Windy Friday

So I had a dream last night (and no I'm not mlk - his dreams inspire generations, mine make me want to punch people) I had wrapped a present in fabric (I think long sleeved shirts) that I kept tying in knots, I think I was trying to be creative (I blame this on my 3 sleepless hours from 1-4 where I perused Pinterest).
But the hubs WOULD NOT stop teasing me about this. I woke up and seriously thought about waking him up to give him a piece of my mind (or a knuckle sandwich) but I decided against that and am instead sharing the story with you. #winning (for him at least NOTSOMUCH for you)

It's Friday and I'm filling and you should Play along here

1. Wow, this is ending up being a wordy post as I'm hella opinionated today
2. I hate trivia (I mean as in trivial pursuit - I like when people give me random facts) last weekend we had friends over for games the man wanted to play trivial pursuit his wife was like "Joy hates that game" ironically we ended up playing a game I liked even less!
3. Finally, I'm warm, now I HATE to be one of "those people" who complains about the weather but... 8* can kiss my ____.
4. staying in other than when i go to the gym is all right with me but it's making the poodle depressed and led me to googling Zoloft for dogs (see depressed poodle pics - you totally would have googled it too)
5. Sweet or savory: I hate that I always make up my own answer to shit but sour.
6. I got lots of compliments on a pair of leggings I wore the other day: they're new to me but I don't think they are new I bought them on eBay for next to nothing
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to spin and trx tomorrow my plans include working on and hopefully mailing a gift to a friend and of course the gym and there's a rumor (aka the weather channel) that it might be warm enough to go out! and Sunday, I want to I'm going with the hubs to an adult puppet show (lord help me this does NOT sound like a joy thing) and I have Pilates in the morning.

Do you remember your dreams? I usually don't

Tired Friday

And...here we go! Thanks again Janet

1. I love the feeling of waking upin the morninggetting my crochet in and snuggling the poodle!

2. Seeing the hubs come to bed with me with a book to read me always brightens my day.

3. Jamaica!!!!!!!!!!!!! aka best vacation ever is what I will remember the most from 2012.

4. My favorite family recipe is either my mom's bread pudding or her banana bread

5. When I want to spoil myself I have a pedicure with cute colors.

6. grey's anatomy is my favorite TV show.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to hang with the hubs and poodle tomorrow my plans include I signed up for a few classes at the gym and I need to take the poodle for a long walk and I really want to make some yogurt (I got a yogurt maker for Christmas) and Sunday, I want to go for a run with my friend Sara and then hit up Pilates and in the afternoon I will have the football game on and we are having friends over for games

What are your weekend plans?

Friday fill ins - guess what I went out!

http://fridayfillins.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-come-to-my-attention-that-friday_13.html?m=1

1. Oh, my just got a picture of the hubs all wrapped up apparently he fell off an obstacle course - this'll be fun (not) as he whines for months.
2. get your shopping done sooner, rather than later! (I'm long done and wrapped)
3. Buy one, get one used to OWN me who even cares if I don't need it!
4. for sure for that one I've changed positively! (Now I'm like do we NEED it?)
5. Soon, I'm going to live in an empty house according to my sister (who I keep offering stuff to before I donate it)
6. do you wish on shooting stars? (I do - but I also talk to the heavens soooooo)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to look at the christmas lights with my nephews and their mom (we thought it was cooler than the boys did) tomorrow my plans include spin, barre and yoga, then going to a house concert in RI and Sunday, I want to rest, but instead we will be celebrating Christmas with part of my family!

What are your holiday plans?

And I know the picture does match but I'm hella proud of that bacon scarf

Friday fill ins

Friday fun courtesy of my insomnia and Fridayfillins.blogspot.com

And...here we go!

1. Sunshine needs to make a lot of appearances this weekend
2. giving someone a watch is bad luck (after i gave someone a watch for his birthday) is the last thing I overheard someone say.
3. I found a recipe for zucchini vanilla cake (so recently my adult nephew asked me why i put zucchini in everything i laughed and said "you must not have a garden" and it really tasted good according to my in-laws
4. I'm looking forward to my Halloween party!
5. Right now I wish my stomach would stop hurting.
6. leaves falling & crunching under my feet makes me smile!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to well I'm babysitting - cant say I'm looking forward to it though<:b>, tomorrow my plans include a 5k in the morning followed by a 6 hour drive to pennsylvania then a bachelorette party and Sunday, I want to sleep but what I WILL be doing is driving home 6 hours!

what are your weekend plans?

