sex & the city: a review

kendra and i decided that we wanted to see the new sex and the city movie at midnight last night...the earliest possible showing! we've had a less than exhilarating week at work so we made a night of it. first up was mexican at chapala...we shared so we could get candy at the movie! we usually go to sweet factory but decided bulk candy from winco - ghetto, but cheap, used to work there... lots of stories... i should share...

after our candy run we watched a few episodes to get us all geared up and headed to the theater which was a mad house! so weird... all the people there were all dressed up like they were going out on the town in the city...kendra kept saying "what do they think sarah jessica is going to be here?" haha... it was annoying but amusing.

anyway... to the movie... so good! you must see it! i'm very impressed with how well they did at keeping it like the show and not making things too unrealistic for the characters. it has inspired me to start from the beginning of the show and watch all the episodes again. i feel like they haven't made good tv shows like this in a long time... other than brothers and sisters, which i ADORE!

Happy Birthday Blog!

today is the 1 year blogiversary of Our Little Life. first of all - i can't believe its been a year! i remember starting this blog and racking my brain to figure out what to write. now i am a blog whore (sorry i know that is a vulgar word...but it really describes it!)...all i want to do is read and write blogs. when i tell people this that aren't into blogging they don't get it. do you find that? its a little (well actually big) secret society that you can only understand if you are truly immersed. signs that you are truly immersed in blog culture...

1. you have so many blogs bookmarked you have no choice but to use google reader
2. you get a little sad when you check your aforementioned reader and there isn't a little bold number indicating there are new posts to check
3. you feel like you know people you've never met and you heart them (its called a blog crush...its ok...everyone has them)
4. you blog stalk people (this is also perfectly acceptable) - once you feel comfortable you will leave a comment
5. you find so many amazing ideas that you like you have to seek out a special organizing scheme (when you stumble upon google notebook you feel like life is complete)
6. you walk through life wondering - 'should i/can i blog about this?' 'should i take a picture?' (so i can blog about this)

that is all i can think of for now. other than the blog whore i've become since last may many other things have happened. probably the biggest life decisions (1. get married 2. move across the world) we have ever made were made. i hit my lowest low and thanks to my support system (too many to link to!) and wellbutrin i am still here to blog =).

i'm sure there were other things, but now i'm ready to move on to a list of my favorite blogs (that aren't our friends & family)... hope you enjoy!

angry chicken
posey gets cozy
one more moore
homemade by jill
bakerella
my happy little life
dooce
soulemama

p.s. i missed my 100th post... apparently it occurred sometime in April... happy 100+ posts too!

p.p.s. grant is now a contributor to this blog so look forward to posts straight from him!

depressing...

1. isn't this funny, but not really so funny? this picture TOTALLY captures how i feel every time i drive by a gas station. i had a minor freak-out yesterday when i pulled into one that listed regular for $4.15 a gallon! WHAT??? we are trying not to spend money from our checking account so that it will balance and we can be sure we have what we think we have (i know i'm long winded...its just how i am!).......... SO i was avoiding going to costco to get gas (they only take debit)...i promptly turned my car around...waited in 15 minutes of traffic to get into the costco parking lot and another 10 in line but i got gas for $3.67 a gallon. Such a steal, right? is our country going to be able to handle this? i am nervous...i think i need to start taking the bus...

2. grant is in indianapolis for the national ACSM conference...i'm VERY jealous that he is there and i am here. he gets to see all our friends! i'm happy for him though...he got to go on the department's dime because he got the ACSM Foundation Grant! i'm so very proud of him (he got two other awards too...the little stud!)

good weekend

we had plans to go to washougal to camp this weekend, but as the weekend neared the weather made us decide to stay home. this was a novel idea... the two of us have not had a weekend alone together since at least march. this was SO needed. i love grant so much and although day to day life together is great i really cherish the times when we sit on the couch and watch a movie with wine and a fire or sleep in and cuddle till we want to get up, instead of when the alarm goes off. the only time i enjoy cooking is when we can take our time and prepare a meal together. it was a very good weekend indeed!

friday
-made this together and paired it with ciabatta bread - YUMM
-watched this movie with a few glasses of wine

saturday
-spent the morning at saturday market and bought fresh strawberries, amazing olive oil, and fresh flowers
-spent the day apart (g-bball n-crafting)
-went to the vintage for dinner (fondu = yumm) and had a night in of homemade guac, salsa, chips, coronas & our favorite card game (i won! - never happens)


-watched this HILARIOUS skit on SNL - funnier after you see the actual commercial!

sunday
-slept in & made breakfast
-day at home (n-crafting g-data)
-mom & tim came down we had dinner at BJs with joel as our server (i heart pizzookies)
-saw indiana jones (it was ok)
-watched the great debaters (it was awesome!)

monday
-grant is making someone very cold in the environmental chamber - 3 hours at 40 degrees fahrenheit in only shorts and t-shirt...BRR! you couldn't make me do that for any amount of money
-i have been on the couch for 4 hours online the whole time...i really do have a problem. i'm getting up now though...really! i am!

sure you wanted to know all the details, right? but this is like a journal for us too...so i want to remember this weekend in detail! have a great week!

i HEART embroidery!!!!! (i REALLY heart it!)

i've been inspired by people (like her) who embroider for a while now so this weekend i decided to give it a try.

i used this book (i also heart the library) to get some pointers and went to it. it was surprisingly easy and now everything i look at i think about what i can stitch on it! i really want to get to a point where i can draw my own designs, but for now i'm using graphite paper to transfer designs to fabric and then stitch over it. BEST craft ever! love them! don't you wonder what this 'mr & mrs' embroidery will turn out to be??

PS..here are a few new sites i'm excited about: robot jumping rope & top secret recipes oh...and i love ALL of the links from this post (my morning has been spent devouring them all...)

such a good night

this was my thursday night...organizing embroidery thread by color, AMAZING dark chocolate, wine, & to top it off I got to watch Grey's at its actual time for the first time all season AND it was the season finale - 2 hours! (i usually miss it due to The Office and have to later watch it online...i'm usually very far behind) it was SUCH a good night...