Year in Review: 2010

Well 2010, it's been real and it's kinda been fun depending on which month you're looking at, haha.  This year was a bit crazy and also really boring at some points but here we go:

January

So yeah... I really have nothing interesting to say here other than I started another semester of classes, which happened to include my Lighting class, which brought me to a whole new level of love/hate with photography, hahaha.  But it made me a much better photographer and I even took a photo that my professor proudly proclaimed "that lighting on that photo will get you jobs"  Not gonna lie, I beamed for a bit after that one.

This was also the only semester I got to take a class with the ever so lovely Kacey, whom I love dearly and boy did we have fun in Human Sexuality, sitting in the back giggling and doing collective eye-rolls when that one girl who had a story for everything (which normally didn't even apply to the topic of discussion).

February

My Mario Mushroom Tattoos

(Cause I'm a nerd like that)

These were pretty much our Valentine's Day gifts to each other, though truthfully we were boycotting the holiday this year saying we could show our love any day of the year and didn't need someone's commercialized bs to justify it.

These were Cody's new tattoos, you probably can't see it very well here (especially since it's right after they were done- details don't usually show up til they heal) but the blue star looks like water and the red looks like fire.

March

3 years.

And we haven't killed each other!!

*happy dance*

This was also the month we were working on where we were supposed to be moving and my Pride took one in the family jewels.  T^T  Only to find out later even after cleaning the place up that it wasn't going to be liveable as there was damage to the foundation, water pipes, etc. and it was scramble like hell to try and find a plan B.

April

We moved!!!   We finally got out of that tiny apartment and moved into a house (duplex if you wanna get technical) and it's like 3 times the size of the place we were living plus had a yard for lil miss Sakura to run around in, which she loves.  We also finally have room to grow and aren't stepping on each other all the time and room for a garden.  Plus we're near the edge of town so I don't feel so claustrophobic.  Not saying I love the city now but it sure as hell made it MUCH easier to deal with.

May

The End Hate Photoshoot with my besties Kat & Kacey.
(Click on this ^ link to see my blog with our finished Photos)

I also finally did my "peek-a-boo wildlights"

June

I got a new desk for my office with room for me to eventually get a couple more huge monitors for photo editing as well as have space for my writing and drawing stuff as well.  Before now I had been working on a desk that had tons of stuff shoved into drawers and I could never find everything.

Bestie Margarita and I went and saw Eclipse at midnight and loved it.  Definitely the best of the movies so far with the exception of the new Victoria.  Sorry kids but she was terrible.  She took Victoria who wanted revenge and was a wicked person and turned her into a sniveling wuss!!  Other than that it was amazing.  Suddenly there was actually acting from the MCs and there was no Stuttering Stanley.

And I still say that Ashley Greene and Jackson Rathbone have amazing chemistry.

July

Pretty much the best and worst month (the best would later be replaced by September) of our lives.  

Awesome part? I met Kristina Horner when she and Luke were in Denver during their tour.  It was a lot of fun even though I felt way awkward, though she later messaged me via Twitter to assure my that I wasn't a total spaz.  She's so sweet.  Seriously if you don't already you should check her out on YouTube, she's awesome, loves Harry Potter and is super funny.  Plus ALL CAPS's music is amazing.

Now for the best/worst part... *deep breath*

We had a positive pregnancy test and were ecstatic and I told Cody in typical "us" style.

(I yelled holy f*cking sh*t from our bathroom about 4 times and Cody came running thinking he needed to be my white knight and kill a spider)

About 2 weeks later we had to trips to the ER (which has made us both refuse to EVER be treated in the Greeley hospital ever again- that place is a joke) and I had a miscarriage.  Worst month of our lives.  Also the month a came to really hate that phrase "everything happens for a reason".  I believe in that phrase whole-heartedly but when you're hurting like that you want to punch everyone who says it and I'd advise you all to leave that statement behind when comforting someone with such news.  Just be there for them, don't tell them all the ways this is for the better or how women miscarriage every day without even knowing it.  THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR.  Or at least it sure as hell wasn't what I wanted to hear even though I knew that was all true.

