Crazy Weekend

Well...oh so many things to discuss on this lovely Tuesday morning. I guess I'll start where I left off....last Friday morning my hubby abandoned me to go visit a friend in Seattle. ;) I was SUPER nervous about staying by myself. I went into work as an everyday normal day...then I get a phone call, and my cousin has gone into labor with her first baby. (she was set to be induced the following day) Talk about excitement! I was very fortunate that my boss let me leave mid-afternoon so I could go and be there.

My cousin went into the hospital at 4am...I got to the hospital around 3:45pm, and was able to go back and see her right before they took her for a c-section. She was progressing, but the baby was...for lack of a better term...stuck. Then, at 4:22pm Friday May 8, we had our darling little baby girl. I use the term little loosely....at 10lbs 14oz, she's not exactly petite!! I was able to stick around so that I could go back and visit with her while she was in recovery.

After promising to come and visit the following day I had to scramble to get home! I was hosting girls night, and it was already a little after 6, people were coming at 7, pizza at 7:30, and I had to run to the grocery!! After what I consider a REALLY QUICK trip into the grocery I made it home literally with minutes to spare. As I was unloading the groceries my first guest arrived. It only ended up being 4 of us total, but it was enough to enjoy a good movie (Bride Wars), and good conversation. I did get into a HUGE FIGHT with the pizza people (PaPa Johns), but that is a whole different blog entry. :)

Saturday I woke up, went to get my haircut (no one knew I was going) and got it chopped off! I think he took off 6 to 7 inches. Needless to say, when I went back to the hospital my cousin and her fiance were like WHAT DID YOU DO?!?!? But they liked it, and I got to hold our sweet baby girl. Then I did some shopping with my mom, went back to the hospital...and headed home for my first night completely alone. With having girls night the evening before, I didn't feel so alone, because by the time my last guest left I was completely exhausted and fell straight to sleep. Well, word to the wise when your husband goes out of town, do not under any circumstance sit on the sofa with a bottle of wine and watch P.S. I Love You....B-A-D idea. I was a disaster. Cried like a big goob, and then couldn't get myself calmed down enough to go to sleep. It was pretty ridiculous. I then had to stay up until like 1 or 2am watching Knocked Up so that I could fall asleep. It was pretty ridiculous.

Sunday was Mother's Day. Brunch in the morning, cookout in the afternoon, and late into the night my hubby finally came home. :) I was such a happy girl, and he came home bearing gifts. My most favorite thing in the whole world is Starbuck's coffee. It's my most favorite. He went to the "original" starbuck's and brought me home a mug for home and a travel mug. I was very excited. So that's all for now I suppose. Hope all is well with you, and I'll talk to you soon! xoxo

WHOA!

Wow...so it's been a while since I've last blogged. So much is going on with me!! First, we kept my friends 2 kids last weekend...that was entertaining...at the ages of 7 and almost 5, they were angels except when it was time to get ready for bed. Then the crying began....so we bribed the 7 year old (took a bath with the dogs) and I just told the 5 year old that it was too late for her to go home and she had to stay. Fortunately, she is just little enough that she doesn't know any better and naturally once they were both still for longer than 2 seconds they fell right to sleep. :)

OH...also, last weekend was our 4th Annual Derby Party! It was great fun....we had a TON of people over, and everyone brought a dish, and it was so much fun. The rain held off...but we ended up staying indoors the entire day anyways. We had 2 sets of cornhole, and not one game was played. It was a fantastic day though...and what a Derby! The long-shot won by a LANDSLIDE. It was totally crazy. Then on Sunday my hubby let me sleep in until almost 10. It was awesome. Then I woke up to him having made me coffee, and we watched "Snapped"...and for those of you who haven't ever seen that show, it's on Oxygen, and I highly recommend it. It's really awesome...true stories about people who "snap" and kill their spouses, or ex-lovers or something like that. Sounds insane that I like watching that, but seriously...it's addictive!!

This week has absolutely flown by, and this morning V-E-R-Y E-A-R-L-Y my hubby left to go visit a friend for the weekend. :( I am feeling nervous and anxious about staying in the house by myself for the first time. I'm sure it will go fine...but still a little bit nervous. :) Well, thats really all I have time to chat about right now. I'll try to post again after the weekend. Happy Mother's day to all you mother's!! I'll talk to you later. ;)

Coach...what?!?!?

So...I had decided to "apply" for a cheerleading coach position at my church. I filled out the application form...and yes there really was an application form. I submitted it today...and viola! I am now going to be a cheerleading coach for St. Patrick Catholic School. I have no freakin idea what grade I'll be getting or anything like that, but on a dreary Tuesday when I feel sicky what great news! So I've been doing some research online for everything from easy cheers to more complicated. I kind of hope I get the little ones, but it could be really fun if I had the older girls too. Lots of gym time, and tumbling classes and all that fun stuff! My husband was really excited for me, but poor guy has no idea what he's gotten himself into! Once I know more information I'll let you know. That's really all I have to say now, I've gotta get back to work....but I'll be back this week to talk Derby!! TTFN!!

It's Been A While....

