Whew!

What a weekend!!!

Friday night, my cousin Chris & his wife Brittany came into town from Michigan to celebrate my baby shower. We all stayed up late Friday night talking. Then Saturday was the big day. After the shower, a giant group came over to our house for some delicious dinner (catered by Trifles.) We stayed up late talking about baby stuff & playing Cribbage. haha.We also found out some awesome news!!!! Brittany is due in August! We are so happy for the both of them!!!

Then Sunday morning, Jimmy made us waffles & eggs. mmm...mmm....mmm... We said our

goodbyes as Chris & Brit left for home. Alrighty, now it was time to get some of the Super Bowl Party stuff together.

I was a little stressed on the timing: (baby shower saturday-super bowl party sunday) but it actually worked out very well! We had a little bit of food left over from the shower to serve, including my mom's delicious cake!!!! Everyone also brought AWESOME food to munch on.

My chili turned out well! (it's kind of a big deal) haha I didn't have any, bc it would have given me heartburn. So I am having some today for lunch. As long as I eat it earlier in the day, hopefully it won't affect me at night.

We had a great crowd! During halftime we played 2 intense matches of LCR (that's Left-Right-Center, for those of you who call it that). In the first match, the last one standing (Jake) rolled a "C" so we all got our money back & got a chance to play again. Then Kristy won the pot at the end of the 2nd match! We were all pounding on the ping-pong table chanting "C! C! C! C!" It was a really good time!

Pre-game pix: while Jimmy explains the rules

There were about 2 die hard Steelers fans, 2 either way fans, and everyone else was rooting for the Packers!

Now I should go get some rest, but I keep putting off my nap. I really need one though!

HAHAHAHA

OMG! PLEASE tell me you remember these....

Punxsutawney Phil to the Rescue!

As I sit here eating my lunch I just threw together, which btw is DELICIOUS! {Tofu, onion, red quinoa in a sesame ginger sauce....mmm....} I checked to see what that damn groundhog had predicted. I'm sick of this weather, FOO'S!!!!

The lovely groundhog says..........an EARLY SPRING!!!!

I got so excited, I told my husband & he replied: "That's the first time in like 10 years....too bad he's only right 60% of the time."

Ugh! What a downer! I know you can't base the weather predictions off of a stupid rodent. Especially when it doesn't make any sense: if he SEES his shadow=more winter; if he DOESN'T SEE his shadow= early spring. (shouldn't it be the other way around?)

BUT way to burn down a girl's dreams.

So when does this Spring stuff start happening??????

Congratulations!

Michael Hosea

7lbs 9oz

20in

Congrats to Jenna & Josh.

&

Caed & Luka on their lil brother!!!

Throwin' in some pix to the mix

I needed a break from everything I had been working on this week, so I decided to take some pictures of Daisy & Oakley. When I give Daisy her treats, I put them in this green thing, bc it's good for her gums to naw on.



She is such a great looking dog! BUT, she is still a little overweight according to the vet. I promise as soon as it's warm out we will go for walks. It's been in the 20's or less for over a month. I put her on a weight control food. So hopefully that will help during the rest of this stupid winter!



I love the way she holds her green treat thingy.



She's like, "Ok, we get it. Can you stop taking pictures of me & just let me chill? Go torture the kitty cat."



He's on top of the ping pong table watching Daisy eat her treat.

I took Daisy over to my parents' to play with Gidget. They have soooooo much fun together. At one point, while they were wrestling, Daisy literally picked up Gidget & body slammed her! I'm not kidding!!!!! Then I think I saw Daisy bitch slap Gidge. haha. All in good fun of course. Daisy would never actually hurt her.


And of course, I gotta throw in a pic of myself. drrrr.



not much, but eh.

oops....

oops. i missed the chili cook-off this year. haha

here are 2 pix from previous years.

I chose these 2, bc it's hilarious to see how different Mikey looked back then.

this was from 2005

He is 11 in this pic

that's me, looking all tough

Here is 2006

He's 12 in this shot & I think I'm just trying to look good

I guess my "tough" face & my "hot" face looks are very similar.

I need new material!!!

BUSY WEEK

I have a really busy week ahead. Family members are coming in from out of town, basketball games, baby shower, & Super Bowl party! I'll try to get some pix to post!!!

Hey.....January is over on Tuesday! THANK GOD! Let's hope February isn't this cold.

Friday night....

Last night, Jimmy & I went to my lil bro's basketball game. Mikey played really well. After the game, we went over to our friends' house for "game night." Robbie & Sarah always have an AWESOME spread of food laid out for us when we come over. I love it! We've all become quite the little foodies. He made flatbread pizza topped with asparagus & gruyere cheese. mmm. It was fantastic. I think I ate about 50 strawberries & celery sticks as well. It was a great night of fun & laughter. We were up until about 2AM and poor Jimmy had to get up at 5:45 for work this morning. We kept telling him we could stop the game, so we could go home. But he insisted that we finish. (Which by the way, led to another victory for me!)

Today I have a ton of "chores" to get done that I keep putting off. Like sewing Daisy's jacket. I think that has been on the list for about a week. It's pretty damn cold outside, and I really don't have anything I HAVE to get done beyond this house. So I think I should lay low & get all of this crap done.

