Happy Halloween!

A quick post....

This is what "Midnight in Moscow" looks like!

I got my nails done this morning and I knew this was dark......but man is it ever! Lovin it.

A "Mexico" man. Zachary doesn't know what daddy is exactly so he just calls him Mexico. And a quick shot from this morning's parade at school. Love seeing all the kiddos dressed up! Have a safe a fun night! Ok, I apologize for the sideways pic, I don't have time to flip it.

Random things

Nothing really exciting going on today. Typical Monday at our house. Kids to school, me at work. Ryan is feeling overwhelmed and came home today. I believe he had a panick attack because he's having trouble breathing. He went to the dr.'s just in case and they couldn't find anything wrong. I'm about 99% sure it's stress. It's nice to have him home in the afternoon. I don't feel so overwhelmed.

Last night was our Friends & Family sale at the Bee. I bought a "Bind it All" to make my own books. It's worth buying with the discount. I can't wait to try it out. I already starting making Zachary a Farm animal book yesterday. Some pictures of him with animals, some without. I'll share when i'm done. I scrapped Saturday at a store that made me mad. I don't typically go there, but in a pinch I will so I can scrap. Let's just say they weren't very kind.

My Grandma-she's still in the hospital. The doctors are getting conflicting results from her MRI & EKG. Some stuff shows that she had a stroke, other things say no. It wasn't a seizure or her blood pressure and whatever happened could have been brought on due to her chemo treatment. My mom is still there with her. It's really scary because she lives alone and 1 1/2 hours away. I'm hoping for good news later today or tomorrow.

Better run, Austin needs help with homework. Have a great Monday.

Freckle Friends Rocks!

I just got home from the Ontario Scrapbook Expo and I have to say that I was SO impressed with Freckle Friends yet again! I bought my first "kit" at an open house at Annie's house a month ago and absolutely love it. So when I saw them today I was thrilled to find these new "kits" and albums. They have a laser cut progressive album that says "thankful" on the front that is absolutely beautiful! I cannot wait to take some Thanksgiving pictures to put in this. It's just gorgeous! Then they have a "merry" album. My first peek of this was on Annie's blog and I thought how cute, but to see it in person........gorgeous! It'll be perfect for our trip up to the snow in February. I love to touch and see stuff in person before buying, so I've never really done a kit club. But after these last purchases I'm just more and more impressed with them and will definitely take the plunge.

My other favorite was Scenic Route. I just love them. They had some amazing buys and all their new lines. I think between these two places I spent my whole budget just like that! (insert snapping fingers sound)

Though I had an amazing time at the show, my dad called me to tell that my Grandma passed out and was rushed to the hospital. Very scary. She started her second bout of chemo yesterday. The doctors are saying that her blood pressure dropped. Good thing my aunt was there!

My sister also called while I was at the show. She got a new job working at the "Flagship" store for Espirit. I guess she's going to be a manager? Any who.....it'll be opening next month in the Rockefeller Plaza. Oh la la........

Have a great night! I'm working. By the way, I was told that Creative Cafe arrive at our store yesterday. :) Not sure if it's out yet, but I'm excited!!!

Another drab day

I sure would love to see a clear sky. The haze from all the fires & smoke is just awful. Our soccer practices have been cancelled all week and we just got an email that all games are cancelled for the weekend. Thank God! No one should be outside in this.

Tomorrow I'm going to the Ontario Scrapbook Expo with my girlfriend Sandra. It should be a good time. I'm always up for a little fun girl trip. Poor Zachary has to go with us, but he's a good boy. I'll bring him lots of snacks and I'm sure he'll end up with some stickers!

Well I better run, need to figure out some dinner for the family!

Smell that?

Can you believe how smokey it is outside? The fires here are just out of control. I hope everyone near them stays safe and doesn't lose their home.

Chelsea Handler is SO DAMN FUNNY! We laughed our butts off at the Improv. We ate a ton of food at Havana Mania-I think that is the only place where I clear my entire plate. I just love their food! And their Mojito's......mmmmm. Gotta try their Razzberry Mojito.

