Thursday, July 5, 2012

mehico photo album 2012



as promised-or threatened-depending on how you are looking at it.....

so as you look through these try to imagine a mariachi band playing music in the background-although the cruise ship continually played caribbean music??? yeah, me neither....

long beach-getting ready to set sail

i checked her out-she was fine, just resting
 
streets of cabo san lucas





every country has them
bartering for my daughters hammock chair

got it

mariachi and margaritas-what else ya want??
i think i like cabo
the men are so friendly


















i know what you're thinking-what lucky ladies get those 2 hotties???

big daddy and his girl
sweetest little. we bought $3 flowers from her. best $ spent.


















you would tell us if we had food in our teef-right?
because why wouldn't we drink from disco balls?
see? all kinds of groovy!





















oh, i didn't tell you i was a master snorkler? for a hot 28 seconds i owned that sea. p.s. if anyone that tells you the sea of cortez is warm in june-walk away fast- they are a liar and who knows what other fairy tales they are trying to sell you.

beautiful church in puerto vallarta

my lovely lady friend mollye

mojitos make you think you can sing


















bow down to washington. go dawgs!
mojitos make you think you can dance

mojitos make you think you are all kinds of sexy


















mojitos make you think you are super funny-funnier than everyone else.

they started at the top, spinning until they were on the beach



ya gotta have at least 1 of these shots in every album right?


so there ya have it.
good times.
good friends.
what else can ya ask for?
oh, maybe another week to do it all over again might do!

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

let there be fireworks



initially my family was gonna have a very quiet stay at home 4th of july this year. this would be very different from any 4th we have ever celebrated but after coming home from a big vacation we welcomed the thought of lounging around the house, eating whenever and whatever with the possibility of maybe napping here or there.

everything changed when my good friend erin said, "hey, come over, let's swim, let's bbq, let's have fun."
she had me at 'hey'.
i'm easy.

so as i am generally crowned the 'dessert girl' (and i wear a crown well) i went to work making 4 dozen of the famous mini s'mores that always make their appearance right around this time of year.
i could probably just eat these all day.
i have been known.
i don't even feel shameful.
they are that good. <shrug>

as we celebrate with friends, eat, drink, swim, dance in a parking lot with strangers (it was maybe once or twice!) get sunburned, laugh, hug, love and cheer remember the true meaning of the day (oh no, here she goes, getting all 'mom" on us, trying to teach us again) and what it means to our great country.

the 4th of july is a celebration of our independence-the day the 13 colonies took legal separation from the kingdom of great britain.

well, actually that occurred on the 2nd and a team of 5 (john adams, thomas jefferson, benjamin frankin, roger sherman, and robert livingston) revised, approved and signed the declaration of independence on the 4th of july.
many historians believed it was signed almost a month later in august but what do they know?
i'm goin with what those 5 guys said. i think at this point-that's the safe bet.

okay, so a few cool facts then i'm out:

-adams and jefferson the only 2 other signers of the declaration of independence that went on to be presidents both died on the same day- july 4th, 1926. that was the 50th anniversary of the declaration. strange huh?
-i will be dancing in a parking lot later with fireworks over my head most likely to the tune of "baby you're a firework",by katy perry.


now go on with yo bad selves and 4th it up!
wait, take one of these with you too!


Monday, July 2, 2012

reality


waking up this morning was super fun.
really.


you know how it is when you have your first day back to work after vacay. its fun. super.
as i peeled open my eyelids this morning my first thought was, "i gotta get up to the lido deck and tag our lounge chairs before breakfast".
my second thought was, "why is my cat on the cruise ship with me?" 
yes, it was a hard slap in the face back to reality.

so i got up and swayed my way to the kitchen-funny thing how you keep swaying while you walk even a day after you are off the ship.
my son has found this to be pretty funny.

 I brewed up a huge (not an understatement) pot of organic mexican coffee i bought from a sweet lady in puerto vallarta that her husband had grown and roasted himself. ignoring the pile of dishes in the sink and the fact that my luggage is sitting there, unpacked, stuffed to the gills even though i am hoping if i ignore it long enough it will just ya know, unpack itself.

i drop into my chair with a thud.
i use the word 'thud' because i am pretty sure i gained a bit of weight between my breakfast, mid morning snack, the trip to the ice cream cone machine, the 1st round of mojitos, the 2nd round of mojitos, my 1st lunch, a trip back to the ice cream cone machine, my 2nd lunch, another round of mojitos, a trip to the sweets bar, a round of miami vices in my disco ball cup, a trip to the frozen yogurt machine (because i should really do froyo and cut back on the ice cream at this point right?) then another round of mojitos, a glass of water (you know, to detox in between my gluttony) then dinner, followed up with desert that i say i will only have a bite of but strangely i clean the plate, one more trip to the ice cream machine (WHY do they make this self serve? at least they should put a hot guy server behind that machine so maybe i wouldn't visit it 14 times a day!!) and a last round or two of whatever drink i am handed.
yes, i am guessing maybe i gained a pound-or 8.


