Good Times & Not So Good Times

Another weekend has come and gone and just like every other weekend, we had some good things and bad things happen around our house.

Highlights of the weekend:

• I finally had the chance to get to my aunt's house to pick up the hall tree that she was giving us!! She recently moved and had no where to put it so it now has a new home...I'm still not sure where I'm going to put it exactly but I'm sure I will find a great spot for it!!
• We actually went out to eat as a family to a restaurant that has real, non-plastic silverware!! We went to Logan's Roadhouse on Saturday and it was really good,we had only been there once before, when Keegan was only a couple of months old, and I don't know why we haven't went back until now! Have you been there before? It is one of the places where they have peanuts on each table and you throw the shells on the floor...Keegan loved that! He didn't actually eat the peanuts so we just let him throw them on the floor...which actually means hurling them across the room but the tables next to us were empty so no one got hit!
• I went to Wal-Mart yesterday and the cashier scanned a $2 off coupon twice!! Then when I paid he gave me ALL of my coupons back...sweet!! I used like 10 coupons, granted some of them expire in a couple of days but half of them don't expire for a while which means I get to use them again!!
•  We went to Bed Bath & Beyond after dinner {which just happens to be my 2nd favorite store ever} to get one of those atomic clocks that shows the outside temp on it {Ryan's bday present} and whatever else I could find that I thought we might need! Well as soon as we walked in they had a cart with clearance stuff on it and Ryan happened to see these plates....

which just so happens to match the plate set we have at home! Then he turned it over and saw this....

Umm...98 cents?!?! There were 5 plates sitting there all for only 98 cents each so we picked them up {even though we already have 12 sets at home}. And what's better than paying 98 cents for a plate?!

Paying 65 cents per plate!! Yep, after the coupon each plate came out to only 65 cents each!! After we bought them Ryan said "now I won't be so worried if I end up breaking a plate!"

Not so good moments of the weekend:

• On Saturday Ryan's truck "broke down". It still starts and you can drive it but it sounds kinda scary! It turns out that the thing that the spark plugs go into is completely stripped and the spark plug won't stay put! They were right outside of Hecker when this happened and they ended up having to tow it back to town! Keegan thought that is was really cool and said "I'm going to tell all of my friends that Daddy's truck broke down!" LOL On Sunday, Ryan and his dad tried to fix it with some kit thing that they bought but it didn't work! That's just great....if we take it somewhere to get fixed it's going to cost a couple thousand dollars because the entire engine has to be taken out!! We have no idea what we are going to do with it but no matter what we do it's going to cost us some money that I would rather not spend!!
• Friday night I was miserable! My headache came back, I was nauseous, my back was killing me, I had a fever...I pretty much felt like complete shit and even cried about it!!
• I didn't get any of the cleaning done around the house. However, I will now have something to do when I'm stuck at home because my butt will not be driving to work if we get all of this ice and snow they are talking about...well as long as we don't have a big power outage then I will be able to get the cleaning done!

Confession Friday

No small talk around here today, I'm going to jump right into the confessions!

I confess that I wish I would have stayed home today. I thought that since I went to bed at 7:30 last night the extra sleep would have kicked my headache migraine to the curb but as soon as I stood up out of bed this morning it came back.

I confess that I was actually planning on staying home today since Keegan got sent home from daycare with a 102.5 fever yesterday but he wanted to go to Grandma & Grandpa's house instead of staying home with me and I didn't have it in me to argue with him so now I'm sitting at work.

I confess that I really, really want to go to the Taylor Swift concert in August! I never really liked her until recently and I'm in love with her newest CD...plus she is going to be in St. Louis for 2 days! Yep, she's having 2 concerts here...tickets go on sale next Friday....who wants to go with me?!?!

I confess that even though my car is a dark gray color you would probably think that it is white because it is so freakin dirty.

I confess that we have lived in our house for over a year now and I still haven't gotten a new driver's license with our current address on it...according the the one I have now, I still live in Waterloo. I need to get the tags for my car today after work so maybe I will get a new one while I'm at the DMV....maybe.

I confess that the new toy room in the basement is done but we haven't put any toys in there yet, they are still in the spare bedroom.

I confess that I just realized the other day that I forgot to take the Christmas decorations out of the bathroom when I put all of the Christmas stuff away...whoops! {and I still haven't put them away!}

Your turn....what are you going to confess this week?!

Three Things for Thursday

Stephanie over at Parker's Prints has started a new little thing called "Things for Thursday" every week. Each week it is a different topic and a different number, either 2, 3, or 10 {can you guess why these are the numbers?!}. Well this week I decided to tag along and to it to...one because it's kinda fun and two because I love this week's topic, which is.....If you could watch only 3 TV shows, which 3 would you pick?

I thought that picking only 3 would be easy but since I'm a TV junkie it was a lot harder than I thought it would be but here are the 3 shows I picked:

1. Desperate Housewives. Probably my all time favorite show, I've seen every single episode and I watch it every single week, it's definitely a must watch for me.

2. Grey's Anatomy. I actually didn't watch this show for a season or two but got hooked on it again after watching a season finale of one the seasons I didn't even watch...I've watched every episode since then.

