Mikey's Birthday!

This has been a crazy week for me! First, Mike's truck broke last week so everyday I had to get up at 4:45 to drive him to work, then back to Readlyn so I could get ready and then back to Waterloo so that I could go to work! That really sucked! But last night Mike and Tony got it fixed! I'm so happy, I got to sleep until 6 this morning! The sad thing is that I really missed taking him to work. It was nice to wake up together and start our days together! So I will miss that, not getting up at 4:45! The weather has been interesting! Tuesday we got a crazy blizzard or something and I couldn't see the road, not exaggerating! I really couldn't even see the lines to know if I was in my lane, so the 20 min drive took almost and hour!
Tomorrow is Mikey's Birthday! Yay! We don't have to work! I don't know what to buy him! We are to poor to get him what he really wants...and Escalade Ha-ha! Tonight we are going to the Casino to celebrate with his mama! I am acctually excited! I think it's going to be really fun! Maybe we can win alot of money and he can buy and Escalade! Te he he!
Oh and my spell check isn't working for some reason, so if anything is spelled wrong, blame the computer! :)

Wudda day!

Happy Monday everyone! Aren't you all excited that the weekend is over?? Me, OF COURSE NOT! GIRRR!! Actually I was ready for Sunday to be over!

We had a nice weekend, actually pretty uneventful!

Thursday- Mike's mom got a room at the Casino! So we joined her and went swimming and stayed the night, so that She could give me a ride to work in the morning and Mike could just take my car so I could get some sleep! It was wonderful! We stayed in a huge room with a king size bed and a beautiful huge shower! It spoiled me!

Friday- Well since we were sharing a car I got off work when Mike did and picked him up. Then we went to the grocery store to get something to make dinner and picked up Tony! We had steak, corn on the cob, and baked taters! It was heaven! I didn't have to do a thing! Mike and Tony cooked for me! After dinner, Derek and Jen came by to see our house! This was a lot of fun and we couldn't stop talking! They finally headed out just after ten, and Mike had to go to bed because he had to work Saturday. I went to bed to because I was just so tired!

Saturday- Mikey worked :( So I hung out with Tony all day, we were stranded with out a car and that really sucked but we made do. Then Mikey got home, I made some "Dinner" at 3 and after that My parents came over. When they got there we left to go to the Amish stores! I love discount groceries and fresh baked goods! YUM! We got some fresh bread and apple butter! YUM! After we munched for a while Mom and Dad headed for home and took Tony with them. It was still early but we went to bed.

Sunday- Bad Day. Mike woke up on the wrong side of the bed about 80 times and was just a meanie all day. He finally checked his tude and we headed into town to get some truck parts. Blah! Mike's mom did feed us Chinese food but I had a migraine and just wanted to be home in bed. I had started some laundry before we left and of course now my washing machine was being mean to me as well! It's not doing the final rinse and spin cycle so I have to manually turn it and it's just a big ol' pain. Especially with a migraine at 10:00 at night!!

Now it's Monday. The start of a fresh week! Hope yours is a good one!!!

NEW STOVE!!

We finally have our new stove! YAY!! And it works great! So I made a Lasagna and Mike made some awesome cheesy garlic bread! Cassy, Adam, and Corina came over and joined us! We got to use both the burners and the oven so we do it works! It's nice to walk into the kitchen and see it sitting there, and knowing I can use it at any time! Now the only problem is keeping food cold that I can cook, i think we will be having a lot of pasta! :) That will be better than McDonald's and Burger King any day! Yay! I think tonight were having left over lasagna! Even with having our dinner guests we still have 1/2 of it left! Yummy yummy yummy!
So yesterday Mike's truck broke so we are back down to one car, no problem right? Well Mike works close to be distance wise but not time wise! So now I get to get up at 5 am and drive him to work, to have just enough time to get myself home and showered and back to my work by 7;30! Thank goodness my co-workers understand and let me skip my lunch and leave at 3:30, But it really makes for a long day! WOW and I have to eat at the cafe but I think I can handle that! I also don't get to see Mike everyday at lunch so that makes me sad too! But I know it wont last forever! So my mission this week/weekend is to get one of Mikes cars fixed! But he has to work on Saturday as of right now, that can change at any moment from now until 3:30 Friday afternoon. Alright, I think I am done complaining! I will get some pictures up of our new stove soon! :)

I only hate Monday's when it's not snowing!

