Thursday, December 29, 2011

Christmas Vacation

Things have been so busy here.. Lots of exciting things happening, of which I will share in the coming weeks, and NO I am not pregnant, in case your mind went there .. but for now, I will leave you with this: Emily on Christmas Morning. That face is just too cute.
Allison "enjoying some Christmas music" on the San Antonio Riverwalk, with my Mom.
Emily enjoying an ice cream cone, which is a must when it is 40 degrees outside.
Taking in a show at Sea World...
Walking around the zoo.. this particular trip lasted 25 minutes because the girls were too frozen to walk...
All in all.. it has been a wonderful vacation.. I will be sad for the girls to start school again next week! I hope you all are Great!!

Friday, December 23, 2011

Fun with Christmas

The making of sugar cookies - It is a Christmas Must!
I hope everyone is well! I have had a terrible head cold, I am now on the mend..thankfully, now just hoping the girls don't get it! eeek! I wish you all Happy Holidays! Much Love!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

The Christmas Angel

Emily played a Christmas Angel in her school play. She even had a speaking part! I am such a proud Mommy.

Savings Game

Savings Game

Post contributed by Hilton Miranda

We’ve turned saving at our house into a game, if you can believe it. The kids are supposed to bring home their spare change at the end of the day and I’ve been looking at all our utilities to try and find some ways to shave off costs. My daughter helped me crown a texas electricity champion last week after week looked at rates and even my son suggested he get a paper route to try and save more money. I don’t want the kids to think about money too much and they’re both so young to have jobs, I’m not sure if it’s what I want for them. But I do think it’s really good they’re learning these lessons at such a young age and that they’ll never wonder what it takes to save a dollar. That’s the position I was in after college and I think that’s why I’m still working to pay off student loans at 30 years old. Not exactly ideal in financial terms!

Friday, December 16, 2011

Her Ears are Pierced.

Before:
After:
She Did it! And she did awesome!

Gift of Scrubs.

There are a few important people in my life that are nurses; my mother, my mother-in-law, and a best friend. I have wondered if they would ever appreciate a gift of new scrubs from blue sky scrubs, here, http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/Original-Scrubs/. When I was working outside of the home, I always appreciated a new shirt or skirt for work, so, I would imagine that this is not too different. What are your thoughts? Does that seem strange to give as a gift?

I wonder if nurses feel that all cotton scrub uniforms are created equal, or if there is a preferred brand in terms of comfy-ness and general longevity. I would think so.. but seeing as I really have no idea, if there is a nurse on board reading this, I would appreciate your 2 cents.

Then there is also the matter of choosing a color. From what I understand, some hospitals like to in essence "color code" the various departments, so if I did choose to go this route as a gift, I would probably need to find out about the color my mother-in-law and best friend wear. I already know my mom wears Navy blue.
There are a few important people in my life that are nurses; my mother, my mother-in-law, and a best friend. I have wondered if they would ever appreciate a gift of new scrubs from blue sky scrubs, here,
http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/Original-Scrubs/. When I was working outside of the home, I always appreciated a new shirt or skirt for work, so, I would imagine that this is not too different. What are your thoughts? Does that seem strange to give as a gift?

I wonder if nurses feel that all nursing scrubs are created equal, or if there is a preferred brand in terms of comfy-ness and general longevity. I would think so.. but seeing as I really have no idea, if there is a nurse on board reading this, I would appreciate your 2 cents.

Then there is also the matter of choosing a color. From what I understand, some hospitals like to in essence "color code" the various departments, so if I did choose to go this route as a gift, I would probably need to find out about the color my mother-in-law and best friend wear. I already know my mom wears Navy blue.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Team Tuesday

I forgot to do my Team Tuesday post last week.. I forgot it because I failed to write it on my to-do list. I have really come to heavily rely on my to-do list.. so much so that I even write on it "Make Bed" or the bed would not get made! Or "empty dishwasher" or that wouldn't happen! Luckily there are still a few things I do without having to look at the list.. like, "pick up kids at school" and "eat" so maybe I don't rely on it as much as I think... Anyway.. have a look at this from a teammate of mine:


I am such a fan of these fingerless gloves by Etsy Shop, JustColor

I also LOVE the style of that picture.. it makes me want to be her!

Oh OH and Allison got her EARS pierced this weekend! My big little girl! It was her decision and she did amazing... pictures to come!

Monday, December 12, 2011

Customer Feedback

"I love this little vase - it's so Seussical!"



I could have cried tears of joy when I read that feedback on this little vase.

Dr. Suess has always been a huge inspiration to me. And without even saying that in this listing.. the customer got that vibe from my work, and I am so thrilled.

Happy Monday, everyone!!

Zaarly It

I have never heard of this website until today.. It is called Zaarly. To me, it seems like an upscale Craiglist. I say "upscale" because the site looks cleaner and I don't know.. more high-tech I guess? Craiglist looks more like the classified section of the newspaper, and this site looks more searcher-friendly, to me anyway..

It is a buy and sell website.. anything you want to buy, anything you want to sell, you can post or search for. You can even name the price of what you want to buy something for. For examply, say you live in New York City and you want an Ipad 2, well, here ya go - new ipad2 new york city.

And it seems that zaarly has become quite a succesful venue for some. Have a peek and see what you think...

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Handmade for the Holidays



Allison and Emily painting birdhouses for grandparents!

My hope is that they will never stop giving their art as presents...
They really do put love into everything they do.

Hope you all are well!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Family Picture Redone and A Little Etsy Love

We re-took our family picture this weekend.. and I snapped a bunch more of the girls and Jack too... I put a few of those pictures on our Christmas photo card this year!



AND, if you have not entered yet.. please run right over to a little etsy love blog and enter their holiday give-away!

My purple glitter vase and ornament set is one of the prizes! Check it out.. the winner will get LOTS of really cute stuff!

Bye for now!