merry christmas to all...

...and to all a good night!

it's good and snowy here in wichita!  here's to hoping you have a white christmas just like ours!

HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD...

...for the second day in my life!  sorry girls...kyle wins that one for about a month ago.  :)


but obviously, i am happy enough to do more than one post in a day.  i know, a miracle in and of itself.


but these three girls truly made me SO happy tonight!  well, techincally, erin made my night last thursday.  but kara and anna didn't get their packages until tonight.


let me introduce you to my maid of honor and two bridesmaids!  they might kill me...i stole all these pictures from facebook.  >:)

erin - best friend since middle school, loves music as much as i do, understands that running is actually a fun activity, photographer for the lincoln journal star/wedding photographer, is an overall amazingly talented individual that i love and adore.

anna - my other best friend since freshman year, fellow kansas state alumnus, is my engaged twin (less than SEVEN days apart!), has lived in many awesome cities including new york city and her current town - tampa, and is one of the true heroes in the world - a sixth grade science teacher.

and kara - fellow interior designer from kansas state, was one of the few people in my ID  classes that was older than me (had to throw that in there), cares about the environment just as much as i do if not more, is way too talented for her current job, and has an adorable dog named layla that i want to steal  :)

now if i can just get kyle to pin down his boys, we might actually get somewhere with this whole wedding planning thing...

seriously, my last post was on thanksgiving?!  geez.  well, i don't have anything specific to talk about other than christmas presents, which i can't talk about on here because the people who will recieve them will read about them!

so....a random post will just have to do.

like or not.  :)

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it's cold here in kansas.  we are officially paying for our awesomeness that was august/september/november weather by it being cold enough to freeze hell over.  not.  joking.  it was 25 degrees outside when i went to lunch, and that doesn't include the wind chill!  i'm a cold-blooded person and this does not go over well for me.

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on a related topic, kyle put that plastic stuff that goes on your windows up and it made a HUGE difference.  i've lived in some old houses before, but i think this new one is the draftiest of them all.

he also put up programmable thermostat that should help with the utility bills...those were starting to creep up on us and you know how much i hate the gas company.

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i'm getting close to done with my christmas shopping.  that's all i'm going to say on here.

>:)

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i've got all my christmas decorations up!  i LOVE them, can't wait to do a post about it!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

a little kansas humor for you...

i'm getting ready to head out and find some good deals...YES, on thanksgiving!  i'm just going to big lots and walgreens, so don't have a cow, they are both less than half a mile from my house.  :)


then, i'm heading over to goddard to celebrate with mom, kyle and my little brother.  we are going to stuff our faces and bulk up for the "big day" in our family.  my parents own an ace hardware and it's BLACK FRIDAY time!  lots of good deals, so you should all plan on heading out to goddard to see me!


have a great thanksgiving, everyone!

sorry for the hiatus...i've been just a LITTLE busy!  

*wink, wink*

WE'RE ENGAGED!

more to come later.

crafty goodness

i just might die if i don't make one of these real soon...

DIE I TELL YOU!

(i don't know why it wouldn't let me copy the image from the other link, but i totally have those same ornaments from the dollar tree and just might have to sacrafice some of them.  because shucky durns...then we'd have to redo the WHOLE tree!)

(and PLEASE, someone tell me if they find oranments like the top image somewhere cheaper than world market, i love the older style ornaments like those, so retro in an AWESOME way!)

this is why i don't live in a suburb.

or at least one of the many reasons.  :)

this is my street looking north.

and looking south.

i just adore fall.

although, kyle and i woke up the other morning to a an entire yard full of leaves.  luckily, we don't have any grass, so nothing to worry about it killing.  so, in other words, we are aren't going to bother raking them up.  and the dogs are L-O-V-I-N-G it.  i'll have to upload some video of that...too cute for words.

well TECHNICALLY...

