Tidbits & a weekend recap.

I can't believe it's been almost a week since I've posted!  I've had quite the eventful last week and I am o so excited to tell you about it.

First off, this weekend was nice.  Hubby was on a yearly motorcycle trip with some friends and I Spent Friday with one of my best friends and then hung out with my mom all weekend!  We went shopping, had breakfast, lunch and dinner together and just enjoyed each others company.

I finished a grad class last weekend and turned in my research paper, what a relief!  Though, I still have to finish another class (in 2 weeks) and two classes in June... I see the light at the end of the tunnel!

I bought some new fancy clothes for my "hopeful" upcoming interviews!

I relaxed, got some extra sleep and just enjoyed doing a whole lot of nothing, except shopping and eating!

I spent some time quality time with my besty, Pam, whom I see maybe 2-3 times a year!  We enjoyed pedicures, lunch, shopping and an hour of just sitting outside drinking our tea and talking.  It was like old times and oh how I wish we didn't live 4 hours from each other!  It's just not the same.  See, Pam was my roommate in my later years in college.  We had actually gone to high school together, but weren't what you would have called "friends."  I bought a house when I was 19 and needed a roommate after my first one moved out.  I knew Pam attended the same college as I and so I went out on a limb to ask her to move in.  She said yes and it was awesome.  We had so many good times in that house.  We grilled out on the deck every day possible, enjoyed margarita's, had Friends marathons together, watched tons of movies and just enjoyed life.  I'm so glad that she decided to move in with me, because she is a friend I'll have forever, she is one of my best friends and nobody could ever replace her!  :-)

In other news, my mom and I had a fantastic weekend as well.  She is such a nice generous person and I hope that I "grow up" to be just like her.  She even bought me a dress for my future SIL's upcoming bridal shower that is in just two short weeks.  I'll post more about that later.

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend, Happy Monday!

Weekend Recap

This weekend we were able to get out and visit some friends we haven't seen since their Wedding in May!

Friday:

We headed to my hometown to drop Bear off at my parents, we stopped at my Brother & future-sis-in-law's house to hang out for a bit and then stayed at my parents for the night.

Saturday:

I woke up early to attend a Spin class with my mom, Oh my goodness my buns are killing me!  It hurts to sit! haha We then went out for breakfast with my parents and got on the road to Peoria to visit Katie & Scott!

We arrived around 2:00ish, played some cards and talked.  We headed to a delicious Mexican dinner and then went out for drinks and to play shuffleboard.  It was a great night!

Sunday:

We went to breakfast with Katie & Scott and then got back on the road for our 4 hour drive back home.  It was nice to get home but it was so nice to visit friends & family!

I just realized that I didn't ever tell you about Thanksgiving!  Oops.....

Well here's the short rundown.

We had my parents, my brother & future-sis-in-law, my hubby's parents & his brother for Thanksgiving.  I cooked the turkey, mashed potatoes and the green bean casserole and then everyone brought a dish.  My turkey turned out amazing!  I was so proud.  It wasn't my first turkey, but my 3rd, so I'm pretty seasoned now... haha Anyway, I didn't take any pictures because I was too busy getting ready for the dinner, but it went off without a hitch.  It was delicious.  My mother-in-law made Pumpkin & Apple Pies, my future-sis-in-law made a chicken salad dip and Snickers Salad (YUM!).  My mom made a corn casserole, a Pumpkin dessert and stuffing. Anyway, it was great.

I'm hoping that since we're getting a new camera for Christmas that I will get back on the horse and start taking some pictures to show you all! :-)

Happy Monday everyone!

Weekend Recap

We had a great weekend!

Friday:

We went grocery shopping and came home to watch Star Trek which wasn't all that bad.

Hubby LOVED the movie so he's not only seen it once now, but he has seen it three times! haha

Saturday:

This was psychotic SUPER cleaning day. 
No joke, we spent eternity  cleaning!  Nearly 8 hours before I sat down.
Then we had game night!  It was so much fun!  We had about 12 people in all.  I made three dishes, all of which went over quite well!  I'll have to share those with you on a different day.
We played Catchphrase, Celebrity (which was so much fun) and What's Yours Like.
After 6-7 hours of game playing, we called it a night.
I was beyond exhausted!  But it was a great night.

