Baby Gifts!

Last Saturday was my friend Melissa's baby shower. This was seriously the best shower I have been to in my life. Usually showers are very boring, but this one was so much fun!

It was held at Papa Joe's in Commack right on Deer Park Avenue across from the outlets. Since Melissa and her husband don't know the sex of the baby, it was a jungle themed shower. It started about noon and Melissa arrived shortly after. She said her hellos to everyone and then we started to eat. While we were eating she began to open gifts. Also during this time we had to keep watch of our bingo cards. Talk about multi-tasking! There were several games going on throughout the day which kept all the guests busy. I ended up winning a matching prize! The four hours I was there literally flew by! One could only hope all showers were like this!

Here are some pics from the fun day!

Mommy to be!

Lots of gifts for Baby B!

The Llamas!

The delicious cake!

April Recap and May Goals

Can you believe it's May 2nd already?! I love May though. It's so much warmer, I spend a lot of time outdoors, baseball season is in full swing and it's such a sunny month! And now that we have a new month, it's time for some new goals and a recap of how I did last month.
My goals for April:

• Make 10 dinners without processed food - this will be tough because I use a lot of cans This was a success! Not hard at all!
• Get to the gym 21 times I didn't think this would have been a problem for me, but life definitely got in the way. At the beginning of the month, my mom went into the hospital so the times I saved to go to the gym were spent seeing her. (She's okay though!) I also had LASIK and couldn't go to the gym for a few days.
• Plant herb seedlings Success! However, some of them don't seem to be doing so well. I might just have to buy the actual plant and plant it outside.
• Bring my dog to the dog park everyday I have off from work, weather permitting  I did this the first weekend and that was it. I really want to do this and will make the effort to bring him more.
• Get in touch with paving stone companies for estimates SCORE! We selected the company that will be doing our backyard the beginning of June!!

 Goals for May

• Read 5 books. I've been very relaxed about reading and spending too much time on my phone on my commute. I also need to spend more time outside reading which I plan to do this month.
• Plant flowers in the front of the house.
• Order patio furniture
• Donate books to library
• Clean up and organize 3 closets
• Reduce grocery bill by $10 a week