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Hola!!

2010-07-25T14:25:00.000-07:00

Don't hurt me family! I'm sorry I've been such a flake about updating this thing!

A lot has gone on the past couple months!!

1 of all my cousin Megan Jones was in the USA visiting for a week!! We had a blast, we started off in Phoenix where we stayed in a beautiful hotel for 3 days.. we visited with our family there the Schapira's and met Susan and Chuck's new boxer puppies (they are precious), we got to meet Jeffery's new dog "Lucy".. what a smart dog, and Rosemary, the beautiful mother who recently had her baby Elliot Rose Schapira. Then Megan and the family came back to good ol' Albuquerque where Megan stayed in my grandma's room.. We took her around the city, gave her the Abq experience.. (haha if you can even call it that).. she wants to move her, which I would love :) I miss my cousin dearly!

Lets see, what else has gone on.. I entered a fitness competition here in Albuquerque and competed in that last saturday!! I started preparing for it in April, it took a lot of hard work and dedication! I worked out 6 days a week, every week until the competition.. I dieted pretty intensely as well, which mom and dad weren't a fan of. The day of the competition was intense! I had to get fake nails, had to get a pretty dark fake tan so that the muscle definition would stand out more and basically eat nothing but rice cakes.. So there was the pre-judging, which was basically a pose off between me and 11 of the other girls in my division and then in the finals that evening we did our individual walks and then we had the award ceremony.. I placed 4th in my category (Figure- Novice- Tall) So I am pretty pleased :) It was soo much fun and I plan on doing one again next year!!

Natalie's birthday was last wednesday (22!! She's getting so old :D) we went out to dinner, ate a bunch of cake and watched her open her presents :) My Birthday is less than a week away! (ahh not a teen anymore :() Mom and dad are workin hard, Mom is looking for another job, since her medical transcription work isn't bringing her much work anymore, she might have a job at our doctor's office as a medical assistant (I'm crossing my fingers for her, hope she gets it!!) Other than that, we're just living life, taking advantage of the pool!

Congratulations to the Welker's for their new addition, Dax.. he's adorable :)

Lots of love to you all! XOXO

Bridget

Mommy's Day :)

2010-05-12T13:50:00.001-07:00

Happy belated mother's day to all the mother's out there!!!

We went to Santa Fe for my Mom and had a blast, they have a train running from albuquerque to Santa Fe so we took it up on saturday morning, we went to a farmers market, went to a bunch of little boutiques, then lunch at a little mexican restaurant and then we went to a museum and then home!! It was a good day, tiring, but fun!!

I hope everyone had a great Mother's day :)

Picture time!!

Lots of love

XXXXX

Bridget

Happy almost May!!

2010-04-30T17:22:00.000-07:00

Hello there everyone!!

I hope all of you are doing well. So today I got very confused, I looked at my calender and saw that tomorrow would be May 1st.. but it was snowing outside?!? New Mexico weather is absolutely the most crazy and bipolar weather out there. It is now cloudy and cold :( I thought summer would be here by now!!!

New things!!

Well Mom's birthday celebration was great :) we had a lot of fun at the aquarium and about a week later we had more Schapira visitors!! Howard, Patti and Ali and her husband Luigi! It was very nice to see them and they definitely touched all of our hearts while they were here :)

School is finally over! I finished on Wednesday and I am thrilled, my grades turned out good and I'm very excited, I start summer school again at the end of the month to get one of my prerequisites out of the way so I can start my journey in my new major at UNM... Drum roll!!!

I am going to be majoring in Exercise Science with a minor in Nutrition, I finally went down to UNM to get everything sorted out and I will be starting in the fall! I'm very excited, but a little nervous! Wish me luck!! I am also looking into moving out into my own little place by the end of this year, I'll keep everyone posted!! I'm working on getting a job at a health foods store, nothing yet, but I'm crossing my fingers!

The rest of the family is doing well! Dad is staying very busy with work and trying and Mom is trying to find new work, because her business is losing clients due to technology :(, I have started training her in the gym and she says she likes it, I'm very proud of her for pushing through!! Natalie is working at the mail order pharmacy, but is looking into other pharmacy opportunities!

Trevor and Ginger are doing great :) Ginger is obbsessed with my room and her cat hair continues to be all over my room (I think I've developed an allergy haha).

Picture time :)

xoxo Bridget

Hi all!

2010-03-26T22:23:00.000-07:00

I am very sorry that I'm so bad about updating!

Lets see what's new, not too too much to be honest.

Not much has happened lately. We have had some visitors this past week, Suzie and Chuck from Arizona! So nice to see them, we've missed the Schapira clan, except we now have a resident from Arizona! Roby came in and he is definitely an addition to the family. We just went to Tucanos here in ABQ to celebrate his birthday (which was on Wednesday) and my Mommy's birthday which is tomorrow (SHE'S TURNING 50!)

