Starbucks and Penny Slots

So we are in Vegas with D's family for a couple of days. So I won't be posting a ton. But I will for sure post a recap on Thursday when we get back to reality. Let's just say our view rocks!

We woke this morning and went and got Starbucks and a $4 muffin. As we went to go back to the room I saw a penny machine. I decided to stick a 5 in the machine. I was down to half when I hit a game. It kept adding up and up. I won my money back and then another $30. Not a high roller, but still! I am in the black! Souvenirs?! Yup I think so!

The post about the time we saw the guy from LMFAO

Ok so I haven't been blogging because nothing really interesting to talk about has come up. I have been lying low and focusing on my mental health so we haven't been doing too much. Yea, we had the baby shower and family in town, but for the last month that is all that has been exciting....with the exception of the fact that my parents got a puppy...and quit smoking in the same week. That's another story all together.

Last week, D's cousin's from San Jose were in town because their parents went on vacation in the Caribbean....yea we are all very sorry for them. Anyways, we all went to Disneyland on Friday, we thought it would be a good day to go considering school is still in session.....needless to say it was Grad night. We didn't last past 9:30. It's ok though because we all were not used to having children around, and by the end of the day I was spent! Not that they are bad kids, they are wonderful....I was just tired from having to watch where they were at all moments of the day; oh and watching my language. Yea, I am not a super vulgar person, but I do have my moments when I just need to say a cuss word, or something inappropriate like "that's what she said!" We spent Sunday out at the pool with them, Tuesday we saw "Pirates; A Band of Misfits" (Seriously! Minus the like 5 minutes of actual facts I wanted to run away screaming! Facebook, Twitter, Blogger on my phone kept my sanity. Oh yea, it was in 3D too!) Yesterday afternoon, we layed out by the pool and waited for their parents to arrive. After a couple of days of spending time with 2 kids, D and I needed a much adult night out.

Our friend J asked us if we wanted to go see his cousin do standup at Sardo's in Burbank. A little dive bar in the heart of the city that has free stand up on Wednesday's and karaoke. The headliner was the 2007 winner of Last Comic Standing Iliza Shlesinger. The comedy was good from all parties including our friends cousin, we have seen his act and we will continue to go support so long as he is making the rounds, and it was great to get out, hear some inappropriate jokes and laugh all the stress from my body. While watching the show I was positioned in such a way that I could see the entrance. Towards the end of the acts I noticed a man walk in with a very LARGE afro and he went and sat in a back booth. I didn't think any more of it until later. Once the show was over, and I was glancing around for the non-existent waitress for our check(seriously one waitress for an entire bar!) My eyes landed on him again....glasses, a hint of a goatee and super skinny. I turned to D and J and said man that guy looks like he's from LMFAO! We had gotten books for Karaoke, cause I guess this place is also a Karaoke bar and I said "He should sing 'Party Rock!'"  We sat and listened to some people attempt so sound like their icons. Just a note: singing louder does not make you sound better! Although there were a couple of people that could sing very good! I did not get up! I know how people talk! I wasn't going to succumb to peer pressure! Someone sang "Rapper's Delight" and man I didn't know how LONG that song was! My eyes kept landing on the afro and I couldn't help but think could it be? Wikipedia said they were from L.A. and D, J and I just kept discussing the possibilities. J's uncle turned and asked what we were talking about and when we told him, he looked slightly blank faced, as to say "I'm not familiar." So I took out my handy dandy Blackberry (don't judge!) and proceeded to look up a photo. We all looked at it, then back at the guy. He walked by and J's uncle showed him the photo, to which he took out his own phone and showed him the same photo.

That one on the right!

Not overwhelming evidence no, but I was also too chicken to go up to him and ask for fear of being ridiculed or stoned for asking such a question if I was wrong by all the ladies he had at the table with him. He went outside, to smoke I guess, and I wanted to head out so I could ask him, you know in the privacy of the outdoor space, if he was in fact THAT guy. However our waitress took FOREVER to bring the check and by the time I made it out there, he had come back inside. So I never got my answer either, so the entire rest of my life I will go with this.....I saw the guy from LMFAO at a dive bar in Burbank! Not too bad for a Wednesday night....in L.A. Have you had any funny celebrity sightings?

Come Undone

As I was sitting at my desk editing photos today, I heard a little music coming from the office down the hall. It immediately brought me back in time and I started singing and stated "Oh my goodness! I haven't heard this song in forever. I wandered in to the office to ask who sings it, and the response was "Duran Duran duh!" I felt really stupid, but then I went and checked at when the song was released. Ready to feel old......March of 1993. I was nine! Anyways I thought that I would share a little blast from the past!

Mine, immaculate dream made breath and skin
I've been waiting for you
Signed, with a home tattoo,
Happy birthday to you was created for you

(can not forgive from falling apart at the seams
Can not believe you're taking my heart to pieces)

Oh, it'll take a little time,
Might take a little crime
To come undone now

We'll try to stay blind
To the hope and fear outside
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind
And blow me into cry

Who do you need, who do you love
When you come undone?
Who do you need, who do you love
When you come undone?

Words, playing me deja vu
Like a radio tune I swear I've heard before
Chill, is it something real
Or the magic I'm feeding off your fingers?

(can not forgive from falling apart at the seams
Can not believe you're taking my heart to pieces)

Lost, in a snow filled sky,
we'll make it alright
To come undone now

(can not forgive from falling apart)
Who do you need, who do you love
When you come undone?
(can not forgive from falling apart)
Who do you need, who do you love?
(can not forgive from falling apart)
Who do you love
When you come undone?
(can not forgive from falling apart) 

Dreaming of....who knows, ask my husband.

