It's 5 o'clock somewhere!

TGI Friday.  All I can say is I am so glad this week is over, it has sucked on so many levels and kicked my butt on so many more.  Hallelujah, AMEN, I am waving the white flag, I am so DONE.  I kind of quadruple booked myself on Saturday, but let’s just say the wine tasting boat ride in Newport won, the only bad thing is that I have to drive myself home, so there will have to be some kind of self-control either that or I can pass out in my car and drive home later but that is kind of tacky.  So here is to Friday, so glad she is here, only a full work day ahead of me and then I am FREE to be LAZY!

Throwback Thursday!

This day was probably one of my earliest childhood memories, I remember spending the entire day jumping in and swimming to my Dad over and over again and by the end of the day I could swim across the pool all by myself.  But I do not know who that was sunbathing in the background, perhaps she should of left her top on, OMG.

First Weekend of SUMMER!

 Ladies and Gentlemen SUMMER is here!  Living in Southern California we do not really see a whole lot of difference with the season changes, but I love change, so when I know the weather is about to get warmer I am ready to celebrate SUMMER.  The Sheriff, Mr. Pie and I always talk about the things we want to do together so I thought it would be fun to make a list and of the things we wanted to do this summer and check them off as we go.  So here is out 2014 Summer list…….

All of these were Mr. Pies ideas except for the strips and cheese, that one is mine and we WILL check it off this summer.  I love that pretty much all of these things are outdoor activities.  When I was growing up we were allowed 30 mins of nintendo a day, that was it and then it was outside the rest of the day.  We forced Mr. Pie outside Friday afternoon and it was so nice to see him playing in the dirt, he decided that he was going to build a rabbit trap with some tools he found around the backyard, don't worry, no rabbits were harmed or caught but I do give him an "A" for effort.

I scored three free tickets to the Saturday night Angel game (we can check that off our list), I was so excited to be there that I snapped this picture of the Sheriff and Mr. Pie and posted it on Facebook in a matter of seconds.  Well, I forgot to blur our Mr. Pies photo and boy howdy did I get a bunch of text messages and comments about my slip-up, holy cow, it was nuts how many people caught my mistake, oops.

Don't you worry, I blurred out this one.

We like to hangout in the outfield for batting practice, it was so nice out there but not to many balls to try and catch.

Just a little TS & MP sandwich at the game.

Sunday I headed to the parents to celebrate Father's Day.  Ryan, Shannon and Caroline could not make it cause they have all been really sick.  Ryan and Shannon both had hand, foot and mouth and I thought only little kids got that.  Cole and Mari spent the afternoon swimming, boy have they grown since last summer.  Super Dad, don't forget to check your email for your gift.

I love her, she is so sweet and cute.

We like to take selfies, some say selfies and are unhealthy but we think they are fun.

I hope everyone had a great weekend, we sure did.

Throwback Thursday!

Chilling in front of my new playhouse!

3 years old

To the BEST DAD EVER!

Happy Father's Day (and many more) to the BEST Super Dad out there, I am so very lucky to have you as my DAD, I love you so much!!

And to the Sheriff, Mr. Pie is one lucky kiddo to have you as a DAD, Happy Father's Day.

Get Outdoors NOW!

Today is National Get Outdoors Day!  Being a Parks and Recreation professional (yes, that is a profession), it is my duty to remind all of you to go outside and play.   

In honor of this amazing day, I hit the beach bright and early for a morning paddle, we did not have a race today, so it was practice day.  We seat raced and my boat rocked it the entire practice, it was pretty AWESOME, way to go ladies.  After practice I enjoyed breakfast with four of my teammates as we talked all things paddling.  After breakfast Gracie needed to get outdoors, so I took her for a walk and we played ball (she needed a little recreation today) and then it was off for some much needed pampering, can you say mani/pedi?  I was actually embarrassed to go in there with the current state of my hands and feet but I sucked it up and went in and got it done.  Paddling and working out in general takes a toll on my appendages and I had some weird "athlete's toe" thing going on that I think was a result of wearing my booties in the ocean to keep my feet warm but instead my baby toe looked like it was going to fall off with whatever infection attacked it, but it is all better now, so I am back in the salon chair for much needed maintenance.  TMI?

