Showing posts with label monday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monday. Show all posts

~Mosaic Monday: Travelista!~

Happy Monday!
I hope your weekend was fun and relaxing.
I cooked an ambitious Italian feast alllllll day yesterday for Mother's Day, more on my weekend next post with some fun photos!

For today:
Mosaic Monday: Travelista!

I can't freaking wait for our coming up vaca . . .
it's one of the main things on my mind:
what to wear?!

Do you have any traveling plans this year/summer?
Do share, I love to hear about it!

Our vaca:
London, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, France . . . etc.
It can't be soon enough!

Enjoy your Monday my dearies!

~Good Lil' Wifey~

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had an amazing Easter weekend with family and friends galore:-)
We had a great weekend, will post pics soon!

I really wanted to start this week off with a small goal . . .
and I wanted to write it on my blog so that you all can hold me accountable
(love having all my blog friends!)



In life lately I've been a tid bit of a mess as of late . . . kind of organized choas.

Work
Starting my wedding planning (sooo fun p.s.)
Blogging (for 2 blogs)
Softball
Family
Friends
Hubby
Dogs
Church

The list goes on.

Yup.
Crazy.
With everything going on I am trying so hard to balance my life, but it's hard being spread so thin and being a perfectionist at the same time.

Andy and I have been married almost 3 years, and I have never been more in love than I am with this man right now.
My husband is the best (sorry guys! I win!)
Lol no but really he is amazing.



Sometimes I feel bad because I know he's there for me, and I get so passionate and excited about all these things going on in life that I (without meaning to) push him back to the back burner.

Bad wifey!
We still do everything together, have date nights, do sweet things for each other, etc. I just feel like instead of focusing on him and our relationship, I've been focusing on a whoel lot of 
me. me. me.
I think after some time people just get too comfortable and in routines. 
Time to break that because I do not want to be one of those couples.
Happens to easily to relationships.

This week my goal is to do something small and unexpected for him each day.
Random Acts of Wifey Kindness

(RAOWK!)



Sunday:
RAOWK #1:
We each have our un-officially assigned jobs around the house.
Mine: dishes, laundry, weeding the yard and gardening, etc
Andy's: waking up and taking the dogs out, feeding them, garbage and mowing the lawn, etc.

Although we have our jobs, we do help each other out and do most things together.
One thing that I reallllllly love that Andy does is wake up and take the dogs out.  I am not a horrible morning person, but I do not wake up singing like my hubby. Silly man.
I am so very grateful that he does this, but I know he gets tired of being the mommy to our 3 dogs sometimes.
Last night our little Lu Lu kept jumping off her bed . . . and that means 1 or 2 things:
throw up or pee on the carpet if we don't get her.
Instead of waiting for Andy to grab her, I took her outside a few times (they are still getting over an icky flu from last week) and let the man sleep.
Yes it's a small thing and may sound dumb to you all, but it's the little things right? :-)
(and he thanked me)

(I think it would be different if I was at home and he was working, then it'd be my responsibility.)



Other RAOWK ideas for the week:
*Wake up early and make him breakfast AND pack a nice lunch*
*Massage time (feet too!)*
*Play a game on the Xbox with him (not my fave but he loves it once in a while!)*
*Surprise date night out for some yummy food*
*Random sweet messages in his car, text, voicemail, card at work*
*Make his fave dinner without him expecting it*

Hmmm will have to think of more, 1 RAOWK a day for at least a week.
Hopefully it turns into a habit.
And I get over my selfish ways (eeek!)

I used to do more sweet random things when we were dating and just married . . . why have I let that trail off?
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."
~Scott Adams

What are some sweet RAOWK's that you have done for your hubby/bf?
I'd lovee some cute stories!

~Monday Monday . . .~

How I love thee so!
Yup I am a lover of Mondays . . . and Sat and Sundays!
Ok any day I have off to live and enjoy my life:-)

How was your weekend?!
Ours was busy yet we got a lot done!

1) Friday the hubby and I both had work off so we took our
3 little fur balls (Capri, Toby and our adopted LuLu) to the dog park . . .
and McDonalds for some ice cream!






Then for the rest of the weekend we finished tiling my bathroom shower
Softball practice
Yard work
Hanging with 2 of my girls making wedding invitations
(Congrats Melissa!!!)

How was your weekend?!
Productive, relaxing, or social??

Things to look forward to on the blog this week:
*Sweet Spring Swap: what I sent, and what I get!*


*Another fabulously Free Giveaway*


*More of our Europe trip from last year*

*Cake Pop Tutorial!*

Stay tuned my loves and have a FABULOUS day!!!

