- There are some changes coming to the Pino household soon; and I don't mean with Landon's arrival in October. I can't elaborate more for another couple weeks, but it's been kind of a stressful last few months. I hope to fill in the details soon.
- Other than the stress, everything in our lives is moving along as usual. Time goes by way too fast - as always.
- Preslie is becoming her own little person day by day. She is FEISTY and FUNNY! It's still a trip to see her walking all over the place, even though she's been walking for more than two months now. Oh, and she's bossy. She loves to tell the dogs "No!" all the time and shakes her head and finger at them. She couldn't possibly get that from me. ;)
- I'm slowly but surely getting Landon's nursery together. Luckily, we're able to use a lot of Preslie's things (like the wipes warmer, closet organizer, glider and ottoman, etc.) so it helps save on money.
- It's been so hot here lately that we pretty much spend every weekend up at my MIL's house, swimming.
- Speaking of swimming, Preslie completed her first round of swim lessons last month. I think she was kind of bored with it and I wasn't that happy with the facility. She did learn how to go under water, float on her back, blow bubbles and climb out of the pool. I think we'll wait a couple years to enroll her again somewhere else when she can concentrate a little longer. We're able to practice almost every weekend so she improves all the time. The first day of swim class the instructor commented on how relaxed and "at home" she was in the water. The girl is a water baby!
- For Father's Day I got Kevin the Nike+ FuelBand and he loves it! It's gotten him so motivated to continue working out and eating healthy. I just thought it would be a fun gadget for him, but it's been more of a motivator than anything. Good purchase!
- My goal during this pregnancy was to begin Prenatal Pilate's at 20 weeks. Well, at 21 weeks I did my first Prenatal Pilate's class and that was it. Ha! It's just been crazy since then that it's hard to find the time. But...I'm going to get back into it once things settle down in a couple weeks. Pinky swear!
- Only about two more months until my maternity leave begins! I'll be off work September - February and I CANNOT WAIT! During that time I hope to update this blog which means I have to go back all the way to November 2013 for Thanksgiving. Yikes!!
- The past few weeks I've had my hair in a top knot almost every day. Today was the first day I've actually done my hair (i.e. blowed it dry and straightened it) in a while, and it took so long to do! Thicker hair during pregnancy is no joke. I think I'll go back to the top knots. ;)
- I hope you all have a great weekend!
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Friday, July 11, 2014
Some Stuff
Whew! It has been forever and a while since I've written about something other than baby updates.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Touching base, checking in, what have you...
My, oh my. It has been far too long since I've purposefully blogged. I thought I'd give a little update so when I do decide to convert this into our little family book I can see what's been going on.
~Preslie is as cute and feisty as can be and makes Kevin and me smile all. the. time. She is such a joy.
~Work is moving right along. I still miss my maternity leave so much though. When I'm home I wish I was working and when I'm working I wish I was home. I wish I could find a good balance.
~Speaking of balance, I'm slowly learning to balance the whole wife, mom, friend thing. Some nights I leave the bottles for the next morning and instead choose to spend time with my husband. Other times I put my cell phone down until after P goes to bed so I can instead focus my time on her. Some things have to give in order to fit the important things in. However, I always seem to find other things to do besides laundry. ;) Ha!
~My Grandfather passed away last month. I wasn't really close with my Grandpa and he had suffered from Alzheimer's for the past 17 years, so I don't really know how to feel about it all. It's been a weird mix of emotions for me.
~I have such a long list of things I still need to blog about: Kevin's 30th birthday in July, Thanksgiving, Christmas and events in between. Maybe now that I'm putting that out here I'll get around to doing it. Probably not.
~My brother is graduating from college this month! It has been a long road of college for him (and my parents) and we're all so proud and relieved that this will finally be done and he can move on to bigger and better things! Go Jay Jay!!!
~I want to get a used treadmill. I need some exercise and it's not working out to go after work. I want to be able to roll out of bed, go in the (freezing) garage, put my headphones on and start running!
~I am so lucky God chose to give me Kevin as my husband. He is the best. He works so hard for our family at a job that is less than rewarding, he is almost always in a good mood, he is SOOO patient with me (I can be a smidge difficult at times) and he is always so helpful with things around the house and the baby. I just love him.
And because a post wouldn't be a post without my baby girl...
The end.
~Preslie is as cute and feisty as can be and makes Kevin and me smile all. the. time. She is such a joy.
~Work is moving right along. I still miss my maternity leave so much though. When I'm home I wish I was working and when I'm working I wish I was home. I wish I could find a good balance.
~Speaking of balance, I'm slowly learning to balance the whole wife, mom, friend thing. Some nights I leave the bottles for the next morning and instead choose to spend time with my husband. Other times I put my cell phone down until after P goes to bed so I can instead focus my time on her. Some things have to give in order to fit the important things in. However, I always seem to find other things to do besides laundry. ;) Ha!
~My Grandfather passed away last month. I wasn't really close with my Grandpa and he had suffered from Alzheimer's for the past 17 years, so I don't really know how to feel about it all. It's been a weird mix of emotions for me.
~I have such a long list of things I still need to blog about: Kevin's 30th birthday in July, Thanksgiving, Christmas and events in between. Maybe now that I'm putting that out here I'll get around to doing it. Probably not.
~My brother is graduating from college this month! It has been a long road of college for him (and my parents) and we're all so proud and relieved that this will finally be done and he can move on to bigger and better things! Go Jay Jay!!!
~I want to get a used treadmill. I need some exercise and it's not working out to go after work. I want to be able to roll out of bed, go in the (freezing) garage, put my headphones on and start running!
~I am so lucky God chose to give me Kevin as my husband. He is the best. He works so hard for our family at a job that is less than rewarding, he is almost always in a good mood, he is SOOO patient with me (I can be a smidge difficult at times) and he is always so helpful with things around the house and the baby. I just love him.
And because a post wouldn't be a post without my baby girl...
The end.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Midweek Randoms
I thought I'd go ahead and join Megan's Midweek Randoms link up today!
- I ended up getting the new position for work, a pay raise and an additional week of maternity leave. Can't get much better than that! I'm super excited and so relieved that worked itself all out.
- I'm obsessed with gummy bears. Actually, I don't think the word 'obsessed' quite describes it. I'd venture to say I'm more addicted to gummy bears. My mom discovered that Safeway has these five pound bags. Those have been my weakness. I hate to admit this, but I can finish a five pound bag of gummy bears in less than a week. Don't judge.
