6/2/12

Bachelorette Party day is finally here!! I’ve been looking forward to spending the day with my BFF for so long now, and it was such a fun day!

Of course, the girls had me up bright and early. We had some breakfast and hung out for a while, I did a little cleaning around the house, and started packing up all of my stuff for the day/night. Christian was on toddler duty all day today – of course that meant afternoon/dinner/etc. at his parents’ house, but whatever!

I picked up Kari around lunch time, and we were off on our adventure. First up, lunch at LeAnn Chin, enjoying the BEAUTIFUL weather on the patio.

Next up, we stopped into the salon for Kari’s hair and make-up trial. She had a few runs at the hair. We’ll be doing air brush make up, but the air brush wasn’t working quite right, so it didn’t turn out perfect – but she still looked beautiful!

Following that, we headed back to Kari’s house to get changed, get ready and head out to the Bachelorette Party. First, we stopped into Dick’s Last Resort at the Mall of America for dinner. It’s a place where the wait staff are supposed to be kind of rude, joke around and give you a hard time. I have to say, the food wasn’t the best (and, fairly overpriced), but the atmosphere was pretty fun, and everybody seemed to have a pretty good time.

After dinner, we were off to the House of Comedy for a show. I booked our party a couple weeks ago so we got a nice discount, Kari’s admission was free, and we got special seating at the show, so that was all pretty good news! The show was pretty good. The featured comic was REALLY funny, I laughed through just about his whole set. Good times!

A lot of the party goers left after the show, and the rest of us stopped into Cantina #1 for a couple drinks before ending the night.

All in all, it was a pretty fun night. Lots of laughs and a good time had by all. Much more low key that the partying of our younger days, but just as fun! By the time I arrived home, Christian was already passed out for the night, so I did a little channel surfing, and wasn’t far behind! He’s just as old and boring I guess.

6/1/12

Friday! More importantly, Friday off!!! Nice.

The day started well…I lost 1 pound this week, for a total of 25.6 lost to date. YAY! Very happy with that number. Everything kind of went downhill from there. I was exhausted. The girls were crabby, fighting with each other non-stop and not listening. Which made me crabby and super frustrated with them. I finally got them dressed and took them off to Hyland Park for a while. I didn’t really want to “reward” them for their bad behavior, BUT, they needed to burn off some energy, and I knew that would do the trick. Olivia was ALL over the park…up the ropes, down the slides, climbing everywhere. She had the time of her life! Amelia still can’t do a ton – but, they are almost done building their new play area – which I more like a regular playground, and I know she’ll like that when it’s done. She still had fun wandering and people watching though. I picked up some lunch on our way home, and the girls took a nice long nap.

Our evening was pretty low key. We had dinner as soon as Christian arrived home, played with the girls for a while, then it was time for baths and bed. Christian’s friend from work stopped over for a couple beers, and I was in bed fairly early. Tomorrow is my BFF’s bachelorette party, so it will be a long day/evening. Definitely need my rest!

Here are a few pics from the park this morning…

5/31/12

OY! Today was a pretty long day. The girls were exhausted this morning, and Amelia would not cooperate. She was throwing a fit, flailing herself around like crazy, refusing to get dressed or put her ponies in. Christian finally had to leave for work, so I had to take over and deal with the chaos. I finally got them ready, loaded in the car, and dropped off at school. Then, arrived quite late for work. Awesome. I had a raging migraine by the time I got settled in at work, which didn’t go away until the second dose of aspirin was in my system. LONG MORNING!

On the bright side, I lost 3 pounds in my biggest loser weigh in today! YIPPIE!!! In two weeks we have our FINAL weigh in. I need to lose 1.5 to make my 12 week goal. Not only will I get the satisfaction of making my goal, but I’ll win $5.00 too! And, our final incentive is winning $2.00 for every pound lost. So, it’s time to get to work!

A couple weeks ago I was at walmart, and they had a bunch of jammies on sale for $1.00 a piece – total steal. I bought some for Olivia, with the intention of saving them for next fall/winter…but, I’m behind on laundry, so I had to open up a pair tonight for her. OMG was she excited…

5/30/12

Today was a pretty great day! We got the call from the bank…our appraisal is in, it’s been reviewed and our paperwork has officially been approved! Our loan modification is finally getting processed. Just have to sign some dotted lines, and we’re done. I cannot tell you how excited I am! It’s going to be such a thrill for everything to finally go through, and see our mortgage payment go down so drastically! I’m still so happy we’re able to this instead of refinance. I’d hate to start our loan over from square one, so this is beyond perfect. HAPPY DAY!

Other than that excitement, it was a pretty low key day. Christian took the girls to his parents’ house after work, so I was able to do some cleaning and picking up around the house. I hate missing out on evenings with the girls, but it is nice getting the chance to get stuff done around the house, so it’s really a double edged sword.

