[friday] love

taken yesterday- see my lovely rash?

1. dinner with one of mike's guy from work and his wife.

2. back to our friday lunch schedule and eating lunch with kaylee.

3. technology. been able to text with ham everyday. [he texts me first!]

4. ebay.  got my dooney and bourke floral purse for a great price.

5. dove roasted almonds covered in silky smooth milk chocolate. yes, thats its name.

6. guilt trips. got an email from one of those friends who i haven't heard from in awhile.

7. lydia, who i sent that owl mug too loves it!

8. finally making up my mind on which duvet cover for ham's empty room. [going with the one from pottery barn kids]

9. finding cheap but soft sheets for ham's room at target. [under 20 bucks for a queen size!]

10. its friday!

wanting it to be a beach day- everyday

hawaii 2008 and 2011

1. wish this was my view everyday. 

2. hard to believe its been a year since our last visit to hawaii.

3. man, 2011 was some year. ham graduated high school, went to hawaii then mike and i took off to go house hunting. a month later we moved to texas.

4. 2012 hasn't been as exciting though we did go back to indiana- wooo hoo!

5. went for a run this morning and now trying to get motivated to clean house, pay bills.

6. instead i went over to my neighbors to bug her let ollie and fiona play.

7. still trying to find an after school activity for kaylee but so far every thing's super expensive unless i'm being super cheap. [13 classes =$350]

8. so i've decided to make thursday's a baking day. we're going bake goodies once she gets home from school. today its peanut butter cookies.

9. i decided to copy cat my old neighbor [not as in old age] and bought the exact "swim soup" she has since it was on sale. i just hope it fits.

10. i weighed myself on monday to find that i'm 5 lbs less than what i thought i was going to be. i call that a semi- win!?

already a year gone by

looking at the house with our crazy realtor; 2011

1. hard to believe its been a year since we moved to texas.  i feel like texas and i get along alright besides the new allergy issues.

2. but when i go through old photos of the old house, i get super home sick. probably because i was just getting to love that place and then -BAM- we move.

3. i wonder if i would get homesick if we moved to hawaii...might need to test that out.

4. and i haven't heard from either of my 2 friends in awhile...just say'n.

5. is it just me or is this week going by in super slow mo?

6. i went to see an allergist this morning. i have another rash on my neck, a little on my face.

7. going back in two weeks to get a skin patch test done. [already had two skin scratch tests done back in indiana and they found nothing]

8. since ham took his comforter with him, i've been looking for a new one and of course when i finally find one, they're sold out.

9. so i'm debating on calling some stores to see if they have any stock or getting this one from pottery barn kids. is it too kid-ish?

10. after seeing max's room, i want to change ham's room and make it a little brighter.

[recipe] smoothie

[photo to be added later]

recipe adapted from nienie

throw in blender:

1 banana- break into pieces
1 cup- ish frozen fruit*
1 cup-ish  almond or soy milk [rice milk is too thin]

blend all together adding almond or soy milk to desired consistency.

*if buying already frozen fruit be sure to check the label, some companies add stuff to their frozen fruits

first day of school recap

1. boy does this kid crack me up! he sent me this yesterday, he was on his way to his first class- 12pm chemistry. [his car was parked for those concerned]

2. if i get any kind of photo of him, this is the face i get. he also texted me to say his class was boring.

3. i didn't do much yesterday but go for a short run. i had plans to get a pedi but decided to use the money to take kaylee shopping instead.

4. mike came home early to see kaylee get out of school then we took her shopping to try and make her first day back a little special. [she still has tons of clothes]

5. boy was she happy as a clam- dancing around the mall. ended up with a complete short/top outfit w/ matching hair things and necklace and another shirt.

6. so glad she still lets me pick out her clothes. got away with not having to buy anything from that justice store. its not my favorite place.

7. ate dinner at pizzas by marco's even though it wasn't kaylee's choice. she wanted olive garden but we were no where near one.

8. went for a short run this morning and drank a smoothie for breakfast.

9. need to fix our fence since ollie can jump over it now. [his girlfriend showed him how. he was too dumb to figure it out before]

10.  not sure how it happened but i completely lost my favorites folder which contained all my favorite blogs so i'm having to go by memory which means my list is pretty short- ha!

first day of school and the weekend

 such a little poser

 ode to ham's school- one foot says aggie and the other is T A&M symbol with some designs

 with ollie [see his side smirk? love that!]

her regular first day of school pose

1. today is the first day of school for both of my kids. ham's suppose to send me a photo of him going to his first class but i'm not holding my breath for that photo.

2. had no problems getting her out of bed today. guessing its the excitement/nervousness of school starting.

3. friday we went to meet and greet her teacher, mrs. reynolds. she also has a few buddies in her class.

4. ham and kaylee should be in the same "year"...sophomore/second grader but ham waited a year so he could move with us to texas before going to school even though it didn't work out and we're still paying out of state tuition for some reason.

5.  saturday we headed back up to college station so we could go to the freshman convocation on sunday. 

6. we ate dinner at some kobe sushi place. [kinda good, not as good as hani yori's] 

7. hung out a little with ham and got to meet all but one of his room mates. the one we didn't get to meet was hiding from us so we decided if we ever did get to meet him we were going to tell him we did a little prayer for him because he has alcohol in the fridge.

8. we stayed at the hilton this time around and this will most likely be our future home away from home. it was super nice and the rooms were pretty large.

9. sunday we ate lunch at a burger joint called grub burger bar. now thats my kind of place! next time i'm trying one of their spiked milkshakes.

10. of course mike and ham didn't want to go to the lame convocation so we went looking for a few posters for ham's room. i think posters are too 1980's and almost extinct.  

mug swap

i did a mug swap hosted by a cuppa kim. with ham's orientation and then moving him into his apartment, i was running a little behind on finding the "right" mug.  anyone that knows me, knows that i will try to find something that fits the person's personality or something thats unique.  the day before we were suppose to ship the mugs, kaylee and i went to our local bakery and found this one.  it was a little over my budget [like $5 bucks over what I wanted to spend] but kaylee and i thought it was cute and love the reminder to be happy. i also didn't want to come off as being too cheap so i added a bag of my favorite  dove promises into the mug. 

i remembered to use my erin condren labels i got with my life/notebook planner.  i hope the mug made it safely and that the chocolates didn't melt!

and this weekend i got my mug [and some yummy tea] sent by jurita.

 thank- you jurita!