Wednesday, February 29, 2012

10 Randomy Things

So these fun lists have been going around and I was kinda sad cause I wanted to do it, but wasn't like "tagged" or whatever (which btw, who cares stupid. I'm uber lame sometimes). Anyway, Mandy at the Haps has tagged everyone. Weeee!  So here we go. First a picture of me, then 10 random things, then I answer some questions.

I don't really have pictures of me, so I just snapped this today real quick like

10 Randoms:
1. My memory recall for stupid stuff that doesn't matter is insane. You want to know the name of that lady that was in that movie? You know the one that was also on that show with what's-his-name? I can probably tell you. Did you know the guy that co-wrote that one song was also in that one band?  (PS That one is a specific reference- Dan Wilson of Semisonic (they sang Closing Time) co-wrote 'Someone Like You' w/ Adele) Do you care? Didn't think so.

2. I have... issues. I've recently heard of something called Sensory Processing Disorder and I won't go into details, but I'm seriously thinking I have a form of this. Let's just say I don't like the seams in my clothes.

3. I made the mistake of reading other people's post and randoms and now I'm just thinking of things other people mentioned that happen to be true for me too. What a poser.

4. I pick things up with my feet. Ewwww

5. I CANNOT have unread blogs in my Bloglovin' feed. Or unread emails for that matter. I must UNBOLD all the things. No really, I MUST! I cannot handle having an unread email. Which means every "work" email I get during the day must be printed and put on my desk, or I might forget about it, cause I can't just leave it unread while I'm working on something else.

6. I make a pretty damn delicious crispy oatmeal cookie, if I do say so myself. I thought it was my nana's recipe, but it turns out it was from a cookbook, haha.

7. I'm obsessed with song lyrics. I used to scribble them on EVERYTHING. You can still sometimes find a random post it note on my desk that will say something like "You're kidding yourself if you think you can find the fractures in my mind"  What the what?

8. In jr high my friends and I made up a dance routine to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. No, I am not kidding. Yes, it was awesome. No, the video evidence doesn't still exist. Yes, that makes me sad.

9. I do not care for seeing the clock state the time of 11:11. It creeps me out for some ridiculous reason. Which of course means people like to call me at said time and say, what time is it?

10. And "what time is it" makes me sing, in my head "What time is it? It's time for lunch! What time is it? It's time for lunch!"  It's from Bubble Guppies which Q has only watched a small handful of times, but there it is, stuck in my head forever.


And for the questions posed, my responses:

1. have you ever met someone famous? I have actually- my Aunt was kinda famous. Dorothy Provine if you wanna look her up. She was quite a looker and just a totally sweet, awesome lady. My dad and uncle were also in the movie business but of course I never got to use that to my advantage to meet cool people. (But I can link myself to Fatty Arbuckle in like, 3 jumps) Oh, and there's still debate about this, but Henry Winkler patted my mama's belly when she was pregnant. The debate is if she was pregnant w/ me or my older brother. That counts though, right? I've met a few musicians too (Glen Phillips, Howie Day, John Mayer). And I have a rule now after meeting said musicians that I'm not allowed to talk to "famous" people anymore. Cause I'm such a spaz.

2. what is your happiest childhood memory? Riding my bike all over town and summers full of billions of picnics with friends.

3. favorite album of all time? This is almost as bad as asking which kid is my favorite (BTW- It's Quinn. KIDDING! Archer's not old enough for me to make that decision yet).  Um... Winter Pays For Summer- Glen Phillips? Really I have a whole post in my drafts about this subject. Maybe I'll finish it someday.

4. are you a salty or sweet lover? Well both, really. But holy crap can I put down an insane amount of potato chips. It's a problem really.

5. what is favorite guilty pleasure tv show or movie? I kinda feel like I don't have a lot. Maybe just cause I own up to my bad taste? I do love iCarly. Does that even count since everyone loves it?

