Author Archives: Chrissie B.

Marriage Can Be Rough!

The hardest part about being married is that you are married to someone who is not you! I have basically lived as a single woman for the past 8 months, and now that my sweetie has moved back home, I am trying re-trying to learn how to live with him all over again! He sure can make it tricky, although I am sure I don’t make his life too peachy at times too.

The biggest issue that I am having right now is that I AM A NEAT FREAK, and we live in a very little place, in relation to how much STUFF we have!!! So, to me, it is really important to keep the house as clean as we are able to, on a daily basis. My sweetie? well…let’s just say, NOT SO MUCH! He is a drop it as soon as I come into the house kinda guy, which drives me BATTY!! I am trying really hard to loosen up, and just be sooo thankful that he is home, and I have been doing REALLY well, too well, because when I got home from a hard day of work today, I walked into my house, and WHAM!!! There was 3 mini mountains of his stuff that he brought home today. OH, not how I wanted to be greeted by my haven, needless to say.

To make a really long, downer-of-a-story short, the “mountains” of stuff are gone, the kitchen is clean, there is the FABULOUS smell of sauteing onions in the air, and I am feeling sooo much better!!! I think that the 100 degree weather, and a crazy busy day at work just made me a little irritable, and my sweetie knows exactly how to make it all better!!! I really do LOVE that man!!! 😉

Right after I finished writing this sentence, my husband called me into my dining room, and he had made me a candlelight dinner!! SO SWEET!!! OK, he’s forgiven!!! 😉

OK, so I am watching this movie from 1956, “You Can’t Run Away From It” with Jack Lemmon and June Allyson, and during the commercial break there was this commercial that was advertising something called a Yonanas, which inspired me to google how to make ice cream using frozen bananas, and honey, you just know mama has to go get her some bananas to try this recipe!!!

Anyway, apparently I was REALLY craving something sweet, because I found myself in the kitchen crunching up some graham crackers, putting them at the bottom of mini carafes, piled on a little mini marshmallows, toss the whole bunch of heavenly goodness under the broiler, and top with some lovely chocolate syrup!!! Yummy, low cal, did I say YUMMY? dessert!!!

Anyway, I am heading upstairs to go spend sometime with my sweetie!!!

Have a FABULOUS evening! 😉

Day of Ups and Emergencies!

WHEW!!! Out of two weeks of absolute craziness, today was a day that I could FINALLY breathe!! HAAAAAAA! I am sure you felt that from where you are sitting!! I am sorry if I just blew your papers off of your desk!!! 😉

OMG, I am watching America’s Got Talent off of my DVR, and there is this little girl, who is only 10 years old, she literally made me stop in my tracks right now!! She sings opera and the voice that comes out of her little body is just AMAZING!! She must have the voice of an angel out on loan, because really WHAT A GIFT!!! She has literally stop me, and my writing of my day, in my tracks!!! Well, honey! you get my vote!!! 😉

Oh, btw, her name is Jackie Evancho.

Well, after a day like today, and an entertaining performance like that, I should just get into my pjs and go to bed now, because it can’t get any better than that!!!

Ok, not really! I have had a really good day, I had a mini crisis this morning at work, but my co-worker was there to give me a hand, thanks T!! Then I was able to just plug away with one task at a time, and before I knew it I was crossing things off of my to-do list again!! When I left work I hit the car wash, which always makes me feel SUPER pampered!!! Came home a cooked a healthy dinner, and spent some time hanging out with my girls, and I plan on going upstairs, getting ready for bed…

OMG! I just a medical emergency at my house!! Thank God my sister-in-law is a PA, because her and her boyfriend (God bless them) rushed over from dropping her kids off 20 miles away – I wonder how fast she was driving on that freeway to get here!!! I am not going to go into details about what exactly happened, that will remain private, but long story short my husband will be alright IF I can just get him to stay in bed! We will see!!! I may have to work remote tomorrow, to make sure he is in bed, with his medications, and not moving AT ALL!!!

Anyway, I am heading off to bed now!! but before I go, I want to leave you with a yummy treat that you can make and enjoy!

