promises to keep miles to go wonderful is our journey

do you even LOOK at me??

2011-10-23T18:40:00.000-07:00

I often will get home after being out with Donovan and find some odd thing on my face or in my hair. More times than I can count I will get home and find food in my teeth.

So while cleaning my makeup brushes tonight I decided to do an experiment. I drew a big mole on my face and waited to see how long it would take Donovan to notice. I planned on increasing the size every 30 minutes or so and see how long it took for him to notice. I was going to take a picture each time I increased the size.

This is the only picture I got to take!

As soon as I walked into the room Isabella says "eeeeew, you have a huge zit!" and I tried to hush her but then Zach chimed in "I want to see the zit! Where's the zit? Can I see your zit?" and by then Donovan heard about it.

So I guess I need to rely on Isabella to tell me about random things on my face from now on.

Hell

2011-10-16T19:33:00.000-07:00

After visiting Disneyland I now know what hell is like.

Everyone stands too close to me.
Everyone has bad breath.
Everyone stops in the middle of WALKways.

That's what I feel a small part of hell is like.

mincing words

2011-10-05T13:56:00.000-07:00

Do you mince your words?

I do. ALLLLL the time.

Today's was good, and it was only in my head. "hmmm, if it's cold enough today I can use the seated heats." Yep, that's how my brain works. BACKWARDS!

My never ending wish list

2011-10-03T13:42:00.000-07:00

Do you have a HUGE to do list? I do!

I would like to:
replace all of the baseboards
remodel master bath
remodel the kids bathroom
replace downstairs bath tile
finish the back yard
paint living room walls, we are normally DIYers but the cathedral ceilings scare me to pieces!
paint all of the interior doors
concrete on the front porch
tile front porch
remove planter in front yard
put in mow curb in front yard
remove dead tree in front yard

We are hopefully going to get some concrete soon, so I can check one thing off my list. Sigh...so much more to do.

Well hello there!

2011-10-02T13:07:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time. As my friend Nicole loves to tell me! We had a great weekend, yesterday we went to IKEA. I love that place! The only bummer was that Isabella is too tall for the kids play area. : (

We have been doing homework at the kitchen table since Isabella started kindergarten and with all the papers they are given our kitchen table was often a complete mess! So we decided to take a small area in the playroom and make it into a homework area.

Here is the area before. I left it open because the kids used to sit in front of the bins and play. Don't look at my messy closet. That's in the schedule for this week!

Here is my hardworking hubs putting things together. He HATES this part!

Hutch is helping.

Almost done! Putting together the bar stools.

That bin has been sitting on my kitchen counter for 4 years. I am so excited to have my kitchen counter back! Now I just have to clean it out. uggg

The kids are so happy! They are playing school, they have played games and put together a puzzle.

Easter love

2011-04-25T10:36:00.000-07:00

This Easter was one of the best Easter's ever! We had a great time as a family, and had a blast with my extended family. My cousins and I talked make-up and nails, we looked at old pictures and best of all I beat my brother in ping pong. Awesome.

My favorite part of the day was the church service, it was like a Broadway play. I was truly amazed. I also loved that my mom got my kids bibles and they loved them! Both took them to bed with them!

Of course I have to talk about something funny that one of the kids said. Zach was sitting at the kids table and my mom says "Zach, will you come over here so we can say grace?" and Zach replies "I'm gonna stay here but can you bring me some grapes?" he thought she wanted to give him some grapes! I love this kid!

pfft

2011-04-21T20:10:00.000-07:00

Is what I said last night during dinner.

I ate my dinner and had some left on my plate so I set it on the ground and let the dogs finish it for me. Donovan and the kids and I are chatting and Isabella and Zach can't finish their food so I took a little big off each of their plates to make it easier for them to finish. I put it on my plate. About 5 minutes later I got bored and had a bite off my plate. Than another bite. And lastly, a third. Then I remember that the dogs licked off this plate.

pfft
pfft
pfft
(how I think I sound when I spit)

do you have...

2011-03-08T12:10:00.000-08:00

a closet or drawer where you just throw things when you get a phone call where someone says those 3 dreaded words "I'm coming over"?

As of 8:00 this morning I did. Now, at 11:45 I don't! I took everything out and put it in little piles for similar items. I threw a lot away and donated a TON!

I can't believe I am showing this:

This is the living room where I had my piles:

Here is the donate pile:

All done! I finally have a spot for the vacuum and suitcase, they both were hanging out in the hallway before.

In the back is stuff I need but I don't really access, the 2 bins are crafting boxes and our beach towels/sunscreen in the blue bin and my Hello Kitty swim bag.

On the left are little bins that are organized and labeled. Magnets, glitter, ribbon, tools, glues etc. The big bin on the bottom is gift bags that we have gotten at birthday parties that I re-use, all my wrapping paper and the tall bin is birthday ribbons and smaller gift bags. The green box is greeting cards and there is ribbon hanging on the wall with a pair of scissors all ready to go!

Now all I have to do is figure out where all the stuff I took out is going to go and keep it looking just like this!

My $7 kitchnen cabinet remodel

2011-02-04T13:31:00.000-08:00

I love shows on the Do It Yourself Network and HGTV. I love seeing when they use beautiful open cabinets or glass doors. This is my idea of a beautiful cabinet. Everything matching and organized.

Mine look like this:

Mis-matched everything. Cheap Wal Mart dishes, Donovan's favorite Super Smurf mug, my lovely Starbucks coffee cups, wine glasses that we have never used.

I don't particularly like it so I thought about how I could make it better. Scrap book paper! I bought 6 sheets of $.99 paper and cut them up to fit. I even hid the seams behind the panes (it's so hard to type when I am patting myself on the back at the same time!) I am so happy with how they turned out and I can change them when I get tired of them or when I want to change the color of my kitchen!

here is the close up of the pattern:

What do you think?

half ass hugs

2010-12-19T11:13:00.000-08:00

What's the point of giving a hug when you barely even touch the person? If you don't want to hug, don't! I have cousin, his name is Jarred he is 20 years old and he is the best hugger ever. He could crack a rib! Everyone should hug like that.

Zach's funny for today

2010-12-18T21:33:00.000-08:00

My truck stinks, I'm not sure why. I'm sure there is a rogue chicken nugget somewhere, perhaps it is the funk of my children who play hard. Anywho, I get in my truck a few days ago and I say "ugh, it stinks in here!" and Zach immediately and without skipping a beat says "wasn't me!" that kid cracks me up!

annoyance

2010-11-03T13:01:00.000-07:00

I'm a good wife.

