lots o stuff

we had a nice and quiet fathers day at our house..slept in a little, then gave art breakfast in bed accompanied by a myriad of cards that the girls made for him. i think it was the perfect morning for him--watching a martial arts movie and just chillaxing. i made that huge tag for him ^^ from the june poppy kit. its so luscious. yum.

saturday art took the girls to a softball game while i went to get my hair cut and colored =) it was looooong overdue and i really love my new look.

i know this isnt the best pic to see my hair and color..but i couldnt resist playing with some new actions that i got on friday lol. anyways, its an A line with side bangs...and the color is like a soft blackish brown. i love it! kinda hard to get used to having bangs! i keep wanting to put them behind my ear, its gonna take some time before i get used to just leaving them be.

anyways, got some other scrappy stuff done on friday, all using the june poppy kit..while my scrapologie is sitting here begging to be played with too! i just can't seem to find enough time. not to mention that i've been scrapping for 2 months with no mojo at all. i hate forcing it..but sometimes i just gotta try to push it through it, kwim? and on that note, i've been thinking about starting another art journal. i saw this one at the RV blog and its just TDF, but i think i'm a little over budget this month on the kit buying grrr. so, i think i might just make my own and try to find some cute fabrics and schtuff locally. i'm hoping that by doing this it'll make me feel creative again..bc i havent felt that way in a while. sigh.

oh, and the actions that i found to play with..which yeah. i need a tutorial in PSE. seriously. i have no idea what i'm doing. i mean, i can get the actions onto my pics--no problem there. its the playing with the opacity (whatever the heck that is! lol) and sharpening etc to get it to look how i want it to. does that make sense? i mean, i'm sure i could figure it out if i could figure out where the hell i find 'opacity'! me thinks i might have to take a trip to the library to learn how to use this program. and i hate that. bc i'm not a patient girl. i want to play NOW. not next week. so..if someone out there can help a girl out..PLEASE! =) oh and i was gonna link to the places i got the actions, bc i had a hard time finding ones that were compatible with PSE and not just PS. jessica's blog is where i bought my first 2 sets. i got all 12 of them for 20 bucks! what a deal! then i checked out this place called optikvervelabs and its actually a free plugin that has all kinds of different conversions. thats actually what i used on that pic of me. anyways, there are a few other ones i found as well, but these are the 2 that i have actually tried so far.

well kiddies .. i'm off to do some laundry. blah.

xoxo

mi vida loca

so yesterday, i was reading on joce's blog about youtube. i said that i hardly ever use it, bc i know that if i did, i'd be addicted.

so yeah. after i read her post i hopped over there to check it out. i watched a few little clips here and there, and then i was like hm...i wonder if they have this old music video. and they did. so then that led to another and another.. well, you get the picture.



anways. what many ppl dont know about me is that i grew up in california..and i ran with a not so good crowd. gangs and that kind of retarded stuff. anyways my mom moved us here to utah to get me away from that life, and everday that i've been away i've been ever so grateful for the life she gave back to me. so anyways, yesterday i was looking up some old brown pride videos and i remembered this movie that came out in the early 90's, called 'mi vida loca'. and i looked it up on youtube and they had the ENTIRE movie on there. i was surprised to say the least, and so i watched it. anyways..whenever i tell ppl about my past, they can't imagine me living that way, or dressing how i described--and well, this movie summed up what it was like where i grew up. heres the first ten minutes.

summer boredom already??

its that time of year again. carolyn sitting at my house being bored. i mean, not that we dont have great convo, bc we do. but then i think 'hmm..time to pull out the cam!' and yeah. she hates that. mostly bc i take a bunch of random pics of her and wont let her take any of me. bwaahahah. i'm just evil that way. and i dont feel comfortable in front of the camera--actually thats an understatement. i HATE being in front of it lol. i need to lose like 1 million gagillion pounds, and then i think i will feel better about it.

anyways, the girls are outside enjoying the mild weather, its like 78ish right now. but tomorrow should be closer to 90. yep. time to fill up the pool again. i'm sitting here bored out of mind. and not bc i dont have things to do, bc i certainly always have laundry. blah!

so heres my list of movies that i could watch over and over and over..

• return to me--love love the music in this one. such a sweet and funny love story
• coyote ugly--i love the music in this one too
• when harry met sally--hello, classic!
• pretty in pink--bc i was an 80's child and molly ringwald rocks my world.
• the holiday--this one is kinda newer. but i've rented it like 3 times already bc i love it so mucho. and yeah, jude law doesnt hurt either.
• pretty in pink--julia roberts+richard gere+shopping=perfection!
• the goonies--fave kid movie ever possibly. and my kids dig it too

and now..i might go unpack my scrap stuff from the crop i went to on friday. i'm thinking 4 days of it sitting in my totes by my desk might be long enough; but my area looks really clean, and i really dig that lol.

xoxo

the farmers market.

love this time of year. lots of little things to go do on the weekend.today i met up with some mommies to check out the farmers market that just opened this weekend. it was a perfect morning =)

here are some of pics of what we saw::

i think we could've had a better time if::

• the girls werent afraid of clowns on stilts
• olivias tummy wasnt upset
• i had brought a bag to carry all of our stuff

but at least now i know. oh yeah. and make sure that the girls pee before we leave the house. oh how i hate public restrooms. and the worst part about that is that this park, when not hosting the farmers market, is very well known for being the local transient/drug dealing/have no home area. yeah. but when the market is there its nice. is it funny that i have no pics of actual food?? i wanted to take some pics of some lovely arugala, but i kinda felt weird. plus it was super ass crowded. oh, and my hands were freaking full. duh monica. next time take a bag!!

ooh and i had a delish little coconut cupcake. like a mini size cupcake with like a foot of frosting. maybe it wasnt a foot, but it sure did taste like it. it was soo good. and i also got a chocolate mocha one for later; check this puppy out:

doesnt she look delish? yep. i'm saving her for my middle of the afternoon, mommy needs a moment all to herself, please leave me alone for 2 seconds to think 'time'. lol.

xoxo

happy june!!

did may fly by or was it just me?? seriously. i think i could settle for a slow down. olivia's bday is only 22 days away...wow. she's gonna be six.

