Littlelizajane’s Blog

Uh, where is the time going?

Here it is already September 29th!

Woah!

So a lot has been going on and basically here’s the gist: Rob and I are moving in together.
That’s the most exciting news! I am looking forward to it… so much!

I started my new position and got my 15% raise… HOLLA!

I work an awesome schedule:
Everyother Monday off – the Monday I do work, it’s from 7:00 – 3:30
Tuesday – Friday 7:00 – 4:30

Awesome!

School starts for me (for real this time – story for another post) on the 15th.
Class Schedule:
Tuesday/Thursday: Accounting, 7:15 – 9:55
Online: Marketing
Should be an interesting semester… I’ve never taken these kind of business classes, but at least I’ll have Rob to help me out… I hope!

Went to Jamaica last month – A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.: August 22 – August 29, picture below!

This past weekend Rob and I went to Richmond and saw Jerry Seinfeld… that was awesome!
The best I have for this one:
Yes, that is Jerry.

This Thursday, yes 2 days from today, I will be on my way to Charlottesville, VA to see the one and only U2! I am so excited! I will have pictures from that and hopefully they will be awesome!

Ok, other than that, I don’t want to write about anything else!

Until I find the energy to type one of these again…

Auf Wiedersehen!

I am literally sitting here at my desk watching the minutes tick by

I am ready for the big hand to be on 3

The little hand on 6

3:30

Time for me to go home!

Well, it’s really not that bad, I have just been filling my days here at work with the works of J. K. Rowling. Yeah, Harry Potter… Even though I have already read ALL the books, I still seem to get so caught up in the world of magic. It’s quite silly, but something about it makes me feel young at heart. Not like I am old, but it’s just a nice getaway from the reality that is my life at work.

“Work”

I am practically getting paid to read. And now, to blog… Oh well, I will find things to keep me from going bored out of my mind. I don’t really have much to say, life has been pretty normal in my neck of the woods. It’s summertime, and the weather is very unpredictable. We’ve had a large amount of rain in the past few weeks and there have been some very violent thunderstorms. I am enjoying the break from school though. It’s quite nice not to have to worry about it at all! Now I am just worried about picking out the last few classes I need before I am able to start at UVa.

Rob is amazing. He really is everything I need and more. Not only is he everything I need… he’s everything I want! He makes me happy and he makes me feel better when I am down. I am so thankful to have found someone like him and can’t wait to spend more and more time with him… unlike the past 10 days where I have only seen him 1. He had been in Pennsylvania for a workshop and New York to move the rest of his things out of the apartment. I miss him. Terribly. I will finally get to see him tonight!

Tomorrow is the first day of July. Time has gone by so fast. It will be Maeve’s 9th birthday on the 14th, Rob and I will be together for 5 months on the 17th, I will be 24 on the 21st and time just won’t slow any of this down!

I am most excited about August being here already! Rob and I are going to…

JAMAICA!

I can’t wait! It’s my first time out of the country and I can’t think of a better person to go with! We are also going with his sister, Nanette and brother-in-law, Rio. We are going for one week and are staying at Sandals. It’s going to be a great time, I know it! All inclusive… EVERYTHING! Rob is most excited about the free golf. I am most excited about… well, all of it. The beaches, the golf, the spa, the everything! So, that has given me a mission. With 1 month and 23 days before we venture to the Caribbean Island, I am on a diet. Officially. I got lipozene, so I am going to give that a shot. I am eating healthier, which will definitely help! And once my body is no longer aching (from my fall down a flight of stairs) I am going to get my butt back in to the gym. I would really love to loose about 30 lbs before the trip, but realistically that’s just not going to happen! So I will have to be steadfast in my healthy eating, working out and lipozene. With all of those factors, I should at least look a little better than I do now, right? We’ll see!

As for the above mentioned fall down the stairs… well, that’s not even the tip of the iceberg. Let me back up to about a week ago… I fell in a ditch… up to my coochie… muddy, murky, rainwater completely covering legs. Yay! Then, Saturday I took my nieces to Doumar’s with my mom and when I got out of the car back at my place, I stepped in a water meter hole, scratching up my leg. Yippie! Well, about an hour later, I walked my mom and nieces outside but instead of walking down the stairs, I completely fell… all the way down… I banged up my left arm, which shows my only bruise of this event happening, hurt my right leg, right hip and lower back and later on my right shoulder was in the worst pain ever! So, needless to say, I didn’t sleep very well Saturday night and Sunday was no picnic. Yesterday was miserable, sitting in a chair for 8 ½ hours (no lunch break… how night) and today I am starting to feel a little better, well, besides a headache that is coming on.

