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Busy week ahead...

My car is finally here!!!! (jumping up and down with joy!) Hubby and I are going to drive down to Dallas on Friday to pick it up then I'll just follow him back. Man, I have missed having the freedom to come and go as I please. I'm also glad it's here because now we'll have a car with air conditioning. Dave's Blazer stayed here at my mom's house while we were overseas. I just ran out of time to ship it before we left. It ended up being a good thing though cause we had a car waiting for us when we returned. The thing is we just got Dave's Blazer paid off this month (yipee!) and the air conditioning decided to take a crap. Doesn't it seem like that's the way it always happens? You get something paid off and it starts breaking down so you still have to pay to keep it going. They want almost 900 bucks to fix it. If it wasn't 100 degrees here everyday I don't think I'd care, but man...it's freakin hot here! LOL...
This blazer has kinda been a pain in the rear since we got it. Right before we left for Germany (and I mean two weeks) the transmission died and I had to replace the altinator. That was mucho buckos! Then we get back and we have to get all four brakes replaced and get new tires. I guess the good thing about it all is that now this thing should run quite nicely. Hell, it's practically a new car now!

In other news...my sister is about ready to pop! She has a two year old and a little one that should be here any day now. We don't know the sex of the little one, but we're all excited to meet this new addition to the family. My mom and I are hoping it's a little girl. It's time for there to be more estrogen in this family. Since both of us have little boys it would be nice to have a little princess to spoil rotten.

Speaking of little boys, Collin discovered the water hose yesterday. My mom had bought a little kiddie pool for both grandsons to play in while they were visiting, but Collin was FREAKED out by it. He loves playing in the bathtub and in the dog water, so one would naturally assume he'd like a pool. Nope. He is deathly afraid of the thing. Yesterday evening we were playing outside with the dogs when I decided I'd get them some water from the hose to cool them off. I sat the hose down to see what Collin would do. Apprehensive at first, he picks it up and lets it run onto his feet. Then he starts to splash the water by stomping in the puddle. While he does this he is squealing with delight. After doing that for a few minutes he gets bolder and decides to stick his finger in the hose, which causes it to spray in his face. Needless to say, it suprised the heck outta him, but after the shock, he found it quite funny. He just kept finding new ways to play with the hose for about a good 3o min-hour. He didn't want to go inside, but it was late and we had to start getting him ready for bed. Everyday I find it amazing how much fun he can have with the most normal things. He doesn't like a fun pool, but give him a cheap ass garden hose and he's in hog heaven!

Wedding anniversary

I have the best hubby. Yesterday was our third year wedding anniversary. He sent me a dozen roses and planned a wonderful evening out to dinner. Before we headed out we dropped Collin off at my dad's house. My dad doesn't get to see him as often, since we live with my mother right now, so he jumped at the chance to watch him for a few hours.

I had no idea where we were going. Dave kept it a secret until we arrived at the restaurant. He found this great little hibachi style restaurant called Misaki ( I think) and it was really nice place.
We sit down at the big table around the hibachi and wait for the rest of our dinner guests to arrive. Since you share a table with strangers and they cook the food for everyone at the same time, you have to wait on the late. Speaking of our other dinner guests, no one was really talking to each other. Not that I expected in depth conversations, but some of them didn't even say hello when they sat down. I guess not everyone is as social as I am, but it seemed kinda rude. Oh well, we didn't come to make friends.

We had some California rolls to start with. I've not had much exposure to sushi, but I really liked the California rolls. I am not the expert when it comes to chop sticks either. I try. Last night I tried again to use them to dip my rolls in the wasabi and soy mixture. It was a mess! LOL. I dropped almost all of them and ended up splashing myself with the sauce. I think next time I'll ask for a bib. Then I had the New York strip with shrimp and Dave had the terriyaki steak and Gobi chicken. The cook started with the fried rice which was fun because he was practically juggling the eggs on the utensils. He dropped two of the eggs and one splattered on the lady sitting next to me. Luckily she was wearing a dark shirt! They cut up and cook this food like it's a dance. It was very entertaining and very delicious.

Before we picked up Collin we stopped and got some icecream at Sonic. As hot as it has been, the icecream was a nice ending to a great anniversary. (atleast, in the rated G version) And hey...who doesn't love Sonic. Nothing says I love you like a Sonic hot fudge brownie blast! LOL

But seriously....Dave....

These last three years have been a whirlwind of experiences and emotions. We've had our ups and downs, but our love has helped us get through those times. Dave, thanks for planning a wonderful evening to celebrate our love and commitment. You are a wonderful man, husband, father, friend and lover. You have loved me, the real me, in my worst moments. And I know I'm not always the easiest person to live with. You think I'm "perfect" just the way I am. You are appreciated and loved deeply for all that you are. Here's to the future, here's to many more anniversaries to come.