6. describe your favorite sandwich. I'm pretty plain (IE: The pickiest eater you will EVER meet) but I love a spicy italian at Subway. Pepperoni, salami, american cheese, lettuce, tomato, oil & Vinegar, salt & pepper.  yummmmm!

7. what was your first pet? Hmmm. There were dogs around when I was little I think, but the first pet that was mine all mine was an albino rat named Christine. She escaped (to my mother's horror) never to be found again.

8. what is your biggest accomplishment thus far in life? Being a mama is pretty much the best thing I've ever done.

9. what is the first blog you started reading? I have no idea. But I think Young House Love might be the first one I started reading like a crazy stalker person though

10. if you had to choose one dessert for the rest of your life, what would it be? Strawberry Shortcake, no question.

So now you know more than you care to about me. haha YAY!

Oh, they're adorable alright

I'm warning you right now: Do not watch this if you don't want more than 1 kid. Because, seriously? Seeing my two little guys together will break your resistance. Oh, and please ignore my annoying voice.



Quinn has become a little obsessed with Archer. He says "Archie" all.the.time. And he's constantly in his face saying Hiiiiii. He loves to give him smooches, and is always trying to get us to let him hold the baby. Adorable.
And yes, I fully plan on using this when the boys are older and are fighting every other minute. "But look how sweet you two used to be!"

Wordless(ish) Wednesday

Aren't these little guys just the best? Well I think so anyway. Oh, and I'll have a video of this up later. You know, if you can handle the cute.



  Linking up with The Paper Mama

Friday, February 24, 2012

Thifty loo hoo

Ok, so I don't do the thrifting thing all that often. I lack patience for one. And for another thing... well I'm about to admit something that might get me shot. I know this is not the opinion of most the bloggers out there today, but.... I don't care for "vintage" too terribly much. Every once in a while, sure. And true antiques sometimes catch my eye. But all the love people have these days for "treasures" from the 60s and 70s? Sorry, but no love here. But look, that really just works in your advantage, right? Cause I'm gonna leave that pyrex behind and move along. But thrifting isn't about what you get, but rather getting stuff CHEAP, right?! That I can get behind. Generally there are 3 things I look for when I go: Books- always books first, clothes when I have the time and patience, and picture frames. Oh, I used to look for CDs too, but don't find much anymore that I want.
Anyway, last weekend I made Shawn stop at Value Village so I could take a run through real quick. I'm working on gathering frames for a couple of gallery walls (this will take some time, as I can't really afford to buy a ton of picture frames all at once) and I was hoping to find a couple. Luckily I scored 2 in decent shape that I plan to paint white to fit my plans. I was also able to grab 8 books for the boys, and 2 for myself. And three jacket/sweaters for Q. I think I spent about $20. Nice!

And all of this is just in time to join along with High on Thrifting Thursday over at Harper's Happenings! Yay! Just a few days late is all.

 

Books for Q. (Had to retrieve half of these from under the couch to take a picture and still couldn't find one of them). Oh, and I was so excited to find a Mickey Mouse book, since Quinn loves him so much. But it is the DUMBEST book I've ever read. Seriously, it makes no sense. And that My Doll is Lost book? Sesame Street book circa 1984, which means- NO ELMO! HAHA. And yes it's in front of an Elmo book. I can't help it- Q loves that stupid snotty monster.


I did pick up a couple of books for me. I was really excited for the Emily Giffin book, then realized I read it last year. Still, nice to add to my collection.


Cute Sweater & hoodie for Q (I bought a Jacket too-Broncos, Shawn's favorite football team, but Q had already gotten it dirty and it was in the wash).


And finally here are the frames I scored. The three little ones on the left are new. But I got them at Aaron Brothers on sale with some emailed coupons, so still a good deal! Those are for a small frame gallery wall I want to do above my nightstand. I can't wait to have enough frames and get it put together!

This has actually got me kinda jazzed to go more frequently. Now I just have to remember to yell "STOP!" when we're about to drive past a thrift store and make Shawn pull over. Ha ha! 

