What a busy and fun week! It was birthday week at my house! My son celebrated his 6th birthday, and I myself, stepped up one more wrung on the ladder going up "the hill."
1. Last weekend, Will celebrated his birthday a few days early by having a party with all of his favorite friends. The boys made their own pizzas to eat for dinner, they tie-dyed t-shirts, the killed piñata, and they wrestled with my husband. They had a fantastic time being wild little boys.
2. On Will's actual birthday I brought him a special lunch at school, then we went to build-a-bear and he made a new friend named, Shawn. After that we joined up with the rest of the family and my mom and step dad, opened presents and then had dinner at Will's favorite restaurant, IHOP. He chose all you can eat pancakes for dinner, and he ended up putting down 6 pancakes!!!
3. The day before my birthday I celebrated a little early with a special best friends pinup photo shoot with my best gal, Katty Delux, with one of our favorite photographers, Foxy Pinups!
4. I found out I get to go to Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend this year and I am so freaking excited about it! I thought there were no rooms left, but miraculously one opened up for my bestie and I to stay in and have the time of our lives! It's going to be so much fun!
5. On my actual birthday I celebrated with some of my girl friends, with a sweet, laid back, pajama party given by Katty. We dressed in our favorite pjs, ate some amazing breakfast foods at night, drank mimosas, and watched two of my all time favorite movies, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, and Mean Girls. I'm lucky to have so many amazing ladies to call my friends.
Geeze Louise, I have been on quite a little blogging hiatus lately. My lovely little laptop's hard-drive crashed, then after it was fixed, the battery charger stopped working (and my battery needs to be replaced so it barely functions without being plugged in.) Being the thrifty, frugal shopper that I am instead of buying the charger from Best Buy for $60, I found one on ebay for only $12, however when I got it.. the term "universal" didn't apply to my laptop because the plug didn't fit. Anyway with my lack of working computer this past month, I have not been able to post on here, and that has really bothered me. But I am back now, and look for weekly features to start up again next week!
So since I have been gone since right before Christmas, I thought I would fill you in on how things have been since then.
--Christmas was one of the best Christmases I've had in a long time, I hosted my family in my home and everyone got a long super well, we ate great food, and exchanged great gifts. My husband got me a super amazing and eccentric vintage tiger print coat that I love, I got him a bank account to gather funds to spend on his 66 Mustang with a promise to deposit at least $50 per month in it. Will got tons of stuff to do arts and crafts with which he is really into these days, and Shaylee got two pairs of boots that she has desperately wanted for some time.
--New Year's we didn't do much, but we did eat some really good tacos.
-- My computer had drama
--My husband's car broke down and it took over a week to get it running again
-- I used some of my Christmas gift money to get a new tattoo, its a cute little birdy on my forearm that is holding a banner that says "worthy." I chose this because #1 the bird is cute and reminds me of the birds in fairy tales like Snow White and Cinderella that always help the princesses with their chores. #2 My bird and his little banner helps me to remember my worth, sometimes I forget.. now I have a constant reminder
--I really want to get another part time job, not having a real good reason to get out into the world and get dolled up on a regular basis is bringing me down a little.. plus the extra funds would be helpful, so I have been on a little search for something that would be a good fit for me... still looking.
That's about it for now, sorry I have been away for so long! I really love this blog and I always hate when I feel like I neglect it. How have you all been?
I got a little behind in my blogging, so this post is covering the past two weeks! December is such a whirl wind month, so much going on, so much to prep for, and so little free time.. that I feel like I am behind in many things.. I still haven't finished my Christmas shopping, I haven't addressed any Christmas cards, and I haven't even began wrapping.. and the big holiday is only 10 days a way! I am a procrastinator for sure! Regardless of my procrastinating, December has still been pretty good to me so far! Here is just a short list of thankful things from the past {two} weeks!
