Easter Egg Dying Ideas

My plan for this weekend is to dye Easter eggs. Yes, I am 25 but I can't help the urge to dye eggs. I don't even like to eat them, but thankfully a lot of other people in my family do!

Typically I just get the regular dye kit and don't get super creative but this year I might just pull out the scissors, glitter and construction paper (ok so I don't actually have that laying around but that is what the dollar store is for!)

I have seen a lot of great ideas that I think I am going to attempt and want to share with you. Maybe if mine look half as good as these ones, I will post pictures for all to see.

This looks really simple but so creative!

To make these, all you need to do is roll the eggs in cake icing and then in sprinkles, colored sugar or edible decorative beads.

I think these are just super funny and would make my family laugh when they opened the egg carton. Simple enough. Stickers or markers and regular egg dye.

Email us your Easter egg designs and I will post them for others to see! WWB@yahoo.com

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The Jackpot is Still Up For Grabs

Winning the lottery would be a dream come true. The $500 million lottery prize keeps growing and is at an all-time record high. The jackpot is the largest in U.S. lottery history. No one has matched all the numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing so the stakes keep getting higher!

Having an extra few thousand (or even million) dollars in my piggy bank would be welcomed with open arms. However, I must face the fact that the chance of actually winning the large sum is slim to none. Today before I left for work I caught a couple minutes of Good Morning America, according to lottery officials, the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are estimated at about 1 in 176 million. The odds of winning any of the Mega Millions prizes are approximately 1 in 40.

The estimated jackpot is based on national sales up to the time of the drawing. In the last drawing, in which there was no jackpot winner, almost 2.9 million tickets won Mega Millions prizes.

Everyone here at my work pitched in $5.00 at a chance to win the jackpot. Most people I have talked to said they participated just because they would feel horrible if we won and they decided not to play. What would you do if you won the lottery? I know the chances are very slim but it is nice to fantasize about. I could not begin to even think of what I would do with that sort of money. I am sure I would do a lot of traveling and help out my family – oh and a shopping spree would be top of the list. I will worry about the rest of the answer to that question when I hit it big- fingers crossed!

Did you buy your lottery tickets?

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Rowing...An Amazing Sport and the Best Thing I Ever Did!

I’ve lived in Pittsburgh my entire life so of course, I’ve driven over our lovely rivers a million or more times.  For years, I would look down and see tons of rowing boats moving like centipedes up and down and I would always think to myself “boy, that looks amazing” and “I wish there was a rowing team when I was in high school because I would have joined.” 

About six years ago, I was driving across one of our glorious bridges with one of my best friends Sue and I peered down at the river and there were the boats.  I made a comment to her about how cool it looked and she said that she always thought the same thing.  For about a year, she and I always talked about it until one day, she called me up and told me that she looked in to it and they have a winter session starting in a couple of weeks.  Without even thinking about it, she and I signed up!

Its five years later and she and I are now on a Master’s Rowing Team for Three RiversRowing Association based on Washington’s Landing.  We fell in love with it from the first indoor practice.  Once we hit the water for the first time, we were even more hooked!  It’s the most amazing sport for several reasons…

1.        It’s the best full body work out you could do next to cross country skiing.

2.       You meet so many different and amazing people that we’ve become really great friends.

3.       Going to races and competing is exhilarating and fun (especially if you win a medal).

4.       It’s a beautiful way to see the city and utilize our amazing rivers.

5.       It’s incredibly peaceful and such an amazing stress reliever.

Overall, it’s the BEST thing I’ve ever done for myself and I’m so glad that Sue and I finally got off of our butts, stopped talking about it and just did it!

Now, I believe in a previous blog post, I explained that a little over a year ago, I was stung in the foot by a bastard scorpion.  That took me out of rowing for a year and to be honest, I was incredibly sad.  Rowing became such a huge part of my life and something I did just for me.  It sucked when I wasn’t able to do it.  Well…I’m back at it.  Last night was my first practice back with the team and it felt so incredibly good.  It was a little weird as I can’t feel my foot and it still swells really big with a lot of activity but I started to figure it out and it felt great!  Not to mention the fact that it was just great being out on the water with a group of people that I spent a lot of time with and traveled with.  It also felt great that they all missed me and were so glad to have me back.  Have I mentioned that I absolutely LOVE rowing?!

So here’s some advice from a girl that took forever to try something she always wanted to do…If you’ve ever wanted to do something, like rowing, and was just too scared to try it…just do it!  If you’ve ever thought about joining rowing…definitely do it!  You won’t be disappointed!!!!  Even if you’ve never rowed before, it doesn’t matter.  There are beginners teams and recreational teams etc.  It’s awesome!

BTW…Weight Watchers Update:

Week 3 Weigh In:  Lost 1lb
Total Lost:  6lbs

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The Joys of Housework

Today at lunch, one of the many topics of conversation was about housework. I hate cleaning. And I am not very good at it. Some of the Working Wives were talking about the division of tasks in their households. Some husbands are on dish duty and others are on laundry duty. As a Working Bachelorette, I have no one to defer my less favorable household chores to. So either I do it, or it doesn't get done.

