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?

Friday mania!

So, it's been a long week..... Friday is finally here! I cannot wait for this weekend to start. We had Panera for lunch today, yummmmmm.

This weekend I plan to: have date night tonight with my hubby, dinner, ice cream, and a movie- Go work out tomorrow morning, take back those duvet covers I had talked about.... I wasn't a fan after I got them home, check out Kohl's for new duvet covers, run a few errands, go home and clean- have Jesse's guy friends over for a night of video games, and yes I am excited as well, I get to play!- Sleep in with my hubby on Sunday, spend the entire day together, lounging around and catching up on things that have gotten pushed off for quite some time.

Can't wait for my wonderful weekend!

O, I'll also be looking for this and these! I'm on a hut for some springy/summery clothes for my wardrobe.

Spring, where are you??

Courtesy of flicker, I am loving this photo.....

Thanks to: HS7TH

Out with the old.... In with the new!

So, I've been meaning to purchase new duvet's for both the master bedroom and the guest bedroom. I have been searching everywhere and couldn't find exactly what I was looking for, but I am very excited to come home to this and this on my front door step today!! The best part is, they were a steal! So even if I don't love them, I can change them out in the next few months or so. The master bedroom is decorated with blues and browns, so I thought that this duvet cover would go wonderfully. We didn't want it to look "old ladyish" so we tried something fun! We'll see how we like it. I have recently been trying to add green's to the guest bedroom. It didn't really have an accent color before, and since I am in love with the color green this spring, I thought that this duvet cover would bring out greens a bit more. We shall see, what do you think? I will try to post after pictures once I get them put on the beds and the rooms picked up! :-) Have a great Thursday! The weekend is fast approaching and I cannot wait!

Are you kidding me??

So, it's been about 3 weeks since I've blogged, but we've been soooooo busy! It's only going to get worse.... Here's how the next 8 weekends look:

• March 28th & 29th- Finally some free time at home, but the hubby is doing overtime, so I'll be on my own!

• April 4th & 5th- My best friends shower & bachelorette party in my hometown

• April 11th & 12th- Friends wedding & Easter back home
• April 18th & 19th- I have class all day on Saturday and Jesse will be on his annal motorcycle run, which I do not get to attend this year :-(
• April 24th-26th- Back home to celebrate my brother's birthday
• May 9th- Best Friend's wedding May 10th- Mother's Day
• May 16th-17th- Wedding back in my hometown
• May 22-25th Going to the Indy 500 with my family (My uncle is a engineer on the Target car, so it's pretty neat to watch once a year)
• May 30th-31st- Finally, another weekend at home!!! :-)

Then June starts, and class starts..... Class M-Th 3.5 hours away from home, stayin on campus and taking 2 semester classes in two weeks each..... Not what I call exciting, but whatever I can do to get my masters and finally my dream job!!

Since we have so much going on in the next 7-8 weeks or so, I may not be blogging much. It's hard to keep up, though I still enjoy reading everyone's blogs. Stop over at my favorite blog, This Young House

They are amazing and have so many DIY projects, I just wish I had the time! :-)

Work is calling my name, though today it's been hard to get to work. It's gloomy and very rainy. These are the days I just want to stay curled up in bed with Bear right beside me. Jesse is already at work, so that's not an option.

I know we all have our days at work.... But sometimes, it's so frustrating I can hardly stand it. I don't mean to be complaining, because that is just what I'm going to vent to you about. I work with this one particular "person" we will call them "Z". Anyway, Z is amazing great at COMPLAINING! yes, complaining. All Z does is find reasons or things to complain about, and it drives me up the wall! It doesn't matter what it is, the day, a color, a sandwich, a wrong order, a co-worker being late..... Stuff that is none of Z's business, but Z likes to stick their nose in it anyway! Do you have anyone like that at work? It's hard to get through a day sometimes... Im not sure what Z's problem is, but I wish that they would get some help. We're thinking maybe they are Bipolar because Z's moods go from manic to depressed in about 10 minutes. It's odd and very hard to deal with here at the office. I wish Z would realize that it's bringing everyone else down with them. Maybe that's what they want though? Misery loves company! Haha

Have a fantastic Tuesday!! :-)

It's Been Awhile

It's been awhile since I've had time to blog about anything. This post is all about the weekend! My old roommate Pam lives in Chicago now and it's been about a year since we've visited her. We wanted to make a trip to IKEA since the last time was when we visited her last! :-) I have high hopes for this weekend!

We will be:
Leaving today at 2:00 pm- dropping off Bear at my parents- meeting up with Pam and her boyfriend at 7:00 in Chicago- going to dinner- maybe to a comedy show- sleeping in tomorrow- go to IKEA- go to an early Irish Festival & parade- drink- have fun- maybe go shopping- go to a few pubs- go to dinner- and did I mention having tons of fun?- then wake up at 9:00 on Sunday and leave for home.... I'm sure it will go by very fast!

I have a 25 page paper due on Tuesday and I am only to page 10! So, Sunday night will be filled with lots of writing, as will Monday & Tuesday night! :-) I hope you all have a fantastic weekend as well!!

New (and hopefully attainable ) goals!

So, with Spring around the corner.... I've decided I've had enough time eating desserts and not exercising. I want to lose that fat and tone before I even try to fit into my capri's and swim suits. I'd like my husband to be completely taken a back! :-) As we all would. So, I've decided no more brownies, cakes, pop, or any sweets I can use my willpower to stay away from. So far so good! I've also been trying to work out at least 4-5 times a week. 2 for 2 this week, so I'm on a roll! I've started this new regimen as of March 1st, 2009. It's my goal to have lost 10 lbs by my birthday {April 6th}. I think I can do it! It shouldn't be that hard, but I have to stick to it. I want to eat healthier and my husband has also shown an interest in this. We went grocery shopping on Sunday night picking up all kinds of fruits and veggies to start off March on the right foot! He said as long as he doesn't have to steam the veggies himself or cut up the strawberry's he'll eat it! I'm ok with that, as I usually do most of the cooking anyway and I'd rather have the food eaten than go to waste. So, I will check back in the next week or so to let you know how I've done. Hopefully I can continue this good streak I have going!

So tonight's agenda is as follows:

Dinner:
An Orange
Salad
Steak
Steamed Asparagus
Corn
1 Glass of milk

1 hour of exercise

Working on my masters paper for a few hours

Watching American Idol!

To bed early! :-)

Have a great Tuesday!!