Can You Guess Our Plans

In one month we will be leaving Indiana for one week to go to.....

Here are some hints

Mickey is there

We can relax on the beach

Eat lots of food. Maybe a little too much. haha

The biggest hint. We will be traveling on this big sucker!

After the last picture you probably guessed it. We are going on a Disney cruise in March!!!! We are getting soooo excited! We went on a cruise last year (Carnival) and didn't know if we would go on one this year, BUT we have heard lots of good things about the Disney cruise. So here we are waiting for the day that our one week vacation will arrive. They go way too fast but those memories last a lifetime:) 

 Too many places and not enough time....and money;) haha

Hope everyone is enjoying this snow and getting ready for superbowl sunday! And, if you don't have plans yet you are free to stop at our house....we are having a super bowl party! 

To Do List

Last week was a busy week for me and I was able to get a few things marked off my "to do list". It started on sunday when I had to leave church a little early to go to my cousins baby shower. I got to catch up with some of my aunts/cousins and enjoy everything that goes along with a baby shower. It has been a while since I had been to one but I love them! I wish I would have wiped out my camera though b/c she has one of the cutest baby bellies...seriously! I can't wait to see what he/she looks like. It is a surprise baby! I don't know if I would be able to do that. I think I would want to know what I would be having...well atleast for the first one.

Monday and tuesday I had to work. Wednesday I knew I had a doctor appt. for my Pap. Ugh...not my favorite thing!! Plus I got a phone call tuesday saying my 6 month dental check up was the day also. Just glad they were at different times. So I was able to get both done in one day and I should be good for a little while now!!! And I figured if I was doing that much might as well hit the eye doctor up to. haha. So I got my glasses ordered too. I was on a role that day and glad I got all that done.

Thursday was the day I was looking forward to most that week. It was the day some of us girls were going to E-ville to hang out, shop and eat (Olive Garden..yum). We don't get to see each other that much since one lives in Terre Haute (Tiff), one in E-ville (DeAnne) and me and sis live back home. Our schedules seem to never work out..... but we FINALLY found a day that worked for everyone! Yeah! Good times.
Oh and one funny thing I seen at the maternity store I just had to tell. I have never heard of these.....tee pee for your wee wee! They are supposed to be used on your baby's wee wee when you are changing his diaper so you don't get sprayed. haha. The things that are made these day!

Friday my mom and dad came over. They were missing there grand puppy....Khloe. haha. Not me just Khloe. J/K. We talked for a while and then we went to wal-mart to pick a few things up. Jarod and I were just there and forgot a few things. I hate when that happens. Then I had to work saturday but got to leave 4 hours early. Oh I am always up for that especially on a week-end!!! Plus I was off sunday and never get off on one of my week-end's to work. It was nice though but then back to work monday. And now it is tuesday and I am just relaxing today. Catching up on little things.

       Tiff, Sis, DeAnne and Me at Olive Garden

Tiff and Sis sporting there new wheels. haha. Just a little tight.

Just having some fun. Never to old to take some shots on the kiddie rides.

Lumpy belly. Trying on some things in the Maternity store.

Sis showing off her #3 kiddo. The rest of us are wayyy behind!

I got to make 2 tutus last week for a lady a t work!! It had been almost a month since I had made some and I kinda missed it.

Hope everyone has a great week!!

January Blues

This past week we haven't been very busy at all so this post won't be long. I figured I better update though since it has been a couple weeks since my last post. Don't want to go too long;) Last week week we didn't have any big plans and just did the usual work, eat, hang out, sleep routine. Well we did have wii in that routine too. We got the new wii resort game last week and it is a lot of fun! We have had our wii for almost two years and only have 2 games for it so we finally broke down and bought another game. The winter time is the only time we really play the wii b/c it is too cold outside. In the summer we would MUCH rather be outside:) January just gives us the blues. It is kinda that in between month where it has been cold for a couple months and we still have until March until it will start to warm up a bit. Why do we live in Indiana?! BUT we do have a little heat wave that I am loving!! Summer can't get here any sooner!

