and I'm spent....

Well, today Harley turned 9 so we had our girls day out. Went to Monkey Dooz where she was treated with a sparkly up-do, pedicure, and nail polish. Then we went to the mall for some new shoes, earings, and a few other things here and there. Had a blast shopping and eating mall food. Came home and had all the family over for presents and cake. I would say, at the end of the day, Harley is definitely set on clothes, and perfumy lotions and sprays.

I am so tired from today......

 

Ta Da!

My first non-square or circle cake.
I'm no pro decorator but..... I think it turned out pretty good.

Happy 9th Birthday Harley!!!

This weekend..

has gone by way too fast!!!
But I got a TON of stuff accomplished.

Here are a few of the highlights:

* Friday night Dennis raced his hot rod at Renegade Raceway in Yakima. He won every round and made it all the way to the finals! The final round he was guaranteed at least 2nd place. The car he was up against was really good and he got beat, but he still got 2nd and got a trophy, it was pretty cool.

* Took Bubba school clothes shopping on Saturday. Hit some really good sales at JC Penny and Macy's.

* Got all the laundry and dishes done.

* Ate a whole watermelon.

* Hung out with Stacy at the pool this morning. Fun!!!

* Cleaned both kids' rooms today. Huge accomplishment considering that Bubba's room has been the "dumping ground" for all things in the house that we dont want to look at. lol. Poor kid had to stumble over 2 drum sets, school supplies, boxes, etc just to get to his bed. Well that is fixed now!

* Finished shopping for Harley's birthday presents.


And there you have it, I didnt get all I wanted to done. That would include washing my car, changing the oil, and cleaning my bathroom.

Things I am looking forward to this week:

* The Hills season 4 premiere tomorrow night!!!

* Harleys 9th b-day, and having Wednesday off to hang out with her and do some girly stuff together.

* My last week of nightly water aerobics.

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What do you do.....

when someone you dont even know can inspire you so much???

Just gotta say that this blog has touched me in so many ways lately.


She writes about Portland, and dogs, and fabric, and veggies, and everything else that I love. Makes me cry too..... damn it.

one word....

To describe the weekend,
the food,
the weather,
MY FAMILY!!!

Amazing......

No doubt, I have an amazing family. We had an awesome time. My grandmother turned 70, she is without a doubt an awesome Grandma. I wish I would have taken more pics. But the weekend really was about her. So here she is with her birthday cake. The only 2 pics I took the whole weekend.




Isnt she beautiful? I just love her. And that is my studly uncle in the background.

Funny story about her cake, and my family's dry sense of humor. Apparently there was some "miscommunication" about my gram's b-day cake. My mom swears that my gram told her that she wanted take care of the cakes. But my aunt volunteered to take care of the cakes. My mom told my aunt that my gram wanted to do it. They both thought it was wierd but ok, my gram is really adament about certain things so they told her to go ahead with the cakes she wants. So fast forward to yesterday, my mom and aunt go down to pick up the cakes (one was for my step-dad and granpa that also have bdays this month). Anyway, they get to the store and take a look at my grams cake and what does it say??? "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!" They just look at each other like omg. So they bring home the cakes and look at my gram, she is just cracking up. My gram tells everyone that she "got stuck" ordering her own b-day cake, the lady asked her what she wanted it to say and so she said "Its MY bday cake, I want it to say happy birthday to me!" LOL. So to pay her back, they brought the cake out to my gram with the candles on it. Instead of putting a 70, which is how old she is, they put a 73!!! So for the rest of the day, we all joked around about her being 73.

Took pics!

Took the kids out to take some pics this evening.

Here are a few of my favorites.

So mad!

I love everyone that reads this!

I just had this HUGE entry typed out for you guys, but my fingers spazzed out and hit ESC and deleted THE WHOLE THING!!!

So, a condensed version for me peeps:

* Check out my updated song list to the right. I am going through an acoustic phase right now. I highly recommend "The Scene Aesthetic" their music is pretty magical.

* Oh! I found the greatest freaking website ever!! Its about IKEA! So if you are interested.... check out it. The Greatest Freaking Website Ever

* And.... in my really great post that I already typed then lost, I talked about how I have had this "revelation" of sorts. It's about my weight. Honestely, it took a lot out of me to write it, and I dont feel like going back there now. Maybe at another time.

* I got my hair cut. I will post a pic someday, but dont get your hopes up. Hey, just being honest here.

Peace out, girl scouts!