*Wishful Wednesday*

'I wish' .... I had never-ending funds to donate to
a charity and it would be: 

The Humane Society or the ASPCA

I am a HUGE animal lover, and these organizations help find animals a good home, and also help in stopping animal cruelty.  Whether it be...saving seals from being slaughtered each year in Canada, dogfighting, puppy mills, factory farming...you name it, they're trying to stop it.  And, sadly enough, all of these things go on every. single. day. around the world.  It breaks my heart just thinking about it.

It doesn't have to be a lot of money...every little bit helps!  I am now making it a goal of mine to donate to both of these places at least once a year.  It's really the least I can do for animals.

http://www.aspca.org/

http://www.humanesociety.org/

Top 2 Tuesday...and a little help, please! :)

Before I get into Taylor's Top 2 Tueday, I need some advice/suggestions....please!!  :)

I have a serious problem, and I need help.  I might even need an intervention or something, because that's how bad this problem is.  Ok, here it goes....

I love sleeping.  Seriously.  Like, it's so bad that I literally cannot get myself out of bed every morning, and I'm late for work almost EVERY day.  :(  I hate it.  And, I have to say, as much as I love sleeping, I don't think that's the issue really.  It's that, when I wake up every morning, I honestly feel like I've only gotten about 1 hour of sleep.  I'm just exhausted!  I don't think I've ever woken up once in my life feeling 'refreshed.'  Once I'm up and showered, I'm much better...it's just dragging myself out of bed that's the hardest part.

So, I was wondering...does anyone have any suggestions to make this easier?  I'm sure you're all tired when you wake up in the morning....so, how do you get yourself out of bed?  Any morning rituals or anything like that?  I'm desperate!  Any advice will help!  I really appreciate it, ladies!  :)

Anyways...sorry for the little rant.  Now on to the fun part of this post!






This week, it's Beauty Secrets:

1.  Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize!!  (not to be confused with the word moist.  Ick!)  Honestly, one of the best things I do every morning/night after I wash my face is moisturize.  I don't think it makes a huge difference what brand of moisturizer you use, just as long as you use it.  It makes my skin look and feel so much healthier, and helps with my make-up, as well.  

2.  Under-eye concealer.  This is something that I personally have to use every day...especially if I'm going out in public.  I have a serious case of 'raccoon eyes', and I swear I look like an entire different person once I put this stuff on.  It's my miracle product!  This is actually the one I use every day:

  

Just a few other products that I swear by, and can't live without:

*Chapstick/lipgloss

*Blush

*Eyeshadow primer (I use one by Urban Decay)...your eye make-up will stay on all. day. long.  I promise!  No creasing, flaking, budging...period.

Ohhh, Mondays...

how I loathe thee.

But, the work day is finally OVA!  I'm relaxing at home, drinking the best Dunkin Donuts iced coffee that I've had in a long time, watching my hubs play the Wii (SO glad he's still loving his b-day gift!), and doing one of my favorites things....blogging, of course.  ;)

I hope everyone had a great weekend!!  We spent most of our weekend relaxing, eating, and drinking a little too much on Saturday night...but, those margaritas were sooooo good, and totally worth the headache the next day.  hehe 

Anyways, on to the good stuff....I was given two awards!!  Yay!  I love my awesome blog friends...you girls are the best.  :D

The first award is from my fabulous friend Aly @ analyze this.  She's one of the sweetest, nicest girls I've 'met' in a long while...and I'm so happy to have her as a friend.  Thanks, girly!  Now go check out her blog..it's one of my favs.

The next award was given by another one of my awesome friends (blog and IRL...love her!) Mrs. T @ What's new with Mrs. T.  Thank you so much, my dear!  You know I love ya.  ;)

The rules for this award:

*Accept and thank the person who gave it to you

*List 10 things about yourself

*List 5 additional things that you DON'T like

*Award this to 10 other lovely bloggers

1.  I am a serious clean freak.  Like, borderline OCD.  Everything has to have a place, always be in that place, and if someone comes in and moves something, I know.  lol

2.  I am obsessed with cats.  Seriously.  Ask any of my high school friends about it and they will tell you all about my crazy cat stories.  I can't help it...they're just so. darn. cute.  I mean, who can resist this face?!

3.  I have one older sister.  She's actually 5 years older than me, but, some people have told us we look like twins.  Ha!  I don't think we look that much alike, but, we do look a lot alike...and make a lot of the same faces/gestures.  She lives in San Fransisco....so, unfortunately I don't see her very often.  :(

4.  I love all things Twilight.  Obsessed is more like it, actually.  (I'm obsessed with a lot of things, apparently.  lol)  I am Team Edward AND Team Jacob.  I love them both.  

5.  My favorite non-alcoholic drink is Diet Coke.

6.  My favorite alcoholic drink is Pinot Grigio.  Mmmm!

7.  I am left-handed.  Out of my entire family, there are only 3 of us who are lefty's....me, my sister, and one of my cousins.

