Sick and Tired of being Sick and Tired

I have been sick with a Hella cold since Monday... Therefore, my creative juices have not been flowing. I promise, once I am able and willing to write something clever, I will. Until then, this is the wonderful snow I woke up to on Tuesday morning...



And the snow is still falling this Friday morning... Who's ready for Spring?

A Cold Winter Morning

These were taken on Monday morning. I noticed the sun shining through the window and couldn't resist capturing the moment. Mother Nature at her best.

Starting to Bloom

Early Valentine's Day

Aaron . . . What am I going to do with him? He decided to be sneaky this year and surprise me before Valentine's Day. Let me tell you how that went down.

On Monday he asked me if I was going to be home all day on Tuesday (my day off) and my response was "yes, why do you ask?" He then proceeds to tell me that he ordered some more stuff for golf and that it required a signature. I'm no dummy and knew he was sending me something. I didn't ask and I didn't let him know I was on to him, I just let the story unfold. So after waiting all day, nothing arrived, and I went next door to babysit. The smarty I am left a note on the door for the delivery guy telling him my whereabouts so I could intercept the "golf" package. Still nothing. After I called Aaron to inform him that no package arrived, he was home. DAMN it, he was going to get to it before me. This turned out to be a good thing. While I was next door, and the package arrived, he had time to get everything out and set up, all the while still telling me it was golf related. I knew better. I come home to find the cutest vase with a dozen Stargazers in it! It was a really sweet gesture and I appreciate him more for doing it. He knew I would think it was cliche for me to get them on Valentine's Day, so he did it before hand (even though I knew) to really surprise me. It is the thought that counts, and that upped the ante for him.

I will post a picture when they bloom!

Puppy Play Date

The Weekend Deep Freeze...

So this weekend wasn't all that amazing, though it did start off with a date on Friday night. Aaron and I got some dinner at the mall before heading to see Fool's Gold. While Aaron wanted to look around the mall before going to the movie, I persuaded him into heading to the movie for fear it was going to be sold out or the theater full (I always have those fears). So we get to the theater, get our tickets and head to what I would assume would be our designated location. WRONG. In the mere 30 seconds it took us to give the ticket to the guy and head down the hall, Aaron managed to spill some coffee on his favorite shirt - I just had to get the coffee with the chocolate didn't I? Now, I just wanted to haul @$$ to the theater and get our seats (my fear of the theater filling up and making us sit in the only available seats, the front row) then Aaron could go and take care of the coffee that is setting in to stain. Before Aaron could head to the bathroom I had to explain a way for him to eliminate the stain and not spread it, this got us both frustrated for I knew what I was talking about and he didn't want to listen. The discussion ended like this: "do with it what you want, but don't blame me if it looks like poopie on your shirt!" In the end, Aaron took my advice and came back with a mere spot of coffee, I win.


Back to the movie, my fear was almost met when we walked into the theater, all of our "good" seats were taken, but we spotted two semi-center so we took them, and as soon as I sat my hinny on the seat, the crowd poured in. I win, again.


Saturday looked like this: sitting-on-the-couch. After two routine calls from a carpet cleaning service, I caved into the free cleaning. "No cost, no catch, we just want to get our name out there - FREE!" Sounds like a good idea right? WRONG! The first time they were supposed to come and clean, they didn't show and never called, no loss. I called the following Monday and expressed my frustration, and set up another time for the cleaning (this past Saturday). I want my FREE CLEANING! Again, they didn't show up and they didn't call. I'm starting to think they just wanted to come in and case my house, but once I mentioned I had to run the dates by my husband, they ran. Case closed, they won't be hearing from me again.


Later that evening, Aaron and I watched Jake for a few hours. After an argument as to if we were going to go to M&L's house or if Jake was going to come to ours, common sense prevailed. Aaron thought it would be better for them to bring him to our house since they were coming out our way, I thought otherwise and suggested we go there. My reasoning was that all of his things would be at his house and he wouldn't be as crazy if we had to entertain him for a few hours. In the end, I was right and Aaron FINALLY saw my logic. It just takes persuasion. After babysitting, we were going to get groceries because Sunday was supposed to be in the single digits with a wind chill in the negatives and that means Kristi goes NO WHERE, but by the end of the night we were just too tired so groceries would have to wait.


We decided if the Eskimos could stand the frigid cold, so could we. Only problem, Kristi almost got blown away in the parking lot and five minutes in the wind would turn even the desert into ice. We braved away anyway, got in and out of the store in less than 45 minutes (record for us) and then suffered frostbite while putting the groceries in the truck. I think I am still trying to thaw out.


As I said, nothing spectacular, but with Winter in the Ohio, that's what you will have.

A New Start... or Just a Start.

I've always told myself I should keep some sort of journal to really reflect what I am thinking and how I am feeling so I can better understand myself. This is my first step.

I know many people won't find my life the slightest bit interesting, but I am not doing this for them, I am doing this for ME, and if they find it funny in any way, more power to them.

More to come...