Happy Birthday... to Me?

My mom called me last night and asked me if I planned on doing anything fun for my birthday today. I told her not that I knew of, and as my husband isn't too big on birthdays and/or surprises, I expect the day will be pretty normal. What I should have told her was that my fun plan involved doing a fun blog post. Now I just need to think of something fun to do for this post....

I will be doing fun things for my birthday, they just won't happen on my birthday. My little brother is flying into town the day after and is going to spend the whole weekend with us. We're going to take him to see Av.atar (which I highly recommend in 3D) and the Bo.dies I.n Mo.tion exhibit. I know the latter is a bit creepy and gross, but I find it all highly interesting. My bro, who is an EMT will enjoy it too. On top of those two fantastic activities, we plan to spend loads of time playing games on the Wi.i, shopping (because we both love it), buying me a new iP.od for my bday, buying a Thr.iving Iv.ory CD (if you haven't heard them, I highly recommend them), eating good food, and being just plain goofy. On top of that, I get to add my daughter to the fun, which will make it all that much more special. What could be better?

So, in being true to my word, I leave you with something fun for this post. Below is a very brief clip of Baby Bean playing with Sadie yesterday. I had been working from home because Baby Bean has a nasty ear infection complete with ooze. I was typing away when I realized I heard what sounded like a block being hit against a dog head. I looked over, and sure enough, Baby Bean was hitting Sadie on the head with a block and laughing hysterically. Sadie being the oober awesome dog that she is, just sat there and let the baby have her way with her. Rest assured, Sadie was very well rewarded for her patience, love and tolerance.

With that, I bid you adieu!

Hooray for Blog Awards!

Thanks to the wonderful Marla for my beautiful new bloggy award!



Rules
1. You Can Only Use One Word!
2. Pass this along to 6 of your favorite bloggers
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. Have Fun!

The Fun Part
1. Where is your cell phone? Desk
2. Your hair? Gorgeous
3. Your mother? Giving
4. Your father? Compassionate
5. Your favorite food? Tex Mex
6. Your dream last night? Blur
7. Your favorite drink? Sangria
8. Your dream/goal? Happiness
9. What room are you in? Cubicle
10. Your hobby? Spending
11. Your fear? Money
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Here
13. Where were you last night? Petstore
14. Something that you aren’t? Judgemental
15. Muffins? Any
16. Wish list item? Newcar
17. Where did you grow up? US
18. Last thing you did? Read
19. What are you wearing? Businesscasual
20. Your TV? Home
21. Your pets? Dogs
22. Friends? Thebest
23. Your life? Crazy
24. Your mood? Swings
25. Missing someone? Parents
26. Vehicle? Blue
27. Something you’re not wearing? Watch
28. Your favorite store? Targ.et
29. Your favorite color? Purple
30. When was the last time you laughed? Yesterday
31. Last time you cried? Friday
32. Your best friend? Hubs
33. One place that I go to over and over? Home
34. One person who emails me regularly? Spamers
35. Favorite place to eat? Pappadeuxs

Recipients:
Sarah Lou
Heather
Clarkie
Barb
IF'er
PJ

My First Award!

Once again, the ever fabulous Leah at Life According to Leah has given me a reason to do a blog post. (Leah, I think we should just be blog best friends already. lol) She very kindly bestowed the following award upon me:

Thank you so very much!

Here are the rules that come with the award:

1. Choose 7 blogs that you find brilliant in content and design.
2. Show the 7 winners' names and links on your blog.
Sarah at The Potters
Journey girl at Donor Eggs
Mrs. La La at Empty Uterus Syndrome
Marla at Marla'z Austin Journey
Melissa at Melissa's Thoughts and Realizations
Seussgirl at One Day Two Day
~Ifer at The Mind of IFer
AKA at Just Another Day in Paradise

