Friday Photo Dump!

Happy Friday, y'all! I am SO glad it is finally Friday, although I could use a couple more week days this week to get some things done. Maybe it's only me, but I feel like the week before a vacation is so stressful and tiring. There just is so much to do-at home and work. It's exhausting! Whew!

We had more and more flowers come up this week and I am loving it! Our flower bed doesn't even look like these picture portray it anymore, and these were only taken on Wednesday!

Louie is also loving the nice weather! I got some super cute action shots of him this week:

"Mom, I really don't want to smile. I just want to relax!"

"Oh okay, fine. I'll give you one smile but that's it!"

"I told you only one!"

I love when he looks at me with eyes that seem to say "get that camera out of my face woman!" :) And that happens a lot you guys because as many pictures of him that I post on the blog...I take that many more too! But really, how flippin' sweet is his smiling picture? I told him to smile and it tickled me so because it actually looked like he did!

Can I just brag on my husband for a minute? He has been incredible, especially this week with all the things we need to get done before vacation. On top of that, I have not been feeling too great and he totally stepped up and took care of things I normally do-like cooking. Thank you for everything you do for our little family and for taking care of me! I love you! :)

Louie sure does make himself comfy all the time. He seems to never have a problem doing that! It's so cute when he stretches out on the couch-I love it! We let him on the furniture because he is such a good pup AND he doesn't shed so that's a plus. When he gets too relaxed he drools though, so sometimes we wake him up and move him, ha!

Not only was this week busy with work and home, prepping for vacation but I also had a cupcake order to process for a co-worker. Mel was so sweet and asked me to make some cupcakes for her granddaughters birthday this weekend. Her party doesn't have a theme I was told, so I just went for super girlie and fun cupcakes. The birthday girl is turning 2 and wants everything to be pink...I think these cupcakes fit the bill:

Mel loved them when I delivered them to work first thing this morning. I hope her granddaughter loves them too! I think I have a couple more cupcake orders coming in for the next few weeks too...what a fun way to earn some extra mulah!

Email me at ylimedonaldson@gmail.com for my pricing sheet if you are in the need for some cute cupcakes!

And lastly, one of my favorite daffodil pictures. Flowers are just beautiful...Spring is the best! :)

This will be my last post for a week or so, we are headed to Florida at 3am tomorrow morning. I am really looking forward to spending time with family, Mickey Mouse and a much needed work/blogging break. Pray for safe travels and no seizures for Louie please.

Welcome Spring!

The birds are singing around our neighborhood AND flowers are blooming!

Can we say "Hello Springtime"!?

This week has been wonderful so far. We have enjoyed warm weather and the time change too. Do you love the time change? I feel like you either love it or hate it...I love it. Just the fact that the days seem longer because it is sunny outside later into the night is wonderful. I really enjoy being able to do things outside in the evenings after dinner, like go for a walk or wash the car. It makes my days feel much more productive for some reason! Speaking of taking evening walks, we took our first one of 2012 this week on Monday night. It was so nice!

From our walk on Monday:

And some of our flowers that have bloomed this week:

Above: Our very first daffodil. I was so excited. This is the first plant that I have ever planted from a bulb and it actually grew and bloomed. Woo!

Above: That flower just screams Easter to me, maybe its the purple and white?

Above: Tulips popping up around our historical sign. Can't wait to see them flower!

As you can see there is definitely new growth in our flower beds. I could not be happier about this! When we purchased the house the landscaping wasn't bad but we did do a lot of work to get rid of some plants we didn't like. It is so nice to see that our hard work paid off. I can't wait for everything to bloom...I just know it is going to be beautiful!

Our house at the beginning of Spring:

And what post would be complete without a picture of our favorite puppy? (None in my book) Louie has enjoyed being outside more this week, too. It's fun to watch him jump and run around in the grass. He kind of stares up at the sun too, I think he likes the warmth. So cute!

Happy Wednesday!



Weekend Wrap Up(s)

Our weekend have been pretty relaxed for the most part. For example, two weekends ago we did a little shopping and stopped for lunch at our favorite Mexican place-Chipotle before heading to our niece, Emma's indoor softball tourney. We headed to Jefferson Pointe for some shopping at Charming Charlies and Bed, Bath and Beyond and then stuffed our faces with delicious golden burritos. Well, actually I stuffed my face; the hubs had a salad bowl. Check these pictures out and allow your mouth to water!

After Emma's softball tourney we headed to dinner with the family, including my MIL and FIL. Of course we went to no other place than a Mexican place...I am almost positive we are going to turn into Mexicans because we eat it SO much. Really, I am not exaggerating here!

While it may be Spring for the rest of the USA, it has not quite made an appearance in good ole IN yet. We did have a couple warm days last week and were able to get outside and enjoy the sunshine. I was so happy to feel the warmth on my face and see water-not snow! Being slightly homesick for Florida and tanning by the pool, going for a walk with the hubs really lifted my spirits. We knew there were tons of trails and hiking paths in our county so we went to the closest one we knew of and started out. The path starts out as a boardwalk going over some swampy looks lands but I am not sure they can be called swamps. See, in my mind to classify a body of water as a swamp there must be gators and snakes...this area has none of that. Once you are past the boardwalk the path opens up as a paved walkway and it wraps around one of the many lakes in our area. You can also ride bikes on the trail/path which the hubs was pretty excited about...though I am not sure why, since we do not have bikes! Regardless, seeing low lying water, lakes, birds and feeling the sun put me right back in Florida. I could close my eyes and pretend I was there...it was so beautiful! Here are some pictures I snapped on our first walk of Spring!

This past weekend was pretty productive. I like weekends like that! Saturday started out with leftover omelets from dinner on Friday and they were delicious! We had a couple errands to run and then we were headed to North Manchester for my hair appointment. I had been looking forward to this appointment all week and had suffered many bad hair days in the days prior! I was able to snap some before pictures of my hair, but I have not gotten a good after one yet. I think I just need a few days to get used to styling it myself and perfect it before letting you all see it. I do like it though! After the appointment we went and got some smoothies for lunch that were so good. The sun was out, so I just pretended it was warm and I was in a tropical location while drinking it :) Pineapple, strawberries, oranges and coconut? Yes please!

I have had the itch to plant some things for a couple weeks and I finally gave in. We headed to Menard's to get what we needed and I got my fingers dirty on Sunday. We are starting the plants inside, and I hope we have luck with them. Right now we have cilantro and impatient flowers planted. The seeds should germinate in about 2 weeks so I will report and let you know what our progress is! I usually start out with mature plants, so I think the only thing I have ever grown from a seed is a bean or something we did in elementary school in a plastic bag. Do you know what I am talking about? Anyways, here are our lovely plants as of now:

I also was able to make some yummy snacks for the coming week. Hello apple cinnamon and blueberry muffins topped with powdered sugar! What can I say? I like things sweet!

Hope everyone else had a great weekend too. Only 4 days until the next one :) I will let you in on a secret too; next weekend our weather looks GREAT. We are talking about temperatures out of the 40's!!!! FINALLY!