3. This last one is hard, there are so many reality shows that I love watching but if I had to pick just one of them it would have to be Teen Mom. I can't pinpoint exactly why I love it so much but I do and I have to watch it!

What about you? What 3 TV shows would you choose?!

Four Years Later

Today is the day that Ryan and I "officially" became a couple....well not today today, today four years ago. Weird to think that we have only been together for 4 years and our son is 3 years and 2 months, isn't it?! {I'll let you do the math on that one!!}

Today is a day I will never forget, not just because it's the day we became "official" but because of the way it happened. Let me do a little rundown on how it went....

We were at Ryan's brother-in-law's birthday party. {Yep, we had only been "talking" to each other & had gone on some dates for 2 weeks and I already got invited to a family event...well it was friends & family and now that I think about it, I don't think I actually met his parents or younger sister that night} I already knew his older sister & brother-in-law since they were good friends with my aunt & uncle {who were at the party also}, so going to the party wasn't too awkward.

We were sitting at the same table as my aunt & uncle and naturally he was giving Ryan a hard time. Then came the question "so what are you guys?" Umm...I had no idea, we had only been "seeing" each other for a couple of weeks and we were pretty content with where we were. Pretty sure we both looked at each other and said "I don't know".

Later on in the night, Ryan & I were standing by ourselves talking and the conversation went a little like this....

Me "so what are we?"

Ryan "I don't know, what do you want to be?"

Me "I don't know, what do you want to be?"

Ryan "I don't care, we can be whatever you want to be"

Me "Well I'm not going to make the decision by myself"

A little silence

Ryan "So....do you want to be my girlfriend?"

Me {laughing at him} "Ya, I guess"

HAHAHAHA....you would think we were in high school or something at the time based off of that conversation!! Oh well, I love it and I will definitely always remember it!!

Happy four years Babe...I love you!!

I'm Just Sayin...

• I need to learn how to say the word "no" sometimes
• Don't talk to/treat me like a 3 year old...especially when I know exactly what I'm doing
• Excedrin Migraine is a true gift from God
• Pretty sure 3 year olds have way more mood swings then a 16 year old girl
• My "blogger friends" are pretty much the best out of all "blogger friends
• You shouldn't have to pay shipping when buying something online...you don't pay for it at the store even though it was originally shipped there.
• I now understand why my chiropractor makes me do "exercises" with my neck....haven't done them in a while and my neck is killing me plus I've been getting lots of headaches again
• All clothes should be made out of that non-wrinkle fabric
• Winter sucks and so does our utility bill
• Verizon needs to come up with a smaller family package. Right now the smallest one is 700 minutes to share....the most we have ever used in a month is maybe 150 since most of our minutes are free thanks to the mobile to mobile thingamajig they have so we are wasting a ton of money for minutes we don't even need....not cool, not cool at all.

What about you, what are you just sayin today?!

Vent Session *updated*

*Added some more "stuff" since originally posting this, and yes it was only posted for a couple of minutes!*

Ok...I'm not sure if I would actually consider this a venting or more of just getting something off of my chest. Maybe it will end up being more of a vent/bitching fest but either way I need to get it all out in the open, maybe it will help me feel better and to warn you I will probably ramble and things might not flow together because I'm just going to type what I feel.

