If were going to be bff...

I was so inspired by Ashley over at Little Miss Momma's candid approach to blogging and most recent post "Things you should know about me if we are going to be bff..." that I thought I'd come up with a little list of my own!

I am an only child. 

Sometimes when eating and talking I wave my fork in the air. Not like "look at me here I am" but sort of straight up and back and forth like tapping, my elbow is usually resting on the table. It makes the hubby crazy!

I love animals....sometimes more than people. 

I hate folding laundry, doing laundry, putting laundry away. Anything laundry irritates me....

I use ... way too much! haha

I am addicted to blogs and facebook. Seriously addicted.

I LOVE to create but it's hard for me to focus when the house is messy.

I get really anxious when there are lots of people around. Especially with the babes. I hold their hands and wrap my fingers around their wrists. I am really scared someone will try to steal them. Have been since they were born...

I've been pregnant 5 times. I have 2 children. 3 miscarriages. I dont know if I'll ever try to be pregnant again. It might literally break my heart in two if I loose another one. 

I rarely drink. I'd rather waste my calories on dessert!

I was never really a "teenager". I graduated at high school when I was 16 and started college immediately after...still don't have a degree. Maybe I'll work on that this year. 

I had Hailey when I was 20. My Mom had me when she was 20. Kinda funny :)

I get my feelings hurt easily, but am hard to offend. Does that make sense?!

I would much rather give than receive.  Seriously.

I let the babes wash my feet during bath time. It's relaxing. 

I think Bailey (our first born {dog}) must be a human reincarnated. She has way too many human characteristics! 

I am a perfectionist. 

I love making lists. I love finished lists even more. 

Clutter makes me crazy. So I put it in the office or the bedroom and close the door, to take care of when I "have time". It's still there and making me crazy!

I failed my first written drivers test. Something about pedestrians not in crosswalks...to this day it is sort of the running joke. "your not in a cross walk I don't have to stop for you..." haha I wouldn't actually hit you!

I love and adore my husband. But sometimes don't show it. I'm really trying to work on this.

When 7pm rolls around {bedtime} I have usually lost all patience and am ready to sit and veg I mean all out vegging TV, computer, and some form of dessert!

A little more about the above. I wait to eat dessert until after the babes go to bed so I don't have to share. 

So what do I need to know about you if we are going to be bloggy bff's?

Just in case you missed it here is a link back to the original post. Ashley has quickly shot to the top of my "check blog list". BECAUSE she is so candid. It is so refreshing to know there are other SAHM out there who often struggle with the same things. Not everything is peachy. Sometimes I get really frustrated and irritated and wonder if I am really giving my children the best they deserve. I wonder if I'm doing enough, instilling enough, teaching them enough, playing with them enough. To know we are all in the same boat is a really incredible feeling. We'll all sink together! haha j/k We'll all survive together is more like it!

Love and Hugs, 

PS. I dont hate comments or followers...in fact they usually make my day!

Merry Christmas!!

Yesterday was a whirlwind of a day! It started at 7am which was surprising in itself. I thought Hailey would have woken us up significantly earlier. But I sure am thankful she didn't! We waited for Belle to wake which wasn't long because Hailey was so excited she would randomly squeal just looking at the gifts santa left her and her sissy.

Then sissy woke up and she was grumpy!!

Until she realized these were for HER too!

Then she was in full excitement mode being her usual happy, bubbly, laughing Belle self!

Hailey unwrapped meticulously (which really is no surprise) and was very methodical about what she would open and when. She went from smallest to biggest!

After the girls had wrapping paper strewn around the entire room I thought it was my cue to bow out and start Christmas breakfast while the hubby helped clean up the wrapping paper and started opening packages.

Usually I make a breakfast casserole involving eggs and sausage. But this year I decided I wanted to make these Gingerbread pumpkin waffles with fresh whipped cream and homemade buttermilk syrup. They were divine! If you've never had buttermilk syrup you really do owe it to yourself to go make these. Maybe a good night for breakfast for dinner! And I got to use some of the pumpkin puree I made back in October.

Also while making breakfast I threw together the bulgogi for our Korean Christmas dinner later on in the day.

With breakfast out of the way came assembly of toys. I assembled and assembled and assembled until I finally decided they had enough to occupy them while I snuck away for a quick shower. After showering we headed to my brother in laws for our Korean Christmas dinner of bulgogi, grilled hot ribs, egg rolls, kimchee and rice! Yummy!! Luckily here in AZ it was perfect grilling weather with highs in the 70s! Sorry had to rub it in a teeny bit :) Followed by another session of gift giving and receiving.

