Blast from the Past

I used to dream about being a twin, cheerleader, and driving a black Jeep Wrangler.  And have a hot, blonde, quarterback boyfriend.  Why?  Because I wanted to be Jessica Wakefield.  So, imagine my excitement to find out that Francine Pascal is bringing Sweet Valley High to life again, but catching up with Jessica and Elizabeth ten years later.  So.freaking.excited.

Sweet Valley Confidential is due out in early 2011.  The publisher is doing a huge social media push on Twitter and facebook, and has been featured on CNN.com and PerezHilton.com, just to name a few.  I think this book is going to be HUGE and I hope it lives up to the earlier books.  It's going to be the first one added to my 2011 reading list.

I am currently looking into how to purchase a Team Jessica shirt and am sad I didn't see this giveaway before it was over!  

There was an interesting Tweet over the weekend, discussing Team Baby Sitters Club vs. Team Sweet Valley High.  My sister was a BSC and I was a SVH.  I don't think the two are even comparable.  :)  What was your favorite?

Weekend Wrap Up

This weekend actually ended up being a pretty uneventful one, which is nice because the next two weekends are going to be so busy!  

Friday night we had dinner with husbie's parents at On the Border.  Afterward we came home and hit the sack pretty quickly.  Last week was completely draining so by the time we put the kiddos to bed, I was more than ready to be in bed myself!

Saturday morning I did some laundry and then we went to the pool.  We stayed for a couple of hours and it was so flipping H-O-T!  We stayed in the water most of the time, it was simply too hot not to be.  We were planning on going to our friends' for our monthly Steak Night until we woke Ava up from her nap and she was running fever and looked like she felt like poo.  We made the decision for me to stay home with her.  Ava and I had a nice, quiet evening.  We hung out on the couch and watched movies and after I put her to bed, pups and I laid in bed.  I'm still trying to finish Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin.  It is a great book, I can't wait to do a review on it, but I am still a ways from finishing it.  I also discovered Sirus radio's 90's on 9.  How have I not known about it before now?  It is fab!  Husbie got home and had brought me my fillet, Kristin's a-mazing potato casserole and a brownie.  He brought his computer down and worked in bed while I read.  It was fun talking about all of the 90's music we grew up with.  This made us feel very old!

Yesterday I got all of our laundry done and a lot of stuff done for bestie's shower next weekend.  I cleaned the house for awhile and then needed an escape from all of that domestic bliss, so I went to Nordstrom to pick up my Lancome gift presale (woo hoo!).  It was insane in there, which is exactly why I do my anniversary sale shopping online!  I made dinner and got little bit to bed so we could watch True Blood.  I have to admit that I end up looking away for 50% of the show.  It is a bit lot gory, but I really like the storyline!  It took me awhile to get into it, but husbie got me hooked on it during the first season.

Ava did not sleep well at all last night.  One of us was up with her almost every hour last night so I am completely dragging today.  Apparently she is feeling much better today and has hardly coughed.  I talked to her a few minutes ago and she sounds very spunky, so here's hoping she continues to feel better AND we all get a better night's sleep tonight!

Hope everyone is having a great Monday!  

Oh, lastly, welcome to my new followers!  I hope you enjoy reading my blog and I look forward to reading yours, too.  I am going to do a special giveaway when I reach 25, so stay tuned.  :)

Hot Mom to Be?

So, my best friend is preggers.  I am so super excited for her, and I'm excited for me because now I can get my baby fix without, well, every actually having to have another baby!  Don't get me wrong, I would love to have another one.  If it would be without all of the extra expenses.  And extra pounds.  And night feedings.  Yeah, except for those.

So, BF is adorable - she and her husbie have been married for 6 years and by this point, I had put them in my never-going-to-have-a-baby file.  I've known Erin for almost ten years (hard to believe); we met as roomates our freshman year of college at TCU.  Since then babies for Tiff = 2, babies for Erin = 0.  Not for long!  She's due this fall. 

I must admit, part of my excitement is that now she and husbie will have a baby, too, so I won't feel like I'm dragging them into my boring, child-full life.

I was reading through my Tweets (Twitter is officially where I get all of my news now), and Trista Sutter (otherwise known as the Bachelorette who actually has a successful marriage as the result of the show) tweeted about this new book.  It is perfect for you, if you're a mom to be, or your friends, if they are moms to be.  There are chapters covering the moment you find out you are pregnant to one called 'Keeping it Hot When You're About to Pop' and everything in between.  Part of the reason I thought it was perfect for BF is because 1. I think she will be an adorably hot mom and 2. There's a section on the EcoMom, which I am most certain she'll be.

I ordered it for her today and am excited for her to get it and give me her run-down.  

In the meantime, it's available for sale via the link to the left.  There's also a 'view inside' option so you can get a sneak peek before you buy.

Has anyone read or ordered the book?  What are your thoughts?  Know of any other fun pregnancy books?  I'd love to hear them!