Top 2 Tuesday...Dream Houses!

Oooh, I'm loving this week's pick for TT2!  I could probably go on for days with my top dream houses...seeing as how tiny our house is (864 square feet, to be exact), I tend to think about the day we'll have our dream home, a LOT.  I cannot wait for that day to come!  So, until that happens....I'm fine with dreaming, BIG.  ;)

 

So, I don't have one particular dream home.  I like a lot of different things, and different styles....so I'm just going to post anything and everything that I love.  :)

(This house would be perfect for our little family.  ;o) )

 

Like I said, I could go on forever!  ;)

~Miscellany Monday~

Hello lovelies!  I know it's Monday, but, I hope everyone's day is going well, so far.  :)

It's my first time playing along with the 'Miscellany Monday' post over at @ Carissa's blog.  This is definitely my kind of post!  I'm always usually really random, so this is perfect.  Click on her link below if you want to play along!

1.  I hope all you Mommies and Mommies-to-be out there had a wonderful day yesterday!!  I can't wait until the day the I can celebrate Mother's Day with my own family!  Hubs and I went to brunch yesterday with my mom and grandma, and then we went over to his mom's house for a few hours.  Overall, it was a really nice day.

Unfortunately though, I've had a very rocky relationship with my mom over the past 15 years or so.  There was a period in our lives when we didn't talk for about 8 years....that was tough.  But, everyone has family issues, right?  Thankfully, we're now in a very good place, and I couldn't be more appreciative for everything my mom has done for me over the past couple of years.  But, I don't think we'll ever have that best friend, mother/daughter relationship that most girls have with their moms....and I'm OK with that. 

Now my dad on the other hand...that's a whole other blog post.  lol  My relationship with my parents seem to have a pattern over the years....when things are going great with one, the other one does something awful and isn't in the picture anymore, and vice versa.  One of these day I'll really open up, and tell you alll about my family drama.  But, who wants to hear that sad stuff, right??  All I know is, after everything our family's been through, I will love my own children no matter what, unconditionally, and they will ALWAYS knows that.

2. Well, sorry about that!  I didn't plan on going off on a rant/tangent like that.

3.  Coming up sometime soon, I plan on blogging all about our bathroom/basement renovation we've done at our house over the past year.  I'm SO excited about it, and I couldn't be happier with the finished products.  I mean, who doesn't want a pink and blue tiled bathroom...with a blue tub, sink, and pink and blue tiles all over the wall??  Don't worry, that's what our bathroom used to look like.  ;)  Here's a sneak peek of our new finished basement:

  (I think Bailey, Roxy, and Fozzie are loving our new basement even more than we are!)

4.  Today is the first time this year that I think my allergies are really starting to bother me.  Ever since I got home from work, I've been all sneezy, sniffly, and stuffed up.  Boooo.  Hopefully a good night's sleep will help.

5.  I really want to get a Droid.  I've had my Blackberry for over a year or so, and it's really been annoying me lately.  I'm so over the stupid roller-ball thing, and I'm ready for something new!  Does anyone have a Droid?  Would you recommend it??

6.  I just found out this weekend (by reading my US Weekly, of course!) that Jeffery Dean Morgan (aka Denny on Grey's Anatomy) and Hilarie Burton (aka Peyton on One Tree Hill) 'secretly' had a baby a few months ago!  Seriously?  1 - How could they keep something like that a secret?!  I didn't even know those two were dating, let alone having a baby together.  And 2 - How could Denny do that to me??  Didn't he know that he was on 'my list'??  (Any 'Friends' fans out there??  My absolute favorite show EVER.  I've seen every.single.episode...and could probably quote 95% of the episodes I've seen.)

7.  I started spotting yesterday, and I'm all crampy/back-achey today.  That's all I have to say about that.

8.  I'm really looking forward to all the good TV this week....One Tree Hill, Real Housewives of NJ, 90210, The Hills/City, LOST, Grey's....can you tell I'm a TV junkie??  ;)

Alrighty, I think I've rambled on enough with my random thoughts.  I hope you all have a great week! 

A fun game! 8x8

Thanks to the beautiful Mrs. Hesson @ Meet the Hesson's!  She tagged me in this fun little game!

Here are the rules:

1. Go to your photos files and select the 8th photo folder.

2. Select the 8th photo in that folder.

3. Post that photo along with the story behind it.

4. Then challenge 8 blogging friends to do the same. 

 Haha, awesome picture, huh??  If you can't tell...this is a picture I took of the tv, after the ball dropped on New Year's Eve this past year!  That was such a fun night!  The hubs and I went over to his brother and SIL's house, along with his other brother and SIL and their kids.  We played games, ate, and drank...a nice 'low-key' New Year's.  It was great! Here's another pic of the hubs and me from that night...

