So in an effort to conserve money I have decided to start planning out our meals. I feel that I will stick to it more closely if I write it down. So if anyone cares what we are eating this week here it is:
Monday: grilled cheese (Pat is working til 11:30 pm and I am too lazy to cook a meal for just one person)
Tuesday: Tacos
Wednesday: Parmesan chicken with stuffing and corn
Thursday: Pork chops with acorn squash (Beggar's night)
Friday: Pizza and french fries
Saturday: White chicken chili (if I can find a good recipe) along with other Halloween treats for our spooktacular party
Sunday: dinner with Charity and Ted (and I believe Charity is cooking! YAY!)
May you all be inspired by our delicious food choices! Have a great week!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
BIG news!!!
So We are PREGNANT!!!! Baby Kelso is due May 5th 2010 and we are so excited! Baby and mom have been doing well. I have only gotten sick once (sorry Heather and Jordyn) so far but I have been very exhausted ALL the time! and for those of you who know me well know that I NEED my sleep! So I have been taking lots of naps. and the best part...I don't have to clean the litter box until May! YAY! So we were able to get a few of the reaction on video from when we told our families! Enjoy and I will keep you posted as we find out more. Here is a picture of our little jellybean:
I couldn't get Pam and Jared's reaction video to upload so I will try again later.
I couldn't get Pam and Jared's reaction video to upload so I will try again later.
Pam and Jared's Wedding 09/05/2009
We made a trip to NJ to celebrate with Pam and Jared who tied the knot on September 5th 2009. We didn't get alot of good pics (but her photographer was amazing!) but here are a few pics that we did get:
It was such a beautiful wedding and everything turned out wonderfully and Pamela was so beautiful! And to top it all off they went on a cruise through the Greek Isles and Italy! So jealous!
It was such a beautiful wedding and everything turned out wonderfully and Pamela was so beautiful! And to top it all off they went on a cruise through the Greek Isles and Italy! So jealous!
blog slacker
So I have been a blog slacker lately. Life has been very busy with lots of changes and things going on the past couple of weeks. I had the privelage of going to Chicago a few weekend's ago with my OT friend Jordyn to viist our OT friend Heather. It was a great trip and so great to catch up with the girls! Here are a few picks from the trip:
And last weekend we went to Athens Ohio to visit DJ, Lindsey, and Abe. We had a blast visiting with them, ate some great food and got in some snuggle time with Abe. Abe was hilarious. Pat had allergies and his nose was all stuffed up so he was sniffling alot. Every time Pat would sniffle Abe would stop what he was doing and turn his head right to Pat with a like that said 'What was that? I've never heard that before?" It was so funny and he would do it everytime! Here are a few pics of our visit with Abe:
And last weekend we went to Athens Ohio to visit DJ, Lindsey, and Abe. We had a blast visiting with them, ate some great food and got in some snuggle time with Abe. Abe was hilarious. Pat had allergies and his nose was all stuffed up so he was sniffling alot. Every time Pat would sniffle Abe would stop what he was doing and turn his head right to Pat with a like that said 'What was that? I've never heard that before?" It was so funny and he would do it everytime! Here are a few pics of our visit with Abe:
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Hiatus
So it has been awhile since my last post...let me see if I can recap the highlights. A few weekends ago we drove to NJ for a VERY quick weekend trip to celebrate with Pam at her bridal shower. We drove out on Friday after work and drove back Sunday morning, we spent more time on the road then time we spent in NJ! The weekend after that, the family came out for DJ's whitecoat ceremony at OU. It is an induction ceremony for the school of osteopathic medicine where the first years students receive their coveted white coats. We spent the weekend in a cabin in Hocking Hills. I made a fire all by myself! and enjoyed smores, the hottub, hiking at old man's cave, swimming, playing games, and hanging out with Abe! Abe's new best friend is Patrick. This is rather ironic since before Abe came along, Patrick never held a child unneccessarily, fed, or changed a diaper, but thankfully Abe has changed all of that! It was too funny because anytime Patrick would make a face or say something to Abe, Abe would crack up laughing!
Speaking of Abe, DJ, Lindz, and Abe came to visit and stay with us this past weekend. It was such a treat to spend so much time with Abe. He is almost 4 months now and is laughing up a storm and his personality is starting to show through!
