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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.

Why is that having a 3 and a half day weekend off from work with nothing to do so excellent?! My weekend was quite fabulous! I did whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. There was no time limit on anything and nothing planned. That doesn’t happen very often, especially in the summer and especially when I have a long weekend off from work. I now get off work at 12:00 on Fridays for the rest of the summer! After work on Friday I went home, did a little homework, did a little cleaning, took a nap and then headed back to Hudson to get Phil. Then I treated him to some Olive Garden. I love Olive Garden but damn it is getting more and more expensive! But I guess it is worth it every so often.

Saturday I slept in as late as I possibly could and I did some more homework, then did some more cleaning then spent the rest of the day with my friend Jewells. We went rollerblading on Saturday and Sunday. It was a good time, I love rollerblading. We sure put on some miles! My legs hate me but they will forgive me when they look more toned. I’m hoping to keep this up and go a couple times a week. It is good exercise!

Sunday I cut Phil’s hair and then cut the dogs hair. Phil was first and that didn’t take long. We decided to buzz it all down. I think he looks like a military man now. :) (Although he hates it when I say that) Then we did Precious and she is easy as pie. We waited to do Vader last…. probably not a good idea. I was already getting tired of cutting hair and he is the most difficult dog in the frickin’ world to cut! After much time and a few meltdowns we finally got him looking decent. He still needs more hair cut but he won’t allow that. So it is good enough for me.

Jewells and I also spent our weekend catching up on our TV shows. We had 12 shows in all to catch up on! 12 shows! That is like 10 hours of TV! We got it down to 2 shows…. the Lost 2 hour finale is the only one left. I was quite disappointed with the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy. I won’t talk about it in case some of you haven’t watched it yet but it was good/frustrating/sad and all of the above. I guess only the good finales will leave you feeling frustrated and mad.

Monday Jewells and I went and did a little shopping and I bought 3 dresses, two shirts and a jacket. I basically doubled the amount of dresses I own. Yay for me! I am excited to wear them to work but it is too cold out today. Maybe later in the week. They keep it so damn cold in this joint!!! It only gets warm in here when it is 80+ degrees outside.

Anyways… I missed the rest of my friends this Monday and I hope to see them all this weekend! It is Good Neighbor Days in Roberts. Should be a good time!

Well, that is all until next time. :-)