Walking in a Winter Wonderland - 35/365

Jim is such a great daddy to Brinkley. He ALWAYS makes sure Brinkley gets to go outside whatever the day and whatever the weather. Brinkley gets over walked sometimes in the summer because my mom and I walk every morning around 8, then in the evenings, Jim, Reagan and I go to a wooded trail and "hike". The winter poses some challenges for outdoor sports, especially with a little person, so Jim always makes sure Brinkley gets some form of exercise even if it's just throwing the ball in the backyard. Most of the time though, they go for at least a 10 minute walk down the street. Brinkley really appreciates getting to stretch his legs and he's always so happy when he comes home. If Reagan and I are playing he comes bounding in, wagging his tail, almost like he wants to tell us he had fun. 

 The photo of the day is Jim and Brinkley heading out for their stroll.....

Brinkley says "Thanks, daddy!"

Super Bowl Sunday - 34/365

It's Super Bowl Sunday! And yet another Super Bowl Sunday that our Browns aren't in it. 

Oh well..."There is always next year!"

 Super Bowl Sunday usually means beer, pizza, veggie trays and chips! We had it all here this evening. We weren't attending any parties or anything so we just had a small private party for the three of us. We made our own flatbread pizzas, small veggie/cheese tray and cracked open a few Blue Moons! Perfect party! Our spread is the photo of the day along with the 49ers and Ravens helmets. 

The Ravens kicked butt in the first half leading 21-6 at halftime. At the start of the half, half the lights went out in the Superdome, which caused a 1/2 hour delay. That's a lot of halves...Lol!
49ers made a huge rally and almost came back to win, but ultimately the
Ravens win Super Bowl XLVII with a score of 34-31.

The helmets are from our NFL gumball helmet collection. We use those to plan out the Browns schedules on our shelf downstairs in the Browns basement. We then move them to win or lose columns, A LOT of the helmets end up on the "losing" side of the TV...LOL! 

Go BROWNS!

Adrienne in Action - 33/365

Today we headed up to Twinsburg to watch Jim's sister, Adrienne, take the stage in a performance of The Music Man. The Music Man is the story of a sleazy salesman who turns his life around after finding love with the librarian. 

Adrienne played the role of Maud Dunlop, extremely well. She had at least three costume changes, including a big hat, yoga outfit and a toga. She rocked the toga! The whole production was fantastic with a cast of nearly 200 people! Adrienne was the star of the show for us and we were thrilled to be able to see her in action! 

We also had a yummy dinner at the Blue Canyon Kitchen to kick off the evening. All in all, a perfect day! 

The photo of the day is us with Adrienne. We're so proud of you! ♥

Cat Nap - 32/365

Our cat Brandy, is like THE LAZIEST cat on the planet. She does nothing but lay in her blanket, all day, everyday! Most of the time she gets up about 3:00pm and moves to the dining room to lay in the sun beams. Then around 4:30 she stands in the kitchen and meows until you give her dinner. When she's done, she jumps up on the the back of the couch to sleep.

 90% of the time you can find her on or around the couch. She loves when we take our nice warm fluffy blankets and form like a birds nest for her. She will sit in that "nest" forever! We do it every night before we go to bed. I didn't end up leaving the house today and every time I looked, she was still curled up in that blanket. She did NOT move ALL day! ALL DAY! She was in the nest when Jim left for work and she was still in it around 4pm. 

We do love our little Brandy girl. She has had a rough go of it over her little life. She had pretty severe kidney problems for awhile which caused her to be on home dialysis, which was NOT fun. Knock on wood, she's been pretty healthy for the last couple years. She's going on 13 years old, so I suppose she can curl up in her blanket as much as she wants. I think Jim and I are just a bit jealous she get's all that "blanket" time. LOL! She is our photo of the day.

Girls Night Out - 31/365

Tonight was girls night out! Jennifer and I have birthday's that are only three days apart and every year we try to do a family dinner to celebrate together. Well, with us being away, we got a little delayed in our dinner. We decided to celebrate tonight but as it turned out, all our husbands were doing other things. Therefore, we decided to go without them and have a little girls night out. We had a great night with good food and VERY good wine...LOL!

 Love my favorite girls! We are the photo of the day!

Oh, and ya me for completing the first full month of this project! 11 more to go! Thank you to those of you that take the time to acknowledge this blog with your sweet comments or your "likes". They keep me motivated and make me smile, each one means A LOT! :) ♥

Juvenile Delinquent- 30/365

It seems we may be raising a juvenile delinquent. Today, my mom, Reagan and I were out running some errands for Reagan's birthday party. We were standing in line at JoAnn Fabrics and on the end caps by the register, they have all kinds of candy. Reagan kept saying "Reaga want yummy yummies." Which means, M&M's. I told her "No, we're going to lunch. You can't have yummy yummies for lunch". We got up to the check out with Reagan still sitting in the buggy. The cashier was ringing up all our stuff while we all just small talked. I happened to look over and Reagan had a bag of M&M's in her hands, that she got open somehow, and had chocolate all over her face. This all happened in a matter of 30 seconds, NO LIE! It was totally amazing! I gasped and said "Reagan! Oh my God! How did you do that!? You're just like a little thief!" The cashier got a big kick out of it and rang up the "theft" so we didn't get tackled at the door...LOL! I was too in shock to get a picture at the moment so we "staged" a little jail bird. Here is the photo of the day....

Lazy Laptop Day - 29/365

I had a nice relaxing day with my laptop. My mom took Reagan so that I could start weeding through the 2907 pictures I took in Disneyland. That's right, 2907... and it wasn't enough. There are still things I think of and I say, "Damn, I didn't get to take a picture of that" or "I wish I would have taken a picture of that." Gives me a reason to go back though. I also have a terrible time hitting the delete button on any picture, even blurry ones, I know it's a necessity though. 

Sorting pictures also takes me forever because I use Lightroom to organize all my pictures. All pictures get numerous tags so that I can find a specific picture easily. It's A TON of work! Especially on a trip this big but down the road I can just type for example "Reagan, Mickey" and every picture I have of Reagan with Mickey Mouse will come up. YAY! I only managed to get through to the 4th day of our trip. Whew!

 I actually toggled back and forth between archiving pictures and also searching for stuff for Reagan's upcoming birthday party. All in all, it was a much needed day on the couch with my laptop and old school Beverley Hills 90210 episodes...LOL! 

I guess I'm the photo of the day...thanks, tripod!