Splish Splash....

Bugga's taking a bath. Last night Bug and I spent some quality time ( an hour) taking a bath in Mom's big tub. Complete with Bubble Bath ,Toys and bath tub crayons. So I just HAD to drag out the camera and take a few shots. Let me tell you it was very hard ,as she was not happy with splash time being interrupted so as not to flood Mom's camera. I told her it was for Grandma and Granny and got a smile or two out of her..... so her she is in all her glory.Needless to say she was a bit pruney afterwards. Dad normally gives her a bath so when Mom does it she gets the full meal deal. Lotion,Smell goods,Ears cleaned ,nails painted if their is time. Last night we just took the old polish off because she wanted to watch "Dora saves the snow princess" for the 15,000th time(it came out last Tuesday). Then off to bed.
Adam and I went to Redbox last night and got this movie. It was quite funny and good. Adam wanted to see it when it was out but I had never even seen a preview at that point so we never winded up seeing it.
Today I am going to Greenwood to pick up my cousin's daughter after school . I have to pick her up on Tuesday an Wed as well. Hopefully I can take full advantage of her babysitting services and get my closets and Garage cleaned out over the next 3 days.

Worth a 1000 words....

I decided to I'd fill you in on my day yesterday (and various ramblings)in photos.

Some of you may or may not know I just started to like coffee within the last 2 years and I'll tell you now I just HAVE to have it. One things is for sure I am not a coffee snob. Oh I guess I've tried to be on occasion going here

more than a few times for a $5 cup of swill(in my humble opinion). Not that don't make some awesome $5 drinks like this one

I just think it fall's in the dessert catagory not a drink. What does this have to do with anything... I'm getting there. I prefer to go here anyday of the week

Not just because I used to work at their corporate offices as a buyer's assitant but because it's so much better to me. Really not just any GasAmerica will do either. There are a few very close to me but one is near and dear to my heart. It's just something about the way their machine makes the hot chocolate that I love. Now you wondering what the heck??? I drink 3/4 of a cup of black coffee with 1/4 cup of Hot Chocolate topped with a dose of half and half for good measure.I know, see what I mean NO COFFEE SNOBS here folks.On with the story... Like most mornings I started off with a stop here to get my fix and then I was off to

I may not give my kid candy but let me tell you I have made her a crack addict like me. She is addicted to the "Cinnamon Crack Bagels " way worse than me.Apparently it's sweeping the nation . All these little kids are getting addicted EARLY.

I tried to save us money (since she wants a bagel EVERY day) buy buying some at the store . Let me tell you she was NOT fooled. She was like"what is THIS" I did what every good mother does I lied and told her these were the new bagels and like it or lump it. So reluctantly she ate it. So I bought more grocery store bagels this week too. Trust me when I say it saves me a pretty penny. They know you get addicted that's why you'll pay $5 for 2 bagels with cream cheese.

SO anyway that was the start of a very busy day. I did my laundry,banking and various other chores and then we were off to

for a busy 2 hr shopping trip. Why 2 HOURS you ask. Well Miss Bugga has learned a thing or 2 from her Dad too.

FREE SAMPLES. OMG she was eating everything that was not nailed down. Chic breast,coffee cake,blueberries,Thai pad shrimp,fruit rollups, chic nuggets. It was a nightmare. Every corner we turned she was like "What do they have Mom"? That is 100% her Dad. He does it everytime we go there. Then I was off to

For Carrots,Peas ,Softner Salt and a 2G smart card. Which they had in the ad for $6.99 cheap huh? Well of course they didn't have any . Then I called Mom and she went to 2 stores and they didn't have any either. HUH? It was in the AD folks!!!! So much for that .Then it was nap time and we went home for Bella to crash and I had a chance to re-pack all of the meat I got at Costco. I usually buy all of our meat there . It's good and I am telling myself it's cheaper too.Then Adam got home and I ran off to

Yes I am mentally defecient going to Wal-Mart on a Sat afternoon. Yes people were in there running amuck. So and hour later I was exiting and ran into my dear friend and chatted her up whilst we waited in LONG,LONG,LONG lines.

That made my dear husband late to his "camp out" with the other Dad's from church. They all took all their kids and camped in the gym building at church last night.

Me being no dummy, I sent out a call for a girls night and my friend Mynde took me up on it. Our friend Shelley was able to make it over for a while too.So went went to dinner here

I talked my friend Mynde into getting one of these

COTTON CANDY MARTINI'S

as I wanted to live vicariously through her. I seriously wanted to try one before but never had the guts to order it and she did to make me happy! It was GOOD trust me. Then while searching for a photo I ran across this video of how it's made .Kinda loud and grainy video but you'll get the point.

So after dinner and drinks we had our friend Shelley drive us across the street to

I love this place and this program they have

Trust me when I say I'd rather see a $5 movie than buy a cup of coffee for that price. Any who we went to see this flick

I loved it and I knew I would but so did Mom and Mynde. It was a Tyler Perry (<--read this link)movie. My dear friend Mynde who is zipped up in Ziplocks (wink,private joke) had never ever never heard of him. I told her she must get out more and I do think that NOW she will. As a matter of fact I am quite sure of it . Even if I have to take her a gun point
HELLLUR!!!!!

Christmas List

This tops my wants on the old Christmas list. "More than a car payment you say". " or"$500 and all it does is Roast you say" Well I say Pshaw!!!! How is a girl to ever become a culinary master cooking without it? Fine then... My only opportunity is to win it in a new contest P Dub is having.So be rooting for #7499 that's my comment number!

