Tyler and I did a quick run to WalMart the other night to grab some things we needed. As always…we ended up in the electronics department. We were there for a good 15 minutes discussing if we should buy Kinect or not. Tyler finally convinced me and said it could be an early Valentine’s Day gift to ourselves.

Best Buy had a good deal where you could get 2 Kinect video games for $70 while they are priced at $49.95 so we bought Kinect Sports & a boxing video game that Tyler wanted. Dance Central and some other games are next on my list.

My family came over on Friday night to try it and everyone had a great time. My sister who thinks I’m too old for her to hang out with texted me asking if she and her boyfriend could come over. I knew it was because of Kinect but I told them of course they could come over.

We all got a kick out of watching the videos of ourselves at the end of each game! On Saturday, Tyler wasn’t feeling too well so we stayed in then a friend came over late around 11:00PM and our roommate came home from work too so we all got in a drinking mood and played some games.

Tyler has been drinking more beer lately. He still needs to get his taste buds used to Corona. Thanks to the boys and my dad! Remember when Tyler claims he didn’t have any facial hair because he didn’t drink beer? Well, Tyler’s happy to report that he has more facial hair now!

We played games with Kinect and a really long card game of Oh Hell and didn’t end the night until 4:30AM. Let’s just say that my favorite moment of the night was when I told the boys I’d flash them and I wanted to tease them since I had a tank top on underneath. So at the same time I was pulling my shirt down…I saw Tyler in slow motion sign, “Noooooo” and his face was priceless! He said he knew I wouldn’t do that but wasn’t sure if I was really that drunk.

Anyways, it was a great weekend and I’m looking forward to many more fun times with Kinect.

Have you tried Kinect? If so, what’s your favorite game? If you haven’t tried it yet, come on over! :)

A friend of ours had eco-party light bulbs in his bathroom.
You can guess what we did in the bathroom…and it’s sad to say we’re all 26 years old.
After all, our parents say we’re still kids.

My smoking hot husband! Blurry equals signing and that happens a lot with deaf people.

At least we had fun!

Perhaps it’s time to share my goals for 2011.

Lose weight. This clearly is a problem for me. I did lose weight after joining a sweat challenge in the area but then it got too expensive so I couldn’t continue and finish the challenge. Let’s just say it was about $250+ a week. Now I’m back on Weight Watchers and making it a routine to go to the gym more often. I’m trying to change my mindset to make sure that a trip to the gym is on top of my daily list. I have also started wearing my BodyMedia armband and I’m excited to actually be aware of how many calories I’m eating and burning. It also calculates how many steps I’m getting in daily & hours of sleep I’m getting. Pretty cool, right?

Debt-Free. Well, not entirely 100% debt-free but at least pay off all of our credit cards. After looking at our budget, we realized we could actually save more money and be able to do things if we didn’t have credit cards to pay off. So we’re anxious to make it happen this year! We have been doing great with earning extra money from Yellow & Savvy Design, rent money from Joe since he’s living with us and things we sell on Craigslist.

Vacation. Tyler and I haven’t gone on our honeymoon yet! We’re so anxious to go on our honeymoon soon. Although it looks like we might not get to go anywhere until later after summer. My co-worker is going on maternity leave in March and then Tyler’s company doesn’t really allow vacation days during the summer. Hopefully we can make it happen! I’d love to go somewhere alone with Tyler and be technology-free which means no phones (and sports)!

Overall my main goal this year is to really take one day at a time and live in the present instead of dwelling on the past and thinking too much about the future. I have a great feeling about 2011 and I’m going to make sure it’s a great year! I also hope you have a great year too!

Our good friends, Haley & Chase, were in town this weekend. They were stopping in to see us on their way to begin their new chapter in Austin, Texas from California.

I posted a status on Facebook that we were getting ready for their arrival. A friend commented saying, “With all the entertaining you’ve been doing, perhaps you should make a sign for your house, The Bed & Breakfast”.

While on the road, Haley saw the status & commented, “I expect to see the sign tonight. Make it happen.*waves wand*”

It was up for me to decide if her wand was working or not.

So I immediately told Tyler that we had to do this! I was up for the challenge to make it happen. Tyler looked through the garage and found two scraps of wood so we spray painted them.

The hardest part was thinking of a name when being rushed! Tyler suggested “The East Wing” and “The West Wing” right above both of the guest bedrooms. Um, very creative?! Ha!

I was looking around at words for inspiration and then my eyes wandered over to the dandelions that we have in our kitchen. There it was!

The Field of Dandelions

I was feeling rushed when painting it since Haley & Chase were minutes away from arriving. After I was done, I didn’t like my handwriting and wish I had done it in cursive. (I heart cursive!) I think I might re-paint it again later. For now it’ll grow on me.