M'fuckin Monday!!!

    Its our 3 month mark :D

We're Awesome

Happy Birthday To...

Mom & Baby Carl

    My momma, Millie.  

Fantastical lady, amazing cook, great advice giver, always supportive, intense, tamale maker, 60s/70s fashionista, marine, oakie & mariachi lover.

xxo

Nov 21st is also: Groundhogs (b)Day!

<3

M'fuckin Monday!!!

    Normally I have music or movies to talk about here and by "talk about", I mean list or recommend in an extremely casual manner.  But today I have far better news!!!!

Avett Christopher Sutton

  Our friends Chris & Kelly had their first baby around 3 in the afternoon 11.14.11.  Her due date was the 10th, but he decided to keep up the suspense and stay in the belly for a few more days, so she and I had coffee and chatted instead :)  Its pretty amazing, they chose to wait and let the babies sex be a surprise and that isn't too common these days.  Kind of rad!  Greg and I went over on Saturday night to have dinner with them, see the babies room & watch the fight.  All things went amazingly and then the next day Kelly said she was having contractions every 10 minutes or so from 3pm on... then a day later Greg gets the text: 

"Baby Button is here!!!  Baby Button is here!!!"

  I'm stoked to go meet him, they come home from the hosp Wed and I'm hoping that I'll have the lil amigurumi made for him :D (fingers crossed)!

xxo

Wishful

M'fuckin Monday!!!

   Still up in Oregon so I've been listening to a lot of my sisters music and giving Katy Perry, Kesha and the likes a chance.  Not totally appalled but still not my favorite and I'll take my oldies & death metal over some Kesha in the morning lol.  So a few songs that I dig are:

• In Love (In Theory)  - MadLove
• Laredo  - Tomahawk
• Purlieu  - Hello Mexico

Some random flix

• Nothing But The Truth
• Stir Crazy...
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil
• Another You

    For that matter, just watch anything with Richard Pryor and/or Gene Wilder.  All gems.  Also this week we're getting Due Date which I had completely forgot about but am (re)excited to watch!  For now, I'm going to work out and drink some coffee, or vise versa.

xxo

One Of My Favorite Things:

    The smell of coffee as its being freshly brewed.  So when I stumble/tumbled upon the "little things" tumblr I was tickled pink.

And those are just a couple from the 300s.  Its just little things that make one smile. 

xxo

Dental Pro n Junk - Megan

    Also whilest in Oregon (and the reason for my 3 week extended stay) I am getting dental work done, thanks to my every amazing sister

for helping me out, being a dental assistant and introducing me to a (her former boss) dentist that I'm completely comfortable with.  Therefor I have gotten everything I needed to get done for a fraction of the cost that the gompers back home wanted to charge me and what they wanted to do to my poor teeth.  Aside from my fear of needles (as in injections), I've been told that I've been an A+ patient and then on my side of it, there has been no pain and no real need for my prescribed vicodin (but we got it to be safe). YAY!  

    I leave you with a photo of my star treatment sans my nitrous mask:

 

xxo

ps:  Hopefully we get a decent picture of me with nitrous mask on during my next appt, I look like I'm ready to orbit the moon.

I Feel Like I'm In 4th Grade!!!

    So, Rose comes home today and puts on some music and I hear the Mortal Kombat theme in the mix!  I get amped and find the soundtrack online and have been listening to it for the past hour at least.  This got me in a comic kind of mood and I soon realized how many comic movies are coming out this year!!!  Seriously am so excited, makes me remember when I was in 4th grade and I used to walk to the comic book store with my friend Jenna to get new cards, comics & (some) pogs.  We would geek out and watch X-Men, trade cards, organize our binders (I still have all mine and will never part with them), it was just the best time ever! 

• X-Men
• Thor
• Captain America:  The First Avenger

 

I kid you not, my eyes almost fell out of my head watching this.  Looks brilliant!

• Green Lantern
• The Avengers:  Rise of the Superior
• Spiderman 4 (in the making)

I am what you would call "giddy".  Cannot wait!!!


xxo

Ohh Happy Day!!!

