Showing posts with label fun stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fun stuff. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

i must take a lot of pictures...

eden has been very interested lately in my cameras (eh, so have i!)... she sees ME use them and wants to emulate me... and i've gotta admit--she's gotten the hang of it!!

we're learning about videography:

how to turn the camera on:


learning to look through the viewfinder (so funny, because you don't have to do that on this camera--but she sees me use "the big camera")




take a few pics while mama changes your diaper...

and lastly... and most importantly: review your images


Sunday, September 4, 2011

first football game of 2011

i will add captions & descriptions later... 
but, i'm pretty sure you'll get the idea of whether or not eden had fun.

































Saturday, August 13, 2011

a sweet surprise

i left my camera on the table between my chair & the sofa this afternoon...

and someone learned to push the "big shiny button" all by herself.

several times.





...just when i think i couldn't love her any more than i already do.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

redneck rain gauge

y'all... we had us  TOAD STRANGLER today.
wut's that, you ask? wellsir, its when it rains a heck-of-a-lot in new york minute.
'cept the "new york minute" was all mornin' long.

i been wantin' to show y'all muh redneck rain gauge.
i'mma tell ya right now, this thang wuz EMPTY this morning when i had to head on in to the shop.
and when i got home, it looked like 'dis.


now, this here pool belongs to muh best gal, eden. its probly more'n 6 eenches deep.

welp, i gotta get off this here computer... the ole ball 'n chain's wantin' to check the nascar standin's.

g'nite, y'all.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

my turn

Becky tagged me in a 20 questions thing..... oh ok! i'll do it!!!

Rule #1: The tagged person must write their answers on their blog and replace any question they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

Rule #2: Tag 4 people to do this quiz. The tag-ee must state who tagged them.

1. If you have pets, do you see them as merely animals or are they members of your family?

nershi was my first born... however, now that i really DO have a "first born", he and eden are just different types of special to me...

2. If you could have a dream come true, what would it be?

3. What would you do with a billion dollars?

pay off my mortgage... make some renovations to the house we live in now... finish planning for e's college... save the rest...continue working (but take a few more vacations) and probably have another baby. that's it.

...hey, maybe THAT would be a fun blog post in itself...

4. What helps to pull you out of a bad mood?

sushi... and walking... and sitting on my porch swing.

5. What is your bedtime routine?

i LIKE to be in bed around 9:30... but sometimes i get sucked in to blogs/facebook and end up there around 11... and i've been known to go to bed around 7:30 (right after i lay e down) after i've gone to bed too late several nights in a row.

6. What activities did you do in High School? If you could go back, would you do the same stuff or something different?

volleyball... student council... national honor society... beta club... spanish honor society... lab tech... i can't remember the rest--i was busy!! as for what i would do differently--i probably wouldn't have quit volleyball my senior year, but it was seriously infringing on my social schedule... some boy from rocky mount who later became my husband. gosh.

7. What kind of books do you read?

i don't. but... i'm REALLY trying to get better about that... i'm finding things that interest me... and i'm trying to stop being so addicted to my laptop* and do more stuff like that. enrichment.

*my laptop battery is slowly losing its "chargability" and the battery is dwindling away to nothing... so, perhaps this problem will take care of itself shortly.

8. How do you see yourself in 10 years?

wow... i'll be 35... and i'll have an 11 year old daughter! ...that's almost a middle schooler... so, probably committing myself to an insane asylum. :-P

9. What’s your fear?

this sounds really ridiculous--but my biggest fear is getting a paper cut in my eye. that's it. see, i told you! ridiculous.

10. Would you give up all junk food for the rest of your life for the opportunity to see outer space?

hmm... i'm a real veggie lover... i could probably do that. but, then again, we all have our vices, don't we?

11. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?

go pee. then go scoop up my cute bed head blonde haired, blue eyed baby. then snuggle with her in the brown recliner with a bottle and try to catch 20 more winks.

12. If you could change one thing about your significant other, what would it be?

hmm... this is tough... because to change any one thing about him, would make him someone else... but since its a silly questionnaire: i wish he had a job where he didn't have to work on nights and/or weekends.

13. If you could pick a new name for yourself, what would it be?

i like my name... i wish people didn't get it wrong so often. spelling/saying/not remembering it correctly.

14. If you had to choose between six months of sun or six months of rain, what would you choose?

i'm gonna have to go with the unpopular answer of "rain" here... i realize that i'm wired a little differently than 99% of the population... i really like inclimate weather--its always different! because sun is always sunny... and hot. and sweaty. rain can be lots of different things... sprinkling, misty, downpour, thunderstorm, snow, ice, sleet... all depending on the other conditions.

