That's just crazy talk!

So my mom came to visit this last weekend. I don't get to see her much since she currently lives in Fargo. She came down on Friday night and left Sunday morning. Friday night we just ate some dinner and relaxed. Surprisingly she fell asleep on the couch before me and I made it until 9:30! Heck yeah! 9:30 is late for me when I’m just sitting at home. I usually go to bed between 8:00-8:30! This baby sure tuckers me out.

Saturday morning my mom was looking for something crafty to do. I’ve been saving a project for her since I knew she would want to do something like that while she is here. If you don’t know my mom then you would probably find this weird that I put her to work while she visits but she likes to do this kind of stuff. She can’t wait to help me with the baby’s room. But like I’ve said before, we can’t get started on that quite yet. Anyways my crafty project for her was to reupholster our bench that sits on the end of our bed so the little dogs can jump up on the bed. The top was completely ruined by Winston jumping on it and putting holes in it (and it was kind of ugly). I had the fabric picked out already and I was going to attempt to do this project on my own but then she said she was coming to visit so I thought I’d save it for her – since she has reupholstered many items before! Plus, I wasn’t sure if I’d even be able to do it right since I’ve never done that before. Anyways, here’s my new bench! It makes the room look so much cuter! I just love it.

After our craft project (I just watched) we headed to Hudson for some lunch and grocery shopping. My mom wanted to make us all a yummy dinner and since it was so nice outside she decided on steaks on the grill. My brother and Ashley came over Saturday evening and we just hung out on our ½ built deck and then had a fabulous dinner with the works – steak, baked potato, salad, French bread, and pie. Yum yum! Baby likes steak!

Sunday morning we slowly got up and then my mom left. She had a 5ish hour drive home and needed to be home around 2:00. I can’t wait for when she can come and help me with the baby’s room. My mom’s side of the family is so crafty and they have so many great ideas! Hopefully someday I’ll be just as crafty…

I have lots of thoughts today, many of which I cannot write about because they would just get me in trouble. So, let’s just write about the safe topics.

- It’s 70 degrees outside right now and all I want to do is be outside. 70 degrees for March is awesome and I wish I could fully enjoy it. Instead I’m working until 5. At least I’ll have a little bit of time before the sun goes down and I can drive home with the moon roof open.

- I have decided to color my hair again (see last post). Even after talking about it with friends (since none of them know how to comment on a blog ;)) I still wasn’t sure which way to go. But this morning it hit me. I looked into the mirror and said “ugh, gross”. My hair looks like crap because it is in desperate need of a haircut and I just really want to love my hair again and I’m not going to be happy with this “going natural” color. It just looks gross and dingy. So I’ll be forking over the money and dying it. I feel more comfortable waiting to dye it until after my first trimester is over and I’ll be 14 weeks on the 25th. So, end of March comes my new hairdo! I can’t wait.

- The Hunger Games comes out next Friday and I’m very very excited to go see it. I’m even more excited because we are making a girls night out of it and going out for dinner before the movie. It’s so nice to get out of the house and do something fun! Maybe I’ll read the first book again before the movie to tide me over until then.

- My mom is coming to visit this weekend and is staying at my house. I’m excited to see her but I wish I had more stuff I needed help with. She is very excited to start helping me with the baby’s room, etc. but I can’t do anything at this point since I don’t know the sex yet. So, hopefully I can find other projects that I need her help on. She is very crafty.

- I would like a new phone. Somehow I scratched the so called “scratch resistant” surface and now it bugs me. It’s just a little tiny scratch but I can’t stop staring at it each time I use my phone. Annoying. And I can’t get a new phone until October. Boo… that’s just some of my complaining.

- Phil and I slowly (very slowly) started the name game for Baby K. I have listed probably 10-15 names (3 of which I’m in love with) and he says yuck to each and every one of them. So, I told him I’m sick of him saying yuck to my names so he needs to look at the book and come up with a list. I’m prepared for a very boring list with names like Steve or Bob. That’s not going to happen.