~Mosaic Monday: Roman Inspiration~

This
Mosaic Monday
 is all about our bathroom remodel inspiration
Isn't it crazy how you can find inspiration for anything, anywhere?


Rome is one of our favorite cities in the world . . .
and we have so many fun travel photographs from here, as well as many many fun memories.

So we decided to use Rome as our inspiration for our bathroom.

Painted frescos
Roman fountains
Poppies
Roman ruins
Feminine marble statues
Stone

So this is our demolishing . . .
I helped a little . . . but my hot handy man did most of this part :-)

look at those arms, yum!

next up:
*installing vanity and counter-tops
(actually waiting for the guys to come as we speak!)
*Waiting for our new tub to arrive
*Buy travertine for our tiling (which we will do ourselves, so excited!
*Pick out a large mirror and lighting
*Find a statue (sooo excited about this too!)
We bought a "red" paint from Benjamin Moore . . . and we were looking for a muted red . . . but it turned out to be bright pink, even after 3 coats!

Heee heee oooops!
Will keep you guys posted!

Any remodelling projects you have going right now, or wanting to?

Happy Monday!!!

Pssst don't forget to enter the Giveaway . . .
win a gorgeous scarf ($35-$75 value!) from Nikkisic!
My favorite:

~Mosaic Monday: Tea Party!~

Happy Monday!

How was your weekend?!

Ours was nice and relaxing . . .

Movies cuddled up
Happy Hour at Ruth Chris Steak House (yummm)



More work on the in-laws re-modeling project, almost done!
Finished writing my business plan (lots of work!)
Craft Time
Cleaning House Craze
Hit the gym 2x (woooo hoo!)

Altogether it was a nice, relaxing yet productive weekend.

Now that we are slowly approaching Spring . . .
I am getting the itch to stop hibernating and start planning social events!

One goal I for sure am going to do this year is plan a

~Tea Party!~

Although not exactly Mad Hatter style, I will have mis-matching cute china, we'll all dress up and have a jolly ole time!


Pssst come back next time for a lovely giveaway . . .

~Mosaic Monday: World Travelista~

Happy Monday!
As it is a holiday here (woo hoo) the hubby has today off as well, so I'll make this quick so we can go take the pups to the dog park and make some seafood pasta:-)

BUSY weekend, more on this tomorrow!
How was yours???

Lately I am in this mode to finish what I've started
I'm not sure if it's a Spring Cleaning mode coming on? 
But I am all about clearing my mental to do lists to open up space to think clearly.

Anyone else feel like this?

One thing that I've been meaning to do is edit our travels pics from our last vaca
(ummmm last May! Lol)
And share them with you all.
I got through Rome and day 4 . . . only 11 more to go! Hee heee
Chk out posts:
I need to do this before we head off again in June . . .

So with that said, this Mosaic Monday is for all of you travelistas out there . . .

So I will be doing my best to post pics, and bring back my
"destination thursdays"
in order to share them with you all!

Where was the destination of the last trip you took??

~Mosaic Monday . . .Weddings~

Happy Monday!
I hope you are all recouped from Super Bowl and the weekend.
We had a crazy remodellign weekend, more on this soon . . .

AND I've gone a week without drinking lol. 
Yes even at Super Bowl party, a birthdya bash AND a date night.
3 more weeks to go . . .

Anywho I have some pretty images in a mosaic for your viewing pleasure:


AND on that note: I have something to announce . .
Nope not getting married (we did that 2 1/2 years ago!)

BUT . . .

I am helping with my friend's wedding,
and my hubby has been pushing me to try my hand at wedding planning.
Crazy right!?

But he does have some good points . . .
 I LOVE to plan, design, decorate, create, coordinate themes, and I love anything to do with weddings.  I can craft up anything to help with the weddings . .

So here we go on a new adventure.  Not sure if it's for me, BUT we'll find out.

So in order for me to research and find ideas . . .
I've subscribed to wedidng mags, read some planning books . . . and
I started a new blog!


 Only a week old, but hopefully full of some fun eye candy and wedding links.

ALSO: call for ideas/ possible vendors!

I know some of my lovely blog friends do calligraphy, etc. so if that's you please contact me!

OR if you know of some lovely wedding sites let me know!

here wo goooooo . . . we shall see where this takes me!
I've already planned mine and helped plan 4 other friends . . . I think I got this covered.

Wish me luck!

~Mosaic Monday and my busy weekend!~

Happy Happy Monday!
How was your weekend?

