Hey Punkin'

Hello there... I am still here, just had zero desire to blog last week. I mean, how interesting are car wrecks, doctor appointments, trips to the ER and gall bladder sonograms? Yeah, sounds like a real snoozer of a week - don't you think?


Anyway, now that it is officially fall, this means it is time to start seasonal decorating! I love to decorate, but when you try to cram in Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decor all in 3 months, it is enough to make me insane. Seriously - I would just get the ghosts and goblins put away and it would be time to get out the tinsel. So, to make things easier, I stick to pumpkins for October and November. Nothing too specific for Halloween, just little things that are easy to fill with peanut butter M & M's or Reese's Pieces. And I don't think I have any Thanksgiving specific decor.


Last night I decorated some pumpkins for our dining room table.

I love how they turned out! Aside from the hot glue gun burns, these were fun to make. I just made up of the patterns as I went, but these would also be great with ric rac or pom pom trim.

**New pictures on Baby M**

Tagged!

My favorite new mom up in Michigan tagged me to answer some fun questions about myself... Most of the time I forget to complete these things, so here I go.

1. What is your ideal number of children?
2 - That means we are halfway there. :) Now, if we could just agree on when to start on #2.

2. What color flatters you the most?
Hum.... I am never good at this. You know how in magazines they always say what lip gloss or eye shadow colors are best, based on your skin tone? I can never tell. That inside of the wrist trick does not work on me. So, if I were to choose what colors I wear the most, it would be green, orange and white. And of course, black... that is a given.

3. What is your favorite household chore? And which do you wish the little fairies would do overnight?
I want the little fairies to come and take care of ALL the chores. If you count yard work as a chore, then that would be my favorite. I love working in the yard...

4. What is your favorite book of all time?
I used to be an avid reader, but ever since I had Miss A, I have been a total slacker. I get into bed at night and fall asleep to Bravo, where I used to fall asleep with a book on my face. I really loved My Sister's Keeper... the movie was not as good as the book, but are they ever?

5. What do you sleep in?
A tank top and gym shorts. Could it get any sexier?

6. Red or White?
White. Love white jeans and white t shirts. I always gravitate to white, so this was an easy one for me.

7. Friday, Saturday, or Sunday? Why?
I am going to take the easy way out and just say all three! Ever since I started staying home with Miss A, everyday kind of seems like the weekend. But, on the real weekend, the Mr. is home so enjoy spending time with him.

8. What is your ideal job (regardless of current schooling, training, etc)
I have always thought I would love to work in a medical setting... but currently my ideal job would involve cooking of some sort. I actually have a little something up my sleeve regarding this. :)

They are just things.

Jake had an extremely nutritious breakfast this morning.

Paper.

Rubber. *
Wood.

More rubber.

and apples.

They are just things.
They are just things.
They are just things.
They are just things.

How many times do you think I have to repeat this before I don't want to kill him?

* He must really like the taste of Havaianas - this is the 2nd pair he has destroyed. Not to mention to pairs of Reef sandals.

Day in the life

I think it is interesting to read how other people spend their day. Are they constantly working on a project? How many Diet Coke's are consumed? Do they stay home all day or are they out and about? Well, here is a little snapshot into my life.

Here is how I spent my day last Friday:

6 - I wake up to Jake's huge paws on my face.... take me out!

After I take him outside I fall asleep on the couch.

745 - Mr. brings Miss A down and we cuddle and play on the couch

8 - Breakfast time... Diet Coke and grapes for me and a waffle with peanut butter and banana slices and milk for Miss A

Almost step on glass. Jake broke a frame last night and glass shards are magically appearing. Crazy dog.

Miss A and I play, play, play

Assess the mud pit of the back yard. How many squares of sod do we need?

9 - Head out to Home Depot for sod.

910 - No sod at Home Depot. Looks like the mud pit will remain a mud pit for 1 more week.

