New Blog!

Aloha Everyone!

Firstly, I would like to say thank you for your prayers, blog comments, and moral support through all these I have a new Blog address, its:
http://hawaiianshells.blogspot.com

You're more than welcome to visit, and comment on it. :) Also, if you have any links to my old blog, you can update them, and if you use my last name along with that link, be sure you use Smith from now on. ;)

I love you guys,
~Shelley

So over...

A few weeks ago, Jon asked for a separation. He's not happy. He wants to be happy. I can't say I've tried my absolute hardest to try to make him happy, but I did my best, considering I wasn't quite myself up there. I was depressed, lonely, sad, homesick, and kind of useless. I can't say that I blame him. At all. He deserves to be happy just as much as I do, and for 4 years we worked on it... I will be the first to admit that I didn't put my best into it, and as much as he tried, it wasn't what I needed either.

It kind of started when I was so adamant about coming back to the states the weekend after they let me back into Canada, after Dave & Logan's wedding. I thought it would be fine to come and go (as I've always dreamed of doing... literally, the best of both worlds!) But no, they wouldn't let me back in, and Jon hasn't let me forget it either. Especially because I was pretty much yelling at him when I left for the last time.

Since then, I've been living with the Desrosiers, adhering to their lifestye, schedule, and trying my hardest not to intrude (I was staying there rent-free for like 2 months), or over-stay my welcome. I think I've done a great job with helping out as much as possible, and also not intruding on their life. Well, it seems, in the process of doing so, Jon has felt neglected, and in 2nd place. He's had a lot of alone time to think things over, and he just doesn't want to be married anymore.

The nice thing about all this though, is that he's still my best friend, and we're better off as friends. Living together was near impossible. We were just too different, in so many ways. We truly are better off as friends. I know he'd agree too. I'm just glad it's been as healthy as it has been so far, mutual too. We tried for as long as we could, really. We're still ok enough to run a business together. So I'll stick around these parts for a while. Besides, I love my job. :)

For the first week or so though, I was in total denial/freak-out mode. And I totally know how Cristina felt from Grey's last season. The clip below is perfect.



So... I'm fine. I may need to change my blog address... and get a new banner... but that can be figured out later. Thank you in advance for your love, support, and prayers. :)

Sick.

That's what my week has been, well my past two or so weeks really.

I'm sick.

I've been sick for about a week now. I have no Dr. and the closest thing we have to "insta-care" up here will cost me $115 just to see a dr. I'd rather self-medicate thank you very much. Nyquil here I come. I feel like its moved out of my chest at least, granted, its moved up to my sinuses, and that's not good, but really, $115 to see a dr? Are they serious? It's bad enough I'm staying home from work today, and missing out on precious income... I can't afford to be sick. I think I'll go to work tomorrow no matter what.

The other thing that is sickly lately is Jon and I. But this post isn't quite the right place for those details... Maybe I'll feel up to posting them soon. Who knows...

I'm going to go cuddle myself next to the fire, and drink Nyquil.

Best Gift Ever!

Last night, I got home from work, to a lovely package from Tennessee. My amazing, talented, beautiful sister in law Amy recently picked up the amazing talent of stitchery. I am completely amazed at this skill, and I sincerely wish I had it. She posted on her blog a few weeks ago, how she finished her first stitchery. I was mind-blown, seriously. It was beautiful. I commented that I'd love to have one, and pay her for it! It's so incredibly adorable.

So... what do I find in my package from her yesterday?



Yep! She sent me the Way To Be stitchery! I'm so so excited! It's even cuter in real life! It's big too! Like 8x10 and PERFECT! She used these little bees and they're 3-D, it is so so cute, I love it even more in person!

Thank you Amy! I love you! :)

Mix Tape Swap

Hey gals...

I just tried to play the CD I made in my car stereo, and it said it couldn't read it. Is anyone else having this issue? If so, I can try and burn it again either with a different computer, or a different burning program. Mine said the Table of Contents was screwed up. I hope yours works for you! If not, let me know! hawaiianshells (at) gmail! I'll make you new ones, you need to have these songs! :)

My car is offical

I finally registered my car in New York last night. The first 3 letters on the license plate is EDD, so instead of calling it my Jeephicle, it'll now be called the EDD-mobile. Worst thing about these plates, is that my name isn't Ed. lol

But it's good for 2 years, and its legal, so I don't care too much.

Can you believe though? I couldn't get a NYS License. I don't have my SSN card on me, its in Canada. So I've got to figure out how to get it. I don't want to have to pay for a new one... Drama.