it's friday!  so i'm doing my random friday a little early.  :)


i went and did my shopping today.  you all know how much i love target.  and coupons.  i was told (this is not the first time) that i was a "coupon lady" and that i was "awesome at shopping."  i like to hear that.  i kind of view couponing as a competition to see how much money i can save myself each week.  i saved almost 75% off my entire cart!  considering i got a cute sweater for almost full price.  (don't tell kyle that one...)


dillons and walgreens on the other hand...not so great to coupon at.  i ALWAYS have troubles there!  i think it's just the ones i shop at, because kyle's mom always does well at walgreens.  maybe i shouldn't go to the one i go to anymore.  plus, my dillon's kind of scares me, there are some interesting characters there!   there is a dillon's marketplace up at central and rock that i LOVE to go into.  it's like walmart only clean and has a way better organic section.

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know what else i'm loving?  not getting up on the roof.  (i just had to add that in there.)

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i really need to clean my house.  or maybe it should just clean itself.  i'm just saying.

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i just painted my toenails a lovely shade of dark plum.  yummy, they look good enough to eat!

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has anyone seen the proposal?  i really want to see it.  i adore ryan reynolds.  i also really want to see the new george clooney movie!  i can't remember the name right now, but it looks freaking hilarious.  who knew such a gorgeous man would be such a comedic genius?  kyle and i are huge fans of o brother where art thou.  he got me hooked on it.

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finally...i leave you when another hint to my halloween costume!

quick...

...if i could be ANYTHING else in the world, what would it be?  i mean, other than an interior designer that spends most of her spare time explaining the difference between an interior designer and an interior decorator...

a wrapping paper designer.

but, i also would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be an event planner.  which is (kind of) what i get to do every once in a while with a professional organization i'm involved with, IIDA.  we had an event last thursday (that i'm still recovering from...well...maybe that was saturday night out for casey's birthday...but...you know...) and i'm finally getting around to posting some pictures!

i was on the decorations committee.  one of my bestesteses friends, kara, is our fall events chair and a few of us got to gether and planned the decorations.  i really liked the way they turned out!

here's some pictures!!

cafe table set up!

(don't you LOVE the graphics?!?  kristen is awesome.)

 bigger table for eating.  m&m's we are awesome idea...i can't remember whose it was, but still, brilliant!

kara gathered branches from her parents house in newton and spray painted them.  who needs to pay for fancy branches?  not us, interior designers are "crafty."

speaking of kara, here's the awesome girl herself!

posing with the big mask for the "best mask contest."

and i GUESS i'll show a picture of myself all dressed up!  all this reminds me is how much i need to lose weight.  and look how pale i am.  and i swear my hair IS NOT that red in real life!  that's a lot of ands...

and this is monica!  i work with her and our dresses kind of matched, we had the same beading on them!

random friday...once again!

sorry for the lack of posts this week...i've been super busy with IIDA, a professional organization i'm in.


the wichita city center, which i'm a committee member of, had a large fundraising event last night!  i'm pretty sure that it went well, but i'm SOOOOO exhausted!  it was a masquerade/trivia night/dance/gala thing.  anyway.  i have some great pictures, but i'm too lazy to upload them right now.  so, i guess you'll just have to wait!  :)

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we finally hung some pictures up in the house!  it's starting to look like home, instead of just some place we sleep every night.  the boxes are slowly being unpacked...mostly because we haven't been able to get up on the roof.


this unfortunately will be changed because we'll be getting back up on the roof tomorrow morning.  boo.


that's probably a good thing though, the sooner it gets done, the sooner i don't have to get up on there any longer.

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we've narrowed down our halloween costume!  and no, i'm not going to tell you what it is...but i will give you a clue!


i bought a skirt very similar to this one today at old navy (holla, $4.50!!  it's 50% extra off of all women's clearance and i had a 10% the entire sale coupon from the website.)  it's part of my costume.  

let the guessing begin!

finally friday!

it's another random friday post!

