Five Foot Two

The cat's out of the bag.....

 

The four legged boys need to make room

for a new boy/girl in town......

INTRODUCING,

Our baby bump.

We are beginning the most difficult job of our lives.

I'm in denial.

 The DH (darling husband) is blissful.

I am hoping to come out of denial soon and enter into something like bliss. 

please. 

 

sunsets and ice cream....

The first Fall day came to a close in my neighborhood.

 

We happily greeted the first cool breeze and crisp air with a walk to the ice cream store at dusk. This picture was snapped right outside my local ice cream shop,

where the dh and I were sharing a chocolate ice cream soda. 

 We recently found out the locals on east coast call an ice cream soda an egg cream soda.....

Sorry there isn't a picture of the dessert delight, it was consumed without abandon.....

But, I did get a picture of the moon with my iphone camera. Not too bad.....

 

Bring on the Fall evening walks at dusk!!!

my favorite

Especially when the route takes me to the candy or the ice cream parlor!

3+10

On wednesday, 

we will have reached 

three years of marriage + ten years of cohabitation= 

thirteen years

of love and friendship.

Because I rudely made plans for my great escape

 to the windy city

 during our anniversary day. I tried to make up for it by inviting

 my dh (darling hubby) out for a spectacular dinner among the rain drops.....

We sat alfresco in the crisp night air, as it rained around us. To die for.

 I loved it...

I even had a foo foo drink,

 (don't tell my brother) of a pomegranate martini.

 Ever had one? yum.....

Funny, we did not even reminisce about our wedding, we just

talked right along about current events in our lives.

It was wonderful, 

and romantic.

 No huge decisions were made. 

We just enjoyed each other,the conversation, and the sprinkles surrounding us.

Although the DH doesn't even read my blog,

He wouldn't even know how to find it.....

(i like it that way)

I want to thank him for being my partner, and for loving me

freckles and all.

bumper families....

i could not resist taking a picture of this family announcement that matches mine.....

i would never put anything like this on my car, but i do enjoy seeing them, on other peoples cars.

the dh would attribute that to my nosiness about others.

 i prefer to think of it as my healthy sense of curiosity.

 just like when i look in windows at night if the curtains are open? 

the dh (darling husband) hates it when i do that. 

i like to think i am getting decorating ideas.

 hee-hee.

not like i am a voyeur or anything.....

8 )

no kidding....

this arrived in the mail for the dh.....

 i almost pooped my pants.

funny thing is, he isn't...

he just needed an annual appointment...

that secretary has a sense of humor. i love it.

i heart my iphone....

Well, it was worth the wait....

i love it.

my darling husband (dh) surprised me when i was sick in bed with food poisoning last week. 

i think he is a keeper. : )

i am having so much fun with it. i must admit i still need to learn a lot more about all the things it can do. i love being able to check my email from my phone and i love being able to access the internet everywhere. the dh said he is already close to putting me on iphone restriction :) he's just jealous! hee-hee.

i had a wonderful birthday! it is so nice to be reminded of how much you are loved by your family and friends. now, i am off to write thank you's.

 many of them.....

Just dance....

"Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance."

OPRAH

Over the last month or so, my dh has started a saturday morning dance off. He throws on music from his ipod, and gets his groove on in the dining room, with all three of us watching (the two boys and I). I shout out dance moves, and he completes them. Stuff like the cabbage patch, moon walking, and the snake, and sometimes he just makes up stuff. He will include all of us at one point in the dance off. Today Jake was heaved up over his shoulder for his dance rendition of a crazy gangster rap song. I was caught like a fish at the end of his simulated fishing line and joined in for a chorus. I know he enjoys himself, and he enjoys entertaining me.

Watching him kick off his shoes, and let loose brings a smile to my face every Saturday morning.

Get your own dance on....

Way Back Wednesday....

My love for almost anything furry began when I was really young. It developed into a full love affair with cats. I like dogs, I just find that they are not the best snuggle-rs. When sleeping over at a dear friends home when I was little, her 90 lb. golden retriever loved to sleep with us in her double bed. He took up a lot of room, he was unmovable, and he had hot humid bad breath... perhaps this is why I veered toward slight fluffy cats instead. No offense Tracy, I did {heart} Mikey...... i just did not like getting smothered while sleeping.

This is one of my top favorite memories from my early childhood. I think I was six..... Our household cat was skid-dish, (which I will blame on my older brother).  He not only tortured me with teasing, the cat was a victim as well. : (  ANYHOW.... back to my point.  The cat did not usually sleep with me, to my broken hearts discontent. But one night she did..... I begged my mom with mild whispering (so not to disturb the cat) to take a picture.

 

She did.....

 

For a small while we thought we had misplaced the picture, but it is found, and all is right with my world. That night I did not move a muscle, so that the cat would stay with me. she did. : ) thank you momma cat.... Kissda...... i {heart} you. One night of childhood ingrained in my memory forever. All because of a little person covered in fur.

The first cat I was able to rescue as an adult, just happens to love sleeping on me. The dh picked him out, before the dh became the dh and was only the darling boyfriend-db. Spencer and I have a special bond that the dh is jealous of. All I can say is I waited a long time to be able to care for a kitty of my own, and the perfect one came my way because of the dh. So the dh sent him to me. The best present anyone can ask for, and we saved him from euthanasia... so Spencer is grateful and proud and sweet.... and i {heart} him too.

Side note: Friends of mine, please don't be jealous of my barbie townhouse with elevator in the first picture.  Although that is the box it came in, it was a hand me down. But I loved it too. That toy rocked, and I thought I was so cool for having it. thanks mom. Although I don't really remember playing with it that much........ hummmmmm

Honeycrisp apples + caramel = heaven

I promised.....

some photos of the yummiest (is that a word?) fall apple yet!

Honeycrisp. 

You don't even need to add a little caramel, but when you do... watch out.

DELICIOUS.

Thanks Angie for running out with me to get some! I am trying to only eat one a day. Luckily the DH has not found my stash in the fridge. yahooooo!! Keep eating those clementines and bananas honey.

I want to send a shout out to my big brother. Kick some hiney tomorrow SB. He is tied for second in the Illinois PGA player championship golf tourney.

I also want to give a pat on the back to my DH (darling husband) who has the course record as of yesterday with a score of 60 at Los Lagos Golf Course. I owe you dinner. i know.....

I will get off the computer and take you out to dinner.... geez.

Raspberry sorbet sunset...

The sunset tonight out my bedroom window. delicious...

It goes really well with the red raspberry sorbet I made for the hubby. 

From fresh berries I bought at Costco, to the frozen delight in the ice cream maker.

I had two definite fans of the sorbet tonight.....

What a nice summer evening.