Happy Halloween (:

Good afternoon :) I finally got some downtime (I'm sick again :/) so I figured I'd update! It's been a really busy week, haven't had any rest time :/ I'm glad it snowed today, meant I had a legitimate excuse to cancel everything I was supposed to go do and stay home. I am currently curled up on the couch by the blaring wood stove, all warm and cozy :)

So Alex and his lady showed up Thursday night and surprised us, that was very nice :) couldn't wait to get out of work on Friday so we could get home and start boozin'. It was a night of great food, great ale, and tequila/whiskey shots.

Then we rose to a beautiful Saturday, and did some yard work, and proceeded to set up the woods and yard for the Halloween party. Such an awesome event, I'm proud of myself :)

Set up a Haunted Hayride with the fourwheeler, took the kids down through the woods and had all sorts of scary things jumping out and strobe lights and glow paint and spooky things! Poor Lizzy cried (But I sort of take it as a compliment...sort of...)

So that was very fun :) enjoyed a nice blazing fire outside in the backyard and waited for the snow to hit.

<3 my replacement lunch buddy.

P-Fest 2011; I bite.

Best weekend ever. I saw everybody that I wanted too, and more :) shout outs:

Thanks for the bacardi, bonfire, and passionfruit liquor, you're the best big brother ever :)

Thank you for the 12 hour shift. I loved seeing you guys again, thanks for...well just everything. I love you all, and miss you every day.

Thank you for surprising me, for renewing my faith in you, and for letting me fall asleep in your arms...don't let that kiss be our last.

Thanks for the awkward staring?

Thanks for all my friends coming to see me :) I've missed all of you so much.

Now to read scary stories for the Rolling Thunder Scary Story contest (We're the judges.) Bye!

You taste like sunlight && strawberry bubblegum(:

I'm comfortable where I am and with my job, so I think I'll stay up here for the winter :)

New best friend, Ktlyn. She is amazing. And her dog is the cutest puggle ever. AHH. Biffle!
Hehe, poor Craig gets no attention anymore now that we have each other to chat to. He smells wonderful.

Just got the text I've been anxiously waiting for since Sunday. 1PM-1AM on Saturday, Athens Pizza. makin' baaaaank.
I can't wait to see Kayla. I miss her more than anybody.
{oh. and you'd best come see me miss chappelle.}

My daddy's real nifty most of the time, I like him. I think I'll keep him.
Theo is darn adorable too!

And I like that new Bruno Mars song alot too, actually.
"If you ever leave me, baby,
Leave some morphine at my door
'Cause it would take a whole lot of medication
To realize what we used to have,
We don't have it anymore.

There's no religion that could save me
No matter how long my knees are on the floor
So keep in mind all the sacrifices I'm makin'
Will keep you by my side
And keep you from walkin' out the door.

Cause there'll be no sunlight
If I lose you, baby
There'll be no clear skies
If I lose you, baby
Just like the clouds
My eyes will do the same if you walk away
Everyday, it'll rain, rain, rain

I'll never be your mother's favorite
Your daddy can't even look me in the eye
Oh if I was in their shoes, I'd be doin' the same thing
Sayin' "There goes my little girl
Walkin' with that troublesome guy..."

But they're just afraid of something they can't understand
Oh but little darlin' watch me change their minds
Yea for you I'll try I'll try I'll try I'll try
I'll pick up these broken pieces 'til I'm bleeding
If that'll make you mine

Cause there'll be no sunlight
If I lose you, baby
There'll be no clear skies
If I lose you, baby
Just like the clouds
My eyes will do the same if you walk away
Everyday, it will rain, rain, rain

Oh don't just say, goodbye
Don't just say, goodbye
I'll pick up these broken pieces 'til I'm bleeding
If that'll make it right

Cause there'll be no sunlight
If I lose you, baby
And there'll be no clear skies
If I lose you, baby
And just like the clouds
My eyes will do the same if you walk away
Everyday, it'll rain, rain, rain."

Ever have those days where you just don't know what to do?

Yeah, it's one of those days...so I made decisions last night, and here they are...
I'm attending KVCC, starting this summer, to get my associates in business administration. And directly after school, I'm shipping out with the PeaceCorps to a country in need of help in their communities. It's official, and I'm not changing my mind, this is what I want. And with my scholarships/grants, I'll be going to school and paying out of pocket, so there won't be any loans to worry about, and even if I have loans, the PeaceCorps puts them on hiatus until I return.

The PeaceCorps program is (generally) a two year commitment. So it's a big deal.

And then my brother came up with a proposition...he wants me to move in with him a couple hours further South, and work at the Sunday River ski resort for the winter, and make bank. I haven't fully decided...but I know I should go.

It's always just when you think your life has calmed down that everything just suddenly changes.
But I've always been good with jumping on the speeding train and going along.

