30 is rough

Well, everyone warned me about 30... but I didnt know that it was going to be sooooo tough on me. haha

I went from being excited about being 30 to falling apart in a matter of weeks!  Yep.  Kidney Stones. Maybe it was from all the drinking I did in Vegas?!?!

Let me say if you have never had them you are blessed.... if you have you know the about of relentless pain that comes from something so small. After a few days in the hospital and surgery to break up the larger stones I am feeling better.  After some testing hopefully they will find out what has caused these little puppies and I can make sure to never have them again.  Not to mention I told Kevin, next time... just let me die on the side of the road because a funeral would have been less expensive than this little adventure!  ha

P.S.  at work they are now referring to me as "bubble girl" because I have been so sick.

Vegas baby Vegas

Well, we are finally back from the Birthday extravaganza. Not that I am at all eager to come back to this cold rainy northern weather. But our trip eventually had to end. But it was A GREAT GETAWAY.

Not only did my 30th birthday turn out to be fun it was positively the best birthday I have ever had.  Kevin did such a great job to make it special.  So, here is a run down of the trip.  We started out the night before we left and Kevin surprised me with an IPAD 2!!!  I had been dying for one so he surprised me the night before so i could have plenty of time to explore my new gadget.  The next day we headed off....  VEGAS it was.  We spent the weekend there.  The first night was all about seeing the strip and drinking champagne!  We visited all the casinos and celebrated being on vacation.  I really thought I might feel too old for the "hype" but once we arrived I put my game face on and was ready to go!  We stayed out so late the first night... but for some reason I was not tired at all....(I still believe it was the oxygen haha) I woke up at 6 am and asked Kevin if we could get up because the oxygen in the room was keeping me awake!!! HA.  At 8am he finally caved and we were up for the day!!  We did it all, shopping, relaxing pool time and then headed out for the evening.  Kevin let me pick dinner, and I found a steak house that is Tom Colicchio's (from Top Chef) and it was excellent!!!!  Then Kevin surprised me with a Cirque show called KA'.  We ended the night be watching the water show out side the Bellagio.

So we said goodbye to Sin City and jet setted off to relax on Catalina Island, CA.  This little bay island town was a great place to slow down and enjoy each other.  It has been such a busy year, the trip was much needed.  We had great food, conversation, massages, and relaxation. Being able to celebrate our birthdays together is such a great thing in life.  I am so blessed to be able to share all these experiences and have Kevin.   What a great time!

Here are some pict's of the trip!

finally in Vegas..it only took me 30 years!

Our first night out, it was about 3am here and felt like noon. haha

the strip

iconic

Catalina was so quaint.

Happy B-Day to Kevin

Manhattan Beach CA

soaking up the last day of vacay

Birthday Week!

Yep, It is time... the twenties are officially fading away.  This is my last week to spend doing anything dumb that can be blamed on the "twenties".  Which also means that it is time for my Birthday Week. Yep, if I have to celebrate the fact that I am getting older and showing more gray hair then I most certainly get to celebrate it big time!  So that means for a week, yep the whole week, I am going to celebrate and pout. haha

Kevin has some trick up his sleeve and we are jet setting somewhere for the weekend.  He will not tell me any details, so we will have to wait it out!  The excitement is killing me!!! Although the only thing I am really dying to have is an Ipad2, I will gladly take any time away to celebrate OUR birthdays. 
Oh yes... he is not out of the woods (since his is only 3 days after mine).  I am excited to see how the week plays out and what he has planned.

And just to start the "big" week off.  I had to rub it in to Kevin's face that for 29 years of my life my birthday has been on TAX DAY.  Which happens to also mean that everyone is grumpy.  But thanks to Obama..... I have been given a break.  No not a tax break, just a slight delay.  HA.  Tax day was moved to April 18th which now falls on KEVINS BIRTHDAY.  Hahaha

Trip to Texas

Last week after I crammed three weeks of office work into 3 days, Kevin and I headed to Texas for a long weekend!

I was really looking forward to the trip and thought it would be a lot of fun.  We had a wedding planned and some other "tentative" things we wanted to do!  Wellllll.. the trip from the start had a different agenda than I was aware of.  Wednesday morning at 4 am (yes we had a very early flight) we woke up to 8" of snow on the ground.  Mind you; its the end of March here!  Soooo needless to say the trip was off to an icy start!  We were delayed all morning long in the airport.  This caused us to miss our connecting flight and spend all of Wednesday watching airplanes instead of enjoying the sunny Texas weather and eating Mexican food! 

