Friday the 13th Car Accident

Last week, I wrote a blog about the car accident Janelle and I were in... However, I don't think I'm going to be allowed to post it. It was very theraputic to write though, so it wasn't a waste of time.

I just wanted to say that although it's all becoming very overwhelming- I'm very thankful that this accident didn't have a different outcome, if you know what I mean. Thank you Mom for that Guardian Angel pin that has been in my car since I bought it. Janelle and I are feeling very fortunate. We are seeing a Chiropractor and hope to be 100% soon.

I do believe the accident is still under investigation. I'm hoping to get a copy of the report. Obviously I'm now looking for another car to purchase, so if you know or see any good Toyota's for sale, let me know. I'm hoping to buy a car in AZ, so for those of you I missed seeing due to the circumstances, I hope I get to visit you then!

Because we are getting a lawyer, I may have to block this blog and go "private". I know it's really annoying, but I promise it will only be for as short a time as possible. Sorry! Please send me your e-mail address so that I can grant you access.
THANK YOU!

50 and Fabulous! Happy Birthday Barbie!

Did you know that Barbie turned 50 this year? Yep, that beauty is still looking good after 50 years! For those of you who didn't know, Janelle and I have been obsessed with watching the Barbie movies. I know, it may seem silly, but they are like the Disney Classics-except that a new one is released every year! It started with me loving Barbie's Princess and the Pauper. Now, every time a new Barbie movie is released, Janelle and I will watch it. Don't get me wrong, some have been pretty hard to sit through, but most of them are fantastic. If you don't believe me, just try one out. Classic stories with Barbie. Amazing!

Anyway, because we've had this love of these movies (we even went to see Barbie Live on Stage in Fairytopia a couple years back!), our Barbie facination has grown beyond the love of playing with Barbies in our childhood memories. So, when we found out that Barbie was celebrating 50 years, we decided to throw her a birthday party! Not just any ordinary birthday party, a 3 day expo! Our whole point was to watch ALL the Barbie movies leading up to the newest so we could have a "world premiere" of Barbie and the 3 Musketeers. Unfortunately, our schedules and colds (I caught a nasty one) kept us from watching all of them, but we did finally skip over what was left and watch the new one.

Lindsey and Domonique joined our party. Lindsey has also loved the Barbie movies. Domonique, however, was breaking out of her shell for this one. By the end of the first night, she was a Barbie lover! haha! We had Barbie Expo badges, Barbie Girl tiaras, pink 7-Up, pink strawberry cake, and our celebrity guests- Barbie Dolls!

Since it was such a crazy idea, we went all out with decorations and food, complete with singing "Happy Birthday" to Barbie. Our kids are going to die laughing.

We had the party the very next weekend AFTER Halloween. From scary, to PINK! haha! Go pull out your old Barbie, snuggle up on the couch and grab "Princess and the Pauper", "Island Princess", or "Diamond Castle" (our favorites). I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed!

Christmas Time Is Here!

Halloween decorations never stay up long in our house. We have to put them up early, otherwise, they come right down! Three days after Halloween, all our "scary" decorations were pulled off and replaced with Christmas! Yes, we tend to skip over Thanksgiving with Christmas decorations- but is there really any cute Thanksgiving decorations out there?
We decided to have a Family Christmas Decorating Party! For those who think we put
up our tree too early, let me just say that we are on "Disney Time". When we worked at Disneyland, we got in to this habit of decorating for Christmas around the 2nd or 3rd of November. And here is proof that Disneyland decorates that early:

Our friend Erinn came over to help. We had egg nog and played Christmas movies in the background. I couldn't bring hardly any decorations out, but I packed up all my new red poinsettia decorations I bought last year (50% off day after Christmas sale!) and my Mom shipped them out. I think our tree this year is so chic!! Our angel is a big heavy, so it tends to lean to the right. haha!


Happy Holidays!!!!!!!

Halloween Sweets

I bought my costume for Halloween early- last year actually. I love hitting those after Halloween sales. I found a really cute poodle skirt and planned to be a 50’s girl. However, that changed….


Janelle and Domonique decided we should be a unit. So they talked me in to being a “baked good”. Janelle had already chosen a chocolate chip cookie (her favorite dessert) outfit and Domonique was going to be a chef. Therefore, I decided to be Cherry Pie, since that’s MY favorite dessert. It was a great excuse to also BUY chocolate chip cookies and cherry pie =) Yummy!

Jan-Michael decided to be a vampire. Not the old school, huge fangs, blood dripping down, Dracula vampire…. The new “hip” version of vampire. Somehow, we talked him in to wearing glitter and therefore he became a Cullen vampire haha! Gene came up from Arizona to celebrate with Domonique. He was one of the characters from Reno 911. This was his first year ever dressing up!! I think he was nervous, especially since his shorts were really short, but he had a lot of fun. Lindsey was also part of our Halloween group. She was a punk fairy, compete with sassy black boots!

We weren't able to leave until pretty late in the evening because poor Domonique had to work. SO we hit the worst traffic ever. EVER. I've been in this traffic before (a couple Halloweens ago), but this was just awful. It pretty much took us an hour and a half to go 10 miles.... the worst of it being the last 5 miles. People go crazy for Halloween in Hollywood! So, our plans to go to the West Hollywood street party were overrun by our stomachs. We went to Mel's Diner on Hollywood Blvd. instead! It was still fun though because everyone was dressed up, even the waiters. The table next to us was a unit- all characters from the movie "Up". They looked fantastic!! Best unit ever!


The day before Halloween, I actually got to dress up at work! We even had a costume contest! I was really surprised that so many people actually participated. I had to borrow one of Janelle's Disney costumes for the office. I decided to go with Sleeping Beauty so I could get away with sleeping at work! All I kept hearing was, "I like your Sleeping Beauty costume, but you should have been Belle." If they only knew...


After work, Jan-Michael and I headed to Universal Studios Horror Nights. My husband LOVES to go to the theme parks when they have Halloween haunted mazes. He especially loves Michael Myers-Halloween. The "haunted house" they had for it looked just like the house in the movie. They also let you get off in the backlot and go through sets- of course creatures are jumping out at you... They also had mazes for My Bloody Valentine, Saw, and Chucky.



I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween!

In a Nutshell....

Neglectful blogger here…..
The end of October in a nutshell….



Spending time with Janelle shopping in the O.C. (where we previously lived and therefore feel more comfortable shopping).




Domonique’s new fun job: It’s Sugar. This is how you make your own candy bar- choose your favorite candy, give it to Domonique, tell her what chocolate you want it made out of, she makes it, it goes down a cooling rack, she packages it and voila! But she doesn’t want her picture taken…… too bad!






Lindsay’s going away party. What the heck, I just got here and she’s leaving!! She’s going back home to IL. We will miss her smiling face. We are now adopting her BFF and Roomie, Erinn who is staying in CA.


Hubby makes it to CA! His car broke down, his aunt died, his car broke down again… so his cross country trip turned in to a flight to Los Angeles. Thank Heaven he is here!!

More updates to come including Halloween =) I hope everyone is enjoying fall!