Lobsters

Ever since reading Annie's blog about Lobster things, I've been on the look out. Well, I found a pair of swim trunks at Old Navy Annie! They have them in toddler sizes.....so Charlie can bask in a little lobster fest for you! Sorry I can't post a link, Old Navy seems to be having problems this morning.

Not much to report.....getting my hair done this morning. Yeah for blonde! Scrapbooking later today at Oasis. And tomorrow we're taking the kids to go see Ratatouille first thing in the morning and then swimming. My kids are already super tan from being in the pool so much! I love little tan bodies and white bis-kee's.

Layouts!

Thought I'd share a few that I did over the weekend and in the last couple of weeks. I really had a good scrapping groove on Saturday and I love the first two NY ones. Enjoy!

Possible look alike?

I don't think so. We LOOOVE this show...."So You Think You Can Dance?" and while catching up on last nights tivo'ed episode, Ryan said she kind of looks like me. Huh? I don't see it......wish I had that rockin dancer body though! I can see the round face....but that's it.

Went to Disneyland yesterday....thats always fun. Tomorrow I'm taking the boys to see "Surf's Up" and then swimming at Grandma's house. I have to work tomorrow night...so the day should fly by! Scrapping with the design team girls at the Bee Saturday.....should be fun!!!! Have a great weekend.

I've been SO busy!

The last week has flown by! I've just now had time to sit down at the computer for a short while before taking the boys swimming. I have so much stuff to catch up on! Today is day 3 of summer vacation....we've done small busy things, but the boys are happy. Yesterday I did a little late "spring" cleaning. If you ever need entertainment (aka;babysitter) don't give your kid his meds and he'll play non stop! That was Austin yesterday. I half forgot and it was kind of late and I just said "screw it". He wore Zach and I out! Sunday-Father's Day. Had brunch at my parents, went to the BLOCK to walk around. I definitely prefer Spectrum over the block. Austin finally bought his skateboard...Tony Hawk....now I need to get him knee & elbow pads because he wants to skate at Vans Skate park and they are a MUST. Had dinner at the Yard House. It's just ok....love the atmosphere, just not digging the food. Saturday, worked in the evening. Friday I had my class. It was really cool. When Annie emails me a pic, I'll post it so you can see. It was easy, but a lot of work and I love my shirt. We also went to the Sesame Street show in the morning. That was agood time. Tomorrow we're going to Disneyland later in the day until the evening. Just trying to keep busy :)

Since I'm just hanging around...avoiding things I should be doing.....I thought I'd fill this out that Erika tagged me with.

My roommate and I once: Hmmm.....that's really open ended.

Never in my life have I: Been to Europe.

High school was: Somewhere I never want to go back to.

When I'm nervous: I can't sleep and bite my lip

My hair: Short and dark.

When I was 5: Don't really remember much.

When I turn my head left:I'm looking left???

I should be: Writing up the treasurer's report for May for my MOMS club and starting on the yearly report.

By this time next year: I could have a baby! Eeek!

My favorite aunt is: Laura

I have a hard time understanding: MEN!

You know I like you if: I call you.

My ideal breakfast is: Eggs Benedict

If you visit my home town: You can see lovely Cal State Fullerton.

If you spend the night at my house: You'll have to sleep in one of the boys beds!

My favorite blonde is:ME! Hee-hee.....ok I should be back to that lovely blondness by the 1st of July.

My favorite brunette is: My youngest brother Garrett

The animal I would like to see flying besides birds:That's a dumb question.

I shouldn't have been: So boy crazy as a teenager.....

Last night I: worked until 7pm..."watched so you think you can dance & the 627lbs woman"

A better name for me would be: pretty, skinny, sweet.....

I've been told I look like:Some country music singer....can't remember who?

If I could have any car, it would be: A newer version of my car. I {heart} my car.

All right....Christine, Illyse and Jennifer W. I wanna see your answers!

Two Days.....

and school will be out! I cannot wait for Austin to be done! I have some activities planned for the boys this summer to try and keep them busy. Plus we have our "vacation" in August. We're renting a beach house in Newport for a week with my parents. I loooove the beach! We used to do this all the time when I was growing up and my parents stopped around the time I was 15. Two years ago they rented their first one again. It was a blast! My dad has surfed since he was a teenager and goes every weekend with either my little brother or his friend, so this is heaven for him. (my equivelent would be to scrapbook everyday for a whole week!) My sister might be flying in the week before and stay with us at the beach house.....hopefully. (that's my dad in that picture)

Speaking of my sister.....I was brain storming trying to think if I could pull off going to NYC and stay with her during my birthday (and hers) in December. I so want to see the city decorated for the holidays and maybe....just maybe do some shopping & see a play. It's just a lot to fly there during that time of year. :( I watched some of the Tony's and Spring Awakening swept the awards....looks really good.

