Thank you, Shutterfly, for the 50 free cards. Here is the final product:
Let me know what you all think!
Park City Utah
4 years ago
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Excuse me Ma'am
Do you know why I pulled you over?
Is there a right answer to this question. Seriously.
In all my 28 years, I have never been pulled over or gotten a ticket. I would like to say this is due to my amazing driving skills, but in reality, I usually don't get caught doing the stupid things I do daily (i.e. hit curbs, bump mailboxes, cut people off, accelerate through yellow lights, roll through stop signs, speeding, etc, etc, etc.).
Yesterday, JM begged me to meet him for lunch. At Subway. About 10 minutes from both of our offices. I agreed.
I know Oprah is all about the no phones in the car and after yesterday, I have to agree. After hanging up with my mom, I called JM to see if he had beat me to Subway. He had. Next thing I know, cop lights are on, the car is behind me and I tell JM I am getting pulled over. His incrediulous really? didn't help matters. I hang up.
Excuse me, Ma'am. (Ok, really!? I am only 28, is this really Ma'am territory...ok, I digress).
Excuse me, Ma'am. Do you know why I pulled you over? Ah ha! Trick question. I really did not know. Speeding? Did I hit a small animal? I have no clue.
You ran a stop sign back there. REALLY!? How is that possible? Are you sure? Yikes. My bad, officer. I was just talking to my babysitter about my son and (insert tapered off rambling here).
Ma'am, I need your license and registration. Ok, no problem. WAIT. STOP. THE. WORLD.
To really understand the next part, I have to inform you of my favorite sales guy, Big Jimmy. Jimmy is a 300 lb, foul mouthed co-worker, who has an intense fear of flying. His cure? Drinking. Yep, Jimmy gets drunk before every flight. I took him to the airport on Friday, after our sales meetings were over and prior to that, I took him to Liquor barn for a pint of vodka. To drink with his orange juice. At 2 pm. To make a long story short, Jimmy left the remaining 1 Tbsp of vodka and the plastic pint in my glove box. Which I now had to open for my registration.
Sweating and crying, I opened the glove box, pushing papers over said incriminating bottle. Whew. Luckily, the officer didn't see it. Sigh of relief.
Insert argument about seatbelt wearing here. Officer says I don't have it on. I say I took it off to reach in the glove box. He says no. I say yes. I have an annoying dinger in my car that mandates seatbelt wearing. He drops it. Again, I am thankful said Vodka bottle was not found. This officer is not seduced by my feminine wiles- ha.
Give him the papers. No insurance card. Dammit. Its in the glove box. If I dig for it, vodka is exposed. I tell him its a new car and I don't have the card yet. He leaves.
Comes back and a ticket for not stopping at a stop sign and no proof of insurance later, I am released. Sigh. I mean, of all the times I could get pulled over, it has to be when I have a bootlegged bottle of opened booze in the car!? I barely drink any more, let alone keep pints on hand.
I go to court in January. Apparently, running a stop sign calls for such things. The insurance thing I can drop by taking my card (which I have) to the court's office. Ok. I can handle that. The fine is what I am scared of anyway.
Case in point: Do not drive on backroads in Lexington with a half drank bottle of vodka in your glove box, without your insurance card, while running stop signs. Not a good idea, apparently.
Hope your day is better than mine!
Is there a right answer to this question. Seriously.
In all my 28 years, I have never been pulled over or gotten a ticket. I would like to say this is due to my amazing driving skills, but in reality, I usually don't get caught doing the stupid things I do daily (i.e. hit curbs, bump mailboxes, cut people off, accelerate through yellow lights, roll through stop signs, speeding, etc, etc, etc.).
Yesterday, JM begged me to meet him for lunch. At Subway. About 10 minutes from both of our offices. I agreed.
I know Oprah is all about the no phones in the car and after yesterday, I have to agree. After hanging up with my mom, I called JM to see if he had beat me to Subway. He had. Next thing I know, cop lights are on, the car is behind me and I tell JM I am getting pulled over. His incrediulous really? didn't help matters. I hang up.
Excuse me, Ma'am. (Ok, really!? I am only 28, is this really Ma'am territory...ok, I digress).
Excuse me, Ma'am. Do you know why I pulled you over? Ah ha! Trick question. I really did not know. Speeding? Did I hit a small animal? I have no clue.
