Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. I was a little sad to see Monday come around BUT I have two good things going for me this week
                         *temps will be reaching 80 degrees by Thursday
                         *it is a llooong weekend! YAY

Yesterday we had some terrible storms. One touch down about 10 miles from here and another one about 40 min away. The lightening and thunder was so bad it woke up my girl. So needless to say last night was a long night!

During the tornado warning (I should have been like crouched down in my tub or something) I was watching that new Discovery series called "Life" It is sooo neat! DH and I love stuff like that. I do have to kind of filter through the little snippits of  things they say like "250 million years ago..." or "The animal evolved into...." The evolution aspect just doesnt jive well with my faith but I just take the good with the bad.

Yesterday while the weather was so yuck we decided to go ahead and dye our easter eggs. I was really surprised at how much Emma enjoyed it!  Here are a few pics I snapped yesterday...

Getting everything ready to go!

Yes DH is not the best photographer and he cut my head off lol ;)

He cut her head off too!

So cute working on her eggs!

Also while we were stuck inside yesterday we decided to have a little girlie fun as well ...

Today I would swear my Hubby is sick (in the head) if I didnt know better. First of all he started off the morning by bringing this home..

My new car!! So excited! I am loving it!

Then when I got home from work (Monday is his day off) he had totally cleaned the house from top to bottom and was working on dinner!!! Ca-ra-zy! Hey I will take it :)

One more thing. While the girls were napping today I fixed up the easter tree.. I think it turned out pretty cute. Emma loved it

yea this isnt a great shot of it.. but you get the point ;)

Alright I have turned this into a really long post.. but at least it wasnt to wordy! Have a great week.. hope it is a short one for you too!

Just a little chicken scratch!

I have been tagged by the lovely and hilarious Mama M in a writing assignment! I thought this was neat and really different so I joined in.

Here's the rules:


Answer the following questions but, write them down. Snap a pic and post it!

1. Name/ Blog Name
2. Right handed, left handed or both
3. Favorite letters to write
4. Least favorite letters to write
5. Write: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
6. Write in caps:

CRAB

HUMOR

KALEIDOSCOPE

PAJAMAS

GAZILLION
7. Favorite song lyrics
8. Tag people
9. Any special note or drawing

 
That was alot of fun! Now it is your turn!! I am going to tag Elizabeth , Patti, Keely, Jessica, and Abby  :)
 
Sorry its nothing more than juat a little chicken scratch. I remember being in school (like elementary age) and always getting "N" in the handwriting category on my report card. (Needs improvement) It is hard being a lefty ;)
 
Have a great Sunday!

5QF not vloggy style! :(

Hey girls! So sorry to disappoint.. I am pretty disappointed myself! I kept wondering why I could not find a program to launch my web cam (I very clearly have a webcam built in on the top of my screen on my laptop) on my computer. I kept looking and looking.. then went to the HP help thing on my computer and ran a program called "test webcam" and they said the program had not been installed! WTH?!? How is your computer going to come with a webcam but not the program to properly run it. I will continue to look for a free download to run it and maybe get a vlog up soon!! So sorry :/ I was a little nervous about it anyways maybe this will just give me a little longer to get prepared ;)

Alright lets get down to business (now that I have procrastinated all day waiting to do a vlog..ugh). Head on over to Mama M's blog and get the deets and join in! Its tons of fun!

Alright the questions this week are:

1. Did you pass your driver's test on the first try?

Of course I did! A+ driver baby! Well that is not the total truth.. I am a faster driver than I should be and also we all remember the biker. If you dont or have not heard the biker story then you can check it out here! I am not telling that story over again.. talk about embarassing!!!

2. What is your most embarrassing moment?
other than the biker story?!?! hmmm! Maybe the time that I went snowboarding with DH. Let me set the stage here...DH and I had only been dating several months (like 4 maybe) and my dad invited him on our family ski trip to the mountains. OK that in itself was pretty scary ya know?! Then DH ask me if I wanted to learn to snowboard. Sure! How hard can it be right? Wrong! I went out and bought all this expensive snowboarding gear so that I would be hot to trot snowboarding down the mountain. I did great on the bunny slopes and he thought I was ready to go up to the next level (actually I dont know if he really thought I was ready or if he was just bored watching me!) So my sweet darling boyfriend(at the time) decided to take me all the way to the TOP of the mountain. That was when the panic set in. Not only was it dark and I did not know what the heck I was doing but it was Icy! Not perfect fluffy snow anymore! I was doing pretty good until about half way down.. I went to slow myself down because I was going like way to fast and fail right on my arse!! I literally broke my tail bone. I cried and cried (like slobbery boogery mess cried) finally got to the bottom of the mountain and had to spend the rest of the weekend off the slopes. I felt terrible for him and humiliated for myself. He stuck around tho ;)


3. What TV show would you like to be on- Oprah, Biggest Loser, or What Not to Wear?
What not to wear! My wardrobe is in total need of a makeover. Ever since I had my little girl my figure is not quite the same. So none of my old clothes really fit me the way they used to! I wear alot of old yuck stuff and just kind of make do. I think I would have alot more self confidence if I could just get clothes I feel more comfortable in ya know?!


