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Starting the morning off right...

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So I got up this morning and let Vader outside first thing like I normally do. He always goes pee right away but sometimes he won’t go poop right away so I just bring him back inside and let him go back to sleep with Phil. When Phil got up I asked him to take him outside again because he still needed to go poop. Apparently he didn’t understand and he didn’t take him outside. Vader must have been mad at us because we didn’t take him back outside so guess where he decides to poop? Well, let’s just say this, I went to sit down on the couch to say goodbye to the pups, all dressed up in my cute brown pants, ready to leave for work and guess what I sat on? Yes, it was poop. Still warm and mushy. Cool! Now I have to run and change my pants and I have to put on khakis that are too tight because I had nothing else to wear that would match my shirt. You are probably thinking I should have just changed my shirt too but you don’t realize that it takes me like forever to pick out just one outfit! Now I’m forced to find another one?! No way! I put on the tight pants, made Phil clean up the couch while I rinsed the poop off my pretty brown pants so they didn’t reek up the entire house. Now I’m sitting at work wishing it were already over.

Roller Coaster of HELL

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So lately I feel like my world is crashing down around me. I can’t really go into details here but let me just tell you that the situation is NOT pretty. I’m on the worst frickin roller coaster I have ever been on and I want to get off and I’m forced to stay on. I cannot give up and I cannot ignore the situation. I am completely emotionally spent. To top it off, Phil and I got in a fight about something completely different last night. We went and looked at a house that I love for the 3rd time, with my father, a guy who builds houses, and his mother. The “inspection” went really well. There are some things that are wrong with the house (obviously, it is almost 45 years old) but they are all very minor things. Everything that would cost a butt load of money is in great condition. This made me fall in love with the house even more. I was ready to put in an offer and get it inspected by a professional. I was hoping Phil was on the same page and guess what… he wasn’t. Surprise, surprise. So now I’m completely devastated. I have this horrible situation going on with my family and now I find out that we are most likely not going to get the house I love. I guess it is still an “option” for Phil and he wants to keep it on our list but he wants to look elsewhere because there may be something better out there. He says that the more he looks at it, the more he doesn’t like it. I’m the opposite. My guess is that this house will be swept up rather soon and it will be gone forever. :( Sad. But, I just need to keep reminding myself that this is the least of my worries right now and I need to shift my focus away from this right now. God, just when you think something good can happen, everything in life takes a full 180. The only thing I have to look forward to is Saturday morning because I’m going to spend a little time with my aunt Laura. I have been speaking with my family a hell of a lot over the last week and it is quite pathetic to see what it takes for us to all talk on the phone. If this “situation” wasn’t happening, I wouldn’t be talking to them until the next holiday or grad party and we definitely wouldn’t be randomly spending time together. PATHETIC! I guess you can look at the positives in this, I am closer to my family more now than ever before.

P.S. I miss my friends. :-(

Best movie of all time, no contest!

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen comes out today!!! How exciting is that! I have been looking forward to this movie every since the first one came out and I fell in love with it. I'm very sad because I am not able to see it tonight but I will be going to see it Friday night! Can't wait!! Wahooo!!

Vacation Please?

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I really need a vacation right now. Where should I go? I would like to go somewhere far away but I can’t afford to do that. I am saving every penny I can for a down payment on a house (which by the way I think we might have found). So that leaves a small vacation. A small vacation could be nice too. Phil and I were thinking Duluth again. We have only been there once and it was a couple years ago during the fall. It would be nice to go there again but I would also like to go somewhere else. Does anyone have any ideas about a nice little vacation spot that isn’t too far away? We probably want to keep the drive less than 4 hours.

