Oy.

Here we go.

Buying our first car.

I'm terrified. This is the second largest purchase a person will make! I don't know if I'm ready for that kind of debt, but you've gotta go, what you've gotta do.

Don't make fun of me if it's a Kia. We weren't planning on buying a car for a few more years, so we hadn't exactly budgeted or started saving. But whatever it is, I'll be proud. I'll hold my head up high, and not be a sissy baby about it. It's my car. Mine. (Well ours, but you know what I mean)

Please, please wish us luck (I actually don't believe in luck so do what ya do, cross fingers, pray whatever you like) We'll need it.

Thanks fellow bloggers!!

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend. Stay safe, don't drink and drive!
(Most holidays AAA ((I think it's them)) even if you're not a member offer a FREE service... if you've had too much to drink, they'll tow your car home, and give you a ride. A SAFE ride.)
Consider what's at risk. <3

Friday

I could not be happier that today is Friday. It has been one hell of a week. Emergency room twice, family dinner night out on Wednesday (mid-week dinner dates with my family ((other than the hubs)) is too much, I always think it's the weekend and my next day at work sucks.) 

Today, as you know, is Good Friday, and Earth Day. Didn't really do much to celebrate Earth Day, I didn't litter, so that has to count towards something....right? As for Good Friday...well...

I had to work. My job never takes a day off. We make up for Saturday and Sunday on Monday...that's the busiest day of the week. 

Our boss sent us an email yesterday telling us to bring our appetites because they were feeding us! Having a luncheon in honor of Good Friday?! Yes please! 

They got us Olive Garden...um, delish! 

We started off with a little

bruschetta

then we got to choose from

chicken scampi

Ravioli 

and Fettuccine Alfredo

Or we could have all 3, which most of us did along with as many bread sticks as we could handle.

Finished off of course, with these

So needless to say, lunch was great. 

Then, because apparently she's awesome, our boss let us all go home at 3:00 instead of 4:30! What a great start to our holiday weekend. 

The baby is feeling much, much better today. She was in a great mood when I picked her up from her nanny, and she stayed in a great mood until I put her to bed. 

Today marks day 5 of working out!

The Mr. and I bought  this

and let me tell you, it has been kicking our asses all week. I'm doing a "post baby" workout. It's starting with my legs and bum, so WOW, my poor, poor legs have been so sore, but the only way to make them stop hurting is to keep it up! So we are. 

(We also haven't drank any beer this week at all) We're only going to be drinking during the weekend, which will be good for the beer bellies he and I have acquired. 

This has been quite the post, and I promise to update with a little 'after Easter' update. 

Have a great weekend, and Easter. Don't forget what Easter is all about my fellow bloggers ;)

All pictures provided by Google Image

New Years Eve!!!!

As I mentioned in my precious post (two posts in two days..I'm on a roll) my mother will be coming into town today to spend the night so the Mr. and I can go out and bring in the New Year right! I am SO excited I can barely contain myself. Now, I'm not excited about leaving my baby behind, but I am excited to have someone else that I trust keep her while I go off and live a little.

I can't recap what's happened, since, well it hasn't happened yet, but I can tell you what the plan is....
Sushi
Shrimp (bleck)
Chicky Chicky Chicken
Boooooooze
Kinect
CornHole
Toasts
Kisses
Bed.

Sounds like a good night to me!

Now since tomorrow is the first day of 2011, I should have a resolution ready and prepared to begin.
Well, I don't.
It's usually always been my resolution to quit smoking. Guess what?! I did that this year! I still have moments of weakness and want to smokesmokesmoke, but I don't. How selfish would I be if I did? My poor baby would have to smell the stench of cigarettes every time I held her, her clothes would stink..etc.etc.etc.
It's not fair to her, and so, I wont be smoking.
Now the only task I've yet to complete is to get the Mr. to quit.
Maybe that should be my resolution. Or his.

If I think of something for myself, I'll let you know. Until then, enjoy tonight.
Eat, Drink, and be Merry.
But don't drink and drive, it kills people.

Merry Christmas

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! Or Happy Holidays, whichever is less offensive.

One down, one to go....

This week has been kind of crazy. So here's my attempt to recap...

Thanksgiving was Thursday, we woke up and hung out around the house for most of the afternoon. We didn't have to be anywhere until 4pm so we had plenty of time to kill. So the hubs and I sat around watching football and relaxed a bit. About 345ish we loaded up the car and headed out to the Greene's for dinner.

Baby A was the main attraction as always, which I can honestly say I don't mind because I love that everyone loves her, and loves to hold her and take care of her, it gives me a much needed break.