This just in****my brother is being "deployed" to go help with the fires!***** They called him at work and said to go home and pack and be ready in NOW! I guess he's to protect homes and businesses from being loitered. Being in the National Guard he has to be available when they call. Wow.

Ok, so nothing seems that important now. I'll post some pics tomorrow of the Halloween party the boys went to.

A 2 week hiatus

I didn't mean to not blog for two weeks, I've just been rather lazy about it. Let me see if I can speed my friends up.

Today is my 4 year anniversary! We're going out to dinner at Havana Mania and then to the Brea Improv to see Chelsea Handler. I cannot wait!

Yesterday was Bunco. Fun stuff! Everyone dressed up. Love seeing all the girls.

I worked Monday & Wednesday.

Sunday I scrapped with my new goodies from the Tour de Crop!

Saturday (13th) was the Tour de Crop from HELL! Ok, so it was really a great time, BUT because we were going up towards the Valencia area, we got stuck in the 5fwy closer and what should have taken 1.5 hours took 2.5 and then to the next store took triple the time. Needless to say I'm in NO hurry to get on a bus any time soon! LOVED the two stores.....I really like Remember When in Valencia. SO STINKIN CUTE! The girls were sweet and I loved how cute the crop room was decorated.

Friday was Round-up. I'm over Round Up. I can't believe I have to go another 2 years!

Tuesday we went to Tanaka Farms with my MOMS group.

Monday I worked all day. My mother in law had the day off so she helped watch the kids.

Sunday we spent the day at the BLOCK. We bought Austin a Vans Skate park pass. He had a blast!

Saturday I took Zach to a Birthday party and then scrapped in the evening at my work. I'm soooooooo far behind in my scrapping and have such little time for it any more. So it was nice to spend a good chunk of the day getting stuff done.

That should bring us to today and what's to come. Ryan is walking in the CHOC walk at Disneyland Sunday morning. I wish it wasn't SO early (7am) I'd take the kids to watch. My Grandma & Great Aunt are at my moms visiting for the weekend. I'm supposed to shop with them tomorrow and go to lunch, but we have carpet cleaners coming in the morning and a Halloween party at 2pm. So much to do! I have a movie reccommendation; you HAVE to see Knocked Up! Oh my gosh is it funny! Have a great weekend!

The weather is perfect today

This is my favorite kind of weather. A little breezy & cool. I can wear a light weight sweater and jeans and not be too hot or cold. And the wind....I've always liked the wind. I wonder what that means? I know it's going to change tomorrow. It seems as though our weather has been all over the place since the first of September. Inspired by the change, I went to Kohl's and bought some fall kitchen hand towels and a small table runner with patchwork pumpkins. So cute! (And a pair of shoes, I could help it! I've really been into cute ballet flats) All their fall stuff is 50% off.

I haven't posted any pics lately, that's because I haven't really taken any except for this one. Last weekend I bought a scooter at my MOMS club garage sale. Nothing like making a 3 y/o happy!

The "boys" are going to my brothers football game at Fullerton Stadium tonight. I guess he's starting-not sure what position he plays. I'm working. I feel like I'm always dragging to get there, but then once I'm there all the scrappers make me happy and get my energy going! Tomorrow I'm going to our all day crop later in the day. Can't wait! I feel like I'm slowly getting back to it on a regular basis. Austin has a soccer game and Zachary a birthday party tomorrow. But Sunday is wide open! I'm hoping to go out to breakfast and just hanging out and hitting the Macy's sell with my mom. She always gets the best coupons from them! I'm trying to pick up things here and there for Christmas. I know, Christmas! Aaaack!

We're going to Tanaka Farms on Tuesday....looking forward to that. I'm trying to clean up some pictures and get them on a disk so I can delete all the ones off my camera. So I guess I better run! Have a great weekend!

20th out of 130!

Can you believe that? We are 20th on the list for the assistance program for a first time home buyer. A little scary.....but definitely exciting.

Also some exciting news.....my husband signed us up for the lottery to get Angel playoff tickets and I was chosen! Pretty cool, considering he didn't even tell me. We have tickets to game 4 which I guess is being played Monday sometime. (read it's at 6:30, but I don't have my email tickets yet)

I had a whole lot to post about, but now it doesn't seem as interesting. Good Night!

