I couldn't figure out why my table was getting scratches all over it. Well, you can see now how they got there. Maggie hops up on the table when we leave and looks out the front window. What does your pet do when you are gone? I'm sure they don't just lay there and sleep like you think.
We had a garage sale early Saturday morning. We pretty much got rid of everything we don't or haven't used at our house in the past year. It felt so good to get rid of it all. My junk is another persons treasure. Right? $437.75 worth of junk/treaures. It was fun getting up early at talking to all of the hard core garage sale groupies. (And let me tell you what there are a lot of them out there). The cool thing about it is everyone is happy and has a smile on their face. We had fun and now have some extra cashola for our California trip this summer.
My sister has started her own business and I want to spread the word for her. Here is her blog about it and contact information. I have looked at a couple of her catalogs and the stuff is GREAT! All price ranges as well. My sister rocks! You go girl.
Abby and I went to California a couple of weeks ago for a basketball tournament that she played in. The team insisted on going to a place called Roscos that served chicken and waffles. I had never heard of such a combination. It rocked the house! The place was packed. We waited 2 hours for our table. Her team is pretty hard core when it comes to eating after a game. Well, lucky us they have a chicken and waffle resturant here in the valley. It is called LO -LO's. I have talked to some people who have eaten there and they give it 2 thumbs up. They say it is as good as Rosco's. So we are going to give it a try. Here are some pictures of the food. I will update you on how it is after we give it a try. 
I have to post about my Josh. He has found a passion for karate and sparring. It was hard getting him to try this sport that I knew he would love. His best friend had been trying to get him to join for some time. His best friends mom even offered to give Josh $10.00 one day to go try a class. I finally got Josh to commit to try a class. Abby said she would go with Josh to his first class to help him not be freaked out. We pulled up to the place and Josh said he was not going to get out of the car. Well, wrong think to say to me. I threaten to go get the teacher and the class and have them come get him out of the car if he wasn't going to do it on his own. He was mad at me, but got out. I sped away before he could come chasing after the car. Well when I went to go pick them up he had a big smile on his face. He hopped in the car and said "Mom, I love this". I had no problem throwing the "I TOLD YOU SO" in his face. It is so fun to watch him do this. The cool thing is watching him earn the new color of belts. It makes him see that all of his hard work pays off. He has been doing karate for 6 months now and has been sparring for 2. Sparring is a bit like boxing but with kicking and not hitting the face. Okay, it's not like boxing at all. Josh I know you will be reading this post and I want you to know I am so proud of you!!!! I love you buddy!
I stumbled across the cutest tea shop today. I was driving by and saw some really cute pink chairs sitting out front of a sign that said Tealicious. My girls wanted to go check it out for sure. When we opened the door I felt like I stepped into a fairyland. Every color of pink, blue, green and yellow popped out at me. It was so cute. They have cute cupcakes, cakes, cookies, drinks and things for sale. I would love to have a shop like this. They even have a separate room for tea parties. The owner was as cute as can be and her 7th grade daughter was there working with her. It would be a fun date with your girls. Although it would be fun to see how boys would deal with it. I might make Josh tough it out. I can hear it now "Mom why do you do these things to me? I need to barf now". Let me tell you what he is going to make a great husband. I mean look at the huge problems I create for him in his life because he has so many sisters. I will agree to an arranged marriage if you agree to my terms. I get to be the favorite Grandma when they have kids.
Gotta keep the kids busy or they go into full blown ware down Mom mode. Luckily my sister has a awesome pool we can go hang out at. The kids can find plenty to do. Plus, how great is it to hang with the cousins? So my game plan is this: Make them swim for a couple of hours ( around 3-4 hours works best) so they get tired and just a tad sunburned (just kidding) then they don't want to do anything else the rest of the day. Let me say this "I had a great day yesterday".
