St Patricks Day!

We had a really good St Patricks Day this year!  Brian and I were both off from work and we went to camp for the night with Emma and a few of our friends. 

Friday Emma had school and they all dressed in green!  I got Emma a t-shirt last year from Old Navy and it still fit her this year!  So she wore that.  I always make something little for her teacher on special holidays or days like St Patricks Day.  I wasn't sure what to make for St Patricks Days, but I came across this really cool idea over at Life {Sweet} Life  Sarah has the cutest ideas and this is where I got the idea for Emma's teacher.  You have to check her out!  I definately have to thank her for posting the idea and also for the free printable tags!  Thanks Sarah! =)

Emma's teacher really liked it a lot too! =)

So Saturday afternoon we headed out to camp!  We went with a couple of friends, and the weather was really quite nice.  Nice enough that we didn't need jackets!  Emma always has so much fun when we are out there.  It's such a nice camp, just like a house except no running water.  Thankfully there is a generator so we have electricity! 

Emma and I had the same shirts! =)  My face looks totally weird in this photo! haha

My Hubby.  I love him.  =)  UMaine Hockey played last night against Boston College for the Hockey East title and sadly they lost 4-1.  But their season isn't quite over yet, now they are off to the NCAA championship in the next few days! =)

 

Can you tell that Emma and Gunner are like best friends!  They get along and love each other so much!

Saturday night we had a bon fire outside.  It was great.  Being outside at night in March here in Maine is kinda a big deal!  Usually it is bitterly cold, but it wasn't at all last night!  It was fantastic!

We also found something out there that kept Emma entertained for quite some time!  Check it out:

The original Mario Brothers on the original Nintendo!  She had a blast playing it!  The nintendo was my husbad and his brothers growing up!  It was such a flash back for us! =)

The weather here in Maine today was Unbelievable!!!!!  In the morning it was a little rainy, but as soon as we left camp and came home around 10:00 am, it was about 67 degrees out and all sun!  By 1:00 this afternoon it was 75 degrees.  This is soooo rare for March in Maine!  All the snow is GONE!!!!  The rest of the week is suppose to be goregous as well.  =)

So in my last post I mentioned that Emma saved her money to buy something.  I was going to wait until I took some pictures of her with it, but I haven't done that yet.  If you know Emma, then you know she is obsessed with American Girl dolls.  She has 2 of them.  And she saved her money to buy the one that she really really wanted.  I'm proud of her for saving that much money!  It finally came in the mail and she was sooo excited.  She loves her dolls! =)  And this one is quite cute too! 

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!  It went by quick.  I work Monday & Tuesday night then i'm off for 3 days!! =) 

 

A post with no photos! (oh wait, a couple!)

I'm not sure why I have been slacking in this department lately.  BUT that is about to change!  I start my online photography class tomorrow and I am soooooo excited!!!  I'm really anxious to see what she is going to have us do and teach us.  It should be lots of fun! 

I have had the last 2 days off.  I feel like I got absolutely nothing accomplished at all around the house! haha  Yesterday we dropped Emma off at school at 8:00 and then went straight to Bangor to get a few things.  On the way there I batted my eyelashes and asked to stop at a car dealership just to look!  I always said that I would never get a Kia, i'm not sure why though.  I went and looked at the new Kia Sorrento, and i'm kinda in love with it!  It really has everything I am looking for and the price is great.  From there we went to the Honda dealership.  I saw some I liked, but wasn't in love with them.  Then on to the GMC dealership.  Love the Acadia, but a little out of my price range, unless I get a used one.  My mom has an Acadia, and i'm pretty sure she would sell me hers if I asked! haha  We also looked at the GMC Terrain.  Nice, but really low to the ground and absolutely no stinkin leg room in the backseat.  Thennn onto the Ford Dealership.  Ford Edge.  Sighhh.  I have drooled over these since 2009.  However...for a brand new with everything I want in it, is about $42,000.  Nooo way will I pay that much for a car!  So we will keep looking.  I don't want to buy anything anyway until the snow is gone for sure.

After car shopping we ran a few more errands.  Got a steal on some dog food, which made me happy! =)  And then we picked Emma up from school.  Brian came home and wanted to take a nap, and I took Emma to get her hair cut!  I was really quite nervous about this.  Her hair is really really really long.  She has only had 2 trims prior to this.  And this time I wanted at least 5 or 6 inches taken off.  She was really excited though.  I had my camera right in my purse of course, but for whatever reason I took the photos on my phone, so the quality of these isn't good at all. 