Catching up

Seems like lately I can't keep up with my blog. This school year has just overwhelmed me and I feel like I'm constantly trying to catch up. So here's a little catching up on our weekend.

Saturday I went with some friends to go see Disney's Playhouse Show at the Kodak Theater. I was excited to see the Kodak theater, but dreading the drive because it is FAR for a 10:30 a.m. show. And it didn't help matters that we had major rain that day. (Did you know it hasn't rained in Southern California in September in 21 years!) We showed up with minutes to spare. Bought a "magic wand" and found our seats. The show was really cute with Mickey & friends, Little Einsteins, Handy Manny and Winnie the Pooh. The eye closure is on purpose. My friend took three and each time he kept his eyes closed. After the show we thought what a great idea it would be to eat at the Kodak center. Except it starting drizzling. By the time we got our food and were sitting outside under some awning, it started pouring and the wind was blowing....you'd think a hurricane was blowing in. The kids were wet, the moms were wet and our food was ruined. Besides the fact that the kids were now crying. Such a bummer becaue I have never been here before and really wanted to stay and walk around. Oh well. So we packed it up and came home.

Sunday-We went to Oak Glen with ALL of my family. Mom, Dad, Colin, Garrett, Garrett's girlfriend Isabelle and us. We had SO MUCH FUN! But we were exhausted by the end of the day. My Grandma was supposed to go, but she bailed first thing in the morning worried that she'd be too tired. It was probably a wise decision because we walked a ton. We stopped at all the different farms and little shops. We picked raseberries & apples. We had apple donuts and apple cider and a brisket lunch that was super yummy! The boys had the best time. Austin would try going the furthest away to pick his raseberries & apples, which drove me nuts and also didn't allow for me to take very many pictures of him. We also watched the cheesiest western show, don't do it. It could be summed up in 10 minutes but they go on for 40 minutes. Boutght a huge apple pie which was so delicious! I am absolutley exhausted today and so are the boys. In fact, Zachary was already talking about his nap this morning for this afternoon. I know I'm ready for one now.

I'm not ignoring you my bloggy friend

I just feel so overwhelmed. So overwhelmed that I can't even think of what direction to go in. Here's a list of what is going on in my brain and why I feel this way.

1. I hate Wednesdays. It's a love/hate thing. I'm SO busy that I dread it the whole day before. This is how Wednesdays go. 6:30 am, wake up start making lunches, getting Austin ready for school. 7:30am drive Austin to school. Back home by 8am. (Zachary eats breakfast in the car) Shower, get dressed pack Zach's bag and out the door by 8:50 am. Drop Zach off at school, 9am. Drive to Tustin, arrive at 9:30. Work until 12:30, drive back to Fullerton, pick Zach up and go home. I eat lunch he watches cartoons. Nap at 1:30. Phew.....30 minutes of down time, Austin walks in the door at 2pm. Check homework list, he get a break for 30 minutes, start homework. Fortunately today it isn't too hard (the homework), but usually I'm sitting right there with him for a few hours. 5pm snack, get ready for soccer. 5:45 leave for soccer. 7pm Soccer over. Drive through for dinner. 8pm Baths & showers, 8:30 bedtime. You ask where Ryan is? Work and softball. I know I choose to work and I thoroughly enjoy it, but man Wednesdays are looooong!

2. The Fourth Grade is hard. Harder than I ever thought it was going to be. And harder for Austin because of his ADHD. They (school district) tested him and said he doesn't have a learning disability. I just don't see how he can't seeing as it takes him f-o-r-e-v-e-r to do his homework and the fact he still struggles with spelling. I need to contact our UCI doctors and see about getting tested there.

3. When am I going to get to scrap again? I have no free time. None. And that makes me sad.

4. My Grandma's lymphoma is back. :( She starts chemo (again) next week. The doctors say this will be how it is the rest of her life. That makes me double sad.

5. I need my carpets cleaned. I was waiting for the kids to go back to school to do it, but with the turn of the weather I should really wait.

6. I'm hungry! Why hasn't anyone invented the "magic pill" for weight loss? I hate counting points, but it's working. Another love/hate thing.

