Insta-Friday: Gobble Vacation Edition

Nowadays over here (a many other school districts) Thanksgiving means an entire week of school off. And (hello furlough days) this also means a week off for me too...which is nice.

This had to have been one of the best days ever that i have spent with my little peeps. Roller skating (yes, of course I skated) with friends, the park, Pier 1, Flame Broiler for dinner, then Barnes & Noble.great day.

Funky Santa Metro Link train production. Full-fun tub. Patient 14 year old cat. My desk. My hard-hat wearing husband looking at the receipt that says we'll be getting $8.13 for recycling our 5.5 year old washer.humbling.

Gobbling it up at my dads. Too many documentaries lead me to do crazy things. FYI, celery is strong when juiced. Happy Subway customers.

Insta-Friday:Random Edition

*pumped my own gas for the second time since we bought this automobile in April

*Soy Nog...if only Mother's Market had samples of this stuff

*My little turkey:well worth taking a 1/2 day off work for

*This is what happens when I hoard Bradley's paychecks

*Made these.and that was the end.

I gave up on this...my ocd gets in the way of spontaneous niceness..

Insta-Friday:Mostly Food Edition

Last Friday started with a round of streep for one of my little peeps..and some freaky-huge tonsils.not cute.

 Cheap muffin mix and 1/4 of whole wheat flour=scones

 This makes working at a new school just a little easier.

Attempting something new and "fun."

Those aren't pancakes...they are supposed to be tortillas:fail...fun-ish though.

Scary.

My magical kit I got from here.

{I'm too lazy at this point to take a final product picture..but it's pretty awesome.even if my husband had to school me on some sewing machine tips.}

 Dinner date with my Abigail....a sandwich for her...burrito salad for me! 
Thank goodness for strip malls.

Bounce house birthday party. Always fun.

No, it's not Friday.

I'm failing at this.

Real Insta-Friday: iPhone Style

A few weeks ago I got this:

I'm not usually one to be all hyped up on technology, but after spending 15 days serving Jury Duty on a computer hardware patent case I'm all over it! 

{Thanks c3mos, or should I say Dr. Armond Harapetian for the 3 hour testimony.}

Siri is now a part of the family.

No this isn't an 8-track. This is the Otter-Box cover for my phone...because I drop phones...and it would be a sad day in Mudville if she broke. Unfortunately since she's SO new & FANCY{cough*gloat) they don't have pretty colors to cover her yet.

Thank you Costco for making my 6 year old and I happy!

The girls have been begging to go to this park in ghetto Anaheim for ages...it really is a great park.

And it was gorgeous out.

Ahh Halloween Fun-fetti cake...4 days after Halloween.

I had to make something I liked.

{since I already raided the candy buckets}

The Happy Day Project

Being spontaneous and randomly thoughtful doesn't always seem to be the first choice over here. So it's something I {we, but default} are going to attempt to work on...we'll see how it goes.

Here is the mission:

Read this.

I have a blog crush on this lady. 

Don't tell her, I'm local so now it just sounds creepy. ;-)

Here was the inspiration:

Read this.

I started this morning by offering to get my co-workers this:

{yes, it IS self-serving as well}

However one insisted it was their turn to buyand forced me to take money...but I am SOOOO still counting this one!

While there I also got one of these

for the new teacher I'm working with... after all the woman has aloud me sneak out early all this week since we had 1/2 days. It's such a treat to leave work early to pick up my own kids from school♥

This brought some extra happiness this morning...from a thoughtful coworker.

Cheater Crafty & Overexposure...

I'm not crafty...but sometimes I get these (cheater) ideas in my head and just have to make something. Even if it's just a few little things.cute or not.i'll obsess on it if i don't try it.

So I made a few of these little guys.put them and all the supplies into a ziploc baggie and that was the end. 

 Next up are a few pictures from Treats in the Streets. It used to be a fun stroll through The Circle (aka Old Town Orange). Antique store owners would sit outside their little shops and pass out candy to local kids sporting their sweet costumes. We would walk all four quarters of the area with Abigail toddling around. 

However over the years it's become BIG.and.CROWDED. We now only spend about 20 minutes walking to 10 store fronts while I'm telling the girls "I'll just buy you an entire bag of candy at Target." 

The girls look forward to this event each year and enjoy it and actually don't complain when I cut it short.mom sucks.sorry. 

I do like the annual family photo op that I have my mom take while I'm bitching at her to hurry up and she's bitching cause people are walking in front of her shot. 

The end is like a frustrating freak-show.and this is all me...being a frustrated freak-show. Thanks to my family that puts up with me.

Here are my overexposed shots:

Thanks mom♥for the good one!

nice.happy.

This girl has told me on more than one occasion that 

"it's just hard to be nice." 

So when she says something kind it's almost a shocker. 

Tonight while watching 

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory she stated 

"you can be poor and still be happy."

 I had a beaming moment. Even if it was just a moment.beams.

Awww, thank you Hollywood for the life lesson.