Summer Stuff

We've been busy this summer. Here are some pictures:

Random pictures from PHX's birthday. He's 2!!

We got a mini ticket plan for the Hawks (our local single A baseball team) so we've been to a few games. Phoenix LOVES it!!

Family trip with my parents and grandparents to Windsor and Clearlake CA.

Grandma and Grandpa Great (or Boba Geek as Phoenix calls them)

4 Generations

Redwoods

Feeding/Chasing ducks and eating bread in Clearlake

Bodega Bay. This is where the movie "Birds" was filmed.

A's game. Looks warm and sunny but it's not! They were playing the Red Sox so that was fun. Lots of Red Sox fans. We saw Dallas Braden pitch (the one who told A Rod to get off his mound, and threw a perfect game).

We also went to Lava Hot Springs with 3 other couples and no kids last weekend. It was super fun. How many pictures did I take? Zero!

Summer!!

A very few pictures from the 4th...







We've been busy this summer! I got on here to post pics and realized that they are still on my camera, which is with Cory and Phoenix at a baseball came. More to come later...

Killing Slugs

Cory and I were in the back yard last night killing slugs about 40 minutes after I put Phoenix to bed. Suddenly, we heard a noise and looked up to see this:

And it's gone...

The blogging mood, that is.

We've been super busy doing yard work every weekend! We did some landscaping, added rock bark and curbing, built garden boxes, and planted the garden. This year we're doing pumpkins, watermelon, cucumbers, cantaloupe, peas, spinach, carrots, green onions, radishes, and strawberries. We've got a bit of a slug problem that we're hoping to get taken care of before they ruin our garden. As Phoenix would say, "YYYYYYUCK!"

Balanced Eggs

For some reason I have been in a crafty/blogging mood lately. Also, for some reason, I have to balance my eggs in the carton. It bothers me if they're all on one side.

This is a bulletin board thing that I made for Skylee's hair bows

These are stroller bags that I made out of plastic bags from WinCo, of course. Like my cupcakes, they didn't turn out like they did in the example. Oh well, it was a fun and free project and now I have a place to put my keys/cell phone/snacks etc.

What the what?!!!

Thanks Liz Lemon.

Here is my crazy story. If you are sensitive or impressionable, please stop reading.

I've been wanting a serger (a special kind of sewing machine) for a long time. They're pretty expensive. Even used on craigslist it's rare to find one for less than $200. Last Saturday I was perusing the craigslist ads and found that a woman near my home was selling a serger at her yard sale for an undisclosed amount. I decided to check it out. When I got there she was pretty much done with the yard sale and was closing up shop. I asked her if she still had the serger. She did, and she said she would sell it to me with all of her other sewing items (3 rubbermaid bins full of stuff) for only $50!! I was so excited. I got it all home, Cory unloaded it into the guest room, and I started going through the bins.
A side note: there was A LOT of ugly fabric that I ended up selling on craigslist for $15 so I ended up only paying $35 for everything! Sweet!
So as I was going through one of the bins, I saw something that I didn't recognize as a sewing-type item. I pulled it out to see what it was and realized that I was holding a large, pink, rubber male body part. SICK!! I chucked it back in the box and called Cory screaming and laughing and blushing and wanting to puke after actually touching the thing. After I calmed down, I continued looking through the bin, much more cautiously, and found a shoebox full of other sex toys. I'll spare you pictures but I couldn't get over the irony of the sticker on the shoebox. It was a big pink circle and in white letters it said "DIY". I'm sure the lady thought that her kids (or husband?) would never find that stuff hidden in her sewing bins but apparently she hid them a little too well.
What are the odds?

Nightly News

Here is a little catchup before I tell you my crazy story. I'm pulling a nightly news on you. "Stay tuned for more details..."


I saw these cupcakes in a magazine, and thought it would be fun to make them. Don't know why the picture is sideways. Anyway. They never turn out like they do in the magazine. But still fun!

I've been doing some crafty projects lately. This is one that is still in process, but here are my first two (of four) neck tie throw pillows. I love neck ties. They're so fun in an ugly kind of way.

It was Cory's friend Sean's birthday this month. They decided to have a cereal eating contest. Here are the before, during, and after pictures. Sean won. Happy Birthday to him!