If I Won The Lotto

This link up is too good to pass up. My husband talks almost daily about how he would spend his millions. This conversation usually evolves from him talking about one major thing he wants to buy (mini cows, boats, guns, trucks) then he lists the entire shopping list. Now it is my turn! :)

 

 

1. All the normal shit would happen first... pay off debt, donate some to the church which would also be our children's school K-8th grade, some to the high school, we'd donate enough to 4H to have the show arena named after my husband as well as my business, and the kids' colleges would be paid for. Just because their mommy is rich as hell doesn't mean they get to free load forever. I won, not them.

 

2. I'd buy a new Chevy Tahoe with all the bells and whistles. Like it would practically drive itself, if not fly. I'd also need some cute little sports car, convertible of course, to piddle around town in. Danny would get a new diesel truck. My mom would get a new car too.

 

3. The room addition of our master bed bath and closet would happen, stat. I wouldn't want a new house. I like our little hidden gem. I'd just make this one completely badass. I'd have a walk in closet that Bethenny Frankel would envy. Thats the main key to a good bedroom.

 

4. I'd buy boats. Yes, 2. A pontoon for when we were feeling like partying and a speed boat for when I was feeling sporty. We would need a couple lake houses as well. One in Michigan and one in Tennesee.

 

5. Speaking of houses, I'd need one in Orange Beach, Alabama. A condo would be fine too. I'd also rent it out when we were using it just so I can turn my lotto winnings into more money.

 

6. I'd quit working. Its not that I don't love my job, I just would love not working more.

 

7. There would be a lazy river in my back yard that surrounded the self-cleaning pool. Who doesn't want a lazy river? Those things are about the only reason I ever want to go to a water park.

 

8. Everyone in my immediate family would have a 4-wheeler and we'd have 2 to spare for friends. We would ride these bitches on the 200+ acres I bought that has a wooded area, a pond for fishing and a cute little log cabin.

 

9. I'd put some money aside specifcally for some "work" aka plastic sugery. Get a couple things tucked and lifted after I'm done having babies.

 

10. Diesel would have his own room. We would turn the shed into his Doggy Dreamhouse that had an unlimited amount of bullysticks.

 

11. I'd go on 3 7-10 day vacations a year. I'd go to the Horsehoe in Southern Indiana so much that they name a floor after me in the casino. And they rename Paula Deen's buffet after me. I'm sure thats up for grabs.

 

 

Alright, thats all I got for now. Its time for me to get my ass on the road and go meet with customers. Here's to hoping I don't get lost again today like I did yesterday when Google Maps AND my iPhone both failed me.

The Tale of a Pregnant Bridesmaid

I was going to do a recap of our weekend, but other than going to Symphony on the Prairie, a music show they have at this place about 45 minutes away that had a 4th of July themed Symphony, there wasn't much. We had a great time. Packed a picnic dinner, Danny enjoyed a couple brewskies (you can bring your own or buy them there. Quite the place!) and I had some Dippin' Dots :) Here are some pics from the evening.

Oh, and Danny's family reunion on Sunday, where one of his aunts convinced her family that we are legit, 100% naming this baby Jellybean. Now Danny's extended family thinks I am off my rocker. I'd be out of my mind to suggest that name and I'd be just as out of my mind to agree to that. Regardless of who would decide on that name, be it Danny or me, it would make us both crazy. (if you or someone you know has named their child Jellybean, I'm not sorry for offending you. I am sorry for said child.) I also won a scratch off in a drawing, which I won $2 on. Big money!

So, my BFF Rachael is getting married at the end of August and I am a bridesmaid. Back in January the bride, her mom, the maid of honor, another bridesmaid and myself went bridesmaid dress shopping. I was in the prime of my work out stage and also the most stressed out I have ever been in my entire life. Basically I was lookin fine, and ended up walking out with this sexy little number.

Its form fitting, showed off my newly discovered curves and I was workin it. Then I got pregnant.

I tried the dress on in May and it still fit. Stuck my stomach out as far as I could and there was A LOT of give. Since there was room for a growing stomach, I had no worries. Oh so wrong, Erin.

Tried that bitch on Saturday night and it had about an inch left unzipped. My damn boobs have outgrown the dress. The rib area was pretty snug too. Awesome. Texted the bride, slightly freaked and called my mom. I decided to call Davids Bridal the next day and see what happened. The lady on the phone was of no help and said "lead time is 8 weeks on most things" and you'll need to talk to a manager. The wedding is 7 weeks from this past Saturday.

