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Swazzle
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Tuesday Chat!
Good morning!
I could have reeeeeally used a couple more hours of sleep today. H and I were at the Dolphins/Jets game last night (Woo Fins! Sorry, @Ollie08) and didn't go to bed until around 1am. I'm so grateful that our friends who live nearby gave us a place to stay for the night. I got to "sleep in" until 5:45 and then I walked to work, making a pitstop at the Bux for a chestnut praline latte in the process 
OH! H and I are looking at a house tonight! I'm excited about it although it's only 2 bedrooms (we really want 3) and I don't think H is going to be crazy about this one. It's a very "typical" house looks-wise which he's not a fan of. It has 1.5 bathrooms, an attached garage, a fireplace, and central air. It's at the higher end of our reevaluated budget. So we'll see what happens. I'm just glad to be moving forward.
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Re: Tuesday Chat!
H will be at play practice tonight. I plan to go home after work, do PIYO, cook dinner, eat, and study until bedtime. I might get crazy and do some laundry, who knows.
@Southerpeach89 - Your tree will be up soon enough! Maddux is a cutie, will you be doing Christmas pictures with him??
@Hummingbird125 - That could be a super exciting opportunity for your H! May the odds be ever in your favor (lol - couldn't help myself).
I didn't sleep the best last night, H was snoring very very loudly, he's ALWAYS congested. I'm not sure if a sleep study thing would help him or what would help him. He's declined a sleep study in the past, but he should be at his out of pocket max for the year, so I kind of wonder if they could squeeze him in and if it would even help him out.
Now that Black Friday - Cyber Monday are over, it's time for H and I to close our wallets and start saving (easy to say)! We went a little crazy, I'm actually excited that I bought an electric pressure cooker, no idea what I'll be making in it but I know it'll do a whole pot roast in about an hour!!
@WildMagalet - Way to go on the weight loss!! I need to jump back on the bandwagon, I gained most of the weight I lost back (especially after the wedding). I ordered 'Just Dance 2014' which at least gets me moving (I look silly doing it w/my 2 left feet).
@swazzle good luck on the house hunting tonight
I have a pretty busy day at work today and more rehearsal tonight. It makes life a little crazy. I haven't even begun holiday shopping yet. Although I'm quite sure I know what I will be getting everyone, it's just a matter of getting to the store for it. There is a lot going on at the moment that I'm trying to juggle. My awful headaches that I've had for several days finally went away I feel like a million bucks now. Although some more sleep would be really nice.
Morning ladies!
@Swazzle - Good luck with the renewed house hunt! FI and I look at some listings from our realtor last night and I think we're going to try to look at 3 or 4 of them later this week.
@southernpeach89 - I ran out of time last night to get my decorations out of storage; I am getting antsy to get them up!
@Hummingbird125 - Good vibes for your FI, I hope everything goes well today!
@TwoDimes - SO CUTE! She is adorable, I can't wait for all the pictures once she comes home!!
I am very tired and unmotivated this morning. I just wanted to stay curled up in bed, I'd made myself such a nice little cocoon
FI and I looked at some house listings last night and reviewed the revised quote from our florist, so I'm sending the signed contract and deposit to her today. We TRIED to order our invites from Minted to get their 25% off sale but the site was rammed and we kept getting error messages. FI had told me to order them yesterday while I was at work, but I was being nice and wanted to make sure that he got to look through them one more time before we bought...and then we couldn't do anything because the site was so busy! This is what I get for being nice lol. Anyways, we got an online chat person who confirmed that there was just too much traffic on the site and that they were extending the discount to today. Thank goodness, because I was starting to feel very stabby!
Busy day at work today, I'm still catching up from being away for a few days, and we have lots to wrap up before the end of the year. Tonight FI and I are going to the Leafs game, and I am determined to pull out my Christmas decorations before we leave! I want to get my lights up pronto!
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@Swazzle - ALL the house vibes.
@Southerpeach89 - Your pictures are adorable!!! The three of you make such a cute family.
@Hummingbird125 - Fingers crossed for you guys.
@TwoDimes - Puppy pictures!!! That made my morning.
@Peaseblossom55 - I'm glad your headaches went away. Headaches for days sounds like hell.
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I'm at work today and I shouldn't be. I'm so sick with a cold. This is the third cold I've caught in a matter of two months so I have no idea what the hell is going on with my immune system. My celiac bloodwork came back pretty good so it can't be that compromising my system. I'm sick of being sick. Hopefully I can leave early today. On the bright side, our kitchen cabinets are being installed this week and H and I can't wait to have a kitchen back!
@TwoDimes - Super cute!! My Newfie breeder for the most part picked the dogs for those who were adopting from her. Nessie was the last puppy left but she fit what we were looking for (house-dog w/potential of being a therapy dog); 2 other people backed out so we got her or else we would have had to wait for the next litter. Her breeder is planning a landseer Newfie litter in the near future and I SO wish I could jump on that wait list!
@hummingbird125, All the job vibes for your FI.
@KeptinStitches, I love your FI's band!
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Hi girls! Not much is new with me. Working, making holiday presents, same old. I'm nixing my old blog because I let it die in March. And really, I didn't want to have a blog that was SOLELY about makeup. So I'm slowly creating a new blog, which is coming out pretty good, but isn't live yet. Right now I'm working on my 101 in 1001 to add to the blog. I'm at 85 or so right now. There are more things I would want to add, but I don't want to talk about hyper personal (ie. sexual, professional, or familial) things on the internet when my name and information is out there for the world to see. So I won't be including those things publicly. If you've got any ideas, send them my way.
These posts are giving me puppy fever! Just kidding. I literally just had to pick up my dog from his "daycare" because he's been resource guarding toys all morning. He NEVER does that. I don't know if it's the cold or if hasn't gotten much exercise, but it's pissing me off. He has never gotten in trouble before, and then last week he started fighting over toys.
I bought a couple of Christmas presents last night. I got some sriracha salt for my little sister, and a bunch of meat spices/rubs for my dad. BF's family goes crazy with joke gifts in peoples stockings, so I found someone on Etsy that makes religious candles with celebrity faces on them. I got a Miley, a Buscemi, and a Walken. Pretty excited about those.
I'm double posting because I am incredulous right now.
Is anyone else insanely shocked about all the women coming forward saying they were molested by Bill Cosby? He has been the guy that I always pictured being the perfect husband/dad/grandpa/person. But then I just read an article that laid out a whole timeline since the 80s of all the accusations against him and such. I mean, this isn't only new stuff coming out........ I know enough to not ever put complete faith in the media, but this is pretty messed up shit.
I mean, as much as I loved Michael Jackson (and I honestly believe some families were just trying to get money from him), I also really think he acted inappropriately with children.
@AlPacina Honestly, I'm not shocked. But I also have done a lot of sexual violence prevention, and I already knew about a lot of the women who came forward a long time ago. I'm mostly just surprised (and impressed) that it's finally caught up to him. It's always disappointing to find that a person you liked (either a friend or an acquaintance, or a celebrity or public figure) may have done some terrible things, but over time (and a lot of disappointments), I've found ways to cope with the disappointment.