the last day of august...

well not uncommon for me to be working like a mad women.... Today is the last day of August.... its beautiful here.. well from what i would gather from the inside looking out... the sun is shining and the trees are green (thats about all i can see from where i am sitting...) Yes i am working hard right now.... this is one of the reasons i LIKE working the weekends... it slows down a bit-- some weekends not so much... this is day number 3 out of 4 for the end of this week... have to work a 12 tomorrow- today is just an 8- sooo sleepy! i stayed way to late last night talking to a co-worker that doesn't work as much here anymore.. so we were doing some catching up- at least we were saving cell minutes :)
hubby went to the montgomery gentry concert last night at the harley d fest in waukesha-- he said it was pretty cool... i again working... could have gotten home to go but having to work again at 0700 kinda puts a damper on the social life- just a touch though.

ho hum.. so sleepy....only have about 45 min left! YEAH!! alright i guess i will stop subjecting you to this babble.................................... for now.

AHHHH..... a DAY OFF!

And of course it got started with a phone call at 0615 from WORK! NO I don't wanna come in!- well I would have if the last 2 -12 hour days hadn't been so BUSY and CRAZY!! and besides I have plans today! I first have to make some delish Cheesy Buffalo dip, meet my dad for lunch, then head to waukesha for a baby shower/good luck party for 2 former co-workers, then come home and have a date with my couch and HUGE tv! ;) Even though the extra $$ would have been AWESOME- but todays pay day anyway- which reminds I have to pay more bills-- gag!

Well I have been debating in posting about this... but most of you readers that I know- know that Nick and I have been TRYING (sometimes more sometimes less! ;) ) to have a little human to add to our mix!
1st~Sarah- I wanna let you know that I am ABSOULETLY THRILLED for you and L and I can't wait to meet little Miss ~ whatever you decide to name her! Really soon! :)

I NEVER thought that I would have to TRY- I thought it would just happen when we were ready... Until this past year- I have never heard any family members tell me how hard or how long they tried.... the science behind it all makes sense... but I wanna know what my body's doing! This is CRAZY!

Well here is the back story of the last 10 months- In fast forward ;) by the way heres a warning if you don't want to know about my bodily functions-- Quit reading now ;)
Been on BCP since I was 17- stopped taking them Nov 2nd. The "real" AF (aunt flow) showed up in FEB. Then she showed up again AUG 8th. Yes there was NOTHING in between. I can't tell ya how many times I peed on a stick!! I went to the doctor AUG 11th (scheduled in July- and of course told them I have not had a period in quite sometime- and she shows up)
The Doc says- well we will wait and see.... Well I am officially done waiting and seeing- something isn't right... what it is I don't know.

So we are up to present day~I bought a BBT (basal themometer) and have been charting my temps for the last week or so- why I didn't start sooner I don't know- I think it was denial that this is taking so long. But now I am hoping that I will become REGULAR (you here that body get crackin') and we can time things a little better. I have some ovulation predictor sticks left from my trial in June that I have been using this week- I am currently on Cycle Day (CD) #20 and I don't believe that I have ovulated yet... but can't be certain. The stupid pee sticks showed a surge 2 days ago, a no yesterday and then a surge today...Well I guess the Mr and I will be getting busy.... I should get a visit from AF about the first week in Sept (accoriding to the chart)- and if nothing happens or no one shows up the Doc is getting a call and SOMETHING will be done!!!

well before I write more of a novel than I already have-- I need to get breakfast in this gut and get a move on with my day!
Have a great thursday!!! thanks for stoppin' ;)

Dog Park Days!

Gracie, Briggs and Moose hiding under the shade of a tree on the path.

The two cutest dogs ever in the cutest pose ever!!! Too bad we call them brother and sister! HA!

Waiting patiently to get OUT!!

Briggs checking out the grass

Gracie trying to make a run for it!

The view of the dog park- it's HUGE!

Taking a break under the bench.

I have been trying to take the dogs at least once a week- the last month we have been REALLY lucky that it hasn't rained-- in the back section of the park there is a "mud pit" but it has been dry so no big deal... well now it has been forcasted for rain the last 2 days (with little results) and more this weekend... The dogs LOVE it- it's an off leash park so they have free reign- which they love and there is a decent walking path around the perimiter and then through the middle and such. They love meeting new friends and everyone is very nice! Since it hasn't rained yet today I might head out there after this! We shall see!

Weekend Shinanigins

Saturday we had our Volleyball tourney... during the "season" we placed last 5th out of 5 teams.... but Saturday was a different story! We played right away at 11 am came out on top of that match- then waited seriously almost 4 hours before we played again... then we won that match then we waited about 2 hours.... then we played and then lost our asses. The last game was 21-0... bummer-- But we took THIRD place all around!!! GO US!! It was a fun day, lots of fun, sun and drinks!

Sunday we went to the statefair with some friends. We of course ate our way through! Started with a delish wi grown potatoe with butter and sour cream, then of course some fried cheese curds, a few drinks thrown in, an italian beef sandwich, some more drinks, then Saz's delish sour cream chive fries, then for dessert- a Smore on a stick-- O.M.G! that was the best thing EVER!!

