1+1=3

Today is the day I can finally spill the beans! More importantly, today is the day my mom & mother-in-law can spill the beans. They've been hardly containing themselves, but I am SO proud of them for not saying one little peep. Seriously, go Mom & Kathy. Anyway, I'm sure you've deduced by now the big news: I'm prego! And we are beyond excited! I already have the nursery planned, the shopping list made and a bunch of other crazy things you would be scared to know about. The hubby and I are SO happy and a wee bit nervous of what's to come ahead. I'm mostly nervous about the whole delivery part and the fun that will be. Woo hoo. But the little guy (or girl, but I'm convinced it's a boy) will be hereafter referred to as "the orange seed". That's what the hubby and I call him anyway, he's already the size of a large plum, but when we found out I was pregnant he was only the size of an itty bitty orange seed. So we named him accordingly. World, please meet little orange seed. Orange Seed, please say hello to the world. It's your debut and you're not even born yet. Talk about being famous. Just don't let it go to your peanut sized head.

Random thoughts and a cool quote.

Awesome quote. Remind me to remind myself of this more often. Please and thank you.

{Pinned here}

Welp, sorry for the lack of picture posts lately, or really any posts in general. I've only done two this week. Boo. Once our gonna-be-awesome dance showcase is over next week I'll be free as a bird. Oh, until finals hit the next week. THEN I'll be good. Oh, that is until the next weekend when the hubby and I go to LA for my co-MOH's wedding. {Super stoked D!} Okay, but THEN I should be able to keep up a fairly normal blog routine. For reals. Until then, hit and miss blog posts are gonna be the up and coming trend 'round these here parts. For now, here are a couple random thoughts for you:

 - Thanks to a delicious Easter basket from my dear mother-in-law, my past love for Hershey's Cookies n' Creme bars has been reinvigorated. Score.
 - I cannot walk past the freezer section without buying like 3 items. Even in times when the hubby dreads opening it for fear of getting hit by one of my many ice cream/fruit bar novelties.
 - Everyone should make designs on their table with the pledge before shinning it up nice and pretty. It=Awesome.
 - I hate throwing away fresh flowers, so I usually let them wither and die for a good 2 days past when I should dump them and then give myself a mental slap on the hand for not doing it sooner.
 - I need lots of new summer things. NEED people. Pastel skinnies, a mustard colored cardigan, new gladiator sandals, a chambray button up, a plaid lightweight button up since mine has mysteriously disappeared, neon wedges, maxi skirts, jean shorts, new flowy t-shirts. Good thing I just paid off my Nordy's credit card. It's a perfect time to whip it out again. Right?
 - I've developed a new found liking of Nicklecreek. It makes me feel like I should live in the country and sing some bluegrass myself.
 - I love new socks.
 - Why do colleges never have an "unsubscribe" button at the bottom of their emails? I've transferred around a TON and now I get swarms of emails from different colleges. Oh and when you CAN unsubscribe from an email and they send you an email saying you're unsubscribed isn't it the most ironic terrible thing ever? Just stop it, people.
 - When an awesome song is playing you feel like you can conquer the world. When a terrible song is playing you feel like you're bleeding from your ears and do anything to stop it. 
 - I'm in a constant state of wanting to cut bangs again and remembering how much work my naturally curly hair makes them.
 - Farmer's Markets are probably the best things EVER. Oh and fair food.
 - Chocolate covered pomegranate seeds from Costco will be the death of me.
 - Apparently I'm 70 years old because pretty much every evening I watch Wheel Of Fortune & Jeopardy. I feel super smart when I get a puzzle or answer right. Last night I even capped off the fun by being thoroughly entertained by the Antiques Roadshow. I need help.
 - I'm deathly afraid of giving something the "thumbs up" on Pandora, because that means it'll play that same. exact. song. a million bajillion times.

