Sunday, February 13, 2011

Pre Valentines Day Brunch

This morning I baked the blueberry muffins to perfection and of course I forgot to take a pic. My Mom spontaneously stopped by so I was a bit distracted. We did bring a few home with us so Antz took a pic for me. I am still feeling lame and grody so this will be a short but sweet post.

Speaking of sweet, Liv wore her new dress *the vintage one I got from Grow Kid Grow in Silverlake*




Mommy and Liv striking a pose

Leslie outdid herself as she always does. The setup was lovely, the food was yummy and the playlist was rocking *Sugarcubes for me, 80's pop and hip hop*

Liv & her cute Godbrother, Elias

Liv's Uncle Keith


I love the blue cupid and sweet red tulips

Joice made this lovely apple pie. She claims shes a beginner baker like me but I can't throw down like that.



Walking with her Godfather, Nino

Bah, I look grey and sicko!!


My blueberry muffin

I just realized my muffins are lacking Muffintop!!!



Tomorrow I'm going to Sprinkles with Aimee to pick up some cupcakes. She is giving one to Mr Big *things are going well with them, although moving at a snail's pace* and I'm going to give one to my 2 Valentines...❤

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Disneyland Photo Shoot

Tragedy struck our lovely Disneyland trip. I got sick. REAL sick! I got a bad case of germies, sneezing, coughing, achy, stuffy all those Nyquil symptons yet I can't take any meds until I talk to Dr. Wang. I bought some Cold Eaze and drank tea but this cold is here to stay.

We met Sarah at 11:30. I made a reservation at Ariel's Grotto for a character lunch but we were trying to get as many Disneyland shots in 2 hours that we had to skip going to California Adventures. It was a nice day and surprisingly not crowded *I'm talking 5-10 minute waiting in lines* We got some awesome shots but I couldn't find any balloon vendors so I was lacking them in my jump shots. But man, my jump shots were freaking stellar!! I jumped off of a bench in front of the Enchanted Castle and I got some major air. Sarah had to leave around 2 but we stayed until 6pm. I finally found the one balloon vendor at the park and she let me take pics with all the balloons.


We bought a Minnie one for Liv.




Antz made this fantastic sign for me and we used our moustaches.


We were able to go on a ton of rides, Haunted Mansion, It's a Small World, Mad Hatter Teacups, Pinocchio, Snow White, and Jungle Cruise






This is my iphone, we look weird, like we're made of clay



We scored a pic with the big Kahuna on Main Street but we had to ask the woman in line behind us to take our pic and of course the pics came out crappy. Antz is going to work his magic and try to lighten the shots before I post them. I took some shots with Goofy that came out okay.




I took this one
Thanks lady....sheesh!
Antz brightened this picture in Photoshop, unfortunately Liv wasn't looking


My camera always manages to fail me when it comes to night shots. If I use the auto setting, the flash makes everything dark as seen here;

Auto with flash


No Flash, this was taken at dusk


No flash, see how blurry


With flash, Boo!

We had a yummy lunch at the French Market. Usually we get a corn dog but the food was super yum!! I had 3 cheese pasta and veggies and Antz had the garlic herb chicken. We shared cheesecake and listening to a jazz band *why was I the only one that knew all the songs, NERD!!*











I knew I was sick on the drive home, I had to pull over and let Antz drive. Friday we had our tax appt. with Gail and she made us very happy indeed again this year. *happy, happy, joy, joy dance*

She gave us some peas from her amazing organic garden. Antz and I really want to make a raised garden in the backyard but I am apprehensive from several past garden attempts *spinach, strawberries, herbs, chili peppers and greens, all sadly no longer with us*


This was our best spring garden, we used manure and the daisies were my favorite.


Aww, I love my gnomie, he's all faded from the sun now.




This is how the garden looked the week we moved in.

I really liked the flowers this year 2008 but it always looks awesome in early spring but by summer it's dead from the sun exposure.


The spinach was doing great but eventually it died.


The current state of our garden. We threw some random wildflower seeds out there that are starting to bloom but I would like it to fill out in the middle.

I would like to have something like this.



So maybe we'll put something together in the next month but my priority project is our bathroom. I want new tile floors, plaster the tub and shower wall in white, paint and new storage.



I still need to get quotes and work on the budget. We picked up the shoes from the Pump Station and bought the hat which were on sale *sweet*




Sneeze, sniff, sniff, cough! I hope I'm not so miserable tomorrow at Leslie & Stephen's Valentines Brunch. I'm making blueberry muffins in the morning *while wearing a medicinal mask, of course*.  
AH-CHOO!!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Disneyland tomorrow!!!


I've been running around all day prepping for our photo shoot with Sarah at Disneyland tomorrow. I am tired, I don't know where I'll get my energy for the long day tomorrow. The most important stuff has been taken care of, I made a reservation for a character lunch at California Adventures. It's pricey but it guarantees pics with 5 Disney Princesses. The other challenge was finding the perfect look for Liv. I was bummed BabyGap didn't have the shorts I wanted, but we came up with a rad alternative. Sadly, I'm sworn to secrecy until we get the pics back from Sarah. I am sewing my mouth shut but I will give you a sneak peek.

I'm such a tease!

Possibly maybe, I'll post Liv's week 36 this evening if I'm not passed out from exhaustion.

Toodles