Happy Birthday to ME!

And it's finally here, the day that's all about ME - my birthday!  I am shamelessly obsessed with my birthday and as my actual birthday falls on a Monday this year, I decided to make it a special day and spend it doing things for me.  This is an extra special birthday for me because I hope to be a mother or at least pregnant by my next one.  I wonder often how motherhood would change me... will I be less obsessed with with events that centre around me?  Probably not lol but at least I will also have other events to focus on. 

I am excited to get this day started so am about to head out (I took the day off work to enjoy to the fullest extent!) but before I go I want to tell you all about a little giveaway I am taking part in!  Jen is the host and I am so happy to be involved - check out the Rafflecopter below to win some money!!

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Enjoy your day and come back tomorrow for a rundown of mine!

Friday Dance

Happy 'It's My First Birthday Weekend Celebration' Friday!  I'm not entirely sure if it's the Gemini inside me but I love love love LOVE my birthday and celebrate it for as long as I can.  This year my special day falls on Monday so I have taken it upon myself to declare this weekend through the next my birthday.  I also have decided to declare this the Summer of Sarah... and once I figure out what exactly that means I will let you know.

Back to my birthday.  I am celebrating tomorrow with K and assorted others at our local Community Day (if there isn't a beer garden there will be a flask!) and then wherever the rest of the day/evening takes me... Sunday is going to be a Funday ending with a family dinner and Monday is yet TBD.  I will need cake of some sort.  And then next Saturday we are having friends over for a BBQ.  So excited!

I am linking up with Darci and friends for or 5 on Friday and thanks to Lisa from Chic Little Thrills for my latest addiction after ready my confession post, I have some gifs for you :)

1.) I will for sure be dancing this evening... it might be in my kitchen but I will have a glass of wine and I won't have any rhythm!

 

2.) WINE!

 

3.) Whenever I drink a lot of wine I turn Pitch Perfect on and sometimes we fast forward and only watch the singing scenes... and we always dance at the end!

4.) And we all know I love my weekend naps...

 

5.) But really IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!

 

 

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Hump Day Confessions

I have stumbled across a couple of confession posts recently and every time I see the link-up button I get a little flop in my belly because um yeah:
 

 

I am totally down with having Ryan's face on my page and I'm sure I have a few things I can drum up for confessional... so let's get started.

 

1) I do not have a massive collection of gifs.  Don't get me wrong, I love seeing them and they really do help illustrate a point (I have literally LOL'd more than once!) but I really don't spend time looking for them and I have no clue how to make them. 

 

2) Anyone who knows me knows that I am addicted to TV, more specifically Netflix on my iPad and the girly shows I record on our DVR and weekend binge on.  Well, I have an unnatural obsession with 16 and Pregnant.  I love that show, it's one of my most favourites ever and I'm not really sure why because it's generally like watching a train wreck and never ends well.  Not once in the farewell confession/real-talk has any one of those girls said "this is the best thing that's ever happened to me!". 

 

3) I used to keep a box of Milk Duds hidden in our bathroom cabinet and the only reason I don't anymore is because I ran out and have successfully avoided the candy aisle since... but not sure how long that will last.

 

4) If I drank as much alcohol as often as I want to I would legit be an alcoholic.  I am really proud that I (usually) manage to keep it to Friday-Saturday... but my birthday is this Monday so pretty sure a Sunday Funday is in my near future.

 

Hey I found one!

 



 



 Happy Hump Day!

     

Weekend Recap: Exercising my Green Thumb

Cheers to a great weekend come and gone!  We didn't really have any plans which was nice because I've been working a bit later these last few days and I was really looking forward to a lazy weekend.  Friday night was fairly uneventful, we went to buy a few plants to replace the seedlings I lost: lettuce, spinach and kale... here's hoping I can keep actual plants alive.  On our way home we picked up dinner and relaxed in front of the TV for a couple hours before turning in.  
Saturday was a good day.  I slept in uninterrupted and then enjoyed a couple leisurely cups of coffee while watching the Parenthood season finale (please tell me that Julia and Joel will get back together?!) before taking Milo out for a good long walk on a trail beside a nearby river/creek thing.  I love watching Milo when he's off leash on a trail wandering all over the place, he's so carefree and happy.  He does try to hump almost every dog he comes in contact with but thankfully most of them snap at him to show who is boss.  It's still embarrassing, thank goodness he's cute!