Glutenholics Anonymous

Hi, my name is Laura and I have an addiction to gluten. It's been four days since I've last eaten anything glutenlicious. After my binge last week I definitely felt the effects all weekend that caused me to miss Easter Sunday church AND dinner! My cute mother-in-law had even made an elaborate gluten-free AND vegetarian meal that I had to skip out on due to the tweaked back and gluten sickness. I still feel so bad about that (sorry Kathy!) Anyway, the hubby is now putting me on a strict no-gluten diet until I learn to balance it a little more. Needless to say I've been going through withdrawals and as popular as gluten-free is getting, we're still a rare enough breed to make it a wee bit difficult. So the hubby and I made a gluten free pizza crust last night and tried to replicate CPK's California Club pizza, which is SO good. The crust was only so-so but the toppings made up for it. I'd like to think it was a success. Now let's see how long I can last before relapsing again. Wish me luck, I'll need it.

Lightning

I know they tell you that when it rains it pours, but what they don't mention is that there's also lightning. And sometimes you get struck by said lightning. Without going into too many gory details, that lightning came in the form of me tweaking my already pretty messed up back at our eight hour dance practice on Saturday. Just that alone would have been rough, but it was another blow after a LONG chain of blows. Not to mention that our big dance show is coming up in exactly one week and I still have the end of a dance to learn - complete with awesome lifts. Man, alive. Okay, the pity party for one is officially over. Thanks for coming and bringing balloons. They look rad. But honestly, I am just so glad that my awesome hubby is so...well...awesome. Without being asked or even nudged he's done the dishes, laundry, cleaned the kitchen, stocked the fridge with slim fast shakes and water for my 6am dance practices and let me call and interrupt him at work to cry/whine/whatever. He's seriously the best. I give you all permission to be jealous now.

Thanks a lot, GH.

This is what happens when I talk about Great Harvest. The next day I look up the closest possible location and report to said location pronto. And then I eat another piece out of the loaf I bought on my way home. And then I make the first of the season fresh strawberry & peanut butter sandwich with an additional two pieces. Trust me, it sounds weird, but it is delicious. Gosh darn you, GH! Why did you have to be on my way home from school? I blame you for the loaf of bread I will be consuming within the next two days. And just in time for swimsuit season. At least I bought the healthy honey wheat, even though my newly found out about gluten allergy won't care. It's a good thing you're awesome, GH, otherwise we would no longer be friends. Okay, who are we kidding? We both know I'm weak when I see your sweet buns. You really are the BEST thing since sliced bread.

I hate waiting.

Anyone else ever think of this when you're forced to wait around for a dr appt or a class to start or whatever? When I first got my iphone I thought, oh my GOSH I'm never going to be bored again! That lasted about a month. Then I just got bored with the millions of apps I had and checking my email and all that. I swear I'm growing more ADD the older I get. Anyway, here are some awesome YouTube videos & commericals that will keep you entertained for a couple hours. Fear waiting no more! (At least until you've watched them all, then you're screwed.)

1) Straight Talk Commercial
2) The Hoff - Hooked on a Feeling
3) Doritos Shock Collar Commerical
4) Baby Scared by Mom Blowing Nose
5) Charlie Bit Me
6) Twins Wisdom Teeth
7) Prison Inmates Thriller Video
8) Ellen's Funny Signs (the last part is the best)
9) Baby Laughing at Ripping Paper
10) Inception Cat
11) Ellen Scares Taylor Swift
12) Kristen Bell's Sloth Meltdown
13) Sophia Grace & Rosie's Rap
14) The Cat Burglar
15) David Beckham's Prank on Ellen
16) Happy Goat
17) Stuck on an Escalator
18) Did You Hear A Click?
19) Dog Playing Piano
20) Dog Playing w/Mouse Toy
21) Cat Plays Fruit Ninja
22) Cat-In-The-Box
23) Puppy Eating
24) Face Lift Stretches
25) Cat Not Sharing
26) Dog Enjoying Guitar
27) Christian the Lion
28) OK Go Music Video
29) Audi Commercial
30) Bud Light Fire Commercial

Dear Camera

I swear my camera has been acting funky lately. Maybe it was something I said. Hopefully this will help:

Dear Mr. Nikon, 

I officially apologize for whatever I did to you, please stop taking out of focus & grainy pictures. Otherwise I will have to replace you. The hubby already wants to, so I'm your last shot. Hahahaha, get it? Shot? Man I'm funny, you really should try harder to keep me around.

Thank you kindly,

Me

I wore this outfit a bit ago but hence the pics being weird I've procrastinated posting it, but I kinda like it sooooooo blame Mr. Temperamental Nikon, not me. 

{Sweater: H&M; Striped Shirt & Jeans: F21; Shoes & Necklace: Target}

Weekly Pinterest Picks

This is week 2 of being on time with the weekly pinterest post! Say whhhaaa?! I've got to hurry and post this one cuz homemade pot pies just don't make themselves. Wouldn't it be so rad if they did? I mean they did when I was growing up.....hey Mom - you wanna come show me how pot pies make themselves again? Say in t-minus 3 minutes? Thanks, you're a peach :)

When I saw these, I literally told the hubby that I needed to host a breakfast party stat. He laughed and said, "Of course you do."

{Mini Pancake Skewers pinned here}

Is it possible for a girl to love bread more than chocolate? Cuz this girl does. I rarely go to Great Harvest because when I do the loaf is gone within 2 days. Apparently this girl also has no self-control.

{1 hour "Miracle Bread"}

Oh thank goodness, I was for sure worried about this one. 

{Pinned here}

Enough said.

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What would a Pinspired post be without a glam dress and a comment about how much I need it? Ps - I also need the shoes and belt....and as long as we're at it I'll take the hair too.

{Pinned here}

This is so precious. I'm going to force my son to take this picture with me whenever I have a son to force. But it won't look forced at all. Right?

{Image here}

So the other day this may have happened to me. And I may have waited about two minutes before the guy, who shall remain nameless, got it and laughed. I may have been relieved he didn't think I was stupid, but then I may have started second-guessing his own intelligence. Since it was 6 in the morning, I may have been willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. You're welcome, nameless guy.

{Pinned here}

And lastly the quintessential funny of the week. Aren't you guys so glad I'm so funny? Or at least pin funny things? Good, I'll take your silence as the affirmative. 

{But not you guys, you're all great. Image here}

This weekend

This weekend is going to be perfect - lots of food, time with the hubby, nice weather, and listening to our church's General Conference. Without getting too preachy, I love it because the uplifting messages give me encouragement and strength to keep going with the daily grind. I personally believe that the leaders who speak to us during this semi-annual conference are disciples of Christ just like those in the Bible - and to me, being able to hear their messages is a pretty amazing thing. Anyway, we're going to start a tradition to make the most unhealthy yummy breakfast possible on the two Sundays a year we have conference. Tomorrow I'm making these, and I'm kind of already drooling. Don't pretend you're not either.

{Blouse: Forever 21; Jeans & Oxford Shoes: Target; Lipstain: Revlon Just Bitten in Flame}

Monochromatic

Anyone remember doing this as a kid?

Well guess what? I do it as an adult too. Well....kind of. But I'm obviously doing it way cooler. Pffff. Come on, kid, get it together.

{Shoes, gry jeans, sweater: Target; Scarf: Ireland; Hair: curly version of this}

Your OCD is showing

Does anybody else feel like they can't function when their gmail inbox button has a number of unread messages in bold parentheses? Just me? Okay then. Welp I'm happy to report that after months of chipping away at almost 400 emails (and growing daily) I am down to Z-E-R-O. I can finally breathe. I've unsubscribed from everything I think I ever subscribed to in the first place and now I'm never EVER giving out my real email address again. No matter how good the deal is. (I should probably repeat this to myself a few times). Hooray for squeaky clean inboxes!! And for fellow OCD-ers like myself that I know are out there......somewhere....cheering right along with me.

Gotta have my pops

I just ran out of Corn Pops and basically feel like this:

But more importantly..............now what am I going to for lunch everyday?

Weekly Pinterest Picks

Can you believe it?! I am actually doing my weekly pinterest picks post on Monday! I'm pretty sure this means the universe is about to implode. And now you've had fair warning. But first I have an outfit to share! It's just one pic because the photos were too dark for me to edit without them coming out grainy. [Insert super sad face here].

