what i want for christmas

I want this for christmas (the sheet music booklet - I already have the CD)

so so bored

I am bored, so very bored.

Yes I am bored...oh so so bored.

The seconds seem like hours - Time basically stands still.

If I knew work would be this boring I would have never gone to school. I could have stayed home all day and played and live off the taxes of poor shmucks like me under Obama's economic plan to have the working class pay for the non working class (who should have to pass a urine screening to receive benefits - at least in my mind - no welfare for druggies!). blah grr ugh. I am having a mid-life crisis at 26.

oh what shall i ever do? Anyone? Any thoughts? suggestions?

Before and After - The Den

So the second bedroom was the first project we tackled. Unfortunately we didn't get a "true" before picture. The walls were originally a horrid peach color - we primed them (white) before we took our first "before" set of photos. So here's how it was just after before: (please forgive my fatness - it was really hot)

Until the day a little kiddie comes into our lives, we are going to use this room as our office / den. I really love the green color we found. This room also has a fairly large closet with shelves that you can't see in any of the pictures - but it's a super handy storage area.

Bridge Climbing!

Hey Everyone...here are the pictures from the last week of my inspection work when we inspected the suspender cables by rope access. It was by far the most exciting piece of work that we did while we were down there.

Ring!

Here are a couple pictures of the ring and the happy couple. The bear came as a gift for our donation to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital that we made at the time of purchase.

ENGAGEMENT!

For those of you who have not heard, Greg and I got engaged on Friday October 3, 2008!!! I'm sorry if I did not call or email you personally - too many people to inform.

Here are the details for all of you who have been asking:

I have been away for 4 weeks for work, and I got home on Friday night. I had made dinner for Greg and then we were supposed to go up to Vermont for the weekend. We went upstairs to pack and he came up behind me and gave me a big hug (which I love). We started talking (with hugs and kisses :) ) about how much we missed each other and how much we love each other and how awesome the last three years of our lives have been. He asked me if I loved him, to which I was like, Yes! You know I love you! And he said "Good cuz it will make it easier to do this!" And he got down on a knee and said "Rebekah Joelle Briggs will you marry me?" To which I pulled him up off the floor and said "YEEEESSSS!!!"

It was very sweet and unexpected. The best welcome home present I ever could have hoped for! It was perfect and we are super excited!