Somebody on flicker named Sappymoosetree’s Photostream had a bit of time and nostalgia on their hands. How cut is he!?!

Anyway I may make some of this for Sean and I, as who doesn’t love Legos! The sisters of Roots and Wings Co., a blog, have a tutorial on how to make soap… that looks like Legos! Click the awesome photo to head to the tutorial. You know what I’m doing this week!

Happy Monday!!

Yep, I bought myself a new digital camera. Coolest part is that it showed up tonight, the evening of my first photography class in almost a year. Crazy to believe that due to my arm break and the house purchase that I’ve put my love for photography on the back burner for that long.

*Sigh*

The class is for film and dark room, but it all helps me take better photos. I wonder who will be my first subject with my new baby. I chose the D5000 because it takes HD video, so I will also have to have a subject for my first film too! I’ll also need some subjects for my film class… oh the ideas are swirling around in my head like sugar plum faeries.

Well I’m off to peruse the manual…

And like any state where it never snows, the intelligent people at Sean’s work let everyone leave work early. He’s working from home, but for lunch we took a nice little walk in the SNOW!!!

Well I just wanted to share that our friends Beth, Adam, and their little girl Hazel, closed on their first home today. Yea!!! I can’t wait to see all the cute ways Beth will decorate and to head over for a BBQ, as it looks like they’ve got an awesome back yard.

Yea for first homes!! Congratulations Beth, Adam, and Zilla!!!

As for us, we were just so glad to see sunshine and not need to be anywhere. Since I’ve had to quit taking my allergy medication until this coming Wednesday, when I have my allergy testing (no fun), I’ve been sneezing and miserable. It shows you how much a simple medication can make life so much better. Yea science! Anyway, due to sneezing and headaches I was glad to stay home all weekend with the hubby. We went to Central Market quickly to grab some weekend groceries and goodies. Sean was really excited about our King Cake.  Since we won’t really get to celebrate Mardi Gras this week, we brought a bit of it to us early.

As for today, we decided to work in our yard. The previous owners put this horrible red stone in the front yard and I wanted to just get rid of it. After some discussion Sean and I decided to recycle by using them to build our raised beds in the back yard. I wasn’t extremely helpful seeing as I sneezed every other minute. And the cold front blowing in with crazy amounts of wind and the temperature dropping in a matter of minutes didn’t help the process. We did get some of the front yard cleaned up and we started the bed in the back yard. Yea photos:

Anyway, we’ve got a ways to go, but it felt really good to get started. As for exchanging gifts… you all should know us well enough to know we don’t do that when its prescribed. However nice words and chocolate were found around our house all day.

As for other news, well not too much. Sean’s still training away for the MS150 and I’m looking forward to my purchase. Purchase you ask… well you’ll have to wait and see.

Hugs to you all!

Anyway to combat the gloom we’ve hung out with friends and family. That always helps! I made stew Friday and we played boardgames and laughed with some friends, very fun and uplifting. And yesterday we had Sean’s sister Julie over. Sean made burgers to rival any burger place and sweet potato fries…. mmmm. Then we played a game, which I won Yea!!!! And then Julie introduced us to Fringe, the TV show. I’m still not convinced, but she left the first season over so we will give a few more episodes a go.

As for today, we were supposed to be heading to Houston but my work got pushed back. So what to do with ourselves…? I think we’ll be heading to the gym in a moment and then Julie has invited us for Superbowl watching. I think I may go for the pre-game food and fun and then cut out at game time. I just don’t like the idea of four hours of football, even if there will be a great halftime and some funny commercials. Hope she understands.

As for my last thought to help with the gloom… go here: My Ikea Name

You type in your name and it tells you what you would be called if you were a piece of Ikea furniture. Apparently Sean and I are: SEANVIK (a platform bed) & MELLYSVSA (and end table with two drawers).

Hope that cheers you up!

Happiness and irony all in one happy yellow design. Its by Ototo Design. They make other happy stuff too. Just thought I’d share. Hope it brightens your day. Now where’s that new tea leaf I just bought…

Look at those cheeks! And that head of hair! We reassured Justin and Nichole that we feel they make some pretty cute babies and can proceed in making more! We enjoyed seeing them both as it has been quite a while. They only live an hour south of us and yet it has been almost a year since we had all four been together. Crazy how time flies and that saying of “out of sight, out of mind” can apply. We hope the next time we see them it won’t have been so long.

We also found out recently that some friends of ours are expecting their first little girl in June. We’ve only known Lisa and David for a year but we are very excited for them both! I think it may be a little extra exciting since they live so close by. Sean is already gearing up to babysit! He asked mom and dad for permission to be dubbed “Unkie Sean” in their household too. It has also been nice to have little babies to make things for. I’ll have to put my thinking cap back on and see what goodies I can come up with for the cuties!

Speaking of mothers and Daughters. This weekend my sister, Allie, was in Texas visiting my parents and drive up to Austin with mom. They got here Friday afternoon and the weekend was filled with catching up, mom’s good food, and visiting local places. Unfortunately the weather didn’t permit some of our favorite touristic outings, but we did make it to a few. We also took them to my favorite gardening store ‘The Natural Gardener’ and out for lunch at ‘Huts.’ All in all it was a pretty nice weekend. They headed back to south Houston this morning. I hope to see my big sister again soon!

Congratulations Cousin!