So, Drew and I have officially been married a month and a day. I have to say, married life is pretty good. I think it had some bumpy moments in the beginning, but that is only an issue of space... 2 pretty independant people going from lots of space to sharing a one bedroom apartment was pretty interesting. But all in all, its been tons of fun.

On Monday, we packed up and left for Palo Duro Canyon S.P. It was ton's of fun, and really really cold. The Canyon is the 2nd largest canyon in the US, and it was incredibly gorgeous. It's one of those things... the first time you see it, it absolutely takes your breath away. Seeing the moon rise the first night was such a relaxing event... just to sit and see something that gorgeous and know that everything is Ok at least in my little part of the world. There was a burn ban, so, no campfires, which kinda sucked. Monday night, the low was 27 degrees... wow! It was really cold. I have never slept outside when it was that cold before. I wore a tshirt, long sleeve shirt, sweatshirt and hoodie with the hood up all night and we had 3 sleeping bags and 2 blankets and It was still pretty chilly on your face which made the rest of you kinda chilly too. We went on a few different hikes and saw some really cool animals... road runners, wild turkeys, prairie dog holes, but no actual prairie dogs (I thought of Thomas), and a kangaroo rat (the cute kind with the long tail that is fluffy at the end).

The past couple of days have been sooo nice... i really do not want spring break to end. On Friday, Drew took me to the aquarium at Fair park... I thought I remembered it being ghetto, but it was pretty cool. We got to see feeding time for the Electric Eels. They just kinda inhale. I can't imagin that they actually enjoy eating when it goes that fast. We also saw sea horses that were either carrying babies or showing off their pouches so that they could mate, it was pretty cool. And this really ginormous turtle who's face looked kinda like a bear.

Speaking of bear, I saw Daniel N. the other day walking into 7-11, but I was driving to work and was going to be late and couldnt stop to give him a huge hug like I wanted to. I miss that boy.

Yesterday, Drew and I cleaned/organized the apartment. It's lookin really cool now. We should have a party... like... for my BIRTHDAY! hehe.

My birthday is the 25th... thats Saturday. Mark it on your calendars!

While sorting through my closet in preparation to move, I found this quote that I had copied down quite a while ago. It inspired me, so, I thought I would share it in my one post a month on livejournal...

"To live content with small means;
To seek elegence rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion;
To be worthy, not respectable,
and wealthy, not rich;
To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly;
To listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart;
To bear all cheerfully, do all bravely,
await occasion, hurry never;
In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden,
and unconcious grow up through the common;

This is to be my symphony."

-William Henry Channing




22 days and counting til I am Mrs. Dodd... he's my real inspiration.



www.lisapittman.com to see some of the pictures we've had taken that I haven't posted.

Go to your Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2005
(not including memes of course). The most interesting line or two in
your journal and that's your "Year In Review".


January
Me and Drew went to Austin for Macy's wedding. Unfortunately, she had to have an emergency apendectimy the night before her wedding....We went to the Marble Falls family fun center and played the most amazing game of putt putt I have ever played. After the wedding, we went to the Longhorn Caverns and went on a guided tour of the caves.

February
You are special, and every single one of you who are reading this has someone who cares about you... you arent about to die, you have food on the table (and if you dont, get your skinny little ass over to my house and I'll cook for you), you have people that love and care about you, and your lives are not all that bad... so stop the bitching! Geeze, just look around at those less fortunate and see how much better off you have it.

March
On my way to Missouri... well, not exactly yet, but Drew is on his way to come pick me up, and then we are going to Gamestop, and then we are on our way to Missouri. VACATION like what!

April
Sitting here, eating Strawberry non-fat yogurt (for some reason it actually tastes better that way, no kidding). Maybe its the awesome blue cap that it has that attracts my attention and makes me love it so.

Drew proposed to me too! yay! And the day after he asked my dad for permission to marry me, he ended up in the hospital... coincidence, I swear.

May
Nothing happened in May that was worth recording on LJ.

