Bismarck

It's been a while since I've done a weekly play by play so I figure I am due.

First things first, my weekend! Friday was a fun filled family get together to celebrate the big news of the baby addition.  I ended up staying at the in laws until 11:30pm! Saturday I took my mom for her birthday pedi which was so relaxing and amazing. We went to Jane's Skin Care & Day Spa, they had a private room with two beds for us to cozy into! Saturday night was a GNO (girls night out) sushi first with Kelly, Carly and Ali.  Then off to the U of R cougar basketball game with Carly, Ali, Nicole, Karlene, Jenna and Lance. We hit up Brews East after for some beerlinis (beer mixed with belini slush! YUM!)

Sunday my business partner and I hit up the Wedding Expo and made some more great contacts for the business! I did some grocery shopping, made a really yummy dinner.  Salmon Melts with sweet potato fries! And settled in for the first Awards Show of the season! The Golden Globes!! The biggest shocker moment for me was the two gals who already have some drama over Ryan Reynolds... Sandy B and Scar Jo!


Clearly these two REALLY do have the same taste!


I was also happy that the cast of Glee CLEANED up!!!

picking up three of the top prizes including the award for best TV show, musical or comedy.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1347903/Golden-Globes-2011-Glee-cast-celebrate-wins-3-awards.html#ixzz1BKMf52uF

Although Glee's success meant Modern Family was snubbed! I still love you Modern Family!!!!!!!!

Today is Monday UGH - but it's already more than half way through the work day. I went to Yoga at noon! Tonight I have volleyball...that's right (for anyone that actually knows me knows that I have never played on an organized volleyball team before now...) a few cop wives and cops are playing in an all ladies rec league! Tonight is our 3rd night (4th game) and we haven't won a set yet! hahaha it's so much fun and good exercise though, so I clearly don't care to win!

Tuesday - Cheap night at the movie theatres!! LOVE IT! My hubby and I are BIG movie buffs! We are going for dinner and a movie with some couple buddies Justin and Britt (they recently got engaged! Now they are in the fiancees club! YAY) We are thinking of seeing:


It looks like a light hearted comedy!! Should be good.

Wednesday - 1 hour couple massages, can NOT wait for that! My lower back is in all kinds of knots and pain lately. Then we are having another couple hang out night with the Bradshaw's and Lance & Jenna! I also have a volleyball game at 9pm so I'm not sure how the night is going to play out exactly.

Thursday - my a little over due Brazilian (not as overdue as the last one which you may remember from my post Owe, Mother F'in Ouch F! And then just packing and getting ready for our big trip to Bismarck!!

Are you wondering where that is? Me too... so I googled "Bismarck" and this is what I found.

German Battleship 'Bismarck'


I'm sure you can appreciate my surprise since I thought we were going to a small US town where the shopping was decent and the drinking was good?

Well I figured I better be a little more specific (because for all I knew maybe the Bismarck ship sunk in Bismarck USA?)

This time I googled "Bismarck, USA" and got the right hits!

That's more like it!!!

My search of fun things to do didn't really spike my interest.

1. Papa's Pumpkin Patch - Wrong season
2. North Dakota Heritage Centre - Boring
3. Hawktree Golf Club - Wrong season AND boring!
4. State Capitol Building - boring...

My attention span isn't that long if everything is looking boring, so I can be sure that my weekend will be filled with Bantam Tier 2 hockey (that is the reason we are going since Hubby's little guys are playing) getting drunk with the parents, andddd shopping of course!! Can't wait!! Is it Friday yet?

My Fur Babies

Since its apparently the year of the baby and we didn't get the memo! I know I always have my fur babies to rely on! Help us win by voting on this lucky dog contest!

Rocky "It's a Dog's Life"
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Bobo "Misc."
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Year of the Rabbit or Year of the Baby?

It's 2011, and as you know from my post 2011 Chinese Zodiac Horoscopes - Year of the Rabbit; it's the year of the Rabbit. But I have to wonder, is 2011 actually the year of the baby? It seems every direction I turn there is a baby bump or pregnancy news EVERY where!



Last night was no different, as hubby and I settled in to catch up on our Wednesday night shows (Modern Family and Live to Dance - which were so rudely cut off by some guy named Obama.... lol jk I know who President Obama is) we were angry that we would be missing our fav shows.  Just then I heard a knock at the door. It was my brother in law, who was "in the area".  This might be normal for some, but I can't think of one time he has just "popped" by to say hi. Regardless we didn't think TOO much of it...we spent a few minutes chatting about random things our house, their house... until he dropped the big news. Him and his gf are expecting!!!!!!!

WOW! Didn't see that one coming! We both sat there shocked, didn't know WHAT to say at first he caught us so off guard. Then he showed us the ultrasound pictures on his phone and told us the due date is July 31, 2011. We are going to be Aunties and Uncles again!! We were expecting this kind of news from my sister in law.  You see she is 30 years old, has been married for 5 years, has an almost 4 year old daughter and has been TTC (trying to conceive) for more than a year.  My brother in law is 25 years old (his gf is 22) and marriage was a far off thing for the two of them. Not that it wasn't in the cards, it definitely was but not in any type of hurry.  So of course one of the first questions we asked was if they would be getting married (old school yes, but my in laws are old school Catholics and shot gun weddings are NOT unheard of or uncommon in the family.) My brother in law informed us that no, they were not in any hurry for marriage but that they would be looking for a bigger house as the house they are in now was a fixer up/flip to make some quick cash.

We have our first family dinner (since the big news) tonight, and now I am trying to decide if this will take any pressure off of us (now the last in the family to reproduce) or up the AUNTIE (no pun intended...lol okay maybe it was.)

It's just a reminder that life can't always be planned exactly how you want it to go.  So enjoy the ride, everything is meant to happen when it does.

Happy Friday!
xo
L

Deep Freeze

Have you ever imagined living in a deep freeze? Well don't, it's not fun! Today is cold! Bone chilling cold, the weather network will tell you it's "warming up" to -21C but they always seem to forget to mention the wind chill, so add that in and it "feels like" -31!!! Is March 4th here yet? I am ready for MEXICO!


Remember the weird and crazy prosthetics photo shoot I did last month and I promised to share the results! Well I just found the "behind the scenes" footage! Take a peek! http://vimeo.com/18383034

Remember my post about the bachelor January = New Beginnings? And how I said Michelle Money was one of my top 2? Well after this weeks episode I think she earned herself a place at the bottom. She was ALL kinds of crazy on this week's ep! "It's my BIRTHDAY! All I want is a ROSE! I'm 30, I'm 30, I'm 30!!!! TODAY! It's my birthday!!!" Okay shut it, you are acting like a 12 year old and now no one likes you. You got your rose and STILL you steal Brad away INSTANTLY at the Rose Ceremony to ask him about COFFEE!? You are nuts! Time to go. But hey she does make for some good TV and because she is pretty hot I bet she'll stay around for a while. We know we have a black eye and SOOOO much drama to look forward to with this one!




 Emily is my new all time fav. SO classy, so sophisticated and she's drop dead gorgeous! It makes me wish I was a Blondie!!!!!! WINNER!!! DING DING DING!