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Hello October

joscie — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:00:37 +0000

Hello October! I can’t believe it’s already October, can you? but then again, I seem to say this every month as if I expect time to pause while I get my stuff together? anyway. My ear problem recurred on Wednesday night so I called early Thursday morning to get a same day appointment and miraculously, I got to see my doctor. She scolded me for not coming in 3 weeks ago when the problem first came up and urged me to go to the ER if it got worse over the weekend. I thought to myself, why is it that I do not hesitate to drop everything and head out to the ER for anyone else but for myself I grit my teeth and bear it? The Dr. gave me ear drops and motrin and it is feeling better, yeah! The boys and I got flu shots while we were there, and miraculously Jalen tolerated it very well. I tried to help him with relaxing his body and it worked. The girl administering the shots was quick, effective and pleasant which is more than I can say for one of the ones I’d come across in the Peds Immunization room in the past.

We received Jalen’s Halloween costume in the mail this week. He’s going to be Green Lantern and the costume is super cute. It’s a little big, but I’m sure we can make it work. He says he’s not trick or treating, he wants to give out candy at the house. We also got Troy’s Top Hat in the mail, it’s cute too. I’ve been sewing a little at a time. I got all our pattern pieces cut out and started by sewing my dress first. I have been really precise with the patter cutting, pinning and sewing for this dress and I’m really excited to see how it fits. I was worried the top might not fit quite right and had to seam rip a few times but I think it’s on the right track now.

I bought a few black plastic pumpkins and black rats at Target last month and I am using them for Halloween decor. I took the rats and used a small sharp scissors to cut out the little red bubbles they had for eyes and stuck on some clear gradient adhesive gems. I also glittered my pumpkins with glue and black glitter. I had a little craftmergency when I used up a whole tube of doodlebug glitter on one pumpkin. Thankfully I avoided a craftastrophe by picking up a big jar of black glitter from Martha Stewart. ;)
I also created some cute hybrid decor, you can see here on the Design House Digital Blog tomorrow.

Last Sunday we took a trip down to Pearl Ridge after church for lunch at CPK and then around the mall to check out their “Can Struction” event. We rode on the sky tram, visited the photo booth.

This weekend we are picking up the disc of photos from our shoot with the ever fabulous Marina Miller, I’m so stoked! I am going to get some cardmaking done on this world cardmaking day and then back to sewing. We are looking at just over a week until Troy’s expected return home and we are super stoked about that.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Love Love and Blog you Later,
Joscie, rhymes with bossy.

Family Fun the Ice Age Edition

joscie — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:44:50 +0000

I have been excitedly waiting for the Ice Age displays to open at Pearlridge Shopping Center. We went down on Saturday to have dinner at California Pizza Kitchen and then took some time to wander around the mall. CPK is giving out thank you cards that have scratch off tickets inside giving prizes like %off your bill and more. We lucked out and got 50% off our bill, woo hoo! and can I just say, as a person who worked in the service industry, I always appreciate good service and will go out of my way to pay compliments (and tips) in return. Our server was polite and efficient, everything I hope for when we go out to eat. I love CPK.
We went into the mall and Jordan was very reluctant to see the displays. (read: he held his hands to his ears and was going in to anxiety mode, whining and begging to go home) We put earplugs in and started our journey by a little walk through the Hallmark store. The boys love looking at the stuffed animals there. He was warmed up to the mall and we approached the display in the downtown area.

Troy was snapping a picture of Jordan on the bench. :)

Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Pac Man…

We rode the sky tram to Uptown. (another favorite event for our family)

my cuties on the escalator

Jalen checking it out.

We checked out the train and display in the center of Uptown area.

it’s Manny, the wooly mammoth!

Jordan was nervous, but looked on from a distance. I knew there was no way he’d ride the train, so we continued our walk towards Borders.

It was a fun afternoon of walking through the mall, I recommend you check it out! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy

Family Fun: Prehistoric Edition

joscie — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:57:53 +0000

Pearl Ridge Shopping Center has a display of several Animatronic Dinosaurs and it’s free to go visit and participate in a few activities. We went down on a Saturday with my mom and the boys.

Jordan got down and dug around for some dino bones… He was having a good time too :)

There was a train ride but Jordan was not interested in riding and Jalen was too big. I love this view though. :)

I loved the sun shining on the Triceratop’s horns :)

Jalen cracks me up.

Jalen was mimicking this dino… then offered it a sip of his icee. :)

We rode on the monorail to the other side of the mall to see the rest of the dinos…

We also visited borders where Jalen bought a Despicable Me book. Can I tell you I love the fact that he is willing to spend his own money on books?! I love that I am raising readers.

Thanks for stopping by for this edition of Family Fun!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy