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31.3.11

a "sweet" day...

{1st treat ;} {curt's treat}
{and....tummy ache...}


today i worked in the salon, and daddy worked on a project for mommy.

travis was so sweet and patient and just played by himself

until we were done.

he came out and visited with me and my last client,

and actually said "excuse me mommy"

{instead of interrupting. i love when they randomly use manners in front of people,

it makes me look like such a good mom ;}

so for a special treat, for the sweet boy, i took him to his favorite place!


he gets the biggest cookie, and then "reminds" curt {the owner}

"weemember u gave me oweeo's {oreos} wast time!? dat was so cool..."

how can you say no to that sweet hint of a hint.

so he gets his bag of "oweeo's", talk for a bit and then head home.

i wuv my widdle trav!

{he is such a sweet boy}

xoxo

*buffalo gal*


p.s. the coffee shop is not only super cool, super yummy, annnnd they were on cupcake wars, AND won ;} but they are in our hood, so we get to walk down there everyday!

yes i'm bragging...so if your a local and haven't been there yet, get your butts down there.

29.3.11

1st makeover deal!



so i already found an awesome deal for my bedroom!

i went to homegoods and got these pillows for $14.99

compared to the west elm pillow at $59 each,

i saved $88!!!

28.3.11

bedroom makeover...step#1

my bedroom has been the same for 4 years!

that is the longest any room of mine has ever been the same...

it's time for a change...and some color!

i just sold my entire bedroom set, so i am literally starting from scratch.

{as soon as i am finished i will have before and after pictures ;}


my color scheme inspiration...

{thanks to me sweet friend cassidy, who got me this vase for my birthday. it's from anthropologie} i love this pillow from west elm, but it's a bit out of my price range... i have a headboard similar to this that i just got...

it's much older, so my plan is to re-vamp it ;}

{read about it here} i love the throw in this picture! {especially since it's fuchsia, this will be added to the color scheme} these were the best that i could find so far in my price range... {please let me know which one you like best, #1,#1,#3 or #4??}

well...wish me luck!!



xoxo

*buffalo gal*

24.3.11

together again...


{previous before and after photo}

i finally finished.
my two previously old, dingy, orange, velvet chairs
are together again.
they are white, and new, and clean!
the foam is new, the buttons and cushions are new, all of the dirt and cat hair
found in the cracks, is no longer there.
{that is the worst part of re-upholstering...you never know what your going to find in the deep,
30 year old cracks of a chair or couch}
i did find a quarter though...
my next project is this beauty
so far, it sucks.
wish me luck ;}
xoxo
*buffalo gal*


23.3.11

kids being kids




maybe it's because our mom let us play with an old water barrel, taking
turns getting inside and rolling each other down a hill in our old back yard...
or letting us jump off the patio roof onto our trampoline
{that's when they first came out...before all of the reported broken bones and such}
or sliding down our old stairs in sleeping bags, slamming into the wall at the bottom to stop ourselves, and laughing hysterically...
or building a fort in the rafters of our 100 degree, garage attic in the middle of the summer...
or perhaps it was because there weren't "DSI's" and "video games"
and big flat screen tv's in our own personal, in home movie theatres
{or maybe it was because we were poor and we just didn't know it}
either way! my point is...
i love seeing my kids and their cousins play...like, REAL play.
outside.
with boxes and a hose.
and buckets on their heads!
{the bag was a little iffy...we took that off ;}
last night my sister and i laughed as we watched our children rummage through
our neighbors bulk trash to build a "tree tee-pee" out of all of their tree clippings!
{it was actually pretty awesome...i would have gotten in but i was too big}
it was sweet, and awesome.
kids need to be outside.
they need to use their imagination.
so hide the video games, limit the tv watching,
or pretend like your poor ;} and let our kids be kids!
{at least until summer, if you live in AZ}


xoxo
*buffalo gal*




20.3.11

baby poll!


ok, I officially started my 6th month.

everyone seems to "know" what i am having.

I don't really want to know how or why you think i am having one or the other,

especially if it's followed by:

real person comment: "your totally having a girl!"

me: "oh ya? how can you tell?"

real person comment: "well because with girls you usually get wider in your back side"

me: {a little confused since i was barely 2 months prego at the time with my

second. how could she freakin tell already!?} "huh....interesting..."

i had a boy that pregnancy.

so much for that theory!


any whoo.

take a guess ;}

{poll is off to the right side bar, above "followers"...oh and while your there, get on my followers list too ;}



xoxo

*buffalo gal*

18.3.11

marlee and me


if only there was a way to install a mini video camera into my eyeballs, so that i might capture life's wonderful moments. in fact i'm pretty sure that if there was such an invention, we would have a lot better quality of "reality tv shows" to choose from, that were ACTUALLY reality.

on that note,
today would be a great season premiere into my very own reality...
for starters, it's spring break and travis my second has been sick with a stomach virus, which includes, stomach pains, diarrhea, headache, and lots and lots of whining...so bright and early this morning i woke up to crying coming from the bathroom {my bathroom, that had been freshly cleaned just the day before, might i add} i stumble in to see travis, sad, on the toilet. he had pooped in his pants and was upset...poor guy...but he had also missed, and pooped on the clean floor and toilet seat...awesome. we clean him up and get him clean clothes.

next, we go to the community pool.
it was all fun and splashing {travis not so much} after all it is spring break, so i try to do something fun...after about...i think...350 "mommy...mommy...mommy...mommy" 's at the pool which eventually turned to complaining it was "too cold", we pack up and leave. that was fun...

