We still have a mouse!

Ryan discovered yesterday that the little rodent is not gone. Today he took his car in and the immediately switched it out and gave him a new one. I guess since mice carry all kinds of diseases and who knows what else, they didn't want him to have any problems. The car is going to be fumigated and then sent off to auction. Apparently it's "normal" to have cars that are sitting to get mice, but not an active car. The only thing we can figure is the few times he's been at the airport this month maybe it crept in? Strange.

Austin had an amazing soccer game Saturday! He played most of the game and his team won! He's getting so much better. A lot more confident. Unfortunately he does not want to play basketball or baseball. I've asked him and we've talked about it a lot. He said he's just not interested. He just wants to play football. Maybe next fall I'll let him play. My rule was 10 years old (which it would have been fall of 2008) he can sign up, but I really want him to be active. Here's a few pics from his game.
Blogger is giving me a bad time again, so I can only post the one pic.

Party Time!

Yesterday was the first in many Halloween/Harvest Parties that the kids have in the next few days. My favorite one is usually the MOMS club one because the kids are in awe and just love to dress up. Austin has decided that being a cute super-hero is no longer what he wants to be. Scary is now what I'm in for. We negotiated on the costume. He wanted bloody super scary. I said it wasn't age appropriate, so this knight idea works for the both of us. And of course we have Zurg. My boys were so hot because yesterday it was still a nice 90 degrees. I'm so sick of this hot weather.At the party we had Ms. Lin entertain the kids. I think I now know what I'm going to do for Zachary's party. Ms. Lin does story time at the Placentia Library on Thursday's. We've only been once, so this was the second time Zachary got to see her and he just loves the music and interaction. She's sooooo good with the kids and reasonable to hire for a party.


Today Austin has a soccer game. Then we might go to a Pumpkin patch later. Tomorrow I get to scrapbook with Sandra. I cannot wait to go. Have a great weekend!

I am such a sucker for a cute costume

I called my local childrens consignment store this morning looking for a denim shirt to complete Zachary's Cowboy costume. I'm in luck! They have one in a 2T. I bring a bag of clothes to drop off and get the shirt. Oh how I wish it went that way. Zachary is saying, "Zurg Mom! Zurg!" I turn around and there is a Disney Zurg costume. And in his size. "How much?" I ask. $24.99 plus 35% off. So about $16. How could I resist? It's so stinken cute! So now Zachary has 3 costumes. Good thing we have three different parties so he can switch it up!!!!

3rd time is a charm?

This blogger was making me soooo mad last night. Twice I lost my post, so will it work for the third time? We'll see.

Ryan calls me from the airport yesterday frazzeled. Telling me something very fast and I have to stop him because I could have just sworn he said there was a mouse in his car??? He calms down and now explains that there was a MOUSE in his car! He opened up his glove box to put his parking stub in there and a mouse was asleep in the napkins! He said when he shouted "Oh Sh*t!" it jumped out and ran down by his feet so he jumped out and got a golf club out of his trunk to get it out. He has no idea if it's gone and won't know until he gets back from Chicago tonight. He said that it had shredded up the napkins to either eat or make a comfy spot to rest and pooped all in his glove box. Exactly how does a mouse get in your car??? We don't live in the country? That has got to be one of the strangest things I have ever heard of happening!

Could you stand to see more NYC pics? If I had a gallery somewhere I'd just link it. But for now.......this is the famous "Serendipity". The one that was on Oprah-the Frozen Hot Chocolate. It was really yummy. Kind of tasted like a blended up fudgesicle. They did have really amazing desserts. We planned this day to have and early lunch, dessert at 3:30 and then a late dinner. It's amazing we all didn't gain 10lbs!!! Our favorite was the "Humble Pie". It was a peanut butter pie with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, bananas and whip cream! Mmmmm, so delish!!!

Me and my cousin Jessica slurping up some frozen hot chocolate.

Even my Grandma enjoyed it!

I love a great day scrapbooking

Yesterday I spent the entire day scrapbooking at Scrapbook Oasis at their "Memory Trends" crop. I had such an amazing time and sat with my friends Christine, Illyse & Erika and talked the day away. I got 7 layouts completed!!! I'll have to share some of my layouts later. I also won so many great prizes too! Lots of paper packs, some embellishments and a cool "Bazzill Bling" t-shirt. SB Oasis always does the best crops! Thank again for a great day!


I want to share some more NYC pics. I'm terrible at posting pictures, so forgive me if they're all over the place again. This one is outside of the theater of CHICAGO. The music was so great! Now I really want to see the movie. The second picture is the view from our balcony. We stayed at The Kimberly Hotel. It was on 50th & Lexington. Or maybe it was 51st? On the 25th floor. Not a fan of heights. I just barely started understanding the way the streets worked when we left. So confusing!
Here I am in a carriage ride through Central Park. I thought it was funny that most people knew right away that I was from California! Could it be the blonde hair? Or the pink jacket? I really did kind of stick out in my pink jacket. Well I now need to start my day away, hopefully I can get some more pics up later to share.

What an amazing time

NYC was more than I could have ever expected. The food was amazing, the Broadway shows were spectacular, the hustle & bustle was over whelming, the old building were just breathtaking......needless to say I had the best time ever! I have over 100 photos and my cousin is sending me what she took so I'm sure I'll have about 200 pictures!!! I cannot wait to make my NYC scrapbook. Here are a few of my favorites.

