party of five

wow, talk about being really freakin annoyed w/my computer. for some reason its kicked me off twice already, after just finsihing my little speel right before i publish it. grrrrrrrrrr. so i'm going to make this quick. i'll post the rest when i'mm not so annoyed with technology......
i wanted to first off thank everyone for such supportive comments, emails, snail mails, phone calls etc. it means sooo much to me. its awesome how supportive most everyone has been. amanda's work friends are raising money to help with the lawyer fees, expenses, etc. and my in-laws are letting amanda stay at their house so she doesn't have to drive down here (about an hour, sometimes more w/traffic) everyday.
the boys are goign to be here until the 22nd for sure, and we're all hoping it won't go longer than that. its a shitty horrible situation, but i love the boys and my cousin amanda is the closest thing i have to a sister. and i'm getting lots of mommy practice!!!!!!!! (ah yes, teething babies, up every hour, rock on!)
so i'm not going to constantly be posting about this situation, don't worry. i'll keep y'all updated though, and i have some funny pics coming your way!
but once again- just wanted to thank everyone so much. its crazy how much better friends some of you are then my ones irl. so thank you thank you thank you. i'll end with my fav pic of steve and jordan, just being goofballs!!!!!

life is crazy

thanks all for the comments. i'm glad you all enjoyed my shuckleberries story : )

so, life just got super crazy for me. my cousin- the one who lives in LA, was in my wedding, and has the 3 boys- (the oldest one just stayed with me over xmas break). well, her kids got taken away and are now in my "custody." as in i'm their foster mom. looooong story, but basically their baby, who's 8 months, broke his arm and leg at his daycare. but since they- the daycare- aren't admitting to it, protective services, social services, whatever it is, took them away from their parents. how that makes sense, i don't know. all of the boys are in perfect health, never had any sort of broken anything ever. she's had a bunch of trouble with the daycare, and had already given them her two weeks cause she decided she was just going to stay home with them. its the most ridiculous horrible situation. no one can believe it. i could go on and on, but i'm not going to cause i'm exhausted. we got the boys this morning and they were happy to see us. they like "visiting" our house and they got to see their parents for a little bit today too.
anyways, i don't want to do any sad posts, but just wanted yall to know what i'm doing and where i might be if i go mia.
hope to be back soon
xo kat : )

best idea of the day

hello all!
so, pretty mellow weekend. saturday i was supposed to go sailing w/my dad and hubby and a business friend of my dad. but it was supposed to "storm" (which, in so cal terms, is like sprinkling) but i'm a little scared of the ocean, and i get sea sick. so the boys let me stay home! it was so nice. i slept in, watched tv, read my book. good times. that night i scrapbooked- finished my cj!!! which actually was a little stressful cause the lo i ORIGINALLY wanted to do just wasn't working, so i had to start all over. shuckleberries. but it was nice. then sunday i got lotsa lotsa stuff done, cleaning, bake some BOMB brownies from Martha Stewarts Baking handguide book. sooooooooooooooooo good. then made a fancy dinner for my parents and steve. it was their last night here. they took off monday morning...... we have teh house to ourselves!!!!!!
anyways, monday i was getting ready for my kids to come : ) cleaning a bit more, and i went out to lunch w/a girlfriend who is moving. i'm sad, cause she's my only scrapbooking friend in the SD area and now she's moving to georgia!!!!!! sad sad.
anyways, so earlier that day steve and i were at the gym (he had the day off for mlk day) and he comes up to me and says "i just had the best idea of the day. actually the second best, the first best was having bacon & eggs for breakfast" (he's such a nerd. so am i though, i love him ; ) ) so, for xmas he had gotten as gift certificate to best buy. he had only used a little bit of money, and there was a good amount left. so his idea was that he use that gc, plus maybe a little more money, and buy a new camera instead of paying to repair a camera that neither of us really liked in the first place. yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a FANTABULOUS Freakin idea. i told him it was by far his best idea of the day ; ) its just our little point in shoot, nothing fancy yet. but i DID look at the digi rebel. beautimus. anyways, so we bought a canon power shot a520. 4 megapixels (more than the last one), big zoom, easy to use, good times. and it was on sale for $200. we had to buy a card (1 megabite, on sale at best buy for $60 after a rebate. pretty darn good deal for 400+ pictures if you ask me...................) so i'm super duper excited! i have a camera again! aren't yall so excited? so i'll be able to keep posting pics, and be able to take lots of great pics in hawaii, and not have to deal with sendin in the camera to get repaired. my hubbie is the bestest.

