Oh, How Pinteresting!!

Happy Wednesday!  It's time to link up with Michelle from The Vintage Apple for another fun time of pinning!  So, let's get this party started!!




There is a giveaway going on through Friday for a lovely pair of these!  I hope I win!  

Source: vanessacorrea.com via Vanessa on Pinterest

Source: stylemepretty.com via Kerri-lynn on Pinterest

Source: nicole-sterling.polyvore.com via Amanda on Pinterest

Source: absolutelyinlovewithhim.tumblr.com via Natasha on Pinterest

A more healthy option for all those "ranch dressing lovers" out there... including myself ;-)

Source: repinly.com via Michelle on Pinterest

The verse I often live by...

Source: tharderdesign.blogspot.com via Natasha on Pinterest

Source: paloma81.blogspot.com via Natasha on Pinterest

How to make a starbucks caramel apple spice in a crockpot!  Yesss!!

Source: pin2fun97.blogspot.com via Shannon on Pinterest

Source: 320sycamoreblog.com via Marlo on Pinterest

Most amazing idea ever for storing jeans/slacks!

Source: grandpins.com via Marlo on Pinterest

Source: bing.com via Marlo on Pinterest

Oh, man... I should stop or you'll be reading for the rest of the day!  Don't you just LOVE pinterest?  :-) 

Toodles!

xoxo

Samples, samples, samples!!

Happy Sunday evening to y'all!  I'm excited to announce that I just signed up for a subscription with Birchbox!  

Doesn't that look yummy??

What's Birchbox, Meg?  Well, in a nutshell, it's kind of like a magazine subscription.  Only, instead of just reading about the products inside, you actually get to try them!  They send a personalized box of generously-sized samples of the latest beauty products available.  And I'm sooo excited to get my first box!  It's like Christmas, only every month!

So, stay tuned for my monthly Birchbox reveals!  Should be some fun shindigs goin' on ova hear!  ;-)

xoxo

high five for friday!

Woo!  It's Friday!!  Time for another link up with Lauren from From My Grey Desk!  This past week was a bit of a whirlwind, and frankly, it doesn't feel like Friday.  But anywhoodles, here goes!

1.  We took our last minute trip to Ohio (roughly 10 to 12 hr drive) to see my sister-in-law and pick up a CUTE puppy!  Mackenzie handled the trip really well.  We watched lots of movies and she took a couple decent naps.

2.  I bought some fun pretties from Hobby Lobby yesterday... I'm thinking a little diy yarn garland is in order - along with some words for the wall above my desk & a really cool metal tree for my gallery wall!  Pics of the finished projects will come soon...

3.  I got a new nail polish from Ulta, called Island Hopper.  I love it!  I was wanting a mint polish, but found this one instead.  

4.  Our freezer is PACKED.  And I mean that... it's packed.  Like, if you don't fit everything in there perfectly, it keeps popping open.  Seriously.  Needless to say, we had a very successful Costco trip the other evening.  :-)  Megs loves her some foods!

5.  My cousin is getting married tomorrow.  I'm not looking forward to the drive (about 2 hrs), but it will be nice to see family that I rarely see.  Let's just hope Mackenzie is well-behaved!


So, that's it!  I'll leave you with one more picture to fill up your "cuteness" meter till I can post more.  Here's my girl sleeping the morning we headed back home.  She kept turning her music on (see upper right) and finally passed out.  Check out that belly button!  :::dies:::

xoxo

Wednesdays are oh, so pinteresting..

I'm linking up again with The Vintage Apple for another fun, pinteresting Wednesday!  Sorry I'm a bit late on this... totally almost forgot!  But here we go!

First off, these look amazing!  I need to try these out...

Source: kalynskitchen.com via Shannon on Pinterest

Would it be too early to have a glass of this with my egg muffin??  I'm thinking maybe...

Source: cosmopolitan.com via Shannon on Pinterest

A great way to get rid of nasty armpit stains!  Jeah!

Source: onegoodthingbyjillee.com via Shannon on Pinterest

Omgosh.... YUM!  These look like The Cheesecake Factory's fried zucchini!  :::drooling:::

Source: theleangreenbean.com via Jory on Pinterest

I'm starting to think Christmas... I wonder how difficult these would be to do with a 3 yr old... hmm...

Source: funhandprintart.blogspot.com via Whitney on Pinterest

No need for a caption here... I just love fall and the foliage!

Source: october-glory.tumblr.com via Julie on Pinterest

Change it to a W and this would be darling for my gallery wall I'm hoping to put up eventually!

Source: etsy.com via Jane on Pinterest

And last but not least!  

Source: someecards.com via Molli on Pinterest

I thought that last one was quite fitting for all the food ones I posted.  Hope you enjoyed and I hope you all had a lovely Wednesday!  We're halfway through the week!

xoxo

Back in the swing with a "friend" to join me

Back from our mini-vacation/roadtrip!  It's good to be home and to sleep on our nice bed instead of an air mattress.  Back to our extremely messy apartment - to find a letter from our apartment complex that we need to have toys picked up and under sinks cleared out because sometime today, between 9 and 5, they are coming in to do pest control.  Ugh.

So, we did a quick sweep of the apartment, got unpacked and got a load of laundry done.  There's still a lot to do, but it's good enough for what they are coming in for today.  And, as luck would have it, I have a friend joining me today.  His name is Allergies or Cold.  

