Pfft... Oops!

We're WHOOPIE CUSHIONS!!

We went to our friend's Gina & Larry's annual Halloween party tonight. So much fun!! Yes we look ridiculous, but we loved it! Mike is such a good sport, he didn't complain a bit. (although I think he missed his clown makeup from last year)

Seriously the most comfortable costume ever- I wore tights, a black t-shirt and ballet flats-- perfect! Unfortunately, I couldn't talk Mike into the tights :) he opted for comfy sweats.

this one cracks me up!
The house we went to had a Jason doll propped up in a car- you can't tell because of the camera flash, but it was freaky! They had a fog machine, dim lights and a horror music cd playing-- this is my scared face!

my lame picture after the food was picked over. They also served really good chili, sandwiches, veggies- tons of great stuff.

It's feeling like FALL!!

And I love it. It's been colder here and the leaves are changing- my favorite time of the year! We have a Halloween party tonight-so excited! We have some pretty hilarious costumes, I can't wait to post pictures (and once again, I can't believe that Mike agreed to wear them!!).

You know you've seen too many Golden Girl's episodes

when you start to recognize their outfits. I was watching one tonight where Dorothy was wearing a hideous green, yellow & purple silk caftan-- very Mardi Gras! Anyway, I recognized it right away as an outfit she'd worn on another episode. Yeah, embarrassing.

It's been a week

It's been a week since I updated. Lets see... Mike worked about 80 hours this week- yuck. I've been sick- allergies/nasty cold, feeling much better though. We managed to see a movie- Max Payne (Mike's choice), steam clean the carpets and hit up a local arts & crafts fair (where we consumed giant corn dogs, homemade root beer and fudge!).

The biggest event though happened today at 1pm. My little brother Connor left for basic training. Connor has enlisted in the Marine Corps. Some of you already know this, some of you don't. It's been a fairly traumatic event for our family and I have tons of mixed emotions. I do ask that you guys keep him in your thoughts and if you're the praying type you might add him to your list. :)

While Connor leaves for basic training, my Dad has only a few short weeks left in Iraq! We're counting down the days to his homecoming! :)

Hope everyone is doing well!

edit:

this pic was taken by yesterday by my mom- Connor & his dog Venus before he left:

Mike shaved his beard!

I haven't seen him without it since we started dating- it's such a big change! I think he looks great (and about 12 years old!).

before:

and after:


such a baby face!!

How did I forget to blog about this??

My hubby got a promotion last week!! Big congrats to Mike on his new promotion- he has worked so hard for it and deserves it completely. He's really making a name for himself at his company and I couldn't be more proud of him!

Way to go babe!!

and just for fun: Business Mike:


Party Mike:


lets see how long it takes for Mike to see these pics-- and make me take them down! lmao

I <3 my new kitchen canisters

My new little glass canisters with little glass roosters on the lid. even Mike likes them! $14.99- I love a bargain.

more decorating

In the entryway:

these are some of the pew decorations I made for our wedding- fall candle rings from Crate & Barrel with a satin ribbon:

on the entryway table:

see that wall? I prepped it this weekend for paint- it was awful from all the wallpaper! I can't wait for it to be finished.

the lamp on the entry table- just an autumn-ish ribbon tied on the shade:


Above our book cases:



another antique sideboard decorated a little bit:

some pictures of the mantel:




Almost all of this stuff is leftover from our fall wedding! :)

Such a big boy!

Jack Bauer- taken this morning:

A Day Early

But I had to change my blog header. :) I've made too many Halloween themed blog headers, and I love them all, so I needed to start using them ASAP! October is almost here!

8 Things You Don't Know About Me

I've been tagged by my good friend Dusty over at All Things G&D to post 8 things you might not know about me... this is going to be tough!

1. I'm obsessed with horror movies- not the modern day version like Saw or Hostel (yuck!) but the old school version- like Halloween, Friday the 13th, even the Scream movies. I love a cheesy slasher movie.

2. I can sing every word to Legally Blonde The Musical. *insert embarrassed face here*. Yeah, I know it's not high brow, but I love it.

3. Some days I wish I could have a whole sleeve of tattoos. And then there are days that I want to dress like Audrey Hepburn. I am a true Gemini.

4. As a child I had a whole slew of hamsters- all named Snuffles. As each hamster died of old age, mysterious illness, escape (one drowned in the toilet!) I would name the next hamster Snuffles the 2nd or Snuffles the 3rd or Snuffles the 6th! lol

5. I never thought I would want to be a "homemaker" but now I love it more than anything. Cooking and baking and decorating and crafting, even cleaning! I enjoy it so much more than any job I've ever had.

6. I knew that Mike and I would get married after our first date (well our last first date- but that's another story for another day). Creepy, I know! I just had a feeling...and thankfully, I was right!

7. I love to read trashy autobiographies- Monica Lewinsky's is a favorite, Tori Spelling's latest was a guilty pleasure too! They're awful and cheesy and fun.

8. I played college softball (you might know this) but you don't know that I'm in the record books for having a perfect fielding average my junior and senior year in college! No errors... I was so proud! :)

Whew! That was hard! I'm not going to tag anyone, if you want to do it go for it.

mmmmm dinner!

