As Justin has said, we will be going to get Maybel on Friday and I am like counting the minutes, I just can't wait! The week has gone by surprisingly quick though given that it has been yucky everyday with constant rain and cold. We're starting to wonder why we decided to get a dog when winter is just around the corner AND we live on the 2nd floor of our apartments. We're not really having second thoughts, we're just not too excited about some of the changes that we will have to make for our new little (or not so little) addition. But all of that being said, we are both committed and I think it will be fun (and maybe sometimes, not as fun) to see how we handle this new challenge as a couple. Warning: I'm entering reflection mode, continue reading with caution :) I know some of you may be thinking, "that's so silly, it's just a dog", but even though I love my husband more than anything, we don't always think or behave in the same way. And I definitely know there will be times when I want him to take her out or vice versa and the other one of us is not going to want to. I just think it will be interesting to see how we work together and adapt to this change. Anyway, I'm sure we'll have lots to blog about over the next few weeks so stay tuned to see how it all goes! I'm already planning on taking the camera with us to pick her up so I'm sure we'll get pictures up as soon as we can.
On another note, for those of you who don't know (and I don't know who all of you are that read this) Justin also has a blog with some friends that he lived with in college. Most are married now and spread out somewhat through the Southeast and such, but they use the blog to keep in touch (and talk about some pretty stupid stuff) but I still think it is a really cool idea. Well anyway, on the blog, one of them posted to all of those people out there that read the blog even though they don't contibute to it, but do because they are either married to one of the guys, like me or because they know the guys and just read it for entertainment (also, like me); he asked people to comment on his post to let them know that they read the blog. I talked to my friend Julia yesterday and she told me she was an avid reader of our blog and I didn't even know it. So...I would like to know who keeps up with the Lipscombs, so please comment and let me know you're there!
I know this is kind of a random post and I like to have a picture with posts b/c that's what I look for on other blogs, but I don't really have anything that goes with this one, sorry. Check back soon for Maybel pics!
Maybel Countdown: 2 Days
Movie Quote: "My colors are blush and bashful, I have chosen two shades of pink, one is much deeper than the other"
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Maybel's Homecoming
Friday, October 26th @ 5:30p.m. Katie and I will be traveling to Mt Juliet, TN. No, we're not going to see Charlie Daniels' house, we're going to get Maybel! We went shopping this weekend and picked up the crate and some other essentials for her. This dog is already costing too much money, but she'll be worth it. She will be 7 weeks old, here's what we think she'll look like, minus the provocative pose:
We have an appointment with our vet, Dr. Malone (a.k.a. My brother-in-law) on Saturday to go over everything and get her checked out.
One thing we have noticed though. Walking around Petsmart, EVERY company uses Labs on their advertising. I know they're the most popular dog by a long shot, we just never noticed it before. Yellow labs are like the Peyton Manning's of the dog world.
Speaking of football, the Titans sure did play an ugly game yesterday! The 4th quarter almost made me sick.
Maybel Countdown: 4 days!
Currently playing on the iPod: Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking.
Movie: (an easy one)
Brothers don't shake hands. Brothers gotta hug!
We have an appointment with our vet, Dr. Malone (a.k.a. My brother-in-law) on Saturday to go over everything and get her checked out.
One thing we have noticed though. Walking around Petsmart, EVERY company uses Labs on their advertising. I know they're the most popular dog by a long shot, we just never noticed it before. Yellow labs are like the Peyton Manning's of the dog world.
Speaking of football, the Titans sure did play an ugly game yesterday! The 4th quarter almost made me sick.
Maybel Countdown: 4 days!
Currently playing on the iPod: Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking.
Movie: (an easy one)
Brothers don't shake hands. Brothers gotta hug!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The Final Countdown!
That means the day is here. It's time to put Andrew in the Hot Seat, and win a Million dollars. I just had a conference call with someone from the show and all the lifelines. The rules are as follows:
- He will be on today anytime between 11-6:30 p.m. Central time. So I have to be at my phone during these times.
- We will get a call when Andrew gets into the Hot Seat, just to let us know.
- Once he uses the lifeline, we are supposed to let the phone ring three times, and answer saying "Hello" (seemed pretty obvious, but I guess it needed to be said)
- Meredith will come on and do her thing, then the 30 second clock starts as soon as Andrew starts talking. She told us to not have any chit-chat, as this limits your time to answer.
- Once we're done with the question or the 30 seconds runs out, the call will be disconnected from him, but someone else will come on the line (don't know why, maybe I'll get to listen to the rest of the show, hopefully)
Maybel countdown: 9 days!
I'll be updating as the day goes on. I'm gonna go stretch and go to the bathroom, cause I have to be at my desk for the rest of the day. That's gonna be tough!
UPDATE: 45 minutes into it, and I am really nervous. No calls from them yet to let me know he's in the seat. I can imagine how much Andrew is sweating. He has a bit of a problem. I have Google, Wikipedia and Yahoo answers pulled up. Anything else I should use?
UPDATE: @ 1:24 pm CST
I just broke away from my desk to use the bathroom, I had to go so bad. I didn't miss any calls though, so we're still good. 5 hours to go. I wish I could have a pizza delivered to my desk. I also just had my first food of the afternoon: brownies. I have my lunch in the fridge, but I can't go warm it up to eat it.
UPDATE: Justin @ 2:50 pm CST
I just got the call, Andrew just started the game. The next call will be from Meredith. This is INTENSE!
