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menu monday.

September 24, 2012 by · 4 Comments
Menu Monday

your eyes do not deceive you.  i'm actually participating in a meal planning link-up.  i don't know why it took until last week to start planning our weekly meals, but whatever.  the point is that now on sunday mornings i plan our menu for the week & i hit the grocery store that very same morning.  although i love shopping at trader joe's & the fresh market {and soon, whole foods will be on my list}, i recently rekindled my love-hate relationship with wal-mart.  honestly?  it's just easier to shop there early on a sunday morning because it's so close to the house. not that this is necessary information, but while i shop i use my cell phone calculator to keep track of my purchases.  i try to stick as close to $100 as i can.  $100 per week on groceries might seem steep to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cooking, crockpot, dinner, Food, recipe ·

the great boob squeeze of 2012.

September 20, 2012 by · 4 Comments
Mammo1

purple nurple? titty twister? or, maybe it's more like getting the awkward second base grope. nah. as my sweet friend, sarah, so eloquently put it, it's like being in a panini press. a few years ago, i wrote about needing to get a baseline mammogram.  well, as of yesterday {you know, three years & four months AFTER seeing a genetic counselor}, i can finally check baseline mammogram off of my seemingly never-ending "to do" list. as a 35th birthday present to myself & with a referral in my hand from my OB/GYN, i had my little girls photographed. i'll admit...i was nervous.  it wasn't the "oh, crap, i'm going to the gyno for a yearly" kind of nervous.  don't get me wrong, i still showered, scrubbed & prepped {my skin was sanitized, yo}.  and, i still had the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: boobs, breasts, mammograms ·

twenty years ago…

September 18, 2012 by · 7 Comments
My ring

i turned fifteen. for my birthday, i received a ring.  this ring... a ring that no longer fits my finger. a ring with a bent band. a ring that meant the world to me at fifteen and still means the world to me now at thirty-five. that ring? it was given to me by a boy. but, not just any boy.  this boy stole my heart. and, over the years, that boy gave me many rings... including the OTHER ring in the picture. twenty years ago, adam & i celebrated my 15th birthday together {he was the lone boy in a living room full of teenage girls...lucky him}.  here we are, twenty years later, celebrating my 35th birthday.  still together. this year, i did not get a ring or other fancy things. instead, i got grocery store flowers that turn the water in the vase pink … [Read more...]

Filed Under: birthday, Happy Birthday ·

halfway up the hill.

September 11, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

i turn thirty-five next week. that seems weird to type.  even weirder that i typed the number out rather than just typing this:  35. thirty-five. ugh. that's halfway up the hill.  i'm not quite over the hill.  just yet. i remember when thirty-five felt so old. oh, who am i kidding, i'm nearly five years to 40.  that is old. of course, when i finally turn 40 i'm sure i'll be saying it's the new thirty. but, back to thirty-five... i'm not quite sure i'm ready for it.  i know, like it or not, that's the age i'll turn next week, but quite honestly i don't think i'm ready to grow up just yet. not now. but maybe by the time i turn forty. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: birthday, blabber, C'est moi ·

teetering on the edge.

September 6, 2012 by · 1 Comment
Don't give up...

my feelings about grad school, and my ultimate goal of becoming an elementary school teacher, wax & wane on a weekly basis.  sometimes, i'm excited about school and my impending career.  other times, i'm ready to throw in the towel.  i've been working on a masters in education for over five years {not continuously, obviously} and i've dedicated the last two years of my life to finishing the degree {read: i kissed my job good-bye so i could go back to school full-time}. currently, i'm in my last "real" semester of school, but i still feel like graduation is so far away.  and, i'll be honest, i'm ready to give up. to walk away. i said to my husband the other night that he and i are living the life we should have been living in our early twenties: full-time students trying to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: frustrated, school ·
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