You can call him a banker!

Jake is offiicially a banker, well last week! He started at Chase Bank in May and has since then been studying to pass a few standardized tests to be offiicial. I couldnt tell you what he passed other than it has to do with insurance, investing, and mutual bonds-all things I really know nothing about and am scared to think about. Lucky for me- I dont have to because he does. He is really enjoying what he is doing now and I'm enjoying him being home 3/4 weekends in a month and when I get home from work. We are both now sleeping at the same time-which makes life 10 times easier :) We no longer need to be quiet when the other one is sleeping and we are trying to shower and get dressed! Lots of huge perks of our new banker in the family. He is open to your business at 16th and Lynhurst in Indy. He would be more than happy to open a checking or savings account, set up direct deposit, get you a chase rewards card, etc for you and your family members! I would be more than happy too-he gets slight bonuses for each thing he helps customers with. Did I mention he looks so caaute in his black pants, chase button up, sweater and tie?? He's even had two grown men lately tell him "who are apparently not that way" that he is "good looking". I'm proud of him and things are going well with the house and Jersey-the best dog ever :)

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Just a note for the bride-to-be...Miss Jackie will be a Dimitt beginning Saturday! We are so very excited for the wedding and all events to follow. Best wishes go out to Al for having the most stressful week of his life beginning today with the first day (yes there is more than 1 day) and wrapping up tomorrow..and then of course the wedding this weekend. The worst part is no results for 3 months, but I assure you he has not seen day light in about 2-3 years since the time he has spent studying the library has consumed his life. Its all over soon Al! Maybe you should take a trip to Austin and see the real "library" bar off of 6th street when you are finished :)

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Shout out (who says that anymore?) to Austin, TX & the Allison's new baby on board. Congratulations guys :) We can't wait to meet the little one!

P.S. I hate it when I go into a blog with total intentions of only writing about 1 topic and then it becomes a random blab about everything on my mind! Please forgive me

If only we would ask...

My Country Cabin: (pictures from NYE)

Our quaint cabin!

The ladies relaxing & playing Battle of the Sexes

The guys playing foosball after arriving at the cabin on NYE-Brian & Al took the trophy

The small hottub we had 8 people in! We lost so much water, Jake & Brian had to re-fill it with 4 tubs of hot water from the bath tub!

Ellen & Ryan

Jackie & Alex

Brian & Megan

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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Not that I didnt know this a long time ago, but it just became apparent again today when I got home from work...if I ask my husband or create a list for him to do it's more likely going to be done. Rather than just assuming that they will do something if we (ladies) think it needs to be done. When I got home from work the Christmas tree was down, the carpets were vacuumed, furniture rotated back to normal, and the list goes on! I will make a note to self to make more lists for me & him. If you would like your husband to do something maybe try this too! (Hi honey, I know you will be reading this sometime...THANK YOU!)

Reminiscing our Honeymoon

The pictures from our honeymoon are in the file folder for our screen saver. While Jake and I were talking about our jobs this video popped up! It was our first night in the Dominican Republic. They had a "dance off" and one of the senoritas that ran the anamacion or entertainment for the visitors was in love with Jake. She asked him to compliment her in a dance! You should have seen his face when she pulled him out in front of everyone...like a deer in the headlights..scared! But you can see why by watching this video where she ended up kicking him in the head and torturing him the whole time, but it was all in good fun! We still laugh about it and I'm glad I got our camera to the video function ASAP! Jake and his senorita won the competition and we recieved yet another bottle of rum.

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Candy Cane

No, I'm not talking about Christmas candy canes! I'm talking about the position my husband sleeps in everynight!! He does this weird thing with his neck where the top of this head faces the outside of the bed, meanwhile his entire body is "curved" like a candy cane. While this does sound so cute and funny, I give him the "move over speech" every night! We have an imaginery line down our bed when its bed time and most of the time hes on my side. All the more reasons why I could get used to a king size bed!

Welcome my sister-in-law, Rachel, to the blogging world...half the time you thought you wasted on facebook is out the door, blogging will now take that over! I can't wait to read more and see all the wonderful pictures you have!

A Tribute To Nascar & Dale Earnhart Jr.

The Brickyard was today and I couldnt ask for a better day to be 'busy' and not be able to make it to the race! Opps, dont tell Jake I said that -he never reads this anyways! He did get a chance to make it down there again for the tailgate party. The group he went with didn't actually have tickets so they tailgated until the race started and then drove back home-don't ask, I don't understand either! After that 5:30 am wake up call and a morning of tailgating he took a nap while I was doing a spa at Natalie's house. After his nap he woke up to actually watch the race with DVR so he could just fast forward the less entertaining parts of the race and watch the wrecks, etc in a shorter more enjoyable environment.

Last year we had tickets and went to the Brickyard, but because of the tire problem the cars were pitting every other lap which extended the race way too much for me. I don't really like being smashed up against other people, sweating with the sun beating down on me while I watch LOUD cars go by every other minute. Just not my thing! I'd rather stay home and clean the house! But that's just me. Jake on the other hand can watch any 'sport' on TV including golf, racing, bowling, UFC, and curling-all of which I can't stand to watch in person, let alone on TV.

Striking Similarities? Jake or Dale...darn it the uniform gave it away!

Serious before a big event...

Enjoying life after a hard day of work!....Isnt this hilarous?!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy late 4th of July...even though it rained all day! Jake had to work 1-7, so I was a lazy bum and stayed in all day watching TV and catching up on some much needed rest. I'm usually a 8 hour per night sleeper, but here lately its been less than 6-7 hours per night which starts to add up! We had chicken quesadillas to celebrate Independence Day and then took a trip to Meijer-not a traditional 4th, but it worked. Along our shopping tour through Meijer, we decided to buy Yahtzee and Jenga. For some reason I've been really wanted to play both games lately. Side note: I played Yahtzee with Jordan and Darlene, and schooled them so I thought I bring that kind of game when I played Jake last night...3/4 isnt bad! I found myself "teaching" him where to put his scores, and then the last game we played he beat me! We also played a game of Jenga, but if anythng gets you heart rate up its hoping the tower doesnt fall on you. Well, it fell on me, but I couldnt take it anymore! After games we watched Borne Ultimatum-where Jake had to fill me in on the first 2 movies of the series. I just can't remember movies that well. And I have a hard time following them, needless to say I enjoyed the movie and then wondered if that ever happens in real life!

Today, we woke up and went for a long walk around 9th street park, then decided to check out the flea markets at the fairgrounds and go to Big Lots. The flea markets were basically an addition to our prior walking trip because we didnt really stop to look at any of the "stuff" the people had to sell, but we found a huge mirror for $30 at Big Lots and figured that was enough spent for a day. Back at home we organized the spare bedroom and got rid of a bunch of useless stuff that just needed to be thrown away. We are moving to Plainfield in September and the thing I hate worst is moving junk that we eventually throw away! Throughout that whole process we decided to paint a bookshelf and re-purpose it as a storage unit/seating area. I saw it on the HGTV channel once and thought it was a good idea. Jake left for work about an hour ago-hes working the overnight shift tonight and tomorrow so his schedule will be a little screwy until he gets back to his regular hodge-podge day time schedule.

As for me, I finished up my last week at the Weight Loss Center on Thursday and have 1 more week left of school-like class at Purdue and them I'm finished for good! Still in the job hunting process, but I could have some promising news on Wednesday, but I dont want to get too detailed if things dont happen to settle right.

Well, I need to finish my mini-workout on the ball...until next time!