He made the owie go away...

Yay! My tooth is officially all better! I don't have to get numb again! HOORAY! At least for a while. I have to go back for a filing in a month but that's nothing! I am so relieved. But when I get the bill I wont be! Ha! My root canal went really well I was such a big girl!



After my root canal I took my mom to HyVee to get her outta the house for a little while. She did really good. Plus, we found a really good deal on some new movies! That was fun!



I went home after that and Mike was there waiting for me. We were both so exhausted! We watched "Semi Pro" with Will Ferral in it! It was good! That was one of the movies I got a good deal on. After that we got up and got moving. Mike had to re wire the trailer for the next day. So while he worked on that I mowed the lawn. When I started it was light out. When I got about 1/2 way done it was DARK. We have a riding mower which to me makes it harder to see where you have been and where you are going! I had FUN! I ended up driving in a lot of circles. The yard looked funny the next day but I didn't miss too much! After we were done with that we rented another movie "Drillbit Taylor" with Owen Wilson. Another awesome movie, Mike missed most of it though...he fell asleep right away!

Saturday was busy. We slept too late and then had to hurry up for the rest of the day. We had to take the trailers to Mom's then go to Mike's mom's then get back in time to change and be in Janeville because we were working at another wedding for the catering company. We still like working these things but we don't like having to be somewhere on a Saturday! We got home in plenty of time. Myndi came over as well as little Michael. We had too much fun! We stayed up way to late and got nothing done!

Sunday was BUSY too. We got up just in time to go to the store and get some things because Mike's brother Derek and his family were coming over for a BBQ. We had a nice time with them even though we were really tired most of the time. After we ate and played, they headed for home. So Mike and I got going and went to town as well. We had to go pick up the trailer at My moms and wanted to visit with Uncle Dave for a little bit. We were in luck. Mom had some energy and made Pot Roast. YUM YUM YUM! Oh and some amazing apple crisp! IT WAS SO GOOD! I COULD EAT THE WHOLE PAN! So of course we stayed there way to late and got home way to late and got to bed way to late. So it was really hard for both of us to get going this morning. I am still yawning. Blah. I better try and stay home some this week or I may end up getting sick. I don't want to do that before our anniversary weekend! We are going to have a lot of fun! We are going to Wisconsin again for apples! So I will get to make us a delicious Apple Crisp!

Holy Crap we are busy...will this ever end???

Kenny...yeah she's weird...

She's been walking around the house meowing continuously for a week...


Corina has found the joy in picking her nose. She thinks it's funny to be gross...it's not...
Really digging in. It was actually pretty funny because she was trying to blow but it was more of a snorting sound!
CAUGHT!
Laura in front of the Reverb, now closed. She is sad...as pictured...
Elaine, Dave, and Laura

Terrible horrible picture of me, oh yeah with my "Big Sister"...
Mike and I. We are so cute! I mean he is so cute...
Unca Dave...being himself!!!
MONSTER COOKIES!!!!
Delicious!

Well we are 2 very busy people. I guess I can't decide what better. I love being busy but I miss my house and my couch and my puppies!

Well since I last wrote we have been all over the world and back! OK so not that far but geese!

So I wrote last on Monday, I can't remember back that far but I don't think I got to sit on my couch a little bit!

I just remembered. I helped Cassy paint for the new baby! But I still got some couch time!

Tuesday was a busy busy busy day. Mom had 2 appointments we had to get her too on top of work. Luckily I am able to leave work and come back. So in the morning I worked for about 2 hours and then went and picked her up. Took her to her appointment, worked for another hour or so, then picked her up. She hadn't been out of the house much so we went "Shopping" at Walgreens. She got a few unnecessary things cause she could. Then we went and grabbed some lunch and headed back to her place. I had to get back to work. So when Mike got off work he picked her up and took her to another appointment and I then met them at Grandma Morse's for a visit. That was nice, she had her carpets cleaned so she was showing them off. Looked nice!

After that we had to go get a box to ship Dad's guitar in. So Mom and I went to Bob's Guitar's and got a box. Mike met us back at Mom and Dad's house where he worked on Laura's I Pod and Lap Top and Laura and I got him (and us) some dinner! So we ended up staying there most of the evening but it was fun!

Wednesday was Chicken night in Readlyn! YUM! Ok so I'm skipping this week because I'm getting warn out. But yum! We ended up staying up there for quite a while visiting with friends etc. it was fun!

