Blogger will not let me properly space my post and it is angering me ...
MPM
5.30.2008
Lilly-itis!!!
Ok, so needed some retail therapy today. Did I mention yesterday was really bad? Well, let me mention it again. Bad!!!
So, I have been in 4 TJMaxx's in the last 24 hours looking for the Lilly items in the above photo brought to my attention by Tickled Pink & Green. (Thanks for letting me borrow the photo btw!) Finally ... store #4 I found them. There was one of each left. Well, atleast until I swooped in and grabbed them.
So, do you really think I went into all of those stores and got NOTHING? Um ... notsomuch!
Below is a list of my goodies:
Three dresses to chose from for tonight's SATC movie outing
One pair of fabulous black patent leather high heels - SATC
One fabulous clutch - SATC
Bamboo dividers for the junk drawer in the kitchen
Two turquoise Toss frames - sursy closet
One lime green and navy hanging bag
Two RL bathingsuits for Little Mister
One RL polo for Little Mister
New bathingsuit for babycakes
Lilly tunic nightgown/swim coverup
Lime green clutch - Christmas party
Dress for our Christmas Party - super fabulous
Pretty good, eh? Now I just need a nap before tonight. I am still battling allergies and Lawyer keeps calling me a Canadian Goose with the way my voice crackles and honks.
Lovely.
MPM
5.29.2008
New friend or new boyfriend?
Ok, so first of all it was a VERY long day. Not going into it at all, so please do not ask. Tired, exhausted really, but Little Mister is not sleepy so he is watching "just one more show pwease" and I am blogging.
For a long time now I have compared friendships to relationships with boys. Please let me explain before you tilt your head to the side and say "huh"? When you are in a "relationship" with a friend it can easily be compared to a relationship with a guy. You have your enjoy them when you see them places girls, just hang out with girls once in a while girls, your see atleast three times a week girls, your do everything together girls (1-3 of these) and your married for life girls. (You know what I am talking about, you just never thought of it like that before!) And there is the end of "relationships". You don't miss the see them places friends or just hang out in a while girls. You will probably miss your 1-3 do everything together girls, but breakup with a married for life girl and you will need therapy and drugs. And don't even get me started with what happens when you see your married for life girl out with a new girl. That just plain sucks!!! There are rules and they must be followed.
So ... I do have a point. I meet people all the time, we all do. You like some, you hate some, you tolerate some and once in a rare while you find someone you start rearranging your schedule for and want to propose to almost immediately. These are the truest friends and can never be replaced!! I can count on two hands the number of these I have in my life. They span years and will never go away!! I was recently blessed with one of these kind of friends and I am completely smitten. She is fabulous and I have no doubt she will enter the inner circle rapidly and stay there for a very long time.
May you too be blessed!!!
(BTW ... Little Mister fell asleep on the couch! So freaking cute!!)
MPM
5.28.2008
WTH ... aspanagas?
Ok ... so I love to eat out. Even better I love delivery take out. It is kind of like having a personal chef that delivers what you want in 30-45 minutes in cute little boxes. Well, I am beginning to worry!!
Last night at a mexican restaurant on the square I was reading the menu looking for the yummy vegetarian dishes. I came across a veggie quesadilla. Sounds good, let's read on. Two of the ingredients celery and coliflower. Ok ... do not add a "vegetable" that appears regularly in soups and stews and WTF is coliflower??? I am not touching that one with a ten foot pole.
So, I begin to recover and then tonight I am perusing the chinese menu for delivery and I come across another vegetable which I am not familiar. Aspangas. Ok ... what the hell is that one?
I understand the language barrier, but perhaps the printer could use their spell check?
MPM
Last night at a mexican restaurant on the square I was reading the menu looking for the yummy vegetarian dishes. I came across a veggie quesadilla. Sounds good, let's read on. Two of the ingredients celery and coliflower. Ok ... do not add a "vegetable" that appears regularly in soups and stews and WTF is coliflower??? I am not touching that one with a ten foot pole.
So, I begin to recover and then tonight I am perusing the chinese menu for delivery and I come across another vegetable which I am not familiar. Aspangas. Ok ... what the hell is that one?