7. When will the city of Brea call us and say "your name came up, here's what we need you to do to get into a house."

I know, one step at a time. I better go check on Austin. Not trying to be a Debbie Downer, just wanted to let you know I'm not ignoring you. :)

Goodies

Last night I went to my friend Annie's house for a night of shopping. How could I resist? There were going to be 6 different ladies selling some sort of home based product. Well, let me tell you that I walked away with 3 fabulous finds! My first find and probably my new favorite necklace, is from Pink Pear Giftware. They had necklaces and bracelets all with little photo holders. As a scrapbooker this is right up my alley. They had so many styles to choose from. But this one really caught my eye. The picture I put in it is temporary because it's two years old and I'd like a more current one. I was so excited last night that I had to put something in it so I could wear it today! (Their necklace was part of the nominee gift bag for the 59th Emmy Awards! How cool is that???)

My second find, an Amy Tangerine shirt. How cute is this heart? I loved taking her class, so I was thrilled to see she'd be selling goodies at Annie's house.

And my last find. Let me just say I have never bought into the "Kit Clubs" for scrapbooking. I'm always a little leary. Last night Susuan from Freckle Friends was also at Annie's selling extra project kits. When I saw this mini book titled "This Boy..." I knew I had to have it. All of the Freckle Friends kits are very well put together for you to just whip it open and make whatever it is. So worth the money! In fact, I'm considering her October project kit, because one of my favorite designers is designing it!

Here's the links to my awesome finds

www.pinkpeargiftware.com

www.frecklefriends.com

www.amytangerine.com

Thanks Annie for inviting me, I had a fabulous time!

Layouts as promised

I've been really bad about posting layouts and really that's the whole reason I started this blog. So here are a few and I'm going to try and post some in my 2peas gallery. I think I have a link on here to that. I apologize for some of these being blurry. I took them without the flash and used my old camera.

So that's enough for today. I do have more.

And to answer Christine, yes, I started doing points at home on Monday. Today is day 3.

I kept Zachary home again. He woke up around 4 a.m. burning up, but so far no fever. Last night seemed to be one of those sleepless nights. Have you ever had a dream that seemed so real? I woke up out of it and did one of those gasps and sat straight up. Shoke me to the core. It was about an earthquake we have. Really bad. I couldn't get to the kids room, it just was so intense. Ryan was running getting both kids out of bed. It seemed so real and I felt so helpless. It took me a good hour to fall back asleep. Every noise I heard just freaked me out. I've come to the conclusion we aren't ready if there is ever really a "big one". No battery operated radio or flash light. So I will be making a kit over the next few days. I called my friend Sandra this morning to tell her about it and she asked if I had heard about that one in Indonesia. No I didn't? 8.2, wow, that's scary. I guess it's really time to be more prepared.

No Disneyland today....

Zachary woke up at 5am with a 101 fever. Ugh. He always gets a fever when he's over tired. I gave him some medicine and he seemed better until 4 hours later and the fever peaked back up. Now he's napping. Glad I went with my instinct and skipped it, even though I really really wanted to get on that darn Nemo ride. So instead I've been cleaning like a mad crazy person. I think that was my way of keeping busy to not eat. Day 2 of the points. Going good so far. Now I'm going to break out some scrapbooking stuff. Today I promise to take pictures and upload some layouts.

Another week

has flown by! Since Austin started school last week it seems as though I've been bombarded! I'll try to work backwards: Today-first day of school for Zachary. YEAH!!! He's been so ready to go. I worked while he was at school. So much to do....so much new scrapbooking stuff to put out. Picked him up, came home started laundry, took a break and watched Oprah, left for soccer practice and while Austin was at soccer, I ran to the supermarket, ran home and dropped the groceries off, drove through McD's for dinner and got Austin all within 1 hour! WHEW!!!! Dinner-bath-bedtime all by 8:30. Oh and Ryan is in Florida. And I decided this morning to do "points" to lose those 6lbs. CRAZY DAY! I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Going to Disneyland for a few hours with Illyse.