and that little monkey up there is getting registered for pre-k tomorrow! yikes! shes so excited to meet her teacher and to see her classroom for the first time. honestly, i'm excited too. but kinda sad. you know, shes my baby. and i'm gonna bawl like a baby when i take her on the first day and leave her. shes like my shadow, that one. aah. but, on the bright side--i will be getting a couple of hours all to myself! yay! love that.

soo..yeah. nothing new with me. just getting scrappy here and there. my mojo is slowly coming back. i think it helped me to scrap some emotional pages about my mom. i mean..hello i cried all over them. but, it felt good too. oh, and i tried the 6x12 and i dig it. A LOT. now my only dilemma is that i dont have page protectors for that size. so yeah. i'm gonna have to find somewhere that carries them lol. oh well. they will just be sitting pretty on my easel. love it. i think thats about it for me today!!

xoxo

you've got questions...ive got answers

saw the 20 questions thinger over on anilu's blog and thought it would be fun..

1. regular or diet soda: usually its iced tea. but when i do drink soda, it has to be dr pepper. unless we're at mcdonalds, and then its coke

2. salt or pepper: i'm a pepper girl

3. hot or cold weather: can i say neither? i hate hot or cold. i like a perfect 75.

4. dogs or cats: unless it can poop in the toilet--neither

5. dieting or exercise: exercise. fo shizzle. bc there is no way i'm givin up yummy food

6. cooking or doing dishes: ick neither! if i had it my way we'd have a cook and a maid :P

7. sleeping or shopping: like you have to ask. of course, SHOPPING!

8. Red Lobster or Outback Steakhouse: is it strange that i've never been to either one? if i had to pick i'd pick outback bc i like me a good filet mignon ;)

9. classical or hip hop music: hip hop :)

10. dancing or playing sports: dancing.

11. back rub or foot rub: back rub!

12. fruits or vegetables: fruits!

13. Grey's Anatomy or House: greys! heck yes. love that mcdreamy.

14. coffee or tea: chai tea thank you :D

15. curling up with a good book or a night out on the town: night on the town duh. i can read any ol' time!

16. Straight hair or curly hair: straight. but i have curly hair lol.

17. skirts or shorts: bermuda shorts

18. burgers/hot dogs or Chinese food: lets see. cheeseburgers. and um chili cheese dogs from weinerschnitzel hehe

19. vacationing in Switzerland or Mexico: mexico all the way baby

20. sports car or SUV: bmw x5. or maybe an acura mdx.

Copy, paste and play along!!

feelin like the ick..

blech. thats how i've been feeling since i got back from cali.
and my mojo is still freakin no where to be found. i hate that.
bc i have this want. this urge to like make something...but i just
cant. and when i try it comes out looking like crap. luckily i squeezed
out that lo up there and i actually kinda digged it. but that could be
more that i liked the person in the pic than the actual lo. do you ever get like that? seems to be happening so much to me lately where i'm just
not satisfied with my work. sigh.

in other news olivia's last day of school is friday! i can't wait to sleep in
till 8. can i get a HOLLA! seriously. sleep is mucho precious to me and i
feel like i get so little.

and ooh yeah. ikea opened here last week. hell yes. i've been of course
salivating over their website for years, but have never stepped foot
into one until last sunday. and man. seriously. the textiles area was
like a feast for my eyes. not so much for my wallet lol. got a few cute things like throw pillows and slipcovers, an apron and some mirrors.
not much else that we 'needed' at the time ha! but i'll be back. oh yes.
bc they have the most awesomest little playroom for the kiddies. and
the girls loved it. now thats what i call shopping!

ok well i'm off to do the laundry thats been screaming at me since i came
home from cali...i've been ignoring it so well, however art is not appreciating that one little bit. ugh. but to wear clean undies IS important so off i go.
xoxo

say what?

so i've been safely home since monday night..and man. did things ever change over night. my mom called me tuesday afternoon bc she had an appt. with her oncologist about the pathology reports on her tumor.

i knew it was bad by the sound of her voice. but i wasn't expecting what she told me. the dr told her they were wrong. she didnt have ovarian cancer. never did. she has LUNG CANCER. and it spread to her ovaries. they are guessing that she is in the beginning of stage 4. the reason they are 'guessing' is bc they started her chemo yesterday. they are doing a very aggressive treatment and want to get thru it before they stop to do a biopsy. they are really hoping that chemo will shrink the mass in her lung--and will not spread to her brain. but again, we wont know for about a month at least.

anyways..its in god's hands. i was so sad that i couldnt be there with her for her first chemo treatment. but she was super positive about it..and not nearly as scared as i was.

so now about my trip--i didnt throw up on the airplane, so that was awesome lol. but i can honestly tell you that i would be perfectly happy with my life if i never had to fly again! seriously. so lets see..my mom lives in this town called san miguel. and its super small. they are 'famous' for the san miguel mission, which is just beautiful!! and old. i loved that. took lots of pics. oh and i've been so lazy that most of them are unedited..so some of them are crappy. and others i think are just gorgeous :)

this is what you see when you first drive into the town off the freeway.

so this place is pretty old..and monks still live there! would've been cool to be able to go inside, but being that it was sunday they were in the middle of mass. so we just walked around the outside, and then my mom took me over to the cemetary where they bury the monks and i think some fathers (priests) have been buried there too. i got these shots of the cemetary::

some of these arent so good bc i was on the other side of the wall. but i think most came out pretty good. oh, and we went to morro bay..but i'll save those for another post..dont want blogger to kick me out for posting too many pics lol.

so thats it for now..i'm gonna try to clean up this mess on my desk..and maybe even scrap.

xoxo

i'm leavin on a jet plane...

yep. i'm almost all packed. just need to get my toiletries packed up. i love saying that word. like it almost makes me feel grown up.hehe.

the girls are having a playdate right now so i thought i'd take this

quiet moment to post quickly before i'm off :)

i did this thinger the other day that like distorts/morphs your face..i can't remember what site it was. i should've saved it duh. BUT i did save

the pics to share with you lovlies.

the one up top is me as an ape. gotta love it. i'm actually kinda

cute as an ape, no?

