Happy Birthday

Yesterday this gentleman turned 5. He is hands down the cutest sugar
muffin I have ever met. I hope my boys are as cute, cuddly and funny
as Gavin Basker.

Fancy

Shacklyn is coming home today for a little visit before ahe heads back
down to California for the summer. Since she wasn't here on here
actual birthday, we are going to have a small party tonight. I made
her this pink Barbie cake. I know you're all jealous.

Motto

I just got this email forward from a friend. It reminds me of a saying
that our dad told us when we were little: "We don't cuss, smoke, drink
or chew and we don't date the boys that do". Words to live by.

Adventures in Piracy

I just took the boys to dinner at Pieate Island. Cameo and The Gabes tagged along. It is harder to entertain boys than it is girls. I just don't get why they can't be happy shopping for the day (haha).

Ok, but seriously our server talked like a pirate the 'whole' time. Weird. And he kept calling me 'love'. I was like why you so obsessed with me?

I don't think I will be frequenting Pirate Island, but next time my suga-muffin (aka Mr. Basker) comes to town we will definitely have to go.

Sent from my iPhone

Sleep tight.

After a long day, there are certain things that never fail to put a smile on my face.

-Eye cream (cause it's never too early to start thinking about wrinkles)

-Loads of Cotton Candy chapstick

-Yummy smelling candles

-Cozy pajamas

-An ice cold glass of water

-Lavender scented pillow spray

-Peppermint scented hand lotion

-My Genius playlist based on this song

-My Hello Kitty alarm clock/night light

-Finally laying down my tired bones in the sea of pillows that I call my bed.

Nighty night.

Glee

I'm excited for Glee to come back this week!

Sue Sylvester cracks me up. Her one-liners get me every time:

- "Long list of things you are no good at: your marriage, leading glee club and finding a hairstylist that doesn't make you look like a lesbian."
- "All I want is just one day a year when I'm not visually assaulted by uglies and fatties."
- "While they were in there, I told them to go ahead and yank out those tear ducts. Wasn't using them."
-"You are about to board the Sue Sylvester express....... destination HORROR."
-"You think this was hard? Try auditioning for Baywatch and being told they're going in another direction. That was hard."
- "[Ramps] are what I call lazy-makers. They discourage able-bodied students from getting proper exercise by using the stairs."
- "I, for one, think intimacy has no place in a marriage. Walked in on my parents once and it was like seeing two walruses wrestling."
- "I like minorities so much, I'm thinking of moving to California to become one."
- "It feels good to finally pop that zit known as Will Schuester."
- "I don't trust a man with curly hair. I can't help but picture little birds laying sulfurous eggs in there, and it disgusts me."
- "I'll often yell at homeless people: 'Hey, how is that homelessness working out for you? Try not being homeless for once.'"
- "Not everyone is gonna have the walnuts to take a pro-littering stance. But I will not rest until every inch of our fair state is covered in garbage."
- "I'm going to ask you to smell your armpits. That's the smell of failure, and it's stinking up my office."
- "You think this is hard? Try waterboarding. That's hard!"
- "I'm going to go to the animal shelter, get you a cat, and wait until you've fallen in love with that cat... then I'm going to break into your house in the middle of the night, and punch you in the face."

I have already admitted to my crush on Mr. Schuester, but now it's your turn to fall for him too.

If you haven't seen the show, you have a couple days to catch up on previous episodes before the rest of the season airs.

Thoughts on kids

I'm babysitting right now. I've been here for almost a week and I've got another week to go. A fortnight is a long time to be in charge. Luckily these boys are pretty easy going and like to go do some fun stuff. So far this week we've accomplished a movie, bowling, going to an indoor swimming pool, watching Transformers 1 & 2 and many hours spent on something that looks like a gameboy but is apparently much more advanced. Tonight we decided to stay in. I asked the boys what they wanted to do and they wrote this list:

#4 was accomplised easily ;). Now we are sitting here watching Alvin & the Chipmunks.

Watching kids is hard work. My hat is off to all you mom's who do it 24/7.

I look forward to having kids of my own in the way distant future, but after a long day of cooking, cleaning & entertaining, I'll gladly keep my independence for just a little bit longer.

Happy Birthday, Shacklyn.

Today is my sister's 21st Birthday. In honor of that here are 21 things you may or may not know about Jacqueline.