Yay it's snowing! I love the snow! The more we get the better as long as everyone is safe!! But people are stupid and want to drive in it to come see their doctors! But another happy fact is we are having Chinese food today! MY FAVORITE! We had a nice COLD weekend but that didn't keep us down! Friday we went to a guy Mike works with house and Mike helped him hook up his big flat screen tv! It was neat! I had a fun time with his wife and 2 kids watching a movie! After that my Friend Myndi came over and then Mike fell asleep! It was funny so we stayed up really late talking, I had fun!
Saturday I decided to let Mike sleep in as late as he wanted! I got up about 9:30 and he got up about 1! He was so happy when he woke up, I may do that more often! After we got going we went to Amish country and Oelwein to eat at Los Flores! YUM! And then on to Pamida! I love Wall-mart, I think that K-mart is cheap, I love Pamida! Pamida? But nothing can beat the sweet love of God! HAHA CHURCH CAMP SONG! So that was really fun! Then we went home and Lisa came over. We then went to the local watering hole and had WAY TOO MUCH fun!
Sunday
We slept in again! And layed around watching Bonanza and Beverly Hillbilly's! It was a nice afternoon but we had to go to Wal-mart :( wait, I love Wal-mart :)! Cassy and Corina came with us and when we got done we went to McDonald's and played in the play place! That was fun but wow what a work out! I think it was the high light of my weekend!
OK so let's re-cap...IT'S SNOWING AGAIN!! HOORAY!
Have a good week! We get our stove on Wednesday!

SNOW DAY!!!!

Oooo...this is our new microwave! It's sooooo awesome!
SNOW DAY!! This is our driveway! Doesn't look like alot
but the wind is sure blowin' out here!

Yay! I got a snow day! I don't expect this to happen a lot but it was nice to get the text from Mike this morning telling me NOT to drive because of the drifts. So I'm trying to catch up on some house work that I have been neglecting and some bummin around that I have been neglecting too!

Quick one!

We ordered our stove! We got a new microwave! We can make microwave popcorn again! Sorry to say our other microwave just wasn't very powerful and wouldn't pop the corn. We wont get our stove until 1-23 if everything goes as planned! Whoo Hoo! OK talk to you all soon!

Busy weekend!

I'm really not looking forward to this week. It already seems like it's going to be really really really long! But at least I have evenings to have fun! We figured out yesterday that we have been in our house for a month and have been without a stove or fridge for a month! This is very frustrating! But we have picked out the stove we want and I think we are going to order it tonight from Home Depot. Yay! It's really neat! I'm sure I will post pictures soon! Well as soon as they deliver it! The soonest will be Wednesday-if a miracle happens! :) Most likely it will be after next Monday. So cross your fingers everyone!

We had a nice weekend. Friday night as you saw Corina had us over to her mom and dad's for sketti! That was fun! Us girls just hung out after dinner and the boys went on a firewood hunt. We had to head home early because Mike had to work on Saturday.

Saturday Mike went to work bright and early and I got up about 7:30 and Cassy, Corina, and I went to Coralville to go shopping! Lucky us it was HUGE SALE DAY! WHoo hoo!! I got a pair of jeans for 10 bucks and a shit for 3 and a sweater for 7.50 and and and and!!! It was great!!!
After we were done shopping we headed home and Mike wasn't feeling well so he took a nap and I rearranged the kitchen and really cleaned it up nice! When Mike woke up he was feeling a little better so we went to Waverly to rent a movie and go to Wal-mart! I am falling in love with Wal-mart all over again! It's a dangerous place for me to go...they have everything!

Sunday's are supposed to be relaxing! So we slept in and then realized oh crap, we have to hurry and get to town to the bank before is closes!! So we went to the scary hy-vee and went to the bank and then got TP which we were almost in desperate need of. Then we picked up Michael and went to menards who was having a really good sale on stuff we wanted too! After we spent an hour there we went to the casino and ate at the buffet for free! YUMMY! We ate and ate and ate and ate and ate. Little Michael (15) said it was the best meal he had eaten in a long time!! After that we headed home. It was a good day just wore me out but I didn't want to go to bed because I didn't want Monday to come.

We here I sit on Monday and it's quiet which is strange and everyone seems to be pissed off.
Girr! Have a good week!

Corina had us over for Sketti!

Blah! I hate being bored at work on a Friday!

I JUST WANNA GO HOME! I know wah poor me. I get to sit at work and be on the Internet screwing around for an hour and then go home. But...when no one e-mails you or sends your funny fwds to look at, what is there to do?? Facebook and myspace only go so far. hmm...but if your not careful I will eat you on Oregon trail! Yummy! I was hungry! Well I think I'm going to go shopping this weekend! Yay for shopping! I need some new dress pants for work I'm down to like 2 pairs so 2 pairs...5 days....that's a lot of laundry during the week! Ya we those are my weekend plans! If anyone wants to join me shopping just let me know!
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I didn't forget!!! I've just been a busy bee!

