Memorial Day Weekend: Recap

Oh how the long weekend just seemed to come and go too quickly!!! I hope everyone had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend and if you're in the CT area took advantage of the gorgeous weather we are finally having!!!!

Friday night as planned, we headed down to a restuarant close to work to hang with some of my coworkers. Of course half of them didnt show (I hate when pple say they will show and dont...if you dont want to come just say so!) this really cool salsa band started to play around 10p so hubbs and I stuck around just for a little while after that. We were def. a little intimidated by the dance, lets just two left feet!!!

Saturday I had a seriously early hair appt. I was thisssss close to cancelling and rescheduling but I didn't. I signed in sat down and the next thing I know one of the receptionists call me back up, my aunt freaking called the salon on Friday and PAID for my services PLUS paid for a mani/pedi!! This was her "congrats I am so proud of the new job" gift. Holy crap. My hair appts are not cheap and being it was so early (830a) I almost thought it was a joke. I am so grateful to have such an awesome family, I dont think I could thank her enough!

On my way home, of course I called her. And guess what?? I got pulled over for being on the phone!!!! The cop, was super nice which is surprising but at least all I have to do is send in a reciept for a handsfree and that will be the end of it.

After that, I got home and guess who's sick? Hubbs. It took just about a week for him to catch my nasty stomach bug minus the yacking. He ended up having a fever of a 102.7 and I went into full wife mode and became a constant worrier. Every hour after he took the aspirin I checked his temp, woke him up because I worry. He literally slept from 2p-10a the next day.

Although hubbs was sick, my friends birthday celebration was that night, so I did go out for a little while. All I thought about was my poor love sick and I did enjoy myself but it would have been more fun if he was there.

Sunday we layed low around the house, again Hubbs slept for the majority of the day.

Today we headed up to hang with my aunt and did some shopping, I'm thinking Hubbs is starting to feel somewhat better since he just cracked open a Sam Adams.

...So one week from tomorrow will be my last day at work. Crazy. I have a feeling this week is going to fly by. And in a way I want it to, but I also want to enjoy my last week as much as I can. But I am def looking forward to some time off and going on my new journey! I'll leave you all with some pictures!

Some of my work ladies and I:


Hubbs and I jokin around in the vault (it's part of the restuarant!):


Alice knows her daddy is sick awww:


Some of the girls and I out in New Haven for C's bday:


One picture from the housewarming:


Bestie and Me:

Memorial Day Madness

Is anyone as excited as I am about this weekend? Probably not for the same reasons but I'm sure everyone can agree their excited for a three day weekend- (sorry if you have to work on Monday, that sucks!)

I am officially feeling 100% better again after the bug attacked me for several days. I came into work late on Wednesday hair a big ole mess, no makeup walk into my mgrs office and she proceeds to ask, 'are you pregnant?" wow, really?? Well, wouldn't that be something if I was, but pretty sure I was just fightin somethin nasty.

Anyways, tonight my work ladies are celebrating me, oh yeah! A bunch of us (including the hubbs) are hitting a restaurant near work for some drinks and some music. The camera will be out in full force! It should be a good time!Then tomorrow night we are heading to downtown New Haven to celebrate my friends birthday. Total sh*tshow for sure!!! Again the camera will be out! Sunday we'll be hanging out with my Aunt and Monday probably getting stuff done around the house!

Tomorrow morning I have a hair appointment. I get bored fast with my hair color. I was going to keep my hair dark for awhile because of us ttc, but now with the new job and waiting a little while I need to some light in my life. I've been checking out some options but I LOVE Ashley Tisdale's hair in this picture:






Her base color seems to be right on target with my base so it would be just a matter of some chunky highlights. We'll see what my hairdresser says. I'm going to keep it long but just have her thin it out a little, my hair is so thick and its gets too heavy after awhile, esp the front.


Well hopefully my next post will be a ton of pictures (I keep saying that) from the weekend and hopefully some awesome new hair!

Hope everyone enjoys the holiday weekend!!!!

Weekend Recap, Stomach Bugs, and Goodbyes

So we had our Housewarming Party this weekend and all went well! We had a ton of food and a ton of family and friends over. I felt like I never had a chance to breathe remember I said I hate being the hostess, I would much rather sit back and enjoy myself.

And then Sunday happened...

