Wordless Wedesday Revealed

Yep, that was a picture of us on a Segway Tour around Washington, DC. Even though we're locals, Ross thought this would be the perfect birthday experience last year. We had a great time cruising around the Mall and seeing the monuments and Capitol Building at night.

My 25th birthday is in 2 weeks and I think segwaying around the city is going to be hard to top!

Wordless Wednesday #6

34. Learn a new G-rated joke every month for a year (4/12)

Q: What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?

A: Frostbite.

What I want to be when I grow up...#2

The saga continues in the quest for me to find out what I want to do with my life.

When I grow up I want to be an interior designer. I think this might go back to the whole art thing, but I love making the space I live in comfortable, inviting, and interesting. Currently, Ross and I live in a small Arlington, VA apartment.

The apartment is beautiful and I love being able to enhance our space with color and texture. I like bold colors mixed with classic lines and I love finding old things and making them work in a new space.

I think I'd be a decent interior designer because 1) you work with someone else's money and not your own which would open up alot of options 2) you get to work with people and find functional ways for them to express their style 3) you get to solve problems (i.e. "I want a round coffee table since I have little kids that run around and I don't want them to hurt themselves")

I love home makeover shows and my new favorite phrase to Ross when watching is "that's what I want in my 'forever' house." Somethings I feel like I definitely will have in my own house (and think I would urge my clients to try) would be: glass fronted kitchen cabinets, a kitchen island with fun bar stools, built in bookshelves (or faking that look), neutral colored walls with bright white molding, roman shades, and personalized or homemade art.

Photo from http://www.interior-design.us/

Wordless Wednesday #5 Revealed

This picture was taken last weekend at our friends, The Maher's, house in Dewey Beach, Delaware. The Maher's dog, Bailey, is going to be a lobster for Halloween and we decided to try the costume on Little Tuck. He went completely still once we got it on him and looked humiliated.

Doesn't it look like he's saying "Seriously, Mom and Dad? Are you for real?"

Halloween supplies are starting to top up all over the place. Seen any great doggy costumes? What should Tucker be for Halloween?

Wordless Wednesday #5

It's there

There every moment
Every decision
Every choice
Every action

There every day
Every meal
Every jog
Every drive

There every week
Every work
Every play
Every sleep

There every month
Every appointment
Every pickup
Every call

There every year
Every pain
Every ache
Every blur

It's there
And no one knows

Except for me

This week, September 14-20th, is National Invisible Chronic Illness Week. Check our their website for more information on invisible chronic illness, like diabetes.

Things that make me happy- #1 Costco

This list of things that make me happy are not in order (i.e Costco doesn't make me the happiest...it simply is on the list)

I like Costco. Ross and I head there on a regular basis to stock up on veggies, lettuce, berries, and a rotisserie chicken. We get cereal, English muffins, and snacks to treat low blood sugars. We get things that we need for lunches for the week and to make dinner. No it's not locally grown, and no it's not organic, but we're on a budget and to eat reasonably healthy we get things in bulk as cheaply as we can.

Some of my favorite Costco finds include: chicken burgers, Edy's fruit bars, Sealy pillows (we're attempting to replace our pillows every year) and some awesomely priced wine.

Where are your favorite places to shop? What are you favorite bulk-superstore finds?

What I want to be when I grow up...

Last night, as I talked to my mom, I realized that I want to be alot of things when I grow up. You might say "You are already grown up, Allison. You are married. You have a job. And insurance. And a car payment. And financial responsibilities. And heck, you have a dog and that's pretty much the closest thing to having a kid, without having one, so you are an adult and a grown up. So shut up, press on, and be happy." (And if you said all those things, I would think you were full of moxie and like you since I've been thinking those things for weeks- no, months- no, the last year, and needed someone to say it again.)

But I don't really know what I would do if I had the choice. Over the next few weeks, we'll explore my career options (or simply things that pop into my mind that I think "YES! I could do that" and then swiftly convince myself I cannot do). Maybe at the end of this exploration, you (my faithful two readers- Hi Mom, Hi Beck!) can vote on what I should do. I realize that pretty much everything on "The List of Possible Careers" is something that would require further education (my undergraduate degree is in Sociology, the quintessential football player major, and my minor is in Nonprofit Studies. You will see from those two things, I am destined to be poor.) and I'm down with that.

So, firstly- When I grow up, I want to be a graphic designer. Why? Because I like art. I actually wrote a paper in 8th grade about how I wanted to be a graphic designer and I took portfolio art all through high school in hopes that maybe I'd go to art school. But, I decided to head to a liberal arts college as an English major and my art was something that I practiced through scrapbooking and acrylic on canvas. Graphic design is something that I just do for fun-like logos for my sister and her friends (see an example above and to the left)-but I think I would enjoy actually doing that for a living.

Do you think I have what it takes?

Wordless Wednesday #4 Revealed

Yep, that fur ball is my Lil Tuck eating his "Pup Cup" ice cream treat on Saturday, his first birthday.

Lil Tuck came to us at the beginning of November when he was 8 weeks old. You can read about his arrival here. He's my very first pet and I'm so happy that I get to come home every night to that adorable face.

So, happy belated birthday, Lil Tuck! Mommy and Daddy love you.

Wordless Wednesday #4

I've managed to tap out my creativity

I wanted to post something interesting today, but after painting last week and working on some stuff for my internship (yes, I have an internship and a full time job), I've managed to tap out my creativity.

Never fear, Wordless Wednesday is coming up tomorrow and hopefully it will be a good one.

Or it will just be a cute picture of Tucker. Like this one.