the F out.

July 1st we move into a three story townhouse in bloomington. We finally get to use all our wedding presents that have been sitting in the basement. I can't stand it. I want to get all of our new toys out and decorate! We bought some new furniture too, did I mention that I can't wait? Long's Landing is the best furniture place ever.

It feels like the wedding was FOREVER ago. All that planning for the ceremony, reception dinner thing, and honeymoon and now it's all over. It flew by so fast. Thanks to everyone that not only came but to those that have wished us a happy marriage, it means a lot.

The bahamas was a lot of fun. The cruise was different...haha. We were definitely outcasts. I think we may have been the only people on the whole boat with visible tattoos. So we got looked at a lot, but who cares? We ate a ton, drank a ton, and just hand fun in the awesome surroundings.

Hm...what else? My arrhythmia has really calmed down since last summer. I barely notice it any more. I'm going to attribute that to drinking less, better diet, and exercise. It's crazy how much changes in a year. My anxiety hasn't really been a problem for some time. I had some flare up's over the summer when Meg was in the hospital, but other than that, it's been cool.

So much has changed from a year ago. There are friends that have moved away that we miss a lot. Things definitely aren't what they used to be. Oh well, life changes and takes different people in different directions. It's just weird to think about what we were doing and who we were with just a year ago. It does make me happy that at least some people we keep in contact with and, when we get together, it's like no time has gone by at all.

Marley just turned one a few weekends ago. Geez, time goes by fast. She's walking all over the place and starting to talk a little, just in her own language. I've never liked kids...ever. But this one rules( and so does Kai, and so will Cayden!) . haha. I still don't want kids of my own, but she's an amazing little person and I love being her aunt.

Well, I think I've covered just about every thing that's new or going on in my life. I hope anyone that reads this is doing well and if I don't get to talk to you so much any more, I'm sorry for that. There are some friendships that I miss and others that I've just let go. At this point in my life I'm just letting things come an go and I try and keep a laid back attitude to every thing in life.

I'm always happy to hear from old friends or people that have lost touch, but I've decided that I'm no longer going to stress and worry about stuff like that any longer.

Well, poop, I guess that's about it.

BAI BAI!!!!!

To my amazing family and all my amazing friends for sharing our wedding day with us.

I love you all and couldn't ask for better people in my life.

Yesterday was perfect.

I'm married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Am I really negative all the time?

Am I someone that thinks that every thing and every one sucks?

Do I push people away?


You know, I really did miss our friendship. But now that I've realized that you let go a long time go, I'm kinda relived. I just wish I would have realized this sooner, all of this work and effort, for nothing. You hold all this crap in, only to unleash it when I provoke you. Am I supposed to apologize for something that happened months ago? Am I supposed to feel bad for not liking friends you constantly talk crap about? Please don't give me advice on how to be a better person or tell me I need to look in the mirror. If I pushed you away, it's only because you dumped our friendship a long time ago.

Ugh, why do I feel sad? I've known this was going to happen for months.

I tell ya what, I feel extremely lucky to have the friends that I do. You guys mean the world to me and when crap like this happens, it just makes me feel lucky.

This probably sounds extremely lame. I need to go to bed.

Yep.

I'm an idiot and lost my purse today.

Along with my cell phone I also lost my Ipod, medication, keys, and my wallet which had a debit card, credit card, license, and birth certificate.

Ugh, I haven't been this pissed off in a while.

Anyway...

Send me your phone numbers! Thanks!

So, I'm having a hard time finding a place that makes wedding cakes in this stupid town.


Any suggestions? Places you've been? People you know?


Don't suggest Party Mart, apparently it's under an incompetent management and now sucks.


Thank you!

I have a couple of things that I'm really excited about.

1. My parents just bought Neil and me a 5 night cruise to the Bahamas. Best honeymoon ever. We leave Sunday the 16th, right after the wedding/dinner/thing.

2. Neil got the assistant manager position that he's been waiting to hear about. He's getting an awesome raise with this position, which means that we will be set financially.

2008 has been an amazing year so far and I know it's only going to get better. In march we're getting married and going on that awesome trip. This summer we're moving back to Bloomington and I'm going to finally finish a damn 4 year degree.

This year has also showed me that I have amazing friends. Jimmy, Lizz, Nicole, and Jessie. Though few in number, these people are freaking awesome and I love them. Thanks for being so cool, We've been having so much fun with you guys.

Oh, and I started my half sleeve/cover up of the phoenix. It's pretty cool so far, just the black outline though. It's weird having a tattoo that extends to your elbow. ha ha.

Life is great.

Everyone was freaking out about the winter storm and stayed inside the whole weekend. Then it barley snowed and all the roads were clear.

I'm glad Neil and I left to visit Jimmy and Lizz, we had an awesome weekend as always.

My Friday night was spent with Jape as we drank and made the most awesome gingerbread house ever......that eventually fell apart....and later we ate it and threw it in the dumpster. Either way, a very fun night.

Oh, and I am officially on a diet. This means not eating what I want, not drinking beer nearly as much, and exercising. I'm less than thrilled.

Our wedding isn't on the 17th, it's the 15th.

This means that I'm an idiot and that our wedding isn't on St. Patrick's day. Oh well, we're still having Guinness.


Thanks!

Neil and I got a ton accomplished!

We officially set a date, bought the invitations, and registered! It was so awesome.

March 17th...St. Patrick's day... I know, but what better day to have our wedding than on a huge beer drinking day. Plus, it just gives us yet another reason to have Guinness.

I'll be e-mailing/calling people soon for addresses.

It's less than 4 months away.....needless to say I'm excited.

