weekday wrap-up

1. my smoothies are getting better.  yesterday it was strawberries, spinach and water. today: mixed fruit, spinach, orange juice and ice (so far, my fave).  this is all for a healthier, easier dinner in hopes of preparing for a 10 year reunion and wedding. meanwhile, ronnie is suffering through on hot pockets, spaghettios and hamburger helper.

2. i bought a tanning package.  i'm trying to decided what is better:
skin cancer vs. eczema

right now, the eczema that has been slowing spreading and feels like fire all over my legs, has come out on top.  hopefully a month of tanning will dry it all out before skirt/short season.

3. i am trying a *new* hairdo tomorrow i found on pinterest. i hope to have that and curling instructions by monday. stay tuned. ps- i've curled my hair twice since then and it is fast, but my favorite part? it lasts all day without hair spray or anything.

4. i have a bachelorette party this weekend for my old college roommate, barney.  i'm excited to see her and celebrate.

5. lent started on wednesday and instead of trying to give up something, i've decided to DO something instead.  add to my life, instead of take away.  i bought a box of cards and i'm going to be sending little notes to people for the next 40 days.  last year, i gave up cussing - i've decided to embrace that. and, i thought this might be a little more rewarding.

smoothie king

i tried to make my first spinach smoothie and it was gross. i know it's something i did because i've tried my sister-n-law's and it was good.  and lindsay drinks them every morning, so i know they can be good, but i'm obviously doing something wrong.  i'll try again tomorrow.  wish me luck.

today's consisted of:

1 cup almond milk

handful of baby spinach

1 cup mixed berries

i think my problems was that the mixed berries all had seeds and i felt like i was spitting out a shit-ton of them.  especially black berries, those are the worst.  tomorrow, i'm going to just use strawberries and hope for the best. 

and if that doesn't work, then i'm hitting the internet for recipes.

it's either that or i just bought a whole bunch of spinach and frozen fruit that i won't eat.

awesome.

his bark is worse than his bite

here is a little insight into my everyday life.

i hear this about 10 times a day.

and i decided that i must share,

because my puppies are my loves.

and this is louie.

(please turn up the volume)

louie started doing this a couple years after we got him.

the first time he 'screamed' at our back door i thought a wild animal was literally attacking him and killing him.

ronnie and i were knocking each other over trying to get outside and save him.

and when we got there, he was just fine and ready to come in.

we laughed.

we chalked it up to our crazy dog.  

we thought, well, he just must be cold.

but now, this is his bark.

his everyday, run of the mill, bark.

and it's so loud and piercing.

especially at the 5:30am potty break.

we're pretty sure our neighbors would gladly take a bb gun to our little guy.

it can 80 degrees outside

or 20 below.

it doesn't matter.

either way,

louie is an indoor dog.

got my hair did

please excuse the "no make-up, ready for bed" picture below.

i'm trying to capture a "before" picture of my hair.

because the next day, i had a hair appointment with a new hairdresser my sister-n-law, jaime, hooked me up with.

remember my last appointment? a bit disappointing.

and it took me a couple tries at home to finally get what i wanted.

jaime thought her gal could help, so her and brian bought me a free hair cut for my birthday.

(yes, i has taken me 5 months to schedule a hair appt.)

she was great and the best part was she taught me an easy, fast way to curl my hair.

i literally never curl my hair anymore because it's too long and takes forever,

but she curled it in under 5 minutes.

it was amazing.

i'm excited to try it out and see if i can do it just as fast.

probably not.

i think i need to buy a new curling iron first.

she recommended a wand.

so that's my next step.

beauty brands, here i come.

aunt brooke

i'm an aunt 10 times over with all the kiddos in my life.

between ronnie's sister, my brother (brian) and all our friend's kids,

the number of babies is steadily growing.

just this week alone i found out two more friends of mine are pregnant.

and i couldn't be happier,

except that i am...

because several weeks ago

the family was invited over to brian and jaime's

for an early 30th birthday party for brian.

and when jaime brought out a faux birthday present

i didn't expect a thing,

until the balloons floated out of the box with this attached.

a sonogram.

a baby.

due in september.

i'm going to be an aunt.

again!

vday

last year ronnie had class on valentine's day, so i spent the evening cuddling my puppies.

this year, he made up for it.

flowers, a dq blizzard, steak dinner and breaking dawn.

thank you, mr. ronaldo.

lady with a baby

it's crazy that another little life is only seven weeks away.

we are all so excited for jana to welcome her first little boy into our lives

and last saturday we got together to celebrate her becoming a mamma.

and linds and i got to finally share all our fun shower projects.

 food table

centerpieces

max banner, iron-on onesies, and alphabet framed piece

 jana with linds and i

opening gifts

playing the "guess how big mamma is" toilet paper game

onesie craft table

dana showing off "my name is earl" homemade onesie.

ah, thank you.

 onesie sugar cookies

mason jars and party straws (from pinterest)

the flowers

 and the super seven - minus mauri.  :(

okay max, we're ready for you!