June
I am so stressed out. My muscles are all tensed up. I dont have enough time to spend with my fiance, my life revolves around Curves. When I'm at home, it seems to be very stressful too... I either have to be working, cleaning, or being bitched at... Its not a quiet restful place to be right now. I am exhausted.
And we got our engagement photos taken (with posted pictures)

July
So, Drew and I were approved for our very own apartment. Hell yess! I get to decorate and I am so freakin excited. I have been thinking about rugs and slipcovers and coffee tables all morning... what a dork, right?

August
I got back to Dallas today and went over to Drew's to drop some stuff off at his apartment before going home, and came in to find my favorite painting smashed to pieces and a piece of a chair nailed to the middle of it. I have never been so fucking angry in my entire life. I was shaking with rage and felt very violent... scary.

Thursday, Drew, his dad, and I went with some family friends on a Kayaking adventure (I, of course, wore my adventure shorts). It was pretty awesome. Drew's grandmother asked me the next day if i was "able to keep up with the boys." HA! They had a hard time keepin up with ME!
Saturday, I took a completely opposite route and went "antiquing" with Drew's mom, grandma, and aunt.

September
Congratulations to Ryan and Charity on your beautiful new baby.

October
So, I'm having my Bridal portraits made today.

November
Let me tell you how crazy I have gotten (and how much Drew has worn off on me). Last night, I stayed up until 3 am playing video games!

December
2 months and 6 days til we get married.
I have a new job now... working at Craig Lawrence Jewelry.
It has been a hard semester, and next semester my entire life will change and I will be married to the most amazing man in the world, and I will have all my classes on Tuesday which will allow me to have a more regular work schedule, and I will try not to use so many run on sentences (seeing as how I am in school to be an english teacher).

One final down, three to go, and 2 of which will be total bitches. But oh man will I be thankful when this semester is over! It has been a hard one, and next semester my entire life will change and I will be married to the most amazing man in the world, and I will have all my classes on Tuesday which will allow me to have a more regular work schedule, and I will try not to use so many run on sentences (seeing as how I am in school to be an english teacher).

I have a new job now... working at Craig Lawrence Jewelry. They are friends of the family and called and asked if I needed a job, and it was a waaaay better offer than Curves, so, I am gainfully employed for the holiday season writing out slips for jewelry repair and showing all the swanky rich people in Snider Plaza jewelry that is way to expensive. But hey, if you need to have anything engraved...

2 months and 6 days til we get married. Speaking of which, I need addresses of all my friends that desire paper invitations, and email addresses of all my friends that love me enough to get evites cause I am poor. PLEASE SEND YOUR ADDRESSES TO lillibullero72@yahoo.com!!!


Drew went to see MPB and some other peeps tonight at Red Blood club, and I opted to stay at home and clean my room and be where it's quiet... but its never quiet here. Everyone is so freakin tense... ack! If i had a vcr in my room, i would watch a christmas movie, but alas, I dont, and I don't have any christmas movies on DVD... oh well.

Ok, on to eat my chicken nuggets in the sanctuary of my own room where I can ignore all the bickering and ickiness.

Love to all my homies!

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? umm... was proposed to, got engaged, planned a wedding, kyaked (spelling?)... learned to have fun without worrying!

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I honestly don't remember what they were.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
CHARITY!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not this year, knock on wood

5. What countries did you visit?
America... and Texas. hehe.

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
a warm apartment and my future husband in bed next to me every night

7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
April 22nd - the day Drew proposed to me, December 16th - the day Drew graduates from college!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
being happy

9. What was your biggest failure?
letting little things get to me too much

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
nothing compared to the last few years. Thank God.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
hmm... hard to say... a wedding dress probably

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Drew for graduating college, emily for graduating high school, and me for actually finishing this stupid semester of school, haha.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? my ex boyfriend

14. Where did most of your money go?
gas, cell phones, and wedding stuff

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
umm... duh... wedding!

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Probably something metal, cause thats what Drew has inundated me with lately.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? much happier
ii. thinner or fatter? chunky!
iii. richer or poorer? poorer in $... last year i was working full time and not in school.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Painting and traveling

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
having nighmares and being frustrated.

