hair did...

i went and had my hair done this weekend. i'm liking the new color not so blond anymore. a little darker for the fall. the blond had me feeling like not myself. although every time i went to the salon i came out blonder, thank goodness for fall.

here's my before very blond.

here's my after all natural:

just thought i'd keep it real here.

here's an after:

amazing what some make and a flat iron can do. what do you think? a little better...

beautiful...

having a girl is so different from the boys. for seventeen years no one cared if i looked beautiful or not. now the little diva is always making sure i look beautiful.

like the little diva says"now i'm beautiful."

in this house there's no discrimination. dad gets to look beautiful too.

friday night lights...

it's football season and even if i don't have a kid playing football, i have one in band.
i'm out there being a supporting parent. jesse james plays the tenor saxophone. i'm not making it to all the games but i try to make it out to some.

that's a whole lot of kids if you ask me. i think they said they had 274 kids in the band. you can see them all behind the scoreboard.

 i'm so proud of him... i didn't think he would stick to it this long. all i can say is he's comed a long way from where he started. let's just say it finally sounds good.

 

mini kitchen facelift...

the HMIC was home for a few weeks so I put him to work.

 

 

who says it's vacation time? no time for sitting around or relaxing. it's good to have a hubby around for a while. it means my honey do list gets some attention.

18 and counting....

look who turned eighteen the other day. no longer a baby or a child but officially an adult. the years sure did fly bye and just like that our first is now legally an adult.

 all though I did tell him as long as he lives under my roof he's still a kid. it helps he's still a senior. my last year with him before he goes out into the big bad world. i hope he enjoys his last year at home and being a kid with no real responsibilities (oh i remember those days when your biggest problem was what to wear or where you were going).

 

we didn't do much just went out to eat and then a cake.  i would like to say that i didn't get teary eyed but that would be a lie. still when i think about how fast these 18 years have gone bye i get choked up. i think the hardest part for me will be letting go. you can say i'm a little control freak. knowing that soon i will have no control over him is scary. yes he will still need me but not in his everyday decisions. i worry and think: did i do a good enough job? will he make the right decisions? will he be safe out in the world? will he ask me for help if he needed it? will he be happy? is he confident to be on his own? will he be successful? will he be a good husband? or a good father? does he have enough to eat? you know all things that keep you up at night. for now i will try to relax and enjoy our last year together (while i still have control over things). who knows maybe i can convince him to go to school here? (wishful thinking on my part)

 

*to my son thank you for being my first. thank you for going along for the ride. you were my first and it was trial and error alot of the time. thank you for growing with me and teaching me to be a mother. thank you for teaching me what it was like to love someone so much you didn't think there was room for another child. thank you for letting me see so much of myself in you (even if it's scary at times). 

 

the 10 things i would like you to know:

 

1. don't be in such a hurry to grow up

2. enjoy yourself, love yourself, respect yourself

3. what matters the most now will not matter in ten years

4. skies the limit

5. you don't have to have a plan just a direction

6. the two people who will always love you no matter what are your parents

7. don't be in a hurry to runaway from home later you will wish you could run back

8. love your siblings at the end they will be your best friends

9. master being young you have the rest of your life to master being old

10. don't have to much pride to ask your parents for help

 

 

and all though he isn't going to take these things to heart now... one day he will look back and say i remember my mom saying this...

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

a little California love...

 

my mini vaca was just that mini. i flew out friday after work and flew back tuesday. the best part was i went solo. that's right NO kids just me. i did meet up with the HMIC there. here's the view i miss. everytime i left the neighborhood this is what i'd see. i sure did miss it, in Texas i have no view. i didn't get to relax as much as i wanted but it was a nice break.

   

 

my feet enjoying a little water. i'm not a big fan of swimming in the ocean(don't like the feel and shark).

 

 

here's an evening pic. i really wanted a sunset picture but the sun set behind the clouds so no luck.

 

 

a morning stroll enjoying my view.

 

 

sitting back in the cabana taking a break.

 

 

us walking around enjoying the waves.

 

 

this was my breakfast view in the mornings. that was the view from our porch it was so peaceful. the poptart isn't mine.