- Last weekend we took a trip down to Los Angeles for a wedding. It was a long drive, but Preslie did awesome and she was the talk of the wedding. Everyone kept saying how they couldn't believe what a good baby she was. [Insert proud parent moment here.]
- Even though I weigh less now than I did before I got pregnant, a lot of my clothes just don't fit like they used to. It's true what they say about pregnancy changing your body. All worth it though.
- I just realized that our two year wedding anniversary is coming up in a couple weeks. I have no clue what we're going to do to celebrate. Last year Kevin pretty much planned everything so I think it's my turn for planning this year.
- Raise your hand if you've been keeping up with the Royal Baby news. *hand raised* I'm not quite as obsessed about it as some, but it is pretty exciting. I always wonder what's going through Kate's mind. She definitely seems really grounded, but everything must be so over the top when it comes to the attention that's on her now.
- I've come to the conclusion that the only way I'm going to keep up with blogging is if I do some link ups. Gives me a purpose and topics (albeit random topics) to post about.
Hope you all are enjoying your week!
Monday, July 15, 2013
Our Life Lately
Has been busy!
I need to jot down some things so I can at least have record of what's been going on.
1.) This past Saturday I threw Kevin a birthday party. He turns 30 on the 17th, so I threw him a beer tasting "Thirsty Thirty" party. It was a huge success! I'm hoping to get a post up with all the details.
2.) Last week Preslie and I made an unexpected trip down to my parents house for a few days because my mom fell off a ladder, broke her ribs and punctured her lung. It was pretty scary. She was in the hospital for a few days with a chest tube in. My brother and I were able to help my dad out around the house, grocery shop, cook and clean. Preslie just did what she does best: looked cute and gave lots of grins to keep Grammy's spirits up. My mom has been back home for about a week and is slowly healing.
3.) Kevin's had some changes in his job recently, but thankfully all for the better! He's doing so good and I'm so proud of him. He also came home with the good news today that he got a raise! Thank you Sweet Six-Pound-Seven-Ounce Baby Jesus. It's not easy on the checkbook to be on maternity leave this long so this came at the best time.
4.) Speaking of maternity leave, I have about three weeks left with Miss P. I hate that July has been so busy because it makes the days go by faster and I'd like for the days to just drag out about two months longer. I've had a nice long maternity leave, but I don't think any mother is quite ready to go back to work.
5.) Speaking of work (you like my original segues here? ha!), I have an interview tomorrow. It's for a position that I previously had before this position I have now. They pretty much opened the position for me specifically, so I'm not nervous about the interview. Plus, it's with my old boss so we all know each other. God really has His hand in everything, because with this new position, it will provide a lot more flexibility when it comes to Preslie and my hours. The other position? Notsomuch. So it's pretty much ideal.
6.) This means that Preslie will be going to the sitters for the first time tomorrow for almost the whole day while I have lunch with a co-worker and then have my interview. I'm nervous about leaving her. I just want her to be good and take her nap for Miss Kara and I hope she doesn't miss me. I also hope I don't cry tomorrow. I'm not normally a crier, so fingers crossed that stays true.
7.) We have a trip planned for Los Angeles this week because Kevin is a groomsman in his good friend's wedding. We'll be taking the Babe with us and staying in a hotel for a few days. I'm hoping everything goes smoothly as I'll be on baby duty pretty much the whole time. *send wine, please*
8.) Our backyard is finally looking like a real backyard! My plan is to post some before and after photos. We'll see if that ever happens. Kevin has been working all Spring and Summer on the backyard and it really shows.
9.) Stella got sprayed by a skunk. IN OUR GARAGE! It was horrible. Poor thing thought she did something wrong and was in trouble because we were kind of freaking out about her not getting into the house and hosing her down ASAP. I found some skunk stuff at the pet store and it got the job done and she doesn't smell so horrible now. We aired the garage out a whole bunch and the stench has dissipated some.
10.) Preslie is currently talking herself to sleep. I swear that girl is something else. She carries on her own little conversation with herself before drifting off to dreamland.
11.) Oh! You can Follow my blog with Bloglovin if you'd like. I'm reading all the blogs I follow through that site.
Have a great day!
I need to jot down some things so I can at least have record of what's been going on.
1.) This past Saturday I threw Kevin a birthday party. He turns 30 on the 17th, so I threw him a beer tasting "Thirsty Thirty" party. It was a huge success! I'm hoping to get a post up with all the details.
2.) Last week Preslie and I made an unexpected trip down to my parents house for a few days because my mom fell off a ladder, broke her ribs and punctured her lung. It was pretty scary. She was in the hospital for a few days with a chest tube in. My brother and I were able to help my dad out around the house, grocery shop, cook and clean. Preslie just did what she does best: looked cute and gave lots of grins to keep Grammy's spirits up. My mom has been back home for about a week and is slowly healing.
3.) Kevin's had some changes in his job recently, but thankfully all for the better! He's doing so good and I'm so proud of him. He also came home with the good news today that he got a raise! Thank you Sweet Six-Pound-Seven-Ounce Baby Jesus. It's not easy on the checkbook to be on maternity leave this long so this came at the best time.
4.) Speaking of maternity leave, I have about three weeks left with Miss P. I hate that July has been so busy because it makes the days go by faster and I'd like for the days to just drag out about two months longer. I've had a nice long maternity leave, but I don't think any mother is quite ready to go back to work.
5.) Speaking of work (you like my original segues here? ha!), I have an interview tomorrow. It's for a position that I previously had before this position I have now. They pretty much opened the position for me specifically, so I'm not nervous about the interview. Plus, it's with my old boss so we all know each other. God really has His hand in everything, because with this new position, it will provide a lot more flexibility when it comes to Preslie and my hours. The other position? Notsomuch. So it's pretty much ideal.
6.) This means that Preslie will be going to the sitters for the first time tomorrow for almost the whole day while I have lunch with a co-worker and then have my interview. I'm nervous about leaving her. I just want her to be good and take her nap for Miss Kara and I hope she doesn't miss me. I also hope I don't cry tomorrow. I'm not normally a crier, so fingers crossed that stays true.
7.) We have a trip planned for Los Angeles this week because Kevin is a groomsman in his good friend's wedding. We'll be taking the Babe with us and staying in a hotel for a few days. I'm hoping everything goes smoothly as I'll be on baby duty pretty much the whole time. *send wine, please*
8.) Our backyard is finally looking like a real backyard! My plan is to post some before and after photos. We'll see if that ever happens. Kevin has been working all Spring and Summer on the backyard and it really shows.
