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I saw this on like 5 blogs I subscribe to today!  So to avoid feeling totally left out, I’ll join :)

A. Age: 26

B. Bed size: Queen

C. Chore you hate: Dishes

D. Day: Saturdays. 

E. Essential start to your day: Colin’s laugh

F. Favorite color: Pink.

G. Gold or Silver: White Gold

H. Height: 5’8”

I. Instruments: I played Clarinet in Jr. high, and I play Bass guitar…BADLY

J. Job title: Owner :)

K. Kids:1

L. Live: In AZ

M. Mom’s name: LaLa (well that’s what Colin calls her)

N. Nicknames: Stac, Babe, Mommy

O. Overnight hospital stays: 2, once when I had Colin, and once at 11 months when I broke my leg at the babysitters.

P. Pet peeve: Ignorance.

Q. Quote from a movie: “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Rhett in Gone With The Wind

R. Right or left handed: Rightie

S. Siblings: Sort of

T. Time you wake up: Morning

U. Underwear: Yes I own lots of it.

V. Vegetables you dislike: None that I can think of.

W. What makes you run late: A kid, and a husband who both are slow!

X. X-Rays you’ve had: More then most adults by the time I was 2

Y. Yummy food you make: Lots of stuff. 

Z. Zoo: Didn’t realize how amazing it was until I took Colin.

Thanks Bookish Penguin!

Five Things I’m Grateful For

1. The hubs, tomorrow (Tuesday) is our anniversary and I’m so lucky to have him.  

2. My family, for those of you who don’t know it’s the four of us, Charles, Colin, my mom and myself.  They are always up for an adventure, I love that we have so much fun together.

3. Losing 30lbs, since starting after Colin was born I’ve lost 30lbs which is not a lot until you factor in 2 pregnancies and miscarriages, it’s tough on your body.  Saturday I went bathing suit shopping for the first time since Colin was born, not only am I smaller then before I’m in a tankini I wouldn’t have dreamed of getting into before.

4. The library, I love grabbing up lots of cookbooks and trying new things.

5. The newspaper, without it we would not have found this amazing new farmers market ( a real one that’s on an actual farm) fresh grown strawberries from less then 15 miles from my house is the most amazing thing EVER.  The pot

Four Things I Can’t Stop Thinking About

1. A new project I’m not ready to bring to the public just yet.  If it all works out it will be amazing!

2. Disneyland…it’s going to be awesome!

3. I really need to print some new pictures.

4. Work, I’m very motivated to bring on some new projects and clients.

Three Things I Want To Accomplish This Week

1. Do my hand wash and then clean my bathroom

2. Bring on 1 new project

3. Enjoy an amazing anniversary date with my husband!

Two Things I Am Working To Be Positive About

1. My upcoming project, I really hope it all works out.

2. Being vegetarian again, I hope that I can get a good lot of meals together and stick with it, I feel so much better.  I’m checking out a new book from the library about flexitarian cooking.  Basically it lists vegetarian meals but ways to add meat, this would make it easy for me to cook for myself and the family all at once instead of preparing totally separate meals.

One Random Thing

1. I should have bought angel food cake to go with our strawberries, but the vanilla ice cream with strawberries and chocolate has been pretty amazing!

Thanks Bookish Penguin!

Five Things I’m Grateful For

1. Getting to take Colin to the pool this weekend, we had a blast and he loved it.  The joys of a gym with an indoor pool :)

2. A great weekend, we had a wonderful time just being a family.  Ran some errands and went out for lunch on Saturday but other then that we just enjoyed each other.  It was nice to not have to work.

3. I’m currently working on 2 projects, one is a quick one I’ve worked one before but it will be picking up again next month.  It’s nice to have a lot to do when trying to build relationships and working freelance from home.

4. I was reviewing my last few months of work, and I haven’t had a week where I didn’t have some work, granted some of it I only worked a day or two but still it’s nice to see I’m really doing this.

5. Good books, it had been a while since I got to get sucked in and just really enjoy a book, and I did that this weekend.

Four Things I Can’t Stop Thinking About

1. My finger nails, I chipped one and broke one this weekend so I need to give myself a manicure.

2. How low maintenance I’ve become, I used to color my hair, have acrylic nails, and tan…now I go out for the occasional mani/pedi but for the most part I do them myself.  I don’t color my hair anymore, in fact as of my last hair cut I’m all natural.  And I haven’t tanned in years.  These are all good things I suppose, but in some ways I really miss that version of myself.

