Blueberry Ever After

Been thinking about my birthday wish list and came up with a few things:

• One thing I'd love is a mother's necklace, something like one of these:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/43318655/custom-hand-stamped-sterling-silver-i-lo?ref=sr_gallery_10&ga_search_query=to+the+moon+and+back&ga_search_type=&ga_page=3&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

http://www.etsy.com/listing/40615097/hand-stamped-sterling-silver-charm-neckl

http://www.etsy.com/listing/38847108/love-you-to-the-moon-sterling-silver-cir?ref=sr_list_6&ga_search_query=mother%26%2339%3Bs+necklace+star&ga_search_type=&ga_page=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

http://www.etsy.com/listing/16619996/on-the-day-you-were-born-necklacepersona?ref=sr_list_23&ga_search_query=mother%26%2339%3Bs+necklace+star&ga_search_type=&ga_page=2&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

• Subscription to Food Network and/or Cooking Light magazine.
• Bubble bath
• A new watch
• Rain barrels, gardening books (see Amazon wish list), composter.
• Fabulous purse hook
• A carpet steam cleaner. Is this sad? Kind of like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Bissell-ProHeat-Select-Upright-Cleaner/dp/B000ASDCWK/ref=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1271817322&sr=1-41

• New nonstick cookware. Now that we are going to have two kitchens I would like to shift my stainless steel gear to the basement. I like this set for upstairs:

http://www.amazon.com/Anolon-Professional-12-Piece-Nonstick-Hard-Anodized/dp/B00006910G/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1271818251&sr=1-12

• One of these for the new screened in porch would be sweet:

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=16807184&RN=2172

Or I'd take a wanna be equivalent such as this: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=14871942&RN=2172

• Giftcards are always nice!

Here are some scans from Luke's school pictures a few weeks ago. Can you tell he just woke up? What gave it away first, the bedhead or red eyes? These were taken the day he turned 10 months old. And because I am biased and think he is gorgeous even if he did just roll out of bed and have these taken, I am posting them here!

A quick bikini quest 2010 update: I am under the 10 pound mark! Yes, after a disappointing week last week, I got back on track and am down 2 more pounds today for a total of 16.8 pounds lost since January 1st. That means I have only 9.6 pounds to lose to get to my goal weight. Hallelujah!

The best news this week is that while I was in the middle of packing for our move I pulled out a bunch of pants from the spare room closet that I haven't worn in two years and I was able to not only squeeze into, but also button several pairs. These are pre-pregnancy pants people! Maybe everything isn't squeezing back in exactly how it used to, but who cares? Yay for shopping in my own closet! It's way fun.

And since we are heading to up to the 80 degree mark and beyond this weekend maybe I will sweat off a few more pounds since I am a cheapass who won't turn on the AC until absolutely necessary!

This week's Bikini Quest Update:

Okay, so I am a little more than halfway to goal actually. 14.6 pounds down, with 11.8 left to lose. I've lost a whole stone now! I am kind of shocked. When I first started on this weight loss mission, it seemed near impossible. I thought I would have to spend the rest of my life holding onto this extra pregnancy weight. However it seems to be coming off slowly but surely, and the more I lose, the more confident I am in myself that I can really do this.

The best part is that now that my body has adjusted to the portion control I really don't feel deprived. I still get to have my glass of wine with dinner and that is good because the way work has been going lately, I have needed it! Honestly, I feel great. I was really missing feeling good about myself and I feel like I have that back now. It's pretty awesome.

Work has been very busy this week and has prevented me from getting to the grocery store to pick up essentials (ie. bread). Last night I decided to make burgers and fries for dinner because not only is that quick and easy, but we had all the ingredients we needed at home so I could put off shopping one more day. Or so I thought. I forgot about the whole bread/bun aspect of burgers. Seeing as we are out of bread and I am already trying to purge our freezer of extraneous food since we are preparing to move, I dug through the freezer and came out with a package of hot dog buns. Hence, the hamdogs we had for dinner were born. I think I did pretty well working with what we had last night, no?

I have to give credit where credit is due on the term hamdog though. This dates back to me and Courtney's 2007 trip to Chicago where I had to employ the same bun tactic, as can be seen in this post.

Never fear, I am getting out to the store today!

Note to self: babyproof the house!