9.) Stella got sprayed by a skunk. IN OUR GARAGE! It was horrible. Poor thing thought she did something wrong and was in trouble because we were kind of freaking out about her not getting into the house and hosing her down ASAP. I found some skunk stuff at the pet store and it got the job done and she doesn't smell so horrible now. We aired the garage out a whole bunch and the stench has dissipated some.
10.) Preslie is currently talking herself to sleep. I swear that girl is something else. She carries on her own little conversation with herself before drifting off to dreamland.
11.) Oh! You can Follow my blog with Bloglovin if you'd like. I'm reading all the blogs I follow through that site.
Have a great day!
Monday, June 10, 2013
Monday Mashup
1. Pretty sure this will be my first "normal" post which does not have to do with the baby. *gasp!*
2. I desperately need the following: a haircut, to go to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned, and a pedicure. My hair is the longest it's ever been, my teeth feel manky and my toes...let's not even go there.
3. It was 105 DEGREES this past Friday and Saturday. I can't even begin to explain to you how hot that is. I didn't leave the house. I stayed cool indoors.
4. I have this weird thing, I guess you could call it a habit, where I think the TV and lights in a room make the room hotter. I don't think I'm imagining it. So needless to say I was trying to keep TVs and lights to a minimum on Friday and Saturday.
5. This weekend we're having cement poured in our backyard for a large patio. I took a before picture and can't wait to get the patio all set up with our rugs, table and chairs and plants to get an after photo.
6. Mom and Dad are coming for this Father's Day weekend so Dad can help Kevin frame out the patio, and to also celebrate Father's Day, of course.
7. I'm mostly looking forward to having Mom here to watch the Babe so I can run some errands on my own for once!
8. Kevin's family is all in St. Thomas for 12 days on vacation. We're not jealous at allYES WE ARE. Kevin's uncle lives there and charters a sailboat. If you're ever in St. Thomas and want a great sailboat tour, check out Jester Sailing Adventures!
9. On Friday I went to the grocery store and only purchased beer and wine. One hundred dollars worth. No food. My justification of this is twofold: 1) We did need to stock up, and 2) Since I can drink again (in moderation) I just want to drink all the things!!!
10. Let's not talk about the gigantic black widow (along with it's hundreds of black widow babies) Kevin and my BIL found under an old deck in our backyard that they tore up yesterday. I won't even post the picture of it because it makes me want to vomit every time I look at it. The disgusting thing was so big it could barely walk! *gag* Gross!
Hope you all had a nice weekend!
2. I desperately need the following: a haircut, to go to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned, and a pedicure. My hair is the longest it's ever been, my teeth feel manky and my toes...let's not even go there.
3. It was 105 DEGREES this past Friday and Saturday. I can't even begin to explain to you how hot that is. I didn't leave the house. I stayed cool indoors.
4. I have this weird thing, I guess you could call it a habit, where I think the TV and lights in a room make the room hotter. I don't think I'm imagining it. So needless to say I was trying to keep TVs and lights to a minimum on Friday and Saturday.
5. This weekend we're having cement poured in our backyard for a large patio. I took a before picture and can't wait to get the patio all set up with our rugs, table and chairs and plants to get an after photo.
6. Mom and Dad are coming for this Father's Day weekend so Dad can help Kevin frame out the patio, and to also celebrate Father's Day, of course.
7. I'm mostly looking forward to having Mom here to watch the Babe so I can run some errands on my own for once!
8. Kevin's family is all in St. Thomas for 12 days on vacation. We're not jealous at all
9. On Friday I went to the grocery store and only purchased beer and wine. One hundred dollars worth. No food. My justification of this is twofold: 1) We did need to stock up, and 2) Since I can drink again (in moderation) I just want to drink all the things!!!
10. Let's not talk about the gigantic black widow (along with it's hundreds of black widow babies) Kevin and my BIL found under an old deck in our backyard that they tore up yesterday. I won't even post the picture of it because it makes me want to vomit every time I look at it. The disgusting thing was so big it could barely walk! *gag* Gross!
Hope you all had a nice weekend!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
These are my confessions....
Confession #1: It gives me the rage when people don't use their blinkers while driving, and when drivers don't stop for pedestrians.
Confession #2: Overall, I enjoy being pregnant. There are pregnancy discomforts and the first trimester was probably the worst, but I thank the sweet Lord everyday that it's been an uncomplicated pregnancy that has so far left me with gaining little weight and no swollen-ness. I know many women who'd give anything and everything to just be pregnant, and I am not taking this experience for granted in the least.
Confession #3: Since we've moved, I get overwhelmed so easily. I'm not sure if it's having a bigger home or what. When we moved in I pretty much shoved stuff into closets and closed the doors hoping the junk would disappear, but it's not. I don't even know where to start with going through all our stuff.
Confession #4: While I'm so thankful for a beautiful home and beautiful dark, hardwood floors throughout...those things are the devil! They show every speck of dust/dirt. If I had the energy I'd probably sweep and mop every other day. Instead, it has to wait for the weekend. If we ever move again I'm pretty sure we'd choose different floors that wouldn't show so much stuff.
Confession #5: My husband will leave his dirty clothes on top of the hamper. He will not lift the lid of the hamper and place said dirty clothes inside of it. Again, the rage.
Confession #6: I am so caught up with work right now that I pretend to look busy during the day by blogging, so I'm not given more tasks to do. Only 20 1/2 days left!
Confession #7: Still biting my nails. I don't think I'll ever not bite them. Bad habit.
Confessions #8: I can't remember the last time I exercised.
Confession #9: I'm excited to start WW after this little one arrives.
Confession #10: I worry an unnecessary amount about how long Kahlua will live. She's seven and I'm pretty sure she has many more good years left, but I don't know how Kevin and I will handle it when it's her time to leave us. *tear*
Confession #11: I feel so awkward when someone cries in front of me. I never know how to react. Should I hug them or let them be? Should I say something or just be quiet so they can have their moment? Major awkwardness.
Confession #12: I loathe taking pictures of myself. The weekly preggo pics are enough for me. I just don't feel like people would care to see a big 'ol picture of just my face time and time again. No thank you.
Confession #13: We're getting a tax person to do our taxes this year and I'm kind of sad about it. I usually do them and I enjoy it, but Kevin says with me being due so close to tax season and with us buying a house, he wants a professional handling it. Fine then!
The end.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
A little of this and a little of that
1. Today I actually feel like blogging for once. This may just be a one-time thing though because I feel like I actually have stuff to blog about.
2. Lately, it's felt like the blogging world has turned so much into a materialistic thing. So many giveaways all the time and product reviews. I've been skipping those blog posts altogether and spending time reading actual posts about bloggers' everyday lives. I enjoy those posts so much more.