Oh, and since I thought this post was really cute/fun...I'm not going to pick just 8 of you to participate.  I want you all to do it!  :)  It'll be a fun way to see some random pictures of everyone, and hear all of your stories about things that you normally wouldn't blog about.

Annnnnd, GO!!

I hope you're all having a fabulous weekend!!  :D

Um, *hello* body...what are you doing to me??

Warning:  This might be a little TMI for some...but, when you're TTC, nothing's really TMI in my book.  ;)

Ugh, I'm so frustrated/confused with my chart right now!  As of this morning, Fertility Friend had me ovulating 3 days ago...which I assumed was the case, too, since I had a +OPK that day.  And, since I started charting 3 months ago, I've only gotten one +OPK each month, and always ovulated on that same day.  So, stupid me assumed my body was doing the same thing as usual, and that I ovulated on May 1st.  And, that would also make our timing to be pretty good, since we had sex the day before and the day of ovulation. 

Well, not so much anymore.  For the first time since we've started TTC, I had EWCM today (egg-white cervical mucus), with some brown spotting mixed in.  And when I entered that data into my chart, it doesn't say that I ovulated on May 1st anymore.  Apparently my chart is just as confused as I am!  Grrrr. 

So, I'm kind of at a loss right now.  I'm afraid that we missed our window of opportunity if it ends up that I ovulated yesterday or even today.  :(  I plan on seducing the hubs tonight into some sexy time, but, hopefully I'm not too late!  Please keep your fingers crossed for me, ladies! 

Anyways, sorry this ended up being a rant/vent post.  And, I'm sorry if I bored any of you or grossed you out completely.  lol  Oh, the joys of trying to have a baby!  ;)

Top 2 Tuesday...Splurges!

It's that time of the week again!  I feel like I haven't done a T2T post in a while...I've missed it!

Make sure you head over to Taylor's blog to link up and play along!  :)

Top 2 Splurges

1.  Designer Jeans

Love, love, LOVE me some jeans.  Seven for all Mankind, Citizens of Humanity, Joe's Jeans, Hudson...I'm a little obsessed.  But, seriously...who doesn't love an awesome pair of jeans that make your legs and butt look amazing?! 

2.  Designer handbags

I have to say, I'm kind of a Coach wh*re.  Since they're (in my opinion) reasonably priced when it comes to a designer handbag, I ask for a new bag at any change I get!  Christmas, birthdays, Valentine's Day, 'I-just-got-a-BFN-and-I'm-feeling-really-sorry-for-myself' Day.  ;)  Ok, so maybe I'm exaggerating just a teensy bit, but, what girl doesn't love a new handbag?! 

I hope everyone has a great week!!  :)

NYC = Fail

Unfortunately, I woke up today not feeling so hot (who let me have that glass of wine at 1am?!), so we had to take a rain-check on the NYC day trip.  Boooo.  :( 

But, it's probably a good thing we didn't go today anyways....a car bomb was found last night in Times Square and they had to shut it down for hours!  SO scary!!  Thankfully, it didn't go off or anything...but, they said if it did, it could have been a 'very deadly event.'  Wow....crazy.

So, we're still planning on doing something today...but, it'll probably be a little more low key.  We haven't decided yet, though.  That's the thing about CT...there's tons to do in the surrounding states/areas, but, CT itself is so bor-ing.  Hopefully we'll find something semi-exciting/fun to do!  :)

I hope you all have a nice, relaxing Sunday on this beautiful day!  And, if the weather's not so nice where you are...enjoy the day curled up on the couch or in bed, with a good book or (if you're a tv junkie like me) with your DVR'd shows.  ;)

NYC...here we come!

 I hope everyone's having a great weekend!!  The weather here has been PERFECT, so far....and I couldn't be happier!  :)  So, hubs and I have decided that we're going to be spontaneous (seriously, we need to do this more often!) tomorrow, and head to NYC for the day.  Ahhhh, I'm SO excited!  It's going to be absolutely gorgeous out tomorrow (around 75/80 degrees)...the perfect day to walk around the city.  I've actually never been to Central Park before, so we're planning on hitting that up for part of the day, and then just go from there.  I love days like that....no specific plan or anything, just go with the flow. 

So, hopefully I will be back tomorrow night or Monday with lots of pictures of our adventures!!

Oh, and I definitely plan on stopping here to have a cupcake (or 5!)...Mmmm!!