I was sick all last week, which made my ability and desire to do anything after work pretty weak. So now I am trying to play catch up. Of course that is what the weekends are for, right? Well, that didn't happen. So this week, I am trying to get as much done because I will be out of town this coming weekend. So there goes being able to get a lot accomplished.

Because I didn't do much in my home last week, my apartment is pretty messy. While I can stand the mess to a certain point, that point passed by a few days ago. I like being domestic. I wish I could spend more time doing the things I want to do at home, like finishing organizing my spare bedroom. But for now, I really need to get back to doing laundry!

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I'm Sweating the Small Stuff... I'm Sweating it ALL!

It’s been a while since I have talked about wedding stuff, but unfortunately, I am not much further along than my last update. My dress came in, but I haven’t even decided on bridesmaid dresses yet. Our next big items on our to-do list are cake and flowers.

I’m feeling really behind. REALLY behind! The days are flying by, and there just isn’t enough time. Honestly, I’ve seen Nick for a total of 6 hours over the last two days. Our schedules are busy, and it seems like I just can’t cram any more into my days. When do I even make time to think about wedding planning?

I looked over my wedding to-do list the other night, and reality set in. I need to light a fire under my own ass. I need to get things done – and soon. I forgot all the small detail stuff – flowers for the cake/cookie tables; programs; my something borrowed, blue, old; a bouquet toss bouquet; makeup; hair! And the list goes on and on. Wedding planning is a full-time job all of its own.

A year and a half ago when Nick and I got engaged, it felt like our wedding date was forever away, and I had TONS of time to plan. Well holy crap, apparently, my time management skills flew out the window on this one.

It’s crunch time. I need to get myself on a schedule to complete __# of wedding tasks weekly. (Maybe I’ll start with an attainable number, like 1.)

Tonight, my MOH and I are planning to construct a detailed, prioritized list of all the things I have left to do. We are going to sort through magazines, peruse The Knot, Pintrest, Etsy, get creative, and by the end of the night, I sure as hell better feel good about all this planning.

So many brides “looooove” this and miss all the planning. I, for one, am stressed out and not having fun. Nope, you heard me, this isn’t fun. It’s stressful trying to plan the most fun night of your life, and trying to guarantee it will be the most fun for everyone else too.

Help me out here ladies – how did you organize, prioritize, make it fun?

Thank God I’m only getting married once. This stress alone is enough to avoid divorce and the chance of having to do it AGAIN.

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First cut of the grass...in MARCH!?!

So I got home from work yesterday and Adam decided to cut the grass. It needed it, but I can't remember the last time people cut grass in March, at least this time in March (and yes I know we are almost to the last week with April and Easter right around the corner!) He is not the only one to cut it in our neighborhood though. Last weekend, my neighbor to the left cut his (and he is the anal neighbor who cuts it on the reg) and the woman across the street cut hers too (she is the neighbor who is out there with the first flurry of snow shoveling her driveway).

I love the smell of fresh cut grass, would love to have that smell bottled, but is it just me or is it really weird to be doing this in March in PA? We have already hit record temperatures, and everyone is trying to predict how the summer is going to go (as Tiff likes to say, "either its going to be 114 degrees here or Texas will just basically be on fire!") I don't know what I think the summer will be like, but I can say I am a little nervous to find out.

My flowers outside have already started to bloom. Now yes, I understand the first day of spring was this week, but again, I ask, am I the only one who thinks that these things shouldn't be happening yet? I heard on the radio the one morning that the huge blizzard of 1993 (don't quote me on the year...I was not old enough to remember) but it happened last week during that year. Oh how the world has changed.

But I will take the bright sunshine and 80 degree weather any day over a blizzard. I will take the blooming flowers over icicles and fresh cut grass over a snowy driveway in no time. I always said I wanted to live in a climate where winter didn't exist. Well...seems like I got my wish in Pittsburgh, PA!

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Someone is Always Watching

I guess celebrities must be immune to the law. Imagine if we did some of the things that celebrities like Brittney Spears or Lindsay Lohan have gotten away with. This morning I heard about this story where Beyonce thought it was a bright idea to ride in the back seat of a car while holding her baby instead of putting it in a car seat.

News flash Momma Beyonce, celebrity status does not protect you or your newborn in the case of an accident! I just don’t understand why anyone would travel in a car with a newborn baby with no car seat. I can understand some of her actions from shielding her baby from the paparazzi, but I don’t understand why she has gone to such great lengths where she is now putting her baby’s life in danger.

According to safekids.org, children up to the age of 9 and up to 100 pounds should be in a car/booster seat. I know before I was born the laws were more relaxed. No one had to wear seat belts, people could ride in the back of pick-up trucks and insurance was recommended, not required. Now the laws are much different and stricter. So why does Beyonce feel that she is above the law?

Celebrities aren’t stupid (or are they?), they know that someone is always going to be watching. They have to be careful with their every move. I hope that Beyonce learns her lesson and is embarrassed by all of this.

Here are some pictures I found online, what do you think?

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