new moon excitement

Whether it was my whinning or somehow making him feel guilty... I'm excited to say... my sweetheart took me to see New Moon Sunday night! Woohoo!

Good movie, ending sucks, just because now we have to wait until the next one comes out to find out what the heck happens. Why do movies do that to us? Grrr

Now I'm on cloud nine since we actually went to the movies, which never happens! I won't get my hopes up, but maybe just maybe we'll go to the movies again sometime soon! Keep your fingers crossed for me.

new moon venting

Even though the weather is crappy outside, I'm having one of those days where I just wanna get out of the house & do something! I've been dying to see that movie "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" but unfortunately I have nobody to go with. The thought crossed my mind... why not just go by myself, but what fun is that?

I had myself all pumped to go earlier. I checked the movie times for today & started to get excited about it, then I changed my mind. I don't really wanna go by myself and really... why should I have to go by myself? So I went from all excited to go to the movies to now I'm sad & depressed about it & yes... I'll admit it, I've shed a tear.

I guess I should quit whinning about something I know what the end result will be. Waiting another year until it comes out for rent then watching it at home... which is the usual & the only way we watch movies around here.

I can only wish & dream that my sweetheart will come around & take me to see the movie.

Very doubtful but still hopeful.

black friday madness

I'm not one of those people who get up at 2am the day after Thanksgiving & venture out into the madness of the shop-a-holics world. Nothing about that appeals to me & never has. In fact, I've never been much on shopping to begin with. I have to be in the mood to shop I guess, otherwise I tend to get cranky & bitchy & then I end up making everyone around me miserable.

Today, we got up & around, left the house around 10ish & headed out to look at some houses. I've been so excited to go look at houses all week long. Just the dream & thought of having a house again & more room to spread out & not have to have a storage is awesome & I want to jump up & down just thinking about it! Fred wasn't feeling very good so we only went to two different places then we headed to Langston's where my dad was with the Langstons wagon. We stopped at Logan's Roadhouse to grab something to eat then headed for home.

Some of the houses we looked at today were crazy. We saw a triple wide house that was almost 3,000 sq ft. It was amazing... but also came with an amazing price tag as you can imagine. Needless to say we will still be looking for houses & hopefully we'll find that one house thats perfect for us soon.

We rented 3 movies tonight: "Four Christmases", "The Ugly Truth" & "The House On The Left".

So far we've watched The Ugly Truth & The House On The Left, they were both good... The Ugly Truth was definitely funny! The House On The Left was a little different, definitely had some blood in it, but I love watching scary movies!

I'm dying to go to the movies & see several that are out right now. I've seen allot of good previews. Truth is, I haven't been to the theatre in almost 2 years & the chances of me getting to go anytime soon are slim to none. But seriously... everyone I know that's seen "New Moon" says its really really good, so of course I'm dying to see it. Along with about a million other movies too.

Going to the theatre is so expensive these days & it does suck when you can't hit the pause button to run to the bathroom or grab something to drink & not miss anything. But once & a blue moon it would be a nice date night to have.

I have to say having a nice 4 day vacation for the holiday, it's absolutely wonderful! I'm enjoying the time off work for sure.

introducing dusty & bruno

Dusty was born on or around March 26, 2009. His mommy didn't claim him so he became my first bottle calf & I became his new mommy! Oh how cute he was & I was so excited when Fred called to say he was bringing him home. I could barely wait until they got home that night so I could meet my new son!

Everyone I talked to, kept telling me how much hard work it would be & how after a few weeks I would be ready to give up on bottle feeding & throw in the towel basically. So I have to say at first I was nervous since I had never done this before & I wasn't quite sure about the experience.

Lets just say my #1 problem was... my muscles. Oh wow, I had no idea I would be using muscles that I didn't even know I had. After the first full day of 4 bottle feedings... that next morning I could barely get out of bed, my legs & back hurt so badly. Instead of dwelling on the fact I wanted to amputate my legs at that point, I focused on the fact that sore muscles was in fact a good thing. This only meant that I was getting a complete workout in the process of being a new mommy. After about a week my muscles got used to the workout & I enjoyed every minute of bottle feeding Dusty.

Then on April 2nd, just 7 days after I became Dusty's new mommy... I once again became a bottle calf mommy to Bruno also! Bruno was a rather large baby & his mom ended up partially paralyzed & Bruno needed new mommy to step in & take care of him. Unfortunately Bruno's mom didn't make it, but she went to a better place & not suffering anymore.

Bruno & Dusty are close to the same age but Bruno was way bigger than Dusty. At first bottle feeding both of them at the same time wasn't a big deal... but the bigger & older they got... it was impossible for me to hold both bottles at the same time. This is when bottle racks came in handy. Thank God for who ever came up with that idea.