 

this is my I'm not happy about the delay face.

 This also caused us to have to "re-schedule" our already tight time frame. 

The trip was ok, we DID get to eat a lot of Mexican food!!  And we DID see all of our family (even if it was for an hour here and an hour there)  but it was such a short trip and we were so rushed that we had NO.. I mean NO time to enjoy or relax.  It was too much. We did not get to spend much time with our friends, or enjoy Texas and the beautiful weather!  I also didn't get my Lasik surgery done (that is another whole story) and instead I am now back to wearing glasses.

By the time we left we were so exhausted. We had traveled all over the place to try to cram it all in. We did however get to do a few things...

Kevin was so happy, he hugged the wall!

Kevin and I both got a pair of boots for our Birthdays (which is in two weeks :)

We got to eat lots of Mexican food!

We got to visit our friends in Dallas (all of whom have turned into parents in the last year!!)

We did go to Drew and Sam's beautiful wedding in Grandbury.

And then in the blink of an eye we were back to the cold cold north! I must say I was so bitter about the snow and its never ending grip it has on the North. But it is now into April and its still snowing... so if you cant beat em', join em'

I'm off to build a snowman!!

Texas our Texas

Not much to say... we are off to Texas this week.  eeekkkkk.
When I come back I expect to be 10 lbs heavier from all the mexican food, a little more tan, and able to see!   I am getting my lasik surgery touched up on my poor eyes!

So.... see ya next week

March Madness

March is a busy month.  Mostly with work :(
We have lots of employees going to the great state of TEXAS.  Including Kevin and I later this month.  We are heading down for Drew & Sam's wedding.  Friends from the old Aerotek days.  But on top of having a ghost office it is also open enrollent for our medical benefits this month.  Which means lucky me gets to take care of all the PA locations. 

I cant believe its already March.  I also cant believe that there is still freakin snow on the ground!  So far this month my basement has flooded and my car slid off in a ditch all due to the March weather!  I could really use some sunny weather and green grass right about now....or better yet, a beach!  hmmm
I am hoping this month flys by so we can get to APRIL. It's my favorite month for obivious reasons; its usually beautiful weather, its mine and Kevin's Birthday month and well... just because. lol

I will go ahead and put it out there, as much as I want April to come... I dont feel ready to hit the big 30 mark!  Such a milestone.  Its like you dont have the excuse of being dumb and in your twenties anymore.  30 is like, ok grown up...time to start planning for your future.  Social Security, Retirement, 401K, a Will, Life Insurance.  Its all downhill from here folks!

Pet Names

I never thought I would be one of those pet name kind of people.  You know you see/hear these people out in public and either snicker to yourself or say ewww.  But now being close to the three year mark and looking back on our relationship I have noticed lately that we have quite a few.  I laughed at the thought of anyone ease dropping on a conversation at our house in the evenings.  So, for giggles and grins and to remind myself  later in life of all the funny things we used to say.... here is the story.

Babes: derived from baby
Hubs: no brainer on this one
K-Fizzle: I started calling Kevin this a while back, not sure why
Fordy: Kevin's college nick-name
Cousband: This is what happens when you come from a small town, and everyone is someones cousin!
Biscuit: This started one weekend when I said I wanted Biscuits for breakfast (a Sunday staple at the Ford's) and suddenly we started calling each other that. But it is my favorite
Cakes: Kevin started this one, I thought it was a short version of baby cakes...turns out he meant it as CRAZY cakes!!! lol
Cheeks: In response to Kevin calling me Cakes, I started calling him Cheeks.  Short for sweet cheeks (this was still back with I thought he meant baby cakes)!!

We have several terms for cuddling: cuddle turned in to snuggle, and then Scuddle (a mix between the previous two terms, which turned into Biscuity (which came from me saying I wanted to eat biscuits for breakfast and go back to bed and get biscuity) ha!


I noticed we also have a few for Ella, my cocker spaniel.... Ella Bear, E.B. El, Ella Bella, Little Brown Dog, L.B.D, and so on!  haha

Guess we are a family full of names!  I feel sorry for our kids.