We did lots of walking- lots to see and hear.... my husband decided to also try out the ejection seat! (giant sphere looking thing with 2 seats- yes he talked one of his friends into doing it too) it is on 2 giant bungees that through you into the air.. spin you around and so one... He survived!
We saw a dog diving compition- it was pretty cool!! after all that were quite ready to go home by 08:30!

Pictures from Boston.. in no particular order...

We really did make it to the top of the Bunker Hill Monument!
Night view of the Fanueil Hall area.
The new firechicks at Braintree Firestation!

MERTLE! the turtle!
CHEERS! Not everyone knew our name.....
Beach bums...
Naragansett Beach RI- or how ever you spell it...
Bunker Hill Monument its a little tall!

HELP! We are being tortured at the Witch Dungeon in Salem!

Well now that its August!

Well life has been busy for the Noeske's! We just spent 7 fabulous days in Boston with our friends Jaime and Jessie ~ Lots of fun, lots of walking, and of course lots of eating!
We flew out last Tuesday(22nd) went and had dinner and hung out at Jaime's apartment.
Wednesday -Nick, Jess and myself were on our own- poor Jaime still had to work~ so we took a drive out to Salem- of course got lost on our way out there... We had the BEST hot dogs we EVER had out there! Boston Hot dog Company-- they had it ALL- we upgraded to the 1/4# all beef dog-they had almost every combination of toppings you could imagine.. I played it a little safe and went with the New York City Dog=Sauerkraut, Grey Poupon, onions, sweet red pepper relish and celery salt... mmmm! I wanna another one!! Then we were off to see the sites-- we saw 3 Museums- Witch Dungeon, Pirates, and then another one on Witches... Lots of little shops around and things to see. We met back up with Jaime and headed to the movies- we saw the Dark Knight-- very cool movie!
Thursday~ We were on our own again... We went to the New England Aquarium-It was neat- they had a 3 story tank in the middle of the place that was filled with sharks, fish, rays and of course turtles! LOTS of pictures were taken that day!! Of course when we were done- it was POURING out! so we high tailed it to the T station (subway) as fast as we could! We ended up at Faneuil Hall Marketplace- which is a HUGE outdoor shopping, eating palooza! There was every kind of store imaginable-Crate and Barrel to clothing stores- and of course a replica CHEERS bar! So that's where we met Jaime after she was done... we spent a good while there-- I did a little souvenir shopping- LOTS of little shopping carts around with everything Boston too! We headed back to the apt. for a rousing game of Charade's! Yes we played and it was HILARIOUS!
Friday~We had our tour guide with us today! We hoped the T to the city! We walked around- made it to the Bull & Finch Pub (the original CHEERS!) had some cocktails! Walked through the Public Gardens park- which is HUGE! Went through Faneuil Hall and some some cool street performers, and then headed to FENWAY! The Yankees were in town so there was NO way we were going to get inside- so we did the next best thing- we went to a bar that is literally right under the stadium- they have 90 flat screens in the this little place- we sat and had dinner/snacks and drinks. Too bad the red soxs lost :( Then we headed down to a dueling piano bar-- that was cool- and VERY LOUD- lots of people in there too! We were there till about 12:30-1:00am too late for the T so we had to find a taxi-- we started walking up the street and there was a Bike taxi guy and said that he could take us to get a cab-- he called a buddy over and Nick and I got in 1 and Jess, Jaime and Ken(Jaime's guy friend) got in the other-- it was really funny- those guys EARNED every cent that night! It wasn't more than a mile or so before we found a van cab that could fit us... So we hope off the bikes and into a van-- we are on our way back to Jaime's when we get pulled over by the cops. Yes this was a first- never was pulled over in a cab before! Luckily it only cost us about a $1.50 in fare before the cop let us go (driver was speeding...)OOPS! so that made the night!!
Saturday~BEACH DAY!!! we headed to Rhode Island! It was about an hour and half ride-- not too bad! It was a gorgeous day! Not tooo hot with just enough breeze! Ken met us out there for some surfing lessons-- well mostly for Jessie! We went "swimming" and I use that term loosely.. it was more of wave jumping! That water is sooo salty! Headed out to dinner after and then the trip back to the apt.
Sunday~Back to the city we went! Well before we could get there we had to make a stop at the Braintree Fire Station! It was the coolest station we had seen- (Jessie's BF is a volunteer FF) so we took a few pictures outside and were talking with a few of the guys and they let us take some pictures on the ladder and engine trucks-- well and of course the pole too! Jessie got a t-shirt to take home for Johnny! ok... back to the city-this time we headed up to the north end we saw the
Old North Church- were the lanterns were hung- and Paul Revere saw the British coming.. It was a neat church- instead of pews- each "family" had there own box with a pew in it. We then hiked it to the USS Constitution- we went to the museum(there was a long line to get on the ship) where we learned a lot about what it was like on the ship and in a life of a sailor back then...Next stop was Bunker hill... holy shnikes I say! Its a HUGE tall tower that you can climb the 294 steps to the top of and look out to the city-- I NEVER thought that I was that out of shape! BUT we all made it to the top! I have some awesome pictures through the little windows up there! Our legs were on fire!! We walked enough to find a cab to take us back to Faneuil Hall were we finished up our shopping-in the rain again and then back to the apt.
Monday~ our last day in Boston- we hung around the apt and packed and then headed for the airport :( got back home around 4:30 and were exhausted. I had to go back to work on Tues- Nick had the day off...