ok, so now its time for the tahoe pictures............. (remember, i got these from a friend. didn't take them myself. guess thats ok though, cause if i had taken pictures you al would get bored looking at all them)
first off, check out this view:

the weather was gorgeous! and tahoe is always beautiful. my first run i totally got all distracted by the view. soooo gorgeous.
anyways, here's the group the day i went out

our friend jon, we met up with for half the day. my hubby, my bro greg (making a face, who knows what he was doing......) my dad, my bro chris not even trying to look at the camera, me all red and wind-burned, family friend emily. my dad's friend nick was taking the pic. they've been friends since they were 5!

my dad always steals steve's hats, i guess they wear the same size. anyways, so he was trying on steve's beanie. yeah dad, not really working on ya........

ok, here's where the funny stories come in
so one night us "kids" went out to dinner while the "parents" did their thing. we got some yummy pizza, then us girls were going to get ice cream from cold stones (mmmmm). yes, it was freezing out. but i love me some ice cream............ anyways, so while we were getting ice cream the boys were supposed to be playing pool. but when we came back they were no where to be found! wtf. so we had to go searching for them around this little shopping area (in north shore tahoe, by all the casinos and stuff if you've ever done tahoe). anyways, so we're walking and looking (and freakin freezing, maybe the ice cream wasn't such a good idea......) and we are by this blockbuster thats all windows pretty much. all the sudden, this woman just walks STRAIT into a window. like not even to a door. i know i should laugh, but it was hysterical! we totally walked around the corner then just bust out laughing!!!! she didn't get hurt hurt, probably just her ego, and come on- that just hysterical. what made it even FUNNIER was that when we walked by again (still couldn't find the boys) we saw this:

yes, that is her FACE mark on the window. wow, she hit that window harder than we thought! someone stood on the otherside of the window so that we could see the mark better for the picture. look closely. you can see her chin, mouth,nose and forhead! ahahhhahahaaa, cracke me up. glad my friend had her camera : ) oh, and the boys had decided that they wanted ice cream too. guess we passed them, but i was annoyed
ok, then the next night we all (parents and kids) went to dinner at this english pub. my dad decides to order "toad in the bucket." whats that you ask? this:

and that was pretty much my expression when i saw it. um, EWW. but he ate it.
later that night us "kids" went to see jason mraz. before this, i had only heard of him- i knew he was in those gap commercials, but i didn't know any of his music. well, my dad bought all us kids tickets cause he heard that jason mraz was cool. rock on, we were all looking forward to it, even though none of us really knew him. turns out i did know a few of his songs, and i know really likehim. my type of music. love people singing and guitars. and this dude has quite the vocals. i was impressed............
so, we were sitting at the table, and it was warm, and everyone's layers came off. i look at my husband and two brothers, and they were all wearing grey t-shirts. awwwww, how cute. so i makek our friend take a picture:

of COURSE they cant' just smile and be all nice. this picture freakin CRACKS me up though! my youngest bro, in the middle, totally looks like a little kid! of course chris, my other bro, is harassing him, and then there's steve- just totally laughing at him! ok, so yeah, that pic cracks me up.
anyways, there are my tahoe pics!!!!!!!!!
have a fabulous tuesday, and i'll let you all know how my first day "back at work" went : )

i've been tagged!!!!!

TWICE!!!!!!!!!
pure insanity, what can i say. so i have 2 different little tag things goin on. fun stuff
first wanna say how much fun i'mm having with this whole bloggin thing. seriously, makes me feel like i have close girlfriends right here! none of my best friends even live in this state, so i miss them lots, and its nice to seem like i get to *see* friends everyday. so thanks y'all for posting and being my bloggin friends!!!!

first tag by the fab ms. monica (i'm on my computer so i can't make it all cool and set up a link to her site. see on the side bar........)

4 jobs you have had in your life
1. babysitter. been babysittin since i was 9!!!!
2. gymboree (retail)- my first real real job, when i was 15. soo wonderful! had the best boss eva, and he loved me. and i was working w/the kiddies! ya know i loved it.....
3. standford shopping center concierge. as boring as it sounds.......
4. mission city fumingation, as a secretary...........termintes are sooo freakin gross.
then worked for 2 years at little piggies preschool before buying it and turning it into shuckleberrie preschool, which i still own and think is the best job EVER!!!!!!!!!