Treat du jour:

Graham Cracker “Ice Cream” Sandwiches

Take 2 low-fat Cinnamon graham crackers, and about a fourth of a cup of Cool Whip Lite, and sandwich the cool whip evenly between both graham crackers, and place in the freezer, until frozen. Take it out and enjoy!! I love this treat, it is smooth, and creamy and it such a YUMMY replacement for my ice cream fix!! And it has soooo many less calories than my favorite premium ice cream!! YUM! I hope you give it a try!

Have a FABULOUS evening!!!

The Kiddos in My Life!

One of the things that I live for every week is swimming with my family! Every week I tell myself that I need to get out my camera and take new pictures of those kiddos, and every week, we spend so much time having fun that I forget to actually do it!! They are growing soooo much this Summer. I am just AMAZED at how much they grow from week to week! I must be getting older because I catch myself looking at them and realizing that it is going to be like a blink of my eye and before I know it they will be all grown up! I hope they know how much I love them!! My plan is to live it up with them for as long as I can!!! Good night my little sweet babboos!!! 😉 Your Auntie Chrissy loves you more that you will EVER know!!! 😉

Have a FABULOUS evening!! 😉

Good Night Sweetheart!!

I am on my way upstairs to go to bed, but I thought I would just stop and recommend a lovely book to you that I just finished reading. The book is called The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The entire book is written as if you are reading correspondence letters, so it was a little jarring at first, but once you get a couple of pages in you start getting so invested in the story’s characters that you will just not want to put this read down!!! The story is about the lovable, heartwarming, and quirky people of Guernsey Island who survived the military occupation of the Channel islands by Germany during World War II. I found myself laughing, gasping, shouting, and even sometimes crying at different times of this book. This is one book that I HIGHLY recommend to those who want to be whisked away to a simpler time, to a beautiful, picturesque island, where family, friends, and love has come together to beat all odds. If you get a chance to read this book, please let me know your thoughts in the comments above – I always love to chat books!!!

Have a FABULOUS evening!

A Quickie Post!

Hello! It has been a long day, I am thoroughly tired, and am eager to climb into my comfy bed!!!

So, before I go I just wanted to give you a topic that has been on my mind for the past couple of nights, and that is:

If you had to choose only 6 garments of clothing to make up your ENTIRE wardrobe for one month what would you choose???

This is exactly what some adventurous people decided to experiment with. Click here to read this intriguing story for yourself.

Just in case you are curious, this is what I would choose:

  1. Simple Little Dress
  2. Perfectly Tailored Black Slacks
  3. My Favorite Blue Jeans
  4. A Versatile Black Blazer
  5. A perfect fitting White Tee
  6. A Wrinkle-Free Button Down White Shirt

List your 6 items in the comment section above.

Have a FABULOUS evening!!

My Day Started Early & Ended With A Poppycock!!

WHEW!!! I have to tell you that today has been one

CRAZY – BUSY – INSANE – SPASTIC – MANIAC – PRODUCTIVE DAY!!!

WOW!! My mind is going a million miles an hour right now – I am having a hard time just keeping up with my thoughts as I am sitting here typing this!!!

Let’s start by just saying ALL HELL IS BREAKING OUT AT WORK RIGHT NOW!!!! That is as much as I am going to say about that because 1) I really would like to keep my job 2) I am not here to bash, whine, complain, or be a downer and 3) I know that there is just SOME lesson SOME WHERE in all of this craziness that I need to learn so that I am ready for WHATEVER is going to come next in my life!

I got to work REALLY EARLY this morning, I stayed 2-1/2 hours LATE. Got home, made a healthy dinner, ate, did a bunch of chores, errands, goal-oriented tasks, and I have to confess my FAVORITE part of my day was when my Sweetie came and had lunch with me today!!! OH, I just LOVE THAT MAN!!! He is just sooo sweet, and he LITERALLY turned my perspective around, because when he first got to me at noon, I literally thought I was going to break down and cry – I was THAT STRESSED OUT!!!!

