May 12, 2009

There’s a person in there

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For real.

We had an ultrasound this morning and got to spend 20 mins watching Baby Floyd (who I am convinced is a boy) do flips, kicks and swims.  He was going bananas in there.  It may have something to do with the cinnamon roll covered in sugar that I had this morning…

Everything is looking great and Baby Floyd is measuring exact to the day where he should be.  Here’s a few pictures.

Waving hello

Waving hello

Seeing it made it a little more real for the both of us.  It was a really great experience and Zach cried like a little girl.

 

May 2, 2009

Is this thing on?

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Umm, hey there. How are you? Us, oh fine…

Ok, I’m back on the blogging train. Mainly because I received a notice that they charged me for the domain register. Seems silly to let that money go to waste. :)

Things going on with us include the following:
1. I have a new (used) car for the first time in 10 years. I love my little Saab who I have named Gary.
2. We are working like crazy to get the condo ready for the market. Bathroom was gutted and getting completely redone. Not an easy feat given it is the only bathroom we have.
3. Harry and George continue to run the show. They are awesome pets and I strongly encourage you to visit the Humane Society for adoption.

I think that’s about it. Let me think… oh wait I forgot… WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!!!

Zach and I are both very excited to announce we are currently expecting our first child due in November. I’m 12 weeks pregnant and feeling great so far. We were able to hear the baby’s heart beat last week at the doctor and are very much looking forward to seeing the little thing at an ultrasound on May 12th.

We are also very excited to become new aunt and uncle to Zach’s sister’s little one due in August. Should make for an interesting Christmas at the Floyd’s this year. :)

 

February 4, 2009

Movies

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I forgot…   movies we’ve seen recently and think everybody else should too.

The Visitor

Milk

Frost/Nixon

All 3 of them are freaking fantastic.  The Visitor would be in my top 5.

 

February 4, 2009

Motivation

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I need some.

So much stuff to get done around here.  We both feel like we’re starting to hate where we live.  There are a few minor things we need to finish before we can think about listing the condo.  (Don’t tell Zach one of my “minor” things is retiling the bathroom floor)  The market means even if we list, we definitely won’t sell for what we bought at if we sell at all.  I think it is leading us to put off finishing things up.  Frustrating position to be in…

I’m trying to do Weight Watchers to lose some of the weight I’ve gained over the last year and a half.  I’ll do great for a week and, then again, lose motivation and slide back over the next week.  Losing all momentum…  I hate the way I feel and have no excuse since we got our membership to the gym.    ::sigh::

The blog.  I feel boring and blah so nothing really fun to write about lately.

I’m thinking hoping it’s the winter doldrums.

One super awesome bright note to report is that we will be debt free in a couple of short months.  Zach has worked out a really kick ass budget over that has allowed us to completely pay off our wedding, honeymoon and all credit card debt in under 2 years.

That’s all from Minneblahta.

 

January 18, 2009

Breakfast

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We’re big fans of the weekend breakfast complete with coffee, bacon and Sunday papers. Lately we’re amazed at how difficult it is to find a cheap breakfast place.

This morning we hit Perkins and were amazed when the bill came and it was $30. Perkins?? $30??? Ridiculous. Especially since I never even got a refill on my Diet Coke… oh well, the old people entertainment was worth little extra I guess.

So my question for you is where is your favorite breakfast spot?

 

December 1, 2008

Procrastination

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I am the poster child.  Since Zach won’t write for the blog anymore it falls on me.  Unfortunately I’ve been really busy with work and just don’t feel like it at night.  It’s kind of like my laundry… I have the best of intentions but just never quite get it all done.

Soon I promise pictures from Thanksgiving with the Floyds and my hippy turkey.  Plus updates on the world’s naughtiest two kittens.

 

November 12, 2008

Then there were two

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Conversation upon sleeping beauty waking from his Saturday morning nap… 

Zach: What did you do?

Melissa: Hmm?

Zach: What is that noise in the bathroom?

Melissa: Hmm?

Zach: Meowing. Did you go and get another kitten?????

Well, yeah… yeah I did. I couldn’t help it.  George was acting kind of lonely and I thought he might really like to have a little brother or sister.  That fact was he was with his sister when we adopted him and it killed 346439me not to take her too.  I knew I would be pushing my luck if I tried for 2 right off the bat though.  So, when I saw this guy on the Humane Society website I knew he need to come live with us as soon as possible.

So I waited until ZJ decided to take a little snooze to recover from Halloween partying.  Then I made the drive to Woodbury to see if Felipe (don’t worry we changed his name) was still available.

20 minutes later my new 2lb buddy and I were cruising back home.  We kept him separated from George for a few days to let him get adjusted.  Unfortunately he was having some tummy troubles so we weren’t comfortable leaving him out alone.  For his first week and a half, I would go to work and take an early lunch at 11 so I could drive home to check on him and then Zach would come home a few hours later to make sure everybody was doing ok.

We finally figured out that some of his belly issues seemed to be nerves and all he really needed was to be able to hang out with us and George.  Of course I found this out by giving into his poor little baby kitten cries at 12:30am and sleeping on the bathroom floor with him.

Everybody is doing great and Harold Chester Floyd has come into his own this week.  Harry has taken a special liking to jumping at anything that moves and taking lots of kitty naps.  I think George is used to him too…

napping buddies

napping buddies

 

November 1, 2008

Halloween & Big Bacon

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Feeling the pressure after last year’s sock monkey costume, I started thinking about Halloween in the summer.  Not sure what could possibly top the monkey, I started scouring the internet for ideas.  One morning at breakfast it hit me… bacon.  The greatest meat of all time.  Everybody loves bacon. It smells good, it tastes good, it’s good for you… ok, not the last one but whatever.  It wasn’t quite as much hard work as last year and it only took one trip to Joann Fabrics this time.  Behold… BACON

Bacon enjoying some wine

Bacon enjoying some wine

Zach decided to go as a tough cop from the 70’s complete with a nasty moustache.  He shaved his beard off and it scared me.  I hadn’t seen his face in 3 years.
Enjoying a cold brew after a hard day of busting scumbags.

Enjoying a cold brew after a hard day of busting scumbags.

Thanks to Seth & Allison for throwing another awesome costume party. Click on my Flickr link to see more pictures from the night.
 

October 28, 2008

Corn, Zombies & Wisconsin

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Last Saturday we headed up to O-town (Osceola) to visit with the charming Olson family.  Jess was nice enough to make some delicious corn magic dip and chicken enchiladas.  Zach and I happily stuffed our faces, drank some beers and played some ping-pong. 

All as a warm up to the experience of “Stalkers of the Corn”….  muh ha ah ah

We headed to Schafer to get scared by zombies, ghosts and mostly each other.  Ben and Zach were awfully scared….

We got our warning about how scarry it was going to be from this guy.  It should have tipped us off.

We entered into the corn in a single file line.  Each of us grabbing the person in front of us to protect us from the monsters we were bound to encounter.  About 75 steps into the maze we were chased by a guy with a chainsaw.  Now I’m not going to lie, it scared me half to death at first.  We were all pushing each other out of the way trying to get another person in between us and the chainsaw monster.  (In reality it was probably some guy named Steve who works part time at the Mobile station).

After a few more appearances by ghouls like this,

we were out of the maze alive and in one piece.  But very, very hungry…

  

We tromped around in a non haunted maze for awhile trying to scare each other.  I was mostly eating my cotton candy and laughing at Zach.

We wrapped up the evening eating pumpkin soup and watching a chick flick.  Zach got real tuckered out so Elie let him take a nap with her.  She wasn’t willing to share the blanket though.

Thanks Jess for the super yummy dinner.  Thanks Ben for going to the Total Mart and buying frozen pizzas for breakfast on Sunday morning.  Thanks Elie for all the helping. 

Coming soon…  Halloween costume party.  Can I pull off back-to-back 1st place win???

 

October 21, 2008

What? We have a blog!?!?

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After receiving an email or two and a few comments in passing from friends I realized that there are actually a few people who at least pretend to care what is going on with us.  There is absolutely zero exciting things with us to report since the last post.  Some fun things going on around us…  a wedding, a baby, a pregnancy or two. 

We’ve been lucky to spend a lot of time with our friends lately.  I’ve come to realize lately how incredibly lucky we are to have such a huge group of people who genuinely seem to like us.  :)

We’re back on the blogging wagon again, I promise.  To make up for the big gap in time please stare at this kitty.  He’ll make it all better.

Sink Cat

Sink Cat

 

ps. hi jane

 

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