Hocking Hills - overnight

We has our first Ohio camp experience this weekend and it was a BLAST! We had some awesome friends found the perfect camp spot. (Thank you awesome friends -W's, B's and B's) . Here are some photos of our fun.

Cankle 09'

I rolled my ankle this week playing basketball, it turned into a cankle.

cankles

n. 1) An aesthetically unfortunate physiological condition which leaves its victims with no discernable narrowing of the ankle between the calf and the foot. 2) An ankle which has no discernable narrowing from the calf to the foot. History: The word is derived a combination of the words calf and ankle. Victims of this condition are advised to avoid the following: ankle boots, ankle-strap shoes, anklets, ankle socks, ankle tattoos, high-top shoes, and any other footwear or legwear that might draw attention to the cankle region.

There goes all my outfit plans for the week.

**note to the basketball girls....I found my ankles braces!

2 Months of our life in 20 seconds or less

Washington DC - April

cherry blossom festival

so beautiful and warm!

New Niece Visit - April
Lilah Ann - Born April 3rd
Michigan

not the most flattering picture - sorry Lilah
Awe-so cute
she also got her first nickname from me...lil' biz

Hocking Hills - April
with some of our favorite Peeps
who knew Ohio had Hills - almost small mountains
no, we didn't plan to wear the same shirt, but we probably will next time.
so much fun and totally shocking for me. I really thought Ohio was pretty much flat

Nat and Jon's Wedding - May
Salt Lake City, Utah
it rained every time we went outside to take pictures.

Lilah's Baby Blessing - May
Michigan
She is so cute!


Smoky Mountains - May
Gatlinberg, Tennesse
Funnest trip, who knew that Tennessee had their own Vegas...but unlike Vegas...some things that happen there don't stay there, right Kristi?


J and Lady D's Wedding
San Diego, CAAll my pictures of the Bride and Groom are on another camera... and yes, Rocky is rocking a PINK tie.

In between in the bigger events we worked, had our house replumbed, shopped, took tests, played with friends, dreamed, thought about exercising, Rocky got to see Tiger Woods in person, celebrated 29, and more. Life is Crazy fun.

Hibernation

So for the past...lets say 4 months I have been in hibernation. Well my version of hibernation. It has been cold here in Ohio and I did not deal with it this winter. I mainly stayed inside and did much of nothing....oh except I ate. This weekend has been absolutely amazing. 80+ degree weather. It was time for me to wake up. This is what I found when I woke up....yucky, sick winter hibernation weight. Egh. I tried on my summer clothes...the ones that fit last year and (snif, snif) they don't any more. Well wait...does it count if they totally stay on because they are skin tight but top button wasn't done up and I still had a muffin top?

Today Rocky and I were talking about hibernation and he pointed out that when most animals go into hibernation they don't eat....and infact they usually wake up skinnier. Thanks Rocky.....

So yeah, I got it wrong....pretty obvious when I put the super skinny, muffin top pants on.

Anyone else run into this problem?
Anyone else want to join me on the quest to loose the hibernation weight?

Guts

So we have quickly moved onto another homeowner project. Well actually we aren't the ones doing the work (thankfully). Our house is being re-plumbed and we are so happy about it...we think.

Please see below

Rocky enjoying his new office chair.

Some of the various ceiling holes in the house. I think we are up to about 12 random holes in the ceiling and walls. We have been assured that these will be fixed and we won't be able to tell. I really hope so.

The plumbing used in our house was involved in a law suit and our last plumber told us about it. I decided to file a claim, hoping to get my $500 dollars back. Well turns out that we are getting a lot more than that. The company decided to re-plumb our house, and give us our $500 buckaroos back.

So we are back in construction mode at the house....again. We only have water flowing to one bathroom at this time. We have seen more of the inside -GUTS- part of our house then we had ever anticipated. Our plumbers said that we are one of the last ones to get a re-plumb.

All in all I do have to say that I feel so blessed.

Before and After

For Christmas, Rocky gave me the gift of beautifying our cabinets. I am now proud to present, Rocky's first MANLY homeowner project.....the new and definitely improved CABINETS!!! Yippeee


Before:



After:

Movie Review *possible spoiler alert* - Twilight

This is only a spoiler if I am not the last person to see Twilight, although I think I am. And I guess its not a review or spoiler at all....just one thing that really got me.


I don't like Edwards nose.



There I said it.

I SCREAM - YOU SCREAM

Screaming with delight is exactly what I did when we drove past this beautiful little sign a couple mornings ago.



It is now .5 miles from my house and takes approximately 1 minute to get there. (According to googlemaps)

Isn't this such wonderful news. I was completely surprised. It was like opening a gift. Thank you Cold Stone. See you soon!

DAY LIGHT SAVINGS!

I LOVE day light savings.

When the sun goes to bed my body thinks that it needs to as well. This winter has been very restful for me but completely unproductive.

So let the productivity begin!

How to get out of Debt.

Such a simple concept...yet so hard to really understand.