Weekend Recap!

Hey hey hey! We made it through Monday. Mine was super busy, which is why I was missing yesterday. I had to get the blower motor in my Jeep fixed at 8am at the dealership that is 40 minutes away, so leaving the house before I've normally had breakfast was cool. Then I had to go to the orthodontist where I thankfully got out of there with only spending $150 on a retainer rather than my arm and leg on braces or Invisalign. Whew. THEN I had another doctors appt. What a Monday.

This weekend was pretty busy as well. Friday evening started out with a showing for one of my parents' best friend's moms. Those aren't fun, but this guy has been great to our family, even more so since my dad passed away so we wanted to be there for him. After that Danny and I had to get to a spring program for our niece and nephews. Its always fun to see all the little kids dressed up in their cute clothes. Love it. After the program we rushed to meet my mom, brother and his girlfriend at the mexican restaurant for dinner.

He said that if he knew this picture would be shared on social media (my moms FB to be exact) he would have smiled. He really does like to spend time with me... I think! ;)

Saturday was just as busy. I went and picked up McDonalds breakfast for my mom and I to enjoy while we watched General Hospital. We use to watch All My Children together nearly everyday so it was nice to lounge around and watch trashy soaps with her. We got ready for the funeral for the mom of our friend. It was a beautiful service full of laughter and funny memories. After the service I booked it to the hospital to visit Gram for a little bit. She got put back in the hospital early Wednesday morning for cellulitus again. I only got to stay for about 15 minutes but thats better than nothing I suppose. When I got home my mom and I met Danny's family at my niece and nephews' school, which is also where we go to church, for a chicken dinner.

After the dinner, my mom went back to her place and I lounged on the couch for the rest of the night, which was much needed after all the damn running around I had to do. Busy weekends make those 2 short days go by so quickly. And that makes me sad. :(

Sunday was pretty laid back after we got out grocery shopping done. Danny was a trooper pushing the cart through the aisles. He secretly enjoys going. I know this because he make racecar sounds up and down the aisles. This trip got a little wild as the racecar made some pretty fast turns and almost flipped a couple times. True story.

Hope you all had a great weekend too! :)

The Mystery Date

We made it to Friday! This week actually went by pretty quickly and I am so thankful for that.

I mentioned yesterday that Danny took me to an Indians game on a "Mystery Date" and that I would enlighten you on what the heck that is. I found the idea on the website The Nest. Before I discovered the blogging world, this website is where I wasted time at work spent some of my free time.  A married couple on there would blog about married couple things and Mystery Dates were something they did. I read it and decided Danny and I would benefit from something fun like this.

At the time, Danny was 2 months away from getting his life back from paramedic school (aka, hell). We had gotten into a routine of just going to dinner or watching movies at home. Thats fine and dandy, but being in our first year of marriage and without the responsibilities of parenthood (not to exclude Diesel, he can just be left at home unattended for a few hours), we knew we needed to enjoy ourselves.  This was perfect. Here is how it works:

- You plan a date for your spouse/significant other or vice versa.

- The only details the other person gets about the date are what time to be ready, how much of the day and/or night it will take, and what kind of clothes to wear. Thats it. He/She doesn't get to know where you are going or what you are doing.

- "Dinner and a movie" doesn't count. It has to be somewhat out of the box.

- You can either tell the other person in the car on the way to the date or keep each other waiting in suspense :)

To prevent delayed plans or scheduling conflicts, I picked out a week for every month that the dates could be scheduled during.  This helped because of Danny's work schedule and paramedic school clinicals being pretty sporadic.  Danny would tell me what day we were going and what time to be ready. He never understood the importance of the "what should I wear" question. Women need to know if they are going to be walking a lot, be taking lots of pictures, swimming, etc. Certain activities require certain clothing and accessories. 

Here are some of the dates we went on:

Danny planned this one. Monday night trip to Ivanhoe's, an ice cream shop with pages and pages of sundae and shake flavors. We had only been to Ivanhoe's a couple of times because its about 30 minutes away. Going on a Monday was way out of the norm and a nice start to the week.

I really don't think we ate dinner prior to eating these, which is a good thing

I planned a trip of new places.  We had dinner at Firehouse Subs. Neither of us had eaten there before and I thought it was appropriate for my firefighter husband.  After dinner we went putt-putting at a place we hadn't been before.

Danny us tickets to an Indy Indians game.

Another date that I planned for us, but we had to cancel due to our niece's birthday, was a trip up north. We were going to hike, have a picnic, then eat dinner at a little mom&pop restaurant on the way home. I had to spill the beans since we weren't able to go.

