Whoopsie- Plan B

So today I was going to post a DIY project. I've had the stuff sitting in my back room in a Joann's bag for over a month. Something always seems to come up and I push it down my to do list. I decided yesterday was going to be the day to get it done. Baby was asleep and I totally had my chance. I gathered up all my supplies and took a few pictures of them nicely laid out. Because that's what normal people do right? I go to load my staple gun and.... I bought the wrong size staples. Awesome.

So here's plan B. I going to do that little survey thingy that's been all up and down the blogosphere. I mean I've seen it at least 7 or 8 times so I am being totally unoriginal. It reminds me of those bulletins we all use to post back in MySpace days.



A. Age: 28
B. Bed size: King
C. Chore that you hate: The floors- they are always a disaster and we have mainly beige tile throughout the whole house so they get dirty quick.
D. Dogs: Our Boston Terrier- Ruby
E. Essential start to your day: Coffee
F. Favorite color: Too tough- but my favs are red, green, yellow & pink
G. Gold or Silver: I mainly wear silver but I'm also a big fan of gold
H. Height: 5'4"
I. Instruments you play: Played trombone from 5-8th grade and then I became too cool
J. Job title: Mama, Maid, & Chef
K. Kids: Aubrey- almost 19 month
L. Live: Florida- grew up in the Poconos, Pa
M. Mother's name: Jody
N. Nicknames: Mal, Mallie, T and bird
O. Overnight hospital stays: just when I had the babe
P. Pet peeve: While driving- when people stop and then put on their turn signal- thanks for the heads up dude
Q. Quote from a movie: "Encouragement"- Yoga Guy from Couples Retreat
R. Right or left handed: Right
S. Siblings: 1 older brother
T. Time you wake up: 6:00-7:30 am
U. Underwear: ummm yeah pretty much everyday.
V. Vegetable you hate: beets- I was forced to eat them as a child
W. What makes you run late: Finding something to wear- since I STILL haven't lost all my baby weight- I struggle with finding something I feel good in.
X. X-Rays you've had: My teeth and when I sprained my ankle playing tag with 2 1/2 year old twins in the park.
Y. Yummy food that you make: I make world famous(ok- family famous) pot stickers. I will post the recipe next time I make them.
Z. Zoo animal: Elephants- fo sho

What's In a Name?

You may have noticed or maybe you haven't but I often refer to Aubrey as Doodle. That is my nickname for her and now most of our family will call her that on occasion. I know it's not the typical term of endearment such as babe, honey, sweetie and so on but I think it fits.

How it all came about was that when she was a tiny baby I used to call her Auba- Doodle, like Magna Doodle. Why you ask? I really have no idea. You just end up coming up with some weird stuff when you are sleep deprived and there are hormones coursing raging through your body.

Ever since then she has been our little doodle. Or Doodles, Doodle Bop, Doodle Pie, Doodle Bug. Also if you are a Lady GaGa fan like myself I often sing Doo-dle Doodle Ba-op to the chorus melody of Judas. I have an awesome voice- wink wink.

My nickname growing up and still to many of my family memebers today is Bird. This came about when my Mom was feeding me and my brother said I looked just like a baby bird. Since then I have been known as Bird, Bird Lady, T-Bird (my middle name is Tyler), Tweets, and Tweetsie. So now you can see where my crazy nicknaming skills come from, blame it all on my parents. Joe on the other hand doesn't have a family nickname, I might have to work on that.


Definitely a Doodle




Do you or your kids have any crazy nicknames that have stuck?


By the way- My picture was a favorite in Show Off Your Shot at and then, she {snapped}
Yay!