CONGRATULATIONS Park View!!!

Congrats on the big win... wooo hoooo!!!!

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re-inventing the school picture

I found this site while blog-surfing (via ohdeedoh) and absolutely LOVE the idea of changing the look of old school, school pictures. Here is a sample below (image from Stomping Ground Photography) ... and you lucky SOB's in New York can actually use this photographer.

mamma got a new pair of shoes

There is nothing sweeter than a new pair of shoes (ok, I lie, there are many things sweeter, but me loves me some new shoes). Nothing gets me more motivated to start or continue running or to push myself harder. Usually a new pair of shoes is my kick-start to a new running season. This time, I started running again first, to prove to myself that I can still do it. Thanks to a coupon and a gift certificate from Jean, I only had to pay $3 for these new shoes; isn't THAT exciting? The only bad part is that the place I've been running lately is a dusty, dirty, dirt path and my old shoes are a gross dark brown because of it. I hate getting new shoes dirty... so what do I do? Maybe I'll just wear my old ones on the dirt path and my new ones to bed? They could be my "indoor-before-I-go-out-running" shoes. My ultimate goal is to start running with my old running group in two Saturdays (this Saturday is G's last swim lesson). They will probably be up to about 5 miles by then, Gosh, maybe more. I'm aiming to get up to 5 before I rejoin them and I've only got a week and a half to get 'er done. These new shoes are a giant step forward, aren't they lovely? *swoon*

so serious...

He's much too young to be so serious, don't ya think? This one's a thinker. Yup. Sometimes he just looks at you with this serious look, as if to say "I see stupid people."

ez iced tea

I believe I got this idea from Angry Chicken... but it works SO WELL and I Love it SO MUCH... I just had to pass it on. I love to drink fresh iced tea, but I don't always have room in my fridge for a big ol' pitcher of it... ya know, with the milk jug and OJ jug and 50 diet pepsi's in there, there's not much room left. So what you do is take a jar (I used a clean spaghetti sauce jar) and fill it with cold water, insert 3-5 tea bags and pop it into the fridge overnight. You end up with super strong tea. So you grab a glass, put maybe 1/4 cup of this concentrated tea in, add some ice and water and BAM... iced tea. What I love is that you can have a few different flavors going at the same time. Thanks Angry Chicken!

peaches & teething biscuits

Have you ever noticed that baby food "peaches" smells like feet? What's up with that? I never noticed that the actual fruit smelled like anything other than peaches. Weird.

And... is there some sort of black market thing going on with freaking Gerber teething biscuits? OH.MY.GOODNESS. After our ped rec'd them for G, I went to two grocery stores AND Babies R Us and nobody had them. Finally a friend of mine pointed me in the secret direction of Walmart. I HATE going to Walmart. I hate the types of people that frequent my local Walmart and I regret it every time I go in there, which is not often at all. I went today though... ahhh... what we do for our children!

Finally... some good has come from Facebook!

Yes, I am FINALLY thankful that I have a FB account. An old, but GREAT, friend contacted me through the FB email system and I finally read said email and we are now back in touch! In case you need to know, we are in touch via REGULAR email. Yes, people, if you want to communicate with me USE.MY.NORMAL.EMAIL.ADDRESS. I go onto facebook about once in a blue moon... seriously. A long time ago I turned off all of my FB alerts, etc. so even if you DO leave an email or comment on my wall or whatever else (poke me, send me a drink, blah blah blah) I will only get it ONCE.IN.A.BLUE.MOON. I think I can now cancel my account. I honestly don't think there is anyone else in the world that I would want to get in touch with. Nah... I won't cancel it... ya never know, right?

3 current favorites

Yankee Candle Lip Balm

So far I've only tried the Vanilla Cupcake, but I LOVE IT!

My new deodorant

Coco Butter Kiss

My night time snack lately has been grapefruit... especially the pink variety.

happy half-birthday to Greyson! and update

Can you believe I survived 6 months of parenthood? I can't. I didn't think I could make it this far. It's been rough on me, mainly due to my own neurosis... not b/c the kid is bad or anything. He IS the trophy baby ya know. Anyway... 6 months. Wow. It is getting easier in some ways. He has two little teeth now... such a big boy. I won't get into how he is sleeping for fear of jinxing it. He has started daycare b/c I will be going back to work soon and a spot opened up and we had to jump on it. So, since we're paying for it and clearly it is taking some adjustment (again, mainly on my part) to the new routine, I take him now. It's a nice little break from parenting, but I miss the little bugger when he's there. I really like the place he goes to and the caregivers are just so sweet. I think it is going to be good for both of us.

He's going to start taking swim lessons on Saturday. Good GOD that means I have to get into a bathing suit too... what am I thinking? UGH! It's been hot as heck in these parts as of late... I'm SO ready for some cooler weather. My mom is visiting for the week, so we've been tooling around town. And that about wraps up what's been going on with me in a nutshell. Not too exciting, huh? Summer is quickly coming to a close, not that it means cooler weather for California, but it does mean back to school, back to work, and if you can digest this... time to start thinking about the HOLIDAYS??? OMG!!! Slow down sister... one thing at a time!