Best friends already

I can already see Ratchet and my little man roaming all over the yard, playing together, sleeping all snuggled up, or Ratchet right next to his crib.

 

Mabel won’t be interested in Bear but that’s okay. She’ll still be a good, protective big sister.

I have like an entire outfit on!

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I haven’t done one of these in a while.  And heck its easy enough to do!!

Here are the 6 new chicks my husband brought home yesterday. we recently had two of our hens killed and so it was time to add on to our crazy family!

 

A couple cute outfits for Bear

 

 

Me, large and in charge headed to go workout

 

Diapers hanging on the line!  Probably the only time I’ll be excited to have diapers hanging on the line:)

 

Flashback Friday

I sent this photo to my sister before Christmas to show her how big I was getting…hahahaha

 

Throw Back Thursday



Here is an oldie but a goodie.  This picture is one of the first taken of Ben and I in 2001 right after we started dating.

 

He looks so young, I of course look the same:)

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I told you that after I got caught up I would try and get back to my regularly scheduled programing…so here goes!

Here are some things I’ve been snapping pictures of recently:

Our house after a big snow

 

 

A small trick we played on my mom. We got to her house and she had these corny scrabble worlds throughout the house and we changed them all while she and her husband were asleep one night

 

They’re vegetarians:) mean? Nah, it’s a joke

 

Cookies from my Ohio baby shower

 

  

My old elementary school back in ohio

The dogs. Why Ratchet is sitting on Mabel, I don’t know?

Me with my niece Bella

The nesting has begun.

Last week I was asked several times when my younger sister was moving out of our house. The plan was for this to take place on December 15^th, but she’s moving into a new construction apartment and they told her that she’d have to wait until after Christmas…and now they’re saying February.  Which is no good for me.  Let me explain why. 

We have two guest rooms in our house.  One is the room she’s been occupying for the last year and a half, and the other was our office/guest room which will be turned into the nursery.  I cannot wrap my head around tearing the room that will be the nursery apart until I know that I can regain complete access to the room my sister has been calling hers.  Let me show you why, this is her room and what it looks like all.the.time.

 

I have anxiety over this room.   Wouldn’t you.  It used to be this cute little room, that now needs a complete overhaul in my opinion. First, she removed the bed skirt on the bed like 6 months ago. I don’t know why and haven’t seen it since. Let’s just hope she didn’t lose it?  second, I recently kept finding her bedroom windows open. Its rainy, snowy, and we just cleaned out our garden beds so the backs of her curtains now contain a layer of dirt, and I don’t know how the hell you clean roman shades? Anyone?

I love her, but she has to go.

So since I have no control over her bedroom at this point and I’m biding my time, I cleaned and organized other areas of the house.  Over the weekend I completed reorganized/cleaned under the bathroom sinks, the linen closet, the laundry room closet, the front hall closet, the kitchen drawers….and I made a huge dent in organizing all the books that I’m going to sell since the bookshelves in the office will be moved to the basement. Oh and we took down and stored all the Christmas stuff and did all the laundry.  The one thing I didn’t get done was moping the kitchen floor, but I’m OK with that.

My poor husband is in for it if I keep going like this.  Next up, I’m picking out new carpet for the house and need to decide what kind of flooring I’ll put in the dining room/kitchen/family room….I’d love to do hardwood but I’m not sure that’s in the budget, we’ll see.

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It’s another week and another batch of photos!

The first couple are from a 31 party that I had on Sunday. I wish I had taken more, but I was busy chatting with people and sipping on wine! So these pictures are of the last couple people here.

 

 Amanda and me

 Amanda hiding from the camera…got you!

 Janet

 Mana

 Karen

 

Janet and Ashley.

 

 

And then of course there are photos of the dogs. If you look through my phone 95% of the photos are of Mabel and Ratchet.

 

 

This is a sofa that was my mother in laws, and she gave it to my sister and had it recovered and pillows made for it! sooo nice of my MIL and I’m jealous…of course now I have even more crap of my sisters sitting in my basement

 

First Octoberfest of the year!!

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I know, I know its Friday. I’m a day late posting some pictures, but the fact that I’m getting it done at all this week seems like a miracle to me!

 

My nephew, Emmett

 

 

New short haircut and highlights!

 

Chicken/Onion/Cheese Frittata for dinner

 

My niece Lilly….she was either making a mess or it was hot out. No idea why she isn’t wearing a shirt!

 

Casual Friday!

I hope everyone in the States has an enjoyable long Labor Day Weekend!!

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I haven’t done this in a while. Sorry my life kind of took overJ

Ratchet avoiding the sun one day while I was laying out

 

My lunch: leftover quinoa, diced tomatoes, and pork tenderloin

 

The new table in our room at the end of the bed.  This weekend we’re placing out new tv on the wall right where the mirrors are

 

 



a bad repair job on a floor…we’re definitely fixing that!

 



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So here it is again! Take a look at what I’ve been snapping photos of

Beautiful day at my in-laws farm!

 

My husband after spending the morning in a tractor

 



The dogs at the pool with me

 



And my new nail color, sent to me by a dear friend