fashion homage to the icon

via: elements of style

i have always loved michael jackson and was never afraid or ashamed to admit it. while his personal life was rather strange, no one could argue that he didn't have talent.

elements of style did a fantastic fashion style homage to michael jackson. click here to read.

the weekend

so i never did convince ham to go and see a movie with me saturday. boy is he stubborn. around 10pm i got a call from kaylee. as soon as she heard my voice she busted out bawling on the phone. she said she misses me and she wants to be with me and that i need to come to her right away. it was so fantastically sweet. nothing is sweeter and more heavenly than being loved by your own kids. now if i could only get ham to open up like this! mike said as soon as he had asked her if she wanted to call me, her eyes started to tear up. after saying our good nights, ham and i went outside to watch the fire works in the back yard. we would of sat in the middle of the yard but it had been raining earlier. {whats up with this indiana weather?} two houses down from us had to at least spend $1000 on fireworks and the people behind our neighborhood too. they both had a great show going on. i wish i had my good camera at this time.

it does make me hope that we will be able to get a pool built by next year so we can host 4th of july at our place. if the weather cooperates next year, we could have a city of tents in the backyard.

mike and kaylee got home pretty early sunday. i would have liked to enjoy the bed to myself just a little longer but it was great seeing them again. we hung out at the house for while, ate leftovers then i had an episode of not being able to find anything to wear. at first i had on my michigan t-shirt and my jean crops. i felt like a boy in them. {getting rid of the cropped pants for good} after going through my closet i settled on a different t-shirt and shorts. something that did not make me feel like a boy. we headed over to bonneville mill park and went on an "adventure" as kaylee calls it.

kaylee convinced mike that her legs were broken or too tired to walk anymore so he had her on his shoulders. not even 5 minutes went by when she ended up farting on him. of course she thought that was the most funniest thing! we ended up taking a tour of the mill too. it was really neat to see how the mechanics worked by operating with water and it was built so long ago- 18oo's??? after the tour, we ate dinner at my parents restaurant and then spent the rest of the evening relaxing at home.

our non-traditional 4th of july

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mike and kaylee left for his parents house to celebrate the 4th. they are going to stay the night since we couldn't come up with a compromise. i would of gone but staying for 7 long, freakishly boring hours did not sound like fun to me. plus, watching him drink from about 10am till bedtime is getting way old. {he does this every 4th} so, hopefully i can convince ham to go and see a movie with me this afternoon. get some mom + son bonding time. then try and catch some fireworks in the back yard.

i would love to start our own family traditions- like going to the lake someplace and staying the night. inviting friends +family to celebrate, play games, eat till bursting full. to me that sounds like fun. *sigh* maybe next year. mike's hoping to have a pool built and have everyone come here. we will see if that happens.

ok off to get some dinner started in the crock-pot. hope everyone is having a FUN and safe 4th of july!!

*unfortunately, no mom+son bonding time. can't convince him to see a movie. maybe if i bug him enough he will change his mind? probably not. he's pretty stubborn. don't know where he gets it from either. thats my story and i'm sticking to it!

the week so far

monday was a long and boring day for me. mike's home for the week which you would think would be pretty exciting right? wrong. he's boring. he decided to call a few buddies over to go river rafting. only one buddy showed up and since the weather was kinda crappy, they went golfing, to hooters and to bdubs. he didnt get home till about 9pm. made for a very long day for me considering i had no car once again.

tuesday was a little better. spent the day getting ready for our company to come over. i found a friend on facebook that i had not seen or heard from since 1996? we use to work together at a local burger joint when we were teenagers long long long ago. since he was in town visiting, thought it would be cool to fix him some dinner and catch up. i surprised him by inviting over our old bosses too. (married duo -steve + julie) we had a great time going back to memory lane and wonder what everyone else is up too. mike finally got to hear some of MY stories.

and yesterday, holly and i left the girls with mike and went and spent the day shopping in shipshewana. we are going to head to the flea market but once again, crappy indiana weather got in the way. we ate lunch at the blue gate resturant and i ended up buying this purse and wallet on our way home in middlebury. i really wanted the green purse but got the black one since that was they had left plus it was 40% off.

i normally don't pick pink but thought i should get away from my norm. plus it was 40% off too. {i also bought some sugar cookies. nobody makes better sugar cookies in our area than the amish} and no shopping trip would be complete without me dropping something or tripping over my own feet. this time i ended up dropping a ceramic piece at one of the stores. while it bumped into a few things before hitting the floor, few people ran over my way to see what it was because it was really really loud. once it hit the floor, i yelled out "its ok, its not broken!"

asian or not asian- that is the question

little miss thing here cracks me up. last night while watching tv together i asked her if she was asian. she said yes so i asked her what is asian. she said that its someone who goes around... then she gave me an i don't know. it was totally cute.

our conversation this morning:

me: am i asian?

her: yes

me: is ham asian?

her: yes

me: is daddy asian?

her: yes

me: are you sure?

her: yes

me: are you asian?

her: no

me: are you sure?

her: yes

hmm....maybe we need to start discussing the different cultures around here.

weekend/on my mind monday

via: me! taken last summer

1. friday i went and got an x-ray taken of my lower back. its been aching for a few years now. waiting to hear back with the results. hope nothing is seriously wrong yet i hope they find something. know what i mean?

2. also got the rover back. drove it for an hour around the country roads and the rear end lowered itself like a cowardly dog. again. so back to the shop it went this morning.

3. husband is on "staycation" for the week. him and one of his bff's went golfing.

4. trying to get back into routine again with the house cleaning. so far the only thing that's back to normal is me procrastinating. i did get all 3 bathrooms cleaned and floors semi- swept. {husband takes care of his own bathroom}

5. havent heard from my friend who is in scotland. hope everything's ok and she's just having too much fun to email me.

6. saturday we had friends come over again. we ate steak + shrimp fajitas, stuffed mushrooms + stuffed jalapeno peppers and brownies for dessert. later for dinner we made pizza hot pockets + pudgie pies over the fire pit. they were yummy!

7. i totally want the curtains in the second picture. i would hem them so i could use them in my bathroom windows and use the remaining fabric for the window in the front entry + for some pillows. *sigh* i can't find them. they're from pier 1.

8. a friend and i are going to the shipshewana flea market on wednesday with no husbands or kids!

9. i still do not want to go up to mike's folks house for 4th of july. i plan on doing some crafty projects i got floating around in my head and starting hamilton's baby books. i got 2 years before he graduates!

10. watched bedtime stories last night. cute movie! i think kaylee was too tired to get into it though.

hip hip.....

hurray!according to kelly is doing it again. its easy + great fun- so go and sign up already!