In other news, last night I was inducted as a new member into the ALMC which stands for the Assistance League of Metro Colmbus. It is an not-for-profit organization that seeks out unmet needs of Columbus and develops ways to meet those needs. I am really excited to be a part of this organization and look forward to donating my time and resources to help those in needs. There are many different programs including, hygiene kits, kids kits, and birthday kits for women and children living in local shelters, tutoring, reading, dental program, PALS (providing for needs at assisted living facility), assault survivor kits, and many more programs. It is a great way to reach out and meet the needs of the community. If any of you are interested in joining Let me know!
Now we are gearing up for another trip to NJ over labor day weekend for Pamela and Jared's wedding! We are flying this time! and as for work we are SUPER slow, so much so that I only have to work 1-2 hours tomorrow, with the rest of the day to myself! Yay! I have been started taking more pictures with my 35mm camera so as soon as I get them developed I will post more. But for now, I will leave with a pic of Abe in his new Pumpkin hat that Aunt Stacey and Uncle Pat got him!
Speaking of Abe, DJ, Lindz, and Abe came to visit and stay with us this past weekend. It was such a treat to spend so much time with Abe. He is almost 4 months now and is laughing up a storm and his personality is starting to show through!
In other news, last night I was inducted as a new member into the ALMC which stands for the Assistance League of Metro Colmbus. It is an not-for-profit organization that seeks out unmet needs of Columbus and develops ways to meet those needs. I am really excited to be a part of this organization and look forward to donating my time and resources to help those in needs. There are many different programs including, hygiene kits, kids kits, and birthday kits for women and children living in local shelters, tutoring, reading, dental program, PALS (providing for needs at assisted living facility), assault survivor kits, and many more programs. It is a great way to reach out and meet the needs of the community. If any of you are interested in joining Let me know!
Now we are gearing up for another trip to NJ over labor day weekend for Pamela and Jared's wedding! We are flying this time! and as for work we are SUPER slow, so much so that I only have to work 1-2 hours tomorrow, with the rest of the day to myself! Yay! I have been started taking more pictures with my 35mm camera so as soon as I get them developed I will post more. But for now, I will leave with a pic of Abe in his new Pumpkin hat that Aunt Stacey and Uncle Pat got him!
Monday, August 3, 2009
country music, country fair, and irish festival
Well for those of you that follow my blog (I don't know if there actually are any!) you know it has been awhile since I updated. Life has been busy, full of lots of summer fun! Two weeks ago we went to Nashville TN for the weekend! It was so much fun! We went to the Wildhorse Saloon, visited the Gaylord Opryland Resort and saw Carrie Underwood at the Grand Ole Opry!!! I had a blast and Patrick even enjoyed himself! Nashville makes country music so cool! :) I recommend everyone should visit this town! Here are some pics from our road trip...
At the Wildhorse Saloon!!!
At the Gaylord Opryland Resort
They had tons of vegetation inside the resort and even a boat ride inside!
And we saw Montgomery Gentry bus in Kentucky on the way back!
More recently, this past weekend, we started off by going to the Dublin Irish Festival. We met up with some firends form work who entertained us with their version of an irish jig which actually ended up looking more like a russian robot dance. It was hilarious! On Saturday we went to a BBQ for some friends who just moved to a new apt. And Sunday we went to the Ohio State Fair! We started off the afternoon with a hot dog, a cheese steak and a sweet tea. Then we headed to see all of the animals including the pot-belly pig races (which were totally worth the wait!). Then we had cheese on a stick and more sweet tea. After which Charity (my neighbor friend) and I decided to ride some of the fair rides. you know the spinny ones that seem like they are going to break at any moment since they just arrived off a trailer! Yeah those ones. So we start by going on the Fireball, the viper and the tilt-a-whirl...no big deal. We had enough tickets for one more ride and we let Ted chose the ride....so he choses Zipper. The one where they lock into a cage and you go around in a circle flipping over and over in your cage! The whole time I am flipping around trying not regurgitate my cheese stick thinking this is almost over and the ride stops while we are at the bottom. I am thinking at this point "OK I can handle that, now get me out of here!" and just when I think the ride is over we start up again and go through the whole all over again! This happens a total of three times! (all b/c people were screaming bloody murder and the ride attendants were letting them off!) I seriously thought I was going to die or vomit or BOTH! and in the mean time all the change fell out of my pocket and was tossing around in the cage! It was terrible! I should have noticed the vomit piles around the ride before I got on! WARNING: DO NOT RIDE THE ZIPPER!!!!
After I recovered from that ride we had funnel cake, fried snickers, and more sweet tea! All in all it was a great weekend with some great friends and only a few thousand calories!!
At the Wildhorse Saloon!!!
At the Gaylord Opryland Resort
They had tons of vegetation inside the resort and even a boat ride inside!
