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On a completely different note altogether...
Good-bye Sami! I will miss you and hope you stay in touch, especially if you start a new blog!

Pluto

Big Guy and I have been learning about the planets in school. He's got the first five or six memorized and can remember the rest by looking at the first letters of the name. He started out by wondering if anybody has been to Mars and now is planning on going to Pluto. The other night he went on an ice cream run with Daddy and in the car on the way there he sees the red light from Daddy's Treo reflecting in the windshield and he says, "Look, Daddy, there's Pluto!" Daddy covered the light up with his hand and says, "Do you see it now?", "No.", then took his hand off and asks him again. "Yes." Daddy says, "It's just the light from my Palm Pilot."

I am a Fountain of Posts Lately

And instead of saving them all up I think I'm going to post them in one big bunch. I've been saving them as drafts as to not overload my astutely hiatus trained readers but I've been on a philosophical quest lately mostly due to the fact that yesterday I realized I was able to tell exactly what I was doing one year ago to the day and I really liked that. Made me look at today in a whole new light. On the other hand it takes more time away from my boys which I don't like. Enjoy it for now any way : ) .

The Little Things

Today I took the boys all over God's creation. School in the morning, Boardwalk with a friend shortly thereafter which included at Mommy's expense games and photos from on the rollercoaster, up to Felton for a picnic with Grandma and to see Thomas the Tank Engine and enjoy Sir Topham Hat and all the fun stuff they had going on up there including a kid sized Thomas the Tank Engine made out of LEGO's and a jumphouse, to Scotts Valley for sno cones and back home. But it's bringing him the pirate bath toys while he's in the shower requesting a tiny cup that I get a thank you for.

My Dream Vacation

Here in the Essiccatoio, with a side of this. Yup that'll do. Now if I could only find one I could afford.

Cute Stuff

Hehe, I love my search terms. That last one is my favorite. Yes, I need PLENTY of those.

the perfect dress for a summer wedding
cute tennis stuff
samira shoes
tidal wave roxy dress coral
sun drops flowers
getting married in san diego
best dates san diego massage strawberries jacuzzi
roxy summer fun dress
can i get strep throat twice within a week?
sun drops plant
big brother rude bits
birthdays wishes
drops in wow
pink lemon trees
cute stuff
pink
hot tub deck ideas
pink sundrops
summer weddings
sex night

Tagged

Cecilia has tagged me!

What I was doing ten years ago:

I had just turned fourteen and after being abruptly pulled back from the dating scene by my father - what, you mean Dad's don't like when you have a boyfriend behind their back? - a baby-sitting oppurtunity presented itself that turned into more of a part of the family type job and the way I earned my first car, a Toyota MR2, sooo cute and I LOVEd it! I pretty much nannied the whole time I was fourteen and by the following year I WAS the nanny, as well as tutor, housekeeper, and cook. Those kids became like my own and I still see them. I just went to the oldests graduation in May.

5 years ago:
I had just turned 19 and my hubby had just proposed to me. I had a one year old and the situation was not very good. Family pressures were too much and to top it off his parents were getting in on it with not being too happy about us deciding to get married so soon. I had already decided that I was going to move to Texas sometime, I was only waiting around to give the guy I was dating a chance, which he took : ) . But even after I said yes I couldn't stand the environment I was in and had to go. My little guy and I packed up a few suitcases and got on a plane to Austin, Texas. Hubby followed me out a few months later and found a job, we were married a month later. We got our first apartment that we moved two days after our wedding and started the home buying process shortly thereafter. In April we closed on our new house and moved in, rather my Hubby and sister moved us in as I was two months pregnant, super tired and no help. We settled into our new home and enjoyed every bit of it. Wow a lot happened in the year I was nineteen, I had no idea until I just put it into words.

1 year ago:

I was living in Texas in my beautiful home, had just discovered blogging, perfectly happy and content. Yikes! I just realized my blogiversary went by with nary a word from me. Oh well, happy blogiversary me : ) ! Any ways a year ago today apparently I was painting and distressing my table. *sigh* Poor lonely table in storage.

Yesterday:

I took my six year old to his Kinder Club group for kindergarten readiness, went to coffee with two of the moms, then dropped off my two year old with my MIL and went back to Big Guy's group for a parent teacher meeting, then went to the park with one of the Mom's and her two boys and my oldest for play and a picnic. Afterwards I picked up my Little Guy at the MIL's and took both of my boys downtown to paint at Petroglyph. We came home and I ate the Boneless Buffalo Wings from Chili's I had in the fridge from the night before and the boys had PBJ, Hubby came home and had Little Caesar's pizza that my Mom brought back for her and my nephew. Talk about routine. HA.

