Monday, April 30, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Some Fun With The Indians
Just as usual, I figured I'd sit down and fill everyone in on what we did this weekend. Friday started out with David and Joe running and then us heading to Casa Real for dinner. The rest of the night was spent hanging out with Jen trying to teach me how to use Photoshop.
Saturday started as a dreary day with rain and all. I had to work the morning shift and was understaffed so it was fun running my butt off trying to be 2 people at once. I came home and since it was draft weekend David was glued to the TV. I figured it'd be a great opportunity to get some yard work done. To my pleasant surprise the weather took a turn for the better and it ended up being a gorgeous day. I got stuff done in the yard and got to enjoy the sunshine. Can't complain about that. In the midst of me working on the yard David's 'rents came over to hang out with David during the draft for a bit. That evening we went to dinner with my 'rents at Applebee's and then we bummed around the rest of the evening....that included making some returns to Home Depot, checking out Kohls, letting Bailey out (Jen and Joe's dog), and keeping a close eye on the draft.
By the way, some interesting situations with the draft, eh? I try not to get that involved in it as I don't know all the statistics. My personal opinion is really it doesn't mean crap whether you're drafted 1st or 101st because it's a totally different game when you enter the pros compared to college. Once again I'm not a "pro" on football but just look at the history....We then stopped by me 'rents and chatted awhile with them.
Today we got up at a decent time and hit the road to go to the Indians game in Cleveland. Jen and Joe went up there for the weekend for their anniversary (Happy Anniversary!) and they got tickets so they invited us up there to meet them today. Once again it was a BEAUTIFUL day. Couldn't ask for any better. And the tickets were amazing (at least in my opinion). We were in the 8th row on the 3rd base line (not sure if that's the right way of describing it). Anyway, we've never had foul balls get that close to us. Joe and David, being the goobers they are, even brought their gloves along "just in case". There were some pretty close calls...just not close enough. So anyway, it was a great day to enjoy the weather, the game, and of course great conversation. Jen and I took a walk during the came and ended up over near the Batter's Eye for most of the game just soaking up the rays. You guessed it, my face is burnt....but that's it considering I had long sleeves and jeans on. Hey, I tried to get some sun by pulling up the pants and sleeves...don't think it helped though. On the way home we stopped in Avon at Red Robin for dinner and here we are. Of course we spent some time outdoors with the pups today too.
We even managed to stop in Elyria on our way to the game to pick up our mats at Michaels and framed our 2 big pictures tonight. All in all a great weekend that was enjoyable. It looks like the weather will continue to be nice, just not as nice as it was this weekend. We're looking at mid 50's-low 60's. But I won't complain. Keep it comin' Mother Nature!
Saturday started as a dreary day with rain and all. I had to work the morning shift and was understaffed so it was fun running my butt off trying to be 2 people at once. I came home and since it was draft weekend David was glued to the TV. I figured it'd be a great opportunity to get some yard work done. To my pleasant surprise the weather took a turn for the better and it ended up being a gorgeous day. I got stuff done in the yard and got to enjoy the sunshine. Can't complain about that. In the midst of me working on the yard David's 'rents came over to hang out with David during the draft for a bit. That evening we went to dinner with my 'rents at Applebee's and then we bummed around the rest of the evening....that included making some returns to Home Depot, checking out Kohls, letting Bailey out (Jen and Joe's dog), and keeping a close eye on the draft.
By the way, some interesting situations with the draft, eh? I try not to get that involved in it as I don't know all the statistics. My personal opinion is really it doesn't mean crap whether you're drafted 1st or 101st because it's a totally different game when you enter the pros compared to college. Once again I'm not a "pro" on football but just look at the history....We then stopped by me 'rents and chatted awhile with them.
Today we got up at a decent time and hit the road to go to the Indians game in Cleveland. Jen and Joe went up there for the weekend for their anniversary (Happy Anniversary!) and they got tickets so they invited us up there to meet them today. Once again it was a BEAUTIFUL day. Couldn't ask for any better. And the tickets were amazing (at least in my opinion). We were in the 8th row on the 3rd base line (not sure if that's the right way of describing it). Anyway, we've never had foul balls get that close to us. Joe and David, being the goobers they are, even brought their gloves along "just in case". There were some pretty close calls...just not close enough. So anyway, it was a great day to enjoy the weather, the game, and of course great conversation. Jen and I took a walk during the came and ended up over near the Batter's Eye for most of the game just soaking up the rays. You guessed it, my face is burnt....but that's it considering I had long sleeves and jeans on. Hey, I tried to get some sun by pulling up the pants and sleeves...don't think it helped though. On the way home we stopped in Avon at Red Robin for dinner and here we are. Of course we spent some time outdoors with the pups today too.
We even managed to stop in Elyria on our way to the game to pick up our mats at Michaels and framed our 2 big pictures tonight. All in all a great weekend that was enjoyable. It looks like the weather will continue to be nice, just not as nice as it was this weekend. We're looking at mid 50's-low 60's. But I won't complain. Keep it comin' Mother Nature!
Friday, April 27, 2007
And The Scale Says...
I got home from work today and thought I'd give myself the old try on the scale. To my pleasant surprise I have met my goal of 115. Of course we just got back from dinner at Casa Real and I'm sure it's no longer the 115 it was 1 hour ago, but it's still the best feeling to know that I'm finally at my "just married weight." I'm still going to continue watch what I eat and be in my stronghold position. I don't want to continue losing weight but I must reinforce what I've been doing to continue a lifestyle change. This time I wasn't so strict on myself. Of course I wanted certain things here and there but I kept myself from eating them. In addition I gave myself small rewards as to not give up on myself. It's amazing what one little piece of sugar free chocolate can do for you. One meal isn't going to ruin it for you...there's always portion control and planning ahead. For instance I knew I was going to have a bit of a "free" type of dinner tonight so I made sure I was watching everything I was eating for dinner last night and all day today. Even though I had a decent amount of chips and salsa (a huge downfall of mine) I reduced my general intake of food (entree) Whatever, I don't know why I'm rambling. The bottom line is that I'm excited.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Belly Laughs
I got a decent amount accomplished yesterday even though it was pouring down rain. I started at Pat Catan's looking for items to mat and frame David's Marine Corps pictures. I wasn't looking for anything extravagant and was in luck. I found red mats and gold frames. I'm beginning to like this matting and framing stuff. It makes everything looks so nice and professional. And this time it wasn't so expensive. For 3 picture mats/frames it was only $30. Sweet. Now, just deciding where to hang them. You see, we've tried ridding our lives of the Marine Corps as much as we could due to all of David's horrible experiences...too many to mention here. But I think he has finally come to terms with most of them and realized it was a significant part of his life. And he's finally decided that he should be proud of himself and what he went through to accomplish all that he did. Not to mention, this should preserve the photographs. It's kind of cool too. He has his normal picture from boot camp, where he's in Blues. The second one is the entire platoon standing at attention. Then the third picture is almost like a school picture where it has all of the pictures where they are in their blues. They are individually listed, with their names under the pictures. The funny/interesting part is that the second picture is with 1st Battalion (who he dropped to and graduated with) and the third picture is with 3rd Battalion (who he started with).
Next, I went to Walmart and got several boxes to store items in. I about ripped my nails off when I was trying to place them in the cart. I'm sure if someone was watching me on a security camera they would have been laughing as I was doing the "pain dance" and shaking my hand about. And boy was that fun maneuvering a cart through a windy parking lot with pouring down rain and then getting them into the Aveo. They definitely fit with no problem but I was trying to control the boxes and cart without allowing the cart to hit my car, all while my fingers were still throbbing. Fun.
Then, I headed to the mall to get my bi-weekly pampering done...my manicure. I love to have that done. Of course now that I've been having them done close to a year I'm stuck with it and can't get away...not that I want to get away, but we'd save more money if I did. Ah, whatever, it's something small I can do for myself...I save money in other ways.
I headed home and cleaned a bit then finally started my scrapbook for Disney. I've had most of the items before we even went to Disney but now I finally got my pictures printed out. I actually had all of them printed before that are in a photo album but I had more reprinted just to make a scrapbook. As with all of my scrapbooks it's nothing fancy and no layering or crazy stuff like that. Just using colorful paper, cool scissors, and some stickers here and there.
