Burst

'POP'

That is the sound of my bubble being burst.

I was all geared up and ready to purchase these sweet little boots from here, when a big fat 'SOLD' popped up on my screen.

'POP'...bubble burst.

PS: Remember when Christmas is only two weeks away and I

A) shouldn't be shopping for myself

and

2) am having a medium to mild anxiety attack at how under prepared I am!!!!

Colonel Mustard in the Library with a Candlestick

Notice anything missing?

On two occasions we have come home to find a photo from our dining room wall, laying on the dining room floor.

Not broken, not upside down, not on top of the buffet that is directly below....just laying there. Almost as if it has been gently placed there.

Then the other night Stone and I came home and found the house to smell as if someone had been smoking inside.

(Stone and I are avid NON-smokers)

I think we have a ghost.

A smoking, picture moving ghost.

I don't feel good about it.

Keep it to yourself!

The problem with being practical, and purchasing Christmas gifts early, is that I am BURSTING to tell Stone what I got him.

I already caved and gave him one of his presents early....and not because he asked for it! I just walked into the room and said, "I'm gonna give you one of your Christmas presents today." to which he even went so far as to so, "Nah, you should save it for Christmas." Which only made me want to present him with a gift even more!!!!

I can't even tell you about the gift I am super pumped to give him. What if today is the day he decided to do his random read through of my recent posts?

How about I tell you what I already told him????

It was originally priced at $94.00 then marked down to $54 then when I went to pay it rang up as $41!!!!!!!!!!!! I literally yelped with glee.

PS: I know it is rude for the gift giver to tell the giftee the price of their gift, but we are talking about Stone here. He makes a special trip to another grocery store to buy toilet paper because it is cheaper there....the man loves a bargain.

sadface

Remember when my throat feels like someone scraped it with a wire brush....and my limbs have a dull ache?

I do.

PS: This will be the third (yes, THIRD) time I have gotten sick this year!!!!!!! Let's just say I'm upset about it.

PPS: See those Deep Walnut walls behind me??? Someday, when my good camera gets fixed, I will share better photos with you...until then, all I can offer is this little sneak peek.

Going GREEN....

Saskia, my sweet friend from across the sea, tagged me with a fun little diddy to photograph GREEN things around my house.

Here you go!!!

a green magnetic 'frame' hanging in our green guest bedroom

a funny green piece of art hanging in our red kitchen

a green flowery apron that used to be my Gran Estelle's

a random collection of my teacups, cake stands and plates...including a few green ones

and last, but most certainly not least, our little green frog planter. Stone's Grandma gave this to us as an engagement present (with a plant in it, which due to my brown thumb has since died) We don't have a plant in it, but it rests happily on a bookshelf in our living room. It's quirky and I love it.

Stone's worst nightmare?

The dreaded 'chin slap'.....

PS: Seriously, the chin slap is almost the greatest thing ever. To hear a grown man squeal like a school girl because he has a ticklish chin/neck....I made a spectacle of him tonight at the grocery store with the sneak attack chin slap!

The Funnies

(Me and Lisa having a giggle by the pool...I wish I was there)

1. I purchased a new top/tunic at Target the other day. When I put it on this morning, to wear to work, I was 73% sure it was a maternity shirt. Upon my arrival to work it was confirmed by a friendly coworker.

The front of the top/tunic was obviously longer to allow for a growing belly.

Oops!

2. Tonight I was singing to my beloved. I sang a few songs and then my mind went blank.

I turned to Stone:

"What song should I sing now?"

"I don't know."

"Well what song do I know all of the words to?"

"I don't think there is one. I've heard you sing in the car and....um....yeeaaahhhhh.....I don't think you have ever gotten one right."

Oops!