Goodbye January...

Tomorrow starts a new month and I have to say I've been disappointed by myself this month.....

I've just learned that my income is going to be reduced so thankfully my husband has been working good hours the last few weeks and hopefully it will continue....

I've begun our taxes and can hopefully get them completed soon so that I may apply for Fin. Aid for school....

What's going to happen in Feb?

Not sure, I have no forseeable plans that are different from my daily life except Valentines day which marks my 5.5 years of marriage to Rob (if we're lucky we'll go out to eat and exchange a cheap-non-romantic gift like a dvd)... But i expect that in March Max will have a vet visit (probably just blood test & I'll need syringes) and near the end of that month I'll be looking for a dentist to fill my front tooth....So goodbye income tax return!

But to end the month I'll be watching some of my fav tv shows...

19 Kids & Counting - TLC- 8 pm

Big Love - HBO- 9 pm

Keeping Up with the Kardasians - E!- 10 pm

Book Review: 10,000 Ways To Live Large on a Small Budget

My latest library delivery....

I've skimmed almost every page of this book and I think it's great! It has an easy to read style, not like paragraphs but list style...so you can skip around if you like but I honestly think this book is something you either own or borrow to look up something particular and use just that piece of info....but I think owning is the best option because you can refer back to it...so if you need tips on how to make clothing last longer or to save money on food..So here are a few of my favorite sub-topics covered...

The best and worst places to stash cash in your home

10 beauty products you can make at home

13 ways to be nice that cost you nothing

And the chapters range from Food, Travel, Education,to Personal Finance and Home Improvement....

(There is ever a section on how to re-gift lol)

At Amazon it's abot $10, check it here

Entertainment Tonight...

• Can you believe that there will soon be another Shrek movie? Shrek Forever After 3D...check for it in May.....
• And don't get me going on the sequels coming...I just can't imagine some of them and some I can't wait and a few I just can't believe are still pumping out more... Transformers 3? Wonder what new cars they'll have....H.P. Deathly Hollows part 1 & 2? Don't read the books so I don't know what will happen except that soon enough it will come to an end (good thing Universal is just a 30 minutes ride and I can visit Hogwarts for myself later this year :)~ Pirates of the Carribean 4? JOY! I could watch Johnny Depp in anything! And it apears that the kids will have lots to look forward to, try old school stuff the parents can enjoy... The Smurfs, Yogi the Bear, Puss in Boots, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax...so many more...(I miss the Boomerrang channel :(
• BTW Do you watch Lost? I've kind of watched it, hit or miss, haven't seen "every" episode but did catch most of last season and gotta watch the one (final one) that's about to start...See I watch more than just Reality TV..hehe...
• As for movies on DVDs...next tuesday Zombieland hits stores (buying it) and in March New Moon will hit stores....Now I just gotta wait until May for my next Sookie Stackhouse book and season 2 of True Blood and then come June I'll get to see Eclipse & True Blood season 3...right before i go back to school

Friday Night...

Boredom

It's not even 6 and I'm bored....

Rob just left for work and my days has been kind of boring but off kelter due to escorting my mom to the dr.....

resistin the urge to watch our newest BB movie b/c I'm saving it to watch with my hubby...

Gonna take out my doggies in an hour...

After that I don't know what I'll do, I just know that I have nothing I have to do and could just go to bed if i really wanted to but i won't want to

It's gonna be a long night...

My Guilty Obsession...

well...I'd say "obsesssion" is a bit strong...I just really like Teen Mom (16 & pregnant)...although....I strongly believe that people should wait until the time is right to have a kid and 16 is not even close to that time! (I like the old concept on falling in love, getting married, starting a life...then having a baby)....

So Teen Mom is a wrap! Although I might find valuable things about each Mama...My favs are Maci and Amber.....

Maci: She's from TN & Bentley is sooooo cute! However my heart breaks for her b/c of Ryan (baby daddy)...in fact I saw a preview of the renuion show (and it could have been taken out of context but..) it looks like he says something like "If we I didn't have a kid with Maci then I'd never talk to her again..." -Mouth Dropping- OMG -this is where I need to be censored b/c my honest opinion is that bad! What a frickin diappoint! Poor Maci & Bentley...There is a Daddy out there for ya somewhere lil one!