I cook a good dinner most nights of the week.
I keep as clean of a house as my kids will allow.
I grocery shop.
I do all the laundry.
I iron.

Here is what my husband's laundry looks like:

I washed it, hung it to dry and then ironed. Making sure to hang it up nicely so it doesn't crease weird.

So last night I went to a photo shoot and asked Donovan to finish the load of laundry that was in the washing machine.

Here's what I found today:

Ugh, is it hard to hang up one shirt?! Now I have to re-wash it because of the weird creases. Ugh.

End rant.

It's not me, it's you

2010-08-25T09:02:00.001-07:00

No really.

I love it when girls pull them drama card and then blame you for it. When strangely they have so many failed friendships, they don't talk to their sister, their marriage is in trouble.

Nope, not my problem!

pancakes

2010-07-16T21:09:00.001-07:00

If you give a 5 year old pancakes
He will probably ask for syrup
Then he will drip that syrup on the table
And then put his napkin on it
Which will stick for 3 days
And on the chair
Where he will sit on it
Then sit on everything else
And on his clothes
But who doesn't want a sticky sweet hug from a 5 year old?
I know I do.

Disneyland

2010-06-20T11:24:00.000-07:00

We went to Disneyland thanks to an awesome friend who is an employee who got 3 of us in for freeeee!

We got there around 9:20am and left at 11:30pm! We had a blast!

The only unfortunate part of the day was when we were waiting in line for the tram to take us back to the car. A grown man wrapped in a baby blanket took cuts in line. Stood directly in front of me. Then came his daughter. And her boyfriend. All in front of me. As the tram door opened they ran in and so did Donovan and Isabella. Zach and I stood outside the tram and there was no room for Zach and I to get on. I was FURIOUS!

I stood there almost crying and decided I was going to say something to the people. I said "If you would have waited at the back of the line like the rest of us and not took cuts in front of me I would be on this tram. Instead I will be waiting for the next tram while my husband and daughter are on this one."

Next time I'll say something as they step in front of me. Of course they wouldn't have understood me anyway.

NEWS!

2010-06-19T21:32:00.000-07:00

We finally booked our Disney cruise! It's not for a loooooong time but it's booked and we're going!

i don't know who is more excited, me or the kids!

today

2010-06-15T15:00:00.000-07:00

Seems like my blog has turned into "What stupid thing did Melissa do today?"

I went to lunch with my husband and on the way back my lips were dry so I reached for the chapstick that I keep in the car. Totally forgetting that it was just about 110 degrees inside the car. Of course it was melty and the whole thing came out in a huge blob on my lip. I quickly opened up the center console looking for a napkin. What do you know, if you stop eating fast food you no longer have stacks and stacks of napkins in the car! All that was in there was a pad...a feminine napkin. So I did what I had to do.

I hope no one had a camera on me. : )

El Pollo Loco saved me

2010-06-11T09:15:00.000-07:00

I have a new found love for El Pollo Loco, not because their chicken and salad combo is under 500 calories and delicious but because they saved me!

I went there last night and they usually ask me what kind of dressing I want. Let's see, I ordered the under 500 calorie meal, do you think I want ranch that has about oh...500 calories? But last night they didn't ask, so when I got my bag I asked if the dressing was hidden under something and she apologized and got me some. As I was pulling out of the drive through a truck came flying at way too fast of a speed and slammed into the back end of another car that was right in front of the truck. She hit the car so hard that it spun full 90 degrees landing oh...4 feet away from my car. I just sat in the car in shock. If I hadn't asked for dressing I could have been tangled in this mess too.

So thank you El Pollo Loco, I will love you forever.

the writing is on the wall...

2010-05-27T10:40:00.000-07:00

or...my face.

Last night I had an idea, a friend's daughter is 2 today and I will be at their house. How rude to visit and not bring a gift! I remembered all the tutus that I have in the closet and thought it would be perfect for a sweet 2 year old. I was laying in bed and didn't want the monsters to grab my ankles if I get out of bed so I found a pen and wrote "TUTU" on my hand assured that I would not forget to get the tutu when I woke up in the morning.

Well, I did forget until I looked in the mirror! Who knew I slept with the top of my hand on my forehead?!

And no judging zit faced, no make-up in my jammies awesome look!

The hot girl on the treadmill next to me...

2010-05-26T15:50:00.000-07:00

I've never encounter such a rude person

2010-05-18T13:01:00.001-07:00

I went to McDonald's to get Zach some lunch today (I know, I know, BAD mommy!) and while waiting to order I hear the woman in the speaker ask if the car in front of me is ready and the driver says no. About 10 seconds later the guy is apparently ready and yells "HELLO?!" in the speaker 2-3 times in the span of oh...4 seconds. The McDonald's worker comes back and the guy says he wants 1 Big Mac and a #1 (Big Mac meal) so the worker asks what kind of drink he wants and he says no drink. The worker tells him that it comes with the meal and he says "I don't give a f*** what it comes with, I don't want it" HOLY COW! So then he gets to the window to pay and says he now wants an iced tea. The McDonald's worker was very nice about it. He pays and goes to the next window to get his food and the guy then says he wanted a large ice tea so they girl says that it would be an extra $.70, he threw a FIT! A 3 year old wanting a sucker has nothing on this dude. I was shocked! After he was done stomping his feet he drove away and it was my turn. I told the worker I was sorry and wished her a better day.

Ugh, I would NEVER treat anyone that way. I wouldn't even think of treating someone like that. Poor ladies!

a day in the life of a "stay at home" mom

2010-05-06T15:30:00.000-07:00

up at 6:30
showered
fed the kids
dressed the kids
got dressed and did my hair
out the door at 7:45
took Isabella to school
ran back home to put my make-up on
left at 8:10 to go to a friends house to pick up my new Starbucks tumbler (thanks Kim!)
got about 20 minutes away and realized I forgot my camera for today's Mothers Day Tea party
drove back home
left my house at 8:45 (Needing to be at Zach's school at 9!)
got to Zach's school at 8:58am!
Enjoyed the tea party immensely
left Zach's school at 10:20
headed back to Kim's house since I didn't make it the first time with the navigation leading the way
tried to go back home with the navigation system leading the way...to a dead end on a dirt road! UGH!
made my way back home
ran in the house to let the dogs outside
dentist for me at 11:20
quick 15 minute lunch
left at 1:00 to pick Isabella up early from school for a dentist appt.
over to Zach's school to pick him up early
made it to the dentist at about 1:55 for our 2:00 appt.
left the dentist office with no cavities!