915 - Head over to Target for new tweezers and some new nail polish

10 - Back home for Miss A's morning nap

1015 - I clean up from breakfast... start the dishwasher... restock the fridge with Diet Coke... mop the floors... start a load of laundry...


Find more glass in the study. How in the world did glass end up there when the frame broke in the kitchen? Damn dog.

Listen to the President while doing the above chores.

1105 am - Another Diet Coke and fix a play necklace for Miss A

1115 am - I am refinishing our dining room table.... sand the top and start painting the trim

12 - paint on my shorts. Crap.

1215 - Stop painting and watch the rest of Real Housewives DC from the night before

1230 - Miss A is still asleep! Start Watch What Happens Live and start another load of laundry

115 pm - Miss A is up!

130 - Lunch with my dad and Miss A at Chick Fil A

215 - Errands - Office Max, Michael's, Old Navy

4 - Miss A's 2nd nap

430 - I water my plants and try to figure out what is eating these leaves

5 - Miss A never fell asleep, but she sang to herself and played with her bunny for an hour

515 - The Mr. is home early and we discuss plans for dinner

So.... that was a typical day for me. What are your days like?

One for One

I need some fashion advice.

I used to think TOMS were ugly, ugly, ugly. (I also used to think I would never wear Uggs, leggings, skinny jeans, or maxi dresses..... but just take a look in my closet.)

I guess I have been worn down because I now want a pair.

But not just any pair.... this sparkly silver pair.

I just have no idea what I would wear with them.

Help me out. Do you have a pair? And how do you wear them?

The TOMS website has a How We Wear Them section, but the glitter section is empty. Zip, zero, zilch, nada. Give me outfit ideas! I need to be a cool mom when I am hanging out at Miss A's preschool.

Plus, how perfect would it be for Miss A to get a pair of Tiny TOMS?

It is back

Ah..... It is back.

It has been a long 18 months.

I have taken pills** to help this process. I have taken herbs to help this process. I even drank this nasty, awful stuff. I am pretty crazy about it.

And, I can finally say that my hair is long again. Remember how short it was?

And, I love it. I am definitely a long hair gal. Short hair takes too much time to fix, you cannot put it up in a ponytail and you have to get it trimmed all the time. When my hair is long I can go a loooong time in between hair appointments. I know you should get the ends trimmed, but my hair guy always tries to talk me into layers or cutting off 'just a couple inches' and I don't want layers and I want to keep those couple inches. Plus, even the biggest Costco sized bottle of Pantene Conditioner is cheaper than a visit to the salon.

**Actually, I have been taking these since my sophomore year of college. I would dump them into an unmarked container, because who wants rumors being spread that you are taking prenatal vitamins? I mean, how would that look when you are at the bar that weekend? Not good people. Not good.

****New pictures on Baby M****

Math I can agree with

Our yard is about the size of a postage stamp. And if you add in the backyard, it is about the size of one of those elaborate, more expensive stamps. (This was one of the major drawbacks when we bought....obviously, the positives outweighed this issue...)

When we bought this house a couple of years ago we had zero yard equipment or tools. No rakes. No shovels. And definitely no lawnmower. So, we just started to use the neighbor's lawn guy. He was great... every Thursday we would come home to a freshly manicured lawn, but I was always a little irked that we were paying someone to mow our little postage stamp. Our little postage stamp that takes less than 30 minutes to lawn, edge and weed.

2 years have gone by and we still have the weekly lawn service. BUT -- things are about to change. I proposed a 'plan' to the husband a couple of weeks ago and he went for it.

The plan goes something like this:

1. we get rid of the yard service.

2. we buy a lawnmower - garage sale or Craig's list would be the best

3. we mow the lawn ourselves

4. we hire our cleaning people again

That is right - we get rid of one frivolous luxury only to add a different one. For what we were paying the weekly lawn service, we can hire the cleaning people again and everything comes out even.

This seems like a wonderful plan to me....don't you think?