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Ten Things Tuesday
1. We sent MIL a Christmas present and have yet to hear whether or not she got it, liked it, etc. 
2. She lives an hour away and has yet to even see Lily. 
3. I'm not terribly bothered by 1 and 2, it's more the principle of the matter and it makes me feel bad for DH that his Mom is a total B. 
4. Emma can sing the entire song from Polar Express called "When Christmas Comes to Town" and it's the coolest/neatest thing ever. 
5. She can actually carry a pretty good tune too. 
6. I read the spoilers for the Bachelor before it even started, because I'm an idiot, and it's kinda' ruining the season for me now. 
7. I know the whole show is stupid, but I can't seem to stop watching. 
8. It's my guilty pleasure I suppose. 
9. I told myself that in the New Year I would work out more, but thus far it hasn't really been happening. 
10. I'm eating pizza for dinner and I'm pretty excited about it. 
Re: Ten Things Tuesday
1. I'm frustrated with work stuff today...
2. I've decided to not let it get to me, so I'll set it aside and look at it later
3. FIL is staying with us this week
4. I'm not really annoyed by it, but he's at our house a lot, because he has to work over on the East side of the state a lot...
5. I'm super excited that DH and I booked our cruise in March!!!
6. We're spending a few days in Miami and then headed to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands!!!
7. We're going with at least 4 other friends, it should be a great time!
8. I really need to lose a little bit of weight to feel comfortable in my bathing suit
9. Friday is DH's birthday!
10. I am also having pizza for dinner (a new low carb recipe! I hope it's good!)
Serendipity3, South Beach, Miami, FL 2012
I am so jealous, I want to go on a cruise so bad. My H won't go because he is a big guy and thinks he will be sleeping in a shoebox (that is how he pictures the rooms). I told him we can just be sunning and drinking all day on the deck, he isn't buying it. Maybe I need to plan a trip with my girlfriends......
I feel bad for DH because his Dad is a jerk.
1. I'm really tired today
2. I'm also really sick of hearing about everyone's diet and exercise plan on FB. I'm glad they're doing something healthy, but I don't care.
3. On person in particular is making me nuts w/ their diet/exercise. She's spending so much time on herself that her family is suffering. That makes me so mad!
4. I'm feeling kinda low today.
5. It feels like Thursday, but it's not. I wish it was!
6. I'm really bored at work.
7. I know I should spend more time prepping for the busy season, and I'll regret saying I was bored once spring hits, but right now, I don't care and I just want to go home.
8. Wow, I'm super negative today.
9. I'm addicted to Blue Diamond Habenaro BBQ almonds. SO GOOD!
10. I think we're going to buy a cat tree for our cats. I'm pretty excited about it!
1. I really like the Contigo autoseal water bottle MIL got me for Christmas. I usually have a water bottle with me, but I don't like having to unscrew the lid to take a drink, so this is awesome. And I've done a great job at drinking waaaay more water lately. I love it.
2. I confess Kris Humphries was in my dream last night. But he played hockey?
3. DH and I made gingerbread cookies last night and I can't stop thinking about how wonderful they tasted warm, soft, and with a glass of milk.
4. For our first assignment for one of my online classes we have to do a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) Analysis on ourselves. So far I've typed out everything but my strengths. Ugh.
5. I love my Josh Groban station on Pandora. Mmmm excellence music for myself and the 7 month old I'm nannying.
6. I sent in my e-ring last night to get cleaned/polished/redipped/etc. and I thought my finger would be lonely, but the wedding band is doing just fine.
7. I texted a really good friend about my Kris Humphries dream and she texted me back that H and I were in her dream... and she shared a bed with H. I laughed, because I DID find it funny but I honestly think that's really awkward.
8. I'm not hungry but I want to eat. THAT'S WHY I SUCK AT LOSING WEIGHT.
9. The baby is crying. Maybe because the Canadian Tenors are singing. I've decided she's Anti-Canadian. Silly baby, you should love everyone.
10. Can I force my children to learn to play (and love playing) the piano? Please?
That's crazy talk! DH is a big guy too and we'll be sleeping comfortably on a king size bed. The room itself might be smaller than we'd like, but they're really not that bad. You should just plan something with the girlfriends
Serendipity3, South Beach, Miami, FL 2012
1. The person who would be my new manager at work is stonewalling my dept transfer (I think he doesn't want to give up the person that the directors proposed for me to swap with). I'm sure it'll still happen, but it's taking a little longer.
2. I am so ready to go down to 4 days/week, so I'm not happy about this.
3. My current department just instituted a time tracking sheet which tracks down to 15min increments - blech. I'm pretty happy I'll be moving on.
4. In the meantime, I don't really have much to do. My current boss didn't even know he was my boss until my second day back from mat leave and all the projects I was working on before mat leave have been passed on to other people, are no longer approved projects, or I don't have the knowledge to begin them without a big meeting.
