you down with OPI?

yeah you know me... 

it's friday.  thank you jesus, the work week is almost over.  the sun is shining, although it is not as warm as i would like it to be.  i'll take what i can get.

every friday i go and get my nails did at the nail salon below my work on my lunch break.  a little treat that i enjoy.  my good friend and i go together and the hardest thing about it is always picking out a color.  why?  i am indecisive.  i mean, what color do i want to see on my nails for the next week?  what events do i have coming up (none) that i may need a fresh mani for? 

i'm into some of the new colors from OPI that just came out.  the holland collection. 

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i got the last one when i went last time and i really liked it.  "did you ear about van gogh?"  why yes, yes i did.  i am not sure what color i will go with today, or if i will even go.  i hate waiting for my nails to dry, that's for sure. 

not much on the agenda this weekend.  i may hit up target for some of these for the little one...

my boy has been peeing through his diaper every night for the last week.  it is not fun waking up to an angry baby.  time to bring in the big guns.  hopefully it works.

happy friday peeps!



salvation army... yes, please!

wednesdays are one of my favorite days of the week. not because it is hump day and it means that the work week is winding down, but because i get to take time on wednesday nights to do some thrift shopping - which i really enjoy. 

wednesdays at the local salvation army are considered family day.  this means that basically the entire store (except the items that came in that same week) is on sale for 50% off the already insanely low price.  um... where do i sign up?

yesterday i took the boys with me because my husband was on a trial term and wanted to see the hunger games after work.  i told him to have at it, because i knew that would a) give him time to decompress from work b) give me time to wander around salvation army without worrying how long i had been there.  it just was a coincidence that it was a wednesday and i could take advantage of the awesome weekly sale. 

i think it is safe to say that i thoroughly enjoyed myself. my friend and her son came along with us.  i found some great stuff, for both me and the boys and didn't feel guilty buying it because it was so cheap.  if i had thought ahead, i would have snapped some photos of the stuff i got and then i could post it, but i guess that is a blogging lesson i have just learned. 

here are some random pictures for visual interest, since i have nothing else exciting...

first post

a blog?  like whoa!  i have been reading other people's blogs for years now, loving them, feeling like i know them through their posts, and all the while wishing i had one of my own.  well, now i do.  go me!  i don't know exactly what will become of this blog but there are lots of things i love in life, so i am sure each of them will make their way into this somehow. 


here are some things i love (in no particular order):
sunshine, trips to mexico with my hubs, my boys, the fam, my friends, my dog goose, taking the kids to the playground, rage against the machine, haiku, issa, going out to dinner, zucchini bread, learning photography, my macbook pro, parties with delicious food, pinto noir, elephants, babies, saying i love you to the people i love, the park, the beach, thrift shopping, redecorating a room, planting a garden, working hard, achieving goals, driving with the windows down and the music loud, dancing with my kids, sarcasm, obx, pinterest, miller lite, real housewives of pretty much anywhere, californication, shameless, mad men, sesame street, going for ice cream, wawa, peanut chews, jolly joes and days off.


me and the hubs (circa 2009)