T.G.I.F...is it really though?!

Well ladies and any gents in hiding (you know you're out there), it's just about time for another weekend to begin. My weekend usually begins when the weekly email from J.Crew Factory Online pops in the inbox, taunting me with it's pretty summer goodies.

You can go look at them too if you want:


For anyone still remaining on this blog, I'll let you in on a little secret.

D's out of town again.

Quick stalker disclaimer- I am housed with two very loud and obnoxious dogs who would drool at the chance to attack someone. Even out of love. We also own multiple handguns and various other weapons (my husband is crazy), so don't try me.

Ah-hem...back to your regularly scheduled post:

I know it happens once a month, which should have me used to it by now, but it is SO boring when he is gone over a weekend. I love that I have Grace to hang out with, but we live for family time and her 7pm bedtime comes early and leaves lots of lonely time on my hands until I fall asleep (with said ferocious pups by my side). I literally try to keep her up longer so we have more time together (especially on week nights after work), but the kid conks out at 7pm every night with out fail. Rough life, right?! This weekend I've tried to keep us busy by making plans throughout Saturday and Sunday.

On Saturday, we'll do the usual morning routine which involves us waking up for a bottle and watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, while I chug my coffee like I've been stranded in the desert for several weeks and finally found a water source. Then we move on to breakfast foods and playing on our play mat and eventually getting sleepy-eyed and going down for a morning nap. This is when I can get myself ready for the day or take out the dogs who've been crossing their legs or watch an hour of TV that doesn't involve a Mouse or Toodles.

After nap time we have a hot date at the grocery store and probably Lowe's after that ("and then Bed, Bath, and Beyond if we have time" - name that movie). Next comes lunch, which will be followed by some playing outside. It is supposed to be 85 and gorgeous here! Lastly, we have a play group with some other moms and kids whose daddies are out with D this weekend later in the afternoon that should take us right up to Miss G's bed time. I'll spend my free time wall painting after the little lady is in bed. :)

On Sunday it is supposed to be stormy and gross, but guess who has an appointment to get pictures taken?! ME! Kidding. Grace does, obviously. We haven't done anything staged or inside at a "studio" type setting with her yet, so 6 months seemed like a good milestone to document through some pics. I'm not even going to tell you where we are getting them done because it is so ghetto I am embarrassed. ::Sigh:: Thus is life in the good 'ol country. We'll see how they turn out and maybe I'll spill the beans then. :) Since we have to get ready, pack up, and drive a good hour to the picture location that will take up the bulk of our day. I'll probably spend the evening getting ourselves ready to start everything over on Monday. The good news is, Daddy gets home Monday too, so morale in La Casa de M should increase immensely.

That's it folks. Glamorous, right? Truth is, we will have a blast playing all day and making up for the missed time during the week. As much as I love working, there is a lot of mom guilt associated with having to leave G at daycare Monday through Friday. I have a post on this coming soon!

Any body have super fun plans they wanna share? I hope everyone has a fab weekend. Check back next week for some posts (look at me planning ahead!) and some G pics. :)

xo,
H