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i had a really good day at work today.  no reason really, but just was a good day.  we did find out we got a pretty awesome new project that i'm pretty sure i'll be working on, so i'm pumped about that.  all i've been doing lately is answering questions on project i have that are already under construction.  not that that is a bad thing, i just am getting kind of bored with doing the same stuff over and over again.

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we are finally starting to get stuff put away in the house.  which is awesome.  except we have a TON of stuff.  we have everything that we actually need out and in the open, now it's on to all the stuff that we don't need.  but, we bought this bookcase.  well...we bought ANOTHER bookcase that matches one that we already bought at target.  so now we have two that match and sit right next to each other in the office.  pretty sweet.  i'm loving it.  i do need get stuff put on it, but at least kyle got it all put together.  i'm loving it.


it looks like this:

only it's much more red looking in real life.  it matches our floors.  


i.  love.  it.

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it's getting close to halloween.  and i'm freaking loving it.  my mom let me go through all her decorations and take some of them.  at least, the ones she could bear to part with.  :)  so kyle and i decorated the other day.  half way anyway.  the house is all ready, but not the outside.  i want to make these adorable spiders i saw in the the all you magazine.  (if you don't get this magazine, you should.  it's got awesome coupons and has really awesome craft ideas in it!  you can get it pretty cheap on amazon.)

so, i'm going to make this spider.  how cute is he?  and you use pipe insulation...which i totally have access to! score!

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we are watching the new show "dollhouse."  whoa.  weird.

and we are thinking about going to a movie tonight!  we haven't been out of the house in forever.  stupid roof.

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you know what else is awesome about halloween?  carmel apple suckers.

'nuff said.

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i'd better stop blogging now...i have a baby shower to go to tomorrow and i'm not done assembling the gift!  better get on it!  and while i'm at it, i'd better finish my parents anniversary present...which was august 11th...

oops.  sorry, mom and dad.

ksu v. isu

the boyfriend and i tagged along with my parents to the k-state/iowa state showdown this past weekend.  it was held at the kc chief's stadium and it was a BLAST!  we tailgated with my (not so) little brother and his 7 roommates (yes...you read that right, 8 boys, one house, can you imagine?  yuck.) and most of their families.  needless to say we had a LOT of food.  and it was delish.  mom's corn dip = heaven.  (and i don't even like corn!)

and the game was even pretty good, too!  granted, it looked like a couple of high school teams out there...neither is so hot this year.  fumble after fumble after interception and we even threw out a few new plays that didn't even have a quarterback in them...because he's THAT BAD.  so sad.  but the 'cats pulled through and won with a blocked extra point in the last minute of the game!  it was SO exciting and just reminded me how much i LOVE football!

* EVERY MAN A WILDCAT *

here's a few pictures from the game.  we ran into an old friend of kyle's from manhattan and hung out with him for most of the second half.  he lives in iowa now and came to the game with some isu fans, he apparently got sick of being with them and decided to come hang out with the cool kids.

k and i at the game.  he even wore purple!

the view from our seats.  isu and ksu will play two years in a row at arrowhead stadium.  iowa state was home this year, k-state will be home next year, but still in kc.

 mom and dad partaking in some fun activities.  aren't they cute with their little headsets?  i think mom got tired of dad not talking to her during the games (they have season tickets to both football and basketball), so she got her own set to match him.  :)

 

some blackhawk's from fort riley (near manhattan, ks) buzzed us.  kyle said it was the coolest part of the game.  i beg to differ, the blocked field goal was.

k's buddy zach.  they used to work at cat together.  zach now works at john deere in waterloo, iowa and spent most of the game making fun of kyle's hat.  apparently it's not cool to wear cat stuff when you don't work there anymore.  i guess i need to invest in some agco gear for him!

whoopsiedoodle

it's been over a week since my last post. FAIL!

but tonight i just HAD to tell you about how much i heart target.  seriously, i could live there.  love it.

