survey says...

I'm too busy to write a full post regarding the kitchen and whatnot, but I do have time for a quick surv, which I totally stole from Tara at The Life of a Newly Wife. Congrats to her on her upcoming graduation and new job (in which she doesn't have to work weekends anymore)!

A - Age: twenty-fo.

B - Bed size: king!

C - Chore you hate: all of them, but I cannot stand doing the dishes. and scooping litter boxes (especially when there's FOUR of them).

D - Dog's name: we don't have a dog. but if we did, I can guarantee it would have a hilarious name.

E - Essential start your day item: my tooth brush. I cannot leave my house, or even begin to get ready, without brushing my teeth. it skeeves me out.

F - Favorite color: green <--- me too! great minds.

G - Gold or Silver or Platinum: white gold.

H - Height: five foot eight.

I - Interesting fact about yourself: I'm five foot eight. haaaa, just kidding. I paid $10 for a "real" Mai Tai in Hawaii, took two sips, and dumped the rest out. it was SO strong. I am not meant to be a liquor drinker.

J - Jewelry you wear everyday: wedding rings (which I just posted about today... what a coincidence!)

K - Kids: demons.

L - Living arrangements: Mr. FoFandee and I own a house with .25 acres. it's unbelievable what you can do with ALL that space. not.

M - Mom's name: she's dead, but her name was Mary.

N- Nicknames: most of them are a variation of Mandee, and the husband calls me all kinds of crazy shit - stank ass, sugar tits, etc. none of them are really appropriate, but this is my blog, damnit.

O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: I had a really bad abscess of fluid in my tonsils when I was 18. I was in the hospital for 3 days and they wouldn't yank my tonsils out. talk about miserable.

P - Pet Peeve: what ISN'T my pet peeve is probably a better question. let's see. people who use abortion as a form of birth control, hypocrites, girls who don't know how to "flip" and "flop" while wearing flip flops and they just drag on the ground, chewing with your mouth open, when Mr. FoFandee is liquor drunk, when you think you're going to have a good successful poop and it turns out you expelled rabbit pellets, being in public and not being able to pick my nose when I feel a good one in there, judgmental folk.

Q - Quote: yo mama.

R - Right handed or left handed: right handed. I'm not a weirdo.

S - Siblings: 4 brothers. really though, it's only three, because two of them are halves.

T - Time you wake up: normally I don't drag my ass outta bed until 8AM, but I got up at 6:30 this morning, so that hubs and I could carpool and go straight to the Caps game after work. dedicated fan? I think so.

U- Underwear: too fucking small, like always.

V - Vegetable you dislike: lima beans. ick.

W - Ways you run late: uh, being a lazy ass? I literally stay in bed until the last possible second and calculate how long it will take me to get ready... and I am always late.

X - X-rays you've had: mouth, both wrists, nose.

Y - Yummy food you make: homemade macaroni & cheese. it is the BOMB. yep, I'm bringin' that back.

Z - Zoo favorite: motherfuckin' hippos. hip. hip-hop. hip-hop-anonymous.

Wedding Wednesday - V. X

I hope I'm getting these roman numerals right, or I'm just going to look like a giant douchebag... nothing new there! anywhozits, welcome back to Wedding Wednesday, folks, where I shamelessly post some fab pictures from my wedding and you get to tell me how pretty I am. don't you love how it works out that way? if you'd like to be nosy and see past installments of WW, feel free to click right on over here.

as of today, we are one month and one day away from our 2 year "engage-iversary"... otherwise known as the day we got engaged. I know, I know, that was hard to figure out. soooo, in celebration of having this gorgeous rock on my finger for almost 2 years, I'm going to post pictures of it... professional pictures that is... and I may or may not just break the rules and post some pictures of our rings on the beaches of Hawaii from our honeymoon. maybe.

first, I should probably explain the rings. when Mr. FoFandee proposed to me (over Five Guys Burgers & Fries and the TV in the background... he's such a romantic), he gave me a princess cut solitaire ring. I loved it. love, love, LOVED it. and then somewhere along the wedding planning process, I decided that I wanted a solitaire enhancer as my wedding band... so I got it.

and THEN, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the enhancer just made it look like I had a gigantic engagement ring. I told the Mister I'd like to get a new band, and I'd return the original enhancer... I just didn't want it to look like I was only engaged... I wanted my jewelry to show that I was married... get what I'm sayin? so in the end, he told me to keep the enhancer and get the other wedding band as well... which is exactly what I did. for reference, here's a picture of my original engagement ring (from our engagement session, also taken by the lovely Jen Lowe.



As always, all photos are credited to the lovely and talented Jen, from JLowe Photos. If you'd like to see more of her work, feel free to visit her blog here.

and here are the ones I took on our honeymoon:

yep, that's it. I think that's all the pictures I got of our rings. somehow I thought there were more. oh well.

I'm hoping to have some time at work today to update you guys on our kitchen! we finally had our contractor come out and quote us for removing, leveling, and replacing the floors, and they showed up yesterday morning to start working! right now my kitchen is a big gaping hole, but I can't wait to see when it's done!

