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More of the Lately’s…

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It’s been another whirlwind of a week and so for this Friday I leave you with a bulleted list of “lately”…

  • Earlier this week I wrote a post about one of our cars and dreaming of getting a new one. Then last night? Andy hit a deer with the Buick on his way home from work. And, aside from part of the grill being broken, you cannot.even.tell. I swear that thing is a tank. {side note, the deer is fine too}
  • I’ve had an annoying cold all week. It’s just barely starting to go away.
  • I made my very LAST student loan payment! And 3 years early to boot.
  • I had to re-re-schedule my ultrasound appointment {seriously, the receptionist remembered (and laughed) at me} But now it’s a whole week earlier! The big day is Feb 14!…holy crap that’s like 2 weeks away!
  • We’re in the middle of moving offices…Like, I leave work today at one office, and show up Monday to the new one. It’s totally throwing me for a loop.
  • I drank coffee this morning. And it was good. I don’t want to jinx it, but I think I’m finally starting to come out of the “morning” sickness stage.
  • Tonight I’m headed to happy hour with a couple of girlfriends! I cannot wait.

I'm really going to miss this view when I leave work.

And this...just because it makes me smile.

Happy Friday Everyone!!

Sooo…lately?

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Wow, has it been a week already?

Work has been insane, so my typical lunchtime blogging has gone by the wayside, hence the lack of posting.

So, here’s the quick and dirty of what’s been going on our little life…

  1. Please to be noticing the epic outfit choice. Full of awesome, no? {For the record, she’s informed me she’s no longer wearing her jeans or carhartts and ONLY sweats and leggings because they are the most comfortable.}
  2. Someone has figured out how to write her own name…at 3.5 years old…and loves to write it all.the.time.
  3. We’ve also been making cards. Just for funsies.
  4. The weekends have consisted of a LOT of this.
  5. There’s also been a wee bit of daddy-daughter baking going on.
  6. Oh yea, and SNOW! Last week.
  7. Ry’s totally into my Kindle Fire.
  8. Remember how I said works been busy? I’ve been a final packaging fool!
  9. All that snow quickly turned into rain. Lots and lots of rain. And flooding. Andy’s school was even evacuated one day!
  10. Oh yes, and ice cream. Because…obviously.

Let’s see…what else? Oh yes, I’m fighting a cold right now. It sucks.

I’ll be headed back out traveling for work in February. It’s a show I’ve never been to in a state I’ve never been to. Should be an adventure!

I’m not so patiently waiting for my bloat to turn into a bump…I’m down to only 3 pair of jeans that still fit mostly comfortably. I’ll be washing up my maternity pants this weekend…so, any day now, right?

Oh yea, and today one of the posts I wrote over at Liberating Working Moms about leaving stress at the door is being featured on BlogHer.com‘s home page! I know some, if not most of my readers won’t know what BlogHer is, but I promise, it’s something to get excited about!!

So yea, there’s the update. Oh, also, it’s Tuesday! We’re having tacos and I’m pretty sure there’s a new episode of NCIS on tonight!

Work With…Style?

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I’ve had a ton of fun linking up and “playing along” with Liberating Working Moms “Working with Style” posts.

But lately? Style?…well, let’s use that term loosely.

At first, it was easy to share my favorite outfits/looks. But after a few weeks, there were lots of repeats. And not too long after the repeats were plaguing me, I got pregnant, and while all my clothes still fit fine, I was really, really tired, work was extra busy/stressful and I just fell into a slump.

There’s been a lot of jeans a sweatshirts lately…

Once in a while there’s a glimmer of home…look! Something besides a sweatshirt! {Forget about the fact that my face & hair are a total mess..hence not being pictured}

Oh hey, here’s one where I’m even wearing my hair down. BAM! But, welp, there’s another sweatshirt. So…half-win?

Next Saturday I’m the one hosting the link-up so I promise I’ll make more of an effort!

Now, here’s hoping the second trimester is more friendly to me than the first.

Happy Friday

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Whew. I’m home.

If you didn’t even know I was gone, I was. I was in the oh-so-blustery state of Ohio for a tradeshow. And, while it was great to see all of my long-time professional contacts/friends and meet some new ones, it kicked this girl’s booty and I’m happy to be home.

I got in about 9 PM last night and  was able to take the morning off of work and hang out with my sweet girl who hardly left my side. And if she did, it was only to “mommy” her little teddy bear.

I don’t know about you, but I think she’s totally digging the “I’m going to be a big sister” thing. She’s making my heart parts all mushy.

While I was gone, you may have missed a few things…this funny email from a good friend that I shared on Monday. Then on Wednesday, I was featured over on Jenn’s blog giving up my day-to-day details of being a working mom.

I should be back to my regularly scheduled programming as soon as I catch up on my sleep this weekend.

And yes, I know I should have slept like a champ with a great big king size bed and hotel room all to myself, but it just didn’t happen folks. I’ll be sharing some of my “traveling for work while knocked up” tips over on Liberating Working Moms next week!

Oh, and I have a pre-natal visit on Monday afternoon, so you can likely expect some sort of pregnancy update after that.

Ok, that’s it. Now I really have to get caught up on my work e-mails…while trying not to fall asleep.

Happy Friday!

I am being mocked by paper.

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So, you remember a couple of weeks ago how I wrote this post about how awesome of a mom I am and how Rylee & I did this really great Christmas craft and that it was ok with me if you were jealous?

You don’t remember? Here’s a quick refresher:

Yea, well…that Christmas craft has come back to bite me in the butt.

Big time.

Every single time Rylee excitedly asks to tear one more link of the chain off I cringe.

Every link being torn off means we are one day closer to Christmas.

And with each day closer to Christmas I’m reminded about how I still have gifts to buy. And gifts to wrap. And lists to make. And things to bake. And…and…and…And so many other things on my seemingly endless to-do list.

Overwhelmed much?

The anxiety…it’s getting up there.

Stupid freaking paper chain.