it's been a while

oh hey, yeah I have a blog. . .

It's been a busy few weeks. Holidays, time off work, family in town, thinking I was pregnant, refinancing the house, looking for a newer car. Like I said, busy.

Easter was amazing this year. My poppy's whole side of the family was in town. Got to finally meet my youngest cousins. 3 days together was NOT long enough, but until next time, we made some great memories! Saying goodbye was hard, I cried all the way back to work and sat at my desk with my sunglasses on for about an hour. What can I say, I'm emotional.

My cousin Kimbe got engaged! I knew when Jason was going to ask and how but I was nervous the entire time waiting for her to call me. It sucks that she's on the west coast now, but we talk almost everyday. I cried.

With all the crying and other weird things, I though I might be pregnant, but of course, nope. When you plan nothing ever works out. Chris tells me I'm bad about that. Needing to know every little detail. Well, it hasn't worked right since we've been together. We plan and most everything turns out fine, but there is always something that blows up. So, no more planning, no counting days, no preparing, just doing. ;) when it happens it happens. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I just have to keep telling myself that. I have a few good friends that help remind me of that too.

With the way interest rates have been, we decided it was time to refinance the house, currently in the process, has been moving pretty quick. Friday I talked to a mortgage lender at my personal bank, Monday morning I e-mailed her all my information, Monday afternoon I went into the bank to go over and sign the loan application and all the other papers, Thursday the appraiser is coming out to the house. Hopefully we'll close before the end of the month!   FAST   Saving me some good money.

My car is dying. Or it's kinda like it already has but we keep shocking it back to life. I am tired of putting money into it to fix it when death is in it's near future. Why waste the money on a lost cause, when you can put it toward something newer? I need it bad! and it's looking like Ellen isn't going to be calling to tell me she's giving me a new car anytime soon. So we've been researching different makes and models. I think I've narrowed it down to either a Ford Fusion or Focus. 4 door. This will be my mommy car (Kimbe's words) so it needs to be safe and practical. (see there's that planning thing again, but it is justified!)

I am excited with everything we've been up doing. I'm just ready for a break. I need some sleep.

Birthday Weekend

Saturday was my Hubs' birthday. I decided to kind of make a weekend out of it. Nothing wild and crazy spectacular, but just spending time with him, friends, and family.

Friday, we cooked dinner at home and had a Happy Birthday cookie cake. After dinner we stayed up and watched the UK game. Screamed at the tv, cheered, and celebrated their win!

Happy 32nd  :)

Saturday, I took him to Huber's for lunch. He had never been, so I thought it would be fun. Our friends joined us and we had a yummy lunch and bought some apple butter at the gift store. It was a little colder than it had been recently and there were very few people there. We definitely need to make another trip when the weather is a little nicer later in the year and then we can go pick fresh fruit and veggies.

at Huber's

Later that night, we went out to dinner with his brother and girlfriend at Rafferty's. The place was packed with RED and every tv (about 20) had the UofL game on. Winning that game would send the Cards to the Final 4 for the first time in years. The place was loud and I could judge by the sounds from the people whether the cards did something good or not. In the end they won (after giving a few of my friends heart attacks) and all was good in the city. Except the riots, and storms of people flooding the downtown area in celebration. haha

Sunday, we went to my parent's house to have a joint celebration of the hubs' and brother's birthdays. 32 and 21. But before we could eat, we had to watch the UK game. The one that if we won, would send us to the Final 4 (for the 2nd time in a row) and match us against UofL. UK came out on top and this state got what it wanted, what people have been dreaming of for years, what will cause this great state of Kentucky to probably implode next Saturday. A game between to rivals, UK vs UofL for a NCAA championship berth. Something that has NEVER happened in the history of college basketball. Read this for further understanding what this matchup means for our state: It’s Armageddon, catered by KFC.

German Chocolate cupcakes

All and all it was a fantastic birthday weekend with the hubs. I am now looking forward to surviving next Saturday. If you can't find me after 6:09 pm it's because I am locked in my bedroom with the game on. GO CATS!

Sickness

 We have been dealing with a sick puppy for over a week now. It has not been fun.

Apollo

We had decided to have him neutered and he had to go in for a pre-surgery checkup. Listen to his heart, lungs, and verify he has 2 nuts. (haha) So I talked to Dr. Wood (appropriate name after talking about neutering) about his vomiting. We got some pills and after 3 pills a day for 3 days he was finally able to eat and drink and keep everything down. A day and a half later I wake up to diarrhea ALL over my kitchen. He even managed to get it on my cabinet doors. GROSS 

It took an emotional toll of both the hubs and I. We felt helpless. Not knowing what was wrong with him. He was constantly sleeping and not wanting to play, not like him. We didn't know who this dog was. He hadn't gotten into anything, and we couldn't figure out what would cause him to get sick like this. After 2 days of nasty poop the Hubs took him back to the vet. He talked with Dr. Wood and came to the conclusion that a PIG EAR was to blame.