1. We have our own secret language. We can say 'homeboy industries', 'HTM', 'awkward', 'He was black. Celebrity' and know exactly what the other is trying to say without having to actually say anything and being politically correct.

2. She secretly (or not so secretly) wishes that she was a Disney princess.

3. She calls her black bug the 'Black Pearl'. (She may not be the most aware driver in the world).

4. She loves that Lady Gaga and is always ready for a dance party.

5. She doesn't really like to wake up in the mornings.

6. Within minutes of meeting someone, that person is Jac's new 'best friend'. She has A LOT of friends.

7. She has crushes on Chris Carrabba, the red head guy from Harry Potter, Ricky Bobby, and the Male Model (off & on).

8. She sends a lot of text messages.

9. Her room is decorated really fancily. It may or may not always be clean.

10. One time we took an online class together in college. I ended up doing most of the work and in return she did stuff for me.

11. One time I hired her as my personal assistant... That didn't work out so well.

12. Once when we were driving down to California she may have eaten an entire box of chocolate donuts. Homegirl loves a 'donie party'.

13. I potty trained Jacqueline. You're welcome.

14. Jac had the 'cutest' froggy voice when she was younger.

15. I have been on many roadtrips with Jacqueline. I like to refer to her as my 'co-pilot'.

16. I like to tell Jacko that I have better eyebrows and better teeth than her. In reality they're pretty much the exact same.

17. I like to call Jac early in the morning on the way to work and sing her Donny Osmond's version of 'Mary, did you know?'. I know she very much enjoys this.

18. Jac has a very artistic eye. I think she could be a professional 'photo-grapher' when she grows up.

19. Jac works on Splash Mountain at Disneyland. She aspires to also work at Pirates of the Caribbean. (She has been known to sing songs while doing crowd control for parades.)

20. Now that she is 21 she has reached the legal drinking age (naughty business). I enjoy having a 'cocktail' with Jacqueline and lounging around.

21. I am very glad that she is my sister and I love her lots.

Wanna come over for dinner?

I've been a bad blogger. I know. It's just that I've had a lot going on. My madre still has a cast on her arm. Yes, it's her 3rd one and she'll probably have to have a 4th. Between work and helping out around the house I don't have much time for anything else. Not that I'm complaining, but at least it makes it sound like I haven't completely abandoned this little old blog. (I did however ditch Twitter. I was just over to it.)

Anyway. I've been trying to help out with cooking and such. I added a bunch of foodie blogs to my Google reader and if a recipe comes up that looks yummy and not too hard I'll make it. Here's a few of the things I've tried recently:

http://sisterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/03/easter-morning-rolls.html

*These were yummy but mine looked 'nothing' like the picture. They were a gooey HTM.

http://sisterscafe.blogspot.com/2010/03/favorites-friday-chicken-poppy-seed.html

*I 'love' salad, but this was not as great as I thought it would be.

http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2010/02/thick-and-chewy-chocolate-chip-bars.html

*These are so good and so much easier to make than cookies.

http://picky-palate.com/2010/03/18/green-chili-chicken-and-lime-soup

*I've made this a few times and changed it slightly. It's good no matter what you add.

http://secretrecipeworld.com/2010/01/chilis-cajun-chicken-pasta/

*This was even better than what they serve at the restaurant. You can just call me Julia Child.

I think I am going to try to find a recipe for Carrabba's chicken marsala and garlic mashed potatoes.

What food blogs do you read?

Deja vu

Remember when this happened: http://luxurydanielle.blogspot.com/2008/12/wtf.html ????

Well, it happened AGAIN. I seriously could SCREAM right now. Ugh, I am so upset.

It's even worse than last time b/c apparently the other lady with the # has had it for about a month. So, I have absolutely NO clue where my calls are being sent, where my texts are coming/going etc. Absolutely a HTM!!!!

So, if you've tried to contact me and I've responded like a 40 year old crack addict, it wasn't me, I promise.

It may be time for a new phone #. FML.

Special Day

Today is a very special day for a very special lady I know. It's my
Life Coach's 29th Bday! (+11). Wahoo!

We all love you very much X-Tina, and hope that you have a very luxury
day.

The luck of the Irish.

OMG. I almost forgot about this gem:

I seriously LOL'd like 10 times while watching and then proceeded to watch it another 5 times. I particularly love the amateur sketch. Seriously such a HTM.

