A lovely surprise!

Last week I came home to a package on my doorstep!  Taryn from The Colorado Desert sent me a homemade grocery bag!  I just love it.  It's big and sturdy and will be so much  nicer than getting all of those darn plastic bags!  I told her to open an ETSY shop because I, for one, cannot sew for the life of me!  I would love to have a place to go and buy these bags!

 

So, I'm terrible at taking pictures of things.... You don't have to tell me twice! :-)  Anyway, I hope I gave you a great idea of just how cool this bag is!  I've already put it to use and I love it!

Happy (late) Halloween

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween weekend!!!  I especially enjoyed sleeping an extra hour on Sunday morning! :-)

I've seen so many cute costumes already on the blogosphere, but I can't help but let you all in on a little secret of mine.

I mildly dislike with a passion dressing up.  I'm not sure if I was scared as a child or what the deal is, but I cannot stand dressing up.  Whether it be a wig, funny glasses, mismatching outfits or a full blown costume, I just cannot get myself into it.  I don't like it at all.  Not sure why, I love seeing the kids in their costumes and I have a hysterically great time seeing adults in their wacky costumes, but it's not for me. 

Anyone else hate dressing up or am I alone in this department?  I'm not a fun hater, I promise! :-)

November Goals

It's about time I set some goals for this month!  I promise I'll be back in December to let you all know how far I've come!

November Goals:

Take our Christmas Card Picture
Workout at least 3 times a week!
Finish at least 75% of my Christmas Shopping
Make a weekly meal plan 2 times a month  (this is a hard one for me, as we're so busy!)
Decide on a new camera for Christmas.  Any suggestions on SLR cameras???

I think it's a pretty easy list, but we shall see! 

Have a great week everyone!!! :-)

My Friday

I'm sorry to make most of you jealous, but today is my Friday!  :-) I worked an extra 12.5h last week and we get to use flextime this week for it.  I took 1/2 of Monday off for my Dr's appt and then Friday.  This weekend will include:

Thursday night:
Margarita's and Grey's with two of my favorites! :-)

Friday:

Shopping at Old Navy, getting my hair done (finally, after the hubby pointed out several a few gray hairs at the ripe age of 24!!).  Then it's off to the in-laws.

Sat:
We're going to The Fireside Theater, I'm pretty excited! Then we'll be relaxing at the in-laws for the rest of the weekend!

I'll be back Monday to post about how our weekend went.  It's my first time at the Fireside, so I'm pretty excited! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

The one with the Skank Blanket.....

I wonder what searches will lead curious minds to this post! :-) (Insert evil laugh....)

Anyway, this weekend my parents visited to watch the beloved Iowa Hawkeyes go 8-0!
Here is the conversation that happened during a portion of the game:

Mom- I know something I can get you both for Christmas! (While putting on a blanket)
Me- You are not buying us a snuggie! (I think these things are the most hideous inventions ever made!)
Mom- No, on QVC they had the original creator of the that blanket and it's actually called a "Slanket"

Me- Mom, those are dumb.
Mom- What if you want to change the channel, you have to take your arm out of the blanket to change it!
Hubby- (in his most loving, yet sarcastic voice)Yes, its so difficult to take your arm out of the blanket to change the channel, I don't know if I can do it anymore!

Mom- See! I knew you'd like one.
Hubby- Those are so stupid, I can't believe people buy them.
Mom- (all while laughing)  I'm getting you one anyway!

25 minutes later, Hubby brings the subject back up and makes fun of my mom....
Hubby- So, what do you do if your hands are cold or your back is cold because it's open in the back like a hospital gown?

Mom then replies- Yeah, I don't know.... But  now I know you're getting a skank blanket for Christmas!

Dad, hubby & I all stare blankly at Mom....

Me- Mom, what exactly is a skank blanket?  Does it come fresh from the factory dirty covered with holes?

Mom- Laughing hysterically says- Wow, I havent' heard that word in a long time, I'm not sure how I came up with that word....

Dad- I can't beleive you just said that!  I don't know if anyone would want a "skank blanket"

Me- And now we definitely don't want one!

I still think she might buy us one, only as a joke.  Apparently she thought they were very cool.

WYAW

Lois Lane II over at Fearfully, wonderfully made did a What's your Answer Wednesday post. 

Here are her questions:

1. What was the hardest class (high school or college) that you had to take?
2. What do you think about take home finals? Blessings or a curse?
3. What was the best birthday you had?
4. How did you spend your last birthday (or, if your birthday is coming up, how are you planning on spending it)?

1.  Hardest class.... Probably the one I'm in now.  Research!! Uggg
2.  Curse.... I usually spend far too much time worrying about my answers and going back over and over again to double check things.... They are also usually harder and take longer!
3.  Best Birthday I had was my 16th Birthday.  My mom went all out, 6ft sub from Hyvee, tons of people, a huge cookie cake and lots of fun.  I'll never forget it, though I've had a lot of other great birthdays too! 
4.  My last birthday I turned 24.  We went out to eat with my family and just had a good time together.  Nothing spectacular, but it was fun and relaxing and that's how I like it :-)

A picture is worth a thousand words.....

Or a thousand pictures is worth a thousand words?? ahh I don't know, regardless, here are some pictures of the happenings around our home! Nothing too exciting, so don't get your hopes up!  Just a few pics that we snapped :-)

Our kittiies are obsessed with suitcases.  This is Miss Allie

This is one of Josie's favorite spots to stare at the birds!

Allie loves to crawl inside of boxes for some weird reason

And here she is again.  She has really pretty blue eyes that you cannot see.

I Love fall in our backyard!

So pretty!

On another note, I participated in a Fall Swap over at History of the Harvey's

Way back in Sept!  My swap partner was Cat at Nashville Newlyweds!!

She sent me the cutest surprise!!

 

Isn't it awesome??  It's a beautiful frame that I cannot wait to put one of our wedding pictures in!

And the notecards!  They are so cute!  Thanks Cat!!!

Well, that's all for now!  Hope you're having a great start to your week!