i found some cute little halloween dodads in the dollar aisle, they hold tealight candles.  a ghost, a witch hat and a jack o' lantern.  and i also got some treat bags. i'm going to fill them up and only give them to the awesome people at work. *evil laugh* no, seriously though, i'll just give them to people that know my name. which is...not that many. :)

kind of annoying, because i think i'm a pretty awesome person.  people should want to know me.  or at least what the heck my name is.

i also got some good stuff for decroating the house on clearance, which i'm super excited to start doing once the roof is done!  that and unpacking. 

yeah, we haven't unpacked everything, what of it?

anouncement, anouncement, annnnooouunnnncement!

so...i admit it...i may have a hard time keeping up this blog. i know i have good reason and all and probably the last thing i need to be doing is this - starting ANOTHER blog! with all the work on the house i'd like to stop annoying you all with my house posts so i'm starting up a HOUSE BLOG! just so friends and family (that's YOU!) can see the progress of the house. or you can read my boring life posts here, at catie and co.

so head on over here if you're interested...but i'll keep my ramblings to this blog!

oh, the irony...

you know what i'm doing, like right now. like right this very second. we're talking RIGHT NOW as i type this?

i'm watching biggest loser (hello...my name is catie, and i'm addicted to reality television...) and eating ice cream. how SICK is that? totally twisted, right?! i should probably stop and go work out, but it's like a train wreck.

i. just. can't. stop. watching. it.

on a side note: i'm so glad daniel is back. that kid is so inspirational.

maybe i should use some of that inspiration and go to the gym...after i finish this...

blessings in disguise

do you ever just have things that make you uber happy for no explainable reason? they just happen and you don't even know you are grinning like a maniac?

for example, i know a lot of women love chocolate. i'm not one of them. WAIT!! hear me out! i LIKE chocolate, but i don't love it. i, personally, am not willing to give up calories on it. i'd rather have chinese food. or french fries...mMmMmMmmmm...french fries....

but i digress.

the point of my post is this; here are five random things that have made me totally and completely happy for no apparent reason whatsoever in the last couple of weeks.

5. k waking me up in the morning. i am NOT a morning person, but at least i have someone to wake me up now. nelson wasn't so great at it. he is kind of lazy, like his momma. :)
4. fall. anything and everything about it. totally my favorite season.
3. ksu football season. even if we suck, i still love it. ksu people really know how to throw a tailgate. and this, obviously, goes hand in hand with fall!
2. playing with my dogs. they love me unconditionally and are always there to cheer me up.
1. fitting into an old pair of pants that didn't fit three weeks ago, even though i haven't changed my diet at all. if anything it's been worse! roofing must be making me buff.

what makes YOU happy?

ps - main reason i don't LOVE chocolate: it gives me migraines when i have too much of it.

postsecret of the week

a little late in the week, but better late than never, right?!? right? right...

OH.EM.GEE

dear god, i hope this is a joke.

http://bloggingpoints.blogspot.com/2006/04/how-to-be-good-christian-wife.html

i really try not to get into the whole political and religion thing on this blog. because...well...i really hate it when people try to convince me that they are better than me, just because they go to church every weekend or because they vote a certain way. i like discussions, but just hate it when people get all up in my face and try to force their beliefs onto me. in fact, i love discussions. i think it's the best way to weigh your choices and make good decisions. i love to hear others opinions, as long as they don't expect me to automatically agree with them. i'll listen, and weigh my opinion and decide if i agree with you or not. end of discussion.

so, to reiterate. i hope this is a joke, i'm not trying to force my beliefs on anyone by this post, and please don't judge me by assuming this post means i'm trying to create trouble.

don't have a cow, man.

holy cow! i've really been neglecting posting lately. apologies to my adoring fans. all two of you! :)

so anyway, on to the reason i've been inattentive (okay, that's a lie, i've still be READING blogs, just not posting anything...) so...yeah...anyhooskies...

