Monday, March 28, 2011

MckLinky Monday -Spring Fashion

Today on the RHOK Mrs. Sinclair is talking about spring fashion -And wants us to share some of our spring fashion finds...

Well, I admit I've never been a big fashionista -I do know that spring = flip flops and giving your feet a good pedicure to be flip flop ready -So, here's my new flip flops and pedi:







For me even flip flops must have a little bit of heighth ;) And I had been on a bit of a search to find some new ones -since my cat chewed my old ones -no really he did see:Ugh -It's kinda embarassing that I still wear them -just around the house now though- That way my crazy cat won't mess with my new ones too much.

About the only other spring clothes I've gotten recently is a couple of shirts that I surprisingly found at Burlington Coat Factory -originally my husband was looking for clothes there but, my daughter and I found some clothes too -Here's my finds:






My shirts are on the left (ignore my husband's clothes on the right ;) I think the black shirt is a good business casual look. And the blue one is so cute with the little ruffle -Haven't found an ocassion to wear it yet and probably won't this week -since it's turned up cold again-Brrr! Oh also 1 more somewhat clothes related item:Since it seems everyone was talking about this wrinkle spray I got some -and yep it does work pretty good! (Just ignore the toilet in the background -I generally hang my clothes on the shower curtain rod to spray my shirt -etc ;)


And that's it for my spring fashion finds so far -Be sure to join in the MckLinky Monday with the RHOK and share yours!

Friday, March 25, 2011

It's Friday! -a week in review

So, again I feel like I've been a bit neglectful on the blogging front -although I loved taking a little vacation last week -it seems to take awhile to get caught up on everything! Like my TV showz -which really it's hard to keep up on that stuff anyway ;) I've also been a little preoccupied with reading the Hunger Games trilogy: I know I might be a little late to that party -But, at least I read them before the mass hysteria hits when the movie(s) come out -sometime next year -Can't wait to see that!

I've also been trying to keep up with going to work out -but, haven't done that much either.
At my son's school they're gearing up for a fun Bingo night -next Fri. -Been helping with that some too.
So, yeah just getting back on schedule of the daily grind -And glad today is Friday!


Have you seen this video yet? Seems everyone is talking about it -It's true not the best song or singer but, hey she's just a kid and I know it's better than I could sing and it's kind of a catchy tune - especially since it's Friday ;) -Happy Friday and weekend!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Last week -our Spring Break

I know I've been kinda absent the past week -it was a busy Spring Break for us!
Generally we don't have any big vacation plans just do things around here like go to the zoo-etc. But, this spring break we took a trip to Texas! It all started a few mo's ago when I won a trip to Arlington -but, at the time we had no extra $ for gas and food-etc. Most of the tickets we had -expired by now (Texas Rangers game-etc.) But, the free hotel night was still good until May -So, we planned a Spring Break trip. We planned to leave Sun. use the free hotel night then and pay for an extra night and come back Tues. But, my son was sick on Sat. -my husband took him to minor care -got him some medicine and even though we was feeling better -we pushed the trip back a day. We left Mon. -on the road to TX - and made it -woohoo- See:It seems around the Dallas area there are quite a few suburbs that all kind of run together -Ft. Worth,Grand Prairie, and where we stayed -Arlington. Here's some pics of the hotel:

It was ok -It had it's pros and cons. Like no free breakfast or even room service you could pay for -breakfast anyway. The pool area was pretty cool-it had both an outside and inside pool area-it was too cold for the outside though. The staff was nice. Also a plus it was very close to the attractions we were going to see. 1st we went to Ripley's Believe it or Not -even though it was down the street it was in Grand Prairie: We saw the Palace of Wax -Seeing wax figures of celebs,presidents, and other famous people. And then we saw Ripley's "odditorium" -With all kinds of cool/interesting items. I also thought it was cool how outside there were these huge dinosaur statues. After that we ate at the hotel restaurant for dinner -which wasn't that great. And then got settled in for bed.
The next day -Tuesday we spent most of the day at Six Flags which was also near the hotel -They even offered a Trolley that we took there:We spent all day riding rides, taking a couple of breaks to eat -1 of the places we ate was Johnny Rockets -it was ok -of course somewhat overpriced being in an amusement park though. My daughter and I rode the big red,black, and yellow ride -it was fun but, we waited over an hour in the line to ride it. While we did that my husband took our son to see some of the "Justice League" -He thought that was pretty cool. It was a fun time -we actually ate dinner there at a Panda Express (better priced) before heading back to the trolley and back to the hotel. Then we tried the inside pool -it was ok -kinda crowded so we didn't stay long. Then we again settled in and once we all woke up in the morning we got ready and headed home -Wednesday.
Thursday -St. Patrick's day! I'd like to think wearing my "lucky" irish jewelry helped us find a car for the hubby -So, now he has a car to drive to work and back-Yay! Also while we were out and about Thursday -I cooked Corn Beef n Cabbage with potatoes and carrots in the crock pot -So, we had a nice St. Pat's dinner including some cookies I picked up for dessert:I also went to friend's for a potato party. Friday- my dad came over to help cut a tree down at the side of our house -it was rubbing against the house so much -the paint has come off there! We also did our grocery shopping and other things too. Saturday we had another fun day -we saw Gnomeo and Juliet and ate dinner at Incredible Pizza. And then Sunday we cleaned and got geared up for school and our normal schedule. And that was our spring break!