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It’s time for another Thursday Thoughts! If you want to participate, but have no idea what a link-up is, you can check out my explanation of it here.
~Happy Thursday! Can you believe tomorrow is the 4th of July? I think tomorrow is the only day of the year I am actually excited for fireworks. We picked some up to shoot off up-north and also got a few Wish Lanterns which I am super excited to try out. Has anyone ever tried these? Any tips?
~Just as I had hoped, Apple announced their Back to School promotion this week! So last night, with B’s help since he’s the student, I picked up a new iMac! Mine was ancient in computer years and it was well past the time to get it replaced. And I love it. I had forgotten how much I liked using a desktop.
~Eeek! Someone received their Nina Garcia Quarterly (#NGQ03) Box yesterday so we’ve got spoilers! You can check them out over at MUT if you are curious, but my initial thoughts are that I am excited for this one. My tracking doesn’t have an expected delivery date yet, but I have my fingers crossed for mid-next week. I want to see what variations are in this one and what variations I get in it!
~Because I think my kids are the cutest, I am going to share this video of WB I took yesterday. He didn’t know I was taping him playing and, as you can tell if you watch the end, he’s a little annoyed when he finds out. LOL. Totally cracks me up. I also cracked up yesterday when L instructed me to pack “trains in a little backpack” for WB to play with up-north this weekend. He clearly doesn’t think I can handle packing without him.
~I am not expecting too many subscription boxes to arrive before the holiday weekend, but I should get the Jennifer Love Hewitt Fancy Box and maybe one or two more? A TON of boxes have shipped so next week should be really fun around here. The July PopSugar Must Have Box appears to be on it’s way and is 2.4lbs this month. Any guesses on this one? I am really hoping for some spoilers Saturday, but we might have to wait until next week.
~For some reason I used to think that these celebrity “What’s in My Bag” pictures were real, but after this Olivia Munn one, I am not a believer anymore. She might have some of that stuff in her bag, but I do not believe that her bag just happens to contain all red, white and blue items.
~Does anyone read Radar Online? I am so not digging their layout change. At all. Grr. I can’t figure out what the new gossip is vs. the old gossip. I did catch that Jenelle had her baby though and I am sensing a trend of men cheating on their wives / girlfriends with transgender models. Is this the new thing?
That’s about it from here. What’s going on for you today? What are your plans for the holiday weekend?
don’t send them up if its windy..we almost set up north on fire LOL
love your office and holy moly what a huge screen cool and you do have the cutest kids ever…MOMMA STOP…LOL
Thanks!!
1 – so glad i kept NGQ! it looks great. however, hat is going to the kids or the sell pile! i’m not actually cool enough to wear it.
2- i have a big imac that we bought in 2009, it seems like the hard drive is failing so i’m going to cart it across the street to best buy. usually i perform those things but it’s like… no, i don’t want to lift off the lid/glass. actually now that i have a car again and need to take in my laptop for the trackpad (OMG) maybe i’ll take both to the apple store? but i would die without a computer. once my laptop does “go” i will go back to a desktop. i don’t move my laptop around the house. i even have a huge HD plugged into it. i’m not a laptop person except if i need to move from place to place
I cannot figure out where I’d wear that hat either.
I think my old iMac was from 2006 or 2007. It was almost an antique. So slow. This new one is like a. Implement dream.
Okay so I am totally obsessed with your office I’m moving and I was trying to pick out Chevron curtains and my husband said absolutely not. But, after showing the picture he’s a believer. Also is that the planner holder from EC. Looks like I have to place ANOTHER order i have to get one I’ve been contemplating but seeing an actual office makes it look nice. Also I just bought that exact water table for my friend’s daughter’s birthday and my kids are so upset with me for giving it “away” but now seeing WB having so much fun I may have to go make another purchase for my 2 yo.
Yay!! I am glad you wee able to convert him!!! I got them on etsy and really like them. Lucas has grey ones. WB has red!
It is an EC planner holder! Sometimes I use it for my address book. Some For my planner.