4 Movies You Could Watch Over and Over
this is a hard one for me. i love so many movie. so i'm going to do the 4 movies i watched like every night my freshman year in college.........
1.Dazed and Confused. 'nough said
2. Wayne's World - looooove this movie!
3. Fast times at Ridgemont high. Sean Penns a freakin genious
4. hmmm, guess those were the 3 really. also loved all the Austin Powers movies. and know what movie was so great and made my cry like no other but i've only seen once? the Notebook. ohmygod. so happy they're actually dating irl....

4 Places You Have Lived
1.Denver, CO- born there
2. Palo Alto, CA- raised there
3. Santa Barbara, CA - attempted college and met my hubby there
4. San Marcos, CA- currently living and loving it and NEVER MOVING AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

4 TV Shows You Love To Watch
ohmygosh, sooooo many!!!!!!
1. LOST
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Greys anatomy
4. Law & Order SVU
Yeah, the list goes on and on and on!! I have a line-up for every day of the week,Love me the Gauntlet 2 on MTV, the OC thursday nights, SNL is always a good time, and any silly reality show on VH1 i love. seriously need to invest in tivo.......

4 Places You Have Been On Vacation
1. Colorado- the best place to ski ever
2. Europe: London England, Vienna Austria, all over Spain, Paris France
3. Japan and Sinapore
4. Mexico and Canada. gotta love the north american countries......
soooo lucky and blessed to have the oppurtunities to go all those places plus more cause of my dad's business- he travels allllllll the freakin time

4 Websites You Visit Daily
1. gmail.com, for my email
2. 2peas (duh)
3. a bunch of blogs
4. i guess now alsom KMA cause i just discovered it and fellow blogger and friend jessie is on the design team so its cool cause i know her..........

4 Of Your Favorite Foods
1.chocolates
2. wine, does that count?
3. pasta. mmmm, wishin i was italian.......
4. cheese. cheese effin rocks

4 Places You Would Rather Be Right Now
1. think i'm lovin where i'm at, my house w/my hubbie in bed, my dad visiting and watching the military channel downstairs, me bloggin and scrappin in my office.........
but if i had to answer
2. the future with my babies. i seriously can't wait.....
3. sleeping. i love sleeping, but i hate going to sleep and i hate waking up. so i want to just jump to that sleeping part.....
4. i'm really excited to go to hawaii for my friend patty's wedding!!!!!!!

4 Bloggers You Are Tagging
1. Jessie- i don't think i've seen you do this yet. if you had the time to answer all those questions, you can do these...... ; )
2. Alex, don't thin i've seen you do these
3. Jamie, the bday girl!
4. Hailey
and if you want to do it, you're tagged too!

ok, next tag (can y'all handle this????) by ms. muriel (once again, on my stupid computer and ca'nt do any cool links. damn macs.........)

Ten things I like about me …

10.my legs. yeah, i gots some legs. and i know it........
9.my husband. does that count? basically he comes with the package, and hes' one sexy mofo, so that works for me!
8.I go with the flow
7.my boobas. i can work them in the vs very sexy bra baby.......
6my laugh. it can sound like a cackle, but i love that i'm not trying ot hide my laugh- EVERl. you know when i'm happy : )
5.my devotion to friends and family. i'm sooo there for you
4.having blue eyes. thats way cool
3.love my mutt-ness, being irish, german, and scandinavian. could you get a more blond, fair skin, hard core drinker? i think not.........
2i read people really well. i know if you're messin w/me.......
1my creativity. i'm not super duper creative or all that great, but i love that i scrapbook and tha i make scrapbooks for friends and they all love it so much! (i wish someone would make me a scrapbook some day.......... ; ) )

ok, so that was actually really hard. guess i need to work on loving myself..........
anyways, i told you all that i had tahoe pics, but this post is long enough, so they are coming!
right now i have to finish my cj. totally thought i had this thingy done, then the lo i wanted to do just wasn't working so i had to start all over!!!! damn. its cool though. i'm sippin' my vino (oh, reminds me, i have a new post coming up w/some new good and cheap wine!!!!) and listening to ACDC, so i'm all good. hope you all have a fantabulous weekend!!!!!!!!!

few things...........

ok, so a few things

-tuesday night was the first night steve and i had alone together since december 17th!!!!! Thats over 3 weeks. wow, didn't think i'd ever say that till after we had kids together........ so anyways, we had a nice dinner, watched some boob tube (nice to be in control of the tv and not have to watch teh war channel that my dad found and is OBSESSED with) sipped some vino, and just relaxed together. so i didnt' get much scrapping done, but that was also because i ran out of photo paper. damn.

