Stumbled Upon

Two things that were so fun to find online that I had to share before I get some much needed shut-eye!
I was literally about to put my computer down and then I stumbled upon these two sites.

Just one more teensy little monogram thing. A FREE printable download! No matter what it is this is always exciting to find. And this one I'll actually use! You can customize them courtesy of Wedding Chicks. And no, you don't have to be getting married or be married to love a free monogram printable. I can't wait to use mine I made below for stationary, as a decal or sticker (with the sticker machine I'm going to buy), as a label, a gift wrapping personal touch and many more! Here is my first shot at it:

AND THEN I found the coolest doodle/watercolor site. It's called  Odosketch. You can doodle, sketch, draw and save each piece and use them later or print them out for a custom touch to your home! Just blow it up frame and mat it and voila! Fun for kids too for those mommas out there! Here's mine:



Enjoy!!

Sara Bernice
xoxo

March is for Monograms

A few weeks ago, I was pinning some really cool stuff on Pinterest like I do every day for hours and hours on end and it hit me, after my 22nd monogram pin, that I am officially obsessed with monograms. I mean I knew I was drawn to them but Pinterest really made it abundantly clear, especially when I pinned a dreadful monogram bandeau top without even thinking just because it had initials on it - I couldn't resist. I am going to need to dedicate an entire board to monogramming the crap out of everything.

In doing this, I came across one of those newly popular filigree three-letter monogram necklaces (you know, like the one Alexis wears on her RHOOC interviews, but not as gaudy) and as I clicked through to the origin found that it took me to a site where a beautiful $300 monogram necklace awaited me. Hmmm, there has to be a better deal on this somewhere else (my curious, researching, frugal side said) so I did some googling and came across http://www.mynamenecklace.com/. The site immediately looked like one of those suspect spam sites, but don't let that fool you! I ordered my sterling silver necklace - for $40!!! - and it came in the mail last week and I am OBSESSED, go figure. I'm going to go back and get a gold one too. Here it is in silver:

I have had soooo many compliments on it everytime I wear it! Which has only been twice so far. I even had a MAN compliment it then followed it by saying his wife has been looking for one and he has to tell her about mine and where I got it.

To add to that, I also ordered a monogrammed Kindle cover for my new birthday Kindle Fire - thanks hubs! IT IS SO FREAKING CUTE! Ugh that is supposed to come in the mail tomorrow and I am beyond anxious! Here is what it will look like:



The site is http://www.inthisveryroom.com/ and they have the most drool-worthy Claire Bella monogramammables. They are the best quality and cutest patterns I've ever seen. You can mix and match colors, patterns, fonts, etc. - the hardest part is trying to decide on a final product because they are all ADORABLE. She has everything from tervis tumblers to Ipad covers to otterbox covers for your phone and even plates and kitchenware. You can see more of her designs and shop locations on her website: http://www.clairebella.com/.

Also, on my list of things to monogram is throw pillows, bed pillows, blankets, a ring, a bracelet, a wall craft project, a sun hat, beach towels, beach/travel bags, OMG is that too much???? I hope not.

I guess it's the southern belle in me or maybe the excitement of a "new" monogram (last name) after recently getting married, but whatever it is I hope it never ends because it makes me so completely happy (lol).  You will not forget my future kids' names either because they will be monogrammed out so much that it will make you sick. But I just know you will love it too. :)

What things have you monogrammed or plan to? What's your new favorite thing to do with names and initials? Share it with me!

Have a great week!
Sara Bernice

SWH

Hey Baybay Hey Baybay Hey

This past weekend my husband and I were watching a movie and it panned to an adorable baby and Jason said, "awwww." WHAT?? That's exactly what I said to him. "What did you say?" He chuckled and repeated his aw moment. I tried to act like it was no big deal and stared at him for another 5 seconds before I finally looked away with a grin. That is one of the most attractive things in a man, I mean it's even cuter when they actually hold a baby or play with a baby, but even seeing him find a baby aw-worthy on tv was all kinds of exciting anf got my mind racing.

