Happy Birthday to.......The Wave!

I read on Yahoo today that "the wave" is now 25.
How ridiculous is that?
Now that I know the wave - something that I used to think was so cool when I was at those junior high basketball games back in that identity crisis stage of life is younger than me I definately feel like an old' fart.

And here I thought the wave was something my mom did when she was a youngin too!

just thoughts from a blonde...

Life is good. Steve and I had a great weekend. He turned 25 on Saturday and I couldn't be happier!
I like it simply because of the fact that now in theory he's only 2 years younger than me rather than 3 so I don't feel as old. I guess that's kind of selfish of me eh?

So we took a drive to along the Mississippi river and it was beautiful and relaxing. We've really been lacking on the quality time together lately so it was nice to just drive and talk. It's so funny how you can live with someone and wake up with them beside you every morning and still somehow in the busy-ness of life get disconnected. This shouldn't be the case and is definitely not a habit I want to put into effect with our marriage. By the way.....in a few days it will be 6 months since we've been married!
Yea for that.

So our weekend was full of fun and full of friends although it was a little to busy with all the events we were scurrying around to.

My thoughts lately have been on making time for what's most important. Sure....work is how we make money which is how we live, just like paying the bills and cleaning the house is important. But really, apart from the commitments that HAVE to be made i'm sick of wasting my time on the stuff that is just that - a waste of time! Of course I'm not an idiot and I do see the practical side of all of this and the balance that needs to be kept, but I do want to spend more time on what's really important in life.
Things like family, friends and living life to the fullest. I don't want to hold on to things that shouldn't be a part of my life in the first place. With Steve's new work schedule I've found myself many times wanting to just sit at home on the monday and tuesday nights that he works late and watch TV because really I just wanna feel sorry for myself because my husband isn't able to spend that time with me. I wish I instead would use the time to be productive. We all know I need it. My office is a mess and needs some serious filing - filing that otherwise would be taking up the time I could be out having fun with my husband when he isn't working.
The fall kind of feels like more of the new year to me than the actual new year does. I always find myself wanting to set new goals and priorities in the fall more than I seem to want to in January so I guess why i'm trying to restructure my life a little bit right now.

So.....those are my thoughts. It's nothing important really, just something to chew on.

roses on the porch make for a happy day!

My morning started off rough....Steve goes to work every day at 5 and usually I get up at 4:30 to make him some breakfast and a latte. I really don't mind because I feel like I'm not wasting my day away when I get up so early and I always get so much more accomplished.
This morning though was different. I was SO tired and as soon as my alarm went off I was automatically in a bad mood.
Off Steve went to work and I was stuck at home doing laundry until I went into the office for the day.
Lately I've been feeling sorry for myself a lot - I admit it. I guess it's the whole newness of marriage wearing off. Before I just loved having the house clean for Steve and I still do for that matter but lately I've been overwhelmed with keeping up with the house, the laundry, paying the bills, and my own full time job.
Sometimes I feel like I have to be Wonder Women to get everything done. I can't imagine how it must feel to be a mom and that is why I'm not ready to have kids.

Anyway.....so I felt pissed- not at Steve just at some of the circumstances of life right now. We've been SO busy lately that we haven't even had much time for the two of us and if any of ya'll know anything about the book "The Five Love Languages" (which I would highly recommend by the way) my pictures should be next to the "Quality Time" chapter. When I'm lacking in quality time I just feel like a car with it's gas tank on empty running on fumes.

After downing my morning latte and cleaning the house a little I decided to take the dog out for a walk before I got ready for work. When I opened up my front door there was a vase with roses in it and a bag with some fresh vegetables in it and a note from my friend just reminding me that she loved me and that was all I needed to completely turn the day the around.

Sometimes just a reminder that you're loved changes your whole perspective on everything and today that was all I needed to turn my day around. :)

another monday......

Monday is here again. I must be weird because it makes me feel better because it's rainy outside.

