Last Friday Night

No, its not the Katy Perry song but a couple Friday night's ago WAS pretty exciting. Rives spent the night with Aunt El for the very first time and it was a BIG night let me tell you. We did a variety of activities including, but not limited to:


1) Made our own personal pan pizzas and then ate them with chocolate milk while staring VERY INTENSELY at the movie we were watching "George of the Jungle 2" - quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen, I literally wanted to claw my eyes out. I was sneaking and reading a magazine every so often but Rives kept catching me and telling me to "Pay attention!"

2) Then we rewarded all of our hard movie watching with ice cream sundaes. The sprinkles shaker didn't have a slotted lid, it was just wide open, which I discovered when Rives poured almost the entire container in his ice cream and then told me he just needed "a few more to make it really good". You know what? I totally get it. Go hog wild, just throw out the container when you are done, ok? That's what Aunt's are for - we're cool with that kinda thing.

3) All this pizza and ice cream resulted in some good snuggling on the couch, with Snowflake, the Wells Fargo horse that Lucky Charms brought home from work a few weeks ago. I enjoyed watching Rives' eyes get all drowsy and sleepy looking like he was "food drunk" - which I suppose is what happens when you eat such a healthy dinner at Aunt El's!

4) And the next morning? We were back at it again with some delish Krispy Kreme donuts that Rives selected at the grocery store that evening! At this point I was feeling slightly guilty that the child had had no actual sustenance for almost 12 hours so I made him drink some Pomegranate Blueberry Tropicana 50/50 in the hopes that some of the vitamins would off set this second round of sprinkles being delivered to his belly via donut. I told him he could only have 2 donuts and could bring the rest home, and as soon as my back was turned? There was a third donut being shoved in his mouth. Then we watched another movie....this time it was "Despicable Me" which was adorable and highly entertaining.

5) And then it was time to go home! Please note the sugared out, hyper eyes and that third donut kicking in! I would say this is the PERFECT time to drop him back home with Mom and Dad, no????

We had a blast and can't wait to do it again!

Cheesy Blaster

On more than one occasion Lucky Charms has compared me to Liz Lemon, and by "compare" I mean said, "You are Liz Lemon". I'm not sure this is a compliment, but he insists that Liz is hot and witty and for the "thinking" man. If that's implying Lucky Charms is a "thinking man" mes thinks we're all in for a rude awaking, no?

Regardless, I do admit some similarities - brown hair, glasses, an affinity to anything which begins with "meat lovers".....and perhaps some of my dance/singing routines. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, what do you really have to base this off of.....

Now that I think about it, Carrie and Spoon made this comparison first based off of my incredible air guitar skills.....and love of meat and cheese. I'm seeing a theme here.....

The ex-Social Network

Ellen: Hey Facebook! The old FB! Mind if I call you FB?

Facebook: No, go right ahead!

Ellen: Look, we need to talk. Its not that I don't love some of the suggestions you make to me - I do, I really do. Its just that....well......you keep telling me I should be "friends" with some folks who, quite frankly, I don't think I should "friend". And no matter how many I times I ignore you? You keep pushing them on me. Pushing, pushing, pushing! I mean, I get it. I'm pretty awesome and a blast to be around. But I mean, enough is enough.

FB: What are you talking about? You and "Jane" have TONS of friends in common! You guys will get along great! You should think about doing a timeshare in the Bahamas.

Ellen: Well, the thing is? "Jane" is my ex-boyfriends wife. So.....I'm thinking she won't want to go on an international escapade with me. Hey, maybe I'm wrong! I'm just tossing it out there!

FB: Ah. My bad.

Ellen: And the current boyfriend's THREE ex-girlfriends? I don't think they are going to want to be friends with me either. And definitely no timeshare. I'm just sayin', get it together FB.

FB: I see your point.

Ellen: Good talk.

You would think with all the stalker technology Mark Zuckerberg and the FB team have, they would be able to deduce the difference between "Friends" and "We have a lot of the same people in common because we used to date the same person".

