Amy's Place

I know, I know....where the hell have I been lately, right?  Well, I wish I had something exotic or exciting to use as an excuse, but I got nothing.  Bupkis!  I promise I have been checking on everyone though, and sometimes I even come out of lurker mode and leave comments!!  MSN blogs are the only ones I can't access at work, so I usually try to check them from home, but sometimes I'm just wiped and not interested in getting back on the computer after I just got off it all day!

 

Nothing very thrilling has been happening around here lately, so you're not missing much!   Well, that's not exactly true.  Darren was home for an entire 10 days while classes finished and finals started, so that was exciting (to me anyway).  He was home studying and I just pretty much tried to stay out of his way and not distract him.  According to my MIL, I am a BIG distraction - although I think she means it in a good way!  At least I hope anyway!     I did manage to pull him away from studying for a few hours over the Easter weekend, and do the family thing a couple of times.  That Saturday night we went to my brother and SIL's place.  They had everyone over for a potluck-appetizer type thing.  It was pretty nice.  Everyone brought an appetizer, finger food, salad or fruit plate...that type of thing.  So, it was nice to not do the traditional ham or turkey.  I get so sick of turkey by the time Christmas hits, that I really don't want to see another one until the next Thanksgiving, so I'm all for doing this kind of thing.  Plus, in my opinion, it's easier on the host/hostess...they're not responsible for feeding everyone!  After all, there were about 25 people total there!  We did have a kick ass spread though!  My mouth is watering again just thinking about it!  It was agood day with family and friends, and best of all, my cutie nephews looking for Easter eggs!

 

Easter Sunday we went to my dad and stepmom's for brunch.  That was also great.  And although there was ham involved, my stepmom is a killer cook, so it was a delicious meal!  No complaints here!!  As long as I don't have to cook, I'm good.  Not that I can't cook, but I don't really enjoy it.  Plus, our apartment is just way too small to have any more that about two other people here to eat.  So, we're fortunate that we get invited to everyone else's place! 

 

Darren left this past Monday morning for the last time!  Can you believe it?  Me neither!  Finally, after 8 months of living seperately, he will finally be home (for good) next Friday.  I'm so excited!  I will actually get to be a full time wife after being married for almost four months!  I can't tell you how much we are BOTH looking forward to school being finished.  Well, at least for this semester.  He may be back in school this fall fall if he gets accepted to the program, but at least it's at the local University, not five hours away!  ~whew~

 

So, like I said, not a lot has been going on here.  I babysat my nephews for a few hours last Sunday, and they just kept me in stitches, although I'm glad I don't have three of my own right now!  Holy cow..they are a handful to say the least!  At one point, I was changing Karter (the baby) and Jacob wandered into the kitchen.  They do this often, and they usually grab a spoon out the drawer, so I wasn't too worried. Well, all of a sudden he reappears in the living room, and instead of having a spoon in his hand, he's got an egg.  A raw one.  Lovely.  I try to coax it out of his hand, and sure enough, he drops it.  That was fun to clean up!

 

The weather here the last few days has been crap.  Literally.  It was absolutely beautiful last weekend. Temperatures in the low-mid teens (Celsius, so it's warm!), the sun was shining, and I was in my glory.  Truely.  Then Tuesday hit.  Since then it has been snow, rain, snow, and then more snow.  And in that order!  I totally thought Spring was here.  Boy, was I WRONG!  Yuck.  Bring on the  already!

 

Have a great weekend everyone!