5. I hate trolling around looking for work to do.
6. I also don't quite know how to account for my time on the new timesheet when no one has given me anything to work on!
7. Work increased the premiums on our PPO like 300% so we had to switch to an HMO. I'm not really happy about this.
8. I just made appt's for DH and me (and DS's 4mo appt too) so that we can get the HMO mandated physicals. I haven't been to a non-ob/gyn appt since in at least 15 years.
9. DH is going to make dinner tonight! I'm having him make meatloaf because I know the recipe off the top of my head so that I can just tell him step-by-step what to do while I play w/ DS.
10. DS had two really horrible nights in a row. Last night he was exhausted and was overtired by 6:30. He only woke up twice to eat (which I'm so grateful for) but then woke up for the day at 4:30. It's not a huge deal because I'm up at 5:00, but I'd really like to figure out how to shift his night time about an hour forward.
1. Work is not very busy today so I am searching for work to do
2. My car is in the shop and I am patiently waiting to hear what the cost to fix it will be.
3. Because of #2 H and I have been looking at cars and even went to test drive one last night. He really wants to go test one today but we are supposed to have guests over at like 7
4. Thank you again Milsey for picking me up from the auto shop and giving me a ride home. It was SUPER helpful!
5. It's H's birthday this Thursday and I have no clue what to get him
6. We are going up north this weekend and I am SUPER excited to get away.
7. I really need to take my nail polish off it looks terrible
8. I am hoping to buy some new clothes next week, but we shall see
9. It's really stressful having a broken car
10. I am ready to be done with work so I can go pick up my friend!! Is it 2 o'clock yet?
DITTO! Its the worst feeling just waiting for them to call and tell how much it's going to cost, I just went thru that in November. The noises it was making and the cost it would take to fix it wasn't worth it, the car is not worth that much. So I am just driving it until it dies. Which might happen soon, it's starting to make a another weird noise now when I turn!
Good luck with your car!!!
I am off to google this, I need a new water bottle and I can't seem to find a good one that will last!
I like it - and if you add ice, it doesn't "sweat". I have yet to put anything hot in it though.
You're welcome! Anytime!
Imagine having to essentially count for every 6 minutes of your day. Yeah, the glamorous life of an attorney.
1. I brought leftover chicken chili for lunch to work.
2. People from my office ordered lunch from Kerby's, so I decided to join in.
3. I am questioning whether my leftovers will still be good for tomorrow. (Made it Friday...hmmmm)
4. I had my "annual" appointment yesterday. Fun stuff.
5. I told my doctor that FI and I may start our attempts to "start a family" later this year (after the wedding, obviously).
6. Saying #5 out loud was REALLY weird.
7. FI and I have talked about #5 a lot, but it is more along the lines of "I'll let you try to knock me up after we get married." Saying it as more of a definitive statement made it more real.
8. It also kinda freaked me out.
9. Did any of you moms feel this way? Like, I totally want to have kids with FI, and in theory I am ready and willing to start later this year, but my goodness, there is a whole lot of fear that goes into the whole thing (labor, money, being a good parent, etc). Plus I'm kind of in shock. After getting divorced, I find it almost unbelievable that this is where I am at in my life right now. I don't know that I honestly believed that I would be, even though I wanted to.
10. I talked to FI about #5 and #9. He is so cute. He had a huge smile and is crazy happy about starting a family. He is completely unphased...perhaps because he doesn't have to be the one that gets pregnant.
Bonus 11. I have so much going on in 2012, it is unbelievable. My New Year's resolution should have been to think about one thing at a time. lol
2. I was also able to do my grocery shopping and still get back to school to pick up T on time.
3. I hurt my leg terribly at the store and I'm worried it will slow my running down
4. If you have kids, PLEASE be sure you have them sitting and buckled into the cart. Thankfully I was able to get Ben to sit down and stay buckled- it saved him from getting hurt too. And thankfully T wasn't with me cause he would have been hurt while riding on the side of the cart.
5. I'm super excited for my soup tonight.
6. I really need to get off my arse and get that cooking, along with baking my bread.
7. I'm struggling to come up with ideas for Tyler's 4th birthday gift. I was planning to buy a wooden castle and men and paint them. Michaels on Ford Rd is out of them
8. My house seems empty without my Christmas tree.
9. #8 is making me want to decorate even more, but I'm stumped.
10. I really am dying to paint my bedroom and hallway, but also struggling because I'm super inspired to redo a part of my basement into my craft area.
Getting back to it- my diet and exercise blog
Losing it...Without Losing it
1. I had my first U/S last week and the baby was measuring a week later then they thought based on my LMP. We got to see the tiny little flickering heartbeat though!. Baby is now due August 22.
2. I finally have some down time at work to spend on the nest.
3. Though I do have stuff that needs to get done at the office, I just dont feel like doing it.
4. There is a lot of drama going on with my DH's family right now. I would post about it, but Im afriad SIL might lurk on here.
