Pretending

This is the post where I pretend like I haven't been gone for weeks on end because I am not ready for the other posts about all I did....

So lets pretend together.... I was here yesterday right?

Right.

Moving on...

I turn 27 this month.

I've never been one to do huge blow outs for my birthday.  I usually just get some friends together for dinner, fun, if dancing ensues so be it.  Gifts seem silly... unless your my Hubs, or you want to give me wine... I like wine.  Or Starbucks giftcards... those are fantastical too!

After 21 birthdays seemed to stop being that important.  No need to celebrate that I'm getting older now folks, it'll happen all on it's own :-).  However, growing up there were some things I thought I would have accomplished by now....

1) I was going to be a wildly successful and sophisticated career woman

I'd have my feet on the desk because I buck the system

2) I would have at least one baby by now that I would see all the time, but still be a successful career woman

3) I would have a fantastic Husband who loves me just the way I am

One out of 3's not bad.
And to know that #1 is happening and will allow for #2 -- well really, I'd say that's just amazing.

#blessed

Love,

Susie Q

I Confess Monday

I Confess...I'm going to skip right over the fact that I posted nothing last week. 

I confess I am sad today.  Something was supposed to happen and it didn't.  

I confess I  went bowling for the first time in years this weekend and I liked it! #nerd

I confess I have a particular ritual every time I go to bowl... seriously, who wants my cool card? 

I'm linking up with Carissa for her Monday I Confess series.  What do you confess this week??

The Day I Discovered Our Dog Is An Acrobat

So last night I am sitting on the couch by myself.
Husband has gone to bed because he's tired...
I am still up because the TV has a hold on me... I MUST know what happened on Cake Boss this week!

I joke.

But it is what I was watching.

Anywho.  I'm sitting there minding my biz, watching the tube with my legs propped on the ottoman.  Thinking "this is sooo not worth losing 30 minutes of beauty sleep, but I just don't want to go to bed yet."

I have a tiny dog under my legs on the floor (he likes caves) and a very large dog next to my legs doing her normal contortionist act.  You see, she likes to have her rump in the air while her ear is to the ground and she is simultaneously playing with her bone/ball/kong... she's not discriminatory on the toy.

So I'm pretty much ignoring her.

Because it was cute at first, but now, I just REALLY gotta know what Buddy's saying on the tube.

But then something glorious happens.

Sweet Daisy's rump must have gotten a mind of its own because before she could figure out what she was doing to herself her little feet were in the air and on the ground again--- on the OTHER side of her head.

That's right my bloggie friends, Daisy did a somersault.  All by herself.

Then she ran away from the location of the accident and stared at it like it was somehow the carpet's fault she projected her legs over her head. 

Momma couldn't be prouder. (as she cries she's laughing so hard)

Love,

Susie Q. 

Random Thoughts on a Friday

Happy Friday Everyone!

What are your big plans for the weekend?  We're cleaning tonight...I know, so fun.

Tomorrow is long run day for the Hubs, and my first "Long Run"  I'm supposed to go three miles.  I think I'll go 4.5 instead so I can run from our condo to Chastain Park and back.  Only a few more weeks of running distances I'm used to and then it's gonna get interesting!

After that I'll meet Hubs and give him some refreshments, start baking, meet hubs again, and then take the dogs to the vet...

THEN, when I get back, I'll finish baking and getting ready for our Friends to arrive!  We're showing off our kitchen watching the USC/UGA game at our condo with a bunch of friends Saturday.  I'm really excited to have everyone over!  USC will obviously win though! Go Cocks!

Sunday I'm hoping will be a pool day... and craft day :-).

So since that is my plans for the weekend, and while they are very exciting it's also all I have to share with you, I thought I would send some random thoughts out in the world to see if anyone else thinks these things too... an "Am I Normal" of sorts.

• There are certain grown adults who sound like they're wearing a diaper when they walk....
• How do dogs collect so many eye buggers in a day?
• Pollen sucks
• Is it the instructor or the music that makes cycle class so awesome?
• This week is National Waffle Week... I might make waffles for lunch tomorrow just to celebrate!



