loving at the moment...

1. fresh flowers even if i did buy them

2. great music on the radio- wicked games by chris isaak is currently playing

3. baked goods baking in the oven

4. that i can manipulate the young one into doing some house work. she is currently dusting my dining room table.

5. on-line shopping- i finally have a whole set of the white dishes (thanks christine for getting this started)

6. getting another good nights sleep

7. hot chocolate +warm chocolate chip cookies

8. a semi-clean house

9. great friends

10. the sprinkles of rain

10 things right now: tuesday

flowers on my front porch

1. kaylee woke up late today and yesterday. by late, i mean 10:30ish or so. i think she just has a slight cold. no fever but she said she didnt feel good enough to go to school yesterday.

2. i had a brain fart this morning and totally forgot about play group.

3. in all honesty, i was shopping on-line making my favorites list on ikea and crate + barrel. i found my tea cups but waiting for a response from crate + barrel before i order.

4. i know i said that i needed to watch the budget but the items i'm getting are on clearance and discontinued and i would like to complete my dish set.

5. mike cant say anything because he was a very bad boy when he was in miami, remember? {gambling issues}

6. plus, these purchases are considered my "holiday" presents whenever mike doesnt buy me anything. like our anniversary.

7. funny how these things work out- while i went the cheaper route and saw a doctor for my allergies ive been wanting to go back to my old chiropractor but its just so expensive. yesterday i got a newsletter from them and it tells a case where an 11 year old girl who suffered much of her life from chronic sinusitis is able to smell again. i will post a link once the newsletter is on their website. makes me want to see if they will take my insurance.

8. bought a few things for kaylee for either her birthday or christmas. {target had some dress-up clothes on sale}

9. ive been tempted to email jenna from sweet fine day to post more pics of her house/apartment. how lucky am i? design sponge did it for me! {i absolutely adore her! she's got the cutest girls, a husband who cooks, her pics are just awesome and they sell sweets here and here - great gift idea!}

10. with half my day gone, got lots to do. run errands then come back and clean house.

10 things right now: monday

1. long story short- 3pm. told kaylee she could not have anything else to eat till dinner since she didn't finish her lunch. would you, could you say no to this face?

2. great weekend. went to a get together over at mike's friends house. got to see friends we hadn't seen in years. i made 2 different types of sugar cookies [because my mom wont give me the recipe for the best ones ever] + some mini pecan toffee bites. wasn't going to take any of them but then ended up taking them all.

3. i took lots of pictures from the party but a little sad i didn't get one of myself. for once i looked cute.

4. found some white teacups at macy's but they ended up being 3x's the price compared to crate and barrel. keeping my eye out for sales especially since its getting so much closer to christmas

5. i cant wait to get my new glasses.

6. still have many projects to finish and new ones to get started.

7. finally gave in and had to turn on the heat. found ham in his room with his hoodie over his head and slippers on. if ham's cold then it must be cold

8. i love it when ham has his friends over even if they dont stay for a long time [does make me want to keep the house cleaner]

9. mike gets to go the big house in a few weeks with one of his co-workers to watch the michigan wolverines play. i want to go! we both have never been to the stadium before.

10. desperately need to find a new place for my computer. still on the floor in the dining room but dont want to go to my craft/office. its cold, its in the basement even if it finished, my craft room is crowded and it smells like stinky cat.

a calendar swap

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10 things right now

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1. today is friday and today is my mommy day. i have an eye doctors appointment early this morning and a massage for early afternoon. i can't wait! i'm not sure but i think having been a swimmer for so many years and then doing nothing really tightens my muscles. that could be a hint that i need to start swimming again?

2. did the bills this morning. oh where does all the money go?

3. kaylee picked up her toys last night without one complaint. 0h life is good.

4. i went to a new doctor yesterday. its the same office as my doctor who moved to texas. i think i've found the one. yesterday my allergies were still bad even after taking my meds she prescribed but this morning. oh i am feeling fine.

5. no big plans for the weekend besides a little get together saturday up in laporte. i'm thinking of going then coming back home. can't leave a teenage home alone over night.

6. i love fall! {wish the temps were in the 70's not 50's}

7. i'm searching for plain white tea cups. these are pretty close to what i'm looking for.

8. also searching for some big art work. i've got some big plain walls that need some color.

9. totally digging these boots over at born. stylish yet simple for everyday wear.

10. we finally got an interest in the caddy. fingers cross that he buys it. now if we could get some interest on the motorcycle. butthead #1 owes us $700.00 at the moment and i have a feeling we wont be seeing it either. we finally settled with butthead #2.

a giveaway

unfortunately not from me, i'm still in loser status as blog popularity goes. head over to exceeding the speed limit and leave a comment. {via pure + simple} (oh and please dont take offense in me calling myself a loser, that was my high school swim team name. will have to explain sometime)

i LOVE...

this recipe box. ok, i'm more in love the scalloped cards-so pretty!

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