We have a busy week ahead, my little brother is staying the next few days with me while my parents go to Georgia for my other brothers graduation, I'm working to help with CKU Wednesday afternoon, I have a class I'm taking Friday night, going to the Elmo show Friday morning and then there is Fathers Day! Acckk! Better run.....have a beautiful Tuesday, it's gorgeous outside!

What a mistake....

Ooooooh.....for those of you that don't know, I'm divorced, but remarried! I guess I worded that post wrong yesterday. Oops! I was simply stating that my "old" anniversary doesn't make me sad any more....it's been years. In fact we've been divorced longer than we were married, 9 years, married for only five. Any who....my friend and I were cracking up last week at how the styles have changed so much and what I would do differently if I had a big wedding now. So sorry for the confusion!

14 years ago.......

I was newly married. Can you believe that? Am I really even old enough to say I was married back then? It used to really bother me for years when my anniversary date would pass.....now I simply forget until I hear the date said out loud. It was actually yesterday, June 5th 1993. I was 21 and Mark was 22. Man were we young! I thought we had the most beautiful wedding.....so much pink! Accck!!!! Here's a pic of me and my bridesmaids in their beautiful hot pink dresses! My flowergirl is my cousin Jessica. She went to NYC with me.....if you look back at an older post (October) you'll see her all grown up! Have a great day.

Weekend

Here's a recap of our weekend. Friday we went to the local carnival. Fun, but seriously expensive. Ace Young performed because Smashmouth was "sick". The kids had a really good time. Ryan did too....his friend Mike (and his girlfriend Amy) met up with us. It was nice to see him, it's probably been 3 years since we've seen them. Zachary was a wild one.....wish I took more pics....he was on a sugar high from the cotton candy. Austin ran into his good buddy Vince so they went with his dad and rode some rides for a while.

Saturday.....all the boys got a haircut.....love it when their all cleaned up! Austin went to Mark's and went to another carnival...he was excited. We pretty much laid around and then went grocery shopping for some Carne Asada for dinner and a movie. Saw De Ja Vu......lame.

Sunday....I worked. Ryan & Zach went to Sam's with his mom. When I got home it was just us for a very short while. Zachary wanted to stay at "Bah-Bah's". Austin came home...then Zachary around 7:30 with Diego. Yep, we are the new owners of a blue betta fish. Ugh. I'm not thrilled, but he's super excited. She's a total push over, she buys him whatever he wants so we have really random stuff sometimes. Then after the kids went to bed we watched Freedom Writers. This is a MUST SEE! So inspirational and it's a true story which makes it even better.

Have a great Monday.....

June 1st!

Can you believe it's already June??? Where has the time gone? Nothing exciting to report....but we are going to this www.summerfestbrea.org tonight and it should be a lot of fun! Try to go if you can, it'll be worth it.

Been a busy girl

Forgive me for not blogging sooner.....last week I jammed my finger real good and haven't really been able to type. It's starting to feel better today.....that was until Karen my nail lady squeezed it! Ouch!!!

• Our weekend....we saw Shrek 3 & Pirates. Eh...they were ok. It was nice to go to the movies.
• Worked Sat & Mon.
• Scrapped Friday night....sort of......that was the day of the injury. (should have taken pics to share with those of you that haven't seen it. UGLY!)
• I've been working out on a regular basis and that feels great! My clothes were getting tight, but now everything is back to "normal". Trying to get that flat tummy for August when we rent a beach house.
• Zachary is totally potty trained! I thought this was a day that never would come.
• Austin had Open House last night. I don't like these kinds of things....so I was happy to be out of there in a matter of 30 minutes.
• I'm going to CHA.....really excited!

Well, I'll update better tomorrow.......

The last day.....

I'm sad the school year is over for Zachary. He loves his time there. But he can't wait til the fall when he is in the "Bee" class. Here's what I made for his two teachers.

Really easy and quick....they can use the giftcard spot to put a picture once they take it out.

So now that he's out of school, I won't be working on Wednesdays any more for a while.
This morning Karen talked to me about Summer CHA! Ooooooooh........I hope it works out. Ryan said to go, thank god it falls over a weekend. I've never been to Chicago, though I probably won't see any of it since I'd only be there two days, maybe 3. Cross your fingers I can go!

Watched this....

last night. {side note...does anyone remember "In Living Color"? David Alan Grier and Damon Wayans did this skit where they were two gay movie reviewers? They would say "Hated It!" or two snaps up.}

HATED IT! What in the world? How did this get so much praise??? Jennifer Hudson was good, she has an amazing presence, but Beyonce, Jamie & Eddie all annoyed me. I didn't even really enjoy the music. Such a bummer, because I was hoping to add this to my movie collection.

I'm trying to finish up teacher gifts, can you believe tomorrow is the last day of school for Zachary? I'm sooooo sad. And he will be too once he figures it out. I'll post pics later...gotta run.

Hey You!

Madonna has a new single.....you can download it for free here...http://liveearth.msn.com/
Love it!