this one is of me as a cartoon. i dig it. i sometimes wish my eyes were that big. certainly would take the focus off of my triple chins!

and i actually really like this one. i look so purdy.

good lord this one is ugly. its me old. but really..its just plain scary. for reals.

ok so thats it for me today. see ya'll next week!!

xoxo

freakin hilarious

evolution of dance

you.
must.
watch.

hehe. you'll thank me for it later i'm sure.

xoxo

hump day

and it really feels like it. i'm like wanting this week to go by super slow bc i'm worried sick about flying out on friday. i know thats totally lame--bc i'm way stoked to see my mom and to be kid free for a few days. its just the getting there thats got me freaked. i did a bunch of laundry yesterday so i'd have some options of what to take. and the more i think about it, the more i'm scared! aaaaah! its so annoying. i dont want to be all anxious about flying. which i'm really not. its just that i'm really convinced that i'm going to get lost at LAX. oh and that i think they'll make me check my bag. which i dont want to do. why? bc then that will add one more place i have to find. lol. its so ridiculous that it makes me laugh.

and bc i'm all freaked about flying, i'm trying to occupy my time with scrapping. not really working. but can i just say how much i love poppy ink? mmm. LOVE.

so im sitting here, peaing and i came across the challenge on the GS to scrap about 3 things that dont belong on my desk. as i look around i couldnt find anything really that didnt belong. i mean i have piles. those dont belong. but that is the norm lol. under my piles i found a box of new checks that i forgot i ordered. and i found my lotion that i've been looking for for the last few days. duh. i dont know how it ended up here. but really..everything else belongs. i just wish it were in its place and not in gobs of piles in front of me.

so its nice out. like really nice. like slurpee weather. love those. maybe i'll walk the kiddies over there later to get one. but really what i want to do is scrap. i want to do this bc i have the perfect email in mind. and i want to do this bc i think i have a good pic for it. we'll see. ooh..and its soon to be kelly's bday too. so i need to get her card and schtuff together to send out tomorrow. i was kinda hoping we'd get to meet this weekend since we wont be far from eachother, but i dont know yet if we will. so weird and neat that someone i met a year ago online (2ps) has become part of my daily life. a great friend. :)

xoxo

i totally forgot.

isnt that little chickie up there the cutest ever?? i love her mucho. it was hard to part with her and her 7 sisters. but hey..had to let the moms in our family know they were loved right? and who better to do that then them? seriously those stamps are gettin some mileage lately. love it.


ok so i totally forgot that laura tagged me. so im gonna do it now before i forget again, bc we know that i will.
10 weird facts about me:

• as soon as i walk in the door at home, i have to pee. it doesnt matter if i was only gone for 5 minutes. i still have to pee. some kind of weird latch key kid thing. i dunno.
• i make weird sighing noises whenever i put on my seatbelt, roll over in bed etc. i didnt even realize it until like a few weeks ago carolyn was laughing at me for it.
• i'm a tapper. when i dip my fries in ketchup, i tap off the excess. when i dip my chips into dip..yep i tap. i never realized that until carolyn pointed it out. she seems to have a keen sense of observation huh?
• before i go to bed, after i've locked all the doors and turned off the lights i go to the bathroom. not necessarily bc i have to, just habit.
• it takes me approx. 45-60 mins to fall asleep at night. if not longer. but if i lay down during the day, it takes me about 10 minutes tops.
• i only like to eat at restaraunts that i've eaten at before. oh, and i order the same things over and over. like if we go to the other place, i get the chicken pasta salad. always. if we hit up old spaghetti factory, its meatballs and spaghetti with thousand island dressing on the side for my salad. yep. i'm predictable. altho it does really make it hard for me to try new things lol.
• i love hip hop/r&b but really dont like that much rap. now maybe thats not weird, but to me it is. it seems if i like one i should like the other, but i dont really.
• if there are dishes in my sink i feel like my entire house is filthy. and if i want to cook and there are dishes in the sink, i have to wash them first.
• for some reason, everytime me and the girls leave the house, we all seem to coordinate. i dont do it on purpose, but it happens. sometimes its really cute. and most of the time i get asked if the girls are twins.
• when i sit down to do a lo, it takes me like 45mins to actually pick out my paper and pics, but once thats done it takes me about 10 mins to get the page together. i think that 45mins is really just me peaing.

so we started up the job charts again for the girls..and i'm hoping that it really helps. so far so good. maya of course needs more prodding. thats my girl. she likes to procrastinate.

oh, and the other day i was sitting here making those mothers day cards and remembered that i needed to do a bday card for brit, which then led me to think about what i could make her for her bday. then i realized that i have all this stinkin felt sitting here..why not sew up some barrettes? so i did. and now i'm obsessed. in fact, i even made a late night run to walmart to get a glue gun and some more felt. and can i just say that going to walmart at 11pm the day before mothers day is like going there on xmas eve?? ugh. but it was pretty worth it. i'll try to post some pics before i head out to cali this weekend. so excited and nervous eeeeeeek!!

xoxo

had a playdate today..and i ended being there by myself! grr. that really kinda perturbs me. i mean..i know ppl have lives and all..but seriously..no one can make it? makes me feel like i have the plague lol. anyways the girls and i had a great time ..we took juice and some snacks and had a little picnic under a tree. the weather is just awesome today--i just wish my allergies would go away! i have the worst sinus headache right now. and the last cpl days i've been waking up with migranes, which i'm sure are really allergy related. blah.

i've been feeling really lazy the last few days..so much so that i havent even done laundry yet this week..or even started working on mothers day stuff. which i really need to get hoppin on that. like today. lol.

i thought this meme looked like fun that sophia posted::

TWO:

Two Names I Go by: mommy and mo. not in that order

Two Things I am Wearing Right Now: pink bermuda shorts and a white tank with bling on it. love it.

Two Things I Want (or have) in a Relationship: passion and affection. mucho importante

Two of My Favorite Things to do: snug with my kids....and shop!

Things I Want Very Badly At The Moment: to see my mom. and to have some ice cream lol.

