We Started the Weekend Early

We totally skipped town early and were in sunny Santa Barbara by 6pm. YES! Time for a good Mexican food dinner and some beers. We have a beach day planned for tomorrow, then on Sunday I have a photo shoot. I am the photographer, not the model, and Sunday night The Phi is spending the night with Tia Day-Day and Co, so PR Dad and I will have a rare night off as parents. We plan to hit up as many strip clubs as we can. Just kidding, but we do plan on going somewhere where ID is required to enter.

Hope your weekend is wonderful!

baby carriers

They seem to be everywhere we go. A tiny baby in a tiny baby carrier. Feels like every few days there is a baby announcement. We are getting baby shower invites left and right. I am really happy for these people. I am lucky to have my friends and family grow.

But.....

it is still a little bit like a knife to the heart. Over 3 years we have been trying for just one more kid. The Phi is a blessing, she is an amazing human and I know how lucky we are to have her

but.....

a part of me feels that our family just isn't finished yet. The PR Family is not yet complete.

Next week I go to the doctor to have the talk. The infertility talk.

Sucker Punch Wall

It is well established that The Phi is not the usual 4 year old. She is a bit on the wacky side. It is also established that The Phi is very much like her father. One thing they both enjoy is watching people fall down. Yes Funniest Home Videos is still on TV thanks to people just like them.

They are both in love with the show "Wipeout". If you ask The Phi why she likes the show she will tell you "I like when they fall down" So Sundays and Wednesdays The Phi and PR Dad get comfy together on the couch to LOL at people falling down on "Wipeout".

But the took it a bit too far. We went to a local sports park so that I could do my daily walk. PR Dad and The Phi stayed behind at the playground. After my walk I made my way back to them. The Phi called for me to see what they were playing. The Phi made her way up the playground equipment to a balancing beam with bars on each side. As she walked across PR Dad put his fist randomly between the bars.

"Look Mom, the sucker punch wall"

baby gifts

A friend of PR Dad's from work is going to be a Daddy really soon. Last Saturday they had a baby shower/UFC fight party. Because that is how we do it out here. We got there late because PR Dad worked that day. We missed the shower part but still got to see them open our gift. I made them a baby blanket for their little girl. I love this blanket and have made it now 3 times. It is always a hit.


I also knitted them up a baby bib but the photos are still in my camera. I felt kind of bad because when they opened my gift the soon to be Dad sad "you should get lessons from her" then pointed out a bag with yarn and knitting needles. I guess the mom-to-be had been trying to make a blanket herself.

I told her I would totally give her some pointers.

The Phi had a blast because her BFF Cyrus was there. They are about 3 years apart and he is a boy (obviously) but they get along so well. Just look at the genuine happiness on her face...

Sports in Action

This weeks challenge is Sports in Action. I had to post this picture from my cousin Gabriel's soccer game.


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Weekly Wieners

Got a new toy, so this week will be the Polaroid edition of Weekly Winners.....

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Oh the joys of laundry day

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Self-Portrait

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Roo the stinky puppy

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Mommy being silly and The Phi's Leg
Photo by The Phi
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Great Sign, did not eat there so I can't tell you if the food is good.
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My Virgen candle.
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Water and Tea
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Lights and Fish
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Half a Baby Shower Cake
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To see how I made those photos WITHOUT a Polaroid camera check out my Photo Bliss article scheduled to post tomorrow!!

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Driving down the freeway and greeted by this.
My husbands name is Joey.

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and ALWAYS the silliness........

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Six Feet Under

"It will change your life" that is was my sister Elaine told me about the HBO series Six Feet Under. She was not the only one. Frosty (of my old radio show Frosty Heidi and Frank) often talked about how the last 9 minutes of the series was the best television in the history of television.

I added all the discs to my Netflix and they started trickling in. People on twitter and facebook told me how much they loved the show and how much everyone bawled their eyes out at at the end of the show.

So I watched all the seasons. I got into the characters and could not get the next disc delivered to my house fast enough. I loved Claire, hated Brenda, loved Rico, hated Keith, then later loved Keith. It was a really great show and I was so anxious when I got to the last few episodes of the series.


Everyone told me how amazing the end was. I could not imagine what would happen. I keep thinking that something horrible was going to happen to the Fishers' because something bad always happens to the Fishers. Then it was time for the last episode. I watched with the tissues near-by. Then I waited. Waited for the super emotional part to happen. Then it ended and my tissue was not used, my eyes were dry and I was confused. For a minute I thought maybe I got some kind of censored version of the ending. Was that really what everyone was so sad about?

I thought the ending was a nice way to end a series by summing up the characters lives. I was happy that they all seemed to have lived long and happy lives. But not sad, especially not crying sad. Maybe it was all too hyped up in my mind. Despite the disappointing (to me) ending I loved the entire series! A really really great show

But for life altering shows, you gotta watch "Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia". Now that show will change your life.

Burn Stories

The Phi has never been the kind of kid that wants the same book read to her over and over again and I was thankful for that. I am not the kind of Mom who likes to read the same book over and over again. But lately she has become obsessed with a story I told her. We somehow got on the the subject of scars or burns and Joey had me tell her the stories behind my 2 burns. The one on my arm and the one on my leg. They are not really bad burn but they have left my skin freckled. The Phi has now become obsessed with these stories. She asks me all the time "Mom tell me about when you got your fire burns?" I repeat the stories over and over with the same hand gestures and the big finale where I point out the burns. She is fascinated by these stories. Kids are weird.

The Phi's Tribute to MJ

As many people have been doing lately we have been listening to a lot of Michael Jackson. While at my sisters last weekend a dvd of his music videos was playing and The Phi saw and fell in love with the song and video for "Beat It".



I love the glove. I love the wanna-be Michael Jackson kick move. And I love when I asked her why she doesn't sing loud at the beginning of the video she said "Because I want his voice to be my voice"

3rd of July

My hometown is way advanced and they celebrate the 3rd of July. We all got together at my sisters house for beer, bbq and fireworks. It was awesome. The kids got into thier suites and ran through sprinklers, The Chone, Mikey and Sel name awesome tie-died shirts, PR Dad bbq'ed, and we got to see Baby Eli and Baby Sylus and Comadre Patty was back from her month long trip to New Jersey. As usual the fireworks display was spectacular!