4. Would you ever get plastic surgery and what kind?
My initial thought would be "Heck Yea!!" I would love a little bit of lipo and a tummy tuck. While they are at it they can take the fat they suck from my belly and put it right in to my flat rear end. That would solve two problems at once ;)

But really I dont think I would ever have any of it done.. just sounds good in theory!


5. What are your favorite jeans to wear?
Well if you go back up to question 3 you will see that I am not truly happy with anything in my wardrobe so I cant answer this question. If "What not to wear" calls and they hook me up with a shopping spree I will let ya know my fav's ok?!

Well that was fun but not as fun as it would have been if I could figure all this webcam stuff out. I will def. be working on that this weekend.. maybe I can get it fixed and get a Vlog up sooner than later! I did love "seeing" you all though! Hope you have a wonderful weekend :)

Possibly...

I may do my first ever Vlog tonight! Stay tuned!! Have to wait on my DH to get home though so he can help me figure it out ;) Yall know I am not very good with all this technology and stuff :) I have enjoyed "seeing" some of you today!

Hope to "see" you later!

Weekend Recap

This past weekend DH and I headed up to Pigeon Forge TN for one of his good friend's wedding. I was excited to have a weekend get away. We had a beutiful drive up..it was so strange though.. towards the top of the mountain there was still a ton of snow but it was like 65 degrees. People had stopped on the side of the road and had snow ball fights but they were wearing short sleeve shirts!

sorry its a little dark.. blondie is still working on how to use the camera ;)

Our cabin was really nice! Much to the guys delight it was equipped with a few game tables and several TV's. There was one thing about our cabin though that drove me batty.. check this out...

A Christmas Tree!!

In March! Come on now it was the first day of spring..lol Dont worry it was also equipped with some garland on the balconies and all sorts of stuff. Derek was laughing at me because I told him maybe we should be nice and take it down for them ;)

The guys... I so rocked the fooseball(sp?!) table..everyone wanted me on their team ;)

a few of the girls

The grooms stopped by to get ready with his buddies...dont ask who the strange dude is in the background. He looked and acted like a hippy that somebody picked up on their way up the mountain...LOL

The happy couple and their wee little one! She looked totally adorable (no I didnt get a better shot of her bc DH made me take my camera back before we went out bc he was afraid it would get lost..me? Never!)

Yes I have this wild bang thing going on.. in EVERY pic! not sure what that was all about ;)

See still sticking up!?!? Think I should have brought out the hairspray for that flyaway ;)

My sweet DH! So cute ;)

We had a great time and really enjoyed sleeping in and staying up late (Yes Kate! I was up past 10 PM.. aren't you proud!) We enjoyed having time together and time with friends. BUT I am glad to be home. Glad to hear those pitter patter of little feet around the house again! I really missed my girl!!

Missed you girls! It will take me a while to play catch up in bloggy land.. but dont worry I will :)

Made it...

Home! I am so thrilled to be back home, to hear the washer and dryer going, to know that my crazy loveable toddler is sleeping soundly, and to just be back on my computer ;) Going dark was not terrible this weekend but it def. wasnt easy! I missed you all and hope you had a wonderful weekend. We sure did! It was fun and sometimes just down right redneck but I really enjoyed my break.

I will give ya the scoop and some pics to go along with it tomorrow.. but for now I am just glad I made it back home :)  Missed you all!




PS several of you asked for pics of the necklace from my wedding in my last post.. I will def. try to get that done this week..just for you.

5QF Action!

Woo Hoo! The weekend is here and a long weekend at that! DH and I are going out of town for a long weekend together. It is for a wedding but hey a weekend a way is still a weekend a way.. right?! We have not had a weekend with out the baby together since she has been born... wow! That is way to long!

So lets kick of this fun weekend with a little 5QF with the loverly Mama M! If you want to join in on the action then head on over and she will fill ya in.

This week the questions are :

1. Have you ever had a celeb sighting?
No! I have been to NYC like 6 times and have never seen anybody exciting!! Total bummer. I think they hide really well in New York because tourist are so taken by the scenery and the other half billion people walking around that you dont really have time to look for celebrities. If you stop and look around those people will mow you over...trust me ;)

2. What temperature do you keep your house?
I keep it about 69 during the day and 68 at night. I would even go a couple degrees cooler if it werent for the smallest feet of the family!

3. Do you notice dust at other peoples homes?
nope.. and I hope they dont notice mine lol. I mean if I am in somebodys house for a really long time and have nothing else to do then I may but the casual visiting and stuff like that I dont really take note.. but I alway make sure and dust extra if people are coming over?!?! What sense does that make?

4. What's the worst job you ever had?
hmmm....I cant really say that I have had an absolute terrible job. I mean all jobs have their ups and down..and my current job is def. no different. I know that was a boring answer but its the truth.. sorry ;)

5. What is your most sentimental possession?
Prob. the necklace my aunt gave me for my wedding present. My dad's mother passed away when I was 10 and so she had left me an amethyst pendant. My aunt took that pendant and a princess cut diamond (to match my wedding ring) and made a beutiful drop necklace for me. I wore it on my wedding day. I love it and only bring it out on very special occasions!

Alright girls I will be going dark this weekend. I am making myself leave my computer at home for the weekend... I know it is going to kill me but I feel like it has to be done! I will be sure and catch up on all the blogging when I get home Sunday evening! I will miss you all and thank you again for all your sweet comment love on this post! You girls rock! Have a fantastic weekend :)