Here she is just before the cut!  Not looking at the camera, but oh well =)

And here is the after pic.  I should have taken a before picture.  But yeah....I didn't.  Haha

They did such a great job!!  They took about 5 inches off, then curled it and braided the front of it.  She looked so darn cute!  I wish I had got a photo of the front!   And check out her natural highlights.  Jealous.  I pay big money for that for me! =)

That night we were completely pooped out.  We were all in bed and asleep by 8:00!  We all had a really good nights sleep for a change. 

Today we did grocery shopping, went to the bank to talk about refinancing our house and a couple of other things.  For dinner tonight I was too tired to even think about cooking a big meal, so Emma and I had mac & cheese.  Quick and easy! 

Tomorrow night and Friday night I work.  Then i'm off for the entire weekend!  I really love my new schedule this year at work.  Every other weekend off is awesome!!  Last year I would go 3 months without having a single weekend off.  Terrible terrible schedule.  We plan on going to camp Saturday night with a couple of friends to spend the night.  Emma loves it out there and so does the puppy.  So it should be lots of fun! 

Tomorrow I will have to post photos of Emma's new toy.  She saved and saved and saved for something that she wanted.  She finally saved $110 of her very own money so she bought it.  That will be a post for tomorrow!  Goodnight!!! =)

Early Morning

Emma went to bed last night at 7:30 and woke up at 5:00 am.  This is soooo rare for her.  She usually doesn't want to get up at all in the mornings!  But I think she was really really excited for her playdate this afternoon.  It was her first time going to her friend Allie's house. 

Since she got up super early Brian and I decided to take her out for breakfast.  We went to a restaurant here in town.  She told us in the car that she really wanted a mickey mouse pancake.  So when we ordered the told our waitress that same thing.  They don't have mickey pancakes on the menu, but the waitress said she would make it happen!

I think they did a really good job with her pancake!  She thought it was the coolest thing ever!

After breakfast it was time to head to school.  Which I might add was sure that she was going to be late.  But we made it just on time! =)

After school we had to run home quickly so Emma could change her clothes before heading to her friends house.  She somehow managed to fall into a huge mud puddle on her recess and she was soaking wet. 

Emma had such a great playdate today with one of her great friends.  This was her first real playdate since starting school!  They played dress up & watched a movie.  I really don't think she was ready to leave when I went to pick her up!! 

When I picked her up we headed to Target.  I wanted to pick up a few things, and I managed to get a good deal on something!  Emma loves all the Barbie movies.  The new Barbie Mermaid Tale 2 came out the other day.  It was on sale for $12.99 and you also got a free $8.00 Barbie with it! 

I have kind of made the Friday nights that I am off from work, Pizza nights at our house.  We make our own pizza, and it's fun!  Choose our own toppings and then bake.  Emma loves to help! 

This is my last night off from work before working the next 3 nights.  I hope everyone enjoys their weekend!  It's suppose to be nice here again the next couple of days!! =)

Beautiful Day!!

The weather here in Maine was Ahhmazing today!  Completely goregous actually!  We had a high of 56 degrees.  That high of a temperature at the beginning of March is awesome.  Brian brought Emma to school this morning and I got to sleep a couple of extra hours!  I love to sleep in, but i'm always afraid i'm going to miss something if I do! haha 

Anyway, Brians dad had surgery about a week ago, so he is out of work for a while.  So he took a ride with us to camp for a bit this morning.  I love it out there.  They actually have 2 camps.  One on a lake, and the other is not.  We went to the one that isn't on a lake.  We brought Gunner with us so he could run.  Boy does he love that!  He had so much fun! 

So we let the dog run, Brian shoveled the deck off out there and then we headed back to town. 

Emma had another doctors appointment today.  Just to make sure her ear infections were gone, and also we wanted to talk to the doctor about having tubes put in her ears.  The doctor suggested that we wait another 4 to 6 months and then revisit the tubes option. 

The weather was so nice that we spent the entire day outside.  After picking Emma up from school and going to the doctor, she wanted to ride her bike.  She had so much fun!   And it looks as though we will be getting her a new bike this spring. Hers is getting a little small for her.

