Here's the smoothie all over the counter:
Here I am with smoothie dripping down my face, trying not to laugh!
Another shot of me, check out my arm!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
3rd times a charm!
I was trying to make myself a smoothie this morning. I poured the juice into my blender/smoothie maker and it started pouring out of the spout! I forgot to close it! So I quickly close it and clean up. I pour the rest of the juice in, a container of vanilla yogurt and a handful of ice. I finish blending it up and go to open the spout but it's too thick. I go to pour it the old fashioned way and it's coming very slowly. All the sudden a giant blob comes flying down and pushes the lid off which spilled smoothie ALL over the counter! I just sat there stunned and started to clean it up. I grabbed the empty yogurt container that is now filled with smoothie and tossed it into the sink. The container landed upright and flung smoothie straight up, all over the ceiling and all over my face and clothes! Luckily I was still in my workout gear. Can you believe my luck?! I had to grab my camera:
Here's the smoothie all over the counter:
Here I am with smoothie dripping down my face, trying not to laugh!
Another shot of me, check out my arm!
Here's the smoothie all over the counter:
Here I am with smoothie dripping down my face, trying not to laugh!
Another shot of me, check out my arm!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
I love it when this stuff happens
I found a flier in an old book, it's from a restaurant called Sarnez in Los Angeles. It's funny, as I was leaving for the gym tonight there was a show called "If Walls could talk" on HGTV. When I got home Donovan said he thought I would like it so he taped it, he knows me so well! I love history and we always talk about restoring old houses and how cool it would be to find stuff in the attic or buried in the back yard.
This one says Dinners start at $1.50. (!)
This one says that it is from Summer of 1947
It is addressed to my great aunt Eleanor, I'm not sure what year she was born but I am guessing she would have been about 25 in 1947.
This one says Dinners start at $1.50. (!)
This one says that it is from Summer of 1947
It is addressed to my great aunt Eleanor, I'm not sure what year she was born but I am guessing she would have been about 25 in 1947.
doing good
I started eating healthy and exercising regularly again on Monday. So far I have lost 7 pounds since Monday! I know it's probably water weight but it's a nice way to start and a good motivator to keep going. I even went to Target today and looked at all the pre-made sandwiches and individual brownies and cupcakes that I normally would have chose but decided on a grilled chicken salad. Yay me!
I am also starting to walk Isabella to school and to pick her up (as log as it's not too hot). I started on Thursday but we didn't get out the door in time in the morning so we drove, but we did walk to pick her up. It is a mile one way so hang on while I get my calculator...ok 4 miles a day! I plan on walking at first and then slowly starting to jog but that will be a few months from now.
Anyway, I hope to keep on track this time and get back into my old clothes from last summer! I'll keep ya updated.
I am also starting to walk Isabella to school and to pick her up (as log as it's not too hot). I started on Thursday but we didn't get out the door in time in the morning so we drove, but we did walk to pick her up. It is a mile one way so hang on while I get my calculator...ok 4 miles a day! I plan on walking at first and then slowly starting to jog but that will be a few months from now.
Anyway, I hope to keep on track this time and get back into my old clothes from last summer! I'll keep ya updated.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
as my mom would say...
she can't be in kindergarten, she was just born yesterday.
Isa went to her first day of kindergarten today, she did so good! No tears, just bye mom!
Here she is eating breakfast:
Look at how straight she sits up, I love that:
Sneezing (I think it's cute!):
Here's a smile!
Isa went to her first day of kindergarten today, she did so good! No tears, just bye mom!
Here she is eating breakfast:
Look at how straight she sits up, I love that:
Sneezing (I think it's cute!):
Here's a smile!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Funny little man
Zach gets an MnM every time he goes pee pee and he says it so cute I decided to take a video. It's a pretty funny video!
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Pismo
We love it there! The weather is amazing, the people are awesome, the city is so much fun. My grandparents and parents have shares from Pismo Coast Village so we stay for freeeee! Here are a few photos from our trip:
Check out this pile of firewood! All the crates on the left are full of wood too. We had a fire going almost all day long.
We bought a bike trailer (although we bought this one for $99!)and the kids LOVE it. We took multiple rides throughout the day. I wish our neighborhood was less like a race track so I could use it more. I'm too chicken.
Isa's new thing is to pose with her eyes closed, I think it's adorable.
