Everyone's Irish on March 17th, even my dog

I'm half Irish and embrace all the fun traditions that we Irish have - that being wearing green and drinking beer :-) Of course, I didn't want our pup to miss out on the fun so I've been parading her around all day wearing her cute little "Pet Me I'm Irish" t-shirt. She is such a cute dog and dressing her up only makes her that much cuter.

Hope the luck of the Irish was with you and yours on this fine, sunny St. Paddy's Day.

U is for…

Unconditional love
Keith, my hubby, my best friend. I feel like he loves me unconditionally. I’m quite sure I am not the easiest person to live with yet he never complains. After all these years he still makes me laugh, says he can’t tell whether I have on make up or not and says I’m just as sexy in lingerie as I am in sweatpants. He epitomizes a moral standard and work ethic that I hope my kids grow to inherit. He has an amazing internal compass and has become quite the weatherman due to all of his flight training. You could throw him the keys to any type of vehicle (land, air or sea) and he would be able to maneuver it with ease. There are so many songs that remind me how good I have it: Donna Lewis’ “Always & Forever”, Salt N Pepper‘s “What A Man”, Colbie Caillat’s “Bubbly” & I could go on. I’m a lucky girl.


Uniform, my
I wear basically the same thing everyday. A pair of jeans and a t-shirt with bling on it. Rain or shine, summer or winter, these are my go to clothes. I am actually more comfortable in a pair of jeans than I am in sweatpants. Jean shorts in the summer, capris in the fall, and boot cuts in the winter. My favorite pair was a pair of Size 5 Bongo Jeans I was able to fit into a few months before our wedding. My two other faves were a pair of maternity jeans with silver studs down the outside seam, and some capris with rhinestones on the cuff (yes, more bling). I would love to have a pair of Lucky Jeans . Now please note, I don’t like darkwash jeans, although I do have a pair of black ones. I only like the lighter wash jeans – my favorite look is lighter wash jeans against a rockin’ tan. but that’s another story.


This is one of many installments on the ABCs of Me's. Each week I will feature a different letter of the alphabet and a few corresponding entries on yours truly. This project was inspired by a class I took atBig Picture Classes (Me: The Abridged Version) which was based on a book called Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life

Surprise on the front porch

How cool is it to have friends that go out of their way to make your day?

I'll tell you - way cooler than you could even imagine :-) I found this on my porch the other day from my friend Julie. Love the card, love the adorable little book, and love having her as a friend. Here's to random acts of kindness - go share the love!

My workouts this week...

Busy and productive week at the gym

Monday: Did 24 laps in the pool and then joined a Masters class for another hour. Ended up swimming over 1 1/2 miles
Tuesday: STRIVE class: circuit/interval training for an hour
Wednesday: An hour of ZUMBA!
Thursday: Cycling class - did 10 miles of all hills and sprints, 45 minutes on the elliptical (3 miles) and then a STRIVE class - I was completely drenched and exhausted after 2 hours and 15 minutes of working my butt off!
Friday: Alas, no gym today because my little munchkin was sick, the only workout I got today was my fingers on the computer, blogging, emailing and doing my taxes - ick!