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Christmas eve with my grandparents, christmas day with my family, the day after christmas with Drew's family

22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
no, i was already in love

23. How many one-night stands?
this could have more than one meaning i suppose, hehe.

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Forensic Files

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I dont "hate" anyone... but there are a couple people that frustrate the hell out of me.

26. What was the best book you read?
the Harry Potter series

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Throwdown, Madball, Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium, 27, and 50 Cent

28. What did you want and get?
a wedding ring, to go to school, etc... i was very blessed this year

29. What did you want and not get?
to move out, but 2 more months is not long to wait

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Good Lord, there are so many... probably Napoleon Dynamite.. it never gets old.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
22, and I dont really remember what we did... its way too late!

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
not having to deal with petty people who give me nightmares and wont let me go!

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
for the most part, all I wore was jeans and tshirts... I was fashionably unaware i guess.

34. What kept you sane?
Drew

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Dayle Hinnman, hahaha

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
probably something to do with Education, but as I said before, its late and I can't think

37. Who did you miss?
Melissa! and Macy, and all my girl friends! And Daniel Najork... we should hang if you read this!

38. Who was the best new person you met?
I think I met Kristen in 05... so, she's pretty awesome... and I have met several cool people at DBU in my education classes.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
Most people don't give a damn what you want, so, its up to you to make it happen... you can not depend on other people to make you happy, and you shouldnt let other people make you sad... take one day at a time, and enjoy everything!

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
There are too many to name:
Nothing better by the Postal Service is a good one...
Warmness on the Soul - Avenged Sevenfold
i dont know... maybe I'll come back to this in the morning.


Damn, its cold!!

LJ Interests meme results

1. apple juice:
   I went through a phase a while back where all I drank was apple juice... its sweet, tastey, and good for you, what more can you ask?
2. books:
   I love to read... its wonderful
3. cars:
   I love to drive! I have my favorites, but as long as i have some good music, and no speed limit, I'm set.
4. chocolate:
   This is a no brainer... who doesn't love chocolate?
5. drew:
   Well, this is pretty obvious... he's the man i am going to marry, and the absolute love of my life... of course he's an "interest"
6. internet:
   I am addicted. It's retarded really.
7. motorcycles:
   I want one really bad. Christmas present hint here... hehe, jk. Drew says I would probably kill myself on one, but I have a passion for them.
8. obscure movies:
   I like movies, but this interest doesn't really apply as much as it used to. Not enough time.
9. pajamas:
   I would probably wear pj's all day everyday, except when i felt like dressing up. Drew bought me these awesome pj's last year for christmas... I'm wearing them right now in fact.
10. rock climbing:
    I love to climb... but this is something I haven't done in AGES... like, over a year. I'm sure my upper body strength is poop now, but it is something i would love to get back into if i had the cash

Enter your LJ user name, and 10 interests will be selected from your interest list.

Ok, I can't sit here long, cause I am sneezing my face off... damned cat!

Let me tell you how crazy I have gotten (and how much Drew has worn off on me). Last night, I stayed up until 3 am playing video games!

Everything else interesting that I was thinking about writting about has to be put on hold, because I have to go shower so that maybe my allergies will calm down a bit.

So, I'm having my Bridal portraits made today.

Yesterday, I threw up about 15-20 times, and I have been sick for like 4 days now. My tonsils and glands in my neck are about the size of ping pong balls, and I am horribly miserable. I ran a fever for most of yesterday and the night before.

And I have to go "work it" for the camera.

And my "photographer" really pulled some strings to get the Crescent Court to let us come in and take pictures there, so, we can't reschedule.

Maybe this means the wedding day will go extra smoothly?

I should be on a rampage here...

