tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82513122304232277962024-03-05T00:15:09.029-08:00Monk and CrockMotherhood, Marriage, Make up and Me :)Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-73128073381812339322014-01-03T20:11:00.001-08:002014-01-03T20:12:25.995-08:00December 2013 at an Instagram GlanceI feel as though I blinked and December was over. It is definitely my favorite time of year, we have been blasting Christmas tunes since before Thanksgiving in our house and cars. I feel so sad that I have not done an Instagram Glance post since the summer too so here is a look back at my December, it also makes me sad that the holiday season is over. My husband literally took down the lights and our tree on New Year's Day and I instantly felt a void in my heart. <br />
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The biggest hit around our house this month was the Elf on a Shelf. I got the Elf last year and my oldest named him Kobe (after none other than Kobe Bryant of course). Pinterest made it so that the boys were loving Kobe this year. The best part was that I thought my husband thought I was so silly for doing this but he totally surprised me. The second day I was supposed to move the Elf I completely forgot I was so tired that night I thought I would just move him before I left for work but I was running late and realized it when I was halfway to work. But when I got home he had moved, I just love my hubby I think it was the sweetest most unexpected surprise ever. Enjoy my December with me.<br />
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Kobe wasted my printer ink...</div>
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Got captured by an army of army men...</div>
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He found the only "girl" toy in the house and took a bubble bath with Wonder Woman.</div>
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Then he captured some bad guys and became Super Kobe (I made the cape and eye mask out of felt)...</div>
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And he ziplined to the Christmas tree on a pipe cleaner candy cane.</div>
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In December we also purchased annual passes for Disneyland again, this was our first visit to Cars Land, the boys loved it and Radiator Springs Racers was awesome!</div>
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We also took our Godson for his first trip to Disneyland, the boys had so much fun getting on rides together.</div>
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This month we also finally got a mantle, I will have to do a post on that soon. We gave the fireplace a facelift last year and I was super bummed we didn't have a mantle in time to hang stockings but this year we barely made it (my dad hung it the Sunday before Christmas) I still have to seal it but I wasn't going to let that stop me from hanging stockings this year.</div>
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Kobe also switched out those stockings for socks the very next day, sneaky little guy!</div>
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Here is a picture of my love and I on Christmas Eve at one of our 4 (yes I said 4) stops. We have a huge family :)</div>
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And lastly a picture I snapped of my little guy sound asleep and so peaceful one morning.</div>
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It was a great December and so far January isn't looking too bad either!</div>
Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-23752652677588737112013-07-01T09:40:00.001-07:002013-07-01T09:40:39.293-07:00June 2013 at an Instagram Glance<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, today is the first day of July (and I am actually posting my June Instagram pictures!!) that means another month an I will be gearing up to go back to work :( but before then I have many things on my to-do list! But lets get to the pictures, June was a very busy month for me and for my Instagram...enjoy! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't remember where we were going or coming from but he passed out in the car and I snapped a pic :). By the way the shirt he is wearing is ninja turtles and says "So fresh and so GREEN" and he always gets complements on it and he also loves ninja turtles!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I snapped this one while making pancakes one morning, still in search of the perfect homemade pancake recipe... this was was pretty close though!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I am in the kitchen, my little guy is going to come in and snag something to play with, this day it was a citrus squeezer. He first pretended it was a microphone then put it on his face and said "take a picture of me with glasses," how could I say no to that??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never thought bowling shoes were cute until this moment...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He went crazy for this superman hand puppet tattoo. He would not let me scrub his hand for days!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got these and some other great books at an estate sale I went to, I LOVE them all :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">June marked the start of baseball tournaments for my older boy, he is on an all-star team for his league and we have been in non-stop baseball mode all month :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who doesn't love a chocolate goatee??? And an old man smile to top it off :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Celebrating my grandma's birthday, she is 85 years young! By the way she refused to have a drink but I did manage to convince her to hold the bottle for a photo opp ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally got to slow down and read for fun this month! That also meant using the bookmark my son made me for Mother's day. If you are curious I am currently reading From This Moment, it is Shania Twain's Autobiography, I love her!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fighting for a spot in my lap one morning, the cat would have won but she was biting him so I had to take her off the sofa haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I told my little guy to make a funny face and that's what I got, but never fear my older boy was there to photobomb a funny face, way to go son!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My mom hates taking pictures! Here is my boy trying to force her...it didn't work she just got mad at us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All-Star tournaments mean traveling, this was the first day of what has become a 3 (possible 4) day tournament road trip. If you are curious that is an Angel's rally monkey stuck in the visor that you see in the top of the picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One night this month my little guy refused to go to sleep until he had 4 or 5 stuffed animals, he literally made me walk the whole house with him looking for specific ones and then when he finally passed out, this was what I found :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope your June was as fun-filled as mine was :) and here's to a great July...hopefully not a scorching hot one either!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Never to be seen again. I realized a while ago that my method for organizing the coupons was lacking. I originally wanted something that would be small and compact that I could fit in my purse all the time, I have since realized that this system has failed me. The problem was that my coupons were not separated into enough categories so I would be too lazy when planning my shopping trips to go through so many coupons. The original categories I had in this organizer were:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">grocery</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">beauty</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">health</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">home</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">restaurants</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">entertainment </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">misc.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I had actually just given up on the whole couponing situation (even though I continued to buy the paper and cut coupons) until this past week. I was in the dollar section of target and saw these</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Organizers with tabs just like the one I originally bought there but bigger. Each have thirteen compartments, and the great thing was they were longer so I also wouldn't have to worry about folding coupons that were very long (something else that bothered me about my old system).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So I got to work cutting today's coupons and putting them into categories. I quickly realized I should get two more organizers and make 4 seperate coupon categories: grocery, health/beauty, household and dining/entertainment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">By the time I was done sorting to take the changes into account this was what I ended up with. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Before going to the grocery store (which I usually do most every Sunday) I made a pit stop at target for the other 2 organizers (lucky for me they come in 4 different colors).Then came the part I was dreading...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">These are all the coupons that were expired that I recycled :( soooo awful! All those savings gone! Here's hoping my new system will help me avoid this in the future! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So this is the end result, 4 different coupon organizers. I am currently looking into buying a new label maker (I would love to have a silhouette but am still working on convinving my hubby) so I just grabbed some Martha Stweart labels I had on hand and the sharpie I used for the categories. So all together this project only cost me $4 (plus tax)!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have decided that since I mainly go shopping 1-2 times a week I will just leave them at home and take out the coupons I need as I go. This may change, who knows, I may start leaving them in my car or something. So for now they live in this little china cabinet in my dining room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It works for me beacuse I usually cut my coupons out on the dining room table so it seems to make sense to just leave them in the cabinet. (And in case you are wondering that picutre frame does not have my own pictures in it, we bought the cabinet at an estate sale and the previous owners cut a hole in the back so I grabbed the frame in an effort to cover it as much as possible and still haven't put pictures in it)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here are all the categories I used for the organizers:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Grocery:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">dairy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">drinks</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">breads</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">cereal/chips</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">snacks</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">produce</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">cooking</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">frozen foods</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">cans/jars</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">condiments</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">baking</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">meats</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">misc. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Health/Beauty:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">teeth</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">hair</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">body</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">shaving</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">medicine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">first aid</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">"lady stuff" ;)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">deoderant</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">face</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">makeup</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">misc.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Household:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">pet</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">laundry</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">kitchen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">bath</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">cleaners</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">candles</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">air fresheners</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">batteries</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">paper goods</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">misc.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dining/Entertainment:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">restauraunts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">ice cream</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">bowling</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">movies</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">shopping</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana;">misc.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">On another note, my digital camera charger is missing so I used my phone so the pictures are not as good as they could be, sorry :) hopefully I find it soon otherwise I will be forced to buy a new one.</span>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-35799716397213892002013-06-19T12:54:00.000-07:002013-06-19T12:55:04.731-07:00May 2013 at an Instagram Glance<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I am <i>slowly</i> getting caught up on the posts around here. I swear I am going to tattoo the phrase "so much to do, so little time" on my forehead so that people will leave me alone. I kid, I kid, but seriously busy doesn't even begin to cover it. I have so much I want to share on the old blog as well as so many projects and things I want to do this summer and a good amount of "summer cleaning" as I like to call it that I need to do before I go back to work. But I digress... lets get to some of my favorite Instagram photos from the month shall we???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May always starts off the same, a Bday celebration for my oldest son, who turned 7 this year. We went to Legoland in San Diego and stayed in the new hotel. Maybe I will do a separate post about that trip!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here we are with Darth Vader himself (well in Lego form at least), my boys love them some Star Wars!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My very proud (and handsome I might add) hubby after winning a minion. We call them "Ba-Boys" around here because that is one thing they say in the movie and that's what my little guy thinks they are called. And in case you are curious, this little guy is now hanging on my entry closet door...not joking, my husband can be weird sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being cool with some glasses he got for selling fundraiser items at school. They even glow in the dark, he is still thrilled about these!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my Saturday mornings called for a MASSIVE cup of joe :) (plus the only time I get to sit in this spot of our couch is when my hubby is not home, or if he lets me cuddle him).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Went on a shopping spree with my mom and my stroller started to look like its own rack! Sadly I did not like most of these things on me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Towards the end of the school year one day I had so much grading to do I left my boys with their Grandma and stopped for some Starbucks and sushi to fuel me up on the way home (yes I ate about half of the sushi in the car)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are still in baseball mode around here since my son made the All-Star league in his division, here are my three boys practicing in the yard one day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Same day as the baseball, we used our grill for the first time this year. We actually had some BBQ a couple nights ago as well and I made some kabobs that turned out very well (with shrimp, chicken and veggies, I will have to do it again and hopefully take some pics).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope your May was as fantastic as mine was and hopefully I will be back with another post soon :).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here is my very belated April at an Instagram glance post. I love going back through my Instagram pictures and re-living those moments. Most of my pictures have to do with my kids and I have realized in doing this that I very rarely have photos of myself on there! I guess I am not too keen on staring at myself haha. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My mom always hates that my boys don't get to go out for spring break (because mine is at a different time than theirs) so she scheduled a trip to the LA Zoo for them :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One day my mom took the boys to the park and I met her there and snapped this pic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Baseball season was in full swing at this point, I snapped this shot at an indoor training facility where my older son's team was playing, he is wearing number 18</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-33646374376836451322013-04-23T22:08:00.001-07:002013-04-23T22:08:25.149-07:00Outfit of the Day: Work Edition<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today was a very long day. I worked all day and then went straight from work to class. Yes, because I have lost my mind I thought it would be a perfect time to get my masters degree. So I have class on Tuesdays from 4-8. I thought I would share my outfit today because it was actually a pretty decent one for a change ha! I do have to give a disclaimer before you look at the picture, it was taken around 9 o'clock (after I got home) and in my son's very messy room...one of the projects on my to-do list this summer is to get those toys organized in a way that is easy for my boys (3 1/2 and almost 7) to maintain. So excuse the mess :)</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Top: Croft and Barrow from Kohl's (I have to wear this shirt with some kind of sweater over because otherwise I feel like it looks like a tent! (who knows what I was thinking when I bought it...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch: NY&Co (I know you can't see it so well but I get so many compliments on this watch and it was only $20 or less :) )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So last weekend I did a wonderful post on my recent revamp of my coupon organization and I was very excited about it, then I accidentally navigated away from the page and it is lost forever in cyber space :( so I will re-do that hopefully this weekend if I have time. Hope everyone is having a good week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until I am able to make a regular post (I have so many that I am dying to do on our house) I decided to get my fix using Instagram. This post is dedicated to March 2013 Instagram style!! (Basically I have taken all my favorite Instagram pictures from March and compiled them here to share) I hope you enjoy this until I am able to get back to regular posting :) and I hope your March was a great one! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My oldest son and I went bowling with my brother and sister-in-law one night and had a blast...this is what happens when bowling pins attack!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One perk of being a teacher, the occasional field trips! Living in Southern California leaves us with no shortage of places to go and I got to chaperone one trip this month. First stop was the Le Brea Tar Pits</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Second stop of the field trip was to the Griffith Observatory and I couldn't help thinking of the movie Yes Man...who's with me? Anyone? haha :)</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spent the morning of Daylight Savings at my son's baseball agility training at the park, sadly I was not a very happy camper :(</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At my son's school they wrote a grant and got money to hire real artists to come and teach the students this was his first product some water color flowers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since my husband was also sick while I was on break and we weren't 100% on Easter we didn't go out anywhere and I felt bad. So while nina was here she helped me put on an egg hunt in our backyard, they were very happy with it :)</span></div>
Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-5769935930921948302012-08-03T00:13:00.000-07:002012-08-03T00:13:09.025-07:00Insomnia......I believe that I have a bit of insomnia type tendencies, but I don't think I have full-on insomnia, if that makes any sense. So it is almost midnight and I have no desire whatsoever to fall asleep (or even attempt for that matter) so instead I figured why not write out my thoughts as I sit here with my alarm set for 6:30 tomorrow morning, knowing that it will not happen, haha!<br />
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I guess I have always been more of a nocturnal person by nature, in high school I would frequently do homework late at night or just be up reading or watching TV and have no problem waking up bright and early for school the next day. Most of the time I feel the most productive at night, weird I know. But now a days those late nights really catch up with me, especially having two high energy boys around! Lately I have found myself in a funk of sorts and I need to get out of it ASAP. My motivation has seemingly disappeared and I need to locate it now! I had planned to get back into working out this summer and that hasn't happened (I was previously doing a Jillian Michaels workout DVD), I didn't do much of the putting away and organization of our new home that I had planned to do and I also didn't do much of the fun activities I wanted to do with my boys this summer either. <br />
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I have to admit that I love my job, I am a teacher and am truly blessed to do something that I love and also have as much time as I can with my boys. But since I have either been in school or teaching most of my life, I have always had the summers off and I feel like I always revert back to the schedule of going to sleep late and then being out of sorts the next day during the summer time. I am really trying to work on it since my return to work is just around the corner, but I feel as though I am struggling with how to make this happen.<br />
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Today I find my funk made worse by the fact that my oldest son has left on vacation with my parents, brother and sister-in-law to visit family in Texas and attend a quincinera. Normally I would have gone with them but the hours and hours in the car do not sound like my cup of tea right now (airfare is out since we just bought our home) and I have to return to work soon and needed to get some things in order there. So here I am at home and they are in route set to arrive at around three in the morning and I don't think I will sleep a wink until my phone buzzes with the text from my mom saying they have safely arrived. I miss him like crazy, he spent the night last night and I didn't want to leave when I was dropping him off. This is the most time I have ever spent apart from him. I know he will make great memories (I have wonderful memories of going to texas when I was younger) and enjoy it which is why I had to let him go, not to mention he gets along so well with my cousins' son- they both have a great love of star wars- but it's hard none the less. <br />
