While Travis was working, hee hee, I was taking pictures of myself. No, seriously, I was just taking a break lol. Anyways, we have been sooo busy this week. Both of us have been working our butts off at work and at home too. We got most of the living room wallpaper off last night which is awesome progress. I'm off the next couple days so maybe I'll be able to get some more done during the day. And I also have to make some more birthday invitations within the next two weeks. Click here to see the other invitations I made. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think of them.

I watched the season premiere of Heroes last night. I really liked that show. It's new and different. The Japanese guy named Hiro really cracked me up! He has a blog too, here it is. It's about genetically altered people who have super powers. They all come together to fight a nemesis geneticist like a comic book. It's a cool idea whoever came up with it.

The after effects of scrapping wallpaper.

Travis laying on the drywall putty

I started my new job on Monday. My first day went pretty well. The second day went even better because I was able to work more without having to ask 'how do I do this?'. So that was a good feeling being able to do things on my own so soon. Last night when I got home I said hello to Travis and collapsed in bed. I told him I just wanted to lay down for a little while, hee hee, more like 2 hours! He said he tried to wake me up a few times but I wouldn't get up. I was exhausted. And since I was off today, I took advantage of the free time and slept most of the afternoon. I have things I need to get done, so I probably shouldn't have slept though.

As far as the house goes, we really haven't done anything for a couple days. He says we might wait until Spring to paint the outside of the house, which he's probably right since the temps took a nose dive. Oh, we turned our heaters on for the very first time this evening. They are working good, so I must be able to trust Travis and Dad's wiring skills :-). I'm hoping the next project will be to get our living room painted.

I had been sick lately with a cold and was taking Halls cough drops. I had one left laying on my coffee table. Well, I woke up this morning and Bella had something red stuck in her hair by her mouth. You put it together. What a crazy dog. But I love her.

So far I have been feeling better today...thank goodness! I was starting to get worried because I can't be sick for my first day of work Monday. Mom and I went shopping and I got a couple new pairs of jeans and a shirt for work. Then by time I got home I was exhausted so I feel asleep on the couch. Travis on the other hand has been a work-a-holic today. He has totally finished his garage doors and they look amazing! He has done such a wonderful job and I'm so proud of him. After he finished that he wired up his garage and now has electricity out there!

Other than that, not much is going with us.
Good luck to the Bengals tomorrow. They're playing the Browns.

Ughhh I'm sick! :-(

I've already made progress on my last post's objectives. When I put my mind to something, I go for it! I'm starting a part time job Monday! I'm really excited but nervous too. I will be helping to do paperwork 2 or 3 days a week. If you want to know where, e-mail me cause I don't want to put it on here yet. Other than working part-time I have been thinking about volunteering one day a week for a Christian ministry who helps less fortunate people in our area. But I need to see if they have any open opportunities for me first. I'm really excited about these changes I'm making in my life. I don't do well with change at all, so I'll need a lot of support, but Travis has already said he'd be here for me. He's so great.

Ok, these are some deep thoughts, but I have been thinking a lot today about what I'm doing with my life. I guess the September 11th anniversary has me thinking. All those innocent people lost their lives suddenly that day, and if I were to lose mine, would I have lived my life to its fullest potential? Yes, I've been dedicated to my family, but all told, I fear that the overall answer would be no. Have I used my talents to serve God? The answer is a shameful no. I keep asking myself what have I done with the 25 years that I've been on this Earth. Grew up, took a few short cuts, got married, and that's it. I am capable of doing so much more. I have realized that I have a lot of thinking to do about what will make me happy in life, besides Travis, and how I can contribute to society.

If anyone has an idea or advice for me leave me a comment.