You ran a stop sign back there. REALLY!? How is that possible? Are you sure? Yikes. My bad, officer. I was just talking to my babysitter about my son and (insert tapered off rambling here).
Ma'am, I need your license and registration. Ok, no problem. WAIT. STOP. THE. WORLD.
To really understand the next part, I have to inform you of my favorite sales guy, Big Jimmy. Jimmy is a 300 lb, foul mouthed co-worker, who has an intense fear of flying. His cure? Drinking. Yep, Jimmy gets drunk before every flight. I took him to the airport on Friday, after our sales meetings were over and prior to that, I took him to Liquor barn for a pint of vodka. To drink with his orange juice. At 2 pm. To make a long story short, Jimmy left the remaining 1 Tbsp of vodka and the plastic pint in my glove box. Which I now had to open for my registration.
Sweating and crying, I opened the glove box, pushing papers over said incriminating bottle. Whew. Luckily, the officer didn't see it. Sigh of relief.
Insert argument about seatbelt wearing here. Officer says I don't have it on. I say I took it off to reach in the glove box. He says no. I say yes. I have an annoying dinger in my car that mandates seatbelt wearing. He drops it. Again, I am thankful said Vodka bottle was not found. This officer is not seduced by my feminine wiles- ha.
Give him the papers. No insurance card. Dammit. Its in the glove box. If I dig for it, vodka is exposed. I tell him its a new car and I don't have the card yet. He leaves.
Comes back and a ticket for not stopping at a stop sign and no proof of insurance later, I am released. Sigh. I mean, of all the times I could get pulled over, it has to be when I have a bootlegged bottle of opened booze in the car!? I barely drink any more, let alone keep pints on hand.
I go to court in January. Apparently, running a stop sign calls for such things. The insurance thing I can drop by taking my card (which I have) to the court's office. Ok. I can handle that. The fine is what I am scared of anyway.
Case in point: Do not drive on backroads in Lexington with a half drank bottle of vodka in your glove box, without your insurance card, while running stop signs. Not a good idea, apparently.
Hope your day is better than mine!
Bucket List
I saw the movie. I cried. I thought about it. I blogged.
Without further ado, here is my Simply Sallie Bucket List:
1. See Oprah live (I realize I am running out of time, but am working on it).
2. See a musical in NYC
3. Go to Hawaii
4. Drive from one coast to the other, stopping along the way
5. Getting down to a size 4 (Maybe more of a pipe dream than a bucket list- but if the Big Man upstairs is watching and could help me out here, that'd be great- HA!)
6. Take my son to football games at every SEC school. (100% positive this is on JM's list too!)
7. Take my son to a Packer game at Lambeau Field.
8. Learn how to sew
9. Take dance lessons (maybe with the hubs! AND it may help with #5- ha!)
10. Give Jag a little brother or sister (alright, not anytime soon, calm down)
11. Buy a house on the beach to retire
12. Take my husband to see Tim Tebow play
13. Go back to college and get a masters in something I love
14. Get my children through college, debt free (well, for them) so they can start life with a clean slate.
15. Make sure I take enough photos to show memories, but not take so many that I have no memories. Sometimes the experience is worth more than the picture!
Ok, so I add and change these often. But, today, that's where I am at.
Quick Life Updates:
Jag got tubes 2 weeks ago. I sobbed as they took him back and no joke, 10 minutes later he was done. The anesthesia was tough for him to come out of and all he wanted was his mommy. I know it killed JM, but I honestly loved every snuggly second of his mommy-wanting day. Sigh. Does it get better than a warm, curled up baby just wanted to sleep close to you? I don't think so.
We bought a new car. Well, used, but new to us. Ford Taurus X. 2008. Only 30,000 miles. We got a great deal. Too bad in the 3 weeks we have owned it we had to fix the heated seats and now have a transmission problem. I know its under warranty, but are you listening, Ford!? I just wanted a sporty mom wagon that made it easy for me to get my baby J in and out without having to heave his 22 lb self and myself onto our large SUV. Seriously. Can I catch a break here?!?
Second, another post to follow regarding my day yesterday.
Love to all!
