love it!

love this gift wrapping kit idea. especially since all my stuff is thrown all over my craft room aka the hoarding room {via creative comforts}

life... on a monday

kaylee and her neighbor friend taken last wednesday

1. had a semi-busy weekend. friday night went and celebrated my uncle's 67th birthday. {it was a last minute get together. my dad's brother who has been diagnosed with a double whammy-parkinson + pancreatic cancer}

2. saturday was mike's bff's kid 3rd birthday. his wife is pregnant but won't tell anyone the name. i tell so i can claim the name. if kaylee had been a boy- jager marino buss. but we've changed it since to jager daniel marino so he could be called jd by my m-i-l who hates the name jager.

3. after the party we dropped kaylee off at his parents house so we could see an "adult" movie together- hot tub time machine. hilarious for me because i am *ahem* from the 80's and hilarious for mike because it had dude stuff in it.

3. sunday was spent being lazy since it was raining outside.

4. found out through mike's mom that kaylee told her that she didn't want to lose me like i lost my mom/parents.

5. i told her one day that i was adopted and i don't know what happened to my real parents because thats the truth. {not sure how the conversation came up}

6. just checked out pioneer woman's cooking blog. she has homemade cinnamon toast up today. might have to give it a try tomorrow morning. {i buy the already made kind}

7. i tried making her chicken parmigiana but it didn't turn out like hers. hamilton was being mean to me that night so i threatened him to be nice or else i would serve him the leftovers for breakfast. he went to his room.

8. i think he was trying to get me to say yes to a $10,000 turbo for his car. {as if. name the movie}

9. 11 more days and we {mike + i} get to feast on some pf changs. we are heading down to indy so he can run in the mini marathon.

10. please send positive energy, karma, prayers to my dad {and uncle}. he admitted himself into the headache clinic near ann arbor thursday evening. my dad is one of those guys who will work through anything so for him to admit himself- its got be super seriously bad. and its gotten to the point where the doctors will not run anymore tests on him because there isn't a test left to run.

simply said

and for today,the blog.

{via simply seleta}

happy

1. i love this photo of ham even though its not a very good one, i can see him laughing. a real, true laugh.

2. its funny. even though he hasn't been around or seen his dad for years. he laughs a lot like him.

3. had a happy moment last night. while getting some neighborhood kids ice cream sandwiches, i felt happy. i love nothing more than a house full of kids playing and people hanging out.

4. neighbors came over to use the yard for baseball practice while their daughters played with kaylee on the swing set. {they brought along two other neighbor boys with them}

5. mike had some co-workers from out of town come over for some homemade beer. they all stood by the fire pit. {no fire this time}

6. wish i had been better prepared and would of made them all dinner but this is what happens when the husband lets you know last minute.

7. over the weekend tried a malibu mojito and am now addicted. found a recipe to try but had no ice. so no drinky for me. {our water line is still not hooked up to make ice}

8. again, ashley ann has not failed me with her creativity. is there anything she can't do?? seriously. she makes me sick. in a jealousy way.

9. been debating on doing the clipboard idea seen by the boys bed or a cork board for kaylee's room. i need a place to hang her art work. and she's having a contest today.

10. just noticed i lost a diamond earring. hope i can find it!

*sweet! just found it. now mike doesn't have to upgrade them anytime soon

running around...catching up

1. monday after school ham informs me that his temp. plates expires tomorrow! what?! thought we had 30 days from the day we bought the car.

2. so yesterday was spent running around. to ham's school to find his car. vin numbers did not match on papers.

3. then to the car dealership so they could correct papers.

4. then to local license branch only to wait 20 minutes for them to tell me that the car had to be there for inspection since it was originally from out of state? and that mike had to be there since my name is not on the title.

5. to wal-mart. they forgot two of my items which they charged me for. usually i let this stuff go but after awhile it adds up. afterwards, kaylee and i had a late lunch at subway.

6. then off to the grocery store for a quick trip. i just bought enough to make dinner last night.

7. ree's sloppy joes were a hit. {because my family is picky, i made them without onions, green peppers and didn't add tomato paste. next time i'm making them for me}

8. last night we registered kaylee for kindergarten. i'm excited and sad at the same time. {her bff katie will not be there}

9. today kaylee and i are skipping her field trip to the zoo thats an hour away. i would rather drive 2 hours to see a bigger zoo. call me a zoo snob. i'm ok with it.

10. off to finish errands today.

word!

{via to: me, myself, and i}

planting

i know i posted this photo of the old house but i can't help it. recently drove by and everything is blooming beautifully. the current owners are not worthy!

it has helped me in deciding what i want to plant though. i love those purple ground covers so i want to plant some of those. {i think if you click on the photo it will enlarge it so you can see them better}

i also want a lilac tree/shrub, some peonies {my fave} and either some azaleas or rhododendrons. and that will be it for this year besides a few annuals for the flower pots.