Weekends

I love the weekends. Like most people, it is when I can spend the most time with my family. I get bored quickly though, so we always have plans. This past weekend, we went to the Big E and saw my Gram a.k.a. GG to Madelyn.

Petting the horse.

Petting the chicky

Spinning GG

She had tons of fun spinning GG

Some good finds..

I love Christmas. It is my favorite holiday by far. I do love to shop for people that I am close to because I always know exactly what I want to get them or what theme to go with.

This year we decided we were going to get Madelyn a kitchen and some books. She loves books and Borders was/is going out of business. We bough a bunch super cheap already so she is getting those for Christmas.

We  I have been looking at kitchens all the time, trying to decide which one we were going to get for her. I had a few on our Amazon wish list, since there is plenty of time to decide. Well we went to Once Upon a Child last weekend to look through the long sleeve shirts. Since it all of a sudden got cold and I was like ZOMG I have nothing for my kid to wear. Anyway. We walk in and I see this...

I am immediately all over my husband, oh that's nice. He examines it with his scrupulous eye. There was one dent, one very small dent. It was in the rear on the bottom, which will be against a wall. So I immediately am like lets get it right now. We can hide it and everything. He wanted to go home and check it out online to make sure we would be getting a deal. {Yes I have a smart phone, no it never has battery, hence could not look right then} Plus we had no room in the car so we would have to empty the trunk. I was nervous that it wouldn't be there but figured if it wasn't, we could continue to look etc.

So we checked online and cleaned the trunks. Yes plural, we have small cars and this is huge. So on Babies R Us it retails for $229.00. The one at Once upon a Child... $100.00. Oh hells yea!!!

So obviously, we bought it. We took it apart in the parking lot, which took FOREVER. We loaded the car and now have it hidden in her closet. We are so excited.

Now most of us with kids and many who don't, know how expensive Melissa and Doug is. So I tend to just say forgetaboutit and don't get her that stuff. We we were at Savers last night and found this..

It was listed at $12.99. I checked online on my phone, wooo hoo I had battery and saw that it retails for $69.99! So we got that for her for Christmas too. It is in good condition and she thought it was helluva fun. So that is now hidden in the closet.

I am sure going to miss the days when she plays with something in a store and forgets about it by the time she gets home if it is not easily accessible.

You want to see what else we got at Savers? A trike.. for $.99, yes that is NINETY NINE CENTS! boya!

Friday

Oh Friday how I am in love with thee this week! Thank you for finally getting here. We have had an interesting week.

My mouth has been hurting on and off since last Wednesday, right after my dental appointment.. hmmm... But this Wednesday took the cake. I could not open my mouth. It hurt to eat, swallow, talk (much to my husbands pleasure) and just be. I called the doctor and they told me to come down. Normally, I will not come in during the day but wait as late as possible. I do not like to miss work if I can help it. I knew the pain was bad when I told her I would be in as soon as the drive took me!

The dentist checked all my joints and muscles in the mouth, did a panorama, and put me in even more pain. He decided it was my upper wisdom tooth. I had my two lowers pulled a few years back. My two uppers were really not a problem. Even last week the culprit had come in and they said it was fine. Well guess they were wrong. They got me into an emergency surgery slot.

By 4 pm Wednesday, I was sitting in my car, numb, drooly, and unruly! ha. The whole extraction took 30 minutes, but the actual tooth removal took the Doctor a minute. Seriously, one minute. I was shocked it was so quick. They couldn't put me under since it was an emergency and you have to fast and all this other nonsense. So it was Novocaine I got. I was scared shit less. I am not one to openly like having any procedure done. I think the worst. Basically, I am a pessimist to the max. He had major problems with my bottom two, so I was envisioning the same ruthlessness. I am glad I was wrong.

So what happen was.... my upper wisdom tooth came down and was pushing to far into my cheek. It caused an infection in my cheek and thus the ability to open and close my mouth was revoked! After the tooth was removed and I got some Amoxicillin in me, I feel good. I still have to be cautious with what I eat for the remainder of the week but I am not in pain and that my friends is wonderful. 

Hope you enjoy the weekend, it is nice and brisk here. Hopefully, fall stays around for a bit!

Fall

I love Fall. My favorite season is Winter but Fall sometimes gives Winter a run for its money. Fall is beautiful. The leaves are always amazing. The nice cool days and nights are wonderful. No AC, just open windows. I love cold, I hate warm. So it is only fitting that fall and winter are my favorties.

This year, since we have our own home, I wanted MUMS. I love mums, they are so pretty and they are a typical fall "thing". So we bought some mums the other day. I put them on the front step and stood there with an eat-shitting grin on! I was so happy. I have not repotted them yet because my neck was so sore but it is on the to do list. I snapped a picture though of them on the stairs as is, hopefully you will grin too. I can not wait to see them all opened! (disclaimer, two are Mums and one is an Asteria)

The other thing about fall is Halloween which is so much fun with a kid. we are still debating on what she will be. We think either a strawberry or a watermelon! I am cheap though, so I have to wait to see where I can get a coupon for, to help us decide lol. I already started looking at Halloween decroations for the porch and front door. We are definitly having candy! I can't wait to watch Madelyn walk up and down the sidewalks to get candy, that Eric and I will probably eat. :)

Monkey

Since I have not updated in a while, I decided I would now with some pictures of Madelyn. Everything is going good, she is growing to fast.

Weddings

We went to a family wedding over Labor Day weekend. At one point I was tired and I had my eyes closed for a few seconds and part of the family was like WhAT! You are usually so lively at weddings.. I asked what they were talking about and they just laughed. So I started to go through old weddings photos when I got home, to see what they meant.... What do you think!? :)

My Wedding...

 Franziska and I

 My brothers wedding.

 My brother-in-laws wedding..

Eric's cousins wedding...

Eric's cousins wedding, Labor day weekend...