Random thoughts for this Tuesday:

Disclaimer: All of the pictures used in this post are cell phone pictures. Please excuse the poor quality!

1. We are having some weird weather here in Indiana. Well, at least I think it is weird. Let’s just say that we had snow but it is all melted now and last night we had thunderstorms. Thunderstorms in January! I even had to wear my rain boots to work today because of all the water. Is it not spring, it is winter! Oh and our high today? Yeah, it’s in the 50’s.

2. Our high on Friday is 23 degrees.  In the 50’s on Tuesday and in the 20’s on Friday, that’s totally normal, right?

3. We finally got our Christmas gifts put away and/or hung up this weekend. The pile if gifts that was neatly stacked in our bedroom was driving.me.nuts.

4. Speaking of hanging things, several new things are adorning our walls at home and I love it.

This is our new gallery wall by our staircase. Mom & Dad got us these great frames for Christmas. Love!!

These new sconces are from Kohls and they are in the library-where up until last weekend we had nothing on the walls! I am working on a painting that will go in between them!

This puzzle was a gift from my Grandma this Christmas. It looks very good in our library and I think it will be something we treasure forever. She even wrote a note on the back of it!

5. I got a lovely Christmas gift from my sister-in-law that I can’t wait to use.  She got me the Baby Cakes Cake-Pop maker, which is essentially a Easy Bake Oven for adults. I am so ready to put it to use. Maybe this weekend! J

6. Louie has been acting like he feels much better, even running around with energy. I want to teach him how to play but since he never has he just doesn’t get it. We have a couple toys that he will sniff and just walk away from. What toys do yours dogs love? I need some ideas for something he will actually use!

7. The hubster and I picked out what tile we want for our backsplash last weekend at Lowe’s. I think it is perfect!! Just waiting for our 10% off coupon to arrive via email and we will be purchasing the tiles for our spring project!

What do you think?

8. Last weekend we also did a little car shopping. My car is just not safe in the winter with snow. We are comparing the Honda CRV and other compact SUV’s that offer 4WD or AWD. Do you have any recommendations or reviews to offer from personal experience? We have heard wonderful things about the CRV and are leaning in that direction. Probably going to test drive this weekend!

9. Getting a new car means getting rid of my old car which makes me sad. My Honda Civic was my Grandpa’s last car and I took over his payments when he became too ill to drive. It breaks my heart that it won’t be staying in our family. L I might cry when I give over the keys…

10. A new aquatic and fitness center just opened near our house. Read: about six blocks away. Every night I drive by it and wish we had a membership so I could get some exercise and work harder at losing weight. A 12 month membership for me and the hubster is $400. I think it is time to sign up!

11. I have not had a gym membership since I was in high school and worked at the YMCA. Membership was my only benefit and I loved going to work out…hopefully I can find that love again! Maybe paying for the membership will actually motivate me to go! Ya think?

12. We have been watching Mary Poppins and it is such a fun movie! A spoonful of sugar… J

13. Oh, we also watched Mr. Poppers Penguins last weekend and LOVED it. A must see!

14. I LOVE after Christmas sales! We found some cute (and cheap) stuff last weekend at Kohls. This included the perfect ornament for Louie to remember his first Christmas with us. We I was so excited!

15. I could keep going and thinking of random things, but I thought maybe I should stop. Don’t want me readers to get bored!