-ok, totally obsssesed with pink is the new blog. freakin fabulous! saw it on levi's 5, and i've seen it before, just never really read it. totally caught my eye when i saw that ANGJOLINA is PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!! omg, such gossip. yeah, so much for not gossiping as much. but at least its about celebrities. i act like i know them and then gossip. fun stuff

-its gonna cost almost $200 to get my camera fixed. my nice one that i dropped on our honeymoon when this weird dude in a suit started hitting o nme in line for the bathroom at this winery. i got all frazzeled, and whoops! now it doesn't work. and its gonna cost me. but its been ok, since we had steve's little point n shoot. yeah, then it starts being funky and just not taking pictures. very conviently a month after the warrently expired............. thats gonna cost $90!!! so we have to get one fixed, i can't be with out a camera, and we're going to hawaii!!!! i really wish i could have my nice one fixed for that trip : ( but i'm asking for a new camera, an SLR, still researching which one but i'm leanign towards a canon digi rebel, so steve says we should just get his fixed and save the money for a new camera. : ( any opinons?

-speaking of wishing i had my camera, i totally would have taken some pics recenlty of some fun scrap supplies i have gotten.
recieved my first RAK from the fab jessie when she sent me a lo she did of me. so freakin exciting!!!!!!!!!!! a bunch of fun stuff, fab ribbons and tags and more. thank you thank you! so i plan on "paying it forward" and sending my own RAK soon. so keep commenting and chekcin me out ; )
went to my LSS Everafter yesterday for the first time in forever! so exciting. i told myself i was just going to spend $5. yeah, right. $13 later.............. not that its a lot (i've defiently been known to spend WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more at that store) but when you have no money, not so good. don't tell steve.... (even though he reads this. damn, totally busted)

-which leads to my next thing. money. i'm so stressed over this! yes, i am finally going to be getting an income next week, but having 6 people in your house- yeah the gas and electric bill more than doubled! went from $98 (which i thought was a lot ) to $240!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wtf? guess i'll have to charge my house guests money if they want to visit ; ) (totally freakin kidding)

-but thats ok, cause my preschool is starting. and the 2 girls i have are now staying allll day, opposed to half days. another $100 headed my way..............

-exciting stuff. i've been doing pretty good on my "goals" for 2006. already lost 3 pounds! (i'm sure being sick helped,but whatever) and i haven't been drinking much at all, the preschool is getting started, done a bit of scrapbooking, being a darn good wife, cooked yuuuummmmyyy healthy chicken last night (so freakin good. lemon chicken, low fat, got it out of the newspaper of all places............ let me know if you want the recipie.) so yeah, thats a good thing. the house is pretty much clean, just have to finsish vaccuming the upstairs. the bills are paid (and now we're broke) and paper work is doing good. *so you all know, totally had a breakdown last night about being all stressed. steve rubbed my back for ever to calm me down. i love him. so yeah, have to remind myself that all is ok right now*

-LOST is the best show ever. kinda don't know what i think about the whole smokey black monster thing............ and tonight the OC is on! yay!!!!!! having a th-aco thursday night, then oc party. wish i had my camera.

-just got some pics from lake tahoe from some friends. i'll post them soon, theyr'e pretty freakin funny!!!!

hope you all have a fabulous thursday (holy cow, is it already thursday?!?)