3. I am almost completely caught up at work and it feels so good! I have two more projects left to do, and after they're done I'll feel like I could leave the next day and wouldn't have to worry about what I left for others to handle if I were out on maternity leave. I've been doing more "nesting" at work than I have at home!
4. I am currently craving the following things: A big, squishy, warm chocolate chip cookie. An orange creamsicle (or three). Cheesecake Factory avocado egg rolls. Coffee. I probably won't have any of these things because that would require that I go to the grocery store and I hate grocery shopping!
5. I want to wear an outfit but I'm not sure it goes together. Imagine a navy blue top with skinny white stripes, green skinny jeans and nude flats. Does that sound like it would go together? Maybe a green necklace too. I don't have pictures of any of these pieces, unfortunately.
6. Meal planning has seemed like it's become such a chore lately! I don't know if it's because I'm just too lazy to go looking for new recipes to try, but I hate it. Could also be the fact, like I mentioned in #4 that I loathe grocery shopping so I get in and out as fast as I can and don't like searching for new ingredients.
7. I think I've had my contacts for about two months now, and I still hate them. I can't go longer than nine hours with wearing them. I can see clearly, which definitely outweighs the negative, but I do not enjoy wearing them. Like on Thursday, I have to drive three hours to my parents' house. So I'll probably not put them in until the end of the day because an entire day (7am-10pm) just isn't going to fly.
8. I usually get on Twitter, FB, Instagram and Blogger before bed. When I do that, I tend to have dreams that involve people's kids that I follow. So weird and random. Usually, I'm just babysitting them or I dream they're my own children. Please don't think I'm a psycho now. ;)
9. The weirdest things run through my head sometimes. Like this morning as I was driving to work I was wondering if while I deliver if I should wear socks or no socks. Socks because I'd be afraid my feet would smell (like that's everyones biggest worry during delivery time) or no socks so I could have a good grip on the stirrups. Lord help me.
10. I was sanding furniture last weekend (don't worry, I was sitting down and wearing a mask the whole time) and my arms are so sore! Very pathetic, especially thinking about how I'll be lugging a child in a car seat around soon.
Peace out!
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Some [long overdue] randomness!
I always tell myself after posting my pregnancy update that I'm going to post at least once more during that week. And then the week gets away from me and I miss it. But I'm going to this week!
~ I got my nails done and a pedicure on Saturday. I don't think I've had either in about eight months. I also remember why I don't do it often. It just takes a long time and I get antsy. It's nice to have a little holiday flair on my digits though.
~ I was not into our Christmas cards this year, at all. Usually, I have them planned out in my head a good month or two in advance. Not this year. I haven't even addressed them yet. I know there's still time, but I just feel behind. I'll get to it sooner or later...
~ Stella has been limping for the past three weeks. We thought it'd go away, but it's only getting worse. It's her right front leg but we can't tell if it's a bone or a muscle that's bothering her. Hence, our need to take her to the vet this weekend. I'm hoping it's not going to cost us an arm and a leg (no pun intended) to get her back to her normal, goofy self!
~I miss my Grandma Hank. I was going through my phone book to make a list of Christmas cards and I won't be able to send her one anymore. :(
~ We only have four Christmas presents to buy for our families! I ordered a bunch of presents a few months ago when some things I was looking at were on sale. Feels good not to have to rush around for a bunch of things on Christmas Eve (because that's usually how my Christmas shopping goes).
~ I have yet to have a Starbucks drink this holiday season. Sadz.
~ This may seem like I'm being a party-pooper, but I don't really want to do anything for my birthday this year. I'll be turning 30 in 17 days, so it's a big one, but I'm just not in the mood for a celebration. I don't want attention on me and the fact that I won't be able to enjoy some champagne for the big THREE OH kind of puts a damper on things (but it's still worth it!). Poor Kevin keeps trying to figure out something for me to do and I just don't really want to do much. A massage and a nice dinner will be good enough for me!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Thursday Thoughts
1. I am so glad the election is over. Can I get an "Amen!"? I can't believe how hateful people can get, no matter what party they were pulling for. What happened to the important stuff like pictures of red Starbucks cups and complaining about the weather? ;)
2. Speaking of weather, my heart goes out to those on the East Coast. It's like as soon as they try to get back to somewhat normalcy after Sandy hit, they get knocked down with this horrible snowstorm.
3. Kevin is so worried he won't have anything to bond over with our daughter. We saw a news story about this little girl.
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Who is pretty much awesome. Check out this link. I highly doubt our daughter will be an all-star football player, but never say never!
4. I'm so excited to decorate for Christmas! I want to do two trees this year. We already have a fake one and we've talked about getting a real one for the second one, but I just don't know. One: all the mess and there could be bugs living in a real one. Two: if I'm gonna spend that much on a real one that will only last a month why not spend that much on a fake one that will last a really long time?
5. My mom is coming to visit this weekend while Kevin is away on a camping trip with my dad, brother and uncle. I'm hoping to get started on Baby Girl's dresser/changing table while my mom's here. She asked "Should I bring the truck just in case we find some furniture to buy?" Ha! She knows me well.
6. We went to Walmart last night to stock up on groceries and pick up a bookcase. I don't usually shop at Walmart and boy was I blown away by the Walmart clientele. There are just no words!!!
7. I got my haircut last night and it feels loads better! She thinned it out a lot, cut about two inches off and gave it some "umph."
8. I haven't ordered our Christmas cards yet. I had this idea in my head that I was going to schedule a session with a photographer for some shots with our pups and whatnot and have failed to do so. I guess we'll just have to get some pictures on Thanksgiving and make-do.
9. Truth: I don't like working.
I can't wait until maternity leave. I'll get five months off (one prior to baby, four after baby) which I'm so thankful for, but I already know how hard it's going to be when I have to return.
10. I want cake.
The End.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Five on Friday
#1. My hair is really long right now. I'm thinking the longest it's ever been. I'd like to grow it out even longer so I can do all those amazing hair tutorials I find on Pinterest (so I keep telling myself). I sometimes get an urge to chop it all off, though. That urge is right now seeing as it's been over 100 degrees this week and blow drying it is torture.
#2. Kevo's birthday is on Tuesday so I have a full day planned of fun stuff tomorrow. It's all a surprise so I can't share, but it should be a nice day.
#3. I love my job. I hardly ever do the same thing each day, it's fast-paced and the people here are generally really nice and really funny. However, if I were to have a baby I would still want to be a SAHM. What can I say? I like being home!