It's not even 4:00pm and I am wiped out! I love being a stay at home mom, who is rarely at home!

MEAN mommy!

2010-04-16T12:38:00.000-07:00

I can't wait until summer, no not for the lovely 110 degree days and 90 degree nights but for the flip flops! My kids wear socks and shoes and will take them off where ever they feel like it and the next day wear a different pair. I find 2 pairs of shoes and 4 little socks ALL over the house. So 2 days ago I was FED UP! I told both kids that next time I find socks OR shoes anywhere but on the stairs they will lose their most precious possession for 1 day. And I don't think it's too much to ask them to put them on the stairs, I'm not requiring them to take them all the way upstairs! So today I found it, 4 little socks and 1 pair of shoes. Zachary lost his Nintendo DS and Isabella lost her American Girl doll.

We'll see if it works.

That man has shoes just like mine!

2010-04-14T15:52:00.000-07:00

We were sitting outside waiting for Isabella's class to come out today and Zach is staring at this muscular, sorta intimidating looking guy. Zach says "Hey! He has my shoes!" and I look down and this muscular, sorta intimidating looking guy has on Crocs. Not just plain old Crocs but Crocs with Mickey Mouse cut outs! The muscular, sorta intimidating looking guy says "we must both have great taste" and I look over and the muscular, sorta intimidating looking guy has a Mickey Mouse tattoo on his arm! Hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. What's that they say about judging a book by it's cover? Oh, that's it...don't.

2010-04-11T20:49:00.000-07:00

funny the way my 4 year olds mind works

2010-04-11T20:33:00.000-07:00

I was vacuuming the floors and Zachary says "I can't hear my DS (video game) TURN THE VACUUM OFFFFFF!" I look at him and think you are going to lose your DS if you don't stop it! So about 3 seconds after he said it he smiles at me and says "I love you mommy"! Such a smart little boy.

Don't you dare drop in!

2010-03-12T13:06:00.001-08:00

That WAS my motto, I needed warning to clean the house if anyone was coming over. Not any more!

I've been keeping my house clean! I've tried to set up a schedule for a few years and if it wasn't on paper I didn't stick to it. I finally put one down on a spreadsheet and I have been sticking to it for about 3 weeks now (except for the weekends, I can't seem to get in the groove on the weekends!) on a daily basis I do a few things to keep it up like sweeping the floors, wiping counter tops...etc. Every day I do a load or 2 of laundry. Every day I do one big thing like dust the whole house or clean all the bathrooms. It doesn't seem so daunting when I just did the same thing last week, it doesn't have much time to get too messy!

I love the feeling of a clean house, it just makes me happy! So, if you would like a copy of my schedule let me know! Oh, and don't drop in. lol

Debbie Downer

2010-03-06T21:52:00.001-08:00

Do you have a person in your life that is always trying to bring you down? Who takes something you say and spins it around to something negative? I have a few acquaintances like this and it really bothers me!

What kind of life do you have that you feel the need to put people down or make them feel like they are not the awesome person that they are. (I'm not saying I'm awesome, oh wait, yes I am. I'm awesome.)

I got a few of these people out of my life a few years ago when they all turned on me and stabbed me in the back when I wasn't looking. One of the hardest things I've gone through but I SO glad it happened.

So thank you to my true friends, you know who you are and you know that I love you with all my awesome heart.

aqua aerobics, the musical

2010-02-27T13:58:00.000-08:00

If I were to cast a musical of all the different people in my aqua class it would go something like this:

Woody Allen as the gawker
Larry the Cable Guy as the bumpkin with summ'er teeth
Rosie O'Donnell as the lesbian who stares a lot
Betty White as the sweet old lady
Walter Matthau as the grumpy old man in the yellow swimsuit
Olympia Dukakis as the grumpy old man's grumpy wife
The bearded lady as the bearded lady
Helen Keller as the oblivious lady who thinks the class is all for her

And who would play me you ask? Christina Hendricks of course! lol

Something to look forward to!

2010-02-20T22:44:00.000-08:00

We are talking about planning either a trip to Disneyworld or a Disney cruise in 2012. Whoop whoop!

when life slows down I will...

2010-01-30T18:39:00.000-08:00

how many times have I said that in the last...7 years?! A gajillion times, it seems.

But life seems to get busier and busier! Isabella is in brownies so every other weekend is a brownie event and there are pictures to take and parties to attend and and and!!! It is still January and every single weekend day in February is booked already. BOOKED!

Donovan made me plan nothing for a whole weekend a few weeks ago, I think I need to do it more often.

a room a day in the month of J

2010-01-11T20:22:00.000-08:00

Yes, I thought of that myself. It sure is hard to pat myself on the back while typing!

My plan (11 days into J!) is to clean a room (like floor to ceiling) a day. Today I started by doing 3 fairly small rooms. U dud the laundry room, the hall closet and the downstairs bathroom. I had all my tools with me and the vacuum ready to suck in the hallway. I magic erased, windexed and organized all 3 rooms...whoo!

Now let's see if I can stick to it. I suck at that part.

art

2010-01-07T21:23:00.000-08:00

I don't get "art" I don't get how a goat sewn onto a piece of luggage is art. Or how a group of people in monkey suit jumping around on video is art.

What I did love was seeing Ansel Adams photographs. Now that's what I call art.

grandma's technicolor dreamcarpet

2010-01-05T22:20:00.000-08:00

I wish I had documented this in photo and I should wait to blog this so I can show you, but I didn't and I'm not so here goes.

The carpet in my grandma's house is well...different. In EVERY room!

Living room: fancy you-don't-walk on-white carpet
den: green 70's with the lines in it
hallway: industrial blue and white loopy type
grandma's bedroom: Georgia peach!
2nd bedroom: I really don't know, I used to sleep in there when I visited and there was always a uber scary drawing of my grandma's mom on the wall so I don't really go into that room.

another one

2010-01-01T23:10:00.000-08:00

I thought I would put my New Years resolutions on here so that I could (possibly) stick to them.

goal #1 is to attend church EVERY single weekend. We always find an excuse about why we NEED to skip it. Really? I can't find 2 hours out of 168 hours in a week.

goal #2 is to organize more, I was thinking I would clean and organize a room a day while the kids are in school.

goal #3 is to unzip my fat suit! I have felt gross for the last year and I need to do something about it. I met with a friend who owns a nutrition store and she set me up with an eating program and I am going to start walking more regularly and using my Wii for the awesome fitness programs that I have for it.