Saturday morning in the trails

When we got back home I finally gave into the weeds overtaking the front garden and ripped them out.  This was actually quite necessary because we bought plants 3 weeks ago for the garden and they have been left to (somewhat) survive on the porch since they came home.  he downside of owning your own home is the upkeep outside... hubby mows the lawn but for some reason the gardens fall to me and non-existent green thumbs.  
Before...

Saturday night was another chill one, we ordered in some dinner and watched the hockey playoffs (I was actually re-watching Orange is the New Black on my iPad) while enjoying a few drinks.  Hubby fell asleep on the couch at 9:30pm and decided to head off to bed which gave me another chance to watch some of my shows... I only have about 6 more episodes of Bones before I'm all caught up!
On Sunday we woke up to light rain with the promise that it would get harder so I finished weeding and got everything planted.  I think we need to add some more flowers but it's a good start.  As soon as I finished up outside the rain started coming down hard so I ran a hot bath and settled in with a hot cup of coffee.  It was so ugly out all day that we stayed in and watched movies, ate some tasty snacks, took a family nap... the perfect lazy Sunday!
After!

It wasn't even that hard to get ready for Monday because we were looking forward to Milo's birthday.  I realize that he had no idea what going on but we knew it was a special day and had lots of fun with him all day, gave him (too many) treats and a special dinner.

And in addition to his new bed and stuffies, I got him a fish.  And named him Otis.

 

Our newest family member, Otis

Only 4 more sleeps until another Friday!
And for the first time in a long time I am linking up with the lovely Weekend Recap hostesses Showered with Design  and Dateless in Dallas.

Happy Birthday Milo!

Our youngest fur baby is 5 today.  Wow, how time flies... We brought Milo home in September 2009, after being together barely 5 months and when we were still unofficially living together (which happened barely two months in)... a few people thought we were crazy but it was one of the best days of my life.
Growing up we always had pets - including a duck and tortoise at one point - but as much as I may have thought they were "mine", my mom fed, walked, took care of them all.  Milo is the first dog in my life who depends on me (and hubby when I'm out of town).  The love I have for this little guy is unlike any I have ever known and I look forward to enjoying life with him for many more years to come.

The week we first brought Milo home

1) Milo with his cousin/BFF Zoe

2) Milo and his brother Jinx (that's the bottom half of my side btw)

1) Another selfie fail

2) The only one of the 40+ dogs on the trail who needed to jump right in the mud

1) Normally shy and very skittish, Milo was beside us throughout the wedding ceremony and reception, including joining us for our first dance.  I love this photo.

2) One of the best moments of my day - every afternoon he watches for me at the window and then runs to the door as I come up the walk

What's a birthday without presents?  Milo got a new bed and toy (that has lasted over 2 hours!)

 Happy Birthday Milo!

It's My Ass

So this is totally me right now.

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1. I make excuses.
2. I procrastinate about EVERYTHING.
3. I'm so lazy.
4. I love food.  Love.  Food.  

So yeah, this is me and my body won't change until my mind does.  No more excuses!

Happy Friday All :-)

Boozy Art

Last week a few friends and I went to the latest Groupon phenomenon 'Paint Nite' and I had a blast! Basically you choose a theme night (we chose wine, shocker!) and then an artist walks you through the creation of your painting.  It's a two hour class and it's always held where they serve liquor because the only thing more fun than donning a bright green apron and playing with a bunch of paint is doing that with a buzz.  Unfortunately the location we (they) chose was quite far from my house so boozy painting was out of the question for me. I will do the painting again but I will not do the sobriety again.  I was so frigging jealous of all those cocktails flying by me...  

Ok maybe I got one drink beforehand... but defs not enough

 

Ready to get my paint on!

 

the setup

 

the painting we were attempting to copy (not including the sun glare)

 

my canvas

 

feeling good, like I might actually be an artist

 

she told us to add a "cloud"... I started going downhill...

 

Way downhill... to what I think an angry vaj would look like...

 

added my glass in hopes of detracting from the angriness... messed up my glass at the top

 

finished product!

We may not be hanging my painting on our wall but I would for sure do this again.  There are a lot of different themes to pick from (birds, landscapes, fruit, etc) and I feel like I might be better at trees or some kind of landscaping.  Wine might make me better as well - I will keep you posted. So what do you think of my art?  Junk pile?