Sunday:
For some unknown reason, I was unable to sleep in, so we got up and ate some breakfast.  Our good friends, Tim & Hillary came from out of town to join in on Saturday's festivities and so they kept us company for a bit on Sunday morning.  I fell asleep while we were watching something on TV for about an hour!  After they left, I was able to meet up with my mom and her friend for lunch, do some shopping and head home to work on my paper that was due!  Apparently I'm quite the procrastinator and can find a million other things to do than do my homework! 

I hope you all had a great weekend and have a great short week!! :-)

Weekend Recap

So, this weekend my best friend Pam came to visit us!  It was great to have her here, even though it was for a very short time!  She arrived on Saturday early afternoon and left Sunday morning...

Friday: 

Hubby had to work late, again, so I hung around the house doing cleaning and laundry.

We watched a movie, but I cannot for the life of me remember the name of it!

Saturday:

I did TONS of laundry and cleaning in the morning.  I went to Jazzercise and then finished getting ready for Pam to come!

Pammy is allergic to cats and we have two fur-balls long haired cats (yuck, I know!)

Lots of cleaning was a must.

Saturday night we cooked out at our house, drank way too much a few drinks and headed downtown.  We actually went to 3 different places and then back home.  I was not feeling very hot afterwords.  I think I lowered my immune system because I got super sick all Sunday and Monday!  I had to stay home from work! ewww

The hubby and I :-)

 

Not the hottest pictures I've ever taken, but they will have to do as I forgot my camera.... Pam had her blackberry which was great for snapping one or two pics!

Sunday & Monday:

I did nothing but Sleep, get sick, sleep, and get sick..... Not fun!

Here I am back at work, still feeling a bit under the weather, but I'm sure it should pass soon.  This crappy weather is not helping one bit. 

Friends

Today is my friend, Amber's 24th Birthday!!!!  We went out to celebrate with a BUNCH of margaritas..... I had to ask hubby, after a super long day, to come pick us up :-) He is wonderful!  I actually just switched cars with him which was fantastic! Don't worry, it was safe!! :-)

Anyway, here is a picture of Katie, Amber & I!

This wasn't tonight, but it was another night that all of us went out!  It was so fun and I can't to hang out with these girls again!

Love you girls!!!

Happy 24th Birthday Amber!!!! :-)

Weekend Recap

Yes, it's Wednesday and I have yet to tell you how my weekend went!

It's been a long week so far, and it's only Wednesday!  I haven't been feeling well all week and I cannot shake this headache.  O well, I must push on I suppose!

Friday:

Hubby and I had a wonderful dinner out at a restaurant close to home

We enjoyed watching Changeling

It was good, but a bit disturbing.

Saturday:

Hubby had to work overtime on Saturday

Amber & Katie came over to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes victory over Iowa State!

We had Papa Murphy's Pizza, made bloody mary's, magarita's and some other delicious drinks!

We then watched Hoarders

Have any of you seen this?  This show amazes me and makes me want to go clean!

After 3 episodes of Hoarders, we decided that we had wasted enough of our day and went separate ways. 

I think decided to clean, (weird, I know) do laundry, and relax at home.

Sunday:

We drove 1.5 hours to go on the river with some friends, we grilled out on a sandbar, tubed, and just relaxed.  We got a bit sunburnt, and I'm feeling the wrath of it today.... It hurt so bad the past few days and not is starting to peal and it is sooooooooooooo gross!

Anyway, all in all it was a great weekend.  My bestie, Pam, is coming to visit this weekend on Saturday, followed by my mom on Sunday!  I cannot wait :-)

Hubby will be hard at work all week and on into Saturday.... 70 hours this week, which really is no fun for him... He's been exhausted and I've missed having him home.  He'll be working 10 hours on Saturday, so you bet you'll find us sleeping in on Sunday! :-)

Have a great rest of the week!

Baby Neenah

A few weeks back, I talked about meeting our friend's, Nick & Katie's, new baby girl, Neenah Noelle.  Well, I finally have a few pictures to show you!!!

