Going to be a long post but mostly pics so going to thumbnail to link to bigger pics (so click on them for a larger view)  There’s plenty more at my Gallery.

Neeva ~ in her new home! I’ve taken a ton of pics and just keep taking them but she’s not exactly sitting still for quality pics yet.
Random pics of her and of course pics from her meeting Xaria.  Merlin isn’t so sure about Neeva yet. Her ears are starting to stand up so they like flop all silly. She gets 2 walks - 1 in the morning with Patrick and then we both walk her in the evenings after work.  She’s doing really well and Patrick has kinda taken charge of letting her out in the middle of the nite and walking her first thing in the morning when she gets all rowdy so I can sleep a little more.   

Last night was really nice though because I got home from work and we took her for a nice long walk.  We came back home and we both cooked Chicken Fajitas before crashing out in the bed to watch some tv. I had to watch the season finale of “One Tree Hill” (yes, sadly I am an addict).  I went to bed fairly early because I was sooooo pooped from the weekend. I woke up Sat./Sun. at the same time I do for work even and was at the cat show until 6 Sat. and 4ish Sunday.  LONG Days but I did finish another 2 books!!  My mom took us out Sunday nite for my bday at Cattlemans mmmm Prime Rib.  This weekend will be a busy one with Patrick’s parents in building the dog run and we are going to BBQ ..invited Patrick’s brother down to join us for that.  Not sure what else we’ll be doing but i’m sure it’ll be busy!  Anyhow…onto the pics!

        

Princess Xaria - she had her first cat show this weekend and is now a Champion so she can start working on becoming Grand Champion.  Got some really cute new pics of her! She’s growing up to be soooo beautiful!!

1) Xaria  2) Xaria and Bug Bug (we call her that) who actually won “Best Cat” in a ring (very big deal) and got numerous other finals.  She gets a lot of attention at shows needless to say! 3) Xaria playing attack cat - wanting her toy! 4)Reaching for the stars Xaria? 5) Show pic (this is the judge that gave Bug Bug her “Best Cat”)

     

and lastly ..Patrick bought me a new Coach wallet for my birthday and says to me “I guess since i’ve been spoiling the puppy, I guess I can spoil my wife also.”  How nice of him?  So here’s my token pic (yes i’m so girly) of it and I love green!!

Jumping on the bandwagon since this is kinda cool and well passed some time. Putting behind a cut though since it’s so damn long!

Random Facts~ all 100 of them ~

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1.      I was born in a small country farm town (Holyoke, CO) where my grandparents still live on their farm. 

2.      I loved irrigation season with my Uncle Pat and fondly remember riding in the tractor. 

3.      My papa (grandfather) taught me how to drive the pickup out on the farm on the way to the dump and back when I was really young and my granny taught me how to play blackjack when Papa wasn’t looking!

4.      I bit my tongue when I was in 1^st grade almost all the way thru from slipping on ice and still have a hole/scar in the middle.

5.      I set my kitchen on fire cooking when I was in 2^nd grade, my dad was a firefighter/paramedic for the small town we lived in at the time.

6.      My family owned a resteraunt named “Murf’s” when I was a little kid.

7.      My dad was amazing cook and I think his love of cooking rubbed off on me.

8.      I went to Bible Camp – Maranatha in Nebraska as a kid.

9.      I was a Girl Scout but don’t remember anything about it except hating selling cookies.

10.  I wanted to be a doctor when I was a little girl so I could “help people”.

11.  I was a certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) when I was 19. 

12.  My parents divorced when I was 9.

13.  I had to live in my neighbors house for 2 months during the custody battle because if I was taken out of state, my dad would’ve been charged with kidnapping.  I chose to live with my dad and the hearing came to an end on my dad / step-mom’s wedding anniversary.

14.   I got to fly in a private plane on my way home from the trial which I thought was so cool.

15.  I moved to Kansas with only 24 days left of school my 7^th grade year and cried a ton about it.

16.  I love swimming and the water – so much I swam competitive, lifeguarded, taught lessons and even have a certification for coaching. 

