The D Word.

My parents got divorced when I was 5.  It was nuts and I thought {wrongly, duh} that it was my fault because my dad told me to turn the radio up and my mom told me to turn the radio down.  Then they got into a huge screaming argument that had nothing to do with the radio and everything to do with the fact that they shouldn’t have gotten married in the first place.  And mostly, the fact that my dad slept with someone else.  My five year old self only saw the radio. 

I say all this because I found out recently that a couple we know are getting divorced and it threw me for a loop.  I was flabbergasted.  They’ve been married for longer than we have. I have no idea why they are splitting, nor is it any of my business, I just know I was surprised.  We have friends who are divorced.  We have friends who never should have gotten married to begin with.  We have friends who I wouldn’t bat an eye if they told me they were splitting.  This isn’t my picture of this couple.

From the outside looking in, it looks like they love each other and not in a way of like, oh I love him soooo much that it makes it impossible for other people to be around us because I am all over him all the time and I love him, I don’t trust him to be away for more than five minutes, but I looooove him, gag me with a spoon overt vommy PDA pretend we’re perfect.  It seemed like they genuinely liked each other.  They had fun together.  They laughed.  They have been through some really tough things.  They’ve been a team and still maintained their own selves in the process.

They felt like us.

They felt like US.

And I know there are no guarantees, I get it.  Things are not always perfect and there are times when you just don’t like each other.  There are times when you don’t want to look at the other person.  There are times when it feels like you don’t know how you’re going to get through another day with this person who is the most annoying person on the planet, oh my God, WHY does he close the blinds the wrong way every. single. day.  There are massive hidden problems maybe behind the eyes of the outside world.  There are things you can’t move past. 

What makes you walk away?  What makes you say that you’re done?  What makes you not try any longer?

Because I don’t want it to happen to us, is what I am {really selfishly} saying here.  I hope and we work to make sure that it doesn’t happen, marriage isn’t magical I know this, that our marriage lasts forever.  But I am sure most people feel that way, so maybe it really is just dumb luck?  Maybe it’s just timing and life experience and chance.

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Wardrobe Malfunction.

I have this dress from Old Navy that I love.  LOVE.  It’s super soft and comfortable, but it’s still cute and it has these little cap sleeves so I can still wear a good bra with it.  Bonus because these tatas aren’t holding themselves up for sure.  It’s great with a little sweater or on it’s own.  It’s the perfect casual little black dress.

That is until it ends up over your head in the middle of downtown Toledo.

During a very busy Friday lunch hour.

In front of one of your very favorite restaurants that you frequent often. 

{Holla Grumpy’s, so sorry if I scared your lunching customers by my mortification and screaming.} 

The thing is, this dress, it has a little swing to it.  It’s part of the awesomeness.  Take note:  It also means that if you happen to walk over a grate you are going to Marilyn the heck out of yourself.  Obviously, I’m careful about that, but I certainly didn’t anticipate the gust of wind that showed everyone on the street my boy cut undies. 

I started screaming for my mom, who was carrying Tate to the car since my hands were full.  Who, helpfully, started laughing at me as I frantically tried to pull the dress down and {unsuccessfully} prevent it from flying up again with each gust of wind.

It was less Marilyn and more spastic thirty-something running down the street trying to get the car door open fast enough to jump inside while carrying a to go box and purse and keys and phone.

Hot.

Yeah, yeah, go ahead and laugh.  Tell me your worst wardrobe malfunction so I feel better.

 

{Seriously, if you ever have the occasion to be in Toledo, you need to partake in lunch at Grumpy’s even if it means seeing my rear end on the street out front.}

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5 Things To Do In May.

1.  Head to a baseball game!

From little league games to the majors, May is the perfect month to catch a game.  The weather is gorgeous and you catch the excitement of fans realizing that baseball is back!

If you’re local, head to the Mud Hens on May 4 or May 5 for Star Wars weekend, the players are going to be suited up in Chewbacca uniforms!  Awesome, no?

2.  Clean out your car.

Now that the weather is warmer {for most of us… some of you are still getting snow!} it is the perfect time to clean out your car.  Wipe down the interior, make those windows sparkle, and throw away any errant Goldfish crackers that have invaded your backseat.  This is also the perfect time to check those car seats to make sure the shoulder and head rests are fitting properly or need to be adjusted.

3.  Plant herbs in a container garden.

My Meme is 89 years old and she swears that the ‘plant the day after Mother’s Day’ rule is perfect for the zone here in Ohio.  Hit up your local nursery or your Farmer’s Market and start planting all of those fresh herbs you’ll use to cook with all summer.  We keep ours in pots right by the kitchen door so I can just step out the door and snip herbs to add to our meals.  We always plant rosemary, chives, thyme, flat leaf parsley, peppermint, several basil plants, and dill at our house.

4.  Get a pedicure.

Amp up those summer toes with a pretty color.  Don’t forget to get those heels in tip top, flip flop shape.  Need some help deciding a great color?  Check out the Top Spring Nail Trends according to Harper’s Bazaar.  My sister Lyndsey and I are getting one today!

5.  Grill something.

Even better, grill something and eat al fresco.  Invite some friends over and make something delicious. 

 

What are your favorite things to do in May?

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Are You a NoReply-Comment Blogger? Fix it!