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Enough rambling for one night, hopefully I will get my act together soon!!! :)<br />
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p.s. I am kind of kicking myself in the butt right now for not sending our video camera with them so I could see what he did while he was there :(Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-15669965623156365822012-07-12T00:24:00.000-07:002012-07-12T00:24:00.062-07:00Spice up Your Life!!!Side note- I am not listening to the Spice Girls as I write this post, despite what the name of the post might lead you to believe!<br />
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So I have had zero time to myself lately with the stresses of moving into a home that is endlessly under construction. So I am writing this at 11 o'clock at night (the only time I seem to have more than 10 minutes to myself these days). <br />
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But I digress...so a while ago I mentioned that I had purchased spice jars (you can read all about that<a href="http://monkandcrock.blogspot.com/2012/06/first-time-homebuyers.html"> here</a>), well I labeled them and had them all dressed up with no where to go. The pantry is on the other side of the kitchen from my stove top and I really didn't want them taking up half of one of my shelves either...<br />
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Enter a small thin cabinet on the left side of the stove:<br />
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Originally I thought I would use this for cutting boards and baking sheets, until I bought the spice jars and went on a trip to Lowe's where I saw this:</div>
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It is a slide out spice rack (I guess you could use it for other stuff too), this is the <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_141990-94604-448-5BC-5_0__?productId=3383508&Ntt=rev+a+shelg&pl=1&currentURL=&facetInfo=">link</a> where you can find it online. So I bought it only having measured the door of the cabinet and not the actual opening. When my dad came to help me install it we realized the opening was too small so I returned it thinking that I could find something else that would fit locally or online. When that didn't happen I bought it AGAIN and dear ol' dad came over for round two.</div>
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So because the opening was not big enough my dad did have to cut one side of the opening down, it didn't come out as nice a cut as I had hoped but when the door is closed you can't even really tell. Also we are going to re-do the kitchen and put all new cabinets or have new doors made so I figure the next door will just be a little bigger to cover that ;)</div>
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Seriously is it sad that the look of the spices when I reach for some when I am cooking makes my heart happy?? Don't tell me if it is! </div>
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And a side view, it is really pretty spacious and the shelves are adjustable which is a bonus, overall I just love it and am so glad it all worked out in the end!</div>
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Let me also take a minute to say how truly blessed my husband and I are to have the most amazing families that have been helping us tremendously with all our renovations (and are going to continue to help in the future!) I am so grateful to have them all in our life and don't know what I would do without them!!<br />
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I have a very busy couple of days ahead of me and weekend as well as we will be having a little get together to celebrate my brother getting married (more details to follow in future posts!)<br />
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Have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend :)Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-982757471195600262012-06-23T19:02:00.000-07:002012-06-23T19:02:04.775-07:00First Time Homebuyers!!So I have not been blogging because I have not had five minutes to myself...until now! (correction, when all was said and done it took me several hours to finish this post because of various interruptions)<br />
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A lot has changed in my life these days, my husband and I have purchased our first home!! I am bursting with joy and happiness and so thrilled that words can't even begin to describe. So needless to say there will be many a home related post in the future. It is an older home (built in the 80's) and I think that was the last time anything has been done to it. Before we moved in we just wanted to recarpet and 2 weeks later the house is still "under construction" :) and it probably will be for many years to come.<br />
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Although I don't have the best before pictures because things happened so quickly so, you will have to bear with me on that, I am excited to share some before and after shots. On another note, I have been obsessed with Jen's blog <a href="http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/">I Heart Organizing</a> and on her blog she has shown pictures of reader's pantries that look like <a href="http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/2012/03/reader-space-swoon-worthy-dollar-store.html">this</a> and <a href="http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/2012/05/reader-space-pantry-label-love.html">this</a>. Things in clear jars and labeled so beautifully and they got my inspired to make my pantry look prettier (now that I actually have a pantry!). <br />
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It all started with a trip to the local dollar tree where I found these colorful tubs (that I am planning on using for snacks and things) and these smaller glass jars. I figured I didn't want to buy much else until I was in the space more.<br />
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Then I got inspired by <a href="http://honeywerehome.blogspot.com/2012/02/organized-spices-take-two.html">this</a> blog on <a href="http://honeywerehome.blogspot.com/">Honey We're Home</a> about spice jars that she purchased at crate and barrel (I don't have one that close to me). But I was at World Market (seriously LOVE that place) and found these small spice jars for $1 each. I bought all the jars they had (15 total) and they look almost identical to the other jars! And I also picked up a deoderizer for the fridge (because it was purple and cute) and a green glass bottle for my olive oil and a small wooden jar for salt. Although I have a salt shaker I wanted something I could put my kosher salt into for easy access when I cook, and lastly I had been thinking that I wanted to do a nautical them in our hallway bathroom. It is the bathroom that our boys will use and will also serve as a guest bath so I didn't want to much of a kid theme in there (like mickey mouse, toy story or spongebob) so when I saw this soap and lotion dispenser I knew they would be perfect!<br />
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On a side note my husband totally made fun of me when I showed him the soap and lotion and was excited. His response? "Who cares?! I have never walked into a bathroom at someone's house and said 'I really like that soap thing' or 'I really like how they decorated' now if they have nice tile that's something to notice." He just doesn't appreciate the little things like I do :)</div>
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Also at World Market I found this huge ball of rope that I loved but didn't want to shell out the money for just yet and the hook anchor, they are in the back of my mind but I wasn't ready to commit until I have the space more completed.</div>
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Also on a recent trip to target I bought a couple of things, again keeping a nautical theme in mind I bought that shell plate and two paper boxes with ribbon handles in the dollar section. Then in the bath section I bought the soap dispenser (before I bought the other soap dispenser oops!) and a round jar (I think these were on clearance). I am thinking of trying a DIY project with the jar so we will see how that goes.</div>
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So excited for all the possibilities of our new house! :)<br />
I hope everyone has a great week!<br />
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<br />Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-30893784126004983112012-06-09T10:34:00.000-07:002012-06-09T10:34:04.170-07:00Make your own Photo Canvas!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This post begins with a mission, after seeing <a href="http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/10/make-your-own-canvas-portrait.html">this</a> blog post on A Beautiful Mess Blog, (originally I had seen this idea on pinterest) I was completely inspired. Since my grandmother's birthday was coming up I knew it would be the perfect opportunity to try it out. My grandma hates when we spend money on her so photo related gifts are always great for her. {fun fact: my grandma hates us making a fuss over her for any reason and she also hates us buying her anything for her birthday, mother's day, etc., but she tends to get less mad at us grandkids and great grandkids then at my mom and aunts :)}</div>
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Now, I don't go through the step by step instructions of how to do it on this post because I think A Beautiful Mess' post does a great job of that, but I assure you the process is very easy!</div>
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So after reading the bog post, I made a list (love making lists lately!) and headed out to Michael's the next day. Below is my haul.</div>
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Due to the fact that I have a busy work schedule lately and that we have had 2 little ones over the years I don't have as much crafting supplies readily available (my hubby packed up some of my stuff and put it in our shed outside, I was just happy he didn't throw it away to be honest) so I needed quite a few things. I got some inexpensive brushes, acrylic paints, paint holder wells, canvas and the gel medium (I got a glossy one).</div>
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Now because of the time crunch I used my printer which is an inkjet printer, I figured I would just give it a shot and see what happened.</div>
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Bad idea, talk about a fail, it looked terrible! Next stop? Running to my parents house to use my dad's laser printer.</div>
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Some of my picture weren't working when I plugged my memory card in so I ended up only with this one of all three pictures applied face down to the canvas using a coat of the gel medium.</div>
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Here I am taking the paper off after wetting the picture</div>
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And here is what they looked like when they were finished. I painted the edges black to give them a more "finished" look. </div>
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I wrapped each one individually with some tissue paper and ribbon, I loved the bag I got from Target.</div>
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Here is the finished bag.</div>
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I usually always make my boys give her presents, she can't get mad at them!</div>
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I have to admit she was a little upset "that I wasted so much paper and ribbon on her."</div>
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Overall she really loved them. On the right of that last picture is my aunt, we call her loops a.k.a. the picture lurker (seriously she could be a professional picture lurker!)</div>
