pink sneaks & a 5 moment memoir.

last sunday, baby girl changed out of her nice church dress right into her pink polka dot sneakers.
i think she loves them.
i mean, look at that happy face!

although, turns out putting shoes like this on tiny, uncooperative baby feet is harder than you'd think.

.1. got up to feed a hungry baby girl around 6am. within about 20 minutes she was a full, sleepy baby girl. i love those early morning feedings when it's just barely getting light enough to leave the light off and it's so quiet in the house and just me and the babe in the rocking chair, snuggling. then i put her back in her bed and crawled back in to my bed to snuggle with the pup and jae.

.2. jae played a church bball game this morning. i always love going to watch him doing something that he enjoys like playing ball. even if i'm the only wife/cheerleader there!

.3. gracie is just barely waking from an almost 2 hour nap. WOW. any naps over about 45 min almost never happen! and what did i do the whole time she napped? laundry? dishes? nope. i did a bunch of nothing. and it was great.

.4. i did just eat a bowl (ok, two bowls) of white chicken chili soup that i made last night. yummm.

.5. now that it's after 1pm, i'm thinking about curling my hair and putting some make up on :) that should about do it for today, i'd say.

happy extra long president's day weekend!

5 moments of today.

^^cake from my nephew's 11th birthday last week. he's my oldest nephew. still hard to believe he's 11. anyway, no the cake has absolutely nothing to do with my post. he's just super into dinosaurs and knows all sorts of details about them that you wouldn't even know to ask. smarty pants, like his parents. and besides....his cake rocked. obviously.

{ok, so confession - some of these are from yesterday and some are from today. the days all run together anyway, right?}

haven't done a 5 moment memoir in a while (let's be real....haven't really blogged at all in a while!....) so while i'm still trying to get my hawaii pictures and posts ready to go (and our birthday posts from a month ago...) we'll go with this today.

.1. i had a bagel with veggie cream cheese this morning. i used to be all about plain cream cheese all the time, with any bagel i ever ate. i've used strawberry on occasion, as well as the almond and honey, but the strawberry is too sweet sometimes and the almond and honey is just...ok. and then i decided to try veggie (cuz adding some teeny tiny veggie parts to cream cheese makes it totally healthy...right?) and i won't go back! officially been converted for life. LOVE veggie cream cheese.

.2. i'm all sorts of black and grey and booted on this here first day of spring. i feel like maybe i should be wearing some shade of yellow or pink or something. but no - grey, black, leggings, boots, sweaters.....none too springy. it's supposed to rain and be cold today, after all. happy first day of spring anyway!

.3. i was on a work conference call this morning, and the first thing the lady hosting the call said was "oh i just found out you're Hyde's daughter! he's a good one, i like Hyde". so in case you didn't know - yes we work for the same company, but in different departments and at different facilities. and everyone knows my dad! i get that from random people at work probably once a month. he's just cool and popular like that. i have such a cute dad.

.4. i also had staff meeting today. it's interesting.....sometimes i get into conversation and voice my opinion, and sometimes, like today.....i just decide to hold my tongue and sit back and listen to others. i'm realizing more and more (call it my old, wise age) that sometimes it's just better (and easier!) to not talk and let others fight it out, and then if i get spoken to directly, then i'll speak. ya know?

.5. i am not a morning person. some of you already know this. when i used to work at 5 AM, my co-workers learned that it's best just not to try to talk to me too much before, oh 9 o'clock or so, just to give me sufficient time to be less grumpy wake up. even now, that i don't start my work day quite so early, i still just like some time in the morning to get settled, get through my emails, maybe even read a blog or two, eat something. you know - get myself mentally ready for the day ahead. so when i walk into work and only have time to set my stuff down, take my coat off (cuz yes, it was SNOWING this morning....march is a SPRING month!), and log into my computer before i start getting instant messages from co-workers (co-workers that get to work from home, nonetheless...lucky little devils)......well it's a little bit irritating. it's like she was just waiting for my little instant messaging light to turn green, meaning i'm 'available', so she could start pestering me with work questions. NO! leave me be for 5 minutes, please! 

well i'm glad we could have this little time so you can know more about me and my psychotic behavior that is likely to happen in the mornings. 

may your thursday be as great as mine is shaping up to be :)

today's five moments.

.1. that picture was my view from work this morning. i'm so glad i noticed it - i was about to walk right on past the window, but i glanced out and just noticed the snowy mountain peaks barely peaking up over the fog with the sun shining on them and had to stop and take it in for a minute. the picture doesn't do it justice, but there was kind of a pinky/peachy color. it was lovely.

.2. two of my co-workers brought in donuts today. not knowing that the other was bringing them in. i combated all the sugary weight gain with a veggie tray. HA! take that, tempting donuts.

.3. i took over the responsibility to do payroll for about 45 employees in our department. this week is my first week officially taking that over, and today i made my first official change to someone's timecard. scary!!! (i know you don't care, but it's kind of a big deal in my world. this is people's paychecks we're talking about!)

.4. i've started my scheming for what we'll do for Jae's and my birthdays. i'm pretty excited about it  :)

.5. we did our taxes (or rather, i should say had them done) yesterday. let's just say...not good news. not good at all.

five moment memoir

{because i'm feeling random...there's a random photo for ya. you're welcome.}

i admit it, i totally stole borrowed this idea from Torrie. she's smart and stuff. so why wouldn't i?

anyway, the idea behind this five moment memoir is to simply write down 5 things that happened to you that day. good things, bad things, weird things, random things. just write them down. they can serve as memories of funny things, crappy things to learn from, small happy moments to put a smile on your face, or dumb things you did and don't want to repeat again! it doesn't matter to me if they're important things or really unimportant, boring things. i just want to remember more of the details of my day-to-day.

it's currently 3:35pm (or 1535 if you go by military time, like me. but anyway...)
here are 5 things that have happened thus far today:
1. i had to literally dig my car out of the snow this morning. i didn't drive it at all the last two days so it was pretty snowed in. and even after digging it out, it still took me three tries to get out of my driveway.
2. it took me almost an hour to drive to work today. it was very snowy and slushy and slow. but the roads could've been worse.
3. i had cold pizza for lunch. i don't usually like to heat up my leftover pizza.
4. i haven't even drank one whole water bottle full of water yet today. which is so not me. usually i have two just while i'm at work, plus whatever else i drink at home. 
5. i have officially "hit a wall". aka i'm done working for the day. although physically, i'm still at work. 

what 5 things of (in)significance happened in your life today?