We spend nearly $3 on every gallon of gas. %20 of the gas that we put in our cars is used efficiantly... that means that %80 of the gas we put in our gars is burned off into the atmosphere and is polluting our world! It also means that at least $2 of every gallon of gas that I put in my car is WASTED!! That means that in all reality, I should be spending like 75 cents for a gallon of gas rather than $3... GAH! When I rule the world, I will petition for more efficient ways of fueling automobiles!

Plus, I just paid 4 bills... FOUR! And went and bought groceries for the week. And I shouldn't be having any bills! I live with my freakin parents!! I do not like this whole growing up thing. Perhaps if I had an unending supply of cash, it would make it a bit easier... but alas, i make 125 bucks a week... freakin pathetic. Tomorrow, while I am at school, I am going to look for another job... one that I can work during the day and get more hours, and therefore, make enough money to pay my rediculous medical expenses, my stupid freakin cell phone that doesnt work half the gd time, and for the FREAKIN GAS THAT IS WASTING MY MONEY!!

Again I say it... GAH!





On another, more positive note... Congratulations to Ryan and Charity on your beautiful new baby. I hope to see you all soon!


Off to do some ridiculous busy work for my damned art class that is so freakin POINTLESS!

( Unless you are a girl, you probably won't get this )

I read this at work and nearly died laughing... trying to contain that so people don't think you are nuts is pretty hard!

Today is exactly 6 months til our wedding... crazy.

So, once again, I am a full time college student. Back to DBU... I am really excited about going back to school, but not quite so excited about who I will be in classes with. DBU is a bit of an anomily (sp?) to me. I don't understand people who are so fucking happy all the time... I guess cause I have seen the girls up their in their natural habitats in the dorms, and know for a fact that they are not... they are just as bitchy, just as willing to stab someone in the back, just as willing to go off and have sex with some boy as anyone at any other college... they just pretend not to be that way while their hands are raised singing the newest Jesus song in chapel (which I have to go to.. yuck). Granted, not everyone is like that, but it seems to be those people that smother you as soon as they find out you are not quite like them. Eh, oh well... just another 6 months and I can join the hords of married girls at DBU and will be in the elite class, haha!

On another note... I swear if I hear one more thing about how my friends were "sooo drunk" last night, I will vomit. Yes, I used to drink, and I don't see anything wrong with it if you do it in moderation... but I also didnt talk about it all the freakin time either. Now I don't drink, but either way, no one wants to hear about it unless they were "soo drunk" last night too, and then its like competitive story telling which is annoying in itself.

IKEA is open, and I am broke. *tear* I am going to start babysitting to earn IKEA funds. Or take donations. Or maybe raid my fiance's wallet? hehe.

Ok, the end.

Our wedding date is officially February 18, 2006.

And I bought my wedding dress the week before I went to Missouri.

But enough of that, read the good entry below.

Ok, I have spent the past hour or so trying to catch up on livejournal since I have been gone the last week... I have to say, some of my friends are really freakin boring.

I got back to Dallas today and went over to Drew's to drop some stuff off at his apartment before going home, and came in to find my favorite painting smashed to pieces and a piece of a chair nailed to the middle of it. I have never been so fucking angry in my entire life. I was shaking with rage and felt very violent... scary. Whoever did that needs to die a slow and painful death (not kidding). I felt hatred flowing through my veins! My art work comes from somewhere very deep and private within me (any artist I'm sure feels the same)... and to see one of my creations DESTROYED seriously upset me.

But Missouri was awesome. Drew's parents are starting to act like they totally dig me... its awesome. Tuesday Drew's dad took me fishing for the first time in my life. I caught a few fish and wowed the boys with my fishing instincts and casting abilities, haha!

Thursday, Drew, his dad, and I went with some family friends on a Kayaking adventure (I, of course, wore my adventure shorts). It was pretty awesome. Drew's grandmother asked me the next day if i was "able to keep up with the boys." HA! They had a hard time keepin up with ME!

Saturday, I took a completely opposite route and went "antiquing" with Drew's mom, grandma, and aunt. That was pretty cool too, in a totally different way. We bought a punch bowl, some serving dishes, a birthday present for my mom, some pyrex dishes, a lamp, and Drew and I ended up coming home with at least triple the amount of stuff we left Dallas with.

