floating away

my new goal this week:

drink 3 liters of water a day. 

before now i always had a 32oz. jug at my desk. 

i normally got through one of these and on a good day, i could down two.

i am now drinking 3 and that is only from the hours of 7-3 while at work.

yesterday wasn't hard.  and right now its a little before 8am and i already have one done.

minor problem: get ready to run back and forth to the restroom all day. 

the goal: healthier skin, hair, and waist line.

happy valentine's day

although i'm spending v-day alone - i'm still feeling the love. 

mr. cox has class tonight from 5 to 9, so i'll be spending the evening enjoying what i like to call "puppy love".  just me and my dogs. 

so here's to romantic dinners, beautiful flowers, creamy chocolates and being with the one you love.

enjoy yours.  

more seating

our new sectional and cocktail table was delivered yesterday two weeks early!

(i did a little dance when i got the call)

i was just so excited to have the movers bring it in, i didn't really think about the placement of things.

turns out, ronnie and i had to move that sucker three times before i got it how i liked it. ronnie is still on the fence, but i think it looks good.

the rug i bought before christmas finally got brought up from the basement and is now being used.

this is before:

and this is after:

we brought home this chair from illinois a year ago when we went to visit ronnie's mom and i cannot wait to have the thing reupholstered.  right now our room is a little lopsided.  too much weight on one side.  i think this chair will help balance things out if we put it right here:

and lucky me - the furniture store will sell me the fabric i picked out for my throw pillows on the couch, so everything will coordinate.

blogger vacation



not quite yet, but i'm just so darn excited about a CRUISE we booked on sunday. 

seven days in the caribbean.  my dream. 

and the best part is my best friend, kass and her bf, chris are coming with us!

august is 6 months away - how am i going to last that long!?

i. can't. wait.  

we are going

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here

pass the suntan lotion and the margaritas.  i'm ready.

my own super sunday.

today was more than just super bowl sunday. 

my best friends all got together (for the first time since july)

and had lunch.  sounds simple, but it makes me so happy. 

we lost katie last week and kassie is really doing well with it.

mr. mason will be a month old next week and dana is one proud mamma.

mauri made the drive up from dexter to be there for both her friends and

i thought this called for a little time for all of us to  get together.

we had lunch and then sat around to talk for the next couple hours. 

and all the kids finally met and it was the. cutest. thing. ever.

super bowl sunday to you.  super friend sunday to me.

master your craft (#2)

so what do you do when you are snowed inside for three days by yourself?

get crafty.

i read 3 books, watched 2 movies, had all the laundry done and decided it was time to actually get up and do something.

if you remember in my "what i want for christmas" post, i listed one of these.

i had all the necessary materials so i went at it. 

and i love the outcome.

it's now hanging on our front door.

next up, either coffee filter trees or another wreath - - this time from pages out of a book.

keeping warm

it's the blizzard of 2011.  i've been at home for 3 days and it's kind of killing me.

one of the things that get me through is my dad's hot chocolate recipe.

no peppermint, no nutella, no cinnamon.  this is good old fashion hot chocolate.

it's amazing and a little fat.

1. take one strip of hershey's chocolate bar, a spoon full of marshmallow fluff, the hot chocolate mix and put it in the bottom of your mug.

2. poor hot water 2/3 full directly over the mallow and chocolate bar - melting them.

stir until it's all dissolved.

3. fill up the rest of the cup with half and half and stir.

4. add another marshmallow on top.

believe me - it's heaven.

enjoy!