 

 

then at night we made smores, ate popcorn and drank wine with old friends. it was a nice mini vaca...

 

 

i also ate things i shouldn't of but i can't lie it was delish (like the little diva would say). i did gain 4 out of the 20 pounds i lost. so it looks like diet here i come.

 

 

the real reason for the trip was my bff's wedding. he was really happy and it was nice to see him like that. the HMIC was the bestman.

 

 

then we had an inland view too. cali is beautiful no matter what part your in.

 

 

i even missed the traffic....

Mini vacation....

wrap up...

it's been busy around here....i know same ole, same ole. We're getting ready for school it starts next week. You know orientations, haircuts, dentist appointments all that good stuff. here's Hector's after pic:

girl totally didn't listen to me. oh well I'm thinking he's good for the year. he looks skinnier and taller poor kid.




























after orientation hector told me he would let me know monday if he was going to school. poor kid i had to break it to him and let him know it wasn't optional anymore.

 

 

we also visited the ER. he swore he was dying, mom was right he wasn't but what do i know (i've just been a mom for 18 years).

 

 

jesse had a 80's day in band. he won...

poor kid all the batteries fell out when they called him out. he was embarrassed with all kids screaming "fish". i told him that's what won it for him. he left a memorable impression.

 

 

 

on top of all this i have to deal with a little diva aka princess. this kid is going to be the death of me.

 

 

still being healthy...

 

 

look no buns...

 

jesse killed his first snake. he was scared and thought i was going do it. i told him" he had to do it, one day you will be a dad and have to know how".

 

 

i also had a water leak. so in all that's my crazy week. wish me luck this weekend!!

teenagers room reveal...

i'm sure your expecting some beautiful or cool room reveal but that's not the case up in here. this weekend i decided it was time to fix up the teenagers room. i even have a board on pinterest for their room. all these ideas in my head and on the board. first we had to declutter and clean the room. i shit you not it took us a little over seven hours (teenage boys work at a much slower rate and want many breaks). here's a little before:

here's the crap we took out of their room. at the end we had four bags to donate, one bag for the HMIC(clothes that doesn't fit the boys but maybe dad wants), 4 bags of trash and a mountain of dirty laundry.

oh and we also found two lost kids.

my ideas for the room were one black wall, chevron walls, drapes, a rug, a bed, pillows, matching bedding and rearranging furniture. instead what i got was a whole lot of nothing no cooperation. my ideas got shot down by everyone. the HMIC said " you can paint the room just not black". (like really like you know what the end result will be...men.) don't get me wrong if i feel like it i will veto his thoughts on the paint. as far as the teenagers go one said "really mom your gonna move the nightstand where am i going to put my laptop" and "i don't like the saying on the print i don't agree with it"(who says you have to agree as long as it looks cool). the other teenager said "mom this is our room so stop telling us how to decorate" and "i like my posters why should i move them"(can't these men in my life just go with the flow and know it will look awesome when i'm done). here's there room in all it's glory or lack of:

 

as you can see i pretty much left it alone. the old drapes were just pushed to one side and never looked right so i pulled them down. as far as the posters i let them be (for now). maybe one day i will come in here and change it up when they're not home paint it. at the end of the day it's not my room and i want them to express themselves or lack of expressing.

this weekend we did alittle bit of swimming. we went out to the creek/park to celebrate my auntie's 49 birthday. i hope i'm just as beautiful as she is when i'm that age. the creek brings back so many memories. i guess that would be one of the good things about moving back home. my kiddos will get to make there own memories in the same places i grew up.

isn't it pretty?

hector enjoys it the most he didn't want to leave. for being my most sensitive kid the fishes didn't even bother/scare him.

he really wants to take swimming lessons. maybe next year when we become a two parent household again. all though maybe i should teach him the way i was taught. on second thought maybe not i don't think you can thrown kids in and hope they make it out anymore. they might call it abuse now back then it was called swimming lessons.

after that it was off to the pool for a birthday party. i remember saying the kids never get invite to birthday parties. lately we've been invited to one every weekend. sometimes i want to complain and say another one but then i remember what i used to say. i'm glad to see my kiddos having a social life.

better check to see what we have planned for this weekend.