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pumpkin proposal
this is too cute not to share…
two weekends ago, a couple took a fall drive to mount sugarloaf in deerfield, massachusetts. at the top of the mountain, they looked down onto a field where the cute boyfriend spelled out “ari, please marry me” with 1000 pumpkins. i love it—this is a great proposal story! read the full story here.
happy weekend!
i hope everyone has fun plans for the weekend. we are looking forward to visiting with family, relaxing, watching some movies, cheering for our football teams, and running errands, but a big part of me wishes instead that we could be here…
wouldn’t a small town beach vacation be nice right now?! i am so looking forward to taking baby jack here one day SOON (or escaping for a weekend alone with just david…)- both sound lovely.
happy weekend! xxo-
a pregnant girl’s dream bar
look how fun! i would be so happy with color-coordinated mega beverage selections…with these choices, i would challenge anyone to a drink off! bring it on!!!
i am loving sweets…
and i am up for just about any kind at almost any moment, but even this turns me off!
delicious sonogram cake goodness…yum? i will pass on this dessert, but just this one!
daydream believer
i love my life! all of it, even the “day to day”- what’s not to love when your best friend shares your house and comes home to you every night and you live with the cutest dog-ter around?!. yet, sometimes i dream of picking it all up and spending my day elsewhere…especially when i am staring an on call weekend at the hospital in the face!
wouldn’t it be lovely to be here instead???
happy weekend to everyone! i hope you get to enjoy a few days of no work and lots of play.
bicycles built for a family
a bicycle built for 3…just what our growing family needs! it’s perfect!
and, this, its adorably lovely! i love the color! doesn’t it look like it belongs in a seaside town…what a great place that would be to raise a family.
have a wonderful weekend, my friends! we are off to new york tonight for a 3 day mini vacation…looking forward to it!
it’s a time to play
this article really tugs at my heart strings. homework in kindergarten??! - how absurd! but, what makes me really sad is that kindergarten students in LA (where the stats for this article were collected from) only spend an average of 19 minutes a day in free play! yikes! it is a terrifying thought to wonder how our children will respond when they “grow up” and have to figure out how to schedule and fill their own time…
let’s let kids be kids! get out this weekend and PLAY!
a brain like baby food
i have been a terrible blogger lately (so many of you have pointed that out!) and i am sorry. the absence in posts was completely unintentional, but i do have several excuses for why i have been so out of touch…
1. my brain has turned into baby food! i’m not kidding…its all things baby in my little head right now and instead of beating baby thoughts into all of you, i chose to spare you by not writing since i have a serious lack of creativity outside of baby decorating!
2. i have been very busy at work (where i usually create my posts) and have not felt like sitting in front of the computer at night at home to write.
well, i am attempting to be back at it, but this does not mean that my mind is off of the baby. i am going to try to mix it up and create varying posts like before and try very hard not to turn this into a mommy blog, but i have to say…this is going to be VERY hard! just look what i have to look forward to…awww!!!
thirty-one things meme
1. Do you like blue cheese?
love it! blue cheese with fresh fruit on a salad is de-lish!
2. Have you ever been drunk?
seriously…what a question for a davidson grad!
3. Do you own a gun?
NO!
4. What flavor of Kool Aid was your favorite?
“red” (i think it was cherry flavored)
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
yes and i also go loaded with questions.
6. What do you think of hot dogs?
i like a grilled hot dog on a summer day or a yummy hot dog at a baseball game.
7. Favorite Christmas movie?
the holiday, love actually, and the family stone- LOVE them all and watch them at least 3 times each and every christmas season!
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
fresh juice and coffee
9. Can you do push-ups?
yes (thank you yoga!)
10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?
my wedding band and engagement ring are tied as my favorite pieces (awww…)
11. Favorite hobbies?
crafting and decorating (wish i had more time), writing this blog, reading, watching movies, yoga, going for walks, and biking
12. What’s your favorite shoe?
i love my bernardos- ALL of them! and love flip-flops 
13. Middle name?
barfield, my maiden name (used to be rene)
14. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink.
coffee, soy milk, water (sparkling and still)
15. How did you bring in the New Year?
caring for our dog-ter who had just been attcked by a pit bull and had to have surgery…it was actually sweet (in hindsight) to see david and i turn parental
16. Where would you like to go?
australia and south africa
17. Do you own slippers?
yes and LOVE them!
18. What color shirt are you wearing right now?
navy blue
19. Do you like sleeping on Satin sheets?
NO…they are too cold and shiny
20. Can you whistle?
yes, but not very well
21. Favorite color?
blues, but especially shades of aqua/turquoise
22. Would you be a pirate?
hmmm…yes. that would be fun to live on a boat! can i have a monkey?
23. What songs do you sing in the shower?
i have never sung in the shower which is probably lucky for the people i have lived with!
24. What’s in your pocket right now?
wearing my lab coat, so lots of things: pens, formulary card, calculator, my notes book, pager, lip gloss, blackberry
25. Best bed sheets as a child?
holly hobby sheet set- LOVED those!
26. Worst injury you’ve ever had as a child? my dad was pitching to my sister for batting practice and i was playing “catcher.” i guessi stopped paying attention for a moment and instead of catching the ball with my glove, i caught it with my face! i had the ball stitches on my nose for days!
27. Do you love where you live?
yes i love it- love the neighborhood, love our little space, but not enough to stay forever. if we do stay in atlanta, then i hope we can buy a house but in our same neighborhood.
28. How many dogs do you have?
one and that’s how it will stay as long as sadie is with us
29. Does someone have a crush on you?
can hubby’s still have crushes? i am still crushing on him!
30. What is your favorite candy?
dark chocolate and gummi bears
31. Favorite Sports Team?
GATOR football, above all else! davidson basketball. boston redsox. and the lakers (i LOVE kobe!)
sugar is back in?
i wrote a post back in october about my distaste for people who have an unrational fear of sugar. well, the new york times just recently wrote an article about sugar’s “comeback” in light of the public’s negative perception of high fructose corn syrup. beginning with its opening phrase, “Sugar, the nutritional pariah that dentists and dietitians have long reviled…,” the article leads its readers to believe that all sweeteners are evil and that if you happen to be against the corn sweetener industry that you are clearly an “unknowledgable consumer.”
instead of focusing on the growing problem of obesity in america, this article has pooled the two schools of thought together, claiming that both high fructose corn syrup supporters and sugar supporters are wrong and “no sweetner or no sugar” is right.
let’s face it, sugar exists. let’s learn how to eat around it by keeping it out of foods that it doesn’t belong in, learn how to eat whole foods instead of those that are pieced and processed, and to save REAL sugar for what it was made for- to make our life sweeter.
