the best kind of weekend

It's pretty safe to say that this was one of the most relaxing weekends I've had in a long time, and it was much needed. The only time I left the house in fact was to walk the dogs on Saturday. The sun came out so we decided to brace the wind and get them some exercise. By the end of the walk I felt like I had a double ear infection, but it was still good the pups out of the house.

The rest of out weekend was filled with lots of movie and football watching, snacking, take out, and cleaning. After what is undoubtedly the longest week of the year, I wouldn't have had it any other way!

radio silence

Well, it's safe to say there isn't much to report lately around these parts. So little in fact, small things are starting to seem really remarkable to me. I think this is part of getting old. The few things I have to note for the past week or so are as follows.

1. Someone told me yesterday that they don't like Kelly Rippa. Is that even possible? The first I've hear of such a thing, that's for sure.

2. In case you haven't hear, it is COLD AS IDK WHAT outside. I'm talking about bone chilling, blisteringly cold. So cold it's not even snowing and thy've cancelled school multiple days in a row. Shout out to all the delivery people and other workers who have to spend more than 5 minutes a day out in this mess. I feel horribly for ordering something off of Amazon Prime the other day knowing it forces someone to be out in this weather. Sorry parcel delivery person!

And on another note with the cold, I really wish I would have picked an occupation that allowed me sporadic days off here and there. Talk about being a kid again. Teachers and other school personnel, I seriously envy you. As if summers off wasn't enough.

3. I've discovered a few movies lately that Will hasn't seen that I'm super excited to introduce him. to. We just finished Matilda, and A Little Princess will be here tomorrow. See above amazon reference. Classics of my childhood.

And that's all she wrote. Trecking through the dreary, cold, uneventful month that is January. Is it just me or is it time for Spring?

Friday Confessions

Happy Friday pals. Even though I know it’s going to make next week, the first full work week in what seems like ages, even more brutal- I am loving this chopped up work schedule. Work a day or two here, have off a day or two there. A girl could get used to this. So glad one of my favorite bloggers Leslie is back for Friday Confessions. I have very little news to actually report, but a whole lot of randomness to confess.

I confess that my house is not clean, by any stretch of the imagination. I'd actually venture to say this is the worse it's been since we moved in. Thankfully my husband has been helping out, but I feel like I haven't picked up a cleaning product in ages. You’d think with all of this extra time on my hands I could have gotten something done, but no. Dishes are piled. Floors are neglected. Laundry is sitting in baskets all over the place. Hopefully the cleaning bug bites me tomorrow, because I hate a cluttered/dirty house. Something about all this time spent lounging on the couch that just sucks the motivation right out of me.

I confess that I have also been neglecting myself. Chipped nail polish. Eyebrows that need some serious attention. Split ends for days. Luckily I have plans to fix all of those things within the next week. Maybe it’s the holidays. Maybe it’s the ton of snow and freezing temps we've gotten. Whatever it is, I've been slacking lately in the beauty department as well. Meh.

I confess even though Christmas just passed, I may have ordered myself a few things from Nordstrom a couple of days ago. I’ve been loving wearing plain black and white tops to work lately, so it’s hard to pass up any I see on sale.

And finally. I confess, that even though I don't really care to make resolutions, there are two things I vow to do moving forward. Take more pictures (with my camera, not my iPhone), and save more money. Now that we're out of the crazy wedding and house buying year that was 2013, I have no excuse not to save save save. And take a few seconds out of whatever I'm doing to capture the moment. Especially when it comes to Will and myself. I have hundreds of pictures of the dogs, compared to just a few dozen of us. Sad, and it's time to fix it!

That’s all for now folks. I’m ready to hole up for the weekend and hide from the single digit temperatures we’ll be facing.  Spring, come quickly!