 

Isn't she adorable???  (yeah yeah yeah, I know it's kind of hard to see her clearly)  Hubby looks quite nice with a little girl in his arms :-) We'll have to get working on that in the next year or so :-)

P.S.  That shirt in the last picture makes me look like I have a huge stomach (or that I'm pregnant) and I wanted to let you all know that it's just the shirt! :-)

Weekend Update

This weekend:

Friday:

Watching this movie with Jesse. 

Let me know if you've seen it and what you thought!

Saturday:

Sleeping in. Going to the Farmers Market with Jill. 

Cheering on the Iowa Hawkeyes as they defete the Iowa State Cyclones, while drinking margaritas and bloody marys with Amber & Katie!

Relaxing at home, doing some cleaning and catching up on some must needed housework.

Sunday:

Heading to my hometown (about 90 miles away) to go on the river with Tim & Hillary

It should be a great weekend with amazing weather and great company! 

September Goals

It's a good thing I have all of you to remind me to do this each month! I'm terrible at remembering things like that! Seriously, I might as well be 80 with the memory I have sometimes! So, here goes nothing!

September & October are my favorite months. I've decided to post my goals for the next two months instead of just one, that way I have more time to complete them! (yes, that is cheating, I know!)

1) Buy a new (to us) car

2) Continue to buy a few Christmas gifts just to get a head start

3) Celebrate my mom's 50th!!!

4) Celebrate my parents 31st Wedding Anniversary! (How cool is that??)

5) Prepare for my friend, Pammy's visit in Sept!

6) Bake a pie (I have NEVER EVER done this before)- Any suggestions??

7) Get our gutters/downspouts/soffits replaced (which means we'll be poor for the next year because of it)

8) Get plenty of quotes for said gutters/downspouts/soffits so that we aren't ripped off!

9) Keep up on classwork since this is the hardest class of my program. Research & Stats, yuck!

10) Go on a mini-vacation with my Hubby for our 1st Anniversary! We're actually (don't make fun), going to Chicago and we're going to go to 6 Flags when they have their fright fest. Our first official date was to a haunted house, so we thought what a better way to celebrate the last year! We're staying for 3-4 days and on our actual anniversary (Oct. 4th) we're going to have a romantic dinner at some restaurant in Chicago and rent a hotel suite :-) I'm pretty excited!

11) Participate and help at our Big Brothers Big Sisters Annual Bowl For Kids Sake

12) Visit my In-laws and take care of their pets so that they can go up to a bed & breakfast (that we purchased for them as a thank you at our Rehearsal dinner)

13) (Last but not least) Workout 4-5 times a week and take my multivitamins daily!! O, and take time to enjoy the leaves turning in our backyard, buy pumpkins to carve and drink hot apple cider from a local orchard!

Yeah, it's a long list, but I think it's pretty doable for these next two months. Maybe I'll make November & December a bit harder! What are your fall goals??

Oooo My love....

Yes, Friday, that's you I'm talking about!! You're here, I've waited all week for you and you're finally here! I wish you would come around more often, it seems so long since the last time you were here! I'll be begging for you to come back again in about two days, so be ready!

Last night was great. Old Navy was having their last day of their $19 jean sale and we headed over to take advantage of it along with a 25% off coupon! Score! We ended up with a great deal and 4 pairs of jeans! :-) Though, being the tall 5'0" girl that I am, I will still need to get them altered before I can actually wear them! (I think I should get a special discount for that, don't you??) We headed home to make a quick dinner and sit down to relax and watch a movie. We were in bed by 9:30, no kidding!

This morning I had to get up extra early to go to the dentist... I mentioned here, my love for the dentist. Not really for the dentist himself, but more so for the clean feeling afterwards!

Tonight I'm planning to go to Old Navy for their Stuff & Save!! I've been waiting forever for this and if they don't have my cute blue bag with the bird on it' someone's going to hear about it! :-) On a nicer note, we have planned a date night for tonight as well! I'm so very excited! We're grilling out, having a bottle of wine and sitting at the table for dinner! :-) Then we're probably just going to watch a movie. We decided no work for tonight at the house, we're just going to relax and enjoy eachother's company!