1. Christmas baking for the kids' school's bake sale
2. The kids getting to see Santa
3. Getting to be Santa's elf
4. Christmas caroling with a group of wonderful friends creating amazing memories together!
5. Epic thrift shop find of Teddy Ruxpin to bring to the most fun white elephant gift exchange party ever
6. Field tripping with my little kindergarten man to Hallmark's world headquarters, and Kaleidoscope (a fun creative hands on craft extravaganza type of place)
7. My daughter's Christmas Dance Recital... hip hop drummer boy!!
8. Impromptu pinup photo shoot with an amazing photographer {Atomic Photography}
9. Apple Cider Vinegar and Nyquil helping me to get over an illness in 2 days that may have easily put me down for much longer
10. Letters from Santa
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving week! So here is my weekly list of little things that made life great this week!
1. Shaylee won a spot in her school spelling bee and is absolutely thrilled about it, I'm so proud and super happy for her.
2. Hot chocolate as an after school snack on a chilly day.
3. Wednesday I took my kids to see a special viewing of the movie, ELF, playing on the big screen at a local movie theater again! So fun to see it in the theater! Shaylee brought a friend along who had actually never seen the movie, she loved it of course!
4. THANKSGIVING... food... family... fun.. all of it.. (and especially my mom and step-dad who footed the bill for the family to eat out on turkey day, so we didn't have to cook or clean up)
5. Getting good deals on infamous Black Friday. I did not line up outside anywhere, in fact I didn't leave my house til noon, but I still managed to get some good stuff at a good price, without dealing with an angry mob!
6. Christmas sweater party fun with friends!
This week my husband and I celebrated our 13th anniversary. Yes, we married young (I was 19) , but yes I am older than you might guess (I'm 32) We had a great day celebrating our "Lucky" 13th year and we gifted eachother with matching tattoos! All though our anniversary day on Monday was pretty amazing, the rest of the week had a lot of good bits to it too... here is my short list.
1. Our Anniversary ... and 13 years of growing a strong relationship
2. A day to use my sewing machine to be creative
3. Putting up our family Christmas tree and decorations
4. Saturday Brunch and shopping with my bestie
5. A new haircut
I need to get back into the habit of posting these before 8pm on Sunday night, haha. Just seems that time to sit down and write on Saturday mornings has evaded me lately. With the holidays approaching I am sure my weekends are going to become more and more full. I already have many fun things to look forward to in the coming weeks. Here is just a few things that made this week special.
1. A hot cup of tea at the end of the day..
2. My daughter's choir concert for Veteran's Day
3. Doggy cuddles from my sweet pup, Leo
4. Time to craft
5. Girls night with good friends
6. Sam's Club warm pretzels (so yummy and only 99 cents)
Not every week is super exciting, but being thankful for the little things is what makes life extraordinary. What are some little things that made your week great?
What a week!! I can't believe it is already November! This year has really flown by, it seems so strange to me how time seems to move faster and faster the older I get. I remember being a child and the time elapse between Halloween and Christmas seemed like an eternity, now a whole year goes by in a blink!! That reason is just one of the reasons I blog, so that I can take the time out to document and remember the little things of each week of the year that made life a little extra special or sweet because sometimes those little things are easy to over look or to forget when we get so distracted by the day to day hustle and bustle.
1. Monday my awesome best friend scored free movie tickets to a pre-screening of the move "About Time" and she chose me as her date. The movie was amazing, it had such a sweet message about what the key to happiness is, that its not money, or power, or success, but love and relationships and seeing the beauty in seemingly ordinary things. It should hit most theaters this coming Friday. I highly recommend this film... but make sure you come prepared with a Kleenex or two in your pocket, it really pulls at the heart strings so you may need to wipe away a couple of tears.
2. Tuesday I got to go on Kansas City's NBC station's morning show, Kansas City Live, with my super fabulous hair stylist friend, Joey Figueiredo . Getting to be a part of a live tv show is such a fun exciting experience. I am lucky that I have got the opportunity a handful of times.. all because of Joey who is the "Official Stylist" of the show, and he's a super great friend, so I am just lucky to know him all together.