Friday fill in EARLY

And...here we go!

1. I am tired just flipping tired.
2. It seems I will be babysitting every day for a while and mostly I love it but see above
3. the poodle makes me laugh. ON A DAILY BASIS
4. Did you know that many service dogs are at least part pit bull (yes this is random but also true)?
5. I looked more closely and I saw that I often worry too much.
6. I'm so glad someone I love is getting the help she needs
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to hitting the gym tomorrow my plans include babysitting and going to a yard sale at a church where I rented space before I knew I'd have the boys and Sunday, I want to have a day off but I have my boys again but I guess the good part is that I will be done giving the poodle meds (did I not mention that after spending 8+ hours in the er with A I came home to a poodle choking and had to rush him to the dog er where we were for a couple hours (see #1))!

what are your weekend plans???

Fabulous Friday fill ins

As always courtesy of
http://fridayfillins.blogspot.com/2012/07/and_19.html
1. Staying active IS THE SECRET TO THE POODLE'S (AND MY OWN) HAPPINESS.
2. HAVING MY NEPHEWS NEAR BY AND HIKING IN THE WOODS WITH THEM well, that would be nice!
3. The very thought OF GOING TO DR APPOINTMENTS SENDS ME IN A SPIRAL WHICH I MUST SAY IS COUNTER INTUITIVE.
4. HAROLD PARKER is so beautiful.
5. I grew up in THE BARN and THE SHOW RING
6. EITHER BREAD PUDDING (on the good side) OR CHICKEN CACCIATORE (for the evil side - no seriously my mom made this so often that ALL my sisters and I are traumatized by it) was my most memorable meal.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to BABYSITTING MY FRIENDS DAUGHTER, tomorrow my plans include MEETING LULUBELLE (a dog of a friend of a friend who im taking care of for a week later) and Sunday, I want to JUST CHILL BUT I TOLD ANOTHER FRIEND ID HELP THEM WITH ERRANDS, IS IT MONDAY YET?

+++what are your weekend plans?+++

Friday fill ins

1. I am happy TO SAY THAT MY ZUCCHINI IS GROWING
2. WATERMELON are my favorite summertime fruits and vegetables.
3. To help me CAN YOU GIVE ME RECIPES FOR ZUCCHINI? SEE #1 I ALREADY PICKED 3 IN TWO DAYS.
4. KAYAK AND LEARN STAND UP PADDLE BOARDING is the one thing I want to do this summer more than anything!
5. Just the other day I was saying YEAH MON (I was in Jamaica - get it?)
6. I HAVE HUGGED THE POODLE over and over again SINCE WE GOT HOME!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to MOWING THE LAWN, tomorrow my plans include YOGA IN THE MORNING AND HELPING A FRIEND CLEAN HER HOUSE and Sunday, I want to WALK WITH HUBS AND THE POODLE AND PROBABLY KAYAK.

+++So seriously any ideas what I can do with my 3 huge zucchini - I have more and more up and coming+++

Fabulously Friday five

Today I'm doing a sort of meme its courtesy of f.riday5.com

Th instructions were
First, go to this nifty online random-letter generator. Set the “number of random letter sequences to generate” to 1. Set the “length of each random letter sequence” to 1. Leave the “letters to choose from” how it is and click the button. You’ll get a rather non-dramatic one letter. Use that letter to begin all your answers to the 5 questions below.

1.) What random letter was generated by the online random-letter generator? (this doesn’t really count as one of your five questions)
S - I got S and really I feel like I hit the lottery I was scared it'd be something like X and I'd be screwed!

2.) What food item, whose name begins with the letter in question #1, are you most likely to eat within the next few days?
Strawberries - I'm hoping I can talk hubster into strawberry picking today (I have faith)

3.) What item, whose name begins with the letter in question #1, are you most likely to purchase this weekend?
Sprite zero, sunscreen, suave deodorant (other than the sprite the rest is for JAMAICA - we leave Wednesday)

4.) What famous person, whose last name begins with the letter in question #1, makes you think thoughts you probably shouldn’t?
Will Smith - he's too sexy and is on the 5 list fo sho

5.) What is your favorite film whose title begins with the letter in question #1?
Serendipity (it's one of my top movies of any letter)

6.) What geographical location, whose name begins with the letter in question #1, are you most likely to see within the next few days?
Silver lake (seeing as I live in a cottage on it - though technically not on it it's still considered a beach house and I have to pay freaking lakefront taxes)