*steps off soapbox*

Sorry about that... That was just still something that annoys me, I know people were just trying to help but it hurts even though I have always fully believed in that saying.

The good news:  Honestly it brought Cody and I much closer together.  It also let us know we could get pregnant (we had been trying for 2 1/2 years) which was huge and got us connected to a doctor that we love and was able to figure out what we were dealing with in our first appointment reproduction-wise which was HUGE.  ^w^

August
This was when we had a new addition to our family thanks to the county fair back home.

Meet Chibi-Usa (my Sailor Moon fans should get this one) our little red-headed (close to pink, ne?) bun bun.

I towed and fixed a car for the first time in my life, under the instruction of my husband of course, but it's something I've always wanted to learn.  There was actually a plan to fix up a '62 Chevy with my Gramps but it didn't work out.  Which is probably better as my Gramps and I have seriously bad temper and just helping him around the house usually ended in some cussing and yelling.
(Please love that the shirt I'm wearing is a sorority shirt)

September

Dir en Grey Concert

Again.  ^w^

Why?  Because they're freaking awesome and so amazing that it's worth seeing them several years in a row.  Plus this time Cody got to come with us and see why Margarita and I are SO in love with them and have to go every year they come.

Nan Desu Kan (Denver Anime Convention) with Cody & bestie Margarita.

This year we actually went to stuff around the convention and went to the cosplay contest (which we stayed in a line for like 2 hours so the photographer (me) could have good seats, lol).  We fangirl'd (ummm fanboy'd in Cody's case) all around the convention, seeing fav characters, saw Tomo Asaha and his band Echostream play and even recorded this vid for the lovely Meleney so she didn't have to miss out. We also bought LOTS of Japanese snacks (someone get me some ramune & ichigo flavored Gummy Choco STAT) and also went to a couple of panels.  One of which Margarita and I could have done better at with out any extra research.

I also learned of a glorious secret which I only told a handful of people.  After July I was going to be a scrooge with the news because the next few months were hell every time someone hadn't heard and I had to relive it all over again.

October

Is sadly one of the months I have VERY little of anything to share with you.  

*sigh*

We stayed home for Halloween this year and handed out candy since all of my besties now live elsewhere.  Plus no one likes to invite out the boring married couple.

(evidenced by the fact that I'm writing this blog the evening of New Years Eve)

November

10 years exactly had passed from when Cody and I started dating (the first time) to when we got to hear our baby's heartbeat.  We also finally started telling people we were pregnant other than family.  And now I won't shut up about it, hahaha.

(It was also this day that I won tix to KoRn from 106.7 KBPI for doing what I do best- Tweeting. LMAO)

I also turned 26 and it was probably the first birthday since I was like 15 that I hadn't partied it up even on my own.  O.o  But the baby I'm makin' is SO worth it.

Bestie Margarita and I went and saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at midnight.  We had a blast waiting for the movie to start, playing DS while sitting next to each other and having heart-to-hearts as well as possibly making fun of a hufflepuff in front of us (you can only take so much of "planet look at me" before it's too much and it's hard not to take it when she's talking so loudly even the kids in the back could hear her clearly) and I totally got decked out in Ravenclaw colors, though my tie was a tad fail.

IT WAS AMAZING.

Honestly I couldn't even tweet anything, I was speechless.  (Plus my head hurt from bawling)

December

Got to see KoRn in concert in Denver.

Sadly being pregnant we didn't get to stay the whole night because I simply couldn't stand any longer because my hip was killing me (would have been alright had we not had to stand through TWO crappy opening bands that were "best bands in Denver" and we wonder why our music scene sucks.) but we did get an hour of awesome and I loved them. 

Lunar Eclipse/Yule

Probably most surprisingly... I started blogging regularly.