we've finally started tackling the roof. and it's everything i thought it would be and more. meaning it's completely terrifying, just like i thought it would be.

no, seriously, i kid you not. our roof has a 10/12 pitch, which translates to holy s#!+ freaking steep. in fact, that's why our estimates came in so high (oh, i didn't tell you that we were too cheap to just pay someone to do this? well, now you know) was because of the pitch. in addition, there is, like, NOTHING to hang on to. we have roof jacks, but that doesn't really help me. if i start sliding, what am i supposed to do, grab the person standing next to me? i think not.

so, it's taken me about three weeks to get used to being up there. and being sore. and being hot and dirty. and gross and sweaty. but i'm officially "used" to being up there. for the most part. the other day, i totally tripped over a bundle of shingles and almost fell to my death. but you know, i'm brave like that.

here's the process we go through.

1. rip up old nasty white interlocking shingles.

2. rip up old nasty MOLDY tar paper.

3. hang on for dear life, go down backwards and rip up old shake shingles.

4. shake splinters into a million pieces and you end up digging most of it out of the attic.

5. pull out the nails that were holding the shake on. SIX nails per shingles. yikes.

6. measure and cut new decking. nail to roof.

7. measure and cut new tar paper. nail to roof.

8. measure and cut new shingles. nail to roof (at least we have a nail gun for this part...)

9. move to different part of roof and repeat process. over, and over, and over, and over again.

on to the pictures...the action shots were taken by my mom. she didn't get on the roof, but still ended up hurting her back somehow. oh, we carpenter's really know how to hurt ourselves!

just a reminder of what the roof looked like before we started.

k on his belly digging at the shake under the siding.

dad and i pulling out nails (i look super excited) and k and his dad putting some new shingles on.

ripping up the old crap.

haha, k's butt looks funny because he was sitting on the ridge

I'm in love with these....

I probably shouldn't tell you guys these because I'm totally smitten over these and want them all to myself but LOOK.AT.THESE! I want some, SO BAD! This awesome giveaway was brought to you byApron Girls...in fact this sentence.... Giveaway at Apron Girls sponsored by great cookware and beautifuldesks!...earns a another entry, so head on over there!

If you win, I will hate you for life. Just kidding, but I'd be super jealous!

Random thoughts for a random post.

We are watching The Way of the Gun right now. I wouldn't recommend it. Too guy-ish for me. It does have Taye Diggs in it. That's the only thing keeping me awake right now...Netflix is great, but Kyle and I alternate our picks and this was his. BOOOORING. My last one was Role Models. Now that's a good movie.

Danny: Can I get a large black coffee?

Barista: A what?
Danny: Large black coffee.
Barista: Do you mean a venti?
Danny: No, I mean a large.
Barista: Venti is large.
Danny: No, venti is twenty. Large is large. In fact, tall is large and grande is Spanish for large. Venti is the only one that doesn't mean large. It's also the only one that's Italian. Congratulations, you're stupid in three languages.

Barista: A venti is a large coffee.
Danny: Really? Says who? Fellini? Do you accept lira or is it all euros now?

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Speaking of Role Models...I'm pretty sure that Paul Rudd is one of the best things to ever come out of Kansas. Google it, he's totally from Kansas City. He also went to KU (boo....hisss.....) but I'll forgive him. But, this explains the KU hat in Clueless, which was the first movie I fell in love with him during. Classic.

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Today I think I handled a situation the way a "grown up" would. And that makes me feel good about myself. It was nothing bad, I just tend to speak before I think and today I actually thought before I spoke. Good idea, I should remember to do that more often.

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The boxes are slowly diminishing in my house...one day at a time. Unfortunately, K thinks it's my job to unpack them. The only upside I see to this situation is that I get to put things where I want them to be and he can't complain about it. However, I'm losing motivation to do anything, because I'm doing all the work. It's a two edged sword, my friend.

