Day 3: Clouds

This little rain cloud followed me home from work tonight.


Happy 1st day of Summer.

Day 2: what you wore today

Technically, today I wore scrubs from 8 am to 6 pm.... but I changed into my lazy clothes when I got home. so, here's me, in my back yard, with my favorite accessory -- and geez, I love her little face.

(on a side note, I'm resisting the urge to cut myself down in this picture, which I'm finding EXTREMELY challenging. I've already had to backspace over what I've written multiple times. I'm trying to be better about saying bad things about myself. Maybe my 30 day challenge will teach my a lesson? )

Day 1: self-portrait

The self-portrait... ah, every person on facebook has expert-ed this pose. I guarantee that at some point or other, your profile picture has been (or will be) a self-portrait.
I've become quite the "professional" self-portrait taker and so has my husband.... considering we don't have anyone to actually snap the picture for us. Most, if not all, of the photos of us, have one of us with our arm stretched out as far as we can - rocking out the Stretch Arm Strong pose. Because nothing says "we love each other" like an outstretched arm!

30 Day Photo Challenge

Because I've been such an absentee blogger, I've decided to do a little "challenge", hopefully this will get me back to blogging. :) This is a little hard to read on here, but oh well...... here goes!

Maybe I do want a baby. A warm, sweet smelling, tiny toed baby. But I can't think about it for too long.... if I do, I feel left behind. Empty. Lonely.
Its almost like I miss something, someone, that I've never met. Strange.

I'm tired of being the only couple at the table that doesn't have the title "parents".

I love this quote:

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
-Andre Maurois

This month we will celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. Five years, already?!? It's hard to believe - it feels like yesterday! I still have to pinch myself to see if this is all just a dream. And if it is a dream, I never want to wake up. I'm still so head over heels for him. He gives me butterflies.




A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. Andre Maurois

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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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Quotations by Andre Maurois

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it's a new day!

So long 2010, HELLO 2011!

I know I'm a week late on "ringing in" the new year, but seeing as how I'm always late for everything, it seems fitting.

So, here's a very short 2010 recap (the first things that come to my mind):

I started a blog. Shoveled snow. Re-vamped my guest bathroom. Made home made bread. Became a huge fan of cooking. Started collecting recipes. Used the grill for the first time by myself. Had a "Goodwill Fashion Show". Watched with pride (and teary eyes) as my nephew Graduated high school. Had my best friend (my sister) move to Germany. Hosted a party. Took my 82 year old Grandmother to D.C. (her first time ever). Laid in bed laughing with my husband, a lot. Hiked. Drank a lot of really good wine. Ran around the front yard catching lightening bugs with my true love. Kissed under fireworks. Lost 27 lbs. Zumba-ed (how do you make that past tense?). Upgraded my cell phone. Drank a lot, and I do mean A LOT, of coffee. Cried. Laughed. Had a stomach virus. Fell in love with Edward (from Twilight saga) again. Held a new born baby boy (and fell in love). Shopped more than I should have. Aided in making my nephew a coffee-addict. Contemplated leaving my job. Missed my sister. Wore my warm hat from Germany with pride. Gossiped. Sang in the car. Took a lot of pictures. Smiled. Felt sorry for myself. Felt lonely. Felt safe. Felt lost. Felt angry. Felt Jealous. Felt loved. Felt blessed. Felt scared. Felt ridiculously happy. Rang in the new year at home, with my love, watching fireworks from the ski resort, happy/warm/and together.

I don't have resolutions for this year, and I'm okay with that. Actually, I'm more than "okay" with that. I'm excited to not have expectations this year.

Happy 2011!