Tomorrow we will be going to our aquarium to celebrate! I will be taking pictures so I can finally get some more color up on this blog! Sorry I've been slacking :(

I think I forgot to mention that Dad and I went to a track meet at our convention center (indoor track.) It was the most incredible thing and it really made me want to get back into competing! I miss it a lot, these athletes trained a ton and broke some incredible records! I do have pictures from that so i'll post those!

I am still working my two jobs (the bet and at the gym) I love the gym job and can't wait to get my certification so I can begin to train people and change some lives :) I am looking to get a job at either a health foods store or get a telling job at the bank that Roby works at, so some things are changing around. I definitely enjoy working at the vet, but the hours are starting to ware on me, but like people who work at a car rental place and get to try out all kinds of different cars, I have definitely been able to look into all kinds of different breeds of dogs I would be interested in owning! Few of the ones I love: Great Danes, Labradoodles, Border Collies, Boxer, Bull Terrier (the Target dog, "Spot") Those are just a few, there are a few little dogs I wouldn't mind owning, but I can't remember the breed names!!

Picture time, from the track meet!

And that's all I have to say!

Happy early Birthday Mommy! I love you and you look no older than 30 :)

xoxo

Good afternoooon!

2010-02-19T14:50:00.000-08:00

Hello one and all!

How is everyone this fine afternoon?

It is beautiful in Albuquerque, yesterday it was 54 degrees, how nice, today probably not as warm, but still nice outside! I can't wait until summer.

A few things happening that are extremely nerve wrecking, but exciting.

Natalie is going to be going back to school to major in psychology, she and I may be taking some summer classes together to get prerequisites out of the way, so she'll be going to our community colloge and then back to UNM to do something with psychology.

I am going to be going back to UNM this next semester to get my minor in Nutrition, I'm nervous, but pretty excited, I am going to be getting my certification for personal training this summer and get my career started slowly but surely. Hopefully I will be moving out of this beautiful house :( in the fall as well, just to start my independence and see how it is out in the real world. I'm going to miss my parents imensely, I love them both so much!

I hope you all are doing well and I miss and love everyone so much!

Especially my Grandma :( I just found an email that she sent me, we got her a tiny computer and we started emailing eachother, brought a little tear to my eye :(

I love you Grandma Rusti!

Love you all!

xoxo

Bridget

:( I'm sorry!

2010-02-13T10:05:00.001-08:00

I'm so sorry it has been so long since I've updated, it's been eating at my conscious!

The sad thing is that nothing is really new :(

I'm still working at the veterinarian job and at the gym, and going to school. My schedule is fairly hectic, but I've been able to handle things well this far. Both jobs are going well, I am enjoying working at the gym, because it's my passion. Mom has started working out with me, she loves it and I'm glad to see her in there :)

Natalie is doing really well at her job, she is working WAY too much, but the money is definitely coming in. She and her cat are doing well in her apartment :)

Dad and Mom are working, Mom is actually trying to get a job in politics, so that's kind of exciting! She's excited for what may come!

Other than that, we're looking forward to the summer, when we can finally start using the pool, I can't wait to be done with school this semester, it's exhausting!

I just wanted to update you all on all the "exciting" happenings in the wilding family! haha.

Lots of love, hope everyone's doing well! I'll get pictures of I don't know what sometime soon!

XXX

Bridget

Happy Holidays!

2009-12-27T14:26:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays everyone :) I hope that everyone had a very happy Christmas! We did, a lot of family time which is always important! We set up our ping pong table and had a TON of fun with that! Ping pong tournaments were going down often. We went to a very nice restaurant and had a beautiful meal, and look at our beautiful dessert! Lovely :) It's crazy that 2010 is right around the corner, this year has gone by quick! So things are good, just workin through the rest of the year! Lots of love to you all :) xoxox!

Almost end of the New year! Just a little news update!

2009-12-20T16:57:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!!

I hope all of you are doing well and excited for the holidays and the new year! I know I am :)

School is finally over! I ended with 3 B's, 1 A and 1 C. I am content with those grades, but it would have been nice to not have a C :( but I can't complain! I passed and continue to have my scholarship for college! I can't wait to start next semester, I'm getting closer and closer to becoming a personal trainer! :)

We set up a couple nights ago for Christmas and I am very excited, the house looks good and it seems rather happy, ish.. you know how the Wilding's can be hehe.

Anyway, I wanted to put up some new pictures that I took with my new camera lens!

So here goes :)

^Dad decorating the tree :)

^A beautiful Albuquerque sunset

^One of our themes of the house

^Another mask

^My fish tank :)

^Mommy and Daddy :)

^Little cute ornament!

