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the best things skip to main skip to sidebar the best things a happy family is but an earlier heaven 17 august 2014 it s the most wonderful time of the year so if you know me you know that i love this ad the pure joy on that father s face encapsulates every frustrating day of i m bored she started it and mmmmmooooooooommmmm and translates it into three more days i one day want to traipse through staples as though the aisles were rows of poppies tossing post it notes over my shoulder into the cart using staplers as castanets and gliding across the floor on the cart with my right leg in a perfectly balletic attitude all while my kids stare with grumpiness etched on their adorable little faces the glee yes this is definitely on my bucket list until then i will watch this ad and try to make the most of my last 3 days with moody young ones trying to suck the last bit of summer out of their break and next week i will most likely remember how the 24 7 moodiness of my kids wasn t really so bad compared to the horrors of getting kids up ready and to school on time alas it s always something posted by amy at 7 43 pm no comments 15 august 2014 cotton candy grapes i m in heaven so maybe you all are more up to date on your produce than i am but i just discovered this amazing little treat cotton candy grapes mia and i were in sprouts tonight getting the requisite fruit to satisfy the little beasties in our home when we ran upon the grapes i had just sacked up the red seedless variety and was going for the green when the produce guy said to me from across the grapefruit have you ever tried this kind i looked over and saw the name cotton candy emblazoned on the container and said no come over here and try it he beckoned so mia and i scooted on over and gave it a try now if you don t already know mia is my candy girl always has been i have a picture of her at age 2 with 5 lollipops stuck in her mouth her sweet tooth has not tempered with age i love candy myself and i ll admit that cotton candy is one of my favorites the fluffy pink cloud of spun sugar delight transports me back to lazy days lying under a palm tree watching the clouds go by every time how can i resist and after tasting just one juicy cotton candy grape i still couldn t resist it tasted like cotton candy it was amazing of course it s nothing like cotton candy round solid squishy wet and an undeniably unattractive shade of green but it tasted like cotton candy i don t know how they were able to do that but boy am i glad they did naturally we bought a container it is more pricey than regular green grapes 5 99 for 2 lbs but my candy girl was so taken with the cotton candy that is healthy for you that i had to get it my impulse shopping for the day if you haven t tried it yet try it if for no other reason than to experience the flavor sensation of candy in a fruit you may be a purist and not like it that s fine the regular green table grapes are right across the way and if you do like it don t thank me thank the sprouts produce guy thanks sprouts produce guy posted by amy at 12 51 am no comments 14 august 2014 a decade i remember when i was a senior in high school and looking forward to my future where will i be in 10 years do you remember asking yourself that question do you remember your answers in all honesty i don t well not all of them some of them i m sure were traveling the world or starring on broadway or something else very ambitious but i do remember one of my answers it was an answer i didn t really voice often and didn t really dwell on but it was one of the some wheres i wanted to be in 10 years married with a family i actually did achieve that goal i was married to a really awesome guy 5 years after high school and we had our first child 10 years after high school no world traveling and no broadway but those were never truly my goals anyway not in my heart of hearts at least it s now been years after high school and i have another where will i be in 10 years moment to recount 10 years ago i was blessed with something incredible something truly amazing and well beyond the senior year scope of ambitions i was blessed with my second child mia was 3 weeks early and a firecracker almost from the start she loved to take naps to the messiah she was the fastest crawler in the west she learned how to climb up and slide down her little tikes slide before she could walk she got hurt doing the same ridiculous things over and over to the point that i wondered if she d ever learn she looked like massive head wound harry for a bit thanks to her energy and a wooden trash bin with sharp corners she learned how to ride her bike because she wanted to keep up with her big sister in short or should that be in long she was my wild thing today mia turned 10 i don t think i ever thought where will i be in 10 years in regards to mia but i ve been reflecting on where we are now that carefree impulsive happy go lucky little being i welcomed into my life 10 years ago has developed into a loving affectionate considerate thoughtful generous and kind individual she will share anything and everything with anyone right down to her last stick of gum she loves babies and itches to give them a little squeeze when she sees one she wants to makes others burdens light by offering to help she is a genuine and open person who is loved by all who meet her she is a bright light in an oftentimes world of darkness i didn t realize 10 years ago even though i loved her from well before the first moment i laid eyes on her what a jackpot i had hit i love all of my children absolutely and completely they are each exceptional and amazing and perfect but today is my day to think about mia and just how exceedingly fantastic she has become in a decade where will i be in 10 years in regards to mia i can t even begin to fathom because with a person as fabulous as she is nothing i can imagine will ever live up to the reality i know she will set i love you my mia girl happy 10th birthday sweetie mia with some of her favorite sweet birthday gifts posted by amy at 2 28 am no comments 01 august 2014 i m back with a summer reading pick so i dropped off the face of the earth for a while that happens when life just keeps picking up speed and you find yourself struggling to catch up i joke that i ve been behind since 2011 but it s true really actually i ve been behind since way before then but that s when we moved last so i figure that s when i should have gotten back