Two pets I have: um, do kids count? lol. right now we dont have any pets even tho i desperately want a dog. however, i dont want to clean up the poop...so art says ixnay on the dog.

Two things I did last night: made dinner..and tended to olivia while she threw up :( poor thing

Two things I ate today: a bagel turkey sandwich and some ruffles :)

Two people I just talked to last: my mom last night..and the girls today

Two Things I'm doing tomorrow: going to the post office to mail my moms mothers day card...and i have no idea lol.

Two longest car rides:driving to cali to see my dad. and probably driving to mexico with my dad. i think the drive is about 54 hours long from his house to jalisco.

Two Favorite Holidays: xmas and my birthday lol. my birthday is a holiday afterall. well at least here it is :)

Two favorite beverages: dr pepper...diet arizona green tea. but if were talking grown up beverages i love jaeger bombs and amaretto sours.

happy thursday all! i'm anxiously counting down the hours until greys :)

xoxo

ahh...love this weather we've been having the last few days..so perfect; idyllic i guess you could say. not too cold, not too hot. just right.

havent been scrapping much the last few days..i dont know. i'm in some kind of weird funk. seems like with the warm weather that i wake up with my nose all dry..and i have a headache first thing in the morning! blah. i wonder tho, is it possible to become addicted to aleve? bc i'm taking it just about every day! geez. i made that card up there ^^ today for laura's birthday...i'm diggin it. i like the tulle the most i think. or maybe i like the chick skull. i dont know. oh..and if you wanna know where i picked her up..check this place out. seriously IN LOVE with their stuff. for reals.

so the challenge from sophia today is to blog 10 emotions and why..so heres mine:

1. worried--bc a week from this friday i'm flying out to see my mom. and i'm worried about how my girls will be while i'm gone..
2. scared--to fly in the airplane. lol. i'm sooo freaking afraid of heights its not funny. and i've flown before..but never alone. wish me luck!
3. anxious--bc i think i might get lost at LAX and miss my connecting flight
4. excited--olivia is almost done with her first year of school! and that means that maya will be starting pre-k in just a few months!
5. hot--is that an emotion? well anyways, thats how i'm feeling right now bc its about 80 stinkin degrees in my house!
6. thoughtful--all these ideas, thoughts, emotions are just running thru my mind all day. but mostly at night, which makes it hard for me to sleep. or think. go figure.
7. sad--whenever i think about my mom. im trying to stay positive. but sometimes a girl just needs to feel sad, kwim? just simmer in it. let it sink in. think it through.
8. hopeful--that eventually my mojo will be back really fast. bc i miss it so. as do all my scrappies.
9. reclusive--so i'm noticing a pattern lately..i'm not connecting. like with art, with c..or even with k. and sometimes even with my mom. or my kids. blech. i dont know whats happening with me right now. i just wish i could fast forward thru it and get to my old self again. i know its not them. its me. i just have some heavy shit going on right now.
10. bitchy--yep. that probably should've been number one...bc yeah. i'm totally bein a beotch from hell lately. grr to that. maybe im just bored so i resort to bein that way. i dunno. need to think on that one lol.

man..i dont know if realized how negative i'm feeling..but maybe this was a good thing. recognizing you know. gotta check myself before i wreck myself!

peace.

ha!

ok..this totally cracked me up.
check it:

Monica? We ain't got no monica! We don't need no monica! I don't have to show you any stinking monica!

Which movie was this quote from?

Get your own quotes:

got this one done for this weeks effer. and when i started it i didnt really start it with the intention of it being all dark and twisty. but .. thats where it went anyways. ah well. i dig how it came out. i love the color combo. :)

and i was checkin out one of my most favorite scrappers ever anilu..and here is the interview she made me::

1. Which side of the bed do you sleep on? the left. i think its the left. when i lay down..im on the left lol

2. Favorite movie ever? pretty woman..i dont really think its the movie i love so much as it is the shopping scene. oh, and richard gere. yum.

3. How tall are you? i'm a whole whopping 5'3 lol

4. Where were you born? orange, california, and i even still have the piggy bank that was given to my mom by one of the staff nurses when i was born. hes an orange. he has an orange for a head, and an orange for his body. he actually kinda looks like a bird.

5. What would you save from a burning house? my kids. nothing else matters beyond that.

Wanna be interviewed? Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.” I will respond by emailing you five questions (leave your e-mail!). I get to pick the questions. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

well i just got back from a spider man pinata quest with one of my friends from the mommy board. we must've hit up about 4 different stores. kinda fun. kinda wet bc its raining outside. i think maybe now i will scrap ;)

xoxo

how quirky...

Your Quirk Factor: 47%

You're a pretty quirky person, but you're just normal enough to hide it. Congratulations - you've fooled other people into thinking you're just like them!

How Quirky Are You?

blessed..

first i just wanted to say thank you to all of you who left me
comments and sent emails/posted on the mb. it really
meant a lot to have the support of all of you..knowing
that i was not the only one praying for my mom. it really
did make a difference :)

friday she had her surgery..it lasted about 4 hours; they
removed the tumor, her ovaries, uterus and her appendix.
the dr has sent out samples of the tumor to find out exactly
what type of cancer it was--the masses on her ovaries were ovarian
cancer, but the tumor was something different.
anyways...she is in extremely good spirits :) and has been
up and walking around since saturday afternoon!
and i'm happy to report that i have found a way
to get down there and see her and neither of us can wait!!

i also wanted to send out my condolences to jen gallacher and
family. i'm so so sorry for the loss of sweet joey. hes been on
my mind so much the last few weeks. i pray that he went in
peace.

xoxo

boredom..