17.  I spent almost every weekend in the summer at the lake camping & skiing– probably my fondest memory growing up.

18.  I learned how to snow ski when I was 5.

19.  I learned how to water ski about the same age.

20.  I can barefoot ski but not very well.

21.  I liked just about every sport possible as a kid from tennis, volleyball, track, basketball, softball..u name it.

22.  I played Varsity bball in high school but quit my senior year due to swimming.

23.  I helped my dad paint our basketball court in our backyard with regulation lines so I could practice.

24.  I was in band when I was in junior high, played the bass clarinet and was chosen for the State Honor Band.

25.  I love my younger sisters more then they’ll ever understand.

26.  I miss living closer to family and friends, so bad sometimes I just cry to myself about it.

27.  The worst thing I’ve had to deal with was my miscarriage this February. I still am trying to get past it.

28.  I want to have kids more then anything in this world.

29.  My biggest fear in the world right now is not being able to have kids.

30.  I work for the State of Nevada in Child & Family Services and LOVE my job.

31.  I love rainy stormy nights, the sounds and smells.

32.  Waking up in the middle of the nite and seeing my husband there is the biggest comfort to me.

33.  I’m a kid at heart and enjoy cartoons / some anime and of course video games.

34.  I love to relax after a long day in a bubble bath with candles and soft music.

35.  I love sushi.

36.  I like working hard and seeing the results of it come to life.

37.  I enjoy writing poetry and letting my emotions come out that way, even if they don’t make much sense to anyone.

38.  I love taking pictures.

39.  I like drinking beer at a sports bar and watching the Broncos, Avalanche, KU bball or CU football.

40.  I love camping out under the stars and just being outdoors.

41.  I enjoy afternoon drives in the mountains for no reason but to escape.

42.  I’m a candle fanatic and think it drives my husband nuts.

43.  I spend way to much $ on cds / music from I-tunes.

44.  My favorite weekend get away is to the 1801 Inn in Napa Valley.

45.  I love wine and enjoy learning more about it.

46.  I’m left handed.

47.  I have a huge phobia about spoiled dairy products.

48.  I don’t like milk but love cheese/sour cream/yogurt.

49.  I’m scared of spiders.

50.  My first job was at a Christmas Tree Farm.

51.  I was afraid to get married because of my parents divorce.

52.  I love the feeling of being wanted / needed.

53.  I like being a blonde and enjoy the jokes.

54.  I’m 5’7 but almost wish I was taller since my hubby is 6’4.

55.  I have contacts but wear glasses at work cause they are more comfy.

56.  I am a book worm at times.

57.  I have no book shelves in the house and desperately need to buy some. 

58.  I’m addicted to Crate and Barrel.

59.  I can’t imagine not working unless I had kids.. I get bored.

60.  I tend to get a little ansy / fussy / cussy like with idiot drivers.

61.  I hate little white lies more then big lies.

62.  I can’t stand the taste of hot dogs and throw up if I eat them.

63.  I hate windy days.

64.  I’m carded everywhere and my husband isn’t.

65.  I hate the kitchen being dirty.

66.  I have a hard time keeping plants alive even though I would surround myself with them if I could.

67.   I love the 80’s music, heck I love every type of music.

68.  I enjoy dancing at clubs but don’t do it very often anymore.

69.  I hate wearing slacks with a passion but love spring / summer skirts and tank tops.

70.  I have a tank top addiction and probably have over 50 of them in every color possible.

71.  I love walking around barefoot on the grass.

72.  I love my cats and can’t wait for our puppy to get here. I spoil them rotten!

73.  I’m addicted to Starbucks Caramel Machiattos but have cut back all caffeine intake due to trying to get pregnant.

74.  I can honestly say I love my in-laws. (unlike some people I know)

75.  I used to help teach the handicap how to waterski at Boulder Res. While in college at CU.

76.  I own a custom Cannondale road bike that was mean’t for triathlons and rode it everywhere in college instead of having a car.

77.  I am getting the bike fixed next week so I can start riding again.

78.  I hate that I’ve gained weight since I moved to Carson. 

79.  The happiest day of my life was getting married.

80.  The 2^nd happiest day of my life was finding out I was pregnant, only to miscarry.

81.  If I could travel anywhere I’d spend a month or more going around Europe.

82.  My dream vacation right now is spending time touring Italy, taking cooking classes and tasting wine.

83.  I want to take a cruise to Alaska in the next 2 years.

84.  I have been to almost every state in the US but I think 5 or 6.

85.  The first time I was really drunk, was on a cruise ship at 17 with my mom. She had to clean up my Strawberry Daquiri mess and still teases me about it.