That evening we went to Jen and Joe's for our weekly dinner and had Lasagna compliments of Eric. It was very good and as always fun. It's great to be able to chill and have some good belly laughs. You know the kind that almost want to make you vomit. Not that it's fun to feel that way...but you do consider it fun when it feels like forever since you've had a good laugh and you look at your life and say, "where did all the laughter go?" I guess that's what happens when you grow up and have a serious day-to-day job with bills staring you in the face at every moment. Don't get me wrong...I have a very happy life but it's not so carefree as it used to be and it's nice to have a night of laughs where you don't know what to do with yourself...when you're laughing so hard that you just start clapping your hands and have to lean over to try to catch your breath. By the way, why do people clap when they're laughing hard?? Any ideas? All I can say is that you shouldn't take a bite of ice cream and try to swallow it when you're laughing....
Next, I went to Walmart and got several boxes to store items in. I about ripped my nails off when I was trying to place them in the cart. I'm sure if someone was watching me on a security camera they would have been laughing as I was doing the "pain dance" and shaking my hand about. And boy was that fun maneuvering a cart through a windy parking lot with pouring down rain and then getting them into the Aveo. They definitely fit with no problem but I was trying to control the boxes and cart without allowing the cart to hit my car, all while my fingers were still throbbing. Fun.
Then, I headed to the mall to get my bi-weekly pampering done...my manicure. I love to have that done. Of course now that I've been having them done close to a year I'm stuck with it and can't get away...not that I want to get away, but we'd save more money if I did. Ah, whatever, it's something small I can do for myself...I save money in other ways.
I headed home and cleaned a bit then finally started my scrapbook for Disney. I've had most of the items before we even went to Disney but now I finally got my pictures printed out. I actually had all of them printed before that are in a photo album but I had more reprinted just to make a scrapbook. As with all of my scrapbooks it's nothing fancy and no layering or crazy stuff like that. Just using colorful paper, cool scissors, and some stickers here and there.
That evening we went to Jen and Joe's for our weekly dinner and had Lasagna compliments of Eric. It was very good and as always fun. It's great to be able to chill and have some good belly laughs. You know the kind that almost want to make you vomit. Not that it's fun to feel that way...but you do consider it fun when it feels like forever since you've had a good laugh and you look at your life and say, "where did all the laughter go?" I guess that's what happens when you grow up and have a serious day-to-day job with bills staring you in the face at every moment. Don't get me wrong...I have a very happy life but it's not so carefree as it used to be and it's nice to have a night of laughs where you don't know what to do with yourself...when you're laughing so hard that you just start clapping your hands and have to lean over to try to catch your breath. By the way, why do people clap when they're laughing hard?? Any ideas? All I can say is that you shouldn't take a bite of ice cream and try to swallow it when you're laughing....
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Loft Update
I figured I'd update you on our loft/attic situation. I finally have boxes in it now! I've been bugging David and he finally helped me move the boxes from downstairs to the upstairs tonight. Of course that was following 5 cans of the Great Stuff Gap Filler. I can't believe he went through that many cans but most of you know he's freaked out by spiders and wants to keep all the creepy crawlers out of our space. The amount of space is amazing...pictures don't do it justice. It's kind of like the Willy Wonka door. It looks so small but it opens to a huge area. I think what helps is that you step down into the area so you don't even feel like you are squeezing through a small whole. And there's plenty of room to move the boxes in and out. Pretty cool though...not too many people can say they have a Willy Wonka door in their house.
So we're moving in the right direction and at this point I'm ready to pitch stuff that we don't need and organize. Only, my body is telling me it's time for bed. Tomorrow is my day off and of course I have many things I plan to get accomplished. First, getting the boxes out of the garage and moving them to the loft, then off to the store to get more boxes so we can organize things that we have shoved into tiny spaces, such as our closets. Oooh, this should be fun.
So we're moving in the right direction and at this point I'm ready to pitch stuff that we don't need and organize. Only, my body is telling me it's time for bed. Tomorrow is my day off and of course I have many things I plan to get accomplished. First, getting the boxes out of the garage and moving them to the loft, then off to the store to get more boxes so we can organize things that we have shoved into tiny spaces, such as our closets. Oooh, this should be fun.
