hello friday.

we're looking at a pretty cold and rainy weekend over here {yay!!!}, so i'm going to take this opportunity to test out some new recipes on mr., do some job hunting, have a cuddle-fest, and probably take 3 or 4 really long bubble baths. preferably with cinnamon bath oils, and a homemade frappuccino in hand. oh gosh it sounds so amazing, i think i'll go and get started right away.....
but before i run off with mr. bubble {please tell me you remember mr. bubble! or have you grown up and moved onto those fancy adult bubbles??}, here are some inspirational pictures of how i'm imagining my weekend.
see you in october!

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hello.

just dropping in to say hello. husband is away for the evening, and probably doing some really important things. i've decided there's two positives to this situation...

1. because he's working all night, we have a four day weekend! hooray!

2. i get the bed all to myseelllfff tonight. don't get me wrong i love cuddling with my human heating pad of a husband, but lately i've been waking up to the mr. oddly grabbing at my face while he dreams away. yep. grabbing my face. it's already happened twice in the past week. he thinks it's hilarious of course, but sometimes a girl just wants to sleep without her husband pawing at her face in the middle of the night ok? besides, he'll be back tomorrow and the face grabbing can ensue. in other news, i've been doing some work on a fun new blog feature i am hoping to debut next week. at least i think it will be fun. so get excited! because i'm excited! and i don't like being excited all alone over here.....

insta-love.

ta-da!! instagram photos! 
i'm going to let the pictures do all the talking today.

around the house.

so besides feeling really bad for leaving everyone hanging the past 10 or so days, i have to admit, i was very happy to wake up to some sideways rain this morning. plus, i'm feeling extra healthy even though husband strolled into the house last week with malaria pills for deployment, fresh anthrax, flu, and small pox shots. and yes. yes, small pox is highly contagious. be happy you're not here wondering if you should bleach everything the mr. touches. mom and dad were lucky enough to visit us this weekend, and let me tell you, they're some seriously brave people. if you've been to the theater to see 'contagion' recently, you know what i'm talking about {insert scary music and goosebumps here}.
anywho, other than listening to the soothing sounds of rain today, i broke out season 3 of 'the united states of tara' {thanks mom & dad!}, baked red velvet cupcakes, napped by the fireplace, and made myself a yummy & healthy! three cheese calzone. the pumpkin and flowers are left over from mom and dads visit... i threw a mini dinner party for them of course! oh, and those pretty yellow plates are from our favorite antique store in port orchard. they make the cutest little cupcake plates don't they? another big thank you! to mom and dad for those. 
if you're wondering about photos from this weekend, well, we didn't take the camera anywhere. although... my trusty iphone has some instagram love for you. shocker. off to bed. back soon.

hello friday.

i'm feeling a bit under the weather today. and by 'under the weather,' i mean tonsils that want to be removed, sneezes you actually need kleenex for, and ears that pop every ten seconds. i don't necessarily need an excuse as to why i'm still in bed in my pj's when husband gets home, but as it turns out this is a great one. besides, mom and dad will be here in exactly one week, and i can't very well be sick when they're here can i? so i'll just lay here. i'll watch dance moms on lifetime, sip on my oj, and suck on luden's like they're candy. don't sit there and lie to yourself pretending they don't taste like candy either, because they do. they should just be sold in the candy aisle. maybe i'll even hand them out for halloween this year... wouldn't that be awesome? imagine as you dump out your pillowcase full of greatness from the 30 houses you made it to this year, and bam! sore throat candy. it's a double duty candy that, 'fixes that sweet tooth, and soothes a sore throat at the same time!' ha. i hope you're reading this luden's, i just gave you your 2012 marketing campaign. you're welcome.

trust me, you don't want to really see what my sick face looks like.

sweet paul magazine.

 also, i have for you the link to the fall 2011 sweet paul magazine! i wish i didn't just have a digital copy of it because i want it to sit on my coffee table in all of its awesomeness. it's seriously amazing, you have to check it out. right now. or later i guess. which ever suits you. 

sweet paul magazine

lately.

i've been a very inconsistent blogger. i got lost for a half hour on post last thursday. awesome. i learned how to shoot really fancy weapons at a cowboy. just my right arm got a wicked sunburn at last weekends drift event. mom called me up with some very interesting news {i can't share yet, because i'm completely undecided. thanks mom}. there were at least three trips for frozen yogurt. the heat has finally broken. and i'm feeling a bit anxious about my new volunteer position with the FRG {family readiness group}.

i have a few instagram pictures for you! you totally didn't see that coming right? you're hugely surprised right now. i should probably re-name this blog to 'hello {i} love instagram.'