I immediately started picturing him as a dad and me as a mom and a little family picnic and then I almost threw up. Don't get me wrong I am soooo semi-ready to start a family, but sometimes when I think about it, I mean reallyyyyy think about it I have a small panic attack. That is completely normal, right?! I know, I know noone is ever really prepared for a child and it is a wonderful life-changing thing and you all of a sudden just instinctively know how to raise a teeny human. I hope that last part is right because I can barely take care of myself.

Well, for now it is super fun to hold our petite and helpless doggy Charlie like a little baby and rock him and coo at him. From time to time I will do this and then hand him over to Jason like he's a baby all swaddled and fragile. J looks at me like I'm crazy but eventually takes him from me gently like a real infant - he just can't resist that pitiful snout face.

Here are some picshas of J being a very capable uncle with our niece, Lilly, the cutest baby in the world. Period.

One day!

Sorry, Sarah for taking pictures all the time with Lilly like she is our baby! lol

Is your man comfortable around babies? Are you? Do you find that attractive in men? Are you a newlywed with the same worries? Share!

xoxo



Sara Bernice

Relevant sites:

http://www.parenting.com/gallery/most-popular-baby-boy-girl-names-2012

 

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kate-middleton-prince-william-adopt-cocker-spaniel-puppy-2012311

 

Thursday's Things I Must Have But Don't Need! 1.26.12

I don't run across really unique online retail sites very often. But when I do I love to share them with the worllllldddd! I love quirky gifts, clothing, jewlery, etc. that you can't find anywhere else. My fave site like this right now is Fred Flare (http://www.fredflare.com/)! AND they are currently having a huge sale! Up to 90% OFF! yes, 90! They are practically giving this stuff away and I am so elated! If you have someone in your life that has a goofy side and has everything and you can never think of a cool gift then you have got to check this stuff out! OH and free shipping! Keep in mind this is all their sale stuff - check out the regular priced items and you'll go kooky for this website. YOU'RE WELCOME.

My power list consists of:

• This dress! It's is a knockout and only $34! Indeed!



Colorblock Body Con Dress



• I love this for my mommy friends with a sweet little girl!



Cupcake beanie!

• OK, I want these for me!!! ;) OR my 10 yr. old cousin. Wink!

Hello Kitty MP3 player

• This is so funny for peeps that have an iPad!

Etch a Sketch iPad case

• This skirt screams girls night out! Love it! So glam!

Textured Gold Sequin Skirt

• Who doesn't need a new calendar? Plus, I LOVE KATE SPADE!!! And so do my friends - perfect!!

Kate Spade 2012 Desk Calendar

Do you have retail websites on your favorites bar or bookmarked that you can't get enough of?? Share them! I am always looking for other sites to expand my "don't need" portfolio!

xoxo

Sara Bernice

Stuff My Three Chihuahuas Say

I thought I would lead this week off with a special post inspired by the ever popular trending "meme" sensation, "$h*t Girls Say" (please note that since I have inserted two symbols where two letters should be I am not actually saying a bad word ;). This internet hit has led to numerous other hilarious videos and lists playing on the same title. My favorites are below. Check them out!

"Stuff PR People Say" - "Does this have PR legs?", "Did you get my email?"

"$h*t Women Say to Personal Trainers" - I cried watching this.

"$h*t Drunk Girls Say" - this dude is so good at it.

"$h*t my Dad Says" - this guy lives with his 70 yr old dad and the stuff he tweet is highlarious.

and the local flavor:

"$h*t Chants don't say" - if you went to CCU you have to watch this! "Parking is really abundant", "I love 501" lol

So, in honor of this, I have compiled my own list of "Stuff My Three Chihuahuas Say." My three chihuahuas have a mind and dynamic personality all their own. Anyone that has come into contact with them knows this. They are very different and extremely entertaining. They have a "frenemy" relationship with each other and sometimes it's just funny to watch them "fight" over mommy and daddy time in their own way. This has led to many nights of howling with laughter, pictures and "chi-isms" that Jason and I laugh about daily. I've separated the "things they say" by each dog because they each have such a different "voice". I love " " apparently. I don't know about you other pet owners, but my dogs do have a real human voice that we (I) speak to them, but that's another blog entry.

