am i five?

sean is not reading dostoyevsky's the brothers karamozov. i just thought you all should know. the man reads a lot, he's even read that book already, but he's just not reading it now...so i don't think that it should be on his blog. if he wants to make a whole section about books he LIKES then i'll let it go.

day in the life of the oldroyds:
this past monday sean and i both had the day off. we had plans to go to nederland and just hang out in the mountains. sean, who usually gets up before me...kept on sleeping. which was fine. i had a quiet morning and just hung out with the animals. once sean got up, we just didn't feel as though we had the energy to take a trip, so instead sean worked on his car (which has issues again...but now are maybe fixed? we hope) i sat in a chair in the garage and just talked to him while kenna paced endlessly chasing the shadow of bugs on the concrete, while amos did whatever it is he does.. our neighbor came over from across the street (who had just recently painted our house) because he had a bit of paint on some windows that he was going to scrape off. he stayed for a while to try and help sean fix the car, but was also confused by the problem. while i was trying to entertain myself during all of the listening to the car and shadow chasing i found an unused flower pot and decided that i wanted to do some gardening. so after the car goings on had ended sean and i planted some seeds in a few pots. then sean had to leave to go into boulder (we live 25 minutes from the restaurant that he/i work at) and i was going to just watch a bit of TV while he was gone, but my cold completely overtook me and i fell asleep on the couch at 300pm when i woke up around 600pm sean had made dinner and was just waiting for me to wake up. so we ate dinner and watch the oscars (which we had previously taped).

not a terribly exciting day, but there's us.

p.s. if you read this it's probably because you read sean's blog. so when sean mentioned that he had asked the owners of the restaurant for more work to help with a down payment on a house... what he didn't say is that they responded by saying that they would like for us to take over the restaurant. it's a huge compliment, and we're not ready to or wanting to at this point. but i just thought i would clarify that for you. because knowing my husband he wouldn't ever have divulged that his boss has so much faith and trust in him that he would hand over his restaurant to him.

post script

so i forgot to say a couple of things. one: polly shore DOES have a new movie called POLLY SHORE IS DEAD. before you ask how it is.... i haven't seen it yet. also, i performed no spell check on the last post, nor did i read it after i typed it, so...read accordingly. peace.

not very good at this

well i'm not very good at this whole thing. i'm not home much, and when i am the last thing i want to do is sit at my computer. i would rather spend time with the animals or with my husband. anyway, i'll keep on going...i mean, why not.

okay, before i go any further i am going to preface this post with the fact that i have a horrible head cold and therefore i am now in the loopy stage in my day, i apologize now. oh, also apparently...word of the day: awesome.

so, what's been going on... my girls and i (my freshman girls) meet for bible study every sunday night, which is awesome. it's only taken me almost 5 months to convince them that it's worth while thing to do, so i'm very happy they've finally decided it is something they want for their lives as well. what else...i'm sick again and/or still i'm not sure which, i've not really been well since our wedding...and now i have a massive head cold. my voice goes in and out at times, but the coolest part of my cold is that i now have deep man voice...awesome. my jobs are going well, nothing to really complain about there. someday however, i would like a job where i don't have to stand the whole time. i really think however deep down inside i'm addicted to applying for jobs where you have to stand the whole time. very strange. i've been working since i was 15 years old, at a grocery store, accommo (okay well that's the only job where i didn't have to stand the whole time), in a kitchen, at starbucks, and now at d'napoli's...all of them standing, minus the one i said i didn't stand...right, okay. for the most part life is good right now. i'm apprehensive about the future...just a lot of big things coming up. not sure what to do with that. OH, and i'm really ready and excited for summer. awesome. sean and i are looking forward to a relaxing summer, and getting to do all the things we couldn't do last summer because we were out of our minds busy. i'm not sure what all those things are exactly, but damnit we're doing them. (ha, woah...got all pasionate about that..) <-- you were all thinkin' it.

today sean and i went out for coffee at a fairly new coffee shop in a new neighborhood which is called the steel yards because it was where the boulder steel yards were originally located. 2/3rds of the (what would you call it...complex? neighborhood? area?) complex is business and the other part is domestic housing. very urban feeling. we had good coffee, and somewhat okay pastries (which i expected..what coffee shop actually has great pastries? it's just part of the deal). the owner of the coffee shop seemed like a very cool guy to work for. moving on. so then we had already dragged our butts into boulder so we decided to just hang out until sean had to go to work, which meant we still had like 2.5 hours to keep ourselves entertained. we walked next door to a dog and cat bakery and hung out with a very old and fat beagle, and a very old but not fat... DANG IT i can't remember what kind of dog it is...you know, like the one in turner and hooch. we ended up buying kenna a lama/sheep like fuzzy toy dolly, and some treats. (pizza, cheese, and peanut butter flavored). i really wanted to buy amos a collar with spikes on it but they didn't have any. unfortunate. don't worry though, i'm going to pets mart tomorrow. then we decided to look at these new lofts that were just finished and should be on the market on north broadway. they seemed nice. which then lead us to wanting to go look at the townhomes at dakota ridge. and then back to the holiday neighborhood. all very exciting. who knows what's in store.

