Where Have I Been?

I really don't think anyone has missed my blogging, but in case you have...I promise I have a REALLY good reason why I've been MIA lately!

Stay tuned for more information!

My thoughts on the Bachelor

Watching The Bachelor last night, my Monday night ritual ,was nothing short of the drama I have been anticipating...But what I got instead was utterly insane. I don't even know if I have words for how the show played out. Of course I know that ABC has EVERYTHING to do with the situations they put on tv, or what they want to have happen, but honestly this is ruining people's lives here. I have been a huge fan of The Bachelor since the very beginning...and enjoy almost every minute of it...until last night. Now I was indecisive (what's new) on who I wanted Jason to pick because the two girls have been my favs since the very first episode. But honestly how can anyone think it is ok to have Jason break an engagement with Melissa on national TV, only to turn 5 minutes later and be making out with Molly? I think that ABC had the three under contract for the final show, and any news had to stay under wraps until the show aired...they DID sign a contract after all:) I sort of feel like Melissa might have even know what was coming, despite her "surprise" at the After The Final Rose show. I ALSO feel like Molly has been in contact with Jason, regardless of what either say.

I could go on and on, but really I hope everything works out for all three of them. I will be curious to hear what is said on tonight's recap. Hopefully, it won't be as dramatic as last night's grueling 3 hours! I don't think I can handle that much more drama...at least until next season :)

Amazing Weekend

This weekend was one of those weekends when I was really, REALLY, REALLY not ready to go back to work this morning! I think it has something to do with how busy/fun/amazing it was! I better start from the beginning...

Thursday night

M: So, we have to go back to Kokomo tomorrow night?

L: Huh? Why?

M: Umm..my dad needs me to help him with something.

L: Ok, like what? And do I have to go too?

M: Just something, and yes you have to go.

L: Hmm...are you sure? Because I want to stick around here and get some stuff done before our parents come up Saturday.

M:You're going to make this difficult aren't you? My parents are throwing us an anniversary party...so yes, you have to come!

L: Ohh, well why didn't you just say so?

M: Because it was supposed to be a surprise!
L: OOhhhh...oops :)

I blame it on the wine...lol

Friday

After a tiring, long Friday at school, M told me to be ready to go at 5:30. On our boring drive to K-town, and my 3rd hour in the car that day, I proceeded to poke/prode/pry information out of M about the party. Nope, he wasn't having it. So we get to his parents and begin visiting with family. Not too long into the get-together I realize no one has said anything about my parents coming over, Hmm...this seems kind of strange and something is off. Well, after about an hour, M's sister and her boyfriend arrive and we all start chatting. Then, all of sudden, her bf walks by me with a jewelry box behind his back and my jaw just about hit the floor! I found out later I guess I made a huge gasp...oops again! Anyways, he proposed to her and it was adorable! I am sooo happy for the two of them and can't wait for their wedding! Apparently, there was a whole big web of lies told to get HER there, and then I wasn't cooperating too much either, so M had to make up a lie to get me to come home too. He knew better than to tell me about the engagement, I would've been too tempted or obvious if I had known! And here I thought this was really for us...haha :) We spent the night chatting away and laughing at all the effort put into this night!

Saturday

We went to the Gary Allen/Darius Rucker concert at Purdue with both of our families and the newly engaged couple! We went out to dinner and then drinks back at one our fav. campus bars...boy how I miss those! Then on to the concert! We had so much fun and I was a TEENY bit obsessed with Hootie!

Sunday

Sunday was our 1st year wedding anniversary! I can hardly believe it has already been a year since we got married! I guess time flies when you're having fun :) We have had an amazing year and I am looking forward to many, many more to come! M spolied me by being the cutest darn husband ever!! He looked into the tradition gifts given on your first anniversary, and when he heard it was paper, he knew he was in luck! He had the cutest stationary personalized for me! He also knew my obsession for the Twilight series and that I have yet to get to the last book, so he went out and bought me Breaking Dawn. Not only that, he saw The Host by the same author and thought I would like that too :)

Seriously...how freaking cute is he? I was floating on cloud 9 :)

We proceeded to go to a local bar and have a few drinks to celebrate...which turned out to be a Sunday Funday! Oh well, it was well worth it spending the day with my hubby!

