Somethin' to talk about

Alright, is it just me who sings that song in Will Ferrell's voice every time they hear it now?

Ya know, like in StepBrothers?  When he sings it to his step bro before they start up their entertainment company?  

Just me? 

Okay then.

So here are my random thoughts of the week:

1- I suck at being healthy.  I was going strong for like two weeks, and then this week I totally bombed.  I blame memorial day, a retirement celebration at work, and two baby showers.  Seriously, it's so hard to be good when it tastes soooo good to be bad. Ohh yummy meatballs and bread dip...why must you be so calorie laden?

2- I am merely one sale away from 200 in my {Etsy} shop!!  When this happens, I will be posting a giveaway.  In this giveaway, will be a totally one of a kind piece that I love, so you should try to win it and tell all your friends to try to win it too.  Mmmkay?  Yupp, that's what I thought.

I know, my fingers are wrinkly like a 100 year old woman, but seriously how darn cute is this {brooch}?!

3- I am also reallllyyyyy close to 200 {Facebook} fans.  So once again, tell your friends and be rewarded with a giveaway. :)

4- I am really ridiculously good at throwing baby showers.  Probably bridal showers too, as I planned my sister's Mad Hatter Tea Party shower pretty much by myself.  And that was super duper awesome.

5- I hate it when it rains.  Scratch that, I love the rain. I love the coolness that comes with it (even when it's cold and damp and icky, as it's perfect hot chocolate weather), and I totally love thunderstorms.  But every single time it decides to rain, thus dropping the barometric pressure, my head decides it's time to begin its murderous plot against me.  And by that I mean, I get wicked killer migraines that there's no helping.  Boo.

6- I officially have a huge crush on Captain America now, as well as Thor.  I suppose we could throw in Iron Man as well, but he's too cocky and sarcastic for my taste.  I guess I prefer the old gentlemanly ones.

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 7- I am super excited about my new followers!  I can't wait to share my first blog giveaway with all of you!  It's going to be so awesome :)

Baby Shower Madness

In case you didn't know, 2012 is the year of the baby.

I know this to be true as not one, not two, but seven women I know are having babies this summer/fall.

Seven.

And those are just the ones I'm personally invested in.

Today began the first of several baby showers happening in my life this summer!  It was in honor of my cousin, who's expecting her first little one (a girl, who's name she refuses to divulge!) this July.  We had a small gathering of some friends and family at my grandma's house, and it turned out to be a really great day.  We had loads of food (including my grandma's famous potato salad - best thing everrrr), and these fantastic cookies I found on Pintrest:

{recipe here}

They're made with Lemon cake mix in this original recipe, but because my cousin's having a baby girl, we used strawberry.  Seriously, they're mad delicious, nice and soft, and soooo easy!

Of course, I also had to go super cutesy and get some of those fun paper straws in pastel colors!!

{buy here}

And I was in charge of games, so I did the traditional "don't say baby" game, you know the one...where you give everyone a clothespin and if someone says baby you get to steal their pins.  I got tiny clothespins from WalMart and glued pretty pastel buttons on the ends, just to cute them up a bit.  It ended up being harder than I thought - I gave up my pin in the first two minutes!  For the other game, I actually stole the idea from a bridal shower idea.  It was a cupcake decorating contest!  But with a twist - each lady had to hold a stuffed animal/baby doll like you'd hold a real baby and decorate the cupcake at the same time!  It was so much fun.

{inspiration}

And I went all out for the favors and the game prizes.  I ordered food from {tastefullysimple} and some shower gel and lotions from {avon}, and I got all of the favors from {bath&bodyworks}.  They had a special on their little antibacterial lotions so that if you bought five, they were only a dollar apiece!  So I bought a bunch of different "flavors", and tied a little thank you tag on with baker's twine.

I have a TON of awesome ideas going on for next week, my sister's shower...so be prepared for another lengthy post on that :)

fridays letters.

i don't know why, but this is one of my favorites of us. <3

a pretty daisy from my friend's garden...complete with bumblebee!!

dear fiance: sorry you're the one who ends up getting the brunt of all my manic energies...both good and bad.  we should probably get a punching bag. and in case you didn't know, i love you. dear today: while the rain is highly needed and thus appreciated, please stop making my head hurt iwth your barometric pressure changes.  dear last run: i am so eating your delectable chicken wings tonight whilst listening to my friends play amazing music.  dear mom: thank you for not totally laughing in my face today when i proudly presented you with a penny from your birth year, only to have you point out that it wasn't.  dear jeans: please don't rip out in the crotch region today. i know you're wearing thin, but please, hold on for one more day.  dear debit card: stop luring me into spending more money than i want to. why are you still in my wallet?!?  dear new laptop: hurry up and get here so I can use the computer at home again!  dear redneck neighbor: seriously, the next shouting match i hear between you and your husband, i am calling the police.  and really, what is the need for a shouting match with another neighbor over your stupid dog at 1030 at night on Memorial Day?  there are leash laws, dumbass.