"On the road again, do do do do do On the road again..."

Yay! Looks like John and I might be heading down to So Cal next weekend for a quick visit! We will most likely leave on friday, arriving sometime Friday evening, and will head back up on sunday night. Yay!

Today he would have been 86

Today is June 5, 2009. My Grandpa's birthday. He was a wonderful man and he loved his 6 grandchildren to distraction. I think of him often, but I have gotten to the point where it doesnt hurt as much anymore and I can think of him with a smile. It used to be that I would be so angry and burst into tears at just the mention of his name. The circumstances of the day he died still make me angry. I know it wasn't of natural causes, and I know that the Riverside county sheriffs department was wrong to not launch an investigation into the situation with his "wife" but there is nothing that I can do about that now. All I can do is remember the good times. The endless supply of Pepsi and butterscotch candies, the times that he would take me to school, watching the Dodgers blay ball, waking up to his TV blaring The Waltons because he fell asleep and rolled over on the remote. He was a wonderful man, and I know now that he is with my Macon now and that they are both happy. It saddens me that he wasn't able to see me get married, and he wont be around when John and I start our family, but he knew John, and said from the beginning that he liked him because John treated me the way he treated my Macon. So today, I will be happy and not sad, because it is his birthday. And Im going to have a Pepsi, some butterscotch candy (even though I don't really like it) and a piece of fillet for him. Its kinda silly, I think they have those things up in Heaven. I just think it is a nice gesture, :)

Professional wedding pictures

Ok, so we finally got the link to our professional pictures. Melissa worked so hard and took a lot of time to make sure everything looked good, and I have to say they didnt look good, they tooked GREAT!!! I couldnt have asked for a better photographer, and Jenny McMasters was a wonderful addition to the team for the day. Both women did a wonderful job and made the process of standing still for the pictures (especially with all the little kids) a fun and entertaining experience! I would recommend them to anyone looking for someone to shoot their wedding or engagement, maternity or family photos. Both women are professional and at the same time give you a feeling that you are with close friends who will be capturing the memories that you will cherish for a lifetime.

so here is the link to look at all of the pictures.
go to www.melissapalomo.com/proofs

There will be a little box on the left that asks for a code. The code is: grovesthornton

Once you enter that you will be able to access the gallery. She has it organized so you can see the "getting ready" photos, the "ceremony" photos, the "formal portraits" and the "reception" photos.

Have a look and I hope you all enjoy!

Copying my cousin Amber

My cousin Amber did this so I thought it would be a fun thing to do since I'm trying to procrastinate until John gets home this evening

My day (well yesterday)

7:30 am: Alarm goes off, reset it for 8 am.

7:45 Johns alarm goes off, I forgot he had a late start at work.

8:15 Am, Pound on bathroom door. John has been in there since 7:50am. He thought I had the day off. I really gotta potty.

8:45 Am: both of us out the door to work.

9:05 am: Arrive at work. Lots of traffic today

9:08am: Walk into break room, get apron out of locker, set out my drinks for the day, talk to several other associates and cashiers, talk to fellow Head Cashier about coverage (or lack there of)

9:25am: clock in and walk to the front end. Great customers on the way. Stop at warboard to find out what im covering. Get Till, do two manager approvals, sign 5 pk and sign off on a strip

9:37: head to the returns desk

9:40: tell Choua she can count out her till and go home. Jot down notes on things she thinks we all need to discuss at cashier meeting on Sunday. Grant 4 returns, Log attempt 2 returns, RTV 26 items and get Choua out the door before her 5th hour.

10:45: Pull everything out of the drawers and off the shelves and clean the ENTIRE returns desk. By 11 the knees of my pants, both my hands and a good portion of my face is completly black.

11:30: Fellow HC Maryann comes to give me a break, says we have a call out, and tells me she is already 3 breaks behind. Leave for break, call John to see how his day is going, Call mom to see how her day is going, Call John's mom to see how her day is going.

11:43. Return from break

12:15: Michael our lot associate comes to me to let me know that he found a dead snake in the parking lot and to find out if he should throw it in the compactor or if we need to do something else with it. Call MOD Hannah to find out what to do with dead snake. She says to make sure it is dead first and if it is to throw it in the compactor. If not, call animal control.

12:20: walk with Michael out to the parking lot to see if snake is really dead. It is, so Michael takes care of it while I go to special services to do an approval and a markdown

1:10: Maryann comes to tell me that her and I are both schedualed for lunch at the same time. We have to have one HC on the floor at all times so one of us is going to have to go to lunch a little early and one of us will go a little later. I go to lunch

1:47: Return to returns from lunch. Maryann goes to lunch.

2:05: Its slow, so I stand and great customers, make a list of things I want discussed at our meeting and joke around with people from other departments that walk by.

3pm Everyone and their brother shows up to return stuff

4:45: Rush is over, Returns desk is a mess, begin pussing back go backs, sweeping, whipe down counters and go to last break

6pm: head home

6:10: walk in and say hi to john help him with dinner and start playing the wii

6:30 stop playing wii so we can eat dinner. Relax and talk to John. Watch a little tv and catch up on e-mail.

10:15: shower

11:30 bed time!!!!

Two weeks!

As of today John and I have been married for two weeks! We're both still so excited and happy! It makes me laugh because when you have a birthday everyone asks if you feel older, and the answer is always no. But when people have asked me if I feel different now that Im married, I have to say yes! Its a wonderful feeling going from "girlfriend" and "fiance' " to Wife. I never could have imagined that I would be this happy, and I feel like I have coat hanger stuck in my mouth from smiling so much lol.

We're doing great. We've started looking for a bigger apartment since we got home. I came to the realization while unloading our gifts (which I still havent finished doing because I'm a slacker) that we have no room to put anything! We will probably stay in the apartment that we are in for at least 6 more months, but its fun to look anyways!

At the moment Im lying in bed while John and our two cats slowly take it back over. This is a common occurance around here lol.

The calm after the storm

Just a quick update for everyone. Were back in Fresno, the wedding rocked, the honeymoon= not so much, but I'll go in to more details later. As soon as I have some good pictures to put up I'll bore you all to death lol. Thanks to all the family and friends who were able to show up! We loved having you there and we both wish we would have gotten just a little more time with each of you. Hopefully pictures will be up in the next week or so. If you would like to see a sneak peek, head on over to to our photographer's website by clicking here. Come on! I know you want to. Just click on the link for her blog and start scrolling down. You cant miss us. Hope you all enjoy and I'll yack at you again soon!

Mrs. Thornton

Wow, two posts in two days!

Ok, so I only have one photo so far from my bridal shower last month, but there will be many more to come. It was on March 21st and I think everyone had a blast. The only down side of the whole thing is that I was sick so I couldnt hold all the cute kids that family and friends brought along. Otherwise, it was a great day!

We had 26 people come to celebrate, and a lot of people that I hadn't seen in a long time were there. It was great to catch up with my Aunt Linda, my cousin Ashley and my cousin Amber. I dont get to see them that often, and Amber was able to bring her beautiful new baby girl Maddy! She is such a beautiful little girl and a wonderful addition to the family!

I'll post more pictures in a few days so everyone can see how much fun the day was!