Day 25 of 30: I can't believe Christmas is ONE MONTH away!!!

Did I mention we got A LOT of gifts at our shower?!

Well. We did.

I have put off putting them away, but decided to finish tonight. Phew, thank gawd that's over!


Being the neat/clean freak that I am, it is suprising that I even waited a couple of days! It feels good to have it all sorted out. Only now our 'office' is full of clutter.

Have I mentioned I hate clutter?

Well. I do.

We can't wait to use all of the new things!!!

Have I mentioned I LOVE black?

Well. I do.

Our kitchen counters have been pretty bare as of late. Actually you can say as of since we moved in here. With all of the new gifts, our counters are FULL now.

I love this, but it also created a bit of a dilemma for me. I just couldn't get anything in the right spot. I am settled on the above pictures for now to see how it works out. Everything is just different sizes.

I think I found the solution...

We need a bigger kitchen! ha! And a house! :-)

Also...since we got a new couch. We aren't allowing the animals to get up on it. When I sit over there, Mason always wants to come up.

He can't!

So...he lays with his daddy!

He fell asleep all over Ryan's legs the other night. Luckily, I had the camera on the table. He was sound asleep just draped over R's legs. It was too funny.

I must have bothered him though because I got the look above. Woke him up right in the middle of his deep sleep. How dare me?!

Happy Birthday!!!

Yesterday was this cute little guy's birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLIN!!!

The birthday boy

Last night, Ava slept over. She was going to be coming with us to Colin's 1st birthday party and I thought it would be easier if she slept over...I have broken sleep all night last night, so I'm beat!

On the way to the party

Ava had a blast today, she was all worn out. She was so cute, I would catch her playing with Colin and crawling along with him. She made some quick friends today and had so much fun!!!

Father and Sons (Kevin, Ryan, Mike my future FIL, Mike)



Ryan, me and Dad



Me, Ava and Terri my future MIL

This is what I got today...some good 'ole fashion sunburn. I didn't even feel it or notice it until later tonight. It was so beautiful out today. The sun was out and the wind blew at just the right times, I never felt warm or burnt...until the way home.

We had a GREAT day today! I am just super tired and am so out of it! Time to relax and watch some tv!

The root of all pain

Well, I went to the dentist this morning...

It did not turn out so good. I had to get a root canal. Well, a partial root canal.





The Dr. did not have enough time to do the entire thing, as I booked my appointment for a cleaning and 'check up' rather than a 'problem tooth'. That was my bad though...

So now I have this big lump of clay in my back molar and my mouth is SO sore!

The Novacaine is wearing off and I can feel the pain rushing through...I can't wait to go home!

Well, not exactly home, I'm going to pick up the niece and we are going shopping for a one-year-old's birthday present and then we are going to have a sleepover...she's going to sleep and I'm going to stay up! :-)

**I remembered my camera! This is good because I am now trying to 'document' my life! Ha! Well, not document...just take some more pictures to remember the times that we have!**



****A special HELLO to my Nonni (grandma in italian)! She is new to the worldwideweb and I hear you're a big fan of my blog!!! Haha!!! Love you!****

The time has come

I think it's about time that I get me some pepper spray, you know, to 'arm' myself when I take the pooch out at night time.

We have talked about it, went to Walmart (in the hunting/sporting goods section), but with no such luck, they didn't have any. It all stemmed from the time when our car got broken into and both cars had their tires slashed.

Update on that, they found out who did it. It was some kids that live on the side street over near us.

Come to find out, our neighbor lets us know the other day that around 2:00am on Monday morning, ANOTHER apartment had their car broken into along with someone trying to get in through a window leading into their kids bedroom!

Wonderful place we live...

No, but seriously, that's the thing...it's not that horrible of a place. To be honest with you, I don't feel UNSAFE at all. I know these things are happening but it's generally a decent place. I don't want you all to think that I live in some getto...I don't!

That being said...I did it! I ordered some pepper spray! And it's SO cute! If you want to see what it really looks like, you can go HERE. I tried to save a pic of the the one I got, but it wouldn't let me...their pictures are copyrighted...oh well. It's pink and a part of it goes to breast cancer...so I'm supporting a good cause while I'm at it!

