i'm just a random

random fact #1:i think i'm finally becoming an "adult" well, in some ways..
it felt amazing to not wake up with a hangover this weekend, and i guess now that i say that i haven't since new years. i've finally realized that you can drink a little and not get shitfaced and still have an amazing time. don't get me wrong, i do tend to enjoy having too much alchy and busting out crazy moves on the dance floor- but i'm going to try to save them for another time. plus, i hvae to save them for when my little man spends the night somewhere else (which hasn't happened yet, and i'm not ready for that) because getting up with him in the morning should be hangover free so i can enjoy it.

random fact #2: I am in some CRAZY love with travis barker... YUMMY :) i've had my "list" of men that i google when i'm bored (kristin has seen it) and for some reason keep forgetting him. by list also includes all those bad boys like the late heath ledger, hottie cam gigandet, old school luke perry, beefy channging tatum, cheating jude law, and the mr. mark walberg. sadly, NONE of these men look anything like my dear husband.. whenever i talk about one of these men he totally busts out a comment letting me know that i'm crazy and that if maybe he wore a mask of one of these men he'd get some more lovin'.. ohh dan.

random fact #3: i think bella's getting old, that's all i'm going to say about that.

random fact #4: people should grow up and some talking about the "things" they own... but really don't own them. believe me, i have about $15.000 to pay on my car, a mortgage, college loans, a small amount of debt dan and i have accumulated together, but that's it. i'm sick to death of all these "adults" that still get money from their parents to go shopping, pay their CELL PHONE BILLS, or buy a new something for themselves. all i'm going to say is GOOD LUCK with your life. wait until you actually become an adult and have to work for everything you have. gettttttta job. dan and i do get "handouts" from our parents, but not in excess.. ahh

random fact #5: i've read some really good books in the last couple months and need to figure out some others, any ideas- let me know. to go along with that jillian is kicking my ass almost everyday with her 30 day shred, workout for wii and just the wii fit plus in general- i'm so thankful!

random fact #6: the grammys were amazing.. but taylor swift did not need to win her award :(


i think i've written some things that people could get offended by so i'm going to go to bed. if your going to bed and enjoy some of the hotties i've listed... drift away...

MN

I'm going to write in purple for my love for the MN VIKINGS BABY!!!!!!

Okay, I am not a huge football girl, never have, probably never will be... but this year I really got into it! It started out with some random night at my dads, listening to him and his girlfriend root and rave over these Vikings. I have been hooked ever sense. Unfortunately my husband does not share my love.. So most of the time I have to watch the games alone, or well with my little man, and cheer loud and tell him all the details when he walks in- he's usually never impressed.

Today my anxiety level went up to a whole new level, one that even being pregnant and giving birth it hasn't been this sky rocketing. The Vikings have been an amazing team this year.. and my love for Jared Allen (who doesn't love him), Sidney Rice, Brett Favre, Percy Harvin and Adrian Peterson- just to name a few- will never end. Actually, I'm trying to convince my dad to get Gavin a jersey for next year... preferably Rice, but whatever... This year we didn't make it to the Super Bowl but I think a lot of people had their doubts that we would even get this far. WELL WE PROVED YOU WRONG! We lost to the Saints in OT, and wow... I think some of the referee's might of been paid? I dono? But it was an amazing game. Even got to see my other love... REEEEEEEEEEEGGIE BUSH. OOOOOFTA! :) He was the only really good thing to come out of this game. I AM, 100% jealous of Kim Kardashian.. coming home to him. YUM!

Last night I watched this horrible show on Lifetime, I know.. LIFETIME.. really? Dan was not impressed that I was watching Lifetime at midnight when he came home. It was called "The Pregnancy Pact" which is all about those insane girls in high school in Boston or something all getting pregnant together, like it was the new "fad" in high school. GROSS that someone gave them a TV show. WHY would someone do that? I pray that this didn't start the second epidemic of teen pregnancy. BLLLLLAh really pisses me off. Anyways the show was so dumb and these stupid girls thought they were awesome... I'm pretty sure that if I were to get pregnant in high school I would of had the most miserable life. I needed that time to me as selfish as I was, needed to drink and do dumb things in order to grow up and be the person I am today. I LOVE GAVIN, do NOT get me wrong, but having him in high school would of changed my life completely-- Now, I'm sure someone who reads this might know someone or could be a mom in high school, but this is MY blog, so I can give MY opinions.. without people putting their two sense in. Thank you! Anyways, to sum up my blabbering I was dissappointed that they have this show about this whole ordeal, that's it.