Today was driving all day...

The more I start thinking, the more angry I get, so, goodnight to you all.

I know I havent updated in a while, but lj worthy things have been happening lately.

1) First and foremost, I bought my wedding dress!! YAY!! OMG it is so freakin beautiful. I would post pictures if anyone other than Drew actually read my lj... he cant see my dress til our wedding day. Tradition and luck issues... gay. It has a long train and seriously makes me look/feel like a princess. I want to go home and play dress up!

2) I quit my job at Curves. It sucked. Oddly enough, I will be filling in at a different Curves for a while, before school starts, and subsequently, before subsitute teaching starts paying me... Ugg, I hate money.

3) Drew and I leave for Missouri first thing Saturday morning. I am so freakin excited! I love his family, and I get to spend a whole week with him and his family doing fun things. My mom, dad and sister get to take a trip to San Francisco too, which will be cool. But we will be in different worlds... Drew and I will be having fun outside, my family will be having fun in the middle of a city... Mine is cooler, if you ask me.

4) Moving day is soon, thank goodness. Nuff said.

All these things are awesome, just wish we could leave NOW instead of having to finish the week of work. When you know you have no loyalty to a place anymore, it sure does make going to work a pain in the butt... I dread it everyday.

Grace and I are watching Mulan 2... pretty good movie actually.

I miss Drew (doi). Even an 8 hour drive with him sounds good to me, hehe.

I would like anyone and everyone who reads this, to post in here, something you'd like to do with me someday. Then post this in your journal to find out what I want to do with you.

Man, its slow at a work out place on Saturday mornings of holiday weekends... I honestly do not know why we are open. Oh well, lj and a pay check, right? Well, actually our paychecks didnt come in today as I was told earlier in the week... i quit!

So, Drew and I were approved for our very own apartment. Hell yess! I get to decorate and I am so freakin excited. I have been thinking about rugs and slipcovers and coffee tables all morning... what a dork, right?

This weekend will hopefully be the bomb. Today when I get off work, hopefully in about half an hour, I will be going to order my wedding dress with my mommy. Its gorgeous! I plan on trying it on at least once a day when it comes in...

And of course, it is July 4th weekend... my very favoritest holiday ever. I plan on lighting a bunch of stuff on fire and making them explode. My dad is fun to have around on this weekend, cause we do fireworks illegally at my house... and on the off chance that we get one that is way lame, or doesnt work, hes like "Bring out the gasoline, lets just torch it"... its pretty awesome. I like being a pyro and lighting things on fire. I mean, to state the obvious there...

My fiance rocks way harder than yours, so there!

Speaking of which, I wonder if he is awake or not... if so, he should call me (hint hint).

On to play solitaire for the next half hour.

I am really in a good mood... and i mean really.

The past few days have been almost a vacation from my crappy schedule and work environment and tired self and grouchy attitude.

Saturday Drew took me to see Batman Begins... everyone should go see it cause it is awesome.

Yesterday I accomplished a lot:

+ Worked all day long.
+ Got my hair all chopped off... its cute
+ Applied for a Target card and was accepted ($200 limit which i will use to buy my wedding invitations and thank you cards wtih my initial 10% off)


Today:

Drew and I went looking for apartments. I am totally giddy about this. I have never felt so in love in my entire life. I can not wait to decorate an apartment, and share that with Drew and wake up next to him every morning and cook dinner at night and be responsible for our own things and not have to clean up after 20 other gross guys who leave shit on both sides of the sink for Drew and I to wash, and be able to sit on my couch without having to re-cover it everytime I want to sit... *breathes*

Anyways, we found this one that i fell in love with (loved it almost as much as I love Drew... this is big).

*Sigh*

Im in a really good mood right now, but i miss my fiance very very much.

So, I know on lj I sound so sappy and extra girly... but here is to prove that all wrong:

foundation512: man you're so cool
foundation512: who's girlfriend says "lets go see batman at the imax"?

