Things I’m {currently} Loving….

~I am {currently} loving Spring! It’s fabulous. I am trying to soak it all in, leave my windows open (you know inviting in robbers and such) all night. Spring lasts about 30 minutes here in Alabama and I’m actually enjoying wafting through the yellow, pollen saturated air until Summer arrives and I’m dragging myself and my hot mess of a hair do through thick, disgusting humidity!

 

~So I got all my hair cut off! {gasp!!!} It’s cute I swear! I go through these phases where I want a change and my hair always falls victim to said phase. I have never liked my hair short, but this time I LOVE it!! I will post a picture tonight. (People might stare if I’m sitting at my desk trying to take the perfect {blog worthy} picture of myself).

 

~My slightly skanky, stripper-ish, purple toenail polish from Ulta! It’s quite festive and I love it inspite of all skanky-ness!

 

~Berty will be finished with school in a month!! Woo Hoo!! (well, for this semester anyway) But a milestone none-the-less!!

 

I’m {always} loving me some Lennon/McCartney.

~ It’s Lennon/McCartney night on American Idol!! Loving it!! :)

 

~I will be sittin’ pretty on the beach come Friday afternoon! I am so flippin’ excited!! My parents have a house in Panama City but we hardly ever go down because of John Paul’s schedule. Now that it’s changed we will be invading their relaxing summer quite frequently!!

 

~I am loving my improvement on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2!! I’m kickin’ ass and taking names people so watch out!!!

These are just a few things I am {currently} loving. This list is subject to change at any moment. Meltdown not necessary for change. 

What are some things {you} are currently loving??

I’m Over It

*Potential buyers of our home need to read no further. This post is not for your eyes. K. Thanks.*

We are trying to sell our house. It has been on the market FOR-FLIPPIN-EVER! I am so over it. We’ve had open houses and shown it plenty of times but no offers!  I am beyond ready to move. Now don’t get me wrong, I love our first home. It’s cute and small and quaint and decorated to match our personalities. But, since buying said home, our family has grown from 2 people, 1 4-legged friend to 2 people, 4 4-legged friends. All these animals = no more room!

They showed the house last night and I spent Wednesday night and my {lunch} break yesterday preparing for the Big Show. With all my lovely fur-children running around I was ready to pull my hair out! This is what my hardwood floors look like on a daily basis….

Lovely right? I spend 90% of my time vacuuming up Dayne’s hair. It’s insane. Apparently we’ve accumulated a lot of shit stuff and I have no where to put it. I have shoved and stuffed and crammed stuff in every closet and under every bed in the house. And if the neighbor had been home yesterday I would have asked him to shove some of our sh*t under his bed! Hopefully the house looked decent, the backyard didn’t smell overwhelmingly like dog crap and my husband didn’t forget any of our children when he cleared out the house.

I really, really, really want to move so, Do you want to buy our house? No, well it wouldn’t have anything to do with all the dog hair and dog poop would it? I swear we are cleanly people. :)

Happy Friday Peeps! I hope everyone has a very Happy Easter.

Can we talk about the gym for a moment?

K. Thanks! I’m the laziest, most unmotivated, Reese’s white chocolate peanut butter egg lover known to man. It’s quite unfortunate. Trust me. I never exercise and I may or might not have laughed in my husband’s face when he asked if I wanted to join the gym. But low and behold….I did. Me and exercise, we have a love – hate relationship.

Well I found my motivation when I was going to the doctor every other day every few months to obtain some crazy pills much needed medication for my slight anxiety issues following G’ma’s death. Anywho, my doctor just happens to be {ridiculously} attractive.

You know in a McSteamy kind of way. :) The main side effect of the medication he chose for me was weight gain. But technically it’s increased hunger which results in increased eating bringing us back to said weight gain. He nonchalantly looks at me and says, “You are in control of what you eat.” I just smile and nod because frankly I’m not even listening, you know I’m all distracted and nervous and psychotic, hence the need for the visit in the first place. So as I’m skipping out of the doctors office with my new script for happy pills I call the hubs and fill him in. When I get to the part about weight gain and controlling what I eat it becomes unusually quiet. Apparently he dropped the phone in his fit of laughter and couldn’t reach it while rolling on the floor.

Needless to say this is me 5 months later….

Now I’m motivated and I’ve been hitting the gym with Hitler my loving husband in hopes of losing a few pounds before all these summer weddings. I think he’s trying to kill me, but I’m on to him! I sit at a desk all day and I can barely move. I feel like I’m dying!

Not to mention the fact that this girl apparently works out next to me every. single. day. Who looks like this at the gym? Not me.

Me on the other hand. I am a hot mess. Like this.

So for those of you trying to lose a few pounds I feel ya! I’m struggling but by golly when I go back to see McSteamy I will be thinner!

