Monday, February 28, 2011

A mish-mash

*Over President's Day weekend, The Husband and I purchased a new toy for our home: A 50" Panasonic Viera Plasma TV. It even comes with 3-D capabilities, though with glasses priced at 2 for $300, I'm sure we'll never use it.
Holy moly, is it huge! Switching from a Sony 36" tubal TV circa sometime in the 1990s, this TV is like the most amazing thing since sliced bread. Yesterday evening, I actually found myself fake-debating with The Husband to get to watch what I wanted (the Oscars) last night.

Me: The Oscars are on tonight.
The Husband: Oh goody. I so don't want to watch.
Me: Well, it looks like you are watching TV upstairs tonight then.
The Husband: What?
Me: Hey, you got to watch it all day yesterday (while I was out running errands and then to the David Gray concert) and this morning while I slept in. It's my turn!
The Husbad: We'll see...

...and he ended up watching the Oscars for a bit just so he could enjoy our newest addition before heading off to bed.

*Speaking of 3-D, we went and saw "Gnomeo and Juliet" last week in 3-D. It was definitely cute and I loved all the accents on the little gnomes. I don't know if it's worth seeing in 3-D, as it's not one of those movies (like "Avatar" or "A Christmas Carol") with all the action and effects used specifically for 3-D, but it's cute! The Husband and I joked about taking our glasses home with us to see if they work on our new 3-D tv - LOL!! I put mine back, but he kept his to test it out. I will let you know if it works (probably not)...

*My sister-in-law took me to see David Gray in concert this past Saturday night for an early birthday gift...and it was amazing! I've seen David Gray about 15 times (give or take) in concert now and each time it is seriously awesome and totally different from the last show. If you haven't already, become a fan and go see him live! You are welcome.

*The Husband and I took a trip to Disney World with my family last April. On the way home, we volunteered to give up our seats in exchange for a hotel for 2 nights and 2 round-trip tickets each for the continental U.S. Since we have yet to use any of the tickets yet, we have planned a trip to my parent's second home in North Carolina soon. We are going on a Thursday morning and coming home the following Monday night. With the short, non-stop flights both ways, that pretty much gives us 4 full days to enjoy some warmer weather, hush puppies, outlet shopping, crab legs, walking on the beach, and yummy crab cakes!

*We have hit a wall when it comes to painting/fixing up the house. We have always said that we want to get all the painting finished before Spring arrives because then we'll want to start working outside, but we just cannot get motivated. The Husband has taken down the wallpaper (both layers!)in the family room and has started to work on getting all the paste off and patching the walls, but that was many weeks ago and nothing has been accomplished since...other then picking up tons of paint swatches from Home Depot to pick out colors. Neither one of us wants to paint anymore. We would rather hire someone to do it, but I just can't justify spending money on something we could do ourselves. We'll see what happens...

*We have a covered outdoor patio right off our family room and it has a swing attached to the roof. Super cute, but needs a paint job. I was at Kohl's and Target over the weekend and saw some awesome outdoor pillows in beautiful bright colors.

It totally inspired me to paint our swing either a bright yellow or green and put some of these pillows on it to make a cozy, comfortable place to spend some summer evenings! I'm also on the hunt for a cute chandelier or light to replace the dinky, old one that's up now. Any ideas?

*It seems like we have gotten so much snow in the last month of so. It's been crazy! Last night, however, we got a thunderstorm with lightning and everything! In fact, it thundered so loud one time the entire house shook! Hope that means Spring is on its way!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

I couldn't imagine...

The last few weeks, I have been vigorously devouring blogs about war widows and women whose husbands are deployed. It seriously makes me think about what I would do and how I would cope if something ever happened to The Husband. And the answer is...I wouldn't. I wouldn't be able to cope. I honestly believe I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I would be so heartbroken and saddened to the point where my life just couldn't move forward without him.

I think about these women and how strong they are and continue to be. Some have young children, others are carrying their babies still. And my heart truly breaks for them. I try to put myself in their shoes and the enormous amount of loss and anger I know I would feel doesn't even come close to what they are feeling. Because what they are feeling is real and mine is only how I would imagine it to be.

These thoughts and feelings I've been having over the last few weeks have really hit home with me. They've made me stop and think, more then once, about how I can do better and be a better person when it comes to The Husband. Instead of picking a stupid fight or getting upset over something small, I try to remember these amazing and strong women, who are moving forward in their lives without their whole hearts. I am so very lucky to have my whole heart with me every day.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Snowverrated!

I live in Michigan and we were hit by the Death Snow Blizzard 2011 (or whatever they were calling it) yesterday. Everyone was saying 10" - 15", maybe more. I work about 30 miles from where I live, and since we were all given the chance to take the day off (using personal or vacation time, obvs.), I decided to stay home and bring work home with me so I could do something productive and only use a few hours of time. Unfortunately, it was never as bad as they said it would be and I kind of feel like I wasted some precious time, but at least The Husband was home with me and we got to hang out, with each other and with Samson!