As most people know we have been trying to get pregnant, for a while now...to be exact it's been 13 months {12 if you count the month we stopped because we were going to Vegas} and for the life of me I can't understand why I'm not pregnant yet or for that fact have a newborn at home. I mean with Keegan it was a one time deal, seriously it happened the very first time and let's just say he was a big surprise! I know that this kind of thing happens to couples everywhere, every single day but I honestly never thought it would happen to us and when I first stopped taking the pill {like 3 months prior to the start of "trying"} we were kinda weary at first because we figured it wouldn't take long. Actually Ryan thought that it would happen just like Keegan but I knew it wouldn't be that easy, I thought a couple of months and there would be a little baby cooking away in my belly and yet here I sit a year later and nothing. When I went to the dr. last June for my yearly examine and told him that we were trying he said "get together around the middle of your cycle and just have fun with it"...seriously those were his exact words! At the time it didn't bother me because it had only been a couple of months {it still doesn't bother me, I think it's funny that he told us to "get together" and "have fun with it"} Then when you talk to people about wanting to get pregnant they always say "don't try and it will happen" or "don't worry about it" or "if you stress about it, it won't happen" umm easier said than done my friends. How do you "not try" or not worry about it, especially after this long? Ya, the first couple of months you don't worry about anything but after a while it gets to you...trust me, it gets to you and it bothers the fuck out of you. Seriously though it does! I don't even want to know how much money I've spent on pregnancy tests over the last year because every month I just "knew" I was pregnant. I think at some point because I wanted it so bad I kinda "tricked" myself into believing that I was and then would be more than disappointed every time I had a negative test. I've told myself not to worry about it and acted like it didn't bother me and whenever someone would ask when we plan on having more kids I would answer with "we have to get Keegan potty trained first" or "not sure yet" or "whenever it happens". I've definitely had my share of breakdowns during this...I've been the biggest cry baby and probably the biggest bitch ever and Ryan has taken it all. I feel bad for lashing out at him when I have my moments but sometimes I don't because I don't feel like he really gets it....he's a guy, he just doesn't understand. Really though, he doesn't get it. We were talking the other day and I was saying that it seems like every time I turn around I'm finding out about another person being pregnant {which btw...I'm extremely happy for everyone who has recently gotten pregnant or had a baby, especially all of my blog friends....seriously, I'm not just saying it I really am happy for all of you even if I am a little jealous!!!} And his response "there's pregnancy stuff happening all the time" Gee that's exactly what I wanted to hear! Yes I know that but when you really want it to happen to you, it just seems like it happens even more than usual. I mean not only are people in "real life" getting pregnant left & right but I swear every single time I go to people.com {which I do daily, sometimes multiple times a day} there is another celebrity who is knocked up. What makes me feel even worse is that Keegan really wants a baby brother or sister. One time he was with grandma somewhere and the saw a little baby and he said "mommy needs to have a baby" another time someone mentioned that it was time for a baby brother or sister and I replied with "I don't know about that" and Keegan's eyes lit up and he smiled and shook his head yes like crazy....there have been other times when he has said it too and I'm not going to lie, it breaks my heart a little. The other day we were on the couch watching tv and he brought me Trunks {his stuffed elephant} and said "here mommy I got a baby for you". How I didn't break down in tears is beyond me and what really gets me is that we don't talk about having a baby in front of him. Anyway, I decided that it was time to call the dr. to see if we could figure out what is going on and to see what we should do. I called yesterday and I had to leave a message and wait for a call back...two hours later a lady from the office called and talked to me and ask me some questions. One of her questions was if I had tried using those ovulation kits...if looks could kill {even over the phone} she would probably be dead or at least severely injured. WTF do you think lady?! Of course I've used them, granted it was only a couple of times because I don't think they really worked and well I've pretty much gotten in tune with my body during this time and I know my cycle and I know when I'm ovulating..seriously the day that I always have some mild cramping/stomach aches. Anyway, back to the phone call, she asked if I had talked to the dr. about it before {yes} and checked my file to see if he made any notes about it {nope}. Now I have an appointment in 2 weeks to go see him and then we will go from there I guess. I'm just hoping that we can find some answers to why it's taking so long and well obviously get pregnant...preferably sooner rather than later! I'm not sure if I will talk about this anymore or not, I guess we will have to wait and see but I really just needed to get everything out of my head {some of you may have known most of this already but I still feel like I'm dealing with this all by myself and hoped that this would help}. Plus I'm a planner by nature and nothing is going as planned! I wanted my kids no more than 3 years apart in age and now we are looking at 4 years or more...not cool!! There is so much more that I could add to this but I think I'll stop here seeing as I've almost written a novel.

One more thing...feel free to leave comments, suggestions, whatever but I would rather not talk about this in "real life". I know I have to some people before but it really is hard for me to talk about and frankly I've been holding back the tears while typing all of this. Thanks!

Just Keep on Waiting

For an impatient person {like myself} having to wait for something is like pure torture!! I've been waiting for a phone call from the doctor's office for...oh about 2 hours now and it's driving me crazy!! Every time the phone rings at work I immediately think it's them but then I remember that they will be calling my cell phone not the work phone!! It doesn't help that I have an amazing headache and the Excedrin Migraine that I took almost 2 hours ago and usually knocks my headaches on their ass within 30 minutes hasn't done a damn thing yet!!

Laziness

The title pretty much sums up our weekend...it was a lazy one and I thoroughly enjoyed it, like really, really enjoyed because it has been a long time since it has happened.

Friday night I had girls night and it was nice to actually spend some time with some great friends that I don't get to see very often. The boys went out to eat and stopped by grandma & grandpa's house because that's what they do pretty much every time I go out.

Saturday wasn't too eventful either. Sat around the house in the morning and then Keegan & I made a trip to Target, mainly for laundry detergent, paint brushes for Keegan and toilet paper and left after spending $85! But Keegan did get some pretty cool new shoes...they have Buzz & Woody on them and they light up! What more could a 3 year old want in a pair of shoes....and when we got home he had to put them on and wear them the rest of the day. He said that he is going to take them to Disneyland so he can so Buzz & Woody...the kid is not excited about that trip at all! The rest of the day/night consisted of naps and movie watching. Have you seen the movie Case 39 yet?! OMG....freaky, good but a little freaky! If you haven't seen it yet, rent it soon!

Sunday was the extreme lazy day {well for me at least}. Ryan was finally feeling better and actually had some energy so he got some more stuff done in the toy room...which by the way will be down once the doors get painted and the carpet goes in!! Me on the other hand, I didn't get out of my pj's all day...well until I took a shower at 8:45 and put some new ones on! I did manage to get all of the laundry done but that was it. I should have cleaned the house and painted the doors in the toy room but I didn't feel like it, I needed a day to just lay around and do nothing so my house is still a disaster and the doors aren't painted yet. Oh well, there's always tomorrow right?!

Let's Confess...