^Our Christmas tree

^Again :)

Cat bite :(

2009-12-06T21:36:00.001-08:00

Who knew that a cat bite could be so traumatic :(

So for those of you that don't know, I was bit by a stray cat at work this past friday. The moment after I was bit, I didn't think much of it, disinfectant and a bit of antiseptic cream would make it all better.. haha, not even close. I went to urgent care at our nearest dr's office, walk in clinic. Just to find out what we needed to do, it turns out that I was 4 years late on one of my shots, big problem. The dr looked at it and sent me out with some antibiotics, a tetanus shot and a clean hand. Being the trooper I am, I went back to work, the rest of the day went fine, a little slow but I got everything I needed to done.

I went to bed with a swollen finger, nothing I thought needed to be worried about, until I woke up. I woke up with a swollen hand, red streaks up my arm and a sore body. I went to class that morning, but quickly came home, nagging dad to take me back to the dr. We got to the dr and they looked at the red streaks on my arm as a red flag, so I was sent to the women's hospital.

As I got to the hospital, I thought I would be there for a couple of hours, getting iv antibiotics to get the infection under control, to my dismay, I had to stay overnight.

Long story short after many needles going into and out of my arm I am home, everyone was very supportive, the infection is now under control with now just my finger swollen, I am on 4 medications and am feeling so much better.

I will not be going anywhere near stray cats ever again :)

Thank you all for the encouraging cares :) I appreciate you all!

Anyway, just wanted to update you all on my little situation haha

Much love!

Bridget

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2009-11-26T08:58:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!

I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! Today we are just having a small get together at our house, with Mom, Dad, Me, Grandpa and Natalie, I wish Grandma was here, so I could tell her how thankful I am for her, but she will hear up in heaven :)

I am thankful for:

My parents
All of my family members, in england, in texas, and everywhere else they're spread!
My schooling
My success this far
My job
Derek, my boyfriend :P
Everything that's been provided for me

Life is beautiful and it's hard not to be thankful for everything :)

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I hope everyone has a great day and a happy Thanksgiving! I love you all :)

xoxo

Bridget :)

An Amazing Woman.

2009-11-17T17:20:00.000-08:00

^Grandma shocked that Dad can take a picture with his tiny iPhone camera :)

^Fourth of July with the Morgans and Grandma :)

^Grandma enjoying the fireworks at fourth of July :)

Relda Nover was an absolutely amazing woman, she was loved dearly and will never be forgotten.

She passed away at 8 am Saturday morning, life will never be the same without her. She spent two weeks in the new house on Florence and loved it here, every day was brightened with a smile on her face. She got to eat some of her favorite foods, she watched a lot of movies and stayed pretty active with us. I spent many hours in her room watching Ellen Degeneraus and Oprah Winfrey, no matter what we were doing, I was always happy to be with her. She was quite a demanding roomie, but I would do anything for her in a heart beat.

Larry came in Friday night to spend some quality time with her, we all think that she held on just long enough to see him. It was a bittersweet goodbye, of course I am so sad that she is no longer with us, but I am so happy that she is up in heaven not suffering anymore. She was an amazing grandmother, mother, sister and friend to all of us and she will forever be missed.

With her passing on saturday we were all able to reminisce about the good times she provided us with and the impact she made on all our lives. I will never forget all the arts and crafts that she did with us, all the tasty treats she used to bake and the dinners we would have together. Natalie and I would always go over to her house for sleep overs, the nights were filled with movie watching, playing with barbies, story telling. There was never a dull moment in Grandma Rusti's house. Natalie and I were obsessed with dill pickles when we were younger and Mom and Dad would never get them for us at the supermarket, but Grandma always had them for us without fail.. being so obsessed with pickles, for our birthdays, she put two pickles in a bowl and put candles in each :) Every thing these days reminds me of a memory that I had in the past with her. There isn't a moment that I don't think about her or miss her. These are just a select few of the many good memories I have of my Grandma, and this is only from my memories, I'm sure everyone has stories and memories they love about her.

Grandma Rusti was a very kind, generous, considerate and loving woman. She will always be loved.

If anyone would like to email me stories that they shared with her, I would love to put them up on here :)

Many more pictures to come :)

Grandma, I love you dearly and I miss you more than anything. I'll see you in heaven one day!

Here's a quick poem that I wrote to my Grandma

I Remember

Your gentle soul has touched my heart.

My brown eyes open wide to take all of you in,

but my eyes can never capture the impact you've made.

I remember,

I remember the tasty treats you used to bake.

The many projects you guided my little hands through.

I remember the accidents that I had,

your warm hands would always pick me up

and wipe the tears away.

