FRIDAY NO. 16

What.A.Week. 

Our week started out with another trip to the ER for Matthew. We ended up staying two nights at the hospital (Monday night - Wednesday afternoon) this time. Thankfully everything is fine. All tests/scans came back normal.We followed up with his outpatient neurologist Thursday morning, prayers this is the last of it and we are good to go! We didn't get a for sure diagnosis for everything that has been happening, but the neurologists told us to "take that and RUN with it!" Meaning: Things could be a lot worse. So we are really thankful. I feel like my Facebook news feed is FULL of people battling different illnesses and struggles daily, so getting all of Matthew's tests and scans back completely clear was a huge blessing. We are exhausted, we are stressed, but we are completely thankful. I'll share more next week! 

(This time the hospital bed was big enough and I was able to lay beside him a good bit of the day...it's the little things in life y'all!)

Wednesday we watched it rain off and on all day from his hospital room, but thankfully when we were discharged it stopped raining and the sun came out. This was my pretty view on the way to the pharmacy to pick up his medicine.

We had been planning a small dinner party for Cinco de mayo for a couple of weeks now, but with everything going on I planned on putting it off for a week or so, but Matthew insisted on still having it. He had been looking forward to it and I think he just needed some time with some of his best buds. So after we got home late Wednesday afternoon and settled in I started cooking. I wanted to get as much done as possible so we didn't have a lot to do after work yesterday. I made two pans of enchiladas, four pounds of taco meat, three bags of taco rice, and then Matthew made the cheese sauce as soon as we got home from work yesterday. Everyone came over a little after 6 and then it was time to eat! I'll share more of this next week.

 We had a great time and all watched the longest Predators game (ever) last night....but we won! Woo hoo!

It has been very chilly this week...which is normal for this time of the year, if I am right, I believe this is what they call 'blackberry winter', and if that's the case then this is usually our last "cool spell" before SUMMER!!!! Woo hoo! As much as I hate cold weather, I have been somewhat enjoying these cool mornings walking into work. However, I did see this on Facebook this morning and almost changed my mind about enjoying this cool weather. That white stuff can most definitely stay in the Smokies! If it snowed in Nashville in May I would flat out die. 

We have a fun weekend planned out celebrating our moms and our best friend's birthday! It's going to be a bus weekend, but we're looking forward to hanging out with everyone!

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FRIDAY NO. 16

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This weekend was a good one and as usual, went by way too fast! We were able to pack a lot in though. Friday night was date night. We went to Outback for dinner and then made a stop by Target before we headed home. We were going to go see a movie but there just isn't anything playing right now that caught our attention, so we decided to head home and watch the Preds game. The puck didn't drop until 9:30 central time and I was already dozing off by 9:15 :) I slept through most of the game and only woke up when someone scored because of Matthew's reaction lol. Sadly we lost.

I picked up this adorable pineapple door mat at Target Friday night, and now Matthew has officially banned me from buying anything else pineapple related lol bless him! I just really love the natural light that pours in our entryway. It's so bright and I LOVE it!

Saturday we woke up and decided to go on a donut and shopping date. We drove to the donut place in our new town, but they are closed for a few weeks, so we went to the one close to where we used to live. After our breakfast we headed to JC Penny to find Matthew some shorts. I found a coupon and the shorts were on sale and we couldn't turn that down. We found some he really liked and ended up finding him some shirts for work. Woo hoo! 

We were almost back home when Matthew got a notification text message that the mailman had tried to deliver a package but we had to sign for it so they would try again another time. Matthew had been tracking that thing all week and didn't realize we would have to sign for it, so he decided to drive through the whole neighborhood until we found the mailman....

turns out he was in the back of our neighborhood, just a few streets over from ours lol. We got our package and Matthew was a happy camper!

I cleaned up around the house while Matthew installed our new smart thermostat! The people who lived there before us did a very poor job on installing the last one so when Matthew removed the old one there was some drywall damage. Matthew made a Lowe's run to get some stuff to patch it. 

 I didn't get a picture of the finished product and our new thermostat because we had to rush out the door to make it to my sister's birthday party. For some reason I didn't get a single picture at her party, but we had a good time! She has been into baking cakes a lot and decorating them lately so she wanted to make her own cake. It was so good and looked so cute, definitely better than any store bought cake! When we got back home Saturday night Matthew finished the last little bit up on the thermostat and I did one of my favorite masks. I can't remember what it's called, but it's a sea mineral mask and I LOVE it. I've been using it for the past two years or so. Matthew always calls me a smurf when I have it on. :) 

Sunday after church we did our usual, lunch, pick up groceries, nap...lol but seriously we took a small nap and paid for it last night when we couldn't fall asleep at a decent hour!! We ran by the local butcher shop and stocked up on meat for our cooking day. It was on sale so we were able to get a ton of meat for a reasonable price.

