So much to blog about....

Friday night Britt, Ashlyn, and I decide to go eat supper at the Olde Hickory Taproom. We had a coupon for buy one dinner and get one free. We are starting to use coupons more and more. They are really a tremendous help financially! We paid $12 for dinner. That included Britt's beer too! You can't beat that! I got a cheeseburger there. It was DELICIOUS!!!! Then we went by Blockbuster and rented a few movies. We watched The Inside Man. If you've never seen it you ought to check it out. It was a really good movie. We had a great night together as a family. On Saturday my mom was ready to get out of the house for a little while. She hasn't been anywhere in the past week other than to the doctor. So Mom, Ashlyn, and I went to Hobby Lobby. I had a picture that I wanted to have framed there. We spent almost 4 hours in this place........It really isn't that hard to do. I absolutely love this place! I had a 16x20 of Ashlyn framed in a 22x24 frame with double matting and the works. It only costs me $80.00. The people who were in line in front of me got the exact same frame and everything. They had gone to Michaels first and it was going to cost them $225 there. It was less than half of the price at Hobby Lobby. I'm telling you.........check it out! They did an awesome job on it. After shopping all day long we called Dad and Britt to see if they wanted to meet us for supper. We went to Texas Roadhouse. This is another one of my favorite places to eat. And it too was delicious. After eating we finally headed home. We weren't planning on doing much, until we got a phone call from Ida. Her and Bradley wanted to go bowling. So we took Ashlyn and met them at Pin Station. Ashlyn LOVED it! She was too cute! She actually beat Britt the first round. =) She had a few nasty falls while we were there though. First she was trying to climb out of the chair and fell on her face and busted her lip. Then she was playing with a balloon and got tripped on the string and fell right into the corner of a chair. She's so clumsy! Sunday we were all tired. We just laid around for most of the day. I took Ashlyn to Mom and Dad's Sunday afternoon. We had Kellie, Matt, Ida, and Bradley over to watch the Super Bowl. I made spaghetti and Kellie made her famous Mexican dip. We had a grand time! After the Super Bowl we went out to Windy City Sundries and had a few more drinks. Then it was back home and straight to bed.
Monday we went to pick Ashlyn up from Mom and Dad's. When we got there she had a rash all over her body, from head to toe. It looked horrible. We left and went to drop a few bids off for Britt's lawncare business. Then we went and looked at a daycare that's right down the road from our house. We are going to start her in a pre-school when she turns 3, so we wanted to check a few places out and get her on a waiting list. We really like this center. It seems to be a wonderful center. The thought scares me to death to think of her going to pre-school, but she needs to gain socialization skills and start preparing for kindergarten. After taking the tour we checked her rash and it had gotten worse. We took her on to the doctor. The doctor took one look at it and was almost positive that it was Scarlet Fever, which is a form of Strep. He did a Strep test, but it came back negative. Now they had to prick her finger. Oh what fun! She did great though. She didn't even cry! I could't believe my ears. =) They got the results from her blood work and she has some sort of virus. He said that the rash would probably get worse and will last for about a week. The doctor must love us........I mean we have paid him so much money the past few months. I swear that it's our second home. =)
More news...........I will be starting a new job in 2 weeks. I was offered the job at Metal Roofing Systems. YAY! I'm so excited! I put in my notice today. That was really difficult! The people here are great and they have been nothing but good to me! It's for the best though. I think that I'll like it down there. I will be working with a excellent group of people.
So.......that's basically it. Alot has gone on in the past few days. Hopefully this time Ashlyn will get better and not get sick again until next fall/winter.