So What Wednesday...

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SO WHAT if…

• I am counting the days (46!!!) until Spring – I just operate better in WAY less snow and WAY more sunshine!
• I am 40, soon to be 41; I am seriously considering going back to school in the fall!
• I am just NOW coming around and discovering that all the hub-bub about Uggs (okay mine are knock-offs – but nice knock-offs) is completely true – they are just so dang comfy and have become my standard shoe – even for work! YES I, the stiletto chick am now wearing Uggs to work!

I think that’s all I got?

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Blessed Be…
♥Cyn♥

So What Wednesday...

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SO WHAT if…

• I have barely worn my contacts this week – sometimes I just feel more productive in my spectacles and actually accomplish way more? I just wish my spectacles were a wee bit more stylish…
• I spend way too much time on Facebook – I just found three of my oldest dearest friends in the whole wide world and it is AWESOME to catch up with them!
• I haven’t painted my toenails since late September – no one ever sees them!
• Skylar eats yogurt and fresh fruit for lunch every day and has for MONTHS now – it is the one meal I know she will eat without protest and truly enjoy!
• I secretly LOVE coloring with Skylar – it’s fun and as of late, the Hello Kitty coloring book is my fave!
• I am still wearing my Frosty the Snowman jammie pants – they are so dang soft and comfy and I have *officially* deemed them as WINTER jammies instead of XMAS jammies.


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Blessed Be…
♥Cyn♥

So What Wednesday...

Day 173
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SO WHAT if…

• I have never been a business owner – I am one now!

• I don’t ever become a millionaire – I just want to pay my bills, provide the necessities and the occasion splurge for my family, go out to dinner every now again, and take a nice big family vacay once a year – is that so much to ask????

• The only clients I have lined up for my photography business are family and friends – I have to start somewhere right?

• I am SO excited to have a new follower on my blog who isn’t a family member or a friend (are you sensing a trend here?) – just someone who is reading my drivel because she chooses to, not because she feels she has to… *heh*! (Welcome to my randomness!)

• I purposely get up at 5am every single morning JUST to have 45 minutes ALL to myself (SO RARE in a family of five) to drink coffee and read (and post) blogs!

• I am counting the days (many because I am cheap and refuse to pay for shipping and handling unless I absolutely have to) until my new business cards arrive!

• I will feel SO *official* when previously mentioned business cards do arrive because apparently a *website*, Facebook page, an EIN (Employer Identification Number) and various other tax documents aren’t *official* enough for me but $10.00 biz cards are?!?!

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Blessed Be…
♥Cyn♥

So What Wednesday...

Day 166
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SO WHAT if…

• We have a foot and a half of new snow and the ENTIRE state of Rhode Island is shut down (no joke!)– a snow day every now and again is a good thing!

• I ate a whole box of Buttery Toffee Crunch ‘n Munch yesterday for lunch– I tallied my points (23 PointsPlus™) and am moving on. And yes it was worth the points!

• I have changed my hair color too many times and shades to count only in the past six or so months to ultimately return to my usual auburn locks – change is good and FUN!

• I take anywhere from 50-100 (at least) photographs a day of various people and things – my passion for photography has been reignited and I am loving it!!!!

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Blessed Be…
♥Cyn♥

So What Wednesday...

Day 160
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SO WHAT if…

• It’s Thursday and I am just now getting around to posting this… life is super-duper busy!

• I gained a total of 5lbs. over the holidays – I am back on track and BAD-ASS on the exercise front. Look out scale!

• I finally relented and now have texting on my phone – I still loathe it but realize I need it to keep in touch with my wandering teenagers and the rest of my brood…

• I have still not planned one official thing in regards to my wedding – at this point Brian, my kids and the other very few people on this planet that I want to be a witness, an Officiant, a nice bottle of champagne, a snazzy purple dress, and some food is all I really need to *do the deed*… I just want to be married! And honestly – all the money it would take to throw the wedding I REALLY want can be better used elsewhere!

• I am sorta nervous about officially meeting Hunter’s (my 16 year old son) girlfriend – she is coming to dinner tonight. I am okay with admitting that I feel a bit unraveled by my baby having another significant female in his life – I suppose it’s only natural. BUT … from what I know this gal is a good kid who makes academics a priority and has goals for her life – I like her already!


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Blessed Be…
♥Cyn♥

So What Wednesday...

