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Souvenir Giveaway: OK......seriously!!! just stumbled upon this site while searching out owl themed party ideas for C's first birthday! WAY EXCITED i found this site!!! YAHOO! as anyone who knows me knows that i HEART owls!!!! can't believe i never knew about it...

check out this way cool site and their amazing giveaways! you could even enter to win too...you know....and give it to me! ;)

sharing some pics…

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thought i’d share some pics from our mini vacay to Myrtle Beach back in April.

schwooooo!

too much going on!

still always amazed how much time has passed by the time i even think to check in! i've never considered myself a great "blogger". pretty boring and random everyday stuff. but i at least would like to try and post twice a month, at the minimum. haven't been good about that....huh?

for most reasons it seems, even though i run around like a chicken with my head cut off and most days don't know up from down (let alone what the actually day IS!), i feel as though i don't have anything really worthy of writing about. at least not in the world of "blogging".

i mean let's face it, "blogging" is nothing more than an on-line diary, a place to bitch, whine and moan about your life...share stupid stories, keep in touch with family and share photos...brag about cool happenings or new things. the list goes on.

right now about all i can think up is how badly my garbage disposal stinks! mainly b.c i'm perched here at the kitchen bar stools and that's all i can smell! ICK! thing is, it's on the "honey-do" list for J....only god knows when that will be addressed!!!
like I know anything about a garbage disposal!.... MY solution, have margarita's tonight so i can shove the used limes in there in hopes of making it smell better.
win-win situation! :)

oh....
check out The BIG Photography Giveaway!! heather was featured on 5-13, you have your chance all month long to win a family photography session in your hometown, or close by at least...by select photographers in each state giving away a free session! how cool is that!! just scroll over the calendar for a quick way to see what states were posted on what days, and leave a comment to win. it's the whole month of may...so check it out!

happy days...

you want to do WHAT???

so the most shocking event of the month for me was when my daughter came to me asking if she get her hair cut.

doesn't seem to be a very "shocking" thing to ask... most people do this often as a regular thing.

not my daughter!

usually things go a bit like this:

Mom: i think we need to go get a trim

T: NO....i'm NOT cutting my hair SHORT!

Mom: i didn't say CUT it SHORT...i said it needs a TRIM

T: NO!

Mom: you have to at least trim the ends to keep it healthy looking

T: (hanging her head and mumbling) i know... i know

literally... fighting it every step of the way...just for a TRIM!

so i was utterly and completely shocked when she randomly came to me asking to chop all her hair off. hair that she has been adamant about NOT cutting for years!! there was no friend who had recently cut their hair, no celebrity with short hair, no boy to try and impress (thank god!)...i was digging for anything to find out WHY!

her reply: i just want short hair... i feel like a change!

change is good. :)

and she LOVES her hair! (i admit, i feared her leaving the hair salon with tears... i know how much i adored and loved my own long, long hair growing up....)

she was giddy...the biggest smile i've seen on her face...

and so here is a before

and the after!

busy bee....collecting pollen!

seriously....felt like i didn't even participate in March and i blinked and it's almost May!!!

what the heck?

still awaiting an upload from miss Aimes to get the pics from Kathy's wedding (trip to FL in March) to share...

really, just feel like i've been running circles.will come up with clever post and updates later this week... just returning from a mini-get-a-way and need to unpack, re-stock the fridge and get some laundry done (which would go faster if we hadn't returned to a broken dryer!)

although it's quite the blustery day here... i would line dry if... HA HA HA, okay let's be honest, i wouldn't line dry even if i had a clothes line... i need my dryer back!

:)

February....month in review

Many, many days like these.... (check out Ty flipping in the background, that's a daily thing at the house too!)

Several hours transferring photos from 2 cameras and my phone via bluetooth cause my attachments won't open if I email them? Several more hours getting them on snapfish and trying to decide which ones I want to use from my Project Life kit!

Chelsea learned how to use a sippy cup... didn't take long, she loves those handles! Funny thing was to help her learn to lean the cup up, I had to push her elbows up for her. B/c if I held the cup up she would let go...thinking I was just going to do it for her! Hee hee!