#4. I got my nails done last week and had them painted white. Worst. Decision. Ever! They're all dingy now and gross-looking. I plan to re-paint them this evening.
#5. We've decided we're going to Napa for our anniversary! I'm excited. Kevin has a surprise planned that he won't tell me about so I'm extra excited to find out what that ends up to be.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Thoughts on Thursday
1. I'm obsessed with this! I'm lactose intolerant so I don't get to experience the joys of a nice, cold glass of milk at night with dinner. I came across this and thought I'd try it out. It's DEE-LISH! I'm not a huge fan of coconut, but this doesn't have a huge coconut flavor; just kind of a hint of it. Right now I'm drinking the original flavor, but next time I'm going to try out the Vanilla flavor. I'm a fan.
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2. Ladies? When you take a shower does your hair come out a lot when you wash it? Mine sure does. I stick it on the wall of the shower so it doesn't go down the drain because I hate having to dig that out when it gets clogged. Then I wipe it with a tissue and throw it away. But I shed like no other!
3. I've spent a lot of money at Old Navy recently. I'm in need of a new wardrobe, and I also needed some new work clothes. Plus, ON has some cute stuff out right now! Here are some things I picked up from there...
4. I've come to the conclusion that white jeans fit a lot smaller than any other type of jean. They just do.
5. Kev started a diet last week and he's already lost over 12 pounds. He's looking pretty good (in my opinion ;) ). I've also started eating a lot healthier and have lost seven pounds. In preparation for his diet he bought a new scale last week. As of this morning it's broken. I knew when I stepped on it that I wasn't 170 pounds (not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just not what I weigh).
6. Here's a pretty tree on my MIL's property. It's my favorite.
7. Tomorrow and through the weekend, temperatures are supposed to reach the 80's! So I made the executive decision to take tomorrow off and relax by the pool all day and get my tan on! I can't really take any days off once I start my new job, so I might as well get one day of R&R in while I can. Don't be jelly. ;)
8. I sure do love these pups!
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Jobs, Hair and Fertility
1. I thought for sure once we moved out of our rental and in with my MIL that life would finally settle down.
2. Not so much.
3. It's been a little over one month since Joe passed away. It feels weird.
4. I feel it's time for me to elaborate on my job sitch. When I let my boss know we were moving they were able to work it out for me to work remotely from Sacramento. In between the past month and a half they've hired a new associate (to replace the one that left after I gave notice we were moving), I've been commuting about 45 min to work each way, and also travelling to San Francisco a couple times a month to continue to train the new associate and help with a move the office is making.
5. With that being said, I've been presented with a new opportunity within the bank. I've had two interviews so far and I go in for my final interview tomorrow and I should know (hopefully by Monday) whether I get offered with this new opportunity. I'm super excited about it and it is perfect in every way: closer to home, right next door to Kaiser (the hospital/doctors that are part of my insurance) and the strangest thing to me? No paying for parking! I've worked in a large city for close to four years now where you always have to pay for parking, so this job is like a dream come true. Ha!
6. Kevin shaved off his beard. He's had his beard since the Fall. I'm still getting used to his "baby face" look. ;)
7. If you haven't heard, my BFF is expecting! I'm so super excited for her and I now have a new baby to buy cute baby things for!
8. For the record, I'm not entirely against the rain we've been having recently. The reason being is that my MIL's house is on five acres of property and our water comes from a well. No rain = no water come Spring and Summer for things like washing your clothes and taking showers. So rain to me is a good thing. However, the few warm days we've had scattered here and there have been glorious and have me excited for Summer and the pool in the backyard!
9. My cousin, Hailey, (actually she's Kev's cousin but I just call her my cousin, too) is a hairdresser so I had her put a bunch of red highlights in my hair and I AM A FAN! Makes me feel a little sassy.
10. Any of you have any fertility tracker documents or apps you've used in the past or any suggestions about conceiving (other than the obvious)? We've been actively trying for the past almost five months and no such luck yet. Which I know is nothing to complain about. I'm just curious to see if there's something out there that will help in predicting my cycle, etc.
Enjoy your weekend my friends!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
The Bella Blender and a Prayer
I've been living with my MIL for five days now and it's been going well. I am a major creature of habit so trying to find my new norm and setting a schedule is a work in progress, but I'll get there.
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Kevin has been travelling for work this week so he's not moved in yet, but he will be by this weekend. I sure do miss him.
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My new obsession is SMOOTHIES!!! And my new favorite gadget is the Bella Cucina Rocket Blender; it's a lot like the Bullet. You just put the stuff in, give it a turn and there you have it. A smoothie! My MIL has the Bella Blender and it's my new best friend. I've used it twice in the past 12 hours. Ha!
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I may or may not have shed a tearor two when Harry Potter is told about his parents at the end of the first book. Does that make me weird?
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I went for a run last night. I know. I'm just as surprised as you are. I didn't even plan on running either. I kind of just got the urge as I was walking Stella after work and we just...started...running. Makes me sound like Forest Gump, doesn't it?
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I have worked out more this week than I have in the past year (or two). Sadz.
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There's a blogger that can use some prayers. Kelly was admitted into the hospital with a very serious infection that is not getting better. Click on the button to go to her blog.
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My new obsession is SMOOTHIES!!! And my new favorite gadget is the Bella Cucina Rocket Blender; it's a lot like the Bullet. You just put the stuff in, give it a turn and there you have it. A smoothie! My MIL has the Bella Blender and it's my new best friend. I've used it twice in the past 12 hours. Ha!
I may or may not have shed a tear
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I went for a run last night. I know. I'm just as surprised as you are. I didn't even plan on running either. I kind of just got the urge as I was walking Stella after work and we just...started...running. Makes me sound like Forest Gump, doesn't it?
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I have worked out more this week than I have in the past year (or two). Sadz.
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There's a blogger that can use some prayers. Kelly was admitted into the hospital with a very serious infection that is not getting better. Click on the button to go to her blog.
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I've tried to upload to FB a very funny video of Stella playing with Rocky (my MIL's cat) no less than 56457830 times and it will. not. upload!
I've tried to upload to FB a very funny video of Stella playing with Rocky (my MIL's cat) no less than 56457830 times and it will. not. upload!
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I have to be up at 4am tomorrow morning. We'll see how that goes...
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I'm not giving anything up for Lent. I don't think I ever have, then again, I'm not even Catholic. Are you giving up anything for Lent?
