the peanut butter...

... to my jelly. I stayed overnight with one of my dear friends the night before the Royal Wedding. This little surprise was waiting for me in her guest bathroom. Get it? Pricess Nicole Lynn. Ya know, because it was a royal wedding.

Reason #4219723498076 we're going to be lifelong bfs.

Dear Meg,
I love you for always putting a smile on my face.
Love,
Nicole

coincidence? i think not.

 

Why on earth are you showing me a picture of your staircase? Is that a dog toy? Okay, so there's a dog toy on your stairs. I still don't get it...

If you share in the thoughts above, give me a second to explain the circumstances...

My sister and I started talking about who our beneficiaries were and when I said Riley (my niece) was mine, I swear my little boys (winston & stuart - both yorkies) rolled their eyes. I'm sure they were expecting to hear their names and were probably off in doggie lah lah land dreaming of dog parks and endless supplies of treats and toys and were jolted awake when the word "Riley" rolled off my tongue. Needless to say, the following morning as I walked down the stairs in the dark, I almost broke my neck when stumbling on the dog toy pictured above (my dogs know I'm a tree hugger and I don't turn on the lights if it's unnecessary). To make matters worse, they were both waiting at the bottom to see if they were successful in their plan. I actually wonder if they were waiting at the bottom to finish me off if the plan went awry. 

Not today boys, not today...

thumbs up

if i could hug tom, i would hug him... hard.

http://www.toms.com

ps, i'm aware that the founder of TOMS is a guy named blake but if i said i wanted to hug blake, you would be confused. i really don't want to confuse you, i just want to hug blake tom.

drowning

As my dear friends mentioned, I have been slipping drowning lately...

Things currently on my "to do" list:

Finish planning my wedding (the list goes on and on and on...)
Finish remodeling our house in Victorian Village (this list also goes on and on and on...)
Start packing to prepare for the move next weekend
Complete my wedding registry
Book my flight to Chicago for a work trip
Finish paperwork to start grad school
Book the wedding after-party venue
Check to see if green apples or pears are in season during late August
And last, but not least... breathe...

Always remember to breathe...

just another...

hibernation

Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals. Not quite sure if it's okay to refer to myself as an animal (I know, I know, we're technically a mammal) but hey, let's call it as we see it. Along with my furry friends, I, too, went into hibernation this past winter hence my absence from the blogging world.

"Picky Nikki, why did you go into hibernation?" -well kids, that's a good question...

When physicians don't know what is wrong with you, they are obligated to prescribe medication in an attempt to control your symptoms. In my case, the continuous increases to my medication = hibernation.

Guess what friends... I'm back and better than before!

I'm a multitasking son-of-a-gun. Watch out because I'm running circles around people and they're left saying, "was that superwoman?" Okay, no one has really ever said that but truly, I am checking things off of my "to do" list and if it wasn't listed, I add it just so I can check it off.

Done and done.

sleepless in columbus

Hi Mr. Insomnia, nice to see you again tonight! Here is a list of things to do when you wake up at 3am:

1. get on facebook from your phone until the light from your phone annoys your fiance
2. complain to your fiance about not being able to sleep
3. take the dogs outside
4. play with dogs
5. return emails
6. look through magazines
7. get on facebook... again
8. look through old photo albums
9. look through old photo albums on facebook

And last but not least...

10. blog about how you just wasted the last hour and a half of your life