Crazy Weekend...

What a weekend...it was so nice outside and Brad was finally able to get out and play some Golf on dry terms! I told him he wasn't allowed to come home unless he won, he got to come home, he ended up winning the round he played with his dad and brother! Great job Honey!

Friday evening we spent the evening grilling out and playing games with our friends, Kevin and Courtney! It made me want summer to come more than ever! Court and I managed to drink one bottle of pressecco, one bottle of wine and some beers, making for a long day Saturday! We even managed to blow up another bottle of pressecco by leaving it in the freezer overnight - sorry about your freezer Kev!! OOPS! The best part of the night was when Court and I were able to beat the boys butts in cornhole! What a great team we make! The more we drank the better we got, funny how that works! It was a fun night and we look forward to more of them to come! Note to all of those people out there who know that Brad beats me at everything...I was finally able to chalk up a win for Team Kate! Yeah!

THE CHAMPS!

DEFEATED THREE TIMES & STILL TALKING!!!

Saturday marked the two month anniversary of when my Grandpa decided it was time to be with Grandma again. I spent most of the weekend thinking of him and missing him all over again...I still wonder why he had to leave so fast and wish that we had him back, but I understand that is selfish and God was ready for him to be where he is now. It was a rough day from that standpoint, but he is in a better place now! I have to keep reminding myself of that!

On Sunday, Brad and I moved the patio furniture outside and set up the patio for the spring/summer season! Anyone who wants to help break it in, give us a call! We are always up for drinks and grilling out! I will post pictures of our flowers once they start growing! Hopefully I can keep them alive!

Hope everyone is having a great week! XOXOXO

stop and smell the roses

This past week i was in NY for work and what a quick trip it was. 500am flight on Wednesday and home Thursday evening. I have been to NY so many times, I forget what it is like to really visit the city...I never do tourist things, I just kind of work until it is time to go to dinner, eat dinner, have a couple drinks with some friends and then straight back to the hotel to get some much needed sleep - oh I shouldn't forget that most times I leave time for shopping. Typically I stay in SOHO, so I am far from all the fun...this time, I stayed in Times Square...what a crazy place that is! After dinner on Wednesday night I walked with my designer to help her catch a cab and walk off some of the amazing Italian food I had just had. There were all these people standing in the middle of the road taking pictures of Times Square - it hit me that I never had been a tourist in the city...I never take the time to do things like that...so I started this week, I took my picture in the middle of Times Square...mom I am sure you are so proud - it had to be a fun picture...a boring one just wasn't going to do! So here it is...Fun times I tell ya! I bought something from a street vendor and almost got killed by a cab...doing all tourist things! Well, not many, but enough to make me happy! I will say everytime I am there, I wish I had taken the chance and moved there for a couple of years...what an amazing city...everything happens for a reason though right???

But, so here is my fourth or fifth New Year's Resolution...stop to smell the roses, when I am in different places at least doing something fun one night rather than working or shopping all the time...here is to it! Hope it works out. For the record I have started to work out every week and save more and follow Brad's budget...so far so good...so I am hoping that I can stick to this one as well!



Hugs and Kisses!!!

Been awhile...

since I drank during the day...getting way to old for this stuff I tell ya! But, it was for a good cause. This past weekend, some friends and I did a pub crawl for cancer. It started at 1, include 5 bars, 4 pitchers of beer at each bar and a team of 10 people. It started at 1 in the afternoon and we finished around 6...there was an after party, but needless to say - I didn't make it! Instead I had dinner with my family...probably wasn't the most sober of dinners I have ever been too!!! Back to the charity...it was fun...we laughed a lot and had a really good time catching up! The picture below is with my good friend and neighbor, Kevin, needless to say posing with the bear was a must & I guess giving it a little kiss was too (not one of my best moments!)...

Go Carolina Blue team!!!

Spring is in the air...

So, it was officially a nice weekend! For those of you who don't live here in Ohio, it was finally nice - so exciting isn't it?? I wish I would have spent more time outside! There was too much to do indoors! OOPs! More nice weather to come this week and I hopefully will be out in it all week, so no worries!

What a nice weekend it was, we caught up with old friends who we have not seen in almost 6 weeks - kind of crazy to think that it had been that long, they are such dear friends of ours - 6 weeks seems too long without a little cindy and jared time! It was fun though - we had dinner at Marcellas at Polaris. Felt like I was back in Italy - everyone should try it out!
Saturday morning, we got up, ate breakfast and then I got drug to the gym...for those of you who are wondering how I am doing with that New Year's resolution of working out - made it three days this week and have plans for five days next week! I am actually doing it - don't want to let anyone down! Saturday evening - what a fun night - we babysat our niece, Caroline and our other niece Gracyn came over to help, with her parents that is! It was so fun and interesting to see how they interact, Caroline is exactly 5 months older than Gracyn, so it was fun to see what she might be like here soon!! We had such a blast playing with Caroline and Gracyn...they are so cute and we are so blessed that they are in our life! I have to say - they wore us out - we were so tired by the time we got home! Sunday we made it to the gym again GO ME! I actually made it thru the whole 50 minute cardio without feeling like I was going to get sick or getting too bored! I am making such good progress! We went to the grocery and then made dinner together and enjoyed a bottle of wine...it felt like summer - can't wait for it to come!!!