8.  My friends have nick-named me 'Paparazzi.'  I'm obsessed (ha, there it is again) with taking pictures.  I can't wait until we have kids, and then I'll have a reason to get a really nice camera!  I have my eye on this baby...

9.  I took piano lessons in 4th grade, and this is one of few things in life that I regret not keeping up with.  I love playing, and I hope to one day take lessons again.  I've been telling DH for about a year now that I really want to buy a piano.  Ahhh, someday. 

10.  I want a baby (like you didn't know that already!)  Like, really, really, REALLY want a baby...it hurts my heart just thinking about it.  *crossing fingers* that I get a BFP in about 10 days!


Ok, now 5 things that I don't like about myself:

1.  I'm the worst procrastinator...EVER.  It's so bad.  I always tell myself that I'm going to change, and that I should just get those things that I don't really want to do over with and be done with it, but, of course I don't.  I wait, and wait, and wait...until the last possible second.

2.  I have really bad road rage, which makes me swear like a sailor.  *blushes*  I swear I'm a sweet, innocent girl. 

3.  I hate grocery shopping...I don't know why.  We literally won't go shopping for months at a time because I can't stand it.  Please don't ask me what we eat, though.  Somehow we survive, and we eat every night.  lol

4.  I can't stomach the words - moist, panties, and boobies.  *shudders*  And don't even think about using all 3 at once!  Eeeeek!

5.  If you couldn't tell already, I am a very strange girl.  I say weird things, make weird noises, sing songs to my dogs and cats...about anything and everything.  I swear, if you secretly filmed me for an entire week, you might be scared.  Ha!  But, I'm a fun weirdo, I swear.  ;)  Thankfully, my hubs is almost as weird as me, and loves me anyways. 


Now, here are the ladies I pass these awards on to:

Kendra @ Loving Baby M

Mrs. Hogan @ Keeping Up with the Hogan's

Taylor @ the undomestic momma

Heather @ Life With Heather

Mrs T. @ What's new with Mrs. T

Melissa @ Hanging with Mr. Cooper

Mrs. C @ Life thru the eyes of Mrs. C

Annie @ Our Little Family

Sam @ Life is Beautiful

Jen @ A Girl in Pearls & A Boy with Toys


Ladies...you can grab both of these awards, or if you already have one, just take the other!  Enjoy!  :)

Apple-bottom jeans...boots with the fur

I'm sure some of you have probably seen this before, but, I just had to share.  It's too funny/cute!  I hope my child dances like this little boy someday.  I have high goals for my un-born children.  ;o)

**Top 2 Tuesday**

It's that time of the week again!  My favorite post....Top 2 Tuesday over @ Taylor's blog.  Make sure to check out her page and link up to join in the fun!  :)

This week's topic....Top 2 Favorite Magazines.

This is a tough one for me, seeing as how I'm a magazine addict, and I subscribe to about 398 different ones.  (well, maybe not that many...but you get the idea)  I do love all my magazines, but, I guess these two would have to be my favs:


1.  SELF - It has a little bit of everything that I love.  Fashion tips, beauty secrets, fitness/diet plans, etc.  I love it!

2.  US Weekly - Yep, I'm a huge sucker for any and all celebrity gossip magazines.  I can't go without this one every week...it's truly an addition now (I've been subscribing to this one for over 3 years now!). 

Sooo, what do you think?!

My new blog design is here!!  YAY!  What do you girls think??  Seriously, honest opinions here.  ;)  I still have to move around a few things here and there, but it's pretty much all set.  But, I would really love to know what you all think....thanks ladies!

Oh, and....HOW 'BOUT THEM RED SOX?!?!  :D  Ahhhh, I love opening day....especially when it's on a weekend, and we're playing the Yankees, and, WE WIN!! 

I'm sorry, if you don't know already, I'm a huge sports fan....especially the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots.  Like, this is serious love here.  ;)  So, just bare with me for a little while....I've missed my boys!

Anyways, I'm sorry to post and run....but, I have to get some work done before my 10 o'clock meeting this morning.  I'll defintely update more late!  I hope everyone had a great weekend!!

*Hello* from my backyard!

It's finally sunny here in CT!!  Wooooohooo!!  And, I'm sitting here on my back deck drinking a cold Bud Light as I type.  :D  Ahhhh, I love spring!  I feel like the cold, winter months can be so depressing, and just make me feel so blah.  Now that's it's warming up around here, and the trees and flowers are starting to bloom, it's just so much nicer....and it makes us all (especially me!) happier in general.  I love it. 

I hope the weather this weekend is going to be nice for all you lovely ladies!  It's supposed to be in the high 60's and 70's all weekend, so I CANNOT wait to spend the entire weekend outside.  :)

Oh, and also, keep an eye out in the next few days for my new blog layout!!  Eeeeeek, I'm SO excited to share it with you all! 

Enjoy your Thursday, and to most of you, have a great weekend!  Unfortunately, I don't get tomorrow off from work, but, mostly everyone I work with is taking a PTO day....soooo, that means a nice, easy, lazy day for Mrs. B.  ;)

Isn't this little guy the cutest?!  I had to share.  

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