So-niele

Progress

Making progress on the party that is! I spent a good majority of the day working on the invitation and I am quite happy with the outcome. Ordered 75 copies in 5x7 to Cos.tco and I pick them up tomorrow. During Christmas time I made the big mistake of ordering “cards” in 4x6, only to find that envelopes to accomodate that size are few and far between, either that or they’re an arm and a leg. So now on my agenda for tomorrow is to pick up some envelopes, some labels, and the invitations!!!

I can’t believe while I was working on the invitation, I nearly made my computer go kaputs. Yowza! Yes I think I went down to 1% battery, what a big nono!!! But all is well with it.

I made the run to Par.ty Ci.ty, I wanted to go back to see if they had more cups though. I also made the order on Ori.ental Tra.ding. Now it’s a matter of getting the adult favors together, the food, the jumper, the drinks, and every other lil thing that I need to think about. I have a month. A month.

Am I stressing? Yes, no, and kinda sorta.

In other news, progress has occured on ONE of the rearrangements around the house. The next project is to switch rooms, which will NOT be easy in the slightest, but it will give me a chance to do lots of purging!!!

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Deposit $$$

So I’ve gotta make a deposit tomorrow, all $536.
I have to write a check for $150 for the cookie fundraiser.
I also have to make an order at Or.iental Trading that will probably be about $200.
I also need to order a shirt for lil man’s hula show on Ol.dNav.y.com.
I’ve still got lots more cash from the cash card that we cashed out today, but still.

Seems like a lot of money but it goes away all too quickly *sigh*

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Reconnecting

Reconnecting with myself and doing things with other people, other than the keiki and the mister and my ‘rents.

So it looks like I’ve joined a “Dinner Club”, I missed the first outing though , and I really wanted to go too. They went to E&*O Tr.ading Comp.any in the city and I’ve been dying to check it out after seeing it on P.aci.fic Fusi.on. We were supposed to go to As.ia S.F. this week but with the change in lil man’s schedule, it wouldn’t allow for it , but the ladies have decided to change the date. YAY !!!! Another hopeful adventure in eating shall be to Burm.a Su.perstar!!!! Anyone in the Ba.y Ar.ea have any other recommendations for adventurous eating? Nothing too out there but also nothing too common either!!!! Greatly appreciated! I’ve been Yel.ping a lot lately, looking for reviews and such. It’s interesting.

In other things… I’ve joined a Ladies Literary Group, aka… a book club! Should be fun and hopefully we shall see a rise in my reading interest. I haven’t read a book in it’s entirety in 2 years. Good lord! I’ve picked up books and have always ended up putting them down. Magazines… those are different . So I’m trying my hand at some intellectual stimulation. Our first read, By a Lady: Being the Adventures of an Enlightened American in Jane Austen’s England, by Ama.nda Ely.ot. Should be interesting, not my usual chick lit! Or is it??? Quite a few bloggers are in the LLG: MamaToots, VooDoo, Weekender, BabyBlogger, and Piaadoll. Those are the ones that I actually recognized from the email that went out anyhow . So I’ve got roughly 2 months to read this book and get something out of it to share with the LLG *crossing fingers*. I was never really good at book discussions though, So I’m hoping I get a go at it and get to read it again before we meet up.

There has been some attempts at the renovations, or at least some moving and shaking of things has been done. It’s a start right? And I’ve packed up the shotglasses too . My mom is taking them and I told her to give the rest away! YAY! Big mister has had his tape measure out and measuring things here and there in an attempt to accomodate the “new toy”. GAH! We’re going to be blind I tell ya! Once everything is in place, I’ll be sure to take photos. After this rearrangement… we tackle the lil man’s room and set up the lil missy’s room. WAHOO!!!! I’m all about purging and donating. Anyone want some of my old junk . Oh wait… garage sale. Must save for garage sale first to see if I can get some $$$ and then I give away… right?

I also got a move on some of the party planning. Yay!!! Go me. Heh. I went to Part.y Cit.y and made some sale purchases. Tomorrow I need to deposit some moola so that I can finally make an order on Or.iental Tra.ding. Man that place is a God send!!!

So I’m busy. Or at least I might seem like it!!!!

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Before the day is over

There are things you remember that make you smile and there are things you remember that you wish you could remove from your memory. The date of today is something I will never forget. It’s a date that actually makes me giggle, just at the thought of what happened.

511. of sorts. 823.