Hi.  I love when you leave comments here at So Wonderful, So Marvelous.

It makes me happy.  I like you.  I like responding to you.  I want to talk to you more.

Sometimes though, you are a Leslee.  What is a Leslee, you ask?

This is her.  Cute, right?  And I totally want her to teach me how to rock the fair skin and red lip combo because she clearly has that down.  Know what she doesn’t have down?  Letting me respond to her comments. 

She leaves awesome comments for me and I can never answer her.  I thought maybe she was just antisocial, but I tracked her down and she’s not.  In fact, she’s funny and likes me and is quite chatty.  She has a problem that needs to be fixed though… She is a noreply-comment@blogger girl.  Dun dun dunnnnn.

Maybe it’s the same for you?  If you have never received an email response from me, you might want to check.  Heck, you might want to check even if you have never left a comment here.  You never know when you might want to do that.  << HINT HINT >>  {In my head, it was hint hint muthafucka, but I am trying to curb my swearing, but I totally thought it anyway.}

Where were we?

Oh, yes.  Lucky for you, I am going to show you how to fix that pesky noreply-comment@blogger problem, it takes all of thirty seconds.

And then you can get emails from me.

Who doesn’t want that?

We’re going to start at the Blogger homepage.  I even linked it for you just to make it super easy.

TADAAAAA! It’s now fixed.  And you can stop being anti-social.

Leave a comment if you were a former NoReply-Comment@Blogger offender. 

I promise I won’t publically call you out.  Probably.  Maybe. 

We can still point and laugh at Leslee, right?

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Angry Birds Party!

We tossed around several theme ideas this year for Finnegan’s 6th birthday party.  His love for Angry Birds won out over a Phineas and Ferb party, which was a very close second.  This was the first year that we didn’t combine his family and friend party, so we decided to have it at home.  We are in the midst of a chaotic few weeks, so I also wanted to keep the party simple and fun.  My sister Lyndsey and I shopped for almost everything the day before and spent probably 5 hours putting everything together, setting it all up and decorating.  Since he was turning six, we asked him to choose six friends to invite, it was a great size.

Life Sized Angry Birds

We had planned to be outside with the life sized Angry Birds tower, but it was raining the day of the party, so we set it up in the living room instead.  I’ve promised Finn that we’ll set it up outside this week after school so he can go nuts.  To make the tower, we just bought a ton of plain cardboard boxes in different sizes from B&B Box and Sharpie’d them with the lines like the game.  Make sure to get a few square boxes for the TNT and a few long boxes for the wood.  I printed the TNT signs on white paper using Feast of Flesh that I downloaded free from dafont.com, it is very close to the Angry Birds font.  If I were doing it all over, I might find some white boxes and make the ice and the concrete blocks as well.  It was seriously easy and the kids LOVED it. 

For the pigs, I just printed an Angry Bird pig face in different sizes on full sheet label paper and we cut the eyes and snout out and stuck them on.  We bought the big green balls at Target, the smaller size we found at the dollar store and each of his friends got to take one home as part of their favor.  One insanely helpful hint from my friend Monica, use an empty paper towel roll cut into 1 inch slices to make a little stand for the pigs to sit on so they stay where you want them.

We also had planned on an egg hunt, we had two dozen confetti filled eggs.  We were going to hide them in the back yard and let them find them and smash them outside, but since it was raining that was a no-go.  Dave told me to just let them go for it in the living room and we could vacuum it up, so we did.  They thought this was the best thing ever.

 

The Angry Birds Table

For the centerpiece, we used a round basket as a bird nest, added blue shredded paper for some color and filled it with bomb bird, red bird, and king pig stuffed animals that Finn already had, plus a few golden eggs from our stash of Easter eggs. 

We used a lime green tablecloth, blue and white scrapbook paper as a placemat and topped it with red, black and yellow square plates.  The only licensed tableware we bought were the plastic Space cups.  Finn wanted the Angry Birds Cheese Nips for a snack so we put those in black and white polka dot cups.  The silverware, we wrapped with a green napkin, wood plank scrapbook paper and a sticker that I printed on round labels with all the different Angry Birds.  They all peeled their stickers off and wore them, so I think they were a hit.

 

 

The Angry Birds Decorations

I wanted to do a bunting type ceiling, but that was a hanging disaster, so we went with filling the ceiling above the table with tons of Angry Birds made out of balloons.  The Party Animal has a great FREE Angry Birds download for you to print.  We used a cardstock for printing and double sided tape to stick the faces on.  Did I mention how EASY this party was?  She had red, black, white, yellow, and blue birds, plus the king pig.

 

We also added a stack of boxes in the corner with a corporal pig on top.  We just bought a play helmet at the dollar store for his head.

 

I also made a couple of silly signs.

 

The Angry Birds Favors

We had so much fun putting these together!  The bags were small canvas totes.  We filled with an Angry Birds toothbrush, a small bag of Angry Birds graham crackers, a pack of Angry Birds trading cards, stickers, and a ring pop.  Plus they also took home one of the small green balls.  I had meant for them to take their plastic cups home as well, but I completely forgot as they were all leaving so we’ll send those home with the thank you notes.

 

There are TONS and tons of Angry Bird Party ideas out there, I created a Pinterest board with all of the great ideas and inspiration that I came across while planning, go check all of them out!

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