green.

 i have always been a lover of holidays - but i've never been big on st. patrick's day...until now!  we tried our first shamrock shake {yum} and attended a fabulous dinner party.  kalie's parties are always so magical and we always have so much fun with our friends.  we played pictionary on the wii and i loved/hated it so much.  it was hard!  i can't wait to play again and perfect my skills.

also, i made cupcakes.  and cookies...  

it was a good weekend.

i can't wait to have kiddies and dye our milk and toilet water green and leave our house scattered with gold coins.

g love and special sauce.

last weekend we saw g love and special sauce and had the best time.  there is nothing better than live music, especially with my man.  we saw him a few summers ago for isaac's birthday {you have to look at this post - we look like such babies!} and he was almost as good this time around.  so much talent!  i love him.

you guys, this week has been...long.  i am so ready for a few days off of work.  i'm tired.  i think i'll eat lots of junk and see the movie 21 jump street.  it looks stupidly funny.  and we all know i love me some channing...

okay, i'm going to bed {just finished a night shift}.  adios amigos!

baby nurse.

the past few days all of my patients have been under the age of 3.  usually, this would be extremely stressful because in general toddlers hate the nurses and cry when you come in the room...but not these babes!  i've had the best few days, and it's days like these that make me so happy and grateful to be a nurse.  

i especially love taking care of babies that need a such tiny blood pressure cuffs.  i've taken care of the sweetest newborn babe the past few days - i have loved feeding & changing & snuggling him.  best job ever.

i'm going to look back on this post next time one of my patients punches or throws a sprite at me.  ha!

i'm so proud of my 6th grade self for saying i wanted to be a nurse on the "what do you want to be when you grow up?" page.  you go girl. 

cadbury mini egg cookies.

these cookies are hella good.  i made a different, much flatter version last spring {see here}, but i like this version a little better.  cadbury mini eggs + cookies = easter magic!!!

ingredients:

2 cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 sticks {12 tablespoons} butter, softened

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg + 1 egg yolk, room temperature

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 bag cadbury mini eggs, broken into pieces

directions:

preheat oven to 325 degrees.  mix the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and set aside.  in another bowl mix the butter and sugars together until they are combined and fluffy.  add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and stir until just mixed.  gradually add the flour and mix until dough forms - it will be crumbly at first, but it will come together.  fold in the cadbury mini eggs.  leave out a handful of eggs and top each cookie with some colorful pieces before baking.

bake for 9-12 minutes until the edges are slightly brown.  let cool and then munch munch munch with a big glass of milk.

ilovethesecookiessofreakingmuch.

recipe adapted from how sweet it is.

springtime weekend.

isaac and i spent the entire weekend together and it was sweet sweet sweet.  there was no work or homework to distract us which is very rare.  this is how it went:

friday - lots of errands, mexican food, and an awesome concert {more to come}.

saturday - we spent the day catching up on some organizing, washing both cars {thank you ike man!}, enjoying the spring sunshine, and getting take out and catching up on our favorite shows.

sunday - a lovely morning at church, breakfast burritos, and an afternoon spent dozing on the couch and reading magazines with arrested development on in the background.  oh, and i made the most delicious cookies!  recipe to come.

i love me a good weekend.  now it's back to work for me!

abbey girl.

this weekend was a hard one.  isaac's family dog abbey passed away on friday and we are all heartbroken.  isaac picked her out 15 years ago from the pound and she has been his best friend ever since.  as a puppy she was diagnosed with a severe heart problem and was given 4 months to live.  my sweet isaac saved up and paid for the heart surgery that saved her life.  the home feels empty without her.  

abbey lived a long, full life - but it doesn't make it any easier.  i wish dogs lived as long as we did, it's just too hard to say goodbye!  i keep imagining her in heaven playing in a big field and eating tacos {her favorite}.  rest in peace sweet abbey!

march photo a day: part one.

day 1: up.
what gets me up in the morning...when i'm not working.  i love love love jillian michaels.  when i first started 30 day shred i thought it was terrible and i hated it, but once i built up my endurance and started seeing awesome results, i was hooked.  for all you home exercisers out there, you must try jillian!  i've seriously never been so tone.

day 2: fruit.

plus greek yogurt.  yum.

day 3: your neighborhood.

home sweet home.

day 4: bedside.

i must have all the essentials at hand when i'm in bed.  books, ear plugs, an eye mask, all my magazines, my heating pad, my journal, warm socks, tylenol pm for those restless nights...etc.

day 5: a smile.

or six!  i took this at my valentine's party in 2011 and i look at it every single day.  i miss brynn so much it hurts.  she left us 9 months ago - it has been a hard 9 months.  i love this polaroid - we all look so happy and pretty, especially brynn.

 day 6: 5pm.

best isle in the whole store!

day 7: something you wore.

hunter wellies from my man!  they are so comfy with the big fleece socks he got me for christmas.

day 8: window.
i can't make myself take down my valentine cards.  at least not until i have something easter-y to replace them with!


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there you have it, week one.  i am so so sooooo ready for the weekend you guys.  i hope yours is a good one!


p.s. if you've done the photo challenge leave me a link to your blog, i would love to see yours!