Before and After

Here are the before and after pictures of the breakfast nook

Tax Time

Today I did our taxes and we are getting a pretty good refund!! Can't wait to use this to pay off some long overdue bills.  Also we are taking a trip to Santa Cruz in May...just the 3 of us!

Weekend Project

Today I'm getting to one of many projects for the house.  Today I'm painting our bannisters, handrails and the very small wall in our breakfast nook.  The bannisters were replaced in April but never got painted and the breakfast wall, I have always wanted to paint Red!  So I will post before and after pictures later.  I can't wait for my 1st big project of 2011.

I love my kid!

Tonight I put Abby in her crib to go to bed and I said, "Ok it's nighty night time, I love you"  She then looked at me and waved and said "Bye"!  It was so funny and sweet...totally made my night!!!

Dining Room project

I have been searching for something to go on our empty wall behind our dining table.  I saw in the Crate and Barrel catalog a set of 9 small framed mirrors and thought that is perfect...but then I saw the price tag of 100.00, not so perfect.  Then today I went to Ikea and saw the same exact frames for 2.99 a piece!  So I bought 9 and I think it turned out pretty good.

Back to the gym

I did it..I made it back to the gym!  It's been about 3 months since I last made an apperance.  I was starting to take Zumba classes and then I got sick and then well you know......
Anyway, I'm back and I'm going to take it one day at a time.  Like I said in my goals for 2011, it doesn't matter what kind of exercise it is as long as it's exercising!

Images of 2010

Some of my favorite photos from 2010

 

Goals for 2011

I don't normally have goals for the year, but I'm going to try something different this year.  Some of these will be easier than others, but I would like to accomplish a least half of the list.

1. Start exercising~ Be it going to the gym or just walking, I need to just do something.
2. Redecorate our bedroom
3. Get a new TV
4. Paint our bannisters
5. Paint the breakfast nook
6. Refinish and paint table and chairs in breakfast nook
7. Build our savings
8. Buy a another car
9. Go on vacation
10. Run a 10k
11. Eat healthier

I will keep adding to the list as the year goes on, but this is a good start

New Year.....I'm back!

Happy New Year!!!!  I really neglected my blog the last couple months, but my New Years resolution is to post everyday.  So I hope everyone had a safe and Happy New Year!! Bring on 2011, I can't wait to see what the future holds!!!

Weekend in SF

Tomorrow we are headed to SF for a much needed night away!  We are taking a half day tomorrow and heading to the city.  One of our favorite bands is playing on Friday night.  We are going down with Jason and Eileen and we are meeting up with quite a few more friends.  Going on this weekend is the Hardley, Strictly Bluegrass Festival at the Golden Gate park.  So we are coming back down on Sunday morning with Abby and will spend a beautiful day at the park. 

2:15AM Wake up call!

Usually a 2:15am wake up call comes in the form of Abby needing a bottle or her pants changed.  Not last night.  Last night I was awoken by glass breaking and a car alarm!  Someone was trying to break into Liz and Rudy's (Brian's parents) car on our drive way.  They threw a huge rock in the back window!  As soon as we got out there nobody was there, but a ton of broken glass. So hopefully this was just a random act.  Our neighborhood on the whole is pretty good.  We know most of our neighbors, but about a half a mile on the out skirts the area is a little sketchy.  We did speak with our neighbors today and told all of them what happened.  Everyone usually watches out for each other, so hopefully we can keep the crime to a minimum.

Planters Fasciitis

That is what is wrong with my heel.  It started to bother me on Monday and hasn't gotten better.  So I went to the Dr. today and I was right.  She did tell me no more heels, flats or flip flops?? Huh??  What does this mean, running shoes??? How good will I look in my nice black pants, cute top and TENNIS SHOES!!!  We'll see, I'm not sure I can give up my cute shoes yet!

Labor Day = Camping!

What is more perfect on a 3day weekend than camping?  We are heading out for our 2nd camping trip of the summer.  We are heading to Loon Lake with 16 adults and 10 kids!  This weekend is sure to be fun, Abby will have lots of her friends around to get real dirty.  I'm looking forward to just getting out of town and relaxing.  Well, if you call chasing your 14month old around all weekend relaxing!  I'll post pictures when we get back.  Have a safe and fun Labor Day weekend.

Neglected blog

Life has been so busy and my poor little blog has suffered.  I didn't even finish my the last days of vacation which I will do shortly.  I'm going to try and get back to it, but sometimes life gets in the way.

