aloha friday comin' atcha!

 

i kinda wanna be right there, right now, all day. you too??

so most of yesterday was spent with me thinking it was friday. i do that a lot. it's a sucky sucky moment when your entire world comes crashing down all around you as you realize no, no in fact it isn't friday-close, but no cigar. 

its thursday. 

well, at least it wasn't wednesday right?? 

gotta find that silver lining!

this was a busy week with all kinds of good stuffs!!!

-the biggest little started her SAT classes. these are gonna make her all kinds of smart, prepared "almost" college girl. she probably won't leave my house because you see umbilical cords dont really stretch all that far but we are workin' on it.

keala with victoria the on set teacher. this is a perk of having kids on set- a teacher to help them!!

-spent 3 days filming for our show- you can read about the excitement here!!

exhausting work! you wouldn't think it but for me, just having to do my hair and make up and stand up straight is really like tough work. oh, and i had to wear heels, i wasn't my usual barefoot self for 3 whole days! 3 days!! 

car cam-this can be tricky coz you have to remember to keep your road rage down to a dull roar

-the littlest little had a great soccer game and wasabi girls won. yeah! i pretty much stayed in my seat most of the game. whose proud of me??? huh? 

-the dawgs won against stanford last night! yea!!! they said they wouldn't win. they said they had no chance. they underestimated the men in purple. they shouldn't do that.

-might be planning to see a few of my fav northwest peeps in the next month or so.

-no, shane is not completely sold on being bill to my sookie for halloween but im still workin on it and it may be looking up.

-i am also still working shane on my pet pot bellied pig. i have good feelings....

i mean come on! its a hawaiian pig!

-it's aloha friday, no work til monday...nuf said!

-oh, as a special treat that will make you feel like you truly are the best mom on earth, today i leave with with one of my favorite moments from a toddlers and tiara's mom.

spread the aloha today y'all!!!

aloha friday and my month on instagram

can't tell ya how much i need this aloha friday.
its been a heckuva week and i am so ready for a lil aloha!

do something good with your day and spread your aloha!


my month on instagram......

new meaning to "hair bow"

why you ask? why not?!

front porch kinda afternoon

 

found on the floor by my computer. think its important?

what we do when its 103 degrees

lotus chandelier in the afternoon sun

hollywood tourists. taking their photos-it confuses them...

nervous little girl about to get a shot

because the dawgs need all the help in the world

new scarf from a new friend

wishin' hard

never enough time

lil mama after her goal

bouncing ponies

look! an aloha leaf!

wasn't me

unexpected aloha from a sweet friend

lovely friend

done lots of this all month

try it-it's comfy

what? you dont eat basil for breakfast?

makin pretty pottery in laguna

it's a sunny kinda rain

mj-(kinda)

have a great day and week-end!!

aloha friday

you know what to do!
grab a lei and fasten your coconut cup bra coz we gots aloha'in to do!

tomorrow is my littlest little's first soccer game of the season. im promising myself that i will cheer quietly this year and stay in my seat. mama gets a lil 'cited.....im hoping there won't be any cleats to the face like last season.

its also football season. the dawgs are playing saturday, gonna go hang with some good friends and watch them win. please keep fingers crossed for our u.w. huskies.

im hosting my first giveaway for local sugar hawaii which started yesterday. one of my favorite bloggers opened up an etsy shop and is giving a super generous gift of an infinity scarf plus an item of your choice up to $75 bucks. you should probably go sign up-it's freeeeeeeee!

this week went by really fast- probably because i was insanely busy and lost my mind a few times but whateva makes the week fly right?

i hosted a live radio show with my brother yesterday. our guest was the adorable and talented gregory metcalf. i just loves him. if you wanna listen to it you can find it here:
radio show

i got past the ice world on mario bros playing with 2 of the littles. of course this made the list.
have you ever played that game? have you played in the ice world? you slip and slide and fall into the icy waters and the jingle bell music slowly makes you mad. completing this is aloha worthy for dang sure!

aloha friday-oh, and i was nominated for the sunshine award

aloha friday-oh, and i was nominated for the sunshine award

 normally for aloha friday i wrap up my week and write about all the things that are awesome and the aloha i have received throughout the week.

well, sapir from smellthewildflowers happened to nominate me for the sunshine award. how sweet right? thank you sapir, you made my aloha friday!

so really anything else i might share with you would pale in comparison coz i got questions to answer up in here!

 Rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award

2. Answer the following questions about yourself

3. Choose 10 bloggers you follow and link their blogs to your post

4. Be sure to let them know that you are nominating them for the award

5. Copy and paste the award to your blog!

 Questions:

1. Favorite Color? I would have to say yellow because its so bright and cheery, but i never wear yellow because i don't think its the most complimentary with my skin tone which is white with a tint of white and white undertones.

2. Favorite Animal? Monkeys! i actually think i may have married my husband because he kinda sorta might  look slightly like a monkey- so cute!

3. Favorite number? 
tough one. 7?
did i just ask you there?


4. Favorite Drink? gonna go with coffee. i can't start my day without it so it deserves the honor of being my fav. im actually one of those people that cant wait to go to bed because i know when i wake up i get coffee- yaya!

5. Facebook or Twitter? im goin' with facebook. my daughter set up a twitter account for me a few years ago and i have never used it because i don't get it. im still trying to figure out how to "grab buttons", one thing at a time here.

6. Good Book or Good Movie?  
book! love when i find something worth spending my precious free time doing. whats free time you say? oh, its those 10 minutes before you nod off and drool on your kindle.

7. My Passion. this is a funny question. my UPS guy asked me this about a month ago. yes, my UPS guy likes to hang about and ask me questions. this was one of his. i had no real answer. i have lots of things i love to do but passion? uh.....im gonna make it my mission to come up with a passion. coz i got nuthin' over here!

8. Giving or Getting Gifts? personally im a giver. i have always loved to pick out special things for people. i am not so good at putting those special things in an envelope and/or box and actually getting them to the person. im working on my gift giving follow through.

9. Favorite Day? oh, must you even ask?! why that would be aloha friday!!! everything is better on aloha friday. you can read all about aloha friday on my blog. if you aren't on the aloha train i would do somethin' about that like, yesterday! or do you mean favorite day ever? i cant really answer that-do i pick my wedding day, the day i had my babies? those seem too typical right? ok, let's just go with aloha friday. done.

10. Favorite Flower? i love hydrangeas.they have always been a fav but another contender might be the hawaiian pikake flower-tiny but so sweet smelling.





  the 10 blogs i nominate are:

localsugarhawaii 

noelsbeautifulife.blogspot 

clairejustineoxox 

crazy-mama-drama 

gwenmossblog

strollerparkingonly

delirious-mom

ladiesholiday 

aruraljournal

anewview365

these are really fun blogs and if you are unfamiliar go check 'em out- im sure you will love to read up on them daily just as much as i do! 

go on now- click the link!

to my fabulous nominees:

 of course there is no obligation to participate, but if you do please send me the link to your blog post - I would love to read your answers coz i think you're pretty awesome!

aloha friday

hey, hey, hey!

i spent the better part of this week feeling sorry for myself coz after 7 days (6 of which i have had NO voice) i still have this nasty cold.
aloha friday is not meant for whining so the gloves are comin' off and im kickin some germ butt!!

 
-i got a few nice emails from some awesome bloggers. when people go out of their way to be kind i wanna just kiss them. i wont do it now because i am sick but just you wait....its coming....

-big brother season 14 started last night. i have a feeling i will be talking about bb14 way more than one should. you will get annoyed. i wont apologize because this is my favorite show eva' and i wait alllll year long!

-shane is learning snoop dogs 'gin and juice' on his ukulele-im gonna rock that number just so you know....

-we got a surprise package from family. it had some of the best teriyaki sauce ever in it. it comes from shanes uncle kays restaurant and it makes all other teriyaki sauce taste like cardboard. if you're ever in vancouver washington you'd be a complete dummy not to stop in to 'jett burger cafe'. it's the bomb and you can either listen to me on this or go through your life completely lost because you never tried it..... thank you duke and lori!

-i met a new friend, his name is nyquil. he promised me sleep without coughing. i wish i would have met him days ago but regardless we have become fast friends and he has not let me down since wednesday.


because this week was slim pickins on awesome stuff im gonna go work on my 'tude and kickin this germ outta my body. i will be leaving you with a video of my littlest of littles.
this is how i feel most days-it brings new meaning to '3 ring circus' but for her its fun and she practiced until she could do it. i have decided not to tell her that once she has a family she will be doing this trick in her sleep....effortlessly.

aloha friday

well looky here-friday already! 

now ain't that the best news you've hear since last aloha friday?!

here's what rocked my week:

-got home from mexico sunday and all the littles were waiting. they missed us. we are loved.

