What is that you say?

The work day is almost over and guess what!!?!?

Tomorrow's FRIDAY!!!!!

I couldn't resist a small celebration at my desk as the clock nears 4:30, the end of my workday on a Thursday!!

Anyone want to celebrate with me?!?! :-)

Weekend post to come tomorrow!

Pictures Pictures Pictures

Jesse & I at a friend's Wedding












My friend Katie, her sister, mom & sister in Law








My good friend Pammy and I!!





Out in Chicago with my husband, Pam's boyfriend and Pam

Photo update...

so, here's all of the photo's I've been promising!! Sorry for the delay!! :-)




















Sorry, I'm having technical difficulties with my pictures.... More will be posted later!

Overdue Post...

So, as many of you readers know (all 4 of you anyway! haha) that I usually do a weekend review... I know it's Tuesday, but yesterday was a long one...

Friday we headed to my hometown to enjoy dinner with my family. It was amazing! It was my brother's birthday, so it was his pick and I was not disappointed. We then headed to the newly remodeled (moved from a boat on the river to an actual building) Diamond Joe Casino. We are not gamblers, but there was a band playing at the Moon Bar, which is located in the casino. The band was great and we got to hang out with my family and my brother's fiance's family. It was a fun night... My mom doesn't get out much, so we had to actually force her to leave! haha, she was having such a great time that she didn't want to leave. By 12:00 we were able to get her out of there, headed back to my parents house for some much needed popcorn and a movie.... Yes we all pretty much fell asleep...


Saturday I got to spend most of the day with my mom, while Jesse spent it with my dad. Then we headed home to play (attention: I should receive the wife of the year award here) Call of Duty on our PS3. Yes, ladies and gentelman... We played that game for about 2.5 hours.... Until I was too tired to hit the buttons any longer. Needless to say, Sunday was spent relaxing and catching up on the house work that I should have done the day before!

It was a great weekend, next weekend up: A visit to the In-Laws..... I am looking forward to it, as I actually get along with my in-laws and it's great! :-) Hopefully I'll get some pictures posted here soon... I'm so gad at uploading them.

I have pictures from our visit to see my old roommate in Chicago that I have yet to post.... Ahh someday :-)

Happy Tuesday!

8 Things/Crazy 8’s:

While looking at A NYC Housewife-In-Training post here: I noticed that someone tagged her in 8 Things/Crazy 8’s. Well since I don't know many people in the blog world, I've decided to do this anyway and tag a few of my own followers! Here goes:

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1) My best friend, Katie's wedding!!!
2) Our 1 year anniversary
3) Visiting the In-Law's
4) Going back home to visit family
5) My brother's wedding (though it's another 15 months away)
6) Starting our Running routine
7) Summer
8) The Bix 7 (our first run together!)

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1) Slept in with my hubby
2) Did laundry
3) Made cookies
4) Listened to the thunderstorm
5) Went to my favorite store Target!!
6) Caught up on my shows, thanks to the lovely DVR
7) Cuddled up on the couch with my hubby
8) Made dinner

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
1) Move back to DBQ in a heart beat
2) Be finished with Grad school
3) Run 7 miles (getting ready for the Bix!)
4) Open up my own Scrapbooking store!
5) Travel the world for the next year (for free :-) )
6) Eat whatever I want and not gain a pound
7) Have more free time to do what we want, when we want
8) Not worry about little things and focus on the bigger picture

8 Shows I Watch:
1) One Tree Hill
2) Brothers & Sisters
3) Desperate Housewives
4) Grey's Anatomy
5) American Idol
6) House
7) Prison Break
8) Private Practice


Now I tag: Taryn over at The Colorado Desert Lucy Marie at Lucy's Life and Emily at Emily had a little Lamb

Yahoo!!

I've really got to get back into the swing of things..... Work has been crazy, as well as, I'm sure you all know..... The weekends even crazier! Ahhh I have just a second to breath.... So I thought I would update from last weekend.....

