Archives for March 2010

After the husband's bike race on Saturday we rushed home so that I could get ready for Ali's bachelorette party! Ali, as I've mentioned before, is marrying the husband's good friend Mo in May. (Mo is a nickname, not his actual name! He actually has the same first name as the husband...just spelled differently.)Ali's bridesmaids made sure she was ... Read More

Wow, the weekend went by so fast. On Saturday the husband competed in his first ever bicycle race! The course was 23 miles (farther than he has ever ridden before)! We are new to the bike scene, so it took us awhile to figure everything out. Some of the riders were professionals....and and let's just say they really get into this kind of ... Read More

Welcome to "Love it...Keep it" where I chatter on about things I'm currently lovin' on. If you want to do a "Love it...Keep it" post of your own, make sure you link to me and then leave a comment on this post so I can link to you! This week I'm lovin' on some beauty products. First up is Dove's Deep Moisture body wash. I have been a loyal Dove user ... Read More

We have this awkward sized window above the bed in our bedroom. It helps keep our room bright and sunny....which is great but not if you are trying to sleep past 7 a.m! So...what to do? I couldn't find anything to cover it up that was the right size, so I had to get a little creative....Here it is before...And here it is now. Somehow the curtain ... Read More

When the husband and I moved in to our house we knew we would have to do some work to make it more our style. One of the items on our list was a new deck. Here is what our deck looked like. Small, and no stairs! Such a pain, especially when you have a dog. We decided this winter that when spring came around we would look in to adding stairs. We ... Read More

Welcome to "Love it...Keep it" where I chatter on about things I'm currently lovin' on. If you want to do a "Love it...Keep it" post of your own, make sure you link to me and then leave a comment on this post so I can link to you! This week I'm doing a Spring Edition....because there is nothing more exciting to a girl living in snow covered ... Read More

Over the weekend I attended a bridal shower for my friend Ali, who is marrying Mo in May. Mo and the husband are good friends from college and were roommates their freshmen year. We heart them. We want them to move closer to us (hint hint!).Karri, Ali, and me. Ali was so cute dressed in her wedding colors: apple green, black, and white!Mo came to ... Read More

No, I didn't get a mud bath this weekend. But Wrigley sure did.Have you all missed his face on this blog? On Saturday morning I took him to the dog park even though I knew it would be a muddy mess.And it was. In fact all of Michigan right now is a muddy mess.Everyone at the park felt the need to tell me how dirty Wrigley was getting...like I ... Read More

Welcome to "Love it...Keep it" where I chat about things I'm lovin' and keepin' this week. If you want to do a "Love it...Keep it" post of your know, leave your information in the comments and I will link to you!Since I am a nerdy teenage girl at heart (as the husband would say) I am not ashamed to admit that I love me a good vampire/romance book. ... Read More

As you know, I recently took a trip to California for work. And since I am originally from Southern California, I got to spend some time at home with my mom. Whenever we are together funny things happen to us. One day we went to an outdoor shopping center to...well, shop of course! When we were walking to our car a taxi van pulled up and asked us ... Read More