A Fabulously Flawed Life

To My Family: I'll miss you and know that I love you so much. To My New Friends Traveling to Utah: Are you ready? My bags are packed and I'll see you all soon. If you need to reach me, you can e-mail Jason ( jason at turkfamily dot com) and he'll send you my cell number. xoxo

Katri , Rochelle , and Me Look who finally made it to book club. Me! We have it on Saturday afternoons which is probably the most difficult day/time for me to attend. However this month, I got our favorite babysitter to come and I was off for some much needed girl time. We read 'The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette' and Katrina out did herself! The food was delicious and the decor was so incredibly beautiful! I was amazed at all the details and love she put into the afternoon. There was silver tulle and vibrant flowers everywhere! Even on the chandelier , there were fresh roses and pink tulle . Breath taking! She brought out her china and tons of tea lights for the special occasion. Those napkin rings are to die for. Here's a peek at Katrina's mirrored buffet - so elegant. Did I mention how yummy the food was? Scrumptious. Cheryl (middle) even did her hair for the event! Be sure to go to Katrina's (left) blog. She has more details on decorating and the food. Here...

My man turned 36 last Thursday and the boys wanted to throw him a Guitar Hero III birthday party. I was a little worried about finding a cake but as usual Wal -mart to the rescue! This was a Hanna Montana birthday cupcake cake but I asked them to change the colors to black, blue, and red. I think the cupcake guitar turned out amazing! (and only $13) The boys loved it and I've been 'having my cake and eating it too' ever since. {{giggle}} Jason wanted some new shirts and he bought his other presents himself. Which included a gaming key board and prime seats to a Rush concert that was the next day. Before I wrapped Jason's gifts, I gave the boys a choice on what shirts they wanted to give him and Dylan kept saying, "No one wants shirts for their birthday. What else can we get Dad?" Even after all my assurances that Dad will love his new shirts, Dylan still wasn't convinced. I'm glad that Dylan's got your back J! Our Engagement Picture In honor of m...

{{Me ready to party, like a rockstar!}} Since Blogapalooza is next week, people have been doing their "In Real Life" posts. Basically, it's to give you a heads up on what to expect when you meet me in real life. {{so you won't be disappointed }} Honestly, I'm not sure what to share with you that you don't already know. Hmm ... I have a LOUD laugh. {{not kidding}} I'm a hugger. If I recognize you, I'll probably give you a hug. {{you've been warned}} I hate my profile - which is flat with a pointed chin. {{although like you, I haven't seen myself in 3D}} I'm short 5'3". I moved to Texas when I was 11 years old. However, I don't have an accent because I grew up in the burbs. I say what I think, which usually gets me into trouble. So don't be offended - I'm just flapping my gums. ;) I say "Shoot Yeah!", "seriously", and " dagum " a lot. {{I don't know why}} I don't take myself seriousl...

Today was a big day for our family. Davis earned his Bear Scout, yeah! Here he is pinning the Mom pin on my collar. It was also the Pinewood Derby. Davis drew a picture of the car he wanted and Jason realized that it looked just like the Speed Racer car! We did our best and here's how it turned out. Ready, Set, Go! He won the 'Most Futuristic Award' and 1st Place!! No joke. Not only 1st place but he broke a track record. {{dumb-founded}} Who knew? No one was more surprised than Jason and me. After he won, I felt a little silly because Laurie M. and I were hamming it up by trash talking to each other all night. Her son and mine had each won all 3 races but we didn't actually race each other. So when her son won 2nd place - I just assumed we got 4th or something. We were shocked. Great Job Sweetie!

Lisa has been trying to convince me for sometime that Drake is the cartoon character Stewie from Family Guy. Click here to read her post. It's hysterical!!

I've finally done it. After 2 years of living in this house, I've finally finished organizing the last closet in my home. This is the guest room closet that doubles as my "craft" closet. You could barely consider it a walk-in closet, but with 2 new shelves my man built for me over the weekend, it's got just enough space for what I need. Closet Before Closet Before - complete chaos ! After - view from hall (I used a different camera because mine is still broken. It was so hard to get these pics the space is so small. I hope you can get the idea.) Small shelf with hanging space for guests clothes - just above the door that goes to the attic. I spray painted 2 of these tins pink and glued flowers onto the other 3. Top Shelf Middle, 2 new shelves that Jason made and I painted white. I added these "curtains" to cover the other white bins and to make the space less messy. I used 2 tension rods and they open up in the middle. I was inspired by this craft room ...

I finally got some pictures to share with you of two fabulous birthday parties I was honored to attend. First Monica's Princess Party : We all dressed up as princesses and it was a crazy fun time. Here's Monica in the white and beautiful as ever as princess for a day! She went ALL OUT! She spray painted pumpkins, a castle, and a frog silver for amazing place settings around every corner. She even added white lights to the columns in her house and wrapped it in pink tulle . Here's Katri and Calli (the next birthday girl) showing off pink glittered cupcakes. Yummy! She even had a throne!! Awesome! We each went home with these white roses. Each rose had a different poem about friendship on them. They were also scattered in all the center pieces around the house which added to the incredible decor. Next was Calli's birthday party. For the game, we each brought a book to swap. We played it like the 'white elephant' game. It was such a fun party game idea! Calli invi...

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Out with the old. In with the new! I am so excited to tell you guys first, that Shannon over at EightCrazyDesigns has made me such an amazing new design for Tip Junkie ! {{squeal with delight!}} It only took 4 days from start to finish! I am so impressed with Shannon's talent. I really was clueless as to what specifically I wanted and what she designed is so beautiful and so “me”. It's completely different than anything I've seen. Shannon listened to everything I suggested and incorporated them beautifully. I'm so glad that I hired her! (I had hired someone else in December and needless to say it didn't go as seamless.) If you're looking for a blog designer I would highly recommend Shannon ! She was so easy to work with, her rates are very reasonable, and she incorporated everything I said I wanted and MORE! She took the liberty of changing the Tip Junkie girl's dress and I absolutely loved it! Then I asked her to make a jacket for her and she came up wit...