Thursday night we decided we should stay home and do nothing because we were going to have such a busy weekend. Then my mom mentioned how dad hadn't gotten any goodies in the mail yet to I just had to make some cookies! So instead I went to walmart got the stuff and made some cookies! I was able to sit down about 9:45 then I went to bed at 10:00. So Thursday for me was out the window.

Friday is a good day. I work til 3:30 then go home! Well Mom had a physical therapy appointment to get to! So I took her! It was ok because I got to see her and had some things to deliver her from Wal Mart. So I took her to the appointment then back to her place. Where I rushed out so I could get home for dinner! I was starving! Well we couldn't decide what to get to we went to Waverly to find something. After driving around for and hour we ended up at the first place I suggested! Bremer Diner. I LOVE THE SALAD! We then headed home to hit the hay because Mikey had to work on Saturday morning and Cassy and I had to get up for garage sales!

Saturday! I didn't' want to wake up, I hit the snooze button and never heard another alarm go off. Until...Cassy and Cornia came pounding on my windows at 7 am! They got me right outta bed! Last time I had to wake them up! Haha! We weren't nearly as successful this time but it wasn't a total bust! If I had kids who needed clothes it would have been heaven! When Mike got home from work, he and I had to "re" garage sale. He found one thing but was pretty disappointed. So we went up to the bar to watch the football game and eat lunch. They have such good food it's hard to resist! We were supposed to go to the Hockey Game Saturday night but we got lazy in the afternoon and didn't want to do much. So when Adam and Cassy invited us over for Beer Can Chicken and Corn on the Cobb, we couldn't say no! We had fun! We ate and ate then we played Trivial pursuit! The boys kicked our butts for the first time! It was fun anyway! After that we just kinda headed home, we both fell asleep on the couch until I woke up at about 2am.

Sunday we were really planning on being lazy and not doing anything. Didn't pan out. Lucky for us though, Uncle Dave and Auntie Elaine were in town! We went over to Mom's to visit for a while. The boys worked on boy stuff and talked about motorcycles etc. Then we went out to lunch! Well we wandered across the street to peek in the windows of the kitchen shop and Gretchen was there so she let us all in. After that we said good bye to Uncle Dave and Auntie Elaine and headed for home ourselves. I had promised Mike I would bake him Monster Cookies (sorry dad, you don't get them. They have peanut butter) and I had some laundry to do.

Last night I did NOTHING! Hooray! It was fun! I am much more relaxed today that I was yesterday. In fact, I am ready for a nap!

Pst...pst...

Well Happy Monday all! It is a beautiful day today! I am so glad to see the sunshine! No more rain for a while! (I hope) I didn't take one picture this weekend! How odd for me. I also had an odd weekend!

Friday as you read before was not a good day for me. After Mike got off work we went to Wal-mart for some things for mom and for us. After we got back to her place we ate some dinner and then Mike and I headed home. We rented some movies and were in bed by 11. Saturday we woke up to go to the bar for the football game. There were free hot wings so we couldn't say no. I was feeling a little better too. While we were the Adam and Cassy joined us. Also the owners of the bar also own a catering business. They asked Mike and I if we would like to help cater a wedding that evening for about 4 hours. We agreed, it payed good! So that meant postponing our dinner with mom but we can always use extra money. So we planned on going over to her place after we worked for cake and a bon fire. We had fun at the wedding it was so beautiful. I love weddings so much, everyone is always so happy. It was a lot of fun for me to see the dress and flowers etc. We worked our tails off but time just flew by. We went home and Mom and the rest of her house hold wasn't feeling well so we decided to stay home and watch another movie and go to bed early again!

Sunday we slept in and enjoyed it. We got up and got going. We headed to town and spent some time with our family's. Good weekend!!

Here's the deal with my face

Yeah so here's the deal with my face. It's numb! I had an abscessed tooth and need a root canal but thank goodness for Novocain!! I fell much better but now have an upset tummy again. WHY ME?? Well they got the pain away but I have to go back in 2 weeks for a root canal. Then I will have to go back like a week after that for a filling like thing in the hole. Then I will need a crown. WHY ME?? I am too anxious to go to the dentist! Oh well. At least the pressure has been relieved and I am feeling better! :) I'm sure I will blog about the next time that I have to go to the dentist! Only cause it sucks!!

Normally, fridays are my favorite days....