By the way, my hairs finally growing :) :) :) Now I just need to get it colored-- new color for me now, so excited, and cut and I'm ready!

one saturday mid afternoon

GAVIN'S COLD IS FINALLY OVER!!

best news I've heard in awhile! Only thing is.... now I have it. I barely have a voice and my throat feels like it could quite possibly be on fire. Last night, after enjoying a few drinks and dinner with Kristin and Danielle, more people came to the local VFW (wow, that sounds trashy) so I went to talk to them.. I ended up running into some people from my past and chatted with them for a little bit. I love when people listen to my scruffy voice and then ask "ohh, are you sick?" I wanted to bust out... "NO!!!! I just really enjoy this horrible voice coming out and think it's sexy.. OF COURSE I'm sick!" And after I saw 11:45pm on the clock (two hours AFTER I told Dan I'd be come) I decided to head home. Sleep was much needed and enjoyed. The mornings are nothing nice when you have a cold- and I'll leave it at that so your imagination can run wild with whatever you'd like to think ;) But I am feeling tons better now, thanks to some herbal tea and multiple cough drops.

I can't even look around my house and see a clean room. Why am I blogging when I should be cleaning? I couldn't tell you.. I'll save it for 3:45, 15 minutes before Dan gets home, that should be enough time.

My fav shows on MTV are coming to a close: Jersey Shore and Teen Mom- and I'm in love with this little boy named Bentley. It's so sad.. what am I going to do on Tuesday and Thursday nights now? At least I still have Sunday nights with the Kardashian family! Maybe I'll dedicate that extra hour when I was watching those shows to my diet/workout routine? I hope so! -- By the way, it's working out nicely. I've never had to "diet" really, well... when I got married I did.. but that's different. I can now figure out what's good food and whats nasty food. And I must say Dan enjoys that nasty food. Lots of "boxed meals" I call them and gross things I should of never started to eat. My guilty pleasure now: Great Value brand Strawberry poptarts. That's my "sweet" for the day :) Could I please go back to being skinny again?? And now I really want to go to the grocery store and make supper...

And it's snowing outside today.. YUCK. It's actually a lot better than this morning when it was raining... yes, raining in January. My pants were disgustingly wet on the bottom when I ran to the bank this morning. Which is also one of my biggest pet peeves.. I don't care if my feet are sopping wet, as long as the bottom of my pants are dry I can handle it. ISHHY! Which brings me to my next discussion. Is it summer yet? I want the heat, the sun, the ability to stay outside for more than three minutes without freezing. Could winter quickly pass so the joyful days of spring will come, and then summer?

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.


I am not a huge Bible reader but somehow I came across this verse and I love it!

Dan left Sunday night at 11 to head off to Iowa for the week to work. Dan and I haven't spent a night apart since Gavin was born, actually I think it was way before then, when Dan went on his snowmobiling trip last February. I was kind of excited to have a day away from Dan.. this weekend we both got very little sleep (see below) so we were both bickering with each other, not the way I would of wanted to spend the weekend before he left, but it happened. Dan slept from 6-10:30 Sunday night so we didn't get to spend that much time together before he left, really kicked in today. I take a lot of things that Dan does for me for granted.. and I feel horrible about that now. I wish he was home :( Good news is Dan called tonight and said that they got a lot done today so they might be able to come home Thursday now instead of Friday!!

