i lie...

 I st-a-hink at this! And the funny thing is, that I often dismiss my non-extravagant activities as simple and not worthy of report. But let the truth of the matter be known, we have been up to some fun fun stuff! So next time someone asks me what's new, I won't fib and downplay and say the usual "oh, nothing too exciting", I will let them in on the happenings. 


 And I won't lie and say that I'm going to be really good at blogging and then not be. It is what it is though.

Check out A Little Bit of Whimsy to see some of the HAPS!

Yesterday I hauled the kids up to Fashion Place mall with me to get some make-up at the most awesome Sephora.  

Not the most kid friendly joint. 

(South Towne rocks for kids but is lame for me)

Nor is shopping their most loved activity.

So to keep them happy we lookded at the Nemo fish is Nordies.

Then rode the elevator a few times. 

Worked like a charm.

We also enjoyed some choc nilk and cookies at the little cafe.

(Choc nilk is Sadi for chocolate milk.  It used to be anyways.)

I really like my new phone and it's capabilities!

          

I really like my little kiddos too!

mwah!

five of the fabbest i know

i have been fortunate enough throughout my life to have some pretty freaking amazing friends.  

last night i chatted it up with some of my oldest partner's in crime.

oldest meaning we go waaaaaaay back.  we're not old!

there were 5 of us...

the fab five:

 they were all there for me through one of the most challenging times of my life. 

this picture {above} was taken 10 days after my mom passed away. 

we've each had trials and struggles and hard things and

i wish i could say that i've always been there for them.

but time has created imaginary boundries that have kept me, personally, from reaching out.

but we have always been aware of each other and each individuals journey.

and they have always always always been in my heart.

because no matter how much time has gone by, our shared childhoods forged bonds that are unbreakable.

cheers to the sleepovers in the camper, the dancing, the singing, the predictions, the late summer nights, getting caught sneaking out and sluffing.  Cheers to SHOOP and HARD HABIT TO BREAK, among many other awesome 1990's songs.  cheers to mother nature and training and padded bra's. 

cheers to all of the memories.

cheers to the husbands and babies.

cheers to lifelong friendships.

and cheers to amazing women i am proud to call mes amies. 

monday blue who?

Sundays are probably the day of the week that I look forward to the most.  Chiefly because Clint is home and we get to spend the whole day together 
{more or less}. eeeeerrrr, something like that. 

BUT...

at heart, I really like Monday's.

i have no where to go.

i have nothing to HAVE to do.

it's like my weekend.

my day of rest. 

{Sadi loves Monday's too}

you know how the majority of the masses are more likely to work out at the beginning of the year?  new years resolutions and all?

I'm more likely to workout on Monday's.  

so, I'm up and going early and tend to be more productive on my clean slate of a day.

today I'm wanting to work on a couple of Valentines day projects I've been lovin...

p.s./sidenote - I know I've mentioned it before and I know I'll mention it like five hundred thousand more times, but I love the 

WWW

{world wide web}

the inspiration is endless.

for example, said inspiraton has lead to some entrepreneurial aspirations amongst some chica's and myself...

{not up a running yet, but will be soon}

but back to the day of lovers stuff,

here is some cleverness I found and have been fancied to try:

{Crayon hearts linked from nienie to martha}

and

{d.i.y. felt ruffled wreath.  tutorial and photo found here}


also feeling the love, Sadi made this with mimi Suzy yesterday during the superbowl...

me showing some love to a sick little boy...

it's in the air

{sickness & love}

happy sunday

oh. ok. nice try, mom.

The other day, in an attempt to add some nutrients into my kids diets, I pureed some stuff.
Not to feed it to them like baby food mush. But to add it to real food.

They are pretty picky eaters.  Well, one of them is, that's for sure.

I've had Jessica Seinfelds Deceptively Delicious cookbook for some time now.  

And after reading through it's pages and feeling super sneaky, I finally decided to try it.  

Pureed beets make the most beautiful color:

And the smell reminded me of my grandma Hunter.  She didn't smell like beets, she bottled them.  And served them.

Here, they still seems like a good idea:

The final product, Pink Pancakes, made with 1/4 cup beet puree, ehhh, not so much.

Although, Colin, bless his little heart, scarfed up two of them.

And I made Sadi eat all of hers.

Then I tasted one for myself. 

Not totally disgusting.  You could just really taste the beet.

Go figure.

I'm hopeful these will work out better: