January 2011
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I moved!!
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to remind you that if you follow me strictly on tumblr, you wont be seeing my blog in your posts any longer. I have officially moved although my domain name will remain the same. Sooooo, instead of waiting to log onto tumblr, just bookmark me!!
www.thetresjolie.com
xo
Jolie
December 2010
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So long 2010! Happy New Years All!
This year has had it’s fair share of ups & downs and at any rate, I’m ready to take on 2011 with an open mind. There are so many exciting things to look forward to next year and I can’t wait to share them each with you.
A few things to discuss before we say bon voyage to the year:
1) Remember this post? Well, I am starting the guest room remodel immediately and can’t...
withperspective asked: Just wanted to let you know I've been following your blog for awhile and appreciate you sharing your story. I look forward to officially following you now and will continue to send you all the positive pregnancy vibes I can muster! :)
xo
Amber
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'Puncture Me for Pregnancy!
You all should might know my body has been a tad out of whack with the pregnancy, loss of pregnancy, hormones, chemo therapy, and fertility drugs I’ve been dealing with. In the midst of all this chaos I have also felt a new level of stress and anxiety like never before. I can’t say for sure that it is the infertility itself causing the stress or the stress causing the infertility....
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November 2010
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Trying to Conceive : Month 17
Here I go again on my own. Going down the only road I’ve ever known. Like a twister I was born………………….. Ok, ok. So this is NOT the only road I’ve ever known and I am most certainly NOT going down it alone. I just cant resist from singing that song anytime I hear the words “Here I go again.” On my own.
As we end November and come...
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Steppin' Out!
What a jammed pack holiday we have had! Enjoyable indeed but I think we’re both ready for some peace & quiet. Saturday night we stepped out with Paul’s sister Ilona and celebrated our friend’s birthday at the oh so hip Highball on South Lamar and this is what we wore:
Join us with your own Steppin’ Out Saturday below:
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House tour! Living & Dining edition
For you friends and families that wanted to see the new floors: Come on in! I relied on the Hubs to take the pictures so they aren’t the best detailed photos but you’ll get the point.
Really cool story with the canvas in the middle niche. That is a local Austin photographer that took that picture of a sail boat on Lake Travis about 6 miles from our house. He stretched it to canvas...
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Sweet Nothings (Between Mother & Son)
Son: (swatting at a bug in the backseat) Damn skeeter.
Mom: Scott Allen! I don't ever want to hear you say that mister!
Son: (sobbing) I ain't gonna ever say nothin' 'bout no skeeters or bugs AGAIN!
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Nugget of Joy No. 13
(photo by Stacie @ Katy Marhsall Photography)
This precious little girl up there is Miss Indie Blue. That adorable belly growing Indie’s little brother (ok, maybe little sister) belongs to one of my best friends Katy. This picture graced my inbox this week and I can’t tell you how happy it makes me. Indie is a riot. A plain old riot and I can honestly say that she get’s it...
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I am happy to announce..............
You may remember this little post that sparked quite a bit of interest from friends, bloggers and mommies alike. Since there seemed to be such a demand for those precious shoes (I mean, who doesn’t love shoes!?!?) we decided to open an Etsy shop to allow everyone the opportunity to purchase these adorable little nuggets.
Of course we will be selling other sweet baby items such as...
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Nugget of Joy No. 12
Keeping with the theme of 80’s videos I’ve been ordering for yet-to-be-conceived Baby Daniels, I recently obtained the entire collection of Today’s Special and Pinwheel. Just hearing the theme songs to these classics overwhelms me with joy. I used to LOVE watching these when I got home from school each day. Since we’ve already bought Heathcliff and every Looney Tunes...
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Sweet Nothings (between Grandmother &...
Grand-daughter: "Can I pease have a cookie Memaw?"
Grandmother: "No sugar you have to wait until after supper."
Grand-daughter: "PEASE Memaw can I have a cookie?"
Grandmother: "NO. N-O spells NO!"
Grand-daughter: "Well then how do you spell PEASE?"
My mom and Aunt are in town and we sat last night telling stories of all the funny things the grandkids have said over the years. There are oh so many that I just might have to share another soon but for today this one just made me giggle. I would have given her the cookie after that sweet little convo.........
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It's My Party and I'll Throw it if I Want To
So I basically am throwing myself a party. I’m not sure if it’s progressive or lame. I’m leaning towards the latter, but “Hey! It’s my birthday, right?”
My birthday falls on a Friday and Paul is out of town. Typically we do a big group dinner and paint the town some shade of rouge, but when The Mister is not here it just doesn’t feel right. My solution?...
October 2010
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The Mister & Me
I found this little jem while looking through our friends ACL pictures from this year and had to put it out there. No one is really sure what is going on here or why we are making these faces and to be honest I don’t remember much of this photo either. Good times.
While I was contemplating text to include above the picture I had thought about using “Soul Mates” to get the...
