hazy shade of winter

While I am fully aware of our luck this year with the amount, or lack thereof, of snow we have received,  I am still feeling entitled to a whine and a cry when I have to take extra care balancing on my heels on my out to the car after a mild snow fall.

Despite my hatred for the cold I have the house decorated to the extremes as usual, annoying my husband one twinkling light at a time.  Happy Holidays everyone!

waiting

Do you every want something so badly it makes your whole body ache?   Not just a want, an all consuming need for this very something.  I have the ache right now and the wait is unbearable.  Truly unbearable.  Two more days until I will know whether my want will have to wait or not. 

Tonight though I will just have to survive the wait, while I eat dinner prepared by husband.  He's too good to me that wonderful husband of mine.

sweet potato & chicken wrap - oh yum

Fingers crossed and wishes being made...

an organized mess

I have a ritual at the start of each spring and fall season.  I literally empty every closet, drawer and container in the house and sort through my clothes.  I toss, donate and organize each piece of clothing.  It's chaotic to say the least and it takes days.  I am mid-chaos and I am swimming in a sea of clothing.  Together my husband and I have too many clothes.  TOO MANY!

a very tiny portion of the stacks and piles 

 The only benefit is to this ritual is finding hidden gems along the way that we both had previously forgotten about.

turkey bender

I don't know about you but I am fighting some serious hangovers...turkey hangover...sweet potato casserole hangover...stuffing hangover...pecan pie hangover...you get the idea.  The family was over on Turkey day and even though the ham was a little late to the party (sometimes I forget things) dinner was fan-fricken-tastic. 

We all ate, drank and laughed all afternoon, watched the Detroit Lions lose, and planned our attack on Black Friday sales amongst the ads.  It was the exact way I like to spend my very favorite holiday of the year.

{apron: anthropologie}

A few friends stopped by after dinner time and we watched "Home Alone" while we swapped holiday stories and prepared to embark on our shopping excursion.  The shopping plan did not exactly pan out accordingly (people are wacky), but we did walk away with some steals and deals and were home from shopping by 2am.  We went home and slipped into a food coma.  The perfect end to a very relaxing holiday.

The remainder of the weekend was just as relaxing and yummy.  I do believe I ate my way from one day to the next and that would be the reason we are headed to get a new treadmill last Monday.  It was ended on Sunday with my baby Bella Rue's 3rd birthday.  Her and Bo got some sweet treats.

fancy nancy

I'm thankful today for my incredible mama.  She is the sweetest, most incredible woman you could ever meet and by far the most selfless.  She puts everyone's wants and needs far before her own.  I could not be luckier and I am reminded everyday just how special she is.  I'm thankful that when I'm sick or sad she has a very specific remedy to cure my ailments...soup and socks.  With out fail it cheers me up and I start to feel better.  (she will bring them to you too to make you feel better) Also, I'm so proud of her for going back to school and working so hard to get her degree.  You are amazing mama bear, I love you.

favorite picture of mama and baby me
 

Happy Turkey Day Eve! 

the better half

Today I'm thankful for the brightest star in my life, my husband.  I literally am amazed at how awesome he is everyday.  Despite his toe tingling fear of getting up on the roof and putting up Christmas lights, he marched up the wobbly ladder and hopped up there and practically hung upside down over the edge to hang the lights exactly where I wanted them this weekend.  (and they look so good!)  Thanks husband, for being so rad.  I love you.

hallelujah

I'm going to tell you all the things I am thankful for this week in honor of the best holiday of the year.  Thanksgiving!!  And today I am thankful for all of my good karma.  I put out a lot of good and I am always grateful when I get even a little bit back.

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Remember when I told you last Monday that I had lost my brand new lip stain the very day after I purchased it??  Well, I came into work last Thursday morning in a rush.  I am perpetually running two minutes late.  I could leave five minutes earlier than normal or even five minutes later than normal and I will still be two minutes late.  Anyway, I arrived in my usual hurry, parked, locked my car, pulled out my work keys and ran to the door.  About four hours later I got ready to head out to lunch.  I grabbed my purse and didn't see my keys.  I had a twinge of nervousness because I am famous for locking my keys in my car.  I definetly remembered locking my car though with the button.  I searched through all the same pockets again and still nothing.  I grabbed my coat and checked the pockets, opened my desk drawers and then spiraled into full blown panic.  I started sweating, my face and chest got red and blochy.  Ok, one more double check in my purse pockets...and I discover a HOLE!  A relatively small hole in the lining where all my belongings have been falling and disapearing into.  Low and behold I had lost all sorts of things and I had no idea.  More importantly though I found my brand new lip stain and I could officially stop cursing the waitress at the bar that I had previously been certain had stolen my dropped lip fancy.