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That's all I have today, folks. Hope you are enjoying your week!
xoxo,
Monday, February 13, 2012
Playing Catch Up
On Saturday we took the dogs to get their vaccines. They had to draw blood to test for heart worms and the vet couldn't get any blood from Kahlua! She had to try two different veins, one on each front leg, and barely a drop of blood would come out. Apparently, the pup has really low blood pressure. Poor thing was not happy. Stella, on the other hand was happy as a clam; during the blood draw and the two shots. She basically grew up in a vet's office her first six months of life so she's used to all that.
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I've been sick for the past week and today I'm finally feeling like myself again. The only good thing about being sick was getting at least nine hours of sleep each night. It felt glorious!
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Over the weekend I read the book Matched by Ally Condie. It wasn't very good. Not very exciting and kind of slow, and I couldn't really get into the characters. It's a trilogy so because I can't just leave all the books un-read I'm currently reading the second book, Crossed. So far it's a littler better than Matched, but I wouldn't really recommend them if you're looking for a read to really sink your teeth into.
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Kevin's grandpa Joe is in the hospital. :( If you wouldn't mind saying a little prayer or sending good vibes his way, we'd appreciate it.
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So, I've completely gained all my weight back. No bueno. I'm going to blame it on stress. Ha! I do have plans to lose the weight soon. We have a wedding to go to in Lake Tahoe the end of May, so that's my motivation right now.
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For Valentine's I bought myself Kevin got me these pair of earrings from Stella Dot. I love them lots!
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In exchange, I told him he can feel free to pick out a video game. Tee hee! He's going to make us a nice dinner for V-Day and that pretty much sums up our February 14th celebrations.
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I'm the worst procrastinator. I was supposed to mail a CD of pictures from a wedding from October to someone and I have yet to do so. Sadz.
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A good friend of mine got some really exciting news a couple weeks ago! I can't wait until she can announce it! :)
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What'd y'all think of the Grammy's? I have it recorded but haven't watched it yet. I really only want to see certain singers perform so I'm guessing I'll be doing a lot of fast forwarding.
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Guess what channel I'm watching right now? If you guessed the I.D. Channel, you win!
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The end.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Things on Thursday
I would have a lot more to blog about if I could blog about what's going on in our lives right now. Oh well, hopefully by next month I'll have more to share.
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In the meantime I came across this new singer named Lana del Rey. Pretty sure that's her stage name -- and I'm pretty sure she's had a lot of work done. Either way, she has two songs ("Video Game" and "Blue Jeans") that I have grown to like. But I have no clue what "Video Game" has to do with the actual song. I think her album comes out this month. I found out about her by reading a Yahoo! article about how she had a horrible performance on Saturday Night Live. So I looked her up (and indeed, her performance was not good) a little more and decided I like these two songs and she has a 60's-esque look about her that I like and her voice is different. Thought I'd share. ;)
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In other news, I've started counting points again. I know I announce this like every other month, but this time it's for reals. After seeing how great Maygan looks over the weekend in her cute little clothes, I decided it's time for me to get back on track. I totally kind of let myself go after our wedding and I refuse to buy bigger clothes at this point. So get down to my normal weight it is!
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I'm struggling with finding the next book to read. Right now I've started Nicholas Sparks' "The Best of Me" (and I definitely just wrote that title as "Home With You" - goes to show how much I'm into this book, ha!) and I'm just not feeling it. I'm thinking I'm not in the mood for something romantic and that's going to make me cry. Suggestions?
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On to other more important things like: in the morning when I let Stella out in the backyard before I leave she goes into her doghouse. I'll usually take one of the blankets out of her doghouse and throw it in the dryer for about five minutes. Then I take it back out and bundle her up in it and she snorts and rummages in her doghouse to make herself comfy. Hey! It's only fair seeing as how Kahlua gets to lay on a heating pad all day. We don't love our dogs at all... ;)
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I went to Forever21 last weekend and I hardly found anything I liked! I did end up getting two tops but I'm not thrilled with them. They were kind of my last resort. Everything was just so short - like crop tops - and I just am not feeling the bohemian-look-thing.
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I would like to be on What Not to Wear so Stacy and Clinton can tell me what my style is and do my shopping for me and so I can have "timeless pieces" to pair with things.
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The end.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Friday Finds
I decided to do the Project 365 thing this year. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to post the pictures to my blog because they're pretty much just of our dogs and that's not too exciting. I always think babies are more cute to look at. Ha! Maybe I'll post at the end of each month. Anyways, today Sarah from Life {Sweet} Life posted about doing Project 365 and helpful apps that you can use on the iPhone. You should check out her post! I already started using the Project 365 app at the beginning of the year, but she just introduced me to the Red Stamp app and I am officially obsessed with it! It's pretty much brilliant.
I can't get enough of Jason Mraz's new song "I Won't Give Up." It's amazing. And beautiful. Check it out. You'll be glad you did.
And just to verify my obsessiveness with Hunger Games, I saw these on Pinterest last night and definitely Pinned them and I wanted to share them with you too. Because I'm excited and weird.
I hope everyone has a great weekend and if you get Monday off for the MLK Holiday (like me) more power to ya!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Thursday Ramblings
1. I'd like to put this week up there with the most stressful and bizarre week I've experienced thus far. I hope to elaborate more once things settle down.
2. I am 200% obsessed with Little Debbie's Oatmeal Creme Pies. I may or may not have eaten four of them yesterday. I believe they are the best-tasting thing on this planet. Hands down. No question. Please and thank you. The end.
4. You know what kind of irks me (and I know it shouldn't)? Bloggers who use ideas or recipes or whathaveyou from Pinterest, then post about it on their blog and not reference that they got the idea from Pinterest and pass it off as their own. It just doesn't seem fair or right to me. Not that it affects me negatively in any way, just thought I'd share.
5. I finished the Hunger Games series a few weeks ago and I'm sad. I'm going through withdrawals, people! I am not normal when it comes to getting involved with good books. I really want to just read them all over again right this second. To say I can't wait until the Hunger Games movie comes out in March, would be a complete understatement.
6. Did I mention that I can't get enough of Oatmeal Creme Pies? I did? Okay...just making sure.
7. I'm in a lunchtime slump. I usually have WW frozen meals for lunch because I don't have enough time (read: I'm lazy) to make my lunch, so I just grab a WW meal on my way out the door in the morning. I need to switch things up a bit. What do you all eat for lunch at work? Oh, and I prefer not to eat out because that's not good on the budget. Please share.
8. Kevo is back today after being in Chicago this week. I kind of miss him. I know the dogs do too. ;)
9. I really need a manicure and pedicure, but I'm too lazy to do it myself or go to the salon and pay to have it done for me. There needs to be a mobile mani/pedi thing where someone comes to your home and does it for you. (Go ahead and list this up there with "First World Problems.")