Friday Five!

Sorry to the two of you that read this blog, that The five is late again this week (PS- My intent is to have it up Friday mornings). It's been quite a week:

1) Monday late afternoon I started to feel kinda icky. I went to work on Tuesday, but the bus ride in was questionable and I thought I might have to turn around and go home. I didn't, but I felt gross all day. I kind of thought I was on the edge of a flu perhaps. Shawn wasn't feeling great either. Neither of us really got sick, but just felt out of it and yucky. Still I trudged through the week, and am feeling more or less fine now.

2) You know who is sick though? Our babysitter's little girl. She called us late Wednesday night to let us know that her 6 month old was sick, as a heads up. Then Thursday morning decided she needed to take her to the doctor. That meant we had no daycare, so I stayed home with the boys. We found out later that morning her little girl has RSV. She was willing to take the boys today, but we were not down with that. It's hard for us to cover when we don't have daycare, but RSV is super contagious, and bad news for little babies. So today Shawn worked a few hours in the morning, then took me into work so I could get a couple hours in too. These are the kinds of days I've been dreading.

3) I get to see two of my favorite people in the world this weekend! Yay! One of my best girls Rae is coming to visit and bringing her ADORABLE little girl Maddie. Seriously, this girl is CRAZY cute. I cannot wait!

4) I felt a little like I should have stayed downtown (I work in downtown Seattle) for drinks tonight. It was so yucky and rainy, I just wanted to be sitting in a cozy, dark bar sipping lemon drops. I think its been too long since I've had a girls night. Made me miss the days of going out to Marcus' Martini Heaven. That used to be me and my girls favorite spot. Ah, memories.

5) I think I've worked out some ideas for Q's birthday finally. We will be doing a Mickey Mouse theme. Not the stuff pinterest dreams are made of, but he'll freak when he sees Mickey all over the place. Shawn already bought a stuffed Pluto & Donald Duck to add to Quinn's collection (that man cannot help himself in the Disney store- he must.buy.something.) Now I just have to start working on those ideas. Maybe this weekend? Fingers crossed.

Ok- Happy Friday and Happy weekend to you!!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Wordless(ish) Wednesday: Am I really posting this?

Well seeing as how it's already on Facebook, I might as well post it here too. A friend from Jr. High/High School recently found and posted a picture of me. I'm probably 11-12 in this picture, and obviously so stylish it's a practically a crime.


PS. this would put the year around 1990-1991. So basically layered skirts and side ponys were already out of style I think. But that's how I roll, behind the times baby. Now in case you can't tell, on my t-shirt are teddy bears holding balloons. Yeah. And I was OBSESSED with that shirt. Couldn't explain it if I tried. The vest is one that came from my grandma. It was bright pink with a gold fringe thing along the edges. I don't know.

Whew! Well I hope you enjoyed this hilarious peek into how awesome I truly am. Try not to be too jealous.


Linking up with The Paper Mama

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

February Photo Challange: Week 1 & 2

Hey guess what? I've only missed a couple days so far. I'm okay with missing some though, cause I'm still having fun with it. So here we go, first 2 weeks:

 
 Day 2: Words- What color to choose? I went with Break A Leg Warmer. On one nail. And it stayed there for 2 weeks and I never painted the rest. Fail

 Day 3: Hands- Sweet little hand. Also? Someone cut this poor guys nails already!

 Day 5: 10 Am- Reading to Q

 Day 7: Dinner- Consumed! Yes, I leave the crusts behind sometimes. Don't judge.

 Day 7: Button- On my pretty new shirt 

 Day 8: Sun- Not around here, so a song instead. Notice the nail polish? Ha! What a dork

Day 9: Front Door- Blurry, but it's all I got. The door to the building I work in.

Day 11: Makes you Happy- Sweet husband making delicious breakfast

Day 14: Heart- These guys (Q was going in for a smooch, but I missed it)