That's just crazy talk!

;) ;) And daddy will grow to love you, I know he will!

So I am now all done with school for the quarter so I decided to get on my computer and clean up my pictures and organize them. Then I started going down memory lane...

Josh, Jewells and I in the airport waiting to get on a plane to Seattle.

Vegas Baby!! This was only like 2 years ago and we all look so young!

Phil and I on New Years Eve about 2 years ago.

Jewells bachelorette party!

This was years ago!

My 21st birthday, celebrating with Josh, Lynsie, and Phil at Dicks Bar. I was drunk. Josh, Lynsie and Phil were the only ones who were able to go out with me on my 21st because they were the only ones who were 21!

A goofy monday with my crew.

Phil and I for Halloween in 2005, I think.

Jewell's reception after her wedding.

The crew at the cabin in 2009.

Rachel's wedding.

Good Neighbor Days!

My Monday crew again! I love these people.

Chicago a few years ago. We were under the bean.

Girls night 2009!

My stud muffin!

The love of my life! This was at the cabin in 2008. He is so cute!

Seattle.

I just love this picture. This was at Rachel's wedding reception a few years ago.

Some of these pictures are the oldest ones I have because my computer crashed a few years ago and I lost all my old pictures. :( Wish I could have gone through those too!

This dog is so frickin cute. I just had to say it.

The white pig is his new toy... He is very territorial with it. He doesn't want you to touch it unless you are going to throw it for him and he freaks out if you hide it and he didn't see where you put it. He seriously gets mad and frantic trying to find it. He has never acted this way with a new toy. He will not let it out of his sight.

They aren't spoiled at all... (this isn't even all of their toys).

I finally got my blog back to its normal self!!! Now I just need to update it. :-) That makes me happy.

I am very indecisive… I have been going back and forth and all over the place with this house hunting business. I so badly want to buy a house that I find that I’m willing to do almost anything, even live in town. Yes, I said I would be willing to live in town. Me? The one who always said I would never buy a house in town?! I seriously need to compose myself and think about this. What is more important? Buying a house now just because I want one right now? OR Waiting until the right one comes along (even if it means waiting another year or so)? I know what you are thinking, what about the $8,000?! I don’t care about the $8,000. To be honest, I’m not even thinking about that. My guess is that the price of houses will drop 25% after this $8,000 deal from the government goes away. Either way, I don’t care. I have made myself stop and think about this. No, I don’t want to give up my dreams about buying a house out in the country. And no, I’m not willing to buy just any cheap house out in the country. I don’t need a huge house or anything. I just want something with character and a little land and privacy. I have now come back down to reality and am no longer living on cloud 9. We will wait until the right house comes along. No matter how long that takes. Maybe I’ll find it tomorrow or maybe I will find it in a year from now, whatever. Plus, if we wait I’ll be able to save more money and maybe I’ll be earning more money and we could afford something in a higher price range. I have saved a crazy amount of money in the last 5 months. If we don’t have a house within the next 6 months then I can double that. Now that would be awesome. That is all for now... just wanted to tell you all how desperate I was. Glad I snapped out of it.

Sorry it has been a while since I have written a decent blog. I have been a very busy lady the last few weeks with homework and life. Plus, I don’t really have much to talk about. Let’s start with an update of what happened last week. Phil and I had another date night at the Orchard last Friday night. It is incredibly nice to have a decent restaurant within a few miles of our house. Then Saturday we went over to Phil’s mom’s house where we had a family picnic. Phil’s sister, Val was in town (she lives in Portland) and she brought her boyfriend Eduardo over with her so we could all meet him. Eduardo is from Peru and he speaks Spanish. He does speak English fairly well but I can’t always understand him. lol Val speaks Spanish too and I can’t understand a word they are saying when they start talking. Overall the picnic was very nice. Lots of great food and family. :) I have become very fond of my future in-laws. I’m hoping I can get Phil talked in to taking a vacation in February and going up to Portland to visit both of his sisters. We both need a vacation and it would be nice to see his sisters again. Plus we have never been to Portland and I have heard it is very pretty over there. Anyways, then on Sunday we did a little shopping in Woodbury and then headed to the Minnesota State Fair. I gained like two pounds from all the food we ate but it was worth it! We had gyros, cheese curds, ice cream, and of course cotton candy. You can never go to the fair and not get cheese curds or cotton candy! Then we met up with some friends and headed over to see the talent show. Phil and I only stayed for half of it because I could tell it wasn’t Phil’s thing. I think next year we will skip the fair. Maybe do it every other year or something. I just don’t like all the people! It was jam packed and you could barely walk around! Then Monday came along and I went on a little shopping trip with my friend Jewells. It feels like it has been forever since I last went shopping! I got a cute new necklace (which I am wearing right now), a couple new pairs of earrings, two zip up hoodies (both under 8 bucks!), 2 new pairs of pajama bottoms (because Phil HATES my comfy sweat pants), a free pair of undies from Victoria Secret, and a pretty new shirt for work. Then Tuesday it is back to work… and now it is finally Friday. :) Last night Phil and I went and looked at 5 houses. 2 were in Hammond and 3 were in Baldwin. I liked 2 of the houses that were in Baldwin and Phil only liked the 1 and only house I hated. This whole house hunting thing is going to take forever since Phil and I have completely different taste. He hates split level houses, and I don’t really care, it doesn’t bother me one bit. If we are going to buy in town we want a newer house and pretty much all the new houses in our price range are split level. Tonight Phil and I are going to go to the Hammond Hotel. I like going to the small town restaurants. Then Saturday and Sunday I have no plans! I’m so excited to be able to do whatever I want! Except for the fact that I have to do homework. But I’ve only got one more week after this weekend! Then I finally get a tiny break! What else do I have to talk about…. you know, I can’t really think of anything else at the moment. I guess that is all for now.