The weekend-worked Friday night. Saturday I was exhausted and that's because I didn't get much sleep from getting home late and my new medicine makes me sleepy. (just until I adjust to it) Opening day at soccer, that was a lot of fun! Out to dinner with friends at the Yard House. The company was awesome....I think I'm the only person that doesn't really like the Yard Houses' food. The guys drank lots at dinner, and when we got back to Cherish & Dustin's house they continued with more beer and shots. We got home at midnight...not early considering we met them at 5:30. Kids were gone for the evening, YEAH! He paid dearly the next day.

Sunday-scrapped with Illyse. What a perfect quiet day. Love stuff like this. I've been in a crazy shopping coma for scrapbooking stuff the last two weeks and I can't shake it. JoAnn's is having coupon commotion going on, Target has new 2-pack Autum Leave stamps and then at my work the new stuff just keeps rolling in. Oh and Scrapper's Bliss is closing their store. (online) I got some amazing deals! So that's kind of what I've been up to. I'm pooped today, gonna head off to bed soon. I need to upload some pics to share, here's some my mom took while at the beach house.

Me? High Blood Pressure?

I went for a check-up this morning and dreading the fact they were going to weigh me. I know I've been bad this summer. Real BAD. No exercise......not even once. I have totally slid off my routine and I keep promising once the kids are back in school I'll get back on track with eating and exercise. Well nothing like a 6 pound weight gain and your blood pressure being too high to motivate you. It isn't horrible, just not what it usually is. In fact the last few times I've gone it's been kind of on the higher side. So my doctor put me on a very low dose of blood pressure medicine and wants me to get right back to eating healthy and exercise and lose the 6lbs by my next appt in a month. She said I really need to lose 25 pounds.....something I already knew, but would be happy with the 6 and lower blood pressure. I'm too young for this, so I will be back to healthier ways!

First Day of School

YEAH!!! It's so quiet.......no fighting, no bickering, no loud TV shows.....almost back to "normal". Zachary starts on Monday, so we're half way there. Austin was super excited this morning. What kid wouldn't be with all these great new clothes, shoes, and a back pack and.....no school supplies? We couldn't ever find the "list" for Fourth Grade in our area. So I got it today. They didn't have any more at the school yesterday. WHOA! It's a big list. I hope him not having any of it today won't be a problem. Ryan has softball tonight so I told the kids we'd go supply shopping and out to dinner. Oh, and Austin's teacher is a lady who's son was on our soccer team last year. And this is the first year Austin has been in a classroom with 30 kids! We've been the "class" that managed to get K-3rd with 20 to 1. I think it changed after first grade and they bumped up K & 1st and lowered 2nd-3rd. Those poor kids are on top of each other. Eeeish......well happy Back to School!

Today we have a meet & greet the teacher day at Zach's school. Poor baby thinks it's his first day. I really blew it this summer by missing the sign-ups for a summer Tiny Tots program. Next year I'll know now to look around Spring Break.

And one more thing.....I love when I get to scrap the day away with my friends and I did exactly that on Monday. Glad you girls could all make it! We beat the heat by staying indoors. I'm still scrapping at home. Last night Zach decided to help me and took my adhesive and placed about 50 tabs all across a finished layout. Ugh. My fault for leaving it out and going and starting dinner. Have a great Wednesday now that it's cooled off considerably!

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

I hope everyone is trying to stay cool~this heat is just miserable. Last night when I got off work the tempertature in my car read 81 degrees!!! Today my mom & I shopped the day away. Found some great sales at Macy's. I found a Kathy Van Zeeland bag that I've been wanting ever since I saw my Grandma's a few weeks ago. I dug under the clearance tables and found the last one. It was regularly priced $80 and I got it for $32! I'll have to take a pic and share it later. Any ways....we're just about to watch Wild Hogs. I heard it's funny. I work tomorrow and then we're going swimming at my moms. Monday afternoon I'm scrapping with my friends. Can't wait! Have a great weekend!

Red Power Ranger in the House

Ever since the Disney Halloween catalog showed up the other day Zachary has been carrying it around talking about being a Power Ranger. I'm not a huge fan....but whatever makes him happy, ya know? On Sunday while I was at work, my mother-in-law bought him some Power Ranger sword and mask and he's been on fire with it, so this catalog was the icing on the cake. Last night we went up to the mall to finally purchase this costume. I couldn't handle him talking about it any more. I know I could have gone the cheapie route.....but there is something about a Disney costume and the quality you get. I had a 15% off coupon so it saved some dough. The thing is pretty darn cute. The mask has blinking lights and all you can see is Zach's nose and eyes. He's already asked to wear it since he's been up. I'm trying to delay the inevitable.

Today we're going to my parents to wait for the cable guy. Lucky us. But I guess that's the trade off for them always babysitting. They bought the biggest TV, 52"! My parents have not had a new TV in their living room since I was 8...................I'm 35!!!! So this is a pretty big deal. My mom thinks it's too big.....no, she's just used to this old thing encased in wood. How they've put up with it all these years. It's just funny that they'll do other remodel things, but not buy a tv.

Tonight I'm working.......we don't really have any "fun" weekend plans other than trying to stay cool!

When is it going to cool down?

This heat is making me and my kids cranky. After being gone all day on Tuesday, yesterday I decided we should just lay low and stay home in the nice air conditioning all day. All they wanted to do is leave and do something. So at 3pm I took them swimming and what did they do? Complain that it's "too hot" and want to go in. No way....not after I got my suit on and I'm ready to lay out and tan. Zachary laid in the shade for an hour and Austin decided the pool was too dirty to go in. Ugh. You can't please everyone. So today to beat the heat we went to the movies at 10:15 a.m. and saw Underdog. It was cute....definitely a boy movie. Then off to WalMart for some school supplies. Oh wait....let me just say that when I left the theater I backed up into a pole.......my second time doing this in 3 weeks! It did nothing, thank god! Back to Wal Mart, why don't they have the lists for supplies like Target? So we only bought lunch bags because I don't want to make ten trips for school supplies, so I figure we should just wait.

The museums were awesome! We had such a great time and we literately spent the whole day in LA. My mistake...we did not go to the LA Children's Museum, we went to the Natural History Museum and the California Science Museum. We could have spent the whole day there! (sitting on those steps were burning our butts!) My mom really enjoyed walking through the rose garden, and I wish I would have taken more pics there, but the boys kept running off. The roses were so pretty!

As most of you know, my ex-husband is remarried and right before we left for the beach house he told me that he's divorcing her. I couldn't be happier, because she has just been one of those people that always stirs up trouble. It does leave a bitterness where I want to say to Mark, "see....I told you it wouldn't work!" He thought the grass was greener (actually just younger and skinnier) and now he's left with a huge mess and four kids to support. FOUR KIDS! Just needed to vent a little because we talked today about our weekends for the next month. It's sad that Austin isn't his first priority, but that's nothing new.

I'm going to set up and scrap...I know I owe some layout uploads....maybe later. :)

Field Trip

My mom called last night and asked us to go to the Natural History Museum & the L.A. Children's Museum today. I'm excited considering I haven't been to either one since I was? Gosh, I had to have been Austin's age? It's been a long time! So we're off onto our little field trip!

My celebrity look-a-likes

I found this on Nan's blog...http://www.scrappynan.blogspot.com/.I was really curious. I can see some similarities. Now when someone asks me which star do I look like, I have someone to claim to look similar to.

This & That

Nothing really exciting going on for us this week. Just on the countdown to when school starts. Austin is set & so is Zachary.

Recap: Go Diego Go was a great show! I was surprised at how good it was. The only thing that baffeled me is that Diego looked a little like Donny Osmond? and about 45? Weird. Great production, so glad we went. I accidentlly snapped this photo of the show <-----with the flash. You weren't supposed to use flash photography. I was messing with the settings, trying to see if I could get one in the dark and I forgot to turn it off. OOPS!

On a heavier note, without getting into too much, do you ever feel like everything is going wrong? Just everything? I feel overwhelmed personally. Physically too...with my ankle and then we've had four major things break in our house that need fixing. I just feel so overwhelmed and confused. Onto happy stuff.....I scrapped Saturday night with some friends and managed to get 5 layouts done! I'll post pics later. Have a great day!

