State Fair!

*ice cream sundaes
*cheese curds
*Austrailian potatoes
*apple cider
*pork chop on a stick
*pickle on a stick
*cotton candy
*root beer
*frozen grapes
*corn on the cob
*steak sandwich

WOW, I'm really hoping there isn't more.. but sadly, I'm probably forgetting some stuff. But boy, oh boy was it all delicious!! I just LOVE going to the State Fair! It's never boring, and there's always such great food. And the people watching.. so much fun! All in all, it was a wonderful day! My legs feel like they're going to fall off now (too much exercise, I tell ya!) which is perfect, because all I plan on doing tonight is snuggling up to my handsome husband and watch OTH.

Have a great weekend!

Day #4

Aside from spending most of my day in training.. ( I know, I know.. who goes to training for work on their day off?? this girl) but anyways, I'm most happy with the work I accomplished when I got home! I finally got our office set up.. yay! I have an actual desk to put my computer on! Not a kitchen table, or a futon, or a laundry basket on the floor.. a real desk! I'm very excited :) I also put up some more bookshelves in the living room. It seems we're always in need of more movie space. So I'm glad that's taken care of too! We should be set for awhile.. unless I go on a crazy movie buying spree.. ;)


STATE FAIR TOMORROW!!!!! more fun to come :) :)

Doggy don't.

Me and Joe were just standing out in the garage and a lady walks by walking 2 little dogs.

Well one dog decides to go doo-doo right in front on our yard (on the road) I kind of look away, out of respect for the lady. I know it's kind of embarrassing when your dog poops in front of people when you're on a walk. So I glanced back towards the road and she looks right at me. She then starts to pull the pooping dog along down the road.. but not before glancing back at me 2 more times!

Seriously, pick up your dogs crap! Especially when it's right in front of my driveway where I walk to get the mail AND especially because I watched you just saunter away, knowingly.

Major doggy don't, you stupid lady!

PS. I saw the poop pick-up bags dangling from her wrist. Good waste of money, huh lady?

DIY.. or not.

Honestly, I didn't think it was possible for one person to suck SO bad at this DIY crap.

UGH.

Try "do it yourself, while calling your husband 80 times to help over the phone"

When did I become so retarded?!?!

Fun day babysitting!

I had a BLAST babysitting Nora, Addie & Grayson yesterday! When I first got there Nora and Addie were off playing by themselves, so I got handsome little Grayson all to my self for awhile :) when the girls decided they wanted to play with me too, we put Gray down for his nap and we went outside to play. I got our the basketball hoop and tried to teach the girls to play HORSE or PIG. That didn't go over so well, lol. They liked the idea of the animal names, but that's about it. We played outside for a little over an hour then went inside and got baby Grayson up. We ended up playing Hide & Seek forrrever. It was so much fun! I've never seen a 1 1/2 year old catch on so fast! We would tell him it was his turn to count and he'd stand in a corner with his eyes closed and count.. to 2. But hey, it was a good start! :) I only gave the kids 2 rooms, plus the kitchen to hide it, but surprisingly it didn't get old! I could tell the kids were worn out after a meltdown from each of them, so after Addie & Gray left me and Nora went on a little walk and spent the rest of the night curled up on the couch together. It was a very fun day :)

Today's Stats

Fresh cookies made!


Kitchen reorganized to accommodate china cabinet!


Laundry done!

Oh I also tried to make time to play outside with my lovey puppies.. but then Kylee bit me and I was pissed off at them the rest of the day.

