What are you going to be for Halloween?

Marina Schiano 1975
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Pierrot
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drink i ♥ heart

♥Hop Skip and Go Naked

• 1 bag ice
• 1 can limeade
• 1 can lemonade
• 2 liters Sprite
• 1/2 gal Vodka
• 1 case light beer

Empty a bag of ice into a large cooler. Add the cans of limeade and lemonade, then the 2 liter bottle of sprite. Add 1/2 gallon of vodka and 20-24 cans of beer.

Miley Cyrus

We had so much fun tonight!

We got a suite at The Target Center with a group of mom's and daughters...one dad, for the Miley Cyrus concert. It was a fun night because the girls were so happy to be there, they had so much room to dance and walk around. Bathroom breaks were easy because they were inside the suite. I'm spoiled now...how could I ever see another show in regular seats???

The only thing that I wasn't so happy about it, was Miley's brother, who performed in the opening band. He had tattoos all over his body and declined wearing a shirt. He made mention that he was told to cover up but he wasn't interested in doing that even in a theatre filled with little girls who did not need to see that! When did I get so Conservative?

My little girl just got a bit older...the change is happening so fast!

Lola halloween picture

Lola's class drew pictures at school today about what they were going to be for Halloween this year. I love her princess dress...gotta have the purse. It looks like she's going trick or treating in a teepee.

i {heart} offspring

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Hudson Jeans Spring/Summer 2010

Can you guess who's offspring this is?
What it must be like???

Mosaic Monday Purple

1. Bfl yarn, 2. Scrumble Purple - Roxo Misturado, 3. Button Polyp Coral - Zoanthus sp., 4. yellow flowers on purple fabric buttons, 5. 50's Lavender Lace Dress, 6. purple-unicorn-with-rainbow-mane, 7. 92:::365 - Falling in Purple, 8. Perfect purple, 9. Purple Party Mix

Bowling party

Karate Boy

Josh is doing a great job in Karate...he is dedicated and seems to be interested. We are hoping that this becomes his sport and that he can go all the way. We thought it was a bummer that he has no interest in team sports but I guess that he's a team of his own.

i {heart} Luba Inzhinevskaya + Alina Lebedeva

for St. Bessarion S/S 2010
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i {heart} sasha

My girl amazes me.

Lola cut out the heart and Sasha couldn't help but poke her face thru it to see what was on the other side. AAAAHHHHHH

Crown

Beads

Rings

Juicy

Smile

MY GIRL

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Apple pickin...

Had the day off from school and we went apple picking.

Every year we go to the same orchard, pick apples, have hay rides, play with the goats and measure our growth from the year.

Breakfast with Nana

One of our favorite activities on weekend mornings is to go out for breakfast Bloody Mary's. We like them spicy and in low balls. I'm a big fan of olives and all of the other accoutrements added to my bloody party. Today we met Andy's parents at Oakridge...we had such a fun time eating and drinking but by 1:00 Andy and I were exhausted and took naps while the kids played downstairs.

beauty

Sheila Terry

Carole Lombard 1933

Lupe Velez 1934

Headphones

We watch movies on our car TV. Andy and I never wanted to be those parents but we realized that if we set rules to how much we let the kids watch we could teach them that it's a privilege and not a necessity or a right. Well...that's not how it's worked out!!! They fight, they scream, the first thing that Sasha does is say PLAY when we get in the car. Most of the time I let them just because I want to talk on the phone or listen to news (that'll be another post later). OK, I know I've become one of "those" mommy's, who would rather drive in peace and catch up on gossip. Please don't tell Oprah!

Roller Girls Rule

Had the day off from school so Andy and I decided to take the girls to Roller Garden to get their skate on (I just realized I gave this polaroid the wrong title). My girls were really not into it but Lucia had a great time and caught on very quickly...I can see her as a Cali girl growing up in the 70's. I hope that Lola & Sasha will love to skate one day because both Andy and I grew up skating and it was the in lifestyle choice in the 70's and early 80's (our generation). Most of my fondest memories were spent at the roller rink...there were lot's of birthday parties, drop off play dates, and in high school free skate. Lot's of memories!!!!!!!

And I quote...

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I ♥ TIVO

What would we do without this box?

These are the shows that I have set on my TiVo box as of this date and after going through the list I realize that there a bunch of shows that aren't even on anymore...ER is still on my list.

1 The Mentalist
2 24
3 Lost
4 American Idol
5 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
6 Criminal Minds
7 Law & Order
8 CSI: NY
9 Ugly Betty
10 Without a Trace
11 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
12 Numbers
13 ER
14 Dateline
15 iCarly
16 Cold Case
17 House
18 Fringe
19 Goosebumps
20 Medium
21 Oprah
22 Heros
23 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
24 CSI: Miami
25 48 Hours Mystery
26 Nip/Tuck
27 So You Think You Can Dance
28 The Real Housewives of New Jersey
29 Lie to Me
30 Mental
31 World World
32 The Rachel Zoe Project
33 Electric Company
34 Hung
35 Man Shops Globe
36 Hoarders
37 Grey's Anatomy
38 Million Dollar Listing
39 Keeping up with Kardashian's

New shows I want to watch from the start...
Entourage
Dexter
Califonication
Gossip Girls
The Hills

Anything else you can think of?

happiness is...

knowing that I will
never, ever
run out of photos to scrapbook

Fall trees

This is the road to my girlfriends country home. Isn't Minnesota gorgeous in the fall...It really is glorious! People come from all over the country come to see the fall leaves changing. Fall is my favorite season...by October I need a change...I love to bring my wool sweaters, tall boots, and leather. I love the smell in the air and I love the thought of getting ready to hibernate for the winter.

book club...

I read my first book for book club.

It's pretty amazing since I hadn't been motivated to read for a long time. It's not that I don't like to read but I love to blog surf, create, and watch t.v. I wish there was more time to read because I could really get sucked into books like I used to but other things seem to relax me more these days.

I got a Kindle and I can download any book I want any time I want. Andy and I are going to split it and take turns reading our books and newspapers...although what's going to happen when he travels?

Our meeting was a blast. It was 5 other women whom I never knew before which was really great spending time with people who I don't know and speaking on a different level. I made everyone a book mark but of course I didn't take pictures of them...seriously- I need to remember to DOCUMENT!

The book we read was fantastic! It's called Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah. It's about a relationship between two unlikely girls in the 70's, who meet when one of the girls moves next door. We follow their relationship for decades and watch them learn, love, and leave this earth. All the women in the group loved the book and could relate to at least something in this book. It's a great book club read but it's super long, so make sure you start right away. Oh yeah, if you have enough time go to kristinhannah.com and ask Kristin to call you at your book club discussion...she never called us but I registered and asked her to...bummer!