I live in terror that one day I'll accidentally click the wrong button and a note will go out asking to be "friends" with one of these folks and then I'll have to explain that, "I'm so sorry, no, I don't want to be friends. Its just that darn Mark Zuckerberg is one pushy little bastard."

waiting....waiting.....

Patiently waiting for the delivery man to come and bring me my NEW BIG SCREEN TV! Why do they say your delivery window is from 8-11am, when really they mean that they will be there at 11am.

It's mind games they play with you just for kicks, I'm sure of it! I desperately need to shower but I can't because the minute I turn on that water and hop in - even if its only for 3 minutes!! - it will be the exact moment my doorbell rings and 2 burly men will want to come into my home.

Very excited for this TV, I used a "Management Award" that I won at work to buy it so it feels like its "free"! Its something I would have a lot of trouble spending my actual money on but something that my large den definitely needed. Now I can watch my favorite Bravo shows without squinting at the tiny screen from 15 feet away! Hurrah!

Foyer Chest

Yesterday Elizabeth and I went to a couple places to look for tables/chests for my entrance hall, lamps and any other pieces that struck our fancy. Saw this hall chest at Greenfronts and fell in love with it! Marinating on it a while but might have to pull the trigger and get it - its the perfect size for the entrance hall (not too wide, not too long), has great storage for all those little knickknacks and I loved that its dark hardwood with black accents.....looks traditional without being TOO traditional. Big purchase so I'm nervous but this might have to be mine soon.

We tried out a couple lamps on top of it, but haven't found the perfect one yet. Thinking with a great lamp, and some sort of round gold finished mirror hanging over it, it will be perfect!

All the stores had SO MUCH great stuff - if I was a millionare I could furnish my house in a heartbeat! Will keep you posted.....

TI and my Dad: Doppelgangers

If you have not been watching "TI and Tiny: The Family Hustle" on VH1, well, it wouldn't surprise me because most people have more discerning taste in television than I do.

HOWEVER, you are seriously missing out. Fo reals, I'm in love with TI. His interaction with his kids is priceless......I like to think of TI as the Hip Hop version of Bill Cosby....teaching valuable lessons to his SIX kids while wearing pimp sweaters. (Some of this kids are not from "Tiny" but from previous relationships....I'm still trying to figure out if that's plural with an S or singular. All I know is that the one baby mama they showed? Very hot. Tiny? She seems like a great person.)

TI reminds me of my dad. Except he's a rapper who has been to prison and not a 60 year old white man who wears orthopedic shoes. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, they could be the same person.

Lessons that both TI and my Dad taught their kids:

1) "This is my money. You need to go get your OWN money." TI calls this "the hustle", my Dad calls it a job.


2) Teenage boys only want one thing and will do anything and say anything to get it. My dad expressed this with an emphatic, "Trust me, I was a teenage boy. I KNOW these things." TI explains it as such:

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3) Treat ladies with respect.

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Just trust me on this one, the next time you flip past this show pause for a bit and I promise you will be entertained.

Morning Routine

This is how I start off every day it seems.....

2012 Planner

I have treated myself to a new 2012 Organizer and after much searching, my sister pointed me in the direction of the Lilly Pulitzer 2012 Large Agenda. So far I have enjoyed it and have had no major issues - I'm very picky about layout and size.

The dorkiest thing about this yearly organizer is the very thing I have loved the most. STICKERS. Oh the joy of picking out just the right sticker to say "HEY! This day is special! This is [INSERT NAME HERE]'s birthday! She gets a pink alligator sticker to highlight that joyous occasion!"

I even let Lucky Charms pick out his OWN birthday sticker - he went with "festive monkey" after looking at me like I was crazy. And yet I wasn't the one who picked "festive monkey" so who's crazy now, huh?

New year, new house, new layout

New layout....perhaps this will inspire more posts since I've been such a slacker? Also, have started decorating the house which is always good for some blogging. That and lack of desire to do work-type activities during the day.

Now if only Gossip Girl would come back from holiday break.....