It's a Boy!

We got the test results back and Tico is in fact a Male! We thought that he was because of stories that we heard about the previous owners when we bought him. But we never knew for sure for the entire 3 years that we have had him. Now we are just going to put good energy into the new baby being a girl. We did in fact decide to go with the name Kiwi. Tico seems to like the name when we say it, and Jared loved it so much. We are so excited!

Shape Up!

The year is coming to a fast close and I have been horribly slacking at my commitment to the gym. Back in November with the chaos that was Global Connection 2009, it started my bad habit of skipping the gym at night because I have been so tired I just want to crash when I get home. I also had a really bad hit to my motivation when I realized that it has been almost a year since I started my hard core gym crusade and I litterally haven't lost a single pound. I litterally cried because I have been working so hard! That plus every gym partner I have ever had, has bailed on me. Well there is this really long hallway at work..and my desk is at the front so I walk that hallway almost 50 times a day probably.

See how long that sucker is!!!

So to help with my situation I thought that I would try some of those shape up shoes. What can it hurt right? I mean I am walking that hallway everyday..why not tone my legs and butt at the same time? So that was the reason for my skechers run yesterday. I have been doing my research into the Reebok Easy Tones and the Skechers Shape Up's to see what was better and ended up going with the Skechers just because it looked more like a shoe rathe than a sneaker. I wanted to be able to get away with wearing them at work is why. I personally loved the way that they both felt. Check 'em out!

I know I know..They look a little Grandma-ish. But if it give me a tight behind I don't care  haha.

If you want to learn more about these shoes if you don't know already, Go Here  or Here

Have you ever just had one of those times?

I had a wild lunch "hour" (30 minutes for my lunch haha) yesterday that I wanted to share. Here is the story...

I have been wanting to get some new shoes to wear back home to Wyoming for our holiday vacation. Since living in California for the last 4 years, my wardrobe has changed to a more lighter style. For example, I wear flip flops every single day. Knowing that I am going to back to the land of snow and negative degree weather I have been on a hunt for closed toed shoes and long sleeve shirts. So, on my lunch half hour I decided to go to the Skecher's store at the outlet mall just down the road.

I was wearing some wedge heel sandals that I have had since I was a sophmore in  high school, and as stepped out of the car I turned to walk towards the mall. It almost felt like my shoe was stuck and I almost fell when I turned and realized that I litterally walked right off the heel. haha I have never in my entire life broke a heel off of a pair of shoes so that was a first for me. Since I was in a rush I just threw the heel back into the car and stood on my tippy toe and hobbled to the shoe store. (Good thing my entire purpose of going there was to buy a pair of shoes) I go into the store and they have a buy one get one 1/2 off sale so I go pick up the ones I want, and begin to hurry to find a second pair. As I turn to look at one pair of shoes my purse knocks over the display and shoes go EVERYWHERE! So I'm rushing to grab shoes and make sure they are the right size to put back into the right boxes and fix the display (No one came to my aid *sad*) So I hobble over to the counter and buy my shoes so I can rush back to work since I was already late. Well I still needed to pick up some food because all I had for the day was coffee. Once I grabbed a quick bite I get in the car to hurry back and can you all guess what happened? Yup...every single light from the mall to my office was red! Of Course!

It was very crazy. Funny at the same time though lol. As least I saw the humor in my chaos. So now I have some sweet new kicks to wear home. We leave for Wyoming in two days!

Wyoming Home.

I am so excited to be headed home for the holidays this year. Because I haven't been home since 2007 I am very anxious to get there and soak up the familiar feelings of home. I am starting to feel a little bit "broken" from the city and imensity of life. I just need some time to re-group and feel like everything is going to be fine again. We leave for the country this coming friday, so I am getting that antsy feeling. The two weeks that we will be home sounds like it is going to be jam packed. Since our families haven't seen us in so long they are making plans without us hahaha. Unfortunately, we wont be able to do them all :(  Lately I have been having extreme mental break downs and I feel like spending some time away will be the best thing for me ( I might not want to come back to CA haha) But at least I have our new baby bird to look forward to when we do get back. I hope that each and every one of you are having a great holiday season and maybe I will get to see some of you when I come home.

Birdie Momma!

As most of you already know if we are friends on facebook, Jared and I decided to get a new addition to our family. We finally decided that Tico needed a wife! We have always wanted to get two birds, that way they could have each other when we aren't at the house. Over the weekend, we took Tico to get his wings and nails clipped, so he was all prepped and ready to go to Wyoming for the holidays. While we were there, there was a beautiful baby grey sitting quietly in her cage while the other birds went wild for attention. We asked if we could hold her and it was love at first sight. She was super cuddly and didn't care who snuggled up to her. Just Precious! She more than pulled on Jared's heart strings, if he could he would have walked out of the store with her that day. We went home and just couldn't stop thinking about her. Jared even looked into getting a better cage, names, even information on having two birds bond with each other and mate. (Can you tell he was excited haha) We took Tico to the bird store on Tuesday to  have a blood test done on him so we can have the certificate saying what gender he is. He didn't like that in the least bit. But it gave us a chance to bond again with the bird we are hoping to get,  and pick out their new future cage. We started cleaning up our house as soon as we got home. Did some deep cleaning and we threw quite a bit out. It's amazing how much stuff you acumulate when you stay in one spot for a while. We also listed some furniture on craigslist to make more room. We can't wait to bring our new baby bird home. I would like everyone's input back on this..Kiwi is one of the options we have for the name of the baby bird, what do you all think?

Baby bird on the Left. Tico On the right.

Tico on the left. Baby bird on the right. I love that they are getting a long!

As you can see the baby bird's tail is still turning red. She is fresh out of the nursery. It will eventually be bright red like Tico's. Her eyes are still turning yellow too. Right now they are still all black.

They are a lot smaller than they look...Wish I could say the same for myself hahaha!

Eufora

"Thank you for calling Eufora, this is Courtney, how may I direct your call?"

Just a short year ago I started saying that phrase, and I have said it millions of times since then. I have even said it while answering my OWN cell phone a couple of times. haha That is commitment! I can not believe that I have been working at Eufora for an entire year! It seemed like just a couple of weeks ago, I started my journey with the company, and was feeling so very out of place. I remember when I started that everyone was leary to talk to me or try to get close since this position has had quite the turn over rate before me. I started coming into my own a few months later. One of my greatest memories was when we had a lunch for the company and the owner (Don) turned to me and said " Do you ever talk? You've been here a few months and I don't think I have heard you say a damn word." haha Oh how wrong he was! I have been so thankful that I found this job and that I have accomplished every goal that I set when I started. I have become so close with a few of my co-workers and I am going to miss them so terribly when we move to Montana. I just wanted to take a moment of my day to reflect this past year and express my excitement and gratitude. There has been up's and down's just like anywhere else in life but it has truly been an experience I will never forget.