Saturday:
Sleep in! FINALLY! Enough.Said.
Get caught up on a few things at the house since we've been traveling for God knows how long.
Meet up with a friend for lunch at 12:30 and do a little shopping.
Back home to do whatever it is I need to do and then we have a cookout to go to.

Sunday:
Sleep in, yet again!
My mom's coming today! I'm very excited about that. I also mentioned about it here, and that we use to shop and do lunch every Saturday before we moved. It should be a great relaxing weekend at HOME!

Any big plans for your weekend???

Happy days....

Today's Friday! I have the Happy day's theme song in my head now, great... Anyway this weekend we'll be:

Friday:
Going to see this movie, with my office-mate, Amber, and I'm very excited
Possibly going out to celebrate our friend James' birthday
(this is a rare occasion for us!)

Saturday:
Waking up early to head to my home town, 1.5h away
Spending a bit of time with our friends Nick & Katie (and wishing she'd have the darn baby already!!)
Going to a huge family reunion, then off to a corn boil (Yes, we live in Iowa!)
Spending time with my parents

Sunday:
Headed back home slightly early to get a few things done around the house
Relaxing and watching some movies with my hubby!

I'm pretty excited because this is the first Friday night we've gotten to say home in about 8 weeks! It's very very exciting actually! Next weekend we get to spend the ENTIRE weekend at home just the two of us and I am O SO excited! :-)

Any big plans for this weekend? I feel as though we are forever traveling!

In other news, we're looking at buying a new car {Read: New to us} I'm pretty excited, because it has a lot of room, I hated it at first because I thought it looked like Hurst, but it's growing on me! We shall see, hubby has big plans :-)

Weekend recap

This weekend was spent:

Friday:
Driving to meet up with friends in my hometown (1.5 h) then driving to Wisconsin Dells (2.5h)
Getting to our hotel, having one drink and crashing.

Saturday:
Waking up early to head to breakfast and then to Noah's Ark
Meeting up with another good friend of ours from Michigan
Spending 7 hours at the waterpark
Going out to eat
Going back to our hotel and crashing once again

Sunday:
Waking up early to head back home to do nothing but cuddle up on the couch and watch 3 movies :-)

And here we are, on Monday... My leave favorite day of the week!

I took a waterproof camera to the dells with us, but I need to get it devleoped before I can share pictures with all of you. It was a ton of fun and a much needed mini-vacation for us. Hubby is white as can be and got fried, even though we applied sunscreen twice (yes, only twice... We were too busy having fun!) He's not feeling so "hot" (maybe that's the wrong word) today...

Next weekend we are traveling yet again! But for a family reunion this time. Hopefully we'll get to spend a weekend at home sometime in the next few weeks!!

Hope you all had a great weekend and I PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE I will post pictures just as soon as I get them developed!

Blah.....

Sorry I haven't blogged about anything today, I had one of those days. I haven't been a good blogger lately anyway. I also lost a follower so I can tell I'm a bit boring these days! haha I'm glad the other 24 of you think I have a few important/interesting things to say.... And if you don't then I'm glad you haven't' left me yet!

So, we have another busy weekend ahead of us. We are going to visit my dear friend Pam. Pam and I were roommates throughout our last 3 years of college. We were not friends before I bought my house and was in need of a roommate. I guess God works in mysterious ways because I actually called her up out of the blue (we did attend the same high school, but did not ever hang out) and this is something I normally wouldn't do if we weren't very good friends. Anyway, she said yes and moved in a week or two later. We have become such great friends and I am so thankful for that! She is such a good friend and I can always count on her. So with that said, here is what she has planned for us this weekend...

Friday:
Homemade Taco's and margarita's I'm sure
Followed by: drinks at a bar in the city

Saturday:
Sleeping in, going for breakfast at Louis's (Never been there, but she swears by it)
Shopping for drinks & tailgating items
Going to tailgate before our White Sox Game

Sunday:
Waking up and driving the 4 hours back home

It should be a lot of fun and I hope to take more pictures this weekend than I did while I was in Vegas.