SO WHAT if…

• Skylar’s 2nd Birthday is a little less than six months away and I am already thinking theme, guest list, cost, etc! I refuse to let this creep up on me and overpower me last minute!
• New Year’s Eve is one of my most favorite holidays – we are staying in this year with the kids and eating gobs of Chinese food!
• I have no desire to try and compose a list of resolutions – maybe I will change my mind, maybe I won’t?
• I officially own four new pair of KILLER 4” stilettos that have never graced my foot other than trying them on – someday I WILL wear them!!!
• I play Barbie with Skylar – she was my MOST favorite toy as a little girl and watching my daughter play with them now is just priceless – and yeah, I am having a wee bit of fun too! Okay a LOT of fun! *heh*

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Blessed Be…
♥Cyn♥

So What Wednesday...

SO WHAT if…

• I swore I wouldn’t buy into the *hype* -- I am still shopping and still not done wrapping.
• It’s just one day – I LOVE Christmas!!!

That’s all I got…
I got wrapping to do…

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Blessed Yule…
♥Cyn♥

So What Wednesday...

SO WHAT if...

• It's actually Thursday and I am just getting around to writing this post -- I NEED my *SO WHAT* fix!


• Only myself and one other person I know are fully into the Yule Season -- I am still gonna throw one heck of a *Too Cool for Yule Celebration* party next week and people WILL enjoy it!


• We are going over our *Christmas Budget* -- we have had an extremily tough couple of years finacially speaking and we want to (and can) celebrate our successes this year! Plus Christmas comes once a year and the kids are SO psyched!


• I just started wrapping Christmas presents -- I work better under pressure!


• My schedule is just SUPER DUPER chaotic and I never have time to just *be* -- I am LOVING my life and reveling in every single nano-second of it!

Blessed Be...

♥Cyn♥

So What Wednesday...

SO WHAT if…

• It cost $120 for tickets to see Disney Princesses on Ice – Skylar is going to LOVE it – and it will be her very first *event*!
• I have somehow put the fact that I have a wedding to plan and be the center of attention at in about eight or so months right out of my mind… who needs a dress, venue, menu, and all that jazz? *heh*
• I had popcorn for lunch today… and yesterday… and the day before yesterday. I just love popcorn!
• We are literally the only family I know without at least one pet. After our Buddy died I decided we needed a break from pets – three babies (four if you count Brian –ha!) is more than enough for this Mama to take care of!
• I make my weekly contacts last a month – they just charge too much for those dang things!


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♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Cyn ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

So What Wednesday...

SO WHAT if…

--We live in a spoiled society that has taught us if we throw a big enough hissy fit we WILL get what we want – it is the HOLIDAY SEASON and people should stop and think about what that truly means before making a GINORMOUS scene in the middle of a store over having to wait a few extra minutes or having an item out of stock.

--They charge out the butt for pictures with Santa – hearing my precious little girl tell Santa she wants a La La Loopsy, toys, and books and having a pic to commemorate it all is absolutely priceless!

--I am on Weight Watchers and still a decent distance from my goal – I had FOUR cinnamon breadsticks today and they were like HEAVEN in my mouth. And no... one wasn't enough, nor was two, or even three -- somehow I would only be satisfied by FOUR! Thank you very much Mr. PMS! (Yeah… hello 15 pts for those – ouch!)

--I found out my 16 year old son has a girlfriend via Facebook – apparently this is normal and honestly this girl is influencing my son in positive ways!

--It’s December 1st and my Christmas cards are ordered, addressed, stamped, in the mail, and on their way to my friends and family! I like being the first one to get her photo card out thus setting the bar HIGH! *heh*

--If I wear a scarf every single day – I LOVE them and consider them an accessory and NOT just a means to keep ones neck warm!

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So What Wednesday...

