Vegas Bachelorette Party!

Well I've been home for over a week now, fully recovered, and ready for the photo dump recap!

 

It was Katy's bachelorette party- I've known this crazy blonde girl since we were 13 years old so it's just incredible to me that we're still together celebrating things like bachelorette parties and weddings!  And bridezilla went all out.  Literally.  She went out every night I think?  I went out just one night.  The rest of the time I went to bed when I felt like it and actually got some sleep.  And I don't even regret it.  When you're pushing 28 years old, you just can't day drink and night drink in the same day.

 

We had sun, a lot of margaritas, and we danced, we ate, we laughed, we cried, and we survived.

 

first day, at the pool at our cabana!

I'll skip the part about the first night where we all argued and cried, we were just really tired from an early flight and a long day of drinking by the pool.

The next day we went to a craaaaazzy pool party..way too many people in my opinion but it was fun!

Katy & Stene

they loved that damn pool party.

 

Me & Stene.
Dinner at the Italian place..by the time we made it to every meal we were starving!!

The following day we let the Bride have a day of rest (she neeeeeded it) while we explored a little bit for an afternoon.

Fancy dinner out at the Palms!

Me and Katja the Bride//Me and Steney ready for the night

 

the whole Bachelorette crew out at Tryst night club

BLACKENED feet from walking home barefoot! so gross!!

Stene and I were dying to try macaroons!  We found a little bakery near our hotel that had them and we talked about them every single day so we finally got a couple chocolate ones--and they weren't all what I expected.  I didn't know they were chewy?!

Katy, me, Jamie

Finished out our last day with lunch at the Sugar Factory and cocktails at Rhumbar before heading home.

 

It was nice to have a few days off of work with the girls to spend some time in the sun..now to get ready for Katy's wedding in August!

Summertime Plans

This upcoming Summer feels so weird.
A year ago I finished Grad school..HOW has it already been a full year?!
Last summer was spent studying, job searching, interviewing, studying, and wedding planning.
It was easily the most stressful period of my life.
Now that the job hunt is over, and I'm settled in to my Nurse Practitioner job (and loving it as much as I can while still being terrified on a daily basis!), I'm now focused on just that- my work.  And looking for a home so we can move out of my parents' house.

I'm the type of person that has to have something to look forward to, or work towards in order to get out of bed every day.  Right now the goal is house hunting and money saving and I assume the plan after that will be getting ready for babies.  But it feels so weird not having huge things going on considering where I was just a few months ago.
I suppose I should enjoy it, huh?

This summer will consist of:
-Sunshine

-My birthday!

-Bruno Mars concert in July

-NKOTB/98 Degrees/Boyz II Men concert in July

-Our 1st Anniversary (Holy cannoli)-  We're trying to plan a cheap(er) vacation.  Pete won't be convinced to go to Napa or Martha's Vineyard.  I just want an ocean and some wine..any suggestions?  Has anybody been to Virginia Beach?? 

-Wedding Planning for my Sister and also for my bestie Brittney, and getting ready for Katy's wedding in August.
-Pete's BFF Ryan and his sweetie also getting married in August in northern Minnesota

-Possibly a visit to Madison in July to see Pete's Brother

-Possibly a cabin weekend up north with my family

-SUNSHINE

And that's it.  And I honestly don't want to plan much more than that.  It would be lovely to enjoy the weather and more house hunting without too much else going on.

What are your plans for the summer?

This Weekend, I....(wk. 33)

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I'm sitting here on Sunday night snacking on fig newtons and trying to get caught up on the blog world- I've pretty much been out of commission for over a week with work being busy and the Vegas trip last week.  And now? I have no idea where the weekend went!

 

This weekend I had to bring Ferdinand to the kitty dermatologist.

I think it was Jess who mentioned that it sounded like it would be expensive.

And it was.

Ferdy's been biting his back legs for a few months now to the point where he has open wounds that never heal.  We tried switching his food which didn't help so this kitty dermatologist said he has some sort of other seasonal allergies and in most cats, it's too hard to figure out exactly what to.  So now we have to give our kitty Cyclosporine (sort of like an immune suppressant medicine) for the rest of his life to control his allergy symptoms.

