She's baaaaaaack!

My BFF Joann and my Godchildren Montana and Saige have moved back from Colorado!! I am super excited! I put together a little welcome home kit with Blue Plate Mayo, Tony's, Tabasco, Zatarains crawfish ettoufee mix, Blue Runner Red Beans, and a NOLA hat. Yea!

Crawfish

The hubs and I hosted a family get-together disguised as a crawfish boil. It was such a good time, his family who had never been to our house got to see it, and loved it. We have been there almost 3 years now, and of course, every time you come, there is something new and different. That's the shopper in me I suppose.

My ranch share site

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Budgets

Even though I am choosing not to participate in the recession, I have put the hubs and I on coffee/lunch budgets of $20 a week. It keeps me from spending money on lunch everyday. Instead I take my lunch into work from home & I get my Grande Starbucks Doubleshot on Ice each morning and once a week I can have lunch a Cane's or Chick-fil-a.
This budget is only for those items. Dry cleaning, gas, groceries, cigs, etc. are not included.

Confirmation!

I just got confirmation today that we are all approved to be going to the Marlboro Ranch!!!

MR Trip - More Scans

Here are some more scans of what we got with our contract paperwork.

Olympics

So, my sister's curling team (rock, not arm) won the USA Olympic Trials in February for the 2010 Winter Olympics. While this is incredibly exciting, I also know it will be very costly. There was so much discussion back and forth about who is paying for what, Mom and Dad can I stay with you and all the other craziness. I am so glad that we are now in a holding pattern. We (are pretty sure we) have tickets-which is NOT an easy thing to get your hands on, no matter how obscure the sport, we have hotel rooms booked from Bellingham, WA to Vancouver, BC, Canada and we are all in agreement that we need to fly into Seattle and drive up to Canada. It's actually a great thing because I was born and raised there. I will get to visit with some old friends so that will be nice. The 2.5 weeks I have to take off work won't. They are pretty cool about it because they see this for what it is. AN EXCITING, ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT. I have to keep reminding myself of that everyday.

I also should add, I cannot be more proud of my sister and all she has accomplished.