This weekend was so crazy. I went over to Danielle's house with Kristin and Emily to have a glass of wine, JUST ONE, and then head home. Well, we drank a bottle of champagne AND a bottle of wine together and ended up leaving at 3 am!!!! WAY too late for me! I don't remember the last time that I was up till 3! It was awesome spending time with the girls and we've decided that we're going to have to do it more often...
Saturday Gerry drove me down to the cities to meet Dan to head to the Brad Paisley concert. I got into the car and Dan realised that he had taken my wallet out the previous night and left it in the garage.. Ummmm, okay. I guess it wasn't a big deal, I didn't need it except to go out to eat, so I opted for water, mmm good! We met up with Luke, a guy that Dan goes to school with, his girlfriend, Desiree, her sister, cousin and friend, Dan's previous foreman and Desiree's dad, Mark and his wife, Barb. We ate a great dinner (thank you Mark and Barb) while Justin Moore played, drank a few beers during Miranda Lambert and danced during Brad Paisley. The concert was amazing! Brad and Miranda are amazing entertainers. We got home around 1 and I immediately fell asleep when my head hit the pillow!
Sunday was spent watching the ever so amazing Vikings, gosh I love them, and taking a much needed nap. I had to get myself prepared for the week :) Grocery shopping and packing Dan for his week away.

And today I read Dear John (quick read)... it was a little bit different than I thought it was going to be. I still can't wait for the movie but am a little disappointed with the ending.

2009 in a nutshell

2oo9

December 31st, 2008:

Spending the night at a bar when I've just finally figured out I'm pregnant is NOT the thing I want to be doing. Bringing my friends home and crawling into my bed sounded like a much more appealing situation. The month of January was FILLED with many, and I empathize on many, doctors appointments and thousands of questions and finally a ultrasound. We told a couple close friends and our parents, minus my dad by the end of the month.

My baby boy... Belly at 37 wks? gosh, now I don't remember

February: Super Bowl Sunday I finally told my dad while spending the morning ice fishing, or freezing my ass off. It was a little bit more than awkward when my dad asked me if I wanted a beer before I told him. Just before the game was over I said, "Your going to be a grandpa".... those words didn't come out easily. He was ecstatic and so happy for Dan and I. Telling my dad I was moving to Montana, moving home from Montana, BROKE in Montana, engaged, that we picked a date and that I was going to go to school to do hair was NOTHING.... repeat, nothing compared to what I was going to say to him when I was pregnant. Ahh, it went fine.

March: ... no I'm not going to go through every month... I had a horrible pain in my back, or a baby on my sciatic nerve for more than three weeks. Which meant almost two weeks of missing work and laying in my bed. And there was no 'cure all' for this problem. Not a pain reliever, no dr visit... nothing! Needless to say Dan had a fit!

April & May: Dr visits and growing bigger and bigger and getting annoyed with getting bigger and bigger.

June: <3>

June 25th, 2009 @ 7 am.

I arrive at the hospital ready for my baby to come!

I laid in bed for awhile.. many tests, many monitors... around 12 they decided to start my potocin and at 12:45 my amazing Dr, Dr. Amy Brown, broke my water. Mel and Shari came to see us and were quickly rushed out of the room because of my pain. At 2 I got my epidural and at 5 I started to push. By 5:54 my baby... Gavin Scott Schroeder was in my arms. My pregnancy was not a horror story, not at all actually. I had no problem getting drugs and since I was sick I had no problem with them inducing me. Also, I had to "ripping" which for you mothers, you know that's a good thing...

Baby Gavin.. ahh hearts and hugs! xoxo

Oh, also Danielle and Max got engaged... YAY!

July & August: MOVING MOVING MOVING, planning planning planning.

September & October: Max and Danielle got MARRIED! A beautiful shore side ceremony at the Johnson Cottage with the reception at the Eagles. Defiantly a good night. And then Halloween night Kristin and Eric got engaged... Another wedding. Three weddings to be in, one every year! Now someone needs to get engaged and plan for 2011!

December: Came and thank goodness it's over. We had a horrible loss of a friend and it's still not totally real yet. The holidays came.. I enjoy the holidays and love spending time with my family but it gets a little much. Gavin enjoys spending the days/nights at his house, with an occasional outing, but lets be honest they are very slim since this frigid weather came.

I spent NYE at the Johnson residence... Kristin & Eric, Emily & Any, Danielle & Max and me & Dan.. it was a couples thing.. Then we met Katy and Blair out at SOB's for a little drinky drinky. I, no matter what, drink quite a bit when I go to SOB's so my ride home is always very interesting. We got home to our beautiful baby boy sleeping away in his cribby. The grandparents were excited to have us home and safe and tucked in bed.

And now it's 2010... A WHOLE NEW YEAR. I will keep my resolutions- no matter what. I don't know if this year could top 2009 but I'm willing to try!