Wonderful News!! The ZVX's were granted a 5 year restraining order against the monster!!! We were afraid it would only be good for Ms. ZVX, but it includes the girls, too!! Praise the Lord!!

I'm bored now...

Republicans Rule!!!

Maybe now we'll have some fun!

Well, I just saw my 3rd cockroach and I gotta tell ya, the 3rd time is not a charm! YUCK! I feel like those poor Indians living on the reservation that Dana used to tell me about at Mr. Appliance. (Man, I can't believe it... I actually miss that job!....) Luckily for me, Zion was here and I just had to scream a girlish little yelp and go get him to come. He rescued me from the killer cockroach!! (My hero.) I was jumping up and down on the bed trying to shake off all the other cockroaches that I just KNEW were crawling all over me (I can still feel them...) until he came back and told me that the cockroach was gone. DEAD!!! (Insert 'sigh of relief' here) All cochroaches must die in my opinion!!

We went to Pinnacle Peak the other night. The waiter was pathetic, (I even had to get up and go get my own refill of pop after waiting for him to come by for at least 5 minutes) so we left a very small tip, then we were going to go watch the show, but we decided we wanted to explain the small tip to someone, so the waiter didn't just think we were cheap... (we're pretty sure that's why we got such sad service, because there was another party of about 8 seated close to us and he took excellent care of them....) so we went and explained everything to the lady at the desk(who happened to be the same lady who actually poured my refill when I went over there, and who also happened to be a manager...) and she apoligized to us and gave us each a coupon for a free dinner including sides and desserts!! So now we'll get a chance to go back and hopefully Jariah and Becca will see that we aren't crazy next time! Isn't that awesome?! (We had really been playing up how fun it is basically since we moved here, and that was thier first experience! They didn't even have the show because there wasn't enough people!!) This is way better than gummint cheese!!

Well, Zion has now been at TEP for a week, and so far he seems to really like it. He is working with a bunch of people who knew his dad pretty well, so that's kind of cool.

Jariah's job is the same as Zion's... (actually, Zion is training him today). They will be working the same hours, so they can carpool, which is nice. Jariah doesn't seem to love it, but he thinks it'll be okay. We'll keep you posted and update this when they get home today.


Interview with Jariah about job:

Jeshanah: So, what do you think of your job?
Jariah: "It's groovy, but, actually I hope to move into a programming job as soon as possible, but, it's not bad."
Jeshanah: What do you do at your job?
Jariah: "I transfer balances from previous accounts to the present accounts. I'm everyone's worst nightmare!"
Jeshanah: How was Zion as a trainer?
Jariah: "Well, he actually has excellent notes for the whole thing, because he just learned all the same things, so I basically can just work off of his notes."
Jeshanah: Anything else you would like to say?
Jariah: "The last half of the day was pretty boring because Zion just made me sit there and watch him work, the big meany!"


Interview with Zion about job:

Jeshanah: So, what was it like training Jariah?
Zion: "It was fine, except at the end of the day, I had to do my own, uh, work, and we couldn't work off the same log-on screen, so he just sat there. I'm not a meany! You lazy bum!"
Jeshanah: How do you like your job?
Zion: "It's okay, but, I would rather be doing my job that I want to be doing, which is CEO of TEP!"
Jeshanah: What does your job entail?
Zion: "My job entails, uhh, catching those sneaky crooks that try to rip the electric company off, and training Jariah."
Jeshanah: Anything else you want to add?
Zion: "Umm, No."
Check back later for a in-depth interview with Zion!

Here is the picture of Chewbacca as per your request, Israel. He is not technically a member of the family, but he worked for my Dad's construction company last year. This picture was taken at the annual company picnic last summer. We were sad to see him leave, he was great pitcher, and always good for a laugh!

I am waiting for some pictures of other family members from my mom. I guess I won't be posting pictures of the girls though, because I have been asked not to by parents. If you want to see pictures of my neices, and I know you, just ask and I'll email them to you. Meanwhile, here is the rest of my family tree. Each branch is a different, well, branch of the family.

Here is the Family Tree that you requested, Israel. You can scroll over our names to see our faces. We don't have all the pictures uploaded yet, but as soon as we get them, they will be added. Thank you, Jariah, for doing this page for me! -Jeshanah

You know what I think is funny? (Well, there's lots of stuff, but let me tell you about one thing in particular...) My whole life, all of the church people have called me Jeshanah...(except for a select few close friends who called me Shan.) My immediate family has always called me Shan, but my extended family (aunts, uncles, cousins) have always called me Shannie. (Thanks, Uncle Vic!!) And my school friends and co-workers have all known me as Shanah.

For some reason it kind of strikes me as funny that each one of the Ramirez Guys have taken on a different one of my many nicknames. Israel called me Shanah on John's blog. Josh called me Shan on my blog, and Danny calls me Jeshanah (only most of the time he pronounces it Jeshawnah...) so I guess that means Shannie is reserved for Sam!!

