things i love thursday: the 29 edition

5 things about me meme

thanks, nicole... for my first time tag.
i'd love to play along, so here are 5 things about me.

one: i love to sleep. i can sleep just about anywhere, anytime. naps can be the most favorite time of day. i love to go to bed early. i love to try to sleep late. if i have one fear for having children, it is that i will lose my precious time to sleep, sleep, sleep.

two: i have a love/hate relationship with my car. her name is jeannie and i love my time to and from work when i get to sip my coffee and listen to npr or books on tape. simultaneously, i have been mad at her ever since i crashed her last year in the snow. she's just never been the same. never will be. i know its my fault, but i can't help but take it out on her. yes, i have an established relationship with a vehicle. i am sure that someday i will be very sad to see her go. she'll have to fall apart first.

three: i get sick easily and often. i am always around germs, germs, germs, and no matter how much i wash my hands, i am constantly cuddling with little germy creatures that need all the love that i can give. i just can't resist hugs and cuddles, even when their noses are drippy and especially when they are sicky-sick and their parents have sent them to school anyway. you would think sleep would help toughen up that immune system, but...

four: i am not a fan of modern medicine yet i have been prescribed five new medicines in the last five months. i have been given three prescriptions to handle only my adult acne. :-) i have also been prescribed one medicinal lotion to rid myself of a weird bumpy thing on the backs of my arms, and a new birth control that will hopefully alleviate the acne with out having to take months worth of antibiotics. this was all after an hour long conversation with my gynecologist who i was secretly hoping would become friends with todd and i. he's married and about our age and doesn't have kids yet. however, he had just looked at my privates and i wasn't sure it would be professional to ask him if he and his wife would be our friends.

five: today is my birthday. i am 29. that makes me think back and reflect on the fact that a. i have a terrible memory and b. what i do remember is either bizarre enough that i question its validity or very mundane. my earliest memories include: singing "he's go the whole world in his hands" at preschool and getting a floppy record, eating liver off a blue plastic plate, and my kindergarten teacher terrifying us of balloons because of some poor, small child who choked and died. ah, those were the day.

I am not sure i'll get any response, but i am tagging blondie and todd.

meet easton

well, today in the paper i found some pure goldens for a good price and close to home... so out we went to look for the newest cranwell. the puppies are only 5 weeks old right now so we are waiting three more weeks to bring him home, but we put our down payment on him today after falling deeply in love.

his brothers and sisters gave us a run for our money, but we pulled out the available boys and todd took his pick. he snuggled right up to him and was happy as could be, milk mustache and all. he's going to be a charmer, alright.... i can't wait to get him home and introduce him to his big sister.

st. patty's day fun

the party was set for everyone to arrive... lots of irish beer and margaritas ready to flow for cinco de st. patrick's.
salty snacks and bacon wrapped jalapenos abound.
my new outfit was on, with a hot little bum in my new jeans (if i do say so myself).
mollie was the hit of the party, making friends and spending time happily underfoot while we played cards and ate and ate and ate.
we even had an ice cream cake to celebrate. (bobbi is a co-first-grade teacher who came over last night, too.)


then it was off to the races in st. michael's. we arrived just in time for the first heat of shopping carts to go by. glowsticks glowing, we were ready to cheer on the drunks as they raced by, narrowly escaping disaster each round. at least its all for a good cause.



it was a late night for all. up past our bedtimes and ready to hit our pillows when the time came. we were happily tired after an evening of laughter and smiles.

happy st. pat's

So, when you are bored in a computer lab there is a lot that you can do to entertain yourself. See?

It's been a long, long week so i am looking forward to a fun, fun week-end ahead.
green beer, friends, shopping cart races down main street, early birthday cake.

xxoo

puppy shopping

todd has decided that his birthday will be a good time to get us a new family member... the four legged kind.
today began the official puppy hunt.
we went to a friend's house who has these adorable 2 week old lab puppies and, oh my, they can melt your heart.
tiny.
unopened eyes.
squirmy.
fuzzy.
little balls of love.
they almost just purr and nuzzle for warmth.



so after lining them all up and getting some photos and petting a bit we're deciding. we have some more little ones to check out closer to baltimore but we are trying to find just the right little member for our family. its hard when they are all so cute. we could take them all home.

early dismissal

early dismissal.
another inch of snow.
quiet afternoon.
snow falling softly. slowly.
snow on the backs of geese.
incense burning.
enveloped in a good book.
caught up on my to do list.
sewing on a wednesday.
new matching silverware (from my generous mother) filling my drawer.
soup warming on the stove.
american idol anticipation.
warm blankets.
clean laundry.
ripening plums.

week-end weather report

i called my parents on friday just to give them the weather report. 60 and sunny. car windows rolled down. coat off.
saturday was the same and todd and i went out for a walk with mollie and midnight before heading into annapolis for some shopping and dinner out. quiet couple time to catch up on our week and our thoughts and our dreams.

today was cold again and back to work prep and planning for the week ahead. brownies baked. errands run. loaded nachos for dinner over an episode of the office. sewing machine out. projects underway. my first lesson on running trains.
its been a good, good week-end.

extreme bowling

shoes tied. ready for a night out on the town. well, a night out at the bowling alley with a couple of friends. how glad we are to have met some fun and like-minded, and married but also without children, friends here that we can call to hang out with on the week-end. we never really had that in new lebanon, so we are glad to have found derrick and rebecca. rebecca refused to get in front of the camera, so this is a post of me, me, me. :-)

socks from the vending machine and some classic bowling shoes (oh, and the carpet) set the stage for our big, extreme adventure with bowling.


derrick was the stud. he whooped up on us all, strike after strike. he even won $50 for knocking down 8 pins. this made him a professional. :-)

we were all smiles, all laughs. it was good, clean fun. look at that handsome hubby of mine.


good bowling, bad bowling. it was all about the game and good friends cheering you on either way.

happy thoughts

i am happy and blessed and thankful for *days of professional development to recuperate and inspire *dogs with fresh baths * husbands who bathe them *morning routines that provide a stable way to get out of bed each day, coffee, computer, shower, towel dry, car ride, npr *children everywhere, children with ocd that erase and rewrite their letters three times before they get it right, children who tantrum for noisy hours on the floor (stress hours) *parents who pick them up each day *husbands who go out to buy milk while you are in the shower *productive coughing *dustbusters *tivo *coffee and breakfast sandwiches *a day in march of 60 degrees (more than one) *a box of brownies waiting to be made *friends you can call to hang out with on a week-end *sunny skies *week-ends *sleeping in