3. List 10 honest things about yourself.

1. I love dogs and have ever since I can remember. Actually, I love all animals, but especially dogs. My dad gave me my first dog when I was 6 years old. He was the runt of the litter and had a genetic defect, so he couldn't be sold. He became "my diddle goochums." He died on Thanksgiving when I was 8. The next dog I had lived for 14 years and died the day after Thanksgiving the year I graduated from college. I watch my dogs closely around the Thanksgiving holiday now.
2. I have been a better, kinder, happier person since moving to Texas last year. I have never had as many good girl friends as I have now. I never used to like girls and rarely had girl friends. I have 3 girl friends that I hang out with on a regular basis. I love it!
3. I am a spendaholic. If I have $5 my first thought is, "What can I buy with $5?!" Savings? What is that? Luckily I married a penny pincher, and we keep our money separate so I don't spend all of my money AND his. Very wise!
4. I have a problem with people who feel a sense of entitlement because they are them. I further have a problem with people who think rules were made for everyone but them to keep them safe from the rest of us. A 4-way stop means EVERYONE stops, not everyone but you. Rude behavior is inexcusable, especially when it is unprovoked.
5. I find a sick sense of pleasure in knowing the people who blare their stereos down the street in their cars so everyone can feel their bass will one day be hard of hearing. Bellt.one loves those people! "Eh?"
6. I love the TV show One T.ree H.ill. Laugh all you want, we'll make more. I am seriously angry they kicked the two lead characters off the show last season. I don't plan on watching the new season next year. Without Lucas and Peyton, there is no OTH. (I currently own seasons 1-4 on DVD. I'm waiting for the price of seasons 5 and 6 to go down.)
7. I am a writer by profession, but can't diagram a sentence to save my life. I got a B in grammar in college and that was only because I went for after-class tutoring with the teacher. I hate grammar!
8. I have had mono 3 times. The last time I had it I had to take 5 weeks off work. I had been married for all of 5 months. I loved the fact that I got to stay home for over a full month because my sweetie worked from home and we had just gotten a new puppy (Mags).
9. I am a germophobe. I have to sanitize my hands when I get back to the car after touching a gorcery cart. When we go out to dinner and I open the door, I have to do it with my non-dominant hand so that I don't use it to bring food up to my face.
10. I have a secret blog that only one person knows about AND knows where it is located. I've had it for a while now and enjoy the annonymity it provides.

Booyahs All Around

So this is going to be a quick post because it is bedtime and Hubs wouldn't allow me to take my computer up to the bedroom because he knew I would be up all night blogging if I did. His exact words were, "No! Go to bed!" He finally relented on the grounds that I sit next to him and put up a quick post so he can kick me off to bed if I stick around too long. I guess he doesn't find me pleasant when I'm too tired to function, either that or he's sick of me complaining about being tired all of the time.

Now for the exciting news. I got on the scale this past weekend and guess who dropped another 3 lbs? Booyah! I'm down almost 10 lbs already. On top of that, I realized I had lost weight when my work pants started to get baggy enough I needed a belt, and even more so when I realized I could get my blue jeans off without undoing them. Yep, I dropped a size too. SWEET! So all of my walking in the heat and humidity and through what we like to call "Mosquito Alley" in addition to my nightly ab exercises has been paying off. Needless to say, I'm feeling pretty good.

At our pediatrician visit last week, I felt like we got scolded for the fact that Baby Bean was not yet rolling over. Hubs told me that he was just saying we needed to make sure she was getting more tummy time and that he didn't feel scolded at all. I did, so when we got home I spent the rest of the day, the rest of the week, and all weekend working with Baby Bean, trying to teach her how to roll over.

This afternoon I came home for lunch, went upstairs to tell Hubs hello, and looked into Baby Bean's room to see if she was still napping. I found the little squirt on her tummy! I asked Hubs if he had put her there, his reply was, "No. Is she on her tummy?!" She got showered in praise, kisses, and loads of smiles from mom and dad, which she found to be fun and exciting. Hubs said every time he laid her on her back she kept rolling herself over a few seconds later for the rest of the day, even though she hates being on her tummy and would tell him as much every time she got herself in that position. Tonight when we got home from our walk, I actually got her rolling herself over on film . Good job little girl!

Well, my time is up. I had better get this posted and get to bed before I get scolded. 'Night!