Does she look like she knows it's "her week"

• I'm really enjoying this weather, but am I the only one that's sad summer is ending?  I think the kitchen distracted me from the August heat.  

That's it!

I'm making this and this for Saturday... wish me luck! 

Love,

Susie Q

Survey Fun

Today I fee my brain is dead.  I left it at home, it is not with me... 

SO, here's a Survey Christina from Hungry Meets Health did today that I thought I would do as well!   


Happy Friday Bleeps!  What are your weekend plans???

1. Name 3 things you are looking forward to:

1. The weekend
2. Hopefully, finishing the paint for all the cabinets AND drawers this weekend 
3. Braves games and family time next week. 

2. If you could have a dream come true, what would it be?

• To be a full time wedding planner...

3. You have $200.  You have to spend it on yourself, you can’t donate it, and it can’t be something you actually need.  What will it be?

• A dress... or designer jeans

4. What helps to pull you out of a bad mood?

• Husband
• Daisy and Dillon
• Good Friends
• and lets be honest, wine

5. What is your bedtime routine?

• Wash my face
• brush my teeth
• Let the dogs out
• Change into sleep wear
• Get in bed and kiss hubby goodnight
• Sleep for a few hours
• Wake up between 4 and 5AM for no apparent reason....
• Go back to sleep
• Wake up again at 5:30 and hit the gym

I'm sorry, you didn't ask for my entire night's schedule... but I shared it anyway :-)

6. If you are currently in a relationship, how did you meet your significant other?

• The short answer, God.
• The long answer:  My very first friend in college was a year older than me.  He showed me everything from where to find my mailbox to my first football game.  When he graduated he went to work for a certain financial firm in Charlotte NC -- Hubs was his manager.  About 2 years later his office closed and he was moved to Atlanta, with Hubs and a bunch of friends.  They were all moved around in the company and Hubs was no longer Friend's manager so they decided to live together.  Enter me again, I wanted to return the favor to my sweet friend and show him around Atlanta... so he brings his roomies along, and the rest is history!

7. What kind of books do you read?

I read two kinds of books fictional and entertaining:

I finished this on our honeymoon... shows how much I read for entertainment

And Devotional:

 

This was a very good book... 

I would like to add some educational but entertaining books to me repertoire:

8. How do you see yourself in 10 years?

• 10 years?  Full time Event Coordinator, Mother (to fur babies and those of the Human genome) and Suburban Housewife.

9. What’s your fear?

• Not getting to the above in the next 10 years

10. Would you give up all junk food for the rest of your life for the opportunity to see outer space?

• Unless aliens have the power to keep you thin and ageless yet still eat all the cookies you want... I'll pass

11. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?

• Pee (you asked... well you didn't, but the survey did)

12. If you could change one thing about your significant other, what would it be?

• That's between me and him... as far as blog world is concerned, nothing.  I love my Hubby for who he is!

13. If you could pick a new name for yourself, what would it be?

• You should all know this... Susie Q

14. If you had to choose between six months of sun or six months of rain, what would you choose?

• SUN!!!!! in a heartbeat

15. If you could only eat one thing for the next 6 months, what would it be?

• Homemade Pizza -- Or Menchies

16. What is the thing you enjoy about blogging the most?

The interaction (hint hint)

17. Do you prefer salty or sweet foods?

• Both! I love to eat an M&M with a handful of popcorn... or white chocolate covered pretzels!!!!

...Dangerous

18. What items are in your purse right now? Oh goodness...

1. My camera and it's case (I cried when I got it)
2. wallet
3. glasses
4. sunglasses
5. Pens
6. keys
7. Two pads of paper
8. an apple
9. some recipes I printed at work 2 weeks ago
10. Lipstick and mascara bag
11. Business Card Holder
12. Nail File 
13. Lotion
14. Check Book
15. Hair brush
16. MARTA Card
17. Parking ticket (for the pay garage, not like an in trouble with the law ticket)

They don't call it my Mary Poppins purse for nothing!

