3 Women and a Baby!

Yesterday as I loaded four generations into my truck i should have known something blog worthy would happen. I should have know it would be my mother to make the headlines and I should have know it was because she would act like a princess.

Players: Myself , Mammy(my grandma), Gammy (my mom) and D-iii (my son)
Game plan: Costco, and pedicures with the possibility of Target (we knew we would go, we are addicts) Simple....?

Maybe it was the full moon. The unspoken tension our family always seems to have. The fact none of us had eaten responsibly that day. Or for sake of the blog but shit was bound to go wrong....

Being a responsible mother I didn't want my child to hangout in the nail salon, so while gammy was getting her nails done, mammy, d-iii and I were to run to Costco to get the makings for a stock pile of breakfast burritos. Then we would come back, I would get 30 minutes to myself  getting my feet scrubbed while gammy and mammy walked the kid around Traders Joes.

As I pull in front of said nail salon, my mom has a blank look on her face, the kind of look that makes you laugh and question what is (or isn't) going on in their head. and as we have a stare down I realize she has zero clue what is going on and that I'm waiting for her to launch her skinny ass out of the car, so i can get out of the crazy busy parking lot. Finally and very bluntly I say "well get out now!", she did, still very confused but then Costco was a go.

Costco went well other then the samples. I had mammy rolling laughing when i suggested how disgusting a plate would look if you took all the samples and waited to eat them together. We had perogies, scalloped potatoes with ham, tiramisu, sausage, bread, pizza bread (all four types as the sales guy "forced" me) crackers and cheese, bean burrito, trail mix, fish stick with ranch, pot stickers and washed it down with San Pellegrino, blood orange Martinelli's, and some orange vanilla vitamin drink that tasted like a melted creamsicle mixed with poison. Maybe it was the mix of food, maybe it was me but I had more energy then should be possible and i was jumping and frolicking down the aisles, up until a lady was pushing her cart so close to my ass that i literally stopped and moved out of her way announcing as she passed "Loooooook out, someonnnnnes in a hurrrrrry! GO GO GO!!" If i hadn't been using my baby as protection i may have gotten my ass kicked, but i guess people don't hit people with babies.

We get back in the car and head to wrangle gammy and see what kind of nonsense was going on with her. Surprisingly none. Pedis are a success and my my toes are painted a color called "fearless". or as i like to call it...Summer.

We go through the motions to drive two miles down the road to Target and that is when the real fun happens....

I drive a full size truck.  Parking spots in this town are catered to compact cars. Target was busy. All of these factors lead to my decision to park towards the back of the parking lot and skip the hassle of squeezing my red hot truck in between a Prius and a Honda.

((Que Gammy melt down)) 

Sitting in the back seat gammy nearly starts crying, because she is hungry and doesn't want to walk, and she will not go out in the wind, and just leave her in the car, blah blah blah!! The mom in me came out, I snapped that if she wouldn't go inside with us, then no one was going and we would be homeward bound. As I'm backing out of the parking spot she starts whining "...but i would go if you just drop me off out front!" SERIOUSLY! ((So I stated earlier that I'm a Target addict, and that is no joke, i go through withdrawals if i don't go at least once a week, sometimes if I'm distracted i can wait to go ever two weeks)) Due to my addiction i gave in to her childish tantrum.

Once her majesty Princess Gammy departed the vehicle i didn't want to walk either. There are these really handy FEV (fuel efficient vehicle) Reserved spots right up front. Clearly NOT for my type of ride but empty and i have "out of state" plates so when in Rome.... (when we left the store all of the previously empty spots are filled and my truck stuck out like a sore thumb, hehe OPPS)

Now for the Fun:

My first real job was at Target but that ended nearly a decade ago. Considering the length of my love affair with the store it comes as no surprise that i believe the company should pay me to shop in their store. NOT because i spent too much money and waste even more time there, but because I'm a nature "helper", especially in the baby department. Last visit alone, I sold a crib, modeled an Ergo and helped a lady pick one for herself, offered advise on the best *chemically free* baby wash, and my choice in diaper wipes. Commission Anyone? Today our visit was to test highchairs. Sadly of the many many choice they only carried two in store, so what does my family do?...we take them off the shelf and "test" them out. Testing them out to most people would mean setting the kid in them, judging the ease of use and putting them back. We went a step further....we saw how far the highchair could go down the aisle with a single PUSH! The Graco beat the Chicco by a long shot!

Slowly the day wound to an end and we all went home happy.

 But in my family its never a dull moment.

Ain't your typical Easter Bunny

*I will start off by disclosing that it is my full intention to RECREATE this photo (and in the very near future).....

 

....now isn't it obvious that my son will think he has the coolest Easter Bunny Mom EVER!!

Of Course he wont.

Kids don't realize their parents are "cool" till it is too late, and that cool is gone. 

Granted my "ears" are a bow and (I think) my "whiskers" are more likely war paint (which is another story involving poco chic)....who can deny the wonderfulness of a Little Mermaid one piece. 

