a website

www.babylegs.com

There is a huge sale at Baby Legs right now! Spend $50 get 50% off! Can't beat that!

Just wanted to share!

a recipe

No Bake Cookies

(which is as close to baking as I get!)

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups white sugar

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup butter

4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter

3 cups quick-cooking oats

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa. Bring to a boil and cook for 1.5 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in peanut butter, oats, and vanilla. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper. Let cool until hardened.

Servings: 3 dozen

a hobby of mine

It's sad, but I truly don't think I have a hobby anymore - other than being a Mom I guess...I guess I could say shopping (totally lame!), or softball (I started playing again this past summer), or sewing (I have my own machine, but only use it when necessary), or working out (even though I dread it every time), or watching movies (but that makes me sound like a bad mom with tons of free time - so where is my child?), or FB stalking (again, lame!)...

Chris says my hobby is complaining (nice, huh?).

This topic makes me sad...I'm boring!

a talent of mine

Honesty - this is my talent! Some may say that's not a talent, but to me it is. I find many people in life tell you what you want to hear, while I will always tell you what I HONESTLY think! You can ask the majority of my friends and they will say that they will only ask me my opinion if they want the harsh truth! Ha!

Some may say that what I call honesty - is really just being "mean" or "negative", but I'm not going to lie to someone just to make them feel good. If your pants are too tight - I'll tell you, if your hair looks bad - I'll tell you, relationship advice - don't ask unless you want to know!

I will say, the times I find the most difficult to be honest though is with babies. But NOT all babies are cute - we all know it - so if I happen to come across a baby that isn't so cute, I will NEVER say "Oh she/he is so cute!" instead I've perfected the "Oh, his/her "outfit, head band, etc." is so cute! Ha! But that's what I do!

I think that being honest is a talent!

whatever tickles my fancy

The new Ipod Nano Touch! LOVE! It has a cute little clip so that you don't have to have an armband to run anymore and it has the "fitness" setting that will play music to the tempo you are running automatically! I need one ASAP!

a piece of art

"Trail of Tears" this is the only piece of art we have in our house (seriously) other than pictures of friends and family. I am in desperate need of a interior designer!

a song that makes me cry

this is easy - you know the SPCA commercials where they show all of the abused and neglected animals? well the song playing is "Angel" by Sarah McClachlan in the background and not only does the commercial get me everytime, but the song does too!

i think "Angel" is a common funeral song and it never fails to make me shed "A" tear!

fanfic

i'm sure you are asking yourself, what the heck is a fanfic? well i won't tell you because i don't have a clue! so what did i do? checked chelse's blog, duh! so i guess it's someone that blogs!? i'm sure there is more to it, but that's what i'm going with. i read quite a few blogs, but mainly it's friends blog's, friends of friends blog's, etc. however, i came across the family pictured above's blog and was immediately hooked on following their journey. i do not know them at all, but their story is amazing to say the least.

short story - their daughter, bella, was born with a genetic skin disorder that causes her skin to blister and peel whenever friction is applied (sometimes even touched). they are now on a journey through a stem cell transplant trial that will in hopes cure her disease, again it's a trial so they are one of the first families to endure the road to a cure! bella's dad, tim, blogs every single night as a recap to the day!

some might question why i would read this, it's so sad, depressing, etc., but really the entire story is inspirational to me. you too should check it out! "Care For Annbella"

a non-fictional book

This is actually the last book I read cover to cover (for work)! I was chosen to be a "Meeting Facilitator" for a process improvement project, thus the need for the book! I learned alot and it was a good read, but dry! So if you are looking for an interesting book - don't chose this one! Ha!

a fictional book

Again, not a big reader and I sometimes even find it hard to read to Jack, but I'm working on it!

The last book I starting reading (note: started - then I just watched the movie!) was "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks. I love all his books/movies and this one did not disappoing!