Happy Wednesday! It's not Monday anymore! Thank goodness! But I do wish I was saying Happy Friday! Ha-ha!

So lets see what have we been up to? Well we had a busy and sleepy weekend! Friday Night my friend Cassy graduated from nursing school so we went to the ceremony and then went to Diamond Daves to celebrate after wards. Then we headed home and my friend Lisa came over and we played pool! I suck at pool! But had fun! I figured out that when I get frustrated at Mike I play much better, so Look Out Baby!

Saturday we slept in! It was awesome! Then we laid around the house for a couple hours and headed for Amish Country! We went to some discount grocery stores and little stores! There was defiantly not enough time to visit them all! So my Mom and I are making plans to go together! Someday! After that we headed over to Tyler, Amy, and Kelli's house to play! It was nice to see them I hadn't realized we hadn't seen them since Thanksgiving weekend for Kelli's big 1st birthday! We had a nice time with them. Then we went to Fazlois and had dinner. Yum gotta love their bread sticks! Then we met up with my friend Lisa again and she came over for some more pool! Whoo hoo! Can we say slightly obsessed??

Sunday I woke up bright and early at 8 but laid in bed most of the morning getting out every little while to switch out the laundry etc. After we got up, Mike went to town to pick up Michael and go to Lowe's. He needed more supplies but I don't know what they were or what they were for! I took the Christmas ornaments off the tree, that's as far as I got! I did say no promises! Ha-ha! Someday I will get it down! Mike we have to harass me into it most likely!

Monday we both went back to work, blarg! Then at night we went to La Porte City to pick up a chair from a friend that Mike works with. On the way home the fog had really dropped and we were looking at about 5 yards of visibility. By the time we got home our new chair was covered in Ice because the fog was freezing. Also Mike's truck was covered with 1/4 inch of ice as well! It was nuts!

Tuesday, pretty uneventful. Went to the doctor for my physical and to have her check the bumps on my head. Turns out I have a normal noggin! Hooray! After work Mike and I went to Wal-mart! This Wal-mart's so big they even have a gourmet restaurant! OK maybe not gourmet but good! So we had dinner at Wal-mart! haha! This no stove business is starting to get to us. Were tired of things you can make in the microwave so we have started eating out! Shame shame on us! That's expensive! After that we did some much "needed" shopping. I did get hangers, which I've been meaning to get every time we went there since we moved. So go me! And we got new globes for the ceiling fan that's in our "bedroom" because one was missing. They rock! They are clear glass with what looks like little bubbles in it! It just makes the fan look so much nicer. Then Mike insisted on putting the 75 watt light bulbs in it. Thank goodness for dimmers! After that we headed home. I have noticed that we have been getting to the point at home when we can't relax until at least 9 every night. It's starting to wear me out! And I know we prob. won't again tonight because were going with Mike's mom to go look at stoves. But it's worth it! So far we have no plans for the rest of the week (that I know of) so hopefully I will have some laundry and down time! :) Have a great Hump day and the rest of your week! (We've made it 1/2 way!)

We Caucused!

Everyone that could, I hope you Caucused! Does anyone know how to spell that word?

I am really proud of myself and feel really grown up!

Anything else interesting going on in our lives?? Hmmm...I don't think so!

Just livin' life as it comes. I

I am seriously looking forward to the weekend even though we only had a 3 day week!

All of you have a good weekend and I think I'm going to take down our Christmas tree...no promises!

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Happy New Year Pictures!

Singing in the New Year!

Dad, please don't hate me, I just really like this picture of us! It's a happy picture!

Mommy N Me!

Cassy N Me!

Myndi N Me!

We finally got the pool table in the bonus room! Yay!

Lets play catch up!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I haven't written in so long! Well it seems like forever!

Today is my first day back at work after a loooong 11 day vacation! It was great and I am feeling revived! I love my structure! Ha-ha! I don't think Mike is nearly as happy as me to go back to work, but I was kinda getting bored! I like my bed time! It's funny how used to our schedules that the girls are. (Molly and Peanut) This morning they were so sad to see my go to work. Molly has the best sad eyes ever!

12-24

Well my vacation from work semi-sucked because I was so sick most of the time. The last 3 days were the only real enjoyable ones, my head wasn't in a cloud! Christmas was awesome. We spent Christmas Eve at Mom and Dads with Grandma, Jeff, Stella, and Abraham. It was nice, we had a ham! I love ham!