I knew most of the people there (there were like, 20 people there btw) but you know it's always awkward when you're hanging around people you don't know. Luckily I knew the majority, so it was fine. Dinner was ready about 430ish and it was amazing. There was everything from turkey, tofurkey, sweet potatoes, and even a turducken (turkey/duck/chicken) which I didn't try, but heard it was good. I was super proud of myself for eating small portions, but I did go back for seconds on the sweet potatoes and green bean casserole (YUM)...I wanted to save some room for dessert...derr.

Speaking of, there was apple cobbler (I think), carrot cake, and pumpkin cheesecake. I had the cheesecake since it is fall, and there wasn't an actual pumpkin pie, this was the next best thing. Jessica made it and it was suuuuuper good. I couldn't finish it because I was still full, but Chad had no problem finishing it off for me.

I guess I should mention that the night before, the guys went to the liquor store to stock up on drinks. I'll have you know, I had 2 glasses of wine, and 3 margaritas (patron margs at that) I was a little buzzed, but knew I wouldn't be driving and was still able to take care of my baby responsibly.

Before and after dinner there was corn hole in the backyard being played. I didn't play 1)I was wearing a dress 2)I already know I suck so there was no reason so show everyone. They all had a good time playing!

Anyway, after dinner we all hung out in the kitchen had a few more drinks and then it was off to Jessica and Vann's for a little game playing. We played HedBanz (google it)... I hadn't heard of this game before, but it looked fun. We ended up playing it for hours and it was super fun, but also realllllly hard. You should definitely buy it!

And that, my friends, was Thanksgiving.

Black Friday. Boo. The hubs, bebe, Jessica, Lindsey and myself went to the Florida Mall to do a little browsing and shopping...Dumb. This was our first real outing with the kiddo, and there was about a million people there. We were there until Baby A started throwing a fit, which wasn't long, well maybe it was I don't really know. We did, however, purchase a super cute dress from baby gap for our family Christmas card! So I'll say it was a success.

Now Saturday....Awesome. Chad and I got new cell phones! My phone had been broken for a year. It was really sad. Chad inherited a phone from Linds after his old one took a shit. He got some LG andriod, and I got a blackberry. Finally. Now that they are no longer cool, I got one. Whatever, I love it, and it's super cute and not to mention purple! I thought it was going to take me foooooorever to learn how to use it, but after a couple of hours, I've got it down. Texting, however, may take a little longer than expected due to the size of the keys. Whatever, I'm a happy camper. They were early Christmas presents to ourselves, since this Christmas is going to be about the little one and not so much us.

That was our holiday week(end) now all that's left is to get a tree, some stockings, decorate them both, and do some shopping/wrapping for the bebe and we'll be ready for the next round of holidays. (That and mentally preparing ourselves for Christmas lunch & dinner with my family.) Wish us luck with that!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

There are so many things to be thankful for this year....

I'm thankful for my amazing husband, who turned out to be an amazing father, I swear some days I don't deserve him.

I'm thankful for my gorgeous, healthy daughter. She is the light of my life. I didn't believe in love at first sight until she came along.

I'm thankful for the most amazing friends and extended family a girl could ask for. I am truly blessed to have the people in my life that I do.

Enjoy your day and forget your diet.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Another holiday post? Check!

As of today, we have started the search for our first official family Christmas cards. While we have yet to actually take the photo for the front of it, I'm sure that will be less stressful than picking out the card itself.

Since this will be our first Christmas with our brand new baby, I've been searching high and low for good deals on Christmas cards. And guess what I found?! Shutterfly.com is doing a promotion and giving away 50 free holiday cards! Don't be jealous, you can get 50 cards for free too, if you blog that is! If you're interested (and lets face it, who wouldn't be) you can check it out for yourself here http://blog.shutterfly.com/5358/holiday2010-blog-submission-form/

I've never used shutterfly.com but I've been doing lots of research, and from what I can tell, they are fast, reliable, affordable....all great things, so I'm sure I will be using them more and more during the coming years.

So here is my problem... I am the most indecisive person on the planet. I promise, just ask my husband, or my friends, or, well, anyone that knows me at all. I have narrowed it down to a select few cards that I love, but can't seem to pick just one. So, I need your help.

So there they are. Help me pick one since I am incapable of doing so myself! Then when you're done doing that, get to blogging so you can get some free holiday cards too....and while you're at it check out other fun stuff you can do on shutterfly's website!!

.Christmas cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards

· photo Christmas cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery

· desk calendars to http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/desk-calendars

· holiday cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards

· personalized mugs to http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/photo-mugs

· mother’s day cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/mothers-day-cards-stationery

Have fun, and Happy Holdays!!