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If there is anyone out there that would lovingly buy me an $8.04 bag…this is the one I want. It's on clearance at Target and I want it!

Thank you in advance for getting this for me!

Chuck came back from his trip to the Boundary Waters on Monday. (He had a wonderful trip and wants to take me there sometime!) He surprised my by picking me up from work and taking me to dinner. He even wrapped this little beauty for me!

It's so cozy! I love it! What a wonderful surprise. Even though the best present was having him home again!

Last night we went to dinner at Katie and her hubby's house. And next week is their son's 4th birthday. So I got a gift for him and thought my wrapping job turned out really cute and I thought I would share!

The ball on the top was a huge hit! It lights up when you throw it on the ground. I got a pink one for his little sister (who is 1 1/2). She loved her ball! Then proceeded to bite it and punctured a hole in it. She immediately went to find the green one but it was taken away from her before she could deflate that one! 🙂 They are such cute kids!

AND, one of my favorite artists, Colbie Caillat, released a new CD yesterday. I planned to pick it up at Target during lunch. Well, Target's website told me that they were only available online. (Insert me freaking out here.) So I look at Barnes & Noble which is close, too. More expensive. (Insert GRRR here.) So, then I look at Best Buy. They have it cheaper than Target and Barnes & Noble. (Insert squealing here.) But, there isn't one downtown so I can't get it at lunch. (Sigh.) So, I ask my dear husband what sort of bribing I need to do for him to pick it up for me after work! It didn't take much bribing….he was already going to do it for me!!! See?! He is SO wonderful! (Insert jumping up and down and giddy here.)

(Small side note…they DID have it at Target, but I fought off the urge and didn't buy it since I was hoping Chuck was still going to get it at Best Buy cheaper.)

When I met him at our friends' house, they both decided to play a trick on me and pretend he couldn't get it. He sent me a text message (which was key to me falling for it), but I didn't look at my phone so I didn't see the message. Then I get in the house…”Where's my new CD!!??” I was met with blank faces. And they almost had me. But I saw a slight bit of sneakiness on Chuck's face and knew he was joking! They even already had the cd in the cd player to listen to! How fun! I was one happy Andi! That's for sure!

And, of course I got the “Deluxe Version”! 🙂 And it's FABULOUS!

Did you ever play the card game “Speed” growing up? I played it a lot with my grandma. Well, our friends brought this version of it over and it was so much fun! (Maybe even more fun because I won!) There were 6 of us and we all had a great time playing. Some had never played the game “Speed” before, so it was a little harder to pick up, but after playing it for a while, we all had the hang of it. 🙂

I am not sure where you can get it, but I would highly recommend getting it if you can. HERE is a link to their website. This will definitely be going on a wish list!

But, do beware….this game will bring out some swear words you didn't know you had in you! 🙂 We were warned beforehand, but I still got a little mouthy. When someone puts a card down before you….well, it can really touch a nerve! 🙂

We got ourselves a new TV for our bedroom. It's a flat one and we are going to mount it on the wall. It also has a DVD player in it. I love it! That is all! 🙂

I have been wanting new rollerblades for quite some time. I used to have a pair, but I have no idea where they went. And with all the trails around our neighborhood I knew I had to get some. So Chuck and I went out on Thursday and got these beauties for me!

Now, I want to hear nothing about the fact that they are purple (I wish they were pink) because kids skates happen to come in colors such as purple. I think they are really cute, though. They fit well and that's what really counts. (Chuck got new ones, too.)

So yesterday I wanted to give them a try. I went around in the driveway while lunch was cooking and thought the guy at the store was crazy when he said these weren't very fast. HA! They are *plenty* fast for me! Which is evident by the lovely huge road rash on my very upper thigh. I considered taking a picture of it, but it's a bit awkward. I can't even see all of it without looking in a mirror.

We were heading down a trail neither of us had been on before and it was a little steeper than I thought. I was doing ok…then lost my balance slightly and knew what was coming. Chuck had turned down the trail (where I should have turned) just in time to see me go splat! He knew it was going to hurt, but I was a trooper. I didn't cry and was bound to keep going. Chuck knew better and made me go home. This was after only about 5 minutes of rollerblading. Ugh!