So normally Fridays are my favorite day of the week. I get to work through my lunch and am off work by 3:30 to start my weekend! This Friday is different. I got a tooth ache yesterday and it progressed to being very painful by yesterday afternoon. And it kept me up most of the night. I don't go to the dentist, my work doesn't offer dental insurance and frankly it's way to expensive for me to go. I'm still trying to pay off root canals from 3-4 years ago. So I broke down at 2 am and called my dentists office, left them a message and now I am heading there soon. This pain is almost unbearable to the point of tears. Also I have had an upset stomach for a few days and haven't really eaten much since wed's supper. I tried to eat some banana this morning with some ibuprofen. Bad idea! So I am at home, there would be no way I could work I can't even sleep! Poor Me!

Also, please pray for my friend Myndi's family. Her grandpa is very ill and sounds like will be passing any day. This is not easy for them (nor anyone) so please pray that he will go soon. He is not well. Brain Cancer.

Tuesdays get better!

I Voted!

There was a big issue in Readlyn, well the Wapsie Valley School District yesterday.

Whether or not to build a new school, and in doing so either increasing sales tax by 1% or raising property taxes $2.05 - $4.05 per $1,000 assessed value of your home for the next 2-3 years. They would be building the new elementary school in Readlyn so I think of Corina and our future children. Apparently there is one bathroom in the school and not nearly enough room for coats let alone children! I also got Mike to vote! I didn't ask him how he voted but I'm pretty sure I know! Neither of us are that keen on increasing our property tax that much but do believe in the school system so I guess we will just have to wait and see.

The 1 % sales tax passed 60% but the property tax was last at 59% when I went to bed last night.

So my whole night didn't revolve around voting! We went into Tripoli to eat at "Somewhere Else Cafe" but it was closed so we ended up with pizza from Godfathers...gas station Godfathers isn't too bad! We also drove around trying to get ideas for the exterior of the house. We plan on building a front porch next spring/summer and were trying to get some ideas. Looks like Mom will need to bring her sketch pad over and park it on the sidewalk and draw me some ideas! :)

OK well Ta-ta for now! Talk to you all soon!

Now I really Hate Tuesdays!!!

OK, this is how it goes we have 4 alarm clocks in our bedroom, plus each of our cell phones that have 3+ alarms on them!!! And I still managed to wake up at 7:30 and only because Mike called me 2 times to wake up! I have to be to work at 7:30 and works about 20-25 mins away from home!!!! So I got up, got a shower, got the dogs outside and back inside (a whole other story) and got to work by 8:05! Wow I rock! And I didn't drive any faster than normal! Turns out Mike overslept this morning too! Haha! But not as much as me, he was still on time to work! SO then after I got to work it was overly busy and of course everyone was helpless! It's been a day to remember! :) Hope everyone is have a good one!

Now I really hate Mondays

Corina, getting better at eating sketti!



Yes I know this is sideways but spaced of fixing it...still cute. Corina in her buttefly/princess outfit for her birthday party! Corina is 2!!

Getting ready for cake. . .seemed to take forever!!
ok. . .why is everyone looking at me. . . I don't get it

Screw blowing out the candles...just gimmie some cake!


Ok so this was supposed to be all 3 of us showing off our green teeth...yeah ended up just seeing mine!

Dusty got Corina this adorable drum set! She loved it! So did Mikey...
My Girls sleeping together. Molly using Peanut as a pillow



We had a really fulfilling weekend!

I shopped, we went out to eat, worked for a catering company, cleaned other houses, went to a 2 year olds b-day party, sat around a camp fire, slept in, watched movies, did laundry, relaxed. I think all in all it was a good one. Lets do it again soon!!

We got him!

This is Cassy saving me at 6 am!
This is where he planted himself when we left him in the morning!
But when Cassy went to go check on him later, he wasn't there! He had moved just slightly to the right to hide behind some trim that was leaning up against the wall. Luckily Mike and Cassy caught him before I got home! Just after she told me they found him, a Deer ran right out in front of me. I didn't hit it. All is well.

I go bump in the morning...it goes bump in the night

Yesterday I said we officially lived in the country, well today we officially live in a BIG OLD house!!!!


