Happies & Crappies

Happy Friday!

Linking up with the ladies this week. 

How was your week? What were your happies and some of your crappies this week?

HAPPIES

- It's Friday and the start of 5 days off in a row! YES!!! I can't wait to relax and do nothing. 

- Happy Memorial Day! Welcome Summer 2013! And YAY for the official reopening of the Jersey Shore after the destruction of Hurricane Sandy! Stronger than the Storm! 

- I had such a wonderful weekend with my nephew. We had tons of fun the whole time he was with us. I love building and sleeping in forts with him. 

- Lunch date with one of my besties and her little baby boy today!

- I got to spend some real quality time with my husband this week. We don't always get time to spend together but when we do I love it! 

CRAPPIES

- I've been so very tired all week long. All I've wanted to do is sleep! 

- Because of the above I really haven't had a chance to straighten up our house or do laundry around here. 

This Weekend I...

A day late....


This weekend I:

- I started off the weekend rather exciting by falling asleep while watching I Found The Dress on TLC. I'm still a sucker for a wedding show.

- I spent my entire weekend with this little cutie. My nephew just turned the big 4. He has so much stuff and his poor parents have no room in their house for another toy/truck/tool or car and he has more toys than anyone would know what to do with. Instead of buying him anything else we spent the entire weekend doing anything he wanted. We built forts, ate at his favorite places and eating his favorite foods. We also spent all of Sunday at the park.

- We also got quality time with my littlest nephew. He is such a sweetie and getting so big.

- After our nephews left this very tired lady took a nice long lap. After I woke up I enjoyed a bunch of Real Housewives of New Jersey episodes.

- Brian and I finally starting doing stuff that needed to be done around our home. It feels good to get rid of some stuff. I got rid of 2 more bags of clothes. Donated some and gave some more to friends.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Can't wait till this coming weekend! Starting Thursday I'm off for 5 days. Hello Memorial Day Weekend. Even if your rainy I'll welcome you.

Also, I can't ignore the fact that my heart is currently breaking for the families suffering in Oklahoma. My thoughts are with you all.

Happies and Crappies

HAPPIES

- It's Friday, I'm taking a few extra days off next week. I'm excited to just relax and do nothing! Plus it's Memorial Day weekend! Bring on the SUMMER!

- Best friend is due any day! I'm excited to meet baby.  

- My NY Rangers have made it to the second round of the playoffs, although they lost last night, BOO! 

- So excited to spend the weekend with our nephew. Starting off the weekend watching him play soccer. Oh my goodness, 4 year olds playing soccer! I can't wait for all that cute. We are taking him and celebrating his birthday all weekend. We are going to watch is soccer game and then we will taking him to an indoor inflatable park and to his favorite place to eat.

CRAPPIES

- Frost in May! Grrr, We've had to bring in all of our plants a few nights this week. It's crazy and I'm freezing. Memorial day is a week away. Mother Nature, get your shit together.

- American Idol. I used to love the finale show but last night it was just mediocre. Honestly I was kinda bored. Plus, Angie was really better than everyone else. 

- Goodbye to The Office. I will miss you Dunder Mifflin. 

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April...

Holy cow! March is really over?!?! It just seems like it flew by. I think it is because most nights I was out cold by 8:30! I guess boot camp will do that to you. I'm a sucker for pain or a glutton for punishment because I'm doing boot camp again this month. In case you missed it in Friday's post I felt pretty successful after the last class in March. I didn't lose any weight which was a bit of a bummer BUT I did lose 3.5 inches. I'm hoping for the same thing if not better this month. My first April class started this morning and I'm feeling great. Especially after eating all the goodies yesterday during Easter brunch.

We had such a beautiful Easter. We skipped the fancy Easter dinner and pretty clothes for a simple Easter brunch at my in-laws and a long family hike. It was perfect. Food was delicious. We indulged on some quiche (I made it), ham, chicken, mac and cheese, vegetables, pulled pork, cole slaw and a ton of other goodies. We got to enjoy a beautiful day out in nature with our family and all our dogs. For me it was the best kind of way to celebrate family and the beginning of Spring. 

Bogart interacting for the first time with our nephew Ryan. 

Seconds after this he pulled a clump of hair out of poor Bogart's ear. 

