Just updating my blog!

Nothing really new to report...just wanted to update everyone on how we are doing. Keeping busy busy busy. Sam's stomach has calmed down alot. He has been on Prilosec everyday which really seems to help and he cut out all pop. He has mainly been drinking only water and he's had no pain in a couple weeks. He's keeping very busy with work and the fire hall. Work for me is going alright. I'm getting switched back and forth from Clarence to Akron. I don't really mind. Change of scenery. Makes for more excitement I suppose!! Next Wednesday I start my EMT class!! I'm super super excited about it. I know it will be alot of work....alot of studying but it's something that I want to do so badly that I don't think it will be a burden. I'll be in class 2x a week till the end of January. But I'm really excited about it.
Mogley our little killer is doing great! He's got his days but don't we all!!?? He's such a little sweetheart. We are taking him camping with us Labor Day weekend if I can get off of work for it. Hopefully.... We'll see! Other than that...nothing else really going on but just wanted to say hi to everyone! :)

Allow me to brag on my hubby! :)

I am so proud of Sam for this. Saturday evening he went to fill my truck up with gas (which was so sweet of him...by the way!!! :) ) When he got back home....a car full of teenagers pulled in behind him. The driver got out and asked Sam for directions to Darien Lake. Sam said the driver was so drunk that he could hardly stand up. so Sam didn't really know what to do. So he gave him directions, then got in his truck and started following them. He called the cops and gave them the guys license plate number. At that time the cops told Sam to stop following him for his safety and that all the cops were in Corfu cause of the tornado so there wasn't much they could do. We were so mad about that. I mean this kid was clearly drunk and a danger to himself and others. About half an hour later Sam got a call from dispatch telling him that they had just arrested the driver and were taking him into custody. We were so glad and I am just so proud of my husband.

Avon

Well folks...I have joined the world of selling Avon. Let me rephrase that....I'm going to TRY and see how it goes! If I flop then at least I didn't lose anything...and if it works...it will give us some extra cash. I'm really excited about it. I have a website for it where you can actually just go on the website and order if you'd like and have the items shipped right to your house. No shipping fees. So if anyone is interested, the website is www.youravon.com/tvillafranca.

Ugh! How old am I really??? :0

Boy I must be getting old! I know 31 is not old but sometimes my body feels like it's 100 and today is one of those days! We had drill at the training tower last night. Live burn and that's always so much fun but it's also alot of work. I didn't even do much cause technically I'm not even in the class. I just go to watch so I know what to expect when I take the class but I lifted a couple bales of hay to put in the house to burn. I gotta tell you...I'm no farmer!! Those things were HEAVY!!! It was deceiving cause you think hay isn't heavy but holy cow! Heavy!! Then I planted myself by the door of the house so I could help them get the fire hose in or out...whatever they needed. I was sitting there and all of the sudden something scurried past my leg. I thought it was a chipmunk so I got all excited and thought he was so cute till I saw his tail...IT WAS A STINKIN RAT!!!! I thought I was gonna have a heart attack!! If I didn't have all my gear on (so I was totally protected from that horrible thing) I do think I would have passed out!! It was so gross!! Ugh!! Anyway...in spite of how my body feels today it was so much fun and a great experience! I'm really looking forward to taking that class as soon as my instructor teaches it again. He's the only one I'll take it with cause he is very very nice and patient and Lord knows that's what I need!!! :)
Tomorrow is the 4th of July. I love the 4th! So many festivities especially around Akron. We are a very small town but we definitely make the 4th of July a big deal! We celebrate for like 4 days. It's so fun! Tonight we have fireworks. Sam and I are taking either the firetruck or the ambulance for standby just in case anything goes wrong so we get front row seats!! I'm so excited!!!! :) Then tomorrow is the parade. Love parades! Love them!! Anyway...Happy 4th to everyone.
Oh! I almost forgot!!!! Today is one year since we got our little Mogley!!! What a wonderful dog he has been!! He's such a little joy! He definitely has his moments...like when he shredded our leather couch and shredded our leather seats in the back of my SUV, and when he bit our landlord in the knee and supposedly left fang marks!! :) He is a little sweetheart. Loves being with us. He has to be wherever we are. If we are cuddling on the couch he has to be right up on top of us between us. When we sleep he sleeps between us. He's so lovey dovey and we love it. So we are glad to have him!!

Kittens and snakes :) Oh my!