+++what's your answer to #6?+++
Have a great weekend yo!
Enjoy some gifts from my garden

I like celebrating Fridays on Saturday

Fun fill ins from Fridayfillins.blogspot.com

1. It's always nice when WHEN YOU GET YOUR ERRANDS DONE FOR THE DAY WITH TIME TO SPARE
2. I like to hear PEOPLE BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
3. Positive AND KIND REACTIONS TO PEOPLE MAKE THEM RETHINK CRITIQUE; negative REACTIONS REINFORCE MEANNESS.
4. This is MY TRUEST BELIEF.
5. What I heard WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING THUMP THUMP THUMP PUPSTERS TAIL WAGGING - HE HAS THE HAPPIEST DREAMS.
6. Often, I search FOR SHORT RACES I REALLY LIKE 5K RACES AND I RUN BECAUSE I LOVE IT
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to GOING TO BED EARLY THANK YOU ACUPUNCTURE FOR FIXING MY NECK tomorrow my plans include YOGA AND A DOG SHOW and Sunday, I want to MEET A DOG I WILL BE BABYSITTING IN AUGUST

+++what are your weekend plans? and how do you deal with negativity?+++

Friday fillins pupster addition

Courtesy of fridayfillins.blogspot.com

1. I knew it was love when...HIS LITTLE BODY FIT IN THE PALM OF MY HAND
2. My heart can be broken but you always FIX IT BY LAYING YOUR HEAD ON MY CHEST
3. A dog is "THE BEST PART OF WAKIBG UP" (the story behind this is every morning I either greet pupster with "good morning! Thank you for being my dog" or I sing "the best part of waking up is dobby is my pup"
4. My how you have GROWN AND GROWN INTO A WAY BETTER DOG THAN I IMAGINED
5. Can you see NO SERIOUSLY HOW MANY TIMES DO PEOPLE ASK IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THAT HAIR
6. And the ANSWER IS YES
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to STAYING IN tomorrow my plans include PUPPY SITTING FOR MY NEPHEWS DOG AND HOPEFULLY TAKING THE BOYS TO THE DOG PARK and Sunday, I want to GO TO THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL!

+++what are your weekend plans?+++

Friday fill in fun

This week is thanks to
Fridayfillins.blogspot.com

1. Vegetables are best GROUND UP IN A GREEN MONSTER.
2. I LOVE mason jars; HENCE I USE THEM FOR EVERYTHING, STORAGE, PUPSTERS TREATS, DRINKING.
3. How wonderful it is THAT I WAS ABLE TO GO TO FENWAY YESTERDAY!
4. FORGOTTEN; 17 & HOMELESS is a book I'd love to recommend.
5. Using leftovers: I like TO THINK THEY'RE STILL GOOD - BUT HUBSTER HATES LEFTOVERS.
6. THE LAKE WE LIVE ON makes me incredily happy!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to STAYING IN, tomorrow my plans include GOING TO A MUSICAL and Sunday, I want to GO TO THE CIRCUS!

+++what are you doing this weekend??+++

Friday fun

Thanks to:
http://f.riday5.com/

When did someone last knock on your door, and who was it?
KR last Wednesday when she came to visit

When did someone last call you on the phone, and who was it?
About an hour ago and it was Joey we were making our plans for tomorrow

When did someone last hand you a business card, and who was it?
Ooh Rick from the car dealership where we MIGHT get a car

When did someone last hand you a pen, magnet, calendar, or other trinket with his or her business info on it, and what was it?
A few weeks ago my realtor came over and she gave me a calendar for the fridge - it's tiny and I love it because it tells you all the holidays

When did you last get info out of a phone book?
Really? Probably on some vacation - ohhh yea I bet you last year when I took a solo vackay to the white mountains and my phone didn't get reception in the room!

+++do you still use phone books?+++

Friday ala Sunday

I got this bit of morning fun from:
http://f.riday5.com/

How well do you handle the sight of blood?
Pretty good UNLESS it's someone else's and going to get on me (why hello germophobe)

How well do you handle bumpy plane rides?
Let's go with I actually had a pilot (of a WAY to small plane) say that I made him nervous

How well do you handle spicy food?
I like spice just not food - ha!

How well do you handle (or think you could handle) yourself in fisticuffs?
Oh I'd get my ass kicked I have the slowest reflexes known to humankind

How well do you handle a chef’s knife?
Ummm, I've cut myself plenty but I'm still breathing so let's say good?