Oscar Night 2009

As I sat down to enjoy Oscar night, I couldn't help but get hung up on the crazy red carpet fashion/drama! I went ahead and started watching the hour before the show started. M thought I was slightly crazy, so I went to the bedroom to watch in peace..lol! I knew he couldn't stand being away though, so he finally joined me once the show began. However, for the red carpet fashion I was definetely on my own! I thought I would recap some of my favs and not-so-faves of the night!

I'm not really a fan of Miley Cyrus, but I thought her dress was georgeous! She looked a little big over-dressed for a girl her age, but there was no denying the beautiful gown!

I also LOVED Natalie Portman's amazing bubble gum pink gown. She always looks so put together and natural. Kate Winslet looked radiant as ever last night! Her dress was pretty, but I thought her hair and make-up were simply beautiful! She definetely looked like the leading lady that she is!
Like everyone else and their mother, I of course couldn't take my eyes away from Brad & Angelina. I was drawn to Angelina even though I did not care for her look. I heard one of the random tv shows referring to her as looking like a Disney villian and I couldn't get that idea out of my head! haha :) (I think it was the HUGE emerald earrings!) Brad was looking amazing as the best peice of arm candy all night :)
Amy Adams is super cute, but I did not care for her dress. I know a lot of people criticized her look altogether, but I LOVED the necklace! It just didn't go with the dress...

That's my Oscar recap...in all of it's glory...haha. Sorry it is so late, I really did BEGIN it on Monday....oops:)

Week in review 2

Things have been sort of boring around here lately, so I didn't have much to post!

M finally got back from his trip and I'm super-duper happy about that! I've been so bored/lonely, on top of being sick! Not a very fun way to spend Valentine's Day, but I'm much better now! We spent the weekend catching up and spending time in Indy with friends! Pictures to come later...lol :) But for now, it's back to the couch to relax and watch the Oscar red carpet!

25 Things About Me

Well, here it is. I know it took me a long time to finally post this, but maybe once you read it you will understand...haha! Hope you enjoy...

1. I love being married.

2. I aspire to own my own business someday…possibly doing something creative like flowers, wedding planning, decorating all in one!

3. I really don’t take long showers, but spend half of the time standing there dreading getting out because I might get cold! Plus, I can’t STAND the feeling of wet hair against my back!

4. I love Q-tips…and use them everyday!

5. I’m really bad at answering my phone. If you know me at all, you’ve probably been on the receiving end of this and I apologize. (It’s not really on purpose…most of the time :o) )

6. I absolutely love my job! It’s been stressful, fun, exciting, and eye-opening getting to start my career.

7. I have a love/hate relationship with living in Lafayette. I LOVE that we have an adorable home and are making lives for ourselves here. I HATE being away from family and friends. I LOVE being so close to my college stomping ground. I HATE that none of my friends are here to enjoy it with me. I LOVE the freedom I have living in a new place. I HATE the smell of this city!

8. I could eat spaghetti, chips and salsa, and mac and cheese everyday and not get sick of them!

9. There are times when I focus so much on HOW to organize something that I end up not doing anything because I can’t make a decision.

10. I have serious issues with making decisions. Pathetic I know…but I just get too tied up with thinking about every possible outcome that I end up not making one at all!

11. I like to consider myself one of the grammar police. (ask my parents…also, the idea that “mac” in #8 is written with a red squiggly underneath is driving me nuts already!)

12. I love to use big vocabulary when I talk, write, text, email, blog, etc. (M is always sure to point this out and laugh)

13. I absolutely HATE chipped nail polish. If one little piece chips away, I immediately start picking the rest of it off. It drives me crazy!

14. I love when you can be so close with someone that you can just look at them and immediately know what they are thinking without saying a word.

15. I like to turn on every single light on my way to any room. Maybe I’m still scared of the dark?!? (Ex: Last night the power went off and I was all by myself. I screamed, the dog jumped, and I scrambled for my cell phone…for the light of it of course! Then with my phone guiding the way, I safely made it to some matches, lit a few candles (ok, maybe enough to start a bonfire), and then called my parents.) The lights came on 10 minutes later :o)

16. I am so thankful for my amazing family. I don’t know where I would be without them in my life.

17. I feel equally lucky to have married into an amazing family.

18. I’m so excited to be an aunt! Baby G will be spoiled rotten.

19. I believe retail therapy really cures all things. I used to hate the idea of shopping by myself, but having done a lot of it lately (see # 9) I have learned to really enjoy it. I could spend hours in a store and never buy anything…which drives M crazy!