19. If you had to choose between vacationing at the beach or in the mountains where would you go?

• Hands down the Beach... every.time. I miss the sand in my toes and a book in my hands while listening to the waves!

20. What do you watch on television that you know you shouldn’t?

• Jersey Shore, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Real Housewives of New Jersey and NYC ... I know, not my most attractive quality.
  
  
   So there you have it!  Random fun facts about moi... or just something to read... either way you're at the end!  See you next week!
  
  

Confession Thursday

Much like So What Wednesdays, but not because it's Thursday today...

I confess....

• I did not write a blog yesterday because I just was too sad that all the fun activities were over and didn't want to talk about them yet
• I ate a reeses today... sorry BFL, I know, I was bad
• My muscles are bigger than they ever have been and it's because of Husband's pushing me
• I still do not confess it's his workout vs. mine, just that he pushes me to lift more
•  I didn't think Transformers was any more impressive in IMAX or 3D than it would have been the normal way
• I really want the new chick's hair though!
•  I just realized I ran/walked 4.4 miles last Saturday... no wonder I had to start walking, that was a mile and a half longer than I had intended... oh well, maybe I'll run more of it this Saturday! 

That's all for today folks!  I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth and have great plans in store for this weekend!  I'm not sure what we have planned this weekend but I expect to make the most of it!

Love,

Susie Q

Le Fleur

This little gem just became my favorite flower

Via

OK, maybe not "JUST" it did take a while.  But I think I've finally made my decision on this ever so life altering fact...

Cala Lillies have always been my favorite, like since the begining of time... not really sure why.  

Yet, these flowers!  I see them in bouquets every week and every time their smell is so amazing!  There's also something so graceful about the delicacy of the flower... 

I think I love the contrast of the Super Klutz that is me versus the sweet softness of this beautiful fleur. 

Hubby, little hint.  I would love a bouquet of these sometime

What is your random fact of the day?  What's your favorite flower?  Have you made any weird decisions lately?

So What Wednesday

I do love So What Wednesdays!  I think it's fun to share my quirks... (Nerd Alert again)

So What if...

• I enter my food into an online journal everyday... it doesn't stop me from eating the reeses, just helps me balance said candy
• I miss candy since we've been on Body for Life -- That does stop me from eating candy
• I get on the scale every morning -- even if I know it's going to be up from a night out the night before
• I sometimes brainstorm all the ways I could spend my day if I wasn't at my desk
• I just went for a mile walk around the city just because during my lunch "break"
• I drive with the windows down when it's 90* outside (I have working AC) just to feel the wind blow through my hair
• I sometimes day dream of what it's going to be like to have little versions of Hubby and I running around our life
• I look at Hotpads.com at least once a week even though we're no where near ready to buy another house
• I can hear the screws in my face creaking today... We all know I've got a few loose :-)

That's all for today.  What are you saying "So What" to?

In other news:

We're going to Atlantic Seafood for dinner tonight with some close friends... I'm so excited to get a sushi fix I don't know if I can begin to explain to you the levels... it's a bit ridiculous... I'm counting down the time... 5 hours and 6 minutes people!  I've only had my order planned for 3 days....

Random Musings from the Weekend

Hello Bloggie Friends!

How was your weekend?  What did you do?

I had a very nice weekend...

First, I have to share this tragedy with you:

I'm pretty sure I used to play dress up in 1990 with dresses like this one -- from my Mom's give away pile...

Now that my mean girls portion of the blog is over...

Sara came over for dinner on Friday night and we spent some time just comparing married women stories... at one point or another we were both laughing so hard it hurt and saying "I'm so glad it's not just me" -- oh the things you share with your best friend just to find out they aren't so strange after all. :-)

THEN-- Saturday I helped my best friend move 13 miles and 25 minutes from me... this will be the first time in almost 5 years that she has not been less than a mile from me.  We've been spoiled.  I had more than one moment of holding back tears on Saturday (while yelling at myself inside that I was being ridiculous and we're still going to see each other all the time).