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i've got some shizz to blog about later..

today

my mom called with not so good news. the dr. confirmed that she

does indeed have ovarian cancer. they found a large tumor..and said

that her ovaries are covered in masses. a hysterectomy will have to

be done, followed up by chemo/radiation. i'm just at a loss.

i didnt know what to say to her. shes my mom. shes supposed

to be invinciable. i mean, i know, thats not true. but come on.

shes only 48. i'm not ready to lose her. i can't remember the last

time i hugged her. or smelled her hair. i just wish i could

be there with her...hold her. cry in her arms. have her cry in mine.

but instead, we are crying on the phone. i just feel so..helpless.

i dont know how to comfort her when i am so afraid of what will

happen.

so please, keep her in your thoughts/prayers.

i've been in this weird funk the last few days. i dont know if its

that i knew that bad news was coming or what. i mean, i just

feel off. i even went to the sb expo this weekend..and while i did

get some screamin deals--i just didnt feel like, in the mood. it

was weird. and, not only did i get good deals, but appearantly,

i made it pretty far in a contest i entered. last i heard i made it

to the top 10 for the best of show. but um..yeah. no one seems

to know who won or who was even in charge of deciding who won etc.

so yep. thats fancy schmancy.

anyways, i hope to be in a better mood in a few days :(

here is a layout i did the other day with the scrapologie kit. i know

the pic sucks..but yeah. oh well lol.

so i got this fun email the other day..like a survey that you fill out about the person that sent it to you type thing. i guess to see how well they know you or whatev. anyways, i thought it would be fun so i sent it to art--and he actually filled it out! i was so surprised. it made me giggle mostly. . and remember the times when it used to be just me and him. ::sigh:: i miss those days mucho. anyway, here is the answers he gave::

1. Name: monica suzanne olmos gonzalez

2. Where did we meet: menlove dodge toyota

3. Take a stab at my middle name: see first answer

4. How long have you known me: between nine years and my whole life

5. Do I smoke: only after sex

6. What was your first impression of me upon meeting : wow, beautiful eyes

7. Color of my eyes : hazel to brown

8. Do I have any siblings & how many : you have five siblings

9. What's one of my favorite things to do : scrapbook

10. Do you remember one of the first things I said to you : hi, i'm monica.

11. What's my favorite type of music :hip-hop

12. What is the best feature about me : eyes

13. Am I shy or outgoing : both (bypolar)

14. Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules :rule follower in the day, webel at night

15. What's your favorite memory of me : hearing you laugh at my jokes

16. Any special talents : multi-tasker master

17. Would you consider me a friend : yup

18. How many children do I have : three (me and our two girls)

19. If there was one good nickname for me, what would it be : mo-licious

20. If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what one thing would I bring : Makeup

did this lo the other day with the march scrapologie kit. and i just have to say that i'm soooo not diggin my scanned lo's. they just plain ass suck. i think i will have to start taking pics of them. which is really just crappy bc i can't take a straight pic to save my life. even with a tripod. yes i'm that retarded.

que hora es?

those were the words muttered from my very sloshed husband last night

as he was being carried into our house by a family member. it was so funny..he just kept saying it over and over..hehe. should've taken pics

of it..but i guess that was the last thing on my mind ;)

so yesterday was easter, did the usual hunt/egg fight..then after dinner

some of us stayed behind to play cards...and whomever lost that hand

had to take a shot of tequila--so hence the husband sitch. thank god

we only live 2 houses away and can walk home! lol i think art was in a

celebratory mood bc saturday was his last official day(night) of being

on the night shift!! wahoo! he is definitely happy for that ..but also

bc wednesday marks the last day of working for that company..and he

is very excited to be starting with a new company next week. things around here are going to be so much better having him on a normal

schedule. the girls and i can hardly wait!

oh, and did i mention that olivia absolutely, flat out refused to join

in the egg hunt/fight? so unusual for her. and i kept asking her why as

she cried into my side...and her response "i just dont want to be happy!!"

oh geez i thought. and i said fine. then dont be happy and we can just

watch everyone else having a great time. about 15minutes later she

was back to regularly scheduled programming..so we were happy for that, needless to say. lol here are a few pics of that glorious moment::

and yes..those are my 'girls' and my belly you see next to my unhappy

girl. blech. anyways..i dont know if other families do this..but that confetti you see in her hair is from the egg fight she refused to be part of.

what we do is carefully extract the yolk from the egg, then clean them out..about a week before easter we fill the eggs with confetti and flour..and after the hunt we attach each other with them. it really is great

messy fun :)

i got my april scrapologie kit on saturday and have cranked out

a few lo's that maybe i'll share tomorrow..and i just got the may mid month kit from crop addict..and its so cute. can't wait to get to work on

that this week. or maybe i'll save it for the expo on friday.

i think this is my longest post ever! geesh.

the routine..

loved the idea of the challenge over at the pub..whats your normal?
for me..its complicated of course lol. my schedule/routine changes when i have to work
but, i still try to have a routine anyways. get olivia up for school, feed/play with maya..help olivia with homework; check my email, mommy board and pea :D and somewhere in there i manage to do some laundry and maybe dishes lol. yes, i'm lazy and would rather indulge myself/and the girls with much more fun things than chores ;) everyday for lunch i either have a turkey sandwich or a pb&j. maya always has bologna. she is a child of routine! its pretty funny actually. every morning she has either toast or a bagel--never ever cereal. nope, no way. she wont hear of it.
olivia on the other hand, likes to have variety..everyday she likes to have a different kind of cereal, or maybe a poptart. and for lunch she likes different things too--sometimes she'll have bologna..but its really more of a last resort. her first choice is always a quesadilla, or mac n cheese, sometimes pb&j. and lately shes been liking hot pockets lol. but never leftovers. try as i might, she wont touch them. can't really say i blame her tho, i hate leftovers too. dont know why..but i do. i guess she gets that from me huh? once its about 4pm..i start doing more housework, since thats about the time i need to start getting dinner ready and making sure art is up (yes, hes still working nights! grrr) we usually sit down to eat dinner about 5:30-6 so that art can leave about 6:45ish. then its just me and the girls again. sometimes we'll watch tv together, but thats getting pretty rare. they'd rather listen to music and get rowdy since i usually try to keep them pretty quiet while art sleeps. and let me tell you..it aint easy keeping 2 girls quiet for that long lol. by 8:30 they are pretty tuckered..and they head to bed. then i get a little bit of time to myself before i head to bed at around 11ish. i used to sb at night..but lately i've not been in the mood so i've been organizing instead hehe.

so yeah. thats my days in a nutshell. nothing exciting. but its my life. and i love it. :) i love that i get to be home with my girls most days..just chillaxin. thats the best.

