A proud moment

Tonight Er and I went to his high school All Sports Banquet. The Athletic Director who is also a close family friend and the head coach for Varsity Basketball told me over the weekend to make sure Erwin attends this event. He would be getting an award. I had no idea what though. So we all went and saw some friends. Nice time. Then at the almost end of the event, the principal was annoucning the Coach of the Year. And bam! It was Erwin. Coach Macalaguim! It was so cool cuz he had no clue! Erwin has coached (3) sports every year for as along as I can remember. This past year it was Girls Varsity and JV Volleyball, Boys JV Basketball and then Boys Varsity Volleyball. It was so nice to see him recognized for all the hard work he has done. Although, in my mind a plaque doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. But saying my husband is "Coach of the Year" is pretty neat!

Mommy and Me

Abby and I splurge every now and then with McDonald's for breakfast. She loves pancakes! Loves them! But today as we were sitting there getting ready to eat, I turned to her and said,"When you go to Kindergarten who's going to eat breakfast with me?" For the first time, Abby was speechless! We had a moment and took some pics being silly. I love this one the best! Lucky for me I have a breakfast buddy for another year and a half!

Happy 7th Birthday Ethan!

My bubba boy turned 7 today. WOW! I can't believe he is 7 yrs old. It is getting more fun celebrating his birthday. I asked what he wanted to bring to his class. He wanted to make cookies. (Galletas in spanish.) Tuesday night we got the pre-made cookie dough out and Ethan and I rolled the dough and decorated them with icing and sprinkles. He loved and it and we laughed! They were a hit with his friends! Funny things was they were so imperfect looking that they looked GREAT! For dinner the four of us went to Chili's and Ethan got his favorite Chocolate Milkshake! My favorite part of taking someone out to dinner for their birthday is when the servers sing! So of course we had them sing to Ethan and he was so excited and embarrassed! As we were eating his unbelievable cake, Ethan said, "I am so lucky to have this great family!" Amazing little boy! We had fun tonight and my baby is growing up!

It's Clean

The office is clean and I just have to finish the top of the desk. It looks so nice again for the 10th time. Hopefully I can keep it this way. My dad helped me get things to where they needed to be instead of piled in one place. I got lots of papers filed and shredded. It felt good. Now, I am attacking the laundry. I got some good ideas from a fabulous friend and will be implementing them starting Monday. I can't wait because I think it's something I can do. I can't imagine being caught up on anything...especially laundry and filing.

We bought MS Office 2007 today. Awesome deal...Er's Dad is in the Navy so we have access to the Navy Exchange which not only has no tax on purchases but usually has awesome deals on things. So, I was able to buy this program for $80 instead of $200 or more. So cool! Now I can get work done on my laptop. Real work. hahaha.

May Gray

Ok...it's freezing, ya it's 58 but c'mon...it's San Diego! For some reason this years May Gray is killing me! I'm cold...Mother's Day was yesterday and Er was gone in his BBall trip to Vegas as he is every year. He left Thursday and I worked Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. My biggest gift this weekend was Er's parents watching the kids from Friday afternoon till Saturday evening. After work on Friday I was able to veg and then wake up to a quiet house. It was very nice! I got an awesome T-Shirt from Ethan that his teacher helped them make. It had his picture in the middle with a letter written to me in Spanish. It was so cool! So Cool! I got my first handmade mother's day gift from Abby. She was so excited to give it to me. It was a cute card with a little sachet of potpourri.

My dad is coming tomorrow to help me get organized and cleaned up in the office. I think my biggest flaw which makes my house look dirtier than it really is, is the paper clutter. Just the things that are not put in the right files whether bills or the trash file. I hope my dad can give me some solutions that I can get down! Seriously...I cant get a hold of it. I'm feeling positive!

Erin and my Laptop

So I talked to my Erin friend in Tennessee today for the first time in a long time. And I swear we could have talked for hours. We got a good 32 minutes in. She is such an inspiration to me. She sometimes has plans for life, with detail. And when they happen as said, it's like, why don't I make plans like that. When they don't happen as wanted, she seems to pop up and carry on to new plans. Nothing holds this girl back. And then I say "get off your ars Amy!" I love talking to you lady!

I now have a laptop! I feel like a grown-up when I am using it. It's crazy. It has been only a week since I bought it and about 3 days since I have been hooked to the Internet. But...I love it. I am able to respond to emails and be with the kids and Erwin at the same time. I also loved the fact that when I was watching Oprah, I was able to jot down on my Microsoft Office OneNote pad some website info she gave out. Usually when I watch things, I say I am going to visit the website later and I never get there. Now, I can check it out as I am watching the show or at least type it down where I won't lose it!

Ok...getting tired and I can't believe it's only 1050pm. Seriously I have been going to bed around 1ish. Insomnia falls to #4 on the list of things to nail down.

PMS

PMS just kicks my butt, I swear. I was on such a high after the last post and then BAM! Nothing. And today I realize that Aunt Flo has been the cause! Thank goodness, cuz now i have turned my brain on again and I woke up to what I haven't been doing for a week.

Friday was great. It was hotter than heck down here and I stuck to my plans a friend and I had made about getting our butts to the pool. Right after school the kids and I met the other RPS gals and their kids and did some much needed bonding. (FYI - RPS= Red Panty Society) Every Friday now, unless there is serious winds or rain, we will be at the pool. It was good to be in the sun outside! It felt so good to be around the people who didn't care what ya looked like, how you smelled, how much you complained or how quiet you were. You were just accepted! I LOVE these ladies! The kids had a great time too of course. In the pool for 2 1/2 hrs! Let the tanning begin!

Then I worked that night with a workshop at my place. Again, other ladies I love came and worked on their albums like mad women! I didn't sit down for 4 hours and loved every second of it! I was in my moment. In my passion! Making some money too! I had the chance to catch up with some other fabulous friends I haven't seen latelty.

Ethan has learned to ride his bike and start and stop all by himself! WAHOO! Erwin showed him the last weekend he had off during break! He told me if he completed nothing else during this break, it was enough to watch his son ride his bike with no training wheels! The pictures and videos are priceless!

So to end with something exciting for me. I am getting me a laptop tomorrow. Kind of big and high tech for me. I just figured that I sit in this office way too much. And most of the time I don't get much done. Either, staring off into the space called the "computer screen" or being interrupted by Abby, "Momma...I want to sit with you!" or Erwin, "AMY...whatcha doin?...You almost done?" So, now I can do bits and pieces of work and emails to you all anywhere and everywhere and be with my family too. It's going to be good! I'm scared, but it's going to be good! Have a Magical Monday!