Thursday Thoughts

This may seem a little silly, but I have been following Jennifer from Ramblings of a Suburban Mom for quite some time, and I feel like she has had some sort of play in my starting to blog.  I'm linking up with her for Thursday Thoughts -- check below to see my silliness.

• I really need to get better at these "Thursday..." or "Friday..." postings.  I really am going to try!  Thursdays and Fridays! They are that way for a reason, right?

• When I was a competitive cheerleader in college, I had a slight tear in my rotator cuff and didn't take care of it accurately.  I still tumbled, lifted, and did movements that probably did not benefit me in the long run and I favored my non-torn arm.  Because of that, years later, I have problems with my ulner nerve (it's called cubital tunnel syndrome, hubs says it's a common baseball pitcher problem, so technically I think I'm a little cool in his eyes) and have been told I needed to have surgery.  However, the healing time is a year -- without lifting things heavier than a cup of water for months and after than nothing over 20 pounds until completely healed. Ya... I have a very active toddler... sooo I guess I won't brush my hair, brush my teeth, reach anything over my head orrr do anything else active without realllllly thinking about it or complaining for the next ... um... 18 years??

• I was working out next to my silver Olympian bud the other day and she was looking so cool doing her very athletic warm up and I was struggling doing something silly... but I tried not to show any signs of struggle... I mean if working out next to an Olympian isn't going to push you... what is?

• Whyyy do they have to have commercials for crying babies after bedtimes?  They make me mute my TV and prairie dog it until I realize it's just the TV... every.single.time.

• Lately, driving has been like a real life Mario Kart. I don't know why mother nature is doing this to us, but people who fix the roads don't seem to have gotten the memo that she's pissed... and we should allow more in our budget to fix roads.

• Does anyone else have a problem unrelating characters with characters they play already?  For example, "Sheldon", or "Jim Parsons" was on "Saturday Night Live" and I was like "Why is Sheldon doing that?  He's a dorky scientist, not a serial killer?" Or when Kristen Stewart aka Bella Swan is playing something else in other movies, I seriously think "oooooo, Edward is gonna be maaaad".  No?

• Finally, I am super excited to get my first Citrus Lane box this week!

What are you thinking about?  Have you entered my giveaway, too?! Makeup Forever Aqua Shadows!!

Thursday Thoughts

This may seem a little silly, but I have been following Jennifer from Ramblings of a Suburban Mom for quite some time, and I feel like she has had some sort of play in my starting to blog.  I'm linking up with her for Thursday Thoughts -- check below to see my silliness.

• Has anyone, besides me, every think about how certain stereotypes came to be, i.e. "Old people drive Cadillacs"?  Or "Those are girl toys..."  Does someone take a poll?  Did someone really have time to notice those things? 

• Yesterday, Hubs and I went out on a date night... to the high school basketball championship game.  All the years I have been "involved" in athletics, you would think I would understand basketball... but nope.  I love the atmosphere though.  It's division 1, and the rhythm of the game and the fan support really makes me love it.  However, the cockiness of some players really irritates me.  You're in high school.  Don't start a fight.  Don't run like a mad man up and down the court because you got a lay-up (Ya... I know that term).  Don't talk back to refs.  Play. the. game.

• What kind of cars do your undercover police officers drive?  Ours drive Dodge Chargers and I hate it.  Why can't they all drive marked cars?  Anytime I think I see a Dodge Charger, I drive like a granny because I am scared to get pulled over! 

• I had a little mommy time today and got to go to Ulta, and the mall (Sephora and Target) and I picked up something for a GIVEAWAY next week!  Are you excited?!  Are you ready? I don't knowwwww if you are.  I'll give you a hint.  It may or may not be something that's included in my post about Mommy's Makeup Kit!

• Gah... I need to start writing thank you notes.  I can already feel my hand cramping....

What are you thinking about?  -TPD

Thursday Thoughts + Debbie's Update

This may seem a little silly, but I have been following Jennifer from Ramblings of a Suburban Mom for quite some time, and I feel like she has had some sort of play in my starting to blog.  I'm linking up with her for Thursday Thoughts -- check below to see my silliness.

• Call me dorky... silly... loser... whatever, but I really get excited when I check my stats for my blog each day and see my amount of views go up!  I run into the room and tell hubs, who thoroughly acts as excited as I am about it.  (He puts up a great front considering he thinks the internet is a fad.)  I can't believe people want to read about lil' 'ol me!  But please, continue and share with your friends!

