Happy St. Patrick's Day

My last name is Finigan. A very known Irish name. I take pride in my Irish heritage. I wish I knew more about it. I get disappointed knowing that I am the last Finigan child in my immediate family and when I get married I won't be able to carry it on to my children. Though I have thought about using it as a middle name for one of my kids but its not the same. Also I know that when I do get married I will use my last name as my middle name too but again its not the same. I know I have quite a while before that happens because I'm not even dating anyone right now. BUT today is St. Patrick's Day and its one of my favorite holidays. No I don't celebrate it much but I love it because its part of who I am. I want to go to Ireland one day and go to Finnigan's Pub. And yes it's spelled wrong! ;) Did you ever hear about how the name Finigan came to be? Well it used to be just Fin. But in town whenever a Fin would come down the road they would always say "Here comes that Fin-again." Get it! Fin-again...Finigan. Hope everyone has a LUCKY day!!!

I am animal jinxed!

Yes I am animal jinxed! I can not keep animals. As some of you know I no longer have Honey Girl. She had major seperation anxiety and could not be crate trained. Not only crate trained but she just couldn't be left alone. But everytime I put her in her crate she would poop in it. She freaked out so bad she couldn't hold it. She was great when she was out though. She rarely had any accidents in the house when I was home. Well I did everything I could so I called the breeders and they said I could bring her back. They would find her a wonderful home with someone who could be with her fulltime or they would keep her themselves. I just couldn't stand keeping her in a poopy crate during the day. She was the funniest and sweetest dog. I miss her so much!!

Well the reason why I'm saying I'm animal jinxed is because Pierre the Shrimp has passed away. Pierre came to America to become famous and was unfortunately unable to make it in the big time. But he was trying very hard. He was running low on cash so he decided to get a job. What other way to be surrounded by beautiful people he could get to know and make get a "tentacle" in the door. He became a fitness trainer. Not only would he be surrounded by the beautiful people but he could get buff himself. Pierre found a job as a trainer and was loving it. Who doesn't want a buff trainer with an accent? Unfortunately the job wasn't loving him. A few years ago Pierre had gone to the doctor and was told he had a heart condition. But he couldn't let that get in the way of becoming famous. He wanted to do whatever he could to get his 15 minutes of fame...decently of course. Well anyway when asked about any conditions he told his job he was healthy. He didn't think anything like this would ever happen. But today as he was working out on his day off he had a heart attack. Poor thing had so much going for him. So I'm sharing his story for his 15 minutes of fame. I'm sure he's the most famous French cleaner shrimp in heaven! Au Revoir Pierre!

Phil's Birthday

Saturday was Phillip's birthday. First Hill and I went and got our hair cut. She looks sooooo cute!!!! There is a picture of her hair below. Then later on Stacey, Alan, Ollie, and I had dinner with Hillary and Phillip. Hillary got him a Wii. Yet another reason for me to go over to their house! Sorry Phil hahaha! I took Honey Girl over there with me and Ollie loved her. I took Honey Girl outside and Ollie would stand at the door and say Puuuppppyyy Doooogggg!!! It was so funny! Sunday evening Hillary and Phillip brought Ryan over. She is just too precious.

Ryan Elizabeth aka Chipmunk

Ryan is offically 1 week old. Hillary and Phillip had to go to the doctor yesterday and since my mom was with my Grandpa I left work and stayed with Ryan. Which makes me THE FIRST OFFICIAL BABYSITTER!!!!! haha Hillary and I were being silly last night saying that because I got to stay with her before any of the grandmothers! I was a little proud I guess hahaha :) When Heather had Bronwyn, she and Josh would take pictures of her next to a stuffed bear every week. Erin and Scott do that as well with a Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat. So when I got Hillary Princess Bobby Jack Ballerina I reminded her she needed to take Ryan's picture since it was officially her 1 week birthday. Ryan has the best facial expressions. I know everyone says she's too young to smile and that its just gas but I really think she smiling. I mean she has to be look at her parents...the 2 silliest people EVER! I bet you anything she's thinking of jokes and sarcastic remarks like her daddy says.

Bonjour

Bonjour Mon Ami. Mon nom est Pierre. I am a French Cleaner Shrimp from Paris and I have just arrived in America. I have come here to become famous. In what I do not know but America is as you know "The land of opportunity", no? I live with 5 roommates(blue leg hermit crabs). Gary the struggling model, Bryce the rich boy, Squirrel(we don't know his real name) the cowboy, Delilah the actress, and Sam the waitress. It is a strange country I have noticed already. I was not sure if I would like it here at first. When I arrived I noticed everyone swimming on the wrong side of the tank! But then I met my roommates. Very strange but pleasant people. I spent most of my first day cleaning. Squirrel came up to me and asked why I cleaned so much and I told him, "I am a Cleaner Shrimp that is what I do." Though tomorrow is another day! Before you know it I will be FAMOUS! In what I don't know but soon I will find out. As for now I am enjoying cleaning my new home with my new roommates. Until next time, Au revoir!