Ours was great!
Busy as it was, we also had some relaxing time to re-coup . . .
 And dream about sunny weather . . .

Oh I can't hardly wait for some sunshine and warmth!

Anywho our weekend:
*Watched several movies (Wallstreet Never Sleeps, Inception)*

*Girl's Breakfast!*
(Met with 6 of my girls Sat morning for some good old catching up and chatting)

*Matinee with the hubby to see "The Rite"*
(kinda freaky!)

*Happy Hour with the hubby at Lot No. 3*
The food and drinks were good! AND we actually ended up getting all of our food FREE! Yup we saved like $40 b/c we were patient while it took an hour to get our food.  Funny thing was . . . we didn't even notice! Good drinks, and great discussions and the time flew by.  But hey I'll take free food, thanks!



*Church*
Was soooo good.  So I'll admit, we're not the best at going on a regular basis.  BUT it's funny b/c I feel like when I do go, it's just what I need to hear.

*Remodel project with the In-Laws*
We're helping the in-laws remodel and spruce up their house.  Many trips to Home Depot, and discussions on what to do.  I feel like I'm a host on HGTV! Will post pics of our many projects, and we are excited to be creative and help!
Can't wait to paint this brick, tile the bench, and rip out the gold and get a new fireplace screen, etc.

*Finished Jane Eyre*
Yup finished my book, now on to the next classic! Looooove how classics are FREE on the Kindle!!!

*Made and shipped recent orders from Etsy shop*


*Made some fun items for my Valentine's Swap, so many ladies participating this will be fun! My very first blog swap, and many more to come!!!*

Now it's your turn to share your weekend!

Hope you all have a great start to your week!

~Mosiac Monday~ and last chance for Valentine's Day Swap!

Hellloooooo all my wonderful peeps:-)
I hope you all had a fine weekend . . . I sure did!
Date night with yucca fries and jalapeno margaritas, french night with the girls, birthday celebrations, etc. Phew!
Will have to update you all on my last 2 weekends when I can, all my photos are at home and I'm a chillin at Starbucks while my mini is getting serviced.

My Mosaic Monday:
awwww isn't it cute?! So I honestly think aside from Christmas, my favorite holiday is Valentine's Day.
I'm obsessed, and what other holiday is all lovey and pink and girly?
So although it is exactly 3 weeks away, a girl needs to prepare right?
So I've been crafting away for a "special giveaway" on another blog soon . . .
Getting items ready for the shop . . .
Planning a fun Valentine's date for the hubby . . .
and hosting my very first swap, and a Valentine's Swap woooo hooo!

So if any of you haven't signed up and are interested, details and sign up here.
Swap closes tonight! So hurr up:-)
So far I have 35 ladies, it'll be fun!

Anywho I leave you to beginning your week on a good note (I hope!)
Have a great week!!!

Any of you already know what you're doing Valentine's Day?

~Mosaic Monday: Giveaway week and parrrrtay . . . 1 year blog birthday soon!~

Happy Monday!
I am truly super excited this week . . . for Friday is my
Blog's First Birthday!

Began a year ago as a way to express myself, I've grown to love it, and all of my friends gained over the year!

I wrote in my planner that the 14th is my Blog's Birthday, and my hubby laughed:-)
Little does he know we really are celebrating! Hee hee breaking out party hats!

Anyway for my Blog's Birthday . . . my
Monday Mosaic:
Stay tuned for possibly THREE Giveaways this week!

Now onto a quick recap of our weekend:

*Watched a ton of movies via Netflix with the hubby (heart it!)*
*Finally cleaned up any signs of Christmas in our house*
*Editted, printed and put up a mosaic of photos from our travels on a wall,
will show pics soon!*
(a few sneak peaks:)

We took in Eze, France 2010
St Mark's Square Venice, Italy 2009

Another Venice! 2009

Rome, Italy 2010

Santorini, Greece 2009

Pisa, Italy 2010

Rome, Italy 2010
*Worked out 2x, yay!*
*Went out to a dinner party at Pearl, amazing!!!*

*Went back to my "craft roots" and scrapbooked for the first time in forever!*


*lots of walks with the dogs*

*Watched the Seahawks beat the Champions, the Saints!!! Woooo hoooo!*
*Almost finished Little Women, oh I love that book!*

Here's to an amazing week for all of you,
and don't forget to visit frequently for giveaways!!!
Also an announcement and sign up for my Valentine's Swap!
So many fun things, I can't hardly contain myself:-)

How was your weekend?!