Sneezy, itchy, drainage (yuck), sore throat, stuffy nose.  Fun.

I'm back at the office today... was late as usual.  Good thing I work for my dad and he loves me and won't fire me.  At least I hope not.  I can't ever seem to get here on time.  Every once in a while, I'll come in right at 9.  I have yet to do my main Tuesday project - payroll.  I have the timesheets sitting in front of me, but I procrastinate.  It's super hard to get back into the swing of things after time away.  

Our time in Ohio was nice.  Mackenzie handled the trip really well.  It helped that we could watch movies.  But we had a great time visiting with family.  Got to see where my sis works, so that was fun.  Had lots of good food.  Visited German Village and waited around 2 hrs to get in to a sausage place.  I had a ham & cheese sandwich on a pretzel bun (delish!) with green beans and spaetzel (which are little pasta things... really yummy!).  But I was in a bad mood from waiting so long and having to try to keep a 3 yr old entertained and not go crazy.  Managed the first two, but I think I lost some sanity that night.  I'm not very good at trying new things, so when we finally got to sit down, I was overwhelmed with all the "weird" things and couldn't concentrate and nothing looked or sounded good.  Finally settled on the ham n cheese and was pleasantly surprised.  I don't like pretzels, so I was going out on a limb.

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The puppy.

She's SO freaking adorable.  At 9 weeks, she was 19.2 lbs.  She's a big puppy, but she's a fluff ball and loves playing with Mackenzie.  She was a good girl on the way home, too.  Only cried for a little bit when we first left Monday morning, but after that she was quiet, except for the occasional squeak of her toys.  :-)

Just chillin'

Forever Friends

So, that's about it.  Mackenzie was very excited about "take MY puppy home."  I gained around 5 lbs on the trip... time to get back to losing some weight.  I also caved and drank soda while there.  So, back to water for me!  

How was your Labor Day weekend?  Anything exciting?  Any weight loss tips for me??  :-)

xoxo

Hit the road, Jack

Time for a ROAD TRIP!!!  

:::squeals:::

My in-laws are getting a great pyrenees puppy (at 9 weeks, she's already almost 20 lbs!) and that puppy happens to be near Columbus, Ohio, which is where my awesome sis-in-law, Brittany, lives!  So, I invited myself to go.  Hah!  No, really, my in-laws love me, and I love them.  We all play world of warcraft together, so it just seemed natural to let me tag along.  And the hubster gets to come, too!  

:::squeals:::

It's like a mini-vacation!  Momma & Daddy-in-law, Mackenzie, Drew & me!  So, anywhoodles, I'll be a bit quiet till next week.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

xoxo

p.s. don't you just love the word "anywhoodles?"  Ok, it's not really a word, but I saw it in the blogosphere somewhere and fell in love.  So, now it's a word.  :-P

p.p.s. I totally did a whoopsie and completely forgot to mention one of the most important facts on my last post!  God!  I got all wrapped up in my own little world of despair and pity party.  He's totally got my back, I know he does.  So, I know everything will work out in the long run.  I can't see where this road is headed, but that's ok, as long as God knows.  I know he wont give me anything I can't handle.

In a funk..

Have you ever been in a funk where all you want to do is... NOTHING?  Right now, I'm so overwhelmed with, well, life, that I can't even begin to think about doing anything.  Everything is making me go nuts - Mackenzie seems to be whining more than usual, the apartment looks even messier, my allergies are killing me, I feel trapped in this small apartment and I'm car-less today.  

I don't want this blog to be a whine-fest, but sometimes a girl's just gotta be real.  Ya know?  And currently, I want to pull my hair out!  I am thinking I should call up my doctor to see about switching my "happy pills."  Yes folks, I take anti-depressants.  I'm not afraid to admit it.  I've dealt with depression since 1996 and there's only one word for it.  It SUCKS.  And frankly, I don't think this wellbutrin is doing it's job.  So, please forgive me as I whine for a couple minutes.  Time for blog therapy!

In all reality, it's not that bad.  I am blessed beyond belief.  Our house sold in TWO WEEKS.  We have a wonderful little group of friends.  We are healthy and have wonderful families.  And we are going on a road trip to Columbus, Ohio tomorrow to see my wonderful sister-in-law and her husband!  I'm going with my in-laws on their trip to pick up a new great Pyrenees puppy!  So, yeah, life isn't horrible.  

I just look around the apartment, see everything strewn everywhere, and I freak.  I'm overwhelmed.  To-do lists are thrown out the window and full freak-out session is commenced.  I snap, I yell, I pout... it's not a pretty picture.  Then I play on Pinterest for a while to take part in a link-up and I see all these pretty things.  Pretty things that I want, but can't afford because, hellooo, we have a good chunk of debt to pay off and the budget is screaming NOOOO at me.  

I know, I know... take it one small area at a time.  I've heard it, I've preached it, but holy smokes, is it hard to live it!  So, my "plan" for the day is to take it easy, put my blinders on, get a shower (maybe a nice fresh feel will do a girl good) & eat a little something.  Then I gots to get the kitchen cleaned up and perhaps I'll work on organizing the office closet.

Whine-fest over.  For now.  ;-)

xoxo