Home owner

Being a home owner has its ups and downs. Most of them are ups! Selling, well that is a downer. We are hoping to have our house on the market by May. Keeping our fingers crossed. I am 90% sure I can have all the painting done by the end of March and then we just have the floor left. We have been going back and forth about where to go from there. I think apartment living is what is in our future. We do not want to rush into another house that we don't love and we can't see ourselves in. Apartment living might be a little cramped and might be a pain for a while but it will give us time to figure what we want. Now, if a house falls into our laps, then it's a different story. 

We spent the evening at Michael's parents house. They have just returned from Arkansas. They bought Gigi's house. She is moving at the end of March and so they are trying to figure out what stays and what goes. Basically they are pretty much stressed out! That is a complete understatement. They need a vacation on a secluded island for a week. Between figuring out what furniture stays in her house, needs to be sold or brought to her new house, to paint/wallpaper (no wallpaper!) colors, to the fact they aren't even moving till Spring 2011, it's just insanity. It sounds like they are just furnishing the place the way they want it and let it sit until the big move. If you haven't met Michael's parents, well, let us just say, they have a lot of stuff. They have to get rid of about half of it. This is going to take a team of people! I think they are going to have to have an estate sale. There is no other way around it! Just the books, the mountains and piles of books. The books alone will be an adventure. It should be an interesting year.

Well here is to us hoping to sell our house by the time football season rolls around! Wish us luck! We need it!

Warning: Squealing 14 year old!

It's official. I am back on my Twilight bandwagon. After a three month break of not reading, listening or watching anything Twilight, I am back on. I pulled out the audio book today at work! I have 11 days until New Moon surfaces in stores nationwide. I am starting to get that itch for June 30th. I believe we have already taken the day off work and will be at a theatre near you. I find that when I am listening to a book rather than reading, I notice a lot more. For example, I realize even more how much "she scowls" and "she hisses". Not to mention the numerous times she falls and how many times she references how much of a cluts she is. Although, nothing beats the Edward factor. Once he is in the picture, life is fantastic. I think I'll only listen to book 1 and 2. I need to read Eclipse before the movie. One bonus is, I will not be diping into Breaking Dawn due to the fact that movie has yet to even been put in writing. Plus, if I can put off the male reader who is used for Jake's voice, as long as I can, it will be beneficial to my mental health. Listening to this poor man have to talk like Rosalie and even Bella. Awful. To make it worse, he even has to talk like a 2 year old. That has to be the worst! For now I will stick to 1 and 2. Listening to them, just makes my day go faster. Plus, the meadow?! Honestly. It gives me chills up my spin every time. Everyone needs a little Edward Cullen in your life. Today would have been a perfect day for a Twilight showing. Foggy, rainy, a little chilly. This week we are under a constant cover of clouds and rain. It's perfect. I am still holing out for our marathon on the gianormous screen at Bec's. I am so thankful my Jana is finally seeing the light. It's fun to watch a newborn to the books so wrapped up in them! She has finally come to my side! Plus she dislikes Jacob Black as much as I do. I knew we were meant to be BFF's. 11 days and........AH! As I am typing this, a commercial for New Moon on DVD just came on!! EH OH! Now my heart is racing and I am going to be awake for a while! That also reminds me that one of the previews for "Remember Me" is the "Eclipse" trailer! Okay, 14 year old girl going back inside to hide for another 11 days! =)

Another weekend in the books

Saturday morning we awoke, child free. Aka, we got to sleep past 7! It was pretty fantastic! We got ready and headed out to Machine Shed. After a delicious meal with my amazing parents, we headed back to our casa. We got ready for some lunch guests. Laurel and the boys came over and we got to spend only about an hour with them but it was a total blast!! They boys are so fun when they get together. Jake was extremely excited! After they left, Jake really wanted to go to Josh's basketball game. I was already going so Jake and Michael came along! It was a lot of fun. It so fun to watch kids play basketball! Especially when you really want them to score some points!! I will say, there was one mighty fine coach. How bad is that? We are at church, with families all around and I drool over a coach. End of this topic. After Josh's team won, Jana and I headed out. I am so thankful that Jana and I can share the same panic sweat together. Thanks again bestie for turning the tables on me! We had so much fun though. I would do that every Saturday. I can't go into detail because surprises are being planned. I got home and played with Jake for a while. I kept him up so that I could spend some time with him. Once again, the poor boy didn't have a nap. Although, he did quite well the whole day! I put him to bed and Michael and I cuddled up and watched "2012". Not to over the moon with this movie. It got over at about 11 and then we stayed up way too late to again, watch a movie on TV we already own. Ugh.

Defense!

 Look at all his stars on his sleeve! Awesome!