i dont like being teased

i really dont. especially when it has to do with the weather! last week it was all

nice and sunny..like in the 60-70's. which totally gets me in the mood for shopping.

ok i wont lie..i dont need a reason to get in the mood to shop. but really, warm weather=new sandals.

for reals. like these ones::

but um yeah. it suddenly got super ass cold. and it pretended to snow. which is fine..bc then

i dont have to shovel. ok you caught me. i dont shovel. but at least i dont have to bug art to

shovel bwahahaaha. so now its supposed to be nice again this weekend and i cant wait.

oh and those shoes up there..arent they cute? but yeah. they are $75 ouch! yep. so i'm on

this quest to find shoes similar to that but for waaaaay less. lol. i'm thinking i might hit up

old navy for these..bc they are kinda similar, but not really lol ::

so thats whats on my mind today. oh, and the new hambly. but yeah. can't find those birdes, chandeliers or robots anywhere!! if you know where to find it..hook a sista up! please! :D

you spin me right round baby..right round...

so in my absence..i've been somewhat crafty. not like super..but ya. you know what i mean. i just finished this little spinning rack yesterday with arts help. and i guess its not really little either. its about 40inches high i think. i'm not good with measurements lol. so i spent most of last night getting all my embellies on there..and its kinda making me want to scrap. which is good :) and um ignore the crooked pic.

the other crafty thing i did was this::

picked it up at the DI for a buck. it was navy blue. and actually pretty cute. but i really felt like painting i guess lol. so here it is in all its bad picture/lighting glory. i love all the buttons. and i love the color combo. not that it matches anything in my scrap area. but whatev! i dig it.

i feel like i'm hungover. like i slept like crap last night..and yeah. i'm feeling it right now. not to mention that this weekend just tore me up. saturday me and a friend from the mommy board did a sb garage sale..and yeah. after that we did an all night crop. yes we are insane lol. it was fun..but really freakin exhausting. but on the bright side i made some cash and got about 8 lo's done! wahoo me! :D sunday my friend c came over and we chilled and had bbq bc the weather was just fab. it was so nice to just sit on the front lawn drinkin our chai teas and pretending that we were anywhere but at my house listening to our kids argue lmao. it was priceless. then yesterday i got this ginormous bug up my butt to deep clean the house. yep. so yeah, my house was pretty and sparkling for about 2 seconds. blech.

anyways..i'm off to pickup olivia from school, whom by the way has another loose tooth! i cant believe it!!

ooh and today is c's bday. gotta a cute card in mind for her..and then we will celebrate this weekend.

ciao! :D

i am so tired of this funk i'm in dude. i mean, i really seriously dont even feel like myself. i really hope that i'll feel better once its not winter. or maybe i'll get out of my funk when we find out whats going on with my momma. so far the news is getting better. :)

did this scrappage last night for dare 60. i dig it. took those pics yesterday in the back yard while the girls were swinging. such a pretty day. i even did some weeding. well actually, the 3 of us girls did some weeding. they are such good helpers! so i took them to mcd's as a reward after we were done. but before we went to mcd's i wanted to stop by the store and pick up a mag to look at. unfortunately there were not any out that i didnt already have! doh! hehe. so i stopped by 2 other stores before i found one i didnt have--which happened to be memory makers. i dont know why..but i just dont dig on that mag too much. too much writing, too many ads and just not enough lo's. ok, so i do know why i dont dig on it. lol.

the challenge on the pub today was to take a pic of the stuff inside your purse and post it. but i'm working, so no cam. i guess a list will have to do!

• wallet with too many reciepts and not enough money. go figure! lol
• cranberry body butter
• bottle of water
• strawberry poptart (breakfast )
• checkbook
• make up bag with my mac compact and my new fave mac lipgloss called viva glam
• cellphone
• eyeglass cleaner
• eye drops (for my dry contacts lol)
• a few pink ponytail holders
• 3 bobby pins
• mirror
• 3 more lipglosses (yes i'm addicted, 2 of them are pinkarat, cuz one is almost empty. and the other one is tutti dolci in cinnamon frosting)
• hairspray
• 2 packages of gum (well technically, only one. cuz the one package only has one piece left in it)
• my nano (when i say nano, it makes me think of mork and mindy. when mork would say 'nanoo nanoo!')
• a pen
• some aunt flo products (ugh)
• black raspberry vanilla antibacterial lotion
• hand sanitizer (cuz i'm a mom and germ freak sometimes)

and there you have it. i carry everything but the kitchen sink lol.

happy thursday!

thursday blah..

this lovely little number is a lift of the fab marcilambert, who has stepped down from doing the load. gonna miss her.
i'm feelin blah. maybe its the weather. i dont know.
i even wore a bright yellow shirt today to cheer me up and it didnt work. oh and the new kits are up at poppy ink and scrapologie and even those didnt cheer me up. geez! however, the kits for april at zingboom have certainly got my attention..

maybe i'm feelin all off because i've been off running errands and whatnot the last few days, so i havent been able to just be home and chillax. cuz right now i'm really missing that. which is ironic because i usually can't wait to get out of the house lol.

this week i did some shopping--got the girls some new jeans because olivia has just been tearin hers up lately. bunch of holes in the knees. drives me batty lol. went to the huge macy's sale here in town, got some fab boots for like 10bucks, a couple of shirts and a george forman grill. i think that was the best purchase all week--art loves that thing! the first thing we made was burgers, and man, they were thick and delicious. then yesterday he grilled up some sliced turkey breast for me and the girls, and he had porkchops. gotta love it when i dont have to cook! hehe

got some sad news from my mom the other day. and i dont know if i'm ready to share it right now since we dont know exactly whats going on..but it is health related..so if you could send some p&pt that would be awesome.

k, i'm out.

just monkey'n around...

this looked like a fun meme, and a good way to get me to chattin ;)

Name your all-time top five favorite movies

pretty woman, hope floats, return to me, when harry met sally

and notting hill

What’s your favorite movie line?

Vivian: Tell me one person who it's worked out for.

