Seven Random Facts

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1) My all time favorite television show is I Love Lucy, I bet you couldn't have guessed that! That is where we got Lucy's name from. Thank goodness Heath loved it too! My favorite episode, for all you other Lucille Ball fans out there, is one of the Lucy & Desi Comedy Hours, in the last season. It's when they go to Japan. Hilarious! Second? Vitameatavegamin.

2) I have full intention of playing Barbies with Lucy when she is old enough. And, when it comes to buying toys...I'm going to be a sucker. Heck, I kind of already am. I bought her a baby doll from Walmart the other night. In my defense, she was grabbing for it...I already knew she had a couple at home. But, this was a baby boy. She didn't have one of those. Now, if she gets a little brother some day; she will have a baby boy to play with along side mommy.  Alright, so there was my justification....haha.

3) I've been on a huge 'cheese' kick lately. It may be all psychological; but, I swear it gives me that energy boost I need lately - especially before workouts. So, I've been snacking on cheese cubes and string cheese. But, I have also been eating these:


I've been getting the Four Cheese kind though. They are really good and a great snack at work. Check them out!

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4) My guilty pleasures include watching Crybaby and Grease 2! They are awful, just plain awful. Why, oh why can't I resist them?

5) My not-so-guilty pleasures include getting pedicures, ordering dessert, purse shopping, getting a new pair of sandals, getting a really good clearance deal, getting my hair done, and indulging in the occasional Oreo.

6) I don't like drinking water...for the most part. I will when I work out or when I'm just plain thirsty. But, when I'm sitting around the house or going out to eat, I want something tastey! My preferences include: diet mountain dew, diet coke (at Sonic, I get vanilla in it), lemonade, or unsweetened, iced tea with lemon.

7) I have several celebrity crushes and most are based on their characters. I'm head over heels for....

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Matthew Lawrence. Haha....I bet you thought I was going to say Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, or even Channing Tatum.  Nope. I fell in love with Matthew Lawrence in The Hot Chick, back in high school, and have loved him ever since - wherever he may be now.  By the way, you should watch that movie. It makes me laugh.

Oh, the Guilt Look

I get it almost nightly in our house.

The scene in the evenings is often that of me sitting on the couch, while Heath is on the floor with Lucy.

Don't get me wrong, I play with her. But, she isn't that interested in anything for too long and moves on, usually across the room. I simply can't keep up. The window, balloon, baby gate latch, curtain tie, remote, iPod Touch, shoe, or sock is far more interesting.  Believe me too, the list goes on!

Heath, however, will remain on the floor almost every evening, even if he is watching television or Lucy is across the room.  This doesn't stop him from giving me 'the look'. It is very much opposite of this face, which everyone else sees.

Here he is:

Don't let that cute face trick you though. He can give a pretty guilty glare at home...

Alright, alright, so I'm exaggerating a bit. But, he does say all the time, "Come down here; play with us."

Play with us?

With us?

Hmmmmmm........

Where is Lucy at?

Stacking the toys...

and the pride of stacking them, without 'the tower' falling.

I think Heath just wants me to play with him!

Renovations: More Wall Space!

We have one wall completed in our Basement to Playroom Transition!

I bet you thought you'd see photos too. Sorry! Not yet! I do, however, have some of my wonderful, very 'to-scale' diagrams (yeah right!). :)

We have the wall by the furnace, water heater, etc. done. So, again, this is what our basement looked like before:

The boxes on the left are stairs and the squares/circles are the furnace, water heater, etc.

And, we were planning on putting a wall up, to safely cover the items that we didn't want Lucy to have access to. Like this:

Once Heath and my father-in-law put up the wall, they realized the small door to the landing was unnecessary. Here, this will better explain. We ended up with this:

The red arrow denotes my easily accessible path to a small storage space! Yay! No extra cubby door!

    Wall
-   Cubby Door
=  More Wall Space

Again, the landing is just a drop in the ceiling, so I could leave the window exposed. I wanted Lucy to have a second exit for emergencies, and for the light to shine in. In addition, it is nice to open it up and let some fresh air in! :)

All of this will be much clearer with photos! I apologize for my awful diagrams! haha.

On a fun note, I have bought a few items for the room, for storage!

I bought two of these little stacking boxes.



I bought one of these, it's teal.



I bought one of these, thus far, in lime green.

Since I am not even sure what will go in these things, I stopped buying more, for now.  Once I start to fill the room, I will have a better idea of what we need.

I have been eyeing these:

I want something similar to these; but, I am just not sold on one yet. :{

I also want some canvas totes; but, remember, I have to somehow incorporate red into the decor. Since the carpet is bright red! Ugh!  So, I want something cute, perhaps polka dot, that ties all these colors in:




We'll see....I may just have to get some cute artwork or something, and use these solid colored totes. I'll figure it out.

If you have any suggestions for cute, white shelves, or fun decor, I would love to hear them! Let me know! I could use some help!

Guess what? Tomorrow is Friday!