Sewing

Wow. It's been a long time since I've posted anything. I miss the good ole' days when I was doing the wardrobe challenge and had something interesting to say and post about. Maybe I can come up with another project like that one. My sister-in-law, Blaire, turned me onto this girl's blog about making her own outfits each day. She gets to spend a dollar a day and then makes her outfit from really terrible things she finds at flea markets and stuff. Plus, she is doing this for a whole year. I have spent the last like 2 hours looking at all of her posts and am completely blown away. I wish I knew how to do all the things she can. Someone get me a sewing machine because I am inspired and totally pumped! I want to do something like this, not exactly sewing, but something that will take up my time and will give me a hobby. Any thoughts? In case you're interested in this woman's year adventure look here. I would do another wardrobe challenge, but what's the point? You've already seen all my good stuff. I just want to be crafty and busy. Let me know if you have any ideas.

Thank You Notes

Did you know that I have yet to send out thank you notes for all the gifts we got for our wedding? I still have all the cards and all the lists of people and also a bag full of thank you cards, but I haven't done it yet. Pretty bad right?
To somewhat redeem myself, I have made a huge effort to send out thank you notes for any graduation gifts I have received as soon as I get them, but I keep forgetting about these last two notes. I really need to do that today.

I am so thankful for my family and, right now, most especially thankful for my extended family. Everyone has been so nice and so generous and I feel so blessed because of how wonderful they have all been. I am thankful also for my in-laws. How blessed am I that I know, love, and get along great with my mother and father-in law. Not everyone is as fortunate as I am to have such wonderful, loving, and understanding in-laws. How did I get so lucky?

I am also super thankful for all my friends. Where would I be without all of your support and uplifting words? I'll tell you, nowhere.

And, of course, I am thankful for Dan. He is so good to me and I often feel like I don't deserve it. He is always taking care of me and making sure my needs are met before anything else. He really is the kindest, most charitable, and most loving person I know.

Sorry this post was so sappy. I would update on my life as of now, but it consists of:
-going to work for a couple hours in the morning
-watching lots of TV shows and movies on the couch
-sometimes cleaning or running errands
-watching more TV or movies
-making dinner

all month birthday

Today my mom:
- took me shopping and bought me cute new shirts and shoes
- bought me lunch
- took Dan and I to see The Killers at the Old Town Theater (which is awesome. look it up)
- started planning our fun day tomorrow

She has decided that because I may not be here for my birthday, that she is going to take advantage of my being here and pretend like it's my birthday. So, since my birthday is not until the 30th, it feels like I am having an all month birthday. Pretty Sweet. More later.

Derma-cation

I love Dermatology. Let me tell you why:

1. Dan doesn't have to be there until 8 or 9 every morning, as opposed to 6 or 7
2. Dan is home by 5pm everyday, sometimes before
3. There is no such thing as a "dermatology emergency", so no more nights on-call
4. When he gets home at night, he doesn't have to study until he goes to bed for the next day
5. We get to spend all our evenings and all our weekends together.
6. Dan has to wear shirt and tie everyday to work now. LOVE that. SO hot.

So, I love it. It feels like I have my husband and best friend back, and that is fantastic. This is going to be a pretty awesome 3 weeks.

these are my confessions

1. I am totally obsessed with Mr. Darcy, and Pride and Prejudice as a whole, but mostly Mr. Darcy. I have been in love with him for as long as I can remember. Yes, he is a completely fictional character and I totally understand that. Don't be alarmed, I'm not one of those crazy nut jobs, I promise. But, I do read Pride and Prejudice every year, I own both the 8 hour BBC and new 2009 version of the movie, and I buy and read any book that has anything to do with the after-the-wedding Lizzy and Darcy story. Yeah, it's embarrassing. I own two books dedicated to Darcy's point of view for the story of Pride and Prejudice, and then like... 4? books dedicated to telling the "rest of the story". It's a problem and I understand it, but come on. Who doesn't have a crush on a fictional character right? At least it isn't Edward Cullen or Jacob Black (no offense to anyone out there).

2. I own entirely too many dresses. I realized this fact this morning when I was trying to decide what to wear and noticed that my dresses take up more room in my closet than my shirts. I am obsessed. I cannot help myself! If I see a dress I like, I just have to get it. Some women are this way with shoes or something else, and I am like this with dresses. What can I say? I look good. ;)

3. I am completely hopeless when it comes to medicine. Let me explain: half a Benadryl will knock me out cold for a whole day. NyQuil will keep me "drunk" and drowsy for at least 12 hours. Non-drowsy cold medicine will knock me out for a couple hours at least. See what I mean? Hopeless. I took HALF a Benadryl last night cause I had allergies so bad and then I slept for 10 hours. Without moving. Or waking up at all. I am now sitting here, barely awake, and totally groggy. It's a little sad

4. I wish I could be Tina Fey. Or, at the very least, meet her. She is a powerful, strong, successful, and hilarious woman and I really look up to her. Amazing.

5. My favorite new thing lately is buying cute tanks (cause that's all they're selling now) and coupling them with cute little half jacket things. Who says garments have to cramp your summer style?

6. I am such a nervous person that it could be considered a handicap. I could probably get a parking sticker out of it.

7. I would rather spend all day watching movies with Dan than do anything else on the planet

8. I want to go to New Zealand so badly that I ache for it. Seriously.

9. I am more than a little obsessed with Sara Lee's Classic Honey Wheat Bread. Oh wow. I eat slice after slice with nothing on it for a snack. Love! In fact, I'm eating some right now. Yum.

10. I am secretly enjoying being a trophy wife and taking care of Dan while he is so busy. This will probably fade after a while and it helps that I do have a semi-regular, sort-of, kind-of job that I get paid for. But, for all intense and purposes, I am a trophy wife. It's the life. :)

exciting and boring

Exciting:

My old boss from my job that I just had to give up because I graduated, emailed me and said that I could have my job back through the summer! Yay! So, I have job now and the world rejoiced.

Even More Exciting:

Dan's hellish rotation is over on Friday!! His next rotation is Dermatology, or they like to call Derma-cation, so there is definitely a huge light at the end of the tunnel. Yay!

Boring:

I only worked four hours today, so I have still had PLENTY of time to do nothing. :) I am still watching all the seasons of How I Met Your Mother... again... for a lack of anything better to do. And, I realized that sometimes Lily and Marshall's relationship reminds me of Dan and I's sometimes. I kind of like it. We are so comfortable around each other and have such a similar sense of humor that it is just a lot of fun.

And, that is my life as of late. Pretty great right?

Blue French Horn

Today I was planning on..
-Going running in the morning
-Lounging all day
-Running some errands for Dan

So far today I have...
-slept in for a long time
-decided not to go running after all
-went to Target and spent waaaaaay too much money
-got some Panera. Yum.
-been lounging on the couch, watching How I Met Your Mother

Pretty good day so far right? I got all dressed up too (skirt and all) for no particular reason except that I was feeling really gross and ugly lately. I want to start running because my goal for this summer is now to lose weight. Yay, I have a goal! So, I am sitting on the couch watching a really funny show and looking real good if I do say so myself. However, I have no where else to be today. Tragic really.