The bride and I went to Davids Bridal last night and were in and out in under 30 minutes. The manager saw us walking in with a dress in hand and greeted us at the door. I told her in January I wasn't pregnant, now I am, and the girls are too big. She got 2 bigger sizes off the rack and left us to go about our business. The next size up already doesn't fit, but 2 sizes up was more than big enough and had room to grow in the bust area. AND there were 17 of them in stock in the warehouse. We figured there would be like 2 or 5, no. 17. Luck was on our side. Plus, I don't think I could have made a better decision to accomadate my pregnant self. The other dresses hit right at the ribs or at the very top of my stomach, which would be bad news bears come August.

So, that dress that my in progress hot bod was rockin' will still be sexy on the bump. I am a happy mama :)

4th of July

Hiiiiiii. Long time no see. I am slowly getting back to real life after an extra long weekend. It was a good one, I must say. 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. Its laid back, its fun, no stress, no family drama, doesn't require dozens of shopping trips for gifts. Its easy. Its especially easy for me because Danny usually has to work, at least he did this year and 2 years before that. Danny use to volunteer for the fire department that puts on the best fireworks show within 30-45 minutes of us. Volunteering for that department meant he helped put on the show. He would suit up in his turnout gear and light those massive fireworks every year. He LOVED it. Last year was his first time, in quite a a few years, that he got to watch the show. He was very uneasy the whole time... its just better for him if he works on the 4th. My family has gone to that same fireworks show ever since I can remember going to fireworks. My dad would take our old orange and white truck up there the morning of to get a good spot, we'd go to a cookout or watch my brother play baseball, then head back up to watch the show. Now, my brother, mom and me still carry on the tradition.

The morning of the 4th, I treated myself to a delicous nutrientless breakfast, which is shown below and worth every bite. Its been a while since I've had a good donut.

There may have been a third

Around noon I followed my brother up to take his truck (Old Orange is now a lawn ornament). We didnt get our normal spot (and were tempted to fight for it) but we were close. I lounged around on the couch for a couple more hours then finally got ready for the evening. My mom, brother, and a couple good friends of the family (jordan who looks like Drew and me ans Drews bff Zach) were coming over to eat and go to fireworks with us. 

This "cookout" was thrown together Wednesday afternoon. I committed to pasta salad, mom said she would bring buns andwe both figured Drew had hot dogs since he said he wanted brats as well. Wrong. Everyone arrives and we have buns, pasta salad and chips. Didn't realize this until an hour after people got to my house. Oh and Drew forgot paper plates. Drew's girlfriend (she was here too) went and got everything and Drew fired up the grill. We eat, it starts pouring and they all drink beer while I enjoy my crystal light repeating "this rain better quit!"

Jordan on the left, Drew on the right. People at school legit thought
Jordan and I were twins if they didn't already know us.

 

Drew's girlfriend and I. We made these shirts last year for a Toby Keith
concert. We decided to whip them out again.



 The rain quit and we decided to head up to the fireworks.  Since I was the DD, I put my foot down and made everyone stop at the gas station so I could get a slushie. I needed to at least feel like I was drinking rum punch since I couldn't. We get done at the gas station, get about 1/4 mile down the road and Drew says he doesn't have the keys to the truck so someone can drive it home after the fireworks. We drive BACK to my house, get the keys, Mom has to pee again, Drew and Zach need a picture taken, and we try again. Finally making it up there.

This fireworks show is always kind of an emotional roller coaster, but even more so this year. They start off with upbeat music and a few shots (fireworks people), then they did a tribute to a fire chief that died during a fire in TN that was from the town these fireworks were in. Played music, shot more fireworks. The next tribute was for all lines of the military. They play each of the songs and have ground displays. Then they do a "Last Call" for all fallen firefighters. This one gets to me. Hearing those bagpipes is gut wrenching for a firefighters family and it puts a lump in your throat. It was especially tough to hear after the 19 firefighters died in Arizona last week and Danny's department fought a house fire the next day that took hours to put out. They next did a tribute to the Arizona firefighters. They lit 19 lanterns and let them go into the sky. I thought it was pretty cool. They played more music, lit more fireworks. The final tribute for the last 5 years has been for that department's fire chief's daughter. She passed away 5 years ago after fighting a fire and they always play a special song, light a ground display and her dad says a few words. Thats the last of the sadness and they end with an awesome finale. See what I mean by emotional roller coaster? Its rough, but I wouldn't want to watch fireworks anywhere else on the 4th. And I don't ever plan on it either.

 

I had a great 4th of July. All day long I was trying to wrap my head around the fact that next year I will have a 6 month old to deck out in red, white and blue and tote along with me. Its so hard to believe and I can't wait!

I'll get to the rest of my weekend tomorrow since my 4th of July is novel length.