I live for the weekends!

Why oh why are weekends so short! WAAAAH!!! It feels like it was just Friday a few minutes ago. Ok, I'm glad I got that out....

First off....Holy Hell....it is soooooo HOT here in Oklahoma right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It really does make spending more than five minutes outside unbearable. I can think of all these things I would like to do with Collin outside, but since the temp has been hovering around 102 degrees it just wouldn't be much fun for either of us. Thank goodness for air conditioning. I bet the heating and air business is booming here.

Friday I did the usual thing. Went shopping with my mom and the two boys (Collin and Ted). Which can make for an interesting experience. Shopping with 2 year old kiddos can get tricky at times. Usually it's Collin "the crab" (as we lovingly call him sometimes) that pitches a fit but this time it was Teddy who had behavior issues. We still managed to have a good time and I found several pairs of cute earrings to boot! LOL

Saturday my mom offered to babysit Collin while Dave and I go out for a date night! We accepted before she even finished getting the words out of her mouth. My husband and I have been on I think... two dates alone since we had Collin. Oh the benefits of living in the same country as family! :) Plus it gives the grandparents time to spoil him rotten with out us around. We decided to go to Outback Steakhouse and then see Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest (whew...that was a long title) in Bricktown. Hooray....we're going on a real date! Can you tell how badly we needed this????

The dinner was superb!! I had a couple of Wallabedarned's (awesome drink if you like peach schnapps) and both of our steaks were cooked to perfection! We savored each bite, as it was still piping hot, which if you have children, you know is a luxury. It was so nice to have a conversation with our dinner that didn't involve telling Collin to stop smearing mashed potatoes in his hair or throwing his vegetables at unsuspecting diners. We were stuffed and basking in our gluttony when we realized we still had quite a bit of time before the movie started. We decided to go to a furniture store that was just down the street.

This is not your average furniture store. It's like a furniture mall. We basically went to dream about what we want for our house... uh...so that when we do have a house we can save up enough to actually buy furniture! No sooner do we walk in the showroom do we find ourselves a sales clerk (aka stalker) asking us how he can help us spend our money. We politely tell this guy, we're just looking today and we'll let him know if we need his help. He says ok and then disappears for like a minute. We're looking around, talking about what we like, and this guy keeps butting into our fun. I know it's his job, but we made our intentions known and so this guy is buggin me. Even when he didn't talk to us, we could practically feel him breathing down our necks behind us. So we ended up leaving fairly quickly. But as we're leaving the store, he practically yells at us so that he can give us his card and tell us "when we're ready to buy" to look him up. Yeah...we might buy something there and we might not, but we sure as hell aren't buying anything from the stalker. Period.

It was a good thing we got to the movie theater early though. There was some sort of athletic function going on downtown and parking was crazy. We get a spot about a half mile away from the theater (and we're feeling pretty stoked we got that one!) and we get to the theater with 20 minutes to spare. It was so much fun. We got our drinks and got pretty good seats and the movie was entertaining. There were a few things about the movie that were hard to follow, but all in all it was fun. Hubby wasn't as impressed as I was, but he's more into the plot and whether or not it makes sense than I am. After the movie was over it was about 10pm, so we called my mom to check on Collin and he did great, so we stayed out a little bit longer. We walked down by the riverwalk, holding hands and talking. I feel like it breathed new life into our marriage. When you have kids, or I guess even when you don't have kids, your marriage goes through peaks and valleys. Your focus shifts to the baby and sometimes you need to remind yourself to take care of each other. It really was a lot of fun and I hope to set some kind of date night schedule.

Today we are just being lazy. We've got a few errands to run, but will be homebodies for most of the day. It's just too hot to much else....

Yawn

I'm so bored. It's been a good day and Collin has been great, however, there is only so much mental stimulation you can get from your toddler. I plan on checking out some daycare/learning centers once my car gets here. It's time for mamma to go back to work.

Good times

We've had a pretty good weekend. My mother watches my little nephew on Friday, so we took both boys out to go shopping. They did pretty well. My mother and I can spend hours out and about just looking around at stuff. We went to Ross (I found some cute grapevine themed things for the kitchen I hope to have someday!) and then we stopped by Big Lots. I don't know how many of you have been to Big Lots, but it's hit and miss. It's somewhere between the dollar store and walmart on price and sometimes they have really great stuff. But alas, I found nothing of interest that day. Both boys fell asleep on the way home and it was just so adorable. I wish I had a picture of them, it was hilarious.
When we got home my sister was already waiting for us. She had a doctor's appointment and they found her to already be 3 centimeters dilated and 80% effaced. I guess that means the baby could be on it's way any time now. She is due around the end of July, so it's not long any way you look at it. We don't know what she is having, but we're all hoping for a girl. Of course we'll love it if it's a boy, but we need more girls around here. The boys are starting to take over.... We ordered some pizza's and hung out together and talked while the boys played. It was great.

