The Good, Bad and Ugly Week

Well this past week (Nov 2-8) marked a mix of all feelings.... there were times it was good, others times when it was bad, and some ugly ones too.  Lets get the negative (bad and ugly times!) out of the way first then we can focus on the good! :)

Well knowing Peanuts day was Tuesday was hard for me.  Maybe being prego had something to do with it... but it will always be hard thats for sure. I was fine (or tried to be strong) all day until my dad (Tim) called, then I got off the phone with him and lost it. I actually had Kam come home from work and miss Wednesday to be with me....I was a WRECK! Now I know I could have called any of my friends or family and chatted till the cows come home, but I really just needed my husband.  I hope all understand that.  Things are better now, but lets just say that I cried so much I couldn't get one of my eyes open the next morning. Just a tough time, and probably a little nervous about this pregnancy, as anyone in my situation would be....

And for another bad/ugly situation, the Blue Hawk Girls....how sad was that?! They say, "Once a Blue Hawk, Always a Blue Hawk!" All DSU students and alum are like a family, honestly I cannot say that enough, very sad to hear about this situation and of course in my very emotional state, I cried quite a bit. May they rest in peace as this was by far the hardest thing the blue hawk family has had to go through. I was never more proud to be a hawk than last week.  What a great support staff we all have! I was proud to display my Alum shirt, my blue hawk pin, and my homecoming queen ring! It was GREAT! And this is coming from a true Hawk, one who bleeds Blue Hawk Blue everyday! :)

Now onto the good parts of my week.  As a prego lady you go through many up and down emotions so I know all weeks have highs and lows, but this past week the lows were below sea level and the highs were in high in the sky! :)

On Wednesday Kam and I ended up going for a drive and found ourselves in Fargo.  We had a wonderful day together and registered for baby gifts at Target.  It was so fun and as frustrated as it was for Kameron to control the registration gun, and put random things on this registry, i loved how much he got into it! :) he was so dang cute!!!! :)

Another good was having burgers fries and playing cards with friends, sometimes I need to laugh so hard I almost wet my pants, and trust me I needed it this week! :)

Continuing with the goods.......
I went to Bis with my mil Rusty and met my mom and sister Emy to get things ready for the nursery, we had a great lunch with our cousins and then shopped at Lowes for many hours! :)  Headed home and had supper at the Harvest and then started the painting in the nursery. About 2 am (around 5 hours past our normal bed time!) we headed to sleep, Sunday we slept in way too late (missed church-thats a bad!) and got busy finishing the walls and the floor. Kam and my mom worked until they couldn't move to get the floor done and then Kam finished up the trim while mom did the curtains! What a team! Emy held the paint tray for me to do the dots and then she reorganized my pantry! We would have been lost with out them! Thanks again for all your help! we completed the night by having supper with the inlaws and relaxing in the living room looking for baby names! we had a blast laughing and joking about some that we came up with.

Monday wasn't part of my orig week, but it was a very good day! Sadie got a haircut (shorter than we thought it would be!) and my mom, Emy, Rusty, and of course Kam got to go to Hippi's big 20 week ultrasound! It was so fun!!! :)  we chose not to find out the gender even though Kam and my mom think its a boy-or at least they think they saw boy parts! ha! who can tell anything on that crazy ultrasound! oh well we shall wait until march.  Kam and I had an ob appt and she mentioned that she would like us to deliver at 36 weeks, with the possibility of a nicu stay, but we shall see.  all looks good and we topped the day off by stuffing ourselves silly at Carinos and heading home!

Thanks to all for your prayers last week with the 3 yr anniversary and well wishes for the pregnancy with hippi, things are going well, growing and kicking like crazy! :) I have gained 4 lbs so far, not too disappointed with that, and the crazy prego dreams have been nuts! :)  I am starting to get uncomfy sleeping but I am not too worried yet, I know there are wilder nights to come! I remember being up from about 3:45-5:00am with Peanut everynight while he kicked me! :)  ha! At least I was able to catch up on some old Three's Company reruns! :)

Oh well thats all for now...... here is wishing all of your weeks are good and not bad or ugly!