On Monday we went to Santa Maria Discovery Museum it is an awesome kids museum. They have a veterinarian exhibit, a healthy restaurant, farm exhibit where they have a real tractor for the kids to sit on, a real boat, a real beach, a pirate ship, so many things. If you are ever in the area you must go there! Our favorite part is the HUGE craft table with tons of silly things to glue on. Isabella made a bird all on her own, isn't it cute?!
They also had this really cool interlocking block system to create houses, we made a maze, the kids loved this.
They love us so much they named a street after Donovan!
We went to the pier almost every night to see the sunset, I took this photo and this bird walked into my shot. I love the look on his face "what are you doing lady??"
On the way back we found that Zach had fallen asleep on Isa's shoulder! She wasn't too pleased with it.
The next day my good friend Heather, who's mom is a guide at Hearst Castle got us free tickets for a tour there (thanks mom!) so we got to spend the day together. The best part was the bus ride with a group of German tourists who kept singing the Madagascar theme song "I like to move it move it, we like to move it move it, we like to MOVE IT!" I heard them sing it a few times, and the song is STILL stuck in my head!
Here we are at Hearst:
Here are a few photos that I took, we were a little rushed and there were lots of people so I didn't get as many shots as I wanted...and some are crooked...grrr!
The breathtaking pool:
I loved the gardens and the fixtures:
And this door, it is real gold!
The HUGE dining room ceiling had saints carved out of it, it was awesome.
Here is the awesome indoor pool, the upper area is a diving area.
The stairs to the pool are solid marble:
LOVE this statue, I took a photo of the $30 print in the gift shop hoping it would look good but it doesn't. I thought I might be able to find a print for cheaper but I am having trouble! I might go back and buy it someday.
The next few days we just hung out, lots of bike rides, we went swimming a few times. We had a great time. I can't wait to go back in November!
Check out this pile of firewood! All the crates on the left are full of wood too. We had a fire going almost all day long.
We bought a bike trailer (although we bought this one for $99!)and the kids LOVE it. We took multiple rides throughout the day. I wish our neighborhood was less like a race track so I could use it more. I'm too chicken.
Isa's new thing is to pose with her eyes closed, I think it's adorable.
On Monday we went to Santa Maria Discovery Museum it is an awesome kids museum. They have a veterinarian exhibit, a healthy restaurant, farm exhibit where they have a real tractor for the kids to sit on, a real boat, a real beach, a pirate ship, so many things. If you are ever in the area you must go there! Our favorite part is the HUGE craft table with tons of silly things to glue on. Isabella made a bird all on her own, isn't it cute?!
They also had this really cool interlocking block system to create houses, we made a maze, the kids loved this.
They love us so much they named a street after Donovan!
We went to the pier almost every night to see the sunset, I took this photo and this bird walked into my shot. I love the look on his face "what are you doing lady??"
On the way back we found that Zach had fallen asleep on Isa's shoulder! She wasn't too pleased with it.
The next day my good friend Heather, who's mom is a guide at Hearst Castle got us free tickets for a tour there (thanks mom!) so we got to spend the day together. The best part was the bus ride with a group of German tourists who kept singing the Madagascar theme song "I like to move it move it, we like to move it move it, we like to MOVE IT!" I heard them sing it a few times, and the song is STILL stuck in my head!
Here we are at Hearst:
Here are a few photos that I took, we were a little rushed and there were lots of people so I didn't get as many shots as I wanted...and some are crooked...grrr!
The breathtaking pool:
I loved the gardens and the fixtures:
And this door, it is real gold!
The HUGE dining room ceiling had saints carved out of it, it was awesome.
Here is the awesome indoor pool, the upper area is a diving area.
The stairs to the pool are solid marble:
LOVE this statue, I took a photo of the $30 print in the gift shop hoping it would look good but it doesn't. I thought I might be able to find a print for cheaper but I am having trouble! I might go back and buy it someday.
The next few days we just hung out, lots of bike rides, we went swimming a few times. We had a great time. I can't wait to go back in November!
Friday, August 8, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
MIA
Sorry I have been MIA, we have been doing lots around the house. Here are a few pictures of what we have done so far:
We finally got new windows first of all, yay!
before:
ugly tint that I hated, thin windows that allowed us to hear the neighbor kids screaming from their swimming pool, let in tons of dirt, heat and bugs and were almost impossible to actually open.
new, lovely dual pane windows that open with ease. Keep all of our air conditioned air in, bugs and dust out!