Hello Everyone! It has been a while since I last blogged. Forgive me, but I have had T-O-N-S going on. We got moved into the house and are slowly but surely settling in. The kitchen is good to go, guest bedroom is good to go, office is slowly but surely on its way, family room and dining room are good to go, the loft looks like it's good to go, but the room is so big I think we might need some more furniture. :) The bedroom is a disaster. LOL. It seems that everytime we bring anything into the house and we don't know what to do with it...it goes into the bedroom. Now don't get me wrong, it is definitely cleaner than our bedroom at the old house, my goal for this new house is "Cleanliness next to Godliness" or something like that. :)

Easter was last weekend. The weekend began at noon on Friday for me. I left work and picked up a girlfriend, we stopped by Target just to browse...$40 later we left there and went back to our house to wait for the DirecTV guy. He got there about 2:00ish.....and left at 7:45 after we had already eaten dinner. IT WAS INSANE! Not to mention it was like a monsoon outside with all this rain, and the jackhole tracked mud into my new house on my new tile and new carpet! I was fit to be tied...but at least now we have TV and I can watch all of my shows. We also FINALLY got a DVR. Let me tell you how exciting it is to have a DVR. My husband and I went through and picked out all the shows we like to watch and set them up to record. So we have a ton of random TV shows on there already including but not limited to Jon & Kate + 8, My Wife & Kids, 90210, Desperate Housewives, Biggest Loser, Dancing with the Stars, and I'm sure we'll eventually get some History Channel shows and Discover Channel shows on there as well. :) The thing I like about DirecTV DVR vs Insight DVR....when you're watching a pre-recorded show and you fast forward through the commercials, naturally your "mind" is going to be slightly faster than your hand on the remote....well with DirecTV, when you stop the fast forwarding once you see a character from the show, it takes you back to the end of the previous commercial so you don't miss a thing! IT'S FANTASTIC!!! So...back to Easter Weekend. We had some friends over Friday night and just ordered pizza and hung out. Saturday I went with another one of my girlfriends to be fitted for her Wedding Dress. She looked absolutely amazing...and thinking about it makes me cry. ;) After that we ran a couple of errands, and then back home I went to get the house cleaned up for Easter. My h usband had been out with one of his friends that afternoon, and Saturday night we stayed in and went to bed early. Easter morning began with us getting up at 3:45AM to be at Easter Vigil by 5. Our cousin went through RCIA this year, and so naturally we all wanted to be there to support her...I just didn't know when we signed up it would mean being supportive so early in the morning. :) After Easter Vigil we went back to our house to continue to straiten up and then my Aunt, parents, and brother and his fiance came over to see the house. They all gave us their seal of approval. After checking out the house and watching my Aunt's dvd of their new Florida condo we left for brunch. Brunch was ok. Nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary...just ok. After brunch we headed back to my parents house and just hung out the rest of the afternoon. We were home and in bed really early...but apparently that didn't matter on Monday because it was like the worst day ever. Talk about tired. :) So, thats all I have to say for now. Hope all is well with you, and I"ll talk to you soon!

WE MOVED!

We're FINALLY in the new house. It's amazing. Everything went great over the weekend. We had some friends and family come and help us move on Saturday, and then people stopped by all day on Sunday to visit and check the place out. The paint is up, and my brother-in-law came over and hung up some photos around the house and helped my husband to organize and rearrange furniture. Our house is so incredibly perfect. I've never been happier. :) Now if only we had a baby....

IN DEBT!

WE CLOSED ON THE HOUSE! It's official...we are homeowners again, and in debt to our eyeballs! Very exciting. I am here at work, and my husband and father (God love 'em) are moving things over, getting organized, getting the washer/dryer, and making sure everything is ready for tomorrow. MOVING DAY! :)

The painters are there getting some color put on the walls. I can't wait to go back after work...it won't even look like the same house I'll bet! This morning we went for the final walk through, and just even having the appliances all in made a world of difference in how the kitchen looked. It's so hard to believe it's finally ours. We'll FINALLY be in our own home. It's going to take some adjusting thats for sure. For one thing...DirecTV couldn't fit us into their schedule until next Friday! So we'll be doing a lot of unpacking and talking to each other this week I guess. haha! Poor Geoffy.

Well, I'm going to get back to work...just wanted to give you an update on the goings on. :) Hope all is well. Talk to you later!!

Welcome to the World...

WELCOME TO THE WORLD LITTLE MAN! My best friend went into labor yesterday morning. :) We have a new addition to the family....a happy and healthy 8lb 15oz 20" long little boy. Life doesn't get any sweeter. I went to visit yesterday while on my lunch break...he is absolutely prescious...biggest cheeks I've ever seen in my life. There's nothing like holding a sleeping newborn. :) Just makes you happy. I'm going to go back today to visit, and attempt to take my husband with me tomorrow...I tried to get him to go last night, and his response was "me...in a hospital with you and a newborn? I don't think so..." LOL. So I didn't make him go...but I feel like he needs to go and visit...I mean we're married, they're his friends now too right?!?!? I think he just doesn't want to have the baby talk again.

We had our walk through at the house this morning. It was very exciting. We spent 2 hours putting tape all over the drywall of places where we wanted things either touched up with paint or if there was a dent or scratch that needed to be repaired. It's crazy to think that this time next week paint will be going on all the walls....I'll show up next Friday evening and it won't even look like the same house! It'll be C-R-A-Z-Y!! I am super excited though. And anxious to get everything moved in. Of course I checked the 10 day weather forecast this morning....rain, rain, and more rain ALL of next weekend. :( Fortunately, the POD will be in the driveway, so things shouldn't get too wet going from there to the garage. We'll see...hopefully the roof of the POD doesn't leak!

Well, that's all for now I guess. Just wanted to give a little update. Talk to you soon!!