Almost there....

I've been going over my transcripts and realized I only have 6 classes left until I graduate! I am so excited!!!!!!!!

If all goes as planned (and it never does) I am going to take 2 classes this summer ( Price and Cost Analysis and Marketing Strategies). I will take my final 4 classes in the fall and graduate in December. I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, just as my dad is about the see the bottom of his wallet!

I am tired

Just thought I would inform everyone that I am tired and I don't want to be at work anymore! Only one hour to go, shouldn't be too bad.

If anyone wants to buy a V-Day t-shirt I have them and they are awesome. I'll try and take some pictures and post them this weekend. Also, if you want to come to the show March 4 & 5 let me know and I'll put your name down on the will call. It is going to be a wonderful show this year and it couldn't be for a better cause. This year the money is going to the Madison County Free Clinic. They do a wonderful thing for people in the area that dont have health insurance, if you want to know more about them let me know!

Update to yesterday's post

The other thing he made that he wouldn't tell me about was WONDERFUL! It looked like something your would get from a fancy restaurant.

He blew up a balloon and dipped half of it in white chocolate and swirled it in dark chocolate. Once the chocolate hardened he popped the balloon and it made a chocolate bowl. In the bowl he put some homemade angel food cake and strawberries dipped in white chocolate, some in dark chocolate and some both. It was AMAZING!

I am sooooooo lucky to have such a wonderful, amazing, caring, giving, superdooper husband!

Happy Valentines Day!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day!

My sweetie gave me a real rose dipped in 24k gold, is soooo beautiful! I also got a dozen red roses and a cute stuffed rhinoceros. He is at home now preparing a wonderful dinner. I know there is home-made ravioli involved but that's all he would tell me. I can't wait to go home!

I just got all the pictures from our honeymoon developed and I forgot I had taken this one. Thought I would share it with you.

Rotten Clothes and Antique Potties

I just got off the phone with my grandmother (my Dad's mom) and we were talking about my great-grandmother's (I call her great) house. Great passed away in October, she would have been 93 last month. Up until 4 months before her death she lived alone in the house her and my great-grandfather had built (I think in the 50's). When she moved into the nursing home she insisted that her house be left alone because she was going to be back. To her, the nursing home was just a brief stay until she could get over her congestive heart failure. She pretty much died of "natural" causes. At 93 her body was just worn out... She died peacefully in her sleep.

My great-grandparents were big time travelers in their day, they also had a eye for antiques. They owed an antique store on the square of the town they lived in. The town, Junction City, KS, was were my parents were both raised. My grandparents owned a furniture store across the street from the antique store. If you needed furniture in Junction City the Sjoholm's were who you would see. My great-grandfather passed away when my dad was ten years old, but my great-grandmother kept the store until right before I was born.

The past few month, since Great passed away, my grandmother and aunts have been cleaning out Great's house. You can only imagine the things they are finding. Just recently they went into the attic (there is a regular stairwell leading to it from behind a door) and they found some very interesting stuff. There was a cedar chest and a dresser that had my great-grandfather's clothes still hanging in them! He has been dead for over 35 years and the stuff looks like it has not been touched since then. My grandmother said the clothes are rotting off the hangers! They have also found an extensive gun and knife collection that no one even knew about. Great was afraid that someone would take her stuff from her so she hid things in the floor boards and underneath the furniture. According to my grandmother going through her house is like a treasure hunt.

The problem is my grandmother is afraid to be in Great's house by herself (not the best area of town anymore), my aunts are so busy with their kids and work and my Dad lives so far away. I wish I could be there to help my grandmother sort through the things. What is hard for her is figuring out what is really antique and what is junk.

I told my grandmother today that I would love to have some of Great's items. One thing in particular is an antique potty. She had about ten of them and they are beautiful colors and patterns. They look like a large bowl with a lid. They were used when there was no indoor plumbing and it was too cold outside to use the outbuildings. When my sister and I were little we would sit on them and pretend to use them. She is going tomorrow to pick one out for me!

Sorry if this post is not entertaining or is boring... I think I just needed to get it out. I miss Great so much and even more so, I miss my grandfathers, Great's son (grandpa) and my mom's dad (PopPop). I am the oldest grandchild and had always had such a special connection with all my grandparents and Great. I guess since we live so far away sometimes it doesn't even seem like they have passed on. Sometimes it feels like they are just a phone call away. Someday I hope my children are as close to their grandparents as I have been to mine.

I love you and miss you Grandpa, PopPop and Great!

Anyone Want A Quote?

I need to sell some auto insurance this month. I want to make more money. The end.

I'm bored... so why not steal another cheesy survey thingy from Sarah

A - Available: Nope, very happily married

B - BEST FRIENDS: Amber, Cheryl, Heather, Laura, Becky and Cara

C - CRUSH: I have a crush on the quarterback for the Steelers, Roethlisberger!

