yeah, its thursday!

1. tuesday after school, kaylee did a makeover on me and then wanted to be twins. so here we are with makeup, the same hair do and plaid shirts. she got so excited when i said i would do her make-up.

2. i was going to blog last night but mike made me mad. it was 8:30PM and he was supposedly at the "office" but he never answered his phone so i'm thinking back to his accident when we first moved here.

3. i even went to bed by 9:30, its these darn allergies. the pollen is thick and everywhere!

4. had a ladybugs garden club meeting yesterday. it was at one of the members house.

5. and it was gorgeous!  she lives on 2.9 acres and has a man made lake right behind it. totally made me miss my indiana house. she even had an elevator and a his and hers guest bathrooms. the hers had a heated toilet seat which made it even more awesome!

6. her house is a little over 6000 sq. feet. while ours is 5600 and our neighbors is a little over 6000, the way she used the space, her house felt much bigger. every room in the house was super spacious.

7. of course it makes me want to get our house done and updated. sadly, the only thing i have money for is to paint. no new hard wood floors or updating bathrooms yet.

8. i do want to go and buy that new table and chairs we've had our eye on. [the table base is made from a sand belting equipment and the wood on top is recycled. it only seats 4 but it would be perfect for the breakfast area]

9. we are on a little break from school. kaylee got today and tomorrow off.

10. need to get an easter meal together. we're not huge fans of turkey or ham so i'm thinking maybe some ribs would be good.

the weekend

1. kaylee and a few of her friends/classmates after the hoe down. i hope they remain friends for a long time. unless we move to trinidad or overseas. [this could happen]

2. the weekend was good. i went and tried another class at the gym. i was already sore from my workout on friday and this class didn't help any. i felt stiff all weekend.

3. after working out,  i came home and did some cleaning- bathrooms, floors but didn't touch the kitchen. for some reason i hate cleaning the kitchen.

4. then we headed to college station to visit ham. i scrubbed his tub, bathroom and kitchen. also swept the floors. [he lives with 3 messy guys!]

5. even though he didn't say it, i could tell he was grateful and that made me happy, happy, happy.

6. did a little shopping while there. have to donate to the school by buying aggie gear. [i've been shopping way too much lately!]

7. we ate dinner at the lemon wedge. while the inside was nothing to write about and it smelled like old people, the food turned out to be super delicious!

8. sunday, i did absolutely nothing but take a nap. [i guess i did make beef brisket to freeze for ham]

9. i've been super tired these past few days. i hate it when people complain about daylight savings but i think it might have something to do with it. and maybe all the working out too.

10. i had a weird dream about a guy i went to high school with. actually, grade school too. i haven't seen or talked to him in over 5 years and finally figured it was probably because i had watched duck dynasty before going to bed. he showed up in my dreams while napping too. [he's a hunter and taxidermist] weird how the brain works isn't it?

it's friday and i LOVE...

i found ollie sitting on the steps for a good 5 minutes last night.  i wonder what he was thinking? 

he didn't mind the flash from the iphone probably because he couldn't see.

1. workouts with andre. today i did 100 sit-ups [on a machine] and 63 push-ups. [when i started, i could barely do 20 push-ups max]

2. going to college station tomorrow.  ham said his apartment needs a scrubbing and we haven't been up there since october.

3. my very matted but adorable dog. i'm afraid to take him to the groomers because 1. they might turn me in for neglect and 2. he will have to be shaved. [not that he's all matted but pretty close]

4. texas weather. its 82 degrees right now and its evening.

5. finding a few cute tops. 

6. my new make-up. i swear it only takes me 5 minutes to put on and i feel more put together.

7. nobody complaining on how dirty the house is. i've done no cleaning since last week. 

8. watched bates motel and got only a little freaked out.  [i'm not a fan of horror movies or tv shows]

9. finding my favorite cereal on sale. it was under 3 bucks! [i also love their blackberry hills with fresh blackberries and need to try their black current walnut]

10. dancing with the stars is back on. i'm hoping zendaya wins.

a little bit of the week so far

                                                 this is what a makeover can do for you.

                                                           haircut on monday

                                                                       oh boy.

1. boy has this week flown by.

2. monday i went grocery shopping and a target run to get things back to normal at the house.

3. tuesday i went to zumba then to costco's. i really need to get an emergency stash going since our area is known to get hit by hurricanes and other natural disasters. [my neighbors said they went a week and half without electricity when hurricane ike hit]

4. i made kaylee a haircut appointment and almost missed it. i need to find a cheaper place to take her too. $25 for a kids trim is WAY too much.

5. i went and worked out with andre today. it was much needed after last week. my butt and legs hurt.

6. i also had a bobbi brown makeover scheduled from two weeks ago. they had a pre-sale that i took advantage of but in the end traded it for something that i didn't already have. [i have lots]

7. the make-up artist gave me all sorts of compliments again. how great my skin looks, how pretty my eyes are and what a great smile i have. yup, she's good.

8. i have to laugh because i have so much hair and make up products yet hardly do anything with my hair or wear much make-up. i'm hoping to change that since i got some new make-up products. [like highlighting stuff and an awesome mascara]

9.before the make over, i went to h+m to get kaylee something for an outfit. i ended up getting her that and a dress, pair of shoes, white leggings and a pink t-shirt.

