spring sprang

Hallelujah!  It's freakin' nice out this week!  DJ called me at work on Wednesday to make sure that when I went home for lunch that I opened the windows and turned OFF the heat!  Better still, today started a much needed four day weekend! After spending a month plus studying for my investment licenses and narrowly surviving (hey series 7, I hated you), I am in desperate need for some time off.  Last night started the weekend off right. DJ's team played the final game of a very heated final playoff round and the series was tied at 2-2 until my man's team won last night!!!  I am so happy that after spending many nights cheering the guys on that they came out on top and won the whole thing!

The promise of warm weather is enough to get me thinking about blooms, sun dresses and open-toed shoes.  I am so in love with pastels this year and for the first time I don't think they are too cliche for spring.  In fact I think they are just right.  Coral, peach and that gorgeous ocean color is fueling my desperate need to go shopping. 

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Happy weekending and thanks mother nature.  I really needed to see the 70's.

baby, baby, baby, ohhhhh!

Knocked up, preggo, bun in the oven...anyway you slice it I'm pregnant!  Baby Bloom is on the way you guys!  We could not be happier over here.  That little bird is growing bigger everyday and it feels like the most wonderful time of my entire life.  I have never been more filled with love than at this very point.  I want to talk about nothing but that sweetness inside of me.  Keeping it a secret has probably been the hardest secret to keep.  Ever.

That right there is our little bird's first picture.  Monday was our first doctors appointment and DJ and I sat holding hands while the doctor took measurements.  We waited eagerly for the doctor to turn the screen around so that we could see OUR baby for the first time and when he finally did I nearly sobbed at seeing the tiniest heart fluttering away.  We made a baby! 

Our due date is October 9th, 2012.  That's right, our wedding anniversary is also our baby's due date!  Could it be anymore meant to be?  At our doctors appointment on Monday the doctor actually said that we are a week ahead of what we originally thought so Baby Bloom will probably come a lot earlier than October 9th, but since that day was so special to us he said that he wouldn't change our due date :)

Get here soon little bird!  We already love you so much!

snowed in

Just kidding. My best friend and I made a bet back in December when we thought the first "big" snow fall would hit us and let's just say those dates came and went a long time ago.  It's been a relatively mild winter for us Michiganders, but I am still none-too-pleased at the cold.  I know that 40 degrees is a treat for February in The Mitten, but it doesn't make it warm people.

On another note I have been seriously craving pancakes lately.  I mean REALLY craving those suckers.  I called husband to interrupt his leisurely day with the guys and said that we needed pancake mix stat and that I was not taking no for an answer about having breakfast for dinner (brinner).  Being the awesome hubby that he is, not only did he bring home pancake mix, but he also brought home bacon and oreos, but that's was more or less an after dinner treat.

I'll start by saying, I am a horrible pancake maker.  Like, bad.  So bad.  They are either burnt, too runny, raw in the middle or cold by the time we eat them.  Tonight though, I kicked buttermilk butt and made such good pancakes!  DJ made the bacon and smoked the house up.  It doesn't even matter though because dinner was everything I craved and everything I dreamed it would be.

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 Oh and yes I am going to pretend like I didn't stop blogging for a month.  I've got a lot up my sleeve ok?

hot and heinous - golden globes

The Golden Globes were on this weekend and I love a long red carpet filled with arrivals from Hollywood's elite.  I almost get more excited for the dresses, hair, jewelry and make-up than I do the actual awards.  I put together the best and worst dressed, in my opinion of course.

HOT

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HEINOUS

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I'm sure there are some different opinions out there, my husband for example can't believe I put Sarah Michelle Gellar in the heinous category, but that's the beauty of fashion.  It's subjective.

musings of a hipocritical only child (part 1)

A former only child that is.

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1.  You can tell an awful lot about a person based on how they treat an animal, more specifically a dog.

2.  Speaking of animals, please do not allow your animal to ravage your guests.  If the dog is jumping, barking or humping do not make your guest fight off the dog themselves.  It makes people uncomfortable to have to discipline someone elses pet.

3.  Same goes for your child.

4.  Be a good tipper, period.

5.  If you see that someone has food in their teeth, their fly is down, or something is askew that they clearly are not aware of, tell them.  Just be a decent person and tell them.  Why are we embarrassed to tell someone they left half their spinach salad from lunch in their gibbs?

6.  Gossip is unavoidable.  Truly.  Learn to laugh at the untruths that your hear about yourself otherwise you are going to waste an awful lot of time and energy putting out fires that no one really cares about anyway.

7.  Guys, stop sticking your dick in crazy and then complaining about the shit you have to deal with and vice verse goes for you chicks.

8.  Don't ask people, "When are you guys gonna get married?" or "When are you guys gonna start having kids?" because quite frankly you don't know what the situation is and it may lead to someone having hurt feelings.

9.  Keep promises to yourself.  If you can't rely on yourself then why should anyone else?

10.  Iron your clothes.

holiday hangover

The past few days I have felt like crap.  Having the flu along with getting some crummy news yesterday is surely a drastic change from the holiday high that husband and I have been on for the past few weeks.  Dinners, drinks, friends, family, lazy days spent in pajamas, *engagements*, babies and presents make for such a happy time.  The week after however is back to work, the flu, taking down decorations, cleaning up and family heading back home.

Here are some highlights from the holiday!

I'll just cross my fingers that next week the holiday hangover subsides.  Hangovers really do get worse with age.

time for a fresh start

 Every new year brings the promise of a new start and of course a resolution or two.  Traditionally I have a list of resolutions a mile long.  I may not accomplish all of them, but it sure feels better to accomplish some of many instead of having only one and not completing it.

New Years Resolutions for 2012

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I wish you luck in all of your fresh starts this year.