You Have to Eat Dirt

We're moving!!!!

2009-02-12T13:21:00.000-08:00

to wordpress.. visit the new domain

you won't regret it!

It's just the Quirks

2009-02-11T09:20:00.000-08:00

Today is Wednesday last Thursday I said I had to do the dishes, I have not. ( still )
But I can explain, I started to, I made massive headway, but this house creeps me out.
Christopher and I live in the mother-in-law part of a house, which believe it or not I did not know until I was settled in 3 or 4 months. I have come to believe that this place is haunted, and Ialso have reason to believe the mother in law that once resided here hates me. Maybe I remind her of her unkempt daughter in law, or maybe Chris has the uncanny resemblance of her son. Either way everytime I start to do the dishes, some kind of noise or some cold air just something irrefutably out of place happens without fail- when i attempt the dishes alone. This would not be an issue if the dishwasher was in place, but that's for another post ( ie below). Chris will say it's just the house settling, or the quirks. But I know better..

One dish at a time

2009-02-05T16:08:00.000-08:00

I have to do the dishes today, and we have no dishwasher. It sounds trivial enough but I spend my nights dreaming of the effortless drop of cutesy Dawn action pac. Then I would jump to the dishes you, wouldn't even be able to contain me! When I first moved in to "the dungeon", as my husband so cleverly coined our living quarters, he warned me " oh, and there's no dishwasher".... it didn't phase me then.. no dishwasher, big deal, we'll just wash our dishes, not the most novel idea. I will never agree to this again, it will be deal breaker for the next place we reside.

The dishes mound and yet the idea of washing them is so cringing I would rather wash what I need and keep them mounding. Hence, I am blogging about it.

2009-02-02T20:10:00.000-08:00

I thought I would start incorporating pictures in my blog, b/c I only like reading blogs where I can get a visual feeling of that person so.....

Not the most flattering picture, but by far the most blissful! Here's to dreaming of hot summer days and cold vanilla bean.

This picture was taken as Chris and I took on our honeymoon roadtrip- style, last summer. Roadtrip being from Pensacola, FL to Seattle in record 4 days!

I was happy to be out of my packed to the roof yaris.

and we're live!!!!!!!

2009-01-31T17:51:00.000-08:00

From a finally clean and dare I say spotless bedroom!

So via face book I promised I would be back after the holidays, and I don't truly consider the holiday slug dead and gone until February 1st. So here I am folks, I'm still rolling in the dirt but, the dirt has now manifested itself into mud.. if you can catch metaphor language, that is. Life has taken twists and turns but I will say the overall quality has upgraded ( do you see the mud now?, or i should just throw in the towel?) anyway my husband is a surprisingly huge advocate of this life called blogging and he is oh so full of friendly advice and details, details, details!

Take the example below for instance....

Chris

anyways - you should always end it the same

5:56pmTracey

end what the same?

5:57pmChris

like, Tracey

or whatever

Mrs. W.

however you do it

6:00pmChris

you know?

Mind you he is only in the next room.... Gotta love him!

anyway an update:

I started interning for a non-profit about a month ago for a very, very cool cause. Children and their child care, did you know a significant amount of kindergartners are ill- equipped to start school, due to their previous child care experiences?? I never knew, but it explains oh so much! I spent most of my early childhood next to grandma watching "Days of our lives" and the Price is Right. Fastforward 14 years... to my senior year of High School and you will see that I am voted "Most likely to appear on Days of our lives". It makes me wonder had I spent my days watching the stock market how different life would be, if at all.

- Tracey

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a walking disaster

2008-09-29T19:27:00.000-07:00

I am. In general the murphy's law tends to ring true in my life, rarely if ever do I get lucky in most cases I get unlucky such is the case with my current condition: right now I look as if I got in a fight with a sharp corner and it won.... against my eye. ;)

Out of nowhere I have broken a near and dear vessel in my eye. I thought in general when a vessel pops in your eye it becomes slightly messy even widening a pinch (if that) and in most cases blood shot comes to mind. and if my definition is true this looks as though 10 veins at once simultaneously combusted, creating a rather painfully looking picture. I did nothing to deserve this I did not sneeze inside my head, I did not cough until a busted lung resulted, and I did not run a dagger to my eye. So it is mysterious, how and why this came to be. I have tried to retrace what dangerous variables I may have overlooked that would have been the obvious culprit, and I have come to conclusion.. it just is. these kinds of freak of nature things are attracted to me, how many people can say in a crowd of over a thousand they have been crapped on by a bird?
I can. true story.

Ginger Roots and keyboard playing in the distance

2008-09-16T20:11:00.000-07:00

Well, it is so that time again. Head cold/ flu, so jacked up on meds it's all you can do to keep breathing season. That's me, I started a new job this week simultaneously with this pseudo flu, the job is with this Bio- Science Company, which apparently are fairly common in this area. The position I started was as a purchasing agent/ admin. assist., it my second day "on the job" and I have already acquired the title of a flake. Shall I divulge ? The tickling of the throat started on sunday, I took every preventative measure, airborne, green teas, allergy medicine.. you name it, but it did not waiver! by Monday also my first day at the b.s, it had manifested itself into a full blown head cold/ flu case! I think once I become more acquainted with my co-workers in the future we will have a good laugh at my first few days on the job, between knee slaps and wheezes I will share of my bravery, trying to keep a smile glued to my face all the while reeling at the horror of what just took place between the toliet and I, I'm sure it will be one to remember. Either way, I had to leave, I could no longer justify my reasons to stay, and I left my one day old job early to go home sick. ( what a wimp).

Chris has been soooo good to meeeeeee, my baby takes care of his bizness, okay? okay......

okay goodnight, and heres to whacked out dreams on nyquill.. peace

Mrs. W

I've joined the blogging world

2008-09-13T18:30:00.000-07:00

and now I'm stumped as to how to present myself, I suppose ( and also at the suggestion of my wise beyond years husband :)) I should start with why my blog is titled "You Have to Eat Dirt", well in my current stage of life, freshly graduated topped with Newly wedded twenty something; Life, I believe is at it's rawest. So many new and challenging obstacles have come about, that I have often found myself thinking, i have to eat dirt! dirt obviously being a metaphor to grin and bear it.
so hopefully this blog if successful, will follow along my ups and downs of this journey....

the last part sounded slightly emo, mmm.... this is by no means meant to be an emotional toliet. I was hoping for light -hearted we are laughing with you type of blog................. and i thought i wouldn't have anything to say ?

okay more lata....

Mrs. Whitten :)