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.'

{link love} wednesday.

it's about 10:45, and i'm sitting here in bed feeling quite exhausted. husband is already happily asleep right in the middle of the bed next to me. if only i were so lucky to just fall asleep when my head hit the pillow like him. in all fairness he {we, being that every light in the room goes on when he wakes} gets up suupppeerr early, and then works really hard all day. can't blame the guy for wanting to have an 8 o'clock bedtime now can i? Anyhow.... seeing as how we're moving into the 'holiday season,' i thought i would share some cute table ideas for that breakfast/brunch/lunch/dinner/outdoors/indoors party you know you want to have. three or maybe four or five times...

awesome right? you can check out all six inspiring ideas for table setting over at BHLDN.

now all i need to do is convince the family to fly to washington, stay at a crummy hotel {because we have no guest rooms i so desperately want}, only to have christmas + new years parties at our house. OR tell all my friends i'm pregnant, make them believe me, have them fly to washington to see me, and then have a 'hahaha i'm totally not pregnant, i just wanted to have a dinner party with my friends,' dinner party. yesss. time to scheme. friend, if you're reading this right now, i would never............

extra long side note: husband suggested we have a platoon party for those hard working army men the other day... i pretty much screamed yes! promptly started making an out-loud mental list of things we needed like, balloons of course, when he stopped me right there, laughed, and said, 'all we need to do is provide the beer.' errr, whhhaattt???? no. sure maybe they won't notice or even care if their ice cold beer is sitting in a fancy wood bucket, or if the cupcakes i made them are sitting on iron and glass pedestals. i can make it appropriate for army, that's all part of the fun! plus, someone there will totally notice. he probably won't say anything, but he'll notice, and then tell his wife all about it later, and she'll be a part of event planning on base, and then offer me a job to help throw fancy parties everyday, and i'll be super happy forever {don't burst my bubble, it will happen okay}.

alright then, off to bed i go. :0)

today.

so it's tuesday, and somehow already september 6?! i need time to just slow down for a few ok? thanks time. on another note, i have good news and bad news about this past weekend dear readers. the good news is that husband and i had a great time, but the bad news is that we didn't break out the camera at all. i managed to snap a few iphone pictures along the way... i know it's not the same. anyways, here's a small recap from my instagram of the weekend.

cruising in the ghia to get some frozen yogurt. it was sooo good.

bean lounging. a love letter from husband. preparing for fall. new dress for jclark's wedding. the ONE day of cooler weather this month. where the magic happens.

we picked up some snazzy new runners this weekend.

testing out my green thumb. our antiquing finds.

it's going to be a good month.

husband is back! he even arrived a whole day early!! according to him that was always the original day, but i beg to differ. nonetheless, it was the most wonderful thing waking up to a phone call on tuesday morning to husband saying, 'hi babe! can you come and pick me up now?' and then while on my way a text message, 'did you leave i need wifey hugs and kisses time now. move it.' awwe!! it's so cute i know {luckily he doesn't read this, so he won't know i told everyone that}. anyways, we've got a long weekend for labor day starting tomorrow, and we have some serious togetherness time needed. plus our second vehicle is arriving at the house today! sometime right around NOW as a matter of fact. you don't know how happy this car makes me. not only is it awesome to cruise around in, but now i can have my own car back! i know that it misses me driving it, and i feel so free just thinking about all of the places i can go. so i'll be back on tuesday, hopefully with loads of pictures from the weekend. i give you all a fair warning... they might ALL end up being of husband. :0)

the weekend.

guess who i get to pick up tomorrow night!!!! if you guessed HUSBAND, you're right! husband is coming home!! YAY!!! jump up and down with me and sport a big happy smile the rest of the day will ya? i'll be up super duper late tonight so that i can sleep in tomorrow morning because i am picking him up at 3:30am {ok, so that's technically wednesday morning}! i couldn't be more excited. we have so much to talk about, so much cuddling {plus many other adult things} to catch up on, and so many movies to see! i found out the exact date he would be home on friday, so i've spent the weekend preparing. The house has been cleaned exceptionally, even the garage {go me!}. the linens have been washed, the laundry is all hung up and in it's place, groceries have been purchased, and there's numerous baked yummies for him to enjoy. eating MRE's for a month has got to work up a 'real food' appetite right?
soooo, there's homemade tortilla chips, incredible 69 calorie brownie cookies, pumpkin spice muffins/cupcakes, and a rice krispie treat cake that i can't wait to stuff my face with. i sure hope husband is in the mood for junk food, because there is no way i am going to eat all of that alone. he'll have to take it to work and pass it around to those other hardworking men just coming home. other than all that goodness, i went out on a few walks, broke in my new shoes {thanks mom :o)!},drank numerous frappuccinos, found some funny packaging in the first aid kit, made smore's, and played with lots of glitter. how was your weekend??