Wordless Wednesday: Artistic and Crazy

May 30, 2012

Yesterday I posted a picture of a worksheet from my son’s Open House at school. He kept writing that he was “artistic and crazy”. I think I capture that tonight while he was working on his homework. He even smiled for me. That’s a first!

Artistic and Crazy

Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

If this your first time here, HELLO! I do a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) and link back to it here. Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed.

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, By Word of Mouth Musings, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

And, I can’t forget Krystina from Lollipops whom does “What I Love Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.


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Post Holiday Weekend Exhaustion

May 29, 2012

I feel like I have been on a roller coaster the past few days….go..go..go!

Does anyone else feel like that on these long Holiday weekends?

We started off the weekend with Angry Kid’s school open house on Thursday night.  He walked us around and showed us all of the projects that he had been working on all year.  We got to see how his writing and reading had improved since the beginning of the year, and some hysterical pictures of course.

Angry Kid's open house at school. First grade.

I saw this little project over in the reading area of my son’s school. I guess my son is really “artistic and crazy”?  And hell no, we are not getting two hamsters!

After attending open house, Angry Kid and Angry Husband went out to hang out with friends…and I went and ran….{loving my night running lately}

On Friday, Angry Kid had no school. We totally lounged around until 1pm.  I had to go get my contact lenses from the local mall, and Angry Kid had some gift cards to use.

I complained about some issues with my contacts, and the eye doctor realized that my contacts were too big for me. Of course, as usual, nothing goes smoothly with me. She had to order another trial pair of contacts, because I have “small corneas” and these contacts aren’t sticking tight enough.  Which sorta explains some of the issues that I have been having.

So I was telling @oakleyoc that the kid wants his own pair of @oakley sunglasses. These are a bit wide on his face but too large.
While we were waiting for the eye doctor, Angry Kid starting trying on sunglasses.  I admit it, the kid has good style, but very expensive taste.  He wanted some Oakley’s like daddy.  But the white frames, are so mama! I’m glad that I’ve raised him properly.

On Saturday, I drove out to Egypt Temecula for a birthday party for my friend’s son.  I forgot that it was a Holiday weekend and sat in traffic for two hours.  I loathe traffic and driving out to the Inland Empire.  It was a bowling party and my son had a blast! 

Angry Kid bowling
Dark bowling alleys produce horrible pictures. Angry Kid is wearing a glow necklace in the photo, which makes him barely visible.

On Saturday night when Angry Kid and I got home, my parents picked him up so that he could spend the night at their house. Angry Husband and I both work on Sundays.  Angry Husband ended up dealing with a work-related issue all Saturday night, so of course, what did Julie do?

I went out and ran…..again…

What? All of these activities and it is only Saturday?

On Sunday I worked all day, while Angry Kid was at my mom’s…swimming…I had to drag him out of the pool at 4pm…and then we attended a neighborhood party where he went and swam again…

Angry Kid swam from 12pm-7pm on Sunday. I wish I had that much energy.

On Monday (Memorial Day), I worked while Angry Husband and Angry Kid hung out. Luckily, they went to the grocery store because we had no food in the house. I HATE the grocery store with a passion. 

When I got home, we ended up at another BBQ. Once again, Angry Kid swam all day.

You should see our laundry pile and my to-do list…

Did you have a good weekend? Do anything fun? Any traditions?

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I signed up for a Half Marathon

May 25, 2012

You might have noticed that I’m not blogging much lately. I’m a bit busy. My work schedule changed, again, plus it is almost the end of the school year for my son. Can you say, crazy?

Well instead of sitting my fat butt on the computer like usual, I’ve been spending my time running. This isn’t a new thing for me. I’ve had an awkward work schedule for about two years, which has pretty much getting anything done.  I was so exhausted with working, and family stuff that I have had no time to work out.

I have a new addiction to running and ummm Lululemon.  I’m getting to the point where I wear running clothes and my work uniform more than normal clothes now. Many people have asked me, “What is your goal?”  Umm, to get faster?  Seriously, I was getting faster the more I ran about three years ago, but it is taking forever to build up my speed again, and I am a bit older.  Seriously, everything is sore!

And then Casey tweeted this:

caseystweet

It was almost like Casey screaming at me, “Julie, just do it, sign up, you know you want to….come on….do it!”  Casey probably doesn’t realize how inspirational or an enabler that she is.

But, guess who clicked through Run Racing’s website and signed up for the Long Beach 1/2 Marathon on October 7th, 2012? ME!!!!! Yep, I signed up for the race on my iPhone. I’m so tech like that.

Dear @caseyruns @chicrunner @runracing and @runteamsparkle I signed up for the Long Beach 1/2. Time to plan my training. I want a fiesta post-race! #runlb

Time to up the training….

Casey recommended this program a few weeks ago via text.  I think that this was her initial prompt to get my butt to sign-up for Long Beach.  I’m going to use this program for my training, which will hopefully prep me for all of this.