Thank Big’Spoon!! 😉

On another note, my biggest time-wasting activity is watching the tele!!! If I were being honest, I would have to confess that I can sit and watch something like 4 or 5 hours a night!! UGH!!! WHAT AN UGLY TRUTH!!! So, I have decided that I will let myself watch one hour of tele per weeknight, if I feel I must, BUT the rest of my day will be spent being more proactive for my Absolute “Yes” List – so you remember what that was?? For those that don’t remember, this is my list of 5 things that ABSOLUTELY NEED my attention!!! My Absolute “Yes” List consists of:

  1. My health
  2. My marriage
  3. My Home
  4. My Finances
  5. Self-Imployment

So am I doing more being to meet my needs in those areas verses just sitting around like a BIG OL’ SLUG!!!

Ok, so on a ZANY side note: I have been watching this season of America’s Got Talent, and I have to tell you, there are SOOOO MANY GREAT acts this season, but there is one gentleman that is SOOOO

ABSO-FRICKIN-LUTELY-FABULOUS

that I want to meet him and become THE BEST OF FRIENDS!!! The person I am talking about is ‘PRINCE POPPYCOCK’!! He is ABSOLUTELY DIVINE!!! Not only is he one-of-a-kind, a SMASHING dresser, FABULOUSLY dramatic, HE CAN SING!!! WOW!! KUDDOS TO HIM, and who knew that opera could be SOOOOO MUCH FUN, HONEY!?!?!?!? I hope he makes it to the finale, and HONEY, IF HE WOULD JUST TEACH ME HOW TO WALK IN THOSE HEELS!!! MERCY!!!!!!! 😉

Anyway, I hope you have FABULOUS evening!!!

What a Good Day!!!

There is nothing more important than FAMILY!!! 😉

Today has been a very productive day!!! Work was good, home is good, puppies are good, hubby is good. How many days can you say that???

I have started, no let me rephrase, I have RE-started tracking my food on Weight Watcher’s website as of this morning. So I had to do some planning to make sure I had some healthy choices on hand at all times!!! Which means, I spent the majority of my evening cooking and preparing food for my lunches and dinners for the rest of the week!

While cooking I spent a couple hours on the phone with my sisters, which is ALWAYS a bunch of fun!!! I really miss hanging out with them. I often dream that they will all move here, and we can have frequent get togethers a-la-Soul Food, or movie nights, or shopping excursions, or just spending time making memories!! However, most of my sisters think that my city is just too big, and busy, so they will never move north. BUMMER!!! I have already lived in their city, and GOOD-GRANNY, I WILL NOT do that again!!! Their city is a place where old people go to die! But what do I know??? LOL!! I love you, girls – even though you live in hick-ville!! 😉

On another note, I have just been running around like crazy, so anything I can do to shave off some time during my days ALL THE BETTER, and I have to tell you, planning out my outfits the night before work has been saving me SOOOO MUCH TIME!!!! 🙂 I am usually the last one to work, and I have been one of the first the past two days!! I am not getting much more work done, since I am still in the beginning learning stages of my new job duties, but it still feels pretty dang good to get one of the good parking spots and to beat most of my co-workers getting there!!!

Oh, and can I just tell you one silly thing you may not know about me before I go for the day? I am sooooo excited about the new Nanny McPhee movie that is coming out at the end of the month! I can’t wait to go see it!!! It is like a modern day Mary Poppins combined with etiquette lessons – IT’S RIGHT UP THIS GIRLS’ ALLEY!!!!!!

Ok, so I am going to go get ready for bed!!! Mamma needs her beauty sleep!!!

Have a FABULOUS evening!! 😉

It’s Official, I am Not Contageous!!!

Thank goodness! I spent a good portion of my afternoon today at my doctor’s office. I broke out in a rash all over my back, abdomen, and chest yesterday, and I needed to make sure that I wasn’t going to be spreading it to everyone I came into contact with! Nope, all’s good!! It seems to be something that will just go away on it’s own!!!