-the big brother cast bio is out! yessss! we are on t minus 6 days people!

-wednesday was a holiday. in the middle of the week! hows that for awesomeness?!

-as i am sitting here typing this shane is preparing a binder of sheet music and tuning his ukulele for our upcoming trip home to seattle. who wants to jam and listen to me think i can sing????? i get better as the night wears on-or is that my own made up story in my head? hmmm....

-i have a cold. no, but wait. lemme explain. this happens to be awesome because what i have here people is a whole valid reason as to why i can't do certain household chores on my week-end. huuh, huuh, whose genius now hey?!!!

-today is my littlest little's birthday. tomorrow is her birthday party. we gots all kinds of partying planned!!

happy birthday moo, moosie, moosie bear, littlest little, maile raymond bean, moomalina, lil mama.... you are so easy to love.

aloha friday

Aloha Friday

(Aloha Friday)

Definition: much like the casual Friday equivalent, it refers to the day of the week where the feeling is one of laid-back happiness and leisure, looking forward to the weekend. Often, businesses in Hawaii allow their employees to dress casually on this day.

Used In A Sentence: It’s Aloha Friday cuz! Where you like go dis weekend?

In English?: I can’t believe it’s Friday already! What do you feel like doing this weekend?

just in case ya didn't know......

so, let me sum up in 3 words (well, 4) why this week was awesome.

1. summer

2. mexico

3. true blood

yes, yes i know i talk about all those things above allllll the damn time.  but they all applied this week in major, get down, get dowwwwn ways.

school is out-summa is here!!

i will be cruisin to mexico in like, hours.

i got a call from the set designer of true blood who invited me on a private set tour yesterday. i got to see it all! i was most excited to check out the furniture i did for the set (already blabbed about here) and lemme tell ya, it was a good thing it was private (4 of us) coz i had full on super fan moments everywhere...at merlottes, in jasons apartment, sookies kitchen.... shameful really.

here's a few of my fav pics...

sookie's kitchen

sookie's porch

sookie's entry

more kitchen

merlottes

where lafayette cooks

sam's office

MY SOFA'S!!! yeah! super secret meeting room

where erik used to sleep at sookie's

vampire holding cells

yay- my entry!


i tried to get better pics but they had filmed the day prior and the main lights were mostly all off on the sets that they don't use too often.  it was a really fun day for me-i loved seeing it all!

have a super week-end y'all!

 

a to the loha!!

another aloha friday lookin us in the face, beggin us to spread the love and sprinkle our friends and family with aloha. 

don't let aloha friday down.

-i have a new client who is using my current color crush in her main living room. coral-red! yes! it's hard to talk clients into taking small risks with color but this fabulous gal looked at me and said, "yeah, sure, i love that color." then her equally cool hubby said, "yeah, sure." cool peeps!

-spent a really great evening with the mom. we got to hear from someone very dear to us and it was, well, what word is better than awesome? awesome is kinda my "go to" word. but it was better than that word. 

i guess i don't have words for this.

-i tried gel nails for the first time. i was so scared. really! i didn't want them to ruin my already paper thin nails. but i love love it and you should see the pretty (yep, you guessed it!) coral/red color my nails are sportin'!
so far so good but my thumb has a little chippage already-is this normal??

-i haven't been doing my pillow line in probably about a year. i just got busy and life did busy stuff as well and i guess i just took a break without even realizing in. but im back!!!!!
a few weeks ago i got re-inspired by a really cool map fabric and made a globe pillow for my clients little boys bedroom. How cute is this thing?!

 - created a few succulent boxes saturday and plan to hang them outside on the wall. im waiting for them to take root and so far they look really pretty. i will post soon on how i did this. much easier than i thought!

-finally watched 'rebel without a cause'. anyone else think grease got a little inspiration from this movie??? most awesome part of the movie??? when james dean holds a compact mirror up to natalie woods' face and asks her if she wants to see a monkey!! 
wow- the boys from the 50's had game huh? i'm still laughing!