The next date I planned was to a restaurant that was on Man vs. Food - Bub's Burgers in Carmel. We went there for lunch. This didn't go against the rule "dinner and a movie" because it was out of the box since the restaurant was on tv. :)

Shortly after that, we had to pause the mystery date. I can't wait to start it again though!

Hope you and your special someone try it out. Its a great way to mix it up and try something new. If you need date ideas, I'd be happy to help!


Bring Spring Back

Thursday! Ya know, I really do love Thursdays. I'm not sure why I have always felt this way about them. Maybe its because its Friday-eve? Grey's Anatomy and that normally being associated with Chinese food in high school or bdubbs with my gal pal Shelby in college... now in my old age of 23, ice cream. Either way, Thursdays are good in my book. Not as good as Friday, but right up there with them.

Indiana took a giant step into spring time last week and the week prior. Completely gorgeous weather. Where are we at now? Well, Indiana took about 5 steps BACK and its chilly. Its rained more in this week than it has all April I feel like and yesterday on my way back from a meeting in Indianapolis, I saw freakin snow. SNOW! Its April, damn near May and its snowing. No thank you, Mother Nature, you can have that back. Luckily it didn't stick and was gone as soon as it hit the ground, but still. And why wouldn't it snow or get cold again? Its not like I went ahead and cleaned out all of my winter clothes and put them away until mid-October. I haven't washed my North Face to put away yet, but I still refuse to wear it. It has a time period, just like Ugg boots. They will be worn between November 1st and February 28th(or 29th if its a leap year). Not a day sooner or later. Thats just how this girl rolls.

Because of the weather and my longing for that warmer weather, here are some things I'm looking forward too.

1. Indianapolis Indians games - The hubs took me to one last year on a Mystery Date (More on that tomorrow) and we had a blast. My "I don't like baseball" husband loved it and me being from the baseball/softball family that I am was smiling the whole time. I had never been before so it was a great time. My Valentine's Day gift this year was an Indians game, so now we just have to pick a game and go!
2. Our garden - Last year was a test run and we did great, considering the drought that we experienced in these parts. I love fresh veggies from the garden. Its so awesome to be able to walk out your door and grab a fresh tomato or cucumber to eat with your lunch. Or watermelon. I just hope our cucumbers come out a little more normal compared to last year. Like, how does that happen?

3. Cookouts - The hubs was a good sport last night and gave in to my "I want a grill" knowin full well it means he is going to be doing some more cooking. We can't wait to  have our friends over and hang out at our house. We love having get togethers and now that we have a grill, its going to be so much easier.
4. Flowers - Last year was also a test run for planting flowers and like I said, we had a drought here in Indiana. I turned all my attention to the garden rather than the flowers. Now I have a little bit more motivation to tend to flowers as this is our house and we want it to look great inside and out (though if you saw the inside right now you'd call "bullshit").
5. Fair week - For one whole week in July, my husband goes MIA. He loves the 4H fair. He was a 10 year member and as soon as he was done, it was time for our nephew to start showing animals. Danny helps out with the pig show every year also. If I want to see him during this week, I have to do it out there. I go to make sure he is hydrated (he struggles getting his own water for some reason) and the food is great. Who doesn't love fair food?

Those are just a handful of things that I am excited for. Now if Mother Nature would cooperate, I can get started enjoying 1-4.

Have a good Thursday!

I got nothin'

As I was getting ready this morning I asked myself what I was going to post about. Nothing, and I mean nothing came to mind. Then I remembered during college a bunch of questionnaires were floating around Facebook for people to fill out. I just did some digging and found this one. Its 50 random questions about yours truly. (I changed the wording, some even the whole question, to make them more applicable to the grown up world rather than the college world)


1) Favorite object in your office?
The pictures of my dad and me. It was his office and I've hardly changed anything.  

2) Did you go to college? Where and what for?
Yep. I went to Ball State University (go ahead and laugh that I went to "Ball U" everyone else does). I studied Marketing.

3) Do you own guns?
The hubs does, so if the whole "whats yours is mine and whats mine is yours" thing applies, then yes I own guns

4) What flavor do you drink at sonic?
I believe they have a cherry limeade drink. I've been to Sonic a whole 2 times, but I'd be all over the cherry limeade drink.

7) Favorite song?
Right now - Boys Round Here  by Blake Shelton and If I Didn't Have You by Thompson Square
All the time - Don't Happen Twice by Kenny Chesney

8) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
coffee coffee coffee

9) Can you do pushups?
yeah, but only long enough to make Jillian happy.

10) Can you do a chin up?
um, no. not even a little bit.

11) What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?
engagement and wedding ring. They are now one piece of jewelry, which they weren't before, so they both count

12) Do you like bleu cheese*
not even a little bit

13) Ever been in a car wreck?
no. my mom was when she was 7 months pregnant with me though. Fun fact about that. Her doctor told her to go home and drink a screwdriver so that she wouldn't go into labor. I blame him for my love of booze

15) What’s one trait that you hate about yourself?
I can be pretty hard on myself

16) What’s your middle name?
Michelle

17) Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
I have to pee. Is it lunch time yet? I should probably start working

18) List the jobs you've had?
My first real job was at an ice cream/food place here in town. I make a mean shake. I was my dad's slave for a few years at his business. It paid well. I worked at Victorias Secret for a few months.

19) Name 3 drinks you drink regularly?
Water, diet coke, and crystal light

20) Current worry?
That I have to get braces and will have to give my first born to pay for them

21) Current hate right now?
That its only Tuesday

23) How did you bring in the New Year?
We had some friends and their kid over. We ordered pizza and had a couple beverages. After the ball dropped, they left, I talked to my mom and brother, Danny to his family, and we were in bed by 12:15. Party. Animals.

24) Where would you like to be right now if you could choose?
Orange Beach, AL

25) Name three things that get on your nerves
people not returning my calls/calling me when they said they would. when people don't follow through with  plans. people who don't use a turn signal when. so in conclusion, people, people and people.

27) What shirt are you wearing?
an aqua cardi in honor of spring over a black tank

28) Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
I don't currently, but I bet they're nice

29) Can you whistle?
just a little bit

30) Favorite color?
green

31) Would you be a pirate?
no thanks.

35) What's in your pocket?
Burts Bees. Always. If its not, I get pissed and feel uncomfortable.

36) Last thing that made you laugh?
Probably something I said.. outloud... to myself.

37) Favorite restaurant
sit down - Chili's, but only if I can pig out and get something really bad for me. or Buffalo Wild Wings.
Fast food - Qdoba or Taco Bell (gross, I know)

39) Do you love where you live?
a whole lot

40) How many TVs do you have in your house ?
2

41) What was the best day of your life?
Wedding Day. Duh!

42) How many dogs do you have?
Just my baby Diesel. I really don't think I could handle another one.

43) Does someone have a crush on you?
I hope my husband always has a crush on me.

44) What is to your left?
bills and more bills. office phone and cell phone.

45) What is your favorite movie?
Sweet Home Alabama

48) Where is the next place you want to travel to?
I think Michigan is on the agenda for our next trip. Texas sounds nice too.

49) Where were you at 1 AM last night?
I really think thats the time I got up to pee.

50) First thought after you woke up this morning?
It cant be time for this yet.

There ya go. 50 completely random ass things about meeeeeeee :)

Have a good Tuesday!

Hubbyless Weekend Recap

Freakin Monday is here already. And it has begun in true Monday fashion. I got halfway through making my breakfast.. egg beaters with turkey sausage and green peppers... like in the skillet getting scrambled. I noticed the egg beaters were... lumpy. I pulled the little carton out of the trash and read "Exp April 16 2013." F.

Back to the weekend.  Any weekend that starts off with one of these bad boys is bound to be great.

Two whole pounds of deliciousness. This sucker serves 20. My mother in law bought a few of these for a solar system project for my nephew and Danny and I said we wanted one. Since Danny was going to be gone this weekend, she brought me my own :) I managed to get through the weekend with only eating a piece every 12 hours or so lol. The rest of Friday consisted of Taco Bell for dinner because I have 0 will power, a nap on the couch from 730-8 while I watched the news coverage of the manhunt. I am so glad thats over, but probably not as glad as the residents of Boston and surrounding neighborhoods.

Saturday consisted of more spring cleaning, a quick trip to Target and then lunch with a few high school friends at the mexican place. I tend to go there a lot. :) Saturday night I went to Cheesecake Factory with my mom and my brother's girlfriend since my brother was on the fishing trip with Danny. It was worth every minute of the 1 hour 5 minute wait.

 

 

We had a great time stuffing our faces until we were miserable.

Yesterday consisted of more cleaning, a trip to the grocery store, a birthday party and a couple rice krispie treats. It was a pretty quiet day. Danny made it in around 8pm and I was so happy to see him. So was Diesel!

Theres a quick recap of the weekend. Hope you all had a weekend just as great as mine :)