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So overall it was great, I am excited to make more. The main reason I love these is that I can display them on lower tables and shelves and not have to worry about my boys knocking them down and glass breaking, which also works well for my grandma when the little ones are visiting her. For these I tried to cover the canvas with the medium as much as possible to get a complete image, when I do make more:</div>
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The reason I made these cupcakes is that my family was going to get together at my aunt's house to celebrate my cousin's birthday and also my grandma's birthday. My cousin doesn't like cake but I know my grandma's favorite cake is carrot so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to try out this recipe :)<br />
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Here are my ingredients (carrots and eggs are from my local farmer's market)</div>
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1 lb. of carrots</div>
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8 oz. of oil (1 cup I used canola because that was what I had on hand)</div>
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16 oz. of sugar (2 cups I only used 1 1/2, but will try one cup next time)</div>
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9 oz. of flour (I used a rounded cup)</div>
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Step 1: prepare your pan with butter and flour (do this if you are making a cake, I knew I would be taking this to my aunt's house so I opted to make cupcakes, and in general I just love making cupcakes more than cakes) and preheat oven to 325 degrees.<br />
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Step 2: Sift together dry ingredients and peel and roughly chop the carrots.<br />
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Because my blender is not top quality and because I really wanted to make sure I got a good consistency I shredded my carrots, it took a couple of extra minutes but I think it was worth it.</div>
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Step 3: In a blender combine carrots, eggs, oil and sugar. Blend until the mixture is completely smooth. Transfer to a bowl and fold in the dry ingredients.<br />
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I was very excited to use these colorful cupcake liners I got a while back at Michael's, I tend to buy cupcake liners like crazy! </div>
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Ready for the oven! I have to admit that the batter was pretty runny and I was a little bit nervous that they were not going to come out good so I only cooked half at first and then when they actually worked I baked the other half, also because the batter was on the runny side I didn't want to overfill for fear that I would have a big mess since the batter was on the runny side. </div>
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I know traditionally carrot cake is usually served with cream cheese frosting but I wasn't sure that would go over well with everyone so I played it safe and used regular vanilla (store bought) frosting. The recipe also included a homemade chocolate frosting recipe that I didn't make this time but I will one day. I also purposefully left some of them unfrosted because my grandma and mom don't care too much for frosting.</div>
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I love this cupcake carrier from the Martha Stewart line at Macy's (she can really do no wrong in my eyes I love almost everything she makes) the white trays the cupcakes are on turn over and are completely flat to transport cookies or a pie (big thank you to my cousin Crystal for introducing me to this amazing carrier!). There is a cupcake missing, I couldn't resist, but the recipe made 24 cupcakes filled about 3/4 of the way with the batter. </div>
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I will also say that having had one of the cupcakes fresh from the oven and then a couple more the next day at the party I noticed a difference. The next day the carrot flavor was much more pronounced and the color was also a bit more vibrant. In general they are very light and fluffy, these might just be my new favorite cupcake!</div>
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Next time I make them I am going to try only a cup of sugar (I have a lot of diabetes on both sides of my family as well as my husbands side) and I am also thinking about trying to cut out half of the oil by replacing it with applesauce. In general I am just excited about these, everyone loved them at the party too :)</div>
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My little one playing with an old cell phone in front of the flowers (not the selection I prefer, the other market has more unique looking flowers, but notice the bunch in my bag!)</div>
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I love this random picture I took of my son in front of an empty store front downtown, I especially love that you can see my little one in the reflection of the window.</div>
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My farmer's market haul, admittedly not the biggest (due to lack of planning my meals for the week) I mainly wanted to go to get fresh carrots for a carrot cake and I LOVED the ones I got they were huge and delicious. I also got some eggs, a few cookies for my boys, lemon pepper seasoning and flowers.</div>
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So the flowers are not the most amazing but I am a sucker for fresh flowers, I usually love to get the ones that are on clearance at Fresh and Easy because with the flower food they come with they will still usually last a week to two weeks. Also, since my husband can not buy flowers without going all out (going to the florist and paying obscene amounts of money for a dozen roses, he was literally shocked at the sticker price on a dozen roses the first time he looked at a supermarket!) it works out better for me if I buy them myself.</div>
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And speaking of Fresh and Easy, at the end of the year last year/beginning of this year (my memory is foggy) I bought this vase there on clearance for around $4! It is a little chipped but you can barely tell, I don't mind and I still love it anyways :)</div>
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Well I guess that is all for now, very excited to post more tomorrow! Hope your weekends were as great as mine was.</div>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-12542617200320946012012-06-02T21:05:00.002-07:002012-06-02T21:05:59.437-07:00Third Time's a CharmI can be a very absent-minded person at times. I wasn't always this way, I SWEAR, it seemed to get worse each time I got pregnant and it has kind of lingered around and every now and then annoys me.<br />
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Like this week, I washed a load of towels (mostly my kids' towels) only to realize the next morning that I never put them in the dryer. So I washed them again and put them in the dryer, only to find out later that I never turned the dryer ON! So I washed them again for the third time this morning and luckily the third time was a charm for me! I am truly a dork, but it did give me a good opportunity to laugh at myself today which oddly enough I don't think I do enough of.<br />
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Above is a picture of the aforementioned load of laundry. And in the background my bright pink laundry room walls (one of the many things I will miss when we move out of our house)</div>
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I am very excited for upcoming blog posts, I have several planned:<br />
~my boys and I took a trip to one of our local farmer's markets<br />
~I made a very cool craft project that I don't think I will EVER stop talking about<br />
~I made some delicious Brazilian carrot cupcakes! <br />
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So far it has been a busy weekend and it is only Saturday night and the good news is that I am feeling accomplished and happy :)Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-48482699103289292282012-05-31T17:12:00.000-07:002012-05-31T17:15:04.990-07:00"You are awesome!"You are awesome. Three little words that no one could ever get tired of hearing I'm sure, but by the same token are not used enough.<br />
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My story begins with a back story (as my stories usually do) since we are close to closing our first home, I needed some stuff printed out from our bank account and I had to actually go down to the bank. The reason I had to physically make the trek is because my wonderful husband refuses to do online banking, he doesn't trust it and will not hear anything to the contrary. So away to the bank I went with both of my crazy boys.<br />
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At the bank, I waited a while and my little guy was asleep but promptly woke up thirty seconds before I was called to be attended to (seriously his timing is impeccable!). So needless to say my boys were running around the WHOLE time we were there, playing pirates, avengers and just shooting in general. We had been playing 20 questions as she "updated my profile" and about halfway through my time there the lady helping me said "you are awesome." I was kind of taken aback I just kind of sheepishly smiled to the side, I have never been one that is good at getting compliments to begin with but in that moment I have to say that I felt a little creeped out. She looked at me again and said "I'm serious you are awesome, you know that right?" And she looked at me with a sort of surprised expression as if she was genuinely expecting me to say thanks and toot my own horn. I said "thank you" and I realized how amazing it felt to have someone genuinely think that about me after meeting me for a half an hour and with my kids running a muck in the bank pretty much that entire time. <br />
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So thank you bank lady, you really made my day and made me realize that I am amazing and it is ok to think that and it doesn't make me a cocky jerk. I think every now and then we all need a little bit of reminding of how amazing we are....<br />
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I googled contentment and this was the first image that I loved, found <a href="http://mummywhispererblog.com/get-sparkling/more-contentment/">here.</a>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-49056609259436049282012-05-27T16:30:00.001-07:002012-05-27T16:30:54.036-07:00Return of the BloggerSo I have been extremely MIA lately from blogging which makes me sad. I love reading blogs and was very excited about having my own as a way to document things in my life and as a therapeutic release of sorts. There is something so soothing about sitting down and getting out some of the thoughts that are otherwise banging around inside my head. <br />
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Well I have decided that for my sanity and by default the sanity of my family that I should get back to doing things that I love. This year in particular my New Year's resolution was to make this year a selfish year. I know that sounds awful but as a wife and mother to a 6 year old and an almost three year old, I never put myself first, so this year I decided that would change. Now it has not been a drastic change or anything but I have enjoyed taking time to do little things for myself here and there so I figure in keeping with that I should get back to blogging which I also love to do. I do not have a whole bunch of time in general to do things for myself, especially since I work a lot as well, but I am determined to fit it in somehow, only time will tell I guess. <br />
