Wow, it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve had a chance to ramble, eh? But today I only have one meeting and the rest of the day I’m relaxing and catching up on blogging and other things I need to do. But no pressure. I’ve been sitting outside all morning catching up on some of my blog readings that I haven’t had a chance to read all week. It’s been very nice to relax and enjoy the breeze but now it’s starting to get hot that I’m slowly losing my shade.

So, how has your week been? Anything new and exciting? Not too much here, just same old busyness. But it was my last week of class, so hopefully the next few weeks will slow down since I’m on break. Want to see my final project?

The class was Color Theory in Print so in our final we had to use a color harmony (I used analogous) and then two of three (transparency, depth, vibration). Any guesses which two I used? I did want to do something simple but yet effective but my first draft was too simple and my professor wanted me to go back and add more ‘movement’ and ‘interaction’. Anyways, he seemed really pleased with the final result and that’s all I need! But overall, I really enjoyed the class. Like I how used my favorite color in there?

I am one of the lucky ones (one of the 600,000) that got my new iPhone ordered before they shut it down! I am so super excited! I can’t wait to get it on Thursday. I’m going to get it just in time to go out of town. LOL. I already warned everyone traveling with me that I will be distracted.

My tennis leagues have started this week. I decided I was stupid to sign up for two summer leagues. It’s way hot out there to play. And I’ve only played one match! LOL. My second match is tomorrow afternoon. That’s going to be horrid. I need to start hydrating now. These sudden summer storms have made scheduling a nightmare though. And they certainly haven’t helped my head at all. :-/

My husband found this great foundation while browsing the web the other day looking for a specific charity and thought I’d be interested. It’s call ‘Room to Dream‘ Foundation and what they do is partner with the local hospital and find chronically ill kids and then redesign and redecorate their bedrooms. Because they feel that if the kids are going to spend a lot of time in there, then they need a special place where they can heal and relax. And also they might need special equipment that the foundation can assist with. I was really really excited about this Foundation and was ready to go volunteer the day I read about it until I saw that it was just in Boston. :-/ I looked and looked to see if there was anything remotely close in Atlanta and I didn’t. I emailed them to see if they knew of anything or if they were willing to expand to another city and I haven’t heard back and it’s been nearly a week. So I’m slightly disappointed but at the same time, I’m now trying to figure out if I can start my own foundation. It would take a huge amount of work. Any one in the Atlanta area want to help me?

House news – we had one showing on Thursday and I just got a call for another showing tomorrow. Just when I was accepting the fact that we were going to take it off the market. Go figure. But at least I’ve accepted the fact in case nothing happens, right?

Alright, I hope you all are having a great weekend!! Enjoy it!

Happy Friday!

How has your week been? Mine has been busy once I got over being sick on Memorial Day. Ugh, I was so excited for a three-day weekend and lucky me gets a stomach bug and a migraine on it.

* I have to be accountable and say my workouts were not good, okay, non-existent this week. Although I did get a good workout tonight at tennis lessons.

* I got my car title in the mail today! No more car payments! Woohoo! So excited!

* So we’re talking more and more about what we’re going to do if we take the house off the market when the contract is up. Now we’re thinking of switching the guest room and office around since we will use the office more. That’ll put that in the bigger room and then we can put a pull out couch or sofa bed in there for guests and actually have two places for guests to sleep. I’ve been eyeing this sofa bed from Ikea.

Does anyone have a sofa bed or slept on a sofa bed from Ikea? Are they comfy? And if we switch rooms, then I can find room to set up my quilting machine! I think it’s time to bring my piano from my parents if we’re going to be here for another year. It’ll be so nice to play it again. But I just can’t wait to get my hands on paint and change some colors and move things. One way or another!

* On the TV front, the Bachelorette was good was this but not as good as So You Think You Can Dance. I get so inspired everytime I watch that show! I just don’t know how they are going to narrow it down to 5 guys and 5 girls! They’re all so good. It was amazing to see how quickly they were chopping people last night in Vegas though. And how many years will it be before they go back to Tennessee? LOL. How bad was that! 7 people made it through and I think 6 of those had to go to choreography first? Wow.