So this morning I woke up as usual, put on my robe as usual, opened my bedroom door as usual, walked out into the hallway as usual, then saw a shadow...unusual. Looked up and saw bat...really unusual. Then I went screaming from my hallway to my kitchen!!!!! UNUSUAL! So OH MY GOSH THERE IS A BAT IN MY HOUSE first thing in the morning when your husband is already at work is not what I want to think! So here I am standing in the kitchen not knowing what to do. Luckily I always take my cell phone with me into the bathroom in the morning so I can listen to music in the shower. So I texted Mike at work in hopes he would call me. No luck. I got up enough courage to go back into the bedroom so I could gather my glasses and clothes. I got a blanket to cover me head. So here I went, I got a running start and when I got into the hallway and saw the bat I started to scream until I got my self shut in our bedroom! Then I was shaking. So then I remembered that Cassy didn't have to work this morning so I texted her in hopes that Corina had gotten her up at 6 am. I was in luck! So Cassy called me and got me slightly calmed down in between laughing with and at me. SO she helped me decide that I needed to unlock the front door, which is in the hallway, and get the cat box out of our room so I could find the cat and lock her up with it. I was standing in my room trying to hold me clothes and put a blanket over my head and figured out there was no way that I could do all this and unlock the door, grab my shirt that was hanging up and close the hallway door. So I put all my clothes on...over my jammies...why? I don't know! And got myself all psyched up to do this thing. So I covered my head with a blanket and promised myself that I wouldn't look up you know where the bat was circling!!! So I slowly opened the door and there he was so I QUICKLY slammed it again! Oh and did I mention every time I see the thing I scream?? LOUDLY! Good thing it was cold enough to shut all the windows last night or the neighbors would have thought I was being murdered!! Ok so this whole time I am talking to Cassy and she is pumping me up. Giving me courage. So I open the bedroom door again, walk over to the front door. Unlock the front door. Then something wangs me in the back of my right calf. So I SCREAMED and ran into the "dining" room and remembered to shut the door to the hallway but forgot to get my shirt from the hallway but decided I could find something somewhere to wear and that I didn't really care as long as that bat was trapped and I could take a shower. But then...there he was circling my head again!! He some how latched on to me or the blanket that was on my head and came out of the hallway and now has access to the rest of the house. So what do I do? I scream of course, and start running, running towards the back door because I wanted to get out as fast as I could!!!! Well we have these 3 stairs that go from the "dining room" to the living room. Well I missed the 3rd step and fell down. Please picture this is slow mo, it's really really funny. So I'm falling down (slow mo) and I fall on my side with my arm straight out (slow mo) and my cell phone goes flying out of my hand (slow mo) and under Mike's corner desk. Ok back to fast mo. I get up and run screaming out of the house and slam the back door. Safe. I called Cassy and beg..."will you come save me" at this point I am about in tears. I am standing on my back patio, shoe less, freezing in a tank top on my cell phone waiting for Cassy to come rescue me. Well she did. She put me in her van with sleepy Corina and she went into the lions den! Apparently it had landed on the door jam to the hallway so Cassy in all her 7 month pregnant glory, tried to

A. Catch the bat in a Garbage can and cover with a cookie sheet.

B. Swing a push broom at it hoping it wont come back and get her

C. Help Carrie get her purse and get the hell outta here!

She went with C. :) Well I went in to try and help her at one point got about 2 stairs up our breezway, saw a shadow and took off screaming. So she ended up coming to get me saying he had parked himself above one of the livingroom windows so I ventured in. Cassy had enough guts to take a picture and I will post it soon! Ok so she packed me and my things up and took me to her house to shower and get to work. So here I am, I shook for about 1 1/2 hours but I am doing better now. I finally got a hold of Mike and he said "well I'm not going home" haha! So Cassy as I have this little evil plan. We are going to go "shopping" and park outside the window with a video camera and win us $10,000!!! :) I will let you know where I sleep tonight!

Oh and how ironic this was my fun fact of the day on my blog alert...

Bats also invert our common beliefs regarding their eyesight. The bat, a nocturnal creature, hunts its prey at night, and rests up (or down, as is the case) for the evening’s events by day. One would be incorrect in assuming that the bat has keen night vision, to assist it in its feeding frenzy. Not so. The bat employs an echo system, whereby it tosses out a high-frequency sound, inaudible to humans, which in turn strikes a target, and then bounces back to the bat, thereby letting it know what lies ahead. Were it not for the bat’s radar, we would hear even more bumps in the night than we already do.

Oh Deer!

Well we are officially living in the country! Mike nailed a deer on the way home from work yesterday. Notice her hit dead center on the car, he's good at everything! Didn't even injure the headlights! Ha Ha! He was about 10 miles from home and the deer was on the wrong side of the hill. Apparently deer can fly because he flew over the car and landed in the ditch. Sadly to say, the deer didn't make it, Mike felt terrible about that. BUT LOOK AT OUR CAR! Luckily it's still drivable!

Ewwww...Deer snot
On a much more positive note...

We randomly ran into our friends Chip, Alicia, and Elizabeth. Alicia was a bridesmaid in our wedding almost 2 years ago, and sadly that is the last time we saw each other!!!

So it was awesome to talk! Yay! I can't believe how big Elizabeth is! The last time I saw her she was only 4 months old! What a cutie!

10 Things...The Carrie Way

10 Things that make me Sad...

10. When friends choose not to get along and put you in the middle!!
9. The fact that I am getting old and am really starting to not care about wearing make up everyday to give me confidence.
8. Mental Illness-scary stuff man...
7. I have one giant and 15 small odd holes in my back yard, thanks to the telephone company.
6. That my husband isn't ready to make me a mom
5. My little Corina is turning 2.
4. Summer is coming to an end...very quickly!!!
3. Sara beat me, I only went swimming 2 times.
2. I miss my dad
1. My mom isn't healing as fast as I want her too!

And now...10 things that make me HAPPY!

10. Spending time with long lost friends!
9. Having bon fires at my house every weekend!
8. Sweatshirts and open windows!
7. long weekends
6. Kisses
5. Hugs
4.Going up north to visit my family!!
3. Spending time with my friends!
2. Spending time with my Iowa family!
1. Hanging out with my Husband. Having lunch everyday with my Husband, sure we really can't afford it but I have a hard time going the whole day with out seeing him, I'm always is a much better mood when I get back to work when I'm having a bad day, I know he loves me and I love him too! :)

I know my list wasn't as good as yours Sara but my mind is on the GIANT hole in my backyard! I mean, I could bury someone in it! And I'm focused on the fact that I was going to take a picture of it when the workers left MY backyard, but they didn't leave until it was dark out, and they were loud. And the fact that my dogs couldn't play outside because they would have attacked the workers and licked them to death, I guess I could bury them in the GIANT hole they put there...

Corina Corina Corina

Miss Corina Jo is turning terrible 2 on Saturday and was giving me a little taste of what is to come...

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL??
GO HAWKS!
Mike was invited to the first Iowa Hawkeyes game of the season!

TOMATOES TOMATOES TOMATOES!!

This is about 3/4 of the maters we canned on Saturday!

We made about 13 Jars of Salsa...Yum!

Meet Moe. This is Holly's Baby! Molly, Peanut, and Moe are best friends!



Well Mike and I had a very relaxing/busy/exhausting vacation! Since this was a 3 day weekend and Mike had some floating holiday pay to use up, we took off the Thursday and Friday before the weekend!

It started out Wednesday night we went over to Myndi's house, she moved to Reinbeck which is about 45 miles south of us. :( Anyway we had a really fun time playing with Jaxon (her 4 year old) and just hanging out together! It had been forever! Now that we live so "far" away from each other I am afraid we will grow apart! Myndi, I'ma try to keep on you!

Thursday we stayed home most of the day until it was surprise time and I got my very own Big Baby Taylor (thanks mom and dad, again!!)

Friday, I can't really remember much of Friday. If anyone remembers what I did on Friday please let me know! Oh yeah, french fries and Chinese food!

Saturday Mike went to the Iowa Hawkeye's 1st game, of course they kicked butt 46-3! I on the other hand had a girls day with Mom and Laura! We went out to lunch at Applebys and went to the Harley Dealership and looked at ALL the cool stuff!

After that I headed home to see me husband, who was severely sun burned! Literally bright red tomato head and neck and arms. I told him good thing he didn't decide to paint a giant H on his chest! Hehe! I was trying to get him to shave his beard though, so it would be white there and read everywhere else! He didn't think any of this was that amusing. :) After we relaxed for a bit, we started canning salsa. And we boiled and we peeled and we chopped and we de seeded, and we chopped some more! Finally we were all done almost 6 hours later! But is the salsa ever good!! Don't believe me?? Ask my mom!! And the guy who doesn't like salsa (my husband) who eats a jar in a sitting now. Oh that sounds so good!

Sunday was another lazy day until about 5. I finally started getting going because we were having a small get together at my house! Holly, Cassy, Corina, and My Mom came over. We had fun and me and my Mom stayed up really really late!!

Monday I woke up and made us an awesome breakfast is I do say so myself. Apple Cinnamon Waffles and bacon, fresh from the Oran Locker. It was so good, I'm making myself hungry!

After breakfast my mom headed home and Mike woke up shortly after. We spent the whole day sitting around the house feeling sorry for ourselves because we had to work today. I did do some laundry and we rented Juno. Good movie!

Well I'm back to work and my boss is in a seriously sour mood so I better get back to work! I'll write again soon and please let me know how fun all of your weekends were!!