"Oh No"

In the last day of his twenties, the only thing the hubs could say was... "Oh noo!"

JUST KIDDING! He enjoyed every minute of it.

Wait time out this is funny, before the hubs could get a tat, his buddy had to shave him. There were some jokes here about the hubs next tattoo being on his butt. 

And now it's serious go time.

Look at Chad go, he's pretty friggin awesome.

Lets get this Pete some pants shall we?

Post tattoo time we did something unthinkable - well unthinkable when you're old. We went to the hubs favorite bar at Purdue and we day drank. Well not me (someone had to be the sober sailor), but the hubs had his little cousins over for some fun at Jakes. We ordered his favorite menu items for lunch and beverage and we played about 100 games of the card game @ss hole. The best part was one of our good friends and the lady who married us joined in on the fun. Hi JD (had to name drop since I know she's a loyal reader).

After the Jakes day time fun, we made our way to Mad Mushroom, because apparently that's what you do at Purdue. Every one was having fun.

So much fun, that no one wanted to leave.

Here's where the hubs called grandma, the little cousin was so happy to be talking to her.

Thumbs up from the cool guy on the right. Go Captain Awesome.

I thought that Landon was super mad at me for making him go home. What he didn't know at this point was that he'd be seeing his cousins tomorrow. SPOILER ALERT the next day I threw him a surprise party. More to come soon.

Amber Waves of Grain

Some people may find driving through the midwest flat and boring but when you see sights like this, how can you not be in awe. Check out the amber waves of grain and what about the wind generators? Together it's amazing how so much power and energy comes from these fields.

This was just some of our sights on our drive to visit Purdue University. Stop one on our college tour this past weekend.

Minne Monday

Happy Minne Monday!

This past weekend we left Minne with her Aunt Sam while the hubs and I took my little sister on some college tours. Minne was still cheering on her dad's Alma Mater.

College Visits

This weekend the hubs and I are taking this little one on some college visits. We should have some great photos come next week.

I can't believe she is already a junior in high school! Time really flies.

PS I think the hubs is more excited about tailgating then the actual college visits. Although, he looks for any excuse to visit his Alma Mater - Purdue.  

Are you doing any thing fun this weekend?

South Bend, Boo Notre Dame

Last weekend the hubs and I made our way to the great city of South Bend to visit some friends and partake in the 1st weekend of college football. Tailgate Saturday started early. It was about 56 degrees with 35 mph winds but that wasn't stopping anyone from having a good time. The hubs started out with some early morning games of corn hole, beer in hand.

While tailgating, the hubs spotted his dream machine. Atually, it was an old ice cream truck converted into a Purdue Mobile. We took about a half hour and scoped it out.

It was nothing but awesome according to the hubs. Here he is inside the truck with one of the vehicle owners and his bud, Dan.

The tailgate festivities continued and we made our way over to the lots by the staidum to pick up our tickets. The lots were full of crazy fun super fans, Notre Dame or Purdue fans, every one was really nice and almost everyone was willing to share their food and beverages.

We met some college students who asked if I was a sophmore at Purdue. I was flattered and the hubs of course loved making new college friends. I guess it keeps us young.

Before walking into the game we ran into one of our cousins. It was a great treat. Ity would ahve been better if she was wearing the correct colors. Oh well, I think the hubs forgave her.

And then the game began. The day could  have gone alot better.

As I am sure you know, Notre Dame won.

Post game we were exhausted and we had caught wind burn to our faces. We headed home and spent the rest of the weekend recooperating, as we will be doing it all again next weekend. In fact, we will be bringing my baby sister on an Indiana & Purdue tour. I think the hubs is just excited to have one more reason to tailgate.

CONGRATS!

My husband has very simple wants in life: to watch the Phillies continue to win the World Series, to own a house with a yard, to have a big family oh and to have a NEW JOB!

I've been waiting to post this for awhile but today is finally the good news day! It happend. The hubs will be starting his new job in a few weeks. We're stoaked!

Looks like we will be doing lots of celebrating later on tonight, lets hope it will be a dual celebration combined with a Purdue Victory.

Congrats Hubs!!! Maybe tonight will look something like this:



or like this:

Another 1 Falls

Just view this photo and tell me you're not as pumped as I am? This is a great snapshot on how I spent my Thursday night. Hoping that Purdue can do it tomorrow to keep #TeamIndiana going strong, Boiler up!