on track but alas still behind so lengthy intro completed i m back and back with a book recommendation many of you already know about my sil author mindy hayes mindy s awesome i ve known her since she was born and she became my sister in law at the tender age of 8 she is a talented lady sings plays the piano can make anyone smile and laugh and has authored 3 books with one more to be released very soon kaleidoscope is her debut novel and the first in a series ember is the second in the series and luminary the third will be released sometime in september here s the summary from amazon was i still a human gosh i still wanted to be human even just to keep a sliver of who i thought i was but as i thought about being human standing in the shade of the forest i felt less human than ever the trees fought for my allegiance it starts in her chest the change calliope doesn t see coming it pulses like a second heartbeat urging her to give in to the need to be in the depths of the forest she s compelled to fight the pull but the more she denies it the stronger it becomes until she finally surrenders and is pulled into a secret world of enchantment kai and declan need her to accept what she is but with everything left unsaid acceptance may be the least of their worries knowing their fate lies in her hands they ll stop at nothing to protect and prepare her for what lies ahead will calliope be able to accept what kai and declan reveal or will her desire to be normal keep her from acknowledging her true destiny doesn t that sound awesome it is i ve read it and i can tell you firsthand that this is a great debut novel fairies humans love triangles or maybe quadrilaterals and a dang good story line read some of the reviews it s been getting if you don t believe my totally unbiased opinion and right now kaleidoscope is free on amazon ibooks and smashwords if you haven t read it yet you really should summer is in full swing and this makes a fantastic kick your feet up and enjoy the summer read go on download it give it a read it will be worth it promise and when you re done reading give it a review on one of these websites listings below indie authors live by their reviews so take a few minutes and jot down your impressions for her whether you like it or not she appreciates the time you take to read and review so now go read enjoy summer and may popsicles and ice cream always be plentiful in your freezers amazon http amzn to 1nt8tsl ibooks http bit ly 1tdt2wb smashwords http bit ly uqfjho posted by amy at 5 04 pm 1 comment 03 august 2011 my fortune so i was having a fortune cookie last night typically my fortunes tell me i m going to go on a long adventure which i never do i m going to make a new acquaintance which is typically a given or just plain tells me to be kind to a stranger which is just plain common sense this one however was pretty dead on kind of rare to get one of those i m still waiting for the one that makes me switch bodies with someone else preferably someone rich famous and beautiful posted by amy at 4 39 pm 1 comment 31 july 2011 a blog i have a blog yes i am completely lame when it comes to blogging as of late i rocked it when we lived in dc then we went back to yuma and the heat must have zapped me of all my blogging strength or more likely my entry into the facebook world took over my computer time leaving me at a sad blogging stand still so here i am 2 and a half years later wondering how all of my friends and family have been able to maintain their blogs while i have fallen off the edge of the blogging world since i have no real answer to that musing the only thing i have to say is i m back yes life is whirling by and i need to chronicle it before it gets past me again so for my first post back after 2 and a half years i wanted to keep it simple oh ho my life has not been simple no no not by any means but i don t want to inundate you with all of the chaos right off oh that will come later for now here s a brief rundown of the last 2 and a half years i was in a show for desert pointe productions dpp a friend s theatre company into the woods it was great fun especially since i hadn t performed in live theatre since 1995 i directed a show for dpp forever plaid a lot of work hard but a good time i began working in the young women program for my church as the president of the organization great girls fun stuff just finished up with the yw it was a good 2 year run we got a cat yup we re pet owners cute kitty big kitty and the girls love him we started a band mostly classic rock but really a melding of lots of stuff even the occasional country and pop song chris was the front man and lead guitarist i was talked into singing back up and occasional lead and filling in as keyboardist occupational hazard of being the front man s wife i guess hailey wants to add that we were gonna get a fish but never did p did another show but with yuma community theater white christmas sometimes a hassle but still a good time the girls got into gymnastics mia is really excelling constantly regaling us with her back bends round offs and near front walk overs chris transferred to el cajon with his work we ve been living in two separate places yuma and el cajon for the last 4 months tough stuff being apart so much i call us transient hailey calls us homeless we are buying a home in el cajon supposed to close escrow a week ago didn t happen hopefully in the next 2 weeks selling the home in yuma supposed to close escrow at the end of august and now i have done what i said i wouldn t inundate you with the chaos well once i get on a roll you know i guess if i make blogging a regular thing i won t have to flood you with everything all at once so here we go again think i can keep it up this time posted by amy at 10 24 pm no comments 13 january 2009 more pix of our anniversary at seaport village mia captaining the boat at legoland the views from our hotel room posted by amy at 5 58 pm 2 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom amy the best things in life aren t things they are my family and the stuff that makes us happy view my complete profile blog archive 2014 4 august 4 it s the most wonderful time of the year cotton candy grapes i m in heaven a decade i m back with a summer reading pick 2011 2 august 1 july 1 2009 2 january 2 2008 30 december 1 july 3 june 7 may 6 april 2 march 5 february 2 january 4 2007 17 december 3 november 1 october 5 september 8 facebook https www facebook 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