Now the babies are 8 months old & wow how much they've grown! Dusty & Bruno weigh about 400lbs, they are huge!

I have to say I was sad when the day came that I had to slow down on bottle feeding & merging them to feed & hay instead. I enjoyed bottle feeding my babies & taking care of them everyday. I didn't mind the responsibility or all the work it took. In fact... I miss it. I think I'm having withdraws. ha ha

I'm patiently waiting & hoping for another bottle baby soon!

happy turkey day

Well today is officially Happy Turkey Day! Has this year just flown by or is it just me?

If I think back to this time last year... let's see. I had just heard the news the Monday before Thanksgiving that my company was closing it's doors & I would have to start looking for another job. This was not the type of news anyone wants to hear right before the holidays for sure. At that moment I wasn't sure how I was going to make it through but somehow I've managed.

Thanksgiving is the time of year to think about all the things in your life that you are thankful for... even though there are things we all wish that were different, everyone still has a list of things that they're thankful for.

I'm very thankful for having the love & support of my wonderful family. I wish that everyone had a relationship with their family like I do with mine. I've been truly blessed that's for sure.

I'm thankful for being able to spend precious moments everyday with my grandma in her last years. Those are memories that I will have in my heart forever & nobody can take away or ever replace.

I'm thankful that I have a wonderful boyfriend (hopefully future husband) Fred. Words can't express how deep my love for him really is & how I look forward to spending the rest of my life with him & having his babies.

I'm thankful for all of my awesome friends. I have the greatest friends in the world. They're always supportive & there when ever I've needed them.

Really, I could go on & on with all the things I'm thankful for in my life, but those are just a few.

Today started way to early... got out of bed around 8am & started cooking. I made hashbrown casserole & 2 pans of apple dumplings. Needless to say time ran a little short & we didn't leave the house until 11:30am. We ran by Fred's parents house to drop off hashbrown casserole & 1 pan of apple dumplings, then headed towards Mustang to my brother's house. We got there at 12:30pm... better late then never right? Well, that's always my theory at least. Plus, I think everyone's pretty much used to me never being on time anyways. If I plan to be on time somewhere, it never fails something will happen that will cause me to be late & usually really late... so I finally just gave up & quit worrying about pushing myself.

After hanging out at my brother's house for a few hours, we left & headed back to Fred's parents house. We stayed there until about 6ish then headed home for the night. Sitting on the couch after eating two meals within a 3 hour period of time, my eyes started closing, so Fred decided it was time to take me home before I passed out on his parent's couch.

I can't help it, first mistake was that we stayed out way to late last night when we should've been a little smarter & went to bed at like 10pm. Then eating all that wonderful food today... twice... yeah that pretty much did me in. Lots of holiday food usually equals a nap shortly there after for me.

All in all... I'm thankful for everything & everyone in my life. I'm especially thankful for sharing Thanksgiving with both of our wonderful families. Today was just an all around great day!

Happy Turkey Day

it's a girl

Well it's official... I'm going to be the proud great-aunt again to a baby girl! My niece Rachel is pregnant, due on Gabrielle's birthday in fact, which is April 25th. Gabrielle is my great-niece, so how cool would that be if they shared the same birthday.

I'm so excited for my niece & I can't wait to have another great-niece.

This only makes my baby fever even worse then before. I've had baby fever for several years now & it just keeps getting worse. Especially since it seems like everyone I know has had babies in the past year or they are currently pregnant. I'm so jealous I can't even put it into words.

Unfortunately at the rate I'm going... I'll be lucky to have any children before I turn 40 years old. Very depressing to think about, so I try not to if I can help it. I joke about it all the time but deep inside it really bothers me & I'd give anything to have a marriage & children in my life. I still keep hoping & crossing my fingers for this to come true.

In the meantime, I will just enjoy everyone else's children.

Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole

If you haven't had the hasbrown casserole from Cracker Barrel then you seriously need to, because it's awesome! I happened to find the recipe for it online & I've made it several times now & it's turned out great! Just thought I would share the recipe.

Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole

2 lbs. frozen hashbrowns
1/2 cup melted butter
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 pt. sour cream
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cups grated cheddar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 cups crushed cornflakes
1/4 cup melted butter

DEFROST hashbrowns

COMBINE next 7 ingr. and mix with hashbrowns

PUT all in a 3 qt. casserole

SAUTE cornflakes in butter and sprinkle on top

COVER and BAKE at 350 for about 40 min

My friend Krissy suggested to use Frosted Flakes instead of regular corn flakes & I really liked it better when I made it that way. Just a little suggestion.