I remember your wise words,

your contagious laughter.

I remember your green thumb,

the flowers and plants you inspired to become beautiful.

I remember our sleepovers,

the many barbies you showered me with,

Most of all,

I remember your face lighting up when you laid eyes upon Natalie and I.

Grandma Rusti,

I love you more than anything

and I will never forget the impact you've made.

You've always been a bright light in my life.

You will always be a bright light in my heart.

Mom read this to Grandma right as she was slipping away. She passed away with my words in her heart.

Packed up :/ pictures of the old house

2009-11-01T11:47:00.000-08:00

My parents bedroom all packed up :(

My room

The office

Not even half the boxes!

The living room

:) Happy days!

2009-11-01T10:41:00.000-08:00

We: The Wilding family and Grandma are officially moved in and living in the new house :) It is very exciting and beautiful :) We are all happy, sore and overwhelmed at what all still needs to be done, but there is no hurry, we haven't even put the old house on the market. So things are going well :)

Sorry I've been slacking on the pictures, I will try to put them up today, but I may not have time!

Just wanted to give you all a quick update!

Lots of love!

xxx

Bridget

GREAT NEWS!

2009-10-27T21:52:00.000-07:00

We have closed on the house :) As of 5:15 this evening, the house is finally the "Wilding Residence"

How exciting!

Pictures soon.

Lots of love!

Bridget

I've been neglecting you all :(

2009-10-26T22:06:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

I have been very bad lately about updating this and I apologize! I don't really have any excuse, I can always find time to update, I just kind of forget :( Sorry!

Here are the updates!

We are still not in the new house.. Good grief, right? Yes, it's getting pretty frustrating by now. The latest update I've gotten is we're closing tomorrow afternoon and moving in on friday. Unfortunately, we have set an appointment to move Grandma Rusti out of her place on Friday, so we won't have any time to get ourselves settled in so that we can move her in with everything else ready so it's not too stressful for her. It didn't turn out that way though. Surprise, surprise..

**Sigh**

O well, we have packed up the house for the most part so we don't have to stress too much this weekend, it's starting to make me a little sad, we've been in this house for nine years now and it's going to be sad to leave it :( I grew up in this house! Another chapter in the book about to close!

School is stressing me out big time, I didn't realize how nice it was to have 5 different subjects to study (math, science, english, spanish, etc.) With what I am studying now, it's all science and it's running together like water colors on a page. My brain is fried. Ready for thanksgiving break!

Natalie is doing well at her job! She comes home with stories to share about the frustrating world of drugs and people abusing them! Very amusing (ha) Dad and Natalie have started an obsession with american football, which is not fun for Mom and I, because they ALWAYS talk about it.

I will put pictures up of everything when the ball gets rolling! I'll take pictures of our house now to show you how bare it looks :(

Other than that, life is good :) No complaints!

I hope you all are doing fantastic!

Lots of love

xxx

Bridget.

Good afternoon :)

2009-10-09T12:56:00.000-07:00

So exciting new things!!

Kathyrn and Edmond were just here! They went to San Francisco and some other places and then came to see us :) It was sooo much fun, and so great to see relatives from across the pond :) (we hope a lot of you will come soon ;)! )

When they came to see us, we went and had mexican food at one of our good mexican restaurants! It was delicious and we had some great conversation! The next day we went to the balloon fiesta, we got up at 5 AM and drove over to the hotel in which they stayed for the 2 days and were driven to the fiesta where my Mom volunteered the 6 of us to chase/set up a balloon.. after we were all frustrated and annoyed with my mom's decision, we walked a ways to where our balloon pilot and crew were. It took us about an hour to set up the balloon and at around 7:30 the balloons began taking off in a row, it was amazing to see (I have pictures), then my mom and dad drove with one of the crew members to chase the hot air balloon across town and Kathyrn, Edmond, Natalie and I stayed at the fiesta and ate :) I had mini cinnamon rolls, and the rest of them had breakfast burritos! Then we all met up later and went back to the hotel. I was exhausted and wanted to sleep so badly and Natalie had to go to work, then Mom, Dad, Kathyrn and Edmond went to Sante Fe and had a good time. Then after an exhausting day, we met up at "Texas Land and Cattle" and had a HUGE meal, salad, steaks, potatoes, and a delicious dessert (that Edmond loved :)) It was delicious and we had a ton of laughs!

I'm so sad to see them go :( We miss them a lot, but hope to see them again soon!

Other than that, I have been busy with school and work, Natalie has been busy working a lot and Mom and Dad have been working and figuring out stuff with the house.

I know that I say that we will be moving into the house in x amount of weeks, but this time I think it may be true :P we should be moving in in about 2 weeks! I'm so excited!

