our first halloween in texas

my little french girl

[minus her beret. and shoes]

1. i didn't get very many photos of kaylee on halloween. it was because of operator error like usual.

2. we had invited a friend to come over to trick or treat but they said they were just going to stay in their neighborhood. and our neighbors had ballet.

3. so we were a little bummed that we had to go by ourselves.

4. till it got dark. our friend came over and our neighbor skipped ballet!

5. kaylee got enough candy to fill my trick or treat bowl for me to pass out next year!

6. afterwards, our neighbors invited us over for some birthday cake.

7. i looked around and not a single white person was there. it was odd and yet cool at the same time. [vietnamese, hong kong and me]

8. mike was out of town again. so ham passed out candy. he gave everyone handfuls. my bowls were empty.

9. i didn't do a single thing yesterday because i was in a junk food, chicago style popcorn mix, chocolate gummy bear induced coma.

10. i felt so sick that i forced myself to walk this morning. [its been a whole week]

whew!

at Houston Zoo for Zoo Boo

1. my sister and her family ended up catching a later flight so they didn't get in till about 10ish thursday. [my sister is an airline person and they get free tickets if they go stand-by]

2. friday we all went and ate lunch with kaylee at school. [except for mike, he went into work on his day off]

3. then we all waited for kaylee to come home so we could see Puss and Boots at the movie tavern.

4. what's a movie tavern you ask? well its where you get to sit and watch a movie and order food and drinks while watching a movie. it was AWESOME!

5. then we came home and i made dinner then we all played south park uno and lcr. [i won $30 from lcr]

5. saturday we went to the Houston Zoo and it ended up being Zoo Boo day. the girls dressed up and got to do a scavenger hunt and get candy. at the end of the scavenger hunt, they got a spider ring and kaylee says" thats it. thats all we get for doing all that?!" it was quite funny.

6. we ate lunch at a mexican place near the galleria came home and the crazy people went swimming till they saw that the hot tub was warmer.

7. i made homemade pizza for dinner and the games continued. sad to say that the guys now hold the catch phase weiner title.

8. sunday mike and ron went to a texans game so us girls went to the mall to look around then came back home and went swimming while waiting for the guys to return.

9. went out to eat for dinner then came back home to go to bed. everyone had a very tiring day! [except for ham]

10. my sister and her crew left for indiana this morning.

texas is still awesome

galveston: ham and mike playing catch

1. not to brag but the weather has been awesome especially in the evenings. kaylee and i took a walk around the 'hood last night.

2. and the other day mike and i both said how awesome it is to be wearing shorts and its almost november.

3. met up with another hoosier the other night for dinner. boy was that nice to be able to talk to someone other than my family since they never listen to me anyway.

4. poor fleanut, she was up half the night coughing.

5. her bunk beds are being delivered today. [having buyers remorse on all the furniture. we all know that she won't sleep in her bed even though she says she will.]

6. i did a drawing yesterday and it felt good.

7. while doing the dishes the thought of why did i ever stop doing what i love crossed my mind.

8. then it went back to having a kid, no money and then the fear of doing things out of my comfort zone.

9. fleanut has mentioned a few times she wants to go back to "senior point" so we're thinking of making a day or two of it if we go back to indiana over the summer.

10. okay, need to get the house ready for my crazy sister and her family. they're coming down thursday and staying the weekend. [wish me luck!]

ready for a new attitude

via le love

1. i'm going to make kaylee an "advice" book for when she gets older. it will also include this poem that i've posted about before.

2. today was a busy day. i got duped into thinking that we had to have a mandatory water testing so that sales guy came today. [the lady kept calling and calling]

3. then we went to kaylee's favorite place per her request. she ended up eating one breadstick. i think she's breadstick out.

4. then we went to rooms to go and bought kaylee a super cool bunk-bed, mike a miami dolphins rug, ham a chair where he can listen and play his video games [for christmas] and me a seatee for the entry way. [don't i sound fancy?]

5. then we went and looked for a used car. found a 2010 jeep for a super good price. mike needs to crunch the numbers. i say we get a cheaper car but this one is a super good deal...only 6000 miles and its a 2010.

6. then came back home to order pizza and played south park uno.

7. i got sad and pouted in between getting the pizza and playing south park uno. i got a text from one of my bitches that they are not going to be able to go on my big birthday girls trip.

8. while pouting, i decided i didn't want my kids to remember me as a pouting and sulking mom but a mom who does stuff so i decided i'm going to do something BIG.

9. so i found rei offers adventure trips so i'm going to do one of them. maybe hiking in the nevedas or the hawaii trip. still need to work out the details.

10. this was the kind of trip i wanted to do in the first place. sitting on the beach is fun but this sounds much better.

hate:

taken a few years ago

1. that they keep breaking my heart.

2. that they keep growing.

3. that its been 2 years already that ham's had his drivers license.

4. that he's 18 and can drive around at 8:00 at night when he should be home where its safe.

5. that he can get on the internet and shop for his own clothes.

6. that her interests are no longer on the simple 2 or 3 year old things but 6 almost 7 year old stuff.

7. that she no longer needs to know because she already knows it all.

8. that she's lost all her baby fat. her chubby cheeks and cankles.

9. that she's past half my height.

10. i do love how they pick on each other almost everyday even if it is out of boredom on ham's part.

still getting use to texas

mike canon balling last sunday in the down pour

1. once again, sorry for the crappy, small photo. thought it was going to be larger.

2. on the way home from the beach last friday some old lady cut right in front of mike so i laid on the horn.

3. we didn't see it but mike's parents said she flipped him off.

4. so in true mike fashion, as he drove by the old lady, he took down his swim suit and started to spank his butt while yelling "take some of that!"

5. i got his underpants and started waving them around. his parents were in shock that he got his underpants off that quickly. [mike had set his shorts and clean underpants on the console between us]

6. we all laughed at that one.

7. today kaylee got a little cut on her toe somehow and then, right before bed, she got an ice cube stuck to the side of her mouth which caused it bleed too. [she hates the sight of her own blood]

8. the weather has dropped and i now understand why texans get out their winter coats. after months of no rain and temps over 100 degrees, this is freezing weather! [we're in the mid 70's this week & sunny!]

9. hard to believe since i'm some what of a romantic but growing up i never saw myself getting married or having kids. weird how life turns out.

10. i'm still trying to plan my big birthday bash but my friends are starting to ditch me one by one. [the ones who agreed to go with me on my girls trip]

yup, i'm in one of those moods

before

after

1. sorry for the small photos but it took blogger long enough just to upload these.

2. before the in-laws got here, mike was hell bent on getting that play set down. [like his parents were going to hang out back there or something]

3. and while they were here, he and his dad moved the pavers. we're going to level the area and put them back down. [photo 3.] where the tree is, we are going to do some landscaping.

4. we planted a red hibiscus over booah. i now talk to the plant and call it booah.

5. we are on to the next repairs. the pool and pool cleaner kaylee named robo. hopefully this is it on repairs for a long while!

6. on the last day that mike's folks were here, we let kaylee skip school and went to galveston to check out the beach. without realizing it- we got our tans on!

7. then we ate dinner at the cheesecake factory.

8. someone from discover card just called me and asked why i haven't used their card in awhile. i told them they raised my interest rate for no good reason so i went and got a card with 0% interest for 18 months and that they need to reevaluate their customer service and loyalty.

9. speaking of customer service, i went shopping last night and didn't buy a thing from stores that ignored me. it ended up being 4 out of 6 stores. at least acknowledge that i'm in your store.

10. the weather has cooled down quite a bit. today its only going to get a high of 75.