Kit: What, you want like a name? A name, a name, the pressure of a name... I got it. Cindafuckin'rella

Who’s your favorite movie character?

hm..i have no idea...i've never really thought

about that

What movie do you love that most people hate?

um..pretty woman lol

What movie do you hate that most people love?

star wars

What was the last movie you saw?

bridge to terabithia

What’s your least favorite movie ever?

star wars..hehe

What’s one movie have you seen that you would never ever watch again?

i cant think of one..

What was the last DVD you saw?

marie antoinette

What was the first DVD you remember buying?

riding in cars with boys

What movie do you relate to more than any other?

umm...

What actor/actress would you like to look like?

selma hayek, penelope cruz..or maybe sandra bullock

What classic movie have you never seen?

breakfast at tiffanys

What song would you choose be the theme song to the movie of your life story?

i have no idea lol. um..maybe ironic by alanis morrisette

What’s your favorite movie genre?

romantic comedy dur :D

Who’s your favorite actor/actress?

julia roberts probably.

What actor/actress do you refuse to see their movies?

probably tom cruise, but i wouldnt say i refuse. i've

just never been a big fan.

What genre would you choose not to watch?

anything sci fi

What’s your favorite theater concession combo?

buttered popcorn, dr pepper, red vines and some

junior mints!

Front row, Back row, Side Seats, Aisle or center?

i dont really care..but art does. so its center!

cute babyhat baby..hehe

here is the lo i did yesterday during ambers class over at poppy ink. i love love her style. and it was so fun to do something so different from what i do!

its been snowing most of the day here..yuck! i was all ready for spring and then stupid mother nature had to go and change her mind on me! grr!

so this weekend i dont have many plans besides getting all upclose and personal with my new ATG lol. i just barely put it together tonight, and man that sucker is huge, but it sticks like...well like glue! or at least how glue should stick :) i have a bunch of new goodies just beggin to be glued lol--some ac, some sass and some cosmo, so hopefully i'll be feeling my mojo make a reappearance tomorrow.

happy weekend to ya ;)

whats new pussycat?

i really shouldn't have used that as the title, cuz now that is gonna be stuck in my head all day. lol.

i havent blogged lately. obviously lol. and um. ya.

whats new in my world::

got our taxes back, paid some bills and got some new toys :)

i needed a new printer/scanner cuz mine was just not doin it for me anymore..so i got the hpc5180. and let me tell you--that is one sweet ass machine. its just rad. in fact, i'll tell you a little secret. i'm a little intimidated by it...dont tell art that lol. i mean. its just...i dont know. so much more technologically advanced than i am! it can print notebook paper, graph paper..and lots of other stuff--STRAIGHT FROM THE PRINTER. no computer involved. its rad. i mean. i'm gonna be printing mad amounts of graph paper on my kraft cs ;) can't wait. :D

oh, and i got the ATG. yep. i'm tired of all my layouts falling apart after having used duck. and i hated my tombow's getting all gummy. so i bit the bullet and got the gun. and right now its sitting on my table, waiting to be played with...so hopefully tomorrow i can hop right on that. i cant wait to see how well it sticks, even tho i know there will be a learning curve since its much larger than what i'm used to.

and guess what else? i started doin digi! i really was afraid that i would never ever figure out PSE, but i did. and it only took me 2 hours to figure out that the tutorial in jan ck was a little off. lol. but after i figured that out, it was smooth sailing! and can i just say that i'm addicted to that too? i can definitely see some hybrids in my near future. so, to help with my new obsession, i bought an EHD to store all my digi stuff on. so yep. i'm locked and ready to roll!!

so i finally scrapped this photo of olivia and her redneck smile hehe. and i noticed after i was done how asian looking it is. art said its because i was channeling carolyn (who is japanese)..but the truth is, that in the picture olivia was wearing satin pajamas, and her hair was just so beautifully straight--and well it looked kinda asian to me. so there ya have it.

i just found out today that art doesn't have a day off till next thursday! oy. i dont know how he is going to make it! in the meantime, i'm having a little crop at my house on saturday, and then olivia and i are going to work on her valentines project for school. which happens to be a valentine holder. i wish i had thought about it earlier and then i could've gotten her something really cute to decorate. but um yea....i didnt. so, we are going to alter a cheese-its box! shes super excited and i think i might be a little bit too :)

so yesterday anna nicole passed away. that was surprising. really sad. really tragic. i feel for her daughter thats left behind. i dont want to speculate as to what i think happened, because really, does it matter? shes dead now, and deserves some respect. seems she didnt get much when she was alive..which also got me to thinking about a local news story. not because it was similar, but because 2 people recently passed away from a natural gas explosion. such a sad story--the local gas worker and the woman who owned the house were inside when it happend. it was such a strong explosion that it actually blew furniture onto the neighboring homes. appearantly the womans daughter who was 18 mos old was outside the home..and came away with only minor injuries. but man. that story really rocked me to my core. and so did annas. just the thought of leaving my kids behind..me not being there for them, to watch them grow up..so very sad for those families..my heart goes out to them.

didnt mean to get all bummed out on a fab friday..but thats what was on my mind :P

lets chill...

do you remember that song? i just have that one line stuck in my brain..and i cant get it out! ugh. i think tony tone toni sang it ages ago. lol.

yesterday i did this one for dare 56--if you could only have one photo while you were stranded on a deserted island, which one would it be? i went thru tons of pics yesterday trying to find the one--the one that makes me smile, makes me laugh..makes me remember .and you know, i found tons. i mean TONS that i just loved. but you know what i did notice? not many of art. and why wouldnt i want a picture of my love? i mean, i did marry him afterall lol. so i searched and searched..and i found this little gem. just chillaxin in our bed, watching cartoons or a movie..just like they do everyday. this one made me smile. and it made me giggle to see my lil nakie girls wrapped up in their blankets..snuggled up next dad. actually more like squishing dad. but no matter..he loves it. and then, this picture made me sad. sad because right now art is working nights..so its been a few weeks since i've seen this scene..and it made me sad because i know one day, the girls may not want to snuggle with dad. but thats another day. not today. :)

so i dont really have much to say.

which is very weird for me lol.

cha in spirit day at 2ps was super fun!

got about 8 projects done in total..so that

made me happy. and makes me want to shop

for more new goodies.