I understand the language barrier, but perhaps the printer could use their spell check?
MPM
5.27.2008
Extra madras pool has a new home!
So ... my extra pool has been adopted. Green Magsterpie is its new owner. We are meeting up tonight for a girls' night out and I am bringing the pool. She is bringing cash. Kind of feel like I am dealing crack.
I am just saying ...
MPM
I am just saying ...
MPM
5.26.2008
Preppy BBQ ... 101!
Dinner last night was fabulous and if you are a chicken eater even better. Lawyer makes this great grilled chicken that he puts a rub on that makes the neighbors and our friends line up at the door. Every time we invite people for dinner they ask ... are you having chicken? And he finishes it off with grilled sweet potatoes with a maple syrup and ancho chile powder glaze and grilled asparagus. The last two are amazing .. you would have to ask someone else about the chicken. (He made me portabello mushrooms ... which are super yummy!!!)
So, to get ready for the dinner I broke out all of my Whim tableware which I had been saving for the beach. It is not everyday your baby graduates after two years in kindergarten!!!
Above are the photos ...
Let me break it down for you ...
Hot pink umbrella - Big Lots $25 (Found this Friday shopping with Content)
Green tablecloth - Target Whim $4 (unzips to go around the umbrella)
Lilly Placemats - TJMaxx $20/4 (grabbed these yesterday)
Melamine plates - Target Whim $2 each
Lilly pink seersucker napkins - TJMaxx $19/4 (Found these last year)
Pink lemon salt and pepper shakers - Target Whim about $6
Lilly needlepoint coasters - clearance after Christmas at Parisian
Table and 4 chairs - Goodwill last year $50 (no lie ... made a dropoff and say it sitting outside)
And ta-da ... instant Preppy entertaining!!!! It was super cute and I love it all!!!
MPM
5.25.2008
10 only happens once!
Ok ... so obviously I did not sleep in again today. No ... like clockwork the two little ones were up at 6:30 am. It is magic. 6:28, 6:29 ... 6:30 both of their doors open and they appear in my room. I really do not know how they do that. So, Lawyer is sleeping in. He deserves it ... he took care of the crazies all day yesterday plus had my car completely cleaned front to back. That is better than diamonds to me. Some girls want jewels ... I want a car that sparkles. What can I say?
So, the rest of my weekend? We haven't really decided what to do. I know this afternoon I am taking the kids to the pool. Will I put on a suit? Oh, that would be a hell no!!! It is too early in the season to bear this body. I will need tons of sun before I decide to show up in full suit. As Hairgirl says ... "fat always looks so much better brown that white"! Totally agree!!! Plus our pool is always filled with bikini clad moms and I am just not there. Not kidding. Definitely not there.
We are having a bbq tonight. Very small but special. Little Mister has finished kindergarten and wants to graduate. He thinks if he does not graduate he will be going back another year. Two is enough in his book. He wants to be done and I don't blame him. So, since the school does not graduate them ... I will! 6:30 my backyard ... small ceremony. Just for him. He is totally pysched. Anything to reassure him he is done and ready for first grade!
What are you doing? Anyone leaving town ... or have the gas prices scared you home? They surely have kept my driving around at a minimum. I mean I would rather spend $100 on shoes anyday instead of gas. Can I get a hell yeah?
MPM
So, the rest of my weekend? We haven't really decided what to do. I know this afternoon I am taking the kids to the pool. Will I put on a suit? Oh, that would be a hell no!!! It is too early in the season to bear this body. I will need tons of sun before I decide to show up in full suit. As Hairgirl says ... "fat always looks so much better brown that white"! Totally agree!!! Plus our pool is always filled with bikini clad moms and I am just not there. Not kidding. Definitely not there.
We are having a bbq tonight. Very small but special. Little Mister has finished kindergarten and wants to graduate. He thinks if he does not graduate he will be going back another year. Two is enough in his book. He wants to be done and I don't blame him. So, since the school does not graduate them ... I will! 6:30 my backyard ... small ceremony. Just for him. He is totally pysched. Anything to reassure him he is done and ready for first grade!
What are you doing? Anyone leaving town ... or have the gas prices scared you home? They surely have kept my driving around at a minimum. I mean I would rather spend $100 on shoes anyday instead of gas. Can I get a hell yeah?