back to the house. nothing to eat. i have an idea! chick-fil-a! they can eat, they can play, they can get tired ;} so off we go.
we get to chick-fil-a, order, get seated, and bam! marlee smacks her lip and starts screaming AT the top of her tiny little lungs, in a chick-fil-a full of people, staring right at me {i hate that...} i know she is a little tired, so it was hurt/tired tears at this point. i finally get her settled down. we start to eat, i take one bite of my sandwich {which now i am sooooo hungry i'm shaking, because of the little baby in my tummy} when all of the sudden marlee throws up allll over. well isn't this nice...i manage to clean her up incognito {just a little trick us moms pick up along the way, aren't we so cool and lucky}. i finally, shaking still from hunger, get to take another bite of my glorious sandwich, when marlee {because now she is mad she is in only diapers} throws her cup of water, which spills all over MY food...it took a lot...i mean a lot...of will power to not start screaming and crying and throwing everything off the table in front of me out of frustration...........i salvage what's left of my soggy sandwich and try to eat, regardless of the fact that i still had a little throw up on my finger, because i am sooooo hungry, i don't even care...i got one more bite in when marlee made it impossible to keep the "starers" from staring...we packed up our lunch and left.
..she fell asleep in the car about 30 seconds later
{poor baby... i wasn't mad anymore...just hungry}

when we get home i manage to get everyone down for a nap. hallelujah! i'm pretty sure the boys went down, because they truly felt sorry for me.
i work.
{on my other job, that i do from home}
two hours later they are up.

marlee....sweet little marlee, poops. it looks like a doosey. because i'm so tired i decide to change her right on the coffee table in front of me {you know, to "save" time, plus i have never used a changing table in my whole motherly life, but the coffee table was the first;} as soon as i lay her down, SPLAT! it comes out from all angles! frothy, yellow, watery, poop...i busted up into a crazy laugh...we all started laughing, and gagging, and laughing, and gagging, marlee crying...which i don't blame her, it had smooshed clear up her back and into her hair. i get her to the bathroom, without dripping any on the floor
{another fun trick, up my sleeve}
get her cleaned up {still gagging}...so much for "saving time"
i couldn't be mad. she was so sweet. she let me clean her up without a fight, and after that she sweetly talked to her "my little ponies" in the bath, and taught them to "swim" {just like we did earlier today with marlee in the pool} "kick, kick pony!...swim! good dob!" {in marlee's words ;}

i hope the mommy universe is better to me tomorrow, then again my husband will be home to help...you see he works 3/24 hour shifts a week, and today was one of them...these days usually suck ;}

tonight i will watch them sleep peacefully, and forget about how hard today was.


and that's a wrap! "the REAL desperate housewife/mommy that works two jobs from home at 30+ hours a week, and is literally with her kids every waking moment" will be back ;}

have a fun weekend!

xoxo
*buffalo gal*

9.3.11

crazy hair day

after cooking breakfast this morning and sending ryder off to school,
i had a minute to myself while the other two kids watched a tv show...
right before getting into my shower, my quick 5 minute, all to myself shower,
my kids came running in
{thanks to my freakishly loud pipes in our walls that are a dead give away to running water in my bathroom}
"we wanna take a bath!"
"bubble bath, bubble bath!!!"
urggggg
they get in the bath.
after the fun "splashing game" i washed them up, dried them off, cleaned up all the water, and got them ready. then i got ready {sort of}
after spending 5 minutes alone, trying to cover the giant zit on my jaw line
{that has been there for a few weeks now, so fun}
i stopped when i heard nothing...
when it's quiet, and there are kids in the house, it's usually not a good sign.
when i came out to see what they were up to, i found a puddle of water on the floor,
my nice hardwood floor.
so i cleaned it up, i was annoyed, but what-ever. what's a little water gunna hurt right?
then....i thought....where did the water come from??
i saw marlee standing by the couch, with a really sweet and kind of odd look
on her face. almost like 'if i smile really extra sweet at my mom, then she won't be too mad' kind of look...
as i got closer to her, i saw on the table behind her my laptop.
my laptop sitting in a puddle of water!!
i opened it
{well first i screamed}
then i opened it...she had also poured water all over the keyboard, then closed it
and finished off the water on the top.
it was a lot of water...as i frantically tried to dry it off as good as i could, marlee screaming in the background because of my crazy scream that scared her,
i realized it was almost time for my other son to go to pre-school! crap!
and then he reminded me it was "crazy hair" day! crap!
blasted school spirit week.
whenever i picture myself really mad {like finding my laptop in a puddle of water} i picture my hair. i picture it standing straight up in every direction, with a little bit of smoke
sizzling off from the ends of it...is that weird? well i do...
so we go out to the salon and i make travis's hair "crazy"
and rushed him to school...
when your day starts off this way, the rest of the day seams to follow along with it.
today was one of those days...
tonight i will lay in bed thinking of ways to be more patient, and calm when it comes to life's little misfortunes......
{i also realized that earlier this morning marlee was upset at me because i had my laptop on my lap and wouldn't let her sit next to me because she kept pushing buttons. so i guess this was her revenge...what a sneaky little thing...}

xoxo
*buffalo gal*


2.3.11

spring hair tips

spring is near,
but have no fear,
i have some tips for you my dear,
{yeah...that was nerdy...}
but seriously tho.
read below!
{heeeey i didn't even mean to rhyme that time ;}


{click on the pic...sorry it's so tiny}

xoxo
*buffalo gal*