I can't wait to work on all of these, bring on 2010!

BAD blogger!

2010-01-01T23:02:00.000-08:00

I felt like I just couldn't start up again, that I had been gone for so long that there was no point to coming back, but I really do enjoy it! Another thing I didn't want to update from everything I missed, well...I don't have time for that so I am starting fresh. What a day to start fresh, huh?!

Today was a fantastic day, I love days like this. We put away all the Christmas stuff, we re-arranged some furniture, cleaned out some drawers, had lunch at Chili's, spent some time at my toy store (Target!), I vacuumed. It was good.

Happy 2010 blogging friends! Much love to you and your families.

I love Lucy

2009-09-22T15:21:00.001-07:00

Long story, I'll start from the beginning and try not to jump around like I do when I tell a story verbally.

Since Howard was so sick Jeff didn't want to take him to the Dave Matthews Band concert so he offered me the tickets. I called my friend Heather because I knew that she was a huge DMB fan. We went to the concert on Sunday, September 13th. On the car ride to Irvine Heather mentioned that someone gave her a dog named Lucy and that it wasn't really working out. I asked her what kind of dog and she said Labradoodle, a breed that my mom has always wanted and that my aunt has and loves to pieces. Heather said that her older dog that didn't get along with Lucy and that her 2 year old daughter doesn't like dogs and didn't even want to be in the room with the Lucy! I told her to give me a call if she really can't get Lucy to work.

Heather calls a few days later and says that she can't handle Lucy anymore, that she just doesn't have time to train her. We set up a "play date" for Sunday to see if my dogs and Lucy get along because we thought about taking her in at this moment. My dogs didn't particularly enjoy having a little puppy in the house, Silver growled everytime Lucy walked by and Corky would snap at her! Hutch on the other hand LOVED Lucy! Oh, and Lucy chased our cats, poor cats!

Something else happened on Sunday...Howard passed away.

So my mom and dad came over to see Lucy and perhaps take her, although my dad didn't want another dog at all! He wouldn't even consider another dog! My mom and I sat, saddened by Howard's passing and laughing at this silly puppy terrorizing all of my other dogs. It was bitter sweet.

I decided to keep Lucy, it felt like I needed to do this, that there was a reason that I need to take her.

My mom and I talk to Jeff over the next day or 2, not wanting to push the whole new dog thing, we didn't want to overwhelm him or make him think that we didn't miss Howard terribly. I posted a few photos of Lucy on my facebook and Jeff contacted me and asked me a few questions about her. I was excited that he was considering it!

So Monday night I ask Jeff if he wants to come over to my house for dinner to meet Lucy but he said he was too tired, he had been up with Howard for the past few nights in the hospital so he just wanted to sleep. I said ok and asked if he wanted me to bring Lucy over to his house while I am at my mom's group the next day (today). He said yes!

I drop Isabella off at school, drop Zach off at pre-school and then zoom over to my mom's house so she can walk Lucy over to Jeff's house. I prayed all morning that it would work out, I explained the whole story (through sobs and tears! Sorry, girls!) I asked them all to pray. I called my mom as soon as my moms group was over and she said that Jeff and Lucy are getting along perfectly and that she really thinks that Jeff will keep her!

Best of all is that Jeff is going to train Lucy to be his new service dog!

I've always heard about people having miraculous things happen to them, true God things. I truly believe that God had a huge hand in thism that this was all his doing and that this all happened because of Him.

I drove home from my moms group sobbing, completely sobbing that this all happened, just amazed at what God can do. Thank you God!

Here are a few photos of Lucy, she is a 1 year old Labradoodle, she is incredibly sweet and curious!

Here are Hutch and Lucy, they look like brother and sister!

favorite

2009-09-15T21:39:00.000-07:00

I don't have the appropriate words to express how much I love this song:

Howard, my brother's dog

2009-09-12T22:01:00.000-07:00

isn't doing well. He is bleeding internally and they can't figure out where. They are doing all kinds of tests and he had to have 3 blood transfusions because he had lost so much.

I feel so sorry for my brother, I can tell he is so stressed and worried about Howard.

busy morning!

2009-09-11T12:19:00.000-07:00

8:05 dropped Isa off at school
8:45 dropped off 2 tables and an easy up at a friends house
9:00 went to Zach's school for an open house/meet and greet
10:30 met a friend at Michaels to give her a purse
11:00 dropped off something at another friends house
11:30 quick stop at the grocery store
12:00 gas
12:15 home

PHEW!

I don't understand...

2009-08-31T13:22:00.000-07:00

I saw a little girl that was probably 7, maybe 8 at Isabella's school today that had a shirt on that said I Study (BOYS). Why would parents encourage this at such a young age?!

10 reasons why I hate the heat

2009-08-30T22:41:00.000-07:00

10. I hate sweating off my make-up as I am applying it
9. I hate it when my legs stick to the leather couch or our leather car seats
8. I hate driving with my windows up
7. I hate that I sweat in weird places
6. I hate laying in bed and even the sheet is too much
5. I hate the summertime electric bill (although this summer has been under $100 KNOCK KNOCK)
4. I hate not being able to enjoy the yard
3. I hate cooking when it's hot
2. I hate wearing less clothes
1. I hate waiting to demolish the planter, I've got my sledge hammer ready...let me to it!!

Please So Cal...cool down SOON!

great idea!

2009-08-29T20:14:00.000-07:00

days of the week tags

I think I am going to put them on heavy stock paper and do them for both kids. Very clever!

finally doing more work on the house

2009-08-29T17:25:00.000-07:00

We had a guy ask if we needed tree work, I talked him down from $800 to $400! We needed to get these palm trees out because they were way too big for the area, the planter has been cracked for years and years.

you can see that on the left side the planter is just about to lean on the fence, we just paid a few thousand to replace the fence so I didn't want to have to do that again!

The view from our porch, not attractive:

After, LOVE it!

We are going to knock out the planter (once it's not 116° outside). We are having new stamped concrete poured and I would love to get a fountain like this and put it along the back wall:

I also bought this set, on clearance from $799 for $239! I love a deal!

Kmart seating set

I would like to put in a small patio cover coming from the wood that the pillar it attached to, it's hard to see from this angle.

I can't wait to get this done, it's going to be so awesome!

kids conversations

2009-08-28T15:31:00.000-07:00

I love listening to the kids talk when they think I can't hear them.