What do you have planned? I can't wait to share how it all went on Monday!

Gone like the Wind

That is how my weekend felt! It was here and then gone in an instant.

This weekend was spent:

Friday:
Enjoing ourselves with friends at dinner and with drinks afterwards

Saturday:
*Slept in, packed and headed to Panera for some soup
before we got on the road
*Went to dinner and finally saw Harry Potter with my parents
(What a great movie, I can't wait for the next 2)

Sunday:
*Woke up fairly early to get ready for the river
*We got to spend about 4-5 hours on the river with some great friends
Then we went to dinner with my brother & future-sister-in-law for her birthday!

So, this is a little belated but.........

Happy Birthday Natalie!!!!

I hope everyone else had a fantastic weekend!!!

~Kayla

This weekend we will be:

Friday:
Meeting up with friends at Old Chicago
Having a few drinks
Going downtown for the night

Saturday:
Heading to my hometown tomorrow afternoon
Eating lunch at my favorite Chinese Restaurant (House of China)
Meeting up with old friends for a bit
Having dinner w/my parents and going to HARRY POTTER!! (Finally)

Sunday:
Sleeping in
Going on the river with our friends
Meeting my family for my future-sister-in-law's birthday lunch
Eating cake
Enjoying ourselves
and heading back home to reality

Any plans for your weekend?

Oh Happy Day.....

LADIES (AND MAYBE GUYS)........

TOMORROW IS...............................

The last day of my second grad class for the summer! Not only am I finished with grad school until August, but I am now officially 1/2 done with my credits! :-) Now if that isn't something to celebrate, I don't know what is! :-) Thanks to those of you who stuck it out with me and my measly whopping three posts this month!!

Anyway, I'll be going home tomorrow, cleaning/laundry and other stuff Friday, going to a Saving Abel concert on Friday night with my hubby and some friends and having a fantastic weekend (filled with a pedi with my mom and shopping with her too!) What a better way to celebrate my start to summer! FINALLY!

So, thanks again and I'll be back after the weekend to post!! Have a terrific weekend!

As Promised!

PICTURES!!! :-)

The top few are of the Indy 500, taken on Memorial Day Weekend.

Next few are frommy friend Katie's wedding

Last few are from the flowers I planted this weekend!













My two little cousins, Anthony and Nick. They went to the race with us. Their dad is an engineer for the Target team.













From L to R, Anthony, Jesse, Me, Nick, Future sis-in law, Natalie, & my brother Brandon










Some cousins at the race













My husband and I in front of the transformer, Bumble Bee.










The beautiful Bride and me!!










Bride & groom










Some bridesmaids with the Bride










My Family (L to R) My husband, Jesse, my lovely mother, my amazing father, my brother, Brandon and my future Sis-in-law, Nat.










Ok, any suggestions on how to make the Squirrels stop eating my Lilly's?










Our wonderful backyard, with Bear in the left corner. He loves it out there!










One of the rose bushes on the side of our house










Finally got these babies planted this weekend.










And the beautiful flower box my husband made me with flowers in it finally!

Catching up.....

So, I have a lot of pictures to take from my good friend, Katie's wedding that was on May 9th... I'm terrible at posting pics on here, because for some reason it takes me forever! Anyway, this past weekend was another eventful weekend!

Friday night, Jesse and I finally got to have a night in. I actually did some shopping while he worked a few hours of overtime and when he got home, we ordered pizza for dinner and plopped in front of our ginormous tv (READ: 93" of tv....) I can't even remember what we watched, but since our PS3 is on the fritz and is our only Bluray player, we cannot watch our Netflix.... My hubby decided that we needed to order all of them in Blu Ray because it's better picture quality.... Yada yada yada.... Well I say DVD's are better than no movie at all! Anyway, I fell asleep pretty early, so I suppose putting in a movie wouldn't have helped me any...

Saturday, I left bright and early for my friend Bri's wedding shower. It was about an hour & 1/2 drive back home for her shower. It was so good to see her as I haven't seen her since October and she recently had a little baby girl named, Quinn, who is the cutest thing you've ever seen!! (sorry, I'm a bad photographer, no pictures.... Maybe I'll find one and put it up here) Then I did a bit of shopping with my mom and bought this and this for our trip to Vegas in July!