My weekend all home alone was not as bad as I thought it was going to be, but still long and lonely.... I give those of you props who live by yourself, I don't think I could do it anymore.... There's nothing more comforting than waking up with my husband right next to me in the middle of the night...

Anyway! Friday night was spent eating take-out Chinese by myself, followed by working on my presentation for class on Saturday.

Saturday we woke up at 5 am to (another classmate and I who lives somewhat close) drive the 3 hours to Storm Lake for our class... Spent 5.5 hours listening to presentations from other classmates (each of ours was about 15 minutes) So it was a long, tiring day..... Then we drove the 3 hours back home. After that, I hung out with my wonderful office-mate.... We went to Texas Roadhouse for a margarita!!! And dinner, which was amazing. Then we headed back to my house to watch Rachel Getting Married (Which, I know some of you enjoyed... But I have to say I was not entertained in the least.... It was very longgggg in the fact that I kept asking, is it over yet? The camera angles were awful (I know, I know... It's an independent film).... Actors were not that great, with the exception of Ann Hathaway.... She did a fairly good job, but I was just so disappointed with the rest of it that I would not recommend it to anyone. Sorry guys....

Anyway, Sunday was spent sleeping in, finally! Then I got ready, did about 3 loads of laundry, cleaned up a bit, and waited for my mom to be there. She came for the day to go shopping with me! What a great Mom! :-) She knew I was lonley and needed some company, so she drove the 1.5 hours just to shop and have lunch. It was great. I got a lot of great deals shopping here, here and here.

My Yahoo title is all because "I AM NO LONGER A 1ST YEAR GRAD STUDENT ANYMORE!!" I am very excited by this because it has seemed like such a long year! But now I am a 2nd year grad student, so that light at the end of the tunnel is starting to become a bit clearer.

Happy almost Friday!!!! :-)

Bring on the weekend!!!

If only I were that excited about the weekend.......

This weekend I will be: All alone, as Jesse went on his annual Motorcycle run in La Crosse, WI called the Floodrun. I usually get to go, but my Saturday is keeping me from attending...

Friday night will be spent: going to Old Navy-buying myself something fun-drinking wine-while working on my final presentation for tomorrow {Which I am not very excited about}-maybe enjoying a movie by myself...

Saturday: Get up at 5 am to drive 3 hours for class, be there by 9:00-give my presentation- listen to 22 other presentations-leave at 2:00-arrive home at 5:00-exhausted-go out for margarita's with my favorite office mate, Amber,- eat Old Chicago-go home to watch a movie

Sunday: Sleeping in!!!!!-My mom's coming to visit!- Shopping with her- going out for lunch- and enjoying my day!!! Though it is suppose to rain :-( Then Jesse should be home and it's the start of a new week...

Once again, a full weekend, but this one will not be as fun with class all day Saturday, which is suppose to be the nicest day of the weekend! uggg.... The price we pay for our education, I swear! haha :-)

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend planned! What will you be doing? Please tell me it will be more exciting than mine! :-) Enjoy!!!

MIA

Sorry I've been MIA from posting for a few days.... I've just been so busy at work, home and with school that I can't keep up! I will post more about my weekend later and even post a few pics when I get around to it. Hope your week is starting out on a good note! We're 1/2 way there!! I'll be a better blogger on Friday! :-)

How was your weekend? Do anything fun and exciting? Ours was busy as usual!

The weekend is here!!!

This weekend we will be:

Going back to my hometown-Going to dinner at House of China (yum!)-Spending quality time with my parents-Saturday- Waking up early to do Jazzercise with my Mom-Going for breakfast-Shopping-meeting up with my dear friend Pam for Lunch-Going to a wedding-Sunday-Brunch with my family and relaxing on Easter Sunday......

That's about it for this weekend, not as exciting as the last weekend, that's for sure! Any big plans for you guys on Easter? I'm hoping to get lot of relaxing in.... We have to leave Bear there until the 19th because Jesse will be on a motorcycle trip and I will be at class all day next Saturday, so hopefully he won't be too heartbroken! Have I mentioned, he's a big Mama's boy?? Well, he is probably the definition of the word.... :-) Awww what unconditional love a dog gives you! :-)

Happy Weekend!!!

