Deal Alert!!! And sunny day ramblings…
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I’m feeling pretty good, today. Despite the allergies flaring up from 2 days of being outdoors (note to self, pop a claritin). I re-did my colors a bit to reflect my colorful mood with this sudden onslaught of Spring! Love it!
Luke refused to take nap #2 earlier, so I decided to make a pot of coffee, get him up, and go for a walk. It was PERFECT timing! I was waiting all day for the sun to come back out from behind the clouds (it was sunny very early and overcast most of the day since then), and it came out JUST as we left for our walk! It was so HOT in the sun I had to take my coat off and stash it under the stroller! The temp was just hovering around 50 degrees – it was so so nice. The sun dried up many of the puddles from yesterday, and the sun was keeping me warm without my coat the whole way. I enjoyed it so much we sat on the front stoop for a while before going back inside after the walk.
We made plans to bring our dinner fixings over to my sister’s tonight. My mom & tim are going to the Sabres game. So I think when Luke gets up (he decided it was time to crash post-walk, gotta love sunshine for that!) we’ll pack up all the ingredients and head over. It’ll be nice to have a change of pace.
Oh oh oh! DEAL ALERT!! Seriously pay attention to this! Do you like gauchos? How do you like them for $4? A friend of mine from Charlotte posted a really great deal on Facebook today. I just took advantage of it, so I thought I’d pass along the deal! The only downside is – they are out of smalls already, and they only have black & white in the mediums. So, it’s kind of limited…but if you wear the black kind constantly in the summer (like I always do!), it’s worth it! Go here – http://dailydeals.target.com/?ref=sc_iw_ss_1 and add 2 pair to your cart. (You need at least 2 because the original deal is buy one get one!) It won’t show the price difference until you go through and put your CC info in. When you get to the last page, after you have all your info updated and JUST BEFORE placing your order, on the right hand side add in this coupon code and update your order – URTYJLI8 . It makes them $4 each and it’s FREE SHIPPING! You just pay tax. For me (in NYS) it was $.32 – so $8.32 for 2 pair!! I ended up getting 2 black because I will NEVER wear the white (I’m NOOOOT a thong girl) so I’ll either use them as a back up or give them to someone.
Enjoy that 🙂
In addition to our walk today, I did the wii fit during nap #1. Tonight is also a work out night, but not sure how that will happen with us going to Mal’s. If I know Matt at all, he will make us do it anyway, no matter how late we get home. I don’t mind, though – I actually hope he does!! I love him holding me accountable! It really feels good, being active again. This (albeit slightly) warmer weather is definitely helping my motivation in that regard!
When we were on our walk, I was watching people go to and from their homes and I was SO JEALOUS! I mean, I know I call this place home (and really, I grew up here, so it does hold some sort of "home value" to me), but I really and truly miss being a home owner. It is one thing that I don’t think I’ll ever get over about Charlotte. That was my HOME. The house that I decorated, that I painted in my choices of colors, that I took care of my family in, hell – that was where my baby was made!! I will always always always miss that house. And while he was a God sent at the time, I sort of resent our buyer for getting to live in it, now.
Anyway….my point…
I’m dying to search for more houses, but I just know I’ll come up empty handed again. It felt good resolving to stick to a specific (and fantastic) school system, but it’s since felt a little damning considering NO ONE LEAVES THAT DISTRICT. It feels like we’ll have to be in limbo for a LONG time if we insist on living there. I want my home! I know it’s the smarest thing to do – to wait for the RIGHT place where we not only have room to grow, but can feel confident in staying put – knowing that our kids will have the best education we can give them (without sending them to private school, anyway)….and that really IS the most important thing. I just, really want to provide for my son and my husband the way I used to. I feel very limited with that right now.
I keep saying I’m going to scrapbook today and I never end up there. I’ve been distracted by wii fit, and then re-reading Midnight Sun. Ugh, I know! I’m trying REALLY HARD to NOT fall back into the Twilight series AGAIN (at least yet) so this is my Edward fix. And actually, it’s a much better fix than the books….I think, anyway. I think I’m going to push myself to at least get a layout done. I need to get caught up!!!