My Name is Monday and I CAN'T Keep Calm!

I made it a point to tell myself this about once every 45 minutes today. Why? Well, the USWNT ladies were set to play Colombia tonight, and along with the rest of our country, I really wanted to see them win.

yiiiieeee!! 

I couldn't tell you what happened at work that would've been anywhere near comparable to my excitement to head home and catch this game. I spent the early evening monitoring my TV to be sure Time Warner would hold out [it usually doesn't, I'll just be honest], but I was pleasantly surprised when it came through and brought the game into our house. Becky, Brandon, Clark, Mike & his girls Avery & Alyssa comprised our viewing party, and what. a. game it was :)

It was a wild first half, but no score to count after the first 45...

"i believe that we will win!" 

The 2nd half was a different story! We were screaming at the tv by the time 90 hit, and after the few stoppage minutes to count, we were done, and HEADED TO THE QUARTERFINALS!! :D

I'm not kidding at all when I say that my childhood is re-living itself. I'm a little girl again, glued to the TV in admiration of our women's national team. My teenage years are back in swing again, too: back to 1999 when I watched the same Rampone that's playing now, alongside the legends of Mia, Christine, Brandi and the rest. We are BACK in the World Cup run, and I am 110% CERTAIN that WE. WILL. WIN IT!!!!

See you girls again on the 26th :) 

U-S-A!!! 

xo | cmd

Happy Birthday, Shef!

Since I made/used this last year to commemorate this guy's birthday, I'm going to take the easy road and do the same thing this year... since I haven't seen him since that last time :(

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY [30th, at that]
TO THIS GUY! 

Shef, I hope you had an incredible birthday, and that year 30 is all it can be & more. You've earned it! I hope Cali continues to treat you well, and if we're in the same small hometown at the same time this year, I hope to at least say hi :). HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Here in my little world, it was a client facility tour day, which warranted jeans for the day. That of course made office yoga that much more enticing.... and long story short, this:

itty bitty bakasana :) 

^ Those jeans were not interested in any sort of ground work today, but that just made it all the more challenging, and when you're learning to float like I am, it was kind of fun.

Anyway, we just finished up dinner at Main Street with Jess; Chad wasn't working tonight since he's apparently called off Wednesdays for volleyball and life forever thereafter, haha.. but still fun either way.

So far so good on the week! See ya tomorrow, blogbots!

xo | cmd 

Birthday Shout Out{s}

It's my friend Clark's 29th birthday today.
That cracks me up, because we've been friends since middle school and honestly were uncertain either of us would survive our hometown long enough to make something of ourselves. [That's a joke....] We did, and as I look back over the years and to where this guy is now, I'm glad to say that he's a friend of mine and I wish him all the continued success there is to offer!

Happy birthday, Sheff!!! I'll see you in the 29 club here in 10 days!

2003 v. 2012
happy birthday, clark!

Speaking of birthdays, I forgot to mention that we had a miniature belated celebration for Nikki yesterday, complete with donuts and coffee.. ya know, the way real office birthdays are supposed to be done. Haha. I laugh because I still have a healthy metabolism and exercise regiment.... if I keep this crap up for another 10 years though, it might be a different story.. ;)


busken & coffee. holy heart-attack.

And... cue workout. (:
Sydni and I are taking a quick break from dancing around the living room, so I think we'll get our exercise in tonight.

Happy belated birthday, Nikki, & Happy TODAY birthday, Clark!

xo | cmd


Happy Birthday, Shef!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CLARK!

2003 | mvhs graduation | mt. vernon

^^ Throwback, 100%.
Hahaha. This is a kid I've known for way too long. It's crazy to think that we've stayed friends through high school [that should've done it alone, haha]. Then of course there's the fact that one of us lives in the midwest and other lives in Cali. I'm happy to say we've still got the friendship, and hope, across the miles, that he has an amazing birthday!!

That was then... and this is now:

my GQ friend | happy birthday!!

You've come a long way friend, and I'm glad to have you as my friend after all these years. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHEF!!

xo | cmd