The weekend was pretty dull.....Friday night Steve had a "guys night out" with his buddies and so all of us wives and other ladies decided to have a ladies night out as well.
That's when the realization hit me that I'm old.
Instead of taking the rare opportunity to hang out with my girlfriends I decided that I'd take the rare opportunity of Steve being gone to run errands.
So my Friday night consisted of spending 2 1/2 hours in Target.
Not only am I turning into an old fart but I'm turning into a BORING old fart too!
Who sacrifices spending some good quality time with girlfriends for shopping for dish soap? ME! That's who!
I've come to the conclusion that I suck.

We went out to Blueberry Hill on Saturday night to get some drinks with some friends and Sunday consisted of me being gone at a wedding shower the majority of the afternoon.
Can I just say that I HATE going to showers!
Even when I was getting married I wasn't so fond of going to the showers that were thrown to bless me! I know I sound ungrateful and that's not really how I feel but showers are SO boring. Somehow even the fun showers end up not being enjoyable for me.
I do like the gift part though. It's fun to give gifts - especially when someone's getting married or having a baby. I wish instead of the rest of the social hoopla of showers there could just be an open house or something where people could just drop by and give the Bride some gifts and then get the heck out of dodge.
That would be my ideal.

Anyway.....that's it for my mad rantings of the day!

The Weekend Update.

So we did it......we got a doggie - he's a puggle (a pug/beagle mix) that's full of life. He's real cute too. We named him Guinness.

It was a fun weekend. There was lots of randomness. We ended up seeing lots of friends we haven't been able to connect with in awhile.
It was a weekend of people randomly calling us and asking if they could stop by to visit. For some reason that happened a bunch this weekend and it was so strange cause we're more of the "let's make plans and go hang out" type of people.
I've become somewhat of a homebody since getting married so I prefer if people come over rather than we go visit them.
Besides the fact that our house was a mess we loved being able to hang out with people we hadn't really had quality time with in awhile.
There's such a difference in just hanging out and good quality time. I guess both can be quality but I love the realness of good quality time that's spent talking about what's really going on in life and getting past all the superficial crap.
I don't always have to have deep conversations with people or anything but when it comes to good friends I have to have some point of connection to where I feel I'm investing in them as a person as well as they're investing in me the same way.

Good times with good friends is really all I need in life to make me happy.

We also somehow ended up in Belleville on friday night and stumbled upon what I guess was the annual town Chili Cook off.
They had about 7 blocks closed on main street and there thousands of people there. I didn't even know that many people lived in Belleville. Anyway so that was fun for the people watching. I love going to events like that and watching people more than I do even participating in the actual activities going on. There sure were a lot of interesting peeps there.

YAY FOR FRIDAYS!

Steve and I are going to meet a doggie tonight that we're thinking of adopting and ridiculous as it sounds I'm scared to death to have think about the responsibility of taking care of a puppie. I know it's not like having kids or anything but it's a step in that direction because it means we're responsible for something.
I guess I'm also not to wild about the idea since I was so sad when Herbie the goldfish died. Steve gave me a goldfish (I named Herbie) last year for Valentines day and he just died a few months ago and I felt like such an idiot because I was so upset and started crying when I saw him floating at the top of the fish tank. Good thing I have such a sensitive husband that assured me that good ol' Herbie didn't suffer as he was leaving us.
I just hate to think of how upset I would be if something happened to mans best friend when I was that upset over our $.09 goldfish dying.
Maybe I'm just more afraid that if we get a dog that dog would sense I'm really not a dog person and hate me.

Good thing my self worth isn't all wrapped up in a dogs opinion of me eh? :)

Anyway so that's my update for the day.
Hopefully it will be a fun and safe weekend with no visits to the ER. I've seen enough of the hospital in this past week to last me a good 20 years or so.

Waterdeep In Season Now!

Something about fall just makes me want to listen to the music of waterdeep.
If you're asking yourself right now "who is waterdeep?" then my friend you are missing out on life! They are such a great band.

I think this time of year always makes me nostalgic simply because in my short life it seems like it's in the fall whenever I experience major change in my life.
Many of those fall seasons have been spent listening to waterdeep and so it always seems that right about this time of every year I get a hankering to pop in my "sink or swim" album and contemplate life.

I like the conclusions that I always draw from the simple yet profound perspective that I gain from listening to these talented musicians.

All that being said today Waterdeep came back in season for me and my heart felt happy and full of hope just listening to those familiar tunes........it's a good day indeed!