{Leggings & Shoes: Target; Gry Cardigan: N. Rack; Scarf: Italy}

Soooo.......happy late St. Patty's Day! And now onto Pinterest:

 

{I have GOT to get me some of these.}

 

{Can you tell I've been a bit obsessed with braids lately? Obsessed, I tell you. Pinned here & here.}

 

{Hot pink & blk/wht stripes is gonna have to happen this summer. Pinned here & here.}

 

{Throwing out old To Do list and commencing this one immediately.}

 

{This is the coolest idea for a guestbook ever!}

why i'm a 14 yr old girl

Because this afternoon at exactly 3:55pm is the first chance I've had to go see this. And I'm beyond stoked. Also because I read these and liked loved them. I know, eww. But that was before I knew they were the bees knees for 14 yr old girls everywhere. It was actually three almost 30 yr old women who are very hip and awesome who converted me. Promise. Since finding out what they really are I'm always super duper embarrassed to admit I used to stay up until 2am when I had work the next morning reading them. And btw - the movies sucked so don't judge me if you've only watched those. Like they were REALLY not good. Whatsoever. Whew. Glad that's off my chest. Aren't you?

Hungry

 

Growing up my sister would always ask me two questions whenever I was cranky: "Have you eaten?" and "Have you slept?" Then she would tell me to go eat a sandwich and take a nap before I could talk to her again. Of course that made me more cranky, but usually I did what I was told since I was the youngest and didn't have much of a choice. I wonder if sometimes my husband feels like saying this to me whenever I'm a bit of a grouch. I'm gonna pretend he doesn't and loves me even when I'm less than sugary sweet. It would be so kind if you could leave me to my delusions and not tell me otherwise. Thanks.

Vday

Before we get too ahead of ourselves here, I have been meaning to post about Valentine's Day (aka lover's day). This vday we decided to keep it low key and do a fun dinner and dessert at home. And can I just say, it was PERFECT. I couldn't have asked for a better night. Seriously. The best part was spending time with the hubby. (Did I hear an audible "awwww"? or was it more like "gag me?" I'm gonna go with "aww".) Now for the juicy details (you know - what I wore to school, what we made for dinner, how we set the table, etc etc.) Real juicy stuff, I tell ya. 

{You can't really tell, but these are leopard print. I was so proud that I mixed stripes and leopard that I took a million shots trying to get a good one, but just ended up with a million bad ones.}

{Sooo, my hubby walked in curious to see what I was doing. This is me being super awkward not wanting to pose when we was watching and having the camera timer go off.}

{The Creme Brulee process:}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turtle Cupcakes

I couldn't wait until tomorrow to post about these cupcakes. 'Cuz dude, they are freaking delicious. They made it into the top three of best ever cupcakes. In case you didn't see my last post, here is the link to the recipe.

http://sweetpeaskitchen.com/2011/08/26/chocolate-turtle-cupcakes/

You're welcome, world.

Weekly Pinterest Picks

So I promise (cross-my-heart) that I will not make this once weekly blog post thing a habit. It's just been crazy around here with midterms and spring break and such. BTW - I've got some awesome pics to show you all of the trip to Zion National Park we took last week. Just get mentally prepared for that awesomeness coming your way. In the meantime, I want to do the Weekly Pinterest Picks a day early, because, well, we all deserve it. And also because I FINALLY got my Pinterest account working again after like a, idk, 3 week drought? It was awful. Never let it happen to you. So without further delay, my pinterest picks!

 

{I'm pretty sure I'm doing this tomorrow. I decided to let my hair be all natural and curly and such the last few days and it has NOT been good to me.}

 

{Do I post pretty formal dresses too much? No? Good, because I'm fairly certain you couldn't make me stop. Even if you said pretty please. Honestly the whole Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring collection of 2011 makes me swoon.}

 

{Is there anything better than a sunburst in photography? I'm obsessed. Please don't buy it before I get the chance. Thankyouverymuch.}

 

{The most perfectly perfect retro shoes that ever were. And only $23?! Thank you China.}

 

{Well, bless his little heart. Pinned here.}

 

{I feel like this is what my professors are doing after every test I've taken. Pinned here.}

 

{I'm waiting for the caramel to cool as we speak. Cross your fingers there will be picture proof tomorrow and a happy stomach tonight. Recipe found here.}

 

{Once I figure out where this place is I am going immediately. Pinned here.}

 

{Because it just makes me laugh. Probably more than I should admit.}