3. School, I need to get registered and moving again…like now.

4. Babies…it’s really hitting me this week.  We’re done and I’m ok with it because of what we’ve been through and why we lost the babies, but it still breaks my heart in a way I’ve never known before.

Three Things I Want To Accomplish This Week

1. Wash the dogs!  They stink!

2. Finish cleaning my bathroom, I’ve done everything but the tub, I’m not washing the tub then the dogs in a clean tub!

3. Empty my to do list, I’ve got some calls to make and some random stuff that’s been sitting on my to do list for too long!

Two Things I Am Working To Be Positive About

1. Actually finishing that to do list.

2. That the hubs and I might get a date night soon :)

One Random Thing

Thanks again as usual to Bookish Penguin!

Five Things I’m Grateful For

1. I’m feeling better!!!!  Yes I still have a cough but that’s about it.  

2. The physical part of my miscarriage is done, so now I can move forward with the emotional part.  The anger is creeping in but I’m doing my best to deal and keep it at bay

3. Make up - it makes me feel pretty and put together when my mind feels ugly and scattered.

4. Thursday, Charles and I are going to a Yelp Elite event at the Arizona Science Center…I’m so excited!

5. Colin, although he got a little bit of what we had he seems to have conquered pretty well.

Four Things I Can’t Stop Thinking About

1. Nail polish, since taking off my acrylics after umm 10 years! I’m obsessed with buying new polishes and wearing fun colors on my short (finally healthy) nails!

2. Finding a new project, the one I was working on and enjoying had a change in direction.  I basically worked so quickly they got to the point they wanted to earlier then projected.  So they are doing a trial and if I’m available I’ll finish out the project when they’re ready to expand in a few weeks.

3. Buying a new computer, my mom’s desktop is not even on legs anymore it’s so slow and needs replacing.  So I’m looking at some 17 inch laptops to replace her desk top and that means my new computer is next!!  In the fall this year or early next year I’ll be replacing my laptop with a high powered web designing machine of a desktop :) 

4. School, I need to get registered and moving for April. 

Three Things I Want To Accomplish This Week

1. Cleaning my whole house.  Since I’ve felt terrible for one reason or another since before Christmas my house needs some love.  I will be doing that slowly but surely this week.

2. Finding a new project (hopefully the one I’m interviewing for right now)

3. Empty my to do list, this one is a dream but I’d really love to push through the whole thing this week.

Two Things I Am Working To Be Positive About

1. Moving forward from the miscarriage.  I’m in a better place then I was when I lost BTBNL but it’s still hurts.  I can’t even think about baby stuff, on the bright side I sent out my last piece of maternity stuff today so that’s gone.

2. Cleaning, basically that I’ll actually do it, i mean be able to finish it :)

One Random Thing

1. I have a hair appointment Saturday, which is good because I need a trim!

When I have lots of things to post and no time to do the posting…stay tuned.

Bookish Penguin did it today (Tuesday) so I’m jumping on board again…I actually missed it yesterday :)

Five Things I’m Grateful For

1. I had an amazing birthday, besides not feeling well still that is.

2. I am heading to a Yelp theater event on Thursday night with hubs, free theater makes me happy.  Before that I’m getting a FREE blow out at Ulta!

3. I won free tickets on Twitter to see 9-5 The Musical next Tuesday so my mom and I are going to enjoy some more awesome free theater :)

4. I’m really loving make up and I’m glad I got the gene from my mom that makes me love it and actually be good at it.

5. I’m thankful for my blogger friends who are really friends now, they are who I talk to when I’m happy and when I’m sad…I just wish we lived closer together.

Four Things I Can’t Stop Thinking About

1. Date night on Thursday night and hoping high heels and my ankle are friends again.

2. An interview I have in about an hour for a new project I think will be really great.

3. Changing my style up (read having a style again).  I’ve fallen victim to the mommy curse that ruined my wardrobe…I will have my vengeance :)

4. Heading over to the MAC store on Thursday to pick up lots of awesome Wonder Woman stuff :)

Three Things I Want To Accomplish This Week

1. Clean my whole house - TOP TO BOTTOM…remind me of that this weekend.

2. Line up a few new projects.

3. Write up 3 posts for AndroidGals.com

Two Things I Am Working To Be Positive About

1. I’ve got a fight ahead of me with our gas company over some billing issues…I’m not looking forward to dealing with it.

2. Getting some new projects lined up, I always get them, but I always worry when I have any sort of gap between which is silly since then I’m on ChaCha.

One Random Thing

I LOVE MY EVO!!!!!!