Happy Wednesday!

Wake Up In The Mornin’….

….feelin’ like P. Diddy  a 13-year-old boy going through puberty. I have more acne today than my awkward junior high years! It’s rather ridiculous actually. I might have to stop by Walgreens for some of this….

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So today I passed this while driving to work

I do not wish to offend any drivers of camo clad vehicles, but I cannot wrap my mind around this concept. Do you drive after the poor creature you are {hunting}? Granted I do not hunt nor does my husband but I’m pretty sure the animals can still see that this is a truck. I’m assuming it still makes truck noises?? Am I missing something with this one??

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New Moon. Need I say more. I am one of the fanatics. I just love the Twilight Saga. When reading the books I found myself hating Jacob and pretending my husband was loving Edward. However, in New Moon I can’t help but drool over Jacob Black. I mean do you know {anyone} who can make jorts look this sexy??

Didn’t think so.

Have a great week!

All that I’m After is a Life Full of Laughter….

….and {beautiful} pictures that capture the essence of my marriage taken by an insanely (beautiful) photographer with a ridiculous gift for capturing life in a picture.

Izzie Rae Photography (who also happens to be a long lost friend) took some amazing pictures of me and the Hubs. I am absolutely in love with them! Thank you so much Elizabeth! You did a fabulous job!

Here are a {few} of my favorites….

      

 

Ok guys sorry for the picture overload! I’m obsessed!

 

*All pictures courtesy Izzie Rae Photography*

Bad Aunt

So Wednesday night my “nephew” Caleb stayed with me. {He’s 10} His mom brought him by my office and we headed to the zoo home. Now, keep in mind that Caleb’s family does not have animals, so my 2 children kindly wildly welcomed him (and maybe scared the crapola out of him). After he finished fighting off the kids while attempting to eat, it was time for me to entertain him……okay, some of you might remember that I am maternally challenged, this could present a problem.

So how do you entertain a 10-year-old you ask. Well you let him watch whatever he wants while he spends time away from his 2 younger brothers. Oh and you should let him show you magic tricks too.

So while Caleb was watching TV I headed to the kitchen to find something yummy. Low and behold there sat my best friend, BROWNIES. What kid doesn’t love brownies?

I dump the mix into the bowl add the water and oil as called for. I head to the fridge for 1 egg. ONE EGG people. No eggs. Not. Even. One. I promised the kid brownies, already opened the beloved box and added 2 of the 3 ingredients and I don’t have any flippin’ eggs?!? Are you serious? Why yes, unfortunately.

I turn to my trusty friend Google for help. What can replace an egg in brownie mix? I look through several answers and decide to go with the most common answer. Reviews said things like, “you’ll never know the difference,” and “no one will be able to tell.” Fabulous. Luckily I had this mystery ingredient on hand. What is it you ask?? I am embarrassed to share, BUT since I am all open and honest, and not easily embarrassed I shall share. Drum roll…………

Try not to gag, or throw up in your mouth……..

People, I put MAYONNAISE in the brownies. 1/4 tbsp to be exact. I stirred it up poured it in the pan and baked. For 35 minutes. Took the brownies out and they were no where near done. So, I baked them for 15 minutes more. I took them out. They looked like normal brownies. Sure. Around the edges.

The only thing that threw me off was the white bubbly foam in the middle of the brownies. Not sure that’s normal. Oh yeah Google. No one will EVER know. Maybe if they like white foamy rabid brownies. Awesome. This was a major FAIL.

I decide it’s better not to poison my best friend’s first born so I toss the brownies and wish, and hope, and think, and pray he forgets about the brownies. Right. Didn’t happen that way.

Caleb: “Hey what about the brownies??” {you know that you promised me}

Worst {Aunt} Ever: “Oh. Well. About that….Awkward Silence while I think of something to say…..well the brownies were no good. (I can’t tell him about the mayo. He might tell his mom I tried to kill him). How about some cheese???”

Caleb: looks at me like I have murdered his very best friend – okay not really that dramatic but you get the point

I head back to the pantry and find some Girl Scout Cookies. Score! I knew those Cookie Girls were good for something. “How about some super awesomely fabulous GIRL SCOUT COOKIES? Oh, and you can stay up as late as you want!”

*Disclaimer: no children were injured in this brownie experimentation.

P.S. Kim, if you read this please do not hold this against me! Hopefully your child is not traumatized and might want to venture back over.

Yes...3 Posts in 1 Day!

I'm not sure what I did but the last 2 posts I posted did not have the option to comment. So if you felt the urge to comment and you couldn't I'm very sorry! I think I fixed it now. {Hopefully, maybe, somewhere out there someone actually wanted to comment :)!!}

I hope everyone has a Wonderful Wednesday night!