20. My friends are absolutely amazing! I know that no matter how life changes, we will always be able to pick up right where we left off.

21. I <3 procrastinating! (maybe that’s why its taken me so long to do this…but it could just be #10)

22. I despise doing the laundry. M thinks I need laundry 101 classes. I think he may just take over that job!

23. I drink 2 cups of coffee every morning. With yummy flavored cream of course!

24. If you told me I was going to end up married to the boy I met in high school when I was only 15, I probably would have said you were crazy! Now, I know that I was crazy to waste any time at all with him.

25. When looking back over these 25 random things about myself, I realized how truly blessed/exciting/happy my life has been. I can only pray that it will continue to so in the future :o)

Week in review

Whoo! I can't believe I have gone so long without a post! I kept meaning to post last week, but I was quite busy. I would apologize, but I'm not sure anyone was actually heartbroken not reading a post from me... :)

I WAS going to attempt to make this post my 25 Things About Me, but it is taken WAY longer than I had anticipated! (It's actually quite hard to sit down and think of 25 worthy things about myself to share!) Maybe by tomorrow I can have a list done...maybe not..the GRAMMY'S are on! Along with Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters...goodness, I just realized how pathetic my tv watching habit is! Well...off I go to feed my television addiction!

My Favorite "R" Things

Here they are...in no particular order...My top ten favorite things that start with "R". Joey gave me mine, and if you would like to play, leave me a comment and I will give you a letter! Hope you enjoy!

1. Riesling wine--just so smooth and tasty!

2. R&R--Rest and Relaxation...nothing I enjoy more than hanging out at home in comfy sweats!

3. Roadhouse, Texas--Who can honestly resist those rolls?! Yumm :)

4. Reading--Right now I am completely obsessed with the Twilight series! I started reading the books over the summer, and with all the craziness of working...I am still reading Eclipse! Don't spoil the ending for me!!5. Reality TV--You name it, I love it! American Idol, The Bachelor, America's Next Top Model, The Hills, Survivor, True Beauty, and the list goes on...

6. Raspberry--I love the flavor in almost anything! I love it even more than strawberry or cherry!

7. Red--The color of my first car, the decor in our living room/kitchen, and just wearing red clothes!

8. Rascal Flatts--Love them and their songs! One of the best concerts I have ever been to!

9. Red-nosed pitbulls--Only because my beloved Colby is one! (and because they get a bad-rep as ALL being bad!)

10. Redecorating--Or just decorating! Either way, I love to think about redesigning our house and driving M nuts with all of my ideas!

SNOW DAY!

ANOTHER snow day! But this time the snow is for real! (not just cold weather) We have a little less than a foot of snow! I attempted to shovel the driveway so I could get out for a little bit, but that didn't work out so well...that snow is HEAVY!! I think shoveling gave me more of a workout than when I go to the gym....hmm :o\

Well I am currently working on my list of "R" things, thanks to Joey. Hopefully I will come up with some good things before the day is over.

Stay warm and hopefully we will have school tomorrow!! :o)

Relaxing Weekend

This weekend was quite relaxing and nice for a change! M surprised me and came home EARLY on Friday from his trip to Dallas! I was excited and we spent the night catching up and of course playing the Wii. He THOUGHT he was going to come back to a pro-Wii bowler/tennis player/MarioKart of a wife....but that sure didn't happen! I didn't even turn the thing on the WHOLE week!

I won't bore you with the details of our relaxing (i.e. nothing-happening) weekend. It was just nice to have nothing to do for a change. I enjoy being as lazy as possible on Sunday afternoons, trying my best to not get out of my PJ's. :o) I kept telling myself that I would post, but I just couldn't pull myself away from the couch for long enough. I also was quite happy to see that Juno has made it onto our HBO On Demand, so of course I had to watch that! (so funny!)

