It's Owl Good

Oops made an impulse purchase today.  Damn you Ralphs and your cute displays!  These were just too cute to pass up.  I know everyone might be "over" the whole owl craze but I still think they are cute and great for fall.  And coffee mugs are the absolute last thing we need, sorry Kyle, I will find room for them ;)

 My other impulse purchase.  I LOVE fresh flowers around the house.

Seven Things About Me

I have been nominated for the "7 Things About Me" award by Sarah over at Our Next Great Adventure.  If you don't know her blog, get over there and check it out.  The pictures of her pup Penelope alone are reason enough to spend and hour (or two) browsing her blog.   

Thanks so much for including me in your nominees Sarah.  This is my first time for something like this so I'm super excited!!

I will try not to bore you too much with my 7 things.  Ok, here we go...

1.  I have ADHD and am currently off my meds.  Scary, I know, but it's going ok actually.

2.  I obsess over whatever my current "thing" is.  My husband Kyle hates this about me. 

 

3.  I am totally unconventional and married someone 9 years younger than me. OMG it's just so shocking isn't it ;) 

4.  I have been waitressing at the same sushi bar for 16 years and I seriously hate serving.  I am just not cut out for this type of job but for some reason I do it anyway.

5. I am going to school to get my Masters in Communication Disorders so I can be a Speech Pathologist (Speech Therapist).  I already have a Business degree that I did absolutely nothing with- sorry mom and dad :) 

6.  I overuse the :) symbol.  Probably because I'm very sarcastic and I want people to know that I'm joking and not just mean.

7.  I love my fur baby a little too much and worry that I have spoiled him rotten and will have to deal with the repercussions when we have babies.  For those who don't know him, here's a picture so you can understand why I want to spoil him so much.

P.S. He's big not little, well he's medium.  It's impossible to tell in pictures and whenever people see us in person the first thing they always say is "OMG he's so big".  

Enough about us.  On to my nominations.  These ladies give me tons of insight and inspiration daily :)

I LOVE their blogs and you should check them out too!!

Schue Love

The Coffee House

The Girl in the Red Shoes

You and Me, Plus Three

The Busy Budgeting Mama

Spontaneous Clapping

Carolina Charm

And finally, the rules.  1. Thank the blogger who nominated you. 2. Tell everyone seven things about yourself. 3. Choose 7 other blogs that you think deserve the award, and post on their blog to let them know they’ve been nominated.

Good to Know

Baked Pears

This is so easy and so yummy.  All you need is...

• 2 pears
• 2 tbs butter, melted
• 1 tbs brown sugar
• pinch of cinnamon
• juice from half a lemon
• lemon zest from half a lemon

Preheat oven to 350.  Cut pears in half and core them with a melon baller.  Put them cut side up in a baking pan.  I used a loaf pan because it was the perfect size for just 2 pears.  Melt butter and combine with sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice and pour over pears.  Sprinkle lemon zest on top.

Bake in oven uncovered for 25-30 minutes and then serve with vanilla bean ice cream :)

Book Interrupted

Sorry sweet book about two women rekindling an old childhood friendship and all of their crazy adventures...Christian Grey has slipped into your slot. (pun intended)

I had a total impulse purchase moment at Costco the other day and ended up with the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy in my basket.  I immediately put down the book I was reading (which wasn't that hard to do anyway) and started 50 Shades, just to see what all this fuss is about ;)

It has my attention so far.  Not quite as shocking as some people are making it out to be.  I guess I'm not very sensitive to that kind of thing.  I mean, I'm not saying I would recommend this book to my grandma or anything but it's nothing I haven't heard before.

How's this for a set up?  All in all this was a very successful Costco run.

Living In Paradise

I have to remind myself sometimes that I live in a place that other people go to on vacations.  It's easy to get wrapped up in the stresses of everyday life and wish you could take a trip somewhere sunny and beautiful but then I realize I'm already there.

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