My weekly mantra

 

I'm linking up with one of my favorite bloggers Rachel over at It's a Hero for the weekly mantra!

This weekend my baby brother got married, which is still hard for me to believe.  Despite some last minute planning mishaps, a good time was had by all and I wish I had taken today off instead of Friday so I could recover for one more day.  I didn't get much housework done and I'm just plain pooped.  I have to go grocery shopping after work too, bummer!

At the reception

This week I will be busy at work and busy at home.  My first big work event is next Wednesday, I have a meeting for the church festival this week and I need to get some cleaning/laundry done!

I’m excited to have an unplanned day on Saturday for once.  Sunday we will probably have a cookout with my parents for mothers day.  I'm also glad that the warm weather seems to be here to stay and that I finally turned the furnace off!!!

I’m addicted to being lazy when I should really be addicted to working out or doing something productive.  Sometimes when I get home I have to convince myself to get up and do something.

I wish and pray and hope that our money saving plan will work and that we will be able to get out of debt sooner rather than later.  Not spending money is so hard but I know we can make it work!

I’m happiest when the sun is shining and I wake up in the morning to see the sunrise as I'm getting into my car to head to work.  For some reason it gives me a lot of hope!

Weekly mantra: 

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So what Wednesday!

 

This week I'm saying so what.....

• If I have been in this terrible habit of not eating all of the leftovers and throwing them away.  I promise I will get better.
• If I'm ADDICTED to The Limited, NY & Co and Old Navy right now and have been doing WAY too much online and mall shopping recently.
• That I purged my closet this weekend, filled a huge trash bag with clothes to take to Goodwill and still don't have room in my closet.  It's a sickness. 
• That I talk about my new job all the time, I love it and I am so much happier now that I just want EVERYONE to know how happy I really am to have made this change!
• If I went MIA from this blog for a little over a month, I'm back now so that's all that matters.
• I get depressed because no one ever comments on my blog, even back when I was blogging regularly, am I really THAT boring?
• If I just colored my hair for the first time in almost two years last night and I can't stop looking at it.  All I got were some blond highlights but I love them.
• That I think I am addicted to caffeine and I'm not really sure how it happened

What are you saying so what to this week, link up with Shannon and join in the fun!

Well, hello again

Hi, it's me, you know the person who used to write on this blog and then decided to fall off the face of the earth?!  Well, I'm back after a totally unplanned absence from writing on here and I've got a lot to catch everyone up on around here! 

I haven't written since the beginning of March so here is what has been going on:

• I got a new job!  My last job was causing me a lot of stress and sleepless nights but I'm back doing what I love and working for a place with amazing benefits!  I don't have a long commute anymore (30 mins in no traffic is better than 45-60 in awful traffic) and I get to flex my hours!  I'm now working 7-3:30 everyday and I LOVE IT!
• Andrew has been going through a rough time at work and it's been tough for both of us.  I will write more about this later, I promise, but for now I'll just leave it at that.
• My brother is getting married this weekend, wow that happened fast!!!!
• I'm hoping to put together a post on my indecision about having children and the conversations that I've had with various people in my life.  I really need to write it down and start working out what I want to say. 
• I've been married now for a little over six months and let me tell you, it has not been easy.  I'm not trying to sound negative, but people aren't kidding when they say that the beginning can be tough.  We've had a lot of ups and downs over these last few months especially and it's not easy about 25% of the time.  We are still very in love and even though it has been hard, when I go to bed at night and kiss him one last time I know this is right where I am supposed to be and that makes it all worth it.  
• I think spring is finally here to stay so that means it's time for me to get to work in my yard and that it's almost time for our annual memorial day party!!!!

Here are some pics as well to catch you up on what has been going on!

Andrew is doing an engine swap in our truck.
Engine on the left is the diesel that's going in and on the right
is the gas engine that came out.

I went on a girls weekend with my sister in law a few weeks
back and we had a blast!

My pets are so flipping adorable I can hardly stand it!

With my soon-to-be sister in law at her bachelorette party
this past weekend.  We had a blast and stayed up till 4am,
which is late for this old lady!

Well there is a small catch up for today, I'll post more this week and catch up on my blog reading too!

So What Wednesday!

I have been longing to do another So What Wednesday and I have been a mega blog slacker, but guess what this week I'm on the ball!  I've been keeping up with my blog reading and commenting and hopefully more than one person will comment on my blog today!

So this week I'm saying so what.....

If I swore I would get back on WeightWatchers this week and I've been a totally horrible eater.  I know I will feel better if I just follow the plan.

If my hubby said he would also buy me new workout equipment but I still don't know what I want.

That I'm still driving my mildly wrecked car, but got the insurance assessment done and now just need to make a body shop appointment.

That all I can think about is summer, being on our boat, maybe getting the house done, going camping and eating outside.  Then today we get another snow storm in Ohio.  YUCK!

If I've been a hot mess emotionally and I feel like a total failure with my career.  Something could be changing soon, I can only hope that it will be just what I need!

If all I have been thinking about lately is what life would be like if we never had kids.  I can't seem to make up my mind at all about children and I feel guilty about it in a way.  Too many people are harassing me about when we are starting a family.  Well, what if I decide that day is NEVER?!  UGH, this is such a difficult decision!

If I think I have been sick for a month, I can't seem to breath through my nose right and I look like some creepy mouth breather in the morning.  Did anyone else watch Hey Arnold?!  Remember that kid who loved Holga and would stalk her and breath really loud through his mouth?!  Yeah, that's me!

That my husband won this huge award and we have done nothing to celebrate.  I'm trying to hold off till this weekend and surprise him with something, I just need to figure out what I'm going to do!

What are YOU saying so what to this week?!

A most wonderful weekend and my weekly mantra

This weekend was one for the books!  On Saturday morning, the hubby and I traveled to Detroit for his work awards ceremony.  We knew he was in the top three for mechanic of the year in his region and we were anxious to find out that night if he won.  We arrived at the Greektown Casino, checked into our room and headed down for cocktail hour.  I love being able to go to some of his work parties, they are always a lot of fun with a nice meal, open bar, photo booth and being able to talk to some of the managers and mechanics from other parts of the region that we don't see too often. 

The awards portion of the night took a long time (over an hour) and the mechanic of the year was not announced until the very end.  As Andrew's boss read over the top three mechanics and started to read the statistics for the winner my heart felt like it was going to explode....then all of a sudden they called his name, I looked over at Andrew and he still didn't realize it was him and finally jumped out of his seat to walk up to the stage.

On stage accepting his award

When I ran up to take pictures, his boss grabbed my phone and told me to go up on stage too and that I deserved to be up there with him.  I'm so thankful that he has such a wonderful boss who has supported him and guided him through the last four years.  The trophy is a piston from a semi-truck and weighs about 80 lbs, he gets to display it in his shop for the next year and then pass it off to the winner for next year.  I could not be a prouder wife!!!

And now my weekly mantra!

This weekend I got to see my husband accept a prestigious award, gambled and lost a little in the casino and slept in a lovely plush king sized bed.  It was a great weekend!

This week I’m determined to be healthier and get back into my routines!

I believe in believing in myself and doing what is best for me and Andrew.

I’m excited to go to Bon Jovi with my mom on Sunday and to see a good friend for dinner one night this week as well!

I’m addicted to coffee and sleep.  I'm finally over this cold so at least cough drops and cold meds aren't on the list for this week!

I wish that it was spring already!  I'm so over winter right now.

I’m happiest when I stick to my routines and get a good nights rest.

My weekly mantra: Work hard, play harder!