13 December 2008

Update

Quinn graduates next Wednesday from Fort Knox. I'm flying down and then we're driving here to New Jersey for Christmas, and we leave for Utah on December 26. We'll be spending two weeks there and then heading up to Washington. It's a lot of driving and things are a little hectic but hopefully by February things will quiet down (for me at least). Quinn is scheduled to deploy in August. I think I'm ready for all of it. If not, too bad because here it comes!

30 November 2008

Thanksgiving Weekend

Quinn was here for Thanksgiving. It was another hectic visit for him. I feel bad because my family has good intentions by wanting to see him, but we only have a few days so everything is crammed into 3 days. It gets tiring and I feel bad that he can't just relax while he's here. We still had a pretty good time. Quinn is done in 2 1/2 weeks. We just went about 3 months without seeing each other so 2 1/2 weeks should be pretty easy. I only have a couple pictures, but I figured I'd post them since I haven't had any pictures with him recently.


Thanksgiving

Cheeburger Cheeburger for lunch

25 November 2008

Crazy 8's. (from kelli)

8 Favorite TV Shows:
1. The Biggest Loser
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Brothers and Sisters
4. John and Kate Plus 8 (even though I don't get that here)
5. The Hills
6. The Office
7. Grey's Anatomy
8. the news

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Jose Tejas
2. Olive Garden
3. Outback
4. Panera
5. The Melting Pot (hopefully)
6. Friendly's
7. Costa Verde
8. Grease Trucks (not a restaurant but you'd love their sandwiches)

8 Books You'd Recommend:
1. A Child Called It
2. 5 People You Meet In Heaven
3. Digital Fortress
4. The Faithful Spy
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
6. Ender's Shadow
7. Shadow of the Hegemon
8. Storm of the Century

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1. Waited 2 hours for an oil change and tire rotation
2. was told I still needed $600 worth of work done
3. made soup and peanut butter and jelly for dinner
4. cleaned and straightened up my room
5. watched The Hills
6. returned something to the store
7. talked to my sister
8. made a list of what needed to be cleaned today for Thanksgiving

8 Things To Look Forward To:
1. Thanksgiving
2. Quinn Visiting
3. Quinn's Graduation
4. Christmas
5. Traveling
6. Going back out to Utah after Christmas
7. An Australia trip would be nice
8. Finally getting settled somewhere

8 Things On My Wish List:
1. to figure out a plan
2. get a stable job with benefits
3. have my family approve of my decisions
4. see bubba again
5. Somehow have Quinn's unit NOT deploy
6. spend an extended period of time together with no long separations
7. get married and have kids someday (sooner than later)
8. be out of debt so I don't have to rely on a job

8 Things I Love About Fall:
1. Colors
2. Cool air (not cold)
3. October
4. Pumpkins
5. Halloween
6. Christmas shopping can start
7. AND Christmas music comes on the radio
8. Thanksgiving

8 People I tag
I don't know 8 people with blogs so I tag everyone I do know with a blog

12 November 2008

Names (thanks trudy)

NINE NAMES
1. YOUR REAL NAME: Nicole Ann Gallagher
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus
'izzle') Nicizzle
3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite
animal) Green Elephant
4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name and street you
live on/or neighborhood ) Ann Embroidery
5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last
name,first 2 letters of your first name) Galni
6. YOUR SUPERHERO/CRIMINAL NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color,
and favorite drink) Red Wine
7. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd
letter of your last name, 1st letter of your last name, 2nd
letter of your mom's maiden name, 3rd letter of your
dad's name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, and
last letter of your mom's first name) Ilgahah
8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents middle names) Dennis Ann

08 November 2008

I couldn't resist!!


Jen's Wedding

So we attended another wedding this weekend. My sister's childhood friend got married and it was a really fun time. Not much to say except there was an appearance by Michael himself. haha. Just some pictures from the night:














01 November 2008

Halloween

Since I don't have any small children of my own to dress up, I dressed myself. Unfortunately, I didn't plan on going out until an hour before so I had to throw something together. I went out with a few friends and we had a pretty good time.


the little boy I nanny for






I put the Austin Powers wig on at the end of the night

28 October 2008

I'm Confused


So even though I know it happened last year in Utah, it doesn't normally happen here. I'm not posting this for the beautiful picture because you can hardly see what I'm talking about haha. However, shouldn't most of the leaves be off the trees before we get snow??? Snow shouldn't come until mid November at the earliest around here. So much for global warming.

19 October 2008

Beads for Boobs

I went down to my sister's school to do a walk for breast cancer. Her sorority does it every year and this year the theme was beads for boobs... They ask for donations to get beads to raise money for breast cancer instead of you having to show your breasts for beads. Simple concept for college kids to understand. Haha. Anyway, we walked through the woods of the school and I took some pictures:





18 October 2008

Try This:

I'm terrible at making links work when you click on them so I'm sure this one is no different, BUT paste it in your web browser and try it. Trudy sent it to me and it's pretty fun. Mine didn't really turn out on target, but it was still interesting to try. You'll be given categories with pictures in it and you just keep clicking on the picture that sums up the category for you. In the end it'll give you a profile of yourself.

http://dna.imagini.net/friends

30 September 2008

Take a Guess


I put in a 1 word answer for each question...some are obvious, others not so much, others are pretty much impossible. take a guess?

name
favorite food
school
favorite color
celebrity crush
favorite drink
vacation spot
favorite dessert
what i want to be when i grow up
what i love most in my life
one word to describe me
nickname

*i got it from kelli and created it through flickr

24 September 2008

It's Official

I have a job. It's been a long wait (almost 3 months) but I am employed again. I have been doing temp jobs for the past few weeks but nothing that was going to turn long term. I am now going to be a nanny for a 4 month old boy named Elliott. I know it's a funny name and he's so cute!! I will post a picture when I have one. It's something good for me right now. I've fought my family about the benefits deal because at this point I need something and I love taking care of babies. Since I don't plan on having my own anytime soon, this will hold me over :) I'm excited

17 September 2008

Just Some Pictures





I'm bored and decided to look through all my pictures from when Quinn and I met. Here are a few of the favorites (or mine at least)

08 September 2008

just my hair

So I colored my hair again. It's a pretty ridiculous picture because my dad just had me stand there and smile so of course I made kind of a goofy face. You get the picture though. It's a little darker than it was, but just about as dark as my natural color (when I was little). It lightens up too fast though I think. I don't really know how to keep the color from fading so fast. (any ideas lori???) Anyway, not that exciting but thought I'd share anyway.

03 September 2008

Art

This is my 3rd post of the day but for some reason I feel like I have a lot to say. A few months ago I was going to start drawing or painting to keep me busy while I was looking for a job. Hopefully I'll have a job on Monday, but at this point I'm still keeping myself busy with the art. These aren't that great but I figured I'd post them anyway since I said I would. swirls...the colors are brighter than they look flower

Wedding

I went to a wedding last Friday. Erica danced with my sister starting at age 5 and the families have been friends since. It was nice to go and hang out with all the family and friends that we have. I don't have much to say about it...just a few pictures Allison, Erin, Me

Allison, Me, Dad, Erin
Dad, Me, Allison, Erin, Mom

Dan, Allison

Adam, Dave, Dad, Uncle Carlos, Tom, Albert, David
Liz, Jen, Allison (3 of 10 Bridesmaids) Erica and her grandmother

Quinn's Visit

So Quinn came to visit me last weekend. He had a few days off so the poor guy drove 12 hours up and 12 hours back. He wasn't able to make it to the wedding I had on Friday which was a little disappointing, but I was still happy he was able to make it at all. It's been pretty tough at times to deal with the separation so this was some much needed time together. (I hadn't seen him in a little over 2 months!!!) We only took 1 picture while he was here and it wasn't that great but I figured I'd post it anyway.
We hung out with a lot of family. Looking back I would have liked a little more time for just the two of us to hang out and relax by ourselves. It's tough when my family only gets to see him two or three times a year though. They want to see him too. So that's it I guess. We had a nice time. He'll most likely be going to Utah in October. I'm hoping I can make it out there too but if not I'll see him on Thanksgiving.

13 August 2008

8.8.08

Jesse, John, Vanessa, Me on the subway
Vanessa, Me
Jesse, John, Vanessa, Miche, and Robin

I went to the city last Friday for a birthday party. A guy I ran track with in high school was having a party for his girlfriend at this lounge called Duvet. Yes it had beds all over the place. I was a little grossed out at the thought of what could possibly be on those beds that I couldn't see, but it was a really upscale looking place and the prices reflected that. We had a good time though!

03 August 2008

Birthday Excitement

me, jim, vanessa
allison, me, erin, dan
me, vanessa

So we went to Jose Tejas for dinner yesterday. It was good. My family thought it would be a great idea to do the whole 'have the waiters come over and sing' thing. Always my favorite part of the night :) I get really embarrassed with stuff like that. We had a good time. When we were leaving it was pretty clear that my grandmother wasn't doing well. We ended up going to the emergency room with her because she was in the beginning stages of congestive heart failure again (this happened about a month and a half ago too). We all went over to the hospital. She's doing well now. She's as stable as any 86 year old can be under the circumstances. They're still running some tests because she's been losing blood too. Don't know what it all is for sure but at least she's in the hospital so hopefully she'll do a little better there.

My grandmother kicked us all out because she was mad I was spending my birthday in the emergency room. When we found out she was ok I went with Allison, Erin, Dan (my sisters and my older sister's bf), Vanessa, and Jim to a local bar to get a drink. It was fun. Nothing too crazy. We just sat at the bar for an hour or two and left. It turned out to be a pretty crazy night.

21 July 2008

Kenny







So I went to see Kenny Chesney for the second year in a row. It was pretty much awesome! There was some local band that we didn't see and then Gary Allen, Leann Rimes, Sammy Hagar?, Keith Urban, and Kenny. We got there around 10:30am and didn't get back until about midnight. There were a lot of people, lots of food, and some drinking. We met a group of older people inside who were completely drunk. They were slapping each other's butts with a towel and taking shots. The guy bought us some shots that were terrible. They were crazy! Kenny got on at about 9 and it was just crazy from there. Good time. Can't wait for next year!

20 July 2008

Pictures


So I've been bored and I was going through all the pictures on my computer. I found the first picture me and quinn ever took together. We were in Miami on spring break with friends. We were staying at the same hotel and met the night before I left. We all ended up at a bar and quinn told me if we won pool he would marry me. We won and about a week or so later I got a package with a huge fake ring. It was pretty funny. Who would have guessed we would have made it so far. We've had our share of ups and downs but I think overall we've both had a great time...and more to come.

12 July 2008

Vanessa's 24th


we went to glo for vanessa's 24th birthday. i guess we're getting a little too old to be celebrating but any excuse to go out and have a good time is worth it. we had a pretty good night. the picture isn't so awesome but it's the only one i have :) she had fun which is all that really matters. 3 weeks and it's my turn!

07 July 2008

Furious

It's my own fault but I'm still really upset about it. We shipped a package that had a bunch of my stuff in it. All of my scrapbooking stuff and my winter jacket....a bunch of stuff. Apparently they repackaged it and half of it is missing (all my scrapbooking stuff and winter jacket). The stuff that they were able to send over was stinky, dirty, bent, broken, or ripped. Unfortunately I didn't insure it like I should have...stupid me. Now the only thing I can do is send a report and hope they find some of my stuff. A word of advice---insure your packages (which I'm sure everyone but me knew already)

06 July 2008

4th and Quinn

(jason grilling in the rain)
Quinn made it into Ft Sill yesterday only to drive a half hour back out to get a hotel because there weren't any rooms available on post or even right off. Figures...poor guy just wanted to relax. He's not having a ton of fun right now. All the in processing is boring and tedious. I was with family for the 4th. We had a bbq with about 30-40 people and we all crammed under a little overhang during the torrential down pour that we got right in the middle. It wasn't too bad though. Half of the guests were too drunk to even care about the rain :) That's the family for you. It was fun, but I would have liked to hang out with quinn and the baby (bubba). Things are going ok right now. Still working on finding a job, but I've adjusted a little.

01 July 2008

I'm Trying

I won't keep the blogs all sad and terrible. I've been doing a little better. Ask Quinn and he may not say the same, but I think I have. I don't know how to deal better. I'm going to try some art. It sounds silly, but I'm hoping I can start something that will keep me occupied so I don't bother Quinn all the time :) As soon as I have something complete I'll post it to show everyone what I've worked on.
I'm still looking for a job. I'm hoping to get something that utilizes my creativity a little more. That might keep me interested and help pass the days faster. Any ideas of jobs I should look into let me know. I tried for a graphic designer position, but I'm not really qualified for it. It's a long shot.
Any ideas for art projects let me know!!

27 June 2008

Hard...

Not to complain or anything but I'm having a really hard time. I have never been good with change and I really wish I didn't have to do it. I need some stuff to do that will keep me occupied other than work. If you have any ideas please let me know!

25 June 2008

Color Me Mine


We went to a pottery place and painted some stuff. It was fun. Quinn took a pasta bowl and drew pictures of himself, me, and Bubba. It was pretty funny. He was really into it. I'm ridiculous and brought my camera because that's just what I do. We can pick them up on Monday so he's just going to wrap them and mail them to me so I have something cute! It's coming down to the wire. I leave in just about 24 hours from now...I'm not really happy about it at all. I know it's not that long, but I've really grown to enjoy Utah and all my time here...Plus I think I finally got the grid system down ;) I'm just complaining. Really sad to go

24 June 2008

Softball


Again there isn't much to say about softball. Quinn messed up his leg and it's still gross. I took a picture with Kelli, Lori, and Kaylan so it doesn't look like I stayed cooped up in the apartment this whole year! I'm going to miss Thursday nights. They've been fun! Plus it was so convenient when I needed my hair cut :)
I didn't get a picture with Tai though :( Come paint pottery tomorrow and we can get a picture!