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Clomid Chaos
First of all, my sincerest apologies for not posting as of late. It’s been a little loco at the Casa de Daniels and I just wasn’t ready to update on the Clomid Chaos for the sake of jinxing. So here we are now, I’ve completely neglected to let all of my “Race for Baby Daniels” on-lookers know what’s been going down. Cycle 2 of Clomid (100mg) did not work last...
Cutester Alert
(Dearest Husband-o-mine, please don’t read this post and complain about my shopping ways. Kthnxbai!)
The good folks over at Dear Baby (ok, so by folks I mean Melissa) are doing a wonderful give away today for the oh so precious Miskabelly Vintage! I just adore their stuff and always seem to procrastinate before I purchase an item I want…… Well not today my good friends, not...
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You can quote me on this:
If I’m not pregnant by Jan. 01, 2011 then I’m turning the “nursery” (spare room for 2 years now) into a guest room. At this point it is an empty room slowly filling up with baby items. I’m crossing into Creepersville fast and need to rectify this soon.
Gah Baby Daniels, hurry up or you’re losing your room.
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Nugget of Joy No. 12
A few weeks back I went on a quick little Girls Weekend trip with some fabulous ladies. We had plans to turn it into a full blown sleepover weekend with spa treatments and movies. We cooked dinner and caught up after not seeing each other together for almost 6 years. I surprised the girls with one of my favorite things ever: giftbags!
Ta-Da! And totally inexpensive. I created a design with our...
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ACL - A weekend in photos
This year’s Austin City Limits Festival (ACL) was one of the best ones yet. All three days were paired with perfect weather and amazing music.
Here are the pictures and stats…………………
Days: 3
Bands: 130
Attendance: 80,000
Hours Attended: 22
Items lost: 0!
Favorite shows:
Black Keys
Broken Bells
The Temper Trap
Deadmau5
Miike Snow
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Story Time - P.A.I.L. Day Edition
With today being Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day I thought it would be an appropriate time to tell the story of our loss. Just a heads up that if you are a male friend, co-worker, brother or just someone that doesn’t want to hear about such words as “cycle”…………………….. Move along little doggy. Move along.
We had been trying to conceive since July 25th, 2009 when Paul left back to New York in...
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YUMZ! Recipe Edition - Ham & Swiss Pie
I thought I would share this super easy, super yummy recipe for ham & swiss pie. I typically don’t like cooking with anything from a box, but hey - A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do to feed a hungry husband.
Here’s the low down:
In a skillet combine green bell, raw natural honey, cubed organic ham. Cook until ham is darker and peppers are soft. I like to...
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Nugget of Joy No. 11
Besides being a wonderful southern belle, my Mother has a way with threads. We’re talking blue ribbon winner year after year at the state fair kinda way. No, my Mom is not the Nugget of Joy this week (although she has brought me such joy for 29 years!!) but these sweet little shoes she made instead!!
I was doing the ol “shop for the anticipated baby” search on Etsy and found a...
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Steppin' Out!
Currently we are resting in order to gain the strength to head back down to Zilker Park for the last day of ACL. (The husband is napping as I type). In the meantime, join Mandy and other moms over at Harper’s Happenings for Steppin’ Out Saturday to post your fancies (or not so fancy in my case) each week!
Keeping it uber casual for the 10 hour festival (means no jewelry & cheap...
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Nugget of Joy No. 10
Got this cuuuuute skirt today during a successful little lunch trip to Macy’s. It’s navy, cotton, and 60% off. What more can a girl ask for!?! (Please excuse my sleepy little puppy in the corner).
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Whoopsie!
This is what happens when you skip “Sunday Cleaning” in our house (and go shopping instead). I know this may look minuscule to most of you but please keep in mind we have no kiddos. We took the cleaning part out of our Sunday routine and tackled this tower Monday. At about 4 feet it is declared a dangerzone I’m sure.
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Stop me if you've heard this one before......
So I’ve been absent, I know. My apologies. I’ve been busy, Paul has been home, and I’ve had some internet issues. Something else that I’ve done is NOT OVULATED!!!! Hmph. Well, there are still a few days left but I’ve been very “Hey, let’s all just get negative now!” lately and have (almost) emotionally given up. Every morning I have to take my LH...
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Loving this right now. Can’t wait to see him...
September 2010
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Jump on in........Stay a while.
I ran across this little number when totally maybe shopping for baby clothes online for our yet to be conceived child. There is a TON of cutester stuff on www.theretrobaby.com that I just adore, but this heart onesie that says “Get in here” is just too much. How about you get on over there and peep out their cute stuff for newborn-kids!
Another item that I’ll probably...
“How mad at me are you? On a scale from 1 to Chris Brown.”
– My husband
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Nugget of Joy No. 9
Just in case I haven’t blogged about it enough lately, I am overly squee thrilled with the fact that 1) today is my Friday, and 2) I am headed down to the beach tomorrow for a reunion style girls weekend that is SURE to be a blast.
One of the gals that is leaving behind the husband (and twins monkeys) is Jenny from the block. Yeah, that block. She’s driving all the way from the...
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