*Side story: My grandma turns 79 this July and said to my mom "I'd like to go to Vegas one last time before I die..." I thought it was the most morbid thing she's ever seen, given that she looks to be about 55 and is healthier than any other 79 year old out there..... But I suppose she thinks a lot differently than I do. Back in her day, it was a miracle if people lived to their 60's so I'm sure she thinks she's doing quite well! Anyway, my mom has 6 sisters and 2 brothers, so it's a big family. I have about 30 cousins and about 20 second cousins..... So, with that being said we are getting a big group of my aunts and girl cousins to go. I think we've mustered up about 20 girls to go already! I'm so excited, I've never been to Vegas, but I hear it's amazing... I'm not a huge gambeler, so I'm not even sure how much money to take.... We're staying here, which I've heard is very nice. Needless to say, I'm pretty darn excited! If all goes well, the hubby and I might plan a New Years Eve trip there!

Ok back to my weekend! :-)

After shopping, I headed back to my parents to get ready for my friend Molly's wedding. Hubby couldn't come with me because he was putting in some serious overtime hours, and well I figure a lot of people are getting laid off, we better take advantage of the overtime pay while we can! Molly's wedding was so beautiful! She was such a beautiful bride and once again, I forgot my camera! Sorry guys.... Don't hate me! I'll get better! We've been talking about getting a really nice camera, one that takes great pictures inside and out. Our current camera, a Cannon SD450 is quite outdated.... I believe my husband bought it in 05.... So it's time for a new one!

Ok So after the wedding, I headed back out to my parents. We watched a movie, and I fell asleep, what a surprise.

Sunday, my mom and I went to breakfast, then to Target to do some last minute shopping. I was home in enough time to get ready to go play sand v-ball with some friends. We played for a few hours and then we made dinner and I crashed right away....

I'm so ready for a weekend at home! Next weekend we'll be in Indiana and then finally we'll get to spend some time at home. So, I hope to get all of my planting done before my classes start on June 4th!!

What did you guys do? Any suggestions on nice camera's or things to do while we are in Vegas? I'm sure I'll talk more about the trip when it gets closer!

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! :-)

Weekend update

Well, Friday night we had a date night, as planned. It wasn't the date night we were planning on, but nonetheless, we got to spend some quality time together. We went to eat at my hubby's 2nd favorite place, Panchero's. Haha yes, we went there for our date night! We then went on to Kohl's & Famous Footwear to find some new shoes for myself and for my hubby. It was a huge success! He got one pair form Kohl's and I found 4 pair at Famous Footwear, Yes, nobody in their right mind needs 4 pairs of new shoes, but I loved them all! We then proceeded home and my cousins wife called to see if we wanted to get together to play some cards. We ended up playing cards until 1 am!

Saturday, we slept in together and then Jesse went off to put a few hours in at work. I proceeded to clean the house, do some laundry and work on my paper. We then worked out together and came home to cuddle on the couch to watch a movie. We watched Twilight, finally! It was actually pretty good, it was a little 17 year oldish..... But it was actually pretty good, and Edward Cullen was A-Maz-Ing! :-) As I am sure all of you female readers will agree!! We then headed to the kitchen to make my "famous" spinach dip (which I completely forgot to buy the spinach for!) and Lasagna for Jesse's 4 guy friends he was having over. They ate and then played Call of Duty, which I was allowed to play and actually did quite well! haha It was a pretty fun night.

Sunday, we slept in again. Jesse headed back into work for about 4 hours or so while I worked on my paper. Then we went to search for a new couch & chair. We went to three different furniture stores and actually found a few sets we liked. We are trying to keep it on the more inexpensive level, but that's hard to do. We will go back tonight and make our final purchases! We have lived in this house for almost two years and are finally getting around to purchasing furniture for our basement, movie room. It is about time! That old futon has to go! YUCK! :-)

What an amazing weekend! What did you guys do? Anything fun? Have you found any good deals on furniture lately?