happy halloween

my goofy kids

1. this photo might not be a good representation but every time ham comes home, he looks more and more handsome. 

2. i wasted a good sports bra day this morning. of course i had plans to run the full 2 miles but my legs felt like lead so i had to cut it short.

3. i went to target to grab stuff to make chili + corn bread and a blue jean skirt for kaylee's last minute halloween costume.

4. and since method was on sale and i happen to have a dollar off coupon, i went ahead and picked up a bottle only to have more than half spill on kaylee's skirt and in armando.

5. at least armando will smell good and the floor mat will already have soap on it once it comes time to wash it.

6. i feel a little guilty that i'm just not that into halloween. maybe some spiked hot apple cider would help?

7. on facebook, a high school acquaintance posted a photo of herself wearing a halloween costume with half her ta-ta's hanging out. i wanted to ask her if that was her 12 year old daughter's costume?

8. once again, mike is out of town for halloween. i think he's missed 6 out of 8 of kaylee's halloweening.

9. first kaylee was going to be a hula girl, then a 50's girl even though she was one before. [she only got to wear for about 15 minutes because that was the halloween she got sick.]

10. but with all the neon clothes thats back in style, why not an 80's girl? [an era after my own heart]

getting back at my neighbor for something he didn't do

my neighbors house

1. so friday there was an opportunity for me to get back at my neighbor for sticking that longhorn car magnet on armando.

2. but about 30 minutes later, mike and i returned from eating lunch with kaylee and it was already taken down.

3. sunday i see mr. longhorn mowing his lawn and decided to say something. he claims he never saw it! that his wife must of taken it down and that he never put the car magnet on armando!

4. mike says he's pulling my leg and will get me back when i least expect it. i hope so because i want my $10 t-shirt back.

5. some exciting news- there could be a christmas cruise in our future.

6. talk about an incentive to keep running even if it is a freezing 40 degrees out. [mike says i've officially become a texan]

7. after school we're going shopping because miss skinny minnie, who insists on getting taller even though i tell her to stop, needs some blue jeans. all but 2 pairs are size 5/6. 

8. one of my dearest girlfriend's has family and friends on the east coast. praying they are all safe from hurricane sandy!

9. while this is so minor in comparison, friday our electricity went out for about 10 minutes. good thing we had our iphones because i didn't even have batteries for our flashlights.

10. it made me realize that i need to get an emergency kit made. our neighbors told us that with hurricane ike they lost power for at least a week and a half and we're about 75 miles north from where it actually hit.

the big chill

 hanging out together on their ipads

sad ollie 

1. ham came home again for the weekend since there were no home football games. 

2. while he was home, we played south park uno- kaylee won, they went hot tubbing and we ate at the cheesecake factory. [besides a few homemade meals, of course]

3. i also made him some cannoli's since he's a big fan. they were super good and easy but next time i'm making them regular size.

4. i love finding them two hanging out even if they aren't talking. [fyi- kaylee is on the family ipad, she does not have one of her own]

5. sunday evening, we all went outside to give ham our hugs and i caught ollie peeking through the window.

6. ham said he thinks ollie's sad he's leaving. ollie would try and take stuff out of his suitcase while he was packing. 

7. after my run and smoothie this morning, i took a long, hot shower. i can't seem to get warm. i'm now drinking chai tea and turned on the heat. [the house says its 64 degrees!]

8. i need to get the floors swept and mopped. its been forever since the last mopping.

9. but i would rather go shopping.

10. shhh! did you hear that?...thats target calling my name!

[friday] love

peanut + i at lunch today

1. ross mathews from chelsea lately.

2. dancing with the stars all stars edition.

3. trying a new pizza joint and actually liking it. bonus, they're just down the street.

4. cute baby girl outfits. [bought for mike's co-worker.]

5. kaylee asking if i would be a doll and put socks on her feet.

6. jersey shore finally coming to an end.

7. chai tea lattes with a splash of spiced rum [its freaking cold here today! rainy + 54 degrees]

8. husband doing the dishes.

9. getting kaylee a $20 sweater from old navy for $4.97.

10. getting our a+m gear up facing the [longhorn] neighbors house. 

out with the lady bug's

 a few of the lady bug's

loved how this photo turned out

[both photos straight out of camera]

1. yesterday was spent with the lady bug's garden club. boy am i glad i went! 

2. since we were meeting at the community center parking lot, i had the brilliant idea of walking since its technically right behind my house. 

3. not sure what i was thinking- i live in texas now.  so i arrived a big, sweaty mess! and the whole day felt like i smelled like a wal-mart shopper. 

4. i rode in the car with the 4 best ladies. we talked about everything from E. D to politics.

5. and they found ME to be funny! i love it when people find me funny.

6. once we got there we took a boat tour and got to see some of galveston.  fresh fish just caught and being sold to the local restaurants, oil rigs, museums and dolphins! [i felt like i was on vacation with all the palm trees]

7. the photo of the pelican- well he's on a ship made out of concrete! this one came back for repairs and obviously, no one knew how to repair it.

8. once we got back from the boat tour, some of us went to the strand and did a little shopping.

9. i need to go back because i didn't have enough time to shop or take photos.

10. we ate lunch at the fisherman's dwarf and i got a fruity drink and a crab cake sandwich- delish! then it was time to go home. 

i only needed 2 things at target

at the football game saturday

1. boy is that hamilton SOOOOO handsome!

2. so after my run today i forced myself out of the house and went to target because i needed 2 things but still managed to spend over $100.

3. they had 48 count all laundry detergent pods on clearance so i bought 4 bags of them and found out at checkout that i get a $5 gc to use later because of it. what a deal!

4. also got ollie and his girlfriend halloween costumes. [and some other stuff to =$100]

5. then i had to go to the sports store and buy two a+m flags to hang over our garage so mr. rick aka mr. longhorn can see them, a t-shirt to dress his ghost as my prank and an a+m gnome for our yard.

6. not sure what happened yesterday. i took a very long nap, picked up kaylee and fell back to sleep again. then i went to bed before 10pm! 

7. i was probably still catching up from being sick.

8. tomorrow the lady bug's club is headed to galveston. i'm kinda excited about going.

9. but stuck on what to wear. i tried on some dresses that i bought for my cruise back in april and glad to report, they fit and feel a little better.

10. my weight has been consist since the last time i weighed myself. now i need to start working on losing some more of it!

armando got graffitied

1. mike texted me this morning that armando got graffitied on. i was like "oh shit!" because ollie was barking last night but i told him to shut up.

2. when i went out to take a look- this orange thing was on my car!

3. it was our sneaky neighbor. he's a huge longhorn fan and now our enemy.

4. oh yeah- its payback time!

5. today is a stay at home kind of day. i watched breaking dawn part 1 so i could be all caught up with my twilight movies.

6. then i put away kaylee's clothes and decided she's going to help me clean her room after school.

7. then i got the dyson out and swept/dusted whatever i could with it.

8. mike got to play college student and went to the a+m vs lsu game on saturday.

9. while kaylee and i walked around our neighborhood looking for garage sales. we only found 2 but she got herself a new pair of tommy hilfiger flip flops. [they still had the tag on them]

10. i also got my birch box. still not overly impressed but did get a full size essie nail polish.