Hope you all had as much fun as we did yesterday! Now as if my living room weren't already pink enough, I am off to assemble more pink toys.

Love and Hugs,

72 lunches

So this is what 72 lunches looks like...

Only half of what we attempted to hand out yesterday morning. We did it before Christmas which was goal number one. And we doubled what we did last time which was goal number 2. Although this time we had our work cut out for us. When we showed up to the park we went to last time there was hardly anyone there. Which really makes me sort of thankful. It was really cold and rainy the night before so I think everyone was in the shelters.

We gave out some lunches to the people who were there. Then we headed downtown and handed out a couple on the way. Hopping out periodically to make sure everyone got one. Gave away some more downtown and headed to a couple other parks. At this point we still had about half of what we came with and were starting to wonder if we'd ever give them all out. So we headed back to the original park we stopped at which also happens to be kitty corner from The Guadalupe Mission. Now that the storm had cleared and it started to warm up there were significantly more people there and we ended up handing out most of the lunches.

What we weren't able to hand out personally we left with another very generous man who had set up a grill and was grilling for the people at the park. So that they could have a hot meal right then and there and save our sack lunch for later in the day when they started to get hungry again. The gentleman who was grilling also had some very useful things with him like beanies, toothpaste, and gloves all free to anyone who needed or wanted them. Seeing that someone else was out there and that we weren't the only ones who had the initiative to feed the less fortunate really warmed my heart!

Merry Christmas Everyone! God Bless!!

Love and Hugs,

Matching cosmetic bag!

I've had this Clinique cosmetic bag since I was...oh maybe 15 years old!

I remember my bff Teresa gave it to me. I LOVED that it was bright bright pink. I loved that it zipped closed and as a 15 year old I didn't have nor need all that much makeup. Now that I am a grown Momma and have lots to hold it sort of needs to be a bit bigger. See..I LOVE these palettes from Urban Decay and I would kind of like them to fit inside. Not that I use them everyday I just like the option to have them at my fingertips instead of having to dig into the "surplus" makeup drawer bag. I make it sound like I have tons, not at all. It just kind of irritates me that it is all thrown into a drawer because it doesn't have "real" home.

Here is what I came up with!

So apparently my camera or my computer lost the images of the step by step so I'll walk you through it without pics. If you have any questions feel free to leave them in the comments!

All you need for this bag is...
a bit of velcro (sew on or iron on works!)
2 scraps of rectangular fabric one for the lining one for the outside (mine measured (18 x 20 I think and its a bit big...)

Start by placing the lining and outer pieces together right sides together. Stitch down the 18" (shorter sides). Turn right side out and press.

Then you can either iron on (what I chose because I had it on hand) or stitch on your velcro to the 18" sides. Leave about 1/4-1/2 inch on each side for your seam allowance.

Fold the fabric in half outsides together and stitch the short sides without velcro. Leave it lining side out for the next step.

We want our bag to have some dimension so we need to put the side seam and the bottom crease together to make a triangle. I measured 3 inches down the seam and marked a line then stitched along it on both sides. Then you can pink off the extra or zig zag it and trim.

Finally turn right side out and fill with your cosmetics!

I LOVE that this bag holds everything! AND if I am going on a trip I could even throw my cleanser, toner, and moisturizer in there as well. Probably my travel shampoo and brushes too! haha it did turn out quite large which is ok with me, it just means that I get to buy more eyeshadow palettes to fill it up!

I've been eyeing this one ,this one, and this one!

Love and Hugs,

PS. If you ever need any makeup help/advice check out these two lovely ladies and I'm sure they'll have an answer for you!

Ms. Becki from Whippy Cake who also has really great hair tutorials.

Ms. Kandee Johnson from Kandeeland. She really is fun to watch! Dontcha think? She is responsible for my cheshire cat and queen of hearts makeup as well!

Project "Toddler" Runway try-outs

So, I'm trying out for Project "toddler" runway over at Schwin & Schwin.

I think the idea is a really awesome one and I'd love love love to compete! I feel so honored to even be in the top 15, but I want to play too! The catch? So far it looks like I'm not really in the running :( You see, only the top 10 get to actually compete in the fun little competition.

So head on over and check out the competition seriously there are some talented ladies up there! You can vote for your favorite 10 in the right sidebar. I just hope my Queen of Hearts dress is one of them!

Here is another link...just in case!

Love and Hugs,