Day 7: Fruit & Five Things Friday!

 

A honeycrisp apple and a banana. Mr.DJW and I have gotten into a good habit of packing our lunches for work. In addition to our traveler’s mug of Starbucks coffee (black), we each try to eat an apple and a banana a day. I was never into eating breakfast before school or work, so it took some adjustment, but now I simply can’t live without my mid-morning FRUIT snacks .

TGIF!

1.)    Today is the start of a long 4-day weekend! Mr.DJW works at a bank and gets random holidays like “Columbus Day,” off of work. Since his 30^th birthday is coming up, we decided to make it a long staycation weekend. We are going to going to ride bikes with our dogs and eat picnic-style at the local state park, go apple-picking at the best apple orchard in MI (Blake’s), and visit the scary farm a few miles north of us to enjoy all of the Halloween festivities: Hay rides, corn mazes, and haunted houses! To top it off, we are going to the Detroit Lions’ Monday Night Football game at Ford Field. It’s the first time they’ve had a 4-0 record in Mr.DJW’s lifetime and the first time (I think) they’ve played on Monday night in Mr.DJW’s lifetime. [Please don't ask me the insane price I paid for the tickets.]

2.)    Today is more than just TGIF for me. I was officially promoted to the global proposal consultant position and my raise/incentives are making me smile like this today: . Best part is that I am still with my team, just reporting directly to our team director and being compensated for my OCD, A-type production/quality work!

3.)    We are officially nearing BABY2012. As in, Mr. DJW & I are going to TTC at the start of the year. Apologies in advanced, if I go overboard on talking all things baby, but that’s what will most likely be relevant in my life in the upcoming year.

4.)    I AM SO EXCITED FOR HALLOWEEN. Mr.DJW & I bought clearance costumes after Halloween last year. I don’t really like mine and might buy a replacement, but Mr.DJW likes both of his options. (SCORE $5 Halloween costumes!)

5.)    Guns N’ Roses are coming to concert in the D on December 1^st. Mr.DJW really wants to go. I think it’ll be a fun time. But, it’s on a Thursday night, a “school” night. I think we’re going to go anyway. PARTY ON

Giveaway Winner & Five Things Friday!

TGIF! And even more exciting because today I get to announce the winner of my birthday giveaway!

So overall, I had 36 entries…

I used the simple number generator from Random.org and the winner was:

Yup, that’s right. Amanda from Love&Renovations! I’m telling you man, it only takes 1 entry! I’ve been in touch with/stalking Amanda since Fall of 2009 when I used to be addicted to the ‘bee for wedding planning. Now that both of our weddings are over, I follow her lovely blog about home renovation and life as a newlywed/mom to the most adorable furbabies!

DM me on Twitter Amanda, so I can send you your 1st (?) package at your new home!!!!!

Now for a brief FTF:

 

• I think as I age, I’m becoming anti-social and awkward. Is that even possible? Aren’t I supposed to be maturing as I age? LOL. I’m a nut case.
• Baby fever has swept our household. We’re really trying to stick our end of 2012 timeline, but we both really want to give our parents grandbabies soon. (nervous)
• I am so frigging excited for date night at Rojo this wknd. I never used to be a huge fan of Mexican food. This past year, I can’t go a week without it!
• My hair needs to be cut, ASAP. I haven’t cut it since I did my PWC (post-wedding chop) back in October of 2010. I chopped of 13 inches and 10 months later it is gross. But, I’m trying to grow it out and I can’t justify spending $$ for a trim. And I can’t go to any salon besides my own. I don’t trust anyone with my  hair besides Tony.
• Continuing on with the topic of hair, I need a color change before our trip. My black/dark brown roots are starting to hit past my cheekbone level and looking grotesque. I think I am going to box-dye it tonight.

Have a great weekend friends!

 

 

FIVE THINGS FRIDAY!

1.) CABO, here we come! Through a referral from a coworker and friend, we finally booked our 5 night anniversary trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico! This will probably be our last trip Mexico for a while and it’s for our 1 year anniversary, so I am UBER pumped! We will be staying at the all-inclusive Barcelo resort.

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2.) I’ve been trying to get into running. Obviously, our trip to Cabo, is my number one motivation. But, overall, I am definitely trying to get my cardio on. It’s not even to lose any weight, but to feel better. Mr. DJW and I both have been feeling sluggish and completely out-of-shape. I’m starting out small, going for a mile run around the block, or jogging for 20 minutes on our treadmill. I’m not the most athletic person, so I’m trying to be realistic about what I can handle on a weekly basis and not overdo it.

3.) I am annoyed with FB statuses this week. I don’t know about you, but my newsfeed was filled with “I know who’s a good person and will repost this status about cancer…” and “7.5 inches ” statuses. The first talking about cancer awareness and the latter is much like that “bra color” status from last year to spread awareness about breast cancer. The status meaning = “shoe size + inches + ” to cause people to think you’re talking about male genitalia size and cause “shock”? I don’t get it. And I’m on the boat that silly statuses like these don’t do anything for “awareness” for any cause. Perhaps someone creating a website page on fb? Or a donation link? But, statuses? No, I don’t think so, not in my book.

