Dead Battery = Shala Is Not An Idiot!

So, I get a phone call from Caleb yesterday saying that he couldn't get the Jeep to start, it seemed like the battery was dead. I told him to jump the battery and get home so we could try to figure out what was going on. He took my car with the battery from the Jeep down to AutoZone, to test it to see if it was the battery or the alternator, because everyone was trying to tell him it was the alternator. Other than the battery dying, the car didn't have any signs of a dead alternator. (I've been the driver of two different vehicles when the alternator has gone out.) The battery was totally fried needless to say, and the guy at AutoZone taught Caleb a way to test at home with a new battery to see if the alternator was dead. Caleb did the test, and the alternator wasn't the problem.
Then we went to our weekly "trucker coffee" where we go hang with Caleb's trucker friends, and get a soda or a hot chocolate while they drink their coffee. All the guys there like to think they know everything about cars. They were all trying to tell him his alternator was still bad. I knew that it wasn't, but none of these men wanted to trust my knowledge or listen to me. So, just to prove to them that I knew what I was talking about, Caleb took the alternator into AutoZone and had them test it, and it was perfectly fine.
The lesson here is, just because I'm a woman, doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to cars. I'll admit that I don't know a lot about them, but what I do know, I know for pretty darn sure!

Playing with Prissy and Adventures in Grass

So, Jewel and my mother in law's dog Prissy are about the same size now. Jewel snuck upstairs one day, and they started playing, so we brought them downstairs away from the other dogs, so that they could play without the other dogs getting in the way. They had a blast, and didn't get too rough with each other.

After that play time, we took Jewel outside for the first time. She really didn't like the feel of grass. She thought it felt weird. She even stuck her tongue out about it, (look closely at the first picture.) She quickly scurried onto the patio, and hasn't loved grass yet.


Hope you enjoyed our pictures and stories! She's gotten so big it's crazy!

Happy Birthday Grandma E!

We just wanted to give her a little shout out letting her know how much we appreciate her and love her! She's great, and we wouldn't trade her for the world!

Sunday Dinner at Our House!

So, our usual thing on sundays is to go up to my parents house and have sunday dinner with them, so we see them at least once a week. For a change, they came down to our little place! It was really nice! We just had a very simple baked potato bar, but it was still really nice.
Jewel loved spending time with them, and my mom tried to make Jewel cuddle with her. Sadly for mom, we have a very independent kitten, and she only cuddles when she is tired.
We also sat and watched our wedding video with them. Yeah, they were there, and filmed it, and edited it, but it was still fun to watch it with them. They didn't usually get to hear our commentating on it when they had watched it before. They got to learn a little more about my husband and it was really nice.
Hopefully we will be able to have them over for dinner more! I like to cook!

Funny Story

So, I'm laying in bed this morning, and the cat lays on our bed at night. All the sudden, Jewel is meowing at me, walking all over my face, and using her claws to PULL THE COMFORTER AND SHEETS DOWN! She was trying to kick me out of the bed so she could lay in it! She is so stinking smart. She's also figured out when I'm awake, my eyes are open. So now she will gently wake me up by pawing my eyeballs! She's such a stinker sometimes, but she's so adorable the rest of the time, that it's hard not to love her! She's gotten really big so fast! I'll post new pics soon! :) I just wanted to share that story. I woke up laughing my head off because of it.

Help Me!

So, here's the deal. I needed a new headshot for my website. (http://www.shalamickey.com/) I need something that looks professional, and makes me look like I know what I'm doing! I put my top five pictures on here, so let me know which one is your favorite. Thanks!

Shout out for Sparkpeople!

So, I am an avid fan of sparkpeople.com! It helps me track my calories eaten, calories burned, and basically gives me someone to report to on being fit! I'm down 3.6 lbs in the 2 weeks I've been doing it again, and I feel a lot better about myself since I started doing it again. My goal is to loose about 2 lbs a week. That's a healthy amout to loose, and it's easier to keep of the slower it comes off. Anyone who wants to join, it's completely free, and a great way to stay on track! Find me if you decide to do it!