Let me post some pictures!

Love you all

and miss you all loads!

xxx

Pictures! Finally :)

2009-09-29T13:10:00.001-07:00

^Dad's office :) Very patriotic!

^Our pull out microwave!

^The oven.

^The fridge

^Pool.. they still need to plaster it.

^The roof :/

^The Deck! I love it.

^The pool again
^Concrete
^The spiral stair case

^Again

^Backyard landscape
^Backyard again
^The shelves in my coom
^My room (pedestal sink)
^Front yard
^Front yard again
^Walk way in the front yard

^Gate on the left side

^The garage!

I've been a slacker :(

2009-09-25T15:30:00.000-07:00

Hi! I have been slacking I know :( I apologize! School and work have gotten 10x more stressful!

I'm handling it pretty well though.

News on the house: Well, the interior of the pool has been concreted and they have put the tile around the top (it's a pretty blue color) the concrete around the pool has been laid, it's an offish red color it looks nice! They have put the two side gates in and the spiral staircase in (it's pretty sweet, Mom loves it!) Dad will tell you all about the roof, it is the thing stopping us from closing at this point, it is an absolute mess, looks horrible, but apparently the builder is figuring out a way to fix it, umm all the appliances are in the kitchen, towel racks and toilet paper things are in, I think that's about all that's new (I'll put pictures up tomorrow!)

I wanna move in :( wahhh :P

Grandma Rusti is doing GREAT! She has been walking around a little bit and working on getting her mobility back! She got all dolled up for Mom when she went over there last, we're really excited to get Grandma moved in! She saw the house and loves it!

Natalie is looking for a new place to live, her apartment rent is getting too expensive, so she's excited about new living prospects! She is doing well at her job, but is looking for a second job to help occupy the time she isn't working at the pharmacy, her cat is so cute, she's currently staying in my parents bedroom (she talks A LOT!)

School is stressful, work is stressful, but I'm enjoying both! Derek and I are doing great :_

Derek got a new truck this past weekend! It's a metallic blue, it's gorgeous :) I love it and of course he does, he's a guy, it's a truck :P!

That's about all that's new with us!

O ya! I cut my hair, it's 3 inches shorter than it was.. exciting ha.

That's about all that's new with us! Pictures soon I promise!

Lots of love

xxx

Bridget

:( It's been too long.

2009-09-12T16:17:00.000-07:00

Hi there!

I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've been really busy with school and work :(

I haven't gotten much sleep these past 2 weeks, work and school are draining me out big time :( but it's all pretty interesting and it's nice to be making money again!

The house is so close to being finished we can all taste it! There are just minor details we need to work out to be done with it! I have pictures :)

Natalie is working a BUNCH and enjoying her job! She's taken the reigns at the pharmacy many times, I'm so proud of her!

I'm excited to get my certification in personal training so I can start my career, it's an exciting process!

Hmm I'm trying to think of what else is new. Grandma Rusti can not wait to move into the house, her "quarters" is coming along nice, it's such a beautiful house!

I hope you are all doing great! I miss you tons and love you all lots!

Picture time!

WARNING.. THE FLOOR IS KIND OF SHOCKING!

^The landscape in the front (not even close to being done)

^The pool! Ah!

Dad's office!

The garage floor.. Kind of crazy!

The guest bathroom (New Orleans theme)

My bathroom

My closet

The Kitchen!

The Living room (RED FLOOR! AH)

^Grandma's room

Feeling very studious :)

2009-08-31T19:20:00.001-07:00

School started today! My first class was Anatomy and Physiology, I like the professor a lot, she's really energetic and fun, but the information seems extremely intense, so I'm going to have to do a lot of studying for that class. I had another class at 5:30 this evening, Foundations of Exercise Science, it is such an interesting class, I am so looking forward to learning. My professors name is Trevor :) haha. First day went well!

The house is coming along, carpet is in, all hardware is in, the toilets are in, it looks like we will be moving in in approximately 2 weeks, the pool is coming along quickly as well! I just want to be in already!

Grandma Rusti is doing well, I realized I don't update on her often but she is doing well, excited to move in with us! It'll be interesting to have my Grandma as a house mate.

Natalie likes her job at one of our supermarkets here, she is looking forward to going to Pharmacy school sometime in the future and talks enthusiastically about it whenever she can :)

Mom and Dad are good, keeping busy, Mom especially with the new house!

I hope you all are doing very well!

Lots of Love :)

xxx

House photos!

2009-08-25T11:17:00.000-07:00

Pool!

Pool again

My bedroom with the sink, the lights in!

the fans in all the house!

Mom and Dad's master bath

Dining room light

The floors! Stained concrete, they're a little redder than this :)

That's all that's new!

