"but grimness prevailed"

Being summoned as a juror was very interesting. There was potential for romantic comedy moments everywhere, but grimness prevailed.
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) April 13, 2012

(one of my favorite Mindy tweets)

This week has gotten off to a strange start. R received some unfortunate news yesterday, it's muggy as shit today, and we've been watching Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States rather intently (which is super interesting, but certainly doesn't leave you feeling happy-go-lucky!). I've still been in a good mood, but I can't shake the hilarious "but grimness prevailed" line while I go about my day. 

But! Thankfully the kittens are coming over today for their weekly Tuesday visit, which means hugs, kisses, and Kylie Scouts! I decided the girls and I are going to make a simple dessert to enjoy after dinner, and R3 will get to work on his pinewood derby car for Cub Scouts (already painted a gorgeous candy-apple red by Daddy-man). Here's to some giggles and sweetness to nip the grimness out of this week!

hi, blog! long time no see!

Hi, Blog! I know I haven't been around lately for a while, but I've missed you! We've been up to some awesome things the past few weeks, which include (but are not limited to):

- having CJ and Jim over for burgers

- starting ballet again!

- spending Christmas money like a BOSS (I'm so good at Retail Therapy)

- watching four shows on one glorious Saturday with my sweet man (1, 2, 3, 4!)

- inheriting a fishing boat from Charlie!

- getting some sweet recognition at work

- learning how to take awesome pictures on my camera (annnd failing? getting frustrated? snipping at Richard?)

- seeing my mommy for a teeth cleaning and eating lunch with her beforehand :)

- buying a new cookbook to try

- having our carpets cleaned!

- catching fish with Emily

- getting a shellac manicure and painting the girls' nails for KyScouts

- buying one of my favorite childhood movies for the kittens, because they love it now, too :)

And, to top it all off, I was approached by two casting agents for Dove's shampoo line while I was at the mall yesterday. Turns out I'm too young for the commercial they were casting for (you had to be over 30), but they said they ran over to see me and needless to say that made my whole day!

I'm doing well at so many things I want to accomplish. I'm trying to not be hard on myself for things I'm not accomplishing just yet.

Richard and I have a backed-up queue of sooo many shows/movies we want to watch, and last night I realized the main reason we don't get through the queue so fast is because we have too much fun talking to each other. What a problem! ;) I always hear stories of friends blowing through 5 seasons of a show or having movie marathons, and I think "That would be so much fun for R and I to do! Let's queue up X, Y, and Z!" But by the time I get home from work, eat dinner, take a shower, and tidy up around the house it's 9 o'clock and R and I are still having fun talking about things! Then we throw in all of our activities with ourselves and the kittens into the mix, and I just have to laugh at how something as easy as watching a movie takes forever. (It took us two days--Wednesday then the following Monday!--to watch "I Love You, Man," hahahahahaha.)

I got a glitter shellac manicure, and I feel like I'm 5 and just had my grandmother paint my nails. :)

R makes me laugh so much.

Ulyana Sergeenko's new collection debuted this week, and I'm SO EXCITED. 

Morgan from "The Mindy Project" makes me laugh so much, I'm kinda embarrassed.

I told Sadie how I felt kinda blah with my hair in a bun and wearing one of R's sweatshirts, and she took my hand and said in most concerned, supportive tone, "But you're always so pretty!"

I'm having a good time. :)

saturday morning ky-scouts

On Saturday morning, the girls and I went to Anthropologie in Highland Village for crafts and snacks. The littles ate rainbow Goldfish and colored with pointy crayons (we are so not used to pointy crayons in these parts!), and Meggie and I went exploring the joy that is Anthropologie Holiday Decorating. (Example!) I was so tickled on Friday night when Meghan asked if she could home along and hang out, even if she did manage to evade every picture I attempted to take of her (equal parts understandable, deeply frustrating, and impressive!) We certainly miss our dear boys during our Kylie Scouts, but it's so delightful taking our sweet girl-time to apply lip gloss and swoon over tutu-skirts. :)

(Sadie is still learning how to smile with her teeth, and it is adorrrable)

Kylie Scouts

Emily and Sadie been dying to be Girl Scouts for ages, but we can't really coordinate it into our schedule right now. So we started Kylie Scouts instead! The little girls and I will start taking an hour every week (and sometimes a weekend day, too!) to do something fun and Scout-esque. Make the best of what you got, right?!

This week was our first KyScouts event, and we made a Holiday wreath for our front door (or as Sadie so adorably calls it, a "wreaf"). It was super easy/cheap! The wreath and sparkley jingle-bells were a whole $9 from Michaels, and I had green ribbon and glitter sewing thread already at home. The girls loved working together, and the giant bonus was all the glitter on our clothes! (I can never really get upset over errant glitter.)

They were kinda perplexed that there weren't enough bells to cover the entire wreath, which lead to a really confusing explanation of "Well, Miss Kylie likes things that look romantic and ornate but also beat-up and organic at the same time." This obviously resulted in a couple of blank-stares. They'll appreciate it later, I'm sure!