Perspective

I complain a lot.

I'm a whiner.

About all manner of things.

Including my husband.

And how sometimes he can be not emotional.

And we joke.

And call him a robot.

And that he's a sociopath.

Doesn't sound funny when you type that.

But we joke about it (he's not).

And sometimes I feel bad for myself.

I've been through things I don't write about here.

I cry about them.

Obsess about them.

Hate myself, get sad, think dark thoughts.

It can consume days.

And I whine about it.

And then, out of nowhere, I found the blog Wanderlust.

And through her, Random Ramblings of a Stay At Home Mum.

And I read their stories.

Real stories with real reasons to complain and hurt and whine.

And I sat in front of my computer and bawled my eyes out just now.

And perspective hit me over the head like a brick.

So shut up, Valerie.

Keep your whining and darkness and sadness for things that deserve it.

And don't ever ever joke about your husband being anything other than the amazing person he is.

Because that's really not funny after all.

High Five For Friday!

I started writing this H545 post on Tuesday morning because I woke up in a really good mood.

THAT my friends is rare.

Here are the 5 best things about this week!

(1)  Finally getting the office finished and cute.  Ever since grad school this room has been a train wreck and now that I don't have to spend every night in there miserable, I figured it was time to make it cute.  (Just in time to move away)

(2)  Finding Mike's to do list before our party this weekend.  This made me literally laugh out loud.  I love that weirdo.

(3)  Now that school is (finally) over, we get to catch up on our shows that we abandoned while I was too busy.  Good tv + actually hanging out with my husband = awesome.

(4)  Being officially and awesomely done with grad school and getting an A in my last horrible class!

(5)  The weather finally be nice enough to start taking these little beasts for walks every night.  Look how happy it makes them!

Check out From My Grey Desk Blog for more H54F posts and have a great Friday!

val

Want It Wednesday

I always post my Want It Wednesday posts late.

I'm not great with deadlines lately.

But this Want It Wednesday I want to have not eaten at my favorite Mexican place last night and my favorite pizza place the day before and the lemon meringue pie in my fridge every day.

I feel gross is the thing.

So to offset that grossness, Mike and I are vowing to eat some good, less cheesy things.

Like these three recipes that are on constant repeat in our house.

Enjoy.

And be glad I didn't post a photo of my giant cheese enchilada belly from last night.

You're welcome.

Shrimp and Pea Rice Bowl found on My Recipes

Spinach Salad with Chicken, Avocado, and Goat Cheese found at the Recipe Girl Blog

Superfood Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette found at the Iowa Girl Eats Blog

Insert Butterfly Pun Here

The day I wore this dress, an older dude in the Albertson's parking lot threw me a thumbs up and yelled, "Nice dress!" at me.

So I'm calling that day a win.

Also, I have no idea what to do with the pleats in the front of this dress.

Also, these shoes are incredibly, mind blowingly comfortable.

The end.

Dress:  ModCloth, Similar

Belt:  Kmart, Similar

Shoes:  Arturo Chiang via Dillard's, Similar

Earrings:  Premier, Similar

House Tour Continued

Recently, I did a post starting a little tour of our house.

Now that we're moving away, renting out the house, and getting rid of most of our things, I wanted to do the tour even more.

And yesterday when I woke up, Mike had painted over the bright red angry wall in our living room so I figured I might as well continue the tour into that room.

It's probably the most boring room in the house.

And the one we spend the most time in.

That wall used to be bright ass angry red.  Until yesterday morning.  Now it looks really weird to me.

Who in God's name paints a brick fireplace with black lacquer? The turds we bought this house from, that's who.

We've already sold these couches and it makes me so sad.  

That ugly lamp in the corner is Mike's dude corner.  He needed light to read and something to put his beers on.  It will not be making the trip to Maryland.

My favorite thing in the living room: a framed wedding announcement.

My usual view.

High Five For Friday!

It's finally Friday!

This week had dragged by, but it's been amazing.

Mostly because I'M DONE WITH SCHOOL!

You would think I'd do a whole blog post on this based on the amount of blog posts I've dedicated to whining about it.

But, I've lost the energy to type the words grad school that many times.

So here (on top of that) are the 5 best things about this week.

(1)  Random, pointless, new owl vases and finding out that my favorite coworker bought the same one on the same day. (I got mine at Kirkland's, you can get a way more expensive version here.)

(2)  Rare lunch dates with this guy. (His hair looked amazing that day)

(3)  The big haircut.  I still can't believe I did that.

(4)  Sleeping in late and cuddling with this guy.

(5) Did I mention that I'm done with school?!  Cue crazy face!!

Head on over to From My Grey Desk Blog for more H54F posts!

My Sister Is Going To Kill Me

Dear Laura,

You know I love you.

And I generally take your advice.

But earlier tonight, this happened:

And this:

And (a sassier faced) this:

The scene of the crime:

Sorry Laura, do you still love me?

val