spring finally?

Oh my goodness, what a beautiful day!!! IT'S ABOUT BLOODY TIME! Excuse the anger, but we've had snow on the ground since December 1st, it gets really old really fast! I let Amanda and Abby color with chalk in the driveway-they had an absolute blast!!! You could really tell they had cabin fever when I tried oh, like 3 times to get them in the house. Abby just ran right back out with the chalk in her hand. She was so angry when she had to come in. We bribed her to eat dinner while watching a DVD, so it was seriously serious. I looked at the temp several times and it was a balmy 50 at one point. We look forward to daylight a little longer although the time change has kind of been rough.

For the AI fans; the top 12 tonight! Randy & Paula appeared on the Today show and their favorites are David A., David C., Brooke and Carly. I agree with those choices. Can't wait to watch! If I had to guess, I'd say probably Kristy Lee Cook will go next. Thoughts? Comments?

house shopping

Since David returned from Iraq we've been wanting and preparing to buy a house, finally! I look on-line all the time just to see what's out there, but we now have the official green light with a pre-approval! I couldn't even call David to tell him, as he's in EMT classes at Camp Ripley. So I had to settle for sending him an e-mail and he'll call home tonight. We are very much wanting to stay in Cottage Grove, but would also consider Woodbury as it's the same school district. Our landlord gave us the name of her realtor and she's coming over to talk to us on Saturday. I really couldn't be any more excited. We hope to be settled before the fall school year starts, to make it easier for the girls. A yard will be a nice bonus feature, one we have missed since moving from Duluth. Yet, I don't miss mowing that big lawn we had on Niagara Street! Hard on the allergies...

Clumsy or bad luck?

On Saturday the little girls and I had cabin fever. David had gone to Duluth on Friday for drill and was back in the cities about 24 hours later. Then on Sunday he had to leave again for Camp Ripley for a week-long school on EMT re-certification. So our window of opportunity was very short. When he called to say he was on his way home, I asked if he was up to it and he said yes. We hit the road and headed towards MOA; crazy but I wanted to do some walking.

We parked and I was getting the girls and the stuff ready to go. David was in the back of the van getting the stroller. I walked around the back and CLOCKED me on the head with the tail gate as it was coming down-David had hit the button and didn't see me. Oh my goodness, that HURT! It literally brought tears to my eyes. I also managed to bite the tip of my tongue and it was now bleeding. David made sure I was ok of course, and then we went inside to walk around. The day it happened my head really didn't hurt, just my tongue; and it was hard to talk normally. Sunday I felt better. Today I woke up with a headache and the spot on my head hurts. Of course it has to be on my forehead, and it'll will likely turn black & blue....Oh yeah.

I'm hooked

Since I used to watch Grey's Anatomy on Thursday nights, it was a little difficult to find a worthy replacement. I'm so tired of (partially watching) Omorosa rant and rave....So when they announced a new show coming on Thursday nights, the previews looked decent. I started watching Lipstick Jungle and now am totally hooked. It doesn't hurt that there's a couple gentlemen on the show that are easy on the eyes....I missed watching last week for what ever reason and thanks to the shows on-line, I could catch up. Now I just have to wait until next week to see what happens. It started about three weeks ago, so I don't know how they managed to have writers but I am happy they did somehow.

Ash-a-lee

Today Ashley got what could be considered the best news (so far) of her life! We went to her routine (every 6 weeks) orthodontist appointment today. We knew the Dr. said she would probably be able to get the braces off sometime in the spring. Hmmm.... not very specific, but I'm sure they have to wait and see what happens. So as we were driving there, I mentioned to Ashley that next time could be the last appointment with braces ON, and I was correct! She gets them taken off on April 1st and April 10. I don't think she could be happier! I will post the before and after pictures then. I fortunately cannot relate to this, but her Aunties can! She said the first thing she wants to eat is a bag of apples and caramel dip. How cute is that?

over the river and through the woods...

Where else would that lead, but to Grandma's house?! The little girls and I are heading up to Duluth for the weekend, and David has drill. He drove up early this morning. We really miss being only 5 minutes away from the grandparents, but this makes the visit that much more special. My plans include: meeting Margo's new baby Trevor, going to a baby shower for a different friend, and possibly squeeze in some time for a cocktail with a girlfriend. We could possibly end up at the Brewhouse on Saturday night with friends too, hard to tell. Last time we forgot to bring our growler jug to be filled, so it's already in the car. Amanda has been talking about the visit all week, she can't wait to see the grandparents! (Photo of baby Trevor, he's SO adorable!)

In the Queue

Awhile back we switched from Blockbuster on-line to Netflix as Blockbuster changed their program/prices. As Krista mentioned, I don't usually get out to too many non-child movies, and with the writer's strike, there's not too much on t.v. It's been nice to have, as most of these aren't really movies I would have seen in theater, but as a rental would be ok. And a lot cheaper than going even 1 time to rent videos.

Movies we have currently at home are: Spiderman 3, and Live Free or Die Hard

Movies in our Queue: The Soprano's: Season 6, Part 2, disk 3 & 4
The Kingdom
I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry
Psych: Season 1, disks 1-4

Movies "saved": That 70's Show: Season 8
(This means it hasn't been released yet to Netflix)

Psych is a show my good friend watches and keeps telling me about; she said it's hilarious. I think it airs on the USA network. I have been half-watching Celebrity Apprentice, only because it's on at the same time/night as Grey's Anatomy is. But now that's all reruns until September....I will be having major withdrawals!

What's in your Queue?