The Bengals Won vs. Kansas City today

23 - 10!!! Woo Hoo! Including pre-season so far they are undefeated. Travis and I are so excited to go see them play Oct. 1st in Cincinnati vs. New England. It should be a good game, but of course the Bengals will win :-)

This weekend has been crazy! Travis and I just got through staining the last side of his garage doors. They are looking great. I'm excited to see them hung and all finished. We also worked a little bit in our living room scraping wall paper off and putting some drywall putty up. We have a lot more to do in there though before we can even think about painting. Then after that, we're off to work on the kitchen. Also, I got my niece, Emily's first birthday invitations done and sent down to Kassie, her momma. I'm glad I got them done. I was on the verge of freaking out about them. Everybody really liked them, but you know me, I had to feel like they weren't my best work. But I did do the best I could.

Today is my friend Christy's birthday, so even though she doesn't have the Internet,

Happy Birthday Christy!!!

This has been a bad day. It all started off with a bad dream early this morning. I have been having bad dreams for the past six months at least, if not longer, and they all have the same theme basically. Either terrorism or about the military. I'm not sure if I'm having these dreams because of where Travis was deployed to Iraq or if I'm worried about another terrorist attack, or if it's just from watching too much news. Anyways, my dream this time was about terrorists were making all Americans get onto airplanes then they would shoot them down with RPG's (Rocket propelled grenades) and my parents got on one of the planes. Where do I come up with this stuff? I had one before that I was in the military, in combat, and my friend got killed. These dreams seem so real too. Sometimes it's really scary.

Then the next bad thing to happen was I found out that my best friend from high school's little brother died. It was really shocking. I went up to the funeral home for visitation. It was horrible seeing someone younger than I am laying there. The newspaper didn't say how he died, it just said he died unexpectedly. It's really sad. He was a good kid.

Let's hope tomorrow is a better day!

On a brigher note, Travis made a blog. Here it is.

One garage door stained and down...one to go :-(

I just wanted to post some before and after pictures of our front room. It's a huge difference! Hopefully we can get the whole house looking this good...and soon!

Yes, this is a very historical day. Trisha has a blog, oh my. LOL. I am really exicted to have my own blog so that I can share my thoughts and experiences with the world. Actually that's a little intimidating, but oh well.

First of all I am married to the greatest man in the whole world, Travis. We have been married for almost five years now and I have loved every minute of it. Well, except for the fifteen months that he spent away from me when he had to go to Iraq. That was really hard for the both of us. I still struggle with emotional end of that deployment. I'll write about all that later. But, I'm sure it was a lot harder on him that it was on me. I'm not sure that I have more respect for any one person than I do for him. I am very proud of him for what he sacrificed for me and our country.

We recently bought a house in my lovely hometown of Syracuse. I grew up here and I absolutely love it here. Especially having my family right next door if I ever need them. This house is old and it needs a lot of repairs and remodeling done. I wouldn't consider it a dream home, but we're making it into ours. I guess I can say it's my dream home because it's mine to share with Travis and our future family. It's so nice paying the bank for something in return in the end than it is paying a landlord for nothing. And it's nice being able to decorate how I want. And pick what color paint I want, what kind of flooring I want, etc. It's really a big sense of freedom to own your own home. This house is really growing on me the more work we put into it. So far we have the front room pretty much finished. I have an antique theme going for it with old, old family pictures and other heirlooms decorating the room. I'm fascinated with history and my own family history, so it's fitting that I have one room devoted to just that. But anyway, I got off the subject just a little. Right now I'm working on getting wallpaper off the walls in my living room, which is quite a job. There's some places where there are quite a few old layers. Really it's not much fun to do. I'm hoping to get the walls smoothed out with drywall putty and paint it within the next couple of weeks. Then, who knows what I'll start on next. Travis has been working on making new garage doors. Some clown put in a sliding glass door as a garage door. ??? But that's comin outta there! Trav has done a great job on making them though. He's routed them all out and pieced them together. They look amazing. They need stained yet though.

Other than that there isn't much going on in my life right now. I have been spending probably way too much time online lately.


Some of my links are -
www.myspace.com/trishaigibson
http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l318/trishairene/