25 years....

I have known I have wanted to write this post for a long time, I just wasn't sure exactly how to do it... Its hard to believe that my mom has been gone for 25 years now.  How time flies...

I still think back to that day and the days surrounding it. I also think back to the wonderful memories I created with my mom. She really was an amazing person, her smile could light up any room, her laughter filled hearts with joy, and she had the fight of a tiger.  There are times I see parts of her in me and other times I wish I had more of her traits! Luckily, I have my memories of her and my parents who tell me stories of how she was and funny things she would do.  In addition, I have my sister Annie, who has my moms physical stature and who has her "fight of a tiger" which is the trait I wish I had more of! :)

Memories I hold near and dear include, going for drives, whippin cookies behind the elevator, driving our big orange boat of a car (which reminds me of the head injury!),   going to the Chuckwagon for malts and supper then walking to "Hum and Canners", watching the brady bunch together, the mice in the trailer (YUCK!!!), hiding my eggs, stealing frosting off of the carmel rolls, riding my snowmobile, and of course the "Don't cry over spilled milk-dead cat" incident, ask me sometime and I will tell you! :)

One thing that my mom did that I will always treasure was that even though I got a million spankings (maybe not quite that many-but a few and I deserved each and everyone!!!) I always knew she was my best friend and I was hers.  We have a couple cassette tapes from our last Christmas' with her, and its so nice to hear her infectious laugh! She was a riot! Speaking of that...I need to hear those tapes again! Being pregnant I am sure I would get a good cry out of hearing them!

So 25 years have passed and it seems the more BIG events I have in my life, the more I wish she was here to share them with me. I know she is watching over me and caring for peanut.  I am blessed to know she was the first one to get to meet him! :)  I don't mention this alot but I do look to her for advice from time to time and I also talk "to" her on occasion.  She lived a short and tough life, but I was also a full life.  We can all aim for that!

I am not saying my mom was always the perfect mom, but really what parent is perfect? I was able to enjoy her for 6 years of my life, and since she was such a young mom we learned a lot together! She was only 16 when she had me and only 23 when she passed. A life truly short lived, but lived to the fullest! :)

I am proud to be her daughter and probably her greatest accomplishment! May her legacy live on in me forever and I do my best to display her sunshine to all! :) Thank you for reading....it wasn't my easiest writing thats for sure.

And I have learned one thing for sure...you never really get over someone who has passed, and it doesn't get easier, you just learn how to live without them......trust me on this one.  I have lost quite a few people who were close to me.

Winter....ALREADY????

As many of you know, I am not a fan of the season that includes the "s" word....not at all.  I almost break out into hives when people talk about it.  Not kidding, or being over dramatic here either! :)

Well Oct 6 was the big day, the day I felt like hibernating.  I mean really what is so wrong with that???  I get to eat alot, get really fat, and sleep....sounds like a plan to me! actually sounds like pregnancy to me! ha!

And I will admit, i guess be careful what you wish for...I didn't really want to be pregnant in the summer, since I am such a furnace anyhow, and so here i am....arg.....winter!  but its okay, being pregnant is the best!

This winter will be slightly different as i will be driving to work daily, i got a little spoiled on that work at home thing....but i love my job a lot better than my last one, so its a small price to pay!  i will just have to drive careful, buckle up and I will be just fine.

As far as other things....."hippi" is doing great, growing right along, as is my belly but we wont talk about that! :)  ha! had the 16 wk appt, heard the heartbeat so there was no ultrasound...and we really like ultrasounds, it just makes things so real for Kam.  I mean he knows its real....hello have you seen me!?  but he really likes seeing hippster move and groove.

So i best be done updating.....and get something done.  Big Scentsy party tomorrow night, its my grand opening, and i sure hope someone shows up....I have a TON of food! :)  oh well if no one does, i can start my hibernation stage..... ha!

until next time.....make it a great day!

I'm BAAAAAAAAACK!

Hello all!  Greetings from a 6 month blogging absence..... I am not sure what to blame this on.  Let me ponder that and get back to you!

