Thursday, March 22, 2012

our spring break so far

Monday: cleaned a little, hung out clothes, lunch at wendys, playDoh, picked up our family fun quest scavenger hunt booklet which D and i looked through and wrote in all the answers we knew. made home made personal pizzas.

Tuesday: Ken and i surprised D with a trip to the newport aquarium, near cincinatti.

we treated this day like a real vacation, it may be the only one ken gets this year. since he used up all his vacation days when Miles was born.
we let Dominic pick out something from the gift shop, he chose a stuffed otter, so that his stuffed beaver toy will have a friend he said.

lunch was excellent, an irish pub, i had fish and chips and a pint of Killians. it was quite good.
then we went to coldstone creamery, yay! cheese cake ice cream with strawberries and blueberries.

wednesday: D had a dentist appt (boo)
but after that we took advantage of the "free adult with paid child" offer at the lanier mansion behind the scenes tour.

Today: sand art at the hanover branch of the library. then later in the afternoon, walking tour of madison, the most interesting part being the tour of the old jail, circa 1870, let me just say that if jail was like that, people would try harder to stay out of it...the toilet was a stone block with a hole in it, um...eww. the cells were solid limestone with no windows, and would have been pitch black if the solid metal door was closed.

so thats our week so far.


Friday, March 2, 2012

some things (8 to be exact)

1. a picture of my baby. to placate all the grandmas, especially the ones who say "i havent seen a new picture of Miles in a week"



2.i just gave in to the peer pressure and started watching Downton Abbey, for 5 minutes until Miles needed attention and i missed 10 minutes before turning it off to be resumed at a later naptime.

3. my dryer has a terrible squeak, its like banshees living in my laundry room....it makes me not want to dry clothes.

4. our Sonic is closed for "remodeling" its been a really long time and i never see anyone working on it, i hope its not closed forever. i would consider moving to a place that had a Sonic.

5. im loving the new sale calendar they have at JC Penneys, the first and third friday of the month they put out all the lowest priced clearance items... boys jeans, 2 bucks!!

6. im hoping that Dominic is over The Pirates Who Dont Do Anything movie, he has watched it every day for the last week...its getting a little old.

7. im considering having a garage sale this spring. i have never had one before i normally just give my stuff away.

8. im trying to give up soda...its not going so well. i love Dr. Pepper.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

so exciting...


an exciting trip indeed (insert subtle sarcasm here)



i took my unhappy baby
put on my rain boots
and went to drop off a card and a picture of Miles bound for Texas.
the most exciting part of this trip was the boots, this was the first time i had worn them since getting them for christmas (i bought them for myself).
they look ridiculous with stretchy pants, finally im able to pair them with skinny jeans to which Dominic says "your boots look pretty on you, mommy!"

Sunday, February 19, 2012

im ready, already!!

around the end of august, when none of my clothes fit anymore, i packed them all up and had Ken take them out to the shed, so i wouldnt have a closet full of clothes that i couldnt wear.
for the last 5 weeks, since Miles has been born i have still been wearing stretchy pants and tee shirts.
2 weeks ago i packed up all my maternity clothes and gave them to a friend, this week i can wear jeans with minimal discomfort in the area of my c-section incision.
i think im ready to dispatch Ken to the shed to get the bin full of clothes, while i am hopeful in this endeavor, i remain realistic in that a good portion of these clothes may not fit or possibly will no longer look as good as they once did.
regardless, i need my green courderoy jacket. its in the bin.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

wednesday morning before i took Dominic to school.
my mom had camera at the ready very early.

Monday, February 6, 2012

whats in the bag?


how much can you tell about a person by whats in their bag?
heres whats in my bag



extra keys
i pod shuffle
jc penney gift card
inhaler
wallet
extra baby outfit
lego star ship, alien and astronaut
cough drops
dr pepper lip smacker
floss
ear rings
bobby pin
2 pens
allergy tabs
gloves
baby wipes
coupon organizer

i can clean up a mess, entertain a kid, fight colds and allergies, save money, be pretty, warm up, rock out, lend a pen, and save the family when someone closes the door and locks us all out.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

whatcha watchin

its super bowl sunday......

this is what we are watching......

we arent really sports fans.....
but we love rusty gold.