Let me give you a very brief background. Bella is a spoiled brat who likes to eat, rest and not be bothered by the other two. That's it. Lil' Bit is an old soul, a free spirit and a major scaredy cat who only eats red meat and never eats veggies or treats. Charlie is a major nancy boy (that's why we call him Charlene, Charlie Ann, etc.), but is so laid back, loves the outdoors and is obsessed with us.

Well, let me get to it....here is the list.

"Stuff My Three Chihuahuas Say"

         Bella:

• I am so exhausted from putting up with these two morons all day.
• Ugh, can you stop moving around so I can get comfortable. GEEZ.
• WHAT WAS THAT??!! DID YOU HEAR THAT?!!!!!! AHHHHHHH WHAT IS THATTTTTT!!!!????!!!!
• Okay, first of all, you know I don't go outside when it's dewey. And second, it's not even light out. I'll be in my bed til noon.
• Mom, MOM, Mom where'd you go? Mom, Mommm, MOMMM, oh there you are. Whew, I thought I'd lost you forever. Don't ever go to the bathroom again.
• I AM SO HUNGRY!!!!!!!!
• Can you please get this trick (Lil' Bit) away from me immediately. Ugh her senseless urge to play drives me insane. I just want to lay next to you FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.



Bella sitting pretty in her Mrs. Claus outfit.





Bella being bratty in her Disney princess outfit. Typical.

Lil' Bit:

• Pllllleeeeassseee give me a piece of that red meat in your plate....I am so hungryyyyyyyy... I'm going to die...look at me, I'm shaking...I'mmm dyingggggg.....the only thing that can save me is that small succulent piece of aged beef on your fork...Ohhhhhhhh pleaseeee.
• Mmmmm (lick lick lick) uhhhh this couch is soooo tasty....I just (mmmmm) can't stop licking it....ohhh I love it so much (lick LICK) I am especially loving this new cleaner you put on it.
• what is that????!!!! is that a snake??!!!!! OMG ahhh is that a killer snake?!! omg what is that??? omg it's going to murder me...omg...ahh what is that, what IS that!!!! ohhh it's the vacuum cord. whew. omg it's a VACUUM!
• Are you leaving? Are you going in the truck for a drive? CAN I GO FOR A RIDE???!!! Please !!!!! Can I? CAN I, CAN I, CAN I, CAN I, CAN I, CAN I!!!!!!!!!!!!?
• Oh daddy, please pet me I am so cute and sweet and I smell like a dead frog and I did not poop on the rug today and I have an itch righhhhttt there! Please oh please pet me behind my ears! YES! yesssssss.
• No, I do not speak Spanish. Stop talking to me in Spanish.



Here's Lil' Bit being scared of the remote



Lil' Bit dominating on top of the couch (and being scared of the camera).

         Charlie:

• AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! MOMMMYYYYY!!!! DADDDDDYYYY!!!!! YOU'RE HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! AHHHHHHHHH! I CAN'T HANDLE THIS!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!
• I am so sweeeeeepppyyyy from relaxing all day.
• I love the sunshine doo doo dee doo dahhhh the sunshine la dee daaaaa sunshine shine.
• Here's my toy. Here it is. Throw it. Here. It's right here. Throw it. Here, HERE. Throw it.
• I love to snuggle with my daddy and when he's sleeping I sleep too and I love him oh so much and I like to lay on his neck and behind mommy's knees. I love sleep.
• Hey! We're out of water! Mom! I'm thirstyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Daddddd, I need some water. I will flip this bowl over! I am soooooo thirsty!!!!
• Mommy, I was chasing Bella and Lil' Bit and they growled at me and ran away so I followed them and they ran the other way so I followed them and they jumped on the couch and I jumped on the couch then they laid on you and I laid on you and they moved and I laid on your face.

 

Charlie resting on daddy's neck



 

Charlie enjoying the sun. And sleeping.



