we are now proud business owners! =]

it's been a while, but we've been uber, uber busy lately. =P

we finally got our business licensed & registered & all that good stuff so we've started getting customers!! =]]]]] i'm so freaking happy!! we're doing computer repair [of all kinds: hardware, software, etc], custom-built computers, & graphic design work including photo manipulation & touch-ups, photo restoration [of old, ripped, or worn pictures], designing business cards/flyers/ads, and a bunch of other things. we've gotten 4 customers so far [a web design company, a local guy, & two local girls] and that was just in the first week so we're pretty optimistic [i just hope we're not getting our hopes up too high...]. you see, this was both me & cory's dream. he's always wanted to start his own computer business & i've always wanted to start a home business also [although it wasnt always for computers to be honest]. if we can get this going good, cory will be in heaven. so for his sake, i really hope this works. fortunately, if it doesnt, we dont have to worry about losing money [we're not really investing alot of money into it & there's no monthy cost since we're using our own house instead of renting an office or whatever].

the only thing that sucked is that the zoning board had an issue with our original plan of setting up the first floor as an office/customer area because of our lack of off-street parking. we found a parking lot within the distance they specified, but now we have to go before the board in september in order to be officially approved to set up a real office & hang a sign out front. it's not really holding us back, though, since all the work we've done so far has been in the customers' homes [which we're already licensed for] but it's still annoying.

****side note to concerned family members:: no, cory's not leaving his job yet. we're not being naive about this whole thing... i'm still job searching & the only way cory would leave his job is if i could find one with enough pay to replace his income, along with the full benefits package that he gets from donelley. but we're not relying on the business to replace his full-time real job.***

anywho, on other topics, we're going to be done with the apartment soon. tomorrow we have to get whatever's left there & turn in the keys. it's been a lot of work getting rid of all the junk that was there, but i'm glad it's almost over.

&& my car's getting fixed!! =] that nasty dent & scratches are being fixed & we'll be picking it up next week good as new. =]]] the fucking rental agency really screwed us over, though. they gave us a HUGE 4 door, extended cab, 1 ton bed dodge ram. this thing is humongous!! parallel parking it on our small street is fucking insane. thank god cory's used to driving a pickup, but even he has problems because seriously, it's just wayyy to big for a city vehicle. =[ i cant wait for my smaller explorer back [[i never thought i'd be considering that explorer small...]].

so here's a picture of a couple of our flyers & our business cards. **click on them to see them full-size.** tell me what you think. =]]





by the way, that white line around the logo is going to be fixed before the business cards are printed. && yes, our logo is cory's tattoo. lol.

sunday 07.13.08

today was cory's only day off for three weeks so we tried to make it as special as we could. we slept in a bit, until around noon, because we were up until 5 am last night. then we were planning a trip to central park for a picnic & swimming in the river, but ended up deciding to go get our hair cut first. we found this really adorable, small-town salon [in the middle of the city] and got some cute haircuts. i'm not 100% sure about mine, though, because i have uber curly hair & i'm afraid the style she did wont look as good if i dont blow-dry it & with the baby i just dont have the time to blow-dry my hair everyday. but we'll see tomorrow... after we got our haircuts we were talking to the stylist & co-owner of the salon & they had some computer problems, so of course cory helped them for quite some time & fixed a few problems they had. he did it all for free, but they want him to switch the laptop's os soon and he'll charge for that. but his charge will still be less than half what anybody else would charge. i have no idea why people charge so much, but whatever. they said if they like his work, they'll get him alot of computer repair jobs for their family & friends so maybe we can get some extra income. besides, it's cory's favorite hobby so he'll love doing it.

we did still go to central park after that, but we had spent over 3 hours at the salon so we didnt have much time until dark [when the park closes]. then our trip to the park got cut even shorter when a big thunderstorm came in. but we still had some fun there with the time we got.

after going home, we relaxed a little, then went shopping for a little bit, just to pass time. mostly i was just shoe-shopping [looking & trying on, but we dont have the money yet for me to buy some] and clothes-shopping. cory also browsed the electronics section of course. he cant go into a store without looking there!

now, we're home for the night & probably going to watch a few episodes of "In Plain Sight" before going to bed... so here's the pictures from today.

here's a picture of cory's new haircut:

&& then here's just a bunch of random pictures from us at central park:



these two got a little blurry, but they're still cute imo.











&& here's a couple videos too:

cory is one amazing man! <3

so this morning i'm laying in bed, lazily trying to wake up while steve crawls all over me [like usual] & steve started reaching for the nightstand next to me over & over again. i kept pulling him back without really looking at the nightstand and finally i gave up & looked at what he was reaching for...cory had bought me 3 long-stem red roses & put them on the nightstand. =] it was sooo sweet! not only that, but i woke him up to thank him & he told me that he had stayed up all night until 5:30 am to get them because he wanted them there for me when i woke up, but didnt want to leave when it was still dark out. you see, i'm afraid of being alone in the house after dark, so he didnt want me to wake up alone when it was still dark out. that was soo thoughtful & so sweet! =] i love him so much. here's a pic of my roses:


in other news, steve's one "girlfriend" [yea, he's got two...he's quite the player already :P] turned one today! what is it with my son & older women? lol. here's a picture of cory holding the two of them. can you tell steve's a big flirt? =]

some new pics.

today was a verrrry frustrating day for me dealing with steve so i never got the pictures taken. but earlier [before cory went to work] we were all laying in bed together relaxing & i got a few cute pictures. here they are:

Our new house is absolutely perfect!

It really is. we've almost completely moved everything over to our new house & couldn't be happier with the results. in the last week, i've found a new matching couch & loveseat set, along with a new king size bed w/matching nightstand, all for free [i'm just that good! :P]. here's some pictures that i've gotten of the house so far [i dont have any of the dining room, kitchen, office, nursery, playroom, or exercise room/guest room yet...those will be taken in the morning or sometime tomorrow]:

our living room pre move-in
our new couch set in the living room.our bedroom pre move-in.our new bed & nightstand in our bedroom.
our bathroom pre move-in.
our bathroom mostly finished.

the front of our house pre move-in, now it has a bench & welcome mat on it.

on a side note, i am very, very glad our suv is insured....

this $2760.50 job is costing us only $450... nice. =]

it's moving day!

it was awesome having pam, pammy, & matt here. we really had a ton of fun with them! but after going to the mall & hanging out yesterday, we had to drive them back home. while we were up there in mt carmel, we also spent some time with reed before driving the long trip back home to lancaster.
today we started moving our stuff into our new house! =] there was a problem with the water, so most of the day the contractor was at the house putting in new pipes, but now everything's fixed & we've already got 1/2 our stuff in there [the other half we're moving in tomorrow]. i'm so excited to start our new lives at that house. =]

here's a couple of the pictures of us w/pam, pammy, & matt and a few of steve in the mall's playground:

matt, cory, & steve.

matt playing with steve at the mall.

me, pam, & pammy at the mall.

matt & pammy at the food court.

pam at the food court.

steve at the mall playground, looking in a fun-house mirror.

cory, steve, & pammy.


he got such a kick out of crawling around & go through the tunnels. =]

fun-house mirror again.

climbing.

another tunnel. =]

he loves, loves, loves his rubber ducky [it's his favorite toy ever!] & you should have seen his eyes light up when he saw this huge rubber ducky. =]]



then just a few of him crawling around the playground. =]