Dear Friday: Have I ever told you that you are one of my favorite days of the week, to be perfectly honest, you are my second favorite with Saturday getting first place. There are many things that I love about you, probably too many to list but one of my favorites is because you are confession day {or big black hole day to some} and I'm not going to lie, it's kinda nice to fess up to some things that are sometimes embarrassing because there is usually at least one person who totally gets it and it makes me feel normal again! Love, me

Ok....now onto some confessions huh?

I confess that I got a caramel mocha from McDonald's this morning {only one, I didn't use my b1g1 coupon} and it didn't taste as good as I was hoping! Hopefully it was just a one time deal and the next one will be superb!

I confess that I got absolutely nothing done around the house yesterday when I stayed home...well I did unload/load the dishwasher and I did manage to get our sheets into the washer & dryer but as of this morning they are still in the dryer. Don't worry, we have more than one set of sheets for our bed so we weren't sheetless last night.

I confess that I wish all of the snow we got yesterday would have happened today that way I would of had a 3 day weekend...I'm just not feeling the whole work thing today.

I confess that I didn't get out of my pjs until 12:30 yesterday but I did take a shower so that's a plus!!

I confess that I forgot about making my car payment this month when I was balancing the check book and paying other bills! When I was done writing checks I thought, wow we did pretty good....and then Ryan said did you take money out for the car payment? Shit...guess we didn't do as good as I thought and I guess it's a good thing that my car payment goes to his grandpa!

I confess that I'm still craving some fried zucchini after eating it last weekend and I really, really hope that the place us girls are eating at tonight has some!! {btw...if anyone has a good recipe to make this at home I'm begging you to share it with me!!}

I confess that we told a little lie to Keegan! You see we are going to Disneyland sometime this year and he has been ready to go since the moment something was mentioned about it. I was really tired of hearing "is it time to go to Disneyland now" every 3 minutes so I told Keegan that Mickey Mouse wasn't there...in fact he is at Santa's house visiting and when Mickey gets back to Disneyland he will write us a letter to let us know and then we can go!! He believed me, of course he did though he is only 3 but what made it even better was when he was watching one of his Mickey Mouse movies and Mickey & his friends took a train to Santa's house!! See, he really is there!! So now I hear "Mickey & all his friends are still at Santa's house playing with his reindeer" every other day!

I confess that if Adrien doesn't do anymore confession Friday's on her blog I will be really sad because they always make me laugh!! :)

Your turn...what are you going to confess this week?!

Snow Day

Well it's going to be a short post today...why you ask, because I gave myself a snow day! That's right, I gave myself persmission to stay home today and not take the risk of driving almost 40 miles to work on snow covered roads. 

Take a look at Heather's blog and you will see why I stayed home today!! To all of those who actually when into work today....good job for being a trooper and taking one for the team....oh and you're crazy!!!

I'm off to enjoy some shows I have recorded and to get some housework done!

I'm Just Sayin...

I think I'm going to try something new around here. I kinda like the idea of having a "random" post once a week, I think it will help with all of the random thoughts I have wondering around in my head....well that and talk about random things that annoy the shit out of me. As of right now I'm kinda liking the "I'm Just Sayin" title although it probably isn't very original so until I can come up with something else I'm going to stick with it.

• For some odd reason grown men turn into itty bitty babies when they get sick...I don't get it and it drives me crazy! Ryan gets sick and the world is going to end....he lays there helpless moaning & groaning like no other. Seriously though, does the moaning & groaning help because if so maybe I should try it next time I get sick.
• If you are driving in the "fast lane" and every single car that is behind you is getting over in the other land to PASS you, you probably don't belong in that lane so get your ass over...please & thank you.
• Three year old's are way smarter than you think...here are a couple of examples:
• Keegan: "there's grandpa's barber shop"
• Ryan: "I need to go there and get a haircut"
• Keegan: "but you don't have a lot of hair" 
• Keegan {at grandma & grandpa's house}: "why does your toilet paper go that way? My toilet paper at home goes the other way" {then he made grandma fix it because hers was wrong}
• Keegan: "I'm ready to go to Disneyland now"
• Me: "It's not time to go yet"
• Keegan: "I have to change my clothes first?"
• Me: "You will have to change your clothes a lot of times before we go"
• Some people really need to look in a mirror before they leave their house to go into public. Granted I'm guilty of looking like a hot mess sometimes when I leave my house but when you're jeans are 5 sizes too small and all anyone can see is an extreme about of blubber hanging out everywhere you probably should have taken a better look at yourself.
• I need a new job...no joke
• I'm trying to be ok with the fact that some people just aren't going to meet your expectations, it's hard & it sucks but it's life and life is a bitch so I guess I'm just going to deal with it.
• I am thisclose to using my buy one coffee get one free at McDonald's for some caramel mocha's....and drinking both of them all by myself.
•  Sometimes I want to throw a pity party for myself and do nothing but lay in bed and cry all day but I don't....but I really want to.

So...what about you? What are you just sayin today?

Bachelor Brad

So, it's Tuesday, which means yesterday was Monday...therefore one of my favorite shows was on last night....

