so much character

my dear Kaylin,

You are such a character, a Disney character to be exact. By the tender age of 2 that corporation of mass marketing had you firmly in their three fingered, white gloved grasp. At 3, your world of pretend and make believe keeps us on our toes. From day to day we just don't know who'll you'll be or who we'll be, as you insist we also play in character. Mowgli? Simba is that you? These personalities we can tell by your distinct lack of costume. Before that, life was swimmy when you went by Nemo, I was Dorrie, and the role of Marlin was played by your father. Increasingly you prefer to be a princess. Sleeping Beauty is your favorite. When in Princesslalaland you address your dad and I as King and Queen, and you will answer only to Sleeping Beauty, unless you change your mind of course and decide you are Belle. Your Dad is the Beast to your Beauty. I am the crab to your mermaid (your dad just loves that one).

I bought the the Dumbo costume years before you were born and I've tried many times to put you in it. You know for a photo shoot or for halloween. But you would have none of it. Your reaction to the prospect of doning the hideous elephant carcass was akin to how a normal person would react to electroshock therapy or paper cuts. Then a funny thing happened while I was away, ironically at Disneyland, you saw the movie Dumbo for the 2nd time and you became one with the flying elephant. When I returned, instead of giving you the Little Mermaid costume I brought home I pulled out the old Dumbo ensemble. Old Walt did some kind of subliminal magic on your little brain because suddenly that costume is the most amazing thing ever and I'm the coolest mom ever for presenting it to you. You've been the happiest little paciderm ever since. Ariel can wait.

love

Mom

xoxo

where's my button?

what the heck... no picture up load button... I was gonna show you the cool acrylic album I started Friday night. I hope this doesn't mean I'm out of photo space, my new blog isn't ready yet! Maybe blogger's just having issues today...i hope that's all.

eddited to add... apparently it's my work computer that's acting up, cause I have no issues if I post from home, but here at work I'm not able to add photos anymore. I'll have to get computer tech support..... Kev hunny, come here please!

glad to to B back

I got home late, late thursday night exhausted and happy to be home, even if it's cold. I missed Kevin and the kids but I came back feeling refreshed and renewed and totally inspired. Which is really odd considering all the long days, late nights and the total brain overload of the show. I think it has alot to do with a break from the winter (and the kids). But it's all a blur now.

We took a few days before CHA beagn to do some shopping and touring around. Dad was so great to drive mom and I all over place and hang out while we went shopping. Thursday night we met up with Steve, a guy Dad met in Thailand last year. Steve lives in Anaheim, not far from where stayed. He took us to a little local watering hole with a great mix of odd and unusual characters, it was great fun. On Friday we drove to Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Downtown L.A, Venice Beach.

Not very exciting photos, but we were just there as drive by tourists. Neither mom or I had any interest in window shopping on Rodeo Dr. but take us to a sale @ Macy's or Kohls and we're all over it. We walked up and down the beach and the boardwalk at Venice Beach. It was too cool to swim, but the sun came out and warmed things up on the street. I bought these really cool printed leggings at one of the shops there.

On Saturday we went to the Orange County Market Place @ the fair grounds. It's fun outdoor "flea" market full of vendors selling all kinds of things, hair products to furniture. I bought a hat, and a cool 2 in 1 dog leash. Mom and Dad each bought good leather chaps for $15 a pair. This was the warmest day of the trip and I even got a bit of colour that day. I bought a great pair of boots that day too.

Sunday through Wednesday Deb and I attened the CHA show durring the day while Glenn entertained himself by checking out Harley shops, driving around so-cal, napping and talking to Jane, his friendly English gps navigator. Jane, that's what dad named his tomtom, was a god send on this trip. All those California highways and overpasses would be a nightmare to navigate but with Jane always telling us where to go we never got lost, although dad did tell Jane where to go once or twice :)

On our last night we went out for dinner with Steve to the Jazz Kitchen @ Downtown Disney. Steve is off to Mayalasia on Monday for 6 weeks.

off to Cailfornia...

CHA show here I come. I leave tomorrow morning for the annual CHA Winter Show in Anaheim CA. For those of you not in the know, this is the premier scrapbooking trade show. Every company in scrapbooking today will be there showing off their NEW product and we'll be there to buy it all up! We'll also be there gathering up all kinds of cool ideas to share with you. I plan to blog, as time allows, while away so check the JSI blog for updates.

My list of things to do just keeps getting longer despite the fact I'm to be running around like a maniac trying to cross things off said list. I think, or raher I know I thrive in the thrill of the 11th hour rush.

I got my hair done yesterday by Linsey @ Frescabella and she did a great job, but I was running short on time and had to run out of the salon with sopping wet, undone hair. It was totally anti-climatic when you've just spent a fortune on a a cut and colour.

choose your words carefully, you can not take them back

Have you ever written something in an email that, in your head, within context of deeper thought sounds right, or funny or whatever then after you hit send you sit back and think "now why the heck did I use that combination of words? That's not at all what I meant."
Then comes the dilemma. Do I let a stupid comment go hoping the person on the receiving end will either not notice it or not interpret it inappropriately or do I print a retraction and explain my ridiculus remark, leaving open the possibility of wedging my other foot firmly in my mouth.
R

wow those are some ridiculously long run on sentances.

Heard around here...

Last night I was in ther bathroom fixing my hair, getting ready to go back to work. My dear Kevin, who's been home sick an awful lot lately, said something to me that made me start laughing so hard it hurt.
K: I caught the last half of Martha Stewart today...
R: (laughing) You watched Martha on TV?
K: They were making drinks...oh and Eva Longoria was on
R: (still laughing) you know I'm so gonna blog about that
K: (ignoring me) Martha looked like Godzilla next to Eva, she's so small, you should have seen it.
R: bahahahahahahahaha, you really watched Martha Stewart?
K: yes, and then they made Mojitos...MO-hee-TOS, the name sounds funny, mo-HEE-tos, but now I know how to make em. Want me to make you a Mojito? He continued talking about another drink but I couldn't hear him through my fits and giggles.
K: It's not that funny, it's not like I spent the morning watching The View, with this he begins to cluck like a chicken.
R: bahahahahahahaha, maybe Monday Martha will inspire you to make dinner
K: yeah, not likely

I guess he was all out of Spiderman and Justice League episodes to watch.

Xcelerate

The smile on her face is pure Joy. I love that this picture is blurry and she's moving out of the frame, it conveys this little girl's personality so perfectly. Paper and emelllies are from We R Memory Keepers. I think I've mentioned, they are one of my favorite companies. I altered Newton's Laws of Motion as they apply to her.

Pretty girl

I created this page weeks ago using the new Two Scoops from Basic Grey. Printed this picture today and it was too perfect not to use here.

sweetheart