okay, gotta go...i'm going to be late for club...again. geeze.

new job

so here's how my night went:
had some small tables, people were very nice.
a four year old boy gave me a bracelet he made for me while waiting for his dinner.
total and complete lack of knowledge of wine-bottle-opening....
....couldn't get a bottle of wine open in front of a customer, and almost broke the cork. (i'm cool i know)
nice man who didn't laugh when i couldn't open the wine bottle....sat and read a NOVEL so i sat on my butt for an hour waiting for him to leave.

went home (house sitting for in-laws), ate a mustard sauce (w/pasta and chicken) and had a glass of wine. (which i opened the bottle without a hitch....in front of absolutely no one of course...except my in-laws fat cats. ) my good friend terri came over and hung out with me until sean got home.

pretty good day over all...if we forget about the wine incident. which i trust we all will. i mean....i know i have. i mean lets move on to bigger and better things. things with importance to our everyday lives....like when is polly shore going to make another movie? hummm... yeah.

last night

tony is in town for a couple days doing interviews for his summer staff, so sean and i were able to meet up with him and go out to dinner. it was a wonderful time. we went to a little irish pub downtown called connor o'neils. we sat in the back by the fireplace and just ate and talked. we had to position the table just so so that the water dripping down from the melting snow on the roof wouldn't hit us, but mostly that just made the experience that much better. it was comfy and warm and full of people. sean and i both had fish and chips, and tony decided on the shepherd's pie. all accompanied with a nice little cup of potato leek soup. it was the perfect meal for a cold night.
things have been a bit hard for sean lately, and a visit from a dear friend was a clear blessing for him. he woke up this morning not seeming as discouraged about things. he loves tony dearly, and the timing of his visit couldn't have been better. sean and i don't have the time or the money to take any vacation right now, and so this was just a little bit of a break for us.

busy, busy, busy

well, obviously i haven't blogged in a really long time. this was one of the reasons i never had a blog in the first place. i felt as though i didn't have enough to talk about to necessitate a blog. which i still think i don't, but i want this to at least be a place for people to check in and know what's going on in my life. so, i'll try and do better.

so...what has been going on in my life? well, last week i turned 21! sean and i went out to the mountain sun in downtown boulder with our friends daniel, forrest and janelle. it was a really nice time. good beer, good friends.
other big news in my life is that i have a new job. i am working at d'napoli's (the same little italian place that sean works) two nights a week now, waiting tables. this is one of the reasons i've not blogged much. on tuesdays and thursdays i work 13 hour days (starbucks and then d'napoli's) and then i work the other three days still at starbucks. i am not complaining at all. sean and i have both been blessed with work. mostly, it's just ment less time to do things such as blog.

so not too much has been going on in the oldroyd house. we were taking the dog on long walks about twice a week, but i had to stop going along because my knees are starting to hurt pretty badly from the 50 hours a week i spend on my feet. which, that's gotten me a little discouraged. my health hasn't been great since thailand, what with one thing or another and to have something else that i'm limited from because of my health...it's just gotten me frustrated lately.

our cat continues to harass all other living things, mainly sean and the dog, and any bugs. kenna has become a much more loving dog towards strangers. sean apparently is taking his anger out on the blond haired children of the world, and i feel like i'm an 80 year old woman with arthritis in my knees.

we are also looking into buying a house in boulder sometime this spring/summer. it's a long and complicated process, but we're just trying to take it step by step (oohh baby) (haha i only hope someone else knows that song out there) anyway we're just taking it one day at a time, and trusting God the whole way. we know that we can't get a house on our own, so this is just a great time of listening and obeying.

friends

so today i've been thinking of friends. (i know i've been posting a lot of pictures lately, but i'm sure it's just a phase and i'll soon move on to something new my exploration of blogs.) Today is our (sean and i) good friend tony's birthday. there is so much i could say about him, but i'm sure he knows. today he is 51 years old, happy birthday tony. we miss you and love you tony, and can't wait for your visit.