10. Well, I'm off to eat my boring WW meal, while contemplating starting the Hunger Games series over again and wishing I brought an Oatmeal Creme Pie as dessert after lunch.
Carry on,
Friday, December 16, 2011
Five on Friday
1. On Wednesday, Kevin and I had a night out in San Francisco. We had a beautiful dinner at One Market and then we went and saw Cirque du Soleil's "Totem!" One word: AMAZING! If you've never heard of Cirque du Soleil shows, they're like a glorified (and classy) version of a circus. Ha! We did all this as an early birthday celebration for me. Usually, we're so exhausted from the Christmas festivities once my birthday comes around that we don't do much. So we thought we'd celebrate a little early.
2. Once we're settled next year, I want to get a real Christmas tree. We've used an artificial tree for pretty much as long as I can remember; and while it's been great, I miss the fullness and smell of a real one. My hope is to have four Christmas trees next year: the real one, our artificial one, a mini one for a guest room and hopefully one for a future kiddo's room.
3. I'm finally getting my hair trimmed tomorrow. I don't think I've had it trimmed in about a year. I know, that's bad; but it's long and I'm lazy and I've been able to get away with it up until now. Along with a trim, I'm also going for some red and auburn highlights (or would they be considered lowlights?). I haven't colored my hair in years, so I'm looking forward to a little change. I'm thinking of a colors kind of like this...
4. Speaking of hair. Have ya'll heard of a blowout (and I'm not talking about Pauly D's blowout)? I saw a picture of a fellow blogger that had a blowout and her hair looked incredible! I think I'll ask my hair stylist about it tomorrow and what that's all about.
5. I ordered Maygan and Michelle each an Erin Condren planner for Christmas and they got them this week and were so excited about them! It made my heart happy. :) I think they're going to love them and I love that I was able to customize them for the style that they each like.
Only nine more days until Christmas and trying to stay warm,
2. Once we're settled next year, I want to get a real Christmas tree. We've used an artificial tree for pretty much as long as I can remember; and while it's been great, I miss the fullness and smell of a real one. My hope is to have four Christmas trees next year: the real one, our artificial one, a mini one for a guest room and hopefully one for a future kiddo's room.
3. I'm finally getting my hair trimmed tomorrow. I don't think I've had it trimmed in about a year. I know, that's bad; but it's long and I'm lazy and I've been able to get away with it up until now. Along with a trim, I'm also going for some red and auburn highlights (or would they be considered lowlights?). I haven't colored my hair in years, so I'm looking forward to a little change. I'm thinking of a colors kind of like this...
4. Speaking of hair. Have ya'll heard of a blowout (and I'm not talking about Pauly D's blowout)? I saw a picture of a fellow blogger that had a blowout and her hair looked incredible! I think I'll ask my hair stylist about it tomorrow and what that's all about.
5. I ordered Maygan and Michelle each an Erin Condren planner for Christmas and they got them this week and were so excited about them! It made my heart happy. :) I think they're going to love them and I love that I was able to customize them for the style that they each like.
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Only nine more days until Christmas and trying to stay warm,
Friday, December 2, 2011
Friday Facts
I have lots of THINGS I want to talk about.
1.) I had a meeting with the Boss Man today about some future plans. I guess it went well? There are still some unanswered questions so I guess we just wait and see what happens. (Sorry this is so vague. Hoping to be able to share more soon).
2.) This morning on the train in front of the train I was on, a pregnant woman passed out and hit her head. So the ambulance had to come, and the train I was on had to be un-boarded in the tunnel. Kind of crazy. I said a little prayer for the lady and her baby. Poor thing, I hope both are okay. :(
3.) As I stated previously, I started WW again as of Monday. Currently, I am down two pounds! I'm happy and starting to feel like my pre-wedding self again. Ha!
4.) Starbucks' Skinny Peppermint Mocha tastes nothing like their regular Peppermint Mocha. It is definitely not as good. However, it is less calories so I can suck it up (pun? haha!), I guess.
5.) I know of four women who have given birth in the past week! Two are blogger friends and two are IRL friends. Babies everywhere!
6.) Speaking of babies: I'm thinking 2012 is going to be the year of our friends having babies because 2011 was the year of our friends getting married. It seems like every week there is another person making a Facebook announcement about their pregnancy.
7.) I found a pair of jeggings at TJ Maxx for $15.00 and they are comfortable! In my experience, jeggings are not comfortable. The ones I had before were just kind of scratchy and they slid down all the time. But these are soft and they stay up. I am a fan.
8.) I pretty much don't watch TV anymore. I have Glee, The Closer, New Girl and many others with multiple episodes just waiting to be watched. I'm usually too busy after work to watch them. I need to get on that.
9.) On Sunday I'm meeting up with my friends Breanna and Laura and we're going to see "Breaking Dawn" and go have lunch in San Francisco. I'm excited! The three of us have seen each Twilight movie in the theaters together. We don't see each other often, but Breanna always seems to get us together for this - which I love!
10.) So I ordered our Christmas cards about a month ago (mostly because I already had the photo to use for them and we had the money and I just felt like getting them out of the way) and they are going out today! If you would like one, email me your address at chasersofkaysersblog [at] yahoo [dot] com and I'd love to send you one! I will be participating in Faith's Christmas Card Carousel on the 14th so I'll post our card then. You should participate if you have one you'd like to share!
11.) Kevin and I are having Christmas with my family in a couple weeks because our families won't be able to do Christmas together this year. So that means we have to get gifts soon. We already got my mom a canvas photo of a wedding picture that she wanted for her office. We know what we're getting my brother but we have NO CLUE what to get my dad. What do you get a man who has everything??? He has every gadget known to man, tools up the wazoo, he's not into clothes really. Suggestions?
12.) Oh, and I have no idea what to get my own husband. All he wants is a wallet. That's not very exciting.
13.) All I want for Christmas is a little bambino. But that's no surprise to all of you. ;) We have been talking about it a lot more so I'm hoping it shouldn't be too far off.
14.) I have thisirrational fear of taking Stella to the dog park by myself. Both Kevin and I will take the dogs for walks, but he's usually the one that will take them to the dog park. I don't know, but I guess I'm just afraid that a dog will get into a fight with Stella and I would freak and not know what to do. So I faced my fear this week and took the dogs on Tuesday by myself and whatayaknow? Everything was fine! By the way, even though Stella is part Pit Bull, she is the most passive dog ever. She just wants to run, run, run and play, play, play, and when a dog gets aggressive with her, she plops down on the ground and rolls onto her back. She's goofy and I love her. Kahlua is not a fan of dog parks so she gets held the whole time. Plus, I'm pretty sure she'd die because a dog would step on her and that would be the end of Kahlua. Poor little thing.
