It’s Friday the 13th today – look out! I always associate Friday the 13th with Halloween for some reason, even though Halloween isn’t even on the 13th of the month. Don’t you? So watch out for black cats, ladders, broken mirrors, cracks in the sidewalk… you know, all the typical omens that will render you unlucky for the next 23 lifetimes if you happen to be so unfortunate as to experience one today.
For some Friday the 13th FF cuteness, get a load of this little guy:
Don’t you just want to scoop him up and stick him in your pocket?? TGIF, y’all!
Yay, it’s Friday again!! I don’t know about you, but I am VERY ready for this week to be over.
We’ve got dinner tonight with R’s parents, then the rest of the weekend is MINE. Why, you ask? Because Sunday is my birthday, so I just like to claim the whole weekend as my own. Because I want to and I can. 🙂
How old are you going to be, SM? Well, I would love to say I’ll be about 28. So I’ll just say I’m turning 28 + 4. Blech, 32. That sounds old and gross to me. I know 32 is not old by any stretch of the imagination, but I still don’t like my age not starting with a 2. You’d think after 3 non-2-starting birthdays I’d be over it and used to it by now, but no, I don’t think I really am. I liked being in my 20s. No, I loved being in my 20s. 30s just doesn’t have the same nice ring to it. Ah well, nothing I can do to stop that gravy train of aging.
I like to treat myself to something each year for my birthday, usually something spa-related, and I’m not stopping this year. Tomorrow I’m working out with my trainer first thing in the morning, then getting a pedicure in the afternoon. Ahh… my toes haven’t seen paint since sometime last year, so this is loooong overdue. I hate painting my own toenails, so pedis delight me beyond belief. I have nothing planned for my actual birthday itself. Hopefully the weather will cooperate so I can sit outside in some sunshine, see the wonderfully-mulched gardens blooming (finally!), maybe take the babe for a walk, and enjoy some nice warm fresh air.
This birthday is special for one reason though, and that’s what I have today for the FF. My very first Mother’s Day as a mom is on my birthday! How cool is that? I am very much looking forward to spending the day doing not much of anything except enjoying the best Mother’s Day present I could have ever asked for – D.
Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers and mothers-to-be out there!
It’s the Royal Wedding today, duh! And yes, I did get up at 4:30 this morning to watch the VIPs arriving at the church, the ceremony, the recessional, and just now the kiss. Ahh… the kiss! Kisses actually, since they puckered up twice on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the cheering masses. How fun!
I don’t care how many people make fun of me for watching, I thought it was beautiful. It’s every little girl’s dream to be a princess, and now Kate Middleton really is! My sister M and I were texting back and forth all morning commenting on the hats (how ugly most of them were!**), the horses, the Abbey, the Princes giggling together as they walked in, the dresses. It was great! I can’t say Kate’s dress impressed me that much, but I LOVED Pippa’s. Did you see it? Here:
I love the cowl neck and mermaid style
and the buttons down the back!
And how studly did Prince Harry look up at the altar? I always thought he was kind of a chump, but he looked pretty good sauntering in there today. I think he and Pippa would make a cute pair.
Anyone else wake up at the crack of dawn to enjoy some tea and scones and pretend you were a Brit for the morning? Ok I didn’t have any tea or scones, nor did I talk in a haughty fake British accent, but I did thoroughly enjoy watching the Prince finally marry his Princess. 🙂
**Did they honestly look in the mirror before the festivities this morning and think, “Damn this fascinator looks good!”? And why are these called fascinators?
“Here comes Peter Cotton Tail, hoppin’ down the bunny trail!”
Seeing as it’s Good Friday, I’m off work today – yippee!! We’re spending the holiday weekend down at my mom and stepdad’s house with one of my sisters and her fiance, and it is a much-needed mini-vacation. I now really think it was the wrong move on our part to forgo the warm weather vacation this winter, because it has made this seemingly endless cold season unbearable. And usually by the end of April we’d have a nice warm weekend for Easter, but no such luck this year. Mother Nature, I’ve got some choice words that you can stick somewhere…
But not even the cold and rain will diminish the fun of our Easter festivities this year, for it’s D’s first Easter. Unfortunately the temperature does prevent her from wearing a little dress (i’m sorry, but even indoors when it’s cold i get chilly, so i assume an 18 lb. person would too), but there’s no way we’re letting it stop us from coloring eggs and hunting for said eggs to fill our Easter baskets after the Easter Bunny hides them. Yes, the Easter Bunny. He still comes to our house, doesn’t he come to yours? 😉
And you know how kids hunt for Easter eggs – see how many they can pick up after they’ve been blatantly “hidden” in the middle of the yard or room. I should say see how many she can scoot over to and roll around in D’s case this year. She is really good at picking things up, though, so she’ll probably get her little hands around a few. I hope she doesn’t decide to lick too many or she’ll end up with a whole color wheel of food coloring on her face.