Now a little morsel of my childhood is based on "Golden Hill Road". My best friend soul mate, we will refer to as "Kelly" ,lived less then a half mile away. There was a hill across for our shack home that was, you guessed it Golden.  We boarded ponies and had a HUGE garden. My mom drove either a two seat corvette with black leather seats or a suburban. Chances were always good that if it was 80+ degrees outside that Kelly and I would somehow be in need of transportation in our swimsuits somewhere, and that my mom would drive us in the corvette. Come to think about it maybe that's why we  both have small asses....my mom burnt our fat cells on that damn leather. 

Kelly and I both had both of the only two Little Mermaid swimsuits in town, and being best friends our parents enrolled us in the same swim class. Of course we couldn't both wear the same swim suit every week so we traded off...great for those who knew us...bad for the swim teacher. Needless to say we spend the entirety of the swim class being called by the wrong name.

Back to the photo. It is no surprise how sexy and amazing i look. I mentioned my artistic gypsy mom. She is quite the hot mess and nonetheless everyday I get MORE and MORE like her. Which as much as I hate it, I love it.

 But my son will always get the best Easter Bunny! 

The least some day, maybe 20-30 years down the road he will know i was rather....AMAZING!

Makin' it Mondays

My first recipe post...

Its Monday morning. Surprisingly I got a good nights sleep. My son only woke up up twice and for less then 30mins a pop, I'll take it! Maybe it's that I finally want to act like an adult and eat my vegetables, or maybe this yuppie state of California is rubbing off on me, but I'm on a health kick. **KA-POW** I'm still the cheese, french fry, ranch addict that I've always been but I'm upping my game and adding "good for you" additions. My most recent obsession....Egg Cups...at least that's what I call them. 

EGG CUPS

A great breakfast/snack to make and eat for the next few days. I make 6 at a time and wrap them in saran wrap, and put them in the fridge. They microwave to the perfect reheat temp in 30 seconds and then topped with another sliver (or two) of cheese and some pepper are absolutely scrumptious! 

This time around I used:

1/3 cup Tuscan Kale

6 sweet plum tomatoes

6 white mushrooms

1/4 green bell pepper

3 whole eggs + 3 egg whites

Pesto Gouda cheese

note* all veggies can be changed out for your personal preference...and the possibilities are endless...............

I've made these with and without muffin papers. IF your choose to use muffin papers, know that they absorb liquids and stick ((really stick)) to the egg cup your making, and although they peel off easily, it still takes a little love and time to not eat paper. If you choose not to use papers, just spray your muffin pan with olive oil to prevent sticking. 

PREP: Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Step 1: Chop your veggies and disperse evenly in muffin cups, roughly filling all cups half way.(I put one chopped tomato and mushroom in each cup then just distributed the bell pepper and kale evenly)

Step 2: Whisk together your eggs and egg whites. It takes about one egg per cup.

Step 3: Pour eggs into cups over your veggies. Begin by filling each one about 3/4 of the way then if you have additional egg left over fill them evenly as much as you can. Don't worry about mixing eggs and veggies they move around as they bake.

Now you could put these in the oven at this point and have something healthy and delicious, but i go one step further due to my addiction to cheese....

OPTIONAL Step 4: Sprinkle a pinch or two of shredded cheese on each cup.

Step 5: Place in oven for an initial 15 minutes. Set your timer. Add 3 minutes as needed until the  eggs don't jiggle in the middle and they have a "solid" appearance.

 Once removed from the oven they will settle. Depending on your choice of vegetables they will have some water in them but will firm up in time.

At this point they can be served or wrapped for later. I imagine they can be frozen as well, though I have not gone there (*yet*)

Today I also had a toasted English Muffin with Cream Cheese and Avocado with salt and pepper.

Enjoy! 

Techno-Savvy ?

I own a phone smarter then me, that being said I can "blog" now from it!  I still prefer a good ol' computer but this will do the trick while I'm living my gypsy life or when my child once again falls asleep on my chest pinning me down to the couch with nothing in reach! (Which is like a mommy time out except I'm being watched and can't fool around)

Now would be a good time to reveal that I have a love/hate relationship with technology. Currently it's in a loving phase. But if I mysteriously disappear for a few days it's because I'm trying to reconnect with "real" people, then I'll crave Candy Crush Saga and be back like nothing ever happened.

Bare(bear?) with me...I'm a HOT MESS!

Learning to "multitask"

I write this first post with baby sleeping on my chest, a dog on my feet and some quickly cooling soup to my right. So now is as good of time as any to introduce myself....

I'm a new mom in my "early-late" twenties. My first born is quickly approaching 6 months old and everyday is a new adventure. My husband is an engineer in the US ARMY. He is currently deployed and I have moved home to live my parents while he is gone...which could be a blog all on its own. 

I grew up in a very, ummm, creative home. We were always crafting and baking, scouring thrift stores and  knocking off ideas from other creative people and stores. And so with a back ground of all things colorful, I am here to share my activities, adventures and life with you. The good, the bad and the delicious.