My Brother

Colin joined the National Reserve last year August....it took him six months to go. I think he was really nervous, which I don't blame him. From what I understand he's loving it! Colin doesn't know which direction to go with his life.....actually, he'd be really happy if my parents let him live at home forever....he doesn't understand why that isn't ok.? I'm really happy that he's doing well with the reserve and I hope it has given him some insight as to what he wants to do. This is his girlfriend Andrea. I don't really know her. She lives here and he's in Georgia until mid June when he graduates. Isn't he so handsome in his uniform? I think all my brothers are really good looking guys......I guess it helps to have a cute older sister! hee-hee.....

A very Happy Mother's Day

Happy late Mother's Day to all my friends......hope you had a great day. I sure did. We had breakfast at my mom's house and then went down to Irvine Spectrum with the kids. They rode the carousel twice, played in the water in front of Target and took a train ride. I shopped at H&M and found some really cute summer clothes! The kids got new shoes at Skechers. Zachary got these : Koolers-I like them way better than Crocs because his foot won't slip out. Austin picked out these shoes Airators. I guess they keep your feet from stinking and give a little air pump in the sole. Kind of reminds me of the old Reebok "pumps". Any ways.....it was a great day and the kids were so well behaved. I couldn't have asked for a better Mother's Day.

Keeping cool.....

I took the kids swimming today after Zachary's nap. It felt good to dip my feet in the water. Zachary wouldn't get in any deeper than his ankle's because the pool isn't heated. So no worries about getting into a bathing suit today!

So I was thinking about that "tag" about random things and I did think of a really strange one that people wouldn't know about me. I love to deep sea fish! My Grandfather used to have a 50 foot boat docked down in San Diego and we would go fishing all the time. Those are some of my best memories. He ended up buying a bigger boat, but than realized he'd have to charter it out and didn't want to do that......it was a cool boat though....65', "The Knotty Lady" hee-hee....ok off to make dinner for the kiddos!

He started today

Ryan finally starts his new position today as a manager. It's really exciting for him and he's so happy. The bummer part is that he has to change his hours back to 8:30-5:30 :( Which means he'll be home so late. He works out at work, they have a super fancy gym there, so he's gone before anyone is awake. And now he's playing softball on Wednesday nights. Ugh......we'll see how things go over the next couple of weeks. We might have to change some things around.

Annie & Joann always do a "grateful" list at the end of their daily blog which is so sweet. Today I thought I'd do a little rant...... enjoy!

1. Can it get ANY HOTTER? Ugh......I didn't turn the AC on yesterday, but today I had too.

2. Can gas be any more expensive? Hello......$73 to fill my tank up last week....makes me not want to leave my house.

So maybe I only have two things :) But I am grateful for naps......

Funny things Zachary has said over the last couple of days....."pissed out" instead of "pooped out" and instead of "goodbye" he said "peace out" to his brother this morning when we dropped him off at school. Man I love this age. Peace out.......

Happy late NSD!

What a day yesterday! I had the best time with my friends scrapbooking all day long! I'm still so inspired that I'm setting up shop right now to scrap the rest of the day. Ryan left around 1pm for L.A. and he'll be home tomorrow night. He has some presentation/training thing he's putting on......and then Tuesday he starts his new job....exciting! Any ways.....with him gone (and Austin at his dad's) I thought what the heck? Might as well scrap some more....I don't have to cook dinner, we're going to my mom & dad's and tomorrow both the kids will be in school....oh my! It's like my own National Scrapbook Days! Have a great Sunday....can't wait to watch Desperate Housewives and Soprano's tonight while scrapping!

7 Random things about me.......

Annie tagged me....and let me tell you, this is SO hard for me! Well, maybe not.....let me give this a crack

1. I am allergic to chocolate. Yep.....gives me headaches, stomaches, and bad dreams. Though I absolutely love chocolate and don't usually go a day w/o eating it.

2. I am extremely self conscious. I would give anything to have better hair, bigger hands and be taller.

3. After my divorce I met a guy and dated him for a few weeks. About 6 months later I found out he was going to Federal Prison for robbing a few banks!

4. I cannot stand it when things aren't organized....

5. I own 19 pairs of jeans...some are capri's, but they're all denim. My husband said I am not allowed to buy any more....I can't help it! Also, a white shirt of any kind is a staple in my wardrobe. I own way more than 19 white shirts/short/long/tank.....I won't even tell you how many. I have a white sickness.

6. I check everybodies feet out.....I have a foot thing.......I believe if you wear open toe shoes your feet should always look presentable. If the polish is coming off, take it off....plain is better.

7. I love open toe shoes. Unless I'm working, I'm usually in some sort of sandal, flip flip thingy.....again...... I won't go there with how many shoes I own.

I'm sure there are more things.....thanks Annie! That was fun. Now I'm tagging Debby, Jennifer, Christine and Illyse.