* I found out this week that I’m going to be an aunt to another little niece but this time on my side of the family. First one! So watch out for fun little pink clothes postings. Congrats to my brother and sister-in-law.

* This weekend is my husband’s and mine 6 year anniversary. Hard to believe time has pasted so quickly. But it’s all been good!

* I hope you all have a great weekend!!!

Image from Ikea

Hello my ChicGeek friends!

So sorry this has been a poor week for posting. I really don’t know how time got away from me this week. It’s so hard to believe that next week is June already! I mean time was flown by! Do you have big plans for Memorial Day weekend? I don’t. I have to finish a tennis match I started tonight but got rained out after the first set. Of course its first thing in the morning and if you know me, you know I’m not a morning person. This is my last double’s match of the season and then soon singles will start up again. I don’t know if I was brave or completely stupid but I signed up for two singles league over the summer. Ha.

I did start my Yoga Booty Ballet this week. I really like it! It was a great mix of Yoga, Dance, Strength, Ballet and Yoga. I’m not really good at the Yoga part and I couldn’t see the tv from the floor, so that was a little hard for me. But I’ll get better. The easier level is 45 mins and then the next level is 60 mins.

So I might have a possibility to go to Germany in August with one of my friends for a few days! I’m super excited. She’s got to go over there for a job and asked me if I wanted to fly over and spend a few days afterwards to explore with her. Germany? Heck yeah! But now we’re just trying to find me a cheap flight and all that stupid money stuff. But if I do we’re trying to find a castle to stay in. How awesome would that be! I’ve never been in Germany but it’s on my bucket list! Well, pretty much all of Europe is and I haven’t hit that much of it yet. So exciting…..

Has anyone seen “Letters to Juliet” yet? It’s on my ‘must see’ list. It looks so cute!

Yay! “So You Think You Can Dance” is back! Definitely one of my favorite shows! It’s going to be an interesting season with the way they are doing things. And only picking 10 dancers. I really don’t know how they are going to do that! As my SIL and I were talking about – they could have picked 10 from last night – they were soooo good! Wow, it’s going to be an amazing season and we are going to see some great dances especially since one partner is always going to be good in that genre. AND Mary Murphy is not going to be there to scream every week. Phew! Also anyone watch the Bachlorette? Ali is just so cute. I really hope it works out for her but some of those guys on there are total duds. Some are cute though. Another interesting season! Okay, enough tv talk.

One of the things that was holding me back from getting the iPad was I didn’t think you could upload pictures from the camera since it didn’t have USB plug. But I was a little bored yesterday at work and decided to research it just to make sure before I ruled it out. And it turns out that there is an attachment that you plug into the iPad and then you plug your camera USB or memory card into the attachment. So awesome! That solves my dilemma. My anniversary is coming up. This might make a perfect gift. It’ll be especially nice for all the traveling I have coming up.

Here’s one of the castles that is on our list:

I hope everyone has a great long weekend!!

Image from Burg Abenberg

Hello my ChicGeek friends,

How was your week? Mine was okay but I’m very glad it’s Friday!

* I’m sitting here watching “Leap Year” With Amy Adams. Anyone else seen it? So far its really good! I love Amy Adams. And its in one of my favorite places – Ireland. I’ve never been but really want to. Definitely on my bucket list!

* I am enjoying my Color Theory class so far. I need to get acrylic paints this weekend so I can start on my next assignments. But I have learned a lot in just the first week. Can’t wait to learn more!

* I’ve started reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People this week. (Yes, one more to add to the stack of ones I’m already reading!) I’m on the 3rd habit and learning a lot. I thank Brigitte for the recommendation!

* My Yoga Booty Ballet DVD came today! I can’t wait to start it on Monday. I weighed myself today and it was more than I thought which was depressing. So I really need the motivation and support to start to get into a regular program.

* Note to self, don’t write a post while watching a movie. Distracting!

* If you haven’t read Piper’s Dream Report  at Makeunder My Life, go check it out. It was really good today! It definitely made me think about prioritizing things and how I need to map out time for things. It’s just so hard to figure out how to fit everything in the day! I really thing there needs to be more hours in the day.

*  I’m going to leave you with a picture of my mom’s pup Rocky. He’s standing guard watching the fence/door to bark in case anyone comes out. Just so we don’t miss it.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

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