I: this is Deuce, he was our kitty before you were born
Z: ohhh
I: he's in heaven now
Z: and he's in our heart
I: yeah, he is
Z: Jesus and Deuce are in our hearts, Jesus is holding Deuce in my heart.

So sweet!!

Summer...in a minute!

2009-08-15T23:10:00.000-07:00

I can't post photos from everything we did this summer, it would take years! But here is a photo (or 2) of everything we did this summer. It was FUN! And FAST she got out of school June 12th and went back August 12th!

So...this summer we...

rollerskated for the first time:

took Metrolink to the beach:

Spent lots of time at the library (FREEE!)

Donovan and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary, thanks mom for watching the kids!

We did a LOT of swimming:

Spent lots of time at the park with friends:

Went bowling with friends:

Went to San Diego as a family:

Where we visited Lego Land (the kids LOOOOVED it! Even more than Disneyland!)

More swimming with friends:

Their first circus visit:

The last week of summer we camped in Pismo Beach for 6 days:

More swimming:

Some shuffleboard:

One dog costume contest (Hutch was a Dalmation, his hat says Fire Station #1) where Hutch won most original:

Lots of quality time:

And fun:

The day after we got home from Pismo Isabella started 1st grade!

And I wonder why I am exhausted?! Love it!

update

2009-08-15T22:56:00.000-07:00

I'm still fat! No big shocker there, huh?!

I had to put weight watchers on the back burner, with the kids having a short summer and us taking so many trips I haven't been to a meeting in a few weeks. I plan on starting up again a week from this Tuesday.

I started back at the gym after a hiatus there as well. Donovan and I also talked about walking around the lake by our house every night. The kids love it and it's such good exercise.

Anyway, I'll update again soon. Hopefully with better news!

my cheap and delicious meal

2009-08-03T09:18:00.000-07:00

I went to Sprouts for the first time and in the meat case they had a pre-made meatloaf in a pan all ready to go. It was 4 servings for $3! Yep, $3!

To go with is they had red potatoes for $.49 a pound and broccoli for $.49 a pound! The total for all 4 of us was under $10, you can't beat that!

Oh and the meatloaf is SOOO good!!

we need prayers, and lots of them!

2009-07-31T16:24:00.000-07:00

My brothers dog has cancer and he went through treatment but the effects are worse than the cancer. It was in his nose but the chemo will most likely make him blind in his left eye.

And let me clarify, this dog is not just a dog. Jeff is in a wheelchair and Howard is a service dog so he goes everywhere with Jeff. The only time he isn't with Jeff is when Jeff is at the races, the noise was too loud and Howard refused to wear ear muffs. Jeff has had him since Donovan and I met in 1997. So imagine your dog...only he isn't outside while you are gone. Imagine your lover, though he never goes to work all day long. They are NEVER apart! That's how much this dog means to my brother. They sleep in the same bed! lol

Anyway, if you could pray for Jeff too, he isn't getting any sleep. Howard tries to rub his eye while Jeff sleeps so Jeff has been sleeping in his wheelchair...well, more like not sleeping in his wheelchair. Howard was thrashing himself around for 4 hours last night and Jeff can't stop him. Jeff has no appetite and now has a kidney infection from the stress.

So if you could add Howard and Jeff to your prayer list we would all greatly appreciate it.

Here is Howard in case you are curious, he is a gorgeous and incredibly sweet golden retriever.

funky

2009-07-28T18:45:00.000-07:00

I've been in a funk lately, sorry for the lack of blogs.

My rug stinks

2009-07-13T20:58:00.000-07:00

We bought a rug about a year ago, we bought it when Wickes went out of business and liquidators came in and sold everything. So we bought a beautiful rug for what we thought was a good chunk of money ($300?) and it STINKS! We have steam cleaned it a few times but it still stinks. Ugh.

mama would be proud!

2009-07-06T20:05:00.000-07:00

My mom always taught me the value of a dollar, how to clip coupons and wait until the item is on sale to get an even better deal. To look through different ads and go to different stores for different things.

I have been dying to try these:

Purex laundry sheets

but $8 for 20 loads of laundry wasn't appealing to me! I had a $2 off coupon and saw them at Starer Bros on sale for $5.99. The starter pack was 20 loads and the refill was 25 loads, what's the difference you ask? Well the starter pack comes with a nifty carrying case. I passed up the nifty carrying case for a good ole ziploc bag. So I got 25 loads for $3.99, I tried them yesterday and they are easy AND laundry smells delicious!

Happy Anniversary!

2009-06-28T15:59:00.000-07:00

Donovan and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary this past weekend, my mom watched the kids and we went to San Diego. We have had this planned since January so needless to say...I was VERY excited! We booked a room at Loews luxury hotels and arrived there around 6:00pm on Friday night. We hand them the confirmation number and the guy looks concerned and excuses himself. He comes back with a manager and we are sweating and thinking "we aren't going to have a room, we're going to have to go back home! Our last anniversary the Honda broke down on the way there and we ended up having to buy a new car while in Las Vegas!". The manager comes over to speak to us saying that the room we reserved is being renovated, that it was supposed to be ready by now but the bathroom vanity hadn't arrived yet. He was very nice and very apologetic. He said we could either take a different room, but they didn't have any king size beds. We would get a room with 2 double beds and no view. I could tell that Donovan DID NOT like the double bed idea! Or he said he pay for and book us a room at another hotel for tonight (Friday) and then we would come back Saturday and have a nice room with a king size bed and a view. So we decided to go to the other hotel. It was called Manchester Grand Hyatt

We are getting excited as we drive up to it, it's very close to the Gaslamp Quarter , a fun area with lots of restaurants, shops and bars. The lobby of this hotel is absolutely amazing-sorry it's sorta crooked, I was walking backwards!

the room was very nice, it had a great view:

and this was straight below us, the hotel grounds and pools:

We decide to walk to the Gaslamp Quarter and find some dinner, we found a Thai place...yum! While sitting there we notice quite a few bikes going by. A minute later bikes are still going by. 5 minutes later, still bikes! Apparently it's called Friday Night Bike Ride? I'm not sure if it happens every Friday or just once a year but it was fun to watch! Lots of people were dressed up, some in Mexican Wrestling masks, some in big wigs...so much fun! It probably lasted 10 minutes total, I have no idea how many riders, I am guessing in the thousands. We loved siting outside, people watching is one of my favorite hobbies. After dinner we walked around some more and found a vintage auto store, we loved it! Here are a few of my faves:

Porsche Speedster:

Just like what Dylan drove!