SO WHAT if…

• In lieu of spending hours buying, prepping, cooking, and serving a lavish Thanksgiving dinner we are going out for dinner!!! *w00ts*
• I took 73 pictures of my daughter at the park yesterday.
• OR that I have filled five photo albums that hold 400 pictures each in the past 17 months. I have two teenage sons – I KNOW how fast the years go and I want to document and remember every second of her little life forever!
• If they have the best sales on Black Friday – I will be NO WHERE near a store, mall, or shopping center!
• We are breaking family tradition and putting up the Christmas tree the night before Thanksgiving (TONIGHT!!!) instead of the night after – we all work in retail; need I say more?
• If I am making my entire family dress in coordinating colors for Thanksgiving so when pictures are taken we look uniform and I am hoping one will be perfect enough to make Christmas cards from – as there is NO WAY in heck I am bringing my family anywhere near the portrait studio I work at anytime before Xmas – I love them way too much for that!
• A three-pack of Stride gum only costs $2.88 – Walmart didn’t put it in my bags and I will go in and complain and get my gum – dangit!
• Xmas is a month away and I haven’t wrapped one gift and still have a significant amount of shopping to do. I am usually done or just about done by this point but this year it just wasn’t happening!
• I used to be a smoker – I am no longer one (for a long time now) and hate that I ever was! Your smelly habit is unhealthy, digusting and you cannot smoke anywhere around me or my family – end of story!
• We don’t believe in the same things – I still love and accept everyone who is kind to me and mine and only want the same in return.
• You have no issue in leaving your baby for 8-10 hours a day every day – I hate leaving mine and am having a really hard time adjusting to not being here with her.
• You think I looked better as a redhead and feel compelled to tell me every single time you see me – I LOVED being a redhead but am having a BLAST being my natural brunette self!
• I drink too much coffee – I have cut down tremedously and it’s the only *vice* I have left!

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Blessed Be…
♥Cyn♥

So What Wednesday...

SO WHAT if…

• I miss my family terribly when I am at work – I have been home since my daughter was born 17 months ago and this is a HUGE adjustment for us all; me especially.
• It’s been a week since I haven written a blog – life was just TOO crazy to blog this past weekend!
• I am obsessed with nonfat sugar free frozen yogurt! There is a place nearby that offers a soft serve version that is to DIE FOR and only 2 points per cup! I indulge at least once a week and I don’t apologize for it!
• I gained 1.6 lbs last week – it happens. And no… it’s not the frozen yogurt’s fault.
• I know the words to every Yo Gabba Gabba song – it makes my daughter smile and laugh when I sing along. (I also know Dora, Sesame Street, and The Wonder Pets -– but sorry no, I don’t do parties!)
• I work in retail photography and have absolutely NO desire to subject my family to holiday picture torture. I will take a nice candid family shot for our holiday cards and maybe consider professional pics in January when NO ONE cares about portraits!
• My idea of the perfect day is spent at our local library with my daughter and getting her a Pillow Pet!
•Ancient Aliens on The History Channel is my new favorite show and I TOTALLY believe everything they tell me!

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Blessed Be…
♥Cyn♥

So What Wednesday...

I found this idea on another blog (Life After I *Dew*) I read -- a totally FABU blog I might add.
Anywho…
This gal *Mama Dew* hosts a weekly meme called: *So What Wednesday* and while I am relatively new to her blog, these particular posts always make me laugh out loud! She ROCKS – simple as that!

What follows are like confessions of the mind, body, and soul – and I think admitting our faults, quirks, and idiosyncrasies is highly therapeutic! Give it a whirl… ya might feel better?

So without further adieu...

SO WHAT IF...

• I realize I am *that Mom* -- the one who posts every little movement, achievement, event that happens to my children on every medium possible! No really – nowhere is safe! And I use the guise that I am *really into photography* as my excuse. Truth is – I am just showing off!

• I could live on popcorn and coffee.

• I use Brian’s *MAN* deodorant all the time and don’t know why? I have my own and it works just fine – but I am obviously too lazy to reach that extra inch to get my own?

• Brian is the ONLY man in my entire life (other than medical personnel) that knows my actual weight. The fact that he doesn’t run off screaming amazes me daily!

• I am getting old – I couldn’t even finish a glass of wine last night without feeling drowsy – it was 10pm!

• I secretly LOVE Adam Lambert – or Glambert as I affectionately call him. I think he would make the perfect gay boyfriend!

• It bothers me that sometimes you have to be *nice* to people you don’t really like.

• I still own a dress I bought in 1991. Granted it’s a classic basic black tank dress I paid A LOT of money for but I am thinking owning almost 20 year old clothing is bizarre!

• I still sometimes have a hard time wrapping my head the fact that I turned forty, my daughter turned one, and my oldest son turned sixteen all in the same year – this year!

• You put “LOL” at the end of a sentence -- doesn’t mean you can say anything you want!

• I am itching to see that movie “Hereafter”.

• I believe charity starts at home – take care of yourself, your children, your family, your loved ones, and your life – anything left over is up for grabs!

• I am scared to leave my daughter on Friday when I *officially* go back to work. Seventeen months of basically being with her non-stop – this is going to be much harder for me than her! I hope I don’t walk out of the new job sobbing…

• I firmly believe the truth will set you free…



That was fun!

Blessed Be…
♥Cyn♥