I Need My Fix

I really need to go here. I really want to finish my spare bedroom.

Really. www.ikea.com

I also want to purchase my bedding from here.

Love. Love. Love. Anthropologie.

Come On Thursday

Tomorrow night is SUSHI NIGHT!!! Me and the girls are headed out for a night of sushi and sisterhood.....

Thursday's are my favorite days because it is our Friday. I'm so ready for some Spicy Tuna and Crunch Munch rolls.

Desperate Confessions: Part Deux

Well, I should title this random confessions, but whatever.

I TOTALLY saw Jentezen Franklin on RHOC (Real Housewives of Orange Co.) last night!

I mean that just takes my thoughts on him to a whole new level.

I can not even go there right now!

Like, he was having breakfast at Alexis' house....a whole segment with him and his wife....like TEN MINUTES...

Okay, yeah I watch that show. Yeah I watch the reruns.

Emery is obsessed. I mean completely obsessed with shoes. I mean I can't really blame her. I figure it is genetic.

The first thing she wants to do in the morning is put on shoes. If she doesn't have her shoes on, she is walking around in my shoes.

Her favorite pair of my shoes are these lovely red leather peep toe wedges.

They are a little too frustrating for her to walk in. She gets really upset when she falls in them, as any woman would. So I've had to hide them for now.

Note to self: Don't feed Emery Blood Oranges anymore. Especially in the living room.

They are called Blood Oranges for a reason.

I am so ready for spring.

I am also so ready for Emery to start talking. This whining all day is driving me insane. I know she gets frustrated because she knows in her head what she wants to say.

The Olympics have been so fun to watch. I get sucked in every time.

Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of my Dad's passing. I can't believe it has been five years. I still think about him every day.

Girl Scout cookies are out and in full effect. So watch out or they will get you. Like they got me yesterday. But it is a good cause right? Even if they are like 12 dollars a box now.

Okay. I think that's it for now.

Love, peace and chicken grease!

Blog Roll

I stinkin love the pioneer woman's blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean I know I've posted this before. but seriously if you haven't checked it out and you are a woman, mother, wife, cooker of all things food......PLEASE check out her blog. It. Is. Amazing. I love her!

Proactive Parenting

After 6+ ear infections in 7 months...(I really lost count) 1,000's of dollars in medical expenses for tubes, I've decided I am going to start being more proactive in keeping Emery away from germs.

If people can't keep their sick kids home from church like the rules say,

then I am going to keep my well child home.

I am so over irresponsible people.

My Choice

Okay, Okay. I know I have a tendency to be pessimistic. I like to think of myself as a realist. But I realize how it may come across some days.

I just hate pretentiousness and I think there is so much of it out there in the infamous stay at home mom world.

Which is why when I'm feeling something I tend to let it out whether or not it is perceived as negative.

But I realize that I neglect to blog my "most everyday" feelings about motherhood. Since I feel this way the majority of the time I sometimes forget to mention it.

Make sense?

Any way. I'm here today to state that I freakin love my job. I am one of the lucky ones who got the choice of whether or not to stay home. I have the ability and education to work if I wish, (which some do not). I also have the support of an amazing husband that would love and support whatever choice I made regarding working, (which some do not)...... I wake up most days excited about the next few hours I get to spend drinking coffee, eating breakfast and snuggling, laughing with E. I go to bed most nights resisting the urge to go in her room after she is asleep an scoop her up into my arms and rock her.......

Some days I don't love it. Just like any other "position"....

But most days I do. Most days I can not get enough of my daughter and the hours we spend together every day. Most days my heart is so full I physically ache inside.

I would not trade this time in my life for any amount of money, house, car, vacation...(whatever my extra salary would buy).

Okay. Just wanted to make that clear. So the next time I have a bad day and want to post about it you guys (and I) can refer back to this post and remember that sometimes ya just have a rotten few hours. But most days....most days are magic.

False Advertising

So during the summer Olympics Emery was born. Needless to say we watched every event...over and over and over......at 9, 12, 3, and 6....haha.

Watching the winter Olympics this week has brought back many memories.

One commercial they keep running, however, kind of bothers me.

The one from McDonald's....That says their chicken nuggets are a "favorite" of the Olympians.......

Now I'm all for, "all things in moderation." While I feed Emery a healthy diet of homemade food. I don't' stress out if she eats a meal or two of fast food chicken nuggets every now and then.

BUT I seriously DOUBT that those Olympians are eating Micky D's as a regular diet. I mean you do not become an Olympian eating chicken nuggets and fries on a regular basis.

Just sayin.........