The Coolest Aunt That Ever Lived

Being at work on a Saturday is really annoying.  I already work every Firday, Sunday, and Monday. so when I work Saturday, I basically don't get a weekend.  Luckily, I get off at 3:30 and I still have quite a bit of day left, but still...I'm annoyed to be here.

I took the liberty of dressing down. No one should have to be up at 06 on a Saturday. Luckily, because there are no trainees, I mostly just get to blog and play on  all day between calls...winning!

Lately, I haven't been doing quite as much blogging.  I've been very busy watching Grey's Anatomy (again) and not cleaning my room...I simply haven't had the time.

But now, I am making the time!

For those of you who don't know, I'm going to be an Auntie! I am sooo excited! Auntie Katie...Such a great ring to it! Unfortunately, though, I'm going to miss the birth of lil' Kallie...I will be about to graduate form basic training right around her due date.  It also means that I'll be missing the first several months of her life. I'm not super excited about that fact, but I am planning a bomb freakin dot com baby shower!

I would like to enlist the help of you lovely ladies that read my bloggy.

I want this baby shower to be awesome. I was on Pinterest (Holy moly guys...!) all day yesterday looking for some cute ideas.

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Yes, I'm aware one of those says boy...but that table is cute!

For food, I was thinking some stuff like this:

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I love little finger foods, dips, veggies, that sort of stuff so I thought that would be a good idea. I figured that all the regular food would have no particular theme and all the desserts  or treats will be baby-ness and pink. Or something like that.  I have plenty of time to plan, but because I'm going to miss out on so much while I'm gone, I want this to be...well the best baby shower in the history of baby showers.  I want to be thought of as the greatest aunt that ever lived...

But I'm not going to be able to do it alone! Being at the fresh young age of 19, I have been to very few baby showers, and to be completely honest, they haven't been the most fun parties in the world...Of course, I was quite a bit younger, so I didn't get why everyone was fussing over the pregnant belly...

So. If you are a mommy who has had a baby shower, a sister or a friend who has thrown one, or attended a baby shower (or all three or whatever), I want your input! 

If you have some great ideas, please, please, please, share them with me!
Favorite baby shower games?
Favorite baby shower foods?
What annoys you about baby showers?
What should every baby shower have?
I want to know :) You can leave me a comment, Tweet @ me, e-mail me (knay93@gmail.com)
or...not. but I would love it if you did!

What A Night...

Well, folks, I survived the one year anniversary of my accident...I was planning on giving the bike a try, but this is as close to my bike as I got yesterday...The sationary bike. I just couldn't bring myself to do it, unfortunately...

On the bright side, I had an amazing time at the concert. I went with Jessica (from DefineBliss), another cousin, and some of their friends. I ended up ditching them very early on. Early being the second we got there, I disappeared into the crowd.

The band we went to see was Taking Back Sunday.  I have been listening to them for literally ten years, and this was their ten years tour "TAYF10" that's "Tell All Your Friends" It's their first album and they played the whole thing. I knew almost every song!

It has been a long time since I have been to a concert like this, but I remember how it goes. I fought my way through a huge crowd to the front and I got pushed around for over an hour. Luckily, it was totally worth it. It was an awesome way to spend a night that, last year, was spent laid up in a hospital bed in a whole lot of pain...I got pretty beat up last night in a really rude crowd, but it was worth it to see a band I've been listening to for 10 years!

So this year, I allowed the crowd to dictate what my hair looked like, I found a pick stuck to my belly (ew.) in my shirt. It was about half way through their set when I found it. Which is awesome becuase if I hadn't noticed it, I wouldn't have been out of luck, I'm sure the sweat wouldn't have held it up for much longer (again...ew.) And When I was standing in the merchandise line, I got retweeted by the band's official Twitter account and I FREAKED. Hence the screenshot.

 

This part kind of sucks though...the bruised feet :( and the fact that I am currently at work and I really wish that I was laying in my bed right now is not cool.

Have you linked your post to the Wednesday Walkabout? Well, get to it! It's an awesome link up where the only rule, is to link to a specific post. Link your blog to one of the following blogs and meet a few new friends! and....GO!

Chantal- Scattered Shells

Jane- Taingamala

Sarah- G.I. Joe's Wife

Jamie- Handling with Grace

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[edit: readers, when I make really dumb mistakes when I'm writing, I'm sorry...I don't proofread becuase I like to be authentic...If I proofread, I tend to edit content, and I like to say whatever I planned on saying originally...I came across some really stupid mistakes in this post, so I fixed them...but I apologize for bad grammar and mispellings from here on out]