Marriage Tag...

This is kind of like the 25 things - except there are pre-decided questions and it's about you and your spouse, not just you. Then tag whoever you want to do this! Come on, play along - inquiring minds want to know! ;-)

♥ What are your middle names? Kay and J

♥ How long have you been together? 19 years

♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating? 1 week

♥ Who asked who out? Randy asked me...

♥ How old are each of you? 40 and 42

♥ Whose siblings do/ did you see the most? Mine

♥ Do you have any children together? Three, Randall, Zachary and Malissa

♥ What about pets? Two dogs...Sammy is a wild hair terrier and Ginger is a Chocolate lab...A the kids have fish.

♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple? ??When we were younger money situation.

♥ Did you go to the same school? NOPE

♥ Are you from the same home town? NOPE

♥ Who is smarter? Randy - Hands down...

♥ Who is more sensitive?  I am for sure

♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple?  Baxterz here in P-Gar

♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?  Cancun

♥ Who has the craziest exes?  We don't talk about exes...

♥ Who does the cooking? WE both do...But  I probably would have to say Randy does more...

♥ Who is more social? Me

♥ Who is the neat-freak? Neither of us...

♥ Who is the more stubborn?  Randy

♥ Who hogs the bed? ME!!

♥ Who wakes up earlier? Randy

♥ Where was your first date?  Good Question...Prolly a trip to Sioux City...We worked at the same place opposite hours most the time so just hung out at his apartment most of the time.

♥ Who has the bigger family? ME!!

♥ Do you get flowers often? Usually twice a year for sure...Valentines and Anniversary

♥ How do you spend the holidays? Together

♥ Who is more jealous? ME!

♥ How long did it take to get serious? Not long...

♥ Who eats more? ME

♥ Who does the laundry? ME!

♥ Who’s better with the computer? ME by Far...

♥ Who drives when you are together?  Depends what time of the day...Daytime Randy Evenings usually me...

Getting to know me...Family Edition...

1) Which relative are you emotionally closest to? Brother Dennis...He has ALWAYS been there for me...
2) Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like? BOY DO I... I have Six Brothers and Five Sisters...We all are special in our own ways...
3) What jobs do your parents do?  My Daddy was a Farmer and my Momma was a stay at home mom...With 12 hoodlems that was a full time job.  :)  Making clothes, gardening cooking, laundry to name a few...
4) Of all the things you learned from your parents which ones stand out for you?  Love your spouse.
5) What jobs did your grandparents do?  Grampa and Gramma Bill were retired when I knew them...
6) What was the worst “Whooping” you got from your parents and why?  When I was maybe four, I was playing in the chicken coop and when we were told to get out I got my butt kicked... Other then that...I verily ever got a "whooping"!  IO was a good lil girl...
7) What “bad” thing did you do as a kid that your parents never found about? Snuck Booze on the senior trip...Well I told Dad yesterday...
8) Tell me about a situation that your mother was amazing with you.  How she was able to cook, garden, sew and still have time to be an amazing Momma...  Also she picked out my hubby for me...
9) Tell me about a situation where you feel you were really bonding/connected to your father. I like playing cards with my Daddy!
10) Tell me about a situation where you had an amazing time with a sibling. My whole childhood was amazing...all the trips we took across the U.S.
11) Where did your parents meet? On a blind date I think...Mom was going out with her Sister Marion andher boyfriend and Marcellus brought Dad along...
12) Do you have any famous relatives?  A cousin from Mallard, Iowa Mark Kacmarynski...He was an awesome football player for Central College in the 1990's
My nephew Tyler isn't famous nationwide but is in Northwest Iowa...
13) Tell me about a family member you are really proud of.  My sister Karen - She has dome an absolutly awesome job of caring for my Dad the past year with his cancer and getting older. 
14) Where do most of your relatives hang out?  Their homes...
15) Do you have any relatives in jail?  Not currently...But I'm sure a few have spent a night or two there...
16) Where is your bloodline originally from?  Poland
17) Who is the kindest person in your family?  My Brother Dennis
18) If you won the lottery who in your family would you like to help the most?  If I won I'd give each of them some money...
19) Who is the wisest person in your family? MY DAD...He knows alot...
20) What does your family have a reputation for?  Visiting the "Doctor"...haha

The colors of Fall....

The last boat ride of 2010...sniff...sniff...

Here fishy, fishy fishy...

When the Perch are biting...boy were they biting.  With a little over a two week time period we caught  over 400 of these...Mmmmm...

Randy picke out five of them to have mounted...We have no deer heads but we will have fish!!

If the crown fits...I'll wear it...

Last weekend some of my friends and family came over to help me celebrate by 40th Birthday.

 Obviously I'm liking what I see...

So this is me on my actual birthday...Not to bad for 40???

I had the Best birthday...Randy and I spent the entire day together.  We went gambling at this place in Emmetsburg called the "Wild Rose".  We hadn't been gambling for about 15 years...We went in, stayed about an hour an walked out with an extra $200.00.  So then we spent the rest of the day at the lake then out for supper.  It was a good day!

Summer has come to an End...

 Sights...so pretty and calm...

 The scenery is ALWAYS changing around here...

 One of our neighbors packing up and heading back to Nebraska for the winter...

 Our dock coming out too...So sad...But it is a must unfortunately...BUT that doesn't mean we are done going to the lake...

They boys were awesome help...

What a MESS....

 The wiring in this house is CrAzY...earlier this summer the basement flooded, along with several others in town...So we decided to gut the basement and fix the problem...We called Thrasher Basements and got on the list...They came the middle of September...So to do this we tore everything out and discovered a wiring nightmare...Soon this will all be fixed.  Actaully part of it is already.  We ahve a new furnace/central air system installed and the wals are being framed out too. 

We will have a NICE laundry room, Family room and we are moving Zach to the basement too.  His choice...Wait for updates...

FOOTBALL...

Zach is UNSTOPPABLE...4-0 this season...They only have four games... :(  But this class is undefeated three years in a row!!  Good job Freshmen Wolverines!!

18 Years...

Happy 18 year anniversary to Randy and me on September 26th, 2010.

It was a fabulous weekend.  I received a dozen red roses and a diamond and BLACK diamond necklace.

Randy...gets a new fireplace installed at the lake house...

Here's to many more...

I love you Randy!!

Cross Country Time...

 The team is ranked AGAIN this year...R.J looks short in this picture...however he is 6 foot tall.

At the end of October is Districts and State...Hopefully R.J's legs/knees keep running.