River.

I just wanted to make a note of how much I miss the river. We only got a chance to go a couple times last summer and it was a major bummer. I miss hanging out with all of our great friends, floating down the river with beers in our hands. Last summer I finally jumped the wake too! This summer it is MANDATORY that we are there at least every other weekend. Who's with me? Anyone for a game of horseshoes at ol' Caulder's place? Or perhaps a donkey run? Maybe a cocktail or twelve on the Schlentz landing? Let's do it! Come on summer......

Remodel!

We started tearing our kitchen apart this weekend! Well, just certain parts. Our floorplan was a little chopped up so we thought we would maximize our space and tear a dividing wall down between our kitchen and living room. We also added a door into our garage for direct access. It is so exciting. It already looks so much better, and so much bigger! I am so lucky to have such and awesome father-in-law who is so talented and willing to help with it all, and a husband who is so anxious to learn and knock down any wall he can get his hands on! I don't have any pictures with me but I will post them later for you to see. Boy is my house a MESS!

Robbins Brothers...

I don't know if you have heard the radio commercial for Robbins Brothers but, oh my goodness! It is a woman who says something like, "hi, this is your inner feminine side....." It is disgusting, it sounds like a phone sex oppertator or something. The noises she makes, make me, my husband and my sister want to vomit! Seriously, if the commercial comes on and you hear it, turn it up and listen..... yuck! It is funny, when the commercial comes on, I honestly have to change it every time.... It sort of embarrasses me. I just wanted to see if there is anyone else out there who has heard it.

Stress.

Oh my goodness I have been soooooo stressed out lately. I know that I stress about stupid things and my dad always says "don't stress the small stuff". I really need to try doing that more! Yesterday I got a phone call from my boss that a clients order was wrong... I immediately thought it was my fault and wanted to go home and cry. Well, when I got to work this morning I looked up the order and.... It wasn't my fault! I ordered the right thing! Woo hoo. I feel so much better and now I can enjoy my Friday. :)

Lakers.

My dad gave my sis and I and our hubbys his company tickets to the Laker game last Wednesday. They were playing Pheonix who has the amazing Steve Nash on the team. Seriously, he is such a team player and such a hustler... A little different than someone else I saw whose name rhymes with Nobe Shryant. Oh my goodness were they amazing seats! You can see how close we were to the court in the first picture. In the last one if you look, you can see good ol' Jack in the middle. I had to grab a shot (even if it is crappy and hard to discern) of him for sure! The 3rd picture is D.Fish, my favorite Laker and the 2nd photo is the one and only Magic Johnson. My sister and I had fun looking for the celebs but it was hard to not get super into the game being that close. It was soo much fun! The tickets even came with Valet parking which costs $200 at a Laker game! We jumped in the Civic as everyone else was getting into their Lamborghinis and Ferraris. It was funny. Anyway, if you can afford to go to a Laker game and not sit in the nose-bleeds, I highly recommend it. Thanks Pop!

New Christmas Lights.

Mr. Blue and I are trying to save money so we weren't going to buy new Christmas lights. Well... my sweet, cute little grandma said that I could have her old ones since she wasn't going to put them up this year. Thanks grandma! Anyway, while Mr. Blue was at school last night, I put the lights up all by myself! It was fun. Here are the revised lights.... Not too shabby!

Here is my sweet little angel poking her nose out of the covers.....Then she peeked after she heard the camera.... Damn, she's cute!

Sushi Night!

On Saturday night we actually went out and did something. Our friend Michelle had a dinner party at her cute condo in Long Beach. She is a chef so you can imagine that the food was amazing. Not to mention the fact that it was Sushi! Needless to say, it was much better than our hot dogs the night before.  

After dinner we played good ol' Monopoly. We had teams, and we all had to switch partners.... no, not that kind of switching partners..... for the game. Japanese beer, sake and plum wine were involved so it was pretty much the most fun game of Monopoly I have ever played. 

A Friday night for married people.

We actually got to stay home this weekend which was nice. I had a chance to catch up on Laundry. I got home early on Friday and this is what Jake and I had for lunch.... Just so you know how poor people eat...

Then we watched Hancock with Will Smith. It was entertaining. I  managed to sit through the whole thing which is impressive considering I think I might have a mild case of A.D.D. After the movie we hung our Christmas lights. Now I know what your thinking...They must have paid a professional to do that killer light installation, however, we did not. That is all us and our handy dandy Swingline stapler! 

Then my cousin and her boyfriend came over and we all worked on homework... the only crappy part is that I am not even in school! I got persuaded by my cuz to help her with her drawings for design school. And she informed me yesterday that we have a really fun final coming up! Yahoo. 

My Office.

This is a picture of my office. I cleaned it so I thought I would share where I spend 25% of my life. I am so happy that it is almost Friday! Yahoo! We get a break from the old workaroo. That will be nice.

Also, today is Thursday which means... CSI night. Booya. That show is great. My sister and I and our husbands watch it together every Thursday with the occasional Tyler drop in (love the Tyler boys and the Harris girl). I don't need Gray's Anatomy or any of those corny prime time soaps (no offense Monica), just give me some Law & Order, Criminal Minds, CSI or House and I am a happy camper. Well..... "catch ya on the flip side" as my dad always says.

Thanksgiving Photos.

How beautiful is this?

Brooke, Danica, Laci, Kate, Caitlyn

My new motorbike... I can ride my bike with no handlebars...

Lily!!!!

Such a bad-ass!