I started my new job on friday and sunday was my second day it wasn't bad at all, good to be back and Natalie starts her job next week I think. School starts on monday :( I'm not very excited but I'm excited!

Lots of love!

xxx

Huge News!!

2009-08-19T11:31:00.000-07:00

Natalie and I were both offered jobs!! :) Hooray!

Natalie is going to be working at a grocery store pharmacy after she finishes her externship at the place she's working at now.

I got a call yesterday from my old boss at the veterinarian hospital, and she offered me my job back :) I'm very excited and the parents are definitely excited too!

:) that's all!

Much love to you all!

xxx

Bridget

Hello!

2009-08-17T21:09:00.000-07:00

Hiii there!

As you all know our Great Aunt Elayne passed away so we traveled to Phoenix Arizona this past weekend to see all the family and celebrate her life, it was a good trip, just good to see everyone. Most of the family from Mom's side were there. We caught up with everyone and Saturday night we went to the theater that Aunt Elayne taught at, there were about 300-400 people there, 30 of which were family, the rest were actors and actresses and other people who loved and cared about Elayne. A few special people gave speeches about her legacy and what great things she did. It was just good for everyone to come together and celebrate the life of a wonderful life.

On friday I went to a wedding of my boyfriend, Derek's cousin (Heather) it was a nice little wedding.

All in all a very busy and eventful weekend! It's good to be home, it seems like there's nothing standing between here and school now :/ kind of stressful, but I'm excited! I still haven't gotten a job, I applied to a few local coffee shops in the hopes of being able to work a couple hours a week, keep me financially stable and going to school, but no luck thus far :( O well, I'm sure something will fall in my lap.

I don't know if I mentioned that Natalie has completed her Pharmacy tech program and is now doing an externship (same as an internship except she doesn't get paid) at a few local pharmacies, she's hoping to someday get a job in one and then go back to school to become a pharmacist! She's doing well, glad to be 21 :)

The house is coming along, I haven't had a chance to go there this past weekend, but I will be stopping by tomorrow, I heard that the lights are all in which is exciting, I don't know what else is new though. I hope hope hope we will be moved in by early september! I'm crossing my fingers.

Other than that not too much is new, I have some pictures to post :)

I love you all very much and hope you are doing well!

xxx

Bridget

Hi Hi!

2009-08-09T11:47:00.001-07:00

Good afternoon everyone!!

Sorry I haven't updated in a little while!

I hope you all are well, we miss you all!

News:

The house is coming along fairly well! They have installed all the faucets in the bathrooms/kitchen and all the tile has been grouted and put in place. It's getting very exciting seeing things come along. We decided to put a stand alone sink in my bedroom which I'm sure will come in very handy, it looks perfect :) They have put the wall up in front of the house and plan to stucco it soon, it looks good.

I went to my mandatory orientation meeting for school and was a little discouraged by the director of the program, but it's only one year, so after that I will be going back to the University in our town and getting my bachelors degree in Nutrition. I am excited to start the physical training program, because it is my goal to become one at my own gym one day :) I'm excited.

I have volunteered at the Animal Shelter for 3 Wednesdays now and I love it, although I have found that I am getting a little attached to some of the cats and one of the dogs that they have in the kennels (a great dane!! AH) I feel very productive after I get out of there.

I still don't have a job and it is very frustrating :( I'm working on it though, (cross your fingers that one falls into my lap soon!)

I bought a new skirt from Target yesterday and Dad took the liberty to try it on first (I took pictures! HAHA.)

Oh and yesterday we went to a Green Chile roasting! It was very fun, I'm sure you all don't really understand what that is, so I took pictures! I don't like green chile, but dad loves it, he made ME stand in the one hour line to get it roasted, but I didn't mind, it smelled nice!

Here are the pictures!

Much love to you all!

xxx

Bridget

^Dad in his (my) lovely skirt :)

New pictures of the house!

2009-08-02T18:05:00.000-07:00

Birthday pictures

2009-08-02T17:57:00.000-07:00

It's my

2009-08-01T08:33:00.001-07:00

Birthday :)

Yayyy!

Hello world!!

2009-07-27T21:00:00.001-07:00

Hi all,

Not much new going on,

Mom and Natalie returned from good ol' Las Vegas, they had a lovely trip and saw many of the hotels on the strip, Dad and I also heard a few fun stories about their trip :)

Dad and I had a quiet weekend that was very relaxing and non-eventful. I watched a dog show on television Saturday night, which informed me of many fun dog breeds I want to get, Mom and Dad don't seem too willing to let me get a Great Dane (huuuge dogs!) but I'm working on them :)

House is coming along, most of the doors are in, and 2 of the 3 showers have been tiled, I don't like being patient, I kind of just want to move in already!!

