Helloooo Lover!

A couple girlfriends and I had a movie night on Saturday and watched Sex and the City THE MOVIE!!! Now, this has been long awaited. We had all tried to get together when it was in the theaters and one of us was unable to do the date that all the others could do. We still didn't have everybody on Saturday, but it came out and I wanted to see it!!!

I must say, it wasn't as great/grand/spectacular as I thought it would be, but it was still good and I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Have you seen this movie? Did you like the series? What did you like/dislike about the movie?

I thought that it didn't have that true spunk that the series had. I also wish that they would stop playing silly little games. I'm not going to ruin it and say anything, in case any of you reading haven't seen it yet, but they are in their 40s plus... Come on!

Other than that....loved it! haha! :-)

Oh what a wonderful weekend...

Last night after work, Ryan and I met Jenny and Mike at the movies. We went to see the new Batman movie. It was our little birthday celebration for Jenny! The movie was pretty good. I can't stand to sit in movie theater chairs for so long though. My butt hurt SO badly! It's too bad Heath Ledger is no longer with us, he was brilliant in that movie and I wish he could continue to play the role of the Joker, as I'm sure they will be coming out with yet another. That was a fun time spent with friends. I'm a little sick of popcorn though...

Afterwards, mind you it was about 10:45pm, I had to run to my Dad's to pick up my niece. She was spending the night tonight, unless I wanted to pick her up at 6:30am this morning...nothankyou.

I awoke pretty early this morning, much in part to Ava. We had a full day though. We colored, made fortune tellers (remember those?!), watched a movie, took showers and went to the mall where she got a new outfit, got to play in the arcade, had some icecream and I went to Archivers to get some stuff for a little craft I had in mind (below).

And then guess what happened after we got home...

AVA DECIDED TO CHOP OFF HER HAIR!!!

Doesn't she just look adorable?! She wanted me to straighten it, and I did, but I thought it looked even cuter when it was curly. All her beautiful curls become much more curly.

Ava had a birthday party to go to at Pump It Up (a bouncy/blow up place) and Zizi was ready for some peace and quiet :-)

Now, on to my craft. I had put two pictures up in the hallway, but didn't really like them. I didn't hate them (they were pictures of random streets in Italy...which was cool), but they weren't my favorite. I don't feel like they were me? So I got this idea from just reading around on the internet. I went to the scrapbooking store and got some cool paper (hello discount bins...perfect for this, but cheap either way) and then some rub offs. I wasn't sure what kind of rub offs I wanted, but I think the ones I got were cute. What do you think? Aren't they pretty neat? I love the print on the outside frames!

I hung them in our hallway, leading down to the bedrooms, in a set.

I can't wait until we are married. I have so many monogram ideas, it's killing me! But I really want to wait to even make anything until after that is officially my last name :-)

I am beat after today. My Mister had a show tonight and I was too tired to do anything, but I did manage to clean (since there was glitter everywhere in the livingroom) and do some grocery shopping. Now I'm about to settle in for a good Lifetime movie (I think I have a problem...)!

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Cleaning, pancakes and movies...oh and tornados!

Saturday was my cleaning day, as usual. R was working and I got the house all clean!

In case you didn't know...I'm a self confessed neat freak. So much so that sometimes I think I have a small ocd about it. Oh well, better clean that not, right?!

Not necessarily...sometimes I just can't relax until it's all done and I just despise that about myself!

After cleaning, I made a Dutch Apple Pancake for breakfast/lunch. Oh it is so good! If you haven't had one...you should try making it! They are just my favorite! You can go to THIS past post and get the recipe, if you'd like...mmm!



This is just right before it goes in the oven. Oh it's so good! I think I'll have some leftovers for breakfast this morning!

This is right after it comes out of the oven. Just look at the appley deliscousness!

Perfection!

I like to sprinkle on a little powdered sugar...for some reason syrup on apples just doesn't sound very good to me! :-)

After R got home from work, we went on a date :-). We went to the movies! And for your blogging pleasure, we took some pics in the car! ha! (I know, we're silly!)

Me...striking a pose...kind of! We went to see The Strangers and I just about wet my pants in that movie! I don't know about you, but scary movies scare me whether they are bad or super good! I had my ears plugged for about half of the movie. I also had my eyes closed for a good portion of it. My ears and fingers hurt from clenching. It was crazy! Pretty good movie though! I always get scared during scary movies. I think someone is going to come crawling through the dark aisles and kill us or hurt us! ha!

I went to bed last night and ended up having a horrible dream, of which I think stemmed from the beginning of the movie. I won't go into detail here...just in case you haven't seen it and don't want it ruined. I woke up with tears welled in my eyes. It was just a horrible dream and so real!

Once we got home and got dinner, there was a Tornado Warning...yes WARNING! There was one spotted in Mundelein and headed towards Libertyville and North Chicago. I was kind of freaked out, considering all the tornados that we've had in this country recently and all the damage that they have caused. Of course, we're on the third floor at the apartments too! It passed by, but we had more storms throughout the night. I was on the phone with my mom constantly making sure she was okay too! My dad and niece were at Chucky Cheese's and they made all the patrons get into a room and down on the floor! Crazy!

