12.28.2008

Pillow talk.

Doesn't everyone use linen napkins...
to cover old pillows?(Found these linen napkins for a song at Pottery Barn.
The striped pillow used to be a baby blanket I found at Target).

12.24.2008

Christmas Eve...

Christmas Eve afternoon at the park, in the warm sun, and no shoes...what could be better?
Our stroller even flew our kite while we played.

Fly Dora, Fly!


FORE!

Ahhh! New Christmas pj's!
Thanks Granny Goose!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

12.22.2008

Merry Christmas!





Thanks to my wonderful friend, photographer, and graphic designer Michelle Rasmussen for putting together our Christmas card this year. I sent them all out and still missed a lot of friends. Check her out at http://www.rhphotogallery.com/. (Michelle, you rock)!

12.20.2008

Tagged!

Thanks to my blog friend Jen for tagging me (the first time I've ever accepted a tag invite).

8 shows I watch.
1. Dancing with the Stars
2. The Unit.
3. The Office.
4. Rate My Space.
5. Divine Design.
6. Flipping Out.
7. Top Design.
8.

8 things I did yesterday.
1. Wiped runny noses all day long.
2. Did two loads of laundry.
3. Finally cleaned up two months of Cheerios (about one cup) out of the car.
4. Apologized to Jake for flipping out two days earlier about being the under-appreciated maid.
5. Shaved my legs for the first time in ?(sorry for that image).
6. Danced around the kitchen with my boys to MC Hammer's "You Can't Touch This."
7. Ordered another roll of wallpaper (I still can't figure out how I could have been so off in my mearsurements).
8. Called for estimates on having a professional come hang up my wallpaper.

8 places I like to eat.
1. Chipotle.
2. My mom's house.
3. My house (if I don't have to cook or clean up).
4. Sweet Tomatoes.
5. Cafe Rio (doesn't everyone have that as one of their answers?).
6. La Rua's.
7. Soup Kitchen.
8. Market Street Grill.

8 things I look forward to.
1. When Naish sleeps through the night.
2. Getting my wallpaper up.
3. Fat-free egg nog.
4. The day they find Osama Bin Laden.
5. When I finally come out of my adolescent zit phase.
6. Adding and subtracting without using my fingers.
7. Using the bathroom uninterupted.
8. MC Hammer's come back.

8 things on my wish list.
1. Photoshop.
2. A really big square ottoman with storage slipcovered in white.
3. Go to the Oprah show.
4. A self-cleaning oven that actually cleans itself.
5. My 21 year old figure back.
6. Shelves, a sofa, and a flat screen tv in my den.
7. Fat-free egg nog (did I already say that?).
8. My boys to grow up curious about life, but obedient to wise counsel.

12.14.2008

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree...

If I had my druthers, my Christmas tree would be totally monochromatic...white flocked, white lights, white tree skirt, and white matching ornaments with silver accent. But, that would mean no handmade red and green manger scene cut-outs with blue glitter all over baby Jesus' face that Tani made in primary and...I just couldn't bare that. Notice we have very few glass ornaments and the ones we do have are all above 42 inches (just out of a 15 month old's reach). I also finally figured out what to do with all the Christmas cards that come in the mail. Here's my tutorial on how to make retro-like, inexpensive snowflakes in...WHITE!
Take 7 or 10 pipe cleaners in the color of your choice.

Cut them in half.

Bundle all the p.c.'s in one hand. Take one of p.c.'s that you cut in half and wrap it around the center of the bundled p.c.'s .
Start pulling each p.c. one by one apart.
You've got yourself a handmade pipe cleaner snowflake.
It snowed in Tucson this year (on my tree)!

12.10.2008

Look what arrived at my doorstep today!

I know what I'm doing this weekend!

12.06.2008

Tis the season for the flu. Fa-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la. Throw-up, fever, chills, clingy. That about sums up the last 2 days.