We got started very quickly on our freezer meals, and I'm so pumped to have our freezer stocked!

Matthew and I really enjoy cooking, so we had the best time cooking everything together and just talking about anything and everything. Love that sweet husband of mine!

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FRIDAY NO. 15

T-7 hours until the weekend!

- Tuesday night after we got off of work we headed to Chattanooga. Matthew had his test the following morning at Erlanger. To say our experience at Erlanger was a disaster would be an understatement. I'll go more into detail about it next week. We meet with the neurologist this Thursday morning. 

- As soon as we got home Tuesday afternoon we realized our air wasn't working for the downstairs area. We were about to head to Chattanooga and there wasn't anything we could do about it right then anyways. We called Wednesday and the earliest they could fix it was Thursday afternoon. We were so glad that is was just the downstairs area. We got home late Wednesday night and it was 82 in our house!!! THANKFULLY we are still under our warranty so we just had to pay for the service fee. 

- If all goes as planned, this Sunday Matthew and I have decided to have a cooking day after church! We are going to make breakfast burritos, grill up some chicken, and I'm going to make a few pounds of meat! I'm really excited and more than ready to have our freezer STOCKED!

- We have also decided to start having small 'meetings' on Sundays. It sounds weird to call it 'meetings' lol but we're just going to sit down, without any distractions, and discuss any plans we have that week, budget, and goals! We're both really excited about this and think this will help out a lot! Do you have weekly 'meetings'? Anything else we should go over? 

-Wednesday was Administrative Professionals Day, and since I was off of work, my office surprise me on Thursday! I had no idea this was even a thing so I was definitely overwhelmed yesterday with all the sweet words and gifts!! My office had this beautiful arrangement sent to me

and they also gave me a card with two gift cards in it. So sweet and thoughtful.

My friend at work also gave me a rose bush to plant at our house! She knows I've been itching to plant something pretty and surprised me with this. 

I don't say it enough, but I really am thankful for where I work, and all the people I get to work with.

- I made a small thing of chicken salad last night and I was trying to hurry so I could go to bed after, so I wasn't really using my "clean as you go" motto that I always try to follow. So my kitchen ended up being a big ole mess. So here are some 'real life' snaps for you! 

- Saturday we are celebrating my sister's birthday, and I still can't believe she is 19!! I feel so old when I think about it lol because most of the time I still feel like we should be 19. It's so crazy!

Blog posts from this week:

Baked Chicken Parmesan - Dinner

Weekending 

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FRIDAY NO. 15

WEEKENDING

As soon as I hit 'publish' last Friday on my post telling about what we had planned for the weekend I got a text from my mom letting me know that they took my nanny to the ER because she was really sick. Funny how when we try to plan everything out, things come up and all your plans change. That's just how life goes sometimes, but the good news is that nanny is doing much better and should be going home this morning!! 

As soon as we got off on Friday we headed to the hospital that my nanny was at to check on her. She was in a lot of pain and pretty loopy from a small procedure they had just finished up. She was in critical care so visiting hours were almost over after we got there. We went with my dad and sisters to get dinner, my mom stayed there with her. Samantha and Macy (my two youngest sisters) were full or energy and excited to tell us all about their week at school lol. Matthew and I were all ears!

Saturday morning my dad had to work and my mom went to the hospital as soon as visiting hours started so Matthew and I decided to take Sam and Macy out for some fun, since they were too young to visit our nanny in critical care. My other sister, Mady, was hanging out with her friends all day. We surprised them and took them to Go USA fun park. We played a round of mini golf, did the batting cages and played a game inside.

The weather was perfect, and we soaked up as much time outside as we could! 

 After Go USA we had lunch at the girls favorite place, CiCi's Pizza...Matthew and I haven't been to a Cici's in almost a year. After lunch we headed to the hospital for a bit so we could check in on nanny and drop the girls off with my dad, since he was off by then. Nanny was doing a little bit better by Saturday afternoon, but not where they wanted her to be.

We had plans to go to a get together at one of our friend's house from church that afternoon, but with everything going on we decided to cancel our plans. We ended up eating a quick dinner and running a few small errands before calling it a night. Sunday was family day at church and we really enjoyed it! We had regular service, class, and then a catered lunch and a 1:00 pm service. We had time after lunch to run home and change, and I was able to get some cleaning and laundry done before the 1:00 service started. We LOVE living so close to church!! There were A LOT of activities planned for the afternoon that we got to choose from. We chose 'Open mic night' at a members farm and it was a lot of fun. The weather was great, we had good food, and enjoyed listening to everyone perform.

This is the view from this families front yard....absolutely beautiful!!!

Also, while we were home I got to see my dad's peonies blooming. These are my favorite and he always saves me some each year!

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