Anyway, a short update!

Love you all :)

xxx

House photos :)

2009-07-23T19:20:00.000-07:00

Tiling in the bathrooms :)

Cabinets!! (laundry room)

Kitchen 1

Kitchen 2

the back porch!

Aloha!

2009-07-23T13:47:00.001-07:00

Hiya!

I am very sorry that the update has taken so long :/ I've been somewhat busy the past couple days!

Happy belated birthday to Natalie!! We had an interesting day, I took her to get a manicure, to lunch. She is very excited to "finally" be twenty-one! She also got her Pharmacy Technician certificate!! Hooray.

I started my volunteer training at Animal Humane yesterday, it was a lot of fun, I got to work with a couple other people and met many cats, all with their own personalities :). It was fun! I will be spending the next two Wednesdays there learning more about their system and then when school starts, I'll probably do a couple hours every Saturday! I'm glad I started it :)

Still no job :/ but I am getting excited to start school!

The four of us will be traveling to Phoenix to celebrate Aunt Elayne's life on the 15th and 16th of August, I'm excited to see everyone and to mourn with all of them. The last I heard is they're expecting 500 people (yikes!!)

The house is coming along quite well! I went over there a couple days ago and they have cabinets up. I don't know what else is new, but I will visit it soon and definitely take pictures!!

That's about it :)

Lots of love to all!

xxx

Bridget

House update :)

2009-07-14T19:01:00.001-07:00

Hi there everyone!!

The house is coming along fairly well, most of the house is painted, except the garage, dad's office and my "specialized colors" for my bathroom and bedroom. They have put on most of the doors and finished the fireplace, they should be concreting the driveway here in the next week which is exciting! We are trying to decide whether or not to put in a pool or not, it's a little pricey though! Our neighbors are really nice! Matt and Tanya (they are the only people in our cul-de-sac) they have a gorgeous little girl and an adorable puppy that looks like a character out of sesame street! Haha he's cute.

I start my training at Animal Humane next wednesday, so I'm excited for that :)

Other than that things are good :)

Much love to you all!

xxx

Bridget

Hello World :)

2009-07-10T15:46:00.001-07:00

Hi!

So yesterday, I had my interview about volunteering and I start orientation tomorrow! Hooray, it's a pretty intense program that you have to commit to for 6 months, but I'm excited to get to work with dogs that need some love and attention :)

I am currently eating "fruit pastels" from our british store here in Albuquerque, delicious :)

(picture in the right hand corner is an Albuquerque Sunset)

So much is coming along with the new house, we have selected the paint color (they started painting most of the rooms today) it looks great! It's a light kind of gray. I'm painting one wall in my room and bathroom a turquoise color and Dad of course is painting his office "leighton orient" red (his favorite color). The house is scheduled to be done August 17th! We are all extremely excited about that!

Everyone is doing well, Mom and Dad are working a lot, Mom has been taking Grandma Rusti to a lot of doctors appointments, she's doing pretty well also, she's looking forward to moving into the house!

Hope to skype you guys this weekend!!!

(I'll put pictures of the paint and maybe other fun stuff up this weekend!)

Much love to all!

xxx

Bridget

Happy Birthday Grandma Helen!

2009-07-07T15:33:00.000-07:00

Hi there!

Just wanted to wish Grandma Helen a very Happy Birthday, Dad and I both talked to her :) I hope you all are doing well, I have an interview on thursday at the Animal Humane Association here in Albuquerque to do some volunteer work (keep myself busy) I hope to be working with cats and dogs, giving them love and hopefully helping them to get adopted :)! I'm very excited!!

Nothing really else is going on!

I love you all :)

xxx

Bridget

Happy Belated Fourth :) :)

2009-07-05T08:41:00.000-07:00

Yay!

Last night was a fun fun night :) Our family friends Monika, Eric and Erna came over, Grandma Rusti came over and Mom, Dad and I had a barbeque, cake and fireworks after. It was a great night!! Natalie went to a fight for her friends brother, so she's been hanging out with their family the past couple days.

God Bless the Troops who are fighting for us in other countries!

:) here are some pictures

much love to all!

xxx

Bridget

^:) Camera fun!

The best part of the 4th :) (that and good company of course)
^Mommy and Grandma :) Laughing
^Yay sparklers!

^Daddy

^From left to right (Eric, Dad, Rusti, Mom, Erna, Monika)

Our New House (lots of pictures)

2009-07-04T11:36:00.000-07:00

Hi all :)

I went and took pictures today of the new house so far. It's hard to tell what things are, so I labeled them. I'll take more pictures when they start painting/getting fixtures in! It's an exciting process (kind of messy right now), but here it is :)

O and Happy Fourth of July!!! I'll post a blog later today with pictures of our festivities!!

