This is another blog about crazy, daily living! You will get to hopefully experience the flavor of our family. It's my husband and I, with our two children The kid 7 and The boy 4. We like adventure, honesty, movies, enjoying the sun, healthy living and I have a brain crammed with too many diy ideas to put to fruition, that I thought it would be fun to share with others...why not? I know it's not original, but I promise to try to make it interesting!
Friday, April 27, 2012
Bleach Alternative
I cleaned my bathroom counter, floor and toilet. Then I cleaned the kitchen counter, floor and trash can! It smells great, when I touched the solution it did not leave white burn marks, and it's super cheap...I found everything at a Dollar Tree!
What other solutions have you found helpful?
Monday, April 23, 2012
Marriage books...don't run and hide!
My husband and I have a firm perspective that we will never have it all together...so even if the only thing we get out of these books benefits us, then I think that will be ok! So this is the first of many to come.
Have you read this book and what do you think?
Monday, April 16, 2012
OMG
Yes I did just say that! I washed my car today at my mom's house, so I could do something productive:) When I finished making it sparkly and shiny, I put my phone on top of my car. Because obviously that is the most practical place to put a phone...right? It wasn't until I drove to my house, then drove to get and then drove to pick up Joslyn that I realized my phone was left up there. My mind starts to flood with scenarios of my phone's destination. The gutter, someone's windshield, the middle of the street...ugh now I have to buy a new phone. Which is so not in my budget right now!
But maybe, just maybe it is still on my car....I walk over with utter doubt...and what do I see, MY PHONE! Oh my goodness, what are the odds? Have you ever done something so stupid and turned out that you were ok?
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Forget Soaring Over California!
I am living it!!!
Ok Soaring Over California IS one of my favorites rides at California Adventure...but I get to live it! Driving through California!!
I was driving through Moreno Valley and I could smell a hint of citrus...now silly me I look around my car, thinking I must have brought an orange with my apple (which sounded pretty good at the time). But no orange in my car... actually I was surrounded by oranges...I was driving through an orange grove :)
Then I was driving up to the wedding site that I'm attending today, in Cherry Valley...and it was beautiful and sunny! But in the background are mountains laced with SNOW!
I love California...why would I ever thinking of moving out of here?
What do you love about your state?
Friday, April 13, 2012
Pink's
After walking to the Hollywood sign, we went to the famous Pink's hot dog stand in West Hollywood! This the Rosie O'Donnell with mustard, sauerkraut, chili and onions. The Martha Stewart with mustard, sauerkraut, tomatoes, onions and sour cream.
It was interesting...but truth be told after eating my half of the Martha Stewart, I couldn't stomache anymore! But I did have one bite of the Rosie O'Donnell. Not my favorite combinations but interesting nonetheless:)
Monday, April 9, 2012
Monday-Spring Break
I was able to relax and lay out for 2 hours and the kids were completely entertained by the sand and water!
Spring Break!!!
Monday - Beach Day and buy new swimsuits at Old Navy
Tuesday - Discovery Science Center (we bought membership and have only used them once in 5 months!)
Wednesday - LA Zoo (this place makes me mad and depressed, but the kids love it)
Thursday - Hollywood Sign :)
Friday - Centennial Farms and maybe Tanaka Farms
Saturday - Tide pools (if the weather is nice)
Sunday - Hang out with Bama (mom and dad are going to a wedding)
What were/are your spring break plans?
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Decorating Easter Eggs!
So we used the good old fashion way of food coloring and water with a little vinegar! We did add a little pizazz, by coloring them with crayons first.
After they were good and dunked (Holden dunked each egg in probably every color, why not?) we opened one to try, just case it was a fluke for that one before. Holden said it was jiggly and Joslyn ate all of it except the yolk. I hate wasting food, but I don't know what to do with 10 medium boiled eggs when no one likes them!!! HELP...Google I need you!
Friday, April 6, 2012
Well.....
Well so much for hard boiled.....I made medium boiled eggs. They don't taste that bad, but it crumbled as I peeled it. Joslyn likes it....so it has been approved:)
Egg-tastic!
Today I made an upcycled easter dress for Joslyn, out of an skirt and dress that were mine. I started on Holden's button up shirt (which I have never made one before) And now I'm boiling eggs at 7:45...yes it is late, I am a last minute kind of mom who now has explain to her very excited daughter why she is unable to decorate her eggs tonight since it's bedtime:(
Tomorrow! We will decorate eggs, fill plastic eggs and I have to go to the store and buy the kids' basket stuff... each year they get new bathing suits and sandals. It's a strange tradition that I kept from my mom. I always loved seeing what my mom would pick out for us!
What are some of your Easter traditions?
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
M.I.A. Last Week!
Well, I decided that after getting this email for a couple of weeks that I was going to try to pitch my product. I submitted 3 different products to 5 different requests. Within 5 minutes I received a reply from 3 of them!!! Oh my goodness what did I get myself into...each event wanted 100-150 items! I am at the very start of my business, I don't even have 100 items, nor the materials! But being as optimistic as I am (translation--oblivious), I decided to go for it.
My first product I started is for a wedding planner event. 150 fluffy hair clips....except on the day that I was ready to send them, I decided to double check my deadlines with a hunch that this might not be the product that was due on April 1st. Was it? NO! 100 pinwheel hair clips due April 1st, at this point it is March 28th and I have 2 of them:) So I stayed up late (4:00 in the morning, I guess is early not late!), and finished all of them in one night and a day. I shipped them off drowsy and proud!
This week I ship off the wedding hair clips-deadline April 7th and then mini pocket notebooks-deadline April 13th!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Sundays!
This is a fun bike ride with my daughter before the meltdown:)
How to treat a lady!
My son is three and already knows what it takes to win over a girl's heart. He picked a flower for me and his sister!