And in case you were wondering what I was doing this weekend apparently pupster and I are doing yoga!

+++what are (actually were is more like it) your weekend plans?+++

Friday fillins - I&apos;m an animal

This super fun friday 5 with an animal theme is courtesy of http://f.riday5.com/

What’s something you otter be doing right now?
Putting the clothes in the dryer OR (ok maybe and) shaving my legs because I'm going to acupuncture today!!!

What’s something for which you are lion in wait?
The results if pupsters going to be ok AND giving people Christmas presents!

When did you last have reason to feel sheepish?
Ummm most of my life I feel sheepish - how about yesterday when I lost my wallet...

What’s something toucan do better than one?
Dance, yo! I have this fantasy of being a couple who dances together in the kitchen - the flaw? I just laugh

What’s something you have recently been forced to grin and bear?
That there are certain family members who will never change! And if it's not about them then...

+++do you have people in your life who only have time for you when they need your help? Other than that they can't be bothered to give you the time of day? (and Laura don't you be saying me!!! Xo)+++

Friday fillins Saturday morning style!

I think it's more fun to do it today ;-) (or at least that's my excuse)

http://fridayfillins.blogspot.com/2012/03/here-in-ma-we-got-little-snow.html?m=1

1. When I heard VARITEK WAS RETIRING I CRIED A LITTLE!
2. COLD WEATHER makes me want TO MOVE TO ARIZONA.
3. Get MOVING - ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS, I BELIEVE IN YOU (Yes you!!!)
4. THE WOODS is where I FIND MY PEACE.
5. Hands DOWN PUPSTER WAS THE SINGLE BEST INVESTMENT OF MY LIFE.
6. I TRY HARD NEVER to put anybody down.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to VISITING A FRIEND IP, tomorrow my plans include A LOVELY WALK, CLEANING THE HOUSE, WASHING THE FLOORS AND MAKING A DONATION RUN and Sunday, I want to GET SOME YOGA ON AND FINALLY FINISH TAKING THE ANTIBIOTICS!!!

And this one courtesy of:

http://f.riday5.com/

First prize for winning an Academy Award is a gold statuette named Oscar. What would be a good second prize?
A silver statue named Fred (that was the other person in the odd couple, right?)

First prize for winning a Presidential election is four years in the White House. What would be a good second prize?
Not being stuck in the white house for 4 years???

First prize for winning on Survivor is a million dollars. What would be a good second prize?
Winning the island it's on with maid service, a chef and indoor plumbing for a year!

First prize for winning the Indianapolis 500 is chugging a quart of milk in the winner’s circle. What would be a good second prize?
Soy milk!!! Bet more people would aim for second!!!!!

First prize (for the horse) for winning the Kentucky Derby is a blanket of roses. What would be a good second prize?
A nice bale of clover hay!!!


+++what are you doing this weekend?+++

Friday fill in fun

Another Friday fill in courtesy of fridayfillins.blogspot.com


Questions courtesy of my cousin, dackelprincess.com, this week. And...here we go!

1. Turkey is DEFINITELY NOT VEGAN
But I do have a fun turkey story. When I was a kid I was in 4-h in the horse program and there was another girl in another club I was friends with. And when I'd go over her house we'd ride (duh) but more importantly we'd play with her (sadly nameless) turkey. HE WAS HUGE! And he'd pull us around on skateboards! It was seriously better than any amusement park ride!


2. I AM TOLD I MAKE LOUSY pie.
Hubster and I have competed in the town's apple pie contest the last few years, once hubster won!!! I came in last... I should probably stop trying to healthify pie...

3. On and on and on we go WHERE WE STOP NOBODY KNOWS. I'm going with this one eludes to you control your destiny

4. The last time I saw MY COUSIN GARY WAS PROBABLY AT MY MOM'S FUNERAL - I'm looking forward to seeing his band play this weekend

5. Can you believe HOW FAST THIS YEAR WENT? I don't know if it was the move or what but it's mid-November here people

6. I need a MASSAGE. I tweeted this fact the other day

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to GETTING READY FOR HUBSTER'S PARTY tomorrow my plans include PERHAPS GOING TO SEE MY NEICE COMPETE IN GYMNASTICS AND THEN THE PARTY!!! and Sunday, I want to REST BUT ALAS I HAVE TO DECORATE AND DELIVER A TREE I DONATED TO CHARITY...

+++what about you? Any questions you want to answer?++