monday blues.

Happy Monday people!

I thought I'd share some tips that help me get through my Monday rut-

because lets be honest..

who likes Mondays?!

1. Get up and MOVE! I make it a big point to set my alarm clock a little earlier so I make it to spin class or take Romie on an extra long walk to get my day started. There's something about working out in the mornings that makes me productive throughout the day.

2. Treats. I like to reward my productiveness with treats.. but I'm also trying to be healthy {yuck} so I'll make myself a smoothie to take with me on errands or on my way to work. Sounds silly, but it makes car rides much better. 

3. Write, write and write again. I make my "to-do" for the week on Monday mornings, that way I can see how my week is shaping up and I try to knock out as many tasks as I can on Monday so that I free up the rest of my week.

4. Taylor Swift. Or any good music at that. I blast a little T-Swift in the car, or dance around the apartment with Romie to get me energized and motivated when my caffein starts wearing off in the afternoon- dang you 3:00!

5. People. My people to be exact. Zak and Romie to be specific. Make time on your Monday to spend it with people you love. If Zak is home studding, we'll take a little break and have lunch together or sometimes if we aren't able to see each other during the day we'll plan to have a sleepover in the living room that night. Making plans {lunch dates, dinner dates, playdates, gym dates} with people on Mondays makes the day MUCH better and is the perfect way to start the week.

Well I hope my tricks help kick any Monday blues ya might have!

Just look at it as your fresh start to a new week!

Have  a lovely Monday!

xoxo

happy monday.

Happy Monday people!

Romie didn't want to get out of bed this morning.. 

So I hope you've had a more energized morning than he has!

Today is kinda my "Sunday" in the TV world, since I go back to work tomorrow. 

I somehow got up and went to spin class without thinking myself out of it.

Am I the only person who literally lists excuses of why I "don't need to go"  to the gym before working out?!

Last week I had a bunch of those days, and I'm determined not to have too many this week.

It's going to be a crazy week at work- 

lots of corporate meetings and all that good stuff. 

So I'm kinda gearing myself up for that-

I have a case of diet 7-Ups waiting to be packed in my lunch bag.

They've been my guilty pleasures lately.

They're so tasty!

And no caffein- which I'm trying to avoid!

Anywho.

Our weekend was full of friends, Netflix, cuddle sessions, reading and baking. 

Lots of baking. 

I blame the cold weather for my need to bake-

it's like snow just makes ya wanna stay inside, light some candles, do some baking, watching movies and ignore that it's 7 degrees outside. 

I will kinda maybe miss these cold days when we're in AZ.

Maybe. 

I really wanted to bake one HUGE cookie. It didn't really pan out. Dang you Pinterest. 

But I ate it anyways.  

Worth it. 

And then the next day I felt the need to bake a couple dozen of regular sized cookies. So good.

Oh and pizza was in our plans too. 

So yeah we've just been hibernating. 

We've made it a point to hangout with our group of friends here as much as possible..

since we only have THREE months left!

Holy moly!

So we pretty much have dinner and game night every Saturday.

I'm certainly going to miss it. 

I pray that we transition back to AZ well, and that we have a great group of good people to spend time with like we do here. 

It sounds silly, since we're from AZ and know lots of people.

But everyone's so busy these days it can be hard getting everyone together,

but I hope we can make it work.

Anddd I'm still hunting for a place to live when we get back to AZ.

So if anyone knows of some great rentals in Mesa or Tempe- help a girl out!

I just keep searching Craigslist.. and I'm getting nowhere.

Help!

But back to the ONLY THREE MONTHS LEFT IN OMAHA sentence.

Can you believe it?!

Because I can't. 

A big chapter of our life will be ending.

 I think we'll always look at Omaha as our "newlywed" years.

Even though we want every year to feel like we're newlyweds. 

Its been just the two of us and Romie in our own little world.

For us, being away from family, friends and the familiar was challenging,

but also the biggest blessing. 

We've grown so so much. 

Our relationship keeps getting stronger. 

We somehow get closer and closer. 

I always think that isn't possible after being together for almost 7 years.. 

but we keep just falling deeper and deeper in love. 

Going back to Arizona will be a new chapter in our life. 

Hopefully full of new beginnings.

I can't wait!

We always said we wanted to travel and live in different places- 

and that wish came through! 

We'll have lived in 3 states in 2 years. 

Counting our blessings we get to go back to the Valley this summer!

Anywho- Romie and I are going to go embrace the cold and head out for a walk-

and the hubs just home so I'm gunna sign off!

Hope you had a motivated Monday!

xoxo

friends, oscars and thank yous.

I feel like we look super young in this photo! Maybe it's just my crazy hair?

Happy Sunday my friends!

You guys,

this is my first Sunday off in a year in a half!

A YEAR AND A HALF!

And it's Oscar night!

Woot woot.

I love love love love love being able to have the weekend with Zak.