i stayed up till midnight on wednesday

to get sub to poppy ink. and got it! wahoozle!

very excited to get my grubby little hands on those

delicious kits.

and um...lets see..nope. nothin else.

i'll leave ya with some of my lo's from

this past weekend :D

ciao and happy fridayness!

its a card thing..

went cropping on friday, made 14 cards. which really aint much. but if you consider that i spent the first 3 hours chit chatting, and the last hour scrappin, its actually probably good lol.

went scrappy shopping on saturday with becki.. and that was a blast! we went to the memories store in bountiful, then went to a little store in the avenues, but unfortunately we missed them by about 15mins. darn! so i'll have to try to remember to make it up there next time i head out. we also went to heartland and pebbles because both stores were having sales...and they were pretty good. got stuff i didnt really need, but really wanted :)

oh, and went to joanns to pick up some felt so i can make my own shapes, cuz i'm not liking paying 8.50 a bottle for flowers!! however, .14cents a sheet i like a lot! lol.

so theres a new addition over there on the sidebar----->

called 'its a card thing'. thats my etsy shop where i'll be selling some cards! i've been selling them here and there for a while, and then my friend kelly suggested i check out etsy and setup shop....so i did! its pretty cute and doesnt have much in it, but i hope to be adding at least 1-3 cards a day to it, so check them out please :) the card up there ^^ is one that is there now :)

hope ya have a great monday!

.this is mike.

this picture is heeeelarious. seriously. this is mike. he and art have been best friends since like, i dont know. junior high i think. anyhoo. mike is a very unique individual, to say the least lol. hes you know, average height, buddha belly. navajo indian. i call him the big fat indian. he loves the name. and recognizes that its a term of endearment. and hes a hardcore rocker to his very bones. seriously. even drives a trans am. hehe.

this pic was taken at olivia's bday party this summer, and someone was making balloon animals. well, this one came out lookin a little naughty, if you kwim..and he put it on and was rockin out. hehe. it was so dang funny. im so glad i got a pic of it.

so yesterday i pouted. i wanted to eat out. and art didnt. now, we dont eat out often, and usually when we do, its just someplace like wendys. nothing fancy. if you know me, then you know, that when i get an idea in my head, my mind is made up and i want it like yesterday lol. sounds a little silly when it comes to talking about food, but hey. its fast. its easy. and there are no dishes to do afterwards. which are all perfect reasons to eat out if you ask me. lol. so i called him early in evening, so that he wouldnt make dinner. but he didnt answer. so i text him. and no response. so finally i get a hold of him about 30 mins before i get off work. now in my head, i knew that he had already made dinner. but i was just hanging on to this small thread of hope, that he hadnt and we could eat out. but no. he made spaghetti. and i pouted. all night actually. well unless you consider this pouting lol. anyways, what got me thinking about this, was a post on 2ps about your 5 favorite restaurants, which led me to think about what to have for lunch today...and then ya. so i thought i'd list my faves.

1.mimis (love love the turkey dinner, as well as the yummy raisin bread)

2.the other place (a very cozy greek cafe. chicken pasta salad to die for!)

3.desert edge brewery (cool little brewery, i go there for the chef salad..yummo!)

4.spaghetti factory (cheap. great meatballs. whoa. that sounds a little dirty hehe.)

5.wienerschnitzel (dont laugh at me, but man. i looooove the chili cheese dogs there!! so freaking good.)

so there ya have it. my little rant for the day. and now that i've made this list, i'm hungry..but have no clue still what to do for lunch lol.

dont you want to be rich and famous?

this is what olivia said to maya, after counting all their change in their piggy bank, maya suggested they go to 7-11 and get a treat....but olivia said no. how will we be rich and famous if we spend our money?!
hehe. man. the things kids say. too bad i can't save money the way she does :P

so its been a week of adjustment around here with art being on nights. its not too bad. i mean, hes home during the day. which the kids like. but. hes not here at night. duh. and i hate sleeping alone. and really, i'm really really afraid of the dark. in fact. i hear noises. maybe even dead people. seriously. why is it, that when i'm home alone, thats when i hear freaky noises?!! why?! i mean. hello! i'm an insomniac. and i get spooked easily. so you know this girl aint sleeping much without the hubs around. ugh. this is going to be a looooooong 6 weeks.

and before i forget..you need to go check out color your memories cuz my designs are up people!! this kit is soo cute! loved playing with all the primas, thickers and dream street papers! super fun and sweet for valentines.

oh, and that layout up there ^^^^^ is of maya. that picture has been sitting on my desk since LAST YEAR. seriously. no joke. i just never got around to scrapping it till today. and can i tell you how much i love that modern romance by daisy d's?! seriously in love with it. seriously seriously. dude, i think i like that word.

anyhoo, going scrappy shopping this weekend since there are a few sales going on at heartland and pebbles. can't wait. i'm going with some mommies from the slc mommies board , so if you live in or around the slc area, you should definitely check this message board out! i've made lots of friends and i love all the support there. its greatness.

ok i think i've rambled enough. have a lovely thursday :D

dont talk..just listen

uh ya. so i got my haircut...and i didnt like it. so i went back and had it cut again. and so far..i think i like it. i had it cut into an a-line..its cute. but hard for me to get used to.
anyhoo..i've been scrappin, but can't share what i'm working on just yet. art is going to nights next week! ugh. i hate when hes on nights. i hate sleeping alone. i'm scared of the dark lol. gonna be interesting for me to work when hes on nights, but we're gonna try to make it work. (whoa, that sentence had the word 'work' in it a lot.)

hope everyone's doing good!

this lo is for this weeks effer dare..to scrap about last year, or the new year.

got gas?

excuse me while i TOOOT!! i was just asked to be the VERY FIRST guest designer over at color your memories
!!! I am so excited and so flattered!! thank you so much keianna!! i can't wait to design with that yummy cute kit!

and here is the pic i promised of olivia without her tooth! what a cutie!

hate to post and run...but its raining and theres this perfect chill in the air that just makes me want to do SOMETHING! maybe i'll scrap..or maybe i'll clean, not sure yet!

happy thursday!!