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The Orchard

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Phil and I had a very nice night last night! We usually try to have a date night every Friday night. It doesn’t always work because we are both busy, especially me, but we try. So last night we decided to try the new restaurant in Baldwin called The Orchard Bar & Grill. It is just down the road from where we live so we were hoping we would like it. We got there around 6:45 and there was an hour wait to get a table! In Baldwin! Phil kinda wanted to go and eat somewhere else but I wanted to stay because I really wanted to try it out, so we stayed. We went to the bar, got a drink and played some darts and then just sat and talked until our table was ready. The Orchard was way better than I thought it was going to be. There was darts, pool tables, hoops, Big Buck Hunter, and a few other games. The building itself was really cool too. I was guessing that the food was going to be really expensive but it really wasn’t. It was actually cheaper to go there than to go to Applebees. Plus they had the most amazing burger I have ever tasted. You should all check it out! Anyways, I just had to tell everyone what a fabulous night I had with Phil! We haven’t had that much fun together in a while and it was really nice to forget about the stress and chaos that is going on in our lives for a little while and just have fun together. I love you babe!! :)

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!

Update

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Lets start off by saying that I had an EXCELLENT time this weekend with my girls! On Saturday we went to the Mall of America to do a little shopping. Well, I guess I should say a lot of shopping since we were probably there for a good 7 hours. I bought 3 pairs of pants, 4 shirts, a new pair of shoes and some new undies. I think that’s all… I’m wearing my new shoes today. :) Three of the new shirts I bought I have to wait until it gets warmer out to wear… Poo… I like to wear all my new stuff right away! But I guess I’d rather not be cold at work.

After our wonderful day of shopping we went out dancing. We all had a good ol time! :-) I wish I wouldn’t have drank the last drink though. I woke up with a slight hangover. Plus my knees and legs hurt sooo bad the next morning! I am very badly out of shape. :( That is the next thing I think I’ll work on. Since I have a desk job, it is hard to keep the weight off. And since the weather has been so crappy and cold, I haven’t gone on a nice long walk since last fall! I have tried a few different workouts but nothing has seemed to work. Any ideas?

Phil and I had a talk about buying a house. We have had this talk many times before and it always ends badly. This time however, it didn’t! It actually went pretty good. I told him that I wanted to go talk to a realtor and see what we could afford right now and look at some houses. He is still pretty iffy about buying a house right now but he said he wouldn’t mind talking to a realtor and seeing what we can come up with for monthly payments. I know we could afford to buy a house right now and I think if he talked to the realtor he would believe me. I think that if I get him to look at some houses, he will probably get excited about it. Plus, sometimes it takes a while to find a house. Our lease isn’t up until November but it might take that long to find a house that we really like. Does anyone know of any good realtors? We thought of starting with Westconsin Credit Union because we both bank there. We don’t know anything about mortgage loans and all that stuff so we don’t want to get screwed. We want someone who will be honest with us. Honesty... does that even exist in the real estate business?

Phil and I decided to start having a date night every Friday night because we want to put some more “excitement” into our relationship. We have been doing the same old thing everyday for the last couple years and it was getting old. We rarely went out on “dates” and we got use to sitting at home all weekend. However, I don’t want our date night to be the same thing every Friday night. I need some more ideas of some things we can do. We can obviously go out to eat and go to the movies but what other fun things can we do that don’t cost too much money? Once summer comes it will be easier to find things to do but for now I’m stumped! HELP!

This weekend my Mom and little sister are coming to visit! I’m so excited to see them! I haven’t seen them since Christmas. I guess JackiLynn has learned to walk and she likes to talk a lot too, even though she is the only one who understands what she’s saying. She will be so much fun! I will be sure to take lots of pictures!
Well, that is all until next time. :-)
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