Read it- NOW!

I know I’m a little late to the party- heck I missed out on Harry Potter and the Twilight series until way late in the game, too.

If you haven’t read these books, be like Nike and JUST DO IT!

I heard some rave reviews from my coworkers and I broke down and started to read them on my Kindle. After the first few pages of The Hunger Games, I have to admit that I thought they had gone off the deep end thinking it was a book I’d like to read. Since our reading genres seem to mesh quite well, I decided to stick it out. I flew through all three books in less than two weeks.

If you have a Kindle or a Kindle app and would like to read the series, I can “lend” them to you. They will not disappoint!

Friday Randomness

I have had a crazy week and it seems like I have the rest of my weekends already planned out through the end of October. I’ve had some fun stuff going on in our house lately and since none of them really deserve an entire blog post on their own, I figured I’d throw them all together.

Justin and I got a Sling adapter for our Dish Network DVR. I’m not sure of the whole technological process but I do know we can watch our recorded shows, set up the DVR to record, browse the guide, and even control the DVR on the television

FROM OUR PHONES!!!

How awesome is that?!?!

 

When Justin called to ask a few questions, the sales person must have really liked us. He waived the $99 for the sling adapter AND saved us $10 per month on our bill.

Also, my Google Reader and Twitter feeds are blowing up about the Erin Condren Life Planners. I think they’re pretty awesome, but I have become quite reliant on my phone calendar. It syncs with my work Outlook calendar and is quite handy. But the appeal of a tangible {VERY CUTE!} planner is tugging on me more and more. The only downfall is that these beauties are $50 + shipping. They are bound by hand and made here in the USA but I have a really hard time justifying the cost for something I am just not sure I will use faithfully. I have found a $25 coupon code which is making me a little more amenable to the idea, but I think I might hold out just a bit more.

If I do end up getting one, I love the Favorite Things Life Planner. I have been thinking of my words and here is what I’ve come up with so far:

firefighter, wy-man, love, southern belle, honey, sweet tea sippin’, sugah, back porch sittin’, monograms, vera, dahlin’

I’ll have to let y’all know if I end up with one. Maybe I will get Santa to wrap one up for Christmas :)

Update on my hair: I am loving the dark color and the bright red tint seems to have toned down. I’m saving this picture so I can remember to go a little more brown/less red next time.

And of course, I can’t write a blog post without a picture of my bald-headed drooling baby! He’s getting so long so we’re pretty sure he’s going to be taller like Justin. He’s blowing rasperries, rolling around like crazy and just chatters all the time {I guess that’s the one thing he gets from me}.

Have a great weekend!

GCB

 

I’ve been checking out the new fall TV lineup and came across a hilarious new show called GCB that’s due out this fall on ABC. It’s set in Dallas and I don’t think I’ve seen more pearls and southern accents on TV in a long while. It stars Annie Potts from Designing Women and Kristin Chenoweth. It looks to be a little racy, but other than that I don’t see how it can be bad!

http://abc.go.com/shows/gcb

Happy birthday, Aunt Suzi!

 

  

On Friday night, we celebrated my middle sister Suzi’s

22nd

birthday this past weekend at Fat Daddy’s in Fitzgerald. Their steaks are pretty good and the atmosphere was awesome.

Wyatt turned FOUR MONTHS OLD (!!!!) on Sunday and it just amazes me how quickly time flies. I found out one year ago from today that our family was expanding and now I have a four month old. It still blows my mind.

We wrapped up Suzi’s long birthday weekend (she says she gets a whole month, but she’s WRONG ) yesterday on her actual birthday with a great ice cream cake.

My youngest sister Sami is stuck in Savannah for a while because she works weekends, but Mama visited her for a few days. I can’t wait til she gets to come home again.

I know these updates are piecemeal. They’ll come together soon enough!

Why hello there!

Look who I found shopping at my local Harvey’s grocery store last week!

(Garth Brooks!!!!!!!)