Now, which Team Sparkle skirt color should I wear?

P.S. This is not the first 1/2 Marathon that I have signed up for. I signed up to the Tinkerbell 1/2 in the beginning of the year…but I knew that I had not trained for it, and I sold my race bib..{#flake #slacker}

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Wordless Wednesday: Strawberry Sundae

May 23, 2012

After a day of school, work (for me and Angry Husband), running (me), and swimming (Angry Kid and I)….I made the executive decision to go out to dinner.  We had a very late dinner. Angry Husband promised Angry Kid dessert if he ate all of his food. The kid is usually just picks at his food.  He chose a strawberry sundae for dessert.

The kid is a weirdo. Slurping down a strawberry sundae.

Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

If this your first time here, HELLO! I do a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) and link back to it here. Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed.

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, By Word of Mouth Musings, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

And, I can’t forget Krystina from Lollipops whom does “What I Love Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.


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Wordless Wednesday: Star of the Week

May 16, 2012

Angry Kid is “Star of the Week” at school this week. As usual, the Angry Family likes to wait till last minute to do everything. It is how we roll. I’m sure that you can guess what time I was up until on Sunday night.  Angry Kid knows how Type-A and umm crafty I am somewhat.  I had Angry Husband spray paint his name on the poster with a stencil. I attacked my Flickr account for pictures, added some glue, foam stars from my craft boxes, and Angry Kid had a presentable poster.

Angry Kid is "Star of the Week" this week. It is also his birthday week. Poster done! One thing checked off my massive to-do list.

Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

If this your first time here, HELLO! I do a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) and link back to it here. Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed.

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, By Word of Mouth Musings, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

And, I can’t forget Krystina from Lollipops whom does “What I Love Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.


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Hello Monday: Mother’s Day Edition

May 14, 2012

Hello Monday!

Hello loud birds chirping at 5:15am.

I think the birds knew that it was time to wake-up and run. My alarm was set for 5:20am. Ye gads, what was I thinking.

So this running thing, it is not fun running as it gets warmer. So my choices are 1. get up early and run before it gets sunny and/or 2. run after 8pm.  I chose to get up at the crack of dawn today. Six miles done.

Hello to Mother’s Day yesterday.

I hope everyone had a good one.  Angry Kid and I went out to lunch with my mom and family friends.  Angry Husband took a picture of Angry Kid and I later in the afternoon.

Mother's Day 2012Dress: Old Navy; Shoes: TJ Maxx; Necklace: Anthropologie; in case you are wondering.

Hello to a new iPad case as a Mother’s Day gift.

My Avia recommended this one from Brookstone. I love it. Angry Kid picked out red because it means “LOVE”.

I got my iPad in March. I seriously needed a case, and the keyboard, a total bonus!

Yippee, the family got me the @Brookstone iPad case that I wanted for Mother's Day. Angry Kid said he picked out red, because it means love. #mothersday

Hello to Angry Kid seeing his mentor, Jacob.

Jacob is 13 and will be a freshman in high school in September. How time flies.  He is my friend’s son, and I remember when he was a tiny baby. Seriously, this almost 7 year old and 13 year old are very similar. It is scary.  They both love USC also.

Angry Kid and Jacob

Hello to forgotten photos.

Oops, I forgot to post edit the photos from our last soccer game in February. I went through about 100 photos this weekend and edited them.

Yes, my son climbed up on the playground equipment.

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Hello Star of the Week.

Angry Kid is “Star of the Week” this week.

His birthday is Saturday.  I told him that he needed to work on his poster. He asked if I could, “take care of that”, ha.

Of course, my best work is done at the last minute, you know, midnight.

Organizing for Star of the Week poster

I will be working on my presentation for the Orange County Social Media Summit the next few days.

I am a keynote speaker. I am crazy. 600 SIX HUNDRED people. What the heck was I thinking?

Are you coming?

Well…

Hello Monday!

Linking up with Lisa Leonard and her Hello Monday Series!

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Happy Mother’s Day

May 13, 2012

HappyMother'sDay

Angry Kid and I are going to lunch with my mom and some family friends today. He gave me a great gift of a new iPad case, which I desperately needed.  We got my mom a photo on canvas as a gift. Today is my rest day from running. I’ve been quite the crazy runner lately.  And I got to sleep in till 10am today, while Angry Kid was busy killing things on the XBOX.

Photo by DrewBPhoto by DrewB Photography

I love this photo of Angry Kid and me.  One of these days, I’m going to order it on a canvas from Drew. I just need to figure out where to put it.

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A Mother’s Love

A mother’s love,—how sweet the name!
   What is a mother’s love?
—A noble, pure, and tender flame,
   Enkindled from above,
To bless a heart of earthly mould;
The warmest love that can grow cold;
   This is a mother’s love.

—James Montgomery

Once again,

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

Hope you have a great one!

 

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