That is all I have for you at this moment. I wish I could talk to you all about something else but I shouldn’t. Someday maybe I’ll be able to vent.

Then Saturday I got to see my mom for a little bit. She went to the farm to see Justen and help me with the garden. So I went over there for a few hours and helped her weed, etc and we chatted a bit. She looks really good and seems to be happy again. I just hope it lasts.

Then Saturday night was my bach party! Lynsie, a/k/a “loin muffin”, came over after work and then Ashley, my brother’s girlfriend, came over around 4:00. Right after Ashley got to my house it started down pouring out which really sucks because they boys were working on the deck. Soon after Ashley got there we left for the hotel in Minneapolis. After getting a little lost we finally made it to the hotel (a little late which I’m sure Jewells was happy about). Right when we got to the hotel we started the celebration. There was beer, jello-shots (strawberry and champagne I believe – and were quite delicious), wine and champagne. Before we even left for dinner we were all feeling pretty good.

After getting ready we walked to the Hard Rock to meet my aunties and have some dinner. The food there is delicious! I love a big juicy burger w/fries – my favorite!!

After the Hard Rock we walked around and found some Irish bar and had a few drinks outside on the patio. After we had a few drinks it got really windy and started to sprinkle outside so we decided to head to an inside bar and this is when my aunties left.

I think we started out at Drink and then jumped to a few other places (Aqua, Envy, etc) and then ended the night at Drink. Here are some of my favorite pics of the night in complete random order...

The whole gang at the Hard Rock! I'll just introduce everyone here. From left to right - Sarah, Rachel, Lynsie, Jenny, me, Laura, Jewells and Ashley.

Before we left for dinner

Jello shots before we left for dinner.

Pole dancing?

Not quite sure why we were doing this

I'm sexy, real sexy...

So cool...

On our walk back to the hotel.

We are awesome...

All us girls.

Cleavage anyone?

Eventually the heals came off...

I'm pretty sure they had too much to drink ;)

Me and my aunties :) Laura is on the left and Jenny on the right.

At the Hard Rock

Yeah....

two for ones!

Sleepy time

Random guys that apparently thought we were cool.

Tid bit windy?

Shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots EVERYBODY! Well, for Loin and Ashley at least.

What’s going on in my life?? Well, I can definitely say that there is too much happening at one time and there is a whole lot of negative but let’s talk about the positive!

On Saturday I got a new tattoo. I love, love, love it! It is for my dad, who I miss more and more every day. In a little tiny way this tattoo makes me feel better. It gives me a little bit of control in a place where I have none.

Sunday was Valentines Day. Phil and I spent the whole day at home relaxing! It was quite nice. He spoiled me rotten with candy, flowers, a gift, lunch and rocky road ice cream! He knows that rocky road ice cream is the way into my heart. :-) Love you babe!

Phil and I recently bought our tickets to Florida. Yep, March 22nd we will be leaving on a jet plane to Fort Lauderdale! I seriously cannot wait to get the hell out of here for 5 days! I am very much in need of a vacation!

I just talked to my mom and she is doing fantastic! Things were quite rocky for a while there but everything seems to be going very good now. She got back on her feet and is starting to enjoy life again. I can’t wait to go visit her and Jackylyn in a few weeks! For the first time in years I can definitely say that she sounds like her old self again. It feels good to have her back. :-)

I have 5 more weeks of school left which means I’m half way done with my last quarter! I am so ready to be done! The Monday after I finish my last day of school we are leaving for Florida. It is kind of my treat to myself for finishing this degree.

Phil's sister Val makes handmade jewelry and I just bought a ring from her collection. I just got it in the mail today and I love it! She also sent me a free pair of earings along with it! She does awesome work so if you are intersted you should check out her site: http://www.etsy.com/shop/valkasinskas.

That’s about it for the positives in life right now so I’ll leave it at that.