Happy Thoughts

"Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you, and be happy." - Anne Frank

A list of things that make my heart happy;

• Cuddling with Gage
  
• Hearing Gage laugh
  
• Being in the arms of Adam
  
• Crawling into a bed with freshly washed sheets
  
• A piece of cheesecake
  
• Being able to turn on a song and know all the words
  
• Losing myself in a book
  
• Daisies
  
• Sitting by a firepit with my friends
  
• Completing a crafty project

This list could be doubled, maybe even tripled, in no time. I like lists of 10, though. So, that is what you all will usually get out of me.

Speaking of Gage laughing I stumbled upon a video of one of the first time he laughed. I wanted to show my mom and other friends from back home. Please, ignore my messy house and my really annoying baby talk voice!

I love watching this video. I remember this like it was yesterday. Now my little man isn't so little anymore. He is almost 16 months. Before I know he is going to be a big boy doing all kinds of big boy stuff.

Sleeping Is Much Better

7:32am - I am watching Fox N Friends and can you believe what commercial comes on? Stop yelling at me, OxiClean man. Its 7:30 in the morning.
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Late at night when I can't sleep or sometimes even in the middle of the day, I hear Billy Mays in the background. If that name doesn't mean anything to you then you might also know him by the Oxi Clean Guy, Kaboom Guy, or Orange Glow Guy.



He is the annoying bearded fellow on television YELLING at us to buy those products. Like I said usually when I hear this guy its 1am and there is no need for this yahoo to be yelling at me. Not only has he been yelling at me for years but I think he yelling even louder NOW! He doesn't need to yell at all. I can hear just fine, thank you.

He needs to take a lesson from Vince over at shamwow!, another annoying infomercial. Atleast Vince doesn't yell! He does ,however, wear a headset. I don't get it. Can you not get a microphone in your shirt? This joker reminds me of someone running up to you in the mall to see the demonstration. I didn't want to see it in the mall and I really don't want to see it on my TV.



While I'm on the subject here is a little note on two more infomercials why in the world would they put Turbo Jam and Power 90 on at 2am or so in the morning. I think exercising is the last thing I want to be doing at that hour. Actually, I don't even want to be thinking about exercising then. Shopping, maybe, but if I really have the urge to shop at 2am I will go to QVC and buy the Special Value of the day(which happens to be a Maxx New York Italian Patent Triple Entry Quilted Tote if you were wondering.)

Martini Party

Molly is having a martini contest. Go check her out&enter! Prizes were donated by Jerry at martiniart.com and by Burg Designs.



This is a special martini I am throwing. It is my devirginizing martini party! That is right, folks. I have never had a martini and its time that I popped that cherry! To celebrate this event the right way the party will be held in the Galapagos Islands. Why the Galapagos Islands? Because I have been training the island penguins to make and serve the martinis! Thank you, penguins, for your kind service.

Who is invited? Well, the guest lists goes a little something like this:
Me(of course! Its my party!)
Jacoby Ellsbury from the Red Sox.(He is all mine, baby. I don't see a ring on my finger)
Molly(who could have a martini party and not invite her?)
A guest of Molly's choosing.
Jerry from martiniart.com
A guest of Jerry's choosing.
My mom (I miss her and can't have a party without her!)
My dad(We are going to have to tell the President that his duty in Iraq is over. Hey, I'm havin' a party!)
My favorite bloggers - The Pink Potpourri, Megan at Wandering DC and the Teach.

Jacoby Ellsbury, my date, is paying for the whole ordeal. He also is flying us over in a private jet where we would start sipping on our POMEGRANATE MARTINIS(Its the flavor of the year). Once we arrived, it will be time to get to business on drinking our pomegranate martinis. We all would have a blast drinking our martinis watching the sunset and then watching the sunrise. Perfecto party!

Coasting Thoughts

I always wonder if people actually like my handmade gifts that they recieve. I was always taught that handmade gifts are the gifts that come from the heart. My mom was a crafty person and was always making something while I was growing up. I loved it and would love anything anyone ever gave me that was crafted from their own hands. I wish I knew if other people felt the same way.

Tonight(yesterday, actually)I looked up my friends wedding registry. Her shower is this weekend but I didn't plan to get her anything off the registry. I had a few special gifts in mind. One being a gift that I made and the other a kitchen appliance that will come in handy in our many pizza making adventures. While browsing the sites I came across my gift that I made her. My heart instantly sank. Of course, it isn't the SAME thing but its the same item. She picked out a lovely set of coasters, which someone has already bought her. She picked the coasters out. She likes them. She wants them otherwise they wouldn't be on her registry. If you haven't figured it out I made her a set of coasters myself.

