WAY too long!

Well where do I start? It has been so long since I was on here - I had actually forgotten about this site. I have been so busy with finishing school, work, kids, sports, surfing on myspace and facebook! I was actually on facebook when I saw a link to a friend's blog and I thought hey I will check out her stuff... then I realized she was on Blogger and I remembered my own account.

So much has happened - I had to read through my old blogs to see where I was at last lol. On Christmas Eve 2006 Dan proposed! He got down on one knee and told me "I haven't been this happy and content in a long time. I am having so much fun with you in my life and I want to spend the rest of it with you and the kids. Will you marry me?" Of course I started crying and said yes of course! We didnt have the money for a ring at the time and after a year going by with no ring and me hinting VERY obviously it came to a head Christmas 2007. He said he was confused and didnt understand I wanted an engagement ring - ok whatever... anyways it all culminated in the end with him buying me a "ring" but it doesnt fit my finger lol --- he bought me my Yamaha FZ6. I absolutely love riding with him and friends. Unfortunately I am a major clutz and missed most of the summer 2008 season because I tore ligaments in my ankle stepping wrong on the bus. I spent the summer in a brace at physical therapy! Of course we had all these rides planned out for this spring/summer --- that is until Feb 26th when I rode my right ankle down the stairs of a bus at work, breaking my ankle in two places and shattering the fibula! Just got out of the cast yesterday and into a hard walking boot but no walking yet - 3 more weeks before I can put any weight on it. I wont be able to ride for AT LEAST another 2 months. SUCKS!

Otherwise things have been pretty good here. I got full custody of my kids last summer when Rob pushed one too many times, hasnt seen his kids since June 2nd 2004 and is so far behind in child support I could buy a brand new BMW with the arrearage! I finally decided I was taking total control of mine and my children's lives and he was no longer going to bully me. It is so much better now. I have also been going to school full time to finish up my degree. I was scheduled to graduate a week ago at the end of the Winter term but with the fall I have had to take a few incompletes and finish up those classes this coming term. So Offically I have graduated, technically I still have 2 classes to finish. I have my Bachelors in Business Management with an Accounting focus from Eastern Oregon University. I did everything online! I completed all the classes possible through Chemeketa then transfered my Associates over to EOU. It has been a long road and I have had the most awesome support team: My parents and brother, my Dan and the kids, my best friends Jenn, Joy, Buffy and Alison along with Jenn and Buffy's hubbies Anthony and James. Many other friends at work: Nikki, Donna, Kim, Janet and Bob, Tracy, Skip, Adrian and so many others - you all know how much you have done for me!

Gosh I know there is so much more that has gone on in the last few years. We made a trip to Alaska and Missouri, had a nice stop in Vegas, made some wonderful life long friends and started planning our house to be build out on a chunk of property that my parents are partitioning for us. We are planning our wedding out there - the wedding day is Sept. 12th 2009.

Now that I have written one of my novels... I will be on here more often and getting back into blogging!