This past week-end I had to work and it was a good week-end and loved my patients. I love those days at work when you have just the cutest people:) Then this week my mom and I went to E-ville one day for her Christmas present. I gave her a gift card to Head over Heelz and told her we would go out to eat also. Well we did that and she loved it....and so did I;) A great mother-daughter day that we were due for! Last year I gave my mom a gift card to get a massage for her birthday to a different salon and both of us really like Head over Heelz much better. Totally recommend this place. They are really nice and even let you change into a robe and slippers before your massage/facial and have a little waiting area to relax while you wait.

This week we also got to hang out with our good friends Al and Sis and their kiddos one night. We just talked and watched some of the American Idol. I never really watch that show but it was funny. The best part......"Looking like a fool with your pants down low". hahaha. If you watched it you know what I am talking about. Funny guy! And I don't know any guy in his 60's that can get down on the floor like that.

Well.....not much else going on. See I told you. It is saturday and I don't know what we have planned today. Maybe going to the Barr-Reeve game....still trying to decide.

Hope everyone has a great week-end!!!

Something Yummy

I just wanted to do a quick post. If you are interested try these two recipes that are oh so yummyyy! Don't be scared to try them trust me they are good:) I fell in love with the chocolate cake it is one of the best I have ever tried. I am a big chocolate lover too....I can't make too many of these b/c I would eat way more than I should!!

Chocolate Cake

I used the Ghiradelli cupcake mix. I don't know if they have this at wal-mart (haven't checked yet) but I got this at Sam's. All you have to do is make the recipe on the back for the triple layer chocolate cake.

1 pouch cupcak mix

1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

For the Frosting

1 pouch Ghiradelli frosting mix (came in the box)

1/2 cup butter, softened

3-4 tablespoons hot water

Mix all the cake mix ingredients until blended and bake at 350 degrees for 16-20 minutes if you use three 8 inch round cake pans. I used two 9 inch pans and didn't have any problems. I think I cooked it a little longer though. For the frosting mix. Mix all ingredients on low speed for 30 seconds, scrape the bowl and then mix on high for 2 minutes until light and fluffy! Then all you have to do is put it together and your done and ready to enjoy.

Corn Bread Salad

1 box Jiffy

2 cans pinto beans

1 can whole kernal corn

6 green onions, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

3 med. tomatoes, diced

1 c. sour cream

1 c. miracle whip

1 pkg. ranch dressing mix

2 c. shredded cheddar cheese

1 pkg. real bacon bits

Bake corn bread according to box. Drain beans, corn and tomatoes very well. Use a paper towel to get rid of any excess moisture. Crumble corn bread into bottom of 9X13 pan. Layer beans, corn, onions, peppers, and tomatoes on top of corn bread. Mix the sour cream, miracle whip and ranch mix together well. Add on top of the tomatoes. Top with cheese and bacon bits.

Hope you enjoy!! I did get one last picture of the corn bread salad before we ate it;)

Party Overload

This past week-end we were party overloaded. Most of our family was getting together that week-end because of work schedules, being the week-end before Christmas and traveling for some. It was okay with me because I was off that week-end!! We were super busy but we loved every minute of it. I think the only time we were home was to sleep and then Jarod and I both had to be back to work monday morning. Boo!

Saturday we went to my Grandma Nelson's for lunch and then to my mom and dad's for supper. At my grandma's we ate, talked, and just had fun just watching all the little kiddos play...there are 6 great-grandkids already! It was a full house and my grandma says her trailer is getting too small to hold everyone. It was pretty full but we didn't mind it:) At my mom and dad's we opened gifts, ate Chilli ( I think they have the best Chilli) and just talked. I gave my mom a gift card to Head over Heelz (Spa) so we can have a girls day out!! I can't wait till we can go. I told her she can use the gift card and then I will pay for lunch also.