Did I mention that I think Phil and I found our house?! I went and looked at it with my friend Lynsie a couple weeks ago and loved it. I brought Phil to look at it last night and he surprised me by liking it too! We have quite a lot to talk about before we get it inspected and buy the house (if that’s what we want to do) but so far so good. Phil was worried that it wouldn’t have high speed internet from Baldwin-Telecom but I called and they said they did carry it out there. Yay! They just don’t carry cable TV, which is fine by me. If it didn’t have high speed internet from B-Telecom then we would end up paying $150ish for satellite or dish or whatever it is. No thanks! So that was a huge plus for Phil. So sometime over the next few days we will sit down and talk about it. I’m trying not to get too excited about it because I don’t want to give my hopes up but I can actually see myself living there. There are 5 beautiful acres, completely private with trees surrounding the entire property. It is a huge house. I think there are 5 bedrooms, there are 3 bathrooms, a huge living room, a huge basement, a huge deck, a cute sunroom, a huge pole barn and a two door garage. There is work that needs to be done but they are all pretty small projects with the exception of the kitchen (which is workable as-is). Phil would like to look at more houses to be sure but I am set on this one. So I guess we will see and I’ll keep you updated. :-)

I've had better days...

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Some times I wish I was a little kid again so I could throw a temper tantrum.

Another weekend down and too many options for the next...

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I had a very lovely weekend. Friday… what did I do on Friday?? Oh yeah, I got off work at 12 and then went home and worked on homework for a couple of hours. Then I made Phil and I some supper and then headed over to Jewell’s house where her Rachel and I watched a chick flick. It was nice to sit down and relax with my girls. I always feel like a schmuck bag when I sit at home and be lazy but when I’m doing it somewhere else then I don’t feel so bad!

Saturday. I worked on homework once again, and then my brother and I headed over to Stillwater for my cousin’s grad party. Little Loui has graduated. I feel very old. It was very nice to see my mom’s side of the family. I don’t get to see them as often as I would like. JackiLynn is getting so big! She clung to me. Or was it me that clung to her? Anyways, you can tell that she remembers me and she likes me. My brother on the other hand, different story. She tends to cry when he looks at her. It’s pretty funny. I forgot my camera so I don’t have any new pictures of her. :( I might go up this weekend and see her though so I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures then. After the grad party was the poker party. I am very glad I didn’t get my camera out for this night because Sarah and Jewells did and we had a little too much fun with the cameras. At one point we even mooned the camera. Anyways, I lost $10 but it was fun. I didn’t do too bad… I think I ended up in 6th place or something. I made it to the last table. However, there were only two tables so that isn’t that hard.

Sunday started off sucky because I had to change the oil in my car. We brought it over to Phil’s mom’s house and it took us like 2 hours to get it all said and done. But after that we went home and lounged on the couch watching a movie then a little Ice Road Truckers (which for some reason I find fascinating).

My new debate is what I should do this coming weekend. Should I go up North this weekend or should I stay home? My cousin Owen is having a pirate birthday party (he is turning 5) and I would like to see my mom’s side of the family again. My brother and I were planning on going up on Saturday and coming home Sunday but I have some things going on Saturday that I can’t get out of. I was thinking that I wish I could do them all but now that I think about it, I technically can. Phil’s sister is in town so we are having a bbq at his moms house with all the family and then it is Phil’s 10 year reunion which he isn’t going to but he wants to go to the “before hand party” with all of his buddies and he wants me to come. So I suppose I could leave for up North on Sunday morning and just come back later that day. It is only a 3 hour drive so it wouldn’t be that bad. :( I just hate doing all that driving in one day. So, should I go up for just the few hours on Sunday or should I just wait and go a different weekend when I can go and stay a night? If I picked a different weekend I probably wouldn’t see all of my family, I would probably just see my mom and sister. Tough choice.

Things I love…

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I have been feeling pretty crappy and negative the last few days so I thought I’d write something positive and write about the things I love. Now this whole list has no order; however, I am putting Phil first because he is the only thing on this list that will always be number 1. :-)

Phil- He is my best friend and I can’t wait to marry him some day (soon I hope)!! He treats me very good, buys me flowers for no reason, fixes my computer, my car, or whatever is broken, he cooks me food, he is just wonderful! I’m so excited for what will come in our future. I can’t wait to marry him and have lots of babies and I can’t wait to buy our first house together!

