Bon JOVI

March 22, 2011
I've Wanted to See Bon Jovi
in Concert for FOREVER,

And That

JOVI-Licious

Dream

Came True!

I Had to Keep Turning to Ryan and Saying

"YAAAAHhhhhh! I'm at BON JO-VIIIIIII!"

{Be. Still. My. Heart}

It Was a ROCKIN' Blast!

Thanks Babe, For Taking Me!

Nacho Night

Grande Nachos

and

Harry Potter II

Started Out Like This:

[Sorry for the Poor Quality, (iphone + Darkness=Glowing Eyes, apparently)]

And Ended with Everyone Snuggled On the Couch.

St. Paddy's Day

5K

We Found Out YESTERDAY,

about a 5K,

and So We thought We'd Give it a Run.

{Let's be Honest, We Haven't Exactly Been Awesome at Our Running, Lately}

But We DID It!

We Both Agreed,

T'was NOT Easy.

And Since Ryan Crossed the Finish,

a Minute or Two

before I,

You Only Get Pictures of Me:

My Gross, Irish Self,

Galloping Across the Finish

And Shaving
2 Minutes

Off My Time!

Go ME!

[Speedy Ryan Always Kicks My Trash.]

Now?

I'm Feelin' Like I Need Some Chocolate Cake.

A Little Trip

To See the Twina Sista,

Trip Favorites:

Shopping

Working Out

Yummy Lunches

Making Cookies

White Chocolate Carmel Popcorn

Modern Family

Shopping

Talking

Girls Night Out

Cleaning Out Her Closet

Shopping

Homemade Apple & Banana Muffins

The Sound of Music Skits

Carmel Cake

Costa Vida

And Some Awesome,

Good for You Chips

that We Snarfed Down Every Day.

[Sigh. Good Times, JoMama, Good Times]

Oh,

and that time That Lady Asked If

A) all these Kids were YOURS,

and B) If this was a TV Show We were Doing.

[Hahahaha, Yep. Reality TV, Right Here.]

Cousins

I have a Twin Sister,

to Whom I went for a Visit,

the Other Week.

Technically Speaking,

Our Kids Could All Look Alike.

I've Always Thought

My C

and

Her KJ

have Looked Pleasantly Similar,

More So Than Our Others.

So I Thought I'd Snag a Few Pics,

to See What I Found.

Yep.

Two Cutie Pies.

Aloha

03.14.2011
Hawaiian Night

We Got Together With Friends,

and To Learn about

the Hawaiian Culture.

We Ate Lots of Yummy Foods,

Native to Hawaii

Whacked Open a Coconut,

And Got Our Hula On!

A Hui Hou

02.25.2011

{Nacho Night}

Featured Film: Open Season 3

And?

Only ONE Overturned Plate

Holiday-ing

President's Day

Me.

With Sicky.

Them.

Playing Video Games.

In Their Jammies.

[The End]

A Lil' Competition

02.19.2011
Friendship Competiton

C Does a Traditional Form,

and Places 3rd for His Age Group.

B Does a Traditional Form, too

and Gets 1st Place for His Age Group.

Then,

Onto

Board Breaking:

C Gets 2nd For His Age Group,

And, B Gets 1st

The Conquering Heroes

{My Mr. Ts are Looking Like Mr T.}

Good Job, Boys!

Banister Re-Do

Edit: Please note that the date of this post was in 2010.

We sold this home in 2013 and have since moved to a new home!

I Wanted to Update My Banister,

[and Some of the Balusters Needed Replacing],

so We Decided to Go for Some Rod Iron.

First we Knocked out the Existing Balusters-

they came out relatively Easy.

We Kept the Knewl Posts

and Rails in Place.

Then I Lightly Sanded the Knewl Posts

and Rails

Using This:

and then Stained them

to Match My Floor,

using a Gel Stain

[Wah-La].

This Part Was Completely Easy.

Next Came the Balusters.

We Purchased them from a Local Business,

Determined the Length We Wanted,

and Husband when to Town

Sawing Those Babies

with a Metal Blade on His Miter Saw.

And He Drilled Holes Going Down

into the Foot Railing

and Going Up Into the Hand Railing,

in the Places where The Rods Needed to Go.

After that,

It Gets Kind of Tricky Trying to Explain

How we Used a Sledge Hammer to

Wham Those Suckers into the Railing,

and Angle them Into the Holes at the Bottom,

but That's How we Manged to do it.

We did Learn,

that Removing the Railing,

Does NOT Help,

and only Makes Things Worse.

But Once We Figured Out how to Get those Things In,

It was Pretty Easy.

[I'm Sorry I can't Give a More Understandable Explanation!]