Friday Photo

Happy Friday friends! What are your plans for this first weekend of February? I'll use this week's photo to give you a hint what's on my schedule...

Yup, I'll be in the snow! I'm going to winter camp with my kids this afternoon. We'll be gone until Sunday. And there's a good amount of snow in the forecast! I'm excited, but also wish I was home with hubby. Anyone else feel that way when you're away from home even for a night or two?

So I'll be back, maybe with more snow pictures. Have a great weekend everyone!

Good Things

They might just be happening for us.

See, we're sick of this apartment. And our lease will be up very shortly. But not soon enough for us. We started looking at houses. Unfortunately not to buy, but to rent. But hello, it's a house! No shared walls, no shared parking, more space, a kitchen that's bigger than a postage stamp... definitely a step up from this place.

So the search really started last week. Made some calls, made some visits. We really liked one that we looked at. It was close to church for me, jiu jitsu for hubby. Not close to my mom, but close to my father-in-law. It was definitely on the "like" list.

After a few failures, we knew we should call back. So hubby did. The owner said that another family had filled out an application and was waiting for approval. She would call us either way.

So I was disappointed, sure we wouldn't find anything else we liked. Because I'm apparently a bit of a pessimist. We went and looked at one yesterday afternoon. A friend of ours used to live in the area. We knew we liked it. We pulled up... and I loved it. It has black trim. I don't know why that gets me, but it does. Then we went in. And I fell further in love. The kitchen is wonderful. The rooms are a decent size. Not huge, but big bedrooms are rare these days (at least out here they are). There's a decent back yard. A fireplace. High ceilings. Three car garage. I'm sold.

So hubby asked for an application. Owner said he would email us today. We heard from him last night. And he mentioned that he would knock $500 off the first month's rent AS WELL as $500 of the deposit. SCORE! We're faxing him our application ASAP. And unless someone swoops in before we can do that, I think it will be ours.

I'm so stoked about this! We're not even buying but I feel so awesome! I'll be able to have people over without feeling crowded! I'll have room in my kitchen for everything! I'll have a place for my mom's sewing machine!

So cross your fingers for us and hope that we get it. I'll be UNBELIEVABLY happy if we do.

Wednesday Wish List

I totally knew what I wanted to browse today. I broke down and bought a pair of leggings a couple weeks ago. I'm pretty sure I had mentioned at some point that I wouldn't wear leggings because I'm too old or something. But they were there. They were only five bucks... and I totally wanted them.

So now I have the problem of not much to wear them with. I have a couple cardigans that are long enough, but I need more long tops. I'm not going to be one of those weirdos who wears them as pants. Your butt should be mostly covered if you're going to wear leggings!

So I started at Forever 21. And I really like this blue one. It could totally be dressy if I wanted it to be.



I love this black one. Super cute.


This one is cute. I love that blue.


And this one just looks super comfy. For running errands and stuff like that.



Then I headed over to Target's site. Where I found this one. It kind of just looks like an oversized shirt, but that's what I've been looking for.


There's that blue again. And I love a cowl neck.



Last I hit up my trusty Old Navy. I'm a little ashamed to like what is basically a denim shirt, but I do. And it's nice and casual again.



Then this cardigan. I love the color. And it's short sleeved so I can wear it into spring. I might have to go look for it.

There you go. I'll still be searching, although I'm looking to make myself some tops too. With all my free time...

5 Things...

Well, this should be fairly obvious to you today.

5 THINGS ABOUT LOST (IT'S BACK TONIGHT!!!)

1. I am seriously contemplating throwing a finale party. Seriously. If you would come, let me know. As long as I can get at least ten other people, it's ON!
2. The first four minutes of the the premiere showed up online last week. I wasn't even tempted to watch. This is a big deal because I tend to like spoilers. Not this time.
3. We actually haven't followed the show the entire time. Hubby and I watched the first season (so did my mom) and a little of the second. Then life intervened and some shows had to be sacrificed. Fall of 2008 SyFy (back then it was still SciFi) showed four episodes every Monday night. We watched. And then realized that we should just rent the seasons so we could get through and catch up for the Season 5 premiere. So we did.
4. Season 4 got me through my Christmas baking. I cried so hard I had to take a break from cookie dough.
5. I despise Juliet. Hated her with Sawyer. Also don't want Jack and Kate together. Jack has evolved into this whiny, needy guy. Kate shouldn't deal with that crap. Go Kate and Sawyer!!!

It would be so easy to make this "10 things" today, but I won't. Not sure if I'll post my thoughts on the episode each week or not. I guess it'll depend on how I'm feeling. And just FYI, the American Idol live blogs will suffer. Lost wins.

Happy Birthday to...

My uncle Gil!

He's my uncle by marriage. That's him with my aunt. Gil cracks me up. A little secret: my aunt is totally robbing the cradle. I won't give away an age difference, but we'll just say that he and my husband are closer in age than he and my aunt. *nudge*wink*

One of the first times I actually hung out with Gil was at my aunt's house. I took my cousin to a play and hubby and I went in to say hi when we dropped her off. Gil had my aunt watching Jackass. Yup. Jackass. I was amazed. And he got a little bit of hero status because I'm pretty sure she would never have watched an episode otherwise. Is it sad that that's probably one of my first memories of him?

I also say "uncle" really sickeningly cutesy. Because it's funny that my uncle isn't terribly older than me. So it's really more of me being a butt. Are you surprised? You shouldn't be.

So happy birthday uncle Gil! I'll tell Tim to take it easy on you at jiu jitsu tonight.

WOW

So I didn't watch the Grammys last night, but if I had known Pink was performing I might have. I love her. I got a massive girl crush on her after her performance last year. Actually, I've always been a fan.

Anyway, I saw a video of her performance earlier today and I knew I had to share. She is AMAZING. You must watch.

Monday Coolness

Another week friends, but this week is special.

LOST STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT!!!

Are you ready?

So in honor of tomorrow, today's coolness is a Brokeback Mountain/Lost video. I laughed pretty hard the first time I saw it. And I mentioned it to a friend who decided he was interested in seeing it. So here ya go. It's funny to me how they used some of these moments. It's actually really well done.