Never ending weekend

I woke up this morning and though "awh, man.. Sunday already? Where did the weekend go?!" and then I remembered that I have ALL next week off! YAYYYY!! It's like a never ending weekend. Well okay, it'll end in a week.. but that's not the point :) I'm going to babysit all day Tuesday, and go to a training for work on Thursday, but other than that I have nothing planned.. which feels great! I wish that Joe could spend the time with me too.. but I guess it's good that he's working :(
Well anyways, I guess I'll tell you about my weekend! Friday I had to work until 6:00, then I got to go babysit a cute baby boy!! :) I kind of wanted to go down to Pepperfest after, but nobody else wanted to go.. so I went out to Erin Corner's instead to see my BEST FRIEND. :) She threw her dad a surprise birthday party, and I crashed it at the end by eating all the leftover cupcakes and chips, haha. I hate that I don't get to see Amanda very much, I miss her! So I was glad I got to see her on Friday!
Saturday morning Joe had to work, so I went to the Pepperfest parade with Molly, Mya, Greg & Dawn. It was fun.. but I ate wayyy too much candy! The parade lasted 2 hours, and I pretty much left for home right after. Then me and Joe went over to Dylan's house for a little soiree :) His parents were having people over from Al's work.. so I got to eat lots of good food and beer! His co-workers didn't stay long, and after they left we all partook in a little Putirskis family fun :) First we played HORSE, which JP won. I think I convinced him that I won too, since he shot after me and I pretty much suck.. so he had a good chance at winning.. haha. Then we played kickball! Girls against boys.. soo much fun! Takes me back to my elementary days, playing kickball everyday at recess.. oh the good times we had! So after that everyone's all hot and sweaty, and what better way to cool down then to drink more beer??? Well I guess I found a better way.. I made Dilly Bar take me for a ride in the 'stang :) We went into Baldwin to get everyone smokes, and then we stopped at A&W to get me a root beer float. On our way back we drove past his neighbors house and they were having a huge party. Earlier in the day the same people were flying their little airplanes over and over and over the house and we were getting a little annoyed.. so, well.. we mooned them. haha but as me and Dylan were driving past their house we decided that we wanted a plane ride. What's the worst that could happen.. they'll say no?? So we dropped in and asked who the owner of this fine establishment was (yea, they're his neighbors, but he's never met them.. lol) The guy happened to be standing 2 feet from us, and Dylan asked if we could get a plane ride in and he said SURE! The guy was super, super nice. He took us up in his little 4 seater and we cruised around for about 10 minutes. It was soo fun! I haven't been a little plane like that forever! I guess Justin & Toni went over there right after we left and tried to get a ride, but we were the last ones they took up because it was getting dark. So that's cool, we just barely made it :) By the time we got back to Dylan's house, they were ready to go in and watch the Packer game so me and Joe just went home. Joe was tired and had to work in the morning, so I went down to Kozy around 10:30 and hung out with my mom until 1:00.. it was very fun! When I left the bar I decided I was hungry so I stopped at Taco Bell, came home and ate then went to bed. It was a great ending to a GREAT day!!!

Amanda Jane Miller

is my best, best, best friend ever!!!



Amanda asked how we liked the Milwaukee County Zoo, and I said it was great except I didn't get to see any hippos!

So today when I got the mail.. there was 2 hippos in there!

Yep, I love her!

Luxurious

If you remember awhile ago me and Joe were able to get a free king size mattress, which we were SO excited for! It was back when we had all 3 dogs and a queen just wasn't cutting it. So we got the mattress and for awhile I looked around Craigslist and whatnot to find a cheap enough bed frame, but I kinda gave up. Until I've had it in my head that I want to reorganize the basement, and that darn mattress is taking up the whole floor! So today I found 2 box frames & a metal frame for only $60!!! We're going to pick them up tonight, hopefully! Can't wait to have the biiiiig, luxurious mattress in our bedroom :) :) :)

Monday blues.

I was so excited for this weekend.. but WHY?? I really don't know, because nothing went the way I wanted it too.

Friday night I got home from work around 6:30ish, and I was hoping Joe and Dylan would say they wanted to go out.. because I really wanted to go out! It was Heartland Days and I was ready to drink. Well Dylan wanted to go to the pull in Ellsworth, but me and Joe didn't want to because we knew it was going to rain. So instead Joe decides to go over to his friend Mike's house to help him with his go-cart. He tells me he won't be long and if I'm still awake (his never ending joke.. apparently he thinks I sleep too much) we can go to Hammond! I actually got alot done around the house, and I was dressed and ready when he got home. But did we do anything?? No. We just went to bed.

Saturday I guess Mike talked him into working, so I was on my own for most of the day. I asked Joe if he could be home by 3 or 4 at the latest so we could go to the truck pull, and he said okay. So I did some stuff around the house, and then went to Woodbury to do a little shopping. Didn't get too much, but returned a pair of jeans at AE. Oh but the best part.. I saw JESSIE JEWEL/ARCO. It was a very nice surprise to see my mrs. baby mama. I miss her quite terribly :( But anyways, I was on my way home and Kurt called and said him and Kyle were out at the shop and wanted to know if I wanted to stop by for awhile. Hard to say no to my best friend that I haven't talked to for almost 2 weeks!! :) Then I went home and me, Joe & Dilly Bar went to the truck pull. It was fun :) Dylan went home after to eat dinner and I just assumed he'd be back later and we would actually GO OUT. Nope. Joe fell asleep and I sat on my ass bored. I watched the Vikes win, that was about the best part of my night. I was just so mad, there's not many times I want to go out, and whenever I do, nobody else wants to go. It's not fair. I know I sound like a whiny 3 year old, but I don't care :)

Sunday was a good day. Thought maybe Joe would take me to the parade, but we got the house cleaned instead. Me moved our freezer into the basement, and brought a big china cabinet Grandma gave us into the kitchen. I really like it! Just wish my house was bigger now.. :) Then we went over to my parents for the rest of the day.

