You Can Usually Count On Me...

..not to have a post ready for Monday.  Bummer, but that seems to be just how I roll here lately. 

But today, I thought I would surprise you all and give it a go!  So far it's been a great day.  Number One: The sun is shining, and the snow is melting!  Number Two, Three, Four...Reference #1.  Yay!  I don't know how long the weather will stay nice, but I'll take it while it's here.

So, though it snowed all day Saturday, and then was gloomy yesterday, we had a great weekend.

It started out kind of slow, for Jason anyway.  He had an appointment Saturday morning to get the extra accessories we ordered put on the Jeep, and to get the undercoating applied.  Brennan and I would have gone too, but they told Jason ahead of time that it was going to take 3-4 hours.  Brennan pent up in a auto dealer waiting room for 4 hours would not have been good, so Daddy went by himself and we stayed home.

Brennan was happy, he got to sit and watch cartoons without any interruptions for Fox News.  While he was occupied watching Super Why and Thomas and Friends, I spent my time trying not to have a brain aneurysm talking on the phone with the Sirius radio people.  That has got to be my all time least favorite thing to do. ever.  And it doesn't matter why I have to call them, it still ends up the same.  This time I was calling to switch service from one radio to another.  Apparently, the radio I was switching to wasn't compatible with the one I was switching from.  Long, long, blood boiling story short, they decided to send me a new radio for free, and give me a year programming for $70 bucks.  I guess we'll keep them around for another year.  Unfortunately, when our new radio comes in, I'll have to call them again to get the programming switched over.  Gah!


You must wear the proper apparel while watching  Thomas the Train.

Yesterday we went Target shopping, and found some really good deals on meat.  We stocked up our freezer with sirloin, pork chops, pork loin, chicken breast, and whole chickens for about $100.  We counted it up, and we ended up with about 23 meals worth.  Way to go, us!

After we got home, it was time to make some cookies.

I didn't get any pictures of the cookies, but here is the cookie makin' helper.

So silly.

So I guess that brings us to today.  Brennan was so happy this morning that Spring Break is over so he could go back to school.  I hope he always feels that way about going to school. : )

I have one of the chickens from our shopping trip yesterday roasting in the crockpot.  Mmmm....smells good already.  Anyway, I hope I haven't bored you too much with my Monday post.  I've gotta run, time to go back to school to get the little man.  Maybe I'll live on the wild side, and wear my flip flops when I go.  : ) 

(Isn't it sad that 47 degrees is so exciting?)
Hugs,

Happy Valentine's Day and a Recap of the Last Few Days

I told you February was a busy month for us, hence the lack of post for the last few days.  We've been having a really good time!  The weather has been really nice around here.  Sunny and warm, so we've been spending some time outside, yay!  It should keep up at least another day, and then I'm sure we'll be back to our regularly scheduled winter.

Let's see, my last post was on Wednesday, so we'll go from there. 

Thursday was Jason's birthday.  He had to go into work that day, so we didn't get to do any birthday celebrating until the evening.  I made him his favorites, lasagna and apple pie.

Here's the pie, notice I didn't fill it up with as many candles as it needed, ha!

After we ate too much, it was on to the cards and presents.

Of course, if there are presents around Brennan has to be right there in the middle of the action.  I think Daddy appreciated the help. : )

Friday Jason had the day off, and for the first time in about a year and a half we had a real by ourselves date!  Whoo Hoo!  Brennan's school has a Parent's Date Night a couple night's a month, and we finally took advantage of it.  We should have done it a long time ago, he loved it, and we got some much needed time alone!  We'll definitely be adding that to the calendar every month. 

On Saturday, we spent some time playing outside, and I finished up Brennan's birthday shirt.





Pretty cool, huh?  I'm sure Jason is jealous he didn't get a shirt proclaiming his age on it. : ) 

The whole thing is confusing to Brennan though.  He knows his birthday is soon but all these other holidays keep coming up, and I have to keep telling him that it's not his birthday yet.  The anticipation is just killing him!

Sunday we got Brennan's Valentine's ready.
Here are the ones I we picked. : ) 


Aren't they cute!  I found them in the etsy store My Duck Duck Goose.  I know what you're thinking.  Yes, I could have made valentine's myself, but our really expensive color ink cartridge is empty right now, and this was just easier for me to deal with at the moment.  And did I mention how cute they were!

Brennan decorated the envelopes with some stickers.


So that brings us up to today, and that means a Happy Valentine's Day is in order!  We've all had a good day so far.  It's been nice and simple, nothing over the top.  We exchanged gifts this morning, and tonight we will be having heart-shaped quesadillas and strawberries for supper.

Brennan got to wear his Love shirt today.

"The Ladies Love Me."  Have I mentioned before that he's the only boy in his class?  He got lots of goodies from all his little girlfriends. : )

This morning, Jason surprised me by picking up a Starbucks on the way home from the gym.

Just one of the little reasons I love that man!

And now, though that was the condensed version, I think we're all caught up!  Whew, that wasn't as painful as I thought it would be.

Happy Heart Day, Everybody!