RetroPost: 3.29.05

{Saved from Xanga} So I still have no idea what the status is on the whole vacation thing... but like Billy said, if not, I'll just call in sick for three days... ANYWAY I am going crazy! Why does a bake sale always seem like a good idea for fundraising? I can't think of any good ideas that would sell very well other than cookies but everyone is bringing cookies! That what people do. They bring cookies. And to have this stupid sale on Wednesday and Thursday- our slowest days! The hot dogs and popcorn on Friday will be gay too. Not like I can think of anything that would raise money but GOOD LORD THESE ARE TERRIBLE IDEAS! OK, I'm not going to be a pessimist... too late! I... hate... being... obligated! Oh, well. Going back to pillsbury.com to see what I can possibly find... ~Jilli!

RetroPost: Are we normal?

{Saved from The Nest} In listening to my sisters-in-law and dealing with all of their problems from time to time, and hearing Jenn at work complain endlessly about her jerky husband, I have to wonder... ARE WE A NORMAL MARRIED COUPLE?!? I've never called my mom crying about anything... any fight we have stays between us and is sorted out before we go anywhere or do anything. I have never ever b!tched to co-workers about all the times Billy is an @$$... Billy's never an @$$. We never fight about money, we've never threatened divorce, we never complain about each other to family or friends or acquaintances, and (amazing as it sounds) we want kids because they're pretty nifty little creatures not because it's the only way we'll stay together! As long as we've been on our own, we've been together... I don't have any idea how to give advice to struggling couples cuz I have no idea what they're going through... Jenn asked how we could be so in love. I don't know! We just are! And we're really good at it. Love you Billy!

RetroPost: 3.28.05

{Saved from Xanga} There I go feeling icky again... but for a different reason. Because fate is being wiggly lately, Sue & I need the same days off in May... So now I'm sitting here going aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgghhhhhh while I wait to see what Linda decides. She asked if I have the leave time saved up... I don't. And I don't think I will by then either. But I have this bad habit of planning vacations before I get the time off... So good lord I hope she says it's OK for both of us to go at the same time. She best hire somebody by then... If not, then I'll still be feeling icky since I'll have to break it to my parents that we have to change our reservations, somehow. Sometimes, I think I have things together. Usually, I don't. ~ Jilli

RetroPost: 3.22.05

{Saved from Xanga} I'm surprised with myself. I have this icky feeling in the pit of my stomach that's been there since I found out the credit union is willing to pay Noah $9 an hour even tho' he doesn't have any experience. I started at $8 and I'm still there. And I commute and we are struggling. Our heads are barely above water... I expected Faith to get paid more seeing she's been banking forever. Jenn, too, since she had a little experience also. But I am feeling rather sick now. I'm not going to freak out yet. Not until he's interviewed and whatnot and what they're offering him is official. Either way... I'm going to need a raise. Soon. They have serious compensation problems... Feeling icky... ~Jill

RetroPost: ~Wiggle Dance~

{Saved from The Nest} I have a point to get across but I'm not being very good at thinking of a catchy introduction. So screw it. Here I go... I'm feeling so married lately and it makes me feel yummy inside. In our last real blow out Jill'n'Billy brawl, which unfortunately was sorta drunken, (but that was OK cuz it got the point across) we pretty much settled all the BS that was in our past that's been dragging on our relationship. Ever since then, our marriage has been 100% AMAZING. We still have our moments cuz we're pretty normal but otherwise it's been awesome. I mean, I really really feel like a wife now. Yesterday, we crashed on the couch and watched movies while I did laundry. It was a perfect day. I love us.

RetroPost: 3.17.05

{Saved from Xanga} Soooooo.... work is weird. And unhappy. But I had a strawberry milkshake so I'm content. Well, my parents found a washer/dryer set that's fairly new at a garage sale. Instead of being smart with the money we had already set aside for a new set, we put it in the checking account to "get back on our feet." Then the Waste Management bill came which only comes every 3 months so I always forget about it. So I paid that and then we bought a bunch of movies and went out to eat in Carson on Monday... There goes the money! And we're poor again. That was so stupid. The only smart thing I did at all was put $23 to our vacation fund. At least, come this weekend, we'll be able to wash our clothes at home. Which means I need to buy detergent. We might as well paint the laundry room while we're at it since we already have to clean it. We're trying to set up our house to sell. The (crazy) idea is to sell our house, use our equity to pay off our debts and put a down payment on building our dream house in Fallon. After that, we'll start our family. Odd. But exciting. For the first time ever, I'm really into the idea of having a baby. I can't wait to see Billy as a father. Good lord, my life is bouncy... ~Jill