15.) I hope you all enjoy your first weekend of December 2011!
XOXO,
1.) I had a meeting with the Boss Man today about some future plans. I guess it went well? There are still some unanswered questions so I guess we just wait and see what happens. (Sorry this is so vague. Hoping to be able to share more soon).
2.) This morning on the train in front of the train I was on, a pregnant woman passed out and hit her head. So the ambulance had to come, and the train I was on had to be un-boarded in the tunnel. Kind of crazy. I said a little prayer for the lady and her baby. Poor thing, I hope both are okay. :(
3.) As I stated previously, I started WW again as of Monday. Currently, I am down two pounds! I'm happy and starting to feel like my pre-wedding self again. Ha!
4.) Starbucks' Skinny Peppermint Mocha tastes nothing like their regular Peppermint Mocha. It is definitely not as good. However, it is less calories so I can suck it up (pun? haha!), I guess.
5.) I know of four women who have given birth in the past week! Two are blogger friends and two are IRL friends. Babies everywhere!
6.) Speaking of babies: I'm thinking 2012 is going to be the year of our friends having babies because 2011 was the year of our friends getting married. It seems like every week there is another person making a Facebook announcement about their pregnancy.
7.) I found a pair of jeggings at TJ Maxx for $15.00 and they are comfortable! In my experience, jeggings are not comfortable. The ones I had before were just kind of scratchy and they slid down all the time. But these are soft and they stay up. I am a fan.
8.) I pretty much don't watch TV anymore. I have Glee, The Closer, New Girl and many others with multiple episodes just waiting to be watched. I'm usually too busy after work to watch them. I need to get on that.
9.) On Sunday I'm meeting up with my friends Breanna and Laura and we're going to see "Breaking Dawn" and go have lunch in San Francisco. I'm excited! The three of us have seen each Twilight movie in the theaters together. We don't see each other often, but Breanna always seems to get us together for this - which I love!
10.) So I ordered our Christmas cards about a month ago (mostly because I already had the photo to use for them and we had the money and I just felt like getting them out of the way) and they are going out today! If you would like one, email me your address at chasersofkaysersblog [at] yahoo [dot] com and I'd love to send you one! I will be participating in Faith's Christmas Card Carousel on the 14th so I'll post our card then. You should participate if you have one you'd like to share!
11.) Kevin and I are having Christmas with my family in a couple weeks because our families won't be able to do Christmas together this year. So that means we have to get gifts soon. We already got my mom a canvas photo of a wedding picture that she wanted for her office. We know what we're getting my brother but we have NO CLUE what to get my dad. What do you get a man who has everything??? He has every gadget known to man, tools up the wazoo, he's not into clothes really. Suggestions?
12.) Oh, and I have no idea what to get my own husband. All he wants is a wallet. That's not very exciting.
13.) All I want for Christmas is a little bambino. But that's no surprise to all of you. ;) We have been talking about it a lot more so I'm hoping it shouldn't be too far off.
14.) I have this
15.) I hope you all enjoy your first weekend of December 2011!
XOXO,
Thursday, November 17, 2011
A little bit of this, and a little bit of that…aka…flying port-a-potties and flamingos
November 17, 2011
I’m thankful for my health insurance. I had to go to the doctor today and got a couple prescriptions and thank goodness for insurance because that would have cost us a pretty penny.
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-It feels like I haven’t blogged in forever! Even though I have, but I just wanted to get our wedding pictures on here.
-So back to my doctor’s appointment: my appointment was at 11am. I didn’t see the doctor until 11:55am. I wasn’t too pleased. Then I had to get my prescriptions and that took another 45 minutes. Good thing I took the day off work for this appointment. But like I said, I’m thankful for my insurance so I can even go to doctor appointments.
-I don’t think I ever posted the picture of our two fur-babies on Halloween night, sporting their Halloween scarves (and if I did - whatevs; means you get a double dose of cuteness). I *heart* these two. Aren’t they cute!? Pretty sure this is the closest Kahlua has allowed Stella to be to her, and the fact that they both sat still and looked at the camera is a miracle!
- The garage sale we had last weekend went pretty well. For the record: I am not a fan of the garage sales. You have to get up early, you have strange people coming onto your property, it’s cold (if you’re not smart and decide to do it in November like us) and it’s pretty boring. It helped that I had a space heater and my laptop. 
- I was driving behind some kind of work truck today that had a port-a-potty hitched to the back of it. It looked a little suspicious so I decided to not drive so close behind it. It’s a good thing I didn’t because the door to the port-a-potty flew right open every time the guy accelerated! So at the next stop light I decided to hang back even further just in case. Well, whatayaknow? When he accelerated around the corner this time, the entire toilet came flying out of said port-a-potty! Water and all. It was pretty bizarre. The guy had no clue that a portion of his port-a-potty was sitting in the middle of the street, so when I pulled up next to him I yelled “Excuse me! Your toilet flew out back there!” And he said, “Oh the door flew open?” and I said, “No. The toilet flew out!” (I am laughing so hard right now recounting this little experience.) At that moment his light turned green and he kind of glanced in his rearview mirror and had to go. I’m not sure if he went back for his toilet. And I’m not entirely sure I’ll ever have the opportunity again to tell someone that their “toilet flew out” onto a road. HAHA!
- If you’ve been watching the news, I’m sure you’ve heard about the Occupy movement. I’ll keep my opinions to myself on what I really think about these Occupiers (I am NOT a fan of them!). I work in the financial district of San Francisco. The Occupiers have decided to occupy this area of SF as of this week. The other day they full-on went into the Bank of America that was right across the street from our building. I work for a very large bank, but fortunately our building doesn’t have our business name on it, otherwise things would’ve been ugly. We were all pretty on edge though that day. Just look at the crowd of people doing their marching into BofA!
- On Monday night we got Flamingoed. I went to go turn the outside light off before bed and peeked out the window of our front door and saw a bunch of bright pink things on our lawn!
- I’m getting excited for Thanksgiving. My family is coming to our house and we’re hosting. I’ve washed all the new stuff we’ll be using so I don’t have to worry about it next week. I’ve also been brainstorming on how I want to decorate and set the table for the Thanksgiving Feast. Here’s an idea of what I have in mind and the look I’m going for. Like my decorations: lots of golds, silvers and mercury glass.
Carry on,
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