Ugfh!

It’s only 9:15!

Well, other that that exciting mess, nothing much else is going on. Tonight I am donating platelets at the American Red Cross. Sharon is coming with me, so that will be fun! Well, as fun as donating platelets can be, I guess. Hopefully this time they will be able to get the needle in right and leave it alone so I can complete my donation!

Okie dokie, this has been long enough. Until I have nothing else to do at work…

Ta Ta!

“I’m so happy
That you love me
Life is lovely
When you’re near me
Tell me you will stay
Make me smile.”

Well, what can I say.  I am really happy right now with things in my life.  Rob is great, he makes me so happy and I am undeniably lucky to have him in my life.  We spend most of our time together, but we still have time to do our own thing too.  Time with him flys by but stands still at the same time.  I enjoy every moment that I get to spend with him.  Playing golf, watching movies, cooking, listening to music and whatever it is that we’re doing.  I could sit in an empty room with him and have the best time ever. 

The family is doing pretty good these days. 
Kayla is finishing up her last couple months as a Junior in high school.  This time next year we’ll be getting ready for her Prom and Graduation! 
Chase is finishing up middle school this year and he’ll be heading off to high school as a Freshman.  I know his time there is going to fly by just like Kayla’s has! 
Tilli is finishing up elementary school and will be starting middle school! 
Maeve has no big milestone grade this year, though.  They are starting to make me feel really old! 
Ruby will be starting Kindergarten this year!  Now THAT makes me feel old. 
But I am so happy to see my nieces and nephew doing so well in school.  I can’t wait to see how their lives turn out! 
Mom and dad just celebrated their 30 year anniversary on March 31st, so we (the kids, grandkids and Rob) surpised them by taking them bowling and dinner at Chris and Chrisi’s house.   They were really surprised and without fail mom cried and dad was clueless as to what what happening.   It was a sucessful day and we were really happy to help them celebrate this milestone. 
Chris and Sharon celebrated their 16th anniversary on April 3rd. 
Another really exciting thing to happen – Chrisi finished up with chemotherapy!  She had a visit with the doctor and she told Chrisi that she doesn’t need to come back for two months!  Now she is on to have one of her surgeries at the end of May and hopefully her last one in June! 

So, some pretty exciting things taking place and going smooth for now on the homefront. 

School.  Oh the never ending story that is my educational career!  Will it EVER end?  Here’s the deal:  in 4 short weeks (May 7th) I will be finito with my Associates Degree in Applied Science – Social Sciences.  However, I am looking into doing a program through Tidewater Community College (TCC) that will allow me to take classes provided by the University of Virginia.  Basically I will be going to U.Va through TCC.  But, I have to take a few (5 to be exact) more classes to make me eligable for the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) program.  In otherwords – SO LONG SUMMER!  I am looking at taking 2-3 classes this semester (summer) and then the remainder in the fall so that I can begin the BIS program in the Spring of 2010.  I guess the light is at the end of the tunnel and even though I am almost through the light of my Associates, I still have more classes to take and at least 3 years of the BIS program.  But I know it will all be worth it in the long run.  As least I hope it will!

Well, other than that, there’s not a whole lot going on.  Just trying to make it through this semester and hoping to be able to enjoy this summer as much as possible!

What is happening?  Well ok, the first two weren’t really monumental posts, but this one isn’t really either!

I just feel like today is a good day to start working on “me.”  And by “me” I mean my health and fitness. 

I started a running log at the beginning of the year and was doing really well at first, but since I got the flu in January, the really bad head cold in February and then injured my foot playing tennis with Rob, I have been S-L-A-C-K-I-N-G!  So, I am going to pick up from where I left off and start my running again.  Also, I think tonight I am going to do either my P90X or Yoga!  I really want to get leaner and toned!  It’s March 31 and Summer/Beach season is going to be starting here in the next couple of months and I want to look as good as I can in my bikini come that time!  So!!!!!!!  Better eating, more dedication to my running and more working out!  I am healthy now, so there are no excuses!  I’ve got to do it or I will feel like a beached whale!  I will take before pictures of myself and post them once I am happy with my results. 

I am looking forward to challenging myself and getting a healthier body! 

🙂

I still need to update about the rest of Rob’s visit, my trip to NYC, annd a whole lot more! I am such a slacker!

After 2 months and 29 days I have finally given in to my New Years Resolution. I had soda on Sunday. I had another yesterday and then again today. I guess it’s ok though, it was only diet soda which has no sugar or calories. Practically flavored water! So I am ok with it, for now.