Yes, that would be me... I want ot see it again (second time) at the imax.

Ok, the end.

My livejournal... is poop. I know all i ever do on here is rant about stupid shit, or fill out dumb surveys I see on other people's lj's. Today, I am going to try something a bit different. For every negative thing I have to say, I will come up wtih one posi thing to combat it. Negatives will be marked with a - (obviously the sign for negative) and positive things will be marked with a + (betcha never saw that comin).

- Work sucks. It is killing me and I hate it, but not enough to quit. Its the best shitty job I've ever had. I worked until 730 tonight, and i have to be there at 615 in the morning. And thats how my life goes... "so, what are you doing today?" ... "hmmm... I think I'll go to work, ALL DAY and hopefully, I wont get paid well! YAY!!" I know, i shouldnt bitch cause some people have worse jobs than i do... ok, a lot of people do, but I dont really care right now, cause my job sucks HARDCORE! I'm tired... physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually... I need rest and i need a vacation.

+ I am getting married. This is a good thing. This is something that I have been planning since I was 5 years old, but honestly never really thought about the implications. It's really... different, and amazing. I have decided on invitations, thats it, but its so much fun to plan.

- Kristen is out of town, therefore, no Kristen/Marcie date night. Which means, i will be at home, lonely... *tear*

+ Its almost the weekend?

- I am so stressed out. My muscles are all tensed up. I dont have enough time to spend with my fiance, my life revolves around Curves. When I'm at home, it seems to be very stressful too... I either have to be working, cleaning, or being bitched at... Its not a quiet restful place to be right now. I am exhausted. My bunny cage needs to be cleaned. I need to paint. My sister wants me to help her clean her room.

+ I bought paint stuff today. Maybe I'll get to use it one day. Oh screw it, I'm going to paint tonight... hopefully.

Enough emo-tastic lj entries. I know its good to vent, but i also dont want everyone in internerd land to think all i do is complain about stuff... cause i dont, promise *crosses heart*

I love Drew, he is awesome.


OH!! We got our engagement pictures taken. Here are my favorites:









We are adorable!

Ok, I am in a better mood now, cause we are awesome and an incredibly gorgeous couple.

On to paint, have a nice night.

Happy birthday to the most awesomeest Kristen EVER!

A - Age you got your first kiss: sophomore year... so, i was what? 16 i think?
B - Band listening to right now: Avenged Sevenfold was on in my room when I left it.
C - Cats or Dogs: i love them both and have one of each (along wtih a managerie of others)
D - Dad's name: Mark
E - Easiest person to talk to: Drew, by far
F - Favorite bands at the moment: Depends on my mood. I really love the Shrek 2 soundtrack
G - Gummy worms or gummy bears?: they both hurt my teeth
H - Hometown: Dallas, TX
I - Instruments: used to play the flute, wish i could play the drums
J - Junior High Crush: probably Kevin... which i sincerely hate to admit
K - Kids: none yet, hope for a couple someday
L - Longest car ride ever: dallas to Nashville, TN
M - Mom's name: Martha
N - Nicknames: Marce, "the future Mrs. Dodd" (I gave that one to myself)
O - One wish: for it to be May 27th of next year already
P - Phobia[s]: people playing with my knee caps... and too many others to name
Q - Quotes: "Nothing says good job like an open palmed smack on the behind" Family Guy
R - Reason to smile: Drew
S- Last song you heard: before the one above mentioned it was As Lover's Go - Dashboard
T - Time you woke up [today]: 7:45
U - Unknown fact about me: I am 12 hours away from having an associates degree... and I have been in college for 4 years... pathetic!!
V - Vegetable you hate: tomatoes, brussle sprouts
W - Worst habit(s): biting my nails and worrying
X - X-rays you've had: lungs, arm (tons), hands, back, and tons of mri's, catscans, and sonograms... blah
Y - Yummy food: chocolate, cake, pie, peach cobbler, (im in the mood for sweets)
Z - Zodiac sign: Aries


PS. Feliz Cinco de Mayo!!