5 Snacks I enjoy:
Ice Cream
Chocolate
....oh, REAL snacks?!
oh okay - crackers
fruit
veggies and dip
lunch meats
anything yummy that's leftover in the fridge

5 songs I know all the words to:
Ready to be saddened?
Jesus Loves Me
ummmmmmmm, I'm not really good with songs :D

5 things I would do with $100 million:
Invest
Invest
Invest
Invest
Live off it and do all the things I've ever wanted to do with money for the rest of my life

5 locations i would like to run away to:
Just five?
Italy
Greece
Belgium :)
Tuscany
Paris

5 bad habits I have (with help from Cecilia's list):
Amen to procrastinating!
Not being blunt enough!! Seriously can that be a bad habit? I won't say something I know I should and then I'll kick myself later for not saying it
Irritating my skin
Letting myself mire in a bad mood
And I'll go with eating too much sweets too (really is ice cream and a reese's in one day bad *smiles sweetly*)

5 things I like doing:
Picnicking with a beach towel on the grass on a sunny day
Reading a book, preferably in the same place
Going to the beach
Spending time with my family
Spending time wtih just the girls

5 things I would never wear:
Cowl neck, I just don't think I could pull it off
Cuffs on the bottom of my pants, even capri's, it makes short look shorter
A sequined dress or shirt, no, just no
Super high heels, my legs won't take it
Super short skirt, maybe on a date with my hubby but otherwise yeah, that's just what I want, everybody looking up my ass (eeeewww!)

5 TV Shows I like:
Smallville
Extreme Home Makeover
Friends, I know it's not on the air anymore but still!
?? I'm not big on TV

5 biggest joys of the moment:
My kids and their new discoveries and sweet things to say
Sunshine after a rain
Fresh blooming flowers
A good book
A deep dark tan

5 favorite toys:
My camera
My cell phone
My computer
My makeup
My clothing : )

Now I'm Tagging:
Mel I know you just moved but I loved it when you tagged me way back when on something similar so now I'm tagging YOU. Take your time :)
Allison, for fun.
Amber because I'd love to see your answers.

Going To The Chapel and We're Gonna Get Married...

The song they played when the bride threw her bouqet last night. Not sure if it was playing when the groom went under her skirt to get the garter and came out with a thong! That was good for laughs though. The real garter was delivered to a very eager and possibly very drunk single wedding attendee.

The first of Hubby's good friends from high school got married last night. A funny relieving feeling came over him, one of not being the only one married in his circle of friends. My friend from childhood has been married since shortly after I got married and has two kiddos as well, so I didn't realize what a big deal it was to him at first. Later I realized to myself, finally one of his friends got married, and I realized what he was talking about.

The wedding was beautiful, as is and was the bride. The site they picked was gorgeous, it happened to be my favorite restaurant which I had told them a long time ago so when they were deciding were to get married she thought of that place and they checked it out and it was perfect. They couldn't have asked for better weather. The wedding was outside in the garden and could you believe it the wedding invite said half past five in the evening and they actually scheduled it for six in the evening, the mother of the bride only put half past five on the invite so people wouldn't be late. It was great because everybody was there at six, nobody was rushed, and we even got to know the people sitting behind us. They gave out butterflies wrapped in a little paper with a short story about how there's a Great American Indian legend that says when you release a butterfly with a wish it will come true. It was a challenge trying not to peek at this LIVE butterfly the whole time and listening to it scurry. After the vows and the I do's, or rather I will's, we released them. For half a second I thought the poor little things were going nowhere rather than the collective anticipatory feeling of the whole group going up in a cloud. After a few seconds they did decide to take off - to the nearest perch, my dress, my hand, the lady in front of me, and finally a few of them alighted on the rose petal walkway in the aisle. Watching their step the bridal party made their exit and then the fun part started.

The table we were assigned to was supposed to have Hubby's best friend from his high school years and his girlfriend sitting there, by a twist of fate they weren't able to come. Instead we had the pleasure of the company of a few other people Hubby went to school with and one of their girlfriend's that I knew in a roundabout way from a friend of her sibling. We were all a little tipsy and the conversation spilled, the dancing started and we dispersed. Hubby and I actually danced. On the dance floor. More than once. Only when Hubby got frustrated in the middle of trying to execute a certain dance in the middle of the song and gave up to leave the dance floor did we seem to get off the same page. At that point Hubby wanted to get out of there any way and go visit the party that his best friend had to be at, which was a celebration of the friend's Dad's marriage the month before. We did and they had an adorable little Tiki bar in the back, and a fire, classic surfboards, and twinkling lights. It felt like we were in the carribbeans.

Grandpa and Grandma had had the boys all day, starting from Grandpa taking them fishing and miniature golfing in the morning, to Grandma taking them to the skateboard park in the evening, and us heading off for the wedding in the evening. So with the morning to ourselves we took a rather easy bike ride seeing as how we weren't towing a trailer with two kiddos behind. We leisurely made our way downtown and stopped by the Urban Outfitters sidewalk sale and got some beautiful milk glass chandeliar candle holders for two dollars!. I was so excited I had to have them even though because it was Saturday they wouldn't hold them for us to pick up later. So we strolled down the way to a store that a friend of mine manages and dropped them off with her until we could pick them up later. Then we headed off to Kianti's for lunch. Spicy jalapeno breadsticks, salad, iced tea, and chicken sandwhiches, keeping an eye on our bikes from the outdoor patio. Enjoying our time together but feeling quite strange that we had no children with us. On the way home we stopped at a place that another friend of mine works at and said hi and then continued on our way home.

Today we've got the end of the Summer Book Club to take care of. The kids and I only discovered it a few weeks ago so even though we've read plenty of books this summer it's the titles they want and so we'll be playing catch up today. Then maybe up to Roaring Camp to check out Thomas. And then later if we have time to the Boardwalk to get season passes, compliments of MIL. Have a fun rest of the weekend!

From our Bike Ride:

At the coffees shop - those are my legs


Afterwards at Hubby's Brother's place


Enjoying lunch downtown