Well, that was my weekend. Now it's Monday night and Joe's at a snowmobile meeting, so here I am sitting on the computer with a snoring puppy dog in my lap. I almost don't want to move him, he's so precious right now.. :)

Goodnight everyone!

More than annoyed.

I just spent almost half an hour on the phone with the Baldwin post office, the Baldwin UPS hub, the Hammond post office, the Hudson post office, the UPS store in Hudson, and finally stupid American Eagle (who made the stupid mistake in the first place!!!!!!!!)

All the lady at AE had to do was ask for verification of my address before she sent off my pair of jeans.

GR.

Cheap Therapy

It's Friday morning, I'm at work by myself and I realize that there's a loooot of stuff floating around my head.. so what better way to get it out, than to blog?? :)

Joe's been laid off for 5 months now, and just recently (I'd say the past 2 weeks, maybe a little longer) he's been doing some construction work in the cities.. for CASH! So it's been sooo nice knowing thatwe have just that little extra bit of money. And now the beginning of this week another place called and wanted to hire him for a month or so, also working for cash! AND he just got an interview at United Gear, so it finally seems like things may be falling into place. Thank heaven! :)

It's been really hard on me with him not working. I'm very irritable and we fight wayyy too much. And I shouldn't lie and say it's because he's not working, the main reason is I'm extremely jealous of this girl that he's friends with. It's pretty much the same fight over and over again. And I hate it, because I realize how difficult and stupid I'm being even at the time, but I can't help it :( So we've really been trying to work on that, and I'm happy to say that things have been much, much better. :)

More exciting news.. we're getting a pool! Joe's mom had some problems with their deck foundation out back so she took down the whole deck and decided she didn't want the pool anymore either, so we got to take it! We've talked about getting a pool ever since we bought our house, but it always seemed too expensive and maybe too much work? But we are getting the pool for free, we're doing the work all ourselves, and Joe's mom gave us all the pool chemicals she had left (about a years' worth). So we're not even out much money! Then I think when Joe gets paid from these couple jobs he's been doing (hopefully a little more than $1,000) we're finally going to build our deck. It was a tough decision for awhile.. do we pay off credit cards with the money, or do we do something for ourselves?? But we've wanted a deck for sooo long, and we're going to need some sort of a deck for the pool.. so it seemed like the right thing to do :) We just got the pool liner in the mail yesterday, so now all we're waiting on is a free day and people to help! Hopefully this weekend, or next?!

What else have I got to say?? Work still sucks 90% of the time. They're letting us hire a part-timer, which is awesome.. I just wish they'd hurry up and hire someone!

It's FINALLY Football season again!! I wonder how I survived 7 months without Football!?! Very excited for the Viking's first preseason game tomorrow! GO VIKES!! :) :)

I'm very thankful for the rainy summer we've had. It's been so good for our little pine trees we planted this spring! Granted, we could have done without the torrential rains and 90mph winds some days (even thought they were fun to watch, lol), but the rain itself was nice to have!

We still haven't been able to get pregnant :( I told myself it was a good thing, because of Joe's unemployment right now.. but it's still hard. We both want it so bad. Everyone keeps telling me that it will happen when it's meant to happen.. but if we both feel like it's meant to happen now, then why hasn't it?? :(

Well it's starting to get busier at work now. Hour and a half down.. 9 to go.

Happy Friday everyone!

Milwaukee Pictures!

Miller Brewing Co.

07/22/2010

Milwaukee

I never posted about our weekend in Milwaukee! Let's see if I remember :)

We got up early to leave on Thursday morning. I got really bummed because it was cold and rainy, and I was hoping for warm and sunny so we could do lots of stuff when we got there! It ended up raining the whole way down there. I was very glad Joe was driving, because it was coming down so hard that we were hydroplaning all over the place! So it was pretty scary, but we made in there in one piece :) Actually when we got there it was almost sunny out! We checked into our hotel and put some clothes on that weren't wrinkled from sitting in a car for 5 hours and set out exploring.

