They're Growing...

...and growing and growing, and taking over not only our meager apartment, but our lives. The boxes that is. Its amazing how much you can put into boxes after you've said, "well, I think that's the most of it".





Here's the rest of the boxes, and Richard in the midst, playing his computer game, as he was all day :-)












As a sidenote, here are some things we thought of today.



*Things we'll be thankful for when we move:
*Not having the toilet rock every time we sit on it
*Being able to open the dishwasher without hitting the cabinet door handle
*Not having to use three hands to shut off the hot water
*Being able to come and go as we please, without a gate entry card
*Not having to dodge speedbumps in the parking lot
*Being cooler than 85 degrees in February
*Not living next door to a murderer and his victim
*Having a stove that has more than one large burner and is level
*Not living our life around when to get quarters and do laundry
*Never seeing another 5 inch cockroach crawl across the living room floor
*Being able to use the microwave without having the dishwasher, turtle light, night light, cell phone charger, coffee pot, toaster, printer, and computer all go off

******Edit on Sunday night: Just hours after we wrote this, after not seeing a cockroach for a month or so, one was crawling across the kitchen counter top last night on our way to bed. Richard He-manned his way on top of the counter top and smashed it with my water bottle. MMMM water just gets more and more appetizing.

If I won the lottery...

The Georgia man just won half the Mega Millions lottery. Only half. And he decided to take it in a lump sum so its less than that. And taxes have to be taken out. But after that he is still pocketing 80 MILLION !!!! If I won that I would...

Richard
1. Pay off a house
2. Buy a huge truck fully loaded jacked up
3. Buy a Trans Am with mods done to it having close to 500 hp
4. Buy a motorcycle
5. Buy a boat
6. Buy a surround sound entertainment system for the living room
7. Buy a PS3, a PSP and a ton of games
8. Put the rest in stocks and live off the interest


Stacey
0. Put at least 60 Mil in stocks and savings
1. Buy a house with all the things from my wish list on it
2. Buy a vacation house
3. Buy a SUV
4. Pay off my parents house
5. Pay off R's parents house
6. Take a trip to Disney World
7. Buy lots of round trip tickets for Ashley to visit
8. Buy everyone really great Christmas presents
9. Leave random huge tips at restaurants and such
10. Put money aside to get acrylic nails, pedicures and highlights regularly
11. Get a dog

Richard's Life List

Things I want to complete in my lifetime.

1. Fly a plane
2. Work as a mechanic
3. Have a really fast car
4. Skydiving
5. Swim with dolphins
6. Scuba diving
7. Have $80,000 in stocks when I retire
8. Build a house
9. Build a computer
10. Build a Trans Am
11. Learn to pay more attention
12. Enjoy life

Stacey's Life List

Here is a list of things I want to do before I die. I started this list in 2000 and it slowly evolves, you can see I still have a few blank spaces to fill in to get to 100.
Pink-completed
Blue- yet to complete
Black- will never complete
Green - partially completed