S
Without further ado, here is my Simply Sallie Bucket List:
1. See Oprah live (I realize I am running out of time, but am working on it).
2. See a musical in NYC
3. Go to Hawaii
4. Drive from one coast to the other, stopping along the way
5. Getting down to a size 4 (Maybe more of a pipe dream than a bucket list- but if the Big Man upstairs is watching and could help me out here, that'd be great- HA!)
6. Take my son to football games at every SEC school. (100% positive this is on JM's list too!)
7. Take my son to a Packer game at Lambeau Field.
8. Learn how to sew
9. Take dance lessons (maybe with the hubs! AND it may help with #5- ha!)
10. Give Jag a little brother or sister (alright, not anytime soon, calm down)
11. Buy a house on the beach to retire
12. Take my husband to see Tim Tebow play
13. Go back to college and get a masters in something I love
14. Get my children through college, debt free (well, for them) so they can start life with a clean slate.
15. Make sure I take enough photos to show memories, but not take so many that I have no memories. Sometimes the experience is worth more than the picture!
Ok, so I add and change these often. But, today, that's where I am at.
Quick Life Updates:
Jag got tubes 2 weeks ago. I sobbed as they took him back and no joke, 10 minutes later he was done. The anesthesia was tough for him to come out of and all he wanted was his mommy. I know it killed JM, but I honestly loved every snuggly second of his mommy-wanting day. Sigh. Does it get better than a warm, curled up baby just wanted to sleep close to you? I don't think so.
We bought a new car. Well, used, but new to us. Ford Taurus X. 2008. Only 30,000 miles. We got a great deal. Too bad in the 3 weeks we have owned it we had to fix the heated seats and now have a transmission problem. I know its under warranty, but are you listening, Ford!? I just wanted a sporty mom wagon that made it easy for me to get my baby J in and out without having to heave his 22 lb self and myself onto our large SUV. Seriously. Can I catch a break here?!?
Second, another post to follow regarding my day yesterday.
Love to all!
S
Monday, November 15, 2010
Bloggers get 50 Free Cards from Shutterfly
I know, 2 posts from me in one day?!? Is it Christmas? Ha, not quite yet, but with Thanksgiving nearing, I am brought to one of my favorite times of the holiday.
ITS CHRISTMAS CARDS, YA'LL!
I know that it may be the type A in me, but I love coming up with fun, always photo Christmas cards. In the past, this gets expensive and usually causes a little distress with the hubs. Good thing I stumbled across an AMAZING deal for bloggers. Shutterfly.com is giving away 50 FREE Christmas cards if you blog about them. Seriously. Free. 50! Woo Hoo!
After perusing through the Christmas Cards, I decided on a few faves. Let me know what you think about THIS, THAT and ANOTHER card. I would have to say that I love all three and think baby J's precious face will make for a GREAT card this year.
Since J is the only grandchild on each side, I am thinking to do some customized, maybe monogrammed ;-), gifts. I am loving the photo tote and photo books. I think that either would be perfect for the Grandmas. I may even do one of the photo books with some pics from the big milestones in J's life thus far- as I think photos are way better than the baby book that I am barely keeping up.
I am totally going to talk JM into getting me some of our new family photos on a canvas. I am loving these right now- especially because the save me from shopping for frames, which, I guess in a way, saves me money, right?
If I love the Christmas cards as much as I think I will, I am going to have to hit Shutterfly up for J's first birthday. Sigh. Can it be possible that his birthday is so close? Where does the time go?
Ok, now that I have totally given all my Christmas secrets away, go to shutterfly.com if you have a blog. They will email you instructions so that you, too, can get the 50 free cards. What better Christmas gift to give to yourself than something memorable and FREE!?!?
ITS CHRISTMAS CARDS, YA'LL!
I know that it may be the type A in me, but I love coming up with fun, always photo Christmas cards. In the past, this gets expensive and usually causes a little distress with the hubs. Good thing I stumbled across an AMAZING deal for bloggers. Shutterfly.com is giving away 50 FREE Christmas cards if you blog about them. Seriously. Free. 50! Woo Hoo!
After perusing through the Christmas Cards, I decided on a few faves. Let me know what you think about THIS, THAT and ANOTHER card. I would have to say that I love all three and think baby J's precious face will make for a GREAT card this year.
