Kansas bound

Not me... my hubby

Jared and Hicks left for Kansas this morning for the annual Jake's Fireworks shoot-off. I wanted desperately to join them, but I have very limited vacation/personal time at work and I know I want to travel a few places this summer. :( So, I am sad that I will not get to hang in P-burg this weekend, but that is ok. I have plenty to do here, that is for sure. What's on my list? Well, tonight I plan to have dinner and drinks with my friend Michelle. Saturday I plan to do some spring cleaning around the apartment, which will include cleaning Hicks' bathroom. Long story, but it involved a Texas Hold 'Em video game at the bar. Let's just say, I lost the bet. :)

After doing a day of cleaning, I may head up to the Elks Lodge for some karaoke, or may go hang with my girls Stace and Genna (that is, of course, assuming that the sickness plaguing their household is gone). And, Sunday... God intended it as a day of rest and that is what I intend to do.

In other randomness:
1. Jared told me last night that we don't kiss each other enough. It was so cute that he even thought about it, but he was right. So we are making more of a conscience effort to not only say we love each other, but to give hugs and kisses more often. :) I know.. corny... but this is our life and I love it!
2. We have lived in Indiana for nearly a year! Can you believe it, because I can't! A blog about this will come soon (possibly today... I feel like blogging today for some reason)
3. Our house is still for sale.... anyone wanna take Obama's house buyer plan and buy a beautiful home in Girard, KS?????
4. We were approved to consolidate a small amount of our debt, which is a relief to us. As I am sure many of you are experiencing, we had several credit card interest rates jump WAY up for no particular reason. How does one go from 7.9 fixed to 22.94 variable? It is insane to me! But, that is what the economy has given us and Jared and I are trying to tackle it one step at the time the best way we can.
5. I'm not real impressed with the new Flatts CD. I think every new one they come out with is not as good as the last. Maybe it will grow on me, but at first listen I am not real impressed. Sorry Rascals... I still love you though and I am listening to Me and My Gang right now :)
6. Anyone living in the Girard area needing a lawnmower let me know. We have one in the shed that Jared bought new before we moved, a self-propelled push mower. We also have a 91 Ford F150 for sale too. :) I think it needs a new alternator, but it is a good truck for the year.

Enough for now.... I may be back later for more :) Happy Friday everyone!

I just set up cell phone text blogging! Now i am convinced that i am addicted to the internet. :)

Remember that one blog

when I told everyone that I wasn't going to be chunky anymore.

Well, I failed. Miserably. I love food and I love to eat. It is a horrible, messy, greasy addiction that I have and I need professional help.

It is beginning to get slightly out of control and I must do something or else I will be 500 pounds before you know it. Ok, it's not 500 pounds worth of bad, but it is bad to me and not the way I wanna look.

Of course, Jared was able to drop like 20 pounds (exaggeration, but pretty darn close) in a week from just not eating as much. Must be nice!!! He tells me that I can lose weight that way too if I just cut back how much I am eating. Well, I see his point, but ME lose that much weight in week. YEAH RIGHT! What men don't understand is that women gain, pack on, and lose weight much differently than they do. Plus we have that hormone-changing little demon every month that sends our cravings into overload. I love you Jared, I just hate that you can think about losing weight and it just happens. :) UGH!

So, I am back on the weight loss bandwagon again with hopes of dropping some fat off my aging body. Like Rodney Carrington says "good thing I am married, cause I ain't got a chance in hell right now" :)

Any tips, recipes or words of encouragement are appreciated... especially since I am sitting here with a grumbling stomach right now. :(

I'm in a lovey mood

not sure if it was the fabulous wedding last weekend or what, but I am in a lovey dovey mood with my Jared.

Being married is wonderful, but it gets to a point where you start to get into a routine and life becomes so, normal, for lack of another word. Normal is not necessarily bad, it just isn't that spontaneous, romantic, butterflies in your stomach, love feeling you get when you are just beginning to date or when you are newlyweds. But, in a lot of ways, it is even better. Because I know, when I look at Jared that I am looking at my husband, the man I will spend my life with, have children with, grow old with, love and cherish forever. And that brings those spontaneous, romantic, butterflies in your stomach, love feelings right back!

Ok, enough mushyiness! :) Just sendin' a shout out to my man :) Love you darlin'

Great times with great friends

we are home from Myrtle Beach...

Oh we had such a great time down in South Carolina for Marla and Jeremy's wedding. We got in on Friday at about 5 o'clock after 16 hours of driving (we split it up over 2 days though). We then enjoyed a great dinner with everyone and had a great time at the piano bar. Saturday was the wedding and the weather was perfect, a little windy, but perfect. I have never seen Marla look so beautiful and she was absolutely glowing! I remember when I first met her she never thought she would ever get married and there she was... getting married to a wonderful guy. AS for Jeremy, he cleaned up real nice too, haha. The reception was at Hard Rock Cafe and we had a lot of fun dancing to the band and catching up with all our Burlington and Girard friends that we haven't seen in a long time. Hopefully we don't have to wait a really long time to see all of you again!

The day after the wedding we were supposed to head back home, but we decided to stay and extra day and enjoy ourselves. We swam in the pools, laid on the beach, and relaxed. It was well worth it.

Here are a few pictures. My digital camera broke while we were out there and I had to buy another one and it wasn't the best. Hopefully everyone will send pictures to me so I can have some good ones :)

From the lights of Vegas....

to the warm sandy beaches

Congrats Marla and Jeremy!!!! Can't wait to see you guys tomorrow!