Friday, March 25, 2011

My Latest Obsessions


GMC's first St. P's Day!

The gals getting ready to celebrate St. P's Day

Happy Friday! Wow, I cannot believe that March is almost over! Time flies. JuJu and Grandpa T were in town for a week and they left this past Sunday. We miss them already! It was so great to see them and JuJu had not seen GMC since Halloween - so she was amazed at how big he is getting and Grandpa T loved that GMC is doing the "worm" (which Trav himself has been known to do a variation of on the dance floor)! They were here during St. P's day so everyone got decked out in green and headed to Fitzgerald's. This year the girls were glued to watching the irish dancers.

Some of my latest faves...

We officially kicked off spring last Sunday. I love the color green and the color becomes even more alive during the spring when everything is thawing out (or trying!). And we all pulled out our green for the 17th. I came across this post from Janell Beals from the blog Isabella & Max Rooms talking about using green as an interior color. We used green as an accent color in GMC's nursery and I love it!

I came across Clarin's new instant smooth self tanner the other day. I'm curious. Not sure if I'll try it but when folks start coming back from spring break with a healthy glow I may look into it! When I think of anything self tanner-esque I ALWAYS think of the episode in Friends when Ross gets a spray tan. I truly think that this particular episode itself is why I'm still a bit hesitant about self-tanners. I need to get over it (as I know they have gotten remarkedly better than the days of the orange look). OMG, I'm laughing so hard from watching that clip again. Gotta love Ross when he repeats back to the guy, "spray, count, pat and turn; spray, count and pat."

Do you ever look back and wonder what you were doing the previous year on a particular date? I do that all the time. Around this time last year I was at the half-way mark carrying GMC. Crazy how time flies. I finally figured out how to be able to do just that = One Line a Day: A Five Year Memory Book. I started one for 2011! I now discovered that they have one entitled Mom's One Line a Day: A Five Year Memory Book. This would make a cute gift for a new mom-to-be.

I will say that I definitely use OMG and LOL a LOT. Well, they were just recently added to the Oxford English Dictonary. And then there is the word GOOGLE. I love it. I use the word all the time, as in "just Google it." Google (as a verb) has been added to the dictionary as well.

And lastly, I will leave with these fabulous Liberty Print rain boots that will carry you from the rainy spring right into summer! LOVE THEM!

Friday, March 4, 2011

My Latest Obsessions


This image made me smile - 2 little gals washing clothes for their dolls (old school style).
Image courtesy of The Graphics Fairy


Dear Laundry: Can you come up with a way to fold yourself and then walk back to your appropriate drawer/bin/closet? I would appreciate it SO MUCH! I seem to now throw all the clean laundry in the guest room and shut the door (while wishfully thinking that upon opening of the door you will have disappeared!). However, the out of sight out of mind thought is not really working! Much Love, D2 

Happy Friday! My latest FAVE would be a way to figure out the never ending laundry that seems to JUST THAT = NEVER END (and just when you put everything away and think you have checked something off of your list the process starts all over again). Dr. Laundry, are you able to help (well, at least you have answered some of my questions in terms of stains, etc.)?!

The two pics above made me think about an old post I did about allowing creative freedom when it comes to outfit changes (w/the gals) to the reality piece of the LAUNDRY ISSUE!

Do you ever watch TV and find yourself relating to the various characters in some way or another?! I do all the time! I recently stumbled across this list of 31 TV Sitcom Mothers of All Time. What a fun list! Maybe I could get June Clever of Leave it to Beaver to come on over and help me sort the laundry and make sure that we have a wonderful dinner on the table every night (if only that were the case!). And then you gotta love Debra Barone of Everybody Loves Raymond!

After sorting through the Lost and Found bin at school for yet another lost glove I thought - hmmmm, maybe I should have just bought NEON colored gloves for everyone (much easier to spot in the overflowing MOUND of all things LOST). And then a day or two later I saw the Trend Alert email from Gap = NEON!