Madylinn's 8 month birthday

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I've created a monster...

That's right, i've created a monster. Who or what may this be, you ask?! It's my husband. He's an HGTV-a-holic. Seriously. At first, i used to get him to watch one show and that was all, and it was usually a show like "House Hunters" or something, where he would get to see "big cool guy stuff". Now, i walk into the kitchen to get a drink and by the time i get back he has it on. I can hear the channel changing as i leave the room! It's too funny. He watches every show, from "My House is Worth What" to "House Hunters" to the girlie interior design shows. What am i going to do with him?! Unplug the tv, that's what.

Out and about...

This weekend was beautiful...finally! We've been waiting desperately for the nice weather to finally get here, and this weekend it did. Granted, it wasn't as nice as we would have liked (mid 90s so we could take the boat out and waterski without freezing our pa-tooties off in the river), but we're still happy. Saturday we went to Tuscarora State Park. It's so nice there. We walked the trails, we goofed around, we put Mady's feet into the water (which wasn't actually as cold as i thought it would be). We spent quite a few hours walking around, which is a HUGE feet for Frank. If you know him, you know he isn't much of a fan of walking anywhere.

Then we went out for dinner and ice cream on the way home. It was a really nice day out with my little family. It's so fun to have a family, lol.

We watched Valkyrie Saturday night after Mady went to bed. I didn't think i would like it at all, as i pretty much hate history and i didn't think i would understand the movie. Well, it turns out, i didn't hate it at all, i actually liked it! There were some parts that i didn't understand, but neither did Frank, and we figured them out together after the movie was over. Overall, i'd say to watch it, it was pretty good.

The yesterday, Frank suggested we go for ANOTHER walk around town this time. Seriously, what kind of pod person came down and stole my husband and replaced him with this active, family oriented individual? He only walks this much when we go on vacation and i down right refuse to sit around and do nothing, and i have to FORCE him to walk places. But hey, who was i to complain?! Off we went for a walk around town. And what a walk it was. We went for about an hour, and went 3.5 miles. Of course, Mady got a great nap in while we walked, so it was a good trip for all 3 of us.

Overall, i give my weekend 2 thumbs up.

Are you kidding me?!

The latest big lottery winner was from Winner, SD. Now that's a coincidence to begin with. But here's what really gets me. This 23 year old guy wins $232.1 million dollars...and only gets a lump sum of $88.5 million. The government took the rest in taxes. TAXES!! That's almost $150 million dollars in taxes. Talk about a rip off. I'm pissed, and it's not even my money!

http://news.aol.com/article/powerball-south-dakota-lottery-winner/501911

A quickie...

Life has been a bit dull here at the Stiffie house since i'm off for the summer. It's been pretty dreary, and usually rainy, everyday. So needless to say, Mady and I haven't gotten to do any of the cool stuff i want to do. I'm sure there will be plenty of time, but i have so many things i want to do, i'm just over-anxious to get started already! I've also decided i want to take a road trip with Mady, but i still have to discuss that with Frank, as i'm sure he'll want to go, and i'm sure he'll think it's a horrible idea to take a child anywhere. He's much more cautious that i am...i never would have saw that one coming.

Yesterday i went with my mom to one of her friends houses. Why, you may ask?! Well, her friend has kids, and she has old baby clothes that she was looking to get rid of. She didn't want to throw them away, as they are all expensive name brand stuff, so my mom asked me if i'd like to buy any of them. Heck yea! So Mady, my mom, and I all went over there yesterday. I know that any of you that know me, already know that i got tons and tons and tons of good stuff. And surprisingly, when i got it all home and Frank saw it all, he wasn't mad! Normally he absolutely hates yard sale stuff, from clothes to toys to "junk" as he calls it. But he was 95% impressed with what i got. There were, of course, a few pieces he didn't like, but i think he was just saying that to save face. The clothes were very well taken care of, and mostly all name brand. The only problem was that most of the stuff was all 12-18 or 18-24, so Mady won't fit in it for quite a while i fear. But hey, i have it for then :)

It's our anniversary!!!!

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A friends night out...

Yesterday we had a much needed "friends night out". It was a chance for us to feel like kids again ourselves, and have a good time with friends we don't get to see as much as we would like. We left Madylinn with my mom and Gary, and we were going to go to Knoebels to eat dinner and go mini golfing. Well, we got there and the place was practically dead, and it was only 5:45pm! After a short walk through the park, we realized that they were planning on closing because of the deadness, and that they were planning on closing at 6pm. Well, didn't that just suck. So we had to make other plans. Jared wanted to go to some pizza place he hadn't eated at in a long time, so instead of make waves by saying i didn't want pizza, we went there. After some pizza and a whole lot of laughs, we decided we still wanted to go mini golfing after-all. So we went to Tee to Green on the Bloom-Danville highway. It was a bit crowded when we got there, but most of the people were already in front of us, so we started on our merry way. Golfing was so much fun. We laughed and joked as much as we golfed, to which the group behind us wasn't too happy, since we were holding them up as well. When we got to the 9th hole, we let them pass us. And when all was said and done, Jared won mini golf...it didn't hurt that he had 2 hole in ones! Yes, i said 2! The downfall of the night was that Frank beat me by 1 stroke! Drat, i'll have to get him next time. After golfing, we went to get ice cream, and we sat there for longer than we should have, laughing and talking. Then we went our seperate ways back home. It was a great night that was definately needed by everyone, and we all had a great time.