MPM
5.24.2008
Seriously exhausted!
So ... I guess I was tired last night. I slept until 9:40 am. I almost fell out of my bed when I looked at the clock. Really? Almost 10 ... that rocks!!!
Huge day of cleaning out. You would not believe the amount of crap that accumulates the last couple of weeks of school. I am talking some serious crap. We started in Little Lawyer's room. He and I made the bed, tidied (a bunch), put away all the stuff he wanted to keep from 5th grade, pulled some scary stuff out from under the bed and make that room SPARKLE!! Then he was off the play at the SIL. Gone the rest of the day.
Ok, now Little Mister's room. Same story. Bed, dust, tidy ... organize! This room needed serious help. You know the kind where you refold every drawer, put away each toy into its own space. This sort of thing. Went on forever.
Babycakes' room. Super way cute. Pink and light lime to the max. One big preppy room. Totally love it. This room needed dusting, vac and all kinds of clothes refolded and put away. That chick needs nothing!!! If you see me out and about please stop me and ask me where in the hell I plan on putting whatever I am holding preparing to buy. She needs not a damn thing for atleast two years.
So when that was all done I got ready to tackle the sea of laundry. Broke it all out and had about 8 loads. There was no way that was ever gonna get done this weekend. So ... I packed it all up and headed in the Jeep to the laundry mat. This was a great plan. Tackle it all in a couple of hours and get some time alone. Oh yes, you heard me. I took my Gain detergent, Gain fabric softener and Gain bounce to the laundry mat. If you have never been there I feel for you. It was a blast from my poor childhood past. My mom and I would go every week. I loved it. All that detergent in those tiny boxes. It was the bomb. Still is ... at least the one I went to today. Super clean and the Asian guy was super helpful. He pointed me to the very large machines in the back. Got it all done, folded and put away in less than three hours. Just you try to beat that.
Now I am super pooped. Sitting here blogging, dog sitting on my foot. Boys watching TV with Daddy and Babycakes is fast asleep. Perfect day of cleaning, organizing and laundry. And you just know that laundry mat smells fantastic. I mean the sea of Gain I used will keep that place fresh for days!!!
MPM
Huge day of cleaning out. You would not believe the amount of crap that accumulates the last couple of weeks of school. I am talking some serious crap. We started in Little Lawyer's room. He and I made the bed, tidied (a bunch), put away all the stuff he wanted to keep from 5th grade, pulled some scary stuff out from under the bed and make that room SPARKLE!! Then he was off the play at the SIL. Gone the rest of the day.
Ok, now Little Mister's room. Same story. Bed, dust, tidy ... organize! This room needed serious help. You know the kind where you refold every drawer, put away each toy into its own space. This sort of thing. Went on forever.
Babycakes' room. Super way cute. Pink and light lime to the max. One big preppy room. Totally love it. This room needed dusting, vac and all kinds of clothes refolded and put away. That chick needs nothing!!! If you see me out and about please stop me and ask me where in the hell I plan on putting whatever I am holding preparing to buy. She needs not a damn thing for atleast two years.
So when that was all done I got ready to tackle the sea of laundry. Broke it all out and had about 8 loads. There was no way that was ever gonna get done this weekend. So ... I packed it all up and headed in the Jeep to the laundry mat. This was a great plan. Tackle it all in a couple of hours and get some time alone. Oh yes, you heard me. I took my Gain detergent, Gain fabric softener and Gain bounce to the laundry mat. If you have never been there I feel for you. It was a blast from my poor childhood past. My mom and I would go every week. I loved it. All that detergent in those tiny boxes. It was the bomb. Still is ... at least the one I went to today. Super clean and the Asian guy was super helpful. He pointed me to the very large machines in the back. Got it all done, folded and put away in less than three hours. Just you try to beat that.
Now I am super pooped. Sitting here blogging, dog sitting on my foot. Boys watching TV with Daddy and Babycakes is fast asleep. Perfect day of cleaning, organizing and laundry. And you just know that laundry mat smells fantastic. I mean the sea of Gain I used will keep that place fresh for days!!!
MPM
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