Isa's room would get so hot in the middle of the day, her new windows are triple pane!
before:
after:
I love these picture windows that we got with no openings, they are beautiful. I love the view out the window, the mountains...and our neighbors awesome pool!
This is my favorite, I love it. We have an antique stained glass piece that we are going to hang in front of it once we get a free minute.
We also had the "cottage cheese" scraped off all of the remaining ceilings. Donovan and I did the rooms that we could reach but our bedroom and living room ceilings were so tall that we were afraid to get up on that tall off a ladder. We hired Metro Painters and they did an awesome job, I highly recommend them. They also painted our master bedroom.
We moved as much into the garage as we could:
Moved all of our bedroom stuff into the master bath. We also stacked a bunch on top of the toilet and it already had a crack in it so it leaked everywhere...but that's a whole different blog!
Our bedroom before:
After:
The walls are a faint blue/green color and we re-arranged all the furniture. That furniture is so stinkin heavy!
I haven't found the right bedding yet and we are ordering 2" blinds for the windows so everything looks odd, but I will update it, you know I will!
Oh, and my wonderful husband installed that ceiling fan, it's the first fan we have ever had in our bedroom, it's beautiful and works so well!
Here is everything from the family room, we moved it all into the kitchen:
Donovan and I slept in the playroom, it was nice! We put our mattress on the floor and took the tv off the wall and put it on it's stand in there.
I didn't get many photos of them actually working on it, we tried to stay out of the mess, but they covered all the walls with plastic.
The floors were covered in dust, Corky had it all over her.
Anywho, that's where I've been. We are still putting things back in their place and cleaning up after all these messes!
We finally got new windows first of all, yay!
before:
ugly tint that I hated, thin windows that allowed us to hear the neighbor kids screaming from their swimming pool, let in tons of dirt, heat and bugs and were almost impossible to actually open.
new, lovely dual pane windows that open with ease. Keep all of our air conditioned air in, bugs and dust out!
Isa's room would get so hot in the middle of the day, her new windows are triple pane!
before:
after:
I love these picture windows that we got with no openings, they are beautiful. I love the view out the window, the mountains...and our neighbors awesome pool!
This is my favorite, I love it. We have an antique stained glass piece that we are going to hang in front of it once we get a free minute.
We also had the "cottage cheese" scraped off all of the remaining ceilings. Donovan and I did the rooms that we could reach but our bedroom and living room ceilings were so tall that we were afraid to get up on that tall off a ladder. We hired Metro Painters and they did an awesome job, I highly recommend them. They also painted our master bedroom.
We moved as much into the garage as we could:
Moved all of our bedroom stuff into the master bath. We also stacked a bunch on top of the toilet and it already had a crack in it so it leaked everywhere...but that's a whole different blog!
Our bedroom before:
After:
The walls are a faint blue/green color and we re-arranged all the furniture. That furniture is so stinkin heavy!
I haven't found the right bedding yet and we are ordering 2" blinds for the windows so everything looks odd, but I will update it, you know I will!
Oh, and my wonderful husband installed that ceiling fan, it's the first fan we have ever had in our bedroom, it's beautiful and works so well!
Here is everything from the family room, we moved it all into the kitchen:
Donovan and I slept in the playroom, it was nice! We put our mattress on the floor and took the tv off the wall and put it on it's stand in there.
I didn't get many photos of them actually working on it, we tried to stay out of the mess, but they covered all the walls with plastic.
The floors were covered in dust, Corky had it all over her.
Anywho, that's where I've been. We are still putting things back in their place and cleaning up after all these messes!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
TOMORROW!!!
We finally get our new dual pane windows! I am so excited, there will be less noise, less dust, less heat! They will actually open without separating from the frame, they will actually...open! Whoo, lots of exclamation points on this post, can ya tell I am excited? (!) I will post photos as soon as they are done.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
next....
1. June 20: car breaks down
2. June 26: our garage door breaks
3. June 29: the master bath toilet broke and leaked water all over the carpet
4. July 1: Donovan leaves his work truck out in front of our house and we got a ticket because it is street sweeping day
When it rains, it pours!
2. June 26: our garage door breaks
3. June 29: the master bath toilet broke and leaked water all over the carpet
4. July 1: Donovan leaves his work truck out in front of our house and we got a ticket because it is street sweeping day
When it rains, it pours!
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