Dave, Collin and I went over to my dad's house yesterday for our Saturday night disco party. Before we left Oklahoma three years ago we used to go to my dad's house and play dominos till 10 or so in the evening. They always had this certain radio station playing on the patio stereo and on Saturday nights it's disco music from 7-midnight I think. It was soooo much fun. We'd have cookies and drinks and play games and talk. We're trying to get that tradition started back up but we're finding that it's kinda hard to do with a toddler. We like to get Collin's nightly routines started at about 7 so that he can be bathed and feed by 8pm, which is bedtime. Since Disco music doesn't start till 7 that kinda puts a wrench in that plan. It was still a fun evening, just in a different way. Grandpa got to spend time with Collin, so that was nice. He really lights up when he's around Collin. You can tell he's a proud grandpa.

Today we're just planning on going to GNC and Sally's Beauty supply. GNC has this awesome allergy medication that we both love. My mother has two cats so we've been miserable in that area. I would like to get some items at Sally's so I can give myself a badly needed pedicure. My feet are starting to look like a hobbit feet. Yes, a nice ending to a pleasant weekend...goood times....

Mommy's little brag book

Just one more little pic of Collin....for now anyway! What can I say, I'm his mom and I'm proud!

Summer summer summer time.....

I know it's been awhile since my last post, but I have good reason. We have been spending a lot of time with family since we've been back. They all want to get to know Collin and I think he's starting to get used to having so many people involved in his life. He's quite the popular little guy these days! It's so nice to be back. Everyone is finally getting to know my little boy and that is very cool.

(Collin is getting ready to mow the lawn for my mom!)

(This is my sister's little boy Teddy. He's having fun in the pool my mom set up in the back yard....man has it been hot here!)

We had a pretty good time this past holiday weekend. Dave's mom and dad came down from Denver to meet Collin for the first time. We had a great time visiting with them. They only had a few days here so we tried to spend as much time as possible together.(This is a pic of Grandma and the boys at the BBQ. They are playing on top of a tornado shelter, which should come standard with all houses in Oklahoma!)

My uncle had a BBQ on Saturday that started out pretty fun. The plan was to BBQ have a few margueritas and stay for the firework display. Tinker Airforce Base has a fireworks show every year and you can see it from their backyard which is nice. You don't have to get there early as you already have a good seat!(Grandma and Collin playing in the mud at the BBQ)

(Look at that messy butt! He sure did have fun in the Oklahoma red mud!)

(This shirt says Little Boy Big Star and it should have said Little Boy Big Mess. I like this pic though...the lighting makes him look angelic)

We brought our pack n play crib for Collin so we could just put him down so we could catch the fireworks and his schedule wouldn't be messed up. However, he wasn't having any of it. He pitched a bitch fit. I can't be too mad at him. After all he is only 20 months and he knew he wasn't where he usually sleeps. So we had to pack it up and left right before the show. Bummer.
The good news is that fireworks are legal where my mom lives (she lives outside city limits)so on the fourth we put on our own fireworks show. When Collin got tired and fussy, we just put him in his pack in play that we had set up outside. He did pretty well and watched most of the fireworks. He didn't even get that scared. I thought the noise would scare him, but I guess he's stronger than I knew.

More good news, on a different subject....Dave accepted a network support job at a bank here in town. It pays pretty good and he seems to like it, even if it's only day two! They really gave him a great welcome and I think this could be a long term position for him. I'm just so proud of him! He has been working so hard since before we left Germany to find a job that he likes and pays what he deserves to get paid. When we lived here in Oklahoma in 2003 it took him forever to even find a job in his field, but this time around there definitely are better opportunities for him. I see plenty of jobs I could apply for in the paper. I just want Dave to get settled in his job and then I'll start looking for a daycare for Collin so that I can go back to work. I don't even know how much daycare costs here in the US. I guess it all depends on if I have another little baby in the near future. If I've got two kids, it may be dumb to get a job. If I'm only earning enough money to pay for daycare then it's stupid. Oh well, we'll see what happens when we get there.

I've changed the name of my blog, but have kept the link the same for now. I'm not sure if I want to stick with the name Perfect Circle. I feel like my life has come full circle since I've returned to my mom's house. I left her house about 11years ago for college and now I'm back.
If you have any ideas...throw them my way.

It's definitely weird to return home after being on your own for so long. My mom has been living along for quite a few years now and so she is set in her ways. She is constantly cleaning up after me and it's driving me a little nuts. I understand it's her house and she just wants to keep it clean, but I'm talking about minutes after I dirty something she is behind me cleaning it up. I'm sure she means well, but it's weird. I do love the woman! She is my mom, she gave me life...but I am ready to get out of this house! :)