It's been so nice to just have slow long days, not doing too much 

and not having to worry about work.

Counting my blessings tonight.

It's the little things that make life awesome. 

gotta love blurry iPhone pics.

that is two blurry iPhone pics. 

Don't they look like they're playing poker or something intense?

Yesterday we walked Romie, watched some more movies to prep for the Oscars, made enchiladas and then headed to a married to medicine get together.

It was a Mexican food pot luck, and it was so so good.

I wish I had all that food right now. 

It's always great getting together with our friends.

They really have become like family.

The past two years they're the ones who we've celebrated big moments with, gone through crazy schedules with, and really spent the most time with since moving to Omaha. 

After dinner, the guys went and played games while the wives had girl time.

And then we all stayed up till 10:30 just talking. 

We are going to miss these people so much next year.

Ah the Oscars literally just started, and the opening act has already been amazing!

We made our picks, 

and fingers crossed Eddie, Rosamund, Imitation Game and J.K. Simmons take it home!

Zak and I love movies.

You could also call it obsessed.

And I love that my husband likes watching these award shows

{and really getting into them} as much as I do.

From going to the movies and watching all these films, to the red carpet gowns, our Oscar ballots and now watching the award show-

we love it all. 

My best friend, and husband is pretty amazing.

Oh and we also had a sleepover to watch whiplash, in preparation for tonight.

Oh and I wanted to also say thank you to the people who have watched my puppy mill story.

I keep getting cards in the mail, I got the cutest puppy bouquet and the social media attention it has continued to get makes me so unbelievably happy. 

I wanted as many people as possible to watch this story because I wanted to educate people on what our elected officials are allowing to happen in Nebraska, and other states around the country-

and I can truly say I reached my goal.

So thank you. 

If you haven't watched it yet, you can do so here.

Hope you have a wonderful Sunday night-

I'm going to get back to the Oscars!

oh and ps I'm still going strong on my new years resolutions-

and they're slowly just turing into my everyday habits which is the bomb.com!

xoxo

valentine's day.

Happy Valentine's Day!

One of my favorite holidays, ever.

Well for the last six years it has been-

thanks to my hubs.

Each year he says, "I don't have anything planned,"

and then I wake up to a romantic surprise and it makes my heart so happy and excited. 

I'm forever thankful I married a romantic man. 

I know it may seem over the top,

but we love celebrating love.  

And each year we also switch off planning Valentine's Day,

so that it's a surprise for the other person.

This year it was his turn!

You can read about our past Valentine's Day here 

and a little more about why we love this holiday so much. 

So on Saturday I opened our bedroom door and found a trail of photos leading to our living room.

They had notes on the back of them that talked about the photo,

and then had what we were doing on it as well.

It was so sweet.

Then I found our office nook covered in wrapping paper!

Completely covered.

With the kindest card. 

After I unwrapped it, I found a bunch of presents, flowers and the wall was covered in our photos.

Every single photo we've ever taken since dating was on the wall. 

It was crazy to see how much we've grown.

How many adventures we've gone on.

All of the goals we've accomplished.

And the memories we've made. 

He went above and beyond this year with the presents.

Like really.

He took that little list I made to heart. 

And spoiled me rotten!

Thanks babe for all the gifts,

I'm so thankful for everything. 

Many missing from this photo- but I had to share my Rifle Paper Co goodies!

We hung out that morning, and took Romie on a long walk.

We were kinda dragging our feet to get out the door-

so we had a quick lunch at Qdoba-

our version of Chipotle. 

PS if you get one meal free there on V-day when you kiss at the counter.

Score.

Then we went to a local Museum that had a new Katherine Hepburn exhibit I really wanted to see!

Plus is was like 10 degrees out-

perfect indoor weather. 

I loved just lingering around, looking at all the art and being with my hubs.

Just us two in our own little world. 

The costumes at the Katherine Hepburn were amazing. 

The black dress I posted below was my favorite. 

It's flawless!

And I thought her vintage Chanel lipstick was so so pretty.

After looking around we went and had ice cream and cookies at the old fashion soda fountain-

it was darling. 

The waiters were even dressed in 50's diner uniforms.

We went back home and quickly changed into some fancy outfits and headed to the playhouse.

I've been waiting to wear this dress for a long time now-

I was so excited to put it on!

  

We had plans to go out to dinner, 

but our slow morning kinda made that not possible so we ordered take out from our fav little pizza place, ate in the parking lot of the theatre and then saw Little Women. 

This is one of the million bajillion reasons why I love Zak.

We can eat two pizzas in dressy clothes in the parking lot of a playhouse. 

Some photos from our seats.

He's my favorite person and this is our favorite holiday.

Thanks for another wonderful Valentine's Day babe!

You're my past, present and future Valentine forever and ever.

You make my life amazing, and I'm forever grateful to have you as my best friend. 

I hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day with your loved ones!

xoxo