I got my cute orange package today!! Woohoo.
I was visited by the procrastination bug this season which means I didn't start making my Christmas card until Dec 27th!! Anyway I uploaded and created a photocard on Shutterfly. The process was easy!! The most difficult part was trying to decide which layout to choose out of the hundreds they have available.
With creditcard in hand at 8:13pm on the 27th, I uploaded photos and even personalized my card, input all my information and paid for them. At first I was sad when Shutterfly told me that the estimated time of delivery would be between Jan 3rd and 7th!! I thought...darn it that's so late but then I realized who cares....better late then never!
Flash back to the present time, it is Dec 31 at 10:54am, I hear a knock on my front door. Knock, knock, knock. I open the door and there he is our glorious carrier of letters man with my beautiful orange package!!! Im so excited because it is not even the 3rd yet and my photocards are here right in my hand!
Thank you Shutterfly for your speedy delivery! Thank you United Post Office people for getting my package to me almost as fast as it would take me to run a marathon! I'm so happy and pleased with Shutterfly and the USPS!
Now I'm off to address my envelopes and drop them off at the post office so my friends and family can see how much I love them by sending a beautiful photocard with my picture on it!!!
Have a wonderful day.....
Friday, December 31, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Happy new year
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Baby Clothes Bouquet
Last weekend I had to go to a baby shower. I knew I wanted to make something really cute but I wasn't sure what I should do. I had already made my sister a wonderful diaper cake so what could I make that would be easy but still very cute.....I made a Bouquet out of baby clothes and blankets. To my surprise there are many people on the Internet making these types of bouquets.
There may be an easier way to make it but here's what I did:
To make your bouquet you can use:
receiving blankets
onesies
socks
wash cloths
shirts
pants
How big or small you would like your bouquet depends on how many articles of clothing and blankets you have.
Other materials I used is:
rubber bands
floral tape
floral wire
wooden dowels
floral foam
small bucket
few sprigs of fake flowers with leaves
tissue paper
little book
I rolled the blankets and clothes to resemble flowers, then I put a rubber band on to hold it in shape. Then to attach the "flower" to the stem. I wrapped the floral wire around the cloth and then wrapped the remaining wire to the wooden dowel. (The wooden dowel needs to be pushed into the center of the rolled up clothes) Once the wire is secure take the rubber band off. You don't have to wrap the dowels with floral tape but I did. It helped secure the fake leaves under the "flower."
Do that with all the articles of clothing and blankets you have.
Put the floral foam in the bucket and start arranging the wooden dowels to create your bouquet. Once you are done putting all the dowels in the foam, stuff the bucket with tissue paper, this will help to fill up any empty space. Then add in the fake flowers to add a little extra to the bouquet. I also added a little baby book and a small stuffed animal.
I also used a Styrofoam flower that I had in my craft box to make the card, I attached it to the wooden dowel and stuck in the foam.
I wrapped the entire bucket with cellophane and added a cute bow.
This is really basic and with your imagination the possibilities are endless.
There may be an easier way to make it but here's what I did:
To make your bouquet you can use:
receiving blankets
onesies
socks
wash cloths
shirts
pants
How big or small you would like your bouquet depends on how many articles of clothing and blankets you have.
Other materials I used is:
rubber bands
floral tape
floral wire
wooden dowels
floral foam
small bucket
few sprigs of fake flowers with leaves
tissue paper
little book
I rolled the blankets and clothes to resemble flowers, then I put a rubber band on to hold it in shape. Then to attach the "flower" to the stem. I wrapped the floral wire around the cloth and then wrapped the remaining wire to the wooden dowel. (The wooden dowel needs to be pushed into the center of the rolled up clothes) Once the wire is secure take the rubber band off. You don't have to wrap the dowels with floral tape but I did. It helped secure the fake leaves under the "flower."
Do that with all the articles of clothing and blankets you have.
Put the floral foam in the bucket and start arranging the wooden dowels to create your bouquet. Once you are done putting all the dowels in the foam, stuff the bucket with tissue paper, this will help to fill up any empty space. Then add in the fake flowers to add a little extra to the bouquet. I also added a little baby book and a small stuffed animal.
I also used a Styrofoam flower that I had in my craft box to make the card, I attached it to the wooden dowel and stuck in the foam.
I wrapped the entire bucket with cellophane and added a cute bow.