OH, and since the Caps decided to take it all the way to game 7, we bought tickets to wish them a little luck. so tonight, I'll be rockin' the red and cheerin' on my boys to take the first round!

Happy Wednesday!

oh hai.

are you still here? are those crickets I hear chirping? no? yep, that's just silence in here.

I'm so extremely sorry for being such a sucky blogger lately, but unfortunately, life happens, haha. I've been really busy with work, and home, and friends, and family.

I'm also in kind of a rut when it comes to writing. I've never found myself so short of words until recently. I know most blogs are focused and center on a certain subject, and I just can't bring myself to be that blogger. I have so many different topics to talk about and so many opinions (SHOCKER, I know). I can't promise any of the upcoming posts will be cohesive or even make any sense, but I'm back damnit.

I've been so out of blogging loop that I had over 100 new items in my Reader this morning. so THANK YOU bloggers for keeping me entertained, when I can't seem to provide the same as of late.

so, let's see. what the hell has been going on in the MandeeFoFandee world lately?

1. I finally cleaned out my closet. ya know, that task from my spring cleaning list? yep, just got done, and I didn't even take before & after pictures to prove it. I suck. but I did donate all the unwanted clothes (mostly much too tight tee shirts) to a family friend, so they went to a good home.

2. I got my Maryland sleeve shaded two weeks ago, and it looks awesome. it's super itchy and annoying right now, but once it's healed through this stage, I'll be sure to take a picture or 20. it hurt like a sonuvabitch, and I'm not so much looking forward to the color session, but I know I'll be happy when it's all complete. here's a shitty camera phone picture.

Edgar is looking much more like himself since being shaded. :)

3. I'm still receiving Lane Bryant catalogs, and it still pisses me off. I'm pretty sure they just know I'm steadily gaining weight. they must have some sort of private investigator that stalks out the big girls and signs them up for the catalogs.

4. instead of being content at my size 14 ass, I decided that it's time I get in shape. I signed up for the gym that recently opened down the street, and have been on a steady schedule of working out. I haven't quite found my niche yet, but I'm keeping up with it. I'm going to start the Couch25K program next week. I was supposed to start it Monday, but I stubbed my pinky toe on a door frame and bruise my entire toe nail... so I'm pretty sure running would be a big giant fail until it's healed.

5. I can no longer classify myself as a Dr. Pepper addict. due to my current state of "OMG I'm fucking huge and I need to lose 50lbs ASAP," I've cut back to one soda a day, and sometimes I don't even have one. I've done this before, and switched to just one single Diet Dr. Pepper a day, and I lost weight pretty quickly by doing so. let's home round 2 works just the same.

6. I've been completing my living room one little piece at a time. I apologize for the crappy photo quality, but they were taken on my cell phone. my living room feels nice and "springy" now, and much less bare minimum. thanks to a trip to Target, Crate & Barrel, and Pier1, these little beauts make me smile.

lamp and hydrangea from Pier 1
vase from C&B
candle from Target

fake grass pot from Pier1

"lovebirds" from C&B


lantern & candle holder from Pier1

7. My little Bear Nugget turned 2 years old on the 15th. I can't believe he's already two. it seems like yesterday when he didn't even weigh a pound and was being bottle fed in the middle of the night. he's developed quite well given his "condition," and I'm proud to be his mama bear. given that he's now a big strong man cat, he's also decided to take over our couch.



8. OH OH OH. I can't believe I almost forgot about this. my friend, Laura, whom I stalkingly met on The Nest, sent me the BEST birthday present EVER. like myself, Laura is pierced and tattooed and has a furry family (except hers includes dogs). Laura & her husband, Paul, got married the same month as the Mister and I (a week later, to be exact), and we've talked and bullshitted, and gotten to know each other through The Nest and Facebook and email. ANYWAY, her husband is such a talented artist. he drew this for me for my birthday!

how badass is that?!

9. We still haven't started on the kitchen. surprise surprise, right? the contractor should be coming by next week to give us a quote for our floors. we've got a little money stashed away now, so we should be able to complete the floors without feeling too stressed out about funds.

10. I'm really, really behind on Wedding Wednesdays. crap.

11. the season finale of Project Runway is tonight. sadly, Amy went home a long time ago, but my man Seth Aaron is still in the game, so I'm REALLY hoping he pulls out the win. I love his collection and his style and I really think he'd create such a beautiful clothing line. Emilio and Mila can suck it.

12. and last, but certainly not least, my Washington Capitals are going into game 5 of the first series of the playoffs, with 3 wins under their belt. all they need is to pull out another win against Montreal on Friday, and we're golden for the next series. let's just say it's been a good, albeit loud, week here in the FoFandee household.


okay, that's all I got for right now, but I knooooow I'll be thinking of other shit I need to update on. thanks for sticking with me if you're still reading here, and I'm sorry for the prolonged hiatus I took from blogging.