5. I have a wedding to go to on Saturday and I dont think I have anything to wear.
6. DH and I bought a daybed this weekend for our guest bedroom/my craft room. I cant wait to get it and finally get that roomed squred away. But the bed wont be in until the end of January
7. Im having a really hard time coming up with ten things....
8. Some how I always get wrapped into helping out with extended family memebers planning showers/parties.
9. Im going to a scrapbook meet in two weeks and am seriously looking forward to it.
10. I seriously need to finish all the corchet projects I have laying around my house
I totally felt weird telling my doctor that. Obviously, he doesn't care what I do with my life, but it was even weirder that he was just like, 'oh, okay, well I'll write you a script for pre-natals'. Like I expected it to be some huge thing, I don't know.
I'm actually starting to feel the same way again now that DH and I are talking about when we'd start trying for another. Apparently that feeling never goes away.
Oh no! What happened??? I hope you guys will be okay!
Serendipity3, South Beach, Miami, FL 2012
1. I'm so excited for you! That's awesome
4. That's annoying that there's drama and you can't vent to us. I'm sorry!
It's kinda silly, but I was walking in the parking lot, hit an uneven spot in the pavement and the front wheel stuck in there, flipping the back part of the cart up (where the kid sits/you push the cart). I ended up smashing my shin on the bottom bar. I have a big gash and an enormous bump that I've been icing but it's not going down any. My entire leg from my knee down to my foot hurts. I'm just so thankful that Ben wasn't hurt at all. It could have been bad if I wasn't such a stickler about him sitting and being buckled up.
Getting back to it- my diet and exercise blog
Losing it...Without Losing it
Ouch! That sounds painful!!! I'm glad Ben was okay though! I hope you heal quickly!!!
Serendipity3, South Beach, Miami, FL 2012
I felt this way the whole time DH and I were talking about starting a family. And now that we have a baby on the way I feel this way times 100!
1. Things have been so busy the past week or two, it's been crazy.
2. We're moving into a bigger office this week, I'm excited!
3. Today we went over to UofM Property Disposition to look for office furniture.
4. We did buy a shelf for the office, but I also ended up getting a set of card catalog drawer for myself -- they are so stinking cool! I can't want to paint them and use them for something fun.
5. I'm on day 8 of the 30 Day Shred, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. I've started it before, but only lasted a few days before things got busy and it fell by the wayside. This time I'm determined to do 30 days in a row!
6. There are some things I want to get accomplished in the next few months, and one of them hinges on dropping a few more pounds.
7. I'm going to Vegas one month from today -- I can't wait!
8. I think we're going to see a Cirque du Soleil show. Even though it's going to cost an arm and a leg, I'm uber excited about it.
9. I shaved today, and my legs feel great, lol.
10. Tomorrow I'll be hauling a heap of scrap metal to the salvage yard. It's been sitting in our backyard for months, and I can't wait for it to be gone! I'm hoping we get some decent cash for it!
1. Walked to the post office this afternoon.
2. I walked yesterday as well.
3. 43 degrees tomorrow, we'll be outside again.
4. Are you sure it's Jan.? I'm loving this!
5. I get a better workout being outside & pushing a double stroller w/55+ lbs. inside than doing the treadmill.
6. Of course the west side has a winter storm watch for Thurs/Fri.-just in time for us to go to Chicago on Fri.
7. Looks like we'll be headed to Ft. Wayne & hit the turnpike instead.
8. I agreed to take over our church's Child Adolescence Protection Program (CAPP) paperwork.
9. holy cow, it's so far behind, but I'm determined to organize it & hopefully do it all electronically, probably my biggest tackle yet.
10. No idea what to do for dinner, we're having pasta Wed. at church, so maybe pancakes.
I felt this way during BOTH pregnancies. And when I think about future possible pregnancies!!! It's normal. Hell.... I still have these thoughts about the kids I have some days!!!!!!
Getting back to it- my diet and exercise blog
Losing it...Without Losing it
1) I am so late to the party but will post mine anyhow
2) I am starting to get nervous mother nature is saving all the snow for my drive up to Michigan from Texas.
3) Girl Scout cookies are on sale and I couldn't be more excited.
4) I may or may not have already bought 2 boxes of the peanut butter patties
5) There is nothing I love more than chocolate and peanut butter
6) Once I get settled in I want to try to plan a GTG
7) I love to plan things
8) I am off tomorrow and I plan to bake a bunch of cookies to take to DH's grandma this weekend.
9) I found a cookie recipe that I think might be the best cookie I have ever had.
10) I get annoyed when DH doesn't do anything with his downtime at home. I spend a lot of my off time getting stuff ready for the move and I don't think DH does the same thing.
Yay!!! Congrats! That's exciting!
Where is that located I've inherited a few UM furniture pieces (in fact my old dining room table used to be the conference table in my bosses office)
This sounds pretty cool!!!
This is about as far as I got the last time I did the 30 day shred... Good luck!!!
Serendipity3, South Beach, Miami, FL 2012
Haha, hopefully not, but it's probably going to happen!
I'm there! Let's do it! When do you come to town?
You can bring us cookies to the GTG
Serendipity3, South Beach, Miami, FL 2012
My first day of work is February 5th. I feel like I should wait a few weeks before I start to request time off so I was thinking sometime at the end of the month and I LOVE to bake so I would be more than happy to bring cookies to the GTG