86.  I dislocated my knee in college disco dancing at a keg party but got up and kept dancing / walking on it until I couldn’t put on sweat pants over it. (embarrassing)

87.  I went to a gay bar while in high school with Raeann, to watch a drag show with some boys we met.

88.  I was a biochem. major wanting to go to med school but switched to Graphic Communications.

89.  I love being creative.

90.  I’m good at math but hate it.

91.  I love intellectual conversations with my husband about science, space and phsyics, religon even when I don’t fully undestand him.

92.  I was assaulted by some stranger on the way home from my ex’s house while at CU, hit upside the head with a brick and fractured some bones in my face.

93.  I’ve been scared to walk much alone at night ever since.

94.  I am very emotional and get upset easily.

95.  I am Catholic but don’t go to church very often anymore. 

96.  I still pray when I’m upset or need help but sometimes I start to think that’s bad of me to only pray in those times and feel guilty.

97.  I yap on the phone when I’m bored in traffic and I just start calling people to talk to. (usually my mom)

98.  It takes me a lot to trust people.

99.  One of my biggest influences as a kid was my 5^th grade teacher, Barb Vogel. I have still stayed in touch with her over all these years and email with her.. She has been in the news for her efforts in freeing slaves with her students. See below for articles on 60 minutes and Time Magazine. 

 

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,140781,00.html

http://www.anti-slavery.org/redemption/60.htm

 

100.   Lastly~ I feel lucky every day when I think about those that I have in my life to love and love me back. That’s what keeps me going.

 

 

 

 

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Alaskan Malamute puppy!!  Meet “Neeva”  (I named her! ~ comes from a latin derivative meaning “snow”)

~ here’s our puppy ~ we are getting “yellow girl”  She’s also in the bottom left picture (she’s the puppy on the right) with her sister.  She’ll be coming to live with us next Monday.I know i’ve mentioned her but wasn’t sure I had linked any of her pictures.  I’m sure i’ll be taking lots of pics of her in the future to add!  Plus, we are spending every Sunday in June at Puppy school for her.  I’m getting really anxious to have her come live with us finally!

 

http://www.celticmoonmalamutes.com/SecondLitterWeek6.htm

 

I also tried to play green thumb this weekend and planted some bushes / flowers in front of our porch area:

I got a hydrangea bush, butterfly bush, rhodidendrum bush, bluebeard bush, lavendar, some purple cactus flower looking things that patrick picked out and some other random flowers.  Then I went to Lowe’s yesterday and bought stuff to extend my drip lines.  So now I have each plant with its own little tube going to it with a dripper on the end.    I also had to buy some insect killer since my neighbor pointed out I had some aphids on the back bushes    We ended drinking mudslides with our neighbors while I got a nice sunburn gardening saturday then bbq’d with them that evening.  Was a pretty fun day really..until yesterday and my hangover.   

 

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I went to Border’s and bought oh about 6 books so have been a book worm, as patrick calls me now.  I read “Angels & Demons” first and am now onto “The Da Vinci Code” which so far is awesome. The same guy wrote both of the books and they have me pretty sucked in.  Of course, I bought 4 Nicholas Sparks books too because I love love love him as an author.  He also wrote “Message in a Bottle” and “The Notebook” (both movies- I even made Patrick buy me The Notebook for Valentines Day). 

 

Well off to chinese for lunch in a little bit.  I was craving it and now a friend asked me to lunch so I was like oh oh oh I so know where we are going!

 

~wow..finally an update that’s a little on the lighter and happier side eh?

 

New info:

AIM: heathernheavann
YIM: heathernheavann
MSN: heathernheavann (see a trend here?)
ICQ: 270282416

Either add me or post your messenger info so I can re-add you pleeeeasssseee or if you never were on there I can finally add you!!!

I haven’t done this in years so hopefully I still manage to keep my contact lists current but please help me switch over. I’d tell you why I’m doing this but then I’d have to kill ya or go into some long explanation. I really really do hate changing emails/ messenger infos but finally decided I had no choice in the matter.

