weekend stuff, new houses and sugar induced coma

1. my september birchbox was much better. i decided to give them another try only because i love getting happy mail.

2. i did end up finding kaylee both school picture day outfits i had in mind. she got to choose which one to wear.

3. ham came home again. we went to the outlets on saturday. it was a win! he found a pair of blue jeans and some shorts and shirts.

4. then we came back home and decided he didn't like the jeans because they're not black, just a really really dark blue. grrrrr. [now i have to return them]

5. sunday we went to see a few open houses.  just to get ideas and to see whats out there.

6. it makes me want a NEW house now. of course it just made mike want to stay in our current one.

7. i understand why, its got great bones and the layout is almost perfect. we do not feel cramped in any part of the house. [ham's side is the smallest area]

8. but to have new cabinets and floors...*sigh*

9. boy did i have a bellyache last night and i was in one serious sugar induced coma. i need to quit buying so much cookies and donuts.

10. yet i couldn't help picking up a slice of carrot cake from the bakery. i only had half a slice. hiding the rest for later tonight.

[wsww] double trouble

1. since i missed last wednesdays, what she wore, here's week 3 and 4 for your viewing pleasure.

2. mondays and thursdays i usually pick a dress or skirt since its a no PE day. [yes, she still has me pick out her clothes]

3. over the weekend, kaylee asked if we could go to justice because she wanted to buy something with her own money. she said she had enough money because she looked on-line. man, times are changing!

4. monday we couldn't go because her friend, anessa, came over right after school. her grandma had to take her older sister to an appointment.

5. so we went yesterday after school. she wanted to get a best friend necklace and asked if i wanted the other half. i told her i would but they give me a rash. [she had gotten us a bracelet before]

6. she's so sweet. i told her to give it to a friend so she's going to give it to ashley at recess today.

7. monday i went to pottery barn teens and ordered these red bull dog wearing sunglasses sheets. i love having fun stuff throughout the house. [he had sock monkey sheets for years]

8. of course once i get home and look through my wallet, i found a 10% off coupon for pb teen.

9. i made granite city inspired meatloaf last night. it was good but not as good as granite city's. its funny how i change the name, it becomes edible. meatloaf became meatball casserole.

10. headed for the outlets this morning. school pictures are friday and i have an outfit in mind but just need to find it.

weekend and sacrifices i have to make

she grabs my hand every morning while we walk to school

1. i love how much kaylee loves her brother. when i told her was on his way home thursday night, she said " oh good!"

2. he got a haircut on friday and he looked so handsome.

3. saturday morning, mike ran a 5k hosted by kaylee's school district. she wants to run a 1k now.

4. so i signed us 3 up for the color run taking place downtown houston in october. [i also found a living social deal that took 10 bucks off each of us]

5. mike ended up getting beat by a 10 year old girl. in fact, lots of people did. she came in 8th place over all. she's going to be a famous runner one day.

6. mike ended up injuring his leg/foot so we got to call him gimpy all weekend.

7. saturday night we went to pf changs for dinner. i got made fun of because of my parking job. [it was your typical asian parking job]

8. sunday was spent running a few errands, fixing the pool filter and cooking so ham had food to take back with him.

9. i ended up grilling 4 different kinds of chicken, steaming broccoli, asparagus and corn on the cob. i also made thai beef curry with sausage and shrimp and garlic scallion noodles for dinner.

10. then ham decided that i was right, that a whole set of dishes, silverware and cups would be better so i sacrificed [sarcasm] my morning by spending it at home goods.

[friday] LOVE...

1. FINALLY seeing depeche mode in concert! i've been in love with them since grade school.

2. neighbors who babysit.

3. pf changs for dinner.

4. finding a cute jacket at anthropologie for 20 bucks! yup, you read that right- 20 bucks!

5. ham home for the weekend.

6. waking up to the sound of rain this morning.

7. the vitamix being the best investment ever! kaylee asks for a smoothie everyday after school and i don't mind because its full of fruits and spinach, celery, carrots.

8. my september birchbox. finally got some products that i will actually use. [decided to give them another chance after a disappointing year but i'm a sucker for happy mail]

9. cookie butter from trader joes.

