start living!!!

can't to see this show on mtv....

and i found this blog tonight what do you want to do before you die? not to be morbid or depressing.... just want to start thinking and LIVING!!

random friday tid bits

1. the nugget getting her first hair salon trim yesterday. i would of taken more pics but i was getting mine trimmed too. we just went to some local salon that could take us immediately. i see future spa/salon treatments in our future.

2. stumbled on this {handbook 2010} yesterday. its got some great words of wisdom.

3. and came across this diy grocery planner and love the menu grocery list {download}. i love having my menu and what groceries i need in one spot.

4. got nothing planned for the weekend. will probably stay in because its cold plus we're trying to stay on a budget.

5. i don't think i'm liking our mail lady. twice now she has put down the mail flag but didn't take our mail??? and she's not very friendly. at our old house we had the nicest mail carrier EVER!

6. ham and his buddy tyler went and snow plowed two driveways after school yesterday and made 20 bucks each. ham had to shovel since we don't have a snow blower. whenever i say snowblower it reminds me of the movie stepmom.

7. mike skipped going out of town last night for work because of all the snow. i think its because he was missing his mancave and beer.

8. one of my favorite bloggers is going to vegas with her bff. i wish i could get some bff's to go someplace. warm. preferred.

9. finally got ham on board about moving to hawaii. he's seeing being a bum in hawaii isn't such a bad idea after all. {not that we're moving anytime soon unless i can find mike a job out there}

10. ham has already brought up senior year spring break trip to florida. by himself. with his buddies. he's killing me!

living the easily life

1. self portraits of the little nugget at cedar point. she let out a BIG+ stinky toot and tried to blame it on everyone else.

2. i CAN NOT get back on schedule! yesterday and today, i went back to bed after ham left for school and "slept" til 10 am.

3. umm hello indiana! you can stop with the snow now!! {it still looks pretty though}

4. i tried to upload over 1200+ pics on shutterfly last night to get 75 free prints but got frustrated with their cropping system so i canceled what was left.

5. i'm still in need of a hair style. i liked the style of my hair when it was short but don't want short hair.

6. went to dreaded wal-mart yesterday. even though i don't like shopping there, i feel they have the best prices on toilet paper, soap etc... i saved about 10 bucks by using coupons so that was a win for me.

7. till i went to at+t and bought the skin + iphone cover. no wonder apple stocks are doing so well!

8. mike asked me if any dudes have hit on me lately. i told him i went to wal-mart. i hope no dudes hit on me at wal-mart. dudes at abercrombie with their shirts off can hit on me though.

9. this convo came up because when i was in starbucks buying kaylee's teachers their gifts, the guy behind the counter asked me if i just got out of my classes.

10. someone i went to high school with friends requested me. is it rude to not accept and is it rude to delete the people who requested to be my friend? i never ever talked or talk to them and i seriously think they are requesting me just because we went to the same school.

finally back to routine

1. i ventured out in the cold and snow last saturday evening to get this pic. we had just returned from eating dinner out to celebrate ham's birthday and the fresh falling snow + the lights of the neighborhood was calling my name. {taken outside of our garage}

2. so far kaylee and i have not gotten sick. whatever ham had has not spread, thank goodness! and knock on wood.

3. i am one of those mom's who let their kid's skip school. i usually let ham have one day to skip for his birthday being that he hasn't missed a bunch before hand and his grades are still up.

4. so we went shopping yesterday. ham found a pair of shorts and pair of jeans. kaylee whined a bit because she was so hungry and we were not shopping for her. something i'm teaching her- that we do not shop for ourselves while shopping for the males in our house, they can handle only so much. {we went to 3 stores and ham did try on about 10 pairs of jeans. he was exhausted afterwards and ready to go home}

5. she did end up with a pretzel for the ride home. ham and i got smoothies and ham bourbon chicken w/rice. i did end up wasting 6 bucks. i dropped ham's extra large smoothie before he even had a chance to drink some of it.

6. ever since ham got sick, i still feel we have that "bond" and its such a nice feeling.

7. today is our official back to routine day. waking up at 6:10am this morning was not fun. kaylee will go to school too this afternoon which means i am back to running errands -we're almost out of toilet paper and getting some much needed free time.

8. i've cleaned kaylee's bedroom, next up is her toy room then my craft room so i can get started on ham's baby books.

9. someone wanted to trade their jaguar for our caddy. its nice car but ham's holding out for a bmw. (not to get the wrong idea, he gets X amount for the car so if he can find one in that price range he can have it but yes, he is so SPOILED!)

10. he knows it too. i did one of those "back in my days" when he said something about talking to his kids about back in his days...i told him i will make sure that his kids know that he got his own way with everything and to not believe a word he says otherwise! {he smiled at that one}

winners & losers

THE WINNERS! (tyler, ham, tommy + arron) THE LOSERS! (mike, tad, erron + kevin)

1. the fellahs after their paint balling game.

2. ham is better. i'm letting him have today off from school for recovery. just to make sure its all out of his system.

3. i made him filet migon with bacon, creamy parmesan risotto, mashed potatoes, salad and his favorite jello cake on his birthday but he didn't get to enjoy any of it. i did save him a plate which he ate last night.

4. slowly getting back to routine. i said slowly...still woke up at 8:30 this morning. all the decorations are down and put away. the house looks naked and bigger.

5. finally got to feel what most parents go through with little kids close in age. while ham was sick they both needed/wanted my attention. ham wanted me to stay with him and rub his back like the old days and kaylee, well she just wanted her mama. (good thing this was sunday evening, mike was home to play with kaylee till bedtime- she likes to fall asleep with me beside her)

6. it was nice to be needed by ham again and wish it would happen more often. i asked him if he ever thought about his dad. he said sometimes. i wonder how his dad could just not want anything to do with him. it breaks my heart in so many ways. and it makes me really angry too!

7. his dad is pure german and thats where he's been living since ham was about 7 years old. i think they have phones and stamps in germany...

8. ok enough on that. i get teary eyed thinking about it.

9. thinking of hitting the big mall today to return ham's clothes now that most people are back to work.

10. i had a big salad for dinner last night, does that cancel out the two chocolate chip cookies i ate earlier?? {trying to balance the good and the bad}

word!

my birthday boy ended up getting very sick on his birthday so i leave you with this:

{via bryn alexandra}

hello 2010!

1. i'm hoping to follow this quote this year found via it's mary ruffle.

2. funny thing, years and years ago while at a a lallapolooza concert, friends of ours were not having fun {dirt, paper cups, plastic bottles etc etc were being thrown all over the place} i told her "you're having as much fun as you allow yourself too" and this is something i have repeated to my kids, now i need to start repeating it to myself.

3. new years eve was a hoot! there was tons of yummy food, drinks, conversation, dancing, picture taking, kids being cute... everyone in my family managed to stay up to ring in the new year. (ham was with his friends)

4. today has been spent vegging on the couch and eating whatever we can find. {mike's been in his mancave watching football}

5. i pretty much have the same new years resolution that i normally have: exercise- get in shape, be a nicer person, shop less, save more, do more, cook more....you get the idea. i definitely want to take more pictures this year!

6. hard to believe but yes, i'm a list maker. so i'm totally digging this calendar by redstar ink.

7. i made these yesterday. they turned out to be pretty yummy. been eating whatever i have left over all day.

8. today's been a beautiful day outside. lots of freshly fallen snow with no one touching it. so pretty!

9. our crazy neighbors who live behind our neighborhood is firing off some fireworks. they look pretty too!

10. even though i want to save money, i have a weird urge to go to costco's.