I woke up with a pounding headache, now I did drink BUT I wasnt drunk nor did I go to bed drunk. I ended up puking my brains out all day, confined to the couch watching Jersey Shore from start to finish. Sad. I stayed home yesterday since my temp was still high and I really didnt feel 100%. I basically slept on and off all day. I am feeling much better today, hopefully that's the end of it.

I came in to work today to find my manager emailed the entire division about my departure next month, I figured I could be an AW and share the email:

(note: I erased the obvious words/names for privacy reasons!)

Good Morning,

As some of you may have already heard, Sarah has accepted a new position with (NEW COMPANY) in their HR Division in (CITY), our loss is a gift for (NEW COMPANY). Sarah has been a wonderful addition to the Staffing & Recruiting team since joining us in 2008; she was a key contributor in the standardization of the hiring process across the organization in early 2009, the implementation of the e-Recruiting system in late 2009; and supporting the CEO’s Leadership Recognition Program, just to name a few.

Sarah’s last day with us will be Tuesday, June 8th, she wanted to make sure that our summer hiring was completed before she left, quite a testament to Sarah’s character/leadership qualities.

Please join me in thanking Sarah for her support and wishing her well as she moves forward with her career.

:::holds back tears:::

Yes it's feeling real now that I will be leaving here in two weeks. Oh and what made even more difficult for me was my term form came through already!!!! So a bunch of my coworkers are taking me out this Friday night! It's going to be a good weekend!!!!

So I am slowly working on my before and after shots of the house, starting with the kitchen. Eventually I will be on the ball with it!

Going Where The Grass Is (Hopefully) Greener....

So remember when I tried to act slick in my last entry about something major possibly happening in my life?? Okay not so slick except if you're my good friend C who still had no clue what I was talking about (LOVE YOU!) but yes if you figured it out, I went for a job interview.

And they made me an offer...


And yes I accepted!


I'm feeling nervous, excited, anxious....

Dont get me wrong I love where I work now. I work for a bank in Human Resources where my function is recruiting. I went to school for HR I love it. True story: today is my two year anniversary with my current company too. But it was time to move on and further my career. I am still in HR of course, but more diverse where I can learn more about the HR function from A-Z. Plus rumor has it this company pays for school which means I can finally go back for my Masters!

My last day of work is June 8th then I am taking a few days off and reporting to my new position on June 14th. Change is always scary but it's good change that will make us even more finacially stable then we are now. So when we do have a little 'loon we can them everything and more!

So speaking of babies...

Yes, we are putting that on hold just for a couple of months. I need to get into the new company and feel it out. And as my friend K said everything happens for a reason so, maybe I didnt get that BFP a few weeks ago because of this opportunity. Hubbs is completely on board to wait a little while longer as well.

My life is full of excitement right now! Change is in the air!!!

And finally...this Saturday is our housewarming! I will post pictures hopefully Sunday! I am finally getting excited about it and ready to party and hang out with close friends and family!

One more! We painted the kitchen! It looks great ahhh I'll post before and after pics of that as well.

I seriously need to get on the ball with these pictures, it's so sad!

Hmmmm

It's a new week. And yes my last post was mucho depressing. BUT I needed to vent, to feel sorry for myself. I needed a DAY. I got it and now I am moving on....

Life has been SUPER busy! So where to begin...

Saturday Hubbs and I started the fun task of removing the wallpaper in the kitchen. Before we moved in, we removed the wallpaper in the living room and dining room and decided to hold off for a few months before we tackled the kitchen. Removing wallpaper is tiring. It sucks. Our goal is to paint this weekend. I am pretty excited to get it done before our housewarming next week....

Housewarming. I probably should be a little more enthusiatic about it but I'm not. Don't get me wrong, I am really excited to have our family and friends over to hang out and see the progress but being a hostess is such an overwhelming task. Tomorrow night we are heading to BJ's to pick up everything and then some. I cant wait to see what that bill looks like. Thankfully we have relatives who are pitching in and making some things. Here's our "menu" so far for the day:

-My dad's famous baked ziti
-Baked Mac n Cheese (Hubbs SM's recipe)
-Meatballs (ANother one of Hubb's SM's recipes)
-Hot dogs, hamburgers, bratwursts
-Pasta Salad - BF's yummy recipe
-Potato Salad
-Baked Beans
-Tossed Salad
-Dessert
-Chips, dip and other goodies!

I feel like we dont have enough food, BUT I know it's going to be more than enough. Now we just need to focus on cleaning up the house inside and out!

