dear blog

happy anniversary! for one year you have been my punching bag and an outlet of so many emotions. you are kind of a supplemental therapist. you have also been a good record keeper for me since im not so great at that. sometimes my posts are happy, sometimes they are sad, and sometimes even mad. the things i say dont always make sense, but it doesnt matter b/c i know you arent judging me. i love you little blogspot. kiss kiss.

yum

what a fab day its been. we booked our trip and had chinese. then we were lazy for a few hours and tj decided we should bake chocolate chip cookies. so we went to the store to get our supplies. we made homemade pumpkin chocolate chip muffins so they were ready for dessert after dinner. then i made a beef and spinach pasta dish my lovely sis in law gave me. i made it with a brown rice noodle so it was a little healthier. when i explained it to tj he was not excited. but once he had a bite, he was in love! and so was i! it was fabulous with some garlic bread. now i am trying my hardest to stay away from these 2 dozen muffins for the rest of the night. movie time with tj before my bachelor date with beth at 7! xo

Jamaica here we come

are the end of june we are staying at secrets wild orchid montego bay. it looks amazing and i hope it is! yay!

weekend time

last night tyce and i started our weekend off by going to a long walk. much needed exercise and sunshine. my room at work is a dungeon. its the only room in the whole building without a window!! we then grilled out and got tired reeeeal quick. but it was one of those nights in bed i love! we stayed up for hours being obnoxious. along with elbow to the ribs and a wrestling match, we had an american idol contest. i won.

today tj woke us up early b/c he had to go to some sort of race. he will be gone til LATE sunday night. i spent the day shopping and i had lunch with my fav stl girls-raym and mila! it made my day! and it was a successful shopping day! tonight is movie night with myself.

tomorrow will start off with yoga followed by church. then im picking up my granny and we are headed up to my aunts for a thirty one party. hopefully tyce will get home early enough for a snuggle session.

monday-hopefully book our jamaica trip!!!

hope everyone has a great weekend!! xoxoxo

new start... hopefully

so im really trying to get back into the gym or at least going for a walk or some sort of exercise for my body everyday. on top of that, i need to get my good eating habits back. all this sickness and fatigue needs to leave for good! so monday i started back at the gym and im starting a new diet for tyce and i. let me remind you that diet does not always mean restrictive eating, it means what a person eats and drinks regularly. although we always strive to be healthy in our eating and exercise habits, we slack off a lot. i feel like im a lot to blame for that this past year. no more excuses. my goal is to menu plan each week and make a trip to the store so i can have the freshest food in my home. gosh i cant wait for framers markets again! and thanks to my lovely sister in law, im trying new recipes and expanding my narrow minded cooking ways. tonight wasnt meant to be healthy, but it kind of was. i laid out edamame b/c it was going to soon expire. then i found some extra cut up veggies i had used for a dish last week. so i made a little red pepper and onion frittata with a side of edamame. not sure how well that seems to go together but it sure was tasty! and im also trying to give up drinking (im sure it wont happen but its worth a shot). i guess all that wine in my refrigerator will have to go into my new cooking!

i love you, valentine

today i was weepy (hormones i guess?). and its been a stressful few weeks so that never helps. i was on my way home from chicago today and my mind was racing. all the same songs were playing on the radio so i hit cd to see what surprise was in there. as rihanna starts singing rude boy i burst into tears (kinda funny i know). but i realized it was my 'love you boo boo' cd. tj made me this cd the day we had to go for our 2nd u/s of baby #3 to make sure it was not viable. i just worked that morning and when i came home i saw that cd there and i think chocolates or something else fabulous that made me cry. so i was thinking on my way home about how AWESOME my husband is. sometimes i dont feel deserving of such a great guy. we first 'met' a little over 3 months of my dad and gpa passing away. my life was all over the place. a few months of dating and my stepdad and gma died. how did he stay with me when i just acted like a maniac for the first few years we were together. finally we were married and i felt like i was becoming a semi-'normal' person again. then with all our pregnancy losses here we are again with a crazy dana. i know he has been through a lot this year too. he just handles it better than i do. thank God he hasnt given up on my crazy mess of a life. i am so thankful to have my special valentine. i love him so much! i just came home to 17 roses (? not sure of the odd number), a singing card, and my favorite-Riesen's! hope he likes what he got when he wakes :) off to the gala tonight! love to all of you on v-day!

are you ready for some football!!?

tonights menu:

beer

chili dogs

fried chips

puppychow

how to get pregnant

so this week ive kind of been a little obsessed with pregnancy stuff. i think time off work is bad b/c ive been searching target, old navy, and babies r us for maternity clothes and car seats. oh and i found my fetal doppler on ebay that i want! no i have not bought anything yet. a non pregnant person buying pregnancy stuff is borderline crazy. yes i know torturing myself looking at it is probably borderline too, but hey at least im honest with myself :) i researched some stuff about my NT scan ill be doing at 14 weeks pregnant.... whenever that is. at least now i am visualizing myself pregnant and acting like it WILL happen. lets hope this attitudes sticks around for awhile. so i tried a new trick that im hoping will get me pregnant this month. you know they say to eat all healthy blah blah blah. well i figured if i make yummy stuff to make me feel good that it would help. drs are using the TLC approach with me so why not use it on myself. so this is what you do. make a large pan of rice crispy treats with extra marshmallows and eat the entire thing within 24 hours. mmmm soo good!

2-1-11

well we got out of school early yesterday, no school today, no school tomorrow, and not sure when we will go back. you would think i would get a lot done while im off. not so much. i got the kitchen cleaned up and made rice crispy treats. then i ate 4 of them. and they are huge pieces. that cant be healthy, but ive been craving them for awhile so im making up for lost time. tj worked last night and works tonight and tomorrow. the worst weather nights :( i get scared when he is out in this crud. im really hoping we dont have any power line break. i dont know what i would do in a cold, dark house by myself for days.

thursday i finally get to buy a supply of contacts. i have had like 3 different trials b/c they find what sits right on my eye and the right prescription. i never really wear. only on a saturday maybe. friday is tyce's night off so we will probably just go to the show or stay home and hug each other. saturday im going to a tea room with a few of my gf's then we have bowling that afternoon with his fuller fam.

i hope you all survive the weather! and happy birthday to my bestie anna! oh and can you all please pray for annie's dad? he has been in and out of the hospital a lot lately for some kidney issues. poor boots! thanks! xo