-still have the circus afro song from madagscar 3 in my head. it's not leavin'. i sang it to shane even though he was faking sleeping last night and i sang it to my son when we woke up this morning.
sorry if i am gonna be around you in the next few days. you're gonna hate me.
da da da da da da da da da da , circus afro, circus afro, polka dot, polka dot, polka dot, afro! did i just pass it on? sorry.....

happy aloha friday friends! wear that circus afro and have an awesome day!!!

aloha friday

-monday was memorial day and just when i realized i hadn't reminded my kids of the importance of this day (not just a day off from school) i saw this photo and realized i had been telling them for years. apparently my kids do listen.

-wednesday the biggest little turned 17. goosebumps. had a family dinner at mikado's sushi. we have a big dinner planned saturday with her favorite people at frida's.

-a friend of mine bought a home. all by herself after a few tough years. she moved in thursday. i am so so proud of her!

-today is my son's 8th grade picnic. you know what that means. all day in the sun with kids that are high on cotton candy and slushies. you'll find me hiding in the far corner of the bouncy. ok, you'll find me jumping in the bouncy, high on cotton candy with a slushie in my hand.

-bought my girl a kindle for her birthday so my kindle and i just re-united. kindle is so happy not to be forced to display teen novels any longer. kindle prefers mr. grey. hmmm.....wait aren't those kinda the same thing.....?

-next tuesday i have a meeting with brian hurst. he is a medium. i know this makes me sound nutso. i'm not, i promise. i can't wait!

-tried out a new recipe this week. s'more bars. so darn good. i will share soon.


Have a great week-end and get your aloha friday on- trust me, it's awesome times!

aloha friday

'citing stuff happenin around these parts.....

-working on a new project up in the hollywood hills. the views are ridic! i will share soon.

-gonna spend a week-end in palm springs with my girl erin and see the fabulous michael from west 3rd brand. oh, you dont know west 3rd? whaddya live in a box?? might wanna google it. its aloha friday worthy-thats fo' reals.

-the lunar eclipse was pretty cool. its amazing how often we are reminded of just how small we are in this world.

-i am basically at the 30 day countdown until we go on our mehican cruise. no kids. just us, good friends, some maracas and possibly a few "nah, i didn't do that...did i moments". just tryin to keep it real.

-apartment therapy is gonna shoot a few kids rooms and a baby nursery i just did. this nursery is so cute plus the mom is adorable and rocks a baby bump like no otha'! stay tuned.

-my lime tree is makin babies! they are tiny and probably are not gonna produce large enough limes to make me mojitos this summer but i got big hopes for next summer. mojitos at my house!!!!

-watched my maile learn to throw a spiral with her daddy. priceless..... 

happy aloha friday!!!

 

aloha friday

so i missed last week coz i was in palm springs (oh, you didn't know-i didn't facebook, instagram it and shout about it enough????) with the bestie so lets just make that #1 this week!

-picked up julie from the airport and drove right to p.s. and we didnt get lost-not once. queen of the road!

-went hiking in indian canyon. although we were pretty sure we were being lured into a 'hills have eyes' type situation we made it out and saw a pretty cool part of the world.

-got 4 blissful days off. in a row. much needed and much loved.

-spent saturday at glen ivy hot springs spa with two of my fav brunettes. it was awesome-there was mud involved.....

-woke up sunday to 4 people that love me more than i probably deserve. julie and i were spoiled with the best mommas day breakfast followed up with a trip to the rose bowl flea market. julie found a cool iron 's' that was once part of the gates at knots berry farm.

-julie brought me 7 packs of uncle dans dressing from back home. oh, and they are double packs! yessssss!

-started my big brother countdown this week. i know, there is still 63 days left but im obsessed so i countdown. hey, i could be obsessed with robert pattinson and have to go put my hands in his hand print at manns chinese theater.....oh.....

-took julie to manns chinese theater coz she needed to touch where robert pattinson had touched. the ground was dirty. she still touched. she paid $20 for parking. this was all her awesome-not mine.

-got a new tan cream from julie (man she is all over this week in my awesomeness) it really works. i suggest the sundeck in marysville if you need to get yo tan on coz my legs look sun-kissed and not orange or streaky.

-saw a neighbor had a saints flag out in their front yard- never knew they were so cool. like them so much more now....

-the bachelorette started this week. i love emily and love watching reality tv.

-my love affair with coco cafe has begun and you are all here to witness this aloha. coconut water with a shot of espresso. yea. it's real. real awesome. i will just leave you with that aloha......