Inappropriate Mermaid

Today I had a cartoon drawn of me. Big head cartoon body of a mermaid. Well, the artist gave the mermaid something I have always wanted.....double D's. But when I got to finally see it I was like, maybe we should make those seashells a little bigger. Seriously looks like huge gazongas on this mermaid with my face. Inappropriate, highly inappropriate. I might take a pic of it and put it up. Not sure if I am that brave. I told C, "This is not what I would have chosen." He was pleased with it tho and it will be posted in my room not for the whole house to see, so I guess I can be fine with it. LoL

current Jaimieisms:

smartastic

chillax

Im not sayin, Im just sayin...

fo sho'

fo shizzle

Ok that is all I got. G'night!

Seasons

My favorite season is the fall. The leaves are beautiful and the crisp air is refreshing. The days are ending a little sooner and morning stays dark longer. I love that part. We also experience seasons of life. Currently I am trying to slow and enjoy ous. With children we are constantly busy. Always somewhere to go, something to buy or someone who needs us. Some days admittedly, I just try to survive. Usually those are days that I have not started with God. We got these prayer cards at the family life marriage conference last weekend and they have really focused my prayer for my husband and children.
Do you find yourself rushing thru the season of life you are in? I would encourage you to stop and smell the roses. Mel Haug encouraged me to do this as we were graduating from high school. It was good advice then and still true today.
AT small group recently we were talking about how joy is a choice. It is everlasting. happiness is temporary. We have soooooooo much to be joyful about! We are crazy blessed! Someone please remind me of this next time I am having a "bad" day. Chris and I always say that our worst day together is better than our best day apart (refering to his time in Korea or Iraq). Puts things into perspective.
ciao

Happy Fathers Day!

So, I put this semi racey photo on here becuase it is my blog and if you dont like it, get off! ha! I am a whole lot of sassy today. I have my husband (the city cant have him) for the next two weeks. I am so excited for this time. We took my dad to breakfast this morning and while eating his phone went off. The girls assumed that this was Chris' phone and Alli said, "Oh no, does dad have to go to work today?" Yesterday Lou says, " Dad is going to work when we are on vacation, right mom?" Poor kiddos. They are so accustom to their father having to run out or not getting to participate in family things that they assume he will not be a part of whatever we are doing. Sad. Hopefully these next two weeks will help us to solidify our bond as a family.
Coupon wise I have some burning a whole in my pocket as we speak. About a month ago some friends and I raided these coupon pads that were hanging at Albies for $.55 off mac and cheese when you buy 2. Well, Albies has it on sale right now for $.59/box so I could get two boxes for $.63. I dont need this but I know that my SIL loves it so I might need to get some and make it for her before the baby comes. Also, I am getting low on cereal.....under 20 boxes or so. Post has some sales. Fred Meyer has post on sale 2/$3. I have $1/2 coupons from a few weeks back that are just itchin to get used. Might have to do that.
Happy fathers day! My hubby looks hot hot hot in these new shorts I got him. They are camo cargos that make him look edgy and you all know how I feel about edgy. So, he is sporting them today. I hope he is having a good fathers day. We took my dad to breakfast and now we are spending some time with his family having shish ka bobs for lunch. MMMMMmmmmmm! I hope everyone is having a great fathers day. The amazing thing is that God was that perfect example for our men to keep their eyes on.
Tonight we have small group at our house and I am breakin out the s'mores. Thanks to the UP Littrells we will be using Reeses instead of Hersheys bars. Genius!

School's Out

Day four on planet no school. So far we are doing well.

The girls and I met C at the end of the Special Olympics torch run a couple weeks ago. I had planned for a month to go on a date night with the Littrells and Regers. I lined up childcare and everything. The Ram restaurant was the destination, their Mud Pie was my goal. C made me share a meal with him because I have had my heart set on eating the amazing mud pie. Well, naturally when we got to the restaurant I wanted my own meal, but C stuck to his guns not budging. He said you can choose the meal but we are only getting one. So what did I do? Naturally I chose the 1pound burger! ha! show him to mess with a woman and food. Amy, the pic of me eating the mud pie, that was for you! Loved the time with the Littrells! They introduced me to s'mores made with Reeces instead of hershys bars. Who would have thought you could take an amazing dessert and make it better. Not sure if that qualifies as a "dessert" but it sure tasted like one!

Couponing has been fun this week. There is a general mills sale at Albies this week and a fruit snack catalina going on. If I had the brain power i would show you how to combine the two to maximize your savings but i just dont. Anyways, you can do it!