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A lot has happened in the past year since my last post, my boogs is now 6 and my no nos is terrible two's to the max! This August will mark 7 years that I have been married to the love of my life. But the most exciting thing that has happened thus far is that my hubby and I have just bought our first home! And while it is not our dream home yet, it has every bit of potential to be, it is a fixer-upper in the sense that it was built in the 80's and still has most of that 80's "charm" in terms of tile and what not. We are looking forward to making it our own through the years but I am absolutely in love with it, hopefully in the next week we will be moving in and I can blog from my new digs! :)<br />
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This is a great shot of my three boys at the beach in the middle of December of last year, this is one reason why I love Southern California, Winter Beach Days :)</div>
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<br /></div>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-58560018631073490482011-05-05T20:06:00.000-07:002011-05-05T20:37:22.791-07:00Happy Birthday Time AgainIt is that time again... my oldest son's (the boogs') birthday. He is 5 now and I affectionately joke with him that he is a whole hand old. This is going to be a quick post and I hope to make a post later that will include a year of pictures of him.<br /><br /><br />He truly never ceases to amaze me. He is ending his first year at school (pre school) and it has been so exciting for me to see him blossom. He can count up to 100 all by himself and is even starting to learn how to do addition and subtraction problems. His favorite thing is to play a "subtraction game" in the car where we do crazy subtraction problems like ten million minus 4 million. He is really getting the hang of it :). He also knows all the colors and shapes, even the so-called "kindergarten" shapes. He also knows all the letters, uppercase and lower case and is starting to sound out words.<br /><br /><br />His thirst for life is something to marvel at and his inquizitiveness is unmatched (much to the husband's dismay at times, lol). All in all when I look at him I wonder how I got lucky enough to hit the baby jackpot. I must have done something really good in my life to deserve this kid.<br /><br /><br />So even though I am a couple days late on this post... Happy Birthday Boogs, you are amazing. Keep doing what you are doing because it is working and I hope you don't ever change. I love you more than words could ever say. Enjoy being 5 <3<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603441367731598418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MaOFik1Y_PS7y0HpcfK1BGeHa2D0ALPT0P3H2AZkNszcyoZj5arE8IkhMLDMalqEN4NpEzz4ZfCaDaxskWMcE7dqXo7l7OwWyMzvRjZs5GBIrUpG2dzRN5QYDrx5dgP2zkJcXJiiuuNT/s400/SAM_3941.JPG" /><br /><br /><br />Here is said birthday boy showing off his age with his baby brother at his side :)Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-42221066757446454672010-11-26T17:26:00.001-08:002010-11-27T09:35:17.340-08:00Sephora Time :)So recently I made an online purchase with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">sephora</span></span> and was very thrilled a couple of days ago when the package arrived. First of all I have recently become obsessed with finding the perfect mascara. Although I've just been browsing because I have a tube of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">DiorShow</span></span> that I am finishing first. I have to say that I am no longer a fan of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">DiorShow</span></span>, it is a very different formulation from the one I remember and loved. It is wetter and I feel like it can take forever to dry and this also leads to terrible <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">raccoon</span> eyes (which I hate because I have terrible bags under my eyes on a regular basis). So this lead me to figure out what to buy once I was done with it (which I almost am). Instead of buying mascara and having to return it if I didn't like it, I decided to get a lash stash. The one I got was the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sephora's</span></span> favorites (because it was cheapest <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span></span>). It is pictured below and contains ten mini mascara tubes.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 375px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 182px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544073371717171858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitX2lm9oOB1CjkIe1Mqj6-ZGRn9XX8Z5YoJEcgmE7NVCdledvZzSjN1nvpW9IwbcQ_PgPoTo2gHPf0PEKlnNDdTv0455UQdsSInBA1XEKX6To7goovwnNly1ai16XpOFeFtA24glerwkC/s400/SAM_3281.JPG" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijutEaV3yZTRuJR2BnXE9Ir5BKFULRklMnvgA570b97SYW-00miVPduC_eSKh7ZWE67KLCMPecC70Mgd0RQkuXVBlG5ql_bBUFqSDAMhowoquUxPAIuIcTeCyhxX6y7Ib8JQjIoawxItbq/s1600/SAM_3284.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544073361978128114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijutEaV3yZTRuJR2BnXE9Ir5BKFULRklMnvgA570b97SYW-00miVPduC_eSKh7ZWE67KLCMPecC70Mgd0RQkuXVBlG5ql_bBUFqSDAMhowoquUxPAIuIcTeCyhxX6y7Ib8JQjIoawxItbq/s400/SAM_3284.JPG" /></a> From left to right they are: Hourglass - Superficial lash, Urban Decay - Skyscraper multi benefit mascara, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Korres</span></span> - Abyssinia Oil mascara, Benefit - Bad Gal Lash, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Smashbox</span></span> - Lash DNA, Laura <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mercier</span></span> - thickening and building mascara, Fresh - Supernova, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sephora</span></span> - Lash Stretcher, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tarte</span></span> mascara and Cargo - Lash Activator.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I think my plan of attack is to try each one for a while and then do a mini review series as I go along. But I am really looking forward to trying them all and hopefully finding something I would re-purchase. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The next things I purchased were from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Boscia</span></span>:<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVD0Zsmr75GpGIq8aMQfv4yQQE3n6sW2k1e97cw1MtKDOQ-0eNB2TQrG47FVOflHukwfqpBcvcKOEfylod8Me2ODbLjG4PGSp1WpHxBhU658TP7x8bX5b0Vy5iT_6tNOirsIRLsBYonh-C/s1600/SAM_3283.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544073360367923586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVD0Zsmr75GpGIq8aMQfv4yQQE3n6sW2k1e97cw1MtKDOQ-0eNB2TQrG47FVOflHukwfqpBcvcKOEfylod8Me2ODbLjG4PGSp1WpHxBhU658TP7x8bX5b0Vy5iT_6tNOirsIRLsBYonh-C/s400/SAM_3283.JPG" /></a> I got the Restorative Day Moisture Cream SPF 15 (on the left) and I am very excited to try this once I run out of my other <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Boscia</span></span> day moisturizer. And the clarifying detox mask (on the right, not that you really needed me to point that out). I find myself using almost exclusively <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Boscia</span></span> face products these days. I have very sensitive skin, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Boscia</span></span> is one of the few brands that doesn't irritate it no matter what the product. Most products from other lines make my face red and it stings and is very irritated but I've never had that happen with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Boscia</span></span>. I am very excited to try both products. And just for good measure here is a picture of all the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Boscia</span></span> products I currently am using:</div><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544080151652952610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwAIKIOHwwIZUd5w3Yqfi_A6kn9Yz8Wre4IkV1VVA-uokE8PZblQFYYns0BVUiNzXtLVHL4NYt278PypUgeo6JbnhNl_4oUce-4t0WilAtaiQg0319kwLWYrVVNx6UpnPKarodIvlmJ8A/s400/SAM_3292.JPG" />They are from left to right: Clear <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Complexion</span> Creamy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Cleanser</span> with Botanical Blast, Willow Bark Breakout Treatment, Vital Daily Moisture SPF 15, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Luminizing</span></span> Black Mask and Restorative Night Moisture Cream. I know, I know, obsessed is putting it mildly. I am always like this though, I use one product, I like it and then I'm buying out the whole line (last time around it was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Korres</span></span>). I'm just weird like that I guess, but oh well. On a side note I got the daily moisturizer for free as part of that promotion <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sephora</span></span> has where you buy 4 skin products and get one free :)<br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPO9IfvVQ_8AvUE5thYT0r2vQ4cHPjmm3SGvSoEX52ONfZmyhLPZZHjLTVhcmZ_0Tapqtkz3vbQgVLLyIg5VAGcJWcwRBRBYPbF9Rl2jOMdYiFBhZlWdYW3PRIyJwLFzmVjePcPvUfOB2D/s1600/SAM_3290.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544073352582473346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPO9IfvVQ_8AvUE5thYT0r2vQ4cHPjmm3SGvSoEX52ONfZmyhLPZZHjLTVhcmZ_0Tapqtkz3vbQgVLLyIg5VAGcJWcwRBRBYPbF9Rl2jOMdYiFBhZlWdYW3PRIyJwLFzmVjePcPvUfOB2D/s400/SAM_3290.JPG" /></a> This picture is pointless because you can't really tell what it is but what can I say? I'm picture happy... Anyways this is the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">DiorSkin</span></span> Nude skin perfecting hydrating concealer in 001 Ivory by Dior. I've used it a couple of times and so far I'm not impressed and contemplating taking it back. I'm going to give it some more time and I'm currently giving it the benefit of the doubt because as I said my dark circles are akin to what you could imagine my face would look like if my son colored under my eye with black crayon. So we will see what <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">happens</span></span>. But overall I'm just really excited to have new stuff to try. Hope everyone had a marvelous Thanksgiving and a wonderful Black Friday :)</div></div>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-55183561393964432882010-11-13T22:12:00.000-08:002010-11-26T20:44:47.633-08:00Haloween Goodness (Yes I am Well aware it is November)So I have recently (if you would say June is recent) been very lacking in the blogging department, and this is mostly due to the fact that I got a new job over the summer. Great news for my bank account, not so beueno for the bloggging. However, I am really trying to get back into it because I find it to be a great stress reliever for me and I just really enjoy it. I have a lot of things coming up that I will be blogging about because I have vacation coming up soon, one of the first may be an update on what our kitchen looks like now that we did a bit of remodeling (even though it is not finished). So be on the look out because I'm back (but don't hold me to that haha).<br /><br />But I digress...here is a really quick look at our Halloween. It was a lot of fun, mostly because it was on a weekend. My husband always says that Halloween is one of those holidays that should always be the last Saturday of the month (kind of like thanksgiving). Now that I am older, we have 2 kids and I have a job, I agree with him more than ever! But never the less, it is a holiday that I love and my kids had a blast so that's all that matters :)<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539288871152245330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8ld5xm0W5tajAd4Dg3OOarjGrAi4jWfupSKiaP2zllGOkH9XqFnNh2zZE2Rt_4DtQwpA4F26UvqgaUC2LUn4yF9CuNXNwmt07Y9roUVDHdpYIxKcXKxYEQTBdBQwG_f1YdlsGUVYLw_H/s320/148817_167077169981585_100000379095545_416413_5165134_n.jpg" />This was our massive trick or treating group... I joked with some neighbors that we brought the whole neighborhood at once to make it easier on them :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxN5iDuJfPwDsPaRtmx7kcBQyq1L70MaGTyjWXmocE68yBWNqZWjjehDvODXUAQRdQUKg_I5mFKt_pWPOjkmtYqf1y3qIe_nMezHuH0YnEaxK4cEFxdR5fOiUzVlpDyo-9IHY2NoFhojK5/s1600/150254_167077293314906_100000379095545_416422_7402036_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539288866267950530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxN5iDuJfPwDsPaRtmx7kcBQyq1L70MaGTyjWXmocE68yBWNqZWjjehDvODXUAQRdQUKg_I5mFKt_pWPOjkmtYqf1y3qIe_nMezHuH0YnEaxK4cEFxdR5fOiUzVlpDyo-9IHY2NoFhojK5/s320/150254_167077293314906_100000379095545_416422_7402036_n.jpg" /></a> Me and my baby boy aka Yoda! And yes I am rocking a Captain EO shirt! You know you want one...