A Fabulously Flawed Life

As promised, here are some fun pics of the birthday party. Rochelle and I made T-shirts to proudly display our ages. We both agree that you should own it and wear it proudly, so we did! Julie used this "L" bling on top of my present so I decided to wear it. Rock On! My soul sista's coming out again. :) Katrina and Katri made Rochelle and me these AMAZING pajama pants!! They did such an incredible job and they added little extras to them... On mine, they sewed "Shoot Yeah!" on the side!! Seriously, those girls ROCK! I helped organize Rochelle's birthday basket with her P.J. pants and it didn't even occur to me that they would make me some. But they did one better than that, they made P.J. pants for themselves too! Here are the goody bags I made for the pinata loot. Here's our pinata... Filled with 73 pieces of jewelry , bookmarks, and other beauty stuff. It was such a fun part of the night! We played "Gorilla" and "What if/Then...

The birthday bash was so much fun last night! This morning (after only 4 1/2 hours of sleep) I feel so blessed to have such thoughtful and wonderful friends. I'm still gathering pictures of the party from Rochelle and Katri , but in the meantime here are some of the things I've been working on this week to get ready for the party. Rochelle and I filled a pinata with jewelry , book marks, and lots of yummies ! Here are the goodie bags I made to put their loot in. (The label is the first pic on this post.) I made some "Shoot Yeah!" key chains out of shrinky- dinks to go into the pinata . For those of you who haven't had a verbal conversation with me, I say that a lot. ;) I also made these beaded bookmarks. They are so easy and fun to make. I always feel so girly and cute when I'm reading a book with a fun bookmark. I've put the instructions on how to make these on ExecutiveHomemaker .com, click here. They make great gifts and are fun to add to a les...

Some of my friends arranged a luncheon yesterday. Yummy food and great friends, what a combo. Tatiana made this dessert with a white cake, poked holes, and then added jello. It was moist and full of flavor, yummy! Drake, however, has not grasped the concept of Mommy's birthday week. Hmmm .

I love to throw birthday parties for my friends. It think that at least once a year you should let the people close to you know how much you appreciate them. Here are some of my Girlfriend Birthday Party Ideas: 1. Around the Clock Birthday: This is a great spin on the surprise birthday party. Have friends and family members go to the birthday girl's house every hour on the hour. 2. Spin on the Gift Card : Instead of collecting money and buying a generic gift card, attach the money to something that represents the gift. Click on the link for more details. 3. I've already given my Friends are Like Flowers idea. 4. House of Money : I've done this recently as well. My friend wanted money to decorate her house, so I made this house and filled the windows, door, etc with cash. 5. Song Card w/ CD : Katri submitted this tip to Executive Homemaker, she made her friend a CD and then worked the song titles into the card. You can get further instructions and pictures at E...

It's my birthday week! Yesterday Rochelle and I went shopping and bought party favors for the big bash this Friday Night. Today I worked on my Witch Switch project with 2 other friends. I'm crafting all week and I can't think of a better way to spend my birthday week. {{big smile}} Today I got a call and it looks like I'm going to get a different calling (or responsibility) at church. I'm worried... Right now I sing songs in the nursery (18 months - 3 year olds ). It's super fun and requires a whopping 10 minutes of my time. I use the Song Box . I'm pretty much tone deaf but we clap enthusiastically after every song and the kids love it! Have I told you I don't like change. :(

So for my 100 th post (20 posts ago) I was going to video tape myself sing y'all this song that I wrote modified from Bowling for Soup's song Friends o' Mine. Needless to say I've had many obstacles, I don't have a digital video camera, I can't sing, and I don't have the time to figure it out. :( So here's the original song and my lyrics. Blogging o' Mine Commenting tons but we made it this far Some have gone but I forget who they are Now the withdrawal's the worst but we get through it fine Glued to our screens but we're not lazy Getting older but we're still crazy I'm so glad that I'm doing this blogging o' mine! It started out at a Maven's group in a most unlikely town There was some teasing made by me but I tried it out anyhow We stuck together through the good and bad times No comments, swaps , girl power all the time I'm so glad that I'm doing this blogging o' mine! And chores, kids, and obstacles ...

We had Dylan's 7 th birthday party on Friday. It was so much fun! He wanted a transformer party. The Invitation TOP SECRET! You are asked to help on a special rescue mission. Galvatron has stolen the matrix, without its wisdom and power the A utobots will be defenseless against the evil Decepticons . They plan to steal all the earth's resources and destroy it. Please help the A utobots get the matrix back and save the earth. Join Dylan at our secret base, etc... We went on a hunt for the stolen matrix. Played memory Transformer style by matching up the guy to what it transforms into. Played Transformer Bingo that I made. You can print it out for free on ExecutiveHomemaker .com. Can you tell this is my kid!?! After the hunt, snacks, presents, and cake, they watched the old Transformers movie upstairs. I made each guest their own Transformer Bingo game as their party favor with a package of M&M's inside. I play every bingo game with candy. ;) Davis was home sick o...