Because I'm just that AWESOME.

For whatever reason I decided that TODAY I should BACK into the driveway. 

Normally I just pull in unless I have a bunch of stuff to unload. I suppose my pea-brain decided today that 2 normal sized grocery bags equalled a 'bunch' of stuff. So I backed in. Backing in wasn't the problem. I've been BACKING IT UP since before Miley Cyrus started acting cray cray. SORRY for that. 

Anywho. I backed in and thought....'I'm pretty close to the grass on the passenger size'. Now it's important to mention...WHO CARES. I didn't have a passenger. And I won't anytime soon. So I should have just left WELL ENOUGH ALONE. 

BUT. I. Didn't. I pulled forward and then backed up while watching my side mirror. I have to say I was now leaving the perfect amount of space between my car and the grass. 

And I backed up perfectly......INTO MY CLOSED GARAGE DOOR. 

Outside view. Ahh man. Now. I wasn't planning to park INSIDE the garage, that's important to say. Don't want you thinking I'm 'that much' of a fool. I didn't just forget to put the door up, I just FORGOT to not hit the door.

Inside view. I told the hubby it wasn't that bad.....but after looking at the inside I'm not so sure. It looks worse from the inside. 

BUT. NOW WE HAVE A MESSED UP MATCHING PAIR.

You can see the light coming in at the top of the door on the left, which was dented when we bought the house, and now you can see light coming in from the bottom of the door on the right. 

Yup. We are slowly becoming 'that house' on the block. I bet our neighbors were so excited to have someone move in because they THOUGHT we would take care of the house after having sat empty for almost 2 years.

Well we'll show them. Hahaha 

I never knew

You know what they never tell you in high school.......... That sometimes having a baby isn't easy. 

From what I remember of my few years of sex ed if you have sex, if you even think about having sex your will get PREGNANT and no one wants that. 

The way they talked it was easier to get pregnant then it was to cross a busy street. I know they don't want to tell high school students that it all comes down to ovulation and sperm count. Because that's just confusing not terrifying. But I feel like I was misinformed. I feel like if I had know that it might take months for my body to get back to normal (which it's NEVER been) once I stopped the pill I might have stopped sooner to start the process. I should have known. That's my fault. It's a drug of course there will be some down fall when you quit it. Looking back I see that. But I didn't even think about it then. Now I have no idea when my period is coming, as its been a different time every month....well except for the first 4 months after I stopped the pill  when I didn't have it at all.

I THOUGHT when I was ready to have a child I would just........have a child. Because if you have sex or even think about having sex you get pregnant. Isn't that what Mrs. Sweet told us, right after the awkward condom and banana demonstration. I THOUGHT that's what happen. I THOUGHT when you were ready for a baby you had sex and 9 months later......baby. 

I THOUGHT wrong. Apparently the actual window of conception is pretty small. Apparently years of birth control can delay conception even after its out of your body. 

I THOUGHT. We would wait till my prescription was done and then we would start "trying". Well that was January and its now almost September and ..............nothing. I know in the grande scheme of things that's really not that long. 

I THINK I'm just frustrated because I didn't realize until NOW that it might not happen as quickly as we would LIKE. I've read articles, talked to my doctor and used websites to to try and figure out when I'm ovulating. Never in my life would I think I would be buying stock in ovulation kits.......and I'm still no closer to figuring it out. How many sticks does a women need to pee on in her life.

Every time I take a test the hubby says "I don't know why you think it's going to say anything other then no." Uhmmmmmmm........because I WANT it to say yes. Duh. We've recently had the 'Hubby you better start trying to be more positive about this and less negative nelly or I'm going to kick you in the junk.'

I just don't understand why all these 15 year olds are out there having babies left and right like its so easy. Well for them it is I guess. I know I need to be patient and it'll happen when it happens but it's frustrating when you can't make things happen when you want them to. 