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcj7JdVdJQwgOsql6smP-edLzhBu3kxQqt5uQFXi-TArxKASuS5agoowXhU1nGQaPD9T4cxYFgnuTLyjflTLQK_EImjdKtes_Lk1WJ8hEfmYcl_dSonCC5FammvVQFs_yo7AgQ8PvS8fG/s1600/untitled1.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 176px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539288857176862658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcj7JdVdJQwgOsql6smP-edLzhBu3kxQqt5uQFXi-TArxKASuS5agoowXhU1nGQaPD9T4cxYFgnuTLyjflTLQK_EImjdKtes_Lk1WJ8hEfmYcl_dSonCC5FammvVQFs_yo7AgQ8PvS8fG/s320/untitled1.bmp" /></a> Babies have it made on Halloween, especially when they get awesome views like this one (his dad is about 6'1") and don't have to walk :)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHJXiNH0KYB6IqJRSaIqwHMarzA9ftvleBUskN3xyjh7RTrXSg3Tv_th_a6VYm-ppCUT0zk9LxseHdZeSqsSpitbITSzY9_o5aTAjvMgP97xmTdz-piCQ-jzwq6b_38YjSBhxc8ox3Y9u/s1600/149799_167078503314785_100000379095545_416482_7238257_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539288314938701666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHJXiNH0KYB6IqJRSaIqwHMarzA9ftvleBUskN3xyjh7RTrXSg3Tv_th_a6VYm-ppCUT0zk9LxseHdZeSqsSpitbITSzY9_o5aTAjvMgP97xmTdz-piCQ-jzwq6b_38YjSBhxc8ox3Y9u/s320/149799_167078503314785_100000379095545_416482_7238257_n.jpg" /></a><br />This was a neighborhood house, my older son is usually a bit of a scaredy cat so I had to take advantage when he agreed to pose here.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqJYjr_uf44Vd0d5oT5Xl5QLc5v1pWMc9y60W6nYIjr_qFIH0QNj3U4fX4_LVG1Tcskq8L8BDIwhJzo323DJ4ViSY6eURq3jTgyPvlZsmfur2OXu_VUfrLa_rUoce4uECHbB5Mqrg2kW7/s1600/untitled.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539288310229362338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqJYjr_uf44Vd0d5oT5Xl5QLc5v1pWMc9y60W6nYIjr_qFIH0QNj3U4fX4_LVG1Tcskq8L8BDIwhJzo323DJ4ViSY6eURq3jTgyPvlZsmfur2OXu_VUfrLa_rUoce4uECHbB5Mqrg2kW7/s320/untitled.bmp" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarI34W0uCRmOHUN2P5hhKBSCs7eYi4U-P1YMfOM0Pl_vkmJIhjejCuYbCzvayRLf2cFpkPJg78BhptxKj_D1sHumwHHHxCFvGkCEXxHXATMredrQBak_byH5Z7tWx4DbBE0Rp_1FqgHDW/s1600/149099_167078749981427_100000379095545_416490_2659349_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 180px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539288308585642722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarI34W0uCRmOHUN2P5hhKBSCs7eYi4U-P1YMfOM0Pl_vkmJIhjejCuYbCzvayRLf2cFpkPJg78BhptxKj_D1sHumwHHHxCFvGkCEXxHXATMredrQBak_byH5Z7tWx4DbBE0Rp_1FqgHDW/s320/149099_167078749981427_100000379095545_416490_2659349_n.jpg" /></a> Anakin Skywalker (in case you weren't able to figure that out) at his best, showing off his light saber skills<br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYt3SxOc33MJzTcz3DoBhJEpoobJMVvMZO1bWTPOdB0Pwib9cJUwqDcit_xakH2D2Ox2Naf4lvfN5LhjV0siHJC3qhm9YEm7yAIjEY1q3gqZvLp5bUREyMsqDR0wjZSfNgewt71SeN3yz/s1600/148174_167078846648084_100000379095545_416494_269095_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539288305207896370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYt3SxOc33MJzTcz3DoBhJEpoobJMVvMZO1bWTPOdB0Pwib9cJUwqDcit_xakH2D2Ox2Naf4lvfN5LhjV0siHJC3qhm9YEm7yAIjEY1q3gqZvLp5bUREyMsqDR0wjZSfNgewt71SeN3yz/s320/148174_167078846648084_100000379095545_416494_269095_n.jpg" /></a> The only decent picture I got of the two of them with that baby of mine running around as fast as he could.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJpzUQx71IgeZFigmi6o07CP8C3jWdaOiOIer-uGd4vMKbs_VkUI9DsShGJhMoDFTT248-kQ30XIsPCUBrTn9ERY4nuQ3r_OYwbiDN8OeB8iYy9r7KILpNmWc8Lm9tFD5xbSdhZyw32MN/s1600/76121_167078763314759_100000379095545_416491_3743648_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539288301884940082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJpzUQx71IgeZFigmi6o07CP8C3jWdaOiOIer-uGd4vMKbs_VkUI9DsShGJhMoDFTT248-kQ30XIsPCUBrTn9ERY4nuQ3r_OYwbiDN8OeB8iYy9r7KILpNmWc8Lm9tFD5xbSdhZyw32MN/s320/76121_167078763314759_100000379095545_416491_3743648_n.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-6451125804520126012010-06-21T12:11:00.000-07:002010-06-21T13:10:06.568-07:00Cake Time Fun<strong>I have a lot of back-blogging to do because I have had a very busy month to say the least. Now though, I have <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">committed</span> myself to making up for lost blogging time (as much as I can with two small kids running around). </strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>The first stop on my quest to make up for lost time is a blog about birthday cakes. Every year for my sons birthday, I make him a special cake just for himself at his birthday parties. This year he wanted a skateboarding party so I decided to make a skateboard cake using fondant. I have never used fondant before so i decided to have a trial run (which proved to be a very good idea!).</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>The first thing I did was make a chocolate cake and cut it into somewhat of a skateboard form. This admittedly did not go as well as I wanted, but it was a trial after all. This is what it looked like.</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUNdeIRp3vnK9N8wJ6h4OyQzdFLuX70wFkzFKIa0utx08urwfVCvlwy3Ini3Dn9UmQG3adLn-UUfYbGtPvnLk2MvV8DS4SJsijPOPtqdxSP3FWwzbwICq5ON24Nf4W4AUfC68lSQQd6TN/s1600/SAM_1424.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485314396041643730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUNdeIRp3vnK9N8wJ6h4OyQzdFLuX70wFkzFKIa0utx08urwfVCvlwy3Ini3Dn9UmQG3adLn-UUfYbGtPvnLk2MvV8DS4SJsijPOPtqdxSP3FWwzbwICq5ON24Nf4W4AUfC68lSQQd6TN/s320/SAM_1424.JPG" /></a> <strong>My next step was to frost the cake and that looked as follows...</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSdf9TfD8RdGRLFUUatZN1NloRbKvlQBg5ZMqDLjNgRqCHwKbd2TueJ6wvY140G-HJ43mL7goI9oLludmLfuBbT7zxAKXB07eCNZMHVVw3v4oQ-TxFYcb1wvu7VNCzo2VmVHEOJCHQD5y/s1600/SAM_1425.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485314180536053522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSdf9TfD8RdGRLFUUatZN1NloRbKvlQBg5ZMqDLjNgRqCHwKbd2TueJ6wvY140G-HJ43mL7goI9oLludmLfuBbT7zxAKXB07eCNZMHVVw3v4oQ-TxFYcb1wvu7VNCzo2VmVHEOJCHQD5y/s320/SAM_1425.JPG" /></a> <strong>I know, I know, who hasn't seen a frosted cake before right? But I had the picture so I figured I might as well use it. </strong></div><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong><strong></strong><br /><strong>Now it was about 9:30 verging on 10:00 at night at this point and I was mighty surprised when a little helper emerged out of the shadows of the living room. It was the birthday boy himself, so I could not say no to a little bit of help from my favorite kitchen helper. I was getting ready to roll out the fondant and he <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">insisted</span> on having a piece for himself, he then began ripping it into tiny little pieces and telling me not to touch his "mini pizzas."</strong> <div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbmc0d2dCCWLPglim5IlNvnPiEOVlYN9t-XUvFQtxtW8l1LQTIMKVRoXKywZx4hQKke01a0x2ikEOT9yEZbTUAeMnKNGCyUf_wr7dsj2enQnDXSmng0k7FCEqhAaXAnrv5ajrUb2TYh85/s1600/SAM_1427.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485313918049516002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbmc0d2dCCWLPglim5IlNvnPiEOVlYN9t-XUvFQtxtW8l1LQTIMKVRoXKywZx4hQKke01a0x2ikEOT9yEZbTUAeMnKNGCyUf_wr7dsj2enQnDXSmng0k7FCEqhAaXAnrv5ajrUb2TYh85/s320/SAM_1427.JPG" /></a> <strong>My next step was to color the fondant using black coloring to get a gray <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">skateboard-ish</span> color and roll it out. I then covered the cake with it. The coloring wasn't as I had expected but I was in fear that my hands would stay dyed for weeks so that was as good as it was going to get (on top of the fact that it was already past my bed time - not to mention my helper's bed time).</strong><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_E5bpPNl9ztD-iCPKKQS5UqeCcDF95awGNjyTtY6uOxfyCAIuMG7CWbCIFdZOQkO2ejfWsp4x6GbagUv_Q_8f_4PAkl-cBsfRwJiUxe_0LeILZkuIGsXmZbGftoMTkcJLruNrEdLHu_U/s1600/SAM_1428.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485313700959393746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_E5bpPNl9ztD-iCPKKQS5UqeCcDF95awGNjyTtY6uOxfyCAIuMG7CWbCIFdZOQkO2ejfWsp4x6GbagUv_Q_8f_4PAkl-cBsfRwJiUxe_0LeILZkuIGsXmZbGftoMTkcJLruNrEdLHu_U/s320/SAM_1428.JPG" /></a><br /><strong>Here is that little helper of mine smoothing out the fondant and eating some of his "pizzas." Yes it didn't take him too long to figure out that fondant is a fancy way of saying sugar :).</strong><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCAPDCoESH3FbZbrFwnVth59reEZvJS-8pBGNXPdeMyeQHtFmMXlUIqCqajg3k1wOVmdBu4KwGX6i1oBHG9nx2vheTc8CbWhdeC-5mZx0i-JeoB0ogbF5Pfz4bMO20JwcvmSA1YA9YXv_/s1600/SAM_1433.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485313461918181186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCAPDCoESH3FbZbrFwnVth59reEZvJS-8pBGNXPdeMyeQHtFmMXlUIqCqajg3k1wOVmdBu4KwGX6i1oBHG9nx2vheTc8CbWhdeC-5mZx0i-JeoB0ogbF5Pfz4bMO20JwcvmSA1YA9YXv_/s320/SAM_1433.JPG" /></a><br /><strong>After I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">convinced</span> him to stop I snapped a quick picture of the cake.</strong><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_81gFIERyDEtx3-76Wea5q_VSYnYGZqS7OoScgM-90hm4avgNWmG6-D9A1_zF-E9cviT5CNtz_6XYzLqAydQn9Jkq6TJl-YVCAWEU1NP4MDVVujZZQDm7aM6jF1GH1IH6YrYvKlX_Eub/s1600/SAM_1434.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485313220633052114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_81gFIERyDEtx3-76Wea5q_VSYnYGZqS7OoScgM-90hm4avgNWmG6-D9A1_zF-E9cviT5CNtz_6XYzLqAydQn9Jkq6TJl-YVCAWEU1NP4MDVVujZZQDm7aM6jF1GH1IH6YrYvKlX_Eub/s320/SAM_1434.JPG" /></a> <strong>My last step was to cut out some skateboard logos for the cake. Because my son is so obsessed with Rob <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dyrdeck</span> and his fantasy factory show, he is also obsessed with DC. So using some of the left over white fondant I cut out some DC logos and this is what I ended up with....</strong><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGFyQsB5uVpCGH3WVDub6ospZqa4WP20P1x7l_qibL1cNtncKoG60Oq8CoaXfFNGctrXUgZMnghgi_CODs9tAXd1hk9_VZlQGsHo5X2NeePO0PP1pHizAbkUg-w8wF7xqng04UVu4nbpf/s1600/SAM_1435.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485312948435303042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGFyQsB5uVpCGH3WVDub6ospZqa4WP20P1x7l_qibL1cNtncKoG60Oq8CoaXfFNGctrXUgZMnghgi_CODs9tAXd1hk9_VZlQGsHo5X2NeePO0PP1pHizAbkUg-w8wF7xqng04UVu4nbpf/s320/SAM_1435.JPG" /></a><br /><strong>For the cake for his big day, i made some adjustments: I made it skinnier and I also added screws to the top and this is what the cake looked like on his big day. I had a blast and it will definitely not be my last adventure with fondant.</strong><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEni1zd7P-_LQkaOCoDYauqegdECRzdwlReu-lmb6Szb7gedid_iy6UBv79PDt2xiT6gVZ_yGwd-IT7fIfpJAeOx6N72zU-2R63dnOjQSwVU1YFfR2aCVcPTZCh424ubZvX7GOPZN80pp/s1600/SAM_1606.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485312662421130386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEni1zd7P-_LQkaOCoDYauqegdECRzdwlReu-lmb6Szb7gedid_iy6UBv79PDt2xiT6gVZ_yGwd-IT7fIfpJAeOx6N72zU-2R63dnOjQSwVU1YFfR2aCVcPTZCh424ubZvX7GOPZN80pp/s320/SAM_1606.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Here are the birthday boy and his baby brother with the cake.</strong><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxTwA9vQUL0vFI6t-KGWqzDkwWLG_y9FHt_WjjUFptRYlxCjwOvRRUJzdi9fz08gu0TrleL5CUWAilj7FLrxDT90TWRlqDM44N7V6S7YSGh9aU_23EMtYVF-gSkGVvTuboVr9-u3qmtrM/s1600/SAM_1609.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485312460246906914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxTwA9vQUL0vFI6t-KGWqzDkwWLG_y9FHt_WjjUFptRYlxCjwOvRRUJzdi9fz08gu0TrleL5CUWAilj7FLrxDT90TWRlqDM44N7V6S7YSGh9aU_23EMtYVF-gSkGVvTuboVr9-u3qmtrM/s320/SAM_1609.