We have had a very successful week

On Sunday, Rob and I were sitting in the office I was debating getting a new fish tank for the living room and Rob was looking for upgrades for his new RC car obsession. I started getting irritated at my small ass desk and my BIG ASS monitor. That got me thinking, we are always talking about how we want to redo the office with matching desks and shelves to display some of our collectables. So I asked Rob how much we figured it would cost when we mapped out what we wanted from IKEA. $200. That’s it… I was planning on spending at least $150 for the fish tank. So I pointed out that for less then we were planning to spend on out individual hobbies we could do up the office. Monday off to IKEA we go and end up $30 under budget, and for once nothing weighed over 50 pounds. We got home and after uncountable times up and down the stairs and rob taking power tools to his old desk, we had a brand new office. You can see that Rob and I have different collectables. I have all my classic 1970’s Sesame Street music boxes and figures, he has skulls and NASCAR diecast cars. As a reward we decided to forego the diet for the night and ordered the pizza we had been craving for weeks. I have never tasted a pizza so good before in my life! Tuesday I called in sick to work. My allergies were kicking my ass but that I am sure was from all the dust we kicked up on Monday. It was a good day, it was warm we got to play with the RC cars and hang out. I stopped by mom’s on Friday and picked up her old dell and her flat screen monitor to replace my BIG ASS monitor. She gave me her old laptop awhile ago and I am loving having a computer in the living room J, now if I can get her to upgrade to a new Ipod I would be set. It’s good to have a gadget freak for a mother J.

This morning was our weigh in day. I lost 2 pounds for a total of 15 and Rob lost 5 pounds for a total loss of 21. The pizza did nothing to harm our diet!! I even had a real beer with lunch today!

We also went to my new favorite fish store Forest Lake Pets and got 4 new fishes. (The ones I got at the end of last month died because I added too many at one time and was breaking in a new filter and it couldn’t keep up with all the fish) I got two boys and two girls to go with the two girls and one boy I left. So that means I have 7 guppies, a platy with a bent spine and cory-cats. That is all that will fit in that tank unless I upgrade to a filter rated for a 40+ tank and that is way too much current for a 10 gallon tank.

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I want another fish tank. I want a BIGGER fish tank then my little 10 gallons. In my dreams I want a 125 gallon and have 100 fish, but there is no way I can do that. I did find a 29g in my price range but I have to discuss it with Rob because we would have to rearrange things in the office. I would continue to use the two 10’s as fry tanks. I LOVE BABY FISH! I am just having so much fun with it. Rob is getting into the live plants in the big tank but I am happy with the fake neon plants. I just want tons of guppies, they are so pretty.

So if anyone has tanks they don’t want… hook a girl up!

My weekend!

Friday things started out kinda sucky, I found one of my favorite fish dead in the big tank. So I spent my morning getting the dead fish out and testing the water to see why my favorite fish was dead. At 11:45 I went and got my hair done. Bridget did a fabulous job. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my hair. If you live in the northern suburbs go see her at Jordan a salon/spa in Coon Rapids. She was a kick and a half, just what I needed after a traumatic morning. Back home I treated the issues in the big tank and started getting myself ready for my big night. I was excited, I did my nails like 4 times, tried on 6 different outfits. By the time Rob got home I was ready to burst out the door. We decided to have dinner at T.G.I Friday's, it was good... it was Friday's. We left for downtown at 7pm so we could have enough time to find parking. There was a t-wolves game that night as well. We find the LAST parking space in the lot behind First Ave but we still had 20 minutes before the doors open and an hour and 20 before the show started. We went across the street to Starbucks in Block E. We waited there before the DWI show last month. At 8:02 we go to the Entry... we are the first ones there. I felt like a dork but we got a table and I got my beer. Not 5 minutes later my buddies Shane and Mark came out. It was so good to see them, God knows I missed hanging out with the guys. Shane sat and talked to us for a good bit of time before the show. It was trippy watching the guys play again. It was cool catching up. Really cool. The show was great as well. But I didn't have any doubts. Rob ended up having a great time and kinda dug the music. After that I really think Rob understood why I was so eager to go. I can't wait until we can do that again. Shane has some shows coming up with his band, I am hoping we can make it to a few of those. And to make it an even greater night... I got to drink beer. Mmmmmm beer.

Saturday and Sunday weren’t all that exciting. We watched NASCAR and waited for the snow storm from hell to appear. And that it did. We got a foot and a half of nice heavy wet snow. But I didn’t have to work therefore I didn’t have to drive in all that. Mom did. She made it home in one piece.

Ahhh

After two solid weeks of not having a mistake free night I FINALLY had one. I have no idea what the hell was wrong, it's like every night something would fall out of my brain. I would come in the next day and I would hear "you loaded this backwards" or "you forgot to put ?????? in the schedule for today" . So I am praying that the spell is broken. I was starting to question my master control abilities. I mean I know I can be a flake sometimes…. But two weeks???


I need a vacation! I almost get one. I have Friday-Monday off.


Ok… back a few posts I told ya'll about how I was SO happy to be going to see Kingfield with my Music Buddy Bill. Well on Monday I was gathering my Mickey Mouse Platys ..
to take them to World of Fish to get credit so I could get more guppies. I had left a message with a hair stylist that my mom had recommended. You see I planned on getting all gussied up for Friday (almost like a real date if I wasn't married and going out with a married man) plus I haven't seen the guys in the band for about 8 years, and I needed an excuse to color my hair. So I had to find my cell phone incase Rob (the stylist not the hubby) called me back. When I found the phone I had a voice mail. I call thinking it's Rob giving me an appointment. It wasn't… it was Bill… telling me he has to go to Omaha (of all places) Friday night and can't go to the show with me. NOOOOOOOO!!!!! I only really wanted to go to the show with Bill. He WANTED to go. We were looking forward to hanging out... drinking beer... bonding... and seeing a good show. Hanging out with my boy. But no. I was so depressed that even getting a $50 credit for my Mickey's and 6 new fishes wasn't helping. It was noon and the stylist still hadn't called me back and I was getting down right pissy. Then my Hubby tells me that his work has changed his schedule this week and he will be home 5ish on Friday. "Great!" I yelled... "you can go to the show with me!!!!" He doesn't want to go, he isn't interested in the music but he is going because he loves me. Ok.. so I solved one problem but I still want to get my hair done. Tuesday morning and the stylist STILL hadn't called so I decided to just call the salon down the street, it will cost me more but they answered the phone and gave me an appointment. 26 hours after I called Rob the stylist called me back and said "Heather how does noon work for you" I said I was sorry but I had already made an appointment elsewhere.
The moral of this story is... Bill owes me beer for ditching me... My hubby is willing to insult his ears for me... and if you don't call me back I will take my business somewhere where they answer the phone.

On a REALLY good note Rob and I have been on the South Beach Diet for a bit now and I am down 11 pounds!!! YAY me!!!!!