A Bad Accident

We sort of witnessed a really bad accident yesterday. We were driving home from the store heading down Bastanchury. As I'm driving down the hill there are cars stopped, people running on the street and something laying in the street. My gut is telling me it's a bicycle accident. Cal State just went back into session on Monday and it's been very crazy in our area with students. The closer I get and slowing down because now I hear sirens, I realize there is a guy that was hit on his motorcycle. Now I'm stopped on the side of the road, right in front of the whole thing. It's bad....really bad. The guys' motorcycle is at least 50 feet or so away from him, the side of an Escalade is all messed up and this guy is laying right next to the wheel of the drivers side of the Escalade. All I can say is thank God he has a helmet on, a leather jacket and pants & boots. Seeing this really freaked me out. All night I was thinking about it.....hoping that guy is ok. Fastforward two hours and Ryan is getting home. Says that Bastanchury is all shut down. :( Oh no.....that doesn't sound good. So first thing this morning I found this.

Motorcyclist injured in Fullerton crash
Cal State Fullerton student goes head over handlebars after Escalade pulls out in front of motorcycle.
By KIMBERLY EDDS
The Orange County Register
FULLERTON – A 22-year-old motorcyclist is in stable condition Thursday evening after he was sent flying through the driver's window of an SUV that apparently pulled out in front of him on Bastanchury Road, authorities said.
The Whittier man was on his way to a class at California State University, Fullerton, about 6:40 p.m. about when an Escalade suddenly pulled out on to Bastanchury near Vista Grande, authorities said. The motorcyclist couldn't stop in time, and the motorcycle slammed into the side of the Escalade, sending the motorcyclist over the handlebars and through the window of the SUV.
The motorcyclist, whose name has not been released, was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange with internal injuries, Fullerton police Lt. Danny Hughes said.
The 16-year-old girl behind the wheel of the Escalade was taken to St. Jude with minor injuries, authorities said.
Bastanchury was closed for several hours while officers investigated the accident.

Wow. This definitely has left me praying for this young man to be o.k.

I have a real knack for.......

hurting myself. Last night at Austin's soccer practice I was walking back out to my car to get something and as I stepped down off the curb I rolled my left ankle almost falling to the ground. I instantly could feel the pain and see the swelling. There I am trying to catch my breath and Zachary is asking me if I'm O.K. putting his blankie on my back and kissing me. I'm trying not to cry as the pain gets more intense because I don't want to freak him out. He's already a little worried asking me if I need a wheelchair and to go see the doctor. Ryan is on the freeway....no where near us. My dad is at softball and my mom & brother are at a football function. I really felt stuck. So I suck it up and get in the car and drive home. I can just feel the throbbing pain and see the swelling. Why tonight? We're seeing a show tomorrow (today) and I have to go back to work on Friday....ugh. This is a bad time. I ice it off and on for a couple of hours. Most of the swelling has gone down, but it still hurts. Soon as the doctors office opens today I'm making an appt. I'm sure it's sprained, just hope it isn't anything more.

Today we're seeing this

our show is at 10:30 a.m. Zachary is so excited and has already plan his outfit to wear. Of course it's his Diego vest, shirt and pants!

Day two at the Beach house. My cousin (red hat) Charity and her daughter Hailey came and spent the day with us. Charity and I are only a year a part....it's hard to imagine I could have a child that is 14! And my goofy boys as usual.

Beach House Pics

Here is the view from our balcony

Our first day......
My sister & I. She decided to barely wear sunscreen and ended burning the back of her legs so bad that she could barely walk all week. I'm really glad she came out. When she left to go home, the plane was over booked and offered her a $400 voucher to leave in the morning.....she took it! Smart girl....that will pay for her plane ticket to come home at Christmas time.

This is Talia, my sister's friend from NY. She lives in Brooklyn and has her entire life. Let me just say she is the funniest person I have ever met! That Brooklyn accent is so thick that it just made what she said like a SNL skit. She has the kind of personaliy that you feel like you've known her all your life. Zachary & Austin just adored her and she is amazing with kids! If you can get over ALL the tattoos and piercings (which eventually my kids did) you'll see her genuine self and not the masking of body art. She wants to move to California for a year.....I told her I'd hire her to babysit in a heartbeat......I even offered her to stay at my parents house. My sister is dating her cousin Joe. If he's anything like Talia, my sister has definitely hit the jackpot.