I might have just once contemplated hijacking the stuff in Hubby's truck and refusing to bring it down there... oh so very 5 year old of me

Annabelle agreed with me though

She refused to get out of her litter box for a while once we got her in the house. 

Meanwhile,

Hubby was in Chicago being smart, sexy, intelligent, well-spoken, and representing his company that way (well, I might have added the sexy in all by myself)

After leaving Sara's Saturday I went home to prepare for him.  I cleaned the condo and let the dogs out and worked on my Father's Day gift so that I was not distracted when he came home...

Daisy was waiting patiently too.

Not much else to update, we spent Sunday with my totally tubular Dad, I got my Menchies Fix, we went to the pool with SeesTOR, and ate like pigs...

I did not however, get my fix on the Starbucks petite... the coupon had expired and Hubby made me feel a little silly about eating cake at 8:30 in the morning...alas, I'll have to wait until next Sunday/Cheat Day

Getting to know you

A. Age: 26
B. Bed size: Queen
C. Chore you dislike: I hate doing the dishes -- luckily I've got a hubby to do that now :-)
D. Dogs: I've got a Papillon and a Golden.. they're precious see:

E. Essential start to your day: Workout and breakfast... it should be everyone's start!

F. Favorite color: Green and Pink... so girlie
G. Gold or silver: Silver
H. Height: 5'7"  5'6.75”
I. Instruments you play(ed): Does middle school still count when you're 26? If so the clarinet... nerd.
K. Kids: Yes please, but not right now.
L. Live: Atlanta, GA -- Buckhead to be exact
M. Mom’s name: Are we stealing identities or playing a fun survey game?
N. Nicknames: Laura Belle, LSB <--not anymore That's about it...I'm boring
O. Overnight hospital stays: Jaw surgery makes you do all sorts of things you don't want to do...
P. Pet peeves: burping with your mouth open, giving me 200 reasons why you can't do something instead of just saying "I don't want to", slow drivers, "Also too" <-- seriously, can we talk about this one?
Q. Quote from a movie: Can I do a TV show? Community last night -- "Oh! No, no juice!" if you don't watch the show, start.
R. Righty or lefty: righty.
S. Siblings: growing up -- 1 older sister, now that my dad's remarried and I've married: 4 older sisters, 3 older brothers -- that's right, it's a big clan!
T. Time you wake up: weekdays the unGodly hour or 5:30 AM, the things I do to go to the gym with my hubby; Weekends I sleep in all the way until 8AM... I'm nutz!
U. Underwear: I wear them...
V. Vegetables you don’t like: Collard Greens, Okra, Brussels Sprouts, beets
W. What makes you run late: Trying to fit too much in, or not being realistic about Atlanta traffic and the time it adds to get places.
X. X-rays you’ve had: too many
Y. Yummy food you make: Monkey Bread -- hear a fun story about that here
Z. Zoo animal favorites: Polar Bears!!! So fluffy!

So What Wednesdays

I’m not really sure who started the trend, but I would like to join in… Here is my So What Wednesday!

So What if…

·          

• I have 4 outfits for work and I just keep mixing/matching and re-wearing (the get washed)
• My dog likes Marmi’s house better than our house
• The only new accessories I own are from people’s weddings… everything else is from college at the earliest
• I talk to our dogs… a lot
• I  talk for our dogs all the time
• Don’t worry, I don’t have full conversations back and forth
• I think pretty much anything fried is the bomb digity
• I say “bomb digity” -- and "the bomb.com" (NERD)
• I hate the gym… but I go almost every morning
• I like lists – lots of them!
• I  used to be on-time
• I want the biggest loser game for Kinect
• My new signature looks like a child’s writing
• I still have my maiden name on my driver’s license.  The DMV really needs more convenient hours. And to not be horribly inefficient. And to take better pictures so I don’t dread it so much….

That’s all for today!