2 more days!

I can hardly believe it....2 more days and I'll be in NYC! I'm ready to go, just need to put my clothes in my bags. I've bought some things I'll need, but nothing more comfortable than these shoes. For those of you that love CROCS I finally "get it". I found these shoes at Ross and at first I thought they were weird looking. But then I put them on and instantly knew these were a must have for all the walking that's going to be done in NY. They are soooo comfortable! They're by "Simple" and I have no idea what they are called. I've bought a few other new things for my trip and lots of magazines for the plane ride.

I'm trying to get everything ready at home for Ryan & the kids. He'll be staying home for 6 whole days! So much to think about especially since he's in Boston right now.

Today I received a small package from HSN. OOOOOOH so cute! They were selling the Chatterbox Chipboard alphabet for $14.95 in 5 colors. How could I pass that deal? See you all when I get back!

Yee-Haw Cowboy!

This seems to be the costume we've setteled on. It kind of came together by accident. I saw a pair of cowboy boots at Old Navy and had to get them. Then I was at Gymboree and they had put this costume on sale. It's too big, but Zach really doesn't care. So we had to go buy a hat & holster last night to make the outfit complete. He already has had his costume on for an hour this morning and is laying here watching cartoons in it. So goofy!

What a busy weekend

My Friday started off by picking my cousin Danielle up from the airport and going to my Grandma's for the day. We had a really nice visit and then went out to dinner. Zachary had his first Shirly Temple. He absolutely loved it! Saturday Zachary got his third haircut. Poor guy, his hair hair hardly grows. Austin had a soccer game and they won! Yesterday I went with my friends Illyse & Sandra to the Red Bee and scrapbooked all day. So much fun! Love a great day of scrapbooking.





On the count down to my New York trip......only 10 more days!!!!

One silly guy

Zachary is just so funny sometimes! He had to have a mohawk here but wouldn't sit still to let me get a picture of it. So I snuck around the corner and shot this one. His hair is so long and his mohawk kept falling over.

Zach had preschool today so I got to go scrapbooking shopping! Like I needed more stuff! Oasis has a ton of new stamps. I'll show a pic later of the goodies I got.

Were totally ON for NYC! I'm getting anxious and nervous. A lot to think about going across the country. My Grandma is doing much better and plans on going forsure! My cousin Danielle is flying in Friday from Seattle to visit our Grandma and since my Grandma can't drive right now because of her treatments, I offered to get Danielle and take her out there. It should be a fun day, even though it's supposed to be over 100!

A Fabulous Find

What a busy weekend! My MOMS club garage sale was a huge success. I worked the garage sale Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. until 9:30. I'm not a morning person at all. I came straight home and took a nap. Austin had a soccer game at 2:45 and did really well. He's becoming more & more confident in his ability to play.

The Dixie Chicks concert tickets went on sale Saturday and because I waited, I now don't have such a great seat. When I first checked I would have been practically front row, now I'm up above but still close. I cannot wait until November 24th!

Ok, the fabulous find........I cropped Sunday at the Red Bee and while I was cropping I looked up and noticed their die cut spread.......OMG they have scalloped circles and squares! I know this seems silly to be excited about, but I almost order a whole bunch from Paper Source and would have spent a ton! Now I got to use my own paper (mostly scraps) and pick out how many I want of each! The simple things that make me happy. I also got a lot of layouts done which doesn't always happen. Here's a link to my gallery at 2Peas http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/userprofile.asp?user_id=36085 speaking of links, can anyone tell me how I change this so it doesn't actually show the link? I'm still learning.

Now for the semi-bad news. My Grandma. She has been battling cancer for sometime now and has started chemotherapy again. She's very sick from it and may have to cancel going to NYC. I guess were just going to wait and see how she does over the next few weeks.

The weather was perfect today

Cool and about 70 degrees with a grey sky and a slight breeze. I loved it. What I loved even more is that I worked out hard and I went to the the Red Bee http://www.theredbee.com what a neat store! Aisle after aisle of scrapbooking stuff. Unfortunately I didn't really have enough time to shop, but managed to pick up a few goodies. I really like this new paper by Die Cuts with a View. It's the top sheet. You can't tell in the picture, but it's textured and has glitter on it! Love the card kit. Austin made one to give at a Birthday party tonight. They are open Sunday's to crop from 11am-6pm for $7!!! Defintely worth checking out.

3 weeks & counting!

Three weeks from today (Oct. 12th) I will be in New York! I can't hardly wait. If anyone knows of some "must sees", please let me know.

Here are a couple of Layouts that I recently did that I just love. Happy Wednesday!

My very first post

Here I am! I jumped on the bandwagon and set up a blog. I've been tossing around the idea for awhile and decided to jump in. Mostly for two reasons. 1. To keep in touch with my sister in NY and my Aunt & her family in Seattle. I miss them a lot, so I thought I could keep current picks and ongoings here for them to browse and feel like they haven't missed out on anything. 2. I want to share my layouts with my friends. I love scrapbooking but don't always get to share my layouts. So I'll be posting my stuff here. I guess that's about it for now. I have to figure out to post a profile and pics now.