I'm going to post more later, I have tons of pics! Seems like today has finally cooled off....have a "cool" Wednesday!

A quick post....

Hi everyone!
We're back finally! Actually we've been home since Saturday but I feel like I've been non-stop on the go. TONS of laundry to do, grocery shopping and school clothes shopping. Today I've parked myself at home to finally finish up the last of everything. I'm almost done.....I just need to upload all my pictures to share!

The weather was perfect all week. Usually we end up with overcast mornings and sunny afternoons......not this time. Sunny from sunrise to sunset! We beat some of the inland heat; we had a nice 98 degree welcome home Saturday. Yuck! Miss the cool breezes, but not the sand. Well, hopefully sometime today I'll get the pictures uploaded, we're headed over to my mom's house to swim.

I'm sick!

Yes, this is true and couldn't be at a worse time. Ryan is too. We both have sinus colds. I feel like total crap and I need to pack. The most I've done so far is make a list. My sinuses are killing me and my throat hurts. My kids are being sooooo good by letting me just hang around and mope. I know a nap is in store shortly!

So scrapped last night after work.....I could not make it late as I started to feel lousy. Some of the girls did. I don't know how though? I did set out all the new Making Memories Halloween stuff and the new Craftersworkshop templates. If you haven't seen these, they are way cool for those of you that are unsure of your doodling abilities. Super cute! I'm outta here....need to rest now. :)

Wednesday and counting!

It is officailly hump day and we're just two days away from going on vacation! I cannot wait. We rented a beach house with my parents down in Newport and I'm so excited to just go and relax! Though the stress of packing is overwhelming because I feel like we have to take SO much. So, to relax a little I'm scrapbooking tonight at the Bee. I have a little secret to share about scrapbooking there on Wednesdays. I've been working the last few Wednesday nights and there is a pretty big group showing up.....and staying really late. Like so late I can't promise it'll be every Wednesday, but for now he lets the scrapbookers stay until he goes home. **cough, cough, 3am*** So I've been dying to crop as you can tell, so tonight I'm working for a few hours and then staying until I can't stay any more.

My sister arrived last night....can't wait to see her today. She'll be here for the next week. Colin leaves for some training to Fort Campbell tomorrow. He'll be gone for 5 days and then hopefully we'll find out more details of his deployment. **sigh**

Annie, you lobster obessesed girl, I went Gymboree today and bought so many lobster things for Zachary. I'll have to take some pics later and show you :)

San Diego

We're fresh back from San Diego and I already miss it! I wish we could spend a week there.....especially at our hotel. We always stay at the Marriot Marina in downtown. It's in the perfect spot to walk where ever you need to go. But first, let me say THANK YOU STEPHANIE! We finally made it to the Rainbow Outlet. After about a year and half of going and either getting there after they close or showing up on a day they aren't open, we finally got to go and I was in heaven! We didn't buy one, not two, but THREE pairs of rainbows! (Austin wasn't interested) I would have spent all my vacation money on different colors and styles.......but decided to go with these for the family. My straps are tight, but I can't wait for them to loosen up and be my new favorite sandal! Now back to our trip:

Friday; Sea World. Was it HOT! Had a blast. It's so nice to go to a park that isn't jammed packed with people. We got the pass where you can go back a second day, because we definitely didn't get to see all the shows. Shamu rocks was really cool. I'm always impressed with these animals. Have you seen these before? They are a type of dolphin that looks like a killer whale! So cool! Saturday Zachary woke up with a fever which kind of fouled up our plans. We were supposed to go to Legoland today(Sunday), but he still was feverish so we came home. Any ways.....we made the most of Saturday. Went and checked out the big ships, tried taking him swimming. Once Austin hit the pool he was pretty much MIA.....doing his own thing. Ryan and Zachary ended up napping while Austin & I stayed at the pool. We did get some dinner and a hot fudge sundae from Ghiradelli's. Yummy! I'll post more pics later.