I want her to understand why I made the coasters. They really remind me of her. When I think of her personality it reminds me of a beach. If she could live and spend all day at the beach I know that she would. She is even getting married on the beach. I love her to death. So to show just that I wanted to make her something beautiful just like the gal she is. As soon as I saw blue/green glistening half marbles I knew it said her. I didn't even have to think twice about it. After that I walked over to the grout and picked a color that looks like sand from a beach. The grout is actually called Macadamia but it should be renamed to Sandy Beaches. I think they came out beautiful.

I put thought, time, heart, and soul into making them. I don't want them to get stashed in the back of a closet. I want glasses to be sat upon them. I want them to have life.

What I'm up against:


What I made:




Do I stand a chance?

Pay It Forward

Yesterday, in between storms, me and the little man ventured out. We had to make a stop at JoAnns, the craft store, to pick up supplies for a wedding gift I'm making. After I bought what I needed we stepped outside into the pouring rain. I just stood there with the cart underneath the overhang for a moment deciding the best way to go about getting everything and everyone to the car.

I noticed that there was no cart return area in the parking lot so I didn't want to drag the cart out there. I hate when people do that. My car is always the car that gets hit. I knew without the cart, though, I would have a lot to carry. Mind you, I have had fuller hands before. I would have only been carrying my purse, 2 bags, and Gage. Right before I decided my course of action a very nice older lady(Everyone's older than me.She really wasn't that old) offered to walk us to my car under her umbrella. Not only did she offer to walk us under her umbrella but she said she would return my cart but in the end I decided to ditch the cart.

I did for a brief second think about how she could kidnap us and eat us for dinner all week.

However, I have a lot of faith in people. I think people are generally good. Some people think this is a bad quality to have. I'm just not overly paranoid about things like this. After I decided that she wasn't a psycho, she walked us to our car. She even stood there while I found my keys in the Black Hole AKA my purse. While I was strapping Gage into his carseat, I looked back and saw that she was parked 2 lanes over way in the back of the lot. She went completely out of her way to shelter us from the rain.

I ran into an Angel in the parking lot of JoAnns. What a freaking nice lady. I'm telling you I haven't been this touched in a long time. I felt very inspired by it all and now its my mission to pay it forward. I don't know who and I don't know how but I'm going to. So watch out!

*I'm also going to start carrying an umbrella in my car.
**I'm also going to organize the Black Hole.

Stink Palm Inspired Movie List

At work I sit in a room all by myself. It is really boring but all the cool people stop in to visit throughout the night. Last night one of those cool cats, Ian, came in with a bag of chocolate covered pretzels. This instantly reminded me of a scene from the movie Mallrats. From this moment on I realized Ian wasn't as cool as originally thought. He haasn't seen Mallrats and couldn't join me in my fit of giggles about the Stink Palm. To make matters worse not only has he never seen it but he hasn't even heard of the movie. Can this even be possible? Well, obviously it is. Thanks, Ian. It shouldn't be, though! I think it should be against the law not have seen "classic" movies like Mallrats.

So this, of course, got me thinking about other movies that should be against the law if you haven't seen them. After this thought I sat down and tried to come up with a list of movies. My list kept growing and growing. It was about grow legs and run away! I had a lot of movies. I decided that I needed to narrow it down to about 10 movies. After some suggestions from more cool people that dropped by I came up with a very rough list of 10.

Top 10 Movies I'd Be Shocked If You Haven't Seen
-Star Wars
-Lord Of The Rings
-Forrest Gump
-Titanic
-The Breakfast Club
-Top Gun
-Pretty Woman
-Groundhog Day
-The Shining
-The Shawshank Redemption

So there is my list. I'm 100% happy about it but it will have to work because I am about to go take a nap.

What are some movies that would make your top 10? I'm not talking about what your favorite movies are(My favorite movie is Matilda!) but movies you would be shocked if someone you knew said they have never seen.

The Dark Side

A conversation between a tomato hater(thats me!) and her ex side kick(thats Adam!).

Adam: I stopped at Panera Bread. I had the best sandwich ever.
Me: Oh yeah, what kind?
Adam: Chipotle Chicken.
Me: Neato.
[long pause]
Adam: I even left the tomatoes on.
Me: No!
Me: You are crossing over to the dark side!
Adam: Well, it did come with three! I took one off!
Me: I can't believe you.
Adam: I was really hungry.

