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7.25.2011

life: 1st birthday theme

sometimes stepping back & focusing is a good thing... right?
or maybe i should say..... obsessing instead?
ya. i'm obsessing...
i mean.. you only get ONE first birthday right?
& it's coming quicker than i'd like to admit!
i was fairly sure i was going to have a knights & dragon's party for the babe..
my aunt set me on that path because she calls the babe 'sir rancelot'.
cute, right?
but tough. so tough.
i mean. everything just seemed too grown up.
i couldn't get a handle on the vibe.
...and ya.. i realize that probably sounds silly..
but what i mean is that stuff wasn't jiving for me..
food, decorations, colors, games, favors... all that stuff.
and i thought it was just because i was coming off of a post-birthday high with the lego birthday..
but when it didn't subside i knew i was in trouble..

and that's where the birthday express catalog stepped in.
up until mason's lego birthday, i was all about avoiding the themed birthdays..
i like the non-character, build from scratch birthdays..
but truth is.. sometimes those are hard.
original. fun. but hard.
so, as i flipped through the catalog, just because.....
ya know, i can't toss it out without looking at it first..
i found like 4 different themes i liked.
a lil' rebel one with argyle & skulls.. blues & blacks..
a dinosaur one..
an owl one... which i had already contemplated before...
and then the one that, after a little digging online..
i decided i just couldn't NOT do...


just a little something i whipped up...
any guesses as to what it might be?
i'm SO excited!! :)

xo-k

ps. back tomorrow with some crafty posts... i think the dry spell has left me..
wellllllll.. maybe it's just that i ran out of smut to read... ya. i'm thinking that's it. :)

7.19.2011

book: black dagger brotherhood series

uhm...... hi.
remember me?
i'm the one who used to post about summer trips & crafts & food.
i'm still here.
promise.
i'm just.. well...

let's just be honest here, okay?
i'm totally absorbed in a book series & i just can't help myself.
every free second is spent page turning.
but, ya know. that's nothing new for me.
i have a bad habit of getting into a book & then reading it at full speed until i'm done.
it's just tripled and quadrupled when it's a series... 'cause it doesn't stop for a few days..

so ya. that's where i've been.
on the couch. in the car. on the back porch. while the babe is taking a bath.
i've had my nose in those books.

what books?
well...........
oh heck, ya know what, i'm just going to tell you.
because i'm all about honesty here.
and you already know i have a vamp obsession, what with true blood, vampire diaries & twilight...
what's one more nail in my coffin, so to speak.
i figure life is too short to be worried about what people think about what ya read.
and.... if you are like me, and semi-obsessed with vamp lit...
heck, maybe you'll what to give 'em a go yourself.

seriously.
if you like vampire books.. and uhm.. romance, or 'smut' as my friends & i call it..
you are SO gonna love these.
my friend yvonne has been trying to get us to read these forever..
i can't believe i resisted so long...
although i'm pretty sure it was under the notion that nothing could be as good as my beloved twilight, or sookie books.
WOW.
ya. total miscalculation of the century.
like i told my friend steph..
holy hell we have graduated from teen twilight, and gone WAY beyond anything i ever blushed about sookie doing, this is REAL grown-up stuff!

and before you wince at the fact that i'm going on & on about vampire romance books.
know this... i'm still just a normal stay at home mama.
i just happened to have a inclination towards supernatural smut. :)



oh ya.
and aside from the romance part of it..
it really is a good magical read.
if you're someone who can get into a book about another world.
with different rules.
and a TOTALLY different take on vampires.
ya just have to get past the names.
trust. let it go, it'll grow on you. :)
& you'll be laughing out loud.
promise.
a word to the wise...
it's definitely not for you if you can't get passed language.
'cause, in a word.. some parts are just down right vulgar.
vampires. drugs. death. ya know...
ya. vulgar.

let me know if ya pick it up, or if you are already in love!
i'm resisting diving into book 6 today..
i've read 5 books in 6 days.
(i even totally missed going to bed one night. seriously.
24 hrs up, with a babe & 7 year old to take to a party. crazy much?!)

xo-k




7.12.2011

food: apple straws & veggie straws

i mean seriously... 'cause i'm not talking about much else around here, right?!
so let's talk about food.. 
or more specifically snack food! 
'cause when i find something i like..
i like to share :)

we have a new obsession with snack food...
two items in particular.





and don't judge me if i'm late to the party ok?
these things are awwwwesome.
both of them.
they started off as a replacement for those baby puffs..
because NANA gave the babe cheese doodles a few months ago..
and ever since then he just throws the puffs off his tray & scowls at me...
like how DARE i put that crap in front of him.
(can't say i blame him.. have you tasted those things?!)
so anyways..
we picked up the veggie straws first..
and EVERYONE loved them.
think.. munchos...
but better because they are half the fat,calories, etc.
plus they are baked, not fried.
score!
and the apple straws we just picked up & i seriously cannot stop eating them.
they taste like a cross between cinnamon toast crunch & a churro.
OOOhhh or those cinnamon twists from taco bell..
don't act like you don't know what i'm talking about!! :)
these things are addictive!

so while you are crafting & blogging beautiful things..
think of me..
over here snacking & enjoying the view until i can get up the energy to craft.
or, until the dude gets his room cleaned & it's stops raining!!

xo-k

ps. i'm also catching up on laundry, cleaning & vampire diaries.. if you're really interested! :)

7.09.2011

travel: cocoa beach

has it really been a week since i last posted?
wow. it has.
i'm so lame, even i wouldn't want to follow my blog.

but, in my defense.. it's been one heck of a week.

we ended last week & started this week with a trip to the beach to spend time with my brother
& his in-laws.
as always, we had an amazing time.
if i lived with my brother's in laws i'd need to lose more weight than i already do.
let's just say his awesome mother in law, linda, is italian.. and leave it at that, m'kay?
(i'm sure you can use your imagination to elaborate!)
it was a mother's day, father's day & fourth celebration all wrapped up into 3 days.
(because my brother & lovely sister in law shea are part gypsy & can't stay put for holidays :)

it was the babe's first trip to the beach ...
& he was in HEAVEN.



he also sprouted fourth top teeth while we were gone.
he's gonna look like a fang baby until the middle ones catch up to the two outside ones.
(i'm thinking that could be penance for my vamp obsession..)

it was a pretty low-key week, playing catch up from being gone over the weekend.
ya know laundry, putting stuff away...
am i the only one who feels like i'm moving out of my house to travel for 3 days with 2 kids?!

endured 7 sticks from a lab tech while he attempted to get blood from me.
i am NEVER a tough stick. EVER.

and then in a totally unplanned manner the dude & i ended up spending yesterday
watching a moment in history with our very own eyes.
it was unreal.

i promise to fill you in. :)
but not just yet....
have a great weekend!!
so far ours is filled with rain & relaxation..

xo-k
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