Busted this little chicken dozens of times playing with the door stopper.... just one of many obsessions! Others including but not limited to the blinds, the bathroom door (open, close, open close) the heat vents, Nathans growing train collection in Dad's office since we told him he can't keep them in the living room, and the bag or potatoes in the bottom of the pantry!

Doing our daily work-out (I've obviously taught her well, by example of course... smirk!)

Many Turkey sandwiches, Peppercorn Ranch Sun Chips, and Root Beers/Cream Soda lunches with Nathan...he likes it when we "match"!

Super Bowl Sunday (still crying b/c football season is over) Great game!!! Good food, family and friends... and crafty decorations...all made by Tyler!!

Wouldn't be complete without some face painting! Amy just had to get Saints....

And Aaron's craft re-do after the game... those Colts decorations sure did come in handy for this...

Only about a gazillion shopping trips with this bunch:
Mrs. Latte

Mr. Orange Kitty

Mr. Schmoozer

and Miss Inchworm

All ending up like this: (which might be why I'm low on groceries and other funds, hum?)

:) Super Silly Orange Face Smiles! :)

Dish DETERGENT.....Dish SOAP..... what's the difference?? oops....THAT'S the difference!!

Hand made Valentine's....gotta love making holiday crafty goodies, especially when sweets are involved!!

Super fun, Super easy Valentine decorations made with love by the whole family!
(reality: bored on a weekend, tried to get the kids to do something artsy, they helped for 1.3 seconds. Mom was stuck finishing all the work, burnt the shit out of all ten of my fingers using hot glue (that didn't even work) all for them to eventually be pushed aside cause nobody could see the TV during dinner! REALLY???)

A trip to the doctor's to get an xray for Tyler's foot. Turns out she has Sever's Condition and we've been spending time with a Sportsmed and hoping to get it better.

Although her foot has been killing her, she wanted to stick it out for her meet... and her team took home 1st place! She also scored fantastic....she got 2nd on Bars and Floor, 5th on Beam and 7th All-Around (lowered b/c she couldn't participate in Vault)

Hoping she can make it to her last 2 meets!!!

Go Tyler!!!!

Bought Chelsea her first pair of shoes! I've chased down socks every single shopping trip of my life (Nathan is even on official "sock patrol") and thought the shoes would be my answer to this problem....spent an extra 45 min. in Target the other day looking for one of the damn shoes! Ugh!

Service of the month:
Peanut Butter Bird Seed Pine Cones!

Although most of them went to these little thieves... (guess they need food too)

We did enjoy seeing some birds!

Put pink highlights in my hair....just b/c! I've always wanted to do it, love Rachel McAdams hair when she did it here.

and last but not least.... I've been told I acted a bit like THIS
Princess Chaos was born! Not a shining moment for me... No barfing...(thank goodness) but apparently I was quite the trash talker!!! LMAO (we saw a hooker wearing a pink Snuggie with a black belt around it...some people just invite trash talk! She flipped me the bird apparently! ROF) Hey, everyone needs a night like that every once and a while... and for me... it had been quite a while!!! Aimes birthday was the best, turns out you would have thought it was MY birthday... but we all had a blast! (thanks again to you Ma!!)

Well that about sums it up for the month of February. We'll see what March brings.... should be equally entertaining!!! :)

has it really been 7 days already?

wow....time escapes me once again!
i've been trying to be good about posting more frequently than i have in the past...not working for me lately.

busy, busy, busy

i've been doing pretty good on my project life documentation. taking pics, journaling everyday in a notebook to refer to later when i actually scrap everything. keeping little things like receipts, tags and grocery lists. uploaded all my jan. pics to snapfish and have them printed and ready to go. just need to find the time to sit and scrap them now. excited to get working on it.

SB sunday was a blast!! great game... saints sure did show some moves!!!
sad to see football season go... what to do now? lol

v-day is around the corner, working on making up some yummy treats, helping T make some goodies to share with her friends and putting up some cute decorations around the house... great ideas here!

hopefully i can get some pics up for you soon.
have a outlet mall trip planned this week and my big sis is coming to visit!!! :)