Apparently, taking one off made the situation better. I don't think so, buddy. You are a traitor in my book. Adam has always been my faithful tomato hating partner. When we go places we both chant happily "No tomatoes, please!". When restaurants mess up and put tomatoes on our tomato free food, we were both there for each other and understood. When we would forget to ask to leave them off we both knew the other person would have our back. At family get togethers everyone knows to make things without tomatoes because we hate them. I feel like I'm being abandoned. I don't want him to crossover. I will be alone in my tomato hating world.

Who will be my side kick now?

So Fresh&So Clean Clean

Thank you for being a friend

I opened up my internet browser a few minutes ago and staring back at me was Sophia from Golden Girls. Sophia(Estelle Getty) passed away this morning. She was 84 years old. My heart is broken. I've watched&love the Golden Girls(thanks, Dad!) for as long as I can remember. To me the Girls are never suppose to die and in a way they won't. I just have to get my hands on a box set. Anyway, Sophia was my favorite girl. I could always count on her for a good laugh. For that I will be forever grateful.

Rest in peace, Estelle.

Here are some of my favorite Sophia quotes:
"There's just something I don't like about him. I can't put my finger on it, but if I did, I would have to wash it."

"Sophia: And don't forget the accident you had in that car.

Stan: What accident?

Sophia: I'll give you a hint: it costs me ten bucks every Christmas, and still calls me grandma."

"Dorothy: Ma, where have you been?

Sophia: I always believe that when you're in a hospital, you should go around and cheer the other patients up.

Dorothy: Oh Ma, that's so nice.

Sophia: Yeah, so I went upstairs to Geriatrics and sang 'Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better'."

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Adam just came home from work and the first thing I said to him(in a sad voice because I am sad) was "Guess who died today?" and he looked at my all concerned "Who?" and I said "Sophia from the Golden Girls". He paused for a second and said "Shit, Megan, you scared me. I thought it was someone we knew"

I don't think he appreciates the Girls like I do.

Crafted Wallet

Something horrible happened to me last week. I lost my wallet. It could possibly be a persons worst day-to-day life nightmare. Of course, it isn't mine because I didn't know it was missing for atleast a week. Actually, to tell you the truth I have no idea when the last time I even used anything inside my wallet so I have really no clue when I lost the damn thing.

Who doesn't use their wallet you must be wondering? I don't. I rarely have any money in my own bank account so no debit card needed nearly as much as you probably use yours. If I don't have money in my account then I surely don't have any cash on me and if I do it just gets randomly thrown in my purse.For some reason my drivers license was just tossed in my purse too. (Can you tell I'm an organized person?) Anyway, I have quite a bit in there but I never use it. I can't tell you when I had it last or where I had it last.

So instead of searching aimlessly for my could-be-anywhere wallet I just went ahead and ordered replacements for everything that I could remember was in there. Last night while sitting around watching the worst movie in history, Strange Wilderness, it dawned on me that I don't have a wallet for all my shiny new cards that should be arriving this week. So during the dumb movie, which I rented for $3.95, I made me a new kick ass wallet.

Kill Me Now

It is suppose to be HOT today. If you are in Rhode Island and it is hot, where do you go? The beach. That sounds fun, right? Wrong. Rhode Island is a tiny state with a billion people crammed in it. When it is hot EVERYONE goes to the beach. On top of being swarmed with people at the beach, Gage really likes to throw sand in his eyes. Everytime we go its traumatic. I say I am never going back but I do. I always go back. Besides the people and Gage's sand throwing there is beach traffic. I wouldn't be caught dead going South toward the beaches today unless you want to wait in hour long traffic to and from.

Please, kill me now!

Tree Down

Last night we went over to friends house to eat dinner&have some drinks. Around 11pm we called it a night. We packed the little man up who was sleeping in his pack-n-play. The friends happen to live in the same neighborhood as we do and as we were approaching the beginning of the 'hood ,where we live, we drove straight into the flashing lights of the State Police. We pulled into our driveway and Adam walked over to see what was up. I, of course, followed because I am way too nosey not to know whats going on. Much to our amazement we found(or rather the State Police) found a tree had fallen into the road.

See the rock wall? Tree not ours.

So here it is 11pm and we have a fallen tree. Technically, the tree is NOT on our property. Our property stops at a rock wall. The tree was on the other side of the rock wall, which the town owns. Of course, when something bad happens(like a tree down at 11pm) the town says its our property and our problem. But when the town wants to do something to the side of the road then its their property. So instead of going through all that Adam took out an ax and started axing away at it. Some cool kids drove by and stopped to help move bigger pieces. I was just standing there with little man&the dog. Anyway, about 30 minutes later there was nothing touching the road and we called it a night.