I believe this was a Jaguar:

We walked for about 2 hours and then went back to our hotel where we had dessert, apple cobbler ala mode...YUM! This is the first time I have ever ordered room service, it was so exciting!

Donovan and I are not night owls, we never stay out late. That night we ate dinner at 8:00, dessert at 10:30 and went to bed around 1:00! Craaazy!

The next morning we slept in until 9:30...which we haven't done in...oh probably 7 years! It was awesome. We got ready and went to Balboa Park. We went to the Automobile museum, here are some of my faves from there:

a close up of the engine:

and a close up of the awesome hood ornament:

the gear shift:

A gorgeous Indian:

This one is for my dad:

I LOVED this one, It is a 1953 Jaguar.

One amazing thing about this place is that they tell you how many MPG they got, how much they originally sold for, HP, all the details you usually never get to see.

This was anther fave, it was a Studebaker.

Here we are walking around the park:

The arcitecture there is stunning, Paige if you haven;t been there you must go!!

We saw some fun street preformers:

It was just about time to check back in to Loews so we went there and they were very kind and said that our room was all ready for us and that they upgraded our view! I was dying to see this room and I was not let down, it was amazing!

The bathroom was gorgeous, I told Donovan I want mine to look EXACTLY like this:

Drum roll please....

Gorgeous!

The hotel was very kid friendly, they have babysitting, a kids room, a teen room, a kids pool, a family pool and an adult pool, drive in movies that can be seen from the kids pool. They also had this cute kid eating area:

Chess:

Here is the hotel lobby:

The manager also told us that they were going to give us a free meal at their 4 start restaurant inside the hotel. It one of the best meals of my entire life, I had beef tenderloin and Donovan had salmon. Yum! Here was the view from our table:

After our meal we went swimming and in the spa and watched The Dark Knight on HBO!

It was such a great anniversary, I wouldn't have changed a single thing.

such pretty things!

2009-06-24T14:33:00.001-07:00

A friend of mine started making her own jewelry, very unique, very lovely items! Please check them out.

Dear lady at the park,

2009-06-18T14:45:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry I didn't pack snacks for your kid, I guess I am a bad mom.
I'm also sorry that I didn't pack drinks for your kid, again, bad mommy.
I'm also sorry that I won't be picking up your child, putting them in the swing and pushing them for you.

Perhaps you could do these things for your child next time we go to the park?

Sincerely,
Melissa

graduation

2009-06-11T19:53:00.000-07:00

Isabella graduated from kindergarten today, she has grown up so fast! She has the cutest little toothless grin, I love it!

Here she is with her 2 B.F.F.'s Makayla and Helena:

Samuel had to get in on this, smart boy!

Here she is in line with some of her classmates, she is the tallest, big shocker!

With her diploma:

And with her teacher Ms. Berg:

I can't believe my girl is going into 1st grade!

I thought I could do this

2009-06-10T14:07:00.000-07:00

but I don't think I can!

I saw this by the trash and thought...how could someone throw away a crib, don't they know people NEED things like this?! I planned on cleaning it up and donating it or putting it on Craigslist as a free item. I didn't realize it had no bolts and no mattress springs! Sort of the important part of a crib.

Here it is right after I got it:

It was NASTY! Years of dried spit up all over it.

I stood it up to see how it would look all together.

It has a pretty flower detail on it:

Now these are left over, what in the world are these for?!

I thought maybe they weren't from it but it's the same finish. I'm clueless!

So what should I do...buy the parts for it? Firewood?

my big girl

2009-06-07T09:20:00.000-07:00

Isabella went to her first sleepover (besides at family's house) last night! I was expecting her to not want to do it but she never said a word about being scared. I was expecting a call around 11:00pm but nope, no call. I can't wait to hear about it.

Weigh in #2

2009-06-04T12:26:00.001-07:00

I lost 4.6 pounds! Hooray!

teacher appreciation gift

2009-06-02T14:45:00.000-07:00

I made this for Isabella's teacher, Ms. Berg:

My friend Carrie made her name using her Cricut ...thanks Carrie!

Here is a little tag I put on it and inside I put a Starbucks gift card. I hope she likes it!!

I think I need this...

2009-06-02T14:42:00.000-07:00

Saab Hirsch edition

How cool is this?!

funny:

2009-05-27T15:26:00.000-07:00

Isabella: I am getting dressed for the ball, put your pants on so we can dance.
Zach: I don't want to put my pants on.
Isabella: You HAVE to have pants on to dance with a princess.
Zach: _______________________no words, just gun sounds
Isabella: You're not supposed to shoot princesses.

I said I wanted to be accountable

2009-05-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

stupid!

We had a great week, which means I didn't have a very god weight watchers week! We went to Disneyland on Wednesday on Thursday and Friday we prepared for our camping trip. Friday night-Monday morning we camped and Tuesday I had my weigh in.

So I gained 2 pounds, ug. This week will be much better!

Birthday fun!

2009-05-25T19:36:00.000-07:00

My baby boy is 4! I can't believe he's already 4, he is such a fun little boy, he cracks me up on a daily basis! He told me something was splendid the other day, hilarious!

Donovan's mom and sister got him all Transformers toys, he loved them!

oh, and gum, that's a pack of gum in his hand from Donovan's sister. He was most excited about his gum.

Here they are in toontown, their favorite place at Disneyland!

My mom went with us, she hadn't been to Disneyland since I was about 12! She loved seeing all the new rides. We all loved the Buzz Lightyear ride.

Here are Zach and I on Small World, that ride is so nice on a hot day!

The kids always have to have a big sucker!

And Isabella got her face painted, Zach never wants his done!

Our friends came to visit us and go on a few rides, here is Isabella and Zoe. They are BFF!

Zach had a great birthday, my mom got him this semi with lots of Cars cars in it.

Such a fun day!

why in the world...

2009-05-22T12:22:00.000-07:00

Did I decide to do Weight Watchers the day before we go to Disneyland and 3 days before we go on a 3 day camping trip?!

Definitely not the best decision, I doubt I will lose an ounce!

My first weigh in

2009-05-19T20:06:00.000-07:00

I started Weight Watchers today and I need to be kept accountable so I am going to post my progress on here.

week 1: psht...like I'm posting my weight on here!

Stay tuned for an update next week.

beyond measure

2009-05-14T10:13:00.001-07:00

I am blessed beyond measure.

I ask God to help me lose weight and all of the sudden a mom of one of Isabella's school friends asks if I will work out with her. Another friend, Paige asked if I wanted to work out with her around the same time and then my mom asks if I want to work out with her!

