Hoarders, Listen Up!

It was a pain making the switch from summer to winter clothes this year. Aaron had to help me lug up 4 huge box crate things full of clothes. When the pile filled up our room I kinda had my own personal wake up call. I mean, I've always known that I have a lot of clothes and I'm a shopper. But it reached a ridiculous level.

So, I finally did it! I gave away 6 big kitchen trash bags (Glad Force-Flex® trash bags, mind you, they hold a lot more than the norm) full of clothes!

It feels so good to have gotten rid of those things that I always felt bad throwing away and often categorized as:

• But, this is for when I lose 5 lbs.
• But, this is for when I lose 10 lbs.
• But, this is for when I "paint" the house.
• But, this is for when I wanna feel like a hipster.
• But, this is the shirt I was wearing when Aaron proposed.
• But, these faded carpenter cargos could come in handy for a halloween costume.
• But, this is the shirt that I got for like 30 cents at Forever 21. Such a good deal!
• But, if I keep this I can show my daughters that their fads were also mine!

Say no to hoarding. :)

Meet My Freakeys!

My sweet friend Lindsey gave me these little guys. I can always find my keys now...just gotta feel for those rubbery alien arms! :)

I gotta go! I gotta go!

Every single day I used to find myself distressed and anxious, much like the cat above. That is of course, until I paid a recent visit to my doctor for a routine check-up.

During my visit, I confessed that I always held my pee. I was thinking that we could just share a laugh and move on. Not so much. Here's how the conversation went:

Me: Yeah, I always hold my pee. (nervous laughter)

Doc: Brenda, why do you hold your urine, or "pee" as you like to call it.

Me: Well, I don't know. Cus I'm at work?

Doc: I'm assuming they have bathrooms at your work.

Me: Of course they do, when I'm at work I just get into the zone you know...can't get up. (At this point I'm still trying to make light of the situtation, more nervous laughter)

Doc: ...(silence)...

Doc: Well, let's see...how do I explain this. Brenda, when your body has the sensation to urinate, it's because your body needs to release certain fluids. Do you understand what I'm saying here?

Me: Yes.

Doc: Ok, can you promise me that you won't hold it in anymore?

Me: Promise.

Doc: (at this point he just stared at me for a good 10 seconds with a puzzled look)

The best part of this story is that later on that day I visited my parents and they were trying to convince my sister that holding in her pee was not good for her. Did I mention my sister is only 5? Sigh.

Aaronisms

I keep telling Aaron to blog, but all he'll write about are urinals and pastafarianism. So...its up to me to tell you a couple real things that you wouldn't know about about Aaron.

# 1- He has a thumb cove.

I call Aaron's hand a "thumb cove" because that's where his thumb hides in all day. It is the cutest thing ever..."that's just how my hands naturally fall!" or so he says. I'm always snapping pictures of it to prove that he does it, but he's in denial.

# 2- His body is 97% sodium.

So here he is at the movies. You can see that he has a large thing of buttery popcorn and a cup in his hand. What's the cup full of you ask...Soda? Water? Nah. It's full of BUTTER SALT!

This kills me. He will order his popcorn, but only have them fill it up half way, so he can pour his salt over the first half and then repeats the same thing when its completely full.

Gross, huh? But it's not over yet.

He then asks for a plastic cup and fills it halfway with these granules of death. Then, while we're watching the movie he will pour more on every other handful. Of course he feels like crap after he's done eating the entire thing. I need help convincing him this is not good for his body! :)

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Aaron, I'm sorry I laugh at you because of your high sodium intake and thumb cove. And I'm sorry I told everyone about it. And I'm sorry for repeating it now.

Aaron "Neti" Janmohamed

Twas 5:30am and I laid there in my comfy bed in peaceful slumber. Then out of nowhere, I was awakened by the loudest and most horrendous nose-blowing I have ever witnessed. My poor Aaron, he has some serious sinus problems when the weather starts to change. Lucky me, I get to bust out my boots and scarves...but Aaron, he just gets to bust out the Kleenex.

Well, I'll have you know that I just received a phone call from Aaron. He told me he was at Wal-greens and then says, "I'm buying a Neti Pot! You know...like on Oprah!"

I love the fact that I will enjoy watching Aaron attempt to use a Neti Pot...something I don't think I could ever do...freaky, it's just not normal to have running water drip out of your nose like that!

And...I also love the fact that my husband cited Oprah.

Little Brendita & Aaroncito

So it seems like every single friend I have already has kids or is pregnant. Yeah, well...besides the few scares we've had...no kiddos on the way yet.

But just because there's currently no bun in my oven, doesn't mean I can't think about my future little ones.

I want these two! When my kids are this age I will buy them the exact same clothes and recreate this photograph. I'm not even kidding you. :)

Updated...

...the good ole portfolio! Click on the Advertising + Graphic Design link on the left if you're curious.

Oh Sasha Fierce...You're Funny

I'm officially obsessed with this. Keep looping Sasha!

*By the way, this is my first time ever creating an animated gif...thank you Jeff Lew for the troubleshooting.

The King of Pop

Michael Jackson was and will always be the most amazing artist of this era. Thanks for all the incredible music and videos! You will be missed!!!

This is an old picture of me and my life-size Michael Jackson poster in my office. We jam out together when I have to work late! :)

Extra Extra!

This is something that we created for our client, Wrigley's Extra.

These first ones took alotta Photoshoppin'! Cutting water out sucks.

The actual print ads are for the two new Smoothie flavors and they have copy on them...they'll be coming out soon. I'll post them when they're out. :)

Welcome back to the blogging world, Aaroncito!

Aaron is back to blogging. Let's help him feel the blogging-love. 

Click here to visit his blog!

Double-Stuffed Brenda

When I got home and laid eyes on the Double Stuf Oreos that Aaron had purchased I screamed. Literally. 

I begged Aaron to take them away, saying "You don't truly know me. You don't know what I'm capable of." He shrugged it off telling me to just control myself...control myself??? adjshfajdsfkjasdf.

Aaron went to get one the next day and there were only two cookies left. 

(In case you're curious, I consumed 2,520 calories and 234 grams of fat of Oreos.)

Of course Aaron took it straight to his facebook status...

And according to Stephanie Hirschi, I also have a weakness for pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Help!