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Ten Things Tuesday
1. My "inside child" is having a party in my belly and it's quite entertaining to watch.
2. My "outside child" is in desperate need of a hair combing because she has bed head and looks like a homeless person.
3. I probably look the same way.
4. I get annoyed when those stupid security code things you have to enter on websites aren't even discernible, and you have to click refresh about 7 times before you get something that even looks moderately easy to distinguish.
5. I'm really looking forward to Fall this year, mostly because of the baby but also because I just love the season.
6. I hung another shelf in Emma's closet yesterday in preparation for all of Lily's clothes that I also need to sort and hang up, and it has me all excited.
7. My brother got a tattoo last week of a cross that has two places left for writing on it. Apparently he's going to wait until my parents pass away and then have their names and date of death inked in the blanks. 
8. The natural reaction of everyone in the family was .
9. I felt like Emma wasn't drinking enough water, so I got her this cute little water bottle and now she's drinking water like it's going out of style.
10. Potty training is going alright, but I have to admit that it's exhausting to take her to the bathroom every 10 minutes it seems.
Re: Ten Things Tuesday
1. I bought a dress for my brothers wedding last night, but I'm not sure that I really want to wear it.
2. The dress is fuchsia, and I worry that it will be too bright for a fall wedding...
3. I also worry that my Future SIL will think the dress is inappropriate, although I know she would never say so.
4. I am running the warrior dash this weekend but haven't done much of any training. I'm probably going to die.
5. I figure I could probably walk the 5k in about 45 minutes... so i'm not TOO worried
6. I have been looking for a hiking backpack so that DH and I can go camping/hiking!
7. I had no idea that hiking backpacks cost close to $300. AHH!
8. I have been searching through my brothers wedding registry and I can't afford much of anything on the list
9. 10 things are always so hard!
10. I can't wait until the weekend!!!
ETA: Now i have a good #9... I just spilled coffee all over my brand new shirt
I'm such a klutz...
Serendipity3, South Beach, Miami, FL 2012
1. I am NOT impressed with Custom Stone Works for granite. Unfortunately, I put 50% down to have them come out and measure. I'm confident the end result will look good, but they have been a nightmare to deal with.
2. Yesterday, I was in a really bad mood after dealing with Custom Stone Works. I totally took it out on DH and basically threw an adult temper tantrum when I couldn't find anything to eat for dinner.
3. We are staying with the ILs Sunday through Thursday while our hardwood floors get refinished next week. I am not looking forward to it.
4. I wish it was the fall, too. But for me, it's mostly because our house projects will last another 6 weeks and I am ready to scream.
5. I got a late fee added to our water bill. I know I paid the last bill on time, but the fee is only like $6 and I don't feel like dealing with the hassle of fighting it.
6. I stalked our baby registry and someone bought our pack-n-play and diaper bag and it made me ridiculously excited.
7. FIL is having surgery for prostate cancer today -- they caught it really early and no one seems too concerned, but I know that DH is worried about it. I feel kinda useless because there's not a whole lot I can do for him.
8. I tried to paint my toe nails this weekend and it was majorly unsuccessful. I need to go get a pedicure to fix them, but I can't really find the time.
9. They are doing a major rearranging of our office this week and practically everyone in the company is moving desks. My new desk is so much better -- private, no one can sneak up on my, next to the window, and most importantly....no where near my ridiculously annoying cube mate right now.
10. I forgot to enter my time last week. I am going to enter it now because I know they pull reports at noon and I don't want to be on the sh!t list.
I was just complaining about this yesterday!!!
1. Yesterday work was insanely crazy. Today, I'm in between projects. I wish it would even out a little.
2. My brother has been in Ireland on a mission trip for 10 days & won't be home for another 6. I miss him.
3. I need to car shop but I really don't want to. Nothing (that I feel like paying for) is catching my eye.
4. I'm now able to stretch my hair washes to every 3 days. I love it.
5. Speaking of, I need more dry shampoo.
6. I made chicken enchiladas for dinner last night & am excited to eat leftovers for lunch.
7. After about a month and a half of calorie counting & daily workouts, I've only lost 2.5-3 lbs. That was never my goal, really, but I expected to see the scale move a little.
8. I got 2 bras from Kohl's for $12 after a sale & a coupon. I'm pretty happy with them.
9. DH made me cookies last night while I shouted directions to him from the couch. I heart him.
10. I'm also looking forward to eating said cookies for lunch. I need a distraction from my food thoughts. Maybe I found the cause of #7...
Everything Wedding ♥ Persnickety Plates
1. Today is my nephew's 1st birthday! We had such a great time at his party this past weekend.
2. I like being able to look outside from my desk, but when it's a beautiful day out, it makes me REALLY wish I was outside instead.
3. My ILs are watching DD this weekend for a wedding, so I feel like I need to majorly clean my house before they come over.
