birthday schmirthday

Birthdays.

I used to enjoy birthdays.

Well, I guess I still do.

But, this year was not one of my better birthdays.

Major downers about this weekend/my birthday:

• I lost my wedding band (at least it was a simple band with no diamonds!)
• Our really nice tent got run over by an atv.
• We went out to dinner last night to celebrate and ended up waiting for over an hour at a japanese steakhouse for our cook to come out!
• This week is my brother pre-deployment leave :(

But, I guess this birthday wasn't horrible.

I was lucky enough to be surrounded by many loved ones. And for once in a long time, my whole family was together.

That probably outweighs all those downers.

back to the grind

As I was putting things away from our camping trip this weekend, I realized that I have neglected my home lately. Not in a cleanliness sort of way, but in a creative and decorative sort of way. As long as I have time this weekend, I may take on some painting of furniture projects that I wanted to accomplish months ago. Starting with a little hutch/cabinet in my kitchen. It is currently white...and I think that I want it to stay white. But it is in desperate need of a fresh coat of paint and possibly some stylish hardware.

Next on the list is a really ugly brown bookshelf I took from my work when they were going to throw it away.

Key words "throw away"...

...meaning it is pretty junky.

But, I think some wood putty, some sanding, a couple coats of primer and a lot of semi-gloss white paint might just do the trick.

I need some lighter things in my life.

Maybe some lighter furniture will help.

Anyway, today was my first day back to work in 11 days.

It wasn't as bad as I though it would be.

home sweet home

Home never felt so good. Jeb and I headed back from New York last night at 9:30 p.m. Why so late? Jeb was just ready to be home I guess. He drove the whole way. And we didn't hit any traffic. Took us 8 1/2 hours.

As soon as I get some pictures uploaded, I will post them.

two more days

I cant wait to be here in TWO DAYS!

new

I am getting ready to go through something I thought I would never have to go through again.

My brother Jake is getting ready to leave for Afghanistan in about a month.

I have started a new blog. But, it is not public. I need to write my way through this. But I am not ready to show the world. Not just yet at least.

We leave this Saturday for our annual camping trip.

I cannot wait.

It's been a while

I know it has been a while since I have posted here. I don't really have much to write about, and when I do, it usually involves my animals, so I post on my other blog. I have been getting a little bit of traffic there, which is good. I feel as though I have some more content and what not on there, so I can start pointing people there more now.

In other news, I have been pretty darn busy every weekend with either stuff around the house, or wedding planning with Brittany. We are getting down to the wire now! Less than 2 months! I am so very excited. Major things I still need to do to prepare (here I am talking like it's my wedding. hehe):

1. plan and host shower
2. get dress for rehearsal
3. purchase shower and wedding gifts
4. figure out bachlorette party!
5. complete tanning process

Woot!

I lied

We have not gotten back into the groove of running. GO AWAY COLD WEATHER!!!! Dang wind will make it feel almost 10 degrees colder outside in the morning. So lame!