Tuesday, June 30, 2009

WA State

If any of you have never been to WA and get the chance....TAKE IT!!! I flew up for the weekend to visit my girl Erin last month and am so glad I did. I've been to WA before and have seen the tulip and daffodil fields, which are absolutely amazing, I've seen VanCover which is breathtaking, and this last visit I got to get out on the ocean and see Jones Island and Roche Harbor. AWESOME!! It is so green....it's completely foreign to this desert rat. I truely felt like I was in a completely different world. Plus, when we out on the boat, I was freezing. I'm all bundled up, shivering, teeth chattering away and the people we were out with were in shorts and tank tops..lol. Yeah, I felt like a dork! Oh well, it doesn't take much for me to be cold, I'm used to walking outside in the summer and having the hot air pretty much bake me from the inside out...yep, it's that hot.
Just so you all get a hint of how gorgeous it is up in WA..here are a few pics!
I had such a great time and look forward to my next visit!! :) Thanks E!!

Friday, June 12, 2009

Graduation!

It's really hard for me to believe that my son has graduated. I mean, where did all the years go? One day he's this little blue eyed boy with the mullet and long ringlets, and the next, he's turned into a young man, with a chiseled jaw and muscles. Man, I was so not ready for this. The graduation though was really good and the after grad party was great. He had a good time and that's all that matters. Now, here are a few pics of my handsome young man!!!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

sketch #18


not quite finished with this one, but I'm not going to worry about taking another pic...

Just a Quickie!!

Quickie update......

Had a great mothers day, my son came for the weekend from Vegas. We went to see Wolverine, (not much better than seeing Hugh running around buck nekkid!!) I participated in a 5k walk, met some fantastic and inspiring people that are part of Transformation.com, and had a great dinner with my parents.

On May 12th, my baby boy turned 18~ :(
I can't believe he's old enough now to vote.
We are preparing for his graduation on the 8th of June, and are gearing up for the summer. Ash usually spends a few weeks in Vegas with her dad, and I'm left to my own devices... ;) While it does get lonely, I do enjoy the time, I just need to make sure I do something productive and not waste it......hmmmm, maybe some painting is in order.

Oh, and my 20 year class reunion is coming up................that coupled with an 18 year old, sure does make it hard to not feel like my life is half over.......well, I guess if I live to be 76, then it is half over. ;)

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

I'm going down to Cali.....

Well, we are actually back from Cali and have been for a few weeks, but I'm just now getting around to posting pics!! I was really lookin forward to this trip because I haven't had a real vacation with my kids since their dad and I divorced 7 years ago. The interesting part about this was that their dad, (my ex) invited me to go with them. I thought, eh what the hey. We get along better now than we ever have and it would be nice for us all to go on a fun vacation together as a family. SO we did!!! And, get this...........we had fun!!! My ex and I were even talking about how nice it was that we could get along well enough to do this, and it was the second vacation we had ever taken where we didn't fight!! Awesome!! So we loaded up and headed out from Vegas. Our destination Knotts Berry Farm, Downtown Disney, and the beach!





We went to Crescent Bay which is in Laguna, I love that place.........it is so very cool. The shopping is fantastic and the shops are fun. We went to the Candy Baron, check that out!! Rows of barrels filled with candy..........all kinds of salt water taffy, hard candy, licorice, candy from when I was a kid.....it's really cool and brought back some fun memories. Remember the wax bottles that were filled with colored liquid that you could just chew for......well not for very long before ya spit it out, but that's not the point! They had snaps, razzles, foot high pez dispensers, you name it, they had it. It seriously is a super cool place. We ended up spending about $35....just on candy. HOLY COW!!



Ashlie, always ready for pictures, me and my kids, me and Jordan, dinner at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney.
Me and Ash at Knotts, and Logan, Ashlie's pride and joy!
We had such a good time, ate good food, laughed so hard we cried, and just enjoyed spending time together.. I hope that this is something we will be able to continue doing, as it is a blessing to spend time with my children and for them to spend fun times with both their parents!



Wednesday, April 8, 2009

On a quest

to become a coupon queen. Well, maybe trying to be a queen of coupons is a little too far reaching....maybe a princess? Or a lady in waiting...yeah that's probably more like it. I've tried the coupon thing before and I've had limited success, however, I really want to change that. I'm very impressed with people that can cut their grocery bills by more than half, or especially with the ones that can walk out of Walgreens or CVS and actually paid pennies out of pocket. So, im heading into research mode and scouring different websites for the easiest way to figure this game out. There's all kinds of information out there, lots of websites that offer free samples and coupons, different techniques on how to organize coupons, which stores to shop....all in all there is just a lot of information out there that can be a little overwhelming. So, I'm just going to take some time reading up on info and then start a game plan. I found this cool site Couponing 101 which has a TON of really good information, plus kind of breaks down the good deals, free deals and other great savings on the site. Check it out, and if anyone out there has any other great tips, hints, or websites..please feel free to share!!

Thursday, April 2, 2009

52 sketches #11 & 13

Just a quick post with a couple LO's.... I have pictures from our vacation to CA & Lake Havasu a couple weeks ago that I'll post....um, sometime in the next decade!! :)~


Tuesday, March 3, 2009

UGH!



So Im sitting here watching the Bachelor..........what crap!! and thought I would just post a few LO's based on sketches from 52 sketches 52 weeks.......
This pic of my son was taken 16 years ago and is my all time favorite pic of him. Crazy how in May this kid will turn 18!!!
Okay, so back to the Bachelor, who in their right mind would go on a show like that to find true love? Helllooooo..........no way in hell would I want to try to get to know a man let alone date one while 24 other women were all vying (sp?)for his attention. How can you get to know someone on the level to propose when the situation isn't even reality? UGH, that's all I have to say!!