Once the family arrived home, before baths and bed, the girls helped me water the plants. Of course, stopping to take some scents in J

5/29/12

Ugh, back to reality was putting it lightly today. I was completely unmotivated all day at work today. I just didn't want to be there at all. My mind just raced with all of the stuff I want to get done around the house and work on. None of which included anything in my inbox. Lame.

The day went incurably slow, but it did finally come to an end. I was off to Target straight from work to get a few groceries. Then, home for taco night with the family. We were all pretty tired so we just took it easy and had a low key night. Just what we needed.

Today's Photo a Day in May is Number. Right now, my most favorite number...

One of my amazing on-line mama's sent me a box of clothes for the girls, which I received today. I had a little girl on each side of me watching me take out every piece of clothing, yelling "Mine! Mine?" with every item. It was pretty hilarious. Olivia of course tried on just about everything that fit on her. She loves her clothes, that's for sure.

5/28/12

Final day of our long weekend, definitely sad to see it come to an end. We had another full day today too, so of course it flew by.

Olivia woke up last night complaining that her ear hurts...again. I brought her in bed with me, and she seemed to sleep better. We actually slept in a little later, which was nice. Amelia ended up sleeping until 10:30AM today! WHAT?!? I was sure it was a sign of something horrible, but she seemed perfectly fine when she woke up. Just tired I guess. I ended up e-mailing Olivia's doctor to see if we could get her antibiotic refilled without bringing her in since she just had an ear infection a couple weeks ago. Of course, everything is closed today....but Olivia actually seemed OK most of the day, so we decided to just wait it out.

Once Amelia finally woke up, we had some breakfast, and Christian took to the yard to mow the grass. Since Amelia slept so late, there was no way she was going to take a nap, but with a little bit of fighting, we did get Olivia down (and, she took a REALLY long nap, so she was definitely exhausted). Christian took a shower and got ready to head to his parents with Amelia, while I started on our next basement project. Amelia played so nice and contently with the princess castle while I got the "Kids Wall of Photos" hung up...lots of pictures and a new vinyl phrase. I also moved the candle sconces next to the TV, and cleaned up the living room. I also got the princess stickers and little posters hung up in the girls' princess area of the basement. It's all finally starting to come together. Just need to finish the princess area, and get the "Family and Friends Wall" up, and do a little bit of decorating, and the basement living room/hallway will be done.

Once Olivia was up from her nap, we met the rest of the family over at my in-laws for a little BBQ. My mother in-law broke her ankle yesterday, so she was just taking it easy. The girls were having a blast running around, and they were actually eating well and getting along...surprisingly.

Finally, it was time to head home and get ready for bed. The girls were dirty and gross, but poor Amelia passed out on the short ride home, and just wanted to go to bed. So I just wiped her down and put her to bed. Olivia helped me water the plants and I put her to bed too. Back to reality tomorrow!

Today's Photo a Day in May is Weather. Today was perfect! A little sun, a few clouds and a light wind. After a cold, rainy Saturday, and a hot, humid Sunday - this was the perfect way to end the long weekend.

I got a couple cute pictures of Amelia playing in the yard this morning I had to share too. Love her...

5/27/12

Sunday's are simply amazing when you don't work the next day. It's like a little gift from the universe. Oh what I wouldn't give some days to have that feeling every day. To never have to get up, ready and rush out the door every morning. To spend the days with my girls, getting stuff done around the house, taking them out and about...living life. In reality, I love my job and would never give up that part of me, but it's fun to dream sometimes. If I could work 3 days a week, I think that would be the perfect mix...

Today was a great day. We spent the morning with Amelia, cuddled, played and ate some breakfast. I started some laundry and actually got most of it done throughout the day. My mom brought Olivia home in the late morning, and we all headed over to Walmart for some garden shopping. Todays task was getting some flowers planted and our pots filled. The girls were pretty crabby the whole time we were shopping, that wasn't too fun. We made it through though with lots of beautiful flowers!

The girls fell asleep on our way home and went down for their naps right away. I folded some laundry and did a little picking up, while Christian did some lawn work. After naps, we ate a late lunch, and then got to work with our plants. Everything turned out so pretty!

Once we had everything planted and watered down, we filled up the pool and let them go crazy for a while. It was a hot one, and we were all pretty exhausted, so it was a nice rest.

After the girls settled into bed, Christian and I watched a movie. Tonight was "Crazy Stupid Love". It was really good, I'm glad we finally watched it! I barely survived the movie, so made my way into bed as soon as the credits rolled. Christian didn't quite make it through the whole thing, wimp.

Today's Photo a Day in May is Sweet. I splurged on some Frozen Yogurt today...YUM...