5

so yeah, i still haven't finished cleaning, and i have laundry up the wazoo, but its coming along, slowly but surely. i DID finish a lo today. yea! that makes me smile. and i've decided i'm just going to kinda not stress about cleaning today, cause its my first day being home alone in almost a month!!!!!!! so i'll do a little cleaning, a lot of scrappin, and yeah, see how it goes.
also, i have a possible new client! she came this morning (luckily i had everything pretty tidy, just random nutcrackers still up) and thinks she may want her daughter to come once a week. rock on, more money for me!

now i have some questions to answer, from fellow blogger reagan : )

1) What color makes you smile? hmmmm, i really like rainbows. does that count?
2) What is your food related pet peeve? when people hold their forks upside down. seriously, you do NOT look sophisticated. use it the way you're supposed to!!!!! (wow, didn't know that bothered me so much)
3) What is your favorite web site (besides 2peas)? hmmmm, i love other blogs, i check my email like a bazillion times a day, and i love to go to neimunmarcus.com or nordstrom.com, but try to avoid that since i have no money
4) What did you do on your last date? we haven't had a date forever, since my whole fam-damily has been here, but he took me to el torito one really random night and it was sweet.
5) What is your favorite slang word? shiz-nit. not like i ever use it, i just think its funny.

and now, new years pictures!!!!!! yay, fun stuff
ok, don't know whats gonna on in this pic, or what we're staring at, but its funny

yea, white boys can't dance........


our friend jim brought 2 big buckets of this jungle juice mixture, and the only way to drink it was with this baster. everytime someone took a "baster" (shot i guess???/) we'd blow this whistle. toooo funny!




another one i just think is funny. friend jim on the left, and his friend (i can't believe i dont 'remember his name!!! oops) on the right. this pic just cracks me up



can't be a party at my house unless we're dancing on the table!

why do boys ALWAYS have to arm wrestle? then be a sore loser if they don't win? (not gonna name names, but it was not my husband ) boys



always have to take a "girls" pic. nice booty kat, totally think i'mm betty boop or something




and here apparently i think i'mm lucy (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)......


happy 2006!!!!


hope you all enjoyed the new years pics! those are only a few, some were a little too crazy to be posting online......

been adding more pics to my clubphoto account too, if anyone wants to check them out, just go to the link on the right. fun fun!!!! happy tuesday alls : )

new BANNER

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay me! i made a banner! can't say all by myself, so thanks muchisimo jessie for helping me out. you rock
i'm sooooooooooooo freakin stoked. ok, i totally thought the hard part would be making it. um, not so much. actually putting it up was what was killing me! all these computer crap is so complicated! and i can't do a lot of it on my mac, so i have to use steve's computer. luckily he doesnt' think i'm a total dork for having a blog, so he lets me use it.
and my banner isn't all that great. i didn't mean for it to be a huge pic of my mouth, it was supposed to be an actual pic of me, but it turned out kinda cool. so i just typed the title over it. i'll probably change it to something fancier one day, but that means that i have to figure out photoshop and i just don't have the time for that right now..........
anyways, so remember how i said i had to clean all day today, then i would scrap as a reward? (don' t know if i blogged that or just emailed some people) well anyways, yeah- the xmas decorations are all down, but the house is not all clean. still have to pack up the nutcrackers, and the manger. and its 9pm, and i already took nyquil and its just not happening. guess i'm going to have to get up early tomorrow to finish, and no scrapping for me tonight : (
i totally put off cleaning, too. yeah, decided that it was the perfect time for me to make my banner. i'm an idiot. i really need to get my preschool started so i have more discipline in my life............
ok, random post from me, but wanted to say whats up and ask what you guys think of my new banner??????

guess who's back.......

back again. guess who's back, guess who's back.......... yeah, that song always pops into my head when i "come back" to blogging. i'm an eminem fan, for those who don't know.......
ANYWAYS! i am back! yay!!!!!! hopefully life will start to go back to somewhat normalicy (think i made that one up). tahoe was awesome, except i got sick! yes, sick sick. hard core cold. it started teh night before we left, so the 10 hour drive i wasn't feeling fabulous, and the next day i was WAY worse! it was horrible. i haven't been that sick in a long time. so i had to sit out on 2 days of wonderful skiing. but in a way it was nice to sit around and sleep and watch tv and do nothing, alllllll by myself with peace and quiet. hadn't had that in a long time, and i think thats why i got sick........ so it wasn't all bad. then i went skiing saturday, and it was awesome! perfect weather adn snow and only one wipe out - luckily i don't think i'm going to get a big bruise. but i was thinking "good thing i do yoga, or i would have torn something!!!!!." i've decided i fall when i get to cocky, thinking "now why was it i'm not going to the winter olympics this year?" yeah, splat. lol

anywyas, so i get home and i'm on computer overload! totally feel like i've missed so much and i've only been gone a few days! so i have a lot of blog, email, and 2peas catching up to do. my goodness.......