And just in case you don't watch the show and forgot what Brad looks like, here he is again.



I will give you a minute to wipe the drool off your mouth before you keep reading......

When the show first started I didn't really have any "favorite" girls but now that it has been on for a couple of weeks things have changed a little bit. There are definitely some girls that I like and others not so much...let's just say that their "true colors" are starting to show.

Lets start with some girls that I like....

First up is Emily, as one of the girls said on the show last night she "looks like barbie and has the heart of Mother Theresa and no one hates Mother Theresa".

Then we have Chantal, I'm still not sure why I like her exactly but I think she is a good fit for Brad.

Next is Ashley S. I'm still on the edge about her. She seems like the average girl next-door but there is something that tells me she doesn't make it to the final 2. 

Here is Ashley H. She got the first impression rose on the very first night and she had the first one-on-one date with Brad. After their first date I really started to like her, she seemed like a pretty cool chick. After last night I'm not so sure about her anymore. Her exact words to Brad last night at the cocktail party were "if you don't feel exactly the same way about me as I feel about you then don't give me a rose and if you are on the fence between me & another girl give her the rose." WTF?!?! Seems to me like she is turning into one of those whiny bitches that cries because she isn't getting enough time with the bachelor. So I'm on the fence about her...I'll let you know after next week's episode.

Last but not least we have Michelle. My feelings about her....THE BITCH IS CA.RAZY!! She really is, I'm not telling one single ounce of a lie with that statement. Seriously though, she's a the crazy one on the show. It's so bad that I actually wonder if that's how she really is or if she is just putting on an act for the cameras. She thinks that she is the one for Brad and has basically said that she doesn't understand why the other girls are there. She is quite annoying to watch and listen to for that matter....during the group date they shot an action film and while Brad was kissing another girl she was covering her eyes with her hair...grow up!! She also has this habit of butting into other people's one-on-one time with Brad and it's pretty creepy. Brad will be having a nice conversation with a girl and Michelle sneaks up and watches/listens until Brad sees her and then steals him away...right in the middle of a freakin conversation. I understand that it is important to have that "special time" with him but you could be a little less creepy about it. I would love, love, love to see her go home but Brad made the comment last night that he really likes her certain things about her...don't remember what it was because I was in shock. She definitely knows how to manipulate a man....

Toy Room Transformation Sneak Peek

Just because I'm such a nice person I'm going to give you a little sneak peek into the toy room {actually I'm just really excited about it}.....

hellllooooo red walls!!!

Weekend Recap

We had a good weekend and it actually turned out to be some what of a productive weekend too! {sometimes my laziness gets in the way of the productive part happening}

Friday was pretty simple, I had bunco with the girls and the boys stayed home and did boy stuff...at least I'm guessing they did boy stuff because I don't really know what they did.

Saturday was the big day....Ryan's 29th birthday. Yep, he is in the last year of his twenty's and as much as he likes to act like it doesn't bother him, I think it kinda does! Before heading out for the night though we actually got some stuff done around the house. Ryan painted the ceiling in the toy room and I finally got around to taking all of the Christmas stuff down. Why is it that it comes down so much faster than it goes up?! Not to mention my house looks a little blah now....I think I need to go on a shopping trip and put my 394057 Bed Bath & Beyond coupons to good use!! We got all cleaned up and Keegan went over to Grandma & Grandpa's then he headed out with the Deterding's to celebrate Ryan's birthday.

We ended up eating at the Burger Bar {which is inside of the Lumiere} and let me just say that it was delish!! They have this garlic mayo stuff that is to die for...seriously, I wish I could have taken some home with me! The also had zucchini fries that were ah.maz.ing...just thinking about them makes me want more! I insisted that we get dessert too, I mean what kind of birthday is it without a dessert?! We got the chocolate burger and it was the cutest thing ever! I wish I would have remembered to take a picture of it before we disassembled it but sadly my camera didn't leave my purse all night. Let me try to explain it for it....it was made out of donuts, fruit and some kind chocolate fudge stuff and it looked exactly like a cheeseburger. The donut was the bun, the fudge was the burger, kiwi as a pickle, passion fruit as the cheese, strawberries as the tomatoes, and mint as the lettuce. Seriously, it was adorable! After dinner we headed to the casino part to do a little gambling, no one hit the jackpot but Travis did end up winning $320!! I thought the birthday boy would of had some good luck but apparently not! After the "big win" we decided we should stop there and headed out and stopped at a couple of bars on the way home. It was a good night with some good friends that we don't get to see nearly enough.

On Sunday Ryan decided it was time to take the Christmas lights down that we had up on the outside of the house...Christmas is officially over at the Pflueger house. We also got around to painting the toy room!!! It is now red hot! Before we even started painting I told Ryan that we needed to get some primer because painted white walls with red paint isn't a very good idea. He decided that we didn't need primer because it wouldn't make any difference so he painted to small walls {on Saturday} and needless to say he wen to the store on Sunday morning to get grey primer....I was right again! After using a whole gallon of primer we took on the challenge of the red paint and after just one coat it already looked better than it did without the primer. We ended up using almost two whole gallons of the red and I'm pretty happy with the results {I know you are dying to see it but you are going to have to wait for another post}! We still have what seems like 394585 things left on the list to do before the room is finished but at least the painting is done!