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Weather change and a photoshoot

Fog. Fog. and more Fog! Damn! But I should have known that it wouldn’t last huh? This is typical of summers where we live though. I think the bext time of the year here is the fall. Of course we head out of this area and the sun is shining, heck it’s beaming.

Did lots of running around today. In and out of the sunshine and fog.

The keiki had a lovely photoshoot today with my friend’s D70. I think we finally got something to use. I’ll need some help with some PSing though *ahem, cough, cough* Help PLEASE MB!!!! .

Semi busy weekend again… you have a lovely weekend too!!!!

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Beachy again

The weather has been absolutely wonderful here. I’m telling you I can be okay with a few days of the year with hotness. It’s not unbearably hot though, thank goodness. We ventured to the beach with some friends, the camera sat at the blanket as we splished and splashed in the water. The water was a bit numbing, but the keiki were having fun, so that’s all that matters. I envisioned so many beautiful shots as I stood there without my camera. LoL… better that I didnt have it though as the lil miss was trying to wriggle her way away from me. My mom would have my a.ss if she knew that I had her in the water. Ya know, being that she is still sniffly and boogery . Oh well though, huh?

We parted ways, took showers and naps.. and then met up again for some dinner at Fre.sh Cho.ice. YUM. What a lovely way to end the day with some refreshing salad and baked goodies. It always cracks me up at how much N eats there. Thankfully she’s still free. She gobbles up her tri colored pasta, peas, corn, raisins, kidney beans, hard boiled eggs, and if it were so messy and staining… I would so let her have beets on her own. I loves me some beets!!! Lil man pretty much eats the same things as her, throw in some brocolli, mac n’ cheese, cheese pizza, and some croutons and he’s definitely good to go.

Another lovely day tomorrow

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Busy, busy

… and I hadn’t even planned on it!

Worked a short shift yesterday and came home with a horrible headache . Took some Motrin and knocked out on the couch. Woke up and still had it. Tried everything too: caffeine (Pe.psi), chocolate, sleep, food, water, and Mo.trin. And nothing seemed to do the trick… all but time. Fooey.

Today ran a bunch of errands and just anticipating dinner. One of the errands happened to be dropping something by my ‘rents house and my mom offered us some salmon steaks. AHHHHH YEAH!!!! They went to HMB yesterday for my brother’s birthday and came home with some fresh off the boat fish… so we’re having salmon for dinner. I can’t wait! Lil man is busy doing some multiplication worksheets and he read for about a half hour too. We’re off to big mister’s karate class in a bit.

The “renovations” haven’t occured yet. I’m totally dreading the room change. For a lil person, the lil man sure has a lot of JUNK! I swear! In his bed alone he has like 25 stuffed animals in there. PACK RAT, PACK RAT, PACK RAT!!! Someone come and help me purge and reorganize!!!

Lil miss has come down with the snifflies. ICK. Her nose is a little faucet and she hates it when I come in for a swipe.

We’re having some lovely weather right now, so it’s time to go enjoy some of it

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Summer

Summer started this week in our house. We haven’t been up to much. Running the usual errands and just hanging out. What did you expect?

The house is up for a renovation rearrangement. Lil man wants the bigger bedroom, I’m considering setting up the lil missy’s crib (finally), and we’re moving the living room and dining room around to accomodate for the big mister’s new toy. I am soooooooooo needing to do some purging.

Mama Toots and I have been throwing around the idea of having a garage sale, which I am so excited for, I just don’t even know where to begin. I’m thinking loads of the baby gear will be sold, clothes, books, DVDs (!!??), toys, and other miscellany. I’ve been collecting shot glasses for a number of years and they just sit and collect dust and space. They’ve actually become an eye sore for me, and I’m sure others too…. so I’m thinking, they’re going up for sale. I thought about using them as candle holders or something, but really how many candle holders do I need??? So yeah whenever the hell the garage sale is, they’re going bye bye. And whatever doesn’t sell is going to charity. How pathetic! So if you’re one of the people that contributes to the shot glass clutter… there will be no more. Although they were much appreciated, do NOT bring anymore back from your travels, I’d much rather prefer a magnet. Did I just say that??!! Good Lord, I’m getting old . I was thinking of getting rid of my now defunct “hobby” of scrapbooking too. It just did not happen. The last thing I scrapped was of something 3+ years ago and that is all. I could “say” that I might try my hand at digital scrapping, but really I don’t have the time. But you know what I’m okay with that. I’ll just drag, drop, and click and make photobooks online. Heh… life is getting too easy sometimes.