It's a very rainy day here so it's kind of a lazy day. That's nice every once in a while! Sam and Mogley are just chilling out watching tv today and I'm just cleaning and doing laundry and taking LOTS of breaks in between!! :)
We were gonna get a little tiny kitten this past week. This thing was absolutely adorable!! He is black and white so we named him Oreo. Cutest little kitten but we were laying in bed talking on Thursday night, the night before we were gonna bring him home, and Sam told me that he really really REALLY does not want to get this kitten! Now, for those of you who know Sam...he is very very laid back. He does not give his opinion very often! (of course....I give mine enough for the both of us! lol!! Not good!) He told me he hates cats and while Oreo will be cute for a few months, he will turn into a big cat and lets just face it...cats are not very lovey lovey!! They want you to feed them and change their litter box and leave them alone!! He had a good point and I really don't think it's wise to argue over something so silly so I was a good wifey and gave in!! lol! So we almost got a cat!! Maybe we'll get another dog instead. We really want to get a little playmate for Mogley so we'll see!!
Fire company is going great! We had auto extracation drill last Monday night and it was alot of fun. We used the jaws of life which I had never seen before so that was neat. It was alot to learn but very very interesting! While we were cutting the car, a SNAKE crawled out of it!! Ahhhh!!! I tried very hard to compose myself cause I'm a firefighter...I'm supposed to be tough! lol!! So as discreetly as possible I went over to our tool area and grabbed a big axe and carried it with me so I could take care of the snake if he decided to mess with me!! That didn't last long cause that axe was heavy but it was funny!
Anyway. Gonna sign off for now. Hope everyone has a good rest of the weekend!

Hi everyone! I just sat down at the library to update on here and about a million little kids just came swarming in! Okay maybe not quite a million but at least a thousand!!! :) They are so cute though! So if this post doesn't make sense...it's cause I'm very distracted! (it's so obvious I don't have kids right?! lol)
Anyway...nothing much new going on around here. Job is going good. Wish I could get a few more hours cause I love working over in our Clarence store. It's a whole different world over there. So enjoyable! Plus bonus...Sam comes to visit me every day when he gets out of work since it's right on his way home! So that is definitely a major added bonus! :) Definitely brightens the workday! Sam is doing great as well. Keeping busy with his job plus now that the weather is nice his detailing business is really picking up which is so exciting. It's something that he really enjoys doing...it's very relaxing to him and bonus...he makes money doing it so that's nice! Last weekend he detailed our landlords vehicle. It's an old classic car and he made it sparkle. Looks brand new! So he parked it in their driveway and the neighbor (who we have never met before then) came out and couldn't get over how nice the car looks. So he asked Sam to detail his vehicles for him. So the next morning Sam did one of the man's cars. The guy was very pleased and asked if Sam would do his other vehicle next weekend. So that is a huge blessing!
Things at the fire hall are going great. We had a training excercise last night as we do every Monday night. We practiced "search & rescue" in an old abandoned house. It was alot of fun. I was the "victim" each scenario. I had to go find a place to hide and pretend I was an unconcious firemen. They had to find me and drag me out of the house. I got dragged around like a rag doll and I couldn't stop giggling cause it was so much fun!
Let's see what else...we've got a couple new babies joining the Burkhardt family this year which is so exciting. My brother Ben and his wife Claire are expecting their first baby probably in the next few weeks so we are excited about that. And my brother Aaron & his wife are expecting their 3rd baby in December and let me just say...they make some cute babies!! :) So by Christmas we'll have 2 new Burkhardt's! Very exciting! :) Hopefully Sam and I will join the baby club at some point! Seems like it's never gonna happen but hopefully sometime it will. We aren't getting younger...that's for sure! :)
Hope everyone is doing well. Enjoy the lovely weather!! :)

Uh oh! I almost forgot!!!!

Happy Anniversary mom and dad!! This past Friday, May 15th, my mom & dad celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary!!! I have been very blessed with the parents God has given me. They have been a wonderful example. I know I've said this many times before but it is definitely worth repeating. I have NEVER in my 31 years heard my parents argue. Never. They are human so I know it must have happened but if it ever did it was behind closed doors. They made sure me and my sister and brothers never had to hear that. What a wonderful wonderful example. Thank you mom and dad for your example to us. I love it cause you two are still so in love and unfortunately these days that is hard to find. Thank you for giving us that security growing up and even still now. I love you both!