I tried to find a picture of something similar. I just hate those ones that big and ugly and bulky. At least it'll be smaller and cuter. :-)

Well, as soon as I can get out of here (work...ugh, oh btw, I bought 3 lotto tickets today...wish us luck!) I'm off to have some pizza with a few girlfriends. I forgot my camera though and I meant to grab it! Oh well!

Have a good night!

TGI Fridays...on Monday!

We decided to have a 'night out' on Monday after I got off of work. So we went out to dinner to T.G.I. Fridays for dinner. It made the night feel longer, rather than getting home, eating dinner and then feeling like we had to go to bed soon. We didn't get anything fun and exciting...but took some pics! We had a great little table in the back corner and were really away from everyone, it was actually kind of nice!

Me and my TOO cheesy Broccoli Cheddar soup

We got dessert to go! It was dee-lish! I made the plate presentation by myself at home...doesn't it look like it would from a restaurant?! Mmm...

It's F.R.I.D.A.Y.

First off, I have to say, I just LOVE this picture! Doesn't it just sum up the whole show?!

I'm just sitting here at work...daydreaming about going home to my love and having our Pizza Friday and watching The Office that we have recorded from last night. We did the same last Friday and I have to say...not too impressed with the first show after being on a hiatus because of the writers strike. I mean, it's The Office and I wouldn't miss it for the world. I love each and every one of those characters for their own little quirks (although Dwight annoys me at times). I'm just hoping that tonight, they are in their regular setting with all the normal people. Oh I just love that evening television programming is all starting...but then, my ocd kicks in too and I feel overwhelmed with all the shows that are coming back on...oh boy!

I hope you had a Happy Easter

I hope you all had a very HAPPY EASTER!!! Mine was very nice. I thought I'd post some pics (mainly for Zizi (aunt in italian) Nikki...I know you like when you get to see pics of everyone). First...a little Easter 'Toon! I've seen it before and just think it's cute :-)

My cousin Cody and me mum

Ryan and muah

The pups - Campbell and Cheech (we thought they ought to have their 'couples' picture too! Ha!

A fun weekend!

I know this is a little bit late, but hey, better late than never right?! So I think we had a GREAT weekend. On Saturday Ryan works, so I decided to make this day either my rest and relaxation day or a girls day. On Satuday I had a girls day with THIS friend. We went shopping and also went to House of Brides. I believe I found THE wedding dress. I know I may have thought I found THE one before, but I know for sure I didn't, because I know I was settling. I don't think I could possibly be settling with this dress. I'm not going to go into details though...the Mister may read this, and well, we don't want anything getting out!!!

Then after we went on our little shopping trip, we came back to my house and Jenny got to see the new set up! Woo hoo...I just love showing off new things, don't you?! Then, Jen did my hair. Don't I look fabulous?! She is AWESOME!!!

You like?

We went over to my future BIL and SIL's house on Saturday afternoon to just hang out and have some dinner. We ended up going to TGIFridays...of course everything had a wait...but we sat next to a guy that looked exactly like Larry David...that was the SECOND time Ryan and I have seen someone who looked like him! I wish we could see the real thing...he is something else...at least that's what I gather from Curb Your Enthusiasm!!! Love that show! We brought Mason with...becuase he LOVES his 'kissing cousin'. That is Mason and his cousin the pug, Bella (yes...we both have the same name!!! I personally think it's ironic...not offensive!). Anywho...aren't they so cute together?! They were playing but laying in her bed together. It looks like he has his arm wrapped around her...too cute!!!

This is Little C ( I know I said we could use names on here now...but for his sake, we'll keep him undercover!). He is just SO darn cute!!! Don't you think?!


As you can see from this...Sunday was our lazy day! I woke up earlier than the Mister and decided to go shopping. I went to Target and got one of those cool triple bag laundry organizer thingys (can you tell I don't know exactly what to call it?!). We just lounged around all day and got to hang out together. Those are my favorite kind of days :-)