10. i know i've mentioned many times before she doesn't need any more clothes but after going through her closet, she's out growing a lot of stuff right now. i still don't want to buy her much till fall so we can start the traditional school shopping thing.

over spring break

these photos are not in order of the day they happened because i used two different cameras and blogger won't post them the way i want them to be.

one day we went to a local park and walked a mile or two. uncle nick aka mike's 21 year old brother and his girlfriend, julie.

 kaylee asking for a shoulder ride.

 nick was excited because he got to see turtles and a blue lizard. of course he was calling them by their scientific names. [he really wanted to see snakes. i'm glad we didn't see any]

on another day we went to the rodeo. it was like the elkhart county fair but cleaner. it was also nice to see the young folks dressed in cowboy gear rather than baggy- to- your- knee's jeans.
 [on ferris wheel number 1]

 we ate cowboy nachos [made with beef brisket!],  sweet peach tea, a funnel cake and a fried snickers. all of it was YUMMO!

 another time we went to the sam houston national forest. we were asked if we brought bug spray- we hadn't but didn't need, and water, which we all said yes as to not look like stupid city folks except we kept the water in the car, like stupid city folks.

 mike pushing his mom down this hill. not really but i yelled "wait! let me get a picture!" that's why they're laughing. we ended up walking 6 miles. we didn't want to get lost and try and find our car so the best solution was to walk the way we came. i ended up giving kaylee a piggy back ride for about 1/4 of it. i wouldn't of been able to do that pre -personal trainer.

 back to the rodeo. kaylee got to ride some rides.

 and go on ferris wheel number 2.

 mike and kaylee raced down the slide. mike won because he's heavier.

 hot tubbing. the kids did lots of hot tubbing especially after hearing that it was snowing back in indiana.

the first night we didn't do much since our guests were the ones who had to get up early for their flight. we did, however, wait an hour and 35 minutes for a table at pf changs for dinner. we were told it could be an hour and 45 minute wait. we got lucky! [sarcasm]

we also tried to go to the beach in galveston on friday since it was suppose to be the warmest day.  we ended up in traffic for an hour and half and was only half way there with no end in sight. mike decided he had enough and turned the car around. we stopped at tgi fridays for lunch. it was awful and smelly. after an hour and half in more traffic, we finally made it home. 4 hours in a car and we ended up no where! what a wasted day. [we could of stayed home and layed out in the sun by the pool]

but it was still a very nice spring break. i didn't have to cook much- 3 meals?  i call that a win.

before our guests arrived for spring break

i actually finished painting the blue guest room blue.  on the right you can see the new color.  no offense to the previous owner(s) but someone did a horrible job matching the touch- ups. there were also tons of holes so i had to patch them up as well.

this is the view from the door entering the room. the window blinds still needed to go up. i would love to do some sort of window treatments but not sure as to what because of how many windows i have and the two on the ends are at an angle. it also gets very bright in the morning. [we're looking out to the front of the house]

and this is the view from the corner, near the windows. we have a flat screen tv but we're using it in the master bedroom to watch movies. waiting till we get a new tv for the living room so we can play musical tv's.  i also need to put something over the headboard, a funky mirror perhaps?

and this is the view from the bed. i've had that painting forever and it matched perfectly with the blue.  the door to the right leads to the jack-n-jill bathroom.

i still need to paint the doors and the trim around the doors. i'm pretty happy with myself because i painted the walls up to the ceiling and the trim all free hand. my secret? a great brush! i bought a benjamin moore 1.5" angle brush. it gave me straight, smooth lines.

now i just need to get my painting mojo back and finish the doors and start painting the bathroom.

and i'm back!

an after school cupcake snack- feb. 18, 2013

safari quit working meaning that i wasn't able to get on-line. before this had happened, i tried to download chrome and firefox but it gave me the message that my computer wasn't able to handle it.

i was lucky to have one of my beloved friend's suggest that it could be my software- its too old.

so i took my computer to the apple store expecting not so great news. they told me my software was ancient but they could still download the newest software but it could erase all my photos and important stuff. i bought an external hard drive...long story...ended up burning the photos the a disk. took my computer in, got new software for free because apple guy quoted me $10 less than the actual price on the ex. hard drive. he saved me $29.99! and here i am- back on-line. [it didn't erase a thing but its always better to be safe than sorry]

here a few things i[we] have been up to since my last post:

1. painted the blue guest room a brighter shade of blue. just need to finish the doors. they're white.

2. got the back yard cemented. it looks so much better!

3. also bought a butt load of flowers. and a kumquat tree- yum!

4. catched a few movies: boys don't cry [a movie you watch only once], chocolat and i bought pitch perfect.

5. also caught up on a few new to me episodes of sex and the city.

6. ham texted me saying he got 97% on his math + gov't tests.  he's a genius and takes after his mom.

7. got a compliment at the apple store: one of the other workers said she wished customers were more like me- nice, smiling and joking around.

8. got a compliment at the bobbi brown counter: said i had beautiful eyes and girls would love to have them. [because i have so much space from eyelid to brows for lots of color]  wished i would of known her when i was younger, when family and people made fun of them.

9. also got compliments on my shoes from apple guy. [i think we might be friends]

10. went to z. gallerie and got some new knick knacks for the front entry. 

11. got mike new work shoes and a satchel aka a man purse for his birthday. he was using a back pack as a briefcase/computer carrier. told him he needs to step up the man card. [we also didn't pay that much for it- got an awesome deal]

12. mike's mom, brother and brother's girlfriend will be here on saturday.

13. still going to the gym. mike extended my training with andre. [he too, gave us a great deal]

14. went to a formal 50th surprise birthday party and i was underdressed even though i wore a sweater dress. we got to eat authentic african food. 

15. kaylee's school had a hoe down in celebration of texan day. i made chili for the teachers and staff to say thank-you from the second graders. it must of been good because the crock pot was licked clean.

16. kaylee went to a birthday party. they served some yummy authentic indian food. [same day as the african food]

i think thats about it. nothing too exciting and i'm sure i'm forgetting some stuff but i'm tired and need to go to bed!