And we saw Montgomery Gentry bus in Kentucky on the way back!
More recently, this past weekend, we started off by going to the Dublin Irish Festival. We met up with some firends form work who entertained us with their version of an irish jig which actually ended up looking more like a russian robot dance. It was hilarious! On Saturday we went to a BBQ for some friends who just moved to a new apt. And Sunday we went to the Ohio State Fair! We started off the afternoon with a hot dog, a cheese steak and a sweet tea. Then we headed to see all of the animals including the pot-belly pig races (which were totally worth the wait!). Then we had cheese on a stick and more sweet tea. After which Charity (my neighbor friend) and I decided to ride some of the fair rides. you know the spinny ones that seem like they are going to break at any moment since they just arrived off a trailer! Yeah those ones. So we start by going on the Fireball, the viper and the tilt-a-whirl...no big deal. We had enough tickets for one more ride and we let Ted chose the ride....so he choses Zipper. The one where they lock into a cage and you go around in a circle flipping over and over in your cage! The whole time I am flipping around trying not regurgitate my cheese stick thinking this is almost over and the ride stops while we are at the bottom. I am thinking at this point "OK I can handle that, now get me out of here!" and just when I think the ride is over we start up again and go through the whole all over again! This happens a total of three times! (all b/c people were screaming bloody murder and the ride attendants were letting them off!) I seriously thought I was going to die or vomit or BOTH! and in the mean time all the change fell out of my pocket and was tossing around in the cage! It was terrible! I should have noticed the vomit piles around the ride before I got on! WARNING: DO NOT RIDE THE ZIPPER!!!!
After I recovered from that ride we had funnel cake, fried snickers, and more sweet tea! All in all it was a great weekend with some great friends and only a few thousand calories!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
...it's been awhile
Recap since my last post:
All of our visitors have come and gone. The last few weeks have been a whirlwind for me. My mom came out to help my brother and sister-in-law move to Athens almost 3 weeks ago! I still look out my window to see if they are home so I can play with Abe, but alas they are no longer there and that makes me sad :( My younger brother also moved out and headed back home to NJ (tear). I really enjoyed getting to spend so much time with him! what an adjustment it has been to go from having people around all the time to being alone all the time. Very weird! After they left my mom-in-law came and stayed with us for a week to celebrate the fourth of July! We had lots of fun....
We started off the holiday by going to Red, White, and BOOM! since I work downtown we got tickets to go up to the deck of my building to watch the fireworks! It was such an Awesome view!
On the 4th, DJ, Lindz, Abe, and Brad joined us for a cookout and some cornhole! and we helped Abe be patriotic for his first fourth of July! my mom-in-law bought this hat at Red,White,and Boom (One of the residents called her Lady Liberty...the balls light up too! too funny!)
Then on Sunday we went to the zoo to meet the new baby elephant! we barely caught a glimpse, he was so popular!
And then we went on a boat ride and saw exactly ZERO animals with a 30 min wait time! So after the boat ride we had to walk around and see all the animals we were supposed to see on the ride! ugh! but all in all it was a great day with great weather to boot!
Now we are settling back into the swing of normal life and trying to make the most of every day with all the beautiful sunshine!
All of our visitors have come and gone. The last few weeks have been a whirlwind for me. My mom came out to help my brother and sister-in-law move to Athens almost 3 weeks ago! I still look out my window to see if they are home so I can play with Abe, but alas they are no longer there and that makes me sad :( My younger brother also moved out and headed back home to NJ (tear). I really enjoyed getting to spend so much time with him! what an adjustment it has been to go from having people around all the time to being alone all the time. Very weird! After they left my mom-in-law came and stayed with us for a week to celebrate the fourth of July! We had lots of fun....
We started off the holiday by going to Red, White, and BOOM! since I work downtown we got tickets to go up to the deck of my building to watch the fireworks! It was such an Awesome view!
On the 4th, DJ, Lindz, Abe, and Brad joined us for a cookout and some cornhole! and we helped Abe be patriotic for his first fourth of July! my mom-in-law bought this hat at Red,White,and Boom (One of the residents called her Lady Liberty...the balls light up too! too funny!)
Then on Sunday we went to the zoo to meet the new baby elephant! we barely caught a glimpse, he was so popular!
And then we went on a boat ride and saw exactly ZERO animals with a 30 min wait time! So after the boat ride we had to walk around and see all the animals we were supposed to see on the ride! ugh! but all in all it was a great day with great weather to boot!
Now we are settling back into the swing of normal life and trying to make the most of every day with all the beautiful sunshine!
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