I felt fine all the way home and then when I took my skates off it hit me…OUCH!!! Man did it hurt. Chuck could see how badly I hurt it…I could not. So he knew I had to get in the shower and clean it up. That is just cruel punishment. I just fell, why torture myself with soap and water? So then we hunted our records to see when my last tetanus shot was…no clue. So we run over to the Target Clinic to get me a shot and make sure my cuts looked ok.

Even with all the pain of the shower, I was told a I did a great job cleaning it. So thanks, Chuck for forcing me to use soap! 🙂 Then I got my shot…so my arm now hurts on top of that. I hit my hands and so the fleshy part under my thumbs are sore…one more so than the other, I can't sit well because it hurts, I am bandaged like crazy…Then we met some friends for dinner and a movie (which were planned prior to my incident, but I wanted to go anyway).

I made it through, I just walked a little slowly. But my ego was hurt more than anything. But I am not discouraged by this…if I weren't so darn sore, I would be back on those things today. Chuck has highly advised against it. 🙂

Today I am doing a little better, but the medicine isn't working as well as yesterday. I clearly don't have the adrenaline that I did yesterday from it. I have a kink in my neck from sleeping funny last night since this is on my left side…which I sleep on. And also woke up feeling quite congested. Oh…and the doctor told me to wash my cuts in the shower this morning…with soap and a washcloth. Sounds like a good idea in theory. But oh man! Those people are just pain prescribers! That hurt worse than falling! I am a mess to say the least! 🙂 But I am still smiling and laughing at myself.

Hope you have a less eventful 4th of July! 🙂

I have a Swiffer Wet Jet that I used a lot in our first house with all the hard floors. In our second place we had mostly carpet and just a couple hard floor areas, so it didn't get much attention. (Plus, I really shouldn't spray wet things onto my hardwood floors.) Now that I have more hardwood floors (which I LOVE), I needed to find something better to clean it…or get up some of the stuff. I was going to get a Swiffer Sweeper Vacuum, but the reviews weren't great on them. So I went with the Swiffer Sweeper. This doesn't pick up any chunks. It's just like sweeping your floor…ONLY BETTER! You still have to sweep things into a pile and then vacuum them up or use a dustpan. But the dirt is something the Swiffer can get that the broom can't.

I was so grossed out when I used it the first time and saw how dirty the swiffer sheet was. Granted we had been moving and walking in the house, so it was expected that it was a little dirty, but YUK! I was similarly grossed out when we got our Dyson vacuum and I saw all the stuff that picked up. But I was disgusted in a good way…because think of all of that stuff that isn't on my floor anymore! So I went from disgust to elation! 🙂

Chuck likes to go barefoot around the house and I always have socks on because my feet are so cold. So I didn't notice the small things on the wood floor. I have been barefoot more often since we moved in to this house, and after using the Swiffer Sweeper, I could immediately feel the difference and didn't notice the small pieces a broom would have missed. Also, since our floors are so dark, I notice the little pieces of things on the floor that I might have missed before. Therefore, making me want to use it more. 🙂

So the moral of the story is…I hate cleaning and this will make me clean more. I have even taken it out while dinner is cooking to do a quick sweep. I am not one for quick sweeps…EVER! Now if I could just find something I loved this much to clean bathrooms with! 🙂

**BEWARE!** This may be the coolest clock you have ever seen and you may be tempted to get one of your very own!

Chuck got this little beauty for me because my old one was not working well. It had a mind of its own!

*SIDE NOTE* For those of you who are wondering about clocky, I still have it, but it scares the crap out of you if it wakes you up. It's fun to show people, but not logical as an alarm clock.

This one does all sorts of cool things. It shows you the inside and outside temperatures, you just touch the buttons on it…you don't actually press anything, the colors change according to the weather and shows cute little pictures for it, too. Then there's the projection on the ceiling! You can lay in bed and see the clock and the outside temperature. It's so wonderful! It also sets its own time! It also shows the date and day of the week on it! I am sure I am forgetting features. It's the fanciest little thing ever! And I just love it!

So thank you, Chuck for surprising me yet again with a fabulous gift! You are the best!