Well other than the two good nights on Friday and Saturday, this week was a rough week, I can't say that I am sad it is over, but lessoned learned was that family/friends are the most important thing given to you in your life...who would you be without the people that shape you and help you thru the roughest times! I am blessed to have the family/friends that I have and I love them so much! where would I be without you guys? Thanks for all the support and prayers this year...I appreciate it more than any of you know! I do hope that this year starts to turn around...we need it!!!!

The quote in my planner today, really hit home to me, so I thought I would share...

Every situation - nay, every moment - is on infinite worth, for it is the representative of a whole eternity...

xoxoxoxox!

RIP Palmer...

Well, today was a hard day - worst day of the month is another way to put it, today will be remembered as the day Palmer went to be with Cheesy Lady, aka Grandma, and Grandpa. He was so very sick and it was his time to go...he had so many wonderful days of life on this earth, but we will miss him so much. We love you, black dog...

I can't even imagine what my mom is going thru right now, we all loved Palmer, but mom especially loved him. Dogs are just such amazing animals, they are by your side when you need them, they let you know that they love you all the time and they do their best to help you in any way that they can. Palmer was doing that up until the last breathe he took. His eyes just had a don't worry, I already feel better look in them...I will look over you in heaven now - you will always be okay and I will always be in your heart. Even when he was in the most pain, he was comforting us. God love dogs and God please take care of our black dog...get him in touch with Grandpa and Grandma...they will be so excited to see him! RIP PALMER - RIP...

Today was also the day that makes me feel so blessed to have the family that I do, we may be small, but we are powerful. After mom and I went to the vet and said our goodbyes, we met my brother, sister-in-law, niece and brad for dinner. We had a toast to Palmer...to a heaven made of cheese and him being with Grandpa again. Gracyn made us all smile when we thought it wasn't possible and we had a really great time just being with each other when we all needed each other...here is to my amazing family who makes me so proud to be a part of it. I love you all! Mom, you are the strongest woman I know...I love you with all my heart and hope that I am half the woman you are someday!

This was Palmer's favorite way to take a nap, on his back and with his buddy, Grandpa...

XOXOXOXO!!!

The fun in dysfunction...

So, it used to be that my old team at VSS always said we put the fun in dysfunction...and I believe that we did! We had more drama than a group of high school girls, but we had a really good time, well those of us that got along! :) I miss that team...

But, this blog is dedicated to a little (well he isn't so little) black lab, Palmer, who hands down puts the fun in dysfunction! To give a little background, he is a 13 year old dog who loves cheese, salmon, treats, picking on Cali, sleeping on beds, chasing squirrels and bunnies and being a little rascal when he wanted to - only because he knew he could get away with it because he is sooo cute! Well, he has grown ill and isn't doing well...we stopped over to see him last night and he has lost weight, has a painful look in his eyes and just isn't his normal self. He has a stomach problem and we hope that he can make it thru it, but so far he hasn't eaten anything in 9 days and you can tell the thought of food just makes him sick! As a person you feel helpless because you don't know how much pain he is in, what he wants you to do for him and how to help him!

But, after we talked about the little guy and what the options were, we filled Brad in on how dysfunctional and FUN he was when he was younger. He almost made mom move out - he was so bad all the time, whether he was chewing up the couch, chewing shoes, digging in the front yard or whatever else he would do. He was the entertainment of the neighborhood, he would run circles around the house, chase cars and bikers as much as he could before he got shocked, he befriended the UPS man, he would run away to see his girlfriends (he had a lot of them) and would get the scent of a bunny and take off - running far far away! He got put it Jail often for being bad and all you could see was his eyes sparkling and a look of - "I would so do that again" when you looked at him in his jail cell. But, on the other side he is the most compassionate dog ever...he knew when you were sad and would come to you and not leave until you told him to go, he would look at you with his big eyes and it would make a bad day turn amazing. He greeted you everyday when you got home, if he was in jail, his tail thumped loud enough that you knew he would have been there! You could never say no to this guy and never did you want to because of all the joy he brought to you! He is an amazing part of our family!

Get better little guy - we love you and this place won't be the same without you - so get better!!!