You want a part of me?

So I have to say that since I've had Honey Girl our nights at home have certainly been more entertaining. She has such a huge personality. She and Maizie play pretty rough sometimes but Honey Girl is a trooper. Maizie's a bit bigger than her and no matter how many times she runs and rams Honey Girl down she gets right back up and goes in for more. She certainly keeps Maizie on her feet...or paws I should say hahaha! Oh I crack myself up! Anyways watching the two of them can be quite entertaining. Maizie's pretty protective of her family especially my mom. She's not mean to people by any means(the worst she'll do is lick you to death). She's more protective around other dogs. Well last night was too funny! I love to "speak" for Honey Girl and Maizie sometimes when they are playing around. (I know I know I need to get out more haha) My mom was wrapping gifts and Maizie was standing in front of her. Well Honey Girl wanted to play so Maizie starts growling because she was trying to protect my mom. Don't worry it wasn't a mean growl. When Maizie plays she tends to open her mouth and make a growling sound. And thats what she did when Honey Girl wanted to play, Maizie thought she needed to protect my mom. Maizie knows Honey Girl was playing so she was being protective in a playful manner. Anyways Maizie starts growling and Honey Girl throws her head back saying "Don't get in my face!" Honey Girl starts jumping up and down "Come on come and get me!" Maizie:"Don't mess with me! I'll get ya." So Honey Girl then starts swatting at Maizie. By this time I'm dying laughing. I mean seriously you can totally see the personalities coming out of the two of them. So my mom says "Yea it looks like she's saying 'You want a part of me?'" I asked her you mean"You want a PIECE of me?" OMG! I started laughing even harder. I swear it was like one of those parents trying to sound cool in front of their kid's friends and they just jack up all those "cool" phrases they think teens say now a days. My mom says the funniest things sometimes. I'm gonna have to start filming the dogs play because they are too funny.

Birthday Celebrations

What a birthday!!! I had a really good one this year! Thanks to my family and my best friend Carla for giving me a great one. The Friday before my birthday my mom, Richard, Heather, Bronwyn, Cooper, Hillary, and Phillip all went to Texas Roadhouse. It was really good! The waiters came and sang and almost made me sit on a saddle while they did it. I wasn't that good of a sport! HA! The next night my cousin Leslie and Abby, and a friend of Leslie's, Lizzie, went to Gloria's in Firewheel. We were suppose to go to Addison with a bunch of people from out Meetup.com group but unfortunately everyone had to cancel. BUT hanging out with Leslie and Abby was so much fun! We had great food and AWESOME margaritas(well except Abby she's got Leah). Thank you Leslie and Abby for celebrating my birthday with me!

Thursday morning my Uncle Tom asked if I wanted 2 Mavs tickets. OF COURSE! And who would I ask to go with me? The ULTIMATE Mavs fan Hillary! We had a great time. We were soooo close! Our seats were 10 rows from the floor. It was unbelievable! The only thing that spoiled it a little were these 21 yr olds behind us. They were so drunk and disrespectful. One guy kept disrespecting the Army guy that came out to give the game ball. Luckily they got thrown out because everyone around was getting mad. They kept cussing and there were kids right in front of us. But I didn't let that ruin the night. Hill and I had fun.

the next day I left for Austin to celebrate my birthday with my best friend Carla. We had dinner at Fridays with her boyfriend(Jeff) and his family. They are awesome people and so funny. Then Saturday Jeff's sister Jill, Carla, and I went and had massages. Ahhhhh! Very relaxing. It was my birthday gift from Carla. That night we went to dinner at Trudy's a really good mexican restaurant where they had AWESOME Banana Margaritas! After that we went to 6th Street. It was pretty cool because I had never been there before. They closed off the street and people were just walking in the middle of the road. We then went to Pete's Dueling Piano Bar. It was really small compared to Addison and Ft Worth. I figured it would've been huge. We had some drinks, sang, then went on to a couple other bars. It was a great weekend!!!! Thanks everyone!

I always end up putting in 2 of the same pictures on here and I can't get them off

The Last Shower

Hillary had her last shower last night. It was given by Phillip's family. We had a really good time. Hillary got ALOT of really cute clothes for Ryan. It's gonna be so much fun seeing her in all those things.

Like Mother like daughter
Spiderman Mason "Mom & Dad's best present ever!"
The back See like I said before give a shower for Hillary and become a tissue folder! HA! Just Kidding! Bronwyn did have fun playing with the tissue paper though. I know what I'm getting her for Christmas.
New prego Abby and About to Pop Hill

This hat our Great Aunt Betty made and won 1st place at the State Fair
She also made this blanket.
Hillary and Stacey. Look how they've grown...apart! hahaha pregnant joke! The picture above if from Oct 11th.