OMG! That video of WB is so stinking cute. I agree with you about the radar online website. Very confusing and I keep having issues trying to look at their photos. Today it worked better, but I still don’t like it.
I haven’t been on yet today. I may need to get my gossip from other sources now!
Why do I not subscribe to the Nina Garcia box? The contents look great! Looking forward to your review when you get it.
I can’t wait for it to arrive!!!
How cute was that video! I miss the days when my WB was that little!
It goes too fast!!
Plans? Three days of cleaning before a ton of service people tromp all over the house for various things. Only two bedrooms, and the attic won’t see someone.
I see your first pineapple by your desk. Will it stay in your office?
Reminds me, I should haul our new desktop out of the box. It’s so much easier to type on an ergo keyboard. Just need to make notes of the bookmarks in the old one.
It will stay there. I think I’m going to do them on either side of the window.
WB is so cute. I’m still on the lookout for a new water table. That one looks fun. I need something for C to do once N goes back to school. Sometimes C lets me record him and others he’s the same way and just screams at me to stop. He is a ham.
It’s so funny to watch them. He looked at me a few times but clearly he didn’t realize what I was doing.
I love those lanterns! The trick is to have one person hold it upright while another person lights it. Then let it go. If it tips to the side it will catch on fire…that’s why I like to have someone help me. They remind me of the lanterns in Tangled haha.
Good tips! Thanks!
I’m so glad I’m not alone, I LOVE using a desktop. Laptops are convienient, but there’s just something about using a desktop that I like better. 🙂
I feel like it’s more official. Lol
Those lanterns are super easy to use, I think your boys will love them! It is a two person job though, one to hold it up and one to light it.
Your kids are the cutest, second only to my niece of course 😉
Not much on my schedule for the holiday weekend other than a horse show, and hopefully some pool lounging!
Your weekend sounds great! I’m hoping to get a lot of sleeping in!
Oh man, I was really trying to be good but you know the minute I leave here I’m going to check out the Nina Garcia spoilers. Can’t. Resist!
What’d you think????
OMG… I love that video!.. Esp the ‘Mama..Staaaap’! So cute!
He so caught me! Lol.
Ww used lanterns like that after my cousins memorial service. They do require at least 2 people to light them since one person has to hold the bottom while someone lights it. We all had troubles getting ours to light which including many of the lanterns getting burns on their sides. The other issue was trying to get them to take off we’d think it was ready and let go only for it to land on the grass and have to rush so it didn’t burn the grass or hit someone and light them on fire. So I’d say those are definite adult only, my 9 yr old niece couldn’t even get it to work.
Oh it’s totally adult only. Maybe even just Bryan only!
But I do have to admit that a big group of the lanterns floating in the sky is beautiful. I also think it’s cool that the entire thing will burn there is no part that comes back to earth. I have a few pictures from our release including one I did a filter on to make it look crumpled for the end of my blog about him. Also have a video from the release I haven’t felt ready to watch yet cause I know I’ll cry like a baby since writing that blog update about it had me in tears for a while after I wrote it.
Did you ever find any Limeade Oreos? I FINALLY found Reese’s ones! They were totally worth the hunt.
No but my mom found some upnorth so I’ll try them then!
WB is soooooooo cute and your office is so pretty.
Thank you. And thank you!
My favorite thing about the Olivia Munn purse profile is the random huge hot water bottle. Wat?
I like her, though. She gets a lot of negative attention online for some reason, but I’ve always had a soft spot for her. *shrug*
she doesn’t bother me either. But I also don’t think she carries around a water bottle. Like really?
WB is adorable. I miss that age. I like how you used color in your office. You have me curious about the planners. What makes them unique? Saw the MUT spoilers for NG. I think the one item is going to become an expensive toy item depending on the color I receive. It will be easier to tell in person. My tracking has not been updated since July 2. I’m not going to worry about it now that I’ve gotten used to longer shipping times. It was hard in the beginning because I am used to Amazon shipping times.
Plus Cate and Chloe was delivered yesterday via USPS and tracking for the package on USPS is stuck on July 2nd showing that they received the electronic information.
My tracking hasn’t updated yet either. I hope it just magically shows up!