Can I tell you one of my guilty pleasures? I love watching Ghost Whisperer. I love the interior designs, I love Melinda’s hair, her clothes, she has my boobs and my figure, just so you know – I have them out on loan to her, and I expect to get them back very soon!!! 😉 Have you ever noticed that she always seems to have some kind of a ball gown on, her hair is usually in some kind of a coif that you know she has a personal design team following her around making her look PERFECT (I need to get one of those!) 😉 She loves to wear very low cut tops, and in every episode she just has to cry!!! I don’t know it is just silly, but I really like this show. I know they just canceled it, so it is pretty sad, but I am thinking I am going to have to purchase the DVD .

I LOVE Melinda’s store on Ghost Whisperer, The Same as It Never Was Antiques!! I dream of someday owning my own home boutique specializing in custom and one of a kind furniture, home accessorries, bedding, and interior design services. I dream about traveling all of the US and Europe searching for special peices for my clients homes!! Doesn’t that just sound sooooo ROMANTIC?!?!?!?! I LOVE it!!! 😉

Anyway, tonight, I am going to do some chores, and get some clothes organize for selling online. I have decided to get rid of some of the miscellaneous stuff I have laying around the house, and putting those funds towards my trip to Paris. Now I just have to decide how to go about selling them??? E-bay? My own Website??? I don’t know yet, I will have to keep you posted!!!

Here’s to making dreams come true!!!

Have a FABULOUS evening!! 😉

Ok, Let’s Try This Again!

I have already written an entire posting, but for some reason when I “published” it, it failed, so here I am posting – take II! 🙂

I got home on Friday, and have been squirreling myself away all weekend with my homebody-self, my two puppies, and my sweetie!! I am finally back on my regular time frame, thank goodness!! and, I am getting ready to go back to work in my real life!! This week is the first week that we are without one of our team mates, and I am just hoping that we will be able to handle anything that may come our way! 🙂 I will keep you posted!

Alright, it is getting late – I am sorry this post is so short, I will try and make sure to spend a little more time tomorrow chatting, and letting you know how everything is going with me!!! 😉

Have a FABULOUS evening! 😉

Last Night of Pampered Bliss!!

Class is all done!!! My brain is perfectly fried! and I am supremely ready to go home!! Well, ok, let’s not jump the gun quite yet – I do get to hang out in this awesome hotel room for one more night!!! I came in tonight, and was pleasantly surprised to see all sorts of little touches that housekeeping has done while I was away today – it was very sweet of them. Besides leaving a nice tip, I am going to have to make sure to write a letter to management to let them know how great their staff is and how they made my stay such a pleasant and comfortable one. Maybe I can make their day, like they made mine! 🙂

Tonight is going to be about enjoying the quiet and just taking it easy before I have to get up crazy early tomorrow morning and fly home – no, wait! Who the hell am I kidding?!?!?! Tonight is all about living it up before I have to get back to my real life!!! 🙂 Good granny! I am sure that my neighbor must be sick of hearing my hot tub fill with water every night – I KNOW that is SOOOOO not environmentally conscious of me, but HEY, when am I going to have a hot tub in my bedroom again – UHM… possibly NEVER!!! It is not something that I think I ever really want in my real life!!! 😉

Anyway, ok, I am having a not cool moment! I am watching the most HILARIOUS episode of Community. It is the one with Jack Back as a guest, and OMG I am laughing sooooo freaking hard! I know, does that make me some kind of a nerd or something??? Oh well, I am jsut going to have to embrace my nerdiness!!! ALL HAIL MY FELLOW NERDS – I know you are out there, and I KNOW that some of you are reading!! *WINK!* maybe we should have some kind of special handshake or a special look we give to each other as we pass on the street so that we know we are not alone!! You know, just thinking out loud!!! HAHAHAHA!

Anyway, life is pretty good, and I REALLY can’t wait to get home tomorrow and see my sweetie and the girls!!! Even without the in home jacuzzi, I am pretty fortunate!!! and again I am SOOO THANKFUL for the little pills that are going to get me groggily through both of my flights tomorrow!!! They are SUCH A GODSEND!!! 😉

Have a FABULOUS night! I know I will!!! 😉