RetroPost: Starting a life

{Saved from The Nest} Yah! another day in life. Well Even though I'm stuck at work I'm trying to make the best of it but yeah, so this is a wedding blog so i should put up more stuff about my wife and I. Well Everyday I seem to fall more in love with her! She is amazing and I couldn't do much of anything with her by my side. I used to be a lone wolf who thought love wasn't even a chance in my life. But then I met her. Just one glance and I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. So yeah and I married her. I GOT THE GIRL!!!! and now I live happily with her in our home in Nevada. We have been through more than most couples and I think that's why our relationship is so strong. Well the next step in our lives is to start a family. We want to have a child but we need to get a few things in order first. One of which is a new house. the one we a re currently in is great but its not logical for have a child. I mean just one major thing is that our room is at the other end of the house of the other rooms. Thats whay to far from a new babies room, then a few other things. But yeah I'm really excited about being a father! soon I hope but I want things to be right so I can give my kid the things I was never able to have. but I got to get back to work, so I can leave to pick up my lovely wife for lunch (another great part of us, our lunches together) but yeah so talk to you all soon Keizo

RetroPost: 3.15.05

{Saved from Xanga} So, I'm being a lazy blogger all the way around today... As I put in our couples blog, here is our couples zodiac, Libra: Couple keyword: Romantic. Your vibe: You two are in love with love and in love with each other. Neither of you likes to sully the glory of romance by talking about tedious things like laundry and bills. Luckily you match your romantic sides with a bit of practicality, divvying up responsibilities to make sure things get done. But the reason you two got married was to be as close as you could possibly be. You both prefer to be too merged rather than too distant. Your favorite activities include slow-dancing in the kitchen while the food is cooking, surprising each other with silly, romantic gifts, and spending entire weekends in bed. Truth truth... It makes me happy~ Onward with the day's laziness.

RetroPost: And I'm... Serenidy/Jill

{Saved from The Nest} OK, we're weird. Maybe someday, if anyone happens to care or ask, we'll explain the whole Keizo/Serenidy thing. Or not. Anyway... I'm being a lazy poster today but I thought this was interesting. I looked up our “couple sign” which is the zodiac of your wedding day pretty much. Ours is Libra and it fit us really well: Couple keyword: Romantic. Your vibe: You two are in love with love and in love with each other. Neither of you likes to sully the glory of romance by talking about tedious things like laundry and bills. Luckily you match your romantic sides with a bit of practicality, divvying up responsibilities to make sure things get done. But the reason you two got married was to be as close as you could possibly be. You both prefer to be too merged rather than too distant. Your favorite activities include slow-dancing in the kitchen while the food is cooking, surprising each other with silly, romantic gifts, and spending entire weekends in bed. That's us all right! ~Serenidy~

RetroPost: Hello - I'm Keizo

{Saved from The Nest} So yeah I'm Billy although I go by Keizo, so don't be alarmed if I use that name more so. The reason for this is too complicated. But yeah so I'd agree with my Wife when we say we are weird and a bit different than most couples, so if anyone else out there is like us let us know! ^_^ But we are happily married, currently living in our house while wanting to start building a new one. If things go through in the right way, then we should be building a new house in the next year. Then we can start a family!!!! Which is something I can hardly wait for. I'm not sure how good of a Father I'll be, but I'm up for the challenge and ready for all the responsibility! So that it’s for now, talk to you all soon. Bye ~Keizo

RetroPost: We Are One of a Kind...

{Saved from The Nest} In becoming obsessed with reading blogs on the nest (and being happy that there is a nest... I was missing the knot) I haven't really been able to find anyone quite like us. We were married September 27, 2003 when I was 19 and my dear husband was 18. We are way young and way ahead of the game. We are not average in any sense but we are happy! : ) So, I guess more will come later but for now, I finally got this started. YAY! ~Jilli

RetroPost: 3.9.05

{Saved from Xanga} I'm so hungry! I didn't bring anything for breakfast and I can't chew. The left side of my jaw is in so much pain. I was reading about TMJ yesterday and all the symptoms sounded like me. I was going to try Excedrin today but I left it at home . I guess I'll pop some Advil at lunch and hope for the best. That and I'm doing the stuffy nose thing again which sucks. I've seriously been thinking about our future and while we're way ahead of the game, I feel way behind. We're dying money wise... I hate to say it, but we are. We need to make a game plan!!! Will keep you posted~ Jilli