C and I had the opportunity to get away to the family life marriage conferentce last weekend. It was our first time and we really enjoyed. I didnt know what to expect butI loved the conversation opportunities that it afforded and the topics that we were directed to. Deep. I am not a deep person normally so this was strange for me. I have included a pic of me riding a gold saddle. (only put it on facebook, this takes too long to upload)This was downtown crackima, I mean Yakima. C was totally embarrassed to take it. I really dont care what the passerbys thought so he humored me. We stayed that the rosedell bed and breakfast. Check it out at rosedellbb.com. It was like a castle, totally amazing. The interesting piece was in the bathroom there was a sprayer by the toilet. Looked like one of those kitchen sink sprayer things, very strange. Did not go near that, intimidating! We ate dinner at Gasperrettis and had two blizzards. For those of you who have not had the ooey gooey carmel brownie blizzard, dont! They are soooooooooo addicting. I am on a fast from those for a while. I had hoped to be real disciplined lately but have failed. Oh well!

I am PI

I didnt realize that it but I am PI. Who knew? Pacific Islander. Didnt know about the abbreviation. I had a couple of s'mores last night. My bro and sis in law make them with Reeses Peanut butter Cups. This is genuis. They were fabulous. Who knew? Im sure I will have to work that off next week.

Tonight I will be at the Ram. I love it! I will be partaking in the most fabulous Mud Pie in the world. It comes with it's own dish of hot fudge. Ohhhhh so great. Again, will be paying for this choice next week.

Kathys cooking. Last night my sister in law made a delish low cal dish. She put red pepper, mushrooms and asparagus in the oven (tossed with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper). They also made chicken and pasta. When all was cooked and ready they tossed them all together and made a wonderful dish. I loved it. I will definitely be making this when we go home. Yum-o

Pray for me. The girls were especially challenging this week. Really pushing boundaries and testing.

Hiatius!

Not sure if I spelled that right, but oh well. I have not posted in a while. I must tell you, I think I am getting over the honeymooning part of couponing. The part where I have to hit every sale whether or not I need the stuff. I am to the point now, where I simply dont have the room to stock up any more without my house looking junky. I am quite sure we could live off the food I have here for a couple months less the produce, milk and bread. Might challenge myself with that. Hmmmmmmm

On a seperate note, have anyone else's kids been crazy? My oldest has been pushing the boundaries of independance and making decisions on her own that require my blessing. My middle one continues to injure herself. The latest is a nice roadrash from Alli -vs- the neighbor's tree. And the little one, not sure where to start with her. She has been lying, disobedient and informing me of peoples skin color in front of them in public. UHG! Kids!

I am making a goal of not eating out again until we visit the Ram next month. Really need to save myself for the Mud Pie. Oh, so good. It comes with it's own dish of hot fudge to dip the pie in, does it get any better? I think not. Working out has been great. I have had the accountability of working out with a friend each day. We try to hit the gym 5 days a week and while I have not been losing, I have not been gaining and I have been eating like a cow. Ooey gooey carmel brownie blizzards are my weakness.

I am enjoying re-reading the Twilight series. It started out that I wanted to prepare myself for the premier next month but a friend gifted me with the Breaking Dawn to read so of course I am doing that too.

Yesterday while at Costco, Lou and I spotted these petticoat tutuish skirts and I had to buy a couple. I know that is right up Alli's alley, and of course Lou needed a pink one. So we shall see those sometime after the 4th of July. They are so cute and I will post pics when I give them to the girls.

The above pics are 1)the girls playing on the tramp, 2) Alli bowling, 3) Leilani's 4th Birthday.

Would You Consider?

Entering my daughter Dani for some free braces? Last night I attended the super fabulous Mom's Night Out at Columbia Center Mall. I loved getting free stuff, entering drawings and of course "sampling" the PF Changs Lettuce Wraps. Is it still called sampling if you go back more than once? Im just asking. Anyways, in one of the goody bags that I received there was a card for Almond Orthodontics. They are having a "Smiles All Around" contest. Their card says:

Send a 100 word essay about why you or someone you know deserves free braces. Simply e mail your essay to almondortho@gmail.com or visit www.keyw.com for a link. Essays need to be emailed ot us by May 21st. We will announce the winners on May 28th.

You know the little flip my couponing heart did, right? Dani has recently become self conscious about her self proclaimed "buck teeth". Bless her heart. I know bad teeth come from my side. I know that eventually we will have to purchase these, but if my daughter could win them, wow, what a blessing that would be!

Anyways, I am really excited about the possibility of this. If you feel so inclined, please enter her into this contest. Be sure to include your name, address and phone number on the e-mail. Believe me, 100 words goes quick and it is really difficult to keep it under that. Thanks, Jaimie