(from left to right: mark, tony, and my father-in-law clark)



our friend mark who appeared so normal in the last picture...well i couldn't just let that go.


well since i didn't let mark off the hook, i decided i couldn't just let scott go either. now, i don't post these pictures because i want to embarrass, but more that i want to share the laughter that these people bring into our lives. and i hope that in some small way, this made your day just a little bit better.


soon i will share some amazing pictures of moi for you all to see. i know...gotcha on the edge of your seat i'm sure.

so in light of talking about friends today i thought that i should at least say a few congratulations. because my gosh, the whole world is getting married.
first off...cory and lyndsay pina we love you both and are so happy for you. we wish we could have been there. we have a guest room all ready if you decide you need a little time away to relax and ski!
AMANDA BAKER AND PARKER....man oh man (parkers getting married!). well congrats. we will be there, come hell or high water.....considering the rain out there hopefully no more high water... ANYWAY. we're so very excited for you.
mike and kaitlin!! way to go guys (: i'm so excited for you!
next up...(oh yes folks, it continues...) jeremy and sarah! jeremy sorry i didn't call you back, but i'm glad you got to talk to sean. and i would just like to remind you of that trip we took down to fresno in your loud jeep just so you could see sarah, i hope you're thankful. (:
(haha, and you thought it was over...)
AMANDA AND ANDREW. congrats not only on the future wedding, but on your little monkey too! i can't wait to come and see you guys when we're in cali. we love you both. hope all is well.

okay, i think i covered everyone. sean and i feel so blessed to be able to watch (well more hear of) all this happiness and excitement bubbling over from our friends. and we would just like for you all to know that you all are welcome to come and stay at our house if ever you come this way.

our children

i thought i should be fair and share pictures of the rest of our family with the world. needless to say i'm sure...sean was just thrilled with my posting of the last picture.

so here is the baby of the family Amos(he has no middle name)oldroyd. he enjoys eating, running around outside. playing with bugs and snow. he also enjoys harssing old fat cats, and waking sean up very early in the morning.


next up is kenna marie oldroyd.(well she doesn't really have a middle name but when i'm really annoyed at her i always seem to want to yell KENNA MARIE....i never actually do but well....now this is just awkward. moving on.) she enjoys rolling in poop, biting the cat, going on walks/runs, sleeping on couches, and eating cheese.


maybe later tonight or tomorrow i'll write about what we've been up to. peace.

the lighter side

my sexy husband
Originally uploaded by turtlemonster.

i feel i've done my job today. i've delivered the lighter side to the public. i'm not sure there are any other words needed to go along with this picture.

thank you

so now that we are done with the wedding, what comes next but...the thank you cards. i have nothing against thanking people for the gifts that they gave us. but it's when the list is in the hundreds...now i seem to have become an extreme procrastinator in the department of thank you's all of a sudden. and sean is not really the most enthusiastic person when it comes to thank you cards. sean is an amazing cook, a wonderful friend, amazing at getting laundry done, does a superb job at cleaning a bathroom...i love him dearly...but getting even one thank you card out of him is a victory. we've finished about 75, so don't despair all of you out there, you may also someday receive your thank you too. (i apologize now for the long delay).

on to better things. yesterday afternoon our house was full of friends. adam and julie, evan and joni, mark stover, and scott. kenna greeted all in her way (the bark and attack), but soon remembered that she knew everyone and became a love machine. (she's a new dog i'm telling you). the afternoon was wonderful, we just sat and ate...sean made everyone a drink, nothing fancy to the whole affair...just friends at the house. when afternoon had then turned into evening most needed to get on their way. scott and mark stayed and we had dinner. and although i WISH i had taken a picture for you all...there was an amazing display of dancing between mark, scott, and kenna.

sean and i were so blessed by having friends and family over.

(this seems to have been a bit of a serious post...but well, sean hasn't let you in on what we've been doing so i thought i should.)

OH, also i would like to say how happy i am that my friend KATIE G. has now found my blog. i miss you katie...but i'm sure you now sleep on a bed that does not fall apart.

friends and comments

well, i'm excited because of three things. no, four things. one: our friends anne and jonathan are in town for the holidays. two: we're all going to see our friend scott tomorrow. three: someone commented on my blog! (way to go annie!) four: my mother is giving me her sewing machine.
slightly bummed that my pictures didn't come out at all on the blog, even though when i checked them, they were coming out...but lets not dwell on that. my dear friend juana has given me some help in the area of picture posting, so we'll see how that goes.
for now, i'm off to nap, shower, shop and hang out with sean's parents. (i know exciting life i lead)

what sean doesn't tell you

okay, i simply thought that i should let you all in on the fact that although sean IS reading all those books he says he is, he is also reading THE DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD . alright that is all, just thought the public should know.