Amber: Midwestern girl! (I know a few teen mama midwesterns). Although she has her struggles...she is giving a lot of effort to better her life and be a super mom while doing it and Gary seems like a good daddy and maybe he can get Amber back b/c dude I totally almost cried when I saw Gary's poor lil heart breaking....I think they have a real shot at being a good family in the future!

The truth is that being a parent is hard...I have no children but I know this...and it doesn't matter if you're 16 or 36, people can still have the same struggles. It's just likelier that the older you are the the more together you have your life, ie jobs/school/career, independence, money, support....

Babies on the Brain

As I watch MTV's Teen Mom (& prepare for the finale) I can't up think in my head "I want a kid". Even though it's not part of the plan at the moment, I can't wait until Rob and I can be parents. Not so sure about being pregnant but once the lil booger is here I'm sure i'll be overjoyed! I guess in this sense maybe my patience could be a role model for somebody. Sure I could have a kid with my husband right now but who knows how that would affect our plan. So the plan we shall stick too....Married- Check, Finishing College/Start Career- In progress...then it's baby making time and the rest of the plan can fall into place (Rob college/career, buy house). Although it would be nice for Rob to be started with a career and for us to own a home...that's just to far away and we aren't getting any younger! I suppose the worst part is that I know at least 4 people who had babies less than 2 years ago and i ain't near any of them. No practicing changing diapers and burping....

Tomorrow...

I'll be cooking up some new things.....Broccolli Cheese Soup & Fried Chicken Legs...and you might say i'm "free balling" it because i'm not using a recipe....

For the soup I was ill-prepared and realized that all my recipes required cream or half'n'half and all i have is milk so i'm just gonna wing it, just add the normal soup stuff, take my broccoli stalks and blend them into a puree type thing and leave the florets whole and add maybe a little milk and lots of cheddar cheese!

For the legs....I looked up recipes on food network and alot of them included buttermilk so I just put my legs in a pie-plate and covered with abot a cup of buttermilk...all i had on hand leftover from a week or so ago (pancakes)...tomorrow i'm gonna heat up some oil to 325 and season some flour...presto..Fried Chicken...hopefully

I don't have a cast iron pan so i'm using a regular one and i'm hesitant about the fried chicken....and that's rare for me....it's one of those things that either you got it or you don't...

I'd love to see my brother make Homemade fried chicken.....lol

Menu Monday

Monday -Spaghetti w/ meatballs & garlic bread

Tuesday- Broccoli Cheese soup w/ Fried Chicken legs

Wednesday- Fish Tacos

Thursday- Eating Out

Friday- Chicken?

Saturday- Hot Dogs

I'm dye-ing

My roots are getting pretty bad, almost all the way to the scrunchie that holds up my hair on top of my head. And tomorrow i'm gonna bleach my roots and not re-dye them pink. I'm offically starting the long transformation to being all blonde in preperation for Nursing school (since at some point i'll be in medical centers and hospitals learning, i doubt they'll want a pink headed student since unaturaly dyed hair has unfortunant sterotypes). I'm kind of reluctant to do this but I know if i dye pink again it's just going to harder to convert. And at least this way i'll be able to avoid bleaching all all my hair at once because eventually the pink on the lower portion will grow out or get trimmed off. The last time I went blonde it took like 3 or 4 boxes of dye to get the pink out so i'm gonna do it slow this time, rather than 2 weeks before school. I have a hard time saying "never" so I'm not saying goodbye Mr. Manic Panic just see ya later...much later...probably when i retire if i even have the energy :(

My Saturday..so far...

My husband's schedule this week has been off kelter but it looks to benefit us because he just got home and tomorrow he'll be sent home early b/c he'll hit overtime!
Today I was slow starting (watched a movie & almost fell asleep watching some ghost adventure tv show) but after all that I....
fed and took out my doggies
scrubbed and soaked the bathtub
picked up the bedroom
dusted/cleaned funiture in bedroom
2 loads of laundry
folded and put away clothes

and it looks like we night get to go to the movies tonight!