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Christmas day everyone (My Mom, Dad, Laura, and Mike's mom) all came to our house. Oh and Maggie (Laura's dog) and Ranger (Mom and Dad's dog)! It was very exciting to have a real holiday at our house! After everyone got there Mike made a amaz-za-zing breakfast! Bacon, 2 kinds of sausage, eggs with ham, and hash browns! Thanks to Mike's mom who bought us a counter top griddle! We still don't have a stove or fridge yet! We have looked at some new stoves and Mike's mom is so awesome and is going to buy one for us, but it's just going to take a little time to get her to the store when we are all NOT working! So after breakfast we all opened gifts! It was so much fun! Every year we all say, oh don't expect alot, we just bought a new house or something and then Christmas comes and it's just as great as every year before! Laura got the I-pod she really really really wanted to we lost her for the rest of the day (she couldn't put it down!) My momma wasn't feeling well so she took a nap. The rest of us kinda just hung around and ate goodies and talked. My mom made wild rice soup yum yum yum! After all the eating my dad and I and most of the dogs went for a walk. It was so nice out that we only had to wear sweatshirts! After our walk, my mom woke up and Jeni decided she was ready to go home, and everyone else shortly followed. After they left the house was to quiet! So Adam, Cassy, and Corina came over. Mike got me a bottle of wine in my stocking and Cassy got one from her sister in law. So we had fun sharing with each other! The only downer was that Mike had to work the next day so we had to call it a night early.

12-26

LETS GO SHOPPING!

Cassy and I decided it would be a good Idea to go shopping this day! Why? I don't know! I had a gift card that I had to use up by 1pm at Younkers. So I went and got a new sweater that I had been eyeing for a while. After that I had to exchange Mike's belt at Kohl's, oh my the return line was so looong! I thought I was going to be there forever. Luckily it went really fast and I was in and out in about 10 mins! After that Cassy and I met up at my parents house, where I ditched my car and we headed over to Newtons jewelers. They are going out of business and have everything like 70 % off. I got a pair of amazing diamond earrings! They are to pretty! After newtons we went over to Menard's so that Cassy could get a fireplace tool set. They had ugly ones so we went to Lowes and found a much cooler set there. After that we went back and I got my car. Then on our way home we stopped at Dusk Til' Dawn. This store is awesome! They sell the cutest decorations and it's so cheap! So I went a little decoration happy! After that we headed home. When I got home our friends Dusty and Krystal were there. It's so much fun to show off the house and tell people our plans! After we were done gloating about ya know how huge it is, and how neat all the old wood work is, and and and...ha-ha. We all decided to order a pizza from JJ's. YUM! We had fun chatting and then decided to go to Wal-mart! The happiest place on earth! We had fun shopping! Finally we headed home and Mike was getting really tired and had to work the next day so we said our goodbyes and headed off to bed. I wasn't feeling very well at all. I went to sleep and slept until...

12-28

I finally woke up! This was the first day that I was able to stand up! I was soo sick! Even this day I stayed in bed all day because I just couldn't function. After Mike got home I got out of bed and tried to eat. My stomach was just hopping all over the place so I couldn't eat much but it did feel good to eat after so long. We went to Waverly and rented the Simpsons Movie, Mike and I both fell asleep watching it!

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Saturday!

Another relaxing day! We slept in! Well I was still getting over whatever the heck it was I had, I think Mike had caught it! We got up for about an hour and 1/2 and had to take a nap! We finally got going because we had to return our crappy movie! We rented Balls Of Fury, another crappy movie! I was so excited because Christopher Wakon is in it. Nope, no good! A lot of Kung Foo. I don't think I like Kung Foo. Again, Mike fell asleep during the movie.

12-30

Sunday...Sunday...Sunday...

This must have been a boring day because I'm not really remembering it...shoot! Oh I know we did some cleaning at our Duplex!

12-31

New Years Eve!

This I think was my favorite day! We got a lot accomplished! We got our home phone fixed! We went to the Duplex and completely finished everything! We got the pool table moved into the house and set up! We had a raging party! Ok so it wasn't really raging but it was fun! It was fun, Mom, Dad, Cassy, Adam, Corina, Myndi, Zach, Mike and I! We played battle of the sexes! Oh yeah! We had a Champagne Toast at midnight at grilled burgers at 10! It was so fun! Fun fun fun! I did take some pictures but didn't have time to upload them this morning! I will try and get on that soon! With our new Internet at home it takes about 3X as long so I have to have more than 5 mins! Ok!

1-1-2008!!!

Happy New Year!

Yesterday was great! Adam and Cassy made a Turkey and green bean casserole and twice bake mashed potatoes! YUM! And Cassy and I made brownies! We just sat around watching movies and eating most of the day and stayed by their nice warm fireplace!

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Back to work today! Hope everyone has/had a good one!