I know, I've been bad!

You never realize how fast time goes by. It's been sometime since I have written on my blog so I thought I better post something or else my mom won't know what I've been doing.. LOL ! Just kidding.. Here's a few updates!

This past month has been pretty busy with work . One of my co-workers put in her notice and I"m very sad to see her leave us. She's been an awesome person to work with and it's going to be hard to train someone else to fill her shoes. Granted she's not leaving till April but still.Were going to miss her. She better come back and visit though!

This last month at work every Friday all the girls and I would bring something in to show n tell. There was some great things. One person brought in old pictures of all the baby blankets she's made. Most of the time it was pictures. This past Friday I brought in a book called ," The Sunita Experiment". It's about a girl who comes over from India and trying to figure out the two different worlds. Anyways though it was a book I think my mom or grandma purchased for me since it had my name on it. Nothing ever has my name on it.

This month I volunteer to make everyone a little cookbook with all the scrapbooking materials I have. Doesn't cost me a thing and it's something to work on instead of sitting in front of the TV on the night's Andy works. All that I asked of the girls were to bring the recipes in. I did themed weeks so we would get a variety of different things. The first week is a recipe requested by family and friends. What does everyone ask me to make? MMM Green Bean Casserole or Taco Dip!

A side note, if anyone wants to take look at the wedding pictures and purchase them, I have the CD now with all of them. Please email me and I will give you the website.

GREAT NEWS ! My older brother and his wife just got back from Ethiopia. They adopted a beautiful little girl . Her name is Selah. My new niece!!! I"m very excited to have another niece! I can't wait to meet her!!!

My husband was thoughtful enough to go and purchase Illinois vs. Wisconsin basketball tickets for this week. I think Illinois is going to win, but we will see! Anyone want to place a bet on that game?

No big plans for the weekend! I can't believe it's almost Wednesday!!! Time flies!!!

My 2009 Goals!

Andy tends to read my blog everyday and today while he was at work I posted the first one of the year having to do with goals. So when he read it tonight , he came out and asked me with a smile on his face what are your goals so I can help you accomplish them. I laughed when he said that of course. So then I started to think about it and this is what I have come up with. My husband is waiting patiently to find out what they are.

1. Start to work out more! We have a really nice treadmill and it has all these cool workouts on it. And for Christmas we got a new tv to put in the workout room. So in the long run I think the treadmill will be used more. During the summer when it's nice out , I would like to bike more and even get my husband to bike with me.

2. I'm going to drink more water and eat healthier.

3. A goal for my husband and I is to save more money. Cut down on debt.

4. I want to learn how to play golf and maybe even beat my husband at it.. Just kidding. There isn't anyway that I will be able to do that.

5. I"m going to try to expand my cooking skills. I"m going to pick one new recipe and try to make it. Whether it will turn out good that's another story. Andy does most of the cooking and he's a wonderful cook. He gets it from his mom. Me on the other hand, I can do some things but not as good as him.

6. I want to start reading books again. When I was a child I used to read all the time but then as I got older , I was interested in other things.

7. I would also like to scrapbook more and spend more time organizing all my pictures . I would also like to create a wedding photo album .

So there are some of my goals. I may accomplish them I may not. Now ask my husband what his goals are.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone . I can't believe it's 2009 already. The year went by so fast. I have a few goals in mind but nothing concrete. Do you have any goals for the upcoming year? You know everyone sets goals for the new year but how many people stick with them the whole year? And be honest. Let me know what your goals are.

Sleep??? Who needs sleep??

I'm sitting on the couch at 12:18 in the morning and I'm all curled up with a blanket and playing games on the laptop because I can't sleep.. But luckily I have Maggie our cat laying on the couch with me to keep my feet warm and keep my company. Bailey will come and rubbed up against me every once in awhile to but Maggie is a couch hog. Sorry Bailey

I'm sure I will pay for it in the morning when I don't want to wake up. However I have always been one to stay up late and able to get up right away in the morning. (((((yawn))))

As I'm sitting on our couch at 12:30 , our upstairs neighbor decides to vacuum something up or blend something.. She has a parrot that makes tons of noise too. Who is cleaning or cooking at this time in the morning. And I don't think she works in the medical field, so she's not a doctor or anything like that. Very interesting neighbors we have.