Our babies- Vader and Precious… oh what can I say besides I love them to death! Since we have no real kids yet, these are our kids. The hardest part of the morning is when I have to say goodbye to my babies. But the best part of the day is when I get to come home and hear them crying (happy crying) when they hear us pull up in the driveway when we get home from work. Sometimes I just want to kick their ass because they peed on the carpet or chewed up my purse or shoe but I love these dogs too much to stay mad at them. Some of the things they do just make me crack up! How could anyone not love them!

My friends- You know who you are!!! Life would not be the same without them. I have the greatest friends. I love you guys! I love our Mondays, our “girls night out”, our trips to Rachel’s cabin, our vacations we take yearly no matter how small or big.

Ketchup- I love ketchup. Anyone who really knows me would know that I love ketchup. Ketchup is best with French fries and meat loaf! Without ketchup everything is so bland and boring. We go through quite a lot of ketchup in our house and I think I’m the only one who really eats it. ;-)

Coldplay- I love Coldplay! This is the only band that I like every single song they wrote/play. I went to their concert in November and it was the best concert I have ever been to. They put on an awesome show and they walked 3 feet from us and played a couple rows up from us. My friend Jewells and I are going to their concert in East Troy, WI in July!

Lilacs- There is nothing like walking outside in the summer and smelling the wonderful aroma of lilacs… and the fact that they are really pretty helps too! However, Phil is allergic to them so I can’t put them in my house. :( The only time I can enjoy them is when I am outside. When we buy a house I’m going to buy a bunch of lilacs and plant them outside! They don’t really bother him when they are outside.

Christmas trees- I love REAL Christmas trees. I grew up with real Christmas trees and Phil grew up with fake ones. There is just something about going out with the family after Thanksgiving and cutting down your own tree. But, that is another thing Phil is allergic to so every year we have to put up the same stupid fake tree… ‘sigh’…

Clean blankets and sheets- There is just something wonderful about getting into bed after you have washed all of the sheets and blankets! Everything smells so good and no longer smells like sleep and dogs!

Showers- I love the feeling right when you get in the shower and hit the hot water! It feels so good! I also love the feeling of being completely clean and then slipping on clean clothes when you get out of the shower.

Sleeping in- I love laying in bed after a long day and knowing that the next day I don’t have to get up at a certain time… I get to sleep in!!! My body doesn’t usually let me sleep in much longer but the thought is nice.

EmergenC packets- I used to drink coffee and I need that something hot to drink in the a.m. I like the pink lemonade and the raspberry and I heat up some water and drink it like tea! They are quite delicious and have a ton of vitamin C. They also give you a small amount of energy which is nice.

Sun- I love sitting in the sun taking in the rays! It is especially nice when you are at the beach but I’ll take it anywhere I can get it.

Thunderstorms- I love thunderstorms!!! I like the really loud ones that practically shake the house. And when the lightening lights up the whole night. I love the adrenaline rush when you think there may be a tornado. I love when you can actually see a tornado close to your house too. Now I’m not saying that I wish a tornado to come and destroy everyone’s house or anything! I just think they are cool. We had a tornado when I was a kid and basically left our home alone but hit our shed down the road and killed a bunch of cows and took down tons of trees.

Certain movies- I am addicted to the movie Transformers! I cannot wait until the next one comes out on June 24th. I can watch that movie over and over again and never get sick of it! Phil is pretty sick of my addiction to Transformers. I also have an addiction to Twilight but it is not half as bad as Transformers. I loved the books and the first movie was alright. I’m excited to see the next one. I’m also excited to see the new Iron Man movie and Sex and the City 2. All these great movies to look forward to!

Grilling out- I love to grill steaks, barbequed chicken, wieners and hamburgers. Nothing screams summer like grilling out and eating outside with a cold beer.

My birthday- I love birthdays, especially my own. I have an awesome birthday too because it is on Halloween.

My family- Though there has been a lot of troubles and hurt I do really love my family. I wish I were closer with my dad and little brother and I wish my mom didn’t live so far away. I would like to see my baby sister more often and I would like to see my mom’s side of the family more often. I just have to say that I had the best childhood a kid could ever have!