Source

Ok, I have known for a while that I typically don't remember my dreams very often. I am certain that I have them, but only on rare occasions (the completely bizarre or horrifying nightmares) do I remember them in the morning. It wasn't until I started living with D that I realized that I talk in my sleep. I am telling you, apparently we have full conversations of incoherent nonsense. Sometimes its to the point where he used to get so frustrated that I would actually wake up, see that he was irritated and then proceed to get into a tiff at 3am over whatever stupid incoherent thing I said. It would go something like this:

Me: "Go get the sweater."
D: "What sweater?"
Me: "The one in the bathroom!"
D: "Why is it in the bathroom?"
Me: "Just get it!" Get the sweater! I need it for the project!"
D: "Why do you need it?"
Me slowly coming to: "Need what?"
D: "You asked me to get the sweater!"
Me: "Why did you wake me up!"

Then I would roll over and go back to sleep. I don't know if this is exactly how it happened, this is just what D said happened.

Recently D has figured out when I am dreaming. I remember a couple of weeks ago I woke myself up doing this. I was frantically searching for my cell phone in the bed. Why? I don't know. But I kept feeling around in the darkness on top and underneath the blankets. Under the pillows, under my husband; which woke him up. "What are you looking for?" "My cell phone." So he proceeds to help me look(feel) around for it. "Where did you put it?" "Oh, it's on the charger. Sorry." Then I rolled over and went to sleep.

I can only imagine what goes through his head when this occurs. I know for a fact that my dad says that my mom does it too. I come by it honestly. They usually only happens when I am under periods of high stress. The sweater incident happened in my final semester of college when I was planning our wedding. This last one, I couldn't tell you what was going on in my head, but I'll tell you I NEEDED that cell phone!

Anybody else have any quirky behavior that drives their significant others crazy?

Garden Party Baby Shower (NKoS)

This is kind of a long post with lots of photos! Its worth it though! What a whirlwind May has turned out to be already and its only the 7th! My mom, cousin B and I have been planning a meet the baby shower for my cousin's baby girl Maggie Rose who was born on Feb 23rd. Thanks to Pinterest we got tons of new craft and food ideas. My mom found a super cute invite which she handmade. We had so many handmade touches and really that's what makes parties special.....the details. After getting all our ideas in order, mom and I set forth to make the thank you gifts....I didn't get shots of the complete finished product (with the cellophane) but I will post the tutorial later.....when I find the dimensions. These things are SEW easy.

So thank you gifts were done, we needed to get them stuffed and put into bags. Then we ordered everything to complete the look. Friends of my mom drank the iced Starbucks coffee drinks so we would have enough jars to complete the look, we ordered paper straws, made paper origami flowers and signs, my mom made "cupcakes" out of onesies, receiving blankets and coffee filters. There was nothing left untouched. Throw in a little wildflowers and we are done with our garden themed baby shower.

Thursday and Friday of last week was a whirlwind of cleaning, prepping and shopping. Saturday morning bright and early we arrived to make the sandwiches and put everything together. We had Chicken Salad on Croissants, Roast Beef and Cucumber sandwiches on Rye and Pumpernickel. We had 2 types of salads; Apple Pear and a spring mix. My grammy made a jello salad and we had a chocolate fountain with strawberries and red velvet cupcakes (made by G. Wendy) with little roses on the top. A drink station with glass jars/paper straws awaited to be filled with Lemonade, Iced Tea or Cucumber water. Guests dined, gamed, and held the baby whilst watching momma open her gifts. At the end of a very long Cinco de Mayo we celebrated a wonderful occasion! The hubbs, my cousin and the rest of the boys took to the locale Chili's for beers, wings and of course chips and salsa. They had a great afternoon as well. All the pups had a good time too (Miss Shelby, despite having a hurt leg again, swam in the pool and played with the kids)

As a group gift we had my grandfather make a closet that said "Maggie's Rags" on the front in fabric lettering. We each put in something either handmade or purchased inside. I made some onesies; my mom made an afghan, little baby shoes, a taggie blanket and some pacifier clips; my grandmother made a couple of quilted receiving blankets, and my aunts and cousins filled the rest of it with clothes. For now it will hold her clothes, but when she gets older she will be able to put her dolls in it or make it a doll house. Whatever she likes.

Sunday, after all the shower madness had ended my mom and I made a trip back out to Simi for another party planning discussion. Her best friend's (from High School!) daughter is getting married in August at the Strathern Ranch. We stopped by to get an idea of what the inside of the barn looks like and the grass area where the gazebo is for the ceremony. They already had lots of ideas of what they want to do. Now to make it all come together and flow nicely for their country inspired wedding.

Inside of the barn

We have been joking that the 3 of us should have a party planning business and I came up with the name NKoS (In Chaos) Party Planning. Cause frankly that's exactly how it is planning a party, everything in chaos and our initials spell that out. Thoughts? Maybe we will one day. Right now we are just going keep doing what we love for those we love. Stay tuned!

Burn, Scuplt, Flow

Ok so I have been pushing this website for a couple of weeks now, but it really is something special. I found BodyRock TV while searching for something else and I really took to it. The trainers are really personable, the workouts are short but varied and they kick your behind! Most range from 15-45 minutes and let me tell you, by the end of it you are dripping with sweat. Here's what I'm telling you. They started a new 30-day program for conditioning and fat loss to prep for summer and they have included some yoga in there too! They work the entire body with cardio, strength building and flexibility all for free! Some workout's need equipment, but they will either modify the movement for bodyweight only, or I have found ways with the equipment that I already have. It's a great way to supplement from home as well as going to the gym. Let me tell you, just in the last 2 weeks I have noticed a leaner stomach!

Give it a go and let me know if your working the 30-Day Challenge for May. We can root each other on! Here's to a fit and sexy Summer of 2012!