My Weekend Through Instagram...

This weekend was pretty busy. Everyday this weekend we tried to do something fun with the kids. As much as I wanted to stay in my pj's all weekend I felt it would be selfish of me. Man I miss those days! On Saturday we went to Knott's Berry Farm. We have passes which is great because we don't feel like we have to stay the whole day. We usually go for about 3 hours and then we leave. 

Sunday was a real busy day, we started by going to church. At church there were several service men there in their uniforms. It was so cool and I couldn't help but feel emotional and patriotic. Cristian is really into being a soldier right now. I tried to get him to get his picture taken with one of the military men but he was shy and Frank told me not to embarrass him. I remember my mom embarrassing me all the time so I said "Fine". After church we went to go see the movie Epic. It was OK...not to give too much away, but there was one character in the movie that I felt was forced, because it didn't make sense. You'll have to see it to know what I'm talking about. After the movie we went to my friend's daughter's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese in Orange. On our way home we always see this guy playing his drums right there out on Santiago Canyon Road. If you're not familiar with Santiago Canyon Road, it's a two lane highway through the canyon. I always wondered why he plays out there. Maybe his mom, girlfriend or wife won't let him play at home so he probably feels like he can play as loud as he wants out there...interesting. Anyways this time a photographer was there snapping pics of him drumming away. 

Then on Monday we went to Zoomars in San Juan Capistrano. I had a Groupon that I had forgotten about and thought this would be a perfect time to use it. The Groupon was $20 for four people and I got two tickets for the train ride and two tickets to mine for rocks and fossils. The Groupon was definitely worth it. It's a fun little place to pet the animals, but I wouldn't have paid anymore then what I paid for the Groupon.  

Throughout all the activities Frank and managed to rent and watch Django Unchained and The Intouchables. Both movies were really good! I'm a nervous movie watcher so there were parts of Django where I had to leave the room , but overall it was a good movie. The Intouchables was a nice feel good movie. It was very touching and highly recommend it. 



Guilty Pleasure - Small Town Security on AMC

Best new reality show on AMC - Small Town Security! It's trashy, weird, strange, just bad bad bad but I love it! I stumbled upon the show while laying in bed and I couldn't get enough! I watched 4 episodes back to back and Frank was about ready to strangle me, but I just could not turn the channel.

The show is about a small, family owned private security company in Ringgold, Georgia. The cast of characters are a hoot! They are weird but entertainingly funny to watch. You can catch them Thursday nights 10/9c on AMC.  

 

Target Thursday #6....

Sorry for my lack of posting people. Life has been busy and I've had a lot going on that I didn't have any time or energy to dedicate to my blog, but I do appreciate everyone that visits my blog and reads my posts!

Ok on to the fun stuff!! Check out my Target outfit below...

Dress - Merona Clearance $19.59 was $27.99

Sweater - Merona old - raided from my closet

Belt - Xhileration old - raided from my closet

Shoes - Xhileration old - raided from my closet

Total Look - $19.59

This outfit was inspired by a Mad Men mixed track from 8tracks.com - "Hanging out with Megan Draper" mixed by nothingisreal. "Zoo be zoo be zoo..".....I can't get that out of my head!

Say Yes To The Dress At Target - Tevolio Bridal Collection

Target recently announced their new bridal line called Tevolio which is inspired by the Italian phrase "Ti voglio", which loosely translates to "I love you". Their dresses range from $69.99 to $129.99.

When I got married I was 4 months pregnant (yes I am a sinner) and I bought my dress online from Fashion Bug for $69. I don't think they have a bridal section anymore and at that time that was a bargain, but it was so hard to find something because I was very limited  - 1) I was preggers and 2) I was on a major tight budget. If Target had their bridal collection back then, they would have been the first place I would have checked out.  You can check out the full collection on Target.com 



Have a great night! xoxo



I Loooovveee Gold...

Remember when Goldmember from the third Austin Powers movie would say, "I looooovvvee gold"! I love saying that..."I loooovveee gold"!

A couple of weekends ago I came up with this cute idea of making magnets out of gold spray painted plastic animals. On other blogs I've seen others paint plastic animals and using them as party decor or as party favors. I think they look real cute and what a creative and inexpensive way to add some interesting detail. I liked the idea so much that I decided to make mine into magnets.

Remember the terranium project I did with my kids several weekends back, well I took the left over plastic animals that I bought and decided to use those for my magnet project.

I took some gold satin spray paint that I had leftover from another project to use on my plastic animals. You can use any kind of metal paint. 

I placed the animals on a paper plate to spray paint on as well as a large shopping bag to protect my outside patio table.

Here are all the little animals swimming in a sea of gold

As you can see from the picture above I had to spray paint about 3 coats on certain animals because the color of the plastic was still showing through.

Once they were all dried see how pretty they turned out!

I then went to Michael's and bought these magnets for $1.59. I glued one magnet on the side of the animal that I was going to stick to the magnetic surface.



And voila! Look how pretty my magnets turned out! I'm using them here to hold up a picture of me and my husband in my work cubicle.



I love how the seahorse turned out...that's my favorite one :-)

Have a great night everyone! xoxo

Mother's Day Weekend Update...

This weekend was H O T! And on top of the heat Frank is currently not feeling good and is suffering from a horrible sore throat. If I was melting in the heat he was feeling miserable...poor guy. Even though he wasn't feeling good he had made the effort of making breakfast reservations for Mother's Day at El Torito. Even though the reservation was at the crack of dawn I still give him hugs and kisses for his effort.

Look at Cristian's face in this pic...he's a crazy kid and makes me laugh all the time!



Sofia is so lovable! She loves giving hugs and kisses. She is the most bossy, sassiest little girl but she has the biggest heart and is very sensitive.

My mom was a single mother raising me all by herself. Not only is she my mom but she's been my dad, my friend and the biggest pain in my ass at times, but there is no one like her! She helps me with my kids and loves them with all her heart. There are times they prefer her over me but I don't mind. I felt that way with my grandmother when I was growing up, so to see the special relationship my mom has with my kids makes my heart fill with love.

 

 

Hope you all had a great Mother's Day!