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And now...a random list of movies I can't wait to see...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Hell-OO Josh Duhamel...

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Bruno.

The Proposal.

Funny People. I have a soft spot for Seth Rogan. In fact, I think K looks a bit like Seth...I'm trying to convince him to go as him for Halloween. :)

The Ugly Truth. I think Katherine Heigl is the new chick flick queen. And I adore her for that.

Orphan. Looks super creepy, but I like that chick in that movie, but I can never remember her dang name...anyway, she's really pretty and is a great actress.

The Hangover. I've heard amazing things from people I trust.

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PS - The movie never got better. It just got more shooting in it. Le sigh.

Post Secret of the Week!

Okay...yeah...I haven't updated in a while, but you know what? I'm super busy. Like SUPER busy! Tonight we measured the roof. We have a reroof it and only have about 3 weeks left to do so...YIKES! Talk about procrastinating...we are quite good at that!

Well, I'm sure you are on pins and needles waiting to know what my favorite Post Secret of the week was...so here it is!

Not that I think I'm fabulous, but because I LOVE Aubrey Hepburn! Adorable.

i don't even know...

So, I got nothin' for ya right now. In honor of my blogger brain fart, I'm doing a survey...YAY for YOU!

♥ How long have you been together?
It will be seven years in November. Our official anniversary is Nov. 1st, although we did kind of see each other the summer before that.

♥ Who asked whom out?
We just kind of hung out a couple of nights in Manhattan and just ended up together. We didn't really go on dates until we had been dating for quite a while, we just went to parties and hung out at his house.

♥ Whose siblings do you see the most?
Probably pretty even, my brother lives in Manhattan and his brother lives in KC and neither of them come home very often. Lately his because he was the best man in their wedding last month.

♥ Do you have any children together?
Not unless a cat and two dogs count.

♥ What about pets?
HAH! I knew they'd ask this! We have my cat (Moe) and dog (Nelson) and his dog (Sly).

♥ Did you go to the same school?
We both went to Kansas State. We grew up about 15 miles away from each other, but didn't go to the same high school.

♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Geez, who knows. Probably Chipotle.

♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Not far at all, I think Colorado, like a 12 hour drive.

♥ Who has the craziest exes?
Ummm...I have a real D-bag of an ex and one is really nice. I don't know much about his ex's, but he doesn't talk to any of them on a regular basis.

♥ Who does the cooking?
We both like to cook, but I'm the better one. He mainly just gets in my way while I'm cooking to "taste test" it. :)

♥ Who is more social?
Me. Hands down. He's a homebody.

♥ Who is the neat freak?
He is the CLEAN freak, as in sanitizing. I'm the ORGANIZATION freak as in I need to know where my shiz is or I can't function. But neither of us are neat freaks, you should see our house, it's a mess of boxes because we just don't care enough to clean it up. I'm FINALLY getting him to help me unpack some of the stuff, he's easily distracted unfortunately...

♥ Who is the most stubborn?
Him. I'm always right, so I'm OBVIOUSLY not stubborn.

♥ Who hogs the bed?
UGH, HIM. He rolls over on to me and I have to slap him to get him to move. At least he doesn't snore.

♥ Who wakes up earlier?
He does. He has a 40 minute commute to work and has to be there at 7:15 am. I have a five minute commute and have to be there at 8. I win!

♥ Where was your first date?
A party at the Stoner's house.

♥ Who has the bigger family?
Both of our sets of parents are still together and we each have one brother. We both have large extended families, but his hardly ever gets together all at the same time, mine always does.

♥ Do you get flowers often?
I don't get cut flowers because we both loved potted plants.

♥ How long did it take to get serious?
Not very long, a couple of months I think.

♥ Who eats more?
Definitely him.

♥ Who sings better?
I'm no songbird, but I'm a better singer than he is.

♥ Who does the laundry?
Me. I can't stand the way he does it.

