A little bit of everything!

Well, as you can tell by how many posts I have done in the last couple of weeks... there is A LOT GOING ON in our lives... haha... (can you sense the sarcasm?)

Even though nothing new, fun, or exciting has been happening....
We both have been keeping busy though!!

Time Spent Apart (tear)
Matt has been working quite a bit.... he has been able to pick up some overtime here and there and actually this week he is down south the whole week doing his spring surveying! And it looks like part/most of next week he will be gone too! =( I will say that I am getting a little more used to him being gone for longer periods of time. Not that I like it, but I think I'm accepting and handling it a little bit better.

Work for me on the other hand.... has been slow, but busy, but boring. It's a job. I really want to love my job, but I just don't. But this week has been pretty good. My boss is gone on vacation, so in addition to my normal weekly tasks, I was in charge of sending the papers to press and also working on a 12 page paper that gets printed monthly. That has kept me busy most of the week!
And since Matt was working out of town all this week, I extended some hospitality to my friend Renee to come and sleep over this week! She lived in Lowell and works in Manteno, so staying in Grant Park helps he cut her commute time. It has been nice to have around. Last night we actually watched Nicholas and Rachele's wedding video she brought along... I got to see Matt make his wonderful speech. He's so cute! Also, I am taking advantage of going out for dinner and meeting up with some friends while Matt's gone! Last night I got to hang out with the wonderful Amanda Plowman and tonight I get to see two college friends, Jessica & Kristen! Jessica just got engaged and getting married in July! So I can't wait to hear all about her wedding plans!

A Not So Ordianary Weekend
Tomorrow Matt will be home! I'm so excited to see him!
I'm also excited because this weekend is a very UN- ORDINARY weekend! (is that even a word?)For what seems to be the LOOOONGest time, we have had tickets for tomorrow night's 's game with Nicholas and Rachele! So that will be fun!

Then another fun and exciting thing is that on Saturday to Sunday we are going down to Layfette and Indianapolis with a group from church and we are staying overnight in a hotel, and then going to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis! Which I have heard great things about it! So I'm looking forward to that! =) I'll have to tell you about how it was when we get back! Like I said, we are going with a group of people from churches, all of them are couples with kids, except for us! But they are all super cool and I know that we will have a great time!

"I feel the need... the need for speed!"
And we finally booked Matt's wedding present from me! Richard Petty Driving Experience! He will be doing(Richard Petty Driving Experience). He will be doing it at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet on May 24 in the afternoon! I hope he's as excited as I am for him! I hope I'll be able to get some good photos and hopefully borrow someone's video camera to record it too! =)

my hubby is amazing!!!!!!!

I am so blessed to have a handy husband!!!!
Look what he made me (us!)....


Last night when I got home from taking pictures for the musical "The Music Man" at Illiana Christian... I came home to find this awesome piece of furniture all set up in our living room! Yes, I knew Matt was making it... he worked on it all last weekend/this week... i even helped paint the pieces all black, but for some reason, i didn't realize how WONDERFUL it would look. I just couldn't picture it in real life from what sketches he made of it!!! I really like it and man, did we save some money!!!! (i'm cheap... that's wonderful!) As for decorating it... it needs some help, but for right now there are just DVD's all set up on the shelves, but sooner or later, I will actually decorate inside them.... putting the femine touch on then a little bit more! =)

more to come later!

things are underway...

What a good weekend! Friday night was the Fireman's Fish Fry here in Grant Park. Matt had to work there so I got some stuff done at home and then met up with Renee for some drinks and then Matt and some other firemen met us up there after they were done cleaning up!!!!

Saturday night we were finally able to get together with Erika & Darrin! We went over to there house for dinner! We had a great time... just sitting and chatting!

Welp... things are underway for getting the house ready for my OPEN HOUSE Vendor Party!!! I spent the day organizing and throwing away crap that I'm just holding onto for really no reason! There is just something (in my mom's word) CLEANSING about it! It really makes me feel happy and good when I am able to get rid of stuff. Now Matt on the other hand... not so good at getting rid of things.... but that's ok.... as long as it's not in my way!! Haha.... but I have organized my business hanging files... getting rid of old contracts and order forms that just aren't necessary to keep anymore. I went through my old credit card bills and organized them and put them in envelopes to hide away where i don't have to see them for years!Ahh... what a GREAT FEELING!!!!!

Matt spent part of the day making an entertainment center that I am just so thrilled about! He is a little more than 1/2 way done with it and I can't wait til it's done! He has been great and is hoping to have it done by Saturday's OPEN HOUSE! Right now as you'll see in the photo below it just is MDF right now, but he is going to jazz it up with some fancier trim... after I paint most of it black for the insides!!!

(My man hard at work!)

(Part of the entertainment center - the shelves before I painted 'em black!)

But back to my OPEN HOUSE! I will be having 8 different vendors here in a "not so large" home... with the party lasting from 9am-2pm hoping that that will give people a good enough time frame to work with on a Saturday! =) I'm not sure how it will work with a bunch of women in this small house... but it will be fun! (I hope! haha) I am excited for a lot of the girls/ladies to see our house for the first time! Especially some friends that haven't seen it yet!!! I will be putting different people in different rooms of the house.... really leaving only the bathroom & basement open! There will be Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Premier Design Jewelry, children's books, BeautiControl, Avon, Mary Kay, & Signature Homestyles!!!! I can't wait!! YEAH!

Hope you all had a great weekend!