Grocery Shopping

Reasons why you should not go grocery shopping on an empty stomach:

1. 1 Cherry cheesecake
2. 5 Bags of Chex Mix, yes not one, not two, but five bags!
3. 2 Boxes of granola bars
4. 3 Snack packs of fruit cups, you haven't bought these since you were little, yet they jumped into the cart.
5. 3 bags of potato chips, we got these first then went for the 5 bags of Chex Mix.
6. 1 bag of Hershey Heath Bar Baking Chips-never know when we'll need this.
7. 1 box of banana bread mix-I like the fresh stuff better, but this sounded good too and I was hungry.
8. 1 container of Pillsbury Orange rolls (enough for 8 people)
9. 1 container of Pillsbury Cinnamon rolls (enough for 8 again, or two really hungry stomachs)
10. 3 boxes of Toaster Strudel (makes a great breakfast....for the next 18 days)
11. 4 Marie Calendar's TV dinners (for those days that neither one of us wants to cook)
12. 11 frozen burritos (makes a quick lunch at work)
13. Taquitos-they didn't have my favorite kind so, this kind better taste good.
14. 2 bags of cookie mix-perhaps we'll put the Heath baking chips in them.
15. Our Vons has a Panda Express inside it. We ran into Greg and Ellen and they were going to pick up Panda Express for dinner, so we decided that sounded so much better than one of the TV dinners that we had planned on. So 1-3 item meal rounds out the items that jumped into our cart.

Yes we did manage to get some healthy stuff too. And the bill rounded out to $100.73. We bought nearly everything on sale and saved $61.34....not bad. Though there's a lot of things that we wouldn't normally buy and especially not in large quantities.

We also went to Henry's first and bought all of our fresh fruits and veggies. Only a few were items that grew legs and jumped into our cart.
Oranges, kiwi, two different kinds of apples, grapes, peaches, red and green bell peppers, zucchini, leafy lettuce, potatoes, a yam-anybody know how to cook yams?(this one clearly jumped into the cart because we don't know what to do with it), and caramel apple dip. So yes we do buy healthy stuff too.

Random Survey

This is for Kira and whoever wishes to do the same or learn a little about us.

Mandy's response
1. Do you like blue cheese? Nope

2. Have you ever smoked heroin? I think this is a dumb question, but no

3. Do you own a gun? No

4. Wax or Shave your body parts? Shave yes, wax-are you kidding me? No way!

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Depends, but generally no.

6. Real or Fake nails? Real, but super tiny because I bite mine, and fake ones only last for so long before I get tired and bite those off too.

7. Favorite Christmas song? Just about any, though I really like the Manheim Steamroller classics.

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Orange Juice

9. Can you do push ups? Haven't tried recently though I doubt I could. Or maybe I could do one or two, but that's about it.

10. What is your favorite piece of jewelry? I always wear two-my wedding ring and a ring my mom gave me.

11. Favorite hobby? GARDENING!

12. Do you have A.D.D? I don't think so.

13. What's one trait that you hate about yourself? Uh, I don't know...I'm pretty happy with the way I am.

14. Middle name? Lynn

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? I'm hungry. Sweet my hubby just brought me breakfast. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

16.Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Water, Orange Juice, Raspberry lemonade and occasionally Italian Sodas.

17. Current worry right now? Uh. Don't know

18. Current hate right now? Writing conference reports...ugh!

19. Favorite place to be? In my garden...or with my hubby

20. How did you bring in the New Year? At Greg and Ellen's

21. Like to go? To gardens, or garden centers like Armstrong and Andersons.

22. Name three people who will complete this? honestly? Whoever wants to

23. Do you own slippers? Yes, they're pink and fuzzy.

24. What color shirt are you wearing? White

25. Do you like sleeping on Satin sheets? I don't have satin sheets, so I don't know

26. Can you whistle? Yup

27. Favorite color? Purple or blue

28. Would you be a pirate? Nope

29. What songs to you sing in the shower? Whatever is in my head.

30. Favorite girls name? Emily

31. Favorite Boys name? Peter, but for a baby I don't know

32. whats in your pocket right now? I don't have pockets in my pj's

33. Last thing that made you laugh? Probably Peter

34. Worst injury you've ever had? Uh I did something to my achillies tendon when I did high jump in high school.

35. Do you love where you live? Yeah, we have a bunch of friends that live so close

36. How many TV's do you have in your house? Two

37. Who is your loudest friend? I'm not sure

38. How many pets do you have? A bunch of fish

39. Does someone have a crush on you? Peter loves me, that's so much better than a crush.

40. What is your favorite book? Probably the Harry Potter Series

41. What is your favorite lollie? Just about any.

42. Favorite sports team? I guess Chargers or Padres, though I don't watch them much.

43. What were you doing 12am last night? Sleeping

44. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Ahhh I got to sleep in a little bit, sweet!

45. Worst habit? biting nails

46. Do you play an instrument? If you count two years of piano when I was seven or so, sure.

47. How long does it take you to get to work? 10-15 minutes.

48. Plans for the weekend? Well yesterday I went to my work's Halloween carnival and went shopping with Peter. Today I got to sleep in a little, until Peter woke me up.

49.If you could eat anything in the world right this second? Exactly what I'm eating right now, though its hard to type and eat at the same time-Apple pancakes.

50. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Nobody sent it to me, but Kira told me to do it on her blog, so yes I like Kira!