so right now i'mm just going to post some pics from the holidays.

the nutcracker! look how grownsup i look? ; )


oh, and i finally got myself some pumps! (aren't you proud, jessie?) chinese laundry, at nordstroms, $60 baby! the only pic i took xmas eve. i'm such a dork. steve gets so annoyed that i take pics with my shoes. i'm weird, what can i say


christmas morning. steve looking cute in his new sweater, the only pic i got of me in my new jammie jams with my dad, mom and youngest bro greg in the back round (my dad's opening a picture of me and him from my wedding i gave him for xmas) and then my mom showing off her bling-bling she just got from my dad!




christmas night when steve's fam came over, we did another gift exchange (a real one, not a game one) and both my parents and steve's dad got chargers hats! how cute are they? and my mom with the pink one, tooo funny!


the day after xmas when we went to lunch at the beach. being goofy, pretending we're drinking tropical cocktails. my dad wants to bring it back to iowa and show everyone.........


the "pink elephant" party. my gift i brought was the 40 year old virgin t-shirt. my best friend works for universal and gave it to me. how perfect was it for this party? then me w/my dart board (a friend got it at a bar for free when they updated to digital dartboards) and eric with his sandy smith or something work out tapes. then rob & his girlfriend with their gifts. paula ended up with the 3 movies that rob had given LAST year, and rob ended up with steve's gift- 4 left over disposable wedding cameras, and this random magazine on arnold swartenegger (sp?) that i bought years ago and have kept cause i think it may be worht money someday, then steve goes and gives it away, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr




the holiday bowl! me and steve, steve, my bro chris, and his bro andrew being thugish, and my dad sitting with his darn cigar......




ok, i know that you are thinking - dude, are you done yet? and its not even close to all the pics i want to share! it was so hard to chose just a few. so a bunch of other ones will be randomly posted, and even though my camera broke, i have a few new years ones to post, plus in tahoe friends took pics and they're going to email them to me. so there are more pics coming! hope you all enjoy them, or at least humor me so that i don't feel like a dumbass taking all that time to post pics that no one cares about.........

well, its good to be back, and i'm going to go watch desperate housewives now. tomorrow i'll try to get up to date with all my computer stuff....... thanks for taking the time to look at all my pics!!!!!!!!

2005 in review...........

is it seriously 2006? that sounds so crazy to say! i graduated 7 years ago, insane. i'm totally an adult now, crazy.
anyways, i had a good day yesterday. beside the fact that we found out we have a leak in our upstairs bathroom, the pouring rain was a nice change. i can only handle rain for like a day, cause i get sooooooooooo lazy! i took a nice long bath, then i scrapbooked! i got one of my "challenges" done! yeah me! its what i struggle with. kinda vauge journaling, but i know what it means
(not the best scan, sorry)
also did a few other layouts, check them out at my 2peas account
got my resolutions/goals page done, and a wedding one. also started on my circle journal! for those of you who don't already know, i'm doing a circle journal with the pea-utiful ladies i met on 2peas, i'm soooo excited! all you ladies seem fabulous and i can't wait to get all the cj's in the mail : )
also, they tagged me, so i get to do my year in review for you all! (this could be a good journaling for a layout........)

2005 In Review
JANUARY
1. Did you have a new year's resolution this year? i think i did, and it was something wedding related i'm sure.
2. Who kissed you at midnight? my sexy hubby steve..........
3. Did it snow where you live? nope
.4. Have you ever been to Times Square to watch the ball drop? no, and i think it may be too crazy for me................
5. Big January Events: our house was bought! escrow closed at the end of the month

FEBRUARY
1. Who was your valentine? once again, my sexy hubby steve
2. What did your valentine get you? we don't really do gifts for valentines. this year we tried to make fondue, and that was just a big disaster...........
3. When you were little, did you buy valentines for your whole class? i made them baby! and i remember one time when i may a whole bunch, and some little boy said that mine was too big. i was soooooooo crushed. i still remember how much thtat hurt my feelings : (
ok, and there was no #4, but i'm adding it. i moved into my house! i looooove my new home : )