Pics from Ladies Night

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Lynsie, myself, Caitlin and Jewells


Jewells and I

Lynsie and I

These are the only pictures I took all night. I didn't bring my camera out with us so this was just when we were in the hotel getting ready and I only had my camera out for like 5 minutes. I didn't even get pictures with Rachel, Sarah and Collette!!! :-( Oh well, I know Sarah and Jewells took some pictures though so hopefully they will give me some... ;)

More fun weekends

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Sleep… all I want right now is a little more zzz’s. I had a fabulous weekend but I’m exhausted and I wish I could have slept in today to make up for it. But I had to get up at 6:20 and get ready for work! I would give anything on this cold and rainy day to go back home and crawl in bed with Phil and the puppies… doesn’t that sound nice?

The house hunting went quite well on Friday. We had 7 homes scheduled to take a look at and we looked at 6 of them. We pulled up to one of them and decided it was too scary so we didn’t even get out of the car. Anyways, we started in Hammond and we looked at a new home that was built and it had a 2 acre lot. I liked the home but in a few years there would be a lot of neighbors. However, I did talk to our realtor about building one of these homes on part of my dad’s land. Phil wasn’t to keen on that idea though. He would want us to go find our own contractor and have them only build the guts and we would finish the rest. I like that idea, however, that would cost too much because if I were going to build starting from scratch, I would want to make it a home I will want to live in forever. Then we were off to Woodville. We looked at a really cute house a couple miles West of Woodville out in the country. I loved, loved, loved the land!! It was 5 acres of mowed lawn surrounded by trees so you couldn’t see the neighbors down the road. It was very private and very pretty. It was the most ideal type of land I want. The house was really cute too but it was one bedroom too small. It would be big enough for us now but once we had kids we would need to get a bigger house. Then we were off to the next house which was about a mile down the road. This one was my favorite! It had 5 beautiful acres, a huge house, a 2 car garage and a pole barn (Phil’s domain). The house was huge and it would need a lot of work but it is all small things that need to be done with the exception of the kitchen. If we bought the house, we could slowly do the work we want to it, starting with the kitchen. Everything is livable and doesn’t NEED to be redone but we would fix it here and there. So I am very excited to show Phil this house but I’m scared that he won’t like it. I guess we will see! After this house we headed towards the Ellsworth, River Falls area and looked at 3 more houses. I really liked one but I think it is too far out. All in all I had a very good experience with the house hunting this weekend and I’m starting to get excited about it again! Yay!

Saturday was a long, fun day. I started the day off with homework and then proceeded to clean my entire house. I would like to say that my house is now clean but I came home on Sunday and it was a mess again due to Phil… Anyways, after I got the house cleaned I headed over to Jewell’s house and we all left for the hotel in Minneapolis. Once we got there we got situated and then headed down to the pool. We did a little swimming, well, I went in up to my waist and then decided that I would rather sit in the hot sauna and then we went back up to our room and hung out, ate some pizza, and pre-drank. At around 10:30 we headed to Spin. When we got there it was dead but it started to pick up around 11:00 and then all of a sudden the place was packed! Drinks were a dollar until 11:30 so we got a couple of $1 pink panties and then danced the night away. The dance floor was so packed that you could barely move. There were way too many guys and they all wanted a piece of ass. It was disgusting… they were very “grabby”. All I wanted was to have fun dancing with my girls and we had to rub off all these guys all night. But it was a good night and I think we all had a lot of fun! I will put some pictures up later. Sunday we got up and got ready then headed to Perkins for some delicious breakfast. It was sooo good and I ate really, really fast. By the time we got home it was probably around 2:00 and I went straight for the shower. After I showered and started the laundry I took a tiny nap and then watched movies the rest of the night with Phil. We watched Yes Man with Jim Carey and it was just alright. I was expecting more because I like Jim Carey but I think his time is over… Then we watched the third Mummy movie. I forget what it’s called. I thought this movie would be great because the first two were good but I was wrong. It sucked. For one thing, they didn’t even have all of the original actors. Another thing, they didn’t seem to age at all from the last movie to this one and their son aged like 20 years. How is that possible? Anyways, take my advice and don’t see it.

