I like to take pictures with him for the Holidays, he's the closest thing I've got to a son I guess. hehehe. Poor dog has to suffer humiliation because of me.
(Below) Oh Wow! Look what Santa brought me! A pain in the ass dog...
Poor little Arrtoo was not happy being in that box...
Merry Christmas from Me and Arrtoo!!
DON'T WORRY!!! It's just a wig. haha. Yes, but wouldn't it scare all of you if I DID have hair like this???
I've always had the incredible urge to do something strange with my hair. I'm never quite happy with it and I love to experiment. This Blog was inspired by my Sister-in-Law, the other Megan Siana. At my 22nd Birthday get together she made a comment on how "normal" my hair looked for once. I thought that was pretty funny and too true! Above is how it looked when she said that. Below are pictures of my abnormal hair over the past couple of years.
Red! This is the most recent crazy hair-do. I really loved my read hair though, even if it was a bit much...
This is the shortest I've ever cut it (above and below). The above picture demonstrates how I use to tease it in the back to achieve the volume and spikiness in the back. Don't mind the face I'm making below... I rather hate smiling in pictures, so this is the best I could give you.
And, of course, the brief purple streaks in my hair! I really loved the purple, but it got to expensive to keep up with since it would all wash out every 3 weeks. Oh well.
Just Like Grandpa!
Below are my favorite addition to the garden: Red Bell Pepper plants. I grew these from the seeds of a bell pepper I used in my cooking. They were growing up so nice an healthy, but as you can see, the Santa Anas gave them a rouge time and now they look terrible. I have a feeling they wont make it trough the winter.
Here is Arrtoo and Carrie's cat Belding. He was trying to steal some of my dog's food. Belding likes to think he is the man of the house. Arrtoo doesn't pay any mind to the new strugle for power, he's always been a "let it slide" kind of dog.
Belding is a trouble maker, but he probably has the most personality of anyone in the house. Here he is sleeping on my food in the pantry. Below is a picture of Belding and Carrie's other cat, Fiddlesticks. I always thought that was a great name for a cat. I love Carrie's pets, but after living with cats I've realized that cats are not really good pets for me. I'm a fan of outdoor animals personally. Cats have too much attitude like "I run this place, you just live here".
Does this look Infected?
This semester I enrolled in Journalism looking to be a copy editor. I figured that position would not only give me the chance to improve the school paper grammatically, but it would also help me to improve my own skills in that area. For the first issue our editor in chief, Desiree, asked of I could write a story since they were understaffed. I wrote about the construction on campus in the bookstore and the cafeteria. 
I figure that until I have kids of my own, Arrtoo is pretty much going to be treated like one. I'm always taking pictures of him! Since my old Roommate, Jacqueline, has moved out I've been letting Arrtoo in the house now. (Jackie is the daughter of my land lady and she also was never to fond of Arrtoo... or any animals in general really...) So I'll have him in the house while I'm cooking or cleaning and I'll talk to him as though he understands me. Its kinda funny when I realize what I'm doing... (I think he kinda does understand me as a matter of fact!)
This is Dave and Arrtoo. Dave is really the only Boyfreind I've had that loves Dogs as much as I do! (The past two boyfriends not only didn't like dogs, but they really didn't like Arrtoo, which of course was a huge problem for me.)
I'm two months in at UPS and so far I'm enjoying the job. I work on a specific conveyor belt (we call it Tan belt) which takes packages for Hawaii, Alaska, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and Montana. I read and pull specific zip codes off the belt. Then I scan and load them up in my air containers that go in the planes for over night shipping. Like every job UPS has its "ups" and downs..
As of May 22nd I no longer work in retail, and I can proudly say that I am one of the thousands of UPS employees working at the Ontario air hub. I applied in early May because I was desperate to get out of my less than pleasant retail job in the mall and working for Steven Tully. (Steven wasn't a man of many morals and long story short, the drama of his affair on his with one of my co-workers caused mass amounts of Drama in the store.) Anyways, I applied and soon had a 1st interview where the H.R. Rep. handed me a 2nd interview card right there and then telling me that they don't do that very often so I guess I must have been lucky! My 2nd interview was only 2 days later, and with some helpful advice from my Mom and Step Dad I won over the interviewer and he arranged my hire/start date.
I was officially Hired on May 22nd, 2008. For the first week I showed up at the hub classroom at 10pm every night to basically sit and take notes on how to properly life packages, what my power zone is, how to prevent injuries and how to handle hazardous materials. Actually, learning about HazMats was fairly interesting and I may even want to study further, perhaps even build a career in the UPS department dealing with monitoring, auditing and emergencies situations with HazMats. 