Our area is supposed to get some snow tonight, and I can't help but hope for at least a 2-hr delay!! I know it's kind of pathetic, but honestly I would LOVE to sleep in sometime this week...I think I got a little TOO used to a couple of weeks ago! Ok, I better get some things done before my Monday night line-up comes on! I can't wait to see who Jason sends home this week on The Bachelor....as long as it isn't:

Melissa...

or Molly...

and if Jason really wanted to make me happy...he would eliminate Shannon! (seriously, telling him every detail of his OWN life is only going to FREAK him out! C'mon girl...please tell me you are just kidding!?!)

Proud to be an American

As cheesy, overused, and corny as it may sound, I truly feel proud to be an American today. As you may know, I am not a very "political" person, nor do I really follow politics or enjoy it for that matter, however today was truly remarkable to live & witness. With students in tow, we watched the Inauguration ceremonies of the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. It was definetely something new to me, to witness such a enormous event in history. As I spoke with some of my teacher friends and we discussed whether or not 8 year olds are capable of understanding something of this importance, I realized I had never witnessed such an event in my lifetime. Watching the Inauguration, I couldn't help but get goosebumps thinking of what a huge impact this day will forever hold in history. I could care less about the political issues that we will be faced to deal with tomorrow. What I do find awe-inspiring though, is the feeling of pride in our country that is being celebrated today. Despite political parties, I felt that our country was truly in the spotlight for something POSITIVE today...how exciting for a change! On a less serious note....could those girls BE any cuter?

Good luck and God Bless Obama family!

Whooo hooo 4 day weekend!

After a fairly successful day with a little shopping, cleaning, and relaxing I got another wonderful phone call tonight.....yep, you guessed it! ANOTHER snow day for tomorrow! WHHHOOOO HOOO to a four and a half day weekend! I'm currently celebrating (M's birthday AND my day off) with a glass of wine, while M stresses about the Purdue basketball game. Hopefully they win, so I can coax him into letting me watch Grey's on HIS birthday! hmm..... :)

I think I have TOO much time on my hands....2 posts in only 1 day?!? Did I mention I LOVE my job :)

Happy Birthday M!

Happy 26th Hubby!

I love you!

Today you can even wear your birthday suit! (Just be careful in this -23 degree wind chill!!) haha

High of -1 Degrees?

Wouldn't that be considered an oxymoron? A HIGH temperature of -1 degrees for tomorrow is not what I call fun!

However, I guess I have good reason to be excited for the artic weather. Today started out ok-no 2 hr delay-but it can't happen EVERY day right? No fear...we had an early release instead, much to the delight of my 2nd graders. I guess I wasn't too disappointed either :) So I got to come home and get some things done around the house, get dinner started, and catch up on our DVR shows. After dinner, M and I sat down to watch Fracture (his pick) and around 7:30 pm I got a nice little phone call from school. Thinking it could only mean one thing, a 2 hr delay for tomorrow, I wasn't too excited. But much to my dismay, the voice on the other end told me school has been CANCELLED for tomorrow! Whoo hoo! There is just something about being a teacher that will absolutely never get old....who can honestly resist hearing that great news? It's like the excitement you have when you are actually a student, but even better because I actually get paid for it now :)

So now I have the night to relax (what's new), watch American Idol (yes I know), and decide my plan of attack for tomorrow?? Oh, and did I mention tomorrow is M's birthday? So I get HIS birthday off work and he still has to go! Yeah....he's jealous of my career choice :)

Any ideas of what I should to fill my (freezing cold) day off from work?

Viva Las Vegas

So far...not so good! I'm trying to keep up with this blog, but there has been a LOT happening lately! Right after my first post, M suprised me with a trip to VEGAS! We left a few days after Christmas and came back NYE. This was my first trip to Vegas and I was in L-O-V-E!! I think I drove M a little crazy by singing "Viva LAS VEGAS" a little TOO much on the way there...oh well, it was HIS idea right? :) Even with the freezing weather (well for Vegas) at least, the lights, sounds, and craziness was so much fun! We had a great time and I feel fortunate to have such an amazing husband! I won't bore you to death with all (200) of my pictures, but here are a few from our trip!

Watching the Bellagio fountains!

Ahh....the view I woke up to in the morning :)

Our hotel, Planet Hollywood

Since it was right after Christmas, the Bellagio was still all decked out...and I was in awe of the amazing sights! These cute snowmen are made of fresh flowers...and that is only a sneak peek!