Wednesday, January 6, 2010

How cold is cold?

Southern Missouri has been blasted (ok all my family in Wisconsin, just skip this post... I could NEVER live there... I'm to much of a wuss) with winter weather and cold temperature. 

It's cold.

It's damn cold.

It's colder then fucking Alaska! (I checked with a friend!)

It's so cold that our outdoor digital thermometer read's blank....



Really?

Are you kidding me?

Can I just stay home in bed?


*** news just said another five inches*** joy.


Saturday, January 2, 2010

Puppies+Snow=Pure Joy

I can honestly say that our dogs really get on my nerves, but they also give me so much joy.  There are often times that they will do something that all I can do is smile, and enjoy the moment.

We had gone out to Houlihans tonight for the purpose of eating desert.  Whenever we go out to eat, we are always to full to eat the yummy deserts, and that makes me sad! We shared a meal (fish tacos), I had a martini (Key lime pie.... to. die. for), and had the s'mors fondue!  The plate had graham crackers glazed with something sweet, strawberries and a pot that had the bottom inch or so full with chocolate, and the top 2 inches with melted marshmallows!  It was amazing, and my love fed me chocolate (and marshmallow) covered strawberries.  The restaurant was almost empty, and we enjoyed ever minuet we were there (including the 20 min we sat before a waiter came.... did I say the restaurant was almost empty!).  We rented a few movies, (The Hangover and The Taking of Phlegm 123) and went home to enjoy the rest of our 'date night.  After the movies, he went to let the dogs out and was shocked to see that it was snowing. 

Our Great Dane, Tara, loves the snow.  L-O-V-E-S it.  It's really funny to watch her. She likes eating it, and running in it, and playing with it, and catching snow balls....We both got on our coats and shoes and went out to play with the four of them.  We are puppy-sitting Sasha for a friend of ours.








Like I said, she loves to eat it....




Her 'tongue' prints all in a row where she was licking as she walked around the corner of the house!  We laughed so hard when we saw that.  Like a true, hurts your side, belly laugh.  It felt good.


Stocking Stuffer

We JUST opened up our stockings!  We had celebrated Christmas at my in-laws, and my step daughter hadn't come to our house yet to open her presents here, so they sat there untouched.  I always stuff my husband's and step-daughters, but no one ever stuffs mine... until this year!  While my mom was here, she bought me some gummy bears from Harry and David!  Yum!

The dogs were anxious to know if there was anything in the stockings for them.  There wasn't, but they were awful interested in the ring pop's!


Wedding Bells!

On New Year's Eve, my sister in law got married.  It was a small ceremony at a local (kinda) cave.  We didn't get to tour the whole cave, just the room that they were married in, and the next room over.  It was beautiful!

The bride and my husband doing the "Napoleon Dynamite" 'glamor shot' pose... I think I have about 12 other family gatherings that have pictures duplicate to this....


This will be the lake that we retire at.... come hell or high water!




Picking out where he thinks we might want to live?!?!




Is it just me... or are we going to be in trouble in about 10 years!   She was really nervous about holding her aunts bouquet, but she finally did, and I think this might be one of my favorite pictures of these two!

Goodbye Christmas

Now that the holiday season is officially over, the lights came off the house today, and I think tomorrow the other decorations will begin being put away.  It was an emotional holiday season, both joyous and full of sorrow.  Great things were celebrated like our anniversary, a wonderful time with family, my sister in laws wedding and more.  But there was also grief that came with knowing we lost another child, and that my husband was at the end of his line when it came to fertility treatments.  It doesn't mean that we won't have a child, we will, but I will never have a little boy with my husbands amazing eyes, or his crooked jaw that made me fall in love with him.  That will be a sadness I forever hold in my heart.

One thing that we found this holiday season was Candy Cane Milk....

Never had it....

Never herd of it?????

You gotta try it!

It's AMAZING! :)

Quote of the Day


I sent this picture to my husband one day earlier this week, I was so proud of myself!  I cleaned off the desk in our office!

His responce to the picture message....

"It's wood!, I thought it was made of paper"


Smartass.

Friday, January 1, 2010

A new year

This past one wasn't all bad.... but overall it wasn't great either.

No deployments, but a move that took me away from a house and friends that I loved.

A new town to learn, but living close to my step-daughter.

But when I think about this year, IF seems to be the headliner.  I was diagnosed with PCOS in February, had surgery in the spring, started with an RE in early summer, few cycles with him, got pregnant in the fall, lost the baby, diagnosed with MTHFR, got pregnant in the winter, lost that baby.... so ummm ya, that sums it up!

A year from now, I'll either have a baby in my arms if this cycle is successful, or we'll be in the process of starting adoption.

Que Sera Sera-  What ever will be will be!