Sunday, October 28, 2012

Susie-home-maker syndrome

In the last 12 months, I've had some alarming opinion and thought process changes. I'll be honest, I have shocked many of my friends and family members with the changes. I have even shocked myself - literal dropped jaw after some of these revelations. I guess it's part of growing up.

One thing I have recently noticed is my seriously crazy need to cook, bake, clean, host, ensure proper ambiance using the correct holiday decor (flowers, decorations, snacks...) which I refer to as Susie-home-maker syndrome. Like all the rest of you do, so clearly not creative but fitting.

On a typical Sunday, you'll find me hovering in the kitchen doing a number of things.
  • Making dinner that will last me all week. This involves my crock pot or a large saucepan full of soup/stew/pasta/etc.
  • Making breakfast to last me all week. Baked oatmeal/cinnamon rolls/veggie egg bake
  • Washing dishes
  • Cleaning out the fridge of anything that's not edible
I also take time to meal plan for the next week, do laundry, figure out my next piece of wall art, paint my nails, devise a plan to save the world and watch a rom-com to end the evening.

I need to fetch my baked oatmeal - peace out homies and enjoy the week. xoxo -B (aka Superwoman)

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Like a calico cat

Whenever I go through life changes, I tend to change the color of my hair as well. I have been all over the hair color spectrum - from very very blond to black, and every color in between. I am a natural blond, and for a while was using box hair dye to transform my beautiful blond locks into dark, super edgy black strands. I was going through a phase in which I thought I was really cool... aka punk/emo/weird.

Getting my blond hair back from this terrible life choice was no easy feat. The initial bleaching was awful... I looked in the mirror and freaked out. My hair literally looked like a calico cat. I remember because I told my stylist Michele "My hair is awful... I look like a freaking calico cat!"... or something along those lines. She was able to fix the terrible copper/orange color and bring me back to my roots, literally.

I went to Michele for a visit yesterday, needed a pop of color in my life. During my transformation, I learned some new things about my dear friend and hair stylist. Apparently... she has not always had the best hair ever. She once had a mullet because she cut her own hair, at the tender age of 5 (I'm not exactly sure what age, I just made up a number. She could have been 15.) using a cuticle scissors. I asked her what exactly she was thinking when she cut her hair, she said she wasn't sure. But what she did know was that after she took a nice chunk out of her hair, she had a great reason for it.

As a child, her family had a long-haired black cat named Cricket. According to Michele, Cricket the long haired black cat had started to grow blond hair... and Michele had to cut the blond hair off of cricket. This reason caused me to go into a hysterical laughing fit for 76 seconds. Thank you for the story Michele. You made my day yesterday. You also made my hair look really awesome, thank you for that as well!

The rest of the conversation was pretty great as well but I won't bore you with our secrets. Time to get in the shower and get ready for this Packer game! GOOOOO PACK!!!

Saturday, October 13, 2012

A baby shower with a twist

At the tender age of 27/28, it's likely that many of your friends, like mine, are in monogamous relationships, getting married and having children. My best friend had her baby shower today (So excited for you Ashley!!!) and it was a blast. I am so excited for the arrival of the little dude! Yay!

I sat with a rather rowdy group of girls - Jill, Kelly and Michele. We go back to the days of High School. We have always managed to have some of the most ridiculous conversations since that time. Today was no exception. As Ashley and Bobby opened the little treasures that will help keep their little guy clean, warm and comfortable, we couldn't help but compare those presents to how we could use them in our daily lives as well. Here is what I remember of the conversation... It was kind of a train wreck.

  • Adult size burp cloths... You know for those unexpected times you just need to puke, you should probably have something to wipe your mouth.
  • Adult diapers and ice diapers... I think both are pretty self explanatory. Some need them more than others.
  • Poodles... I kind of was lost in the concept. vnajdhtnweuiafdvakwejt
  • Child size smoking robe... inappropriate to the n-th degree. But for some reason, the thought of a tiny human wearing a robe and slippers, walking across a mahogany floor smoking a cigar is fucking hilarious.
  • Jill's first girl... she will be a Snooki and gave us permission to dress her like Snooki when the time is appropriate.
  • Kelly's first child... She said it will be a cold day in hell when she has any kids
  • Read to your children... Jill shouts "My mom didn't read to me" and clearly it has affected her entire life as a person. Kelly taught her to read.
  • Michele's first child... her cat Charlie. She and Tom love to put yogurt and ice cream on his face and watch him try and lick it off. Seriously I can't wait for them to have kids.
  • Bridget's first child... I'll probably have triplets, knowing my luck. I will make baby noises at my child/children until the day I die. Gosh the lucky future little ones. And the lucky future partner... One word comes to mind. WINNING.
  • Ashley's first child... will be sanitized on a daily basis. And frequently baby-sat by the mothers. All of them, collectively.
What an amazing group of friends I have. I can't wait until we ALL have kids....

Monday, October 8, 2012

Robsten, you sneaky little couple

On July 24th, 2012 at approximately 8:00 PM, I found out some very disturbing information. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson broke up, due to a "lapse in judgement" on her behalf... Note to self, don't make out with a married movie director if you're in a relationship and want to stay in that relationship.

Today it's reported that they are actually back together. You are soooo sneaky! It does make me uncontrollably happy they decided to work things out. Impeccable timing though, right as they start promoting Breaking Dawn part 2!!! Which I am so excited to see!