And tonight thanks to social media (instagram) I will be ending my night outdoors at the Lady Antebellum concert at the Verizon Amphitheater with my friend Heidi who I have not seen in a very long time (I used to babysit her kids) and their daughter Madison who just turned 16 (holy cow I feel old), I cannot wait, I have always wanted to go see them in concert and tonight is my night to do it.

NOW GO OUT AND PLAY!

Friday the 13th!

Happy Friday the 13^th, if you have not already, go outside and check out the moon, it is amazing, full moon on Friday the 13^th be careful of black cats, cracks and ladders.  Since I have not done a totally random blog post in oh who knows how long, I thought I would do one today.

I had a total hankering for spaghetti and meatballs, why you ask, I have no idea, all I know is that I was not going to survive today without a plate of it from Mangia Bene, so I made the Sheriff and Mr. Pie go with me, boy, it did not disappoint. 

Itchy tags, WTF, why do clothing manufacturers sew itchy tags into clothes?  I had a new shirt on the other day, nothing fancy just a boring white t-shirt with the world’s worst tag in it.  I finally had to take a pair of scissors to it, DUDE, so annoying.

Not the actual tag, but close enough, I threw the real tag away/

I found myself with a little free time last Sunday and I was able to watch the first episode of season 2 of Orange is the New Black.  Seriously, Piper is a train wreck on that show and now that they are in a new prison, I am not sure how long I can stay with it, but I am on to episode #2 on Sunday (Oy, I just scheduled my tv time, yep, that is how little free time I have).  I also decided to jump on the Breaking Bad bandwagon, since I do not have cable I have to wait for it on Netflix, well it has been on there for a while and I am five seasons late to the partay, but I am giving it a try.

I bought a new necklace on etsy a few weeks ago and it just came via the slowest mail truck ever on Wednesday. I saw a similar one in Target a few weeks ago while hanging out with Mr. Pie and I told him that if he or his Dad wanted to buy me something, I would like something like this.  I highly doubt that a 9 year old boy will remember such a thing especially since he was very insistent that I would look better with pearls on, so I bought myself the necklace I wanted, I love the simplicity to it, but I am struggling with the fact that it looks like it is on backwards when I wear it. 

I think I might move the heart to the other side.

I had a mini freak out moment in Starbucks the other day, I was standing in line scrolling through my emails and for some odd reason I thought our family picnic was this weekend and I had not RSVP’d for it.  I stood there and panicked as they were calling my name to order my coffee and then I realized the picnic is not till August 3, whew that was a close one.  Not to self, do not open email till coffee has been consumed.

I am obsessed with Good Choice Sushi, I go there practically every Monday and Wednesday and pick up my favorite roll to go and savor every bite of it.  My mouth is watering just typing this.  In other food news, I have a confession to make, I LOVE little kid fruit snacks, I secretly pack them in my lunch and hide them from others, I am a total closet fruit snack eater, anyone else do this?  My favorites are “Annie’s” and “Cliff Kids”, for a while I could only find them at Sprouts and they were pricey, but hallelujah, I found them at Target for almost half the price, thanks Target for keeping my supply plentiful.

I have been taking Mr. Pie to his Kung Fu practice one day a week while the Sheriff goes to paddle practice. I took him last night and then to dinner, the park and to get ice cream, it was awesome to have a carefree evening since today was his last day of school, so no homework or reading needed to be done.

And while we are on the subject of Mr. Pie, this Sunday is Father’s Day, I have been going back and forth if I should take Mr. Pie to get the Sheriff a gift.  I decided last night that I did not need to because they did a project and card at school for the Dad’s. I am not sure how this all works with me just being the girlfriend, I did take him to get a card and a gift for the Sheriff’s birthday and he was so happy to have a gift to give his Dad, but again I was not sure what to do, this is all new to me.

So there you have it, just a few things running through my mind, watch out for those black cats, don't step on any cracks and stay away from ladders.

-erin

Throwback Thursday!

Me and my first dog "Tinker".

I am right around 2 years old here.

Doughnuts, Paddling and Family Time!

Friday was National Doughnut Day, I had mentioned it to the Sheriff and I got mixed answers from him regarding if we were going to celebrate it or not.  With a bit of peer pressure and some clear direction (no chocolate) from me he went and bought a dozen doughnuts, no we did not eat all of them, he took all but three (one for him, one for Mr. Pie and one for me) to Mr. Pie's school and gave them to the staff there, saving me the exact one I wanted, it was sooooo good.

Saturday we headed to Ventura (left at 4:30am, ouch) for our race, it was rainy, cold and overcast at the beach, but just inland it was nice and sunny, no fair.  Our race turned into a comedy of errors, but overall was good and I think we all had a good time.

And we are off.

Mr. Pie puppy sat again, this little puppy is getting big and turning into a handful, EXACTLY why I do not want another puppy anytime soon.

We grabbed lunch on our way out at In N Out and as we sat there enjoying our lunch two sweet girls came up to us and gave us a $5 gift card as a random act of kindness, we are looking forward to passing the kindness on.

After lunch we headed to the parents house, it took us several hours to get there but once we got there we had a great time.  My Mom's cousin, my second cousin Judi was in town and we have not seen her since Ryan and Shannon's wedding.  It was so nice to have that side of the family together, the kiddo's ran around and had a great time, it was hard to get them to sit still for a picture, this was pretty much the best I could get.  Super Mom made a great dinner for everyone and we just sat around the dinner table chit chatting, 

Ryan was being funny and was photo bombing the kids.

Caroline showing us her pink hands.

I wanted a picture of Katie and I with our tall, dark and handsome men, so I asked Ryan to take it.  We had just finished eating strawberry cake and I wanted to make sure I did not have strawberry in my teeth before the photo, so I asked the Sheriff to double check that for me and Katie did the same with Darrell and I Ryan was busy snapping photos of that, err that brother of my mine.

This is more like it……..

And here are the cousins and the Sheriff.

Today we went to help rig the boats, we could only stay for a short period of time cause I needed to pick Miss G. from doggie daycare.  We dropped her off and home and headed to Sports Chalet to look at baseball gloves for Mr. Pie, we hit Juice it Up and then went back to the Sheriff's house.  The boys played ball and I sat and watched, it was a crazy busy day, so much so apparently we forgot to eat lunch, lol.   

It was quite the hair raising weekend.

  

National Doughnut Day!

To my favorite Deputy aka the Sheriff.....

Yep, today is National Doughnut Day and yes Law Enforcement gets a bad rap when it comes to sitting around and eating doughnuts all day long, so I had to post something, but in reality my favorite deputy has been busy fishing dead bodies out of the ocean, rescuing distressed swimmers and shooting off flare guns in what he likes to call "training" and I don't think I have ever seen him eat a doughnut, not that he is all health conscious cause he is NOT, lol.  So I  am thinking that we go and eat doughnuts and drink coffee together today to celebrate this national holiday.

Throwback Thursday!

Me right around my 1st birthday, such a cute baby!

A Total Buzz Kill!

We had a great weekend, it was go go go all weekend long, we spent this morning down at Baby Beach rigging boats, playing volleyball and just hanging out with friends.  I said goodbye to the Sheriff as he headed to work and to Mr. Pie as he headed to his Mom's house and I headed home to catch up on all of the stuff I needed to get done and to do my monthly mailbox check, DUDE, now I remember why I hate June so much, besides June gloom, I have to pay every large bill that I have and they were all waiting for me when I opened up my mailbox, talk about a major buzz kill after a great weekend.  So with the quick transfer of funds, I shelled out a ton of money, no fun at all, but they are paid and I don't have to think about them for another 6 months to a year.  Now I am off to find a cheap place to get a smog check cause wouldn't you know, I am due for one, errrr.