Have fun tonight!

Wherever you are tonight, have fun celebrating the New Year. Be careful!

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It's gone...all gone.

I can't believe it.

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One Hour Later...

My fridge is in my living room, stove in the garage, and dishwasher in the basement. Mike and Chris are getting our first meal without our kitchen...McDonalds. What am I doing right now? Putting away Christmas decorations. We wanted to keep them up for another week but I thought I should take advantage of being off. AND, now we need room for the kitchen in the living room so the tree has got to go!

OH...and I am obsessed with our Wii! Check us out last night! My sister is REALLY good! I have a lot of learning to do but I am sure that I will have plenty of practicing ahead of me. Next, I want to get Wii Fit!

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Kitchen Demo has begun...

Goodbye nasty, vinyl floor that is peeling up at the edges.Goodbye fake, brick wallpaper that was our backsplash.Goodbye blank wall where the stove once stood. When it is finished, new cabinets will surround the stove and a new microwave will hang from the cabinets.Finally, goodbye little fan, old cabinets and countertop. Seriously, who builds a house with only 5 cabinets? Wish us luck! The next month is going to be pretty hard without a functional kitchen. So much for losing weight after the holidays. Our meal are going to be centered around delivery, take out, or just going to the restaurants. Mike and his brother, Chris, are doing all of the labor and I hope that the 3 of us get through this still loving each other :)

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Skinny Jean Help

I got a pair of skinny jeans for Christmas but I am not sure if they fit right. I think they are too long. With heels, they bunch around my ankles and go over my shoes and can touch the ground. When tucked in boots, they bunch around my knees. I am not sure if they are too big or just too short.

What length should skinny jeans be? Should they do to the floor and cover your jeans or hit you at the ankle so you look like you are flooding? Here are a couple picture of the jeans I have...Top picture they aren't baggy around her ankle but in the bottom they are. I am just not sure and since this is my first pair, I want to make sure they look right. Thanks :)

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Year in Review (in pictures)

I saw this on another blog and thought it would be fun. Do it yourself too! Choose one picture that sums up the month!

January- New Years 2008
February- Mardi Gras

March-Mike's Birthday at Fast Eddies

April- Cards Game in Party Box with the girls

May- Closed on our House on my BirthdayJune- Race for a Cure

July- Vegas for my B-PartyAugust-Our Wedding
September- Honeymoon in CaboOctober- Tess and Kevin's Engagement November- Leslie's WeddingDecember- Our first, married holiday season

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Basement Makeover

We after we redid the bathroom, we decided to keep going. (When I say "we", it really means Mike did the work and I gave him ideas, support, and positive reinforcement.)

The basement bar looked like this before. Cream wall, white bar, and brown mini-fridge.You can't really tell in this picture but this wall in the basement was kinda strange. It was like wooden planks in a row. Maybe you can tell better in this zoomed in picture.Mike and his brother put drywall up to cover the "wooden wall" and we painted it the same blue/gray as the bathroom.The ceiling is black and we weren't really digging the white bar with the brown fridge. Since it worked and we didn't want to buy a new one, Mike took matter into his own hands. He went to Home Depot, bought some appliance paint and after almost blowing up our house, he successfully painted everything black!We love it and it blends with the room so much better! Now, all we have to do it paint all of the wires along the ceiling black too!

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Holiday Whirlwind!

Over the past week, we have had 6 family holiday celebrations (4 on Christmas alone)! We have been go, go, go since last Sunday and we can finally relax and enjoy today at home.

Instead of blogging about every single party and thing that we did, I will hit the highlights!

We went dancing with out parents at Casa Loma...Saw "Four Christmases" with some friends. It was hilarious and I definitely reccommend it! It wasn't just a chick flick either...Mike liked it too!
We went to Illinois to celebrate with my dad's side of the family...My friends had a hilarious holiday party this year...a Pure Romance party! Obviously, no pictures from that night but we had a great time!

Went to church on Christmas Eve with Mike's family and then did dinner and presents with my mom's side of the family...Christmas...
1.) Opened presents with Mike at our house. I was just so proud of our first tree!2.) Went to my parents house to celebrate with my family. Check out the goods!Yes, my sister and brother got me an Edward poster. My parents got us a Wii!!!We ate a lot and I got tons of lovin' from my favorite pup!3.) Went to Mike's parents house for more presents!4.) Finished the night at Mike's aunt and uncle's house for dinner, a lot of drinks, and Wii. You should have seen his dad and great uncle playing. I wish I had pictures of that!

Last night was our 6th family celebration. Again, I am didn't take pictures :( We went to Mike's parents for another family celebration with his half-brothers and their families. It is weird that I am now an aunt of 6 kids and I am a god-mother. We also found out that one of the wives is pregnant with her 5th child. Next Christmas, I will be an aunt to 7!

