November kit and add-on previews!

Novembers kits at www.coordinatescollections.com are awesome as usual!  I put the basics together for the first kit, a very fun color combo that features gray - love it!  And this month we have a wonderful Autumn kit with blues... a nice switch from the October Enchanted's predominant pinks.

Here are the add-ons for each kit - embellishments and then paper packages:

Home for a 5-day weekend... not so fast....

It was only supposed to be a 3 day weekend, with the beginning of my new 4/10 schedule beginning on Monday (and I just so happened to have Monday off next week!)  But, I had pulled a muscle in my back under my shoulder blade that was nagging me (like it always does, because I don't use good posture when sitting and typing, I know.. I know..) anyway... and then I woke up a few days ago with my shoulder really hurting on the same side.  Well, that radiated down into my arm, all the way to my middle fingertip.  So I didn't sleep at all on Wednesday and called in sick yesterday.  Thankfully there was a massage opening at my chiropractor - and she worked me so hard I cried on the table.  I've never done that before.  This is not a pleasant massage people, like you would get at a fancy schmancy spa - it's a deep-tissue-painful-but-in-a-good-way massage... except for yesterday.  Just plain nasty and painful.  Anyway, they didn't want me going back to work on Friday and typing all day and undo what they corrected, so I now have a 5 day weekend.  I have another massage scheduled on Tuesday upon my return to work.

So Carl's parents are in town - got in late yesterday afternoon and Carl and Emma visited for a bit after her soccer practice.  I heard Grandpa was a major tickle monster.  That's what Grandpa's do I guess :)  Tonight they're coming over for dinner, and then tomorrow we will enjoy a double header soccer match. Emma is playing up on the black team tomorrow - she's so excited about the opportunity - and then will play with her regular team immediately afterward.  She then has a swim party to go to at Lake Tapps that results in a sleepover - what a crazy busy life she has - but in a good way :)

My kits arrived yesterday from Coordinates Collections - oh my... are these ever drop dead beautiful! Even the Halloween kit is beautiful, as much as a Halloween kit can be - more cool-beautiful :)  I will be posting a reveal video later today at the site:  www.coordinatescollections.com.

I can't leave you without a picture, that's almost sacrileges in blog world, isn't it?  A pic of Emma from last month's tournament - I love the black uniforms :)  And then one of Cooper in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, although you can't even see the bridge - but it's there... I luv him :)

Miley Cyrus ROCKS!!!

Okay, I don't normally award myself the Best-Mother-EVER award, except when I score tickets to see Miley Cyrus ;)  Last night Emma and I had a date, along with Tracy and K-Sue, to see Miley Cyrus/aka Hannah Montana at the Tacoma Dome.  Here's the cute Best-Mothers-EVER...

And the girls before the show started - they were SO excited - we had awesome seats!

And a pic of the great screens with Miley in my favorite outfit of the night - the dress originally had a huge bustle on the back with a long wedding type train, but was still really short in front - very fun.  I was also a huge fan of her black leather jumpsuit hotpants - seriously!  

And then this remarkably great shot (from my pocket camera!) of Miley singing on this lift in the center o the stage.  This was right before she flew around the room on a suspended Harley Davidson motorcycle (of course those shots didn't turn out) rockin' out to "I Love Rock and Roll" by Joan Jett.  That was a serious woot-woot to the mamas in the audience :)

I had the brilliant idea to take the Sounder train from town to the Tacoma Dome (so that we wouldn't have to endure the awful traffic and ensuing $30 parking), then we walked to the Harmon Brewery where we had a great dinner (and yes, I did indulge in one of their beers, and Tracy had a strawberry lemon drop -we were going to be subjected to screaming adolescents all night people....).  Carl picked us up outside of the Dome - it was perfect!

Father-Daughter Bonding

It will begin at approximately 4pm tomorrow. After the soccer game, they are getting all packed up. Carl was hunting last Sunday-Thursday (yesterday) - he bow hunts elk. Yum. Not. Anyway, the rest of his crew was home for a day and then headed back this afternoon. Emma really wanted to go, so they were going to go for a day hunt on Sunday. And then Sunday turned into a Saturday night stay. And so now, there will be 3 dads there with their 3 kids - of course, Emma is the only girl. But he made sure to get her all decked out in Walmart's finest camo today. I think she's ready. P.S. that's K-Sue in the bottom picture - she was in some of Carl's hunting clothes acting as a decoy in the backyard when I got home - she scared the crap out of me! :)

Rain, rain, don't go away...

I know, most people hate the rain - hate thunder and lightening storms - not me. What a welcome change this was this weekend. I love the rain, even the "hairy-pouring-buckets-windy-raining-sideways" rain. Especially when it's accompanied by thunder and lightening. It's that kind of day today. Makes me certain that Fall is coming. Soccer is coming. They go hand-in-hand. My lawn won't need to be watered, the leaves will soon be changing glorious colors, I can't wait.

In other news, Emma wanted her hair straightened this weekend. I rarely say yes, because I would kill for her natural waves and curls, and she looks so cute in them, but I took an hour and straightened every layer. She does look so cute with it straightened, but it so goes against nature and the beautiful hair she was given. Had to take a picture so she can remember it, instead of me having to use the straight-iron again soon! HA! p.s. I have no idea why this is all underlined.

First day of 5th Grade

ere are some recent pics of Emma on Wednesday. Oh yeah, she started playing the clarinet - just brought it home yesterday. Good Lord, save us all - LOL!

Coordinates Collections - Bewitched & Enchanted

Ahh, October kits at CC. I had a hand in coordinating both of these kits - and good thing I don't have to decide between the two, because it would've been impossible! The first photo is the majority of the kit, and the second photo are optional add-ons - enjoy!