Accent Vlog

It seems to be almost required material here lately do record your own version of the accent vlog. I have to admit that I don’t usually like videos on blogs too much, but I have thoroughly enjoyed hearing what everyone sounds like! There are a lot of folks that sound different than I imagined. I’m not sure why I have preconceived notions about how they should sound, but I do. Here is mine. Sorry for the crazy background. I recorded this today on my lunch break at work!

The instructions are to say these words:
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

And answer these questions:

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?

What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?

What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?

What do you call gym shoes?

What do you say to address a group of people?

What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?

What do you call your grandparents?

What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?

What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

Wrapping up August

  

Awesomesauce

Have you heard of people saying something was “awesomesauce”?

Well, this stuff is really awesomesauce. Awesome sauce..haha!

Next time you’re chowing down on the world’s best chicken sandwich or {my personal fave} nuggets, mix up some honey mustard and barbeque sauce. It will rock your world. Just not today. They’re closed on Sundays

You’re welcome.

Pinteresting!

Have you heard of Pinterest?

If not, check them out NOW! It is a great website where you can “pin” ideas onto as many different pinboards as you’d like. It’s similar to sitting down with your favorite magazines and clipping out recipes, gift ideas, crafts, and dream houses only way quicker and you can pin directly from your favorite blogs and websites.

Here’s a link to my Pinterest. Add me as a friend! If you need an invite, email me at

sarah {dot} mastrario {dot} cook {at} gmail {dot} com.

Much needed update

Goodgoogamooga! It has been more than two weeks since my last blog post! This one is a whole lotta randomness crammed into one blog. I am keeping up on Wyatt’s baby blog quite well though.

So here’s what’s been going on:

I dyed my hair. Verdict? I like it. It beats paying a whole bunch of $ and taking two hours of my prescious time from Wyatt.

My sister Sami took some baby photos of my friend Tania’s little boy, Rian, and Wyatt got in on a few shots. Can you believe Wyatt is 6 weeks older than Rian?

I am adapting quite well to being back at work. I am greeted by the biggest smile that just melts me into a puddle when I pick Wyatt up from daycare. I cannot imagine a better place for him to be {besides home with me, of course!}.

   

When we get home in the afternoon, we have the best quality time together as a family. On days when Justin is at the fire department, we meander through the neighborhood on long, slow walks.

  

Wyatt is growing up so fast! He is really good in his Bumbo seat and he’s slowly getting the hang of his jolly jumper.

 

He’s discovered himself in the mirror too. I don’t think he realizes it’s actually him, but he sure chatters a ton with the baby in front of him. He’s a social little thing!

Here are some of my favorite shots of him from the past month:

 

         

Justin went to the Fire Fighter Convention in Atlanta today and got to see this awesome pink fire truck. How awesome: firefighters advocating for breast cancer awareness, my personal philanthropy of choice! To find out more about Pink Heals, check out their website.

Have a great weekend!

Kiddo Tags

I ordered these adorable stickers for Wyatt’s bottles, {future} sippy cups, medicine, pacifiers, etc. from Kiddo Tags and they are pretty awesome. They are waterproof and are semi-permanent. The packaging gives a warning that they are not made to be dishwasher safe and will fade over time, but I think I might take my chances when it comes to washing a hundred sippy cups one day.

I have signed up to be an affiliate, so I get compensated if you purchase them from my link, but they really are great. I would definitely recommend them even if I wasn’t being compensated (I promise!).

I am going to place another order soon for their shoe dots and iron-on labels. These will be great for receiving blankets and sheets for Wyatt’s daycare.

For anyone who is interested, use the coupon code “REFERRAL” when you check out for an extra 20% off too!

Three months old!

Whoo-hoo! You are three months old now. You have grown so much and are doing such fun things. You smile and laugh and coo all the time. Your little personality is developing more and more every day. Since you don’t have another checkup until you turn 4 months old, we can best guess that you weigh around 13 pounds.

You are such a good baby and the ladies at Doodlebugs tell me you are so pleasant all day long. Here’s a peek at what you looked like two months ago.

In case anyone ever tells you any different, rest assured that you look just like your daddy. There isn’t much about you that resembles Mama for sure! Even when you wake up in the morning, you have the exact same expression that your daddy makes.