Friday, November 30, 2007

Happy Hour

I'm once again hosting Happy Hour at my house tonight. On the menu is Buffalo Chicken Dip and Quesadillas. I also have the makings for bulldogs and have plenty of beer. I hope I get a good turnout, I need a good "gab session" with the girls.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Why do I feel like such a shit?

I broke up with Paul last night. It was hard to do. He's a nice guy, just not the guy for me. I felt smothered. He wanted to be with me all the time and I just couldn't handle it. Yes, it was nice to have someone to do things with but I didn't want to spend every waking moment with him. He was devastated. Not that I am such a wonderful catch but he doesn't have anything else going on in his life and he didn't see it coming. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders but at the same time, I feel awful for busting his bubble.
I always knew Jim would be a hard act to follow and I miss him more every day :(
Oh well, I guess I'm destined to be alone :(

Monday, November 26, 2007

It's so nice to have adult kids :)

I had lunch today with Grandma at the nursing home and stopped to visit Dad. It's so frigid and windy out that I came home right afterwards and changed into my sweats, planning to stay home for the rest of the day.
Then I got a hankering for a McDonald's cheeseburger and fries. Instead of braving the weather, I called Allison and bless her heart, she went through the drive-thru and picked them up and delivered them to me on her way home from work :)
How lucky am I that I have such a sweet daughter?

Friday, November 23, 2007

I hate colds!

I've been trying to shake a cold for the last week :(

Today I spent the day at Allison's watching the boys while she and Karter worked. They were quite good actually. I think it helped that Paul came out at about 11 and helped. We took them to Planet Pizza for lunch. I had Stella along with me and left her there for the night.


Paul and I are planning to go to Bismarck to do a little shopping tomorrow. Mostly, I just need to get some new dog toys but I'm looking forward to the alpine burger, fries and gravy from the Big Boy :)

Monday, November 19, 2007

Sunday at Grandma's




Jameson spent the day with me yesterday. He, Paul and Bruce all watched the last Nascar race of the season. Although Jameson and Paul's driver didn't win like they wanted, we all had a good time. Paul brought steaks from Charlies and thankfully, Bruce helped out because Paul isn't used to cooking on charcoal :) The steaks were perfect and Jameson ate a whole ribeye! Thank you Bruce!


Poor Paul, Jameson sticks to him like velcro :)

Friday, November 16, 2007

Stella @ Six Months


Stella is now 6 months old :) She is housebroken and rings the bells I have hanging on the doorknob when she needs to go outside. She knows sit, jump, no biting, no barking, no in general, get it, bring it, treat, laundry room (where I put her when I leave the house) and all gone. She also knows she isn't allowed to go downstairs and will sit at the top and bark if a toy accidently falls down the steps. And she doesn't follow anyone who goes down there either.

Now, if I could just get her to quit digging in the rocks in the front yard. Because she sleeps with me, she goes to the groomer every two weeks. She was just there 8 days ago but I had to give her a bath this afternoon because she was so dirty from digging in the rocks. It IS pretty funny to see those rocks fly when she digs though :)

Thursday, November 15, 2007

UGH, laundry day

The bad news is that Stella got me up at 5:30 this morning. The good news is that I started my laundry right away and was all done by 11:15. It even included doing the bedding :)
Had lunch with Grandma at the nursing home today, had my yearly mammogram and saw Dr. Grubb this afternoon. He froze a wart off my arm and we scheduled a mole removal for January.
I'm ready to kick back on the couch for awhile. Paul is taking me out for dinner tonight so I can veg until he gets here :)

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

I hate...

Good old North Dakota! It was in the fifties yesterday, however, the wind was also in the fifties (miles per hour, that is!)! Looks like more of the same today. I hate wind!

I'm supposed to have lunch with Grandma today. I have a rotten cough so I'll have to cancel. I hate to do that to her because she looks forward to it :(

I hate that Thanksgiving is coming. Another holiday without Jim. I think I miss him more every day :(

Monday, November 12, 2007

Oh, What a night!

Jameson spent the night with me last night. Somehow, a kid who sleeps lengthwise across the bed and kicks is not condusive to a good night's sleep, even if you take Lunesta :(

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Happy early Birthday, Gage!

We celebrated Gage's birthday a week early today. Paul & I went to the nursing home and checked my Grandma out so that she could come with. She got tired but it's nice to get her out of there once in awhile. Paul is so good to her and it's fun to see her flirt with him :) At 99, she's still got an eye for the men :)

Friday, November 9, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

My Dad is 83 today, Allan is 38 today and Jason is 37 today. Love to you all!

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Hairspray

I'm finally going to see this movie tonight. I waited for it to come this summer, but it never did. Oak Park, which shows second run movies is finally running it and Paul asked me to go see it :)
AND, he's taking me out for dinner afterwards :)


Happy Hour at my house tomorrow night. Megan will be in town and wants to party with the big girls. Hopefully, Anna willl be able to join us. On the menu for appetizers are Thai Chicken Salad on Ritz and homemade wontons with sweet and sour sauce. Yummmm, hope we have a good turnout.

Paul said it doesn't bother him if I want to have the girls over (of course, this means he can't come over then). I told him it didn't matter if it bothered him or not, I was still going to have them over. I enjoy spending time with him but he either fits into my life OR NOT. I will not settle or change what I like to do for him or any man. So there!!

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Another cold, boring day in Paradise

Not much on the agenda today. I plan to go have lunch with Grandma at the nursing home and visit my Dad. And seeing as how Sarah got me hungry for pork roast last week, it's pork roast, roasted carrots and mashed potatoes and gravy for supper tonight.
Other than that, I'm going to hang out at home and keep warm :)

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Congratulations Jeff & Val




Val was such a beautiful bride and they seem so happy together. We had a wonderful time at the wedding and Paul got to meet 5 more of the Homemakers, the lucky guy!
With a lot of love and luck, Jeff and Val will have a long, happy marriage like Jane and Marty's. They are still the happiest couple I know :)
Not a bad turnout for the Homemakers, seeing as how it was a seven hour drive for us. Back row, left to right: Me, Cindy (mother of the groom), Jane, Deb, Shirley and Patty. Front row, left to right: Marilyn and Maria.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Post Halloween

I had my Mom, Paul, Allison, Karter and the boys over for dinner last night. We had potato salad and homemade corndogs. The boys were very well behaved and were all fired up to go trick or treating.
Stella was very well behaved too when all the kids came to the door. Paul had her on her leash and she watched the kids through the door. After the first few groups of kids came, she quit barking at them and just sat and watched. She's turning out to be such a nice dog :)
Tomorrow morning, Paul and I are taking off for Willmar, MN for a friend's son's wedding. There will be quite a few homemakers there so Paul will finally get a chance to meet most of them :) Lucky guy!!
I'm curious to hear what they all think of him.
The wedding is Saturday night, so we won't be back until Sunday. These weekend trips are getting to be a habit. I like that Paul is always up for a road trip... not to mention the fact that he prefers to drive over riding :) I like riding :)