Clouds, cats, dogs and us

I am SO happy that the weekend is finally here! Like I've said many times before...why can't we have 4 day work weeks and 3 day weekends?! I'll have to talk to somebody about that one!

Last night, we got to have our PIZZA FRIDAY since my Mister didn't have a show. It was so nice and relaxing. We ate some pizza and caught up on a little Last Comic Standing. It was oh so nice and oh so relaxing. Today, we're going to go see The Strangers once Ryan gets off of work...I can't wait and I know I'm going to be freaked out well after the movie is over...that's just how I am with scary movies (i.e. taking Mason out at night by myself or being home alone!).

We haven't had that great of weather the past couple of days. It's been sticky and humid and rainy with the sun occassionally deciding to bless us with it's presence. While we were lounging around on the couch last night, we looked out the window and there were some amazing clouds outside. These pictures definitely DO NOT do it justice. It almost looked like a huge smoke filled sky from a fire.

It was pretty amazing looking!



The view from our balcony

Mind you, like I said, these pictures do not do it justice!

Pretty neat, huh?!

Another thing that I've noticed over the past week...Roxy loves this bench. Right around 9:00pm every single night, she hops up here and lays for maybe ten minutes. It's so weird though, because it seriously happens right around the same time every since night! Does she know that she's doing that?! I just find it so strange!

Also...I haven't posted finished pics of the bench because I'm not fully done with it. I have to paint another coat and get a red pad for it and I don't want to do the before and after until I'm done. It's been so rainy and humid that I don't want to paint it outside and then have to bring it in wet!

Is this not the cutest face you have ever seen? What a little darling!

Oh, Masey Moo is just too cute :-)

Here we are saying HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU ALL!!! We always take pics like this and I never like how they come out...yet there are always millions of them! ha!

At one point last night, we were taking pictures of Roxy cat and her eyes would come out like this every single time! Is she possesed or something?! ha! It must just be her soul showing!!!

Have a fabulous weekend!!!

P.S. I will let you know how the movie is and if I'm scared to death by the time it's over!!!

Watch This

This movie was SO good! I had it on our Netflix queue and just couldn't wait for that. So I ordered via On Demand and spent and extra five bucks! Oh it was great! I cried throughout the entire movie...but it was good crying and happy crying along with a little sad crying. My eyes were so red and bloodshot after watching it!

This was another cute movie! I love any type of girlie movie AND I love Katherine Heigl...so, naturally, I would love this movie!

Watch This

During our sleepover last night, we watched a movie. Ava brought Enchanted. If you want to watch a happy cute little movie that is light...watch this!

Random

I thought I'd share this lovely Halloween picture from 2 Halloweens ago. Do you love my Marilyn Monroe get-up?! The wig wasn't exactly quite right...I kind of thought it made me look like a cracked-out version of her...I guess that would have gone as well though! Jenny was a cute little firegirl!

On another note: we watched AWAKE last week. PLEASE listen to me and save your money. I didn't think it was very good. I won't go into details...just in case you plan on watching. It wasn't horrible, but again, I wouldn't necesarily reccomend it. And on that note...where the heck are all of the good movies?! I mean, has there been a decent movie out lately? And by lately, I mean in the past xx years?! Seriously!

High School Amuse~ical

So, this little cutie was hanging out for the day today (my niece). I got the pleasure of waking up at about 5:20 this morning to go pick her up...rather than a sleepover. Don't get me wrong, but I LOVE mine and my Misters alone time...not to mention quietness.

my little niecey

We went to the grocery store at 6:00am (I think that's a record for me). Then, got back to our apartment around 7:00am. I already knew I was instore for a High School Musical 2 filled day. Don't know if I was really thrilled, yet not sure if I really hated the idea either. She was just the cutest/funniest. This girl watched HSM2 probably every day...and that is AT LEAST once. She knows all the words AND the moves to the dances that go along with the songs. We were just cracking up, it was hysterical!

And I have to say...I LOVE the movie! Yep, that's right, it was so cute. I found myself getting the tunes going through my head as they were on. They are fun, catchy 'lil ditties! And the actors/actresses are so cute! They are the 'unharmed', innocent actors...(oh boy, I wonder what is in store for them, I hope Britney doesn't latch on).



I've seen some of them in the gossip mags already (prior to watching HSM2) and thought they were already getting sucked into Hollywood, but watching it made me have a bit of a different perspective (who knows, maybe I'm naive). So, if you ever have the chance to watch it, you know, if you're hanging out with your niece/nephew OR your child (OR we don't have to tell, but you randomly come across it on tv), take it for what's it's worth. It's Amusing!

Oh and P.S....Once Five O'Clock rolled around...

well, let us just say...I was happy to have

Quiet Time again...

I was BEAT!

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