My first day of actual work was last night and it was a little harder than I had expected. They teach you in class how to build sturdy walls when loading trailers, trucks and air containers, but its rather difficult to do when you must load the packages as they come and they're not coming slow and steady! I only worked 3 hours but I'm still kind of sore in my arms. I work the Intra sort, which is from 10pm to 3am, however in this economy that means 10pm to 1:30am. I specifically load the air containers that are to be sent out on planes less than an hour after I finish loading them. I process the next day air goods that are going from Ontario to Colorado or Montana. On my first day I loaded 380 packages. My trainer says that was a really good rate seeing as how most people load around 250 on their first day, but he also says that he thinks I need to go much faster! ahhh! I'm curious if thats possible...
Anyways, I grew up in a UPS family. We watched the UPS 88 car race on NASCAR every weekend, and Scott always had his UPS buddies over. The biggest reason I joined this company is because I watched my Step Dad support a family of 4 kids with that job and I know UPS offers an amazing salary/benefits package. I'm looking to stay with UPS for a very long time and if my teaching career doesn't pan out then I hope to find a good career with UPS. =)
On 5/10/08 Dave, Carrie, Brandon and I went to the southern California Renn Faire! It was a lot of fun! We all dressed up for the occasion. My best friend Caitlin sewed my skirt and shirt, Brandon & Carrie had there own costumes and Dave rented one. (I personally thought he looked rather handsome in his!) 
Here's Dave and I. He's looking quite like his true self in this costume (minus the shoes of course) I kinda wish he would dress this way all the time! In fact, I wouldn't have a problem dressing this way all the time Myself! 
Here's Carrie and I loving the Camera! I really enjoyed all the role-playing at faire. People who worked there would come up and make comments to Dave about his "strange" shoes and others would come to me and hit on me, in a renaissances fashion. One guy even told Dave that he and I were going to get lost because I, the woman, was holding the map! I thought it was hilarious! There were a lot of cool things at the faire, including Mock Shakespeare plays, comedy shows, people juggling torches, Jousting, lots of homemade goods and clothing for sale and the food was Amazing!
I had so much fun at faire that I think I may even volunteer to work there on the weekends next year! It was really an awesome experience and I encourage anyone who hasn't gone to a renaissances faire before to go when it comes around next year!
I got Arrtoo on June 12th, 2006, when he was 8 weeks old. Above is a picture of him wrapped up in the pillow case I took with me to keep him warm and comfortable on the ride home. He was the sweetest little youngster. below is a picture of Arrtoo and I when he was about 3 months old. It was taken on the porch of my apartment I lived in briefly in the summer of 2006. 
Above is a picture of Arrtoo when he was about 9 months old. This was taken at the botanical gardens at UCR... (and in case you've never been to the gardens at UCR, let me tell you, there is nothing botanical about them.) My pup is such a good looking Dog! 
This is a recent picture of my 2-year-old joy! He also happens to be a pain in my butt! As you can see from the picture above, one of Arrtoo's favorite things to do is to tear up his bed. He absolutely loves the stuffing inside! He'll tear open his bed and crawl right inside of it! This picture was taken after a failed attempt at punishing him for yet again ruining his bed. I just couldn't be so harsh with a pup this charming.
On sunday April 20th, Dave, Arrtoo and I went to Fairmont Park in Riverside for a walk. This park is an awesome park! it has little lakes, a fishing dock, play equipment, and a rose garden! While we were around the water Arrtoo was so nervous! I think he though I was gonna throw him in! Arrtoo's worst fears are bathes and the hose. (the next dog I get better be a water loving dog haha.) 
While walking around we found a bike path that leads away from the park, so we decided to explore. The path was surrounded by beautiful, tropical looking foliage. So we left the path and adventured a little bit. we found a natural stream, a beautiful small forest, and we even found a bum camp! Luckily for us no one was there. In the end we found the path again and found out that it connects to the bike paths behind my housing complex. It was a very adventurous day!
On the Monday, 4/14, My best friend Caitlin and I went to Disneyland! I absolutely LOVE Disneyland. I feel like a part of my soul permanently resides at Disneyland and I somehow feel complete again just from being there. (Its probably just the comforting feeling of being a kid again.) I'm pictured above with Miss Alice and below with The Mad Hatter. I feel bad for these poor characters because I practically chased them down the park and pounced on them for a quick picture. 
On Tuesday and Wednesday of my break I went up to visit with my Dad. He took me off roding in his jeep and gave my a tour of the fire damage in '07. It was nice spending time with my Dad and being in the house I spent so much of my childhood in. The picture above is actually not from this break, but I borrowed it for such the occasion since sadly I had forgotten to take my camera with me when I went up to visit. 
Other than Disneyland and visiting with Daddy, I worked a lot during my Spring break. For the weekend we decided to have a dress up day, so we all dressed up like Nerds. Wardobes included: suspenders, glasses, high wasted/high water pants, neck ties, pocket protectors, pens, and various other nerdy apparel. It was a rather fun day and the customers seemed to get a kick out of our outfits too! (above pictured left to right: Stephan, Lisa, Me, Lisa-Marie, and Russell.)
