It's finally finished

Tonite I finally finished my daughters Montessori/Kindergarten scrapbook. This has been no small feat for me, considering she is in third grade now! I wanted to pat myself one more time on the back and share a couple of pages, which are so much better in person.

Here's to completing a project! Yay me!

Iran So Far Away

Another classic!

Brian Willams SNL Digital Short

Mark and I thought this was great! Especially the penny throwing part!

crafty girls

Today we spent some time making christmas ornaments and I finished our camping scrapbook! I was also able to get three pages done in Hayley's school scrapbook, so I feel it was a pretty productive day.

I bought cheap glass ornaments at Michaels, we covered them in glittering glue and then dipped them in diamond dust. All can be purchased at Michaels. Here's a picture of the end result. It even tired out our kitty (as you can see) and she had to pass out in front of the fireplace!

I can't wait to get the sewing maching back from the shop, so I can start on my gifts for christmas.

Jim Gaffigan and the mojito's ugly cousin

Last Saturday some friends and I went to dinner at the Palomino in Seattle. Rose and I hit the bar there at about 3-ish and let's just say that by the time we headed over into the restaraunt, the bartender was calling me "hole in the lips". I do love my lemon drops, but hate the glasses they come in, because they are top heavy-plus the bartender did not sugar it right so the sugar was sliding down the outside of the glass making a huge sticky yucky mess!

Dinner was great until I decided to switch it up a bit and ordered a mint julep, which was disgusting. Thus becoming better known as "the mojito's ugly cousin" (see picture).

We did however have a great time watching our favorite comedian. And the best part of all? We got to meet Jim Gaffigan after the show! It was a great time, with good friends. When can we do it again?

wise old owls

Treasures can be found when you least expect it! I picked up a couple of these new friends at our local Goodwil (or as we call it "the G.W.). I could just imagine they came from some little old ladies house, and I will treasure them as much as she would have!

from the depths of chaos...

We are all still alive here, contrary to popular belief!

Life has been more than hectic. And it continues to be so but I wanted to rub it in to you all that my girlfriends (plus two husbands) are going to go see the palest comedian alive this Saturday. Yup, you guessed it "did I just eat this, or rub it all over my face?" Jim Gaffigan. He is hilarious, and I can't wait to see him live! Plus dinner at the Palomino in Seattle is not too shabby either.

Mark and I used to go there every year for our anniversary...what the heck happened to this tradition?

Anyways, the kids are doing great, Hayley had an excellent conference-she is doing better than we could ever expect in all areas, and the surprise was her beginning of the year math test. Her teacher said she had the highest score in the class. We are super proud, especially because this is not her strong area in school.
Molly's conference was great too! Her teacher wants her tested for the challenge program, and she is far beyond her second grade classmates (for those who don't know she is in the 1st/2nd split class). Testing is in January I believe. I'll keep you posted.

Hayley also is one of a few district wide students who are being honored for their "my favorite book" posters made a couple of weeks ago. Her poster is on display at the public library right now. We don't mean to brag...but our kids are AWESOME! Makes you feel like you are doing something right every now and then (amongst all the trauma we cause by having rules...yuck! ha ha).

I will try to post more often, but don't hold your breath.