• I went to a children's consignment shop about 40 minutes away yesterday and got a few toys and such to bring to my parents house to leave there when we visit.  Baby J is obsesssssed with trucks lately and I found about 20 John Deere trucks, bagged/binded together for $10.  For anyone who doesn't know about John Deere, they are like the Cristal of trucks. What a steal! Right?? WRONNNNNG... They all were missing their tires or shovels/plows, which I didn't notice until after J was playing/loving on our new find.  So not only did I have to take back my child's  truck love (which I had to steal back from him while he napped with it!), I had to drive 40 minutes to do it. 

For realllll?

 

• My lips have been on FIRE lately.  Chapped, cracking and even turning white.  It's quite attractive.  Even my beloved EOS is no help.  Someone told me it was dehydration... I drank more.  Someone told me it was a fungus... I stopped telling people. 

• It has been so cold here the last couple days.  I know, I know... stop complaining.  But our ground is so frozen the ice from my car/to my mailbox/to my house is about an inch thick.  I am perfecting my penguin walk every time I go to my car/mailbox/etc., but I feel like NO ONE else (hubs, visitors, mailpeople, etc.) is having a problem. 

• Our custom made thank you cards finalllllly came in the mail (we got married in December...), and now that they are here we are so excited!  About the writing of the thank you cards... not so much.  Meh.

• For anyone that has a one level, small house, don't you feel like when you put your sleeping baby/toddler to bed, all noises multiple by 90384873586 decibels?  I know nothing of decibels, but I feel as though that may be an accurate number. 

Last night, I tried to Deborah Lippman Gel Lab (click here to go to the blog post about it) and after a full 24 hours, here are the finger poses:

I am a righty, but there doesn't seem to be a major difference between the two hands.  On my left there's a little chip on my ring finger, as well as my pinky.  Minor wear is visible on my middle finger.  On my right, my right hand has a good sized chip in it and my middle finger has a little wear.  Neither of my thumbs have any chips/show signs of wear. 

I'm pretty impressed considering all I was a little rougher on my hands today than I usually am:  Two showers, scrubbed the bathtub, did some kettlebell/weight work, taught a fitness class. 

Would I recommend?  I'm pretty impressed, especially because my nails literally chip hours later. But I'm not completely sold yet. It also could be user error; I could've not capped my nail tips that well or not really covered the top coat as well as I could've. 

Check in tomorrow for another update! -TPD

Thursday Thoughts With Jennifer

This may seem a little silly, but I have been following Jennifer from Ramblings of a Suburban Mom for quite some time, and I feel like she has had some sort of play in my starting to blog.  I'm linking up with her for Thursday Thoughts -- check below to see my silliness.

 

• I'm not a huge fan of the Winter Olympics (I semi blame my sister and mom for making me watch all those years of sports I'm not a fan of (#kiddingbutnotkidding), but I've been watching the Women's Hockey Team because Hubs and I have a friend on the team (GO STACK!) and watching them lose to Canada today made me sad... for a minute.  Then I realized... ummm hellllloooo... they placed SILVER in the 2014 Olympics. They should be all kinds of proud.  Pff... All I did today was play in the water table and keep Baby J from trying to climb in it.
  

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• So I teach Zumba at the local college, and not to toot my own horn, but toot-toot, I'm a pretty good dancer, but these girls shake what their momma gave them... and more.  It definitely makes me feel like I shouldn't be looking in their direction while dancing anddddd also makes me realize I'm at least 5-10 years older than they are... and things shake on me that I'm not trying to shake...

 

• I have a "friend"... well more of an acquaintance, who recently moved to California to pursuit a career in comedy.  How do you tell someone who wants to be a comedian... that they aren't funny? 

• Lastly, here comes the cheese.  I brought Baby J to visit a friend who had a wittle baby.  He got this grossly loved penguin (which I avidly named Gino, the Penguino) when he was three months old.  He loves him. It goes everywhere with him and the one time I tried to put him to bed without it (Gino fell out of the car in a parking lot somewhere and my amazing nephew Penguin hunted for it), he screamed for about two straight hours and grasped the air in the crib for it.  Well today, he saw little three week old baby ND, and tried to give him his Gino.  I am so lucky to be raising such an amazing little boy who wants to make others happy. 
  
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What are you thinking about today? 

 

Kisses & Hugs - TPD