Today I’m tired and I feel like crap because it is the first day of my period. I feel like I need to throw up and I kind of wish I could so I could go home. But I’m going to suck it up and get to work.

Things to look forward to

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I just have to say that I am very excited for tomorrow! I only work half days on Fridays and after work I am meeting my friend Lynsie and she is going to come with me to look at houses!! I really wish Phil could go with me but he has to work so I asked Lynsie if she would like to come. I gave my realtor my top 5 houses out of 12 and we are for sure looking at those. I think he also added a few more in there. I am really hoping that I find one that I like. I have only looked at 4 houses so far and they have all sucked balls. Since I have not found anything to my liking yet I am not having too much fun with this. You would think that there would be a ton of houses to look at since the economy is so bad but there really isn’t. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of houses to look at in town but I don’t want to live in town. No, I take that back… I WILL NOT LIVE IN TOWN! I grew up in the country and I’m going to stay in the country. Anyways, so I’m looking forward to looking at these houses but I’m also scared that they will suck and I’ll be sad once again. I don’t want to be the girl that looks at 50+ houses before she finds the one. You may get the impression that I’m picky but I’m really not! I just want a decent size house in decent condition in the country within 30 miles of Hudson. Is that so much to ask for? Anyways, after my house hunt Phil and I are going on our date night. It is his turn so he gets to pick a restaurant for us to go to. After that we will go home and spend a little time together before I go rollerblading with Jewells. Rollerblading and eating healthier really makes quite a difference! I feel much, much better about my body and I feel healthier and more energetic. I haven’t really lost much weight but I can sure feel a difference.

I am also very excited for Saturday night. I know I already said that on my last post but I’m really, really excited!

Memories... on the corner of my mind.

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I always told myself that I would start a journal so I could record what is going on in my life and I never have. I think I started one a couple times but ended up only writing in it once or twice. It didn’t dawn on me until now that my blog is my journal. Duh… all I talk about is what is going on in my life and that is exactly what a journal is. Except this is even better because I can add pictures too. It is nice to have something to look back on from time to time. I can look back a year from now and see what I was up to. When I was helping my friend clean and organize she found a whole bunch of stuff in her “memories” box and started reminiscing. I don’t think I even have a memory box. I threw out all of my old letters and cards people gave me. Now I regret that. I do however have all of my old photos. From time to time I like to go through my pictures and laugh at how stupid I used to look or who I used be friends with or who I used to date. I kind off got off track here… what I’m saying is that it is nice to have something to look back to. I’m sure a few years from now I will crack up with some of the dilemmas, complaints or stories about my weekends I have written. I guess I better try to stay on top of my blog more than I do then… Anybody have any good ideas for a blog? My life is pretty boring right now so I can't really talk about my day to day life everytime I blog because you would all be bored as hell.. I would have stuff to write about if I got engaged but that hasn't happend yet. I could also write about purchasing my first house but that hasn't happened yet. So, all I have to blog about as of right now is my weekends because that is the only time I seem to have a life. Give me ideas and I will write more!!

Good times

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All us ladies having a good time
This past weekend some friends and I all went to Good Neighbor Days in Roberts, WI. It was a real good time. We started the night at Collette’s house and then went to the beer tent once it got dark out. The Dweebs were playing that night and I actually don’t think I’ve ever heard them play before. So we spent a couple hours down there dancing and drinking. After our ears were ringing bad enough we decided to head back to Collette’s house to chill by the fire that Ron so graciously provided the wood for from the neighbors. We didn't get home until about 3:00 a.m. and of course I couldn't sleep in on Sunday. So Sunday I was pretty tired and lazy all day. I spent, oh about 90% of my day on the couch. Quite nice!
Rachel, myself and Lynsie

Lynsie and Sarah acting cool

Phil and Jimmy P

Phil and I
This weekend us girls are all going to Minneapolis and we are getting a hotel and going out dancing all night long! I'm so excited I can't even stand it! There will be 7 girls going. We are going to get to the hotel around 3:00 so we can chill and do a little swimming. Then we are going to go out for dinner, probably at the Spaghetti Factory. We will probably hit up Gay 90s first then head over to Spin. Should be a good time!!
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