Rob. 02/17/09.

My Rob!  His latest visit began on the 13th of February and has lasted up til now. These last three weeks have been simply amazing! I have seen him every day he has been here and the times we have spent together have been unbelievable! I am a very lucky girl to have found someone who is kind, considerate, affectionate, smart, talented, athletic, funny, sweet, generous and simply an incredible person! I mean, the list could go on and on without hesitation, but those are the ones that first come to mind when thinking of the person Rob is.

I feel like there is so much to us. We have so much in common and I think we could read the phonebook together and not even be bored. Ever since he arrived we have done so many things, from going to the driving range in the freezing cold to movies galore. We’ve played golf, run a few miles, walked around Mt. Trashmore, breakfast in bed, movies, karaoke, cornhole, catchphrase, dinners and so much more. Time with him is simply a pleasure and I just love being by his side doing all the things we do.

Being with Rob makes me so happy. There are no words to describe the emotions inside of me. He is such a spectacular person and the things that he has done with his life are a major inspiration to me. He does inspire me on a daily basis to be better and to do more with myself by just being Rob. I have never felt this way about a man before and I love the feeling I get when I think about him. When I think about the times we’ve had together and anticipate the times in the future we will spend together I am filled with so much happiness.

I have been spoiled with his last visit to Virginia. He has been here almost three weeks now! I don’t know what I’ll do with myself once he is gone. But luckily, he is still here and will be here until Sunday, so I won’t have to worry about that until then! Also, I will be flying to see him in New York City come one week from tomorrow, so it won’t be too bad. But once I return from my visit to the Big Apple the uncertainty will begin! When will he be back? How long til I see him again? Will things change? No. I won’t let them change. Even though there will be distance between us, our connection will not be broken. I will do everything within my power to keep that from happening. I know he will do the same.

Well, like I said, I am quite a lucky girl to have captured the attention of such a beautiful person (inside and out). He truly treats me like a princess, adores me and gives me all the respect I deserve. I am thankful to have someone in my life that cares about me and wants to be with me every moment of every day. I hit the jackpot with this one and I’m not going to give him up! As my good old mother says, “He’s a keeper!”

A keeper.

As for school, well my Old Dominion application has been stamped with the decision “admit” on it. So I have been accepted. Now I just need to finish up this semester and I am home free!

Statistics. Music Appreciation.

Oh man, I can’t wait until the last day of classes on May 7th. Then graduation comes May 15th and I am done with Tidewater Community College! I am so proud of myself for finally completing my Associates! I can’t wait to start working on my Bachelors and be done with my education for a few years. Ideally, I would like to go back to school maybe a couple years later and get my Masters. Yep, that’s the plan.

It’s so funny for me to look back at the last few years and see how much I have changed. I love the person I have become and I am so proud of the things I have accomplished. I know there are some things I would have done differently given another opportunity, but I am thankful that despite the bad choices I have made, I am still on my two feet working my butt off trying to correct them. These are the things that have helped mold me in to the person that I am and getting through them one day at a time will help teach me things to help me out later in life.

Hopefully this summer will be something special. I am looking forward to taking some time off around my birthday, maybe go away somewhere out of the country. That would be amazing, but unlikely at this point. I would settle on a trip to Key West or Hawaii. Just some time to get away and relax with nothing but my bathing suit, a few sun dresses, flip flops, sunglasses, suntan lotion, my man, the sun, sand and water. Throw in a few drinks and I’m good to go! I’ve got about two months before beach weather begins. So I am going to get down to it and start working out, running and maybe take up a yoga or Pilates class to get my but in shape! Well, that’s about it for now! I am off to get some work done! Hopefully this day will start going by a little bit faster because right now it’s taking f-o-r-e-v-e-r!

Isn’t it funny that no matter how stressed of a time you are having, you always seem to take the time to think about a few things that make you smile.  For me, I am thankful to to have the things in my life that continue to amaze me on a daily basis!

Kayla.  You have grown up to be such a beautiful, fun, quirky young lady.  Being your aunt and able to be a part of your life gives me so much joy.

Tilli.  What a beautiful, smart and loving girl.  You are so talented in so many ways.  I love seeing you grow in to the amazing woman I know you will be.  Another one who overwhelms me with joy.

Ruby.  Oh my Ruby.  The first one to run up and give me the biggest hug.  My heart melts everytime your little arms wrap around me.  I wouldn’t trade those hugs for anything in the world.