Change Isn't Always Good
I picked David up after I got done with work. We headed out to get something to eat. Our first idea was KFC and then the idea of Berardi's popped in my head. Hmmm...a char chicken salad sounds good and I haven't had it in forever. I swear that mom, dad, and I spent almost every night there when I was in high school. It was a "cheap" dinner that was always hearty and fast. However, David's not that into Berardi's. But he said, "Go ahead, let's go there. We haven't been there in awhile."
We pulled up to find the 'rents there too. Pretty ironic since they haven't been there in awhile either. They had already eaten but stayed awhile with us. I got my usual salad but I must say it's just not the same. Berardi's isn't the same.
The portion was really small, but for the same price I used to get it at. It's not that big of a deal because I immediately boxed half of it (one of my weight loss techniques) so I didn't eat it all and had some for tomorrow. But boy, was it tiny. It still was very yummy. Then you don't have your usual waitresses that used to be there ALL the time. You have a few here and there. The new waitresses aren't necessarily bad, but it's just different. Same thing with the decor....not bad but different. Everytime I go in something is different or renovated. I think they're trying to make things more up to date, but it's almost as though they're trying too hard or something. Another thing is all the advertising that is EVERYWHERE. From the tables with ads on them to the coffee mugs you drink out of. It's one of those places that you think will never change, that will be a constant, and provide a small amount of "comfort". But I must say I was kind of disheartened and feeling out of place. Bummer.
We pulled up to find the 'rents there too. Pretty ironic since they haven't been there in awhile either. They had already eaten but stayed awhile with us. I got my usual salad but I must say it's just not the same. Berardi's isn't the same.
The portion was really small, but for the same price I used to get it at. It's not that big of a deal because I immediately boxed half of it (one of my weight loss techniques) so I didn't eat it all and had some for tomorrow. But boy, was it tiny. It still was very yummy. Then you don't have your usual waitresses that used to be there ALL the time. You have a few here and there. The new waitresses aren't necessarily bad, but it's just different. Same thing with the decor....not bad but different. Everytime I go in something is different or renovated. I think they're trying to make things more up to date, but it's almost as though they're trying too hard or something. Another thing is all the advertising that is EVERYWHERE. From the tables with ads on them to the coffee mugs you drink out of. It's one of those places that you think will never change, that will be a constant, and provide a small amount of "comfort". But I must say I was kind of disheartened and feeling out of place. Bummer.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Tulips
Even though I dug out tons of bulbs last fall there was a set that still came up. I must admit I have no complaints...they are beautiful and fit perfectly in the space below our back window....
Full Weekend
As we figured, it was a full weekend but we got tons done. Obviously we have a hole in our wall and that's an ongoing process. The floor should totally be done by tomorrow and then David hopes to finish up the door to make it look "finished" within the next week. Today we went out to breakfast and made a quick stop at Home Depot and did our grocery shopping at Meijer. Then we headed home. David worked a little on the loft then he went golfing and I headed to Tera's bridal shower. Then after that we met up at Jen and Joe's to work on their yard. As with the hole in the wall, this is definitely a work in progress. We made huge progress but it will be slow as we piece their yard together. It will look beautiful in the end though...that I am sure of. We stayed for dinner....BBQ chicken with fruit salad and potato salad. Yum. Summer is here...at least I say so. Even though you end up tired at the end of the weekend it's a great feeling to know that you've accomplished so much. Now on with the work week.....
Hole, Door, And Floor
It is now 12:36am and I thought I'd update you on our situation. We now have a hole, door, and floor in for our loft area. Yay! Thanks to a ton of work from David and Joey. Whew. They kick butt. There are a few things left...like finishing the floor (they ran out of screws) and then fixing some of the wall around the door and making the door more presentable but it looks like by tomorrow evening I may just be able to put some stuff in that space. I'm so freakin' excited. Thanks so much David and Joey. And of course Jen for lending us your husband for the day. Next up....Jen and Joey's backyard tomorrow....should be fun!!
The Floor Getting Re-Done
The Door
The Floor Before
The Floor Getting Re-Done
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