Relaxation....

Today, at approximately 2:30 pm I will be getting a much needed massage! I am very excited. I could probably get a massage every week and still want more! The lady I go to is amazing! I walk out of there feeling like a million bucks (and like a little grease-ball, a shower is defiantly needed after one of these baby's!) I just thought I would rub it in, though most of you probably get today off! I will post our weekend plans a bit later. Have a great Friday!!

Weekend recap

So, the news I have been waiting to share with you all weekend that I mentioned here is:


My brother & his girlfriend got engaged!! :-) Excited and so happy for them!




Here they are! The happy couple! :-)





So, Friday night was spent celebrating their engagement. We went to her parents house and then out to eat in Dubuque. It was a blast, we had champagne, drinks and food. What a great way to celebrate their happiness. So, I went to bed at 1:30 am only to get up at 6:45 am! uggg

Saturday I got up early to get ready for my best friend, Katie's, shower. It was a complete success and she got a lot of amazing gifts. After the shower, we cleaned up and I headed to get my hair cut & colored. It needed to be done for a very long time. Then my mom & I got pedis. We then went home to make chex-mix and cookies for her bachelorette party. The bachelorette party was themed "Wig Out" We all had to wear wigs and partied it up. It was a fun party, we spent a lot of time in the hotel room playing flippy cup, doing shots and drinking and then we went out to the bars. Lots of fun!

Sunday I slept in, got up at 10:00. (it was defiantly needed!!) We were all going to go to lunch at 12:00 at my favorite Mexican Resturant in Dubuque. Jesse was suppose to meet us there, but called about 2 hours before and told me that the roads where we live were really bad and he had only been driving for 10 minutes and say 3 accidents. Needless to say, I told him to stay home and we went to eat without him. It was a lot of fun and then I headed back home.

I got home and Jesse & I watched Marley & Me. Great great great movie!!! But ooooooooo so sad! I couldn't believe how sad it was. Mad me cry throughout the entire movie almost! haha..... Then we ordered Papa Murphy's pizza and relaxed.

Here we are on Monday, my 24th birthday! Uggg I can't believe it. This last year has flowen by so quickly! Hope you enjoy your day! We got 6" of snow/ice yesterday which was not very exciting, but I guess that's what happens when you live in the mid-west! :-)

Bring on the Weekend!!!

This weekend I will be:

Friday- going back to my hometown for dinner with my family and maybe a special surprise, I'll post about that on Monday! So exciting, but I can't spill the beans now!

Saturday- My best friend Katie's wedding shower in the morning, followed by my hair appointment and then we are going to "Wig Out" on Saturday night for her bachelorette party!!! It's going to be a blast

Sunday- Waking up early to have breakfast with my family. Then doing some shopping with my mom until 12:00, when J gets into town, we will have lunch at my favorite Mexican restaurant in DBQ with my family for my Birthday!!!. I can't believe I'll be 24 on Monday! Jeez, time is sure flying by!

All in all I will have a fantastic weekend, surrounded by the ones I love! I cannot wait!

Any plans for your weekend? Doing something fun? It's suppose to be 45 and rainy here, so I won't be missing out on any great weather outside, that's for sure.

April Goals

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Thanks to Meredith over at La Buena Vida... She has inspired me to make a few April goals to keep myself on track with her latest post of April Goals

April Goals:

1) Exercise at least 3 times a week (this is defiantly doable, and I'm already almost on track for this week!)

2) Eat at least 3 fruits/day

3) Take a multivitamin daily

4) Paint the basement

5) Clean out the shelves in the basement

6) Get yardwork done for the spring

7) Attempt to buy new windows for the basement

All in all, I believe that all of these are defiantly attainable, I just need to work at it!

What are your April goals?? Do you have any?