Ryan has been wanting to try a deep fried turkey for some time now and yesterday was the day that he finally got around to it! He set everything up in the garage since it was so cold out and now not only does the garage smell like fried food so does my car!! We seasoned the turkey with some Cajun marinade and it was soooo good...and that is coming from a non-turkey lover! It was definitely spicy but oh so good!

There it is right after it came out of the fryer!!

That pretty much sums up our weekend...besides the usual 39587 loads of laundry that I did. Hope everyone had a great weekend and lets hope that this week goes by super fast!!

Confession Friday

I'm not going to lie, I've been trying to think of confessions to share with you since yesterday morning and so far I've only been able to think of one...I know, I'm lame. I'm sure that I will be able to think of lots more to share with you as I begin because...well, I think I might of inherited the Mudd family trait of taken for.ev.errrrrr. to finish any kind of story or joke therefore dragging things out way longer than what they should be...kinda like my explanation that I'm giving right now, yep I pretty much just proved myself to be right!

I confess that I only made supper once this week and I will not be making anything tonight either, I have bunco and even though I don't have to be there until 7:30 and I will probably be home around 4:30ish I still consider that to be a valid excuse to not cook. Oh, and the one night that I did cook supper it consisted of pigs in a blanket and some good 'ole mac 'n cheese...which Keegan has wanted every night since. So much for my goal of making weekly menus!

I confess that the above mentioned supper was made on Monday night and as of last night the stone I used for the pigs in a blanket was still sitting on top of the stove....untouched.

Yep...it even had the cheese still stuck on it! And to top it off, my grandpa called me out on it....he saw it sitting there on Monday and it was still there when he came over on Wednesday! Don't worry though, I cleaned it off right after I took this picture.

I confess that when I walked into Keegan's room this morning and saw this....

I kinda panicked because he was no where to be found! I then walked over to his bed and saw this....

I felt much better after I saw the top of his head popping out of the blanket! {And just in case you were wondering, I took both pictures after I found him all cozy and sound asleep}

I confess that even though Ryan does not want the toy room painted red, I'm doing it anyways!! I like to think of it as a little payback for the green couches! His reasoning behind it...he said that red is a girl color!! Ummm....not it's not, in fact we are using Mickey Mouse red, who just happens to be a boy!

I confess that I convinced Keegan to wanting his toy room red {he wanted orange} by using the whole "Mickey Mouse red" to entice the excitement! Ryan tried to get him to change his mind but I'm winning this battle! :)

I confess that the other night when Keegan randomly threw up at midnight I let Ryan clean it up {I assisted some} and when he told me that I could go back to bed, I did, even though he is the one who gets up at 4:30 in the morning...and yes I felt a little guilty about it but he had to take a shower anyways because he got puked on!

I confess that even though it is probably not the best thing to do, I wear skinny jeans and boots to work. I always tell me self that it probably isn't very work appropriate but I do it anyways because my office is pretty laid back and it's not like anyone else besides the people here will see me.
See....I told you I would be able to come up with some more, they might not be the most interesting confessions in the world but hey, my life isn't interesting at all times!

Your turn!!

There's a birthday.....

Ryan's birthday is actually on Saturday {he'll be 29 btw & I'm not going to lie...I won't let him live it down that he is thiiissssclose to being 30!} but he got a card in the mail yesterday and I just had to share it.....

the front of the card.....

and the inside of the card.....

HAHAHAHA very funny Mom!!

Ryan thought it was absolutely hilarious and thinks that it is true...whatev!!

This & That

How about some random things to talk about on this beautiful Wednesday?! {in other words, I really don't have anything that is post worthy so I'm just going to talk about some random stuff that probably isn't very interesting!}

• it is like -5 degrees out and i'm not wearing any kind of trouser socks or stockings with my heels today...needless to say my feet are freezing
• after christmas when keegan asked about santa we told him that he is probably taking a really long nap because he was really tired from going to all of the kids' houses
• keegan now begins everything single thing he says with "i think..."....the other night while talking he said "i think santa needs to wake up now"
• all of my christmas stuff is still up....the other night when my grandpa was over he said "so when do you plan on taking your tree down?"
• i haven't done a single thing that pertains to any of the "goals" that i set for the new year...don't worry, i still have 11 months to get around to it! :)
• we have been trying to get pregnant for a year now....and still no baby {which until now not too many people knew this but i'm tired of responding to questions about when we want another baby with "eventually" and the fact that it is taking this long is kinda mind blowing to us considering how keegan came along...}
• on this exact day in 2007 {which was a friday btw}, ryan and i started "talking" {it just happened to be the same night that elvis & buddy holly were at four way...not going lie, i miss that bar} and he challenged me to a drinking contest the following night. it wasn't until a couple of drinks later that i learned his real intentions of the drinking contest....to see me puke on the bar...he thought it would be funny. needless to say i didn't puke and i would like to think that i did good with keeping up with him. five days after the drinking contest we had our first date and were pretty much inseparable ever since.
• i have been watching it snow outside almost all morning....i wish it would stop already
• i waste a lot of food because i tend to forget to put left overs in the fridge after they cool down
• keegan switched rooms at daycare, which also means that he goes into a new room when i drop him off before his teacher gets there....which he apparently doesn't like because he now cries every.single.day when i drop him off....not cool
• i put pajama pants on within 15 minutes of getting home...pretty much every night...i like to think of them as lounging pants though :)
• i'm a "dipper"...i like dipping my foods into things

What about you...got any random info to add to the list?!