Then it’s time for ham, fixin’s, and Easter baskets full of candy! Mmm…
So whether you’re celebrating Easter or Passover, the FF for this week is a big happy long weekend!
Yesssss… it’s Friday!! Too bad the weather’s shit again – cold, wind, rain/snow mix later today. Boo. Ah well, at least the weekend’s knockin’ on the door!
I heard this on the radio yesterday morning and it made me giggle, so I thought I’d throw it out there for this week’s FF:
“You must be driving the bus to hell, because you’re lying to me!”
Here we are again – TGIF! And an extra special one today, for it’s our anniversary!! Hooray! R and I have made it 5 years so far in the holy sacrament of matrimony. Yeah, I’m not so sure how holy we are, but you catch my drift. 🙂 I did finally figure out something to get him, but I’ll wait to divulge it until after today, just in the off chance that he happens to glance over here.
In other news, you remember that Supreme Court election I was all excited about because it had become so close and the person I’d voted for seemed to have a fighting chance? Yeah, not so much anymore. Apparently they *missed* an entire city in our area when they were tallying the votes, so now the candidate for whom I did not vote is ahead by like 7,000. Um, what? How does that happen?? How do you just miss 11,000+ votes? That is either a) a lie, b) a very convenient stroke of good luck for my opposing candidate, c) the latest scummy incident in what has become the shitstorm of politics in our state, or d) all of the above. Guess which one I’m going with? (hint – the answer is d) I hope that county clerk, or whomever is in charge of the ballots in that city, was fired immediately. Or at the very least has some sort of charges levied against him/her. That just can’t happen. Politics – yuck.
On a lighter note, here’s a good quote for this anniversary FF. I’m not sure what the problem is – I haven’t had any witty nuggets lately, so my quote book’s been getting a workout:
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” ~ Mignon McLaughlin
And here are a couple pictures from that wonderful day 5 years ago…
The beautiful church in which we were married
Taking off on our carriage ride after the ceremony
Happy April! This is one of my favorite months – the warm weather *usually* starts to settle in for good (although after this miserable winter i’m starting to have my doubts it’ll ever get above 40 again), the flowers and plants all start coming back to life for real after the couple March warmth fake-outs, it’s our anniversary month, and it finally feels like the year is starting fresh after the doldrums of winter hibernation. Plus, D turns 8 months old today. Happy 8 month birthday, you beautiful little girl!
So did anyone get any April Fool’s pranks played on them today? Or play any on someone else? Some people get totally into the tom foolery of this day, but I never really have. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for a good prank or a spook every now and then, but I’ve never put cling wrap over the toilet bowl or short-sheeted anybody’s bed or told someone a ridiculous lie in the hopes of getting them to fall for it just to shout “April Fool’s!” once they realized it’s a joke. The Onion always has a great slew of fake headlines on April 1 – check it out:
I am also happy to report that I made it out for a jog again yesterday. 2 days in a row?? Woah, slow down before someone gets hurt. I did the same route as the day before, and went 2 seconds faster – 1.44 miles in 13:04. Blazin’! I do need new running shoes, though. I noticed last night that it felt like I had nothing more between my pounding feet and the sidewalk than a flip-flop. Not good for preventing injuries.
This is a totally random post today, but this is too cool not to share. This is a bald eagle’s nest in Decorah, IA, and there are 3 eggs in there that are about ready to hatch. I’ve been watching it for a couple days now, since their expected hatch date is today. This morning was really neat – a second eagle flew into the nest and switched places with the one who had been sitting on the eggs, and you could see all 3 eggs in plain view. They each have a little hole in them, so those chicks have to be getting ready to greet the world. Nature is so awesome. Plus there’s a dead rabbit stuffed in the left side of the nest, maybe just for a mid-hatch snack. 🙂