UPDATE: Justin @ 3:15 pm CST
I just got the call from "Vierra" as she called herself. The question was: A Canape, a finger food, is a french word that also means what? (something like that)
So I google it, it takes me to Wikipedia, but its the article about the finger food. I'm scanning the finger food article, because I'm thinking its gonna mention it. Then it's 10 seconds, 5 seconds. I say that I see see something about a Canopy, but no furniture. Then the line goes dead. As soon as the line goes dead, I click this, and it shows you that it's a sofa. DANGIT! So that was it. I didn't help him at all. I hope he didn't lose because of me, but that was the fastest 30 seconds of my life. I feel pretty awful about the whole thing. I really let him down. I hope he used the 50/50 or ask the audience, STUPID GOOGLE!
Movie: (Andrew finally got Best in Show)
Good dags. D'ya like dags?
Dags?
What?
Yeah, dags.
Oh, dogs. Sure, I like dags. I like caravans more.
- He will be on today anytime between 11-6:30 p.m. Central time. So I have to be at my phone during these times.
- We will get a call when Andrew gets into the Hot Seat, just to let us know.
- Once he uses the lifeline, we are supposed to let the phone ring three times, and answer saying "Hello" (seemed pretty obvious, but I guess it needed to be said)
- Meredith will come on and do her thing, then the 30 second clock starts as soon as Andrew starts talking. She told us to not have any chit-chat, as this limits your time to answer.
- Once we're done with the question or the 30 seconds runs out, the call will be disconnected from him, but someone else will come on the line (don't know why, maybe I'll get to listen to the rest of the show, hopefully)
Maybel countdown: 9 days!
I'll be updating as the day goes on. I'm gonna go stretch and go to the bathroom, cause I have to be at my desk for the rest of the day. That's gonna be tough!
UPDATE: 45 minutes into it, and I am really nervous. No calls from them yet to let me know he's in the seat. I can imagine how much Andrew is sweating. He has a bit of a problem. I have Google, Wikipedia and Yahoo answers pulled up. Anything else I should use?
UPDATE: @ 1:24 pm CST
I just broke away from my desk to use the bathroom, I had to go so bad. I didn't miss any calls though, so we're still good. 5 hours to go. I wish I could have a pizza delivered to my desk. I also just had my first food of the afternoon: brownies. I have my lunch in the fridge, but I can't go warm it up to eat it.
UPDATE: Justin @ 2:50 pm CST
I just got the call, Andrew just started the game. The next call will be from Meredith. This is INTENSE!
UPDATE: Justin @ 3:15 pm CST
I just got the call from "Vierra" as she called herself. The question was: A Canape, a finger food, is a french word that also means what? (something like that)
So I google it, it takes me to Wikipedia, but its the article about the finger food. I'm scanning the finger food article, because I'm thinking its gonna mention it. Then it's 10 seconds, 5 seconds. I say that I see see something about a Canopy, but no furniture. Then the line goes dead. As soon as the line goes dead, I click this, and it shows you that it's a sofa. DANGIT! So that was it. I didn't help him at all. I hope he didn't lose because of me, but that was the fastest 30 seconds of my life. I feel pretty awful about the whole thing. I really let him down. I hope he used the 50/50 or ask the audience, STUPID GOOGLE!
Movie: (Andrew finally got Best in Show)
Good dags. D'ya like dags?
Dags?
What?
Yeah, dags.
Oh, dogs. Sure, I like dags. I like caravans more.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Tomorrrow's the Big Day
I talked to our favorite contestant tonight, he's in good spirits. I found out that New Hampshire is the Granite state. So that is a good thing. I'll try to keep things up-to-date tomorrow while I'm at work.
Last night, we had a pumpkin carving party for our Life Group. Here are some of the entries:
Those trees were done free-hand, amazing work Brett!
The couple that carves pumpkins together, you get the idea.
Maybel Countdown: 10 days
Movie: (from the same movie as yesterdays)
"If you get tired, pull over. If you get hungry, eat something!"
Last night, we had a pumpkin carving party for our Life Group. Here are some of the entries:
Those trees were done free-hand, amazing work Brett!
The couple that carves pumpkins together, you get the idea.
Maybel Countdown: 10 days
Movie: (from the same movie as yesterdays)
"If you get tired, pull over. If you get hungry, eat something!"
Monday, October 15, 2007
Spring cleaning,.....in October
Last night, Katie and I got bit by the cleaning bug. Technically, we did more organizing than cleaning, but its all semantics. There a $5 word for ya.
Our storage closet was out of control, and now its a lot more manageable.
I did realize how much of a pack rat I am though, last night it finally hit me. It hit home when I found my "Most Improved Golfer" trophy from my high school golf team, dated 1997. 10 years! Why would I keep something that for 10 years? I mean, its still on my resume, so no one will be forgetting it any time soon.
I also found some vintage baseball cards, a few of Barry Bonds when he wasn't on steroids. I was a big Frank "Big Hurt" Thomas fan too because I had roughly 15 Thomas cards.
What are some things you still have, taking up space in your boxes and closets?
Maybel countdown: 11 days
Movie:
I don't think I could ever get used to being poked and prodded like that. I told my proctologist one time, "Why don't you take me out to dinner and a movie sometime?"
Yes, I remember you said that last year.
Our storage closet was out of control, and now its a lot more manageable.
I did realize how much of a pack rat I am though, last night it finally hit me. It hit home when I found my "Most Improved Golfer" trophy from my high school golf team, dated 1997. 10 years! Why would I keep something that for 10 years? I mean, its still on my resume, so no one will be forgetting it any time soon.
I also found some vintage baseball cards, a few of Barry Bonds when he wasn't on steroids. I was a big Frank "Big Hurt" Thomas fan too because I had roughly 15 Thomas cards.
What are some things you still have, taking up space in your boxes and closets?
Maybel countdown: 11 days
Movie:
I don't think I could ever get used to being poked and prodded like that. I told my proctologist one time, "Why don't you take me out to dinner and a movie sometime?"
Yes, I remember you said that last year.
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