monday morning blues

{kaylee and nana}

the weekend went by too fast which is making my monday morning a little sad.

saturday was spent cleaning, olive garden for lunch then girls night out. we ended up seeing date night which was funny of course. then over to hacienda for some drinks, dinner, laughing, dirty talk and a video with a certain someone wearing a sombrero doing a birthday shot which has now been posted on face book thanks to a certain friend who is pure evil.

its been the best birthday ever!

sunday we decided last minute to head up to laporte to visit the in-laws. i swear we're not moochers but we knew they would offer to take us out to lunch. they LOVE hacienda so that's where we went. not my favorite place but i did get carded. my m-i-l laughed when our waitress asked for my id. but you should of seen the shocked look on the waitress's face- it was priceless! {she did not ask for mike's id at all}

kaylee wanted to go back to nana's house so mike and i went to the outlet mall with full intentions of getting hamilton some much needed clothes. he's down to 2 pairs of jeans and 4 t-shirts. he ended up with nothing. kaylee got two new outfits, mike a pair of jeans and surprise, surprise i found a navy blue jacket.

hamilton did find some t-shirts on-line last night. we will see how many he will want to return. sometimes he worse than a girl- changing his mind on everything.

t.ruffles

if you haven't yet, you must check out the t.ruffle girls. they even have a shop with their pretty images and words. i want their blog to be turned into a book. they are: photos mary swenson {one of my fave blogs} and words karey.

forty-sixth at grace

these wonderful recipes have been floating the blogging world for some time now. i thought i would share too. they are free for you to download thanks to nikole over at forty -sixth at grace. i printed both of them to frame + hang in the kitchen. be sure to check out her awesome shop too.

happy friday!

taken last saturday up in new buffalo. whenever i see photos of her like this, i think something wonderful and intelligent is going through her mind but in reality its probably more like i wonder how far i can throw this rock. not because she isn't intelligent but because she is 5. and life is really simple and innocent at the age of 5.

this morning i woke up all gung-ho and ready to take on the world. it's friday after all and tomorrow morning, i have nothing planned. tomorrow evening will be the continuation of celebrating my birthday with an early show and dinner at hacienda. to get our frozen margarita drink on. if you're in the area and would like to join us, please email me for details- holla!

happy friday my friends. happy friday.

i could of

i love this photo by celine and i love her blog. its just so calming and peaceful. {both the photo and her blog} i imagine her with a soft, delicate voice and personality to match. so unlike mine.

ok, i can stop holding my breath. ham took the car to school for the first time today. "please no phone calls. please no phone calls" goes through my mind each and every time he goes out the door.

yesterday i could of ran away. after picking up kaylee from school and telling her no to ice cream because she just had a cupcake at school started the whining session. then it moved on to having dirt on her feet while we were waiting to pick ham up from school. then on the way home, while waiting for trains and traffic caused ham to complain about driving his car and what a pain in the butt its going to be which caused me to yell at him telling him it would be nice to hear him be grateful for once. then i got mad at myself because at that moment i realized what kind of an example i was being. i went and apologized to ham for yelling and told him after awhile he might like it because he will have gotten use to it and think nothing of it. {he wanted a manual but to be corrected he wanted a manual for that certain car he was looking at, not for all cars}

i was sad for the rest of the night. i just want him to be happy. and for him to love his mama.

nothing much wednesday

1. on my birthday. and at the end of day, no matter what. i love him with all my heart, soul, being.

2. i wish i could write my feelings and story like her. we we're kinda in the same boat around the same time.

3. mike came home yesterday with semi, it will most likely not happen news. mike's dad has a job lead that might happen and if it does that means kaylee and i will be going with mike's mom on vacation in may to...HAWAII!!

4. i did not do well on my detox elimination yesterday. i made it till about 3pm. but its a start!

5. focusing on the positive and not being tied down to a strict schedule/plan = less stress for me. less stress= happy kristi= happy family= happy kristi

6. kaylee did really well at her doctors appointment yesterday. she received 4 shots. and when daddy got home, boy did she milk the sympathy card. {she even crawled to him! it was so funny}

7. where did all the customer service go? while i really like her new doctor, the rest of the office could learn how to be friendlier and time cautious. {we were at the doctors office for almost 2 hours}

8. mom made a delicious strawberry pie the other day with homemade pie crust. making a homemade pie crust is on my learn to do list. so is making cinnamon rolls. {i use to get by with buying them from cinnabon but sadly they are no longer in business in our local area}

9. my car was in the shop for two days last week and nothing got done. it goes back in tomorrow.

10. gorgeous weather today and tomorrow. going to take total advantage of it!

catching up on tuesday

1. my monkey being herself in new buffalo.

2. thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday!

3. while it wasn't too hard getting up at 6:30 yesterday, the rest of the day was kinda of a blur. i was so tired.

4. starting my own version of a detox/food sensitivity elimination today. and i am starving even though i'm sucking down a fruit smoothie. i hardly ate any dinner last night {mom made beef and noodles- not my fave}

5. doing this because i want to try every option for my allergies before considering nose surgery. left nostril- totally clogged. right nostril- can breath in 5-10%.

6. got the truth out from ham. he doesn't like driving manual as much as he thought he would. ha! mom does know her son better than he knows himself.

7. don't get me wrong, he likes the car but on the way to and from school there's a lot of stopping and going and there's also some road construction. i want him to take his time and get use to the car so i'm ok with taking him to school.

8. kaylee has her kindergarten check-up today. wish me luck that she doesn't freak out so i'm told i need parenting classes and she needs to see a psychologist. we were told those the last time she went to a doctor. we are no longer seeing that doctor. {she really didn't freak out, just a little squirmy and stubborn}

9. i was told last night that i'm a favorite aunt by one of my nieces. yeah me!

10. my sister in law said "i gained 7 pounds even though you can't tell." boy did she end up getting it from both my brothers and mike. mike even said that he could tell but it looked more like 15 to him! they were all kidding but don't sound so conceded or else this is what you will get from my family.