who's counting

me! again.

24 - extra hours this year

4,116 - miles traveled

82 - hours with some of my favorite people

3 - people i missed more than anything

75 - minutes showered by myself

2 - awful horrifying ridiculous disturbing traumatizing flights

9 - our fathers said on flight #1

3 - hours spent choking back my vomit on flight #2

22 - straight hours awake

14 - hours traveled by myself

847 - squats and lunges in body works class

1 1/2 - hours with ellen degeneres, aaaagain

3 - huge names dropped as we got a behind the scenes tour of the warner bros poperty

631 - tv's they have going at once in the control room

5 - different colors (that may be pushing it) in ellen's closet, holy neutral batman

1 - squirrel that does tricks, for realz

200 - dollars in gift cards won

9+ - hours shopping

hundreds - spent shopping

1 - good hour spent being pampered

2 - baseball games won!

5 - (at least) hours dancing like an idiot

4,526 - calories averaged a day

3 - lbs gained

3rd - season of friends watched in it's entirity

3 - stuffed carry-on's due to shopping

4 - very happy hearts reunited

"By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class." ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

who's counting?

me! again...remember?!

12 - whole days that it was us 3 girls, missing our daddy on his fishing trip...

5 - days we spent swimming...

1 - call to the dr
1 - trip to the dr
1 - trip to church

4 - trips to blockbuster
5 - movie nights (little mermaid 2, cinderella, ratatouille, strawberry shortcake's berrywood, fox and the hound)

4 - manicures
5 - pedicures

1 - dog bathed, twice
82 - coupons clipped (i actually counted them)
3 - picnics

41 - paint samples collected (which some have 4-6 colors on them)
1 - room painted...

[i get really bored with my house and love to paint my walls - a lot. i was nervous doing a house project without discussing it with j, so i left him a little note...]

2 - times it actually got painted cuz i didn't like the first color

1 - very happy daddy when he did return. :) he noticed right away and he likes it. whew.

3 - times i cut grass
5 - times out to eat...

3 - closets cleaned and re-organized
1 - fallen down baby bird's nest

2 - new "guests" taken care of

6 - trips to target (i need target shopper's anonymous, like now)
3 - playdates

1 - little girl registered for school :(
1 - birthday party planned for that same little girl :)

1 - big piece of furniture ordered ;)
1 - minivan serviced

5 - bugs killed inside the house :(
1 - ridiculously cute and frustrating sleepover in the living room (yep - i slept in the crack)

a million - laughs and melt my heart moments i had with my two girls!
countless - butterflies i had when i locked eyes with j through the front window when he arrived home!
approximately 17, 280 - minutes we really really missed daddy, but made the best of it!

all in 12 days! are you counting anything lately ladies?! i'd love to hear it!

"For you see, each day I love you more
Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow."~Rosemonde Gerard