Peter's response

1. Do you like blue cheese? Nope

2. Have you ever smoked heroin? I think this is a dumb question, but no

3. Do you own a gun? Yes my grandpa gave me a shot gun

4. Wax or Shave your body parts? Shave yes

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Depends on what they're doing

6. Real or Fake nails? Real

7. Favorite Christmas song? I like them all

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Orange juice

9. Can you do push ups? Yes

10. What is your favorite piece of jewelry? I only have one-My wedding ring

11. Favorite hobby? Playing video games

12. Do you have A.D.D? No, though some beg to differ

13. What's one trait that you hate about yourself? I'm losing my hair

14. Middle name? Janos

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? How am I going to kill these flying things? How do I get enough money to kill these flying things? Oh crap they got through. (Yes I'm playing a video game)

16.Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Water, Orange juice, Italian sodas

17. Current worry right now? My hair-I'm losing it

18. Current hate right now? Flying things (video game)

19. Favorite place to be? At home

20. How did you bring in the New Year? At Greg and Ellen's

21. Like to go? Vacations

22. Name three people who will complete this? I don't know

23. Do you own slippers? Yes, they are giant bear claws

24. What color shirt are you wearing? White

25. Do you like sleeping on Satin sheets? Haven't tried it before

26. Can you whistle? Yes

27. Favorite color? Blue or green

28. Would you be a pirate? Maybe, depends on if the parrot is included

29. What songs do you sing in the shower? Everything I know and some made up ones too.

30. Favorite girls name? Mandy

31. Favorite Boys name? I have no idea

32. whats in your pocket right now? Yarn :)

33. Last thing that made you laugh? The last question

34. Worst injury you've ever had? I don't know, I've broken a finger and I've stepped on a nail.

35. Do you love where you live? Yes I do, it's home

36. How many TV's do you have in your house? Two, but only one is HUGE!

37. Who is your loudest friend? I don't know

38. How many pets do you have? We have fish

39. Does someone have a crush on you? Mandy loves me

40. What is your favorite book? I don't know, I like lots of books

41. What is your favorite lollie? Probably a blow pop

42. Favorite sports team? Padres when they're doing okay

43. What were you doing 12am last night? Sleeping

44. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? I need juice

45. Worst habit? Buying video games

46. Do you play an instrument? French Horn and a little bit of piano

47. How long does it take you to get to work? 5 minutes driving, 20 minutes walking.

48. Plans for the weekend? Went shopping with Mandy, set up curtains in bedroom and enjoying video games.

49.If you could eat anything in the world right this second? More apple pancake

50. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Mandy got it from her friend and then had me fill it out, so yes I like Mandy...a lot!

My Slimy Friend

On Saturday I enjoyed spending time at Armstrong Gardens and Home Depot in the garden department of course. I picked up a ton of my favorite plants and some pest control stuff. We had to redo all of our flower boxes because we got infested with white flies that decided to move in and kill all of my beautiful flowers. I am prepared now, white flies won't be eating my plants anymore. So as we were taking out all the old potting soil Peter sees something move. He pokes at the dirt again and sees a slimy worm in the soil. At which point he grosses out. He backs off of the flower box and decides its time to take the trash out. I continued working on the box and tried finding the worm. I picked up a bulb and handed it to Peter to put into a pot, he jumped back thinking that I was handing him the worm. I had the box nearly empty and we hadn't found the worm. I put my hand in, felt around and found my slimy friend. I picked it up and Peter wasn't thrilled. I was then a naughty girl and put it in his face, knowing full well that he wouldn't like it. He didn't like it. Then I had a hubby and a worm squirming. He forgave me though. :)

The Air Show

This weekend was the famous Miramar Air Show. Peter tried getting a hold of friends to go see the show on Saturday, but everyone he called saw it on Friday. He was definitely down in the dumps, he wanted to go but not alone. Now I have never had any interest in the air show, so of course I was of no help to the situation. At 11:30 on Saturday my mom called and asked what we were doing for the weekend. I told her that Peter was looking for someone to go with to the air show. She suggested that my dad would probably go (he goes every year). As I asked Peter if he would like to go with my dad, he jumped off the couch and said he would go shower and be over there immediately. I told him not to get too excited my mom still needed to ask my dad if he wanted to go. Peter was already in the shower as my dad said yes. Shortly thereafter we were on our way out the door. On the car ride to my parents house Peter asked me to put the Top Gun CD on. He sang the whole way there. His words, "I've seen six year old children less excited about Disneyland than I am to go to the air show." He was one happy boy.

After the show Peter gave my mom and I a detailed account of what they saw. Including hand movements and swishing noises to help tell everything he saw. They showed up right when a F-16 was flying around. There were mock bomb runs and other war demos. They walked up next to a F-22 right as it was about to take off. This was the first year the F-22 has been there. (It's so brand new, they're still producing them. Peter had never seen one before.) It was as he says, uber cool. He says there were a flock of other airplane enthusiasts all staring intently at it as it took off. It was definitely the star of the show, except maybe the Blue Angels that were back this year. The Blue Angels are really hard to compete against. As the Blue Angels took off they played the Top Gun anthem and everyone clapped. Peter might make me watch Top Gun this week. They also had a MV-22 that sat there, several C-130's a C-5/17 he's not sure which one it was. Lots of helicopters and a few vintage aircraft. He touched the tail of a F-18, tax dollars well at work. They also saw an A-10 as they were leaving.

While the boys were off watching airplanes, my mom and I went and saw the movie The Nights of Rodanthe. It was a good love story, but very sad at the end. There wasn't a dry eye in the theater as we left. Afterwards we ran a couple of quick errands and then went home and played in the garden. I loved being able to dig in the dirt, I miss my garden.

A couple weeks old

If you look in the top right side of the baby tank you can spot five baby platies. We had a hard time getting a good picture as the glass kept reflecting back at us. The top of the tank is reflecting a couple of the baby fish back too but it was the best picture we took. We definitely have 6 platies and 1 guppy.