RetroPost: 3.7.05

{Saved from Xanga} So, the weekend didn't end up as planned in my lil head but it was peachy nonetheless. The idea was grocery shop on Saturday and work in the yard on Sunday, neither of which actually happened. We actually did make it into WinCo but what we really needed was meat and their meat was very expensive. So, we're still out of everything but we did have fun. Just hanging out together is the best. ! We ended up checking out Savers and Goodwill and the new 99 cent store. Then we bought some stuff we actually did need at Target and I got a cute new outfit for work at Mervyn's. We tried to get Billy a credit card there but he got denied again. It's ridiculous trying to get credit!!! He doesn't have bad credit- just no credit at all. If he had been 18 when we started life, we wouldn't have this problem. Oh, well. It'll happen eventually. Yesterday, instead of working in the yard, Missy, Noah and Emily came over for a picnic in the park which was very fun. Then we played baseball. I was terrible but the girls were too so it didn't matter. I just had a blast. I'm feeling yay today cuz for the first time in a long time, we have a decent amount of money left after paying bills for this pay period. And that's after our Reno trip and the grocery money has already been taken out AND Billy's class is already paid for this month. I'm debating on going to Carson with him today. I have a billion things to do at home but I know he wants my moral support. What to do what to do... Don't know! Onward with life, ~ Jilli

RetroPost: 3.4.05

{Saved from Xanga} I am so YAY! It's Friday!!! But this day is creeping by in a very blah way. Missy and Noah came over and we played DOA2 on Missy's xbox which I am very bad at... I'm bad at most video games but I am told I am cute while playing. Then I sorta dozed off while Noah and Billy played Halo. Not very eventful but happy. I did sorta go crazy nuts eating things for some reason. I'm special that way but I'm just going to go on my merry way and not beat myself up over it. I'll probably have soup for lunch and make Billy go on a walk with me. Or maybe I'll just adjust my work out schedule and do my lower body workout tonight. Either way we have to go through our pantry and see what we already have food wise so we don't waste our grocery money on stuff we already have. I really can't wait for tomorrow. It should be fun going to WinCo and remembering how it was when we were first on our own. Actually, I'm pretty much just looking forward to the work day ending so we can be together. I've been looking forward to taco night since we got those free tortillas. It's kind of cool being poor- sounds weird but when I just accepted it and concentrated my efforts on getting us by everything became a little sweeter. We do owe our friends a night out tho'- they've been footing the bill for like a month now. Anyway, just balancing the checkbook and budgeting our monthly income has become sort of a game for me. I mean, my high points this week have been eating soup 3 nights in a row and being really happy about it, free tortillas, a free movie at good ol' Fallon Theatres, hanging out with friends, taco night, and looking forward to a grocery expedition. It tickles me to be this amused. I got caught up in this blog today of a couple that has been married just a wee bit longer that us and they're messed up- money wise and relationship wise. I think Billy and I have a strange advantage since ever since we've been on our own, we've been together. There's never been a "my money, your money" dilemma. It's always been our money. All that growing up you're supposed to do after high school, we've done together. For Billy, a lot of it was while he was still in high school. It definately wouldn't work for everybody but it works for us! TGIF! Happy Lovey Jill

RetroPost: 3.3.05

{Saved from Xanga} Do you believe in fairy tales? Jill T. does. That's what I got in my e-mail from eDiets today. I think it's a sign tho' I really want to go in the break room and gorge on chips and dip. Life is looking better these days. Missy and Noah are back together and things seem peachy. Monday was the longest day ever. February was horrible so I'm hoping March is going to kick ass. It's been all right so far. Billy and I had a blow out of sorts over him joining the class but I think it will work out for the best in the end. The news was way too overwhelming. So our plan is to have a bashing good time together this weekend and go big shopping which I'm looking forward to like you wouldn't believe. I'm hoping Billy's check is mondo kamehameha since he worked an extra day with a few extra hours and it's his commission check. It won't be as bright and sunshiney as I expected cuz the dogs got out again and he missed a lot of work. Maybe I'll make up for it by spreading out Friday's savings transfer into the rest of the month... I don't want to do that really but I REALLY REALLY want to be able to shop. This is grocery shopping mind you... I never thought I would ever get that excited about grocery shopping... Oh, well. I'm working on the whole wife bit and it makes me happy. ~Jilli!~