Blog Awards

Sara, the sweet woman over at 8aplenty, has given me a blog award!  YEAH! 

I love blog awards, and she was so sweet to think of me.   :)

 (These will also be located under the "Blog Love" tab!)

Do you know what I love best about blog awards?  It is that you get to pass them on to blogs you LOVE to read!  :)

You are suppost to pick 15 blogs, but I haven't recently discovered 15 blogs...oops!  So, I thought I would share with you 9 of my most recent favorites.  :)

• Cleveland Rocks
• Funky Mama Bird
• The Ohnemus Family
• Our Precious King
• Life As I Know It
• Bringing Up Bronwyn
• Life from Pippy's Perspective
• Taking It One Step At A Time
• The Ish Blog

There are a couple rules to accepting this award:

• Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
• Share 7 things about yourself.
• Pass this on to 15 (or 9 *grin*) other great bloggers you recently discovered.
• Contact the selected bloggers and tell them about their award.

Hmm....7 things about me.  *Taps Fingers*  These are always so difficult to come up with.  :)

• I once dated a man 27 years my senior.
• I am addicted to "The Real Housewives of ....." anywhere.  Serious drama!  I will say that I don't care for Atlanta, but I haven't really given it much of a chance.
• My favorite movie(s) is "Father of the Bride", both 1 and 2!
• I once had a dream that The Teenager will marry a blonde wearing a blue shirt, and I am now convinced it will come true and we will be the best of friends.  HAHA!
• I HATE Thomas the Train.  I hope Jack (or Ady) never starts to like him, because I will go NUTS!
• I wish I was more crafty, and I desperately want to learn how to decorate ADORABLE cupcakes.  :)
• We will be ordering my new computer this week (I have been without one since MAY!), and I couldn't be more excited.  It is going to be red.  :)

Well, it looks like that is all for me.  :)  Hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday.  And thank you again Sara!

Our Weekend

Oh my goodness.  We had an interesting weekend.

We left Saturday afternoon to head to Peoria, IL to stay at Embassy Suites (a hotel which we normally LOVE), but as soon as we got there my "mini vacation buzz" ended.

We checked in and received our room keys....proceeded up the elevator (which freaked Jack out!) to our room and slid the little key in the slot.  The second I opened the door I was overwhelmed by the smell of cigarette smoke.  YUCK!  I don't have a problem with people smoking, however if it directly effects me I will let you know! 

So, I called down to the front desk.  I waited on hold for more than 10 minutes just to talk to someone who didn't know ANYTHING, so I asked to speak with the manager.  While waiting to speak with the manager Z walks in and asks if I changed Jack or Ady's diaper.  I said, "no I haven't"....then he said "well, let them know there is a dirty diaper in one of the trash cans."  SICK!  That is totally gross.  How hard is it to empty the trash can? 

Anyway the manager, finally, came on the line (another 5-10 minutes).  I told him about the dirty diaper and smoke filled room.  He apologized profusely, especially for the diaper, and offered to switch our rooms.  Well duh!  He also gave us a $25 gift certificate to the cafe downstairs, something we will never use.

Needless to say, I will be giving them a call this afternoon (I should have done it yesterday, but I didn't feel up to it).  Hopefully we can get this situation resolved.

 Lauren

 

The View

 The Teenager, Lauren, and Ady

 Zach

Jack

Ugh, anyway.  Overall it was a nice weekend.  We enjoyed spending time with Lauren and The Teenager, and the kids LOVED swimming.  :)

We left the hotel Sunday at about 11am.  We drove for a little bit, and I stopped to get a sandwich at Subway so I could have something to eat before I started my 24-hour fast before my colonoscopy.

The prep for the colonoscopy wasn't as bad as I imagined, and neither was the procedure....but, the cramps that followed were awful!  I was crying in the car because they were so bad.  So, I googled some ways to help with the cramping (they pump you full of air and this causes you to feel bloated and crampy).  I drank some warm beverages (apple cider and hot chocolate) per their instruction, and it seemed to help.  Thank goodness!

They discovered one polyp (which they removed and sent over for a biopsy) and one hemorrhoid, and I have an appointment next week to discus in more detail the results.  We shall see.

Anyway, how was your weekend?  Hope all is well!