Bill Cosby Himself: Dentists

Ugh! I have a dentist appointment on Monday! I HATE when you have to "rinse" bc the line of spit just hangs there. But I don't mind going bc my teeth always feel so good afterwards. :)

Tuesday Night Basketball Game

I decided to go on the floor to take pix. I wasn't too thrilled about where we were sitting, so I thought I should move. I was asked to take some pictures of the seniors, luckily there are only 3.

I like these 2 shots of Sam:



I know it's the same shot basically.





Mikey had a great game!



He drew a lot of fouls & got to go to the line a lot.



Towards the end of the game, he went in for an alley-oop & since he basically did a chin-up on the rim, got a technical called against him. That was his 5th foul, so he fouled out! It was a great way to leave the game though! HAHA! Definitely great for the fans! I was watching the little ball boys watch him like he was a superstar. SO FRIGGIN' cute!



Then he saw me sitting there bored, since he was out of the game.



Chagrin won & they play Kenston again on Friday night! Can't wait. Time for some revenge!!!!!

Maxin' & Relaxin'

It was a long week. I had been sick for about a week & a half and wasn't getting any sleep. I decided to take a nice calming bath. As I was running the water, I noticed that Oakley was there within seconds of turning the water on. I thought cats were supposed to be afraid of water.



This cat, on the other hand, is fascinated by water. If you can't find him in the house, he is usually in the laundry room sink playing with the water that drips from the furnace. Or he is playing with the water bowl that he and Daisy drink from.



He walked along the edge of the tub & while I was in it, he had his front leg ALL OF THE WAY in the water. He tried to step onto my leg to get in, but I wouldn't let him.



Even though it's hard to resist this cute little face. I'm thinking of taking a bath tonight, I wonder if he will try to get again. Most likely....

Still diggin'

I still haven't had time to take any pictures. I am going to Mikey's basketball game tomo night, so I will take some pix then & post 'em! Here is one of Jimmy & I from a wedding. I have to workout hard this year, to look like that again!

We had dinner at Nicole & Jeremy's Saturday night. MMM!!!! So delicious! Then after we played Cribbage & Yatzee. They were all baffled that I've never played Yatzee before. haha. And last night we had dinner with Chris & Kristy. This Friday, we are going over to Robbie & Sarah's. You'd think I'd bring my camera to any of these. I'm just too lazy.

I can't believe that January is almost over already. Time is sure flying by these days & I know it's just going to go by even quicker. I'll try to take some pictures to help time stand still for a moment.

Dark Days

Going thru old pix.

Remember when I dyed my hair brown? YIKES!

brrrrr

So we were going to go to the gym this morning, but we don't have the time. Plus it is literally 2º outside. I'm serious. My thermometer says 2º. That is just riDIC! So I'm going to use our elliptical right after I post this. Hopefully, I will get a good workout in!

oops

Check this out!!

Crap! I just ate Ruby Tuesday's fries!!! Not an endless helping, but I had some. And I LOVE On the Border Chips. What the heck!?!

crap

well Oakley threw up for the first time last night. I figured he probably ate some of the pretty flower arrangement on the table. I locked him in my room, bc I also assumed that the flowers are probably toxic to cats bc he has never vomited. So I looked them up on this website. If you have pets, I suggest you take a look. Or just assume that you can't have ANY live plants in your house, bc that is basically the case.

Toxic to cats: Baby's Breath & Chrysanthemums.

In the flower arrangement: Baby's Breath, Roses, and Chrysanthemums.

Damnit. So now I have to just lock up the plants when I leave the house. And at night I get to lock up the cat in the laundry room, bc he kept me up from 3:15 this morning, bc while he was locked in my room, he kept getting into EVERYTHING he shouldn't. [my fake flower arrangement, Jimmy's nightstand which is clutter with shit, my necklaces...]

SHOWER!

YAY! The shower in the master bedroom is FINALLY hooked up! Only took 2 years! I told Steve (our friend, who also happens to be our plumber) that now I can finally bathe myself. And when he left he said, "and, Kristi, please....take a friggin' shower already." HAHA! I mean seriously, it's been 2 years! I was starting to rot. eww....that sounds nasty. (THANK GOD we have 2 showers) He picked out this really cool hardware that has a snowflake for cold water & a wavy sun for hot etched into it. Looks awesome.

Double Take

I was looking at the celebrities who are knocked up, bc there is a HUGE baby boom. I saw Drea de Matteo

is preggers with her fiance's baby...not Ellen. But I thought Ellen & her were married.....So I IMDB'd Ellen. She is with Portia de Rossi

I looked at her picture...WHAT?!?! How is that NOT the same person? Holy crap!

ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz...

My blog has sucked balls lately. Being sick has kinda brought me down. I finally got some sleep last night though!!!! Mikey has a game tonight. And of course it's not home or in the CVC, so I'm debating on if I want to go or not. I do want to, I just don't know if I'm up for it. Plus I'd have to pay, and god forbid I do that. HAHA.

The high on Saturday is supposed to be 13º. That is so friggin' stupid! It's 41º out right now. I guess I better go get my errands done while there is a heatwave!

ugh

I missed Mikey's last basketball game, bc I'm sick & he was the leading scorer AND SLAM DUNKED!!! ugh. and I MISSED it!