I also got to see some high school friends, Arin and Stevie. I love when we can all get together!

I hope that everyone had as great of a week as we did! Definitely very busy but wonderful!

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Happy Holidays!

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They're here!!!

Our new kitchen cabinets! AHHHHHH! I can't believe we are actually doing this. I have a feeling that I am going to have a month of hilarious and horrible stories in the future!

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My Thursday Night Surprise!

Last Monday, Mike asked me what my plans were for Thursday night. I had a holiday party right after work but it would be over by six. He told me to come straight home because he had a surprise for me.

Let me start by saying that I hate surprises. OK...not really. Everyone loves surprises when they actually happen but the anticipation kills me if I know a surprise is coming! All week, I did everything I could to get home to break. I probably asked him for hints 1o times each day. Were we going to be outside (I thought he would take me ice skating or Tillis Park)? Were we going to go to dinner? What should I wear? I couldn't stop with the questions.

Wednesday night, he confirmed that I should not eat too much at my holiday party because we were going out to dinner at a restaurant that I have been wanting to go to for awhile. Humm?!

Thursday night finally rolls around and we decide to meet at home. I don't have time to change out of my work clothes, re-apply makeup, or brush my hair. We hop in the car and head for our dinner destination. Even on the ride, I start guessing our location. Monarch? The steakhouse on McCausland? We are heading toward the Loop?!? Pi? Hum? I swear, I guessed (half joking) "are we going to Blueberry Hill to see Marc Broussard? haha!" No no no. At Skinker and Forest Park Parkway, Mike handed over a little wrapped gift.Confused, I started to shake it around but was told that I needed to open it before we got to the restaurant. I am not kidding...my jaw dropped when I saw the two tickets staring at me.Marc Broussard, my favorite singer, was back in town and playing at Blueberry Hill. I can't believe that I didn't even know that he was coming. I visited his MySpace page regularly (well until I cancelled my account), knew that he was here with Sara Bareilles a couple of months ago, and I can't believe I didn't know he was here!

Background story...Last August, Mike and I got engaged at the Marc Broussard concert at Blueberry Hill. I blogged about it here. I have posted the video before but I can't help but do it again.


So now, 1 year and 5 months later, we are happily married and going to see Marc again. The concert was amazing! He is ridiculously talented. If you haven't checked him out before, you really should do yourself a favor and do it. Now onto the pictures...I love how Marc and I were both wearing our gray vests :)I took a couple of videos of my favorite songs. Here is a little bit of "Wanderer"...

And "Home"...

I am so proud of myself. I have never uploaded videos from my camera through Blogger. That was pretty easy!!!

Marc didn't play "our song" (The Beauty of Who You Are) and we didn't stick around to say hi but I think that he saw us. I blew him a kiss and he responded with one back (I swear I didn't make it up...Mike saw it too!). It was such a wonderful surprise and a fantastic night. Thanks Mike, I love you!!!

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Holiday Traditions

I was tagged by Jennifer over at This Girl Loves Pink. The task is to tell about your Christmas traditions.This is our first holiday season as a married couple so honestly, we don't really have traditions yet. However, we are starting them this year. We celebrate a lot during this season. I am Jewish and Mike is Greek Orthodox. This holiday season, we will go back and forth between our families 6 times! I am getting exhausted (and stuffed) thinking about it! Here are the traditions that we are beginning this year:
1.) An ornament exchange between Mike and I. We will put our names and the year on each one. I haven't gotten mine for hubby this year but I am going to pick one up this weekend.
2.) Send a holiday card. I did it this year for the first time and I was pretty proud of myself. I want to save them in some sort of album so we can look through them over the years.
3.) Christmas morning by ourselves at our house. This is going to be a hard one. We have been doing Christmas morning with our respective families for our entire lives. Instead of choosing one or going back and forth between the two, we decided that we will spend the morning together at our house. We will exchange our gifts and home and enjoy breakfast. (THEN, we will go over to my parents house for lunch and his for dinner.)

Of course, I know that we will start many new traditions when we have children. But for now, it is just the two of us. However, I look forward to starting many new traditions in the future!

I don't know how many people I am supposed to tag so I am going to chose 8 because there are 8 nights of Hanukkah!

Stevie- Stevie Unscripted
Julia- My Life in Transition
Lisa- High Heels and Sweatshirts
Jen- Eggs over Medium
Kristal- Good Food, Good Friends, Good Life
Jamie- All Things Jamie
Sarah- Sarah Babble
Mary- Girl Stand Still

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Best. Night. Ever.

My husband is amazing. Incredible. I love him. You won't believe where he took me. But you will have to wait...I am so, so so so so so tired. Here is a clue...

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