15. If you could only eat one thing for the next 6 months, what would it be?

asian food... its sort of generic--but i never get tired of chinese, japanese, sushi, thai, mongolian food... never ever.

16. What is the thing you enjoy about blogging the most?

hmm... i like blogging about eden... duh... but i also enjoy blogging about challenging topics (but only when i feel like i can adequately express myself.)

17. Do you prefer salty or sweet foods?

i'm gonna have to say salty--there's a few sweets that i really do enjoy--but i'm a chips/dip sorta gal...

18. What items are in your purse right now?

wallet, keys, phone, shades, a book for eden, cold meds, and a box of crayons that i just bought for eden! :) (i'm sure that will have its own post later.)

19. One week, anywhere in the world, all expenses paid – where do you go?

barcelona. i love it there... and i miss it.

20. What do you watch on television that you know you shouldn’t?

i'm OBSESSED with sister wives... lee and i have (sometimes jokingly) talked about what that sort of lifestyle would be like...

tag:

rebekah

courtney

analee

ashley

Sunday, March 6, 2011

splish, splash

today was eden's birthday bash!!!
it was just as i'd imagined for her first birthday party...
fun, lots of people and LOW STRESS.
we had a bubble bath theme (what's stressful about that?!**)
since its her FAVORITE!
...and always has been!

**other than "out of the box thinker" me decided to pick a theme that i had nothing to work with...no cookie cutter, pre-packaged ideas... we're workin' from scratch here.

she got lots of fun toys, books, and clothes
including her first pair of rainbows!

here's a few of my favorite pictures from today
(courtesy of my gracious cousin who took pictures for me today! she's the best!)

eden and one of her (3) great-grandaddies (my paternal grandfather) blowing kisses
e with one of her (2) great grannies...
my dad, cousin emily, e, and granny
the cake!!!! it was perfect and delish! (with cupcakes to boot!)
i wasn't sure that eden would like the messy cake idea...
...but i was wrong. very very wrong.
she ate it off the table... then smeared it all over everything else. :)

squeals of excitement to celebrate her first cupcake!
e with my dad
YUM!
both of the great-grannies! we are so blessed to have them!!!
and eden thought our cornhole game was HILARIOUS!!
everytime the bean bag hit the board she erupted with her notoriously contagious laughter...
one of the highlights of the party!

eden with her "aunt" rebekah
and sweet great granny tarboro made eden a bird house!!
we can't wait to put it with her white bench by the tree!!
eden with kiekie!
love this pic of my sweet girl!
and we were even able to get a few family shots at the end of the party...
this one is my favorite!

please click to enlarge the picture below and check out eden's face... bahahah


and here's a few shots of some of the party details i was most proud of
the favors!!!
they were (mostly) bubble themed baskets!
a rubber ducky with a party hat (my personal favorite.)
play doh
bath sponge
bubble gum
bubble bath
bubbles
bath "capsules" (that turn into sponges in the tub)
sunglasses (what? you don't wear your shades in the tub? you're missin' out.)
and sidewalk chalk!
and my other thrifty creation... the centerpieces!
a goldfish bowl with styrofoam balls and plastic christmas ornaments (hello, clearance!)
with rubber duckies inside
and balloons coming out of the top (not pictured)
i really didn't spend a fortune on the party (not like some do...)
but i was so pleased how it turned out!!
i budgeted to "concentrate my spending" on the favors and the cake!
everything else i was pretty thrifty and was able to shop around and wait for clearance
(since i thought of the idea and started planning around christmas! haha)
...and outside of the favors and the cake, the most expensive thing was the balloons--
79 cents/each to blow up at food lion. no biggie!

one particular clearance JEWEL was the plates... they were actually for a baby shower
(the "stuff" that went with it had turtles and fish and something else on it...
but the plates just had ducks!)
these were $1/pack.
[fist pumping]
and they were PERFECT.

my mom made her signature ham rolls, we had granny's signature chex mix
goldfish, chips, and cake with ice cream!

i even bought a bubble machine
(instead of borrowing--since i'm sure we'll be using that in the future!)
and WOW... that thing put out some bubbles!!!
thanks to the wind, i even managed to find a few bubbles floating around in the house!
(making several turns from outside in the driveway, through garage, through laundry room, through kitchen/dining area, into living room!!! hahaha)

i will post all pictures to our shutterfly account tomorrow...
for now? i'm going to check my eyelids for cracks.