July Goals

I am completely baffled by the fact that it is July. Where did January-June go?!

With a new month comes new goals. I think it helped me accomplish a couple of them putting them in writing, so we're doing it again folks.

First, I want to recap June goals and see how the month turned out.

1. Walk 4x's a week - Didn't happen, but it pretty much can't happen because of the current state of my baby making parts, which I explained in my 14 week bumpdate.

2. Start working out - Nope. See above.

3. Finish bedroom collage - Did this! On the last day of the month. I basically did it because I remembered I wrote it as one of my goals and had to get it done. 

4. Get the baby's room cleared out - Didn't even start. Ugh.

5. Evaluate our budget - I did this and I am happy to report that we did okay. I've got some ideas on how to make it more efficient though. I'll let you know how it goes when we get it done. 

6. Have a pool day with my mom - We had one planned for this past Saturday. It ended up being like 78, cloudy and rainy. We went shopping instead.

Results = 2/6. Yuck.

 

 

Here are my July goals.. being written so maybe I will be held accountable.

1. Clean out baby's room - This really needs to happen. We find out what JellyBean is on August 1st and I know that as soon as we know what we are having I'm going to want to start buying furniture, bedding, decor, etc. Along with my mom and Danny's mom.

2. Figure out craft supplies situation -  My craft and scrapbook supplies are in 2 plastic sets of drawers in the baby's room. I could just move the drawers to the dining room, but I want to put them in something. Whether it be another Closetmaid cubicle system or something else. Something that will look nice as part of our house decor.

3. Eat lunch out 1-2 times per week - I've gotten out of control, but I'm giving myself some flexibility with this because of the time of year. Its another busy season and I will be on the road a lot (hopefully) next week and the week after. Given that its July, it would be hard for me to pack a lunch or snacks(which is mostly fruit these days) to leave in the car for an hour or 2 while I meet with a customer.

4. Go swimming - I love love love just relaxing in a pool, or even by a pool. Hopefully my mom and I can reschedule that pool day for some time this month.

5. Plan a couple creative dates - Like a lot of couples do, we are in a date night rut. I want to do something other than dinner out. I've already got something in the works for this Friday and I'm pretty exctied about it.

6. Walk 1-2 times per week - My doctor gave me the O.K. to walk, but aiming for 4 times a week is a little ambitious. I think 1-2 times can be done though.

 

Hopefully these July goals don't crash and burn like my June goals. 

 

Do you have your goals for the month lined up?

Weekend Recap

 

Hey all!

 

I hope you had a great weekend just like I did. It certainly didn't last long enough, especially with all of this "relaxing" and "resting" that I'm supposed to be doing.

 

Saturday morning I treated myself to McD's breakfast. Yep, a real treat giving myself a massive amount of calories for breakfast. Whatever. It was delicous so I don't really care. After I watched a tv for a little bit, I got ready to meet my mom for lunch and some shopping. I figured I would enlist her on my quest for some maternity clothes. By maternity clothes, right now I just mean bigger clothes. Which is great since all of the stores I've been too... Target, Old Navy, Gap, Kohls... have about 2 racks of maternity, if they even have a maternity section (Gap, I'm talkin to to you). I did pick up a pair of maternity capris from Kohls. They are khaki and will be nice for work her in a few months. That was the only "maternity" piece I got. I also left Kohls with a jean jacket and 2 shirts. I got a dress and shirt from Old Navy, a dress from JCPenney's, and some Sperry's flip flops from Macys. If you like Sperry's, do your feet a favor and GO GET SOME TODAY! I changed into them at the register while I was checking out.

 

So back to Old Navy. The place was a freakin madhouse. I knew it was $1 flip flop day but I didn't realize how serious the day was until I saw this...

 

This was at 2pm. Just wiped out. I don't even really love Old Navy flip flops. I have a couple pairs that I got last summer, maybe even the summer before, that look brand new.

 

 

Anywho, onto Sunday. Danny is off of his Sunday rotation for a while now so we were able to make it to church. I don't like to go without him. After church we got breakfast, and I hate to admit this, at McDonalds. I am disgusting I know. Honestly though, it was that or donuts. We have very few options here in this town. After breakfast, I napped off and on for a few hours in between us doing laundry. Beacuse of the previa, laundry is now a 2 person job. Yesterday afternoon I finally got the collage done for our bedroom and it turned out pretty good. I can't wait until Danny gets it hung up in our room.

 

 



We had burgers on the grill for dinner and I made potatoes in the oven. After that, I was done for the night.

It was a pretty good weekend and kind of relaxed. I enjoyed that part since this week is pretty busy.

Have a good Monday!! :)