4. They have never watched her before, so I am a bit nervous.
5. Rascal Flatts is one of my favorite bands and I forgot to get tickets when they went onsale and now they are sold out :-( I am thinking of just going to the venue anyways to see if I can buy any at the door.
6. I need to get better at deleting pictures on the camera before I upload them, it gets pretty tiring going through hundreds of them.
7. I can't believe I am only on #7!
8. I finally finished my photobook from my cruise in April.
9. Now I am going to work on one from our mini vacation in July before my free credit expires.
10. This was hard today, but I did it :-)
1. My office is having its yearly physical inventory today (all hands on deck style).
2. My counting partner is doing all of the work while I just sit there writing out the numbers. It's nice to be pg.
3. Because of physical inventory, the company is providing free breakfast & lunch. Yay!
4. This morning one of the cats was super annoying and started meowing really loudly starting at about 5:00. DH was not amused.
5. We actually have no official plans for the next four weekends. I'm sure they'll fill up, though.
6. The crib should come in in less than a week and the rocker in less than 2 weeks. I'm so excited to finish up the nursery.
7. DH told me that I shouldn't invite his step-mother to the baby shower. I don't think she even rsvp'd to my wedding shower, so I have absolutely no problem with this.
8. One of our collaborators at work requested that I do something for them today (email was this morning). When we originally agreed upon this thing, I asked for a day or two's notice. Even though it takes about 10min, my boss was pissed that they didn't give us any notice so he said I shouldn't do it until tomorrow.
9. My boss is so cool-headed, I find it amusing when he gets pissed off at people.
10. I have a chicken in the crock-pot today. I'm excited that I only have to prepare side-dishes when I get home.
1. I have been going through the closets in the bedrooms, getting rid of stuff I have not worn in a year+.
2. I have a TON of Express/Limited dress pants that didn't fit me last year, obviously won't fit me this year and probably the following 2 (because I want another baby after this one). Debating what to do with them! Some even have tags on them still!!!
3. I found one of those creepy spiders (the ones that jump and not climb) on my stairs a couple days ago and I screamed bloody murder! H had to come kill him and the thing kept jumping to get away....creepy!
4. The spider with all his legs spanned out was about 3 inches in diameter!
5. I made BLT's yesterday with the tomatoes from my garden.
6. My A/S is tomorrow and im team green and its soooo hard for me but I can do it!!!
7. I am 95% certain its a boy...boys are very popular in H family.
8. My allergies are very bad today
9. My H took the day off tomorrow and we are going to BBB to start registering.
10. I need to hunt down my renters today and have them sign another lease...ive been putting it off and Aug is in a few days!
1. I started a water aerobics class at the Y last night and it wasn't bad at all. It was challenging but not to much. I think I can handle this until the little elf arrives.
2. They must put a ton of chlorine in the pool though because my hands still smell like it.
3. I am over my allergies. I was up north all weekend with no problem yet I get home and can't breath again.
4. Zyrtec sucks and it makes me sleepy.
5. I slept in a minivan on Saturday night because my DH told me to leave the tent windows open when we went tubing down the river. A torrential downpour happened and our tent was underwater. My only "dry" clothes made me look like I peed my pants and I didn't want to deal with the tent.
6. Floors of minivans are not that comfortable to sleep on.
7. I get major props for not packing up camp and driving home after seeing the mess though.
8. Sunday was my birthday, you would think it was my dh's though. I drove the 3 1/2 hours home, we went to see Captain America since Dh was adamant about seeing it, and we went to dinner to one of his favorite places.
9. Because of #8, I am secretly plotting how to make DH's birthday about me!
10. I did get a gift certificate for a maternity massage from Dh though, so he kinda made up for it.
1. The kids in summer school are putting me over the edge right now. It makes me wonder why I chose to torture myself by doing this program.
2. Come to think of it, the staff is driving me nuts too. If everyone did their job, then we wouldn't have these problems.
3. I have to pump in a few minutes and instead of dreading it like usual, I'm actually looking forward to the break from these kids.
4. DH is grocery shopping right now with DS and I wish I could see how cute they probably look shopping together.
5. I really hope DH remembered to bring the shopping cart cover for DS. Those carts are so gross!
6. I'm anxiously waiting to hear what our house appraised for so we can move on in the selling process.
7. It was done last Thursday - what is taking so long?
8. No matter how detailed my shopping lists are for DH, he calls on average 10 times while getting the groceries.
9. I shouldn't complain though...
10. We're marinating flank steak to grill and make into steak tacos tonight. I'm excited for a change of pace with what we've been making for dinner!
1. I am super tired this morning with no real explanation.
2. I?m busy at work today making #1 a problem.
3. Invites to our baby shower went out this weekend.
4. I think our registry is almost complete ? it was much harder to register for a baby than it was for our wedding. As it turns out, I don?t know that much about babies.
