love is....

pizza & tv as date night

cute kisses on the forehead as i fall asleep

his arms around me as i cook dinner

waking up to cute text messages

surprise visits at work

coming home to little notes from him

looking down at my finger and realizing he's all mine. 

<3

my life has been a little boring lately. 

not bad boring. 

because i am happier than ever. 

((especially with all this sunshine))

but nothing exciting to tell. 

weekends have been spent working. 

weekdays have been spent catching up on sleep. 

but i have had some much needed rockstar family time. 

i was almost starting to forget how amazing my little family was. 

i missed them so!

there have been exciting things going on. 

and i was telling you all about it. 

(even tho i wasn't able to check your blogs as frequent as i like)

so i have been reporting to you via iphone. 

to find out when i came on my laptop this morning......

none of my entries were published. 

i havent deserted my blog world. 

but blog press didn't think it was necessary for me to write about my days. 

sooo i am in the midst of trying to get them copy pasted and emailed. 

so i can get them out there. 

nothing crazy exciting,

but my life nonetheless.

fabulous giveaway

if you don't already follow this lovely lady, 

you must start now. 

she has such heartfelt posts

and her friendship with micaela is something to truly envy. 

this fabulous lady is having her very first giveaway.....

and its lovely!!

the winner will receive this beautiful mug, among other goodies!

 

 

the giveaway will be open until march 15th...

so get on over there and put your entry in!

<3

g.l.o.b.

i have been so lucky since i started this little blog of mine. 

i have found some amazing corners of the internet. 

that keep me amused & intrigued for hours & hours. 

and some amazing ladies have found me. 

and continue to read

{which still leaves me in awe}

and this fabulous lady has graced me with this wonderful award!

 

im so excited!! 

i absolutely love her blog & i am truly honored!

and so i must tag some of my absolute faves!

my bestie @ exposed brick

carrie @ carrie goes to kilimanjaro

micaela @ dolce vita

marisa @ ..or so i feel

danielle @ dinosaur toes

sarah @ grey strawberrys

I have new bangs.
that I don't know how to style.
scratch that.
they looked fine when I left the house.
not so much an hour later.
I guess I have to get used to them.
and stop playing with them all day.
and leave all Bobby pins at home so I can't hide them.

teagans bday bash

it was teagans first birthday!! 

it was an amazing time. 

{i not so secretly cant wait to have my rockstar babies and throw them massive parties}

{birthday girl}

it may be a little late to make some resolutions. 

but i would rather not call them resolutions, 

as those tend to get broken. 

these are more like improvements!

remember when i talked about decluttering my life, here?

well, i did a whole lot of decluttering of my mental being. 

and i must say, it has put me in a fabulous mood. 

well this is more of a cleansing. 

taking better care of myself. taking better care of the people around me. and taking care of my world. 

eating better. taking care of my skin. and my hair. 

recycling more. always use my eco bags. save energy.

taking care of myself. 

i have started using new products for my hair and my face. 

(all natural)

i want to make sure i will be a cougar when im 50. 

i want to turn heads. 

this means no more going to bed with makeup on. 

and washing my face a lot. 

taking really good care of my skin. 

getting my hair cut regularly. 

giving it the treatment it needs. 

i just ordered my bare minerals makeup. 

i already feel better.

i will be one hott grandma.

 

take care of my world.

i have always been a stellar recycler. 

unfortunately, i have dropped the ball since moving to our new place. 

so i will be going overboard now. 

everything possible will be recycled. 

i won't leave lights on when they're not needed. 

i will unplug things. 

i will make this world a wonderful place for generations to come. 

 

eat healthy. 

well ive tried this a bagillion times. 

so i will not be making any drastic changes. 

because i want to make this one stick. 

i am such a fruit and veggie girl, 

and yet i never seem to eat enough. 

sooo i have bought plenty for me to eat. 

so my not so good for me snacks will have to be cut down a bit. 

and with this comes.... back to working out. 

atleast 3 times a week. 

i know i will feel great!

these are my hopes for this year. 

to just be an all around wonderful person. 

wish me luck. 

{this is an awful lot to take on for me}

bright skies

 

im walking forward. 

(maybe not straight forward because i tend to walk crooked)

but im walking forward nonetheless. 

i have had such a good feeling all this week. 

even though it seems that nothing went our way over the past weekend. 

and it always seems as soon as we get our feet on the ground, 

something happens to push us down again. 

but that's life right?

but why sulk? why worry?

we always get back up, right?

we always find the energy and find the means to stand up straight. 

back to my good feeling. 

i wake up with a smile. 

i fall asleep so fulfilled from my day. 

i am excited to go to work. 

and even more excited to come home to my rockstar husband and puppy. 

i know things will be spectacular for us. 

and we will go through some absolutely awful things.....

but we'll go through them together and pick each other back up. 

maybe my fabulous mood can be blamed on the fact that it's march

sooo another month closer to the warmer weather! 

{optimism is just seeping though my skin}

{top five} places

{top 5}  places i intend on visiting this year

one. boston, mass

two. rhode island

three. atlantic city

four. camping. anywhere.

five. california!

i love to travel. i wish i could travel to a new place once a month. 

but me and rockstar husband have decided to do some mini weekend trips this spring and summer. 

and if all goes as planned we will be going to cali in september. 

oh how i can't wait. 

<3

pieces of me...

february. 

you weren't my favorite of months. but i promise to only  think of all the fabulous things you saw me through when i think of you. i promise to only remember all the good times. and forget how awful you may have ended. because let's face it, those good times will ALWAYS outweigh the bad. 

this month....

{i like}  st patricks day is here! lots of green & lots of beer.

{i don't like}  i think of march as spring. but spring weather doesn't seem to be coming anytime soon.

{i want you to know}  i am finally up to season 6 in lost! and im super sad this new addiction will almost be over.

{i've planned}  or i'm trying to plan a fun getaway for me and rockstar husband. hopefully sooner than later.

{i want to say to someone special}  rockstar babies, i've been thinking about you a lot lately. i can't wait to meet you someday. even if that someday won't be in the near future. and i can't wait to experience life with you. and show you all this world has to offer. thank you for being patient while me and daddy get stuff figured out and ready for you to be introduced to our lives. i'll eat you up i love you so.

we turn lemons into lemonade!

the end of february was definitely not the highlight of our month. 

remember that storm i was talking about??

storm is putting it lightly. 

it resulted in over 2 feet of snow, 

days without power, 

cabin fever like crazy, 

and yucky car problems (by everyone i know)

but there was a little sunshine to this weekend. 

with the power being out, 

we all shacked up at my moms 

(who's power was out as well)

and had a fun little family weekend. 

even if it was in the dark. 

 

  

{we built a sweet castle}

  

{don't be fooled. he is not hugging her}

  

{he's pretending he's the dragon in the castle}

 

 {my little mini me- we have matching chipmunk cheeks}

and by the time the power came on saturday night, 

we weren't even sick of each other, 

we continued to hang out and i had lots & lots of fun with these crazies.