Top Ten Tuesday

Well I still have 2 hours left in this Tuesday, so here goes...

Top Ten Things I Should Not Have Eaten/Drank Today

10. Two cups of coffee for breakfast
9. Chips and Salsa with lunch
8. Handful of M&M's
7. Vanilla Diet Pepsi
6. Hot Dog for dinner
5. BBQ chips with my hot dog
4. Strawberries (only because they made my tongue itchy)
3. Couple of bites of brownies with my coffee.
2. Couple of bites of brownies after lunch.
1. Handfulls of brownies after dinner!!!


I see a theme of caffiene and chocolate in my day. So bad, yet so darn good! Oh well, we'll see if I can eat better tomorrow. (Probably not!)

Oh, we're actually supposed to play with the toys in this house?

Power Rangers to the Rescue

Jax in the box. Jaxon does Pantomime in his talent show, along with magic, dancing, and jumping tricks.
The audience asks for autographs from the performer, who is suddenly called "James".

Firefighter and his fire dog.

Aint Got the Power

"Let me tell you 'bout the night the lights went out in Georgia..." ok, been singing that one all day except substituting day for night and Oakley for Georgia. This stir crazy mommy was shut in with her two boys from 8:30-11:30am with NO POWER. That's right folks. Could I leave-NO, garage door opener is elextric...could I pop in a movie-NO...could we make waffles, which is the only thing they wanted to eat-NO...could I check my email-NO!!!!!!!! What's a girl to do with all that time on her hands? Well a little talent show, a little coloring, a little dress up, a little singing, a little whining, and a meal of crackers and cheese. Not bad! So the power came back on around 11:30, stayed on for 2 minutes, went off for another 20 and has remained on since then. What a relief, now let's watch some tv already!!!

Pictures aren't posting. I'll try again later.

Career in a Box

ok, here it is. My classroom in boxes. Funny thing is, this isn't half of it. I have stuff in my office at school and in a huge rolling cabinet in a closet at DVE. Sad to see it all sitting there and no one using it. That's ok...the plan is to be back in the classroom NEXT year. It'll be GREAT in '08! That's my slogan and I'm sticking to it.

Top Ten Tuesday

Here's a list of 10 reasons I haven't been to the gym lately...

10. I hate working out.
9. It's much more fun to sleep in every day.
8. My new time schedule is 9am-Midnight.
7. I already went on my trip so who cares what I look like.
6. I'm learning to love my body.
5. I hate working out.
5. Drinking Diet Coke all day gives me as much energy as working out does.
4. It's hot in the gym, even at 6:00 AM.
3. There are only certain times when sweating is fun...in Mexico and in bed.
2. It's tough to get up, work out, come home and have no where to go all day.
1. I hate working out!!!

Having stated my case, I know I will be better off if I just get up and go. However, I'd like to know how many teachers are getting up this summer to go to the gym??? Summer is for being lazy, right? Who's with me? I'll keep you posted on how it all goes.

Weekend Wrap Up

There was lots of scrapbooking and lots of swimming in our weekend. I spent over 12 hours scrapbooking with Marissa on Saturday. The boys were at my mom's so I had some extra time to stay up late Saturday night. So I put in some extra time with my pages when I came home from It's Scrapbook Time. I slept in on Sunday (a nice treat) and then headed over to my mom's house to swim with the boys. My sister came over for lunch and we all hung out by the pool for the afternoon. Shawn even came over for a while to swim. Like I said, swimming is about all we do these days! We are having a blast!

This is Summer

ok, these were taken last week but it pretty much sums up our days for the past week. We have been swimming at my mom's house every day this week. Mason is finally out of his water wings and swims around the perimeter of the pool, close to the wall for security. He is so proud to swim in the deep end. Give us a few more days and he'll be going across the pool. He has to do it on his own. Any time I ask if he wants to try something he says no. Then 10 minutes later he'll try it when he thinks no one is paying attention. Just like a man...has to think it's HIS idea!

My mommy of the year award didn't arrive yet. However I do feel redeemed by the fact that we have been outdoors every single afternoon for hours AND I finally ordered Jaxon's sparring gear for Karate. It's $125 so I was holding out. That's some serious scrapbook money!!! So next Thursday, he spars. I'll post photos. I'm sure it'll be a hoot!

Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!!

Mommy of the Year

I've been nominated for the Best Mommy of the Year award. Here's why... I have been up for exactly 2 hours. My boys have been up for 3 1/2 hours. They have been playing Lego Star Wars on GameCube for approximately 3 hours. They did take a break to eat their microwaved Jimmy Dean mini sausage muffins. Then quickly returned to the dark side to battle the Emporer. Whatever! Other than open a package, press a few buttons, and pour some milk, all I have done is sit on the computer and talk on the phone.

So, when the award arrives at my house, I will post pictures of it. I'm sure it will be a beauty. But hey, I probably won't answer the door because that would mean getting off the computer.

I have 25 minutes 'til noon. Then I'll officially start my day. I may or may not make lunch, go to Target, and take the boys swimming at my mom's house. We'll see if the eveil computer forces let me go. Man are they strong!!!


While searching for a cute graphic to post I came across this site. Made me laugh. Enjoy!
http://www.worknwoman.com/worknmom/badmommyclub.html

3 M Day

Mason, Mommy and Marian kept quite busy today. We hit the free 10am show at the movie theater. We tried to see Flushed Away but it was full by the time we got there. So we grabbed some popcorn and a soda/slurpee (yes, even at 10am) and headed in to see Clifford the Big Red Dog. We ventured over to Target after that, where the 3 items I needed quickly turned into 15 items. Funny how that happens! The 3 of us had lunch at Straw Hat Pizza and then came home to play some GameCube (Marian and Mason, not me). When we took Marian home we swam for a bit and Mommy took a nap in the shade while they jumped on the trampoline. Where was Jaxon??? Again, Mr. Socal had plans at his Nani's house. They swam in their pool and went out on the boat. My poor boys. They never have anything fun to do!

Scraptacular Day

I took Jaxon to a Mommy and Me scrapbook class at our local scrapbook store. He always like to scrap and make cards at home so this was perfect for him. His favorite part of the class was using the paper trimmer. He made a summer accordian book that is all set to put photos in. I'm such a proud scrap-momma!

Thank you Marissa for recommending this class for us. We had such a fun time scrappin' with you and Kaleigh!

No Dog Dog-on-it!

We headed out this morning in hopes of adopting Marley, a black lab we found online at the Sacramento SPCA. Unfortunately, he is only suitable for children over 10 years old and we couldn't adopt him. Seems the "you may make the final decision on the behavior of a dog for your family" rule isn't really a rule. His tag said "no exceptions" and that was final. Boo Hoo. So we spent the day searching shelters in Sacramento, thanks to Holly and Tim, but still didn't have any luck. We now know better what we are looking for, so that was a good thing. There were many labs today, just not available for different reasons. So the search for the next addition to the Culcasi household will continue. I see more shelter visits in our near future!And if you know me very well, you will know how big of a deal that is. Ha!

Regardless of coming home empty handed, we still had a great day. We had lunch with Tim and Holly and we even got to see their new house! Well, the model of it, as it won't be built until September!!!! It is adorable and all shiny and new and modern. So perfect for them! So happy for them too!

What's up???

Well I guess I haven't been so good at blogging lately. I'm going to give it my best shot to do it much more often. Today is day four at Pirate camp for Jaxon. He goes from 9am-2pm. So that leaves Mason and I to find things to do to make the time pass quickly before brother comes home. Today we've been home all day and man it it tough!!! Mason get bored easily which means I've had an earfull of whining and boy am I sick of it! Ahhh! So we're off to Carl's Jr. as that is where he prefers to spend some time today. Plus that gives me some time with my scrapbook magaizines. Getting ready to crop tomorrow night with Marissa. That's always fun!!!
Peace out!

Missing Mexico

As the kids fight and whine on this holiday, I can't help but miss our Mixican hide-away a bit. I'll just close my eyes and imagine myself back in this beautiful place.

Back in the USA

We're back from Cancun! Had some travel problems due to the weather, so we spent a day in Dallas unexpectedly. Still trying to recover and get used to CA time. Bags are still packed and pictures still haven't been downloaded. Lots to do. Blog more later.