This is really basic and with your imagination the possibilities are endless.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Insomnia
It is now 1:21 am and I am wide awake despite the fact that I have to work at 8 am! Insomnia sucks...I really like to sleep. Lately my sleep patterns have been normal...sleep at 11 wake up at 6:30, but tonight is a different story. I even tried reading but here I am still awake.
Today was a good day, I had to teach my 5th and 6th graders at church then Mia had a Tennis match at Waialae Country Club. I think our kids are very polite but those kids were pretty polite too! Mia played a really good match, she lost but she played so good...I'm real proud of her! She was a little disappointed but I told her not to be and to remember this match and try to better herself for the next match.
After the match we met the Coulson's at Alamoana. They were getting their iphone4. I'm so excited and I just can't hide it, I'm about to face time tetchie and mike and I think I like it!!! I was really hoping that I could dance in the Apple store like ijustine but it was too crowded and my youtube partner Ilikea was not with us!!! One day, one day I tell you...I will dance in the apple store.
I'm so happy tomorrow is Monday! You know what that means right? Hawaii Five-O!!! I love that show not just because Alex O'Loughlin but because it's a really good show...NO it's because of Alex!!! He is so dreamy. I hope to get to meet him. Oh I'm gonna watch The Back Up Plan just so I can see him now!!
Oh my am I talking crazy talk? I think I am!
Goodnight from the crazy talking, insomnia suffering, Alex O'Loughlin loving gurl!
Today was a good day, I had to teach my 5th and 6th graders at church then Mia had a Tennis match at Waialae Country Club. I think our kids are very polite but those kids were pretty polite too! Mia played a really good match, she lost but she played so good...I'm real proud of her! She was a little disappointed but I told her not to be and to remember this match and try to better herself for the next match.
After the match we met the Coulson's at Alamoana. They were getting their iphone4. I'm so excited and I just can't hide it, I'm about to face time tetchie and mike and I think I like it!!! I was really hoping that I could dance in the Apple store like ijustine but it was too crowded and my youtube partner Ilikea was not with us!!! One day, one day I tell you...I will dance in the apple store.
I'm so happy tomorrow is Monday! You know what that means right? Hawaii Five-O!!! I love that show not just because Alex O'Loughlin but because it's a really good show...NO it's because of Alex!!! He is so dreamy. I hope to get to meet him. Oh I'm gonna watch The Back Up Plan just so I can see him now!!
Oh my am I talking crazy talk? I think I am!
Goodnight from the crazy talking, insomnia suffering, Alex O'Loughlin loving gurl!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
USS Bowfin
Today I took the kids to the USS Bowfin. The USS Bowfin is a fleet attack submarine that fought in the Pacific during WWII. It was launched December 7th 1942, exactly one year to the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. We had a fun day! I really wanted to take them to see the Arizona Memorial but we got there too late and they had given all the tickets out already. So the only tour available was to the USS Bowfin. And what a wonderful surprise. When we went into the submarine I thought this stinks, literally it stunk...We must have spent an hour touring the sub, taking pictures and talking to a filipino tour guide that was manning the control room. Her name was Rosalina and she came here from the Phillipines only 4 months ago. She told us about the control room and about her family...her accent was so heavy all I got from her was that she had so much at home but here she has nothing. And that all her kids graduated cum laude! Touring the sub was pretty interesting and the kids had fun. The USS Bowfin is just one Museum to see on property. There is the USS Arizona, The USS Bowfin, The Pacific Aviation Museum and one other museum, I'm so sorry that I cant remember!! uugh I wish we would have gotten there a few hours earlier so we could have seen everything. Anyway I guess we have an excuse to go back. 
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Domestic Violence SUCKS!!!
Saturday September 18, 2010 a friend of mine was murdered. She was one of the nicest people I know. She was a single mother of a 12year old girl. At first I felt numb and fearful. Then nothing.....nothing at all! Just remembering how I just saw her and thinking how could this happen? Why did this happen? Then thinking how my life could have ending the same way as hers did. She didn't deserve to die the way she did, she didn't deserve to leave behind a little girl that loved her mommy so much. But who am I to say what she deserves or not. I just have to trust that God was with her and he knows the plans he has for her daughters life.
The lesson I taught my all-stars was about how God knows everything about us. He knows everyday of our lives, he knows how many hairs we have on our head, he knows our every thought and he loves us so much! After that lesson I couldn't help to think about Syd and how God knew that she would die like that. I often wonder why he allows things to happen the way they do, especially if they are horrific. He reminds me of what his son said, life is not going to be easy and how he promises a better life for us if we believe in him.
