Paisley our crazy pup!

Cassidy here...

Paisley is a whole lot of fun! Anyone who meets him loves him. Jeremy picked Paisley out for me in August of 2007 and has been a ball of joy! I always seem to have dogs that have soooooo much personality and Paisley has more of one than any dog I have ever had! This videa is of Paisley watching himself play in the rain and after the video was over and I put the computer down he continued to stare at it hoping the puppy would show up again! I felt I had to share this with as many people as I could! SO, enjoy!

Weather!

Cassidy here...

The weather in Arkansas has been beautiful! It is so crazy how cool it has been for it being mid-August. It is such a nice feeling to be able to open the sliding glass door and not have to use the air conditioner all that much. It's crazy to think back to when you are growing up and people tell you rain is God's tears coming down from heaven/ God taking a shower (I have never heard this one but Jeremy has), thunder is him playing the drums, and lightning is God taking a picture of me. How crazy is that?!?!?! Being young was so fun! But anyways... It has also been raining, which is usually a downer. I get very stressed about storms and panic when it is raining and I am driving... but I have a new light on rain right now, (mainly because I'm not having to be in it for classes). It is so peaceful/calming, cleansing and refreshing.

I enjoy being in the rain, Jeremy becomes a kid when he gets out in it. When Jeremy and I had been daing for about 4 months we decided to play in the rain in Searcy and had a blast. We swam in the culverts on the side of the road and played in the massive puddles that form in the streets. Jeremy and I had a very touching moment in our lives during this summer in the rain. I had always had a dream of being kissed in the rain and got my wish! SO of course (my mom taught me well) I went and got my camera and set it up for a timed picture. This is one of my favorite moments of Jeremy and my relationship! SO, all in all, play in the rain and make memories!

the olympics

Well as everyone knows that has watched any TV lately, the Olympics have been on. Cassidy and I have been glued to the TV during all of this. I told her that the last time I remember watching the Olympics the consistently and actually caring was during the 1996 Olympics when Kerri Strugg stuck her famous landing on vault. The last two Olympics I really don't remember anything about at all. So it's awesome to see Michael Phelps make history and dominate every time he gets in the pool. I've also found that there are many, many more events than I ever knew there were before. The other night I watched completely amazed at the "race walking" events...there were really people speed walking to get a gold medal!! Honestly it looked like a huge group of gay men walking really fast because of how much they were swinging their hips. It was good humor though...actually kinda made my day in a very strange way. Besides that we have really been excited to watch the gymnastics. The women's gymnastics have been more entertaining just because they win more medals and everything. One thing that both of us hate is the commentating during the gymnastics. They are so negative about the U.S. gymnasts. They start talking about what they will do wrong before they even start whatever competition they are in. Then when Alicea Sacramone messed up the stupid lady interviews her and keeps asking her how she feels about falling off the beam and not sticking one of her flips. Now seriously, how do you think she would feel..."well ya know I feel really good, I messed up just right and I'm hoping that we don't get any medals at all"...stupid people. Then in the individual finals on vault the Chinese girl lands on her knees and still ends up get a medal ahead of the U.S. and the Japanese girl landed out of bounds and gets the gold. This scoring system is jacked up. Anyway, I've also found that I love to watch sand volleyball. It's pretty awesome! Then there is water polo, field hockey, and hand ball...The one thing that I haven't been able to watch any of is basketball...my favorite sport and I haven't seen a single second of it. Oh well. Basically I forgot how much I love to watch the Olympics until now. It's exciting and I'm glad Americans are really athletic...that's all for now.

We are in our own house now...

Well Cassidy and I have been in our own home for a little over a week now. It is great to be on our own and really living the married life. Its interesting how being in Searcy, a place we are not real fond of, is not as bad now that we are married because we can spend time together all the time without being criticized. I've learned over the past year not to care what people think. I have always kinda had that attitude where if you don't like me then I don't care, but it has become even more my attitude now. Its basically to the point that if someone has a problem with me then they aren't worth dealing with. If my wife is happy and I'm happy then that's what matters to me. The past year has kind of been the reason for how we feel about this town and this school, but I think the new school year will be much better and the fact that this is our last semester here will make it better too. Just being married makes it a lot better already because I know that I will be with the person I love for the rest of my life and that's all I need.

"Friends"

There is something I don't quite understand... why do people want to be "friends" with people who they dont even know? This only happens on facebook and myspace. And the next thing that throws me is that if you deny their "friendship" they get their panties in a bunch. This has started to happen more after Jeremy and I got married. They are his friends that I have never/never will meet! I have come to the conclusion that it is all because they want to see pictures... well, sorry but I don't think that is cool! Therefore, I have denied SEVERAL people in the last couple of months and I honestly don't feel bad about it. If I were to meet them then I would be fine with it... This has been a new annoyance to me and doesn't seem to be letting up yet... I know it will but take a little bit but I can't wait for that to happen. I'm sure anyone who reads this and has facebook understand exactly what I'm talking about and I'm glad I'm not the only one who deals with this!

But I will say that I love my REAL friends that I have, for that I am greatful!