3. Halloween is always one of my favorite times of the year. We had a great Halloween trick or treating with our wonderful group of neighbor hood friends and their families. I love the community I have found and the relationships I have made in my neighborhood, and I love that my kids are growing up with such great memories with all of these people.
4. Friday night out with my best friend, to an art show (that featured photos that she modeled for) and cocktails on a heated patio! I am so thankful for my relationship with her. It's rare for me to find a friend that I can connect with on all my weird, unique, and different levels, and her and I click on all of them.
5. I've been missing my family a lot lately. This Fall so far has been really hectic, my kids have activities 3 school nights a week, my husband works late at least once a week, I usually have one or more events to attend, and I was working a couple nights a week at a boutique. The evenings have been far to rushed for my liking and although I am home a lot during the day when my family is at school and work, I have been away in the evenings when they are home. So, I decided to quit my week night boutique job because I felt the costs far outweighed the benefits. I will miss it, but I feel good about having more time with the most important people in my life. I know I made the right decision and I feel good about it! I also know that every ending is followed by a new beginning, so I am excited to see what is around the corner for me!
6. Finally, and being from Kansas City I have to mention this, The KC Chiefs have a 9-0 record!!!
This week I had my wisdom-teeth pulled. Which means, that for half of the week I just laid on the couch, took pain medicine, and felt sorry for myself. Regardless of that black spot in my week, there was still a lot that happened to be thankful for!
1. Last Sunday I got to join some girls in suprising my very special friend, Jennifer, with at 40th birthday party. This lady is pretty incredible, and yep, doesn't look 40, and she can run races (even half marathons) around most 20-somethings.
2. My family and I made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. It's always one of my favorite days of the year. My husband took off work and we took advantage of the kids' day off school and hit the local pumpkin farm on a crowd-free day!
3. I had the best tasting hamburger I have ever had at The Burger Stand at the Casbah in Lawrence, KS.. It had apple chutney on it.. sooo good. This place has been featured in several national magazines and does not disappoint. Gourmet delicious food hidden in a bar.
4. Despite the sucky-ness of having my wisdom teeth pulled. I am still proud of myself that I went through with it. I have a BIG, colossal fear of the dentist.. and this was pretty monumental of me in overcoming that fear. Plus I got to be taken care of by my mommy for the day afterwards.
5. Even though, I wasn't quite feeling up to par after my dental work, I still managed to make it to a Halloween get-together with friends. My husband and I dressed up as Mary Poppins and Bert the Chimney Sweep.. these costumes were super easy to put together and really fun to wear.
6. My facebook fan page reached over 1000 followers this week! That is pretty darn exciting! In celebration I am doing a giveaway.. don't forget to enter the raffle HERE.
I have been pretty busy lately, and it doesn't show signs of slowing down any time soon! Here is how I spent my week:
1. Sunday I spent the day with my bestie at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. We went all out and even dressed up! We saw the best shows, got a tarot card reading, and Katty even got hypnotized... waaayyy hypnotized!! It was a great day!!
2. I got to spend my Monday afternoon helping out my friend Joey, switch over his huge salon client data base to his new system. Data entry isn't really what most people consider fun... but anything can be fun when you're in the company of fun people and Joey is one of the most fun people I have ever met.
3. Wednesday was picture day at my kids school. I volunteered at the school for most of the day to help with the picture taking process in turn earning free photo packages for both of my kids!! Score!
4. Friday the kids were off from school and I spent the day making Shaylee's Halloween costume, she wants to be a mermaid, we got the tail finished... next week I will work on the top!
5. I won a free t-shirt from one of my favorite graphic design companies-- Fluff, from a facebook give away! How lucky and awesome is that?!
I hope you had a great week, and that your weekend is fabulous!!! I would love to hear about the best part of your week as well!
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