The Dark Side

Yes, I officially went over to the dark side....I have a Myspace page . I blame it all on She-Ra who lured me there. At first I didn't see the point since I have this blog but myspace has been helpful in finding former classmates from high school and college. Plus it is fun to leave fun comments (unlike blogger) where you can use animated graphics etc. So that is my confession and that's maybe why I don't post as often lately. I don't have too much to say except if you have myspace, please add me as a friend! :)

Christmas Cards

I picked up our holiday photo cards this morning at Costco. I uploaded the photo online but I still had to wait in a long line to pick them up behind the counter. I guess they do that because I had to pay for them. They came out really nice so I'm pleased with my Canon. This year I didn't have enough time to take proper Christmas pictures and I couldn't find matching shirts for the boys. Luckily I had a nice vacation photo of the boys in Phuket and they both happened to be wearing orange shirts (see above pic). I ordered 75 of them but gave 25 to my mom and I had just enough for my mailing list. So if you don't get one this year...sorry!

Here are some pics from the past few days. Tyler showing his archery skills and it was lots of fun too. Not much to tell...I uploaded our Christmas photo to Costco which was really easy to do plus I didn't have to deal with the crowds. I uploaded several pictures in the running for this year's card and then Costco shows all the templates with the selected photo inside so you can see what that pic will look like. I cropped the picture and added text and place my order. BAM! My order will be ready for pick-up tomorrow at 10 am. Sweet. Then I started uploading more pictures for a photo calendar...I think I used about 40 pictures for the various months and you can put more than one photo per month. So easy. I added captions and can even click on a certain day to personalize it for a birthday and insert a picture into that day. I was lovin it! I figure it'll be the perfect Christmas gift for my mom and Hector's family.

Boo!

Hector tried putting the stove in and now it doesn't fit! This particular brand has notches on the side at the front end which doesn't allow the range to completely slid-in due to the granite. Also with the tile in, the island is lower than it's supposed to be so the range is a bit taller than the island. Argh! Okay, we figured out the range will have to be changed because it just won't fit. I already got a rebate check from them which I haven't cashed yet so do I tear it up since we plan to return it? Man, this throws a big monkey wrench into my kitchen but hopefully we can find the perfect range.

Nothing exciting today...the rest of the appliances arrived this morning. Hector will try installing them later...he is currently working on the dishwasher. I emptied out the old fridge and cleaned the shelving. After Josh went to school we took it to Cucamonga as a gift to my sister-in-law Lupe. Happy Birthday!

Where does the weekend go?

Saturday was a fun and jam-packed day. Our friend Dan and his son came by to visit which was lots of fun. They live in San Diego so we don't get to see them as often as we'd like. Also my best friend Kat came by to hang out. She wanted to check out my Guitar Hero 2 and update her Myspace page. While the kids were playing, Dan became interested about Myspace looking at all the women he could potentially date. :) It was like a kid in a candy store...ah well, it is the place to meet people. The guys took off leaving the kids with Kat and me so Tyler and Daniel practiced shooting boxes the backyard with a bow & arrow. I was surprised that Tyler picked it up pretty fast and shot the box on his second try. After a while the boys got tired of shooting and went inside to play video games. This is when Kat and I tried our best with the bow and arrow. It was lots of fun and goofing off. It was something I wanted to try and finally did.

Today started early with breakfast at Denny's with everyone. I was bummed that Denny's stopped serving my ham & mushroom bowl. It has potatoes with scrambled eggs, ham, mushrooms and cheese on top. Now I don't know what I'll order for breakfast...

This afternoon I went window shopping for counter height chairs. My first stop was Levitz and I had to browse around before I found the dining room section. There were a couple of chairs I liked and the price was reasonable but I'm not sure if 4 chairs will fit. One chair looked okay for $130 and when the salesman checked it was in stock, it came up as $99. I'll have to bring Hector back to see them.

Next door is Linen N Things which was really fun to wander around. I browsed through every section taking my time. When I was little, my mom had to drag me to places like this...who wants to look at towels? I admit now that these stores are very cool. I was starving so I went to Togo's around the corner and ordered my favorite sandwich #29 chunky chicken salad (with almonds). I was so happy to go home to eat my sandwich...I looked at my watch at it is 2:00pm! Yikes...Tyler is out of school at 2:13pm so I zoom off to pick him up. Thankfully, we got home so I could eat my lunch in peace. Now I'm sleepy...