Since J is the only grandchild on each side, I am thinking to do some customized, maybe monogrammed ;-), gifts. I am loving the photo tote and photo books. I think that either would be perfect for the Grandmas. I may even do one of the photo books with some pics from the big milestones in J's life thus far- as I think photos are way better than the baby book that I am barely keeping up.
I am totally going to talk JM into getting me some of our new family photos on a canvas. I am loving these right now- especially because the save me from shopping for frames, which, I guess in a way, saves me money, right?
If I love the Christmas cards as much as I think I will, I am going to have to hit Shutterfly up for J's first birthday. Sigh. Can it be possible that his birthday is so close? Where does the time go?
Ok, now that I have totally given all my Christmas secrets away, go to shutterfly.com if you have a blog. They will email you instructions so that you, too, can get the 50 free cards. What better Christmas gift to give to yourself than something memorable and FREE!?!?
Thanks-giving
Who can believe that Thanksgiving is around the corner!? Yikes. Next week. Seriously, this year has FLOWN by and I cannot believe that in LESS than 3 short months, I will be the parent of a one year old. Stop. The. World.
I cannot stop giving thanks for this guy. He is the swe
etest little boy. He is the most adorable, fun, silly, happy and the absolute light of my life. Honestly, I just cannot believe that I have been blessed with this little guy.
Speaking of thanks, we got the giving part down this weekend. Dear Goodwill worker that took the two carloads of items we brought- THANK YOU! I am sorry to bombard you but when Momma starts purging she just CANNOT stop! I was so glad to get rid of many items that we just no longer use. RIP Ab Dolly from 2002- I can honestly say I never really used you. Doesn't getting rid of clutter just make you feel awesome!? AND if that clutter goes to giving people jobs and keeping Abby busy with her awesome thrift store finds? Bonus.
Hope all have a great week. More to come soon- I really mean it this time. Really.
I cannot stop giving thanks for this guy. He is the swe
etest little boy. He is the most adorable, fun, silly, happy and the absolute light of my life. Honestly, I just cannot believe that I have been blessed with this little guy.Speaking of thanks, we got the giving part down this weekend. Dear Goodwill worker that took the two carloads of items we brought- THANK YOU! I am sorry to bombard you but when Momma starts purging she just CANNOT stop! I was so glad to get rid of many items that we just no longer use. RIP Ab Dolly from 2002- I can honestly say I never really used you. Doesn't getting rid of clutter just make you feel awesome!? AND if that clutter goes to giving people jobs and keeping Abby busy with her awesome thrift store finds? Bonus.
Hope all have a great week. More to come soon- I really mean it this time. Really.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Brunette- To be or not to be?
Here is an intellectual post....ready? Go:
Having a baby makes your (or at least my) roots darker. Fact.
Darker roots means having to dye more often. Fact.
Box hair dye (blonde) turns my hair orange. Fact.
Salon dye jobs are costly. Fact.
Going "natural" is free. Fact.
Or the new bruentte Sallie?
So what do you think? (And please ignore my fat face. Ugh.)
Tuesday Tales
So, its been 2 months since I posted. Ah! What can I say? Life Happens.
September and October were full of lots of weddings, birthdays and happy times.
JM turned the big "3-0"! He was not so excited, so I wrote out a 3 and 0 on his cake instead of exposing him to the flames of 30 actual candles. Aren't I a great wife?
He celebrated by having a bit too much "fun" and losing his debit card...which I cancelled. At 2 am. Happy birthday, babe!
With fall, came a bit colder temperatures. I had to get Baby J a new hat. Its a moose, its from Carters and it looks adorable on my 22 lb (you got that right!) baby boy.
He loves his "baba"...not as much as "dada" which-by the way- is the only thing he will say now. Everything is "dada" and I cannot wait for the day that "mama" pops out of his sweet mouth.
Speaking of sweet mouths, my poor guy has had thrush for 4 weeks. Stop. the. world. 4 weeks!?! I have dishwashed every thing he uses every day, sprayed Lysol on all fabric toys, given medicine faithfully and he STILL has it. Sigh. Along with another ear infection- its off to the ENT specialist to see if we need tubes.
Good thing his appetite isn't affected- did I mention he is 22 lbs!?! We are now in the "big" boy carseat. We were so blessed because JM's cousins have twins so they GAVE us 2 Britax Blvd. carseats. Yes, GAVE. Can you believe that? We were so excited not to have to spend ANY money and have one for EACH car.