But we have been busy in the last 6 months.  Lets see-in short- Linton flooded, I got a new job, I had a wonderful "SugarLand" birthday, traveled to Minneapolis for work, I was a bridesmaid in Sarah and Phil's wedding, traveled for work to Kelowna, BC, we went to Kenny Chesney, traveled to Oregon and Texas for work, Kameron placed 3rd in the Linton Derby (we were surprised by my dad, Emy, Travis, and Michelle), we drove to Texas (straight through, no sleep-including the dog) for another job interview, went to Colorado to enjoy time with Travis and Michelle, drove to Missoula for Kam's grandma's 80th birthday party, and not but not least......found out we are having a BABY! :)  UFFDA, that was a lot! And thats not even the details!!! :)

I do apologize for not updating sooner, I have been hounded by many a people.  I have a goal to update more often, not daily but at least weekly.  Wait, maybe thats too much, lets try monthly! :)  So if I mention something in my blog that you don't remember me talking about sooner, let me know and I can give you the details! :)

Thank you again for following us....I just wanted to put this one out there and let you know I was still alive! And this won't be the last time you hear from me! :)

Love to all! :)

March On!

Well i have done more posts this month than the past 2 months, fun! even though Tammi told me i cant do more than one in one day, well she didnt say that, but she did say that it doesnt count! :)

today was pretty boring, crazy boring! we went to church and then did our bible study soup lunch on prayer, its very enjoyable we both get a lot out of it! came home and started the chores, laundry, avon order ready, dishes....blah blah blah

what a beautiful day!!!! love the sun, its amazing to me how much it melted from yesterday, its crazy! well here comes the flood! then we went for a drive and a little mudding, even though kams truck was just washed and waxed!!! its okay it was fun and we had the windows open and Sadie LOVED it she is a HUGE fan of sticking her head out the window! we love seeing her ears flopping around!

we came home, i got my feelings hurt by the ebay guy and then i watched some tv, got the ebay stuff done, hauled out the old tv, ate supper, folded laundry and am watching more tv. getting ready to hang out with kam and watch celebrity apprentice. we are getting into that show!

tomorrow has a lot of fun scheduled!!! we are going to bis in the morn, we have a couples massage, then need to sign insurance papers, then do our passports, then some shopping, chiro appts and finally supper with jeramie and annika. oh and we are gonna stay in bis at a hotel, i have an early tues appt and its not that far for kam to drive.

i will update more tomorrow night! :) i am gonna sign off for now and snuggle my hubby! :) Good night sleep tight!

Feelings hurt....

I am selling a ton of stuff on ebay, which is going good, well it was until today. I had rec'd an email from someone asking the measurements on a pair of jeans. I gladly measured the jeans and sent the person the email back. Then yesterday i got the same email from the same person and it was all in caps, so i copied the email i orig sent and resent it back to this person stating that i had sent it on thurs here was that info again.

then i come home to day to the meanest email i have ever rec'd from someone i dont even know, or care to know at this point. just basically screaming at me about how i sell my stuff on ebay. it sucked, i mean who are they to tell me that. i mean really. its ebay for petes sake. but no one likes to be told that they suck or that they are doing a bad job so it really hurt my feelings. kameron read it and agreed that it was mean. i asked him if i should reply he told me no that i should just delete it, i know that was a good idea because i could have been really mean back. so i did i deleted it. but i cried i got my feelings hurt. kameron was like, its no big deal, and i knwo it wasnt but i hate when people are mad at me or i did something to hurt them and they yell. so it just hurt my feelings.

sorry to vent about something so dumb. i am totally over it, but i just had to get it off my chest! :) Thanks!

Happy Birthday Miranda!!!

Just a note to say Happy Birthday to Miranda! She is my sister in law married to my brother. Did I mention he is my favorite brother! :) Miranda is a wonderful person who keeps my brother in line on a daily basis! She has also provided us with a WONDERFUL niece, Olivia. We are so lucky to have her!

I hope you had a wonderful day Miranda! You deserve it! We are looking forward to seeing you next weekend! :) Thank you for being not only a wonderful sister in law, but also a GREAT friend! :)