MARCH
1. Are you Irish? hell yeah! and proud of it!
.2. Did you wear green on St. Patty's Day? of COURSE, otherwise you'd get pinched. come on now people..........
3. What did you do for St. Patty's Day? usually i make corn beef and cabbage, drink green beer and do irish car bombs. this year though, steve had some school event and i had to study for a test. but i did have a green beer and i made this yummy pesto pizza (it was green!) for me and my study buddy
4. Big March Events: hmmm, don't really remember...... well, i guess on the 30th it was the one year anniversery of me and steve getting engaged

APRIL
1. Do you like the rain? when i can stay inside and be lazy all day, yes. but i can only handle it for a little bit......
2. Did you play an April Fool's joke on anyone this year? No, but steve totally got me. he does every year. we were in texas, and he told me that he got a call from brinks saying that our alarm went off and the police had to break in the house to see if anyone was there. what a turd.
3. Big April Events: we went to texas, fun fun, and my BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes, i am serious about my bday. i had a roaring 2o's party, so much fun! i love april : )

MAY
1. What's your favorite kind of flower? hmmm, i don't know. i like pretty ones that smell good ?
2. Do you like the spring? Yes, its my favorite season by far!
3. Finish the phrase: "April showers bring..." may flowers! yay, i got that one right!
4. What would you think of as a spring color? anything pastel
5. Big May Events: i finished school with strait "A's" baby, my bachelorette party- soooooooooooo crazy! (i was hung over for 2 days...........)

JUNE
1. What year did you graduate from school? 1999! And we did party like it was 1999! havne't finished college yet. one day.........
2. Did you go on any vacations last June? we went up to santa barbara for solstice, i think that was june.. other than that we didn't have much time- it was getting close to crunch time for the wedding!
3. Big June Events: wedding planning, we went camping on the beach, too, that was fun

JULY
1. What did you do on the 4th of July? i was in iowa, my favorite place to be for 4th of july! which is one of my fav holidays. Steve drove a tractor in the parade!
.2. Did you go on any vacations during this month? iowa

AUGUST
1. Did you do anything special to end off your summer? um, yeah, got married! then went on a fabulous honeymoon!!!!
2. What was your favorite summer memory of '05? getting married, and having the crazines sof wedding planning finally over!!!!
3. Did you go swimming a lot in the summer? i actucally did bust out my bikini, cause i finally lost all that weight i wanted to! (yeah, getting married is a great motivator.........)
4. Did you go to the beach a lot? a few times. we went camping once

SEPTEMBER
1. Did you attend school/college in '05? Nope, but i will next sememster!
2. Who is/was your favorite teacher? i have a bunch. but i kept in touch wiht my 6th grade math teacher, ms. levy, for a long time
3. Did you like fall better than summer? no, cause then steve has to go to work again!

OCTOBER
1. What was your favorite halloween costume ever? me and my girlfriends were fly girls one year. sooooooooooooooooo funny! we got a boom box and played the "in living color" music and made up a dance with all these 90's moves. awesome
2. What's your favorite candy? Chocolate.
3. What did you dress up like this year? i was a devil. not too creative......

NOVEMBER
1. Whose house did you go to for Thanksgiving? My parents. in iowa. and steve's whole family came too. crazy times!
2. Do you like stuffing? not a big stuffing fan.........
3. What are you thankful for? steve, my family and my friends, my health.

DECEMBER
1. Do you celebrate Christmas? Yes, yes i do
2. Have you ever been kissed under mistletoe? yes! i make sure to get a kiss under mistloe every year............
3. Do you like cold weather?not so much. sometimes its ok, but only when i'm visiting it
4. How would you rate your year on a scale of 1-10? it was a pretty dang good year. i'd give it a 10 + +!!!
5. Big December Events: had the most insane month of the year! and totally gained WAY to much weight with all the holiday festivities.............

Pea-u-tiful CJ Bloggers, you've been tagged! (those that haven't done it)
or whoever hasn't done it and wants to! its fun

hopefully i'll be able to get pics up when i get back from tahoe. till then, have a fabulous first week of 2006!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rambling post, beware!!!!

haha! my last name is post, so its got a double meaning. i'm such a dork, i love my new last name..........