Well, there you have it. That's my dogs in a nutshell. I think I reperesented them pretty well. If you don't know them now you do. What do your pets say to you? Do they have a voice? Share yours too!

Here's a photo of the whole crew:



Here we have Bella giving me the stink eye, Lil' Bit afraid of the camera and Charlene being sleepy. End of story.



XOXO

Sara Bernice

Thursday's Things I Must Have but Don't Need!

There are a million trillion things I see every day that I want. I see another girl's shoes..I want them. I see a new app...I want it. I see a puppy...I want it. I see cake....gimme. But, I know that I cannot have all these things. Some may say, oh it's called will power, being an adult, responsibility. I say why not create a website where everytime you're online and you see something you like you can pin it on a board that you can reference and see other people's cool things and oh wait.  I'll just make a list.

So, here is some fun, unique stuff I found that we ladies must have from one of my fave websites http://www.thehappywoman.com/!

 

Fruit jackets!

I always throw a banana in my purse for breakfast and when I get to work it is bruised half the time! Genius!

FingerFood Party Plates!

You know you would use this at the next shower, wedding, mixer, whatevs. This is hysterical yet brilliant.

Aromatherapy Pillow Inserts!

Have trouble sleeping? Love the fresh smell of nice clean sheets? Get your lady fingers on these! Ahhhhh :)

Flavor Savor Mustaches!

Just because they're HIGHlarious.

Bath cupcakes!

Bath time plus sweets = I want!!!



ENJOY! xoxo

Sara Bernice

Just call me Shooter McGavin...

Well, not exactly the Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore, but more like the sharp shooter in any major action packed kick arse awesome edge of your seat thriller shooting film starring a tough broad, you know the ones, "Enough", "Lara Croft", "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."  We actually met Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Ashley and Jason Smith, that is) at the iRange - that's what we shooters call the Indoor Range, the iRange. It's pretty elite.

The hubs has been wanting to take me to a shooting range for a while now.  First, he got me the pink mace keychain and then I took all those kickboxing classes and now this. He really wants me to be able to defend myself and threaten people with more than my massive calfs and killer stink eye. I mean, there are a ton of sexy, tough, take-no-prisoner chicks in the movies that make it look so glamorous and I don't even need a stunt double! So, I grabbed my brass knuckles and my ankle weights to make me feel tougher and off we went.

Well, it was not what I expected in there. It smelled like musty, aggressive wood and everyone looked like they wanted to hurt me. Maybe it was what I expected. It was a redneck palace. A criminal's oasis. I was a little afraid.  Then, I saw a young woman, a pregnant woman. Seven months, minimum. Holding a pistol waiting on her turn to shoot. Yikes. After I stopped staring we took some time to take a look at the guns and I was very intimidated.  We could only choose from semi-automatics to shoot, no revolvers available for rent in the iRange. Not that I knew the difference anyway.  Hey, I've had my fair share of shooting, but with a rifle not a handgun. So, we picked out my weapon from the case as if we were looking at fine jewelry and waited and waited for our turn. I suggested going next door to the bar several times but no one thought that was a good idea.

We were finally up (The Weavers!?! He shouted..aw). The rifle ranger - I don't know if that's his exact title - explained to me how to hold the gun, how to release the magazine and load the rounds, how to aim, how not to point the gun at someone when loaded, blah blah blah! I think I blacked out halfway through and pictured myself holding the gun and aiming it all sexy like Angelina. Finally, we go in the range and I am so excited that I'm afraid I'll forget everything he said while I wasn't listening. Jason hands me the gun, "Here you go." I take it, load it, get my footing and aim. BANG! bang bang bang! Ahhhhhh I loved it! We each shot 50 rounds each (that's bullets for you regular folks) and I hit the target every time! I am so proud of myself and JLO in "Enough" would be proud too. What an adrenaline rush! I can't say I'll go back when I'm pregnant, though.

Thanks to my super great husbandini for taking me and supporting me. He left with all his 2000 parts. He felt like he'd dodged the bullet, literally!

Here are a couple of photos thanks to Miss Ashley P. Smith!

                   

              

Sara Bernice