don't laugh...

okay, don't laugh. i realize this is just a straight stitch. but seriously they're selling something like this, but not even cute at 2 baby boutiques here for $13 for one or $22 for 2 and look, mine is cute!!!

And you can't see, but I did a zig zag stitch to make it cuter. Hee hee hee....I can SEW!!!

(umm....it's a burping cloth in case you were kind of confused-just sewed a cute swatch onto a $2 trifold)

pleased as pie!

Stacy is pleased as pie!!! (is that how the saying goes?)

I'm TOTALLY proud of myself! (hee hee...if I do say so myself)

But Mom would be really proud of me and Aunty Pat, you too!

Been going to all these baby stores recently (unfortunately not for me)...and they sell these burp cloths made out of diaper trifolds and sell them for BEAUCOUP bucks...and I thought, HEY-that's a straight stitch! I can do that!

AND I DID!!!! :) :) :D YIPPEE FOR ME! I actually SEWED something!!!! Super easy. But SUPER cute, and cost me all of $2!!

Will have to show you guys later when I have a whole set to show off. :)

no seattle

sorry seattle peeps.

we talked about it. thought about selling the car, but looks like we're going to fix it.

no seattle this summer after all.

perspective...

perspective...i need to remember perspective....i have my health, right?

$7500 is only money.

(sigh) and what it's going to cost to fix the car. :(
...and a little cry on the way home.

Superbowl and the beach

Superbowl party at the Miyashiros this afternoon. Hawaii style. :) We made spam musubi, nori wrapped mochiko chicken, pigs in a blanket and nachos. For just 4 of us. Although it does beat the 2 of us (just rye and i) that watched the superbowl last year with the same amount of food.

Had more fun after the superbowl (YAY Saints!) taking Hoku to the beach. We taught her a new trick!!

She fetches her own leash! (course she broke it, which is a bum since it was $50...but a lot of fun nontheless)

Carnival with Granny

Had a great time at Carnival...well LONG time at Carnival with Granny. Boy can't believe a 96 year old can last longer than me! Had figured maybe 2 hours, but Granny hung out for FOUR! Walked through the rides, the White Elephant, the plants, the food...watched Marley and Macie on the Kiddie rides...had lunch and THEN after 4 hours she was set to go. :)

Here are some pics - (bad quality, from my phone)

hee hee....granny's comments were SO funny! asking what they were waiting in line for. Why would they wait so long. Don't they have other things to do? how crazy the rides were, expensive...


we actually stood here at the bumper cars watching for a long time! :)


Portugese bean soup for lunch...Granny made LOTS of friends (and recognized SO many people, her memory is amazing). :)

Fun time at the Carnival. heh...with my 96 year old Grandmother!! :D

tidal craziness

Somebody needs to document the insane craziness that occurs at schools during full moons. Then they need to take that and see how much exponentially worst it gets during the extreme tides.

I don't know HOW many times I exclaimed today at work, "Is it a full moon today?!" not really knowing that it was until my drive home with the huge round moon in the sky....then belatedly also remember them saying on the radio that it was an extreme low tide.

Kids were insane, fights, crying, biting, vomiting, poking, pinching, punching...on top of which CPS came to remove a kid from their home, at my initiation.

Geez what a day.