Bullseye

If anyone really knows me than they are well aware that my all time favorite store is the one where you can get pretty much every single thing you could ever want {ok that might be a little exaggerated but seriously the place is a.maz.ing}. Even Keegan knows that it is "my" store...not kidding, every time he sees that red circle with a dot in the middle he says "look Mommy, it's your store", I can't decide if that means we possibly go there too much or if he is just a genius because he even says it when he sees it on things like his apple juice container or the box of fruit snacks! I'm leaning more towards him being a genius though! :)

There really is nothing to dislike about the place! The prices are good {comparable to that other place} and the quality of products is good too. Not to mention that the usual have some pretty great sales, you can print coupons from their website, you can get mobile coupons sent to your phone, and you can use their store coupon with a manufacturer's coupon and save even more on things! {people who love using coupons and getting great deals really appreciate that part!} And I can't forget to mention that 99% of their stuff is just flat out adorable!

Anywho...let's get to the real reason behind this post shall we? Target almost always has something on clearance, at all times. Well last week when I went to Target {I usually make a weekly trip on Friday's since I get off early and it is just down the street} I noticed when I was walking around that TONS of stuff was on clearance. I mean almost every aisle I walked down had something with a little red sticker with a cheap price on it! Needless to say this caused me to buy stuff off of my list but I got some pretty good deals.

I got a couple of storage bins for $6.48 each, originally $12.99, which is basically a buy one get one free deal. Plus they match the colors in his bedroom and are the perfect size to keep is trains and tracks in...which we desperately needed since the one bin we were using wasn't big enough to hold just the amount of tracks that he has.

The best deal that I got that day was on throw pillows. Every single time I'm at any kind of store that sells throw pillows I look to see if they have any that would go with the green couches. I've bought several different kinds already and nothing has looked quite right so I wasn't very positive that I would find something. Then something caught my attention...stripes! I love stripes plus it had a mixture of colors..reds, white, and greys! At first I wasn't too sure if they would go but then I saw that little red sticker and I quickly threw four of them in my cart!! The original price of each pillow was $12.99 but I only paid $3.29 for each one!! That's like buy one get three free!!

I still don't know if I completely like them with the green of the couches but they look better than the other pillows that I tried. Plus for $3.29 I can find somewhere to put them if I ever find something else for the basement!

And because I'm bad at making decisions and my hubby is no help at all I'm begging for some opinions of how it looks.....

So what do you think....keep 'em with the green couches in the basement or find them a new spot in the house? If you think it doesn't quite go then what color should I get?!?!

Confession Day

Not going to lie, I'm thrilled that today is Friday and I even had 1 1/2 days off of work {thanks to a certain little man getting sick}. The only thing that would make today better would be if it stopped snowing!! And yes, there is hardly anything coming down and I'm well aware that none of it will probably stick to the ground but I'm just not feeling it...I'm ready for some 65-70 degree & sunny days! Anyways...let's get to some confessions!

I confess that as I type this the only thing I can think about is the chocolate long john that is sitting in the kitchen and how much I want to eat it even though I already ate breakfast! {Just between you and me, I think I might go cut a little piece of it off and eat it, even though I will be leaving for lunch in about an hour!}

I confess that I opened up a new credit card this week!! I know, I know not the best idea in the world BUT I have some reasoning behind it. You see the credit card that I currently have has an outrageous interest rate and even though I only use it on occasions {except for the week and a half that I didn't have my debit card, I used it A LOT during that time} and I pay off the balance when I do use it, it's time for a newer & smaller interest rate! I decided to get one that has great rewards benefits and have something in mind as to how I'm going to take full advantage of it....if only Ryan was on the same page {which he will be soon enough}.

I confess that I don't shower daily, true story! I mean all I do is sit behind a desk every day, it's not like I'm doing tons of work and getting all sweaty & dirty, therefore I shower every other day....and I can guarantee that you would never be able to tell which days I shower & which days I don't!

I confess that I'm the "mean parent"...not completely by choice though! Ryan would like to be Keegan's friend and doesn't like to discipline him a lot of times, leaving me to do the dirty work and I HATE it!! It's completely unfair but I'm not going to let my child run around like a crazy person who doesn't listen to anyone and gets away with everything....that's just not going to happen!

I confess that I used one of those snot suckers {you know what I'm talking about, those things you use to get all of the snot out of a baby's nose} on Keegan yesterday for the first time in a really long time....and he HATED it! Pretty sure he hated me for a while after I did it but it needed to be done...and let me just say he is a lot stronger than he looks and it was not an easy task by any means {see...the mean parent}.