A tiny bit more progress

When we moved in May we decided to unload everything into the two car garage. It would be easier to sort through. WELL. That left our garage PACKED full of STUFF. Packed full. I thought I had a photo of what it looked like but.....I can't find it. I probably deleted it in disgust. 

We have too much stuff. We donated a ton prior to moving but we should have donated a ton more. 

We've thought about working on the garage but then we look at the mess and it gets overwhelming so I usually just shut the door. 

WELL this weekend we attempted to tackle the issue. I would LOVE to park in my garage. I've never had a garage in my LIFE. And hopefully come winter we will be able to do that.

We were able to clear something out. There used to be a small narrow pathway that one person could walk through. 

NOW we have FLOOR SPACE. 

We were able to clear out the majority of the center there is a desk chair box that is full of cardboard boxes that need recycled. Once that's gone this week they well be a nice big empty space. 

We stacked the boxes and crates up better which opened up more space. We also went through a bunch of boxes and condensed things. 2 bags of trash, a car load of stuff for Goodwill, and some more boxes moved inside to unpack and we have made a 'Dent'.

We haven't done anything in the back half of the garage. It took us 4 hours to do what we did. AND we know it will take many more days till we get it CLEANED OUT. But......it's progress. 

So this picture........

One of this weeks prompts was to explain my Facebook photo.

This is said photo

It's me and the hubby.......but in this picture he was just the boyfriend. YES it's an old picture. But I LOVE IT.  For one I look AMAZING. And he looks wonderful as well. 

But it's also a big step in our relationship. This was our first 'trip' together. AND it was his first time meeting some important people in my life THE SMITH'S OF BUFFALO

That's them......cute huh. (Fast forward a few years this pic is from our wedding).

Soccermom ( Amy) is my best friend from college. And Steve is her wonderful husband she met while in college so we all go back... Way back.  

Jeremy and I had gone to Buffalo to attend the 1st birthday of their first child Taylor ( they are on child 3 now). It was a big deal because Jeremy would not only be meeting them for the first time but he was also going to be meeting the SMITH family, which I call my Buffalo family. love those people. Steve's parents are super nice and so is his sister and brother and grandparents. Love those peeps. 

After the party Jeremy and I made a trip to Niagara Falls for some couple time. There is where my profile pic is from the American side of Niagara Falls. It was a great trip and. great 1st trip for us to take. We had fun with my friends and fun with each other. And we didn't kill each other during the 6 hour car ride up or during the 6 hour car ride home. It must be love.  

Room update.

Over the weekend the hubby and I went looking for things for MY ROOM. It's really a guest room......because we get so many guests lol. But I'm also going to use it for.....well for whatever I want. Because its MY ROOM. 

I knew that with the color of the room being so BLUE I wanted to lighten it up with some white accents. 

So we picked up a white desk at Target for $39 and a small end table that matches for $12. I LIKE THE SOUND OF THOSE NUMBERS.

I also bought some curtains at Boscov's. I have to say I'm pretty happy with the choices at Boscov's and the prices. I just wanted plain white curtains. $9 a panel. 

Sorry it's hard to get a good picture of the windows, what with them being windows and letting light in.

You can see a chair in the photo with the desk but that was a surprise from my hubby. 

I didn't have a chair when I left for work yesterday and when I came home 6 hours later.....I DID. 

The chair was his mother's old sewing chair. It was dark brown wood with a red pleather looking seat. From the before picture he took (which I don't have to share on this post) you could tell she used it. I never saw the chair prior to its make over. Hubby picked it up from his brothers house bought some white spray paint to paint it. AND picked out the seat fabric and reupholstered the seat. Which he informed me "looks much easier on tv.' all while I was at work Sunday afternoon.

And it looks like to came with the desk. I love it. It h a little drawer that pulls out from under the seat to keep sewing supplies in. I don't sew but I can keep something in there. 

I we an awesome silver metal mirror at Home Goods.....but it the glass was broke. Boo.