4.) I need a manicure and a pedicure. As you all know, I’m obsessed with shellac, but haven’t been able to treat myself since we’ve been working outside most of this summer. I don’t see the reason in getting manicures (even the chip-resistant kind) when I’m doing a lot of manual labor. However, the summer is coming to a close so I think I’m going to save up and treat myself to a spa day soon.

5.) 80s music rocks. We had a blast at the Poison concert. We laughed at a lot of the crazy outfits we saw on some people. But, more importantly, we rocked out to some good ole’ American rock music, with lyrics that made sense and that you could actually sing along. I’m really sick of the crap that is repeated on the radio these days. Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge teeny-bopper, pop music fan… but the junk on the radio all sounds the same. And I HATE being a radio-station surfer. And on that note, I miss the MTV days when I could turn the channel on and have that be my radio music as I got ready for the day/night. You know, when they actually played music videos and not reality tv 24.7?

Back again, TGIF!!!!! Don’t these summer days just BLUR together? TIME FLIES. IT EFFIN DOES NOT SLOW DOWN. Anyway, here we are again with:

1.) I wish I was a nurse or a doctor so that I could wear scrubs to work every day. I do work from home once a week (usually) and we have “casual Fridays.” But, with church on Sundays, and office wear Monday-Wednesday; I hate wearing “dress” clothes, especially during the summer. If I worked at a hospital, I’d break the rules and rock out to fabulous print scrubs like these:

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2.) I need to get my ring cleaned ASAP. The last two times I’ve gone to the jeweler (where we purchased Mr.DJW’s band), their machines have not been running. ANNOYING MAJOR, so I think I’m going to buy an at-home machine. The one at Brookstone isn’t too pricey ($39) and uses water (no chemicals):

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3.) Mr.DJW has baby fever. His best friend is pregnant with their third and it sparked his excitement for our future children. We’ve already decided that we are going to NTNT (not try not to) conceive next summer and actively TTC (try to conceive) by end of 2012. With that plan in mind, my OCD personality is A-OKAY with enjoying this 1.5 years of “just us” time we have left. I’m trying to be the strong one in sticking to our baby timeline, but then again, I just may have had a twinge of baby fever when I found out one of my ITC bffs Jess found out she was pregnant! All things happen for a reason, all good things come in small packages – BEAN! Congrats again, hoaaa! Xoxo

4.) I really need to get on the ball with my pics blog and my cruise re-caps. They’ve been monitoring internet usage at work so I am no longer g-chatting and using the ‘net as frequently as before. Plus, we’ve just gotten super slammed with everyone’s summer vacation schedules and summer hours.

5. ) Mr.DJW told me to take the Friday after my birthday off because he plans to make it a bday wknd extravaganza. I’m not going to lie, I smiled at the thought of his planning. You see, I’m not a girly-girl romantic and my husband isn’t the most creative (beyond flowers and fancy jewelry) type; so the idea of him trying to come up with creative, economical ways to sweep me off my feet? Well, he had the odds against him that’s for sure. Regardless, I’m excited to enjoy a long weekend with hubby as I drown myself in depressed 28 year old tears.

Happy Friday!

TGIF. FOR REALSSSSS.

1. Thank goodness that we are on a budget plan with our electricity company. We’ve had the air on for the past week. Mr.DJW and I tolerate warm weather more so than others we know in MI, but even for us this week’s heat wave was too much. I could hardly breathe. There was no way I could fall asleep without having the A/C turned on. We’re hoping we make up for the overage (we didn’t use A/C much last summer), when we shut down our hot tub for Jan-March.

2. Speaking of the heat, I completely forgot about some of the shower/wedding gifts I received last year. I got some tips from my good friend, Jess, on how to use this bad boy. I can’t wait to make some homemade ice cream/fro-yo/sorbet! NOMNOMNOM

3. So the Pink Floyd laser light show and Goo Goo Dolls/Michelle Branch concert were amazing. As hot as it was, it cooled off just in time for Mr.DJW and I to enjoy the summer breeze. We LOVE summer concerts. So, next Tuesday night, we are going to see Poison! J Yes we’re 80s babies.

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4. We don’t have plans this weekend. And it feels great! I can’t wait to do nothing with my hubby! :) We are, however, going to spend some time booking our travels for the next 6 months – 1 year. So, I’m super excited about that! Right now it’s looking like – Cabo for our 1 year anniversary in September, Vegas for Mr.DJW’s 30^th in October, NYC to visit my brother in December, and **CROSSING MY FINGERS** for Hawaii and Napa Valley/SF in Spring 2012. After that, we are going to pause vacations and get on the baby making machine.

5. My eyes are horrible. I have to order super extra expensive lenses so that I don’t look like this:

 

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I’ve been wearing my glasses on/off since that horrible infection I had last month. I want to get lasik eye surgery, but Mr.DJW thinks that it’s still a “newer” surgery and that it’s a pain in the ass to have to go in for subsequent surgeries if your eyes turn bad again. I’m sick of being blind though, and I am highly considering this surgery.

–Have a great wknd, friends!