January 2010
43 posts
Mt. Dew's Purpose? →
So I LOVE Mt. Dew. It is my favorite. If I could I would have 1-2 a day but my waist line would not agree so I try to stick to 1-2 a week. I really am addicted though. It is the only caffeine drink I like. When we were in Ireland for 10 days there was no Mt. Dew and I seriously was having major withdrawals. Who knew that this was the original reason for it!
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi refused to meet Jerry...
allthingsalishan:
(via nosauce)
let that marinate for a minute.
That is just too funny
Riley watching me last night. I really don’t know how she can turn her neck like that!
We are in a honeymoon planning nightmare....
So we had planned to go to St. Lucia, had the resort picked out, just hadn’t booked it yet. Well we have decided that we should not splurge as much as we wanted to, as we are paying for about 2/3 of our wedding so we have decided to look at other options. We are working with a travel agent that doesn’t really have time to work with us so we are not getting the information we need or...
I might just have to watch... →
ok so I love big brother and I loved Jordan and Jeff. I am also so excited that they are dating and now doing amazing race together. I have never watched this show before but I might be starting this season!
Weekend overview
This past weekend was lots of fun!
Friday started out with an early happy hour with my boss which was a pleasant break from doom island. I even talked him into inviting Pam and a few other friends with us. I had more drinks then I was planning and was feeling pretty good by the time Mike picked me up to go home. Then we headed to dinner with our neighbors. It was a fun time and the food was...
As of noon today, Riley has not touched the door and broom is still in place. So far so good!!
Snookin' For Love
allthingsalishan:
nosauce:
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi says that MTV is interested in creating a dating show called “Snookin’ for Love.” In other news, claws came out after a partygoer at downtown hotspot Greenhouse accidentally messed with Snooki’s signature “poof.”/ NYP80, DN18
Snookin’ For Love might just be the greatest reality television to ever hit the airwaves.
don’t front. you would...
As I mentioned recently, Riley has been scratching at our door trying to get it to open so she can sleep on our bed all day. Well Mike thought in an effort to save our door he would just let her have her way and leave the door open. I was not happy about this because even though she has our nice comfy bed she likes to scratch the blankets up in a pile to make it even softer (i know spoiled...
I love this place for more than one reason...
So last night I went out to dinner with one of my fav’s Pam. We went and got Mexican food and were oh so very close to this fabulous place. So I said we should go there to get something sweet for today. We both agreed we should. Pam had never been here before but I am obsessed. This is by far my favorite bakery/desert cafe in the city of Chicago. This is also where Mike proposed to me...
Looking Back.....
I was thinking the other day about how in June of 2005 I moved to the big city of Chicago with dreams of starting a crazy new life in this big city. I remember as I drove my car up 90/94 at the end of my 4 ½ hour drive, I could see this big city of opportunities right in front of me. I was so excited not really nervous, just wondering what was to come. (right then my car did break down in rush...
It has been found!!! As I stated yesterday I couldn’t find my USB disk that contained everything I needed. Well I found it in the only place I thought it could have been.. thanks goodness! I then immediately backed up everything on Mike’s computer. No bridezilla to worry about here! well for now anyway….. haha just kidding!
Last night Riley took over the couch. She first was using the pillow and resting her head on top of it and then it when on from there….
hiding her head under the pillow. She loves to do this for some reason. I think her nose gets cold.
Then all spread out. I really don’t know how or why she sleeps like that!
The key to everything.....
I’m about to have a nervous breakdown. I have one of these and it contains everything for our wedding. I mean everything! Our entire guest list, all their addresses, our budget (in detail of what we have paid and what we have left to pay and the due dates), our DIY invite templates that I have already started, and all the contact info for our vendors. These are just to name a few. I am...
TGIF
I am so glad the week is over and the weekend has begun! Its almost time to go home and I couldn’t get off doom island any faster! Mike and I are headed to get some Mexican food after work so I am very excited about that. Then our night will be filled with catching up on some of our favorite shows (yes jersey shore is one of them) and letting Riley run around with Bruiser. Bruiser is my...
Well it happened......
I should have known this would happen, I actually called it. Mike went home for lunch today to work out and found the above on our bedroom door. She apparently thought she could claw her way in since it wasn’t popping open for her like it did the last 1 1/2 weeks. Hopefully this is the last and only time this will happen! She is literally in the dog house right now! ( I know corny)
Not sure if you remember my blog about Riley being able to get into our bedroom for about the last week and a half because our door was not closing properly. Well Mike fixed it last night. We only wish we had a video camera taping as Riley is probably desperately trying to push that door open. My only hopes is that she is not trying to scratch her way in. I guess we’ll find out when we get...
Handbook for 2010
I got this via email today and I think it is great!
Health: 1. Drink plenty of water. 2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. 3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.. 4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy 5. Make time to pray. 6. ...
