Annabelle's shower and tie dye

My cousin Matt and his wife Annabelle are expecting their first child. We all headed to the shower, but had to take a "cousin's picture " first.

Random pic from my seat. They served the most delicious breakfast quiche.
(my mouth is watering just thinking of it)

Gma having a good ol' time with Annabelle's mom.

Annabelle opening gifts. She got a ton of onesies which will be good for the hot AZ weather. Yes I switched seats....had to get a better view.

O.K. I know I shouldn't make fun. But for real...Gma Slater...Matt's other Gma looked JUST like Mrs. Doubtfire!! Remember the movie with Robin Williams?Oh and by the way...she totally knew I was taking a pic of her and didn't look very happy about it. Maybe it was all the giggling that was coming from our side of the room. Sorry Gma Slater.

Gma and I and Ashley all went in on a gift card to Target since she had to fly back to AZ. I also made her some tie dye onesies. I actually didn't take any after pics because they didn't turn out how I wanted them to and wasn't going to give them to her. But then I figured...you can always use onesies.

Anyways, it was a messy process but I had a lot of fun doing it. It was much harder than I remembered but maybe that was because they were onesies and not full size t-shirts.

I found 5 different designs online. I would have to say none of them really turned out....probably because they were 0-3 months...not much to work with.

Messy but fun!

Online it said to wrap them in plastic wrap and let them sit for 6-8 hours...or longer. I did them before I went to bed and woke up early the next morning to rinse them out.

If you are going to do this, remember a grocery bag or something to put the dyed rubber bands and plastic wrap in.

The finished product before I washed them. They came out a little lighter but were still really dark. I guess they turned out o.k. but not all professional looking like I saw online. Guess I will just have to try again.

Thanks Annabelle for inviting us to your shower, we had a ton of fun and it was so nice seeing you.

The Goods...

$45 later.

10 anti-bacterial soaps, 2 (technically 4) air freshener refills, 2 bathroom sprays & body spray.

Before:

After:

I think I am all stocked up. The next house we buy, I am so getting a bigger linen closet!!

Favorite Sale... besides Nordstroms Half Yearly

Bath and Body Works is having its Summer Clearance Sale. A ton of deals. My favorite is the 5 for $15 anti-bacterial soap. If you know me , you know that I stock usually close to 25...I'm down to 14 right now, OCD I know. I should take a pic of my linen closet just so you believe me, obsessed much. These make the best gifts and buying them now is way cheap!!This is my other favorite....I just bought these a few weeks ago, 2 for $20....so this is a steal of a deal. They are originally $12.50.

Sweet Corn Tomalito

This tastes sweeter than cornbread and is so yummy!! It makes a great side dish for fajitas or any other kind of Mexican dish.. It is very similar to Chevy's Tomalito. I found the recipe on: allrecipes.com
My photography skills aren't the best...I think I need to take a class or something.

Sweet Corn Tomalito

5 tablespoons margarine, softened
1/4 cup masa harina (or 1/8 c. cornmeal, 1/8 c. flour)
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 cups frozen whole-kernel corn, thawed
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons milk

In a meduim bowl, mix together the margarine, masa harina, and sugar until light and fluffy.

In a blender, blend one cup of the corn kernels with the water and cornmeal just until smooth. Stir into the masa mixture.

Mix in the remaining corn, baking soda, salt and milk until the batter is smooth.

Pour into a microwavable-safe, says 8x8 glass baking dish that has a lid....but I used this white serving dish with a lid and it worked just fine.

Cover, and cook in microwave for 7 minutes at 30% power, mix, then cook an additional 4 minutes at fill power. Stir and serve!!

* For the masa harina, I just did the 1/8 c. cornmeal and the 1/8 c. flour instead of buying a 5 pound bag of masa harina. I believe it was like 4 teaspoons of each to make 1/8th....but I moved when I learned fractions so don't mark my word...measure for yourself. :)

Besides it took forever....1 teaspoon of cornmeal, 1 teaspoon of flour, 1 teaspoon of cornmeal....1 teaspoon of flour, 1 teaspoon of cornmeal...still not to the 1/4 c. line....you get the picture.

Happy Birthday Niki!!

We hope you have a wonderful 17th birthday!! We love and miss you!

Seriously...

When will it stop!?Less than a month ago we had to get a new fridge. Now this.

After getting home from vacation we returned to a 85+ degree house. The upstairs was over 90 degrees. We opened all the windows to kind of air out the house. Hour or so later we turn on the A/C to 70 something degrees. A few hour later we are still sweating from the heat. I go check to see what Eddie set the A/C at...74 but it was still 82...Ugh! We go to a vent, it is blowing air but not cool air. GREAT...something is wrong with the A/C. Eddie goes outside to the A/C unit. The fan isn't working and it is super duper hOt!!

$150 later we have a new Compacitator. See how it is boldged (boldg'd, sp?) on the side? That was the problem. The A/C guy gave some educated answer about oils and stuff. He said that most things on a house last 10-15 years...ours is 12 years old. Lucky us!!

Holy Moley!!

I wonder how much his gas bill is?!? Eddie said if he can afford a truck like that he can probably cough up a few hundred for gas each time he has to fill up. Ghez!

Homer Update

66% of men are bald and 1 in 4 men start balding by the age of 30. I think Homer is in that percentage. For some reason the hair on the top of his head won't grow but the rest is an afro!!

(Yes I know the window is dirty, when the weather decides what it wants to do I will clean it. In case you were judging me :)

When I picked Homer up from Gma's house and asked her how it went, she said it was fun. I asked if she wanted to keep him. She said No!
Guess it wasn't that fun if she didn't want to keep him.

Happy Birthday Russell!!

Happy Birthday to my favorite brother in law!! We hope you have a wonderful day!!

(sorry R, these were the only pics I had of you on my work computer.)

Look what else I did!

Copied some old pics that were at my parents house.

Here are just a couple.
This is my Gma's dad, with my mom...I think. So my great grandpa Webb in Feb of 58'...so 50 years ago.


And this scary thing!!!

What the heck am I wearing? Oh and the hair!! Oh my!! And the sunglasses!! What was I thinking!?!

Anniversary!! and fun!!

On Thursday the 15th, Eddie and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary by...not being together a majority of the day.

(No that isn't over the span of the 4 years we have been married, just what I had on my work computer.)

On Thursday morning we left Sea Ranch and drove to San Francisco. The guys went to a Giants game and the girls went shopping and ate at Pier 39, following S.F. the girls stopped by Fenton's for some sundaes.

We stopped by Skipolini's for some pizza, Erik and I both worked there in high school. We also met up with our high school friends and ate yummy pizza.

We finished off the vacation by swimming and laying out, cause it was in the 100's.

Eddie trying to splash my mom who didn't want to get her hair wet. It worked, she got soaked.

Not sure why he is the only one in the picture. Cause everyone was still in the pool.

Claire just laying out.

Thank you mom and dad for having us. We had such a fun time and we are excited to see everyone again in August for the family reunion.

Someone has a crush....

My little niece had a crush on Eddie. Anywhere he went, she went. She always wanted him to hold him. And she also kissed him, which is rare since she only has given kisses to her mom. Also anytime I went near him she would try to push me away or make it known I was not welcomed.

Making her way over to Eddie, those are his feet in the background.

Batting her eyes at him.

Eddie teasing her with his luscious lips. He didn't think she would do it.

Anywhere he went she wanted on his lap.

More pics.

My older brother.

O.K. let me explain! My mom suggested me moving my hand and I was joking...but my brother took the pic. so there is a little of my silly side.

Mom wanted some pics for my dad's office.