And while I float along this ocean, I can feel you like a notion that I hope will never leave.

Train is a truely remarkable band, their songs are just beautiful, in meaning and in sound.
"You're coffee-brown, and bubble-gum pink, and yes I think the shade of you is on the brink of changing all the ways that I see the world."

Another work week complete, I love Fridays. Though I do miss my HEAP crew. We kick butt, and it's getting colder so everything is getting crazier...supervisors have been super stressed lately. Hooray for big staff meeting next week...but I had a great lunch break today with a great person :)

Auntie Brenda and Grandpa are up in Maine! They'll be coming over sometime tomorrow...gosh it's definitely been years. I don't think I've ever seen Grandpa not on the farm lol. They came in perfect timing, they can meet lil' Theo !

I'm gonna go cuddle him now. BYE!

Lil' Theo!

Theodore Walter LaBrecque was born around 10PM on October 10th, he was 9.3 pounds :D

I put some pix up on facebook, so you guys can see him :) lots of dark hair. He's positivally adorable in every way! Joey is very excited about his 'babee bruffer'

Well that's all the exciting news...work is going very well, had a rather chaotic day today, but I kept everyone laughing about it. Then we wrote all over Lisa's gross van, bwahaha.

And hm. 29? I could handle that. :) it's hard to make conversations when butterflies are going crazy :P silly boy!

More baby time :) bye!

ITS TIIIME!

So I just got home from an AWESOME adventure to New Hampshire (THANKS TO GARY MORSE FOR DRIVING ME!) And thanks to everyone else, I love you all SO MUCH. Especially Kayla Marie <3 best friend.

And so, I'd love to update you on all the awesome things I did, but my mother just went into labor.

ITS BAAAAABYY TIIIMEE.

Don't be a liar; don't say that everything's working when everything's broken.

Aw, Steve Jobs died. Guess how many American troops died that day too? They didn't make any front pages. Just a thought.

Oh. Our cat died too, got hit by a car. Gross.

And also, people just suck. Bitch and complain all you want about how awful your life is, and how pathetic your family is, but guess what? You do NOTHING to fix it. You cause more conflict and make everything more difficult. Why? Oh just because you feel like it. Because you don't feel like getting along with your wife. Because you've decided to oppose every little thing she does, including buying food for your kids. Awesome, you're definitely so much better. Let's just pretend like everything is fine, like always.
Good thing sunglasses hide blurry eyes.

Bye.

A streetlamp dies, another night is over; another day is dawning.

Alyssa + Peter + Dan + December + DC + ROADTRIP+ NYC = It'll be the best week ever.

It's getting colder out here...supposed to get the first frost tonight. It's so hard to get out of bed at six AM when it's so chilly.
The job is going very well, I've learned so much more. And the crazy thing? I think they like me a lot. And this one guy? He's pretty nifty :) (Ktlyn is still my favorite.)

Ugh...Momma should be a'popping any day now.

This week marks the three year anniversary of the 'end of the world' (aka our initial move to Maine.) I never would have thought that three years later I'd be here willingly. I remember how different life was...I was sixteen, I had just had the best past year, and my world got ripped apart. I'd lost my best friend, a lover, my job, my house, my life...but I made it through. It's funny, how life throws little twists at you.

So I was driving home from work a few days ago, and a song came on the radio that I used to hear at retreats all the time. The memories brought happy tears to my eyes, and suddenly the sun burst brightly through the depressingly cloudy sky, and I got that myheartisonfire feeling. The sun illuminated everything; the trees sparkled with rain, the road was reflective, and the horizon seemed to stretch on and on forever. And I knew He just wanted to say hi :) I'm a lucky girl.

Peace!

Talk about strange!

So I get back from work yesterday, and we all get ready to head out to dance. We get there, and the band is AMAZING! It's just two people, one guy on an electric violin, and the other playing a guitar AND a didgeridoo at the SAME TIME. BADASS. The music was simply superb, the energy was awesome. And Keith and Lee had some super sick dance moves, we tore up the dance floor, just like old times.

And so we're having a blast, and suddenly as I'm dancing, I run into this girl...she looks oddly familiar...we stop. And scream "I KNOW YOU...WHY ARE YOU IN MAINE?"

I've seen this girl at dances/misc. events in NH for years, but I never actually got introduced to her, she's even in my friend circle. But it turns out that LUCY is going to college up here, and just happened to come out to dance that night! It's a small world huh!?
So we had a super awesome night, and we arrived back home to find Alex and Lily sitting in the living room !

It's miserable outside, raining and cold, so we went down to the library and rented a ton of movies to watch. So far we've watched Defiance (excellent movie, true story about a group of Jews during the Holocaust.), and MEGAMIND.
Big steak and chicken grill night, bring out the harvest ale!
PEACE!