"The Little Engine That Could" is the book we've read to Jack the most! He does really well and listens to the entire book no problem! I love when Chris reads to him because he says, "All the little boys like Jack and all the little girls like Piper" - Piper is Tonya's youngest daughter and I think Chris would like them to get married!

whatever tickles my fancy

Chris and I went to Kansas City this weekend for our 2nd anniversary! We had a great time, but I didn't really take any pictures! Dang it!

This is the view from our balcony! We stayed at the Intercontinental on Country Club Plaza!

Our Elephant Towel Animal!

We walked through the plaza on our way to dinner (note to self - don't wear 4 inch heels on a walk ever AGAIN) at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse! The food was AMAZING!

a photo taken of me recently

Most of you know, but I HATE taking pictures, especially since having Jack! So this is the most recent I have - Taryn and I on her birthday August 7th!

a photo of me from 10 years ago

Here is me and Nan from Parent's Night during Fall Football 2000 - so just about 10 years ago! I have ZERO old pictures scanned and even had to take this one with my camera and upload! Ha!

a photo i took

These are some of my first "action" shots I took after getting my new camera! Nothing fancy, but I was pretty impressed with how good they came out!

Jack's Uncle Derek!

Some guy I didn't know!

My friend from high school, Brent!

a photo that makes me sad/mad

This picture is of me at 16 weeks pregnant. It makes me mad/sad because I'm still a huge FAT A$$ and would love to resemble anything close to this picture again - even at 16 weeks pregnant.

a photo that makes me happy

This picture is sick, but I wanted to be different and not just put a picture of Jack! Ha! These shoes not only make me happy, but make my feet happy! They are THE MOST COMFORTABLE shoes in the world! They are Sperry Angelfish Boat Shoes! Whoop! Whoop!

whatever tickles your fancy

Now that I'm a mom, I must say the thing that makes me happier than anything else in the whole world is seeing my little man explore, learn new things, and light up with joy over the most simple things! His innocence is precious! Love him!

favorite quote

I'm not going to proclaim this as an all time favorite quote because I'm really not too keen on quotes or have a ton of them memorized, but I saw this awhile back as a FB status of one of my friends and it totally hit home with me...

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

This quote immediately took me back to my younger years when I was the epidomy of a real life "mean girl"! No really, hard to believe, I know, but it's absolutely 100% true and I can totally admit that now. Now as a young adult, wife and mother -I have definitely tried to change and recognize that my actions and words will, can, and do affect other people.

Those of you that have known me through both phases of my life, I hope you all agree! Thanks for sticking with me - even when I was a "mean girl"! :-)

favorite book

This is going to be a hard one...really! I don't like/enjoy reading at all - never have! Sad, I know, but true none the less. I have been sitting here for several minutes trying to remember even the last book I read and I got nothin'! Seriously! Nothing - no recolletction at all! I can't even remember reading a book in college (did anyone actually read their text books in college?), and not even a clue about college!

So I will default to my favorite types of books from when I was younger (elementary and middle school age) and I would always, always, always gravitate towards books about WWII and the Nazi Prison Camps and how the Jewish people would hide for days, weeks, months, years... In the end the only book I can remember with the title is "The Diary of Anne Frank". I loved it, but it was sad in the end.

If you are curious - I do enjoy reading gossip mags! US Weekly, People, ect.!

favorite tv show

hi, my name is darci and i'm a tvaholic! i mean tv is my "me time" if that even really exists anymore...but my all time favorite show is Criminal Minds! love it! i have a lot of shows i enjoy watching including, but not limited to, CSI (the original), The Mentalist (he is so cute), Drop Dead Diva, Army Wives, and then all REALITY SHOWS! right now i'm addicted to Big Brother, but it's almost over so then it will be Survivor and The Amazing Race! I love all the Bravo shows - Flipping Out, The Rachel Zoe Project, all of the Real Housewives (NJ is the best), Bethany Getting Married, all of them! I'm also watching Project Runway on Lifetime right now too!

see - i'm an addict!