June 28 2008

Happy Anniversary to my husband Gary..2 years ago today we stood on a beach in Maui and said I Do...
now a days you call me annoying, and i call you a pain in my butt..but i wouldn't have it any other way! you keep me laughing :)
Happy Anniversary Gary- I LOVE YOU!

I'D RATHER BE IN HAWAII but....

for an early anniversary dinner (1 day early) Gary and i celebrated at Flemings Steakhouse. if you've never been it's AMAZING! it's an upscale steakhouse, that always seems to be busy (no recession there!) on a side note..you better like eating in the dark Gary and i both noticed that it was freakin dark in this joint! comparable to dungeon-dark! maybe something to do with fancy shmancy 'ambiance'? i don't know..but the food is awesome! the wedge salad with bleu cheese is too die for!!! it's sooo good...and of course Gary and i both got the filet and baked potato (there side items are al la carte), i was opting to try something different but with steak its hard not to do the good old baked potato! it was yum...and the steak was so tender...for dessert i got the creme brulee and it was really good as well...of course afterwards i was completely miserable, seriously it was disgusting i felt the way i did. i vowed to never eat again..but of course you know how that goes. it was a great dinner..of course i would have rather been in Hawaii but my husband knows another way to make me happy and thats with food! Thanks for taking me to an awesome dinner and another year Gary! I Love you!


this photo is a little awkward, don't ask what my prom/weird hand is doing.
looks as though I'm making sure Gary's heart is still beating. weird!

JUST FOR FUN!

after watching tons of fun youtube videos and reading her blog kandeethemakeupartist.blogspot.com - CHECK HER OUT! HER VIDEOS ARE ON THERE TOO!

seriously she's the cutest funnest girl EVER!!! she has TONS of great makeup tutorials and how to get the looks...she's awesome! anyways in one of her videos on you tube she does zebra print nails (she also has another video on how to do leopard print nails...SOOO CUTE!) so i got inspired and did my nails zebra print...it's fun :)


zebra nails
(i made the stripes with black nail polish and a tooth pick)

HELP ME HELP A FREIND :)

CATOU AND I SOMETIME BACK IN 1998 OR 1999 (our first ship contract!)


help me help a very dear friend of mine for over a decade-Catou! i have joined her team to walk in the Southern California Brain Tumor walk in October. i want to help her raise money to help kick brain tumor's butt and find a CURE!! to help donate copy and paste the link below...(i couldnt figure out how to make it a link on here!-it wouldnt work!)


http://www.braintumorcommunity.org/site/TR/Events/BTW-HB?px=2365593&pg=personal&fr_id=1590

1 LESS MOLE

I am covered in moles...lets just say i have 1 less mole now.
this mole on my face has given me problems for years, i finally had it 'shaved' off. it literally took 10 seconds for the dermatologist to do and should leave no scar so for 2 weeks i have to wear a band aid over the mole remnants/hole and lots of neosporin :)

GARDEN A LA HERNANDEZ

so our garden is showing some signs of growth..we've got a lot of little flowers blossoming up on the plants but not much that would look like anything edible! our strawberries are growing nicely and getting nice and red although not very big. we had to put a cage up around the garden because we had a strawberry thief! a few weeks ago we had our first strawberry growing i would check it everyday until i went out to find it gone :( all that was left was the stem and green top of the strawberry. we have possum problems in our back yard so i think he is the culprit! maybe not though as i have found a half eaten strawberry since putting the cage up! so maybe its a lizard..(yeah we have a ton of those creepy little things running around our backyard) anyhoo...earlier this week i noticed we have a new arrival! a baby tomato has grown!

My visit down to Catou's

Memorial Day weekend i went down to have a sleep over with Catou. She had planned a surprise for me and sent me instructions to meet her at a location and come wearing now makeup and bring a swim suit! Long story short i was shocked to see when i arrived we were at a swanky spa, Catou had treated me to a day at the spa and an 80 minute massage. this place was a little intimidating, i felt so out of place! it was so fancy! i just got my first massage a couple of months ago and it was not at a spa! we spent our time in the jacuzzi and sauna before getting our treatments. seriously this massage was ahhhhhmazing!! and those 80 minutes went by soo fast! it was an awesome experience! and couldn't believe Catou had treated me to such a an awesome day! she said it was for my birthday and doing so well in school (she's so proud of me! :) ) once we got to her house we were starving we got ready for dinner and walked down a BBQ restaurant (she lives one street over from the beach) so where we walked is nothing but shops and cute little restaurants! on our walk home we stopped and got a HUGE cupcake to share. we love food :) the next morning we went for breakfast, a nice morning walk to breakfast and then we walked along the beach on the way home. it was so nice. we admired all the gorgeous homes on the beach and there was even one for sale, I'm sure for at least 7 million...a girl can dream right!;) we had an awesome weekend!! soo glad i got to see her. this girls schedule is ALWAYS full!! so finding a time when she is free is always a task!! :)


Catou and I on our walk on the beach


Catou performing her balance beam routine -just kidding

Our Garden

So, we decided to jump on the organic bandwagon... we already buy a handful of organic items at the grocery, but decided it would be fun to plant our own organic garden. we built plant/garden bed and then planted our veggies and fruit. we planted strawberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, and green beans. it's been 2 weeks since we planted our garden and we already have some buds/flower sprouts! this was kind of an experiment and after the fact i read the preferred spacing that the for example watermelon should be planted like a foot apart.yeah, we didn't do that! so we'll see what happens...this is our first time trying, so we'll be excited if we get anything to grow!


Building the garden bed.


Adding the soil


Planting


The final product our garden!

LOST!

so, i'm a little late, but after hearing soo much buzz on the season finale and final episode of the tv show Lost (which i haven't seen yet), it sparked my interest. i had not watched a single episode the entire 6 years it was on. so i started at season 1. luckily i am able to watch seasons 1-5 instantly via the wii through netflix. it's awesome and a good thing i can watch them all continuously since i'm ADDICTED!!! i blew through season 1 in like 2 days! then i got gary and jayden watching it and they became addicted! gary even went back and watched all of season 1, since i got him addicted during the middle of season 2! now, hes nearly caught up to me in the middle of season 3 now! it's soo addicting and you can literally watch for hours...causing one to be nonproductive and lazy!...ugh! once i get through season 5, i dont know how i'm gonna wait for season 6 to come to dvd....hopefully i can watch or find the episodes on the internet!
i kind of like that i'm late watching this show..1. i can watch every episode right after one another or multiple episodes in the week. i can find out right away what happens with these cliff hanger endings! 2. no commercials !!

SUMMER IS HERE....

so, now that it has warmed up outside I have been trying to get a tan, but i have to compete for my towel or chair with a furry little rodent...my dog!Troy LOVES to lay in the sun. i decided i wasn't gonna compete anymore for towel space or having tan lines from my dog-he will lay ON ME when i'm laying out even if i'm all oily-i guess he doesn't mind but i sure do! yuck!dog hair and oil...eekk! anyhoo...i brought a towel out for troy (his very own!) and put in a chair so he could sunbathe too! he LOVED it!...he's so spoiled!;)