Buried Alive

I can not believe how crazy things have been the past few weeks – so busy I haven’t had time to blog! Ridiculous!

Not a lot of time today either, but BIG things are coming. Stay tuned.

Until then here’s a quick bullet point list of excuses really really good reasons why i haven’t been as chatty lately:

• Last week of the semester. 1 paper and 2 finals to go. Then, I get a whole week off.
• I have been buried alive by the laundry in my house.
• OK, that is a lie, my husband was buried by the laundry and thank goodness he started to unbury himself today.
• I have an incredibly rowdy one year old on my hands.
• Seriously guys, she is constantly running all over the place like a little 19 pound tornado!
• Really, her favorite game is chase. I love the laughter it brings.
• Work has been ridiculous.  It has been keeping me busy, but also pissing me off beyond belief.  It is NOT where I want to be career wise and I am itching to get finished with school and moving upward professionally. Like, NOW!
• The BIG thing that is coming up has required LOTS Of time. But YAY! I promise – more will come.  And no, it is NOT a baby.
• Gianna likes milk. Milk does not like Gianna. Gianna also does not really like food – unless it’s fruit or a cracker.  I swear my life is revolves around what goes into her little mouth.
• I have a few posts up my sleeve that may or may not include: my sex life, winning the lottery, how to accelerate my career, wishing that I could blog write for a living, summer plans, more on Gianna’s eating woes, more on my eating woes and my addiction to oreos.

Ask & You Shall Receive

I asked for blogger questions in my last post.... so to the 2 people who asked something, thanks!

From Anon: when are you going to come visit your sister, brother in law and nephews that miss you???
: I promise to visit you and the dogs soon. Maybe next weekend or the weekend after.  I love you!

From Danifred: What would your dream house look like/ have?

 : I LOVE century homes. I would want to keep the built-ins and cool handcrafted features but modernize the rest of the house.  Huge outdoor living space including a balcony off our bedroom.  I also want a pool, hottub and cabana boy to take care of it. And, possibly someone to do the laundry for me.....

What do you think G will be when she grows up? Why?

 : Right now, I would say she is going to be a dancer.  She is ALWAYS in motion. Always dancing.  She'll have to work on her gracefullness a bit though....  Or, an engineer.  She is constantly trying to figure out how things work, where they go etc.

If you could have any job (regardless of talents) what would it be?
 : Party planner!  I love having parties, hosting large groups of people, being creative and making sure people have fun at a party they won't forget.  Of course, I would be using other people's $$ to provide them such awesomeness!  And. It would work pretty well with staying home.

Catching Up…. Again

• 2 more weeks of this semester. a few papers, presentations and finals in the way of my 2 week break before summer semester.  Shoot me now.
• BUT only 1 more year of school. (the benefit of a 2 year program, I am 1/2 way done!)
• I want a new job. A challenging one with good compensation. That gives me flexible hours. Surely that will come around sometime before hell freezes over, right?
• House hunting may be the one thing in life that I truly HATE.  I am frustrated, overwhelmed and want to sign a contract before the 30th to get my tax credit! Now – someone find me something nice, not in the ghetto that I can move right into. And afford.
• Clearly, I am quite the dreamer today based on my previous bullet points, so while we are at it, lets throw in a new summer wardrobe that fits and doesn’t leave me looking like I shit myself because my pants are too big in the ass.
• Gianna is the funniest little person these days. I love it. That giggle gets me every time!
• Gianna is also the sleepiest little person these days. Did anyone else’s child start to sleep MORE the older they got?
• My husband took the baby to the zoo (with her aunts) and took some great pictures. See:
• NOW! Since I am clearly a wealth of information these days and need any distraction possible to keep me from house hunting studying/paper writing – I want YOU my awesome, beautiful, skinny readers to ask me whatever you want!   Leave me a comment with a question and I promise, crossmyheart, to answer it!   Okay….readyset……GO!

Happy birth-a-day to YOU!

There was pretty decorations. Yummy food. Ice cream for everyone.

pretty much the cutest birthday girl ever. And a whole lot of sunshine. And PIGTAILS!

A mommy and daddy who love her lots.

Aunts, grandmas, grandpas and lots of friends too.
  
Singing!

A cake for picking sprinkles off eating.
 

Daddies for smooching.

Big girls to help open presents.

Then there was sleep.
And the official BIRTHDAY day.

Cool stuff from mommy and daddy.

And CLOTHES!!!! From lots of people that love you.
Those are the makings of a first birthday that will not be forgotten. One that was made with love, filled with laughter and captured forever by over 400 pictures.

It's either her or me: WINNER!!!

Annegirl is the winner!!!

Hopefully this will help control the yelling, yours of course.

Don't forget - you can get your own copy of It's Either Her or Me at Amazon.