Poor doggie.

Chubby baby cheeks! 

Paul and Bogart are best buddies. 

Paul wanted to hold my hand to protect his "Aunt Asqueena"from wild animals on our hike.

He protected me from all the bears, tigers and kangaroos out there.

I love the imagination of 3 year olds. 

Hope everyone enjoyed their Easter as much as we did. 

Happy April Fools day! 

Happy Baseball Opening Day. 

GO YANKEES!!!! 

Life Lately

Last week was a fantastic week. I'm looking forward to what this week has in store for me. Here is whats going on in our little part of the world.

- Weight Watchers is going well. I've stayed within all of my allotted points this week. I've avoided eating any of my extra points and even gained 16 extra points through exercise.  I weigh in tonight so I'm really hoping a drop in weight! Wish me luck!!! I can do this!

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- I finally got back to Zumba! I haven't taken a class since my surgery and I've felt terrible about it. The first class back is always the hardest but I did it and I'm proud of myself.

- Loving my new nephew and spending lots of time with his big bro.

- My most favorite day of the year is our annual trip to the apple orchard. We have lots of great history there and it makes me happy being there. It was the location of our first date and our engagement location. Yesterday was our 5th time. I really can't believe our 4th anniversary is rolling around in a few short weeks.

Here we are by our engagement tree. 

Linking up with Alli. 

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What is going on in your life lately?

It's OK

It's OK


- To be completely food obsessed this week. Since I joined Weight Watchers I'm addicted to my 2 mobile apps to track everything. I really want to lose this weight.

- To sit in the back of my Weight Watchers meeting and cry a little.

- For my knees to hurt 4 days after catching my first game of the softball season. Nothing makes me fell older than softball season.

- To go 0 for 2 in above softball game but feel great because B pitched a fantastic game.

- To be pretty upset my swap partner never got in touch with me. I have $15 worth of Fall and Summer goodies and no one to send them too. Can't tell if I want to keep them or do a giveaway. What do you think?

- To be ready for Fall. The weather has just been amazing but the cold nights with hoodies and blankets make me long for pumpkin picking and Halloween decorating.

- To spend a $100 on toys for my nephew when we found out he was going to be a big brother.

- To be completely in love with this little guy. Welcome to the world my little nephew, Ryan Michael. Born 3 weeks early but very healthy! Lungs are great! Just a very tired little guy!

Happy Thursday everyone! Have a wonderful day! 

TGIF

Here are a few things that made me happy this week.

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1. This little guy came through surgery like a champion! He still feels yucky but he is home resting!

2. Celebrated my mom's birthday this week. We had a girls shopping day. I bought these. On sale too!

3. Three day weekends!

4. Spending those 3 days with these 2 guys. We have lots of fun stuff planned with our nephew. 

5. Rainy Friday mornings!

What made you happy this week? What are you excited for this weekend?

Happy Birthday...

I feel like it was only yesterday I held you for the very first time.

You were so tiny and had my heart in a second.

Thank you for making me an Aunt.

Happy 3rd Birthday Little P 

I'm so happy to be your Aunt Asquena. 

Little Bits of Happiness...2

I had such a good time last week sharing my little bits of happiness.  I really need this after the terrible day yesterday. Considering some wicked, mean woman called me fat at the gym. I'll probably blog more about it when the smoke stops shooting from my ears. Oh and to top off my day I got my finger stuck between two rocks while spring cleaning at work. I cried a lot yesterday! It sucked, no doubt

I think this could be my new fave link up.

Linking up with Stephanie.

Wedding gifts starting to arrive, 45 days//Stella and Dot goodies//Me and B at Boyce Avenue Acoutsic  and Secondhand Serenade in Concert//My nephew, who is spending the weekend with us//Doing his homework//Spring nails, and yep thats a wine glass behind them. Couldn't let Stephanie down this week!//Nail Polish, this isn't even half of them! Seriously addicted.

Other bits:
-Dress fitting went really well.
-One Tree Hill but seriously the fact that its ending kinda breaks my heart.
-Cake tasting is coming up.
-My friend Lori's mom is doing well after a 3 hour surgery removing cancerous lumps in her lower abdomen. Sending lots of their way.
-Vows are written, at least mine are, lol!

What are you happy for this week?