I went to pay my respects to Sydney's family the other night and still I felt numb. Listening to speakers talk about her life and watching the picture slideshow, still I felt numb...nothing, no emotion I thought what is wrong with me? Then it came over me like a 20 foot wave crashing on my head pushing me deep into the water and sand below. I wept on her mothers shoulder and wept on her sisters shoulder and the on her daughters shoulder. I felt like I wanted to take their pain but it was those 3 ladies who took my pain. It reminded me if my moms funeral. People were coming to console me but I felt like I was consoling them. I walked out of the room feeling like a blubbering idiot! I couldn't even control my emotions and I felt terrible about it. I hope they forgive me. Even now I cannot control my emotions just thinking about the horrible thing that happened to Sydney. I will continue this later...
The lesson I taught my all-stars was about how God knows everything about us. He knows everyday of our lives, he knows how many hairs we have on our head, he knows our every thought and he loves us so much! After that lesson I couldn't help to think about Syd and how God knew that she would die like that. I often wonder why he allows things to happen the way they do, especially if they are horrific. He reminds me of what his son said, life is not going to be easy and how he promises a better life for us if we believe in him.
I went to pay my respects to Sydney's family the other night and still I felt numb. Listening to speakers talk about her life and watching the picture slideshow, still I felt numb...nothing, no emotion I thought what is wrong with me? Then it came over me like a 20 foot wave crashing on my head pushing me deep into the water and sand below. I wept on her mothers shoulder and wept on her sisters shoulder and the on her daughters shoulder. I felt like I wanted to take their pain but it was those 3 ladies who took my pain. It reminded me if my moms funeral. People were coming to console me but I felt like I was consoling them. I walked out of the room feeling like a blubbering idiot! I couldn't even control my emotions and I felt terrible about it. I hope they forgive me. Even now I cannot control my emotions just thinking about the horrible thing that happened to Sydney. I will continue this later...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tennis
Mia's tennis season started on September 18th. Her first match she played doubles with Maddie. They played a great game!! I'm always a little worried when the playing season begins but she did better than I thought she would. It amazes me how noncompetitive my offspring is. She didn't get an ounce of my competitive spirit. Writing this makes me remember a lesson I taught a few weeks ago, it was how God made us all unique and wonderfully made. What we see and value in our society is winning and appearances. But that's not what God values...he looks at our hearts. If our heart is good then as far as God is concerned who cares what you look like or if you win. I have to constantly remind myself of that. I get so caught up with outward appearances and winning and forget what truly is important. That's what I love my Lord he gently reminds me how I should be thinking rather than making me feel guilty about it.
Getting back to Mia's tennis match...they lost but it was a great match! I told her she needs to be lighter on her feet and not to rely on her partner. She was disappointed in her lost but I was sure she would get over it quicker than I did! ;)I love watching her play, her reach is so long and she is as quick as cheetah. I secretly wish I was as naturally athletic as she is. I hope I don't sound bitter...LOL!
Getting back to Mia's tennis match...they lost but it was a great match! I told her she needs to be lighter on her feet and not to rely on her partner. She was disappointed in her lost but I was sure she would get over it quicker than I did! ;)I love watching her play, her reach is so long and she is as quick as cheetah. I secretly wish I was as naturally athletic as she is. I hope I don't sound bitter...LOL!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Hawaii Five-O and Alex O'Loughlin
Tonight was the premiere episode of Hawaii Five-O and I've been super excited to watch it for weeks!!! The show was great and Alex O'Loughlin was so hottt! oh Scott Caan was hot too. The show was impressive, it looked like a movie rather than a tv show. The acting was good and when Alex spoke pidgin, a local hawaiian slang way of talking, he was so cute. Most times it's not that cute...remember North Shore with Keanu Reeves?! They made the island appear even more beautiful than it is. I never take my island's beauty for granted but watching this show made me want to go to Hawaii!!!! I especially loved the first 5 minutes when they panned the sandbar in Kaneohe Bay! I never get tired of seeing the Bay...it is my back yard and I love it! I hope people like the show as much as I do. And I hope I get to see Alex in person. oh and Scott too!! Hopefully Alex will get a really bad sunburn on his cute face and will come to Dr Kenner's office and I can give him a soothing facial!!! Hey...I can wish, can't I ? Mondays and CBS are my new best friends!
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