happy friday

We had a pretty good week this week, aside from remembering how scared Moose is of thunder. Every time there was a clap of thunder, Moose was in my arms shaking like a 17 pound leaf. Work is going well and we are very pleased with our new employee, he's doing great. On Thursday, Alex and I went to Peoria for an Erie meeting. It was good to hear how the company is doing and to meet and mingle with other agents.

In some (very) mundane news: Alex is enjoying March Madness, I went to the library and got a new book and my lovely sister forced me to watch recommended that I start Parenthood on Netflix and now I'm addicted...thanks Becky.

All in all, we are ready for the weekend! Tonight we are going to a trivia night fundraiser with my cousin, Libby and her husband, Josh. Tomorrow, all that I have on our schedule is a long run with Alaina. We have 2 weeks til the half marathon so we're getting down to the wire, but I'm pretty confident we'll survive.

This weeks links are pretty great, so click away my friends and enjoy!


The fact that her parents can't keep it together is the best part

10 must see Netflix movies to watch before they disappear on April 1st 

I just started reading this book and it is really good (so far)

Is there anything cuter than baby animals?!?

His face is priceless

I am on the hunt for new dresses and just found a ton of great ones...on sale!

Happy Weekend!

rainy day + moose goes to work

I believe that when it's a cold and rainy spring day it should be perfectly acceptable to sleep all day and binge on Netflix. Sadly it is not acceptable and is not what I get to do today.

In other news, Moose is becoming quite a good little office dog. Other than the fact that he leaves his nose and paw prints on the doors and sheds on the couch, he does well and greets our customers with the friendly wag of his tail. Alex added him to our office website as our "Motivation Speaker"...I think it's a bit of a stretch, but our customers have seemed to like it.  

I made him give me his best Business Professional look. 

happy friday

Today is the first day of spring! Hallelujah, it has finally arrived! This week crawled by, the perfect example: on Monday evening Alex went outside to take our trash around to the front to be picked up...unfortunately our trash day is Thursday. Then I got some sort of stomach bug and was out of commission for a day. I'm glad that this week is behind us and I'm looking forward to this weekend.

We are planning to spend Saturday with Alex's family and if the weather is nice enough I want to spend every waking moment outside because Moose and I have spring fever. Every time we go outside, he sniff's everything he can possibly find. It's annoying but I can't help but let him because we've been cooped up for too long.

This week I found a few good links for your enjoyment. So, click away my friends and enjoy!


This "preview" has nailed it perfectly....but I still want to see the movie

This is a practice I may need to adopt

"The metabolic effects of sitting are overwhelming any benefits that exercise might have"

There is a healthier alternative to a salad, can this be true?!

Even though we just got cable, I'd be tempted to switch to this

This could get addictive 

Find out what song was #1 on the day you were born...mine was by Milli Vanilli

Have a great weekend!!

happy birthday moose

Our sweet pup is THREE today! I can't believe we have had him for three years. He is finally starting to mellow out a little. But never fear, he is still a happy, (slightly less) wild, excited version of himself. He is a great sock thief, squirrel chaser, running buddy and snuggler. I'm so glad we get to be his people and he's our pup. Happy, happy, happy birthday Moose Man Magoo!

If you want to see how he's grown, check out his first and second birthday's. 

happy friday

This week was not easy with that dang time change. I don't feel like I've caught up on sleep yet and I've been in bed by 9:30 for the past three nights...

Other than that we didn't have a particularly interesting week. Spring seems to have arrived and we've spent as much time outside as we can. I love living in the Midwest so we get to experience all four seasons equally.

This weekend we're planning to spend some time with my sister and her family and as always, catch up on the ever growing pile of laundry. I hope to find time to start my new book, but in the meantime this week's links are pretty entertaining. Enjoy!


I know that I'm not alone with my distaste for time changes...

We live in a world where the news can be a bit "crappy," this is no exception

Thirteen maps of America that may surprise you

On Monday The Bachelor wrapped up and I love this writers hilarious recap

Belle has my vote

This video made me tear up a little

I'm glad I wasn't following some of these semi's but, I feel like I would have stopped to help clean up the Twizzlers 

and one last video to end on...a cat fail

Have a great weekend!

happy friday

This week was all about catching up from last week and by about Wednesday, I think we finally did. While I was in Chicago with my dad, Alex was in Lexington with his dad and brothers, so we both had a busy (fun) weekend. We each had a great time away, but as always, it was nice to be home again.

I don't have a lot planned for this weekend other than a baby shower and some dinner plans on Sunday. Alex has declared that he has no plans for this weekend and he doesn't want me to make any for him...

and with no further ado, here are this week's links:

This is absolutely my dream

"You're guess is as good as mine"

After all of my continuing education classes last week, I thought this would be good to share

Don't ruin your dinner parties...

I'm in the Thin Mint camp...what camp are you in?

Jimmy Kimmel hit the nail on the head with this

I have a new concern to add to my growing list...exploding phones

This article got me thinking about what is going on in my fridge

This isn't a new video, but I love it every time I see it...

Happy Weekend!

ps: Alex has been working on our office website, you should check it out

late in the game

I think I'm about 7 or so years late in the game, but I have finally gotten Twitter. Now I don't know how I existed without it. I feel like I haven't known this much about what's going on in the news and media since high school's Channel 1. If you want to follow me, I'm @abbybwilliams.

In other news, I'm still ready for spring to arrive but I think we still have more snow and ice on the way. I can dream...

Last weekend in Chicago was a lot of fun and I ate more in two nights there than I do in a week here. But, everything was so good! We ate at Bandera Thursday night and at RPM on Friday(and train food both coming and going-not as good). I finished up my required continuing education hours and learned a lot refreshed my memory of all things dental hygiene. I'm very thankful that my dad invited me to join him. He is a good travel buddy and certainly knows how to keep me on my toes ;)