"so, um, it seems like you're getting tired of all this cleaning..........."

yeah, ya think? observation of my hubby this morning. wanting to let me know that he'd help with whatever. but i think it was the perfect way to discribe what i've been up to. cleaning! constantly busy busy busy busy. i now know what its like to be the mother in a family of 6....
so, i'm glad that holidays are over. but the craziness isn't yet over for me. i have about a week left............ i'm lucky that i was able to even sit down to do this update! then MY computer is all funky so i have to get on steves, but it means that i can't put up any pictures : ( and i have a bunch that i wanted to share! hopefully my computer will stop being stupid and i'll be able to share them soon
but i let you know what i've been up to
my brothers arrived on sat. the 17th so its been crazy ever since. keeping me busy, etc. then my parents arrived on the 22nd. the 23rd we all went to the nutcracker. steve's whole family and my whole family. we had a really really really good dinner before hand, my dad and i shared a kobe steak- so bomb. and then the nutcracker was great! i've been going since i was 5, i know the whole thing by heart, and i love every minute! the sd one was good, but it can't compare to the san fransico ballet i grew up on.
the 24th we went to steve's parents house for xmas eve dinner, and we did a "white elephant" gift exchange. it was good times. just silliness, which i love. i don't even remember what i ended up with, but someone got a john deere shovel, someone else got a paint balling mask, and someone else a nose hair trimmer. it was funny.
then it was christmas! i got a lot of great things, i wasn't expecting at all! and i made breakfast- eggs benedict, with the help of my mom. kinda messed up on the sauce and we had to remake it . whoops. eggs benedict is a family tradition, and mmmmmmm, i love me some eggs benedict!
then i hosted my first christmas dinner- for 12 people!!!!! i made ham (already baked, just had to warm it up) garlic mashed potatoes (my speciallity) and green beans, and of course my kick ass salad. kinda undercooked the green beans, but no one complained. did another gift exchange with his family, and then i just vegged out after doing allllll the dishes. i was exhausted!
the 26th our 2 families went to the beach house, one of my fav resturants in cardiff by the sea, and sat outside and ate yummy food and watched the HUGE waves. very cool. then that night my cousins son, austin came to stay with us for a few days. he's on winter break, and his mom needed day care- and i'm like-dude, have him visit me! it was fun. he's 7 years old, and such a sweet heart. though addicted to his new psp video thingy. i'm SO not ok with video games!!!!! but it was cool, one day we took him for a hike and found ducks and frogs in a near by pond, played football in the park, then went and saw chronicles of narnia. such a good movie!
the next day we took him bowling, bumper bowling baby! love those bumpers. then i took him back up to his parents house
oh! and i forgot. on tuesday night we went to a friends houes for a PINK elephant exchange party. i just like to call it pink, cause yeah. dont' know why. it was going to be at our house, but cause austin was there we did it at another friends house. (my parents and brothers were at the house with austin, don't worry! i didn't just ditch him) that party was hysterical! you're not suppposed to spend more than $5 on a gift, and if you find it around your house, even better. needless to say the gifts get pretty creative ; )
ok, then thursday was the holiday bowl. a post family tradition for the past 7 years. i've gone once, was supposed ot have gone twice but i got lost- a whole nother story! but its fun. we tailgate and pig out first, then root for whoever. this year i was going for oregon- go ducks! but they lost : (
yeah, not done yet. see why i'm so exhausted?
friday some really good family friends came to visit who haven't seen our house yet. we had them over for lunch, then went down to their hotel that night in san diego and went out to dinner with them.
then saturday was new years eve!!!!!!!!!!!! so i was cooking and cleaning all day to get ready for this party. we were going to have like 6 people for dinner, then all the sudden that went up to 11- hey, i need to know in advance people! then like 3 of them didn't show up till later! grrrrr. so that was crazy. i made a pasta i had never made before, long story, so i was stresed, but it turned out fine. so we had dinner, then more people came over- i think we had a total of 18? and we drank and ate and danced and partied all night! it was a good time. new years eve is my favorite holiday of the "holiday season" dress up cute and drink? sounds good to me! but, my camera broke. my other one. and that one is only a year old! i don't know whats wrong with it. grrrrrrr. hopefullyl we can get it fixed for cheap, or otherwise i won't be able to take any pictures!
but wahtever, new years was a good time, but of course it was huge mess that took me 2 days to clean.............
anyways, thats my novel for now. hopefully i'll be able to post pictures later. and so y'all know, the craziness isn't over yet. my family is still here for another week or so, and we're going to tahoe to ski in 2 days, so i'll be MIA again!