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><u><span style="color:#0066cc;"></span></u></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-18632623825692607542010-05-07T21:21:00.000-07:002010-05-07T22:55:06.802-07:00A year through pictures...<strong>With all my deadlines lately I have not been able to post. The big reason I have not been able to post is the fact that we were finishing all our construction and last Monday was my oldest son's birthday so we had a party for him last Saturday. He is truly a gift that I cherish each and every day. I can't believe he is already 4!! The time goes by so quickly, below is a snapshot of the past year of his life, enjoy :)</strong><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468770159145233074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38eWO0VWqZ6gd6Nq8ou1vNijorJ-fxumZIsOY2HD21wuSqGdIheGEIqkK9RC05CK-ApVCpeNCpMOybjoRKZcgd0BrDtz_Nu9X7oMWL9aXLbwQgU2YnyuMBbd9GOr8hY-DGsNncleAMDJa/s320/100_9014.JPG" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie47kMl8WoZuLqvDDocdRy99uP10XGb_Pp5bJJSLibGniRcE2w7WbYb14gOQUJCdncHSKh0j3eZviUEr7ntr_TrN2vbCpeG54c1hGEgfs5OnyDU-vYqpa5gF2H244Y2wm_nEMreAuI1Nz1/s1600/100_9034.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468770143498261298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie47kMl8WoZuLqvDDocdRy99uP10XGb_Pp5bJJSLibGniRcE2w7WbYb14gOQUJCdncHSKh0j3eZviUEr7ntr_TrN2vbCpeG54c1hGEgfs5OnyDU-vYqpa5gF2H244Y2wm_nEMreAuI1Nz1/s320/100_9034.JPG" /></a><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468765403956118930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqP1vti8IEnv78ZtYhKtIe7Ff5RT2mFQQeEEWRUf-VNxMlkXPYipbgnMF3Ms5ZIbQtT3Fd7w7eJHT4cYvYqNyXyJppxfAdKpnLCl-OQ0vf0ljPleGL4_-ByODZdb_fThoWJLs5256Ga9Le/s320/SAM_1774.JPG" /><br /><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-14180497773036559502010-04-19T14:52:00.000-07:002010-04-19T16:08:38.391-07:00Perfume and Parties...I just realized how literal the names of all my blogs have been... At any rate, a while back (about 6 months to be exact) I purchased a deluxe fragrance sampler at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">sephora</span>. Basically you pay $50 or so and you get 12 sample sized of various perfumes and you get a card that you trade in for a bottle of your favorite of the 12 once you have tried them all.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461984032138934498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeu4_pLaUMd4vH93yjvolB-PfInnOh-kWDR09JvX5MufeHzaSbJjIQahOR0eap0sucrlo9fNKZUJ02nj8XnFW6NJ_jdicIPm3uQkTrQhKmNnZduXKy8RAZA_7if-Jq4_2yLSfxAHYx4UkM/s320/SAM_1396.JPG" />The scents that were included in this particular sampler are:</p><p><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aquolina</span> - Pink Sugar / Donna <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Karan</span> - Cashmere Mist / Juicy Couture - Viva La Juicy / <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Prada</span> - Infusion <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">D'Iris</span> / Dior - Addict 2 / Emilio <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pucci</span> - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Vivara</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Variazioni</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Acqua</span> 330 / <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kenzo</span> - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Flowerbykenzo</span> / Stella McCartney - Stella Nude / <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dolce</span> & <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gabbana</span> - Light Blue / <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Harajuku</span> Lovers - G / Michael <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kors</span> - Very <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">hollywood</span> / <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Versace</span> - Bright Crystal </p><p>I actually liked quite a few of the fragrances (hence the reason why I barely made a selection 6 months later!), I really love Very Hollywood, Bright Crystal and Pink Sugar, I also sort of like G. Eventually I decided to get Pink Sugar.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzGS1NdbYiXTx_YO8gVOvqTAwexxXitkZmqVRiAiSpS4wQ-6Q0ueOmxk3D8BkKizswFyfs1vHQQfXO0LonAvE3qAHHaseD4QD6pkV81Oz6e01RhlVi28o3Di_jcnMafIEdHspaWC2vZHE/s1600/SAM_1395.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461973239888039970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzGS1NdbYiXTx_YO8gVOvqTAwexxXitkZmqVRiAiSpS4wQ-6Q0ueOmxk3D8BkKizswFyfs1vHQQfXO0LonAvE3qAHHaseD4QD6pkV81Oz6e01RhlVi28o3Di_jcnMafIEdHspaWC2vZHE/s320/SAM_1395.JPG" /></a> The reason you ask? Well of those previously mentioned this one gave me the most bang (more specifically perfume) for my buck. With the majority of the perfumes I would be getting a 1oz. bottle and with pink sugar I got a 3.4 oz. bottle so there you go I admit it, I can be a bit frugal sometimes :)</p><p>I do however plan on buying Very Hollywood and Bright Crystal as well sometime in the near future. I also absolutely love <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Issey</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Miyake's</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">L'Eau</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">d'Isssey</span> it is so fresh and amazing I got a sample of it and plan on purchasing it (once I am receiving a steady paycheck), I haven't yet <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">because</span> it is a bit on the pricey side.</p><p>My oldest son is going to be 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> on May 3rd and I am so excited for him. We are going to have a birthday party for him at our house and then we plan on taking him to Disneyland later that month as well. We call him The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Boogs</span> (or booger, boogies, sometimes even booger bear, we are a family that is big on nicknames) because when he was a baby he constantly had boogers in his nose. When he was 2 we or my family would ask him, why do they call you the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">boogs</span>? And he would reply "because I have booger <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">in-a</span> my nose."<br /><br />But I'm getting off topic, so because we are having his party in a couple of weeks I could not pass up these great bowls for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">salsas</span> and things of that nature when I saw them at Bed Bath & Beyond. They were $1.99 and I heart them :)</p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbjpQu4xBkE1tCYWfi6a65ZMC8ZqGPFwnCkFBqli-VGL1Yu0kLcNRFFXS4wfjWN5_TNb3NhOFCqyD3OpV8jsz25dGSe8oQgT6WJxVVxlc28GCfZuCTUcj6hhILmGA0I0VaQd9zQ5EO-fF/s1600/SAM_1393.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461972735709025362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbjpQu4xBkE1tCYWfi6a65ZMC8ZqGPFwnCkFBqli-VGL1Yu0kLcNRFFXS4wfjWN5_TNb3NhOFCqyD3OpV8jsz25dGSe8oQgT6WJxVVxlc28GCfZuCTUcj6hhILmGA0I0VaQd9zQ5EO-fF/s320/SAM_1393.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMXWJbAUgkePx4Zd2ZKh4A3azV5e3udmM05TsjdSRQqY6Kv1hjwpJD4PD-CgJQxkWc5lBGUVpmrA-pXwYsF_uemu1dgvS3EyWG_FGEghYRL7oh0tSQoJrJ02z464IGObNmpRxSWYQBf6U/s1600/SAM_1392.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461972143364014498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMXWJbAUgkePx4Zd2ZKh4A3azV5e3udmM05TsjdSRQqY6Kv1hjwpJD4PD-CgJQxkWc5lBGUVpmrA-pXwYsF_uemu1dgvS3EyWG_FGEghYRL7oh0tSQoJrJ02z464IGObNmpRxSWYQBf6U/s320/SAM_1392.JPG" /></a> I honestly love them so much I had to take pictures from 2 angles....I am such a dork.<br /></div><div>Lastly for your viewing pleasure here is a photo of The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Boogs</span> and I leaving the swap meet yesterday afternoon.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOZZLbt2zZuJQvqbj7ntYljvLNfBp-PgvD58y_Y62xD2zQi8V4WAgURMnpPT-3PCUJUyeaBda8f15v-zD9Zl4JcR5f1axK_WYLq5b2hVsTORSAHVqqSvfFVUJgYksOxlbBSdO9WsitmkC/s1600/SAM_1385.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461971686980188098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOZZLbt2zZuJQvqbj7ntYljvLNfBp-PgvD58y_Y62xD2zQi8V4WAgURMnpPT-3PCUJUyeaBda8f15v-zD9Zl4JcR5f1axK_WYLq5b2hVsTORSAHVqqSvfFVUJgYksOxlbBSdO9WsitmkC/s320/SAM_1385.JPG" /></a><br />He said we were twins because we both had glasses on :)<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v4HGCxhUdCePsfThj9p4q_R_9blvnqsaCDdO2IQLReXCIsYSzIGeIeRWWN80ZzhdB2YBcmNuGscM-jCaFz0gjOboTGO_nudodEe-FqSEH35wEQLSD4SQOifrbdhXYBJCl9-pGJCA6rNt/s1600/SAM_1386.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461971455331975330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v4HGCxhUdCePsfThj9p4q_R_9blvnqsaCDdO2IQLReXCIsYSzIGeIeRWWN80ZzhdB2YBcmNuGscM-jCaFz0gjOboTGO_nudodEe-FqSEH35wEQLSD4SQOifrbdhXYBJCl9-pGJCA6rNt/s320/SAM_1386.JPG" /></a>And here we are being silly...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-88631265762636151082010-04-09T08:19:00.000-07:002010-04-09T11:23:41.319-07:00BBQ, Remodeling, Sephora and Boogers!<strong>So sadly, it has been a long time since I have blogged. I wanted to do a lot of blogging this week since I was off but that didn't happen and there is an explanation of my week (in picture form) below...<br /></strong><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSJwpuYe_UGm-qY-LmURFR7_GZ0BdO6q5yo0-s5QBG6LCb4UEvRfu_JaCOga7_7WdVz-B1huJbeKIrXsO4aAX0ccLTnitWox9U8JlB-BrXAcxfiVrRHKLxeyDQcnuVRL9vFJj1Y3qVnLK/s1600/SAM_1355.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><strong> It all started with Monday when my hubby (aka the crock) was off from work and decided to purchase a new medicine cabinet and vanity for our bathroom (something we have been wanting to do for a while now). He installed the medicine cabinet and later his dad came over to finish hooking up the sink and now our a bathroom looks something like this:</strong><br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458163517992000610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-c0spuern3q7w_KW9KVjhLn5o9ZB1TIHvsehvMp_XPUN_HhuNwOyPvhvZy1pxkhESZHVAkG1jWa_ZCSTUTy3urJTrVo_eTzWyY_bJecawxFYaNotshrWfL2cBrXp4GsBYbD4ZZsM3V9J/s320/SAM_1356.JPG" /><strong>I love the color (because I am obsessed with black furniture mostly). But we aren't done yet. We are getting a new toilet and a storage unit for over the toilet and then we are going to re-glaze the tub and I am also thinking that the light fixture also needs to be replaced. So it's a work in progress. There is also construction going on now as we speak in my house because we are putting an opening in the wall that divides our kitchen and living room to be able to put in a breakfast bar to make more space in our tiny kitchen. I had a picture of what my wall looked like with its guts all exposed but decided against inserting it here.</strong></div><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong><strong></strong><br /><br /><strong>Tuesday:</strong><br /><strong>A couple of years ago I begged and begged my crocky to buy me a BBQ. He was very hesitant because he said I would never use it (sadly he was more right than wrong). So this spring and summer I have made it my mission to use it more often and this was the first use of the season. We invited my in-laws over (because they always invite us over for BBQ's). I made a lot of stuff, potato salad, burgers, hot dogs and my favorite bacon wrapped asparagus yum!! But the only thing I took a picture of was my deviled eggs...</strong><br /><br /><br /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 202px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458178618541286978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4luj-r2NgbTs5_RFI0EikYUIg6vo_yxs96wMz43oFEGeo9q4oMrNg1CdGXZV6oDm1lgpDEoHKuCcFhfFT_mSleqBcekgg6Q7cIjW2tn8GPQpriKZ1iAL_KCS6rgUcRv2ps6snylSll8l/s320/SAM_1354.JPG" /><br /><strong>I wanted to take more, but I didn't want my in-laws thinking I'm weirder than I already am :). Also there were 5 eggs in this photo but one disappeared right as the camera flashed...odd. I got the recipe courtesy of Sandra Lee and <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/deviled-eggs-recipe/index.html">foodnetwork.com</a>, I have been obsessed with these since I made them (I think I've made them like 4 times in the last week (probably not the best thing as far as cholesterol is concerned!). I'm actually getting a craving as we speak...