*gasp*

Considering how few blogs to go from for this review this was huge for me.  But I'm hoping to bring MWF blogs to you all from now on and if you have anything you want me to blog about please let me know!!! Want a post for each of the furkids while we wait for the baby?  Please guys tell me something cause I'm sure soon I'm going to run out of interesting things to talk about. XD

Also we have a family blog now.  This one will be for family to keep everyone updated and to post pics of the little one when "she" arrives (We don't know the sex yet but I'm convinced it's a girl because the only old wive's tale I've ever seen work 98% of the time said girl so :P) but here it is if you wanna check it out.  :D  I'm thinking as of now I'll post here what I post there, but we'll see.  It's boring as of right now though.  Will update after our ultrasound next week!

With that I leave you my 2010 review and look forward to blogging more in 2011.

Have a wonderful New Year Year and I hope that 2011 brings you all you hope for and more!!

xoxo ^w^

Catching Up

So the last couple weeks have been complete and utter craziness.  It started out great with some awesome quality time with my bestie as we tried not to kick a db's ass as we waited in line for our midnight showing of Eclipse and then as we giggled through the movie (I'm a terrible person to go to the movies with.  I'm forever making dirty jokes or if it's a bad movie just laughing at awkward parts).  It was a blast.  Even though I had to pee like 10 minutes into the movie and refused to miss any of it for a bathroom break, lol.  We had a blast afterwards on the way home too of course cause whenever OnyxHikari and I are together fun (and a lil trouble) is bound to be had.
After all we are part of #theApocalypseOfAwesome.

The next day we went with my husband to the Nerdy Concert of Awesomeness (no really that's what I said when I requested the days off) so that I could see ALLCAPS (See how awesome bestie and hubs are?  They had no idea what they were getting into, mwahahaha) and it was awesome.  I missed ALLCAPS but did get to see the Parselmouths and lots of people just as nerdy as me, who had to wear her time-turner (would've been that & my Hogwarts shirt but guess who is too fat for her Hogwarts shirt).  In fact the was so much nerdiness it was awesome and I almost glomped a random person because they had a Stargate tat, cause that is just AWESOME!  So I roasted during their set and had to sit down (I was sweating like a pig, gross) and when I finally cooled down my bestie forced me to grow a set and meet Kristina Horner, one of my fav YouTubers and a part of both ALLCAPS & the Parselmouths.  I'm terrible at meeting people.  Especially people I admire or any level of famous.  This is why when I say that I want to use Kellan Lutz, Michael Shanks, Alex Skarsgard, Charles Kelley or anyone famous like a humping post or rock their world so they'll never forget it, I'm ALL TALK.  *sigh*

So anyway here is me with Kristina who was awesome.  In fact I'd say she's an honorary member of #theApocalypseOfAwesome. :P

So then bestie went home. (I waited to cry til she was out the door, gotta be tough ya know. ;) )  Cody & I went to Estes and I got some photos and stuff and some orgasmic goodies from Laura's Candies in Estes Park.  Srsly if you're ever there you absolutely must buy some fudge and caramel apples.  When I say orgasmic, I mean it.

Friday I slept the day away, Saturday we went and saw Kory Brunson Band at the Stampede, which is another amazing band that you should check out, even if you're not a fan of country music *cough*Margie*cough* cause I think you'll love them.  They're amazing and can even work a small crowd (which wouldn't have been small had the Stampede not been completely moronic and started charging to even get in after the $ you gotta shell out for parking.  Yeah it keeps the riff-raff out for the most part but my aunt was one of the vendors and they were dead and said a lot of the vendors packed up and left halfway through the week.  Ridic) but srsly.  They're amazing.  Oh & there name is the link to their site so there's no excuse for you to not go check them out so :P

*deep breath*

Here's where things got really awesome and then really shitty.
 I went to bed way early Saturday and then Sunday I woke up early (5 am, a time I don't see unless I'm going to sleep) feeling sick, which I had been doing for a few days.  I ate, went back to sleep and then had to wake up for work, well this time I was like I'll take a pregnancy test.  Now I've taken a ton of these things in the past 2 1/2 years and they're always negative.  Well this time I got a positive.  I was floored and all I could say was OMFG.  It was all quite funny afterward but now it's just depressing.  I'll spare you the details but the gist is a trip to the ER Saturday and another this last Tuesday and a miscarriage.  I spent all the rest of Tuesday being pissed at the world.  I look back & realize how stupid that was but at the time all I could think was how is it crackheads can do drugs through their entire unwanted pregnancy and have a baby and I wanted one so bad and lost it.  I was crushed, hurt and most of all heart broken.  I also swore I was going to break the nose of the next person to tell us "everything happens for a reason".