I am determined to lose some weight before our anniversary trip in June and to keep it off this time!

It's funny because when you pray and ask for something sometimes you don't see your answer. I didn't wake up the morning after my prayer weighing 122 pounds, dang it! But God did put 3 awesome people in my life to help motivate me and keep me in line.

So here I go...again!

Hutch

2009-05-10T21:01:00.000-07:00

He is a crazy dog early in the morning! He wants to see everything that is going on, wants to say hello to us and the dogs, wants to smell all the smells he missed while in his crate all night long! He tries to get out of our arms as we walk down the stairs and this is how he looks, he is such a funny dog!

Zach's favorite way to eat

2009-05-10T20:44:00.000-07:00

A little bit of everything! He loves fruit and veggies so I pick a few different things and put them in this sectioned plate and leave it at the table. He HATES to sit and eat so if I leave it he grabs a bit as he runs by and within an hour it's gone!

Oh and in case your wondering, he is eating pita crackers, blueberries, grapes and a sugar free jello! yum!

a fantastic idea

2009-05-02T21:57:00.000-07:00

I read about a cheap and great window/mirror cleaner. It is 1/2 gallon of water, 1t of dish soap and 1t of cornstarch. I applied it with a sponge and then used a squeegee to clean it off wiping the squeegee with a towel each time. I worked WONDERFULLY! My windows look gorgeous!! I also used it to clean the patio tables and the barbeque. I am so excited about this, cleaning with windex and paper towels seems like such a waste and not very effective!!

We also cleaned and organized the garage, it looks awesome, here are a few photos:
Here is our tool wall, everything hung up is so helpful! The water jugs are for an emergency and the boxes on the left have firewood in them for our next camping trip.

all the bins have different things in them, car washing supplies, dog and cat supplies, sprinkler parts, tennis rackets and balls, rags...etc.

this isn't all that organized but the trash can on the ground is for soda cans and the one on the wall is for bottles, that way I don't have to seperate the sticky cans at the recycling place.

I helped Donovan clean off his workbench, it was completely covered in junk! He is not at all organized and couldn't care less! P.S. those are our old kitchen cabinets, pretty cool, huh?!

I love getting things done, we spent money on lunch and dinner today...that's it! I would rather spend a day working on our house more than a day at the mall anyday!

wordless wednesday

2009-04-29T12:51:00.000-07:00

All I want for Christmath ith my two front teeth

2009-04-24T23:15:00.000-07:00

my poor girl ith toothless! She'th having a thlight problem with her s's!

before:

after:

John's Incredible

2009-04-24T23:07:00.000-07:00

gives incredible coupons!

We were there from 4:30 till about 8:00pm, for only $45! What a deal!

Isabella was so excited to see her good friend Makayla there, they had so much fun together!

They rode the train:

Played air hockey:

And yes, that is pink hair. Isabella has been asking me to dye her hair pink so instead I bought her an extension. She has worn it ever single day since I bought it, she LOVES it!

Her is a video of mr. Zach playing skee ball. He's not to good, but he sure is funny!

On our way out we checked out our ticket status and discovered that we had enough for a cool prize!

Good news

2009-04-23T20:36:00.000-07:00

Zach is officially out OUT OOOUUUTTT of diapers! We used his last night time pull up on Monday night and so far so good. Hooray!

Earth day

2009-04-23T15:01:00.000-07:00

I missed this post yesterday, darn it!

My husband and I try our darndest to be Earth friendly.

1. I have re-usable bags
2. Huge recycle bin, we fill it more often than our actual trash can
3. I buy containers for Isabella's lunch, we rarely use bags, she also HAD a re-usable bottle but she threw it away!
4. We bought all energy star appliances
5. Programmable thermostat
6. I have been using microfiber cloths for cleaning
7. I am a big fan of windo coverings, if it's hot they are all closed, if it's a cool day I let all the sunshine in!
8. I have signed up to have our junk mail stopped
9. The kids and I walk to school as often as the weather permits
10. I use my own coffee container and water bottles as often as possible

One thing that bothers me is at Isabella's school each kid gets a Styrofoam tray, why Styrofoam? Why not paper, like egg cartons?

I also would love it if I could do this: Recyclebank

Now if only Silver would stop eating the vegetables that I plant!

How are you helping to keep our Earth beautiful for the next generation?

apparently

2009-04-22T13:10:00.000-07:00

I have cool obos. Zach says everything is cool and when I was getting dressed yesterday he comes in staring at me, and says "those are cool" I thought there could be no way she is talking about...you know...my boobs. So I asked him what he was talking about and she said "your obos".

Oh man, this kid keeps me on my toes!!

no matter how bad

2009-04-20T16:13:00.000-07:00

my day was, it wasn't 1% as bad as a friends day was today.

Michaela

I put 2 contacts in one eye...but I can still see my children.
I spilled my coffee all over the floor...but I can ask my children to help me clean it up.
I didn't get to walk the kids to school...I can do it tomorrow.

Losing a child seems like the worst pain you could possibly go through, I imagine her looking at everything and thinking about her daughter and how much she misses her. Please pray for the Michel's family, please ask God to ease the pain in their hearts and for understanding and peace.

will you please

2009-04-17T23:27:00.000-07:00

buy my brother's boat?
click here

thanks!

one of these things looks a lot like the other!

2009-04-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

Across the street from me:

2 houses down from there:

Directly across the street from the last one:

Down the street:

2 houses away from the last:

A few houses from the last one:

Come on people, visit a paint store, there are a few more colors out there. A few.

this was fun!

2009-04-16T20:42:00.000-07:00

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the best $10 I have ever spent!

2009-04-14T20:51:00.000-07:00

So at our association garage sale about 6 months ago I saw this when I was driving around our neighborhood. I passed it by and thought...no...that couldn't be a tractor! I went and asked about it. The sellers wanted $10 and had no clue if it worked. We bought a charger for it and voila! It works, the kids LOVE it and fight over it constantly!

working on it

thinking about it

oh, hey I fixed it!

Here is a video of Zach on it. He is absolutely nuts, he knows how to make it slide, he knows how to do a wheelie. Crazy 3 year old!

I have been waiting for this for YEARS

2009-04-08T18:56:00.000-07:00

A "new" song from No Doubt! I have been a No Doubt fanatic since I was 15, dang half of my life! I have seen them 4 or 5 times and I was stoked to hear they are preforming again, I tried to get tickets but I missed out on good ones and it's not worth going for crappy, expensive seats. I was so worried that they would never play together again and I wasn't a fan of Gwen alone. Too pop-ish for me.