</strong><br /><p><strong></strong> </p><p><strong>Now for yesterday (Thursday):</strong></p><p><strong>I went to Sephora for a VIB (Very Important Beauty) event and did some shopping. It's great to get out and do girly things, since I am surrounded by boys). So I picked up a couple of things because I had a 15% off coupon. First was the Clinique all about eye serum:</strong></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458163167129642130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ACPegj5RC0FbH16b2RzHNFRxWEt3e93eSPWZa3rV8AbbKe1kWKyvQLogg6Ak7u95gB6Kg2DUwGbQodDDUrPvrZFSdIBn4aj7Z5ukVoqbbK7qvF0FiO2y7kBiZ3nJrSw4TEA3KcZNDt6q/s320/SAM_1361.JPG" /><br /><strong>It has a roller ball applicator and is supposed to reduce puffiness and dark circles and the guy at Sephora just raved about it so I thought it was finally time to treat myself. I also got the OPI for Sephora Modern Flower mini collection of nail polishes:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458162962382515730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Q3C4kngVPb_eRzfBYR484B48yVq2EOMoHMgKlXiEtaZVI2o-9uRi8KETD797pD0PNOg_lpoyYiAG9FWDo8KnMQ2HwXhFoUYbDRMzkeliKNV8eubKsee7biRG_lYGXdMFC9BvylHsGw-t/s320/SAM_1359.JPG" /><br /><strong>Here are the colors from left to right: Handpicked for me, It's bouquet with me, Iris I was thinner and Leaf him at the altar. I have recently become obsessed with mini nail polishes because I have NEVER used up an entire bottle and I also have trouble choosing one color or two from a collection where I like 3 or 4 or 5. This is another mini collection that I purchased a while back from the OPI Spain collection:</strong><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458162557549382962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaZRUxLHJtZDCr2xs3bJN11o-ndkSE3X6Xmj0VwX1KnV2vP3WrRpuw5QJ7DbespeP4-jIx1nFYOa32EyETL83PUSRfURDEGBl8tOTbBy_zxy7dLvFIZnTs_FazI1znBSuAAMObS2dHp5t/s320/SAM_1364.JPG" /><strong>From left to right they are: a mini Rapi-Dry top coat, Pink Flamenco, No Spain No Gain and Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees (my favorite)!. I think these mini nail polishes are the way to go for me :).</strong></p><p><strong>I also redeemed some points for this set:</strong><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458162112815213938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4FPG1DJSQfqm6w70vVtCYxreCrMRo7IU2o48X0Gd6nrnmhk_RfwLI4XGf_Jkyn4znRuJDvZD6qn8kNOaomoxsNkjWz4jKzSbQFL2rdIY7T5svpwT0UKPOSVzCh3d5ERmijUZANDxkuIo/s200/SAM_1362.JPG" /><strong>It is an Ole Henriksen 3 Little Wonders mini set. It comes with truth serum collagen booster, invigotating night gel and sheer transformation. The girls just raved about this product so I decided to give it a go. I really need all the help I can get in the skincare department and I also like that these containers are refillable. </strong><br /><br /></p> <strong>Now my Friday (today):</strong><br /><p><strong></strong> </p><p><strong>Last night was rough because my baby (7 months old) had a stuffy nose and kept waking up crying because he couldn't breathe. A long time ago when my oldest was around one he was very sick and stuffed up so his doctor recommended using saline drops, well he had none of that being squirted up his nose! So i recently was thrilled to discover these gems:</strong></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458161707864159298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYy_BWHjz6yYbwQWMy_qdLdkhHBF7tygr_T6rof4O8L-EZ6j3DlAjz-7oIdXJu_7-Q_AF8JfOL-gxgv2Y0TeF5oUkK2osoKY53y3eL84lFzTA8ss9moFYO3k9D7qS0H4ZAsYCvWkwoHZt/s320/SAM_1363.JPG" /><br /><br /><strong>They are boogie wipes and I bought them at Sams Club, they came in a three pack. They are like wipies but they are soaked in saline solution instead of water. I have already used about 5 of them and it's 11 a.m. right now and he is actually a little less stuffed up than he was last night so I am quite pleased. Hopefully he will be better by tonight!</strong><br /><br /><strong>Well have a happy weekend and cross your fingers for me that my construction goes well!</strong>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-72339520306501509972010-04-02T14:58:00.000-07:002010-04-02T15:57:18.617-07:00The quest for the holy grail....<div>I have noticed much mention of "holy grail" make up items in the blog/youtube community and it got me to thinking, what are my holy grail items? Do I have any?</div><div><br /><div></div><div>Well the answer is I have one holy grail mascara under my belt and that mascara is...</div><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0lOeHgbsMbiibiY_UvIDh_siRim_zZNvGXcRTwxS-1i8pSFHoO9ZKB5jpTJDbZ1rqV4mM02vPA6JY5WoOzl7eqAMxqXn4P3z5Zw1Ok1KKRckPY3bPP7TpfgXJ0F0i__9uDspUJ_C8vub/s1600/SAM_1182.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 218px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455664144503109426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvGn45lpY-nYZlSTzTr9Fe_HNENrOpZ_fo9P-zOMghz1Ur9biqDxZ1NyfSJ5r7C73dpUhU_KJYfkomDpcPfXDB39kAjE1nvXXvrZyk9R5OKK6Mh4uaWKBH0gOptNQcTs6YkHv8DzXzWJ2/s320/P40404_hero%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div></div><div>Diorshow, by well Dior. I loooove this mascara and can not say enough good things about it, I especially love the enormous wand (which some people don't care too much for). I first got this mascara a couple of years ago when my mom bought it for me in Las Vegas (everytime they would go to Vegas I would print out a wish list from Sephora for my mom, complete with pictures :) ). So it was free but at $24, I repurchased it only a couple of times but now that I have 2 kids (and I'm not technically getting paid for working at the moment) I have since been on the hunt for a cheaper alternative.</div><div><br />I tried Maybeline's Great Lash and I hate it, even though I hate to waste make up, I'll admit that I threw this one away before I finished the bottle. It gave me terrible raccoon eyes (which only highlight my already dark circles!), I really hated the wand and I also hated the way my eyelashes looked after application, we just didn't see eye to eye (pardon the pun). </div><div><br />So since then I have been using Maybeline Full 'N Soft...</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0lOeHgbsMbiibiY_UvIDh_siRim_zZNvGXcRTwxS-1i8pSFHoO9ZKB5jpTJDbZ1rqV4mM02vPA6JY5WoOzl7eqAMxqXn4P3z5Zw1Ok1KKRckPY3bPP7TpfgXJ0F0i__9uDspUJ_C8vub/s1600/SAM_1182.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 267px; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455667280487307970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0lOeHgbsMbiibiY_UvIDh_siRim_zZNvGXcRTwxS-1i8pSFHoO9ZKB5jpTJDbZ1rqV4mM02vPA6JY5WoOzl7eqAMxqXn4P3z5Zw1Ok1KKRckPY3bPP7TpfgXJ0F0i__9uDspUJ_C8vub/s320/SAM_1182.JPG" /></a></div><div> Honestly, I am not too fond of it either, I still get raccoon eyes and I feel like I am just all over the place when I apply it and it seems like I have to run the wand through my lashes a bunch of times to get the look I want (something I really don't have the time to do in the mornings while I get 2 kids ready). But it isn't HORRIBLE, so I am using up the bottle before I buy another. I am thinking of trying Great Lash next but I'm still not sure.</div><div> </div><div>As far as foundations go, I used to use Youngblood (a bare minerals type of makeup) but then I decided I wanted my skin tone to be more even. So I bought MAC's tinted moisturizer (mistake #1), then when I started breaking out I bought MAC's studio fix fluid (mistake #2 that I am still paying for!!).</div><div> </div><div>Way back in high school I tried MAC foundations and they broke me out, stupidly I thought I was older now and that wouldn't happen because my skin was different now. Well I still have acne that has never gone away since then :( and before this I rarely got acne and when I did it would be one or two pimples at a time. Although my skin has improved since then, I still hate that I hav acne.</div><div> </div><div>I have since tried an array of foundations in search of the right amount of coverage and what not (and I have been dissapointed every time). The second to last foundation I used being KORRES Wild Rose Foundation... </div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 190px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455668510428854018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYRPiYpm9B643VvUUhFUOtYziEfMdU_XGLRTPH5whGOkS4ZD5VsnIsTmtxUktcmCe07kPolN9giRGzT48VCCY8ICzG61JdICysaWPjFtRYg3ohFVVUsMWs5wThu172VG91SlYNrXjru9-/s320/SAM_1178.JPG" /><br />I really liked this foundation overall, but I could never work it in properly enough to provide me the coverage that I want. Also, it didn't last as long as I would have liked (but honestly no foundation I have ever tried does).<br /><br />Once that ran out I decided to see what I got recommended to try at Sephora and it was...<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 187px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455669659188263298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboUA1eU-edTS7jK6a0-Gi_c3gAaxuqKLtD8WtSQxZDm_kYC6igNkVWSKnvrT5-6AWsLxkK4oW-PTLm-T5RQCWs9bvhyX50KE8-EGAMqjZ-ppDW7v-utciY6jViVCsuRFT4RKZkiptoUP9/s320/SAM_1180.JPG" /><br />Make up forever HD, I tried it on in the store and I liked it, I figured I would bring it back if I really hated it. It's OK, not my favorite but certainly not the worst thing I have ever used, it doesn't give me as much coverage as I would like and most of the time I feel like I really have to work it in to not look streaky (maybe I really need to work on my technique here haha). So I decided to go ahead and use up the bottle, before I buy another one, mostly because I was too lazy to make the journey to return it. I have no idea what I am going to get next but I want to try something that is more hydrating because I have very dry skin.<br /><br /><br />So my search continues....for now :)<br /><p></p>Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251312230423227796.post-2716491752458039042010-04-01T21:06:00.000-07:002010-04-02T14:52:21.218-07:00Hello!Well, I guess my first post here should really be one of explanation. My name is Bianca and I am a wife (been married for 41/2 amazing years) and I am a mom to two boys that are my whole world (my oldest is going to be 4 in May and my baby is 7 months).<br /><br />Perhaps the first question on your mind if you are reading this is what the heck does "monk and crock" mean?? A valid question, allow me to explain here:<br />While dating my husband we stumbled upon these nicknames for each other, I will start with mine (because it is the easiest to explain). I have always had a real love for stuffed animal monkeys, I just love the little suckers! So my husband (boyfriend at the time) would always buy me some or win me some at theme parks or carnivals. Gradually this turned into him calling me "monk." Now for his nickname, when we were dating he really enjoyed watching wrestling (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">WWE</span>) and his favorite wrestler was the rock. There was one day when we were watching together that another wrestler came out making fun of the rock and called himself "the crock." After that day he would just bust out with a "the crock" at a random moment. So now that you are no doubt bored, there you have it!<br /><br />Now for a little about this blog of mine:<br />Basically I think this will be a place to jot down whatever is going on in my mind. My mind races about a hundred miles a minute any given day of the week and sometimes I just need an outlet to talk about things like marriage, motherhood, relationships, make-up, clothes, cooking, whatever happens to be the topic of the day. So here we go, thanks in advance for joining me for the ride!Biancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423536715769727448noreply@blogger.com0