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Thanks Meredith for the cute blog idea! Sweet Meredith did a "daily ten" blog that was absolutely precious...I, however, cannot thing of ten things at this moment :) so we will do a "to be continued blog" 5 today and 5 more as they happen or as I think of them!...

10. Wedding Bells: Sissy face is getting married in 3 days! Finally, my older sister aka bridezilla (for now), says I DO on Saturday. I am so happy she found a great addition to the family and couldn't be happier about my new brother. I am, however, ready for her drama-ness to subside and have a calmer Haley around...but I do love her and am happy to listen when I'm asked/told to :) Her day will be perfect (as far as she knows...we wouldn't tell her otherwise) and it is going to be a great celebration. Love you sissy face!

9. Hooray for Fall: I could not be happier about fall! This weather has been great and I'm loving every second. Especially leaves changing color/falling off the trees, pumpkins everywhere, the smell of new candle scents in every store, holiday decorations...(and when I say holiday decorations that does NOT include Halloween. I am anti-halloween, but of course I did do the whole trick-or-treat thing and dressed up when I was younger. I can't pin point exactly WHY I am so anti halloween, but I hate the decorations, the smell of plastic everywhere, scary things and how gloomy it feels. So we can all expect all my lights to be off and me not to be home on halloween night. SOORRRY! :) Other than that...hooray for fall!

8. "Punkin Cake" recipe: Adding to the above...another reason I love fall is pumkin! Pumpkin EVERYTHING! You name it, bread, cake, pie and I'm all over it. Here is one of my favorite/easiest cake recipes! So very good for dessert and even better in the mornings as a pastry with coffee...Try it out and decide for yourself! Feel free to tweak it in anyway, shape or form. I'm all about fun cake pans etc...You may have to cook it longer depending on the pan, but make sure the knife comes out clean :)

"Punkin Cake" recipe

*One box of butter yellow cake mix that has pudding mix in it
Mix as per the directions which includes adding:
*1 stick melted butter
*3 eggs
*1-1/4 cups water
Add to that:
*1 can of pumpkin (Save 2 Tablespoons for the icing)
*3/4 cup brown sugar
*1 tsp pumpkin spice
*Bake at 325 degrees for an hour.
*Check to make sure a knife comes out clean. If not, bake for 5 to 10 more minutes or until knife comes out clean
*Cool for 5 minutes before turning cake out of pan.
Ice with the following mixture:
*1 ready made can of Cream Cheese Icing into which you add
*2 tablespoons of the canned pumpkin

7. Am I overreacting? Is it just me or has anyone else experienced this? For some reason I feel I have a post-it note on my head that reads, "please tell me a horrible birthing story" or something like "please tell me what I look like and how big/small you think my belly is" or maybe even "please tell me what I can and can't do/eat while I'm pregnant even though you aren't my Dr." Although most of this unwanted advice is unsolicited, I do appreciate happy stories and comments that are nice and comments/opinions that I do ask for :) I'm only saying this due to an experience I had today at my nail spa. As I'm sitting in the spa chair enjoying my hot rock massage...The lady in the chair next to me feels the need to express, "wow, you are really swollen. I can't see your ankle bone. When was your last Dr appt?" REALLY LADY?!

6. Yes, I got an airbrush tan: ...and it rocks my face off! Seriously! I so badly did not want to be white and pasty for my sisters wedding! Tanning was not out of the question, but the concern was "over heating" so good ole sissy face recommended the airbrush tan at Nordstrom Spa. Hesitant and nervous as I was, I did it. So far it looks great and I will definitely do it again.