oh what 7 hrs will do to you

cleaning and cooking. earning my domestic diva badge!
cleaning: on my hands on knees. whole house. spic n span.
cooking: 4 hrs with my bogos help! we made:
1. sugar cookies [from scratch]
2. cupcakes
3. cake [ball] truffles: meaning bake a cake, stir in frosting and dip in chocolate.
4. frosting for the cookies and cupcakes
5. fondant for the cookies and cupcakes
6. stuffed french toast
AND
7. chili

Tomorrow all the goodness will pay off when we celebrate at the yellow and white polka dot themed baby shower, giving by auntie kari :)
and when we take home first place prize at the johnny rogers chili cookoff!

Now time to sleep to prepare myself for all this goodness!

heavy left hand

my dear dear friend miss g unit got engaged last night!! Such a lovely couple and beautiful bling! So happy for them!!! [and their new addition: River, The puppy. I will try to learn to love him. May be hard pressed to get me to dog walk, see he is larger than purse size and that does not fit into my niche!]

Let arlington turn into a wedding planning haven. Tonight i downloaded the wedding planning app. We accomplished the first two. 1. Download wedding planning app. 2. Hire a wedding planner [thursday night group is free of charge!] only 107 more tasks to fulfill in the next 303 days!! let the fun beginning!

such a magical Monday

I just witnessed the fairy dust trail coming from the coffee kitchen. She does exist, she does exist. Tell the children; tell the adults, tell the world! Yell it from your roof tops: She does exist!!!!! Apparently someone missed the memo and had to beckon that cute little fairy by leaving the dirty dishes in the soapy water hint hint! yes soapy warm water, with such a super soft dish rag……Good thing the dish fairy is soooo happy and sooo willing and sooo kind to wash other piggys messes!!

*disclaimer: not one ounce of sarcasm was dripping while composing this post!

not typical, but typical

Not typical: Moving day. It is official 1010 ellsmere no longer is the home to Mr. Jeff, Betsy and [baby] Lipinski. I have now accepted the challenge to hold down the northeast side by myself. I can do it! They now live out in Granville, literally 5 min from the mall, my brother has referred to that being a ‘kari bonus’ numerous times [yesterday already took advantage. Stopped on my way home to pick up lay away at pottery barn!]. I am very happy for them. Their new house is beautiful and has a pool!



Typical: Bumming with the bogo. Reeds walk and the chilling on the couch while eating gummies, watching a movie we have seen 10 times, taking messed up self portraits. Giggling. Confused by the remotes. Painting nails. Fully facebooking. I love Saturday nights!!

hot commodity

I am a proud owner of a Merchandise Equipment and Supply half zip performance sportswear long sleeve purple shirt. I am sharing this because I am currently sporting it and man alive I’m getting the compliments. Who would have thought the envy would grow over something so simple? Bonus: It is warm and slightly bigger, which allows me to wear my thicker long underwear! Maybe I should stop spending money at gap, loft, banana, h&m, ect and consider getting all my work gear in bulk from the North Ends sports catalogue [and maybe not!]

there is no i in team

we are the Johnny rogers extreme team. we are the fun green team!
last night was the last night of flag football. Hard to believe we use to kinda dread going on mondays night and now we are not ready for it to end. [we i mean the bogo and i] Ok so the socializing is way more fun than the playing, at least in my mind. Last night we spent a little extra time at the cantina and probably laughed for a good two hours straight. funny funny stories. we got into the prize box and the trophy's we didn't win! No more football but we do have the chili cook off to look forward to. I wonder what we will win! [not over confident or anything] bring on gwen's white bean chicken chili recipe!

the team:
the BEAN dip:
the random gear:
the trophy that we didn't win:

serenaded

by the river 100.5 this morning.
have yourself a merry little Christmas

too early? are we jumping from Halloween straight to Christmas? no more thanksgiving. poor turkey!