Today we got the adventure of going to Chuck-E-Cheese! Oh my goodness. Talk about insane. People everywhere. Jake had a complete blast! He loved playing the games, the lights and the characters! He had a blast! He would sing and dance all over! It was a hoot! It looked like all the kids had a great time! Jeff was pure entertainment. Oh my wow. So funny. You have to love a 10 year old and an 8 year old birthday party! I think I should plan Michael's birthday there next year! It would be fantastic! Or Jeff's! HAHA!

Loved playing the games

Bahahahahahahaha

Well it was a busy weekend! I do love those! During the weeknight this week, back to painting! We got side tracked last week. Michael was so tired all week! Let's hope he is ready to get his "roll" on!

I leave you with the Christmas Card 2010 photo contender #1 of the year:

Fantastic Mr Friday

Today was a great day! I got up, actually somewhat awake, got to work early which meant I got to leave early! I had a full work load which helped my day go by so much quicker! I had good company, it was quiet and my tunes were rockin'! It was National Name Tag day and we were provided with name tags to put any name on there you wanted, work appropriate of course! Hello, my name is Wanda! Wanda Flo to be exact! 3pm finally rolled around and I was out! I got into the elevator on the 5th floor. Of course it had to stop on 4, 3, 2 and 1 before I was let out. I did pick up a lady on 4 that was, well, a little perky for me. She got in and started squealing. No joke. She told me from floor 4 to floor 3 how excited she was it was the weekend, how fantastic the weather was and how she was so excited that she to to wear her sunglasses! All in the time it took to move to the next floor. Every floor we picked up on, she had to re-tell her excitement! We got to the first floor and I asked, "You wouldn't happen to be a trainer would you?" She beamed her huge white teeth with a grin from ear to ear, I swear I could see down her throat and she responds "OMG, how did you know?!" Ms Perky literally then skipped out of the elevator and busted through the doors. I was waiting for birds to fly by, a deer to walk up to her and a song, but it didn't happen. I do have to admit it was nice coming out to the sun and not having to wear a coat!

I got home and we got ready for our date! We started to think about it. It is girls basketball weekend and things were going to fill up quick. We got to Olive Garden at 4:30. We had a 20 minute wait. What?! It's 4:30 people!! We got seated and we could see outside and the mobs of people coming in. We had a fantastic meal complete with their amazing salad and a huge glass of wine! It was so nice to have a little romantic date with my hubby. Is it a date at 4:30?! That is still considered afternoon to me! People were looking at us, probably because we kept laughing and Michael held my hand across the table most of the time. (Insert vomit here) We headed over to JC and got in line for the movie. I am very thankful we got there when we did. The movie started at 6:30 and we got there about 5:55. They let us in at 6. We got perfect seats! I still can't believe the amount of people that get there at 6:27. First off, this is a new movie. Second, it was sold out all night. Third, you know it's going to be a big hit, so why would you get there late when you have groups of 5-10 people that all want to sit together. It was very interesting to watch. The movie was amazing. Just the colors and in 3D, it was fantastic. I did jump a few times with the things they threw out at you and whatnot. It made me want to go watch the original. It has been so long. Johnny Depp didn't scare me as much as I thought he would. I kind of fell in love with his character! All in all, it was very good. It's always great to see a movie on the big screen, especially this type of a movie. 

After the flick, we sped over to Target. We had to pick up a birthday gift for one of our nephews! As usual we walked out with more then what we had come there for. I think its the curse of Target. You always spend more then what is on your list. We then went for a little walk and now we are spending the rest of the evening, well almost morning cuddling and watching a movie. I love that our dates are really dates. That we can still act like a newly dating couple! That we can still gross people out with PDA. Sorry, we are offenders. No making out though. I promise!! Well, back to canoodaling!

I love you.

4 years ago today, I was just a single gal, getting ready to take a giant leap into a place I have never gone before. People say your wedding day flies by and it's over in a blink of an eye, it is true. I sit here, just wondering, where does the time go? It may have been 4 years ago today, but it feels like just a few months. Although, 1 child, 2 dogs, a cat and a house later, proves me wrong. They do say the first couple of years of marriage are the hardest. We have been through are ups and downs but nothing out of the ordinary. So yeah, he got me a skillet with a meal to cook in it for my birthday the first year. I can't really blame the man. Now I look back and find it hysterical. We have gone through so much in the past 4 years as a married couple and it has done nothing but make us stronger. I am so thankful for a Godly man that has been a great husband and father. I have been so amazingly blessed and it has really been a fairytale so far.

Michael:

I love you. Words cannot express or define my love for you. You have one of my best friends for 12 years, my love for 6 and a half, my husband for 4 and an amazing father for 2 years. I couldn't imagine my life without you. Being able to wake up and just roll into your arms is one of the greatest feelings. There are still times you slowly take my hand and my body quivers and butterflies take flight. I love that even when we are in a room with a ton of people, you still make eye contact with me and shoot a quick wink or you will walk by and kiss my forehead. I love that you still always want to take my hand when we are driving, unless the weather is bad. I love you call just to say "I love you!" I love watching you with Jake. The energy you have to run around with him and the way you love him, it just melts my heart every time. I love the way you love me. I love the way you comfort me. I love the way you hold me. I love that you still brush strands of my hair away if it gets in the way. I love that we can act like kids when no one is watching. I love that we can do anything together and have an absolute blast. I love that you dance. I love that you sing, even though it's off. It makes you, you. I love that you love happy endings and my even shed a tear. I love you for loving me, no matter what. You are my hero, in more ways then one. You are my rock, also, in more ways then one. Lol. Wrapping it up, I love you and these past 4 years together have been amazing and I couldn't ask for anything more. I am so lucky to have you in my life and I can't wait to see what the next 60 years holds for us! I love you babycakes!!

PS - I want this....why? No reason, probably because I am obsessed. Click here if you must know.

Musica

Music is a big part of me. I sometimes think it pulsates in my blood stream. It's so hard to explain it. I love that I can turn on my iPod and escape. Last night, I caught an old episode of Grey's Anatomy. I noticed one of my favorite songs was featured. "Keep Breathing" by Ingrid Michaelson. In the same episode "Beautiful Mess" by Jason Mraz was featured. It got me thinking, if had to devote a playlist to a TV show, it would have to be Grey's. The music on that series is absolutely amazing. I then googl'd the playlist of season 5 and look

at the list! It's amazing! I think I have about 90% of those on my iPod and even about half of them are in my playlist of favorites! I have created a playlist of music that just fits me and I can never ever get sick of. It's only about 359 songs but I could never get sick of them. I would say over half of them have been used on Grey's. I do have all the seasons and being the nerd I am, I still watch them over and over. I am now noticing the music selections used in the background and for certain moods! One of my all time favorites is Ingrid Michaelson "Turn to Stone". I was watching an episode at 1am on Saturday and never realized it was used for a pretty emotional scene. Makes me cry every time. I try to show my girly side every once and a while.

My most recent download was a very random selection. I got the Vancouver: Winter Hits of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. I am glad to say, it's upbeat, keeps me interested and something different. Good $6.99 sale on iTunes for 40 songs. They are remakes but it's interesting to hear the differences! Sometimes a little more techno. Need some "uns uns uns uns"...sorry, that is my Mike F impersonation.

Confession time. I have a new guilty pleasure song. I should have known the second I heard it that it would be a downfall for me. I'm a sucker for the ballads. I think that is another reason why Rachel from Glee and I have so much in common. It is sadly, Miley Cyrus. I heard the song a few weeks ago and just set it on the back burner. Being home yesterday, I checked it out. I think I listened to it 3 times before just going to download it. Ugh, I'm hopeless! Not only is the music not so bad, but the lyrics hit close to me personally.

A stroll down root canal lane....

I woke up this morning, all ready to go! Nerves were high. I will not lie on that one. I hate the dentist. I do, I do, I do. Especially after my Saw experience a few weeks ago. I had to be there at 7:45. My supportive hubby met me there. I am so thankful for him. It kept my mood light. After filling out the paper work they took me back. My Dentist and DH were amazing. I want her the next time I go to the Dentist instead of 'Hack-job McFee' that I see. The Dentist did a fantastic job telling me the steps and then numbed me. I can sit here saying, I didn't even feel the shots. The medicine numbed on contact and my entire face drooped into the MaryKate and Ashley half face. Fantastic. They gave me these rockin' shades to sport during the event. Michael snapped a photo at my half way mark. I will attach it at the end. I didn't feel any discomfort or pain during the whole time. It was fantastic! The sounds still tend to put me on edge but hearing "Coca Cabana" and "Queen of the Nile" just made me giggle may way through the procedure. After we were done, he gave me a high five and danced his way out of the office. I knew I liked this man! The experience in all way amazing.

I am now at home. I feel more numb now then I did the whole time in the chair. I talk with a horrible lisp. The side of my face is drooping now more than ever. I feel like I am swallowing my tongue. But, I am home and not at work so these minor defects are just making me even more happy! Plus a Glee marathon sounds pretty fabulous! Insert in DVD player ASAP! Now my biggest dilemma of the day. To watch the Bachelor finale or not? I don't think I can stand it. Maybe an early bed time instead! I could start my new book!! Hmmm, sounds like a good idea to me.

I just finished "Some Things That Meant The Most To Me". I will have to say it kept me on the edge of my seat. It was very captivating. I became more and more interested as I read. The going back and forth from past to present just kept my nose more in it. I wanted to know so bad how this all came about. My heart went out to the character. You can never say you know how someone feels until you have experienced it. I have never experienced this type of pain and feeling of not being loved. It broke my heart knowing that even though this isn't a true story, that some people do go through this. Plus "seeing" it through the eyes and mind of this sad and disturbed man, just struck me to my core. Overall this was a fantastic read and I really enjoyed it. My next book is "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks. I have a feeling this will need a box of Kleenex.

Rockin' the Root Canal!

Chica chica what boy!!