My favorite things...

I'm feeling like Oprah. No, I'm not giving away stuff, how I wish. Maybe when I win the lottery... I just want to share my favorite things (cause you never know, my husband reads my blog, might give him some ideas on what to get me for my birthday and Mother's Day)


PRETTY BALLERINAS www.prettyballerinas.com

They have so many cute styles and designs. These are my favorites. You know me, I'm a girly-girl!







THOMAS SABO CHARMS www.thomassabo.com

I remember my mom had one very similar when I was in college,
it was gold and heavy.

How cute are these?!? What a great way to celebrate special occasions.







DIANE VON FURSTENBERG STEPAHNIE BAG

Okay, maybe this isn't so new anymore but I just watched "The Back-Up Plan" and I fell in love with this. Besides, anything that J.Lo has, I love...







CUPCAKES!!! and not just any cupcake, Karen's Cake in a Cup cupcakes (yup, my cupcakes!). What? It's my blog. Besides, it's free advertising.
How can you resist this?





And lastly, the greatest (and cheapest) stress-reliever ever!!!
BAREFOOT SWEET RED WINE



I like my wine sweet and not dry. These are awesome and at less than $10.00 a bottle, how can you not drink a bottle a day?!? What can i say, I'm a cheap drunk! HAHA!

happy wife, happy life...

So the other day, Will and I were watching an episode of How I Met Your Mother, oh so hilarious!!! You should watch it.

This part is quite funny...but I thought, man that could be annoying!



And that got me thinking about Will and I, so let me tell you about us...

We have NOTHING in common.

He is more like a steak dinner,


and I am more this...



He's into Metallica,


and I am more into Glee.



He is a 1970 Monte Carlo SS

(image from www.motorbase.com)

and I am more a 2012 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S.




When Will and I fight, we FIGHT. Well actually, I fight. I am more a yeller and he "listens". It irritates me how he doesn't put things back where it's supposed to go, or leaves his dirty laundry on the floor, or how he always wants to just stay home and "chill" on the weekends. And it annoys him that I whine too much sometimes, or that I nag a lot (Yes, ladies and gentelemen. I am a nagger), or that I often want to go somewhere on the weekends.



Will is passive and I am aggressive. He usually needs a shove a gentle push, to accomplish more than what he's capable of. And as for me, what I want, I get. I charge into everything with the idea of if other people can, why can't I.



But let me tell you about Will and I...

We talk about anything and everything and our day won't be complete without having to listen to each other's thoughts and feelings.

We have not once, in the 11 years we've been together, slept mad at each other.

We have made every decision with the other person's opinion in mind and we try to accomplish everything with a common goal.



And I realized, we are Marshall and Lily, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

You can now bring out the barf bag.

You know you live in a small town when...

I've been thinking a lot about how my life has changed so much in the last couple of years and it might sound unbelievable to those who know me the most, but I love living the country life. There was probably some betting that went on before I left Calgary on how long I'd last in Minburn. They gave me 6 months! In fact, this is what my sister said:

Me: I enjoy living in the country!
Sister: Hell must've frozen over.

Well, I proved them all wrong. I think it's the best decision we've made as a family. What brought on all this thinking, you might ask? This...

You know you live in a small town when:
-The town newspaper is published monthly
-The town is named after everyone's distant relative.
-There's no hospital-only a first aid kit
-For fun on Saturday nights, people drive up and down main street.
-There's no bank... as soon as someone gets enough money, they leave.
-The only traffic jams are caused when a farmer drives down Main Street on his combine.
-The local phone book has only one yellow page.
-Hardware, Dry Goods, Grocery, Clothing and farm supplies are all sold at the same store.
-Third Street is on the edge of town
-No social events are scheduled when the school gym floor is being varnished.
-You call a wrong number and they supply you with the correct one.
-Everyone knows all the news before it's published.People read the paper to see whether the publisher got the facts right.
-The city limits signs are both on the same post.
-The only road crossing Main Street is a dirt road.
-The one-block-long Main Street dead ends in both direction
-You were in 4-H.
-You know what 4-H is.
-You said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour.
-It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawnmower.
-You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.
-You don't give directions by street names or directions by references (turn by Nelson's house, go two blocks east Anderson's, and it's four houses left of the track field).
-You give directions using "the" stop light as a reference.
-The country club golf course had only 9 holes.

(haha! I just had to take a picture of that!)
-You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people"
-The city council meets at the coffee shop.
-The closest McDonald's is 45 miles away.
-So is the closest mall.
-Weekend excitement involves a trip to a Wal-Mart.


I love it here, I really do. I find that the people are friendlier, the air is fresher, the grass is greener.

I'm high tech now!

A couple of months ago, I bought an Itouch. For those who know me, I'm not really into electronics. I'd rather buy this




or this




or this




you get what I mean. Anyways, I had a Staples gift card and since they don't sell those above mentioned stuff that I'd rather have, I bought an Itouch.

Eyelahvitttt!!! It is the best thing ever.

I downloaded this game called Slingo Supreme. It is Vegas in a little box. It is so addicting. I played this game non-stop for weeks and was quite proud that I got the highest score of 3,419,250 until Will decided to "give it a try" and got this...




98,577,388! ON HIS FIRST TRY!!!

FML!

Dr. Borat at your service

So yesterday was my appointment at an obstetrician. Let me tell you what he said (well, what I THINK he said anyways. You see my doctor is Borat. No, not THE Borat, he just talks so much like him. He's an awesome doctor though. I have to say this just in case he reads my blog. haha! But really, awesome doctor!) Anyways, where was I? Oh yeah, what the doctor said. Let me say though that I am so glad that Will came with me to my doctor's appointment. Not only for support and strength but because I really badly needed somebody to translate. Will's good with accents you must know. Yeah, what the doctor said, I have a severely scarred fallopian tube from my appendicitis and ectopic pregnancy. So I have 3 options:

1. They will fill me with dye to try and see if there's blockage in my tubes which could be caused by the scarring, and if so they will try and flush my tubes to remove blockage.

2. They will do another laparoscopy (This would be my third. Too bad my hospital does not have a frequent customer card)to see what's going on. Will says he can now play connect-the-dots with all my incisions.

And the third option:
3. He says "If those two options fail, don't worry. It's not the end of the world. We can do IVF. It ONLY starts at $10,000 to $35,000"

Anybody got an extra tube they can rent out??? On the bright side sperms and eggs are good! Yeah!!!