I'm sure everyone reading this will think I'm wierd for even noticing any of that, but, I don't know, it just struck me a funny. (My funny bar must be low right now... I'll work on it.)

Last night Jariah, Becca, Brandon, Zion and I all went to Josh and Becca's house for the evening. We played Scattergories teams, and team Josh/Becca won hands down two times in a row!! Josh had to be feeling pretty good about himself because he had also just beat Zion at some basketball game on playstation! It was a really fun night!!

Mom wanted some pictures of the Holsapple kids on here, so here they are!

*Update*
Well, John asked me not to put pics of Ness on here, so I had to take them off. (Sorry, Mom)

Zion is so mean...

He was watching Brandon for just a few minutes while Becca cut Jariah's hair. I was making brownies, so he was keeping an eye on Brandon in his room. Zion was just sitting there watching him try to climb up on his little rocking horse. Brandon was working and struggling to get on this horse and kept almost falling off!! Becca finished up with the hair and walked into Brandon's room to see Zion cracking up laughing at her poor dangling son. What a terrific uncle!

He also claims that when we have kids, he is going to have a soundproof, padded room built in our house, with windows and little door to pass food through. Kind of like a gerbel or hampster cage. Cool, Huh?

And people wonder why we don't have kids yet........

We have had, that I have seen, two cockroaches in our house in the past 48 hours. The only other time I have seen one was on Fear Factor (about two years ago and they were eaten... it was quite repulsive, to say the least.) They are even grosser in real life.

What happened to everyone?? I know that my family is moving, but where did everyone else go?? This place is a ghost town!!

Yesterday, Zion and I went to Phoenix for church, then to Danny and Joanna’s for lunch. After lunch, Lilly (hi Lilly!!) came and all of us girls went to the scrapbooking store… (A.K.A., a little slice of heaven on earth!!!) I got some great stickers for our trip to Washington D.C. last year, and an awesome book full of title ideas, called “The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Word”. I have been looking at it all day and I am pretty pumped about it!! (I’ve been having a hard time coming up with new things to say at the top of my scrapbook pages, now all I have to do is look in this book for ideas!!) w00t!!!

New Post..... Go Nuts!!!

I was re-reading this post and I think I came off as a little too harsh. I have toned it down a bit, and I do apoligize to Israel for my rude comments. I would have deleted this post, but I didn't want to lose all the comments from the other bloggers.

Israel,

Wasn't your OWN father a republican? Why would you say that you want republican people to be shot in the face? Once again, I have to ask, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??

I am a republican, My Mom, Dad, Brothers, Sisters and Most of my Friends are republicans, and need I mention my Husband...YOUR OWN BROTHER is a republican. You might want to consider your audience before airing your bitter diatribe about republicans on this blog.

I have used this blog to complain about the great state of Arizona, but those negative comments have not actually been directed towards the people of Arizona! (Except the big guy on his front porch in the recliner, when I talk about him, I guess I AM complaining about the people of Arizona, who sit on a recliner on the front porch.) The only people we have really spent any time with is Danny and Joanna, and I would be hard pressed to come up with something negative about them, they are both very sweet people and Christ really shines through them. Plus, Danny cracks me up (and kinda freaks me out) because he reminds me so much of Zion, so I have really loved getting to know them both a little bit better!!

You told me that this IS my home and I need to get used to it, well, that is not entirely the case. Tucson is now my home, that part is correct, because this is where my husband is now, but THIS house will NEVER be my HOME. (I can't see myself ever getting so attatched to a prison that I would think of it as a 'home', and that is what this place feels like to me,) because I am scared to leave the house without Zion or Jariah with me. I have always been pretty independent and proud to be, before I moved here. I had my own job, I had my own car, I had my own friends, I had my own life and I wasn't afraid to go out and live it. I know bad things can happen anywhere, but aren't bad things more likely to happen in a crack den than in a candy store?? This house and neighborhood is a much lower standard of living then I have ever had to deal with and I really can't stand it! Our old house might have had wheels, but we had it all fixed up and it was actually kind of cute, and not at all scary like this neighborhood... that YOU admitted before was a pit!!! Even though we have fixed up the interior of this house here on Castro, we are scared to go outside so to me this house is like a prison sentence because I am stuck here and it really stinks!! (Prison might not actually be so bad, at least they have air-conditioning...)

One more thing about the 'Hood', telling us that THIS Street is fine, but ½ block away is a real bad neighborhood, doesn't make much sense to me. People can walk ½ block pretty fast, and they can drive it even faster. If ½ block away isn't safe, then it's not safe here, either.

YES, YES!!!! PLEASE ANYONE WHO READS THIS BLOG YOU ARE ALLOWED TO POST WHENEVER YOU WANT, I CHANGED THE SETTINGS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER AND QUITE FRANKLY I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD POST, THAT WAY MAYBE THINGS WON'T GET SO OUT OF HAND!!!!