Lots of love!

xxx

Bridget

^The Fireplace!
^Backyard
^My Bathroom!
^Grandma's Shower
^Grandma's Bathroom
^Grandma's Bedroom
^My Room!
^Kitchen/Living Room
^Kitchen (Pantry)
^Trevor's Dog Door
^Master Bathroom (shower and closet)
^Mom and Dad's Master Bedroom
^Powder Bathroom
^The Laundry Room
^Dad's Office
^The Garage
^Mom's Office/Guest Bedroom
^The Hallway
^Front Door
^The Front of the House

Afternoon (some sad news)

2009-07-01T14:19:00.001-07:00

It's beautiful outside!!

I was pulling weeds this morning, woo hoo, and I didn't get sunburned, for once (hooray).

News

My great aunt, Elayne (Grandpa Lew's sister) passed away yesterday, she had a heart attack in the morning and they took her off of life support yesterday afternoon. It's very upsetting. In the next month, our family is going to go to Phoenix to celebrate her life with all the family. Our thoughts are with them and hope she rests in peace. (in the picture-the woman to my right is Stephanie, Elayne's daughter, to her right is Cameron, Stephanie's son, and Grant in back, Stephanie's other son.)

I just wanted to update you all.

Much love,

I appreciate having you all in my life, you're all amazing people.

xxx

Bridget

Well good morning :)

2009-06-30T08:30:00.000-07:00

Hi there everyone!!

Sorry it's been a couple days since I've updated, I'll start with Sunday!

I learned how to drive standard, a very exciting yet scary experience! It's been a long time coming though, Derek owns a car with stick shift so he's been pestering me to drive it, finally I did.

For dinner, we had fish, Grandpa Lew came over and cooked trout and salmon for Dad, because no one else eats fish, everyone else had some though, even me (I hate fish :P) that was fun. Mom was hanging out in bed, because she had a procedure the next day (yesterday) it was a good day :)!

Yesterday I was taking care of Mom the whole day and Dad was working, then later last night Natalie and I went and saw Transformers! It was amazing, a must see. Jack, please tell me you like Transformers!!!

:) that's all I have to update!!

I love you all :)

xxx

Bridgettt!

Second Post :)

2009-06-26T16:12:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone

So I got the word out on this blog and hope that you will all visit often :)

Not too much news to report, we picked the stucco color for the new house it's a grayish color, mom will not have any brown inside or outside the house, so she picked an earth tone. Hmm what else, Natalie and Dad have been working together for a few days, fixing shades and putting up shades and I've been trying to find things to do around the house, I bought new jeans today and got cup cakes for Natalie, Dad and I to have with tea! Yes tea is a necessity in our house!

I want to introduce you all to my boyfriend Derek Ritz (over the internet), I know Auntie Jane knows about him, but I don't know who else does. I've been with him for almost 10 months and I hope one day you will all get to meet him face to face :) I'm very happy with him! (His picture is in the upright corner!)

That's about all I have to report :)

Much love to you all!

xxx

Bridget

First Blog!!! Hooray

2009-06-25T15:13:00.000-07:00

Hi there :)

First blog for the Wilding Family ever!!

Bridget here, I have decided to set up a blog to let you all know what's going on in our lives!

As you may know or may not know, we are currently building a house about a mile away from our current house, it is coming along slowly but surely, it's an exciting process, seeing it come from the ground up. There have been a few snags, but we're working through them.

Mom and Dad are working very hard, Natalie is going to school and helping dad out here and then. I (Bridget) am looking for a job, but haven't had much luck, I'm keeping myself busy by working out, keeping the house clean and other "productive" things.

That's about all that's going on with us!

I'll keep you all updated :)

Love to all!

The Wilding Family *snap snap*

Hola!!

Mommy's Day :)

Happy almost May!!

Hi all!

Good afternoooon!

:( I'm sorry!

Happy Holidays!

Almost end of the New year! Just a little news update!

Cat bite :(

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

An Amazing Woman.

Packed up :/ pictures of the old house

:) Happy days!

GREAT NEWS!

I've been neglecting you all :(

Good afternoon :)

Pictures! Finally :)

I've been a slacker :(

:( It's been too long.

Feeling very studious :)

House photos!

Huge News!!

Hello!

Hi Hi!

New pictures of the house!

Birthday pictures

It's my

Hello world!!

House photos :)

Aloha!

House update :)

Hello World :)

Happy Birthday Grandma Helen!

Happy Belated Fourth :) :)

Our New House (lots of pictures)

Afternoon (some sad news)

Well good morning :)

Second Post :)

First Blog!!! Hooray

The Wilding Family snap snap