We have a big announcement!

Sometimes I get a little jealous that I don't have a baby to showcase on my blog. I don't get to post cute pictures and anecdotes about them.

Well now I do. Introducing our brand new addition to the family.. Mr. Tivo, but you can call him Mr. T (thanks Eric for helping us nickname him) Look how cute he is.

He is really smart. He can record shows for us, he can pause them, he can even fast forward through those commercials. We love him and can't imagine life without him. (Mom and Susan you must want pictures to put in your wallet to brag about your new lil' grandtivo. I will get some printed up.)


I like to make sure I capture all of his "firsts" on camera..

I even dress him up in cute clothes.

Alana and Jess let's get our kiddo's together soon for a play date. Also maybe we can get Eric to bring over his Teddy Tivo and we can make a play date out of it!

Oh and I couldn't resist posting this picture. Bob is such a good daddy already. I snuck a picture of him and Mr. T sleeping..

Let me paint a picture for you..

wake up at 5 a.m.

scurry off to the gym

do some seriously intense cardio

limp over to the machines to do a leg workout

kill my legs.. seriously.. they are jello-fied

sit there trying to recover

see a very very buffed man walking towards me

see this man decide to stretch directly (and a little too close) in front of me

see this man do the splits. not side splits. MIDDLE SPLITS

scratch my head trying to understand how in the hizzeck he is managing this

realize it's way too early to see this kind of stuff

decide to hobble home before I see any other acts of sweaty contortion-ism

shower and try to wash my eyes with soap.

i heart post it notes

I am trying to keep my blog fun and fresh. Mainly for me, since I like change and I tend to get bored with the same ol' thing. Each month I am trying to do something a little different.

Last month, was resolutions. This month, the month for lovers, and for my birthday.. I am featuring the things I heart most in life. It will appear at least once a week in the form of a post and it will mostly be silly things. I mean after all we're not talking love, we're talking cutesy hearts people.

Stay tuned for something new in March but let's get February rollin'..

I *heart* post it notes..

Oh the post it.

What doesn't it do?

1. handy

2. dandy

3. organizer (which is right up my alley)

A story including the post it notes..

When I was coming home from my mission for my church. My dear friend Holli sent me a package, it was wrapped up and had a ton of tape, so I thought I would wait to open it until I got on the plane.

I thought wrong. I must have looked suspicious because a very large woman stopped me after I went through the security check point. She told me she was going to have to rifle through my carry on bag and that I was going to have to open the package I was holding.

My mind quickly thought of what could be in there? Had Holli sent me something questionable? Perhaps a weapon of some sort? Hmm, I nervously told her I didn't know what was in it. She gave me a look like "Yeah, sure you don't, I didn't think I looked like a drug smuggler, but apparently she thought I did. I started to strip the tape off the package, I had to pick at the edge of the tape and get it off in strips because I couldn't use a sharp object. (I'm apparently a security threat at this point and I wonder if she thought I might snatch a pair of dull scissors and make a run with them, holding them over my head, screaming down the tarmac?)

Anyway.. I finally get the package opened (after struggling quite a bit) and nervously handed it over to Ms. Large and in Charge. Fearing that if she did find a questionable object, she might actually break me like a twig.

She peered into the package.. my palms are sweating.. (not really, but it makes the story more intense huh?) She looks in..looks at me..looks back in.. gives me a strange face and hands the package back to me and walks off without even a grunt. (She seemed the type that might be a grunter.)

I bet you want to know what was in the package huh? Well I'm not gonna tell you. Okay I will. It was filled with a million sticky note pads. Green, purple, pink, standard yellow, even some with polka dots. Holli informed me in the note included that she went through a ton of these when she was on her mission.

Thus when my journey into the hearting of post it notes began. And I'll have you know that I still have four pads left. I'm not kidding. It's been about three plus years and I still haven't used them all up! Thanks Holli, for one of the most useful, fun gifts!

(what the big lady didn't realize is that the sticky part of the note was laced with acid. we'll just keep that a scissor..er.. secret though)

Well happy Monday and happy February! (It's one of my favorite months.) Oh and Happy Ground Hogs Day! I heard that dang squirrel saw his shadow.

Happy Birthday Brenda!

* Brown, Brown, Brown.. *

My three favorite brown things:

1. My bed with my brown bed spread.

It seems like I don't get to spend enough time in my bed. Like this morning, when I looked at the clock and was supposed to be jumping out of bed, I swear I heard the bed whisper ever so slightly.. "But it's cold, just stay for a while. Just turn over and go back to sleep." Let me tell you, my bed is one smooth talker.

2. Potatoes (yes, I know technically the dirt is the brown part, but work with me people.)

Delicious! They are hands down my favorite food. On Thanksgiving my family automatically passes the bowl my way. I have yet to find a recipe that included potatoes, that I don't like. Mr. Brown Potato might not be the most fashionable thing, but let me tell you.. I think he is one sexy beast.

3. Chocolate

What can be said? Chocolate is a seductress isn't she? Sure strawberry shortcake is cute. Sure banana cream pie is sassy, and who can snub a fruit tart? But chocolate. I like your style.

Whether it be in brownies, pies, cookies, cakes, candies whatever. I love it. So yesterday I made a point to eat as much of it as I could. You know strictly for this brown post. I had no choice really. It was a dirty job, but I was up for the challenge.


(Bob's aunt Nita gave us a gift card for Applebees and when Bob asked what I wanted for dessert, I laughed and said well it's brown day, so um we better go with the chocolate melt down. For the sake of the blog. He just rolled his eyes.)

Happy {Brown} Day! (thanks eric and kim for playing all week long!)

(This colorful week has been fun. I love finding ways to be creative. It was nice to notice colors in this drab weather, and it's funny how aware of colors I was this week.)

P.S. Did anyone notice the amazing moon last night? This was the view from our street. Since we didn't have a tripod handy it's a tad blurry. But what an amazing sight. This is part of the reason why I love living down town!

* Roses are red.. *

Whenever anyone asks what my favorite color is, I tell them red. When they ask why I tell them because:

It's the color of my hair

It's the yummiest color. (when I was a kid it didn't matter what kind of candy someone offered me, I always went for the red)

Red spices up any outfit. Whether it's red shoes, red jewelry or a red bag with a red day planner.

It means Valentines Day, and my birthday. It means hearts.


But the best thing about red to me, is that it means LOVE.

Happy {Red} Day!

Thanks to Eric for participating in red day. and kim too.

* Fun Sale *

Just had so much fun shopping @ Shade and wanted you all to share in the fun too. Not only do they have a sale on selected items for 75% off, but it's free shipping on everything until January 31st. How fun is that!? I just ordered three items for super (duper) cheap. Seriously. Some things are like 5 dollars. Love a good deal. Makes me happy and yellow? I don't know it's still yellow day.