Brian Allen

Katie and Tina tagged me to answers some questions about my hubby, so here you go…

How did we meet:  At work, I was hired as a temp at the a/c place that he had been working for and it was love at first sight… actually, not really, I was trying hard actually to avoid him because I thought he was cute and I knew if I started talking to him I would be in trouble and I wasn’t to keen on the idea of a workplace romance , but he was persistent

How long we dated before we got married: um lets just say less than a year.

How long we have been married:  we will be celebrating our 3rd anniversary this April!

What is my favorite feature about him:  his eye and he also has a great head of hair!

What is my favorite quality about him:  his playful nature.

What is his nickname: he doesn’t really have one.

What is his favorite color: blue and orange…go Broncos!!

What is his favorite food: I have been blessed with a husband that will eat and love just about anything I make but when we go out and can afford it we both pick sushi every time!

What is his favorite sport: Football

Who said the “L” word first: He did, we were at Disney World, they don’t call it the happiest place on earth for nothin’…cheesy I know

First kiss and where:  It was in front of my apartment and I know this is bad but I couldn’t tell you the exact date. 

Favorite “couple thing” to do: we heart camping!

How many kids: Ok seriously if you read my blog for like 2 seconds you will figure this one out.

Hidden Talent: Bird identification.

Favorite Music:  Radiohead.

What I admire most about him: that he has always seen our relationship as a partnership and that he is ACTIVELY involved in our sons life because he wants to be.

Favorite past time: he is sort of a jack of all trades. I always tell him that he has too many hobbies. I would say that golf and fishing are is favorite Florida hobbies.

Will he read this: no, not unless I tell him too, that’s the only time he reads my blog. However, when he had a blog he would be so hurt if I didn’t read each of his entries (typical Brian ).  You would think he would want to know what was for dinner each week

I am tagging Hilary and Tera

Cleaning questions

My good friend Katie asked these questions of her readers and I thought I would answer them on my blog! 

1) how often do you clean your burner bowls? I have a flat top.

2) oven?  do you actually get in it and clean it or use the automatic setting? automatic!

3) how often do you clean the front of your kitchen cabinets? I sort of spot clean as I see something but I can’t say that I actually set aside time to clean them all at once.

4) wipe down the outside of the trashcan? I would say once every couple months. (I do it randomly, when it annoys me)

5) clean the inside of your refrigerator? Often, I am just anal about that.

6) clean the inside of your freezer? Like once a year, I am not anal about that for some reason

7) how often do you deep clean your bathroom?  (deep clean as in scrub the tile and mop the floor along with the normal stuff) The floor I do (well actually Brian mops) about twice a month and the tiles like every couple of months…I really HATE cleaning tiles.

8 ) how many times a week do you vaccum/sweep/swiffer? Once

9) how often do you dust? Once a week

10) do you feel like your cleaning habits are pretty normal, below average, or that you’re a little bit OCD? I don’t know I guess normal but I am sure there are  people reading this that think I’m below average

Check out her blog for other people’s answers.

Another proud parenting moment….

….caught on tape

more about ““, posted with vodpod

If you missed parenting part 1 you can catch it HERE

Getting behind!

This past week was a bit rough, to say the least. I am still adjusting to the new schedule, everyone is telling me that the 12 hour day’s will take some getting used to and it has certainly been true. I also came down with a BAD case of the flu on Friday which I am pretty certain came from the hospital! I had to work yesterday and I must say nursing has it’s perks but when you are still battling nausea, it is quite possibly the worst possible place I can think of to be. Let’s face it the hospital can make most perfectly healthy people feel pretty nauseous! And let’s just say that as luck would have it I had a couple patient that weren’t exactly for the faint at heart!!! I am holding my breath, that the rest of the house stays healthy because to be honest the thought is a little more than I can handle right now! Needless to say I don’t have a meal plan cause well I didn’t get around to most of last weeks. I just wanted all of my fans to know that I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth, just trying to get things back to normal around here.

Are you a facebook addict??

According to this article these are the signs: 

10 warning signs that you may be addicted to Facebook

1. Facebook is your home page.

2. You update your status more than twice a day.

3. You have over 500 “friends” half of whom you’ve never actually met.

4. As soon as you step away from your computer you’re on FB on your phone.

5. You are a FB stalker. You qualify as a FB stalker if you

a) click on someone’s profile more than once a day even if they haven’t messaged or tagged you in a photo.

b) have dragged and dropped more than 3 FB photos (not from your own profile)

c) actually go to a place mentioned on someone’s page in hopes of seeing them in real life…creepy!

6. You change your profile picture more than a 12-year=old girl.

7. You have checked your FB page while reading this article.

8. You clean up your “wall” so it looks like you spend less time on FB.

9. You are a member of more than 10 groups and respond to every event invitation “attending” even if you have no intention of going.

10. You change your relationship status just to mess with people.

ps. I found this article while I was wasting time on facebook

Weekly Meal Plan

Monday - Chicken parmesan & salad

Tueday – Leftovers (working)

Wednesday - Turkey Burgers & mashed potatoes (working and Brian makes great turkey burgers!)

Thursday - Chicken taco salad. 

Friday – Chicken Piccata with pasta and asparagus.

Saturday – Brian and Jonas will probably do chick-fil-a cause I will be working,

Sunday – Leftovers

Love Week – the finale

 If you haven’t guessed it already…it is of course MY HUSBAND!! I love him dearly.

I love him because he truelly knows the meaning of partnership.

I love him because he is a playful father to our son.

I love him because he can dish it but he can’t take it (I just think it’s funny)

I love him because he has so much trivial knowledge that actually comes in handy at the weirdest times.

I love him because when he is excited EVERYBODY knows it.

I love him because he loves me!

In this picture he was talking (hooting) back and forth with an owl he met. This again is why I love em'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Valentines Day Sweetie

Love Week – Day 6

 This is my favorite piece of furniture. It is a book case/nightstand. It belonged to my grandmother and I plan on keeping it in the family forever. It could really use some TLC but I don’t know how to go about it without messing it up!

 

 

Isn't it so GREAT?!

Love Week – Day 5

 I LOVE my son’s eyes. I know I don’t even have to have a reason cause he’s mine and I can dote on him all I want but I kid you not, there is not a week that goes by that he doesn’t get a compliment from a complete stranger about them. I love how expressive they are. He may not be able to tell me when he is mad, happy or sad through his words but he definitely tells me through those eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS. I PASSED MY NCLEX!!!!!!!!!! I am now officially, Kathleen Nugent, RN!!!!! Woo Hoo!!

Love Week – Day 4

 Ok I know this one is silly but I really think it is the best invention since…uh…well something cool. Anyway expandable waistbands! My kid is tall which means his long legs fit into a 3T but his skinny butt fits into a 2T so they are a lifesaver!!!

 

I just wish they made them for adult clothes