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~Ever since I took Buddy to the vet last week and found out he’d gained 2lbs, I can’t stop thinking about it. I mean he weighed like 9.5lbs before and now weighs like 11.5lbs. And I didn’t even notice. WTF? How did I not see this? And how do I still not see this? I’d say the scale was wrong, but I mean it worked just fine for Baxter so that’s not possible.
~I looked at my desktop last night when I turned on my computer and OMG what a hot mess that thing is. When I take a screenshot, download a picture or whatever, I always save it to my desktop. Bad idea. Because umm, I never clean it up. Does anyone else do this? I gotta tell you, it drives B insane. Totally insane. Whenever he sees it, he just shakes his head. I know what he’s thinking, he doesn’t even need to say it. But did I clean off my desktop after noticing what a mess it was? Nope. I took a screenshot. And saved it to my desktop….
~I’d give an update on all the boxes I am expecting, but not much has changed from Monday. Except now I am expecting Citrus Lane too. My box hasn’t updated yet though. I’ll explain the delay later. But be ready for a HUGE amount of box reviews in the next few days. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
~How is it possible that next weekend is Memorial Day weekend? That totally just snuck right up on me. I think we are going to head up-north, but who knows??? L has a field trip next Friday, which he is super excited about (it’s bowling) so we can’t go until at least after that.
~Does anyone own any art? Where do you buy it at? Are you a serious collector, more into the smaller etsy artists or what? A friend of mine recently opened an Etsy shop and I am going to buy one of her pieces as my first real art to hang on the walls at my house. I am so excited!! It’s only been 4 years, so it’s time you know?
~One of my friends wants to know if anyone has, reads or knows of any single mom blogs or any blogs by moms that were recently separated? Anyone know of any good ones? Someone must. Please share!
And just a note, if you are linking up, don’t worry that your link doesn’t appear below. I have to manually approve them until I can figure out how to make all those spam links I have been getting in my link-ups go away. So crazy!!!
The same thing happened with our dog. He weighed 8lbs forever and then we went to the vet one day and he weighed 10. What?!? How does an 8lb dog gain more than 20% his body weight????
I can’t even believe today is mid-May and Memorial Day is next weekend. I really hope the entire summer doesn’t go by this fast.
I just laughed out loud about the saving everything to the desktop! I am so guilty of that. I try and remember to clean it up every once in a while but before you know it… it’s a hot mess!!! Too funny….
I meant to comment yesterday about your new found love of reefs. They are the best and I have been wearing them for quite a few years now. I absolutely love them! Maybe a pair of those for your favorite things give away this month????
I really like that you are honest about what you do and don’t like when it comes to these boxes. I’ve read some blogs where they love everything and then turns out they get them free one person even got a free box of kids stuff and she doesn’t even have kids !!! But I like that you don’t do that.
As for offending blog posts I don’t worry about it, after all my blog is about me and what I think and if someone doesn’t like it they don’t have to read or even better tell me what they don’t like and have a discussion about it. Blogs are great for getting your thoughts out there. Say what you want like is too short not too !!!! xoxo
Ok wow that desk top is something else !! My dog is wayyy over weight but she is a fixed doxie and they get fat. We are about to have to make a hard choice about her, she is old and has gone blind and is just not happy. I hate that I have to choose what to do its so hard. Anyone else ever have to do this? I did it once before and 5 yrs later and I’m still not over the loss. My 19 yr old is an artist, still is school for it, I display her work all over. She has won many awards for it. Art is something personal so if it means something to you then that’s all that counts .. : )
I have a Mac at work too and it automatically saves to the desktop and I rarely clean up it. Mine looked almost exactly like yours. I finally had to deal with it. 🙁
I’m expecting a bunch too. I just got Birchbox, Ipsy, Yuzen and Conscious Box this week. I have one more month of Conscious Box and then its gone. I got a 1/2 deal and I kind of think its terrible. How can they charge $20?! I wish they would scale back and charge less. Do more of a Birchbox style sample box for $10. And I’m still expecting Citrus Lane, Bluum, Barkbox, Loot Crate, Goodies.co, and Glossybox. I have problems. 😉 Do you get Julep? Are you excited about the DD cream? I have a feeling this will be a skip month for me because I am super picky about foundation, etc. And honestly, May will be hard to beat.
We rarely buy art. I really like it, but I have a hard time spending the money on it. We actually bought some paintings that Lance’s cousin did. She just had them on her walls. I was like “how much for the paintings?”. LOL. I would love to buy more stuff on Etsy. I bought a lot of Christmas presents there. 🙂
Well with all those subscription box treat’s who wouldn’t gain weight. haha Another thought could be is he’s eating all ur lil one’s left over’s. My dog sit’s under the highchair and snatches every tidbit(although he won’t eat cheerios anymore) he’s my hoover and it keep’s me from pulling out the vacuum all the time.
I also keep my desktop all cluttered but every so often I clean it up. I create all these folders and I always wonder if I’m going to ever find something again. 🙂 Also, I’m really looking forward to the holiday and summer vacation IDK but starting preschool was a lil awkward.(for me not my son lol) I guess I feel forced into drop off/pick up acquaintances, mindless chit chat and I enjoy the quiet hmmm…. How do u view it? am I just missing the joy’s of talking to all these mother’s??lol
My computer desktops at home and work are immaculate. As are the actual desks at home and work. Don’t ask about the myriad of bookmarks in the bookmark folder though. Or if the other rooms in my house are clean.
Quick suggestion… I had the same desktop problem as you and my husband had the same reactions as yours :). So, I made a file called “desktop” and then I dragged (drug?) all the folders into it, so now I just have one folder that hides everything. It’s kind of like when you shove everything into the hall closet when company comes… If you do that sort of thing :). Love the blog, thanks for sharing!
My desktop isn’t quite that cluttered, but I do save stuff to the desktop more than I should, then never clean it up. It’s got some files I haven’t used in years, so you’re not alone. LOL.
We’re going to Gatlinburg for Memorial Day weekend, the girls are so excited. We live in KY so about a 4+ hr drive, not too bad. I need to find some things to keep my 15 mo. old occupied & happy on the trip.
Most of the art I have (and I don’t have a lot), I bought at yard sales. I also have framed a few things the girls have made at school. My oldest made a self portrait in art class, and it turned out awesome.
For your friend, tell her to check out dooce.com She has been writing her blog for a dozen years but has two kids and is recently separated. She’s really honest and real.
Our dog who we’ve only had since November (but is an adult) gained 7-8 lbs within 2-3 months! She weighed 30ish and then was suddenly 37-38! We have no idea what happened!!! She doesn’t get table scraps, gets 2 walks/day, only gets tiny pieces of carrot for treats, and we feed her the minimum amount of food for her size. So now she’s on prescription weight loss dog food. Seriously.