 so back to my amazing cup of mexican java and me laughing in my head thinking of all the funny moments and good times on the cruise ship and in mexico. 
in walks my youngest little breaking my vacation chi by asking for more medicine (oh, by the way, i came home to a sick kid-yay me!) but.... she is cute. so it makes me smile.
 i missed my littles and its always nice to come home but dang i had me a blast and get this- nobody called me mom. not once. it was simply bliss!

somewhere on day 3 or 4 i wondered why my stomach hurt. no, not like sea sick hurt or gross cruise food sitting like a lump in your stomach hurt because you managed to eat like a huge pig. it was more of a "i have now laughed so hard that i am using muscles in my stomach that i didnt know i had hurt." or maybe the muscles were there but had somehow been covered in the layers of self serve ice cream???

anyway,  my favorite photo of the trip is this one right here:


thats two girls havin' a damn good time right there!


i have so many more fun photos i would love to share. i know how it is to look at someone elses photo footage from a vacation that you weren't on. its never quite as cool.
it's a big fat book of "look what i diiiiid that youuuuuu diiiiiidnt." but you still wanna see right? 

im pretty sure i heard you say yes and thats great because i will now go and put together a photo book just for you as that is what someone does when
they are trying to ignore the fact that they came home to 
421 new emails and they really dont fit in their jeans.
oh, guess what?? aol just told me i have mail. make that 422.
no joke. 

ahhh...its gonna be a fun day of you wishing you were me.....


Sunday, June 24, 2012

bon voyage to me!!



know what i hate worse than packing? unpacking! can i really use the word 'hate' to describe packing or should i just be damn happy i get to pack and have a vacay?! 

yes, i am happy, so happy, so so happy, annoyingly happy!
just get the girl on the boat already happy!

but..... i can't think about unpacking yet coz i gots vacationing to do!
shane and i are heading out to get on a cruise ship and sail away to mexico for the week. we are meeting up with some really great friends and plan on having a wonderful relaxing time. kidless. yep, you read it right. no kids.


so i will *see* you all in a week-i will be the tan, smiling, relaxed girl in the sombrero- with a pair of maraca's hanging off my hips and possibly a luchador mask on.
stranger things i have done......


Friday, June 22, 2012

aloha friday





Aloha Friday
(Aloha Friday)

Definition: much like the casual Friday equivalent, it refers to the day of the week where the feeling is one of laid-back happiness and leisure, looking forward to the weekend. Often, businesses in Hawaii allow their employees to dress casually on this day.

Used In A Sentence: It’s Aloha Friday cuz! Where you like go dis weekend?
In English?: I can’t believe it’s Friday already! What do you feel like doing this weekend?

just in case ya didn't know......




so, let me sum up in 3 words (well, 4) why this week was awesome.
1. summer
2. mexico
3. true blood

yes, yes i know i talk about all those things above allllll the damn time.  but they all applied this week in major, get down, get dowwwwn ways.

school is out-summa is here!!
i will be cruisin to mexico in like, hours.
i got a call from the set designer of true blood who invited me on a private set tour yesterday. i got to see it all! i was most excited to check out the furniture i did for the set (already blabbed about here) and lemme tell ya, it was a good thing it was private (4 of us) coz i had full on super fan moments everywhere...at merlottes, in jasons apartment, sookies kitchen.... shameful really.

here's a few of my fav pics...



sookie's kitchen





sookie's porch


sookie's entry







more kitchen

merlottes
where lafayette cooks







sam's office
MY SOFA'S!!! yeah! super secret meeting room























where erik used to sleep at sookie's








vampire holding cells
yay- my entry!


i tried to get better pics but they had filmed the day prior and the main lights were mostly all off on the sets that they don't use too often.  it was a really fun day for me-i loved seeing it all!

have a super week-end y'all!
 

Thursday, June 21, 2012

summa summa summatime!





smell that? that's summa yo!





cute blonde's dusted with freckles sporting
mirrored shades (and moms that know they are 
photo bombing in the mirrored lenses) shhhh....



thirsty flowers and sprinklers


















sizzlin sidewalks beggin for little artists


melting cream


















 ladies
sunshine and leis



hula hips and bare feet















fruity drinks and friends







splashes and belly flops















bike rides and ring pops
















beach blown waves and sun kissed highlights




















coolahs-the only way hawaiians roll.....


















spf



















this all only means one thing.....summa rules-everything goes!