My vet HATES pig ears, raw hides, and any equivalent to them. She said when you give these 'treats' to your dogs pieces are swallowed before they are chewed. If they are large pieces they can cause an obstruction (requiring surgery to have it removed) or if they are smaller pieces they float around in the stomach causing irritation (which is what happened to Apollo). These treats take forever to digest thus causing problems to last longer than normal. Once we got Apollo to stop throwing up and keep food down, it pushed his little piece of pig ear into his intestines and had been irritating his bowels (causing the diarrhea). So from now on, the only treats my dogs get are milk bones!

feeling a little better

Apollo had his first 'normal' poop last night. I felt a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. I can finally stop worrying (for now). The baby is finally on the mend and feeling better just in time to go back to the vet on Monday to lose his nuts!  I'm such a mean mommy  :)

Wordless Wednesday

Supporting my team! UK all the way

Wordless Wednesday

Friday, March 2nd Rainbow after severe storms.  

Monday, March 5th SNOW.
gotta love that weird Kentucky weather

Super Tuesday

More like super weekend!

I had a fantastic weekend. Saturday, I got up at the crack of dawn to watch one of my baby cousins (Ronny, who is so not a baby anymore) run in a track meet. Spent the entire day with his mother and brother (Kenny), my mammie, and the gramma. Got to celebrate Kenny's 17th birthday, man I feel OLD. I was 10 when he was born. It's great to see how that incredibly cute baby has grown over the years into a young man. I can't wait to see what he does with his life. A few other family members showed up for the celebration. Gramma had a house full. I'm sure she enjoyed half of her enormous family being together, but I know it wore her out. Had great conversations about money, family, moving, politics, and religion. Only with family can you talk about all that and leave still loving one another. haha

Sunday, one of the besties came over and hung out for a couple of hours. Watched my Cats play an awesome game and go 16-0 in the SEC conference. Perfection is a sweet reward! The hubs and I went and did a little recon on how we're going to fix our kitchen. Can't do what we originally had planned with the cabinets. We're going to save money but not time. Looking like I'll be without a kitchen for a week or two once we get started but I did find a new sink that I am in love with. It was nice being out and about spending time with the hubs. Went and saw his parents and their new puppy, who is full of bouncy energy. haha He is so much fun! Wrapped up the night with a delish dinner at penn station. Their chicken salad is pretty damn tasty.

I love weekends that are busy and filled with family and friends. I believe this was the start of many weekends like this to come. YAY for spring, family, friends, and FUN!

Uterus & Lent

It's been 12 days since I quit taking my birth control. The realization of taking something for 9.5 years and the effects it has on your body have set it. The routine of taking it every night after I brush my teeth makes me feel like I'm forgetting something before I go to bed and then I lay there thinking 'have i forgotten to do something' and then I think about it for far too long and have trouble falling asleep. Crazy, I know!

Valentine's Day became a sob fest. The hubs got me a super sweet card that made me cry a little and then some family issues came up and I cried for 20 minutes. Not just a little cry but a full blown out sob, the faucets were turned on as wide open as they would go and I couldn't breathe. DAMN HORMONES!!

My stomach has been hurting since Saturday night. I had no idea what was wrong, until Wednesday morning. I woke up and I didn't feel like eating, frankly I didn't feel like doing anything except going back to bed. As I sat down on the couch, to force breakfast down, my stomach and lower back hurt. I thought, 'oh I know this feeling, my uterus is being a BITCH!' My hubs described it best when asking about it, 'so it's like you're on your period, but you aren't?' EXACTLY the bod is missing all the hormones and I am cramping something terrible. I had forgotten what real period cramps felt like and since I'm not supposed to start for another 15 days I was expecting it. I hate this and I know I'm gonna miss my 2 day periods :(

My face looks like a mine field! I feel like I'm a freshman again having horrible break outs. WTF? I'm 28 years old (well almost) I should not be getting pimples like this.

I don't think I was ready for all this change just to have a baby. I can only imagine what I will be like once I'm actually pregnant. God I hope it's better than this.
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So speaking of God, yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. I am giving up sodas! no more for this chick :) need to get used to not drinking them since I won't be able to once I'm preggers, right?!

Anyway, I went to worship at work because one of my co-workers was preaching and I love listening to him. He started out talking about asking what was the one most important thing in your life. Gave the example, 'if your house is on fire and you had 30 seconds, what would you grab?'. He continued on with his sermon and this sentence stuck out and stayed with me, 'When you have a child, some primeval disposition is awakened in your soul. And like my parent's before me, I find myself willing to give anything for my children.' Got me thinking, at this very moment, the most important things to me are my hubs and the dogs. At some point (in the nearer future) that will change. Our primeval disposition will be awakened and the most important thing to us will be our child. I wonder if we would fight each other to save the babe if our house was on fire. haha

I think the thing to remember is how to distribute importance equally and not let one thing rule all the rest.