Two Years

Has it really been over 2 years since I've posted? So much has happened in that 2 years I don't even know where to begin!

I don't have any good excuses.....work, kids, dog, social life....I can blame it all but it's really just on me.

I'm hoping to get back to blogging again, It's just a good place to document my life and what is going on....the good, the bad and the UGLY!

Where to start? Here are the cliffnotes for parts of my life over the last 2 years.

January 2021 - got a dog. Peanut, a toy Yorkie who hasn't quite reached 6 pounds yet. He is a ferocious guard dog, well he sounds like it anyway but he would never bite anyone. He loves going to the playground and being petted by all the kids. He hates the rain, cold, wind and snow, so during those weather conditions he prefers to just piss inside. This is super fun for me and the reason I'll be getting new floors this year.

May 2021 - got a boyfriend....doesn't that sound weird? :) Everyone calls him Moose, his real name is Jason. He loves to take care of me......opens the door for me, wants to pay for everything, always ask if there is anything he can do or get me. This is very odd for me and definitely not easy for me to accept, as I am not one that wants help with much. But everyone tells me to let him do it and I deserve it and enjoy it, blah, blah, blah.'. 

Summer 2021 - had my kitchen updated! Doing this on my own, making these expensive decisions, was a little intimidating but it actually went pretty smooth. I had the cabinets painted white and new quartz countertops put in. It's SO much brighter and updated. It was totally worth the money!

February 2022 - joined Orange Theory Fitness! Life changing! After the first class, I wanted to puke and could hardly walk the next day but it was worth it. I hit my 100th class the day after Thanksgiving and usually am still sore after every class....but I have never been stronger! Now to change my eating habits! LOL

August 2022 - was able to take Moose and the girls to my family reunion in Texas for a week. I love this time with family and in the sun! 

I told Moose from the beginning that if we dated, we'd travel and see live music concerts......Since I started dating Moose we have been to Nashville, Chicago, Vegas and Green Bay. And with kids we have been to Minneapolis, Omaha and Texas.

He had never really been to concerts until 18 months ago and now we have seen Eric Church, Halestorm, Gary Allen (twice), 21 Pilots, Blake Shelton,, Lee Brice, and others at Country Bash. We also have tickets for Thomas Rhett and Pink in 2023.

November 2022 - got laid off from my job of 19 years. I knew it was probably coming with the amount of  people they had laid off all year long and the super low volume we had due to increasing mortgage interest rates. I do have 60 days non-working notice before I can collect 38 weeks of severance pay. So I'm enjoying the holiday season, since I've never had time off around Christmas and I'll worry about updating my resume, job searching and dealing with that nonsense in January! 

Updates on the girls:

Presley is almost 14 and in 8th grade. I still force her to play soccer in spring and fall but she does nothing else. She is not interested in much but I'm hoping that means she'll stay out of trouble in the coming years! She has no interesting in boys (that we are aware of) and wears leggings and sweatshirts to school every day. No belly shirts for this girl and that makes me happy! It's odd that she can get her permit soon and she doesn't even want to sit in the front seat of the car and doesn't know how to start a car yet either! HA! 

Piper is 10 and in 4th grade. She does fall/spring soccer with little fighting, plays piano and is going to start up gymnastics again. This girl is so sweet, funny and I can''t believe some of the things that come out of her mouth. She's emotional, a people-pleaser and has a tendency to have a short attention span! :)

Hopefully I can keep blogging in the coming year considering I seem to have some extra free time on my hands these days!