What I'm Loving Wednesday : Home Edition

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I know I already posted today, but as soon as I hit publish, I remembered it was Wednesday!  I get to jump on the bandwagon and play Positive Shelley for a brief moment.

I hate doing laundry.  The first person to make this a fun chore gets a gold star in my book, but until then, I’ll just have to find joy wherever I get it.  These are our new washer and dryer.  It was a very adult purchase that wasn’t very fun, but necessary.  But the best part, they PLAYS MUSIC when they start and finishes, and the musical tune is very bubbly and upbeat.  It makes me giggle every time I hear it-which is much better than the dread of past machines. 

This is my Desktop.  Same as yours?  Well, this is an accomplishment for me.  For years, regardless of the computer, I’ve always had a trillion (yes, a trillion) icons and files and documents all over the place.  It was impossible to find anything, so I was constantly recreating everything.  Now, all I have on here is

• A file for the here bloggy Blog
• A file for my resume/writing samples
• Two unfinished blogs that you might be seeing in the future
• A background picture of the Boston Public Library’s ceiling (pretty impressive, huh?)

Everything else is neatly tucked away out of sight.  (Yes, I hide things in closets when company comes over, what’s it to you?)

I LOVE MEN!!  I know I know, obvious, right?!  But that’s not where I’m going with this, I’m married, remember?  So, I love that every time I interview with a man in the past, I have been offered the job.  I’m hoping today follows this course because I had a kickass interview with THREE men today for a job that I would be exceptionally good at.  I went into the interview with the idea that if I don’t get the job, I can just go back to school to get my Masters (I’ve been weighing both options heavily for the last few months trying to decide which would be better for me).  Anyway, I think I have this job in the bag, but keep your fingers crossed for me. 

I love my dishes/tableware.  Granted, red and teal/blue/turquoise/aqua-ish don’t really go together, but, shut up!  They do!  I put together the place setting to show you, my lovely blog followers.  And since we NEVER sit at the dining table, it becomes home to coopers siblings our plants.  This is Planty, he was our first plant.  He doesn’t require as much attention as Whitey, Big Butt and Cooper.  He inspired our bamboo appearance here (um, we have bamboo utensils).  It kinda looks like Planty’s about to get his wine on. 

 It’s a very Seattley day outside, damp, cold and rainy.  So, I’m staying inside, stupidly in the coldest room of the house, what am I thinking?!   Anyway, I’m thinking of making something delicious…  Chocolate Chip Cookies.  And since, no matter how precisely I follow the directions for my Moms homemade cookie recipe, I cant get it right, so I’m sticking to the deliciously easy Betty Crocker Cookies.  Yumm. 

What I'm Loving Wednesday

I may be a bit slow jump on this trend wagon, but I L.O.V.E. my Keurig!  We got it for Christmas and use it probably 6+ times a day.  What’s shocking me the most, I’m a Seattle who loves my coffee, but since we’ve had the Keurig, I’ve been cheating on my Starbucks beans just drinking Tea-from the bag-yup, No K-Cup.  I just add a bit of my vanilla creamer and an Earl Gray Tea Bag and push the extra large size button and voila!  No heating water in the awkward red kettle. 

Hello, my name is Shelley, and I am a Bananagrams-aholic.  Yeah, we’ve all SEEN the weird banana shaped bag in the stores, but to play it is ADICTING.  Its like Scrabble, but have I mentioned, I CANT SPELL?!  This is So much better!  I actually play it on Facebook in la solo cafe because none of my other friends are bananas enough to challenge me.  Ready!  Set!  SPILT!!

I love the smell of my dogs Shampoo.  Weird, eh?  I spend an extra bit of time massaging his scalp so the smell soaks in.  This way, when I kiss the top of his head, I smell the clean aroma, rather than the feet odor that he collects from the Husbands office. 

Completely not new, but I am so in love, I have to mention it.  Five or so years ago, I fell in love with the most beautiful lavender/grayish duvet with wispy bamboo stocks printed on it and HAD TO HAVE THEM.  It was mandatory, so much to the fact that I had to find a husband just so I could register for the duvet at Macys.  When we didn’t get it as a gift, I dipped into our savings and bought it-as a gift to myself (along with the Coach shoes).  Granted, the Husband doesn’t like it, but every day when I step into my bedroom, I’m in heaven.  Did I mention, it’s the same one Carrie had on Sex and the City.  Of course, this isn’t the sole reason I wanted it-but I made sure not to divulge this info to the husband until after it was nicely spread under us.

I am LOVE LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOVING that I get to hug my best friends SO SOON.  Living across the country from them is the worst thing ever.  I cant wait to dance dance dance and giggle without the phone getting in the way. 

I love that a guy I had a phone interview with THREE weeks ago finally called and left a message to have me come in and meet with him.  I also LOVE that I would be AMAZING at this job. 

I love that the neighbor guy whos always been a prick in the past just knocked on my door to tell me that I left the lights on in the car.  Oops.  Although, I dont really love this enough.  He still swept the snow onto my car after I shoveled it a month ago.  Jerk.  

And finally, I'm LOVING that I dont have to keep a secret for much longer.  Phew, this is tough!