Before I start, I must comment on my own icon. ha ha.

It's crazy to me how much can change in such little time. Life has been reminding me lately how many things are different than they used to be, things that I thought would never change. That's just life, I guess, and change is good.

Speaking of....I'm going to be married in less than four months. Words can't describe how excited and happy I am. I've waited so long to find the one person that gets me and the one person that I can trust with my life. I guess I just got extremely lucky when that same person is awesome and loves to do the same things I do. Just think...we met on this stupid website. That still cracks me up.

I've always day dreamed about the whole experience. How the guy was going to ask me to marry him, the whole wedding, you know all that crap. I can honestly say that, so far, it's what I've always wanted. The moment that he asked me was so perfect that I can't even describe my emotions.

The wedding planning is going....well, I guess we really aren't having a "wedding". Neither one of us like tradition, so we're forgoing the ceremony and just having a reception. The whole, walk down the isle, everyone staring at us, me in a white dress thing just doesn't sit well with me. Hell, I'm not even wearing a dress or make up on the day it happens. But, doesn't that sound like me? I want our wedding to be us and every thing that embodies what we think and how we live. Nothing says that more than a reception with good food, good beer, and all of our closest friends and family.

Ok, so, enough about that. What else is new? We're moving back to Bloomington this summer. Yet another thing I can not wait for. I love that town and living in Columbus has made me miss it more than ever. We've been looking at places for the last few weeks and found exactly what we wanted. A two bedroom townhouse. It's freaking awesome.

You know, I've also realized that Columbus isn't that bad of a place. If you like to live in a town with nothing to do, where every thing is ordinary, and only had one good bar that has good beer. I, on the other hand, like to have all those things in the place that I live. Not to say that I haven't had a great time seeing friends that live here....well, let's just face it...seeing Nicole and Jessie. I haven't really hungout with any one else in town except them. Another great thing about living here is getting to see my family every day. I think we've grown closer by me living here and I'll always be happy about that. I've also fell in love with Marley and I miss her when she's not here. I never thought that I would be obsessed with a baby, but damn it she's one cute baby. I'm really going to miss seeing my Jape and my family when we move. But, that's life and I know I'll see them occasionally.

I only have two years of school left and in that time we're going to save up as much money as possible for the big move. For those of you who don't know what the "big move" is, it's when we are going to move out of this state. We're thinking Portland, OR or Seattle, WA. Or maybe CA. We still have a lot of research to do.

Other than working, schooling, and saving money, we've been going to lebanon/lafayette every weekend for the past few months. Jimmy and Lizz are pretty much our best friends now and that makes us really happy. It's awesome to be close with those guys again. It's great that they love doing what we love doing. I've really enjoyed the time that we've been spending with them and I can't wait for them to come down and stay with us in Bloomington so that we can show them the same awesome hospitably that they've shown us. You guys rock and we love you.

Besides spending money on gas, food, and beer, we've also been getting more tattoos, which makes me really happy. Neil now has a full half sleeve and is working on getting a full sleeve. I got the mario fire flower above my right elbow and am in the works of getting a half sleeve of a dragon to cover up the phoenix mess. Really exciting.

So, that's been our life as of late. It's been really awesome. Nothing but getting stuff done during the week and seeing awesome people on the weekends, drinking beer, eating awesome good, and watching football. Life is great and I wouldn't want it any other way. Well, unless I could do something about this cold weather.

This is long enough so I'll stop now. I'm going to be e-mailing people for addresses soon for wedding invitations, so be on the look out.

I hope all is well with whoever is reading this.

We bought our wedding rings today! They should be here by Dec. 15.

We're getting closer to setting a date, we've narrowed it down to March. Probably the weekend before my spring break. That way we can go on the honeymoon afterwards. We're thinking Hawaii.


Words don't describe how excited I am.

You're coming to the CB to hear my sister play!

This other dude starts at 8, and I think she's playing around 9.

You have no excuses because it's free and the CB is the only cool bar in this stupid town.

I'm engaged!

I've never been this happy in my entire life.

I love Neil Freeman.

:)

HAPPY B-DAY JAPE!





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My netflix queue is dwindling so suggest some movies that I can add to it!

As many as you want, any genre.

Thanks in advance!

:)

1. The colts are awesome.
2. My weekend was beyond awesome.
3. I love reconnecting with old friends.
4. Thanks to Jimmy and Lizz I now have wedding fever and 52" HD TV fever.
5. As time passes I realize more and more what people I want to remain in my life and what people I want to keep at a distance.
6.Even though I live in a town I can't stand I've never been more content with my life.

That's it.

I hope every one is doing great!

We got a Wii yesterday!!!

We've been playing it non-stop and it's very awesome.


LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

I'm considering cutting all my hair off again.

I'm sick of having hair and dealing with it, I almost shaved my head today.


So, those of you that remember what I looked like with super short hair, did you like it?

For those of you that don't, what do you think?
I'm 99% sure at this point that I'm going through with it.

Thanks!

Since I've been in Columbus for a few weeks, I've come to the following conclusions:

1. Columbus is as bad as I remember.
2. I really miss Bloomington.
3. I can't wait to move out of this town....correction: state.

It's been great seeing some friends that I don't normally get to see and being around my family more than I used to. However, this town is horrible and I can't wait to finish school and leave. Just the thought of remaining here for an extended amount of time depresses me.

I just keep reminding my self that living in Columbus is only temporary, and within the next few years I'll be out of here for good.


That's all.

-Laura

Soft claws actually work!

http://www.softclaws.com/

Use them instead of declawing you cat. It's a little extra work, but it's worth it to not have your cat mutilated and amputated.