Wednesday I had already had an appt to go over results from my Saturday ER visit & the follow up blood test on Monday so we kept it to discuss it all with a doctor.  I was emotionally drained from the day before and pretty much numb.  Well except for my heart which still ached like hell.  But we did finally get some answers and we've got a plan.  Plus now I have a doctor I love, she's so nice and explained some stuff that we thought we were past thanks to one doctor and what it meant for us.

So that's what we've been up to and why I've been quiet blog-wise lately.  Sadly I wasn't as quiet as I was here, elsewhere, so I keep having to relive it when I see people that haven't heard.  And on that note I've noticed something.  The father's in these situations get the short end of the stick.  As far as I can tell only a few people have said anything to him other than the people he's told and I think that sucks.  Cody was ecstatic and just as crushed as I was, yet barely anyone has said a thing to him.  So I guess just remember that if, god forbid, this situation happens close to you.  The male half of the equation (or at least in a married couple) is probably just as crushed, so don't just give her some comforting words, remember him too.

Oh and I also don't recommend using "Everything happens for a reason" either.  I'm alright with it now because I know it's true but it was the last thing I wanted to hear from anyone when I was still in the pissed-off-at-the-world mode and had someone said it to my face, I would have punched them.  No joke.  My besties & hubs know this, I have a hell of a temper on a perfectly good day, one of the worst days in my life?  Scary thought.

It still sucks but I feel a lot better about things.  We have a plan for the future and I finally got the full story on why my body hasn't been cooperating, which resulted in an I-told-ya-so for my poor husband but it's good to finally know what to do about it.  Only took 2 1/2 years...

I want to leave this on a happy note though, so for your enjoyment.  A funny.

I lol every time I see this.  The expressions slay me.  Even though I've been flashed & it is so not funny.
(maybe someday I'll blog about that wonderful day. >.< )

Diru Concert

Okay so this was almost a week ago but I've been too busy editing photos to edit photos. Lol. Make that too busy editing photos for assignment to edit leisure photos. Better? Good, if not, too bad. ^w~

So here are a few photos from the concert- not really edited either, lol. I'm feeling lazy today, you're lucky I'm even posting them! ^w~


The sign out in front of the Gothic. We was super excited to get inside, partially to see Diru and partially to get out of the freakin cold!






And of course, Kyo started to shed clothing. And yes, everyone was happy, ESPECIALLY me.


No blog about a Dir En Grey concert is complete without the totally shirtless Kyo shot either. Sadly his arms are covering that ripped and sexy torso of his. *wipes drool from keyboard* Oops. Sorry about that guys, I try to contain myself but it's not always possible. ESPECIALLY when hot guys are involved.

My bestie, Margi, was also awesome enough to get me a CD and she got a DVD so we were able to get autographs afterwards. Sadly it was only Kaoru and Dai, but it was enough to make my night! Margi got autographs last year too and again it was only two members so she decided (&I agree completely) that getting Dir En Grey's autographs is like collecting pogs. (If you are too young to know what POGs are, please, go enrich your life- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogs ) Now all she needs is Kyo.

We had a blast, stalking the Diru tourbus after the concert too. Yeah we totally stalked the bus and didn't get arrested or get whined at about being arrested. ^w^ We weren't the only ones though and one guy almost made it to the bus. The best was watching these other two girls, one who, honest to god, tried to blend in with a brick wall when one of Diru's roadies came around the corner. It was a riot watching them. Plus there was always the strange antics of two other girls in corsets. Crazy bitches anyway, bet they shed em when they got home and one probably had bruises. ;) Yeah the crazy bitches were us, and we totally shed them as soon as we walked through the door. Lol. No more corset for me for a while. For a concert breathing & blood circulation is overrated... everyday life not so much.

So yeah. There they be!