♥ Who’s better with the computer?
Probably both of us in different ways. We both have to work with complex computer systems and programs every day at work, so together we can usually figure stuff out.

♥ Who drives when you are together?
He does. He feels it is the "manly" thing to do.

♥ Who is the first one to admit they’re wrong?
Me. But I also rub it it in when I'm right.

♥ Who eats more sweets?
He does, I'm a salty person and he's addicted to chocolate.

♥ Who cries more?
Me.

ummm...yeah

So, I just realized that I haven't posted since July 1st. *sheepish grin*

Sorry, been a little busy if you can't tell!

We are still working on getting the house all cleaned up and ready to go, especially since we have company coming to stay with us this weekend! YIKES!

So, on that note, here's my favorite Post Secret of the week:

I love old people, they are just too cute. And, speaking of older people, my grandfather's birthday is this Thursday! It's his 95th (I believe...) so HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!

utter chaos

Well, I would try to get a post together for you guys, but seeing as how I can't even get my life together right now, here's a list of random things...

We are "officially" moved into the house as we no longer have my apartment to fall back on.
My brother felt the need to borrow my Jeep so we are trading for two weeks. It better come back in one piece!
We got a new fridge. It's awesome. And huge.
I don't like the shower in the new house, so the bathroom will be getting redone VERY soon.
We have internet!
I have a lot of bug bites from my backyard.
Nelson hates the basement of the new house.
We are going on a mini vacation this weekend to my parent's lake house.

That pretty much covers the last couple of weeks I'd say...

Happy July 1st, everyone!

another giveaway

The amazing blogger known as Fantabulously Frugal is doing yet another amazing giveaway! This time it's Scentsy products! Scentsy is a really awesome sounding wickless candle. You can go to their website here.

I'm pretty sure that even if I don't win, I will be partaking in the buying of a few prodcuts, these look so awesome! I'd have to say if I had my pick, I'd get the Black Raspberry Vanilla of the bars:

This awesome teal (I LOVE TEAL!!) plug in warmer:


And for the living room, I'd go with the Zensy warmer.
We have a lot of decorations from Asia that Kyle has picked up when he's there for work stuff, and my living room is decorated in red and black. PERFECT! So head on over and enter to win!

totally awkward tuesday

Here's another tale from the crypt...that awkward thing called college.

The second semester of my freshman year, I took this really awesome history class with a couple of friends of mine, one of them a history major. That's not really important to the story, but you know, I thought I'd throw it in there.

Anyway, we took this really awesome class. I loved the professor, she was hilarious and totally married to her job. She even told us her job ruined her marriage. But, again, not important to the story.

So, we made it to finals week and I had done pretty well in the class, it was a big class and I had answered questions right a few times. I'm not sure anyone would remember me from the class, but, you know, the professor at least recognized me in the halls and stuff. So, I'm taking my final (which was a tough one, by the way) and it was HOT. We're talking Kansas summer hot, which is really freaking hot. And humid. The class was in one of the older buildings on campus, so I wore summer clothes and some Old Navy flip flops.

So, I flip flop my way down the stairs to turn in my final and my blue book with my essays in it, turn it in and turn around to go back up the stairs and exit. I get, like, two steps up and I catch my flip flop on the stairs and start to fall forward. My flip flop holds me for a second or two, lovingly trying to stop me from complete embarrassment when all of the sudden, POP, it blows out. I fall the rest of the way forward, and my hands make a nice slapping noise when I hit the concrete stair.

I hobble up the stairs, and my flip flop is more like a flip, flop, SLAP, flip, flop, SLAP with the blown out shoe. I exit the room and as the door closes, I hear my two friends snorting and laughing.

I waited for them to finish their tests and they flip flop while I flip flop SLAP all the way back to the dorms. They laughed the entire way.

Thanks, guys.

And I never wore a pair of Old Navy flip flops ever again.