Thank you SOOO much!!
<3 <3 <3 Heather

Warning~ sorry I didn’t cut this up and stuff but my computer at work is being gay and keeps deleting things when I try to do it.

Why is it that sometimes all it takes to clear your thoughts is a weekend away and missing the one that you love the most?

I went away to Vegas for the weekend only to miss more and more what I had left behind at home. I have over the past few years really hated the feeling of being alone at night when he isn’t by my side. I felt more alone yesterday morning, when I was laying there waiting for time to tick away so I could catch an early flight back, then I have in ages. Instead of staying an extra day there, I forked up the extra money to get home. Back to that place that seems so damn safe and comfortable. I guess sometimes we don’t realize what we have. I got home and we enjoyed a nice late lunch before heading home to cuddle up on the couch and watch movies most of the nite. Not thinking much about anything else but how damn good it felt to have his arms back hugging me. I missed being touched and kissed, wanted and needed. He’s always made me feel safe and wanted. He comes over in the mornings and kisses me in bed for no apparent reason. He walks up behind me and just wraps his arms around me telling me he loves me. I guess sometimes I don’t pay attention to these little things until I’m away from them.

Our anniversary (day we met not wedding anniv)is coming up in 2 weeks (my birthday). I met him on Memorial Day 2001 and still we talk about that weekend. It seems longer that we’ve been together then just 4 years. The past few months have been trying on both of us to say the least. The miscarriage still is haunting me and part of me does believe that depression really kicked me in the ass. I still am struggling some with it and don’t know when that will really end but with time it may slowly become less hurtful. I guess I’m in a sappy mood. Trips away always do that though, even if they are Napa trips away with him.

/end sap

So the next few weeks will be busy! Next Thursday my Mom flies into town with one of her cats to show me the ropes on cat shows. We are going to show Xaria (which I really should take new pics of her since she’s growing up so fast). So that weekend will be spent at the Cat show (I really hope I can do that all weekend LOL). She will be here Thurs.-Monday.

That Monday night we will be in Reno meeting up with the breeder of our new Puppy. Patrick has been in contact with them and they are driving thru the area so we’ll be meeting them instead of driving to San Fran area to pick her up. I came up with a name for her last week. Patrick liked it and I guess the breeder did also so “Neeva” it is, which comes from latin roots meaning “Snow”. She is after all an Alaskan Malamute and they are snow animals!

The weekend after that is Memorial Day weekend, aka my Birthday “I’m getting too old” weekend. I’ll be 28 (YIKES – too close to 30). We don’t have anything planned that I know of but maybe we’ll take the puppy up to Tahoe since that’s where we usually end up on my Bday. It’s kind of fitting since that’s where we first went to dinner when we met and also where Patrick proposed to me.

2 weeks later, Patrick’s parents will be in town to help build the dog run on the side of the house. I’m sure that will be a busy, yet productive weekend to say the very least. I’ve heard mention of building some garage organizing system ….but thinking I’d rather work on the closets in the house so we’ll see I guess. Maybe by then we can see about getting the rocks for our backyard too so we can landscape some too and just make a fun filled weekend of it all LOL.

On other geekly news~ I’m still playing WoW and the other nite while I was out of town Ragnaros fell (of course the 1 nite I miss raiding him) but congrats to us either way. I picked up guild wars so kinda was playing that also. I’m thinking that with summer coming up and things picking up around home with stuff to do my playtime is going to drop drastically and really I don’t care. I guess maybe I need a break from it, need a break from everyone on it etc. Guess we’ll see how much the addiction pulls me back from wanting to get back into reality more. I think I’ll go drop off my bike at the bike shop this weekend though and try to start riding more again, maybe get my ass in shape! Maybe, just maybe I’ll start using my elliptical machine that Patrick bought me instead of logging into WoW at night! Omg…..what are these wild thoughts in my head? I guess we’ll see. Part of me wants to walk away from everything related to that other side of my life and disappear from it again.

So there you have it…an update finally to stop all the nagging requests since people seem to think I’ve disappeared off the face of the earth. I just haven’t felt like sharing much lately but maybe over the next few weeks things will change.