Day 2, 3, 4 and 5 Hornings Hideout

So I was hoping to be able to post daily on our vacation but where we went in Oregon didn't have any cell or computer reception.  Wow what a weekend!  That is all I can say.  We went up to Oregon to a music festival to see The String Cheese Incident and had a blast!  Not only was this Abby's 1st music festival it was also her 1st camping trip.  She did amazing!  She is a camper for sure, she loved everything about it.  The dirt, the people, the outdoors.  She slept pretty good too, the nighttime was a little tough, the partying doesn't stop after the concert. It goes way until the early morning hours and she was a trooper she slept more than me!

As far as the music, it was amazing!!  The band we saw was The String Cheese Incident.  They are Jam band, kind of like the Grateful Dead, so it is always a good time!  The last time they played was over 3 years ago which we saw in Colorado, so this was a long time coming.  The shows were amazing and Abby had a blast.  She met so many little boys and girls and danced her little tush off.  She was pooped every night because she slept through all of the 2nd sets, which let Brian and I dance and have a great time!

So here are a few pictures from the weekend.  We had a wonderful time and now we are off to the Oregon coast to stay with Bob and Con for a few days.  Until tomorrow! :)

Day 1....hitting the road

Today is the day, we are off on our adventure! We got on the road around 7 tonight, we wanted to be the road about 6 but there was a little detour we had to make.  You see when Brian was getting on the freeway, the wagon became loose on the back of the Jeep and we lost it! Right there on Highway 50 in 5 o'clock traffic.  Luckily no cars were hit, but the wagon was no more.  So we headed to Liz and Rudy's totally bummed out, but we needed to pick up Abby and get on the road.  So we hit the road about 7 and Abby quickly fell asleep so that was nice.  After talking about it and feeling a little sick to our stomachs we started to call all the Target's and Walmart's on I 5 to see if we could locate our little wagon.  Well we finally got a hold of a Walmart in Red Bluff and they had the one, so around 9 o'clock this evening we pulled into Walmart and purchased another red wagon, with Abby being none the wiser.  Little side note, that peopleofwalmart.com doesn't lie, there are some interesting folks at Walmart.  Anyway we were back on the road around 9:30, Abby woke up while we were stopped and wasn't too happy to get back in the car seat.  She did fall back asleep around 10:30 and slept til we arrived in Ashland-Medford.  We got into the hotel around 1 and I think we maybe got 4 hours sleep.  Until tomorrow!!!

Vacation!!!

Starts tomorrow at 3:30pm when I step foot out of my office!! I'm a little anxious, it has been over 3 years since we have had a vacation! So where are we headed you ask??  OREGON!!! We are headed to a music festival where our favorite band is playing.  We are going to be camping for 4 days, then on Monday we are going to stay in Portland, see the sights and then visit a friend.  On Tuesday we are heading to our wonderful friends house on the coast in Brookings to stay a few days.  Then on Thursday we are heading to the Redwoods to finish out our week.  We are taking Abby with us and can't wait to see how she does away from home for 9 days.  One thing I do know, it is going to be an adventure but I wouldn't want it any other way!

Happy Birthday Abby!!!

1 year already!!  It is still so fresh in my mind the exact moment that they put her on my chest.  It was the most amazing feeling I have ever felt.  This past year has been so wonderful, to see her grow into this wonderful, smart, funny and sweet child makes my heart melt everyday. In the past years she has done so much, here are some of the things that Abby does and loves.

She can walk on her own
She has 8 teeth
She loves cheese puffs and water!
She loves Sid the Science Kid and Dora
She can say Mama, Ball
She lights ups when Kinky comes in the room and she is learning to be gentle with her.
She can climb up and down the stairs
She loves strawberries and Mac n Cheese

Everyday she does something new and completly amazes me.  I can't wait to see what this year has in store, but to me she will always be my tiny little lady.  Happy Birthday Abby, Mommy loves you with all her heart.

Happy 4th!!!!

Happy 4th of July!!  Thank you to all the men and women who have served or are serving our country to give us the freedoms we enjoy every day!!! We are heading over to Jason and Eileen's to relax in the pool and BBQ.  Have fun and safe everyone!!!

Happy Anniversary!!!

Today is our 3 year Anniversary!!  What a 3 years it has been.  When I met Brian I had just broken up with a long term boyfriend so I was really serious about taking a break from relationships, but all of that went out the window when we met.  We had met thru a mutual friend which both of us had known for several years but we never had been introduced.  When I met Brian it was like I had known him for years.  He was so friendly, polite and so damn cute.  During that evening we made small talk and had a great time, but I knew I wanted to hang out with him again.  So I asked him out!!!  I guess the rest they say is history!!  In the last 3 years we have been thru so much and there is no one I would ever want to do it all with then Brian!!  He is such an amazing person and I love him more and more everyday.  Now that we have Abby our lives are so complete and I can't wait to grow old with him and see Abby's kids grow up.  So Happy Anniversary sweetheart, I love you so much!!!!