Here is a clip of the new song, I'm not sure if the video will last long, I'm pretty sure it's illegally posted! Oh, and it's not new, it's a remake that's why I said "new".

trip photos

2009-04-07T14:13:00.000-07:00

Trip photos! Sorry it took me so long, I've been a bit busy...I have no clue why though. lol

I LOVE the area where my family lives, the city is called Acampo, CA. Open land as far as the eye can see and I love that. We went when everything was in bloom, fields of wildflowers 4 feet high.

I love the streets, no signals! Where we live there are traffic signals every 1/2 mile so it takes forever to get anywhere!

Here are a few barn photos, I am a slightly obsessed with barns!

We visited old town Sacramento, so quaint!

We visited the capitol building, I was looking for Arnold so I could slug him for this new tax rate!

Isabella took this one:

Isabella and her cousin Lilyana:

Capitol gardens:

We found an abandoned train and I let the kids explore. Don't worry, it wasn't attached to an engine!

We visited Sutter's Fort

My favorite part was the family time, we spent lots of time visiting and relaxing with family.

here are my grandparents, my dad and his sister Karen.

Here are some of the cousins, I don't know what's going on with my face, luckily it's small.

And some of the great-grand children.

My brother Ryan and I goofing off.

Here is a photo of my grandma and I:

My cousin Dustin's little girl, she is just adorable, I want to eat her up!

Read this with a southern accent

2009-04-03T15:46:00.000-07:00

I can finally give Zach a Mountain Dew without worrying about him spilling, awesome!!

Say hello!

2009-03-29T19:49:00.000-07:00

This is our new friend Hutchinson! We'll call him Hutch for short, we named him that because he is from South Dakota and Hutchinson is a city in SD. Anyway, he is a Cocker Spaniel Bichon Freese and is either exhausted or the most amazing puppy ever! He has been snuggling and observing all day, he is so incredibly calm and really stinking adorable!

Here they are watching a movie! He loves being covered up.

Interesting movie playing

2009-03-19T20:23:00.000-07:00

Hot for Dogs?

more craftings

2009-03-19T13:27:00.000-07:00

I haven't done annnything around the house this week, I have been gluing, cutting and burning myself!

I made these clipboards, this one is for Isabella's teacher Ms. Berg.

This one is Isabella's, the paper didn't reach to the bottom, I am going to add more on the bottom...once I make my 100th trip to JoAnn this week!

This one is Zach's:

And here is mine:

Here are some that I made for my friend Sarah's daughter.

I made these for Isa:

my dinner was delish!

2009-03-16T20:47:00.000-07:00

I made these mini cheeseburgers for dinner. YUM! Donovan and I loved them, Zach liked them, Isabella almost gagged. Story of my life!

Try them out they are easy and fun.

Do you want to be Bam Bam for Halloween?

2009-03-13T23:05:00.000-07:00

I don't really know what else you would do with these. But they're pretty awesome!

the sort of politics I enjoy

2009-03-10T20:33:00.001-07:00

I love these photos

2009-03-07T22:55:00.000-08:00

Wild thing!!

Our new faucet, mostly for Carol

2009-03-07T22:54:00.000-08:00

I know you asked for this like a month ago, sorry!

My business!

2009-03-04T15:00:00.000-08:00

I finally had a few minutes to set this up, it's my website for Uppercase Living!

I also just created my first Expression (don't call them stickers!) and I can't wait to show it off. As soon as I get it I will post a photo of it, it's going to be amazing!

Anyway, look through the catalog and see if you want to order anything, I will bring it to you and help you apply it to your wall.

rights

2009-02-28T20:15:00.000-08:00

So us Californian's voted for chickens to have bigger cages and junk. Why is it still legal for adults to smoke in the car with a child? I think every smoker knows the risks of smoking, why in the world would you intentionally harm a child? I just don't understand this!

I was on my way to pick up Donovan's mom to go out to dinner and there was a man in the drivers seat...smoking. A woman in the passenger seat smoking and a grandma in the back smoking. A little girl sitting next to grandma, behind mom and dad breathing it all in. I was absolutely disgusted. I wanted to scream at them but I wouldn't want my kids to see me do that.

What can we do to put this on the ballots?!

yummmm

2009-02-26T13:26:00.000-08:00

I made this cake for my Uppercase Living party
It was yummy!

Angel Lush with Pineapple

Ingredients:
1 package (4-serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pud 1 prepared round angel food cake (10 oz.)
1 can (20 oz.) DOLE Crushed Pineapple in juice undrained 1 cup fresh mixed seasonal berries
1 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Instructions:
MIX dry pudding mix and pineapple in medium bowl. Gently stir in whipped topping.

CUT cake horizontally into 3 layers. Place bottom cake layer on serving plate; top with 1/3 of the pudding mixture. Repeat layers 2 times.

REFRIGRATE at least 1 hour. Top with berries just before serving. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

sleepless night

2009-02-23T06:50:00.000-08:00

I didn't fall asleep last night.

Donovan created a lot of work for me and I enjoy doing it so I was up till almost 1:00am doing it! So I go to bed thinking I will fall right to sleep since I spent most of the day cleaning and getting ready for my Uppercase Living party, I even re-arranged the living room and family room furniture (by MYSELF!) I didn't move the piano though (this time). Anywho, I laid in bed tossing and turning for hours. I finally got up with Donovan at 4:00am since I figured if I hadn't fallen asleep yet, it probably wasn't happening!

I'm not sure what did it...could it have been the grande caramel machiatto that I had at 3:00pm? Or perhaps the 3 glasses of ice tea that I had at 8:00pm? Maybe the double chocolate brownie that I had at 9:00pm (don't judge!). Or maybe the fact that my husband snores like a bear in hibernation?

Don't call my house after 8:00pm tonight because I have a date with my good pal nyquil.

have you seen Fireproof yet??

2009-02-23T06:22:00.001-08:00

It's amazing and inspiring, if you haven't seen it here is a small clip that I stole from this fun blog Go rent this movie!

Update

2009-02-20T14:41:00.000-08:00

Thank you so much for your prayers, baby Addison is doing good. Praise God! There is an update and some photos here

I must have another baby

2009-02-19T08:52:00.000-08:00

Baby Mop from Chris Milk on Vimeo.

Once again...

2009-02-17T14:02:00.000-08:00

will you please pray for my friends baby?

Surgery is set for tomorrow morning at 7:00am.

Corsetti Life