List!

So my "holiday break" {consisting of 1 vacation day and 1 flex day} starts around 3:30ish tomorrow afternoon

and I can't wait!

I took a break from my online class module at work and compiled a list of what I want to get accomplished over the break.

I would say its a little lengthy for the mere 4 days I have to complete it -

 but it has me focused and super excited for all the fun things we get to do!

So here's to crossing things off the list! :)

4 things:

1.



Madeline is growing up so fast! 

She loves all things that sparkle or dangle {aka ALL my jewelry}

she gets into everything

 she waves "bye" {although awkwardly}

she knows when you say "no" and just gives a playful smile

and she is almost walking!

2.

have I mentioned that the best thing about every week is date night?

well, it is.

{and lucky for me, this guy loves them too}

maybe its because I fully support his {ok, our} addiction to YoLo.

Oh, have I mentioned our very fave frozen yogurt place, yet?

why yes I have. a few times.

well just in case you are just now hearing about it... go NOW

we go every week. :)

3.

Morgan's mom's {Karen} birthday was in November.

and since she is an amazing cook {especially her cakes}

I knew I couldn't trump her cake-making-abilities

so instead - we got her GiGi's cupcakes

{like the one's Morgan got me for our 1 year anniversary}

and they were just as delish-es as I remember.

4.

Did I mention that the Morgman cut down our tree?

He did.

and I loved it.

That's it.

Happy Friday!

sharing is caring

I stumbled upon this website awhile ago.. but I actually had to use it last week

and it worked beautifully!

I found that thing {aka my phone} in no time flat {that doesnt make sense, by the way}

and wasn't late getting out the door!

It was a miracle, for reals!

So I thought I'd share.

www.icantfindmyphone.com

easy to remember, eh?

I have a new pet

And it's a my very own

Christmas Tree!

I love it!

more to come of the very wonderful Thanksgiving weekend...

Random Thoughts

I am pretty much worthless here at work today, and I'm about to finish up my last online class for my class in December.....

{I still don't get taking classes to attend a class. I thought prerequisites were done!}

.... and I have a bazillion random thoughts running through my head. Thought I'd share so I can continue on with my work day {which at the time of typing is 1 HOUR AND COUNTING}

• Making lists helps me keep organized like for reals. My Christmas shopping is in full swing and if I didn't have a list I would be broke!
• Morgan and I have been talking about starting our own traditions - not only with Christmas but all the holidays. We've had a lot of chats about what we did growing up. As of now we both agree on Christmas Eve PJ's and a few others. I stumbled upon a post in the blogworld that gave me the greatest idea for gifts for Christmas. Morgan and I are going to tweak it a little bit to fit 'us' - and I'll share it with you after the holiday!
• CHEEZ-ITs + Diet Coke = delish.
• There are so many weddings going on in my life right now. Not my wedding of course, but people's in my life. Sandra, Kristen, Jenn. Plus all my college friends are getting hitched all over the country. There are bound to be more the beginning of the year. I love being surrounded by love!
• I've started to love feeling sore after I work out. I used to hate it - like I would seriously avoid working out hard just because I knew it would hurt later. Morgan has brought a whole new perception of fitness into my life and I really appreciate my body getting a good work out - and when its sore just a mere few hours later, that means I did the job right. Like now. ouch.
• My mom and stepdad are coming in 5 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Oh yeah and speaking of Christmas {c'mon, keep up people}, I have a lot of siblings. I'm glad we draw names, it helps to make my gift that much more special and unique. Instead of just getting 5 I-tunes giftcards and calling it a day. Though I don't think they would be sad about that at all now that I think about it. oh well.
• Oh how thankful I am for the life I have. For the freedoms that surround me. For the truth that I have. {these feelings the aftermath of watching Hotel Rwanda and crying my eyes out. How cruel this world is sometimes}
• Morgan's amazing ideas! = Double date night, complete with dinner, fire & smores.
• Any thoughts about Accutane? I'm thinking about it a. lot.
• Is it weird that I have an overwhelming urge to buy stuff {for myself!}?? And not just clothes {but yes, a lot of that}. but hair stuff. and shoes. and cameras. and film. and rugs. and coffee tables. and frames. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME. its the season of GIVING. not getting. I'm seriously demented.
• On that note... this is my favorite site for beautiful things right now. I want every one.
• Is it weird that I just 'justified' this post? Work + my OCD is ruining me.



yep - these guys are coming for Thanksgiving!



at the pumpkin patch with Madeline in October.
afterwards we realized that it looks like she's our kid. oops.
and yes that was taken on Morgan's phone = blurrific



by the way my coworker who took this immediately said afterward
"now that, is facebook worthy". wow.



Are there any Mormons here tonight?

As an early Christmas present I got us tickets to the Dane Cook comedy show when Morgan found out he was coming about a month ago.

We got pretty good tickets to begin with - but then got upgraded when we got our tickets scanned..



see?? that's with no zoom!

Dane's portion was great - but his openers were hilarious too.

{J. Chris Newberg and Al del Bene}

During Al del Bene's bit he mostly talked about raising his 1-year-old son

{which made both of us think of Madeline}

and the topic soon turned to religion. He started to talk about how he might raise him Mormon, just as a 'cruel joke' since he was raised Catholic.

So as everyone started laughing he goes,
 "Are there any Mormon's here tonight?"

So of course Morgan and I start yelling and clapping

along with maybe 4 or 5 other people in the place.

Al stopped in his tracks and goes,
"Really??................... Shouldn't you be at home or something?"

I lost it. {it's true. we should have been home. it was Sunday.}

He proceeded to make a few jokes about Mormons but nothing terrible - it was hilarious.
I'm all about laughing at myself.

This was part of his hilarious-ness

Anyways - it was a fun night, and my first comedy show!

We were glad that Dane came through Memphis {his first time!} and we had to oppurtunity to go!

Thanks for an amazing night, my love!



Clutter + Content

This is my desk.

Welcome to my life of clutter, I'm fully aware of it

and I'm totally content with it.