What I'm Loving Wednesday

Yay for Wednesday!  I have to admit, this week has been a long one and I am very excited to be over-the-hump and closing in on the weekend :)  So with that, this is what I am loving tonight.

{one}

This weekend is St. Patty's Day weekend in our city!  And it's the one weekend I (along with everyone else in the city) get to show my Irish roots and celebrate.  Yes, I will wear green.  Yes, we are hosting Kegs&Eggs.  And yes, we will be in the bars before noon!

{two}

Our flights and hotels are all booked for our London and Paris trip!  We are 10-shades of excited to go to Europe.  Geo filed for his passport on Monday and I go tomorrow.  It's getting so-so real!  Now we just need to work with the travel agent to book some excursions and experiences.

{three}

I started working out.  I use the words "working out" in their loosest  sense.  I'm walking 15 minutes on the treadmill each night.  I picked up our treadmill for $50 at a garage sale 2 summers ago.  And it's not the best.  It's loud and the belt slips around so it's kind of annoying to use.  But it's something for now!

{four}

Today is my Grandma's birthday!  We are getting together with her next weekend for a birthday breakfast and I am very excited!  I haven't seen my Gram-cracker since Christmas (ugh, I know... I'm that grandchild) so it will be so nice to catch up.

{five}

Spring!  I am so ready for spring.  I have started planning our garden and planters.  We are getting ready to restore our back deck with Restore

Restore

You select a color, get it mixed, washer deck then paint this thick, crack-filling, waterproofing paint that gives the surface a composite wood-like feel and look.  We are so excited to get this going.  And to get to the farmers' market, take walks and enjoy the spring :)

Hope you all are enjoying your Wednesday night!

What I'm Loving Wednesday

(linked up with http://www.littledaisymay.blogspot.com/ )

Happy Wednesday (spelled out in my head as Wed-Nes-Day)!  I have many reason to be lovin' this day so here we go!

{one} I have been planning a family room/play room for our attic.  I really want a space for our nieces and nephew (and eventually our children) when they visit.  Since they are really into dress-up, fairy tales, glitz and glamour, I have been looking for some fun things to get them for when they visit.  My discovery: Halo Heaven!  http://www.haloheaven.com/

   

$1.50 for gloves, $3 for tutus, $1 for a little purse, tiaras, wands, caps, parasols... so many cute things!  I can't wait to surprise them with a chest of goodies :)

{two} I am signing up for tap classes!  I took ballet, tap and jazz for 12-ish years and I miss it (I miss creative outlets in general, these days).  I also need exercise so I thought I would combine the two.  Lessons start March 7th and I am thrilled to try this again!  Anyone else take dance lessons as adults?

{three} Spring is coming and I am in garden mode.  I have been picking up pots and planters at Good Will, VOA and Rite Aid (yep, a drug store with a 50% off sale) and planning our garden for this year.  I see lots of herbs, tomatoes, peppers and zucchini in our summer.

{four} The IRS!  Someone told me once that you shouldn't get a large tax return since that basically means you give the government an interest-free loan (any they never would do that for you).  But I don't care!  It's always a nice surprise, even though we took a huge hit since I was unemployed for 6 months of last year. And since we are savings for our trip, this will be helpful.

{five} And speaking of trip... tomorrow we find out where we stand on affording the trip!  I am getting my commission checks in tomorrow's paycheck so hopefully (fingers crossed), we will have enough to book the trip this weekend (internal scream!!!!)!!

George is out of town next week so plan on seeing some new house-project posts.

But for now, it's ABC line-up!

Have a great night and hopefully I will have some big travel news tomorrow :)

*Sarah

What I'm Loving Wednesday

It's time for another installment of What I'm Loving Wednesday!

Once again, thank to Jamie.

:First: I'm loving Old Navy's easy breezy dresses...

My vision for these include gold bracelets and necklaces, maybe some chunkier turquoise or coral pieces. And cute sandals, naturally!

:Second:  Our pre-cana duties.  We have made great progress with our topic: The Rite of Marriage.  We are getting great feedback on our ideas and I am so excited to share this experience with the engaged couples.   I remember how much we LOVED it and I hope they all do too.

:Third: The fact that it's WEDNESDAY!!  That means The Middle, Better with you, Modern Family and Cougar Town.  Even better, tomorrow is payday.  Even better than that, only two days till the weekend!  I hate to say it but I work for the weekend.  It's my favorite time.  I get to be with George, at our house, with family and friends stopping over and lots of relaxing!

:Fourth:  This man with that smile...

Happy Wednesday!

What I'm Loving Wednesday

I linked up with Jamie (who I don't really know but I hope it's okay with!)

 for my FIRST What I'm Loving Wednesday!!

I'm loving work!  This is another first for me :)  My job is salary plus commission job. 

I have been with the company 6-months and I am now officially receiving my

 full commission percentage on clients that renew their license to our product.

Money, Money, Money!

I'm loving travel planning!  With my commission, our tax-returns and savings, we are

 FINALLY booking our trip to London and Paris this month!  I have placed

Samantha Brown's Passport to Paris and London in our Netflix que and

we are ready for the official planning.  Suggestions are MORE THAN WELCOMED :)

I'm loving our Pre-Cana prep!  George and I met with Lori, the Pre-Cana leader,

over the weekend and she gave us some great tool to help us with communicating

our topic to the engaged couples.  By far our favorite tool has been:

When the Cake is Gone: How to Get Married and Stay Engaged.

It's a couples therapy CD that offers a Catholic Christian vision of marriage.

We LOVED the explanation of having different marriages through your marriage.

And, finally, I am loving my husband!  He's always up for whatever crazy adventure

I have up-my-sleeve at the moment.  And I completely appreciate him.

Happy Wednesday!!