Instant Miso Soup

Another instant meal I love is the Miso soup

All you need is the mix and hot water.  Its yummy and healthy.  It is prefect in the winter weather

Big Boy Coo and his many nicknames

WOW, he has gotten so big in a year!

Do not ask me why he had no shoes on last year, cause I have no idea. but I can assure you that he had them on THIS year.

You may notice I call him Coo alot (in videos mostly). 

He is a boy with a thousand nicknames (given to him by family and our friends) 

Coo sticks with me the most because I have been calling that since the day he was born.  He used to make this "O" with his mouth and would make this noise like "coooooo"  lol aww I sure miss that :)



Resolutions for 2012

1. blog more
2. save money
3. lose weight

The same resolutions as last year, I hope this time around it will stick! IT MUST!

Happy New Year Everyone!!

I had a great 4 day weekend off!  We spent the next few days sleeping in a little later than my usual 5am call and just doing some light cleaning around the house. 

On NYE we took Jacob to see the early fireworks show at 6pm. He was totally unimpressed with it all.  He watch for a few minutes and opt to run around on the grass area instead.
The weather that night was awesome... 52 degrees, unheard of!  It felt like spring!  (today is a different story... 17 degrees tonight)

I thought that was an awesome way to kick off the new year.  I am so excited to see what this year will bring me and my family.

I have 4 months left to plan Jacob's 2nd Birthday party!



December Madness

What a personality my kid has developed.
He is like a mini tornado!  in less than 2 months, he went from my sweet little coo to.... big bad coo.  I have no idea who he gets it from.

Watch the video below for more madness

Happy Holidays everyone!

I can't believe Christmas is almost here!! I am super excited.  I have been to the mall so many times in the past week. I can't believe I am saying this nut I am sick of the mall.  I am mall-ed out.   See ya next year MALL!!  There were way too many people... rude people who walks so fast and bumping into my stroller.. rude, annoying, stinky people....
Anywho....  we waited to hours for santa, we were trying to teach him "cheese" and smile for the camera, he went along with it and didn't seem to care when he saw all the other kids crying and screaming for their lives on santa's lap.  Infact.. he was waving HI to santa and everything.. smiling and playing... but as soon as I put him on santa's lap...he gave me THIS face.  He didnt cry.... he gave me this "deer caught in the headlight look".... the same look as last year.   Maybe he will smile NEXT year.

I am in such a good mood tonight, maybe its because of the holiday coming up, or that today was my last day of work (until next Tuesday) or that bottle of wine I just finished................yea I think it's all the above combined.

I can't wait till tomorrow night, spending Christmas eve over my parents house, Christmas day with the in-laws, and Monday will be my "do nothing but lounge around all day" day.

Holiday Party/Pot luck at the office.  I was in charge of the decorations :)

This is my contribution

Can't have a Christmas party without Christmas cookies!

I even decorated the plant in the conference room

Hubby got me Ginngie a few years ago as a stocking stuffer, I break her out every Christmas. (yes, it's a HER)

So that's all folks! Happy Holidays everyone! and be safe



Holy Lipstuff Batman!

I was doing a little clean up at my desk here at work, and I found all this lipstick/gloss here!!!

No wonder I can’t find any good lip stuff when I am at home on the weekends.

The weird thing is that I don’t even wear most of these colors here (i.e the hot pinks)

Top row from left to right: Maybelline baby lips in “Peach Kiss” and Cherry me”, MAC lipstick in “Crosswires” and “Curtsy”, NYX soft Matte lip cream in “Addis Ababa” and “Stockholm” and MAC Lusterglass in “Beaux”

Second row from left to right: Palladio tinted lip balm in “berry”, Nivea “a kiss of Milk and Honey” chapstick, Lancome Juicy tube in “Coral Rush”, Loreal infallible in “Azalea”, NYX lip gloss in “crystal soda”, “Dolly pink”, “smokey look”, Nars lip gloss in “0rgasm” and Loreal infallible lipgloss in “coral sands”

That last lonely pot is MAC tendertone in “Pucker”

I really need to take this stuff home, it is getting out of control!

Jacob's First Dentist Appointment and weekend recap

It went really well! I was shocked at how good he was being.  He opened his mouth nice and wide for them to clean.  He never opens that wide for ME!

BUT, his gums are swollen and infected.  The infection is due to the combo of him teething and a cold he caught.   The dentist said he was in a lot of pain which was why he hasn't been eating. 
Poor baby :(

It seem like he had so much fun at the dentist, he didn't want to leave!  He got some toys, a tooth brush and a sticker! He was such a happy camper.

His appetite is slowly coming back,  He ate a lot more yesterday then he did in 3 weeks.


After the dentist, we tried taking pictures with Santa.  Santa was super busy cause there was a 2 hour wait.    I looked at my husband and knew Jacob would not sit in his stroller for that long without freaking out.  So we had to skip Santa's lap.   We are hoping to go to Sesame Place for the Very furry Christmas event this coming Saturday and we will see Santa there.   We can only go if Jacob is feeling 100% better.  He still has a very stuffy nose.

Sunday was uneventful, we stayed home, I made congee (Chinese dish: rice soup), did some house work, laundry... the boring stuff.  

Ohh and I dyed my hair.  I decide to just go back to my roots, dark brown...

I got the Garnier Nutrisse in Sweet Cola, which is a dark brown.

and of course it looks BLACK on my head.

Feeling a little goth right now, but after a few wash I am sure it will lighten up a little bit, so it will look more natural.