Okay, hopefully THIS post won't start any controversy... and we'll all get to know each other a little better!!

Name? Jeshanah Ashley Ramirez
Age? 23
What's your sign? I'm a Libra! (In the Chinese Zodiak I'm a Dog....)
Favorite Color? Purple!!
Favorite Movie? Pride and Predjuce
Favorite Movie Line? In The Princess Bride when Wesley stands up after being 'mostly dead' all day and says,"Drop your sword!"
Favorite Musical Group? The LaFontaines
Favorite Song? Lord, Lord, Lord You've Surely Been Good To Me.
Favorite Food? Pepperoni Pizza
Favorite Snack? Anything Chocolate as long as there's no coconut with it.
Favorite Actor? Matt Damon, but Brad Pitt is hot!!
Favorite Actress? Reese Witherspoon
Favorite T.V. Show? C.S.I. or Gilmore Girls (Completely different genres)
Favorite Animal? Horses
Favorite Pastimes? Reading, Horsebackriding, Scrapbooking, Sleeping.
Favorite Sport? To Play: Volleyball, To Watch: Basketball
Favorite Book? Whispers In The Moonlight by Lori Wick

Now that you know all that about me... you can answer the same questions so we can get to know you, too!!! It's lighthearted and FUN!!!!!

Well, Zion got another call from TEP today, saying that he HAS a job. Apparently the job that they interviewed for the other day was filled from inside the company, so they have to replace the guy's position who took that job. They called Zion and told him to come on in, and that he IS actually hired. (He's not holding his breath, but he went on in for the job or interview, whatever the case really is.) Hopefully it IS actually a job, because for some reason, we can't get "gummint cheese" or $$$ in any other form from the government, so if this isn't really a job, we're gonna be in some serious trouble before too much longer.

This whole thing is completely absurd!! I'm not sure why I'm so surprised that they can't get jobs, (I never thought that there was alot of job opportunity on mars before I moved here, I don't know why that would have changed in the past 3 months.) but common, this stinks!!! The way things are going we'll be stuck in this dump of a house forever, or worse kicked out because we can't pay our stupid rent, and living on the streets!! (Mustard bread might become a real treat, and I HATE mustard!!) Life was so much simpler when Zion, Jariah and I all had jobs back in Ohio... Only 635 days left!!!!!

*****UPDATE*****

Zion DID get the job!!!!! It's some sort of administrative position and he starts tomorrow!! Now maybe we can finally get out of this house!! Woohoo!!!!

Yesterday Becca, Brandon and I went to the Tucson Mall while Zion and Jariah were at thier interviews. Zion has been in desperate need of some new church clothes, and I found them!! I got him 7 new shirts, 5 ties and 2 pair of pants. (I'm still looking for some navy blue pants to complete his new wardrobe, but this is a great start!!) He now has a bunch of awesome new clothes, including a PINK shirt!!! I'm really excited about them, and I think he looks great in all these new clothes!! What do you think?

Here's the bad news... Jariah and Zion don't actually have jobs. The lady who called Zion was confused or he got confused somehow, but they actually just had interviews. They both went to the interviews and neither one got the job. (Actually, TEP decided not to hire for that particular position at this time, so no one got the job.) They are both now signed up for un-employment and will go to get food stamps tomorrow. This is such a higher standard of living than having to work at Sam's Club and Holiday Inn... I'm so proud of all of our excellent accomplishments since we have arrived in the land of opportunity! It's not for lack of trying, Zion and Jariah have both been looking for a decent job almost every day since we got here, (excepting the time when they were at work all day and night for those 6-7 weeks) with no luck. They have both had some interviews, but that seems to be the favorite thing for companies to do around here, interview but not hire. Well, anyway, the good news is, at least we won't starve, we might melt, but we won't starve.

I can't catch a break. I think that Karen Kingsbury just beat me to the writing of my book. I was just looking at her website to see when the next book in the "Firstborn" Series will be out, and I stumbled upon a new novel called "Divine". My life is officially annoying.

Okay, here goes nothing. I'm going to be complaining about the state of Arizona, or the weather, or this hovel we are currently living in... if you are going to take great personal offence to this, or if you are a little crazy and will assume I am complaining directly about members of a certain family which by the way I am a part of...
DON'T READ THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS!!!!!!

The rain is actually not a good thing. It's bad. It makes this entire house feel like the tent did the time we stayed at Brown County and it rained the WHOLE weekend!!! (Another story for another time...haha, Dad) You know what I mean though, all the mugginess, with the moisture on EVERYTHING including your sheets that feel way gross when you get ready for bed. The rain does however cool the place down, so that's a plus, I guess. (It kinda depends if you would rather actually be dripping sweat, or just feel like you're going to.)

NOW FOR YOU FAINT OF HEART, YOU MAY READ THE FOLLOWING...

Oh, look, I'm out of things to say.