While I am asking, thinking of and begging for things. I LOVE this wall and I want one soon. I am going to be hitting up IKEA again before Christmas and I have a PLAN. So if your well off and you bought me this stuff please be kind enough to let me know before I drive all the way to Cincinnati!

Scrap Happy

I had a few minutes between work,dinner and my meeting at church last night to hang out in the back yard with Bugga and snap a few shots. So I was editing them this morning and realized I have been a total slacker lately with doing PC desktops for Mom ,Grandma and myself so I did a new one this morning here it is:

Then since It put me in a scrappy mood I decided to do a couple of pages with the pictures I' taken. Here they are too:

Then I was really rolling and thought since it's the very 1st day of October I'd just update the ole blog too. Give it more of a fall feeling.

See this picture? It's my friends and I . I have been missing them lately now that I am back to work ,feeling overwhelmed with schedules. However if I have time to scrap I should have time to visit and I am going to try to make it more of a priority! So watch out your phone maybe ringing SOON!

An ounce of prevention...

is wortha pound of cure. That's what my grandma always used to say. I guess I am doing post today to prevent myslef from being a slacker and not posting for a week.
My week was un-eventful I went to Ohio like planned on Thursday and Friday. It was fun and I managed to get to Sugar Crafts,Jungle Jim and Ikea after work Thursday night. After driving home Mom and I went out for her birthday dinner and then we went to a movie and saw this. We liked it but not nearly as much as we thought we would.
Then Sat I cleaned house and did my weekly expense report while Mom took Bella to Conner Prarie for a" Apple A Day" playdate. They had fun and Bella was crashed out when they got home around 2 so I was able to catch up on a couple of shows we watch. Then we went to the flower factory to get containers for baked goods for the bake sale we are having at church. Adam was out of town camping for the night so Mom and I came home and we got to watch the new Grey's episode. Sunday morning I cooked a big breakfast for us all and we went to church. Then Adam and I took Bella to the park after lunch.
Monday was a very productive day too. I caught up on laundry,cleaned the kitchen,cooked dinner for Mom again sice Adam had to work late. Then laid out my stuff for work today. Tomorrow is a good day. I am off of work and get to spend the day with Bella relaxing and watching the movie she has been DYING to see. Dad got it from RedBox for us this morning.So I am looking forward to a day off tomorrow and I maybe just maybe will take a picture or 2 of sweet cheeks and put them up for all to see.

It's official

She's off the market. Sorry Guys! Adam's beautiful sister & Bella's Zia Rita is getting married. She has been dating Eric for a couple years now and it was expected but now it is official with the ring in hand. He hid the ring Geo-caching style and made her go look for a cache and then said SURPRISE! I still have not met him ! I went to Connecticut back in May for a visit but he could only come down when I was not there(curious) I swore for the longest time he didn't really exist but since they all (The In-laws) swear he does I'll have to accept it but I'm still cautious.

They are planning on a Sept/Oct 2009 Wedding. I am telling you these In-laws and their getting married are just plain ole screwing up my vacation time I'll tell ya.Adam's brother Roger is getting married in Nov this year (see him and Erika above)and we will be out there during one of the coldest times of the year.What is it with a Erika AND an Eric joining the family? All I know is that they both better get busy having kids so Grandma will have another baby to love on. Bella is getting rotten with all the attention of being the only one.They also better have a girl so they can get all of the FABULOUS dresses my mother in law has made for Bella over the years.

I am planning on sneaking a trip to the city(NYC) on that Sun after the wedding to get my china town fix and hopefully see a show too. I do miss my other side of the family but since this is what you'll get for $500K in Redding and THIS is what you'll get here in Indianapolis including 5 acres and lake front and it's $4k CHEAPER I guess I'm staying put!

Back in action

What is it with us? We have been camping a lot this summer ,at least 8 weekends in several different states,different months all with one common denominator RAIN!!! Every single stinking time,downpour or drizzle. A hour or sun up to sun set. What's a family to do? At least this time Bella was not with us and I didn't have to keep a 3 year old from mudding up the entire tent like usual. She stayed home with her Granny while Dad and I went up to Meemaw Sandy's property in Sheridan for a party. It was fun and I was so happy to see a lot of old friends and make a few new ones but YUCK it was wet the whole stinking time. The good news is I don't have a cold which is what has happened almost every time we've camped too.
I am back in action at the Gym too. Yesterday was my 1st day back and Tomorrow I'll be going too. I can't tell that I missed a beat in the treadmill but my chest is feeling the press and the Ab cruncher is doing it's part too. I really need to focus on making this a full lifetime change so that I can be there for Bella when she is ready to ride the rides at Cedar Point or Disney World. I want to be on there with her and be able to keep up with her as best as possible for a 40 year old arthritic woman can.
I am leaving Thursday for a couple days out of town. I am filling in for a persons vacation which stinks as it is a set schedule and I'll have to work whatever they need. They good news is even though I'll be exhausted I will be able to go to the hotel Thursday evening an order dinner in and lay on my hiney and watch TV . That is if I don't get carried away (this scenario is much more likely if you know me) and head out to Jungle Jim's and Ikea for a brief jaunt. Not to mention the HUGE cake store that's right now the road and in and all new building too.
Then I am going to race home Friday night to at least see my Mom on her birthday for a late night dinner and maybe a movie. Looks like I am back in Hi-Gear Huh?