5. Since #4 should have been done prior to #3 it is clear that my procrastination is a problem.
6. Signing up for baby classes has been high on my priority list for quite a while but I can?t seem to get DH to commit to dates. He wants to take them but thinks we have a lot more time. I think I?m going to have to push this and just sign us up. Make this #1 on my list for tonight.
7. I?m taking Thursday off work to go to a wedding. I was going to come back to work on Friday but now that it?s here; I?d rather just have a long weekend.
8. But I?m trying to hoard my vacation days so that I can have some paid time off before the baby.
9. My Mom wants to come over this weekend with some of her friends to show them the new house. This is fine but I feel like we?ve had people over every weekend since we moved in.
10. But we put some of those people to work so I shouldn?t count them as guests.
1. My second doctor's appointment was today and we got to hear the heartbeat - 160! I'm so thrilled and it was such a relief to hear it.
2. My appointment was kind of early this morning and now I'm tired.
3. My poor dog has had a cone on her head for a month now. Every time we take it off, she licks her leg incessantly.
4. I think both my fish died
Ugh.
5. I am really ready for fall. I hope August goes by fast, and I hope September is nice, crisp and cool - and not 85 the entire month.
6. DH and I went to a cloth diaper class last night. We're definitely considering it - but I'm glad we still have time to think and talk it over.
7. I'm doing Ten Things Tuesday to avoid making my lunch.
8. I'm avoiding lunch because I thought it would be a good idea to eat 2 donuts from Dunkin Donuts this morning. Now I feel like death.
9. That may also be why I'm feeling so icky and tired.
10. Lesson learned - avoid my cravings for Dunkin Donuts. lol.
1. Sometimes I go for days without checking my personal email.
2. Then I think, "oh man, there is probably some good stuff waiting for me in there!" And there never is. Maybe that is why I always forget to check it in the first place.
3. Nothing sounds good for lunch except a nap.
4. I finally got out the gray paint and touched up the diamond pattern in our basement. It's about time!
5. I also hung a mirror and put the switch/outlet plates back on the wall. It was good to make a little progress, but I just feel like I should have done more.
6. We need to sort through all our crap and get organized for a garage sale, but I seriously don't know where to begin. There is stuff EVERYWHERE.
7. DH is so excited about his new car, it is adorable. I still think my car is better though.
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8. I'm looking forward to the book club tomorrow. I'm already thinking about what I'm going to order at Panera, haha.
9. Last night I laid on the bed when I got home because I felt crappy. I fell asleep and woke up again at 8:30pm. Oops! I was in that still-so-sleepy-can't-drag-my-ass-out-of-bed state, but had to force myself to get up and get some work done. I think I could have easily slept until morning.
10. I watched a documentary called "Something's Wrong with Aunt Diane" about a woman who drove the wrong way on a highway and ended up killing herself, 4 kids in her car, and 3 adults in the other car. It was so disturbing and sad.....I kind of wish I hadn't watched it now.
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#9 made me think of Will Ferrell in Wedding Crashers. "MOM!!! MEATLOAF!!"
I just ate two fudge marshmallow cookies and they were delicious. I think you should definitely eat the cookies, if you haven't already.
Congratulations on your weight loss!! Every lb. is something to be proud of!
SICK!! I would have absolutely freaked out. A cricket got in the other day and that was about to send me over the edge.
How exciting!!! Have fun!!
Oh I did
Everything Wedding ♥ Persnickety Plates
Ironically, my boss and I were just talking about this yesterday. The lady who was driving and caused the accident was driving her brother's van. The family members of the vehicle she hit, are now suing the brother for damages, because it was his car. Can you believe that?
1. This is my 2nd week at work and I really wanted to call in sick today.
2. My throat is swollen, ears are plugged and I can't stop coughing.
3. I hate being sick!
4. We walked through a house last night and I really think we should make an offer.
5. The house was on a corner lot though and I hope we wouldn't regret that later.
6. I think our realtor is an idiot.
7. Our realtor keeps misspelling my name - really??
8. I wish it was 5 already.
9. On the way to work this morning I saw a person wearing a ski mask and driving.
10. I took the person's license plate down...hey, you never know!
Ill take the spider over the bee hive we found in our wall over the weekend
1. My husband was involved in a minor car accident over the weekend. The guy who hit him DROVE AWAY.
2. Luckily a witness followed the driver and called his plate number into the police station.
3. We found a hive of yellowjacks in the wall of our house over the weekend. DH is dealing with that today.
4. I saw Harry Potter over the weekend and have to admit I felt like it didnt live up to all the hype.
5. Im looking forward to going to Sterling Fest on Friday.
6. My patient wore these weird water shoes that had individual toes. I have never seen anything like it before.
7. DH has the day off. I am jealous.
8. Because of #7 I will have a yummy dinner waiting for me when I get home.
9. My DH's grandma is having a garage sale this weekend. I gave her some stuff to sell. I hope she gets rid of it. I dont want it back.
10. The scrapbook store by my house is closing. It makes me sad.