A Happy Bithday..... LONG overdue

My Mother-in-Law celebrated a birthday on March 13th!  Yes, I'm posting this about about 10 days late, Sorry Margaret!!  Happy belated Birthday!!!

At our Wedding 10/4/08

Mother and Son dance

Christmas 2009

So anyway, Happy Birthday to my wonderful, amazing Mother-in-Law.  God knows I could have been stuck with "crazy" in-laws and been miserable, but he blessed me with a second family with whom I've come to love!  They are so very nice and kind.  I'm not sure what I would do without them anymore!  So, thanks Margaret, for being such a wonderful person and for accepting me as your daughter-in-law with lots of love!  I hope you had a wonderful and I'm sorry this is so late!

Weekend Recap

Yes it's Thursday and I'm finally getting to my weekend recap from last weekend!  Don't hate ok, I've been busy!

Anyway, here it goes:

Don't be jealous, but I had Thursday-Monday off!  :-) It was glorious!  Heres what we did:

Wednesday night:

We traveled the 4 hours to the in-laws to spend the extended weekend.

Thursday:

Hubby and I went shopping in Madison to look for a few suits for me.  I have high hopes of getting an interview (Cross your fingers!), so I just want to be prepared.  I've never shopped at The Limited before, but ladies, if you're looking for a suit, this is your place!  It was great and everything we bought was 40% off! Heck yes!

Just a little somethin for you picture happy people!

Friday:

We went to some thrift shops with my Mother-in-law, she was looking for a bookshelf, we were looking for a dresser... We struck out.

We met up with hubby's Idol.  If anyone can tell me who this is, I may give you a prize! :-) I'll post on Friday who it is an announce the winner! :-)  

That night, we went out for dinner for my Mother-in-Law's birthday.  I wasn't around the computer much, so I couldn't do a post for her, but I will be posting a belated birthday post for her next week!  We also got to see my brother-in-law and his girlfriend.  They are expecting and that makes hubby and I an aunt and an uncle!! :-)

Saturday:

We slept in, then got up and went thrifting (again) with my Mother & Father-in-law.  We found an old dresser that will work perfect for hubby since he's running out of space.  We then settled in for a couple movies and relaxing.  

Bear, relaxing at the in-laws

Their "Puppy" Ronnie.  She had a cancer scare last January and they had to shave her to do a few tests.  Her hair still has not grown back, but it's been over a year since the tests and she's more herself than ever before!

This is one of their many kitties.  This is Topaz and he is a whopping 16 lbs people!!

Sunday:

Hubby and I headed home to relax together and get a few things done at home.  Hubby took a motorcycle ride to enjoy the beautiful weather and I took the pictures you saw in the last post.  Here's one more just for fun!

Yeah, I'm just trying to practice... Don't judge! 

Monday:

I got to spend this day all by myself!  I had a ton of homework and laundry to catch up on, so it was nice to have an extra day to spend doing just those things.  O and I fit in a workout and made a delicious beef stew for dinner! :-)  Then hubby came home, we went for a motorcycle ride and came home to cuddle up with a movie. 

How was your weekend?  Probably not as long as mine, but I hope your 2 day weekend was just as fabulous!

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful in-laws!!!

Guys!  I'm a horrible daughter-in-law, I had this post sitting in my "edit posts" section wanting to post it on their actual anniversary on 11/2/09, but I didn't!!!  I'm very sorry!!! So, without further adue:

Happy 30th Anniversary to the best in-laws a girl could ask for!!! :-) 

Here they are at our wedding, dancing the night away!

A picture of the whole family

At a wedding in Wisconsin

These people welcomed me into their lives with open arms.  I couldn't have asked for better in-laws.  They are amazing people and I hope to someday live closer to them so we can see them more often.  I hope you both enjoyed your 30th anniversary and I can't wait until we're celebrating our 31st and you're celebrating your 60th! :-)

In-Laws

I know I've posted about my in-laws before, but I figured with their 30th anniversary coming up in less than 2 months, it would be nice to share some things about them!

• They are always happy to have us visit
• They can only visit us a couple times a year, but when they do we enjoy their company!
• They remind me a lot of my own family which I think helps us all get along so well!
• My Mother-in-law came to take care of me when I had LASIK, just because she's that kind.
• My Father-in-law is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet.  He's such a great person and if Jesse continues to grow up to be anything like him, then I'm happy with that.
• They would do anything for us at the drop of a hat
• They are flexible and understanding
• They are animal lovers just as Jesse & I are
• They get along with my immediate family very well
• They aren't judgmental or negative when it comes to anything about our live

They are simply the best in-laws I could have ever dreamed of!  So thank you R & M for making my life that much better and for raising a son to be the best husband a girl could have asked for!  We look forward to visiting you again soon!

