Happy Birthday Buddy

Today would have been Braddock's fifth birthday.  I still miss my poor sweet boy all the time. 

Here he is on his birthday last year. 

If I had known it was his last I would have spoiled him a little more...bought him a few more toys....made him a special dinner. 

I never thought he wouldn't live to see his fifth birthday.

I know he's just a dog, but I still miss him every day.

Hope you're having a birthday party in heaven Mr. B.

Thirty Miles in Thirty Days

Time for another week with Nikki for 30 miles in 30 days!!

Thursday May 16 - 2 mile run

Friday - 2 mile walk

Saturday - Nothing

Sunday - Ripped in 30 level 2 {no miles}

Monday - Pushup and ab workouts {no miles}

Tuesday - Pushup and ab workouts {no miles}

Wednesday - 3.1 mile run

Weekly total: 7.1 miles

Monthly total: 39.1

I'm really disappointed with my total this week, but what can you do.  I've been sick, suffering from bad allergies and have had a lot on my plate.  I just have not been making workouts a priority.  And unfortunately I know it's not going to get better this next week since we'll be away for most of it.  I hope you've all been doing much better than I have!

Hope you're all logging lots of miles so far this month!  Go link up with Nikki and boast your stats!

Little Bits

- I'm tired and cranky and it's not even 9:00 am yet...this does not bode well for the rest of the day

- I have more to do than time to do it in the next few days.  But instead of being productive I'm sitting here writing this worthless post.

- My bestie brought over some extra cannoli cake she had the other day.  I may or may not be eating icing off it with a spoon right now.

- That along with the fact that I pretty much haven't worked out in a week means I'm not quite as bikini ready as I'd like before CA.

- Good thing it's only going to be about 65* while we're there, so I won't actually need a bikini anyway

- I'm totally embarrassed by the amount of clothes sitting on my bed waiting to be put away.  But I can no longer see a giant spider that was in my room this morning, so that room is quarantine till further notice;-)

- My overall level of crankiness is way less than it could be though because of the warm weather.  As long as it's above 80* nothing can bother me too much:)

- This year has been so craptastic {yes that's a word} and I'm over it.  I'm determined to just be happy and make only good things happen for our family.  This will be our best summer yet.

- Charlie and I are heading out on a missing to find white earrings...I didn't realize what a challenge that would be

- I'm wearing a $10 dress from K Mart to my cousin's wedding.  It's fabulous though and I swear you would never know.

- I'm pretty sure 98% of my body is made up of coffee and Diet Coke these days.

- I'm so excited that a lot of the NJ beaches will be open for Memorial Day.  We are Jersey Strong and will continue to rebuild from the devestating hurricane!

- None of this post is making sense anymore, so I'll just leave you with some pics of my sweet babes:)  Happy Wednesday!

Prayers and Help for Oklahoma

I am so so saddened by the terrible destruction and loss of life suffered by those in Moore, OK.  So many people lost loved ones.  Even more lost everything. 

One of these is my friend from the blog world Heather.  Heather's house was totally destroyed in the tornado yesterday.  She has two young twin girls.  Thankfully they are all fine and are able to stay with her parents.  But everything they own is gone.

Thanks to the amazing hearts of two sweet ladies, a PayPal account has been set up to help Heather and her family with their most immediate needs and concerns.  The Paypal sends the money directly to her, so you know every cent will help.  If you feel the desire to donate, please just click the link below.

But most of all, we all need to pray for all of those affected by the storm.  I pray that they find more survivors than victims.  I pray they are all able to rebuild as soon as possible.

Our hearts are with your Oklahoma. 

A Day in the Life

I just love reading about "A Day in the Life" posts of other people, so I decided to one of my own.  I have to say while it was a little tough remembering to constantly take pictures, it was so fun to document the entire day.  I definitely want to do this a little more often {not for the blog but more to remember what I did with the girls}

A Day in the Life of Mommy Mandy - Friday May 17, 2013
I have about 4 alarms that go off between 6:00 and 6:30.  I really love the snooze button.

Get the girls dressed.

Give them some milk and breakfast.

Drink lots of coffee.

Get myself dressed.

Ignore Charlie's tantrum over the bagel I gave her for breakfast.

Get the girls loaded up and take Emmy to school. {They hold hands every morning now...I melt.}

Charlie and I head to CVS to pick up some things for our trip to CA next week.

Come home and pay bills since it's payday!

Take a whole bunch of pictures of Charlie because she looks ridiculously adorable with her hair in a baby bun.

Browse Pinterest for some recipe ideas.  I have to bring a dessert to my friend's house later.

Change into my workout clothes and go on a 45 minute walk with Charlie.

Come home and get back into my "appropriate for the outside world" clothes.

Head to the grocery store to pick up some brownie mix for my party tonight.

Grab a sandwich from the supermarket as well and eat it at 11:00.  Morning workouts make me hungry!!

Play Doc McStuffins with this cutie.

Charlie and I get back in the car to go pick up Emmy from school.

Hit up Wendy's because it's Friday and been a long week.

Come home and feed the girls lunch.

Take a minute to load and run the dishwasher.

Enjoy some of my fountain soda...nectar of the gods.

Facetime with my mom from England!

Skip gets home early from the range!!

Put the girls down for naps.

Emmy got up before Charlie so while Skip was also napping, we had a little girlie time.  Home-pedicures for the win!

Send texts to my baby sister {people used to think we were twins so we dubbed ourselves Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.  She's Mary-Kate and I'm Ashley obviously}

Lay down and take a 20 minute power nap.

Complain about how I want to keep sleeping.

Watch Skip play outside for a few minutes before slaving away in the kitchen.

Make dinner {grilled chicken and tortellini with vodka sauce} while simultaneously making brownies.

Sit down and eat as a family.

I had to drop something off for my sister at my parent's house {which is just three blocks from me} so we took a little after-dinner walk.

Stop to pick some wishing flowers.

Get the girls settled on the couch with Skip for Friday movie night. {Toy Story 2}

Rush upstairs to quick shower and get ready to go to my friend's house.

Come downstairs for lots of snuggles and kisses with my girls before I leave.

Head out for some adult fun!

We had a dinner-making/video game party.
Good food and great friends!

Come home, hang out with Skip a bit and hit the sheets around 2:00am. 

Phew! Everyday obviously doesn't look like this, but Friday was such a good, fun day...I'm glad I caught every moment!

What does a typical day look like for you?