Today was a good day.  Tomorrow is Friday, and Emma is having her very first "real" play date after school!  She is sooo excited to be going to someone else's house! =)

Even though today was a good day, I was still feeling quite sad for a co-worker.  One of the deputies that I work with lost his wife last night after a long illness.  I can't help but just feel so sad for him.  She was young.  Just a couple of years older than me.  I just simply can't imagine what he is going through. 

After a long day of spending time outside, everyone in this house is tuckered out.  Both Emma and Brian are sound asleep and it isn't even quite 8:30 yet.  Oh, and the puppy and 2 cats are sound asleep too!  I guess it's time for me to catch up on some DVR! =) 

Weekend update!

We had another great weekend!  Yesterday we spent the afternoon with a friend of ours.  She brought her dog over to our house and we let them run and run and run outside.  They were tuckered out little pups when they were done!  We then had supper at local restaurant here in our town.  They have such yummy food.  It's a little greek restaurant, everything is always so fresh and good! 

After dinner we went to my inlaws.  Emma and Brians mother made homemade bread yesterday and she baked it off last night.  It was soooo cute!  We haven't eaten her loaf yet, but the rolls they made were good!! =)

Today we spent a while outside making a snowman!  It's the first one we have been able to do this winter! 

And of course I had to post a photo of Gunner too!  He sure does love to run and find sticks of course!! =)

So I am sooooooooo excited in just 15 minutes the new season of my very very very very favorite show comes on!!!

I love this show!  And I can't wait for the 2 hour special tonight.  I'm not going to leave the recliner for the entire thing!  =)

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!!! =)

Crazy!

I think I just may be completely crazy!  I got to work today at 4pm and was suppose to leave at 2am.  Wellll...a couple of people booked out sick for tomorrow and their shifts couldn't be filled.  We have a list we have to go down to fill shifts when this happens, and either people didn't answer their phones or weren't able to work.  Well silly me said to my supervisor, "If I can leave at 10pm, I'll come back in at 4am and work until Noon."  Oh my gosh, am I nuts?!?!  So now i'm home and *trying* to sleep quickly so I can get back up at 3am to be at work at 4am!  This just may be a long day! =)

S---N---O---W DAY!

At 5:56 am my phone went off saying that school had been cancelled for our area.  I thought, wow we must have got a lot of snow!  I stayed in bed, Brian called me at 6:45 just to make sure that i got the text message from the school and I told him I did.  I went back to sleep again.  Thennn at 10:15 am...Yup!  10:15 Emma woke up!  She had to have been exhausted!  She has always been a sleeper, thankfully =)  She asked if it was time to go to school and I told her it had been cancelled.  She was a little disappointed and asked why.  So I proceeded to tell her that we got a lot of snow that's why.  Well...I got up and looked out the window.  No Snow.  None.  Zippo.  Not even flurries of snow in the sky.  Honestly i'm completely shocked they cancelled school.  Growing up they would send us to school and if it got really bad during the day they *might* send us home early.  Apperantly that's not the case anymore.  Finally around 12:30 it finally started snowing.  It's sooo pretty when it snows, but I really dislike driving in it.  And unfortunately I have to drive in it today to work.  I work about 20 minutes away from where we live.  So it's not too too far away, but far enough! 

After we got dressed this morning we went outside for a bit.  Emma just had to try out her new sunglasses in the daylight. =)

She loovesees having her pictures taken! 

We came back inside and I make a pork roast.  I always cook my roasts in my crock pot, but this time I decided to try one of those McCormick bag & season packages.  I cooked it in the oven and it smells sooo good!  Dinner will be yummy tonight =) 

Somebody loves playing using my Kindle Fire!  I think she uses more than I do! =)

So today is March 1st.  March is a good month.  Take a look at our calander. 

Do you see what's written on the 25th & the 29th??  Yup that's right, Brian and I are both turning 30 this month.  30 really?  Are we really old enough to be 30???  I can't say that i am ecstatic.  haha  Usually birthdays don't bother me, but i'm not sure i'm ready for the big 3-0 yet!  =) 

Our calander looks bare this month.  Usually it is all filled out with Emma's school stuff, but I haven't had the chance to fill it out yet. 

It is just about time for me to get ready for work.  Another 10 hour shift tonight.  I work from 4pm to 2am.  Tonight and tomorrow night.  Anddd then I am off for the weekend!!  We have plans to go ice fishing on Saturday with some friends and then my brother in laws birthday party on Sunday.  I'm thinking Saturdays plans will change because it's suppose to rain.  We'll see though!  Everyone have a great day!!! =)