The Welt Under My Eye

Is from a damn Japanese beetle (the potato beetle things) that decided to fly into my. Directly into my eye. At the time, I had a gallon of water in one hand and a bag of groceries in the other. My gut reaction was to get said beetle out of my eye ASAP so I literally punched myself in the face to get the little effer out.

Now I have a wonderful welt under my left eye that may turn into a glorious black eye. I cannot wait. Let me tell you how great that will look for my presentation tomorrow and Wednesday. Oh boy, oh boy!!

I really wonder if the world is against me sometimes. I mean, who has a huge ass beetle fly INTO their eye?! I could feel his legs scraping against my contact lens. I think that was the only thing keeping me from a scratched cornea.

I'm off to ice it and pray that there's no bruising.

When Can We Get a Real House?

This is the question that Mr. B asked me at 9:30 last night while we were laying in bed. No wonder I didn't sleep a wink last night. Thanks, babe...

I would love, love, love to have a real house right now. I'm tired of hearing my neighbors and wondering if I'll have a parking space close to the house when I get home late. I'm tired of lugging groceries up a flight of stairs and then having to walk back down to get the mail. I'm tired.

I know that getting a house will be more work, but I think, to us, it'll be alot more rewarding. It will be the first place we've decided on together and it will be "ours".

I suggested that we sell our place first before we even start looking. Which made me start to think about all of the little projects that are still lurking around every corner. Hence the reason I didn't sleep well.

This is the list I came up with:
To Do:
1. Finishing trim
2. Touch up paint
3. Massive cleaning
4. Clean windows
5. Declutter
6. Steam clean carpets
7. Fix bathroom mirror/wall
8. Paint laundry room

Finished 2nd Baby Blanket

I just finished my second baby blanket and I love it! I still have to weave in the ends, but that shouldn't take long. I'll post pics when I'm done.

Mr. B had a good idea last night. He said that I should have a mix and match baby blanket website where you pick your pattern, color combo, length and edging. I think that's a great idea, but the only thing is time--it took me 2 weeks to get this one done and different patterns take different amounts of time. We'll see. I'm going to keep making blankets to stockpile.

My grandmom showed me a new patter that's really easy and comes out super cute. I'll experiment with that one after I make my granny square blanket.

The Wedding Video

We have yet to receive our wedding video, but this weekend we got a letter from our videographer responding to my lawyer's letter. He said that he will have it to us by June 30th, which is in a week.
He claims that he was sick in the Spring and Fall of last year and then his editting equipment broke/needed updating. Hmm...if you can update that other website you run, why couldn't you shoot me a quick email and let me know that you're sick and your equipment is effed? Why couldn't you respond to the NUMEROUS emails I sent you? Or respond to a phone call??
I am so fed up with this that I don't even want to see the video. Really. It's going to be horrible and it's probably going to make me cry...in a bad way, not an "I'm so happy" way.

Lesson to any brides out there: get all deadlines and due dates in writing...whether you know the person or not.

Rain, Rain Go Away

Seriously. Can it rain any more? When did Philly/South Jersey become Seattle, OR?? I'm sick of getting my pants wet on the way into the building and I'm sick of my hair freaking and frizzing out.

Please give me my summer back! I need sun!

Tag, You're it!

Natalie from Proud to be a New Jersey Wife tagged me for the Honest Scrap Award. The rules for this award are to tell your readers 10 things about you that are true, that they might not know. Then you have to tag 10 other bloggers to do the same. So here goes nothing....

1. I've traveled more in the last year than I have in the past 10 years.
2. I would move to Sevilla, Spain in a heartbeat.
3. Mr. B's birthday is exactly 3 weeks after mine, but he's a different sign.
4. I'm a huge sap for animals.
5. I love to bake and do crafty things.
6. My middle name is Anne; after my mom's great Aunt.
7. I don't eat red meat.
8. I'm very impatient and stubborn.
9. I talk to myself quite often.
10. I live at Target.

As for the 10 bloggers, I'll have to work on that...

1. Spearmint Baby
2. The Good Life
3. The Fourth Door
4. Westwind Days
5. From Sparkly to Single

Things that must get done in the next month

1. Go out for Spanish food in the city
2. Get my ring cleaned at the jeweller's
3. Get some sun--I'm super pale!!!
4. Have one day where nothing gets done--just pure laziness
5. Fix trim--so driving me crazy right now
6. Finish the blanket I'm working on
7. Learn how to make infant baby booties
8. Get to a Phils game

I split my pants

Yet again my fat @ss ripped another pair of my favorite cargo capris :( I think the universe is trying to tell me something.