I confess that even though I was home all day yesterday my house is still a disaster and no where near being ready for having people over tomorrow night! Looks like Ryan is going to have to deal with a crazy, freaked out wife tonight/tomorrow morning!

Monday Night Recap

Ahhh....Monday night TV is good again!! I love me some good reality shows, especially ones with lots of drama! Drama in real life is bad, drama on reality TV shows is great! If you are reading this and are wondering what in the world I'm talking about {you're crazy for not knowing...I mean you're missing out} then let me fill you in on some reality TV drama....

That's right...The Bachelor {season 384795} is baaaaccckkk!! And if you have no desire to watch maybe what I'm going to show you next will make you tune in next Monday...

Hey Brad, how you doin'? {please tell me you read that in your Joey voice because that is exactly how I said it in my head when I typed it out!}

Brad is the "new" bachelor this season and if some of you watch the show then you now what I mean by "new", if you don't let me fill you in! Brad was previously on the show about 3 years ago as the bachelor. When it came time for him to pick one of the two girls left he decided that he didn't want either one and sent both of them home with broken hearts. Basically he was afraid of commitment, most people hate him for that decision and think that he is a total douche bag but me, I don't have a problem with it. I mean at least he was being honest and didn't just choose a girl because he thought he had to, propose to her and then break off the engagement a couple of months later...which would have been way worse {or normal considering the history of the show} in my opinion. Anyways, he is back and ready to find a wife for real this time {he even said last night that he spent 3 years in therapy to get over his commitment problems} but after watching the previews for the season who knows how it is all going to unfold and I can't wait to find out!

Some of my favorite moments of last night's episode...

1. the girls had no idea that he was the bachelor until the showed up in the limo

2. the very first girl who got out of the limo slapped him across the face {she said that it was from every woman in America and that she was just the messenger} I thought it was a uncalled for but it was hilarious!

3. the two girls that Brad "dumped" the last time he was on the show showed up

4. watching the broads that didn't make it past the first rose ceremony crying...I mean seriously, get over it , you just met the guy and spent a total of what, 20 minutes with him it's not like you are in love already {and yes I realize that it was probably waaay longer than that but you get the point}!! They just couldn't understand why he didn't choose them...um, hello because there were 20 other girls in there who he obviously liked better!

According to the previews of the season it should be a good one with lots of bitter, jealous women and cat fights!! Like I said before...drama in real life is bad but drama on TV shows is awesome!

After that show was over I did some chanel surfing and ended up watching a show on the brand spankin' new channel, OWN {you know Oprah's new thing she has going on}. The show I ended up watching was "In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman". All I really have to say about this show is WOW! The rundown of the show is that the dr. lady goes to people's houses and helps them figure out what is wrong with their sex life and how to fix it.

I honestly can't believe that these people are voluntarily putting their sex lives out on national television for all of the world to know about! I mean seriously, everyone is now going to know about your problems in bed and that you use a laundry basket to help get things done {at least that is what the lady in last night's episode did...and then she used the basket for doing laundry!!!}....how in the world are you going to be able to look at your neighbors or your children's teachers in the eyes again after they know that about you?!?!

Did you watch either one of these shows?!

Well Hello 2011

Can I just say that I can't believe it is already 2011....I mean seriously, where in the world did 2010 go?! I feel like the past year was a complete whirlwind and I don't remember any of it! Oh well, here is to a new, bigger & better year! {at least I hope it is better!}

Speaking of better, this year I decided to set some resolutions goals for myself. Yep, I don't have resolutions, I have goals...which is basically me telling myself that I am more likely to meet these things if I consider them to be goals rather than resolutions {we'll see how well it works but I wouldn't hold your breathe if I were you}. I usually don't do these kind of things because well, I know I'm not going to stick to it but this year I figure if I really want it to be better than 2010 than I should probably make a good effort to make it that way.

For starters, I want to set a budget for us. Don't get me wrong, we save money and we don't have an unmanageable amount of debt {if you don't count our house, which I don't} and I try to use coupons and buy things when they are on sale but we could do better. I would like to actually put more of our money towards savings and try to get our spending habits into better shape.

Speaking of getting things in better shape....it wouldn't hurt if my body did the same thing! I guess this means that I am going to try the whole watch what I eat and work out more thing that people do to stay in shape. I'm not going to lie....this is my least favorite resolution goal that I want to accomplish.

Something else that I would like to do is to make weekly "menus" for dinner. I know this sounds a little um...corny....but I really think it would help out tremendously and I won't have to go home every night wondering what the hell I'm going to make, not be able to think of anything and then eating out or getting something from the oh so delicious deli at IGA.

I also would like to go to church more....I'm really bad about it now because on Saturday's Keegan is usually sleeping during that time {that is if he actually takes a nap} and on Sunday's I don't like getting out of my pjs until I absolutely have to. Not the best reasons to not go to church but that's all I got...which is why I would like to put more effort towards actually getting my butt our butts in that pew!

And that's all I got...nothing exciting really but I'm hoping that since they seem like pretty reasonable goals I will be able to accomplish them!! What about you....got any resolutions or goals for the new year?