I did a ton of work in our kitchen today- unpacking a few more boxes (we have so much storage in there, I still have empty cabinets!). Anyway, I had the camera in there so I snapped a few pictures while I was cooking dinner- one of our favorites: lemon pepper chicken, veggies & mashed potatoes! yummmm!

"The Bailout From Hell Must Be Rejected"

that's the title of an op-ed piece by Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate for President. I agree and found the article very interesting.

Here is a snippet:

"In the name of restoring economic confidence, the Bush administration is demanding unlimited authority to implement a massive financial bailout. The Secretary of the Treasury would become an economic dictator, empowered to re-engineer the economy as he sees fit. These powers fit Kim Jong-il's North Korea, not the American republic.

The economy is in trouble, but the wrong policy could make things much worse. With the public deeply divided over the proposed bailout, and the future structure of our economy at stake, Congress must stop and take a deep breath before rushing such a far-reaching plan into law.

Rep. Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, claimed: "The private sector got us into this mess, the government has to get us out of it." In other words, "Let's just put Sen. John McCain or Sen. Barack Obama in charge and everything will be fine."

This is nonsense. This is irresponsibility of the highest order."

you can read the rest here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-barr/the-bailout-from-hell-mus_b_129190.html

I <3 Fall!

Yes, I know it was hot today, but I've been dying to get out my fall decor. Fall is my very favorite time of year and I love decorating the house with touches here and there. This is the antique buffet all done up!

I made these little decorative thingies (very technical!) for the buffet lamps:





Pinkie seems to approve! I've been working on the mantel, I'll post pics tomorrow. :)

In Ohio...sorta

So this past weekend some very good friends had a little get together. These are some of the same girls I went to NOLA with in January. I couldn't make it this time but I was there in spirit (or at least on paper!) These are some of my favorite pics:

a group shot:



Allison took me for sushi! lol



and, on my way to an art fair:


I just thought these were hilarious & adorable...and so freaking sweet! love you girls and I'll be at the next one!

scrapblog is addictive

Some of you have noticed all my new blog headers- it's all from scrapblog.com. I'm addicted to that site! I already have 2 Halloween headers ready to go for October. :) It's a fun creative outlet, and totally free. Here's my latest one:

Mike's Likes

okay- lame title I know!! I got this idea from Allison and thought it would be a fun post. Listed below are 10 of Mike's favorite things...in no particular order :)

10. ethnic food! he loves Thai, Indian, sushi- you name it!



9. Zombie Movies- he & I both love all things zombie related:



8. Diet Coke. The man could drink nothing but this for the rest of his life (well, except for #7)


7. Scotch- I think it smells awful but he loves a good scotch.


6. Reading- especially Philip K. Dick or Stephen King:


5. Video Games- we have all 3 systems in our house and Mike is truly addicted.


4. Sun Chips- yuck.


3. Computers- building them, playing on them, programming them- all of it!


2. All things Sci-Fi. Especially Battlestar Gallactica & Star Trek Next Gen.


1. ME! :)

True Blood

Has anyone watched this new show on HBO? I was hesitant, especially since I'm already reading a book about vampires, but Mike was insistent. We like it- plus the vampire Bill (lamest vampire name ever) is pretty sexy in a pale vampire way.

Nothing much to say

So I'll do this little exercise I saw on Sarah's blog

If I were an animal, I would be a orangutan.
If i were a movie, I would be Garden State.
If I were a food, I would be sushi.
If I were a tv character, I would be Dorothy from Golden Girls.
If I were a piece of clothing, I would be a black t-shirt.
If I were a day of the week, I would be Friday.
If I were a holiday, I would be Christmas.
If I were a piece of furniture, I would be an ottoman.
If I were a color, I would be green.
If I were a city, I would be Estes Park, CO.

How does one "twitter"?

So now I'm on twitter...and I don't have a clue what I'm doing. Do you guys really give a shit that Mike and I were watching a Star Trek marathon at 11 on a Saturday?? I don't know. I also think I've made the migration from myspace to facebook- how very "Stuff White People Like" of me! And now for some eye candy:

holla atcha boy

I am a huge Project Runway fan- an even bigger Tim Gunn fan, but damn I've been disappointed with this season. The designers, the challenges, the guest judges- all just BLAH. Normally I have a favorite right off the bat- Santino, Jeffrey, Christian! But this season, not so much. I do like a few of them; Korto, Kenley & Leanne, but none of them really knock my socks off. And good gawd if Blayne says "licious" one more time!!!!!! Ick.

My two favorites from last night:

Kenley's:


and Leanne's:


I though the rest were fug! I'm really interested to see how the season progresses, am I going to fall in love with any of these designers? how are they going to show at Bryant Park?

It's pretty awesome

when your mortgage payment is less than your rent. :) How cool is that?! We've almost been in the house for a month and a half and things couldn't be better. I knew we'd love being a homeowner but there is just something so wonderful about coming home and knowing its yours! (well, Wells Fargo's and yours) lol

We enjoyed the long weekend, meeting my parents for lunch on Sunday and generally just hanging out at home. I've been reading the Twilight series- yeah yeah, they're for teens- who cares! And we've enjoyed the 1st night of our convention! Hope everyone is doing well, I should have some new house pictures later this week, I'm about to tackle the bathrooms!