i was spoiled rotten...

i had a whole extended weekend of fun, friends and happiness. from friday to monday i was spoiled in some wonderful way. how lucky am i to have such great freinds and a great hubby!
i guess my brother can stuff it with his comment about why even celebrate when your so close to 40! yep, he really said that, but in a funny teasing way because he's the BABY!

the girls just came back from montana and now they are headed to the church ranch to camp. jas and i will join them for the day tomorrow to celebrate the 4th, but in the meantime we will be seeing hancock tonight! i hope it's good, i LOVE will smith!

have a wonderful and safe 4th!

race for the cure...

today kiki and i walked the 5k co-ed walk in the race for the cure. it was pretty amazing to see the huge number of people walking with us and even more amazing to see the courageous women walking in the pink survivor t-shirts. i've been pretty lucky in my life to not have been affected by anyone i am close to being diagnosed with breast cancer. but i have been very touched by many stories i have heard from survivors. and deeply saddened by stories of others who were not so lucky. my hope is that they will find a cure for breast cancer and it will never be something to touch the lives of my children, family or friends in the near future.

on a side note, during the walk i realized how seriously out of shape i have gotten (i was SURE i was going to faint from exhaustion) and will be rectifying that so that i survive hawaii in november.

i swear i will get better about posting...

i am making a goal to post once a week no matter how boring my life is. hopefully i can follow through on that.

here's a little peek at what our last week has entailed.

1st my parents got a trampoline. yes, i know half of america has a trampoline, but i haven't been on one since back in high school (seriously a LONG time ago) when i would occasionaly jump on the lee's. i had completely forgotten how much fun it is. jas was pretty shocked that i even got on it since i guess he views me as a stick in the mud.

then kial accidently broke my little panasonic lumix camera. i was finally completely comfortable with it and it's picture taking abilities and then it was gone. SO jas bought me a new camera for my early birthday present. after much reading and comparing and deciding what i wanted most in a little point and shoot camera i decided on the canon powershot sd1100 is. it's not the fanciest one out there but i loved the tiny size and the options it did have and i think it will be a great replacement for my little lumix. plus, they had it in brown!

next we had kial's 13th birthday party; cosmic bowling at spin alley. kial invited a bunch of friends and all but 2 of them bailed on her. she learned a great lesson though...it's nice to have only a few friends around because then you can actually enjoy just hanging out with them. she also said she was really glad she could have her cousins come because they really had a great time. if her friends came we would not have been able to include them.

yesterday we celebrated kial's real birthday with the dinner of her choice...burgers at red robin. she loves red robin because she can get a yummy boca burger, bottomless fries and a delicious freckled lemonade.

and today we went completely insane and got another dog. his name is otis and he's a 3 year old toy poodle. he needed a new home because a bigger dog at his current residence did not like him. we have been talking for a while now about getting a "friend" for george, but it had to be hypoallergenic so i didn't die. well, in one day we were told about 2 dogs that both fit the bill. the first one ended up being kind of a scam but otis was legit.
hopefully, he will adjust well with our family and especially with george.

well, i am signing off until next week.
take care

a new post...

FINALLY!

i feel like i go forever between posts now a days. i also never have time to keep up on anyone elses newest blog posts and that makes me sad. i used to be able to read blogs and even post from work, but i can no longer do that and it has hugely reduced my time to blog snoop. i guess that's a good thing since work has gotten so incredibly busy and it sounds like it will just be getting worse in the future.

well, this week has been filled with frustration while i worked on and revised (over and over and over) the program for the nathan hale musical, bat boy, which ceb will be in starting thursday. jason said it felt like i came home from work and went right back to work. i think it's the first time i can remember jas feeling like i was neglecting him & the girls...poor guy. but i sent off my final changes saturday morning and am finally done! YEAH!

saturday started with a volleyball game in the morning. even though we have lost every game so far i think this loss was the hardest on the girls. it was their last regular season game and they were really hoping to win at least one. life lessons, right?

the best part of saturday was going to my scrappin' buddy carlanna's wedding. sadly, jas & i missed the ceremony (i won't go into how jason made us late because he wanted to hem his stupid pants 20 minutes before i told him we needed to leave and i was mad for the whole car ride) but the reception was great. carlanna looked incredible and joe was handsome. the hall was decorated beautifully, the dj was good, the food was fabulous and the party was wonderful.carlanna's happiness was so apparent and contagious it was impossible not to have fun. her dance with her son jeremy was especially touching because of some recent medical problems he's had that were recently diagnosed. i don't think there was a dry eye anywhere during that dance.i left feeling really lucky to have so many good things in my life, an awesome husband, amazing kids, a wonderful family and truly good friends.

carlanna's favorite saying is live well, laugh often, love much...you can't go wrong there!

the scooter...

so for a while now jas & i have been talking about getting scooters as a way to cut down on our gas consumption and because, you know, they are AWESOME.

i was thinking something like this... and i would be thrilled with something like this...well, jas ended up getting this...needless to say i was NOT thrilled. it seriously lacks coolness in my book. he figured it would be a great way to get some excercise and he's now riding it to work and home everyday. which i must say is great for him and all, but i really miss the time we were spending together everyday commuting to and from work.
i am still going to keep wishing for one of the COOL scooters but for now i will be rockin my geo metro all alone to work everyday.

love this...

there is just something that really gets me whenever i hear a really great rendition of the national anthem. i honestly choke up everytime i hear it (unless someone butchers it).

regardless of your politics and whether you LOVE or hate stephen colbert you've got to admit his duet with john legend was amazing.if you click on this link it will take you to a site where you can play & listen to it...i seriously love this.

thanks for replaying it for me jas!

you can make fun ALL you want...

i don't care, but I am really excited about NKOTB getting back together.
and yeah, i do still have the dolls!

edit...sadly, i just listened to their 1st new song and i am SO not impressed. maybe other crazy old fans will like it though and i can get a good price for my dolls on ebay!