On another note I went and changed my blog name&url. No reason other than I rushed to think of a name while making it and I like this name better.

What is Queens Fort? "The Queen’s Fort is located deep in the woods in Exeter RI and has for many years been viewed as part of the Narragansett stone fort system and associated with the King Philip Wars." In other words, Indians hid back there when they were gettin' their land taken away by us. I live across the street from it. It's really neat to take a hike back there and carve your name in a tree.

Queens Fort is back there!

Providence Day

Gage and I were bored at home this morning and decided that sitting around just wouldn't do. We called up Erin&Tyler. They too had no idea what to do with the day. Finally we decided to check out Providence Childrens Museum. On the way there we stopped and got our coffees(We can't ever go anywhere without!) and munchkins for the boys. Gage fell asleep in the car with a whole munchkin in his mouth.



It was too cute to not take a picture :) Anyway, we arrived to let the boys run wild for the afternoon. First stop was to brush our teeth!



Yes, I know I am a dork!

Next the boys at a blast in the water area wearing their smocks!I really have not seen anything cuter in my life!



We then ventured to the trucks. Gage did not want to get off this thing!



Many hours&pictures later we were all worn out! It was a fun day, though.

Heads Or Tail: Joke

When I am in the need for a good laugh Calvin&Hobbes never fail me.

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Post Secret

This secret from postsecret is exactly on the money for me. Adam laughs at me. Have you ever seen the movie The Brave Little Toaster? Things come alive in that movie like lamps, rugs, and whatevers. I don't want some dented can or left over banana coming alive and feeling sad. Hah.

I love reading the secrets on there. Some are just hilarious, others are just really sad, and then there are the ones that actually hit home with you. This week there is actually a secret on there that I wish I had the guts to even put on this blog.

Better Together

"Its always better when we're together
Look at the stars when we're together" - Jack Johnson

Last night was amazing. We put the little man to bed around 8pm. We had a nice bucket full of ice with our drinks in it. The tiki torches were blazing. The firewood was cut. The chairs were close together. Last but not least the chimnea was lit. We sat out there for hours just listening to my ipod, drinking, and talking about everything.

Makeover Day

Yesterday when Adam came home from work I headed off baby-free to get my hair did. I was just going in for a trim but I came out with much shorter hair and a few highlights. I was in a good mood so I continued my trip to the nail shop to get my nails did. A french manicure, a new hair style&three hours later I finally headed back home.

A funny story worth mentioning is what happened to me at the nail salon place. My phone was ringing and I bent down to my purse, which was sitting on the floor, to pull out my phone. The nail lady freaked out and went in my purse for me and pulled out my phone, opened it, and held it up to my ear so I could talk. She put it back in my purse, pulled out my keys, and asked if I was paying with the money that was just sitting in there. I said yes and she took it out of my purse. I think its just very strange. A women's purse is sacred. I don't anyone that would just rummage through my purse if they knew something was in there.

I think the nail lady is just pretty hardcore about not messing up the nails. Nothing wrong with that though :)

I have to admit it was much needed time to myself. Being a mom is such a balancing act. You need your time away but you don't want too much time away. Even if you did take too much time away someone might say something and make you feel horrible. If you don't take any time yourself then you get criticized that you are trying to be super mom. Its a hard world us moms live in. No mom is right&No mom is ever wrong. We just manage to beat each other up. I don't really want to get into the subject of the whole mommy wars. We will leave that for another day.

Speaking of children, my little man is still sleeping. Can you believe that? Its 10:30 in the morning! Gage did have a late night last night. He didn't go to bed until about 10:30pm. He use to be such an early bird(I'm talking like last week). This whole week so far he has gotten up fairly late in the morning. 9am, 8am, 7am, and then today --Oops I think I spoke too soon. I hear him crying.

Put Your Back Into It

I was googling hairstyles earlier because I have a wedding to go to on Saturday. I need something cute to do. Anyway, I came across the 2008 Oscar pictures of Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana. The picture just made me go WTF because she just had a scandelous photoshoot of her back showing and what not. In the Oscar picture she is posing with her back showing. It makes me wonder if this girl has some kind of back fetish.

In other news, Adam&I are going to hang out with some friends that we haven't seen since about June 2006. They are traveling across country and making a stop in Rhody. Adam was friends with Pete because they were in the same Army unit. I was friends with Holli because we were in the same myspace group in town. I went to a party Holli invited me to and thats where I met Adam <3>