1. Get Married - 10/14/2006
2. Have Kids
3. Go to Australia
4. Own a suit
5. Have a small dog - Colby Jack July 2004
6. Have a non spastic small dog
7. Visit Kyle in Boston- August 2005
8. Visit NYC - August 2005
9. Visit Washington DC
10. Go to Cedar Point with Richard
11. Own a vacation home
12. Get fun engagement pictures taken - August 2005
13. Have a red room - Apartment April 2005
14. Name something Magoo
15. Graduate from FBBC - May 2003: Secretarial and Biblical Studies
16. Go mudding or dune driving
17. See a shooting star
18. Wear orange on my wedding day - Lights in my shoes
19. Not worry about tomorrow
20. Not worry about next week
21. Have rainbow underwear - From Ashley: Christmas 2002
22. Have a guy ask Daddy to date me - Eric
23. Get a dozen roses (at one time) from a guy - Richard: April 2006
24. Get flowers from a guy delivered at work - Richard: Valentines 2006
25. Have the first grandkid
26. Have the first grandkid
27. Love Kyle's wife - 2005
28. Go on a roadtrip with a friend (as a vacation, not just driving to get home)
29. Play CB tag - 2003 with Julie, Caleb, Jason, Rick, Mark and Zach
30. Visit California
31. Visit Las Vegas
32. Go back to Disney World
33. Learn how to make strawberry Jam - June 2006 with Mom and Heather
34. Take a photography or interior design class
35. Own a truck - 10/14/2006
36. Memorize a chapter of the Bible
37. Take a guy on a family vacation - Stalker Dan to Iowa 2004
38. Learn a new hobby - Quilting 2004
39. Learn another new hobby - Cross Stitch, November 2006
40. Visit Hawaii or the Bahamas
41. Give our child a name with meaning and/or history
42. Keep in touch with a college friend til at least 2013 (ten years)
43. Go on a missions trip to a foreign country
44. Never live on my own - I did in 2004 at G&G Harris'
45. Have grandkids
46. Live in a state other than Iowa or Michigan - Florida October 2006
47. Eat a whole package of Oreos in one sitting (can be with a friend)
48. Take $300 and go on a spree for me - February 2005
49. Go Skydiving
50. Take a class with Richard
51. Type 75 wpm - 2005
52. Get a job with benefits - 2003 Buckley Law Office
53. Volunteer at my kids' school
54. Own a chair and a half - March 2004
55. Have a swimming pool
56. Have a coffee table - August 2004
57. Be the guest of honor at a suprise birthday party
58. Live within 6 hours of M&D for the majority of my life - 21 so far
59. Go to a major concert - Dixie Chicks 2003
60. Take a trip with Julie - Iowa 2004
61. Have Ashley come to Michigan - My wedding 2006
62. Study my family history
63. Get all 5 memory books back from my family (Given in 2002)- Mom 2003
64. Go on a date with someone random - can't do now
65. Have a TV in my bedroom - 2003
66. Ride in a taxi - Atlanta, GA 10/17/2006
67. Learn to dance (privately)
68. Ride in a hot air balloon
69. Visit all 7 continents - Europe 1999, North America
70. Do a big to-do for M&D's 25th anniversary - Trip to Chicago 2004
71. Be able to wear a bikini in public...without scaring others
72. Make soft chocolate chip cookies - November 2006
73. Be able to run 2 miles consecutively - Fall 2005
74. Take two months off work and galavant - September and October 2006
75. Weigh 125 or less
76. Live in the country
77. Take a Child Development Course - Diploma December 2005
78. Have a striped room
79. Have a hot pink and orange room
80. Have a bookshelf around the top of my room - 2003
81. Do it in my own house
82. Have a garage
83. Own a treadmill - December 2004
84. Own another piece of gym equipment
85. Have a queen size bed - 10/14/2006
86. Have 30 wall clocks
87. Have some one love me the same amount that I love them - Richard 2005
88. Play in the rain
89. Have twins or more
90. Be a mentor
91. Never own a minivan
90. Be able to play a little on an instrument
91. Ride on a motorcycle - June 2005 with Richard
92. Have all of my recipes organized and searchable on the computer
93. Have a guest room - April 2007
94. Have a closet big enough to store and showcase all my stuff including accessories
95. Have a gigantic tub
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A little about us

.............................................Richard Stacey
Favorite TV show: the Pretender Gilmore Girls
Favorite TV show no longer on TV: the Pretender Judging Amy
Material item you most want at this minute: Motorcycle House
Birthdate: 21apr82 March 19
Favorite color: Blue, black, silver Pink and Orange
Favorite meal: Steak n seafood Nachos, bread and potatoes
Favorite restaurant: Applebees CiCi's and Ruggerro's
Any broken bones: yes None currently, foot when younger
Eye color: blue ditto
Hair color: dirty blonde (you know you like it ;) ) Brownish orange
Height: 5'11" 5'2"
Favorite clothing stores: hot topic Gap, Limited
Best friend: Logan Ashley
Most scared of: death by disease Being truly alone
Favorite place: home bed
Favorite dessert: cheesecake brownies with choc chips in them and cream cheese frosting on top, straight from the fridge
Most embarrassing memory: being in front of large groups Skiing .... definintly skiing
Best high school memory: Europe trip Graduation "adjourned" b/c of bomb threat
Best post high school memory: thought of not seeing half of them again Coke and pumpkin pie with Ash
Best trip: umm, vacation wise Hawaii, place wise my cruise Spain, NYC, Chicago
Best part of marriage: coming home to Stacey every day Love & Laughter
Saddest Memory: leaving home Miscarriage
When you knew he/she was it: right away When he brought up marriage before I did
Most want to vacation where: iono, take a survey DisneyWorld
Best gift ever received: the car dad gave me Engagement Ring
Best gift ever given: blank check Mom and Dad's trip to Chicago
Favorite genre of music: rock n hard rock Country
Collections: 1:18 scale cars, pennys, video games, cards Wall Clocks, magnets, money
Favorite tradition: Chicago CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!
Wedding memory: seeing her in her dress Having the cans ripped off our car by a Flint bum
Favorite Game: thats a hard one. I'm a gamer, love all rpgs n action adventure Apples to Apples