Article found here.

It's Game Day

GO TEAM INDIANA! First up Butler vs Syracuse tonight. Purdue vs Duke on Friday! OH BOY!

Team Indiana On the Road to Indy

Yup, that's right. As of yesterday, Team Indiana is till on it's way to Indianapolis for the Final Four. Next stop....sweet 16. Happy Monday everyone! (PS can you tell the hubs is stoaked?)

Busy weekend!

Yup, it's been another busy busy weekend! We have officially decided that we are now Team Indiana (we being me and the hubs).



Hope everyone is having a great weekend! BU has now advanced to the sweet 16 and we're hoping that Purdue does the same tomorrow.



Go Dawgs, Boiler Up, Cheers Indiana!

Past Weekend

Wow this past weekend was super busy! It started with an awesome concert of MUSE and Silversun Pickups. To be honest, I knew MUSE had a hit song on Q101 right now, I knew they were huge in other countries but I had no clue that they could rock like they did. The light show they put on was spectacular, so if you ever have a chance to see it live, DO IT! I promise you won't be disappointed. This video doesn't do the show justice:



After that the rest of the weekend was filled with wedding festivities and college basketball.

A special shout out goes out to my Aunt L who is getting married in May. My aunt K and grandma through a lovely shower this past Sunday at Olive Garden. The bride’s favorite color is purple so you may notice a theme with some of the photos (which I am kicking myself for not bringing my other camera, photos taken from Blackberry).

I love the usage of the tool around the flowers seen here:


And how cute are these name tags/place settings? Yup there is a heart shaped cookie cutter with a cute cookie recipe written inside with a little sweetness note. And how about the continued use of purple?


Who could forget about the guest table? Check out the beautiful towel cake made by the groom’s mother:


A photo of the soon to be Mr. & Mrs.


After the shower I made it home with 1 minute to spare for the selection show. My hubs was disappointed to see Purdue’s placement against Siena and I was not surprised to see Butler in the 5 seed (although I hate the 5 seed, it is one of the highest rated upsets in the tourney every year…I’m used to Butler being the underdog).

Where does your team rank

Purdue Alumni Association

The hubs has been getting lots of calls from West Lafayette. Knowing that it was the Purdue Alumni Association more than likely asking for money, the hubs has decided not to answer his phone. Now don't get me wrong, he loves Purdue but we had a wedding less than a year ago and we're trying to save for a house oh and not to mention that the hubs could make a career change and have to start all over again.

But tonight was different. You see he got home from work to find a Comcast bill for $250! Turns out when the guy called and offered us a Triple Play Deal for 90 something dollars he really meant to say "You'll be getting a bill for $250" So the hubs made 3 calls. First to the number on the bill. They said they could change the plan to $135 but we would still owe the $250. Then he made a 2nd call, this time to the cancellation department. You'd think they would want to retain us right? Wrong, the lady said the same thing as the first guy and didn't seem to care about the bill for $250. Finally, the hubs called the sales department who informed him that if he were to sign up for a new contract today he could get Internet and TV for $79!

WHAT THE HECK? Really, we can call and sign up for anew service for $79 but they want us to pay $250 for our last months bill?

Right after that 3rd call the hubs got a call from Purdue. This poor college student had no clue what he was in for. I hear the husband first say "it can't be as good as yours, you're in college and I am sure there is plenty of beer." Well that comment must have made the two best friends because then they started talking about majors and Purdue bars and career paths. I am sure the guy on the other line thought the hubs was a for sure deal for some money. However, 20 minutes later the hubs had to let the poor lad down. He was polite about it but I think the college student may be calling to hang out with us the next time he's in Chicago...nice work hubs.

PS Comcast still stinks. I think we are watching all of our recorded shows tonight and then completely cancelling Comcast all together - ::GASP:: I don't know what my husband is going to do with himself!

MARCH!

Yup it's March, which is one of my favorite times of the year. Wanna know why?

College Basketball Starts to heat up! Case in point check out where Butler and Purdue are both ranked! This years tourny is sure to be a big one for our household:



March also means lots of green celebrating, especially when it comes to St. Patricks day, aren't we all a little Chi-Irish?




The weather starts to warm up which means more walks and runs outside with Minne moo!


And baseball spring training starts! It's time to get the boys of summer into shape!



Happy March everyone!