Good thing we love this little guy.

Both of our kitties have May birthdays so they got some treats and toys for their mini birthday party this weekend.  Choxie is an old lady at 6, and Ferdinand is now a big boy at 1.  I'm hoping as they get older and Ferdy calms down a bit, they'll get along even better.

 

This weekend I spent a fun day of errands with hubby.  I love when we just go out looking for stuff to do and take care of and we have unplanned amazing lunch dates that consist of a deep dish margherita pizza. YUM.

 

 

This weekend I helped out at the Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure at the Mall of America.

My work had a booth set up to hand out little goodies to the race-goers and cancer survivors.

It was actually pretty chilly- we were out from about 7-9am and I think we barely hit 40 degrees.  And there are reports that there were at least 50,000 people there- it was crazy, and fun!

 

 

This weekend I went with Pete to our local planting store to pick out flowers and veggies to get our garden started.  You guys- my hunting, fishing, camping husband also cooks, sews, crafts, and gardens.  I tend to feel a little inadequate at times.  eh I have 50 years to catch up, right?

 

We ended the weekend at home for a low key mother's day.

also--Can I just comment on the explosion of pregnancy announcements in blog land lately??

 

 

 

How was your weekend?

I'm alive!

    I have not had a chance to catch up with life since returning from Vegas late, late Monday night.  I jumped right in to work which has been super busy--besides leaving early the other day to go home and nap, yesterday I was here for 11 hours. So I am way behind on blogs and social medias but I thought I'd return for a quick happy crappy post.   {the happies} I'm so happy to be home.  I'm just not a Vegas person and while the weather was nice, spending almost $1000 to get yelled at by a Bridezilla for 5 days was not.  Seriously, first night we all ended up in tears at one point or another. We had our fun moments for sure, but for the most part I'm just glad to be back where the people are nice, sober, and clean.  And it doesn't cost $18 for a stale burger.

It's the weekend!  It's going to be a busy and chilly one, but next week we are hitting 90 degrees!!!

YES SUMMER.

I'm so proud of Minnesota.

the house passed the vote to allow gay marriage and it moves on to the senate on Monday.

And the lame-o's all over facebook complaining about it totally got deleted.  All that negativity? Ain't nobody got time for that.

{the crappies}

Our Bride was sick the entire Vegas trip, and now I'm sick too.  I've been popping zinc and sleeping extra to try to fight it off before it gets bad!

My Ferdinand is still chewing up his legs.  It's been almost a couple months now and we switched his food which didn't seem to help.  Kitty Dermatologist here we come!

at least he's still cuddly and playful :)

Vegas 2.0

Goodbye, chilly, unpredictable Minnesota weather.
Today I am headed to VEGAS.

For this girl's Bachelorette party.

And we're staying here.

For 5 days.

Wish me luck.

This Weekend, I....(Wk. 31)

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This weekend I enjoyed our gorgeous SPRING weather!!!
In less than a week, we went from a winter snow storm to 80 degree weather.

hubby made me homemade margaritas while I finally got some much needed sunshine!

 

This weekend I got to enjoy some hour-long walks with Pete and it was so nice to get out of the house, away from the Tv, and just be able to talk and walk together.

 

And we grilled out which smelled amazing-- we have leftovers for an army. 

We really need to get our own place so we can have people over!

This weekend I of course visited with theeeee cutest little almost-5-month-old nephew ever.

I don't know how he is growing SO fast!!
But he's so fun and all smiles now.
 

This weekend I was surprised by my sister--who got engaged to her baby daddy!
 
and that little bratface didn't even tell me she got engaged on Tuesday.  As in 5 days ago.  Because she wanted to tell us in person. 

Jayden is very happy is mom and dad are getting married.

And I'm very happy they might be getting married in Miami.  In February.

come to mama.

 

How was your weekend? 

 

 

Cat Dog

 

One of the best ways to wear out our almost 1-year old kitten is to play fetch..Ferdinand loves it!

Don't mind the mess..we were in packing mode.