Chase.  My only little man.  Well, I guess now that you’re taller than me I can’t call you that… but you’re still my little man.  Your talent and dedication are such an inspiration to me.  I am so happy to see that you have become such a talented person and love every moment I get to spend with you.

Maeve.  Maeve, Maeve, Maeve.  My little goofball.  I love every chance I get to be around you, you crazy kid!  You are always making people laugh and always so creative!  Watch out Chelsea Handler… you’re going to have some competition in about 10-15 years!

Mom, Dad, Sissy, Bobo, Chris & Chrisi.  6 of the most hilarious people I have ever known and will ever know!  I am SO thankful to have you in my life and know I would not be the person I am today without all of your love and continuous support.  Thank you for everything!

So, now that I’ve put it out there and shared my 12 reasons for being extremely happy…  I am going to go back to being stressed out.  (aka – studying for a statistics exam and music appreciation exam)

-Liza 😉

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Simply put, things are going pretty well for me these days.  Besides my slight setback last week, in the form of the flu, I am happy.  Putting me out for 5 days & being home gave me some time to think about things that really matter.  When it boils down to it, there are 11 people I love with all of my heart, no matter what happens, they are my family.  My life.  My heart and reason I am the person I am today.  After that, there are those who mean a lot to me.  Love?  Well maybe, but not in a way that is unconditional.  Loving someone in a world where people change only to satisfy their own needs has taught me to guard my heart.  So for that, I will love those worthy of my love.  I will love those who have proven that they are more than another passerby. 

So there is this “somebody” that has recently entered my life.  He has simply swept me off my feet.  We only met a little while ago, but the little time that we have spent together he has started to show me the person that he is.  The genuine, kind, considerate, fun, and amazing person he is.  While there are many things in my life to be happy about, the fact that he has given me the time to get to know him and to spend with him is something really worth smiling about.  I mentioned in my first post, New Years started off great, it was spent with him.  That was the last time I saw him until last weekend.  Since he lives about 7 hours away, it is pretty hard to see each other often.  But when he was here, the time spent together was so natural.  With him, there is a certain ease to things.  Again, it just feels natural.  No awkard silences at dinner and no empty moments.   Now a week has passed and I can’t wait to see him again.  One thing about it though, I feel like I am able to be myself completely around him and I love that.  I am my goofy and sometimes slightly retarded self who says the wrong thing and makes a fool of herself.  But he doesn’t judge me or look at me like I have a third eyeball.  Maybe that will come back and bite me in the butt, but for now I am happy with the way things are.  I am glad to have the opportunity to get to know such a great person and can’t wait to see what will happen with the future.  xo

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. – John Lennon, “Beautiful Boy”

Here I am at the beginning of many different things.  The beginning of a new blog, a new year, a new (and last) semester before I recieve my Associates of Science and a new me. 

With a new blog there are many challenges for me.  I like writing blogs, but sometimes I don’t always have something to say.  Then I get to the point where I forget about them, become distracted with other things going on in my life or just don’t feel like writing at all!  So, with that being said, I am going to do my best to stay on top of this thing and make it the best blog ever!  Ok, well maybe not the best blog ever, but something interesting to read.

Now on to the new year!  I have to say, this year started off pretty spectacular.  I hope that will carry on throughout the year and continue to be something special.  I am looking forward to seeing what is in my future and know that all of the friendships, love and challenges that are ahead of me are going to be 100% worth it in the long run. 

Probably one of the best things going on in my life right now is the fact that I am 5 months away from having my Associates!  After 5 long years, the light at the end of the tunnel is within my grasp.  I may not necessarily like the road I have to take to get through these 5 months (ugh, statistics… need I say more?) but it will all be a faint fleck of dust when I look back at it.  I am very proud of myself for working this hard to get to where I am today.  I have made my parents proud as well as the rest of my family and that’s something for me to be extremely happy about.

The new me.  I am very excited about taking some time to figure out what I am and who I am.  I am not going to hide behind a facade anymore.  I am going to be me.  I am removing the people from my life that I feel are hindering me and will be embracing the people who continuously make me smile, laugh and encourge me to be myself 100%.  Nothing more, nothing less.  I am not going to be self-concious about myself, I am going to show my true colors.  If you like me, good.  If you love me, great!  If you hate me, well you’re a mean person and I don’t need you in my life anyways! 

So the next couple of months will consist of me working my full-time and part-time jobs, going to school two nights a week and training for the Shamrock 1/2 Marathon.  I am going to be a busy bee, for sure.  But, again, it will all be worth it.

So as for this short little post, there’s not much to it, but there will be more to come.