The one across the hall from us, I worry about her too. She has breast cancer and there are some weeks I never see her or hear out of her.Our landlord and I are kind of afraid to ask if she needs anything because were unsure how she will react. She doesn't have any family really and I feel bad and she knows I'm here if she needs me. I guess that's all I can do though.

Well I think I'm going to try to go bed now. I may be back though. Goodnight!!!

It's Snowing and I have a cold!

Have I told you how much I dislike driving in snow? Today and tonight and into the night it will be snowing. That means when I wake up in the morning the drive to work will not be fun. I don't care if it's on the grass and trees, I just don't like it on the streets. To many people get in car accidents and stuck. I also have a cold that won't go away. All the sniffles and Kleenex..I hope that once I fall asleep tonight that I will wake up and it will be gone. I doubt it though. What's is the best thing for a cold?

This weekend!

Can you believe it, I'm actually on blogger tonight. Last night my cousin Brandon came to stay with us while he was taking his Patent Agent Exam for law school. It was fun having company staying over. Today I woke up pretty sore from decorating all day yesterday at work.

I had the place to myself today because Andy had to work. So I ventured out and went shopping for awhile. I went to and bought a few presents for Andy's nephew. I'm not used to shopping for little boys since there are none on our side. But it was fun... Then I came home and decorated some more and watched Christmas movies on television. Tonight I'm just hanging out around the house. Andy is going to the Wisconsin Badger hockey game.. GO BADGERS! I need to go work on my scrap booking but I'm being a very bad girl and not doing it.Will post pictures later of the Tree...

What a great Husband!

I'm so lucky to have a great husband like Andy! He knew how much I wanted a Christmas tree this year and we finally went out and purchased one. I know our place isn't big enough but it looks so pretty in the corner with the lights and decorations on it. I haven't had a Christmas tree in my home since I was a little kid. I think our family got rid of the Christmas tree when I was in middle school maybe... So now I can finally say I have a Christmas tree again. I know Andy thought the cats would pull it over and mess with it, but they really haven't yet. They have found that the tree skirt makes a nice bed though. We will see what happens in the middle of the night. Anyways though hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!!!

Bad Sunita

I know I haven't been writing on my blog lately. I will try to get some stuff posted here soon. Yesterday was the first day is snowed here in Madison Wisconsin and it actually stuck to the ground. We had about 2 inches of snow I guess they said. I really don't like driving in this weather but what can you do... It's been crazy busy at home and work with tons of things to do. Last weekend I went to Chicago and saw downtown and went shopping all day. That was so much fun! I also got to see Lauren and Salvo which I was really excited about. Didn't buy anything really because everything is so expensive. Did you know the tax in Chicago is 10.25%? CRAXZYYYYYY No wonder no one buys anything there. Well I need to run for now but I thought I would post something really quickly... More news to follow!

The Pumpkin Patch

A few weeks ago Andy's parents took Kris to the pumpkin patch and Andy and I tagged along. We went through the petting farm and on a hay ride!! The hay ride took us out to the pumpkin patch and we picked out about 5-6 pumpkins. Andy and I have two sitting on our porch but we haven't carved them or anything. I doubt that we will. I have never been a big Halloween fan... But I do like the smell of pumpkin pie, so maybe I will figure out something to make with them.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

I thought I better post something since I haven't in awhile. Work has been crazy lately and have had a lot going on. So I have officially started Christmas Shopping and I'm somewhat done... I know your thinking what? Are you crazy? Well I figure my family really isn't doing a whole lot since we all live far away from each other. So I did get all three nieces something.. I got something small for my mom , my brother and sister-in law and my sisters.... Nothing big though!!! Then I'm making my famous calendar for grandpa ... So over all, it's almost done....I know you can't believe it right!!!