In other news, work has been super crazy for me...in a good way! Between a million meetings, interviews, and just general work the days just fly by! I am really one of those women that want it both ways: a successful career and a family. I don't think I could be a stay at home mom, although it would be awesome. Who knows? Maybe I will change my mind once we have a little bean.

Something else pretty exciting happened this week for me, but I just dont really want to share too much. Basically I was given a great opportunity to meet with some awesome people at a very well known place! Hahaha okay maybe I should just come out and say it but I am sure you can put two and two together. We will see what happens.....

And I wanted to share some pictures from my blackberry BUT my email config is all screwed up so I cant sent any pictures to my email addy. I love my BB and if I was to switch it would probably be to a Droid. The Iphone is cool and all, but I am a devoted Verizon customer.

.....One more thing....could the Hockey Gods PLEASE let the Bruins win game seven tomorrow night against Philly??? Hubbs has been super cranky since Monday's game. (If you dont follow the Bruins or the playoffs, the Bruins were up 3-1 and then Philly won Monday AND last night, so now it's all tied up).

Disappointment

How else can I word it? It's no ones fault.

Yesterday, when I was barely able to open my eyes. I was in denial.

Last night when I got a migraine. I was in denial.

AF arrived this morning. I was in denial.

I still have yet to accept she is here, I keep telling myself that there MAY still be a chance. Why? Because I am in denial.

I cried. Yup, I did. I needed to talk to someone about it and since hubbs was at work already and all I could really do was send him a BBM, I told one of the only coworkers that knows we are ttc. And I cried. I needed to.

I've read about it on blogs and baby boards the disappointment and sadness that women have to go through when TTC. I never really understood but now I do. It doesn't matter if you have been trying for 1 year or 1 month, its heartbreaking.

You put in all the babymakin work, then you deal with the dreaded "two week wait" and in between you think certain "twinges" and "pains" are possible signs.

I know I will be fine and move on from feeling the way I do, because we have time on our side and we will try again in a few weeks. But today I am entitled to be this emotional.

And I am entitled to a nice cold beer which I have been depriving myself from since we got back from Florida.

April just wasn't our month. Maybe May will be....

Hump Day

Geez I feel like I am such a lame blogger lately. BUT if you realized how busy I am at work and preparing for our housewarming, personal email time is few and far between.

Hubbs birthday was Friday so we went and did Hibachi (as planned see last post) and then just hung out at home. That's where we are different. I would call all of my friends to come out and eat and drink but hubbs has never been big into the whole birthday celebrations. Which was nice this time since I am anti-booze (TTC) and it was tough to pass on those saki shots!!!! We picked up hubbs new wedding band too! Fits like a glove!

So Saturday we finally bought a grill! We purchased it from Lowes its a GrillMaster 4 burner grill. I've attached a pic below from the Lowe's website. The sales guy was trying to push a $8000 grill..equipped with a cooler and all. Sweet, but no thanks! So we got home and hubbs was hard at work putting it together. I cant believe we have gone this long without one! And this weekend is supposed to be gorgeous so I cannot wait to grill out all weekend!!!! The one thing missing is a cold beer (blah!)..

On top of all this, we have an addition to the 'Loon household. Alice the cat. Here's the story: Hubbs bro and sis in law had a cat, had to give her to my MIL so she lived there for like six or seven years. MIL moved and couldnt take Alice so gave her back to BIL and SIL. SIL has severe allergies and if no one claimed her then she would be sent to a shelter. I am a SUCKER for animals and so is Hubbs. Now mind you I have two cats, well my dad has held them hostage since I moved out a few years ago, so I felt guilty in a sense to take in another cat when I have two that I miss! But I talked to dad and he basically said that he is not giving them up (i am not complaining they are happy at his house) and that we should take her in. So...Saturday night Alice became a member of our family! She loves to cuddle, she sleeps on our bed every night, and she is just overall a good cat!

Sunday, we went to chruch and had the priest bless hubbs' new ring! He was pretty miserable without the ring on, all he would do is say how it sucks and he feels naked. My brother is still determined to find the ring and claims he will be looking this summer! It would be amazing if he found it but so cool!


So housewarming....we came up with a food list and now hopefully we can recruit some people to help out! I wanted to get the kitchen painted before, but I doubt that will happen. Hopefully we can just work on cleaning up the yard. I plan on taking a trip to Christmas Tree Shoppe (I am obssessed with their stuff!) for more chairs and just to spice up the yard! I know when to bargain shop!!!

So here's the grill: