It's the freakin weekend....

Baby I'm about to have me some fun!!!  Wow, what a difference in the college version of Fun for me and the 28 year old version....but either way, I love this song!

ENJOY!

And it's only Wednesday...

This week is dragging on...and it's only Wednesday!


We jumped right into our busy season last week and it has been none stop since.  I am typing this because I just needed a break.  Work has been crazy, I have about 6 BIG deadlines this week, plus seminars, plus I am watching my parents dog in addition to my little bundle of doggie joy.  Then to top it all off, I am taking 2.5 days off next week to go to Hilton Head for my best friend, Allison's wedding.  So I need to be thinking in terms of packing and getting ready for that--which includes a trip to the alteration place tonight because I got my bridesmaid dress Monday night and it did not fit correctly.  But then I was at work yesterday from 9am-9pm, arriving home closer to 10pm.  Then I had a meeting at 7:30 this morning, so after work today was my first free time to make it there during their business hours.  I am already ready to crash so I cannot imagine what  I will be like on Friday.   I also need to find some time to get a wedding gift for her and get my nails done before I leave Wednesday....and to spray tan or not?  That is the question.


In other more exciting news, my brother has been smoke-free for 1+ month, so we are celebrating tonight with taco salad and some friends!  Then it is looking like I will likely be making my way to bed on the early side of 10pm, rather than my usual bedtime!


So that is a nice little dose of pessimism for me to leave you with today! :)  Hope your week is going better than mine.


This needs to be my new mantra....

My weekend....

A little of this, a little of that and a LOT of Corbin :)

We went for a bike ride to the park....

Then some swinging ....

Then a cute face.

 Then some slide time....

Then home for an Easter Egg Hunt (yes it is 4 minutes, don't feel like you have to watch it all)...

Then on a rainy Sunday we stayed in and played with trains and fingerpaint....

And let's not forget about Stella....

All in all, I am super tired but love that cute little chutie face!

So excited...

TO SEE THIS CUTE LITTLE FACE....ALLLLLL WEEKEND LOOOOONG!!!

Cue trumpets sounding...

I have finished it!  All three books done in 13 days!!!  And I must say from everything I heard about The Hunger Game series, I was expecting great, good, mediocre.  What I felt like I got was great, great, and really good!  I happened to love all three books.  Do I think she rushed the ending in book three?  Yes, but I also feel like it worked out okay.  Do I feel like her writing type changes near the end of book three?  Yes, but I still loved it.  Did I love how it all ended?  You betcha!  I am now, more than ever, ready for the movie.  Unfortunately since I promised my friend, Kristi, I would see it with her and we are both out of town this weekend, I have to wait until March 31st to see it, but I can barely contain my excitement...I just hope i am not disappointed.


In other news, I started reading The Carrie Diaries this morning.  It is the life of Carrie Bradshaw, of Sex and the City fame, while she was in high school.  As a die-heart SATC fan, I am super excited about this book...but lets be honest, what book am I not super excited about?


Lest you begin to think I have given up the travel bug...let's do a little recap of my schedule...


Last weekend I was in Sandbridge, VA (a picture of the house we stayed at)

This weekend I will be in Norfolk, VA
First weekend in April I will be in Hilton Head, SC
2nd weekend in April I will be in NY
3rd weekend in April I will be in Williamsburg, VA
1st/2nd weekend in May, I will be in the Bahamas
Memorial Day will most likely be Lake Anna and that just gets us to the start of summer...so stay tuned, hopefully I will remember to take pictures of my next excursion. :)

To keep myself accountable...

In an effort to make sure I stay on track, I have been trying to find book recommendations and keep a running list of my next books to read.  As such, I am going to post those here so I can have a way to keep myself accountable.  So after I finish my current book, Mocking Jay, I will have finished 8 books this year...here is my next batch.

9. The Carrie Diaries

10. There are No Children Here

11. Sarah's Key

12. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

13. The Girl who Played with Fire

14. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

15. Mountain beyond Mountains

16. A good and perfect Gift

17. The Horse Boy

18. The Magicians

19. What Alice Forgot

20. Unbroken

21. The Reservoir

Since I am borrowing or checking these out from the library, the order is bound to change, but I tried to space series books out throughout.

Feel free to give me your best recommendations :)

7 down, 19 more to go...

So my report so far...
1. Five Love Languages
2. Sisterhood Everlasting
3. The Holocaust Diaries
4. Private #1 Suspect
5. The Fixer Upper
6. The Hunger Games
7. Catching Fire (book 2)


I am about 25% of the way through Mockingjay (book 3) in the Hunger Game series....I am optimistic that I will be done with this one by Tuesday!!!  Not to worry, I have a list of about 10 more books in line after this one.


Happy Weekend and Happy Reading!