Labor Day Weekend - The Hollywood

Saturday night Brandon, Brittany, Cody, Steven, Trish, Andy and I all went to the Hollywood. It's this little bar/grill in Robinson IL. We all went there and hung out and had a cocktail or two. You always see some interesting people there. Some with no teeth, some that can't walk because they are to drunk, some that smell and some that , well you just don't know what to expect. But we all hung out and had fun.

Labor Day Weekend- WALMART

Our family enjoys spending time together but we spend even more time at the near by Walmart. I know it sounds crazy but it really isn't. There have been time we have made 7 trips to Walmart in one day. But they good news is now it's a super Walmart even better and it's 24 hours.. You can spend even more time there. Everyone always finds something they don't need but ends up buying. And one last tid bit, the prices are cheaper there because it's in Southern IL..

Labor Day Weekend- The Bliss Family

Saturday evening we all packed up our cars and headed over to Marsha and Marion's house out in the country. They live in a town called Oblong about 30 minutes away from my grandpa. We had decided to do our big family dinner on Saturday night instead of Sunday night which was a great idea I think. A lot more time to socialize and hang out with family and catch up. Out on their property they have tons of dirt roads and fields to go play in. Not only was the food a high light but the toys that we had to play with were also a high light. My cousin Clarence brought down his 4 Wheeler and my other cousin had two more. They were a big hit this year. Everyone took them out riding and racing. We also had bad mitten, bags, golf, and lots of hanging out to do too.

We also had a lot of family missing this year that couldn't make it. Wish we were all sad about. They will hopefully be there at Christmas though. Pictures soon to come...

Labor Day Weekend- Moonshiners

I"m back from a wonderful weekend with the family!!! Andy and I took off on Friday morning and drove to Champaign and spent the evening and then woke up on Saturday morning just in time to go to Moonshines.. Your asking what the heck is Moonshiners ...... Moonshiners is a little old place that has been there for some odd years and they sell a one of a kind hamburger I guess you could say.My family thought it would be fun to go try them out. So we all met in the town of Casey and stood in line for hamburgers and cheeseburgers. That's all they sell too, besides pop and chips. Tons of bugs all around, and you smelt like smoke from the cooking grill. Over all the burger was decent but nothing to fancy... You will have to check them out next time your in Casey Illinois. I will post pictures soon.

Games

After Andy and I got married I realized we have a lot of games . My new favorite game is called Cranium ... There are so many good board games out there. What are some of your favorite games?

Bowling

This fall I'm joining a bowling league. One of Andy's mom's friends asked me to join their team. It will be every other Wednesday night if not a few more. I haven't bowled in almost 2 years so this week I went to practice a little before the season starts. I didn't do to shabby but could do better. I think my high score for the night was 149.

Fall is Approaching

I'm starting to get very excited about the fall weather that's coming. Last night I was so cold hanging out in the house that I had to get a sweatshirt out. I love sweatshirt weather. Which also means it's getting closer to football season and all the new shows that are coming out on television. You will find me tuned in on Thursday night's watching Grey's and Private Practice... But I will also be sad to see some of the summer shows leave such as Big Brother.

Scrapbooking

So this week I went through all my scrap booking supplies and passed some of it off to a friend of mine at work. Supplies that I"m never going to use anymore. I started going through everything also because it's time to start making my yearly calendar. I always try to come up with ideas that are going to top last years calendar but I can't always do it. This year I'm going to try to incorporate everyone birthday on to the calendar so grandpa doesn't have to write them all in. So we will see how that works out. If you have any good ideas to incorporate let me know.

Labor Day

Labor Day is approaching and I"m getting excited about going home to see family. I don't get to travel home so much anymore. I also get to see my grandpa who I love very much and the extended family. Every year we all head down to my grandpa's house and have family fun at the rodeo, our cousin house, the park, the farm and much more. Can't wait to see everyone...

Fried Zucchini

When I was a child I always looked forward to going to grandma and grandpa's house . One thing my grandma cooked for me all time was Fried Zucchini. So last night I decided to make some . Andy had to laugh at me for a little while because he didn't think I knew what I was doing. They tasted just like grandma's but I think next time were going to add some spices or such to give them more flavor. It made me think of a lot of great memories I had with my grandma... I miss her very much...