    Quirky things that I find attractive and that amuse me greatly, accompanied by mini-stories:

• Black eyes.  Do not know what it is, but theres nothing like a good shiner.  I find them awkwardly attractive, I've even donned a faux version a few times out of boredom at first, then out of love. 
• Bruises.  I have a fascination with them and find them beautiful in their own way.  To sound totally spacey (no pun intended) they're like nebullas on your body, changing colors and shapes.  I don't know, I just like em & am proud to say my greatest was in 03.  I slammed my leg into a step as I ran up to my friends apt to escape the 100+ heat and within 30 minutes of impact, I was the owner of a orange sized lump on my shin.  I was blessed with the beautiful bruise within a couple days and it stuck for close to a month.

• Claire Robinson, my foodie dream girl.  One more.

Babe with mustard.  I am yours!

• Pregnant ladies!  They're just gorgeous and don't even really need to do anything to show that they are. I've always been excited at the thought of having a kid and having my pregger belly, I just know its going to be amazing.  Then on a vanity pov, pregnant ladies are SO cute and getting to wear cute stuff and have you lil baby bump!  EEP

         I cannot get over how lovely Sarah looks.  Obsessed!  She just looks glowy (yeah yeah make fun) and healthy and content AND THEN her outfit is one of the cutest damn things I've seen in a while, even though this picture is 3 years old.

• gifs, can't get enough
• Gingers, seriously.  Bearded gingers are even better.  Speaking of...

• Conan & his former beard *sigh

    On that final & sad note and provided visual, I am done.

xxo

M'fuckin Monday!!!

    Welcome to a new week & a new month.  We ended April with the Royal Wedding & starting May with the death of Bin Laden!  Take in a deep breath and smile.

• Young@Heart (d)*- watch this and fall in love with old people!

• Doctor Who * - I've never seen it, but it seems to be all the rage & is now on NetFlix
• The Pixar Story (d) * 
• Vicki Christina Barcelona - took me a while, saw it, loved it
• Pressure Cooker (d) *
• Easy A *- I've seen it a few times and love it EVERY TIME!  Her love of 80s movies <3

xxo

* - on instant

Zombie Day

    I'm going to start by saying Happy Zombie Jesus Day!  Given the theme of the day I do believe watching zombie movies while drinking some beer & coffee sounds in order and of course watch my boys play at 1.  But for right now I'm going to take the opportunity to pre-game my M'Fuckin Monday and introduce you to an amazing lil' band by the name of Dead Mans Bones.

  

Just by photo, how could you not be drawn in??

The band consists of Ryan Gosling his friend & the Silverlake Childrens Choir.  The first time I heard the way he sings and then the kids singing along, I was hooked.  Done.  Check.  Today it was just by lucky chance as I posted my status update that this song came on:

I would highly recommend listening to an actual copy of the song, but the clip was fun & I love those kids!  I'll also use the lead into saying you should see Blue Valentine if you haven't.  Incredible, uncomfortable, realistic & a dash of Ryan singing :x

    So lets see, heres some of what I may watch today & some of my all around favorite zombies:

• Night of the Living Dead (og) *
• Return of the Living Dead
• Evil Dead *
• Zombieland *
• Dead Snow *
• White Zombie *
• Shaun of the Dead
• 28 Days Later
• Dead Alive *
• Fido
• Day of the Dead (og)
• Dawn of the Dead (old & new)
• The Walking Dead
• Planet Terror
• Boy Eats Girl * ... but I'm going to start with:
• Deadgirl *

For your viewing pleasure I'd also like to share something with you that one of my best friends showed me a few years ago.  Its absolutely amazing and if you're not intrigued by mentalism prior to this, you should be after watching this video.  Its in 2 parts (thankfully someone uploaded and HQ verision) so make sure you watch them both because it is just fantastic.

Enjoy your zombie day!  Brains & Beer.

xxo

* - movies available on instant

Stretched Thin

    I haven't been as on my game as I would like to have been.  I have indeed been crocheting a lot and now that I'm taking a breather and trying to remain calm ...

(source:  PosterPop on Etsy)

I'm going to make an attempt at a real blog update!  For the past few weeks I've been attempting to make this faux grass rug for a friend of mine and its done nothing but make me want to pull the hair out of my head.  I've always been a hands on / tutorial kinda girl, reading patterns or diagrams frustrates me and I hit boiling point at ridiculous speed.  So consulting with friends and looking up random tutorials online, it seemed 99% positive and that everything was being done right and that there was no need for me to worry, only I couldn't stop.  After starting multiple other projects to calm myself and take my mind off of the rug from hell (its not actually that bad, but I get worked up), I finally sat down a few nights ago and tweaked the pattern to make it my own and FINALLY have complete faith in it and that it will stay together (which was my fear, that it'd unravel as soon as he walked on it).  I give you a sneak preview of the Grass rug:

I've also taken up making granny squares to use up all my bits of random yarn.  May just make a pile of them or some day decide to make an actual afghan or something of that nature.  Lets not get started on my new MLB obsession and/or the fact that I cannot stop buying Giants colors.  Just observe.

reggief on etsy

xxo

HBD WIFEY!!!!