D- DADS NAME: Marc Daniel Sjoholm

E - EASIEST PERSON OF OPPOSITE SEX TO TALK TO: My hubby

F - FAVORITE BAND: Rascal Flats

G - GUMMY BEARS OR WORM: worms... they have some in target in a big bin that are sooo yummy

H - Hometown: I guess Huntsville, AL (lived here the longest) but I was born in Kansas

I - INSTRUMENT: triangle

K - KIDS: I want some

L - LONGEST CAR RIDE: Huntsville to Junction City, KS

M - MILK FLAVOR: strawberry

N - NUMBER OF SIBLINGS: 1 sister and 2 step-sisters

O - ONE WISH: That we could put in new countertops, stove, microwave, tile in the kitchen and bathrooms and wood floors.

P - PHOBIAS: I dont think I have any....

Q - FAVORITE QUOTE: I dont have one... but I just found this one and it's cute: "Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?" -Al Boliska

R - REASON TO SMILE: I get to go home to my hubby in 30 minutes

S - SONG YOU LAST HEARD: "Pretty Vegas" by INXS

T - TIME YOU WOKE UP: 7:06 am

U - UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT YOU: I have blue toe nails right now

V - VEGETABLE YOU HATE: Peas

W- WORST HABITS: drinking mountain dew

X - X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD: I have no clue... the last one was of my septum

Y - YUMMY FOOD: sushi

Z - ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus


****Everyone has their firsts...****


First real best friend: Lindsey Kimborowitz

First school: I don't remember the name of it but it was in Wichita, KS

First Cell phone: the Nokia one that EVERYONE had.. I was 16

First pet: Mimi and Beau (black toy poodles)

First piercing/tattoo: My ears when I was 6/ tattoo when I was 18

First big trip: Disneyworld! I think I was 8

First flight: Disneyworld!

First Celebrity Love: I have no clue...

First time out of the country: not yet

First job: I was Jamie the SnoBiz Queen

First fight: My Sister... she was probably 2 days old... jk



****Everyone has their lasts...****

Last person you hugged: my hubby

Last car ride: My way to work this morning

Last time you cried: I was watching Dateline and there was a woman that found out she was going to die so she video taped herself leaving messages for her daughter. Her daughter was 2 when she found out she was going to die and she lived 4 more years. The daughter has a message for everything; wedding day, first period, first date, first kiss; first baby... It was sooooo sweet and yet soooo sad!

Last movie you watched: Madeline on ABC Family

Last person of the opposite sex that you talked to: My hubby

Last item bought: stuff to make Sushi

Last shirt worn: black knit shirt with red sweater over it

Last phone call: work related, a man wanted to know how my his house was insured for

Last text message: my hubby, saying i'm silly

Last thing you touched: the keyboard

Last time at the mall: couple weeks ago... we hit up yankee candle

Last time you were excited about something: last night when we made sushi

Last person you saw: Amber, my receptionist

Last thing you drank: mountain dew

Last thing you typed: mountain dew (I had to copy Sarah!)

Last time u swore: who knows...

Last Person that broke your Heart: the guy I dated before I met my hubby

Last time you have been truly happy: right now

Cheese Farm

When I was little my dad would never let us stop when we were on road trips. We would go from Huntsville to Kansas with maybe two stops if we were lucky. So obviously he would never let us stop at the cheesy (no pun intended) tourist attractions.

I drove on our way to Gatlinburg for our honeymoon since Michael had worked the whole night before we left. Some where between Chattanooga and Gatlinburg I saw signs for the Sweetwater Valley Cheese Farm. I woke Michael up and told him we HAD to go. In my mind there were going to be cows you could pet, a tour of the barns, tons of free cheese and a GIANT cow out front.

So, we took the detour off the highway to the farm. Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed... There were no cows to pet, no barn tours, very little free cheese and NO GIANT COW!

The cheese was great and they had tons of different types so we purchased several types. Needless to say, I was constipated for a week but that's another story...

my poor mommy

I just got off the phone with my mom and she is very upset. My sister came home at midnight and announced she is moving out to live with her boyfriend.

Her boyfriend is Noi (I have no clue if that is spelled right) and he is 29 (she is 20) and he works in a bar. He seems like a nice guy but he is not too smart. He informed us at dinner the other night that some years there is no 1st or 2nd of December....

My dad isn't allowing her to take her car with her and all he is concerned about is her getting pregnant (she doesnt have health insurance) by a Pilipino.

Fun, Fun, Fun....

Jamie Quiz

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Happy Birthday Cheryl

I would sing, but what good would that do?

Any one interested in a girls night to celebrate Cheryl's birthday come to my house Saturday night around 6:00 to join in the fun.

Bring whatever you want. Maybe we'll have another round on Scene It?