my family

okay, so i'm not sure i understand the posting of pictures at all yet. and sean isn't here to help me...so i'm ON MY OWN.
nothing very exciting happened to sean or i yesterday. i worked early (up at 400am) and sean worked late at night (home after 1100pm). although he did say that a somewhat tipsy loud old lady harassed him about the burns on his arms (from cooking). what can i say, the old ladies just can keep their hands off him.
so without delay...my family:

my mom

my dad

andy (brother) and lydsey (sister-in-law) with first child gadget


my husband (sean)

our children (kenna and amos)

okay so i think my new project with be...well my next two will be, refinishing some old chairs for our dining room, and sewing a blanket. humm...i'll keep you posted on that.

spelling

so for some reason i cannot understand it would not let me spell check the last post. which is just frustrating to me because i never actually learned how to spell, the teachers were on a new kick the "just sound it out" method of learning. well...you all can see how far THAT got me in my spelling adventure. anyway, so i appoligize for the lack of correct spelling, but there is sadly nothing to be done. i'm doing my best.

point?

okay, so obviously i do not use my blog much. and until last night i had not read sean's blog at all. so i decided i needed to. which only confermed that i'm not sure why i have a blog. i just don't feel as thought i have much to talk about that really effect people's lives. and i don't want to just use this as my place to put my random thoughts, so i'm not sure what i'm going to do with this blog. i just feel as though my blog is so very inferior to the rest of the world of blogs. so (with sean's help of course) i'll try and disclose the lighter side of our family. sean of course will give all of the political, intellectual, life-changing, thought provocing snipits that he does.....and i'll post the humoros stories, pictures and daily life adventures of our family.
but for now i smell breakfast being cooked...so i'll begin my new assignment later this afternoon. peace.

homeless

the other day at work, a very old stinky bum came in to get coffee. he rummaged through his pockets to give us all the change pennies, etc. he had collected. boulder, colorado is such an odd place. even the bums go to starbucks and have north face backpacks. i'm not sure i understand yet.

i got on a plane yesterday to fly home. well...to fly to my parent's house. which isn't my home at all, not even the home i grew up in. it's a wonderful place and they're so happy here...but it's not my home. i don't live here, this house/bakersfield/california...i live in colorado now...and i have a house there...but it doesn't feel like a home either. i've been living there by myself, well with the exception of kenna. but it doesn't feel much like a home when you're by yourself. soon it will be a home.

i'm ready to have a home again. i'm ready to wake up because someone else is awake and making noise. to share the bathroom, to have someone else's dirty dishes in the sink, i realize that sounds crazy. but it's how i know i'm home, to be surrounded by family doing their everyday things. eating, watching the news, reading the paper, making coffee....it's home.

it's september 11...which made me think of all the people who lost loved ones....making their home feel emptier, different. less like home.

summer?

when i woke up this morning it was raining. a cold fall rain. it was beautiful. i enjoyed the change of pace it brought to work...watching people as they order their comfort drinks, hot chocolates and just simple plain coffee. it's different living in a place that seems to have skipped summer all together this year.

tonight sean and i spent time with friends. our good friend mark is leaving tomorrow, it was good to see him. i know that mark has the ability to breathe life back into sean like few other people do. he seems to add peace to sean's ever worrying heart. i am glad that mark came at a time when sean needed him.

to love...

sean (my fiance) and i accomplished many tasks left to do for our upcoming wedding, and were able to spend the whole day together. it's been almost two weeks since we've been able to have time together so today was a gift. the past couple days have been hard for me, and i've been difficult to deal with. tuesday i lost it and sat in my house with the dog and cried. i was frustrated with myself. there are so many things to remember right now, and inevitably i forget things.

i've felt so inadequate at times. but sean has abundant grace flowing from him. he's been working two jobs, 70+ hour weeks. so that we can pay our bills, and just make it by. i'm only working 35-40 hour weeks, and can't seem to get the (soon to be OUR) new house in order, or wash my own clothes.... yet he finds time to cook me dinner, take the dog on runs, organize and alphabetize our books, find music for our ceremony, mow the lawn, etc, etc, etc. i am truly blessed. i feel so honored every day that this man of God asked me to marry him.

today i missed my friend josh haas. i miss his honesty and laughter in my life. what a gift his friendship has been/is in my life.

kenna (a 2.5 year old border collie) is waiting for me to settle into bed. i am glad she is here with me tonight.