Sunday we went to Church and then off to see my Grandpa Mathies. We could only stay for about 2 1/2 hours b/c we then had to head over to the Knepp's Christmas. We had taco's for supper, opened gifts and played Pictionary. We play that game every Christmas and we all LOVE it!! That is seriously one of my favorite games!! It is so neat to see family's grow and have such wonderful people in our life. We couldn't have asked for a better week-end.

My parent's, Jarod and I

The Padgett's

Uncle Jeff, Mom and Jarod

My grandma with her kids- Kim, Jeff, and my dad

M cousin Hannah and her boyfriend Steve

Me with my cousin's little girl Nevaeh. She is such a doll!!

Brother and sister. Nevaeh and Miles.

Jarod and I with my grandpa

Jarod and I with my grandma in-law and their dog Robby

Couldn't forget Khloe:)

Dru, Ashton, Jay and Aidan

What a cute family. I love this picture.

Jarod holding his gift up

That cast iron pot was heavyyyy!! Can you tell?!

The girls- Des, Shauna and me

Look at all those boys

Playing Pictionary

And finally me and my love:)

Hope everyone is having a wonderful time with their family too!!!

New Wheels!

This past week-end I finally got Jarod to go look at a vehicle with me and guess what....we got new wheels!!! This past fall we thought we would get a different vehicle and then we decided we might wait until winter and then we were going to wait until spring. Well I was getting pretty excited and started looking this past week at cars and found one that we both really liked. We already had our money saved up to get a different vehicle so we thought we would check it out. We drove to Louisville saturday b/c they seemed to have the best prices on the vehicle we were looking at...which was a Nissan Maxima. I drove the car and just wasn't that into the way it drove. We looked around the lot and I wanted to check the Nissano Murano out. I have always liked those vehicles too! I asked if they had any used Muranos...no they didn't:( But wait he knew of a used one that he would have to go get....we drove it...and loved it. So here I am now with our 2006 Nissan Murano. Yay!!! I think I am a SUV kinda gal;) 

Now all I want to do is drive it. haha. I know when I get a different vehicle I want to keep it really clean at first. That didn't happen b/c monday morning it snowed and I had to go to work. I thought about calling in....just kidding. haha. I am not that bad. It is A LOT more reliable on the snow than my Mustang though....I think anything would be compared to a sports car!

Well....I will post later this week about our week/week-end. Hope everyone is having a great day:) 

 One last pic. with my Tang:( I will miss that car.

Welcome December

It is already December and only 23 days til Christmas!! So exciting! I love Christmas time...the joy, lights/decorations, food, family/friends and the meaning behind Christmas. We had a great Thanksgiving last week and got to spend some time with family. We only had one get together on Thanksgiving day this year so it was more relaxed and we even had time to watch The Elf that night. We LOVE that movie!!! Seriously it is a must to watch around Christmas time. On Thanksgiving we ate lunch, played games, talked and looked at black friday advertisements. haha. My family likes to go shopping that day. I debated and did end up going too, and it really wasn't that bad. I got some good deals and even got a Dyson vacuum. Exciting!! I have wanted one for a while now. Our old vaccum Jarod had a couple years before we were even married and it had no sucking power. Well, we tried the new vacuum out right away and I was amazed at how much better it was!! I love it:) 

This past week-end I had to work and this week my parents and I went to French Lick for part of the day. My mom has been wanting to walk through the hotels and look at the Christmas decorations and I was all up for it! We walked through both of the hotels and I have to say they are both very pretty. It was neat looking at the pictures they had before they restored the hotels. Can you imagine if they would have never restored them?! They are such amazing buildings. We did go in the casino for about 15 whole minutes. haha. I am not a gambler but we mostly looked around. I think my mom spent $3. She said she likes pulling the handle...oh mom;)

Mom holding her nose. The sulfur well smelled like rotten eggs. That will wake you up!

Other than that I work the next two days and I don't know what we have planned for this week-end. After going to French Lick I would like to go see their show "It's A Wonderful Life".  I dunno though...don't know if Jarod will like it. We will have to see.

Take care and stay dry today!!