Riley's night
Mike left the house to go have a few beers with his friend Rob. Rob is Maddox’s dad. (Maddox is a yellow lab a few months younger than Riley) Maddox and Riley LOVE each other. So I happened to state, have fun with Rob as Mike was leaving, and I think Riley heard Rob and thought Mike was going to go get Rob and Maddox because they have play dates often. Well the poor thing sat there and...
Honeymoon
This is where we are going and I want to be there now. That is all.
Eye doc appointment
I had my annual eye exam today. I told my doctor that I get really bad headaches after staring at my computer screen all day at work. She advised me that I should be getting up from my desk every 30 minutes to give my eyes a break otherwise I am straining them. I almost asked her to put that in writing to give to my boss. The doctor said so!
Wedding planning..
Well the wedding is fast approaching (4 1/2 months!) and I have lots to do!!! I really need to get started on all the many tasks! Here is my to-do list:
make the invitations
make the programs
make the menu’s
make the seating cards
cut corks
decorate/design the favor holders
Attend our tasting
Pick out our cake
Pick out our photo montage songs
Pick a song to dance to
Pick...
Our spoiled puppy...
Riley was the happiest dog ever when we got to Mike’s parents house yesterday to pick her up. She literally spent about 5 minutes just running back and forth from him to me just to make sure she said hi to us both.
This morning I was so tired and out of it that when she came to my side of the bed I didn’t look at the time assuming it was close to 6 am (when we usually let her up) I...
Ski trip recap...
It was another good ski trip. There was lots of good snacks, drinking games, and chatting all around. We got lucky and snagged one of the 5 beds and put our air mattress up for a few friends to sleep on. There was one really large room where about 15 people had to sleep. I will be honest with you I am so happy I didn’t have to sleep in that room. I can not imagine the amount of snoring and...
Time for the Ski Trip....
We are headed out to Galena, IL for our annual ski trip. I am very excited to hang out with some friends, eat some good food (although not so good for you), drink some beverages and play a few games. We shall see what the weekend brings.
A few things to note about this trip:
-there are 27 of us going and by default we have a house with only 5 beds. Fighting our way to one of those 5 beds...
My lunch option...
So I am trying to get fit and be healthier. I am in a weigh loss competition at work (2 actually) so I’m trying to do my best. Today my fellow co-workers were going to the food court next door and I didn’t want to sit at my desk all alone with my lean cuisine so I went with. Well there are NO healthy options at this food court unless you count subway and well I don’t really...
A letter I would like to write to the builder of...
Dear idiot:
Why on earth would you think it was smart to put the same remote controlled fan/light fixture in the master bedroom of each condo unit? I mean you did realize that our bedrooms are on top of each other, right? So when we go to bed and our neighbors just get home they turn on the light in their room and it turns ours on. It is literally a war for the lights on and off from our...
Sometimes our bedroom door will not latch. Mike thinks it is warping from the heat being on.. we dont really know. Its not even 3 years old so it should still latch but whatever. So any way it hadn’t done this in a while or at least we hadn’t noticed it. When we leave home we close the doors of the bedrooms and bathrooms so Riley has the run of the hallway/living room area. When Mike...
A little trick I played...
So I unfortunately had to ship my engagement ring to CA to have my wedding band made. I was very very sad to let it go. Just ask the jeweler. He said he wished he had a “loaner” ring for me since I was going to miss it so much. So after I unwillingly handed it over to him on Saturday morning, I have spent a lot of time reminding myself that I did not lose my ring. I keep checking for...
Some happiness to my day....
Well it has been a disastrous day on Doom Island. I will say there were two wonderful surprises that came out of it though…. Mike came and rescued me at lunch at we went home and lounged on the couch for a little while. It was so nice and much needed. Then when I got back to work I was surprised with a Christmas gift from the team I support. They got me a gift certificate for a 50 minute...
This weekend Mike and I registered at our first store. It was so much fun!! Well for me anyway :). Mike definitely was not as excited as I was. In his mind it is all for me and not for him. But as I explained to him he would not get well cooked meals from me without these items and these items will make all the work I do for the meals easier on me. See it all makes sense now! :) I did let him...
Weight loss challenge
So a few fellow co-workers and I have decided to do a weight loss challenge in order to motivate one another to lose some weight after the holidays. We all have our set goals and reasons for losing (Mine is to fit in that wedding dress and look stunning!) so we thought it would be fun to push one another. We will weigh in each week for the next 2 months. We have our set goal. The winner wins a...
2010 is here!
Happy New Year everyone!!! I am super excited it is here. Mike and I get married in 5 months and 1 day… not that I’m counting or anything haha. This year will be a lot of fun and I can not wait for it all to come. It will be a year full of planning, showers, parties and lots of weddings.
Also to start the year out right, my friend Sommer from college had her little boy Weston on New...