dude with a 'tude...

...but with a very good imagination!

Justin came home from spending the day with Jason and he was bossy, grumpy, mean and in need of a serious attitude adjustment.

Luckily his attitude improved as the evening progressed. My super creative and imaginative little dude just had to make his own hot air balloon. His plan: to "fly high!"

goofy

I had no clue what to take a picture of today, so during a commercial of The Bachelorette I grabbed my camera, made a fish face and called it good.

Here's to a 4 day work week, an upcoming 3 day weekend, a semi-uninterrupted date with my TV, a long hot bath, Trader Joe's and spicy noodles. How's that for random?

fun in the sun

I'm looking for a four leaf clover...

My backyard = 99% weed / 1 % grass

I need a lawnmower and some weed 'n feed, this much I know. I just don't have the $ or time to take care of this situation. There are dandilions out back 18 inchs in diameter, clover, clover, crab grass, things I can't identify that are taller than Justin. Yikes!

LOL

After work and daycare pick up we met up with Jamie, Scott and Nicole at Gustav's for fondue, girl talk {with a little male perspective} and one or 7 mojitos. Then we headed to my house to look at wedding pictures, and that is when Scott drew my attention to the letters on my fridge...This was not intentional. I am not sure if Justin put these here, I actually think it was me and I can say with no doubt that it was 100% random. I do remember picking letters up off the floor at one point this week and slapping them on the fridge bottom, I obviously didn't look at where I was placing the letters. At least is wasn't a super offensive 4 letter word or something. This just cracks me up! Especially after the conversation/discussions we had at Gustav's. Ha ha ha!

And a funny footnote to today - picture this: Justin and I on one site of the resturant booth (Justin next to the wall) - Jamie and Scott and the other side - the waiter at the front of the table telling us all about the specials. Out of no where Justin waves his fist in my face "rock on" fashion and says "rock on mom!" Everyone sees, everyone laughs. I did not teach him this {I think he learned it at daycare) - but it was oh so random and oh so silly!

bye bye for now, hopefully forever

The for sale sign has been gone for a week now. In fact my sister was the first to notice its absence last Wednesday when we pulled into the driveway. All that remains is a deep square hole in the middle of the front yard and the burning uncertainty of exactly what will happen.

...and on an unrelated note...
RIP Michael Jackson

ball shirt

Justin's current clothing obsession is his "ball shirt" - he has worn this one a few days in a row.

making a puddle

Justin had to make a puddle in the street tonight, after making the puddle he jumped in it, but it wasn't big enough - so he had to add more water. He cracks me up.

Guilty Pleasure

Me, kicking back watching The Bachelorette. {sigh} Where are my 25 handsome eligible bachelors? It is almost painful watching this show, but I can't pull away. I am jealous.

a bonus

A bonus pic compliments of Jason's cell phone. Justin spent the day with Daddy and rode on the Oregon City trolley. I think the cheesy grin says it all.

Dueling hair straighteners

And no Justin is not using a 400 degree straightening iron - his was "plugged in" to the drawer not the outlet.

Festival of Balloons

Today I took Amanda and Justin to the Tigard Festival of Balloons. Justin was scared of the loud burners on the balloons and was afraid they were going to fall on us, but I think he really enjoyed seeing the balloons up close. The day started out with a haircut for me and I actually spent most of the day in a crappy mood. It was one of those days where I was impatient and frustrated with myself, but it ended well.

Cocktails at 5

After a late morning, Justin went to daycare and Amanda and I went for pedi's followed by dinner at Typhoon {Thai, yum!} and then we headed to the mother ship {aka: the spa} for facials and relaxation. It was a well deserved day of pampering no doubt about it!

And let me just say how cool and surreal it was to have this delish mango dacqari with Amanda {in the bar}, isn't she still like seven?

Congratulations to Jamie and Scott

Tuxedo clad Jimmy playing with a stick while his parents get married in the background.

And on a day like today just one picture will not suffice...

Kelly, Jamie, Rachel, Me

The fruits of my labor!

Chocolate Stout Cupcakes double dipped in Ganache and topped with Bailey's Irish Cream Buttercream!

Girl Power!

Today with the help of Amanda I made:
84 wedding cupcakes
1 sugar free birthday cake
1 two tiered wedding cake
100+ chocolate dipped strawberries
50 wedding programs

Today Amanda made:
2 batches of strawberry freezer jam

Today Rachel made (with a little help from me):
Jamie's bridal bouquet
5 boutonnieres

Today my kitchen and dining rooms were turned upside down.

All the projects were complete by mid-night and then to wind down Rachel and I sat outside sipping Irish Cream and partaking in some serious girl talk. Tomorrow is going to be a long day.

Busy

Today I had a very busy day at work, since I was going to be missing a large part of the week due to wedding prep and such, I crammed a lot into my two days at the office. But I would rather be busy and have the time spent here speed by than the alternative.

tough day

Today the day I have been waiting for/wanting to avoid came. Someone wanted my house and put in an offer. Without knowing what was going to happen with my loan modify I didn't have the information available to make an educated decision and therefor declined the offer {which sucked anyway}. On top of that some other shit hit the fan and I wanted nothing more than to hide and cry.

all mine

Parental Advisory

Most of the pictures taken tonight were inappropriate and or scandelous. But here are Nicole, Jamie (the bride to be!) and Rachel. Today and into the evening we had a great time! We spent some time making pompoms for the wedding decor, had a lot of girl talk, lots of drinks, hot dogs for dinner, naughty cupcakes - topped off by a Pure Romance party. Good times - Good Times!