I have such a hard time letting go of things. It’s no wonder this house is a mess of clutter. And like I’ve said before it doesn’t help that everyone else (minus the wee one) in this house is a packrat too. Lil man has a hard time letting go of toys. I don’t help much by indulging him. Yesterday while out with my mom, I felt bad for having to tell him, “NO! It’s just junk. NO!” Over and over and over! He was one unhappy camper. He seriously did NOT need the things he wanted anyhow, what with all the nearly, what seems, millions of little toys he has already. Around birthday and Christmas time I try to get him to gather together all the things he can do without and donate. Yeah it never happens. SUCKS!

Enough babbles need to head out the door and run more errands. Have a lovely Thursday!

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What show is she from?

Okay I got sucked in!!! I’m watching that new show on ABC H.ow to Ge.t the G*uy mostly b/c it’s set in Sa.n Fr.ancisco. It’s always funny to see familiar spots on television. But where is the woman host from???? It’s wrecking havoc on my lil brain here! I’ve seen her on another show and I just don’t know which one. Something on TLC? Something on Food Ne’twork? Something on Style? HELP ME!!! Maybe 6 knows!!! I’ll go ask her!

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Stuck at home

… and it’s all for the WRONG reason. I am NOT carless. The keiki are NOT sick *knocks on wood*. And the weather is just fine. It’s b/c my toosh and my tummy aren’t being friendly with each other. I ate something wrong yesterday and it’s been wrecking havoc on me, sending me to the bathroom nearly every half hour. I have headaches and I’m light headed too. Why? Oh b/c I can’t keep anything down and yet I’m somebody else’s food source. I’m telling you she’s sucking the life out of me. If I’m not in the bathroom, I’m feeling sicky and lethargic b/c I have no energy . It sucks I tell ya.

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Last day of school

Today was technically lil man’s last day of 1st grade. Good lawd, I’m old. I freaking have a 2nd grader!!! Tomorrow is the awards assembly and then the family field day. So I made 48 cupcakes for the festivities. Half french vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting and the other half devil’s food cake with vanilla frosting. Eh, and if they’re a hit or not… I had all the ingredients on hand and did not have to spend anything extra.

Plans for the summer??? He’s got loads of reading to do. June we’re letting him chill. July we’re thinking he’ll be in daycamp where I work. And come August, more just relaxing and playing it by ear. B/c he starts school too.

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Ya feel me?

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You can get cheffy too

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I called

I called a friend today, more like yesterday 0605, to wish him a Happy Birthday. Haven’t talked to him in awhile, but still I just wanted him to know that I didn’t forget. I was only able to leave a message. That’s okay though, I don’t know how it would be to talk to him anyhow. But then… it would have been nice to have someone to talk to.

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My head hurts

There’s so many things going on in my head and my heart, and it hurts.
There’s so much I want to say.
But I can’t.
Not here anyhow.

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Go ahead and kick me in the shins

Yeah, ask me if I got a photo of the bride and groom? Or the bride or just the groom for that matter? Yeah NOPE. Not a one. I’m lame I know. I just didn’t have the itch last night. Everyone else seemed to have it though. I have photos of me and the lil miss prior to us getting in the car. I have photos of the lil miss lying on the floor lifting her dress as the big mister was setting up his DJ equipment. And that’s about the extent of photos from the wedding. We’ve got 3 more to attend this summer. Let’s hope I do better. You can always hope right .

We got home late last night and then I had to get up early to pick up the lil man from my ‘rents so that the lil man could go to hula class. They’re in show mode right now, so they’re trying to perfect every lil thing for the show come July. We were there from 930 until 130. Boy my toosh was hurting. It was fun though.

A long and kinda short week too. My Tuesdays aren’t hectic anymore, now that lil man has hula on Sundays. Lil man also has his Spring Concert on Tuesday. And his last day of school is this Friday, and it will all end with a family field day which should be fun, if it’s anything like last year.

Hope your weekend was a good one and that your coming week is good as well.

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I think I’m ready

Okay I think I’ve got my ‘fit mapped out. I went with the dress pants idea, as much as I was feeling uncomfy about it, it’s just the better option for me considering I’ll be toting the lil miss on a hip the whole evening. I’ve got some primping and prepping to do tomorrow. I’m hoping to curl my hairs to look a lil different, but I’ve never done it on my own so we’ll see how this all goes. I also need to pluck my brows and apply some eye makeup. Yes, you read correctly, eye makeup. Paint the toesies and it should be all good. *crosses fingers*

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