My Mother In Law

So, as all of you know, I had LASIK just two days ago. My MIL offered to come visit and take care of me while I recuperate from surgery. She came on Thursday afternoon to take me to my appointment, then took me to my follow up on Friday as well. She spent all day Friday with me, lounging around and we watched The Secret Life of Bee's (which was great by the way!!) We had a huge storm Friday morning at 4:00 am and tons of branches fell in our yard and she kindly picked every single one of them up for us and put them in a pile, while it was raining! Then, Saturday, she helped us paint our basement for 5 hours straight!!! Needless to say, it was great to have her company, but it was amazing to have her help with everything as well!! She also, folded a couple loads of laundry, did dishes, helped cook food, and we were able to have a girls night out on Friday for margarita's and Mexican food!

So, THANK YOU to my amazing MOTHER-IN-LAW who drove 4 hours to come help me out. It was so nice of her and I can't say enough great things about her!

Weekend recap

I know I know.... You've seen a million of these posts! This will be short and sweet, because we forgot our camera at home, so no pictures! :-(

We headed to Wisconsin Thursday night to the in-laws house.

Friday- We slept in, got up to eat breakfast and relaxed with my in-laws. I got this from AE, which I cannot wait to wear it! On clearance, nonetheless!! :-) We headed to Goodwill, because I've been on the lookout for books to add to my collection for counseling. I found Today I feel Silly by: Jamie Lee Curtis. It's a great, great, great book to use with small children, as well as some middle school children! After that, we headed to hubby's cousin's high school graduation party. Ate some delicious food and headed home to bed...

Saturday- We were lucky enough to sleep in again! Then breakfast and running errands. My MIL and I headed to Staller Estate Winery to pick up some much needed wine and cheese. Their wine is by far the best I've had anywhere! Delicious! Check out their website, if you're ever in Delavan, WI head on over! We then hit up Buffalo Wild Wings for some amazing wings where we ordered Way too much just enough to fill us up. Afterwords, we went back to my in-laws house to have said wine and cheese. The neighbors were shooting off fireworks and Bear was terrified beyond belief. Have you ever seen a dog shake uncontrollably? It was so sad! Needless to say he cuddled up close to us the entire night.

Sunday- We had to wake up early to head back home. We stopped to see my parents 1/2 way home and then came home to watch The Bank Job. I would recommend the movie, it was pretty good. We went to bed early and that was the end to our weekend.

All in all it was a great 4th of July weekend and it was nice to see the in-laws. Sounds like you all had a fantastic weekend!

Back to work

Well, today is my first day back to work since June 3rd! The month of June has gone by sooooooooo very fast! That was what I was hoping for though, as you remember this post and this post! haha So I'm backkkkk! :-)

On that note.... I have a lot of catching up to do at work. 72 e-mails in my in box, files on my desk and a mound of things I need to get to before the end of July.

So, let me catch you up on my life!

Last weekend was my only relaxing weekend of the month/summer! My hubby worked most of the weekend :-( and I did more laundry than I ever thought possible! It's been piling up because I've been gone and haven't had time to do it on the weekends. I managed to do 10 (Yes, 10) loads of laundry, fold and put them all away! Yuck! Though, I did get time to go see this movie... A must see, that's for sure! Hubby and I went to it on Saturday night and loved it!

This week is a 4 day week, hallelujah!! We have volleyball on Thursday night and then we will be headed to my in-laws for the long weekend. We will be relaxing, eating tons, having and bonfire and enjoying cheese & wine! I love it!

Next week is also a 4 day week for me! I will be getting my LASIK surgery! Ahhh it's scary! I've had to wear my glasses for one week now and it's killing me. Working out is just not the same while wearing glasses.... I hate it! Only 1 week to go. My appointment is next Monday and they will be telling me whether or not I can go through with it. Then my surgery is scheduled for July 9th! Say a prayer for me that all goes well! My mother-in-law will be coming next Thursday (a 4 hour trip one way) to take me to my appointment & post-op and to help take care of things at the house while I'm not able to. It was very nice of her to offer to do this!

Well, that's it for now. Maybe this weekend I'll take some pictures and upload them for you! I'm terrible at posting pics! You all know that.... Anyway, have a great week!

The usual.... Weekend post!!

It's that time again my friends! I have to say, I loveeeeeeeeee the weekend! Here are our plans for the weekend:

Tonight we leave to go visit the in-laws. They live about 4 hours away, so it's far, but it could be much worse. We haven't been there since Christmas, so it is darn time for a visit!

We will arrive around 9:00 pm and they may be in bed, but that's ok.... We'll get right to bed to wake up earlier than usual on a Saturday while still getting to sleep in.... :-) I'm not sure what's planned for the weekend, but I think we might be seeing a movie and enjoying delicious food! I'm never disappointed when we visit the in-laws. I guess I'm just one of those lucky people who actually likes vising her in-laws... It's quite nice!

So, I can't really tell you exactly what we will be doing, but I will update you on Monday! We will for sure be relaxing and having a great time.... I will even try to take some pictures to post. Yes, you know me. Chances of them getting posted right away is very slim, but I'll do my best

TGIF everyone!!!! Have an amazing weekend!