boo!!!

no, not halloween "boo" but boo because the sioux-gophers game ended in a tie tonight and boo that bobby & i weren't able to go! Poor bobby had a temp of 105 tonight - so needless to say we didnt venture out to the game like we had planned. Instead we watched the game on TV, sitting far away from eachother so I dont get sick! (at least not until bobby is better, someone needs to take care of our little bear!)

it was an exhausting day today-- so nice to just sit back and relax tonight. Came across a new website I like -- Divine Digitals finding all kinds of new (free!!) digi-scrapping kits. They do a challenge every other month it looks like - no big fabulous prizes, just some "in-store credit" if you will, for buying things off their site. Here are 2 pages that I made for their "October Challenge" -- learned a few new things on my photoshop while trying :)

...and one just for fun

afternoon off!

I have this afternoon off due to working Monday, and becuase we have no daycare today. This AM Mason & I went to the doctor, Mason has been coughing really bad, and I have been having a bad earache-- they are really taking the flu business seriously!!! Even though I didnt think either of us had "flu symptomms" they made both of us (Mason too) wear little masks, and then the nurse and doctor came in wearing surgical gowns and facemasks. I felt like we were in some bad movie. Anyway- thankfully neither of us have the flu (or the swine flu) -- we both just had ear infections. We were at the clinic for almost 2 hours because they have been so busy/backed up. The doctor here also thought it might be a good idea to get him checked out for mild asthma (sad face!!) because he has had so many problems with his coughing off and on for so many months... he goes to his regular pediatrician again Nov. 3, we will see what he has to say about it. Strange because no one in my or Bobby's family has it. My mom thinks he is allergic to Jeff. Hopefully neither of the above is the case!

Now Mason & I are at home, and I am making homemade buns for the first time ever... the first batch (plain old white buns) is in the oven and batch #2 (garlic & herb buns) is "raising" -- we will see how they turn out! For this batch I am just using the recipe from the better homes & gardens cookbook - I know my great aunt Ruby used to make "delish" buns but from talking with my mom, they sound like a lot of work and maybe require an "intermediate" baking level-- I am "novice" at best :)

I have also been slacking on the pictures-- but here is a halloween card that I made and that many of you will be getting in the mail (that is my task #2 to complete this afternoon).

Being home right now has made me think that I would really love to go to working part time, even one afternoon off per week would be about perfect... or even finding a work from home job of some sort--- but that is not really an option right now so for the mean time I will have to just enjoy my afternoon :)

Homecoming

Another cRazY weekend! Saturday we went to UND homecoming as both Bobby & I are PROUD ALUMNI (go sioux!!) -- we went to the parade and met up with so many of our friends-- then after the parade we went to Bobby's old fraternity house and had hot dogs & chips and ALL the babies played together-- it was so cute!!! Below is a picture of the 4 babies - 3 of them born within 12 days of eachother! Impossible to get a picture of all 4 of them looking the same way, or not eating eachother :)

Then Sunday night was the first Sioux hockey game for the season -- Mason loved the action! It was a great game 7-1! Yay! Go Sioux! I have more pics on my facebook page -- it is quicker!

Bobby is gone this week to Vegas for work -- I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO proud of him - I will be putting up a separate post but he won "Chief's 54" which means he's "kind of a big deal." He was the #1 recruiter for the STATE of ND for FY '09- which is AWESOME! He is a REALLY big deal if you ask me! So now me & him get a trip to Washington DC in December where he will participate in an award ceremony. Honey I am so unbelievably PROUD of you and so very happy happy happy for you!

late night!

...wow it is 11:30PM on a FRIDAY night and I think this is the latest I have been up in QUITE a while (well maybe since Brittney concert which isnt that long ago but feels like it!) Anyways- I have been up paying bills and then doing some digi scrapping. Getting pumped for scrapbook camp at the end of the month!

Tomorrow morning we are off to Grand Forks for UND Homecoming, meeting the Barkers & Glazes, and then Sunday is SIOUX HOCKEY season opener! Can't wait!

learning something new

so this week I learned that I have a little slot on the side of my computer for my camera's memory card-- who knew!?!?! My friend Katie actually told me about it when she was trying to help me get the digital picture frame I got Bobby for our anniversary to work - anyway- the point of the story is now that I found it I am taking way more pictures.... because (dont laugh) I get excited that I dont have to hook up my camera to my computer - I can just put the memory card in the litte slot (actually to be honest it probably takes the same amount of time, but this is new & exciting for me)

I also took a bunch of pics of Mase-dog in his Halloween costume but you will have to wait to see it until I get our Halloween cards go out!

8 months old!

On the 23rd, Mason turned 8 months old-- I can't believe he is that old already! The time has just flown by-- it seems like he should be about 3 months old! He is creeping around like nobody's business-- it is so funny to watch him move around- what I love most is if I am sitting on the floor, he will crawl onto my lap and want me to pick him up. :)

Today it was just me & Mason at home- Bobby was gone to the Vikings game with some friends- I wish I would have been able to go but I have no extra vacation time - darn maternity leave!! It was sooo cold & windy outside so Mason & I stayed inside all day - I was "Amber the Builder" today and lowered the mattress on his crib & put on some new brackets ~ what a pain that was! Then I went through his clothes- it is amazing to me how fast he grows out of things -- and of course we took a ton of pictures....I just get out my camera now and Mason instantly smiles - I cant decide if he is thinking 'yay I love to get my picture taken 100 times' or 'ugh I will just smile to get it over with' -- I'm thinking #1!

a new fridge....

Where has this day gone? Bobby had drill this weekend so Mason & I had Mommy & Mason day-- and what did we spend the day doing??? We were planning on going to the Tiny-Tot Expo in Newfolden but late this morning when I went into the fridge I noticed it didn't seem that cold-- then I checked in the freezer & I could scoop out icecream with my finger-- our fridge is on the fritz! SO instead of spending the day @ Tiny Tots we went to Grand Forks to search for a new fridge.

First we went to Lowes and NO ONE would help me-- there were 4 guys just standing around completely oblivoius that I was there-- I was MAD - so mad that I called back and complained to the manager. Thankfully it was a girl and she was super nice... and sadly as much as I bragged to everyone that I was NOT going to buy my fridge there after my bad experience today, that is where we ended up getting our fridge from. They are coming tomorrow night to deliver it- I hope I measured right so it fits! Please keep your fingers crossed for me-- I never did very well in shop class! I would have liked to get something a little more "fun" but the space in our kitchen is SO SMALL - we couldn't get a fridge bigger than 31" :(