Happy Valentine's Day!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

I'm not the type of person who needs to be with my husband 24/7, but it was soo nice to be able to spend the whole day with just each other yesterday! I wouldn't have traded the day for anything!

The morning started off by Joseph bringing me breakfast in bed :) We stayed in bed just a little longer then, but decided that we didn't want to waste the day in bed. So I got up first to take a shower and I found a beautiful bouquet of roses in the kitchen. There was also a yummy smelling candle, a red heart balloon and a very sweet card :)

Our first stop of the day was Cady Cheese. Usually we get there a couple times in the summer and we always pack ourselves a little lunch and eat our squeaky cheese curds outside in the sunshine. But since it was too chilly for that we just bought out treats and were on our way! Our next stop was Stockman's in Wilson. We bought Joe some new jeans (he only has 1 pair. well TWO now!) and a Valentine's Day treat for the puppies.

Our plan was to make our way to Woodbury for a nice dinner at Red Lobster, but since we weren't hungry yet we decided to meander around a little longer. We went to C&M Liquidators in Woodville. Joe remembers going there with his parents when he was little. He was disappointed that the toy aisle wasn't nearly as big as he remembers. I had to remind him that everything looks bigger to a little boy! lol especially a place with toys! Thennn after we left Woodville we headed to Hudson. We spent a good hour just walking around Fleet Farm. Joe bought some bullets for his SKS but that's about it.

By this time we were both a little hungry, but we thought we'd just go to the grocery store instead of spending so much money at Red Lobster. (plus I don't like Red Lobster, lol) SO we went to the grocery store and picked out some deliciouuuusss looking steak. And lobster and fish for Joe! And a couple other little treats that we normally wouldn't allow ourselves to have.. but since it was a special day, we thought it was okay :) We rented Up from Redbox and headed home to make ourselves a feast!

The whole day and evening was just perfect!!

My Loves.

My first love = Joseph, my darling husband of over a year.

Ah, yes.. but Joseph is not the only man in my heart.

Gorgeous Peyton Manning has had a special spot in my heart ever since he was drafted to Indianapolis 12 years ago :)

And so this is why I sit in front of the TV hoping to see my 2nd leading man win his 2nd Superbowl tonight.. instead of snuggling in bed with my darling husband of over a year. But that's okay with me :)

What's new pussycat?

Am I really that lame that there is absolutely nothing new with me??

Maybe instead of talking about what is new.. I'll talk about what isn't :)

I really, really miss Lucky still. I've only ever lost a couple pets before, but I never remember it being this hard. :( I miss her snuggling as close to me as she can at night (pissing Joe off greatly) .. I miss her sweet puppy kisses, I miss her bringing me her teddy bear, telling me that she wants to play. I just miss her lots and lots! But at least I still have my 2 other babies!

Speaking of babies. My tummy is still empty. :( But I try not to think about it much.. it'll happen when it happens.

Joe decided that he wants to go back to school for Criminal Justice. He's actually quite serious about it too. I know that he's called a couple schools and checked out his best options. I'm very proud of him, I know he would love being in law enforcement! He got me thinking about maybe going to school finally too. I checked into WITC a little, and they do offer Early Childhood as night and online classes. I'm just not sure if I want to go to school though. First of all, that's a lot of money (around $50,000 maybe) to have both of us go to school. And that would definitely put having a baby on hold.. a loooong hold. I just don't know if I could do that :( I'm ready right now! We're ready right now! So first I'm going to let Joe figure out what he needs to do to get into a good school for law enforcement. Then I guess we'll go from there.

I'm going to my parents house on Friday to have my dad do our taxes. I'm very excited to get some of out debt paid off! Mostly Joe's truck :) I keep thinking about getting a new car. I really would like something with better gas mileage. I hate the thought of having a car payment right after we pay off the truck though :( So I'm sure I'll try to hold off on a new car for now. I've always got my eye out for a good deal though!

We're still loving our new house :) .. I guess it's not really new anymore, but still! The only thing that I'm not loving is how much of a cheap skate I am. I won't set the thermostat above 65 degrees, because I really can't afford the gas bill in the winter. :/ So it's mitten and scarf weather in our house! Which really isn't all that bad, but it'd still be nice to have it 70 degrees inside! Couple more months, right? Okay, well like 5 or 6 more months. Have I ever mentioned how much of a summer girl I am? :) I looooove summer sunshine! Maybe Joe will let us move to someplace warm someday. A girl can dream, right? :)

Hm.. what now? How bout work? Ooh well work is.. workish. If it weren't for the girls I work with, I would just dread coming to work everyday. I guess they just make it a little more bareable. :) I'm finally full time now.. can't remember if I mentioned that. It was only 2 years coming.. lol. So that's pretty exciting.. I get a little extra vacation time, sick time, and more paid holidays. Other wise everything's the same! My review is coming up in April and I really hope that I get a raise. This girl needs the moola!

I still babysit quite a bit, which is great extra money! I get paid for doing something that I love.. what could be better?! Whenever I get home from babysitting Joe asks me all about how it went, and then we usually talk about how we think it will be when it's time to raise our own children. It's an amazing feeling knowing how excited Joe is to be a daddy. It makes having to wait just that much harder :(

Well, whaddya know. I found something to talk about!
Have a good day everyone :)