10. potbelly sandwiches and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. [thats whats for lunch today]

#favthingsswap on instagram

 1. found #favthingsswap while looking through instagram photos of all the goodies from the #mugswap2013. [i missed the sign up by one day]

2. my partner to send to was kristen from hopeabound, an awesome mama of 3 sweet, little girls.

3. we both love office/school supplies so i thought i would send some of my favorites but felt it was missing something meaningful/personal, so i kept buying more stuff.  [i had the girl's goodies already bought]

4. then i happen to see this beautiful box on instagram and new thats what i was missing!

5. i stained it a dark walnut and then added this detail that i had seen awhile back to make it my "own".

6. i modge podged tissue paper inside and cleared coated the outside so hopefully it will last for awhile.

7. i added some office supplies inside but thought it would make a nice place for sweet letters from her husband whenever he's away.

8. i ended up making another one but in different size so it can hold my #URHERE starbucks mug that i'm sending out.

9. kaylee loved them too and wants to make one herself.

10. i have a feeling this will be our gift wrapping from now on.

how the rest of my week went:

 her eyes are screaming : this is soooo gooood!

my newest addiction

1. thursday ham, aka speedy gonzalez, got a speeding ticket for going 10 over. that's a $195 ticket. they definitely do things bigger in texas!

2. then later, ham asked me about his rent for some reason. a bad word came out of my mouth. it started with a *s*. [my jennifer lawrence moment] because its 10 days late which means its an extra $95.00.

3. friday night i tried to pay my bills on-line only to have the websites not working. then my bank's website was down due to an emergency maintenance.

4. so then i was confused on what bills were payed and what weren't. its all figured out now.

5. saturday turned out to be much better. mike left early for college station to see if he could scalp a ticket for the BIG football game. he did end up with a ticket but it sure did cost us. [mike stayed the night at ham's place]

6. kaylee and i headed to costco's because ham wanted 2 things from there before he headed back to his apartment. [he's not into football like mike is]

7. lucky me- vitamix guy was there doing a demo. we got 2 smoothie, 2 ice cream and 1 soup sample before i put one of those bad boys in my cart. [i've been wanting one and to see it demo'd- AWESOME!]

8. kaylee wanted more samples on sunday and i wanted mike to see it in action before i opened the box. i was having buyers remorse even though i REALLY wanted it!

9. after a few more samples and mike seeing it in action, he "twisted" my arm into keeping it.

10. so today i went to trader joes to get some fruits and veggies for the smoothies. made one tonight and it was delicious and so easy to make! it took like 2 minutes from start to finish. i'm in love already!

favorite things swap

 she's sad because this box of awesome-ness is not for her

 pretty!

 this beauty is 2 nails wrapped in beads made by an adult with special needs

all of my goodies

1. i found #favthingsswap on instagram while looking through the #mugswap2013 that i was a day late in signing up for. [i did it last year]

2. jade, who is also from texas, was the lucky one to get my name- ha!

3. i LOVE everything that she had sent. the chalkboard bubble is above my head in my office. i'm going to write "mom is in a time out!" [my kids never got a time out unless they were bad. on those crazy days that i needed 10-15 mins of quiet- gave myself one instead!]

4. she also sent a pretty scarf. i know, you know, we all know its hot in texas but there will be that one week where its a little chilly in the morning while walking kaylee to school and i'm going to be wearing it unless she gets to it first.

5. there is also some awesome purple office supplies, 3 mini bottles of nail polish and lip gloss. [can't wait for spalicious- kaylee's "spa", to open] 

6. and underneath that is a "fivebucks" card because we all know a drink from starbucks cost about 5 bucks.  see? total awesome-ness!!

7. i really love that pretty cross. its in my office hanging from the cabinet knob where i can see it everyday.

8. i finally got my "crafting project" done and my favorite things sent out today. 

9. i'm always nervous that the person won't like what i sent or that i sound like dummy [clean version] on the letter that i wrote.

10. kaylee is sad that there is no kids favorite swap. hmmm.... need to find someone who might be interested in making this happen.