Ohio, oh how I've missed you...

Taylor and I decided to take a trip to Ohio...for almost a month!  Yup, you're reading that right.  My cousin on my dad's side got married Aug 14, so I wanted to be there for that.  And Tim's Mom's side had a family reunion up in Toledo labor day weekend, so being they were 3 weeks apart, we decided just to hang out in Ohio and do both.  Tim had a few trips planned anyway and I hate when he's on his trips, so I figured it'd be good company.

We got there on Aug 12 and stayed until Sept 7.  It was AMAZING!  Well, except the staying with my parents part. Who really loves to stay at their parents' house?  I dont care if I was 30 or 50, I just hate staying at other people's house. It's the whole "out of your element" thing that gets me. Not to mention Taylor gained some bad habits being out of her element.  With the average of ten time-outs per day (for just plain old not listening) and the gained bad habit of sleeping in bed with me, it was rough for her.  But she loved being around Nana and Papa, Uncle Shane and the doggies. 

The first weekend I was there, I got to attend my cousin's wedding. It was really nice to see everyone on the Miller side.  Well, I guess just the few immediate cousins. And Sam looked amazing!  But it was fun.  I got to see my "real" dad, which doesnt happen all that often.

(Me and my dad---notice his Mickey Mouse tie...yup, that's my dad for ya)

(My cousins Sam and Ski----brother and sister)

And, of course, I enjoyed being in Toledo because of the approaching fall weather (which made for great bonfires in the backyard!)

(Taylor and Uncle Shane chillin by the fire)

(She loved it!)

And jeds!  Which we ate 4 times while I was there!  Yum.  If you know me, you know I talk about it often, but Jeds is a restaurant in Toledo that serves boneless chicken chunks in their special sauces or done up in really cool ways (my dad always eats the Bacon Double Cheese balls...which are basically a heart attack on a plate).

One of the weekends on the trip, my mom's side of the family (the Cooper side) had a 50th wedding anniversary celebration.  I got to meet my mom's Uncle and his wife.  Good people!  And fun, I know if I had spent more time around my Great Uncle growing up, we would have gotten along great! 

(This is my Great Uncle Danny and his wife, Gloria---like I said, fun people!)

And to top off the trip, we had the family reunion out at Maumee Bay.  I took my camera, but for some reason I only got a total of 5 pictures. Dont ask.  But it was fun. It was the Fournier side, which is Tim's Grandma's maiden name, so it was a good 5 generations of his family, that was neat to see.  Of course, my favorite person there....

(I think she knows she's cute)

All in all, I think it was a fun trip. I am looking forward to living back home for a while here in a few years.  It's going to be.....amazing, great, exciting, awesome.....yup, prolly every adjective in the book!  :)

Is anyone even reading this?

Sometimes I wonder why I stress about not keeping up with the blog considering I dont think anyone even reads it.  But then, every once in a blue moon, I get a comment from someone and they actually are reading it.

Anywho, for the one person who cares/reads this, we are alive.  My $500 laptop that I bought from Office Depot while Tim was in Iraq finally decided to break on me.  Yup, that $500 laptop lasted a WHOLE 6 years.  Tim says that's "amazing" in computer world.  Especially considering the way I treat laptops (according to him).  And that, ladies and gents is why I love my PC's.   I've asked for a new laptop for Christmas. Tim keeps trying to talk me into an iPad, but I'm not convinced.  I dont like MAC's.  Horrible operating systems and I hear you cant word process on the iPad.  Oh and not to mention I do not want a touch screen keyboard. I rock on a keyboard, like 1000 words per second (I know it's impossible, but I love embellishing a little).  But seriously, I am a great typer. Must have been all those bullcrap computer classes senior year of high school....hey, I had to fill blank spots and didnt wanna graduate a year ahead of time even though I could have.  ......back to the point....I just told him to buy me another $500 HP or dell or some crap like that from Office Depot (do they even still exist?) and I can get another 6 years out of it.  LOL.  We'll see.  Until then, Tim set up an old desktop computer he had upstairs so I'll be using that for a while. It works, has a keyboard...so I'm good.

But just a few things to hold you over til I can get to blogging:
1. We are alive
2.  I'm still pregnant....but only for up to 10 weeks from now! (If I have it my way, this kid will be out at least a week or two before his due date, I'm planning my miles and miles of walking now....as I sit and type this).
3.  I have a lot of posts to catch up on, I'll try to get them up. I promise.
4.  I am using a desktop.  I havent used one of those for years. HAHA I feel so "ancient".