I took Jag to a pumpkin patch on a cold and blistery day. I would love to say we stayed for a while, but it was windy, and I needed to get him home- so I took approx. 500 photos in 15 minutes and then we headed home- ha! But, if I do say so- he is the most precious PUMPKIN in the patch!
Last weekend, I got reunited with some long missed sisters. I love these girls. Seriously.
A few examples of how I know my sisters and I are kindred spirits:
1. I had been talking to my mother in law about how I wanted a blazer because I LOVE the t-shirt blazer jean trend going on. And what do you know? MR shows up in a blazer from American Eagle. I may be 28 (as of the 24th!) but I am so getting it.
2. My sweet friend, L, is 3 months pregnant. I am so happy for her and Mr. L as they partake on this ride- buckle up- it is an adventure for sure :-)
3. LLR, my favorite person on Earth (especially when she's out), drinks KY Bourbon Ale. I love her. So. So. Much.
4. My adorable former roomie, S, has a new bf that she loves. And he loves her. Is there anything better than be happy for someone who deserves it SOOOOO much? S is the best "aunt" to my son in the world and an amazing friend to have. We may be in different "seasons" of our lives but when we are together, nothing else matters but being happy, encouraging and a joy to each other.
5. True friends are so rare. I am so glad I have these gals!
Listen, raising a sweet baby boy, taking care and paying attention to my marriage are #1...working full time is the time suck that takes away most of my blogging time and ability. More posts are to come soon...I hope :-)
September and October were full of lots of weddings, birthdays and happy times.
JM turned the big "3-0"! He was not so excited, so I wrote out a 3 and 0 on his cake instead of exposing him to the flames of 30 actual candles. Aren't I a great wife?
He celebrated by having a bit too much "fun" and losing his debit card...which I cancelled. At 2 am. Happy birthday, babe!
With fall, came a bit colder temperatures. I had to get Baby J a new hat. Its a moose, its from Carters and it looks adorable on my 22 lb (you got that right!) baby boy.
He loves his "baba"...not as much as "dada" which-by the way- is the only thing he will say now. Everything is "dada" and I cannot wait for the day that "mama" pops out of his sweet mouth.
Speaking of sweet mouths, my poor guy has had thrush for 4 weeks. Stop. the. world. 4 weeks!?! I have dishwashed every thing he uses every day, sprayed Lysol on all fabric toys, given medicine faithfully and he STILL has it. Sigh. Along with another ear infection- its off to the ENT specialist to see if we need tubes.
Good thing his appetite isn't affected- did I mention he is 22 lbs!?! We are now in the "big" boy carseat. We were so blessed because JM's cousins have twins so they GAVE us 2 Britax Blvd. carseats. Yes, GAVE. Can you believe that? We were so excited not to have to spend ANY money and have one for EACH car.
I took Jag to a pumpkin patch on a cold and blistery day. I would love to say we stayed for a while, but it was windy, and I needed to get him home- so I took approx. 500 photos in 15 minutes and then we headed home- ha! But, if I do say so- he is the most precious PUMPKIN in the patch!
Last weekend, I got reunited with some long missed sisters. I love these girls. Seriously.
A few examples of how I know my sisters and I are kindred spirits:
1. I had been talking to my mother in law about how I wanted a blazer because I LOVE the t-shirt blazer jean trend going on. And what do you know? MR shows up in a blazer from American Eagle. I may be 28 (as of the 24th!) but I am so getting it.
2. My sweet friend, L, is 3 months pregnant. I am so happy for her and Mr. L as they partake on this ride- buckle up- it is an adventure for sure :-)
3. LLR, my favorite person on Earth (especially when she's out), drinks KY Bourbon Ale. I love her. So. So. Much.
4. My adorable former roomie, S, has a new bf that she loves. And he loves her. Is there anything better than be happy for someone who deserves it SOOOOO much? S is the best "aunt" to my son in the world and an amazing friend to have. We may be in different "seasons" of our lives but when we are together, nothing else matters but being happy, encouraging and a joy to each other.
5. True friends are so rare. I am so glad I have these gals!
Listen, raising a sweet baby boy, taking care and paying attention to my marriage are #1...working full time is the time suck that takes away most of my blogging time and ability. More posts are to come soon...I hope :-)
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