    Today is my Wifes birthday :D  She is 25 - again.

I love her.

 Some other honorable mentions:

• Giants #OrangeFriday game against the Braves
• One month. One day til Giants/As game
• Cousins 18th bday
• Earth Day  (thank you google)

xxo

Aside from my brains suicide

My morning isn't too bad.  I have a Giants game in 2 hours and some fresh coffee (which I'm hoping brings my brain back from the edge).  Then I stumbled upon this on a friends page and it completely made my morning.




xxo

M'fuckin Monday!!!

    I have been slacking big time on my Monday prepping.  I've just got projects thrown all over, I keep getting magazines in the mail so I get sucked into fashion for hrs at a time, trying to finish reading Water For Elephants so that I'm finally done with it and then of course the Giants.
    Anyhow, I have been listening to oldies - they never get old :) haha.

• The Silhouettes
• The Crew Cuts

• Ricky Nelson
• The Temptations (one of my all time faves)
• Smokey Robinson
• Otis Redding

and you can never go wrong with some

Aretha Franklin

    As for movies:

• Elizabeth 
• Maos Last Dancer

• Frost / Nixon
• Peeping Tom  (Pattons bands namesake)
• Hereafter

xxo

Charlavail's Bakery Apron Fund!!!

xxo

Ohh Happy Day!!!

• The word megalomania:  a mania for great or grandiose performance
• Giants winning games
• Teal / Mint
• Being pleasantly surprised with Never Let Me Go.  Now I'm curious about reading the book

• Making lovely new friends via creative and fun online outlets
• I'm quite pleased that I've continued working out daily
• Pushing Daisies!!!  I swear, its been 8 months since I finally watched the show after having heard about it for at least 2 years and I miss it all over again.  I need to buy the seasons, sadly only 2.

• Going through old photos

• Oldies
• Getting my new Bazaar in the mail!

xxo

Mermaids & Faeries!!!

    So I'm doing this 30 Day Challenge - Disneyland thing on Tumblr and as soon as I started I have been waiting for the "Whats Your Favorite Extinct Attraction" to come along.  Every time I remember Disneyland from my childhood, the first thing I think of is the Submarine Voyage!  I always remember how excited I'd get seeing mermaids (huge fascination as a child, thanks to my Sis In Law) and the shark wrestling an octopus (I would love to meet the person who bought this at the auction, can you imagine! I'd have it in my pool), it was just the coolest thing on earth!  Hands down was my favorite thing in the land of happiness and would quite possibly be the same now IF they didn't eff things up and make it Nemos Voyage.  If you asked me what they should have changed it to, I'd have said The Little Mermaid.  No questions.  Anyhow:

How cool were the mermaids?!  Short lived due to chlorine and guys jumping in the lagoon but the idea was genius and I can guarantee you if it was still around, my job would be a Disneyland mermaid.

    Needless to say that I'm THRILLED about the new Ariels Undersea Adventure!  When I saw that they had taken out a huge chunk of Paradise Pier and it was to be replaced with The Little Mermaid, I felt like I was 5 again!  Seriously, I may cry when it opens, I'm that excited!

Watch that and tell me you're not jazzed for June 3rd 2011 to get here, tomorrow!  If not sooner, I will definitely be at Disneyland in June with Evelia and her baby girl.  I will meet Amelie and bond with her over The Little Mermaid, maybe I can be to her what my sis in law was to me?

    I leave you now with a picture of Tinkerbell because lets face it, shes cute and makes you smile

Looking good at 71yrs old

A video of Tiny Kline (42), 29 years before becoming Tink

Not sure if its Tiny, but shes a cutie.

xxo

Lick.

(via The Amateur Gourmet)

    Tell me you don't want to eat this Italian Plum Oatmeal right now.  Tell me!!  I dare you!  If you do, you're lying and you'll just have to deal with that.  Tonight I'm going to have dreams of this.


xxo