HTM.

Seriously, I'm so confused but obsessed at the same time. Thanks Shlack. Now I can't stop watching his videos. How does he do this?

Things that make me nervous.

The other night Cameo & I were talking about things that make me nervous or tense. It's quite a long list, but here it is in no particular order. Please feel free to add your opinions in the comments.

-Being late (especially when travelling)

-Boys

-Not having my purse or phone with me

-Reindeer (particularly the wicker kind)

-Not wearing my retainers to bed everynight

-Talking to people I don't know

-Ordering food at restaurants (Inside joke)

-Going over on my cell phone minutes

-People touching me in any way

-Other people using any of my stuff

-Being in the car when I'm not driving

-Homeless people (sorry, I know that's not PC)

-Running out of essential beauty products (i.e. shaving cream, Q-tips)

-When my computer, phone or other electronic isn't working and Google doesn't have the answer

-Not putting a card right back in my wallet and then thinking it's lost

-Having a clean pile of clothes not put away

-Having lots of un-answered emails in my inbox

Ok. I'm bored, though I'm sure there are many, many more...

End of an era.

I don't have the eloquent words to express the mix of emotions I'm feeling. Everything from shock to peace.

But, I can say without a doubt that my friend Michael was truly one of the sweetest people I've known in my life. He was always wise beyond his years. Mike, I'll miss that shy smile of yours, your courage and your always loving heart.

Lately,

I've been listening to this:

While Mr. Mayer may not always be P.C., he totally knows how to put together a fantastic album. Plus I think he's x-exy.

'One day hair'.

My life coach and I both have what we affectionately call 'one day hair'. Meaning that no matter what we do, our hairstyle is only good for one day (sometimes even a 1/2 a day). Take yesterday for example. I was exhausted from having worked almost 17 hours the day before so I took a mid afternoon nap (a perk of not working Friday's). I woke up early evening, looked at myself in the mirror, and thought 'what a HTM'. Seriously. My hair was ruined. It had gotten all bent out of place and no amount of flat-ironing could help it. I will spare you the picture, because I don't look very glamorous upon first waking up.

I can't even take a shower the night before and do my hair in the morning because it gets so messy. I'm not even kidding. I just have weird hair. I spend outrageous amounts of money on products in hope of achieving what I think is 'good hair', but most days I'm still not thrilled with how it looks.

It's just not fair that some people (Cornmeal & Haydan O.) have hair that is naturally straight, long and can look great for 2+ days. Whatever to them.

I like watching the Olympics.

I think Mr. Ohno is good looking. My Life Coach disagrees. What do you think?

Zarizonia 2.0

I've been in Scottsdale all week for an orthodontic conference. It is luxury to go on 'working vacations'. I feel so grown up when I do.

We stayed at a Marriott vacation club and it was very luxury. We were right on the golf course and right next to the pool. Fancy. Luckily it is like warm in Zarizonia so we could totally wear 'Spring' clothes.
Our fancy room:
We were really staying in a condo sort of room. It had a full kitchen, dining room, family room, 2 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms. I kept saying that I wished I could just move in because it was so luxury. I would love to go back for a real vacation.
On Friday night there was a gala and we got all hussied up.

We also got to go to Trader Joe's while we were there. I 'really' love Arizona and would move there in a heartbeat if the opportunity popped up.

Another trip to California...

Last Friday I drove Shacklyn back down to California so she can have a job. (She was being a horrible personal assistant.) It was a very quick trip, but luckily Jenn Jenn and Will.I.Am were there visiting too so it was well worth the busy weekend.Shacklyn and I. I'm glad I'm the 'pretty one'. Hah.
Two hot messes.
3 of my BFF's and I.
Will has grown up so much since I saw him as a newborn. I love that boy.
Luckily there is now a Cafe Rio in Irvine. We were so there. We also went to the swap and I got new sunglasses. Luxury.
I snuggled this boy on Friday night and watched the opening ceremonies with my Life Coach (I was 'very' disappointed in the production). Bernicula was also present but apparently was not having her photo taken.

Luckily Jenn & Co will come to Utah in a few weeks for a visit, some other members of the family make bad decisions and won't be coming. Maybe I will come back down to CA for a certain birthday on March 23? Call me so we can make plans.