We went to the Miller Brewing Co, and got to tour that whole facility. It was super neat, and crazy to think how much beer is made and shipped out there every day! Makes me love my Miller Lite even more.. :) The tour lasted about an hour, with plenty of time after to sample beer. I was thinking you'd get dinky little samples to try, but nope.. you got three 6 or 8 oz glasses of beer! It was pretty sweet.

By the time we got out of the brewery the sky was looking pretty dark again and then all of a sudden the sirens went off! There were thunderstorm warnings, tornado warnings, flood warnings. It was not going to be a pleasant evening! Once again it started pouring so hard we could hardly see when we were driving. It didn't help that we were in city where we're not used to driving. But once again, we made it to the hotel safe and sound.

It was still pretty early and I had planned on doing more things, so it was kind of a drag to be stuck in the hotel. But I guess I'd rather not die in a tornado, so we laid low for awhile. The TV in the room only had like 30 channels, so we got bored real fast. aaand we got hungry. So good ol' Tom Tom told me that there was a Chuck-E-Cheese pretty much within walking distance of our hotel! Of course we didn't walk in the torrential tornadic flooding weather, but we did drive ourselves to Chuck-E-Cheese! We got pizza and played games for quite awhile, then went back to our room and went to bed. For the day not turning out how I'd planned it, it went pretty well :)

We woke up Friday morning to.. rain. When the heck were we going to get to go to the zoo?! We were lazy bones and stayed in bed too long so we missed the continental breakfast, but luckily by the time we got showered and dressed it had stopped raining! So we set out for the zoo. And let me just say one thing.. the Milwaukee County Zoo is highly overpriced. Not to say we didn't enjoy ourselves, but we could have enjoyed ourselves at a zoo in Minnesota for free. But oh well. We got to see lots of cute animals.. except a hippo. I love hippos, and it was the one exhibit that we missed! I was very bummed out when I realized it after we left :( After the zoo we stopped for lunch at Baker's Square. I brought my mama home a piece of carrot cake since she was so nice to watch my puppies while we were gone :) By the time we got back to the hotel after lunch, everyone else was there! We got the Brewers tickets from my dad's friend who had a whole bunch, so we got to go to the game with all their friends. We started my pre-gaming a little in our room with frozen margaritas that I made everyone :) Then we continued at Miller Park before the game. I had a great time at the game, but it was soo freakin' hot!! It was very nice to get back to the hotel and fall asleep in the air conditioning!!

Well, I think that's about everything. I wish me and Joe were able to get away for more weekends like these.. but the fact that we don't, makes the few that we do even more special and fuN :)

Fawn-Doe-Rosa

Today I was thinking that I never really have anything to blog about. Then I was looking through my camera and realized I had lots of stuff to blog about from this summer so far!

This is from a Sunday afternoon when me and Joe took my baby cousin, Wynter to Fawn-Doe-Rosa in St. Croix Falls. It was the first time I've ever been there, and it was soo neat! Unfortunately my camera died pretty much right when we got there, but I still got a couple good pictures. Other than the deer that I'm feeding, we got to feed ducks, donkeys, goats, baby cows, horses and probably more that I'm forgetting! It was very, very cool and I'm sure I'll make Joe take me back there again :)

7/25/2010

Who knew?..

.. that it was possible for us to have a nice, slow and steady rain shower, without the destructive winds and torrential downpours???

I'm sure the storms will be back later, but for now I am quite content with the slow drizzle :)

Ella Roselea

Happy 1 week birthday little Ella*
you are so precious & perfect, we love you already!
..especially you're fashion sense ;)

NOT my fault.

It is NOT my fault that yes, we're a bank.. but no, we don't have butt loads of cash in our vault all the time. All I was saying was next time please call before wanting $10,000.

It is NOT my fault that the exchange rate on Canadian currency is so shitty. 10 minutes later maybe you finally realized that.

It is NOT my fault that someone got in line before you and you have to wait a second or two. Sorry to keep your precious Saturday from you. But please, kindly remember that work is the last place I would like to be on a Saturday.. so cut me a freakin' break!

Some things, yes, are my fault.

But those things I just mentioned.. no, that is just me doing my JOB.

So shove it up your butt, buddy(s).

*FIVE YEARS*

Happy 5 year anniversary, honey!
I love you more & more everyday :)