Camp No Man 2011

10TH SEASON OF GW!! 2002-2011 It's hard to believe we have been doing this for a decade now!

This years project was visors...Alexis and James brought us Crowns and Footsie Socks!



This year (2011) Camp~No~Man was held at Lake Francis Resort, in Dobbins,Ca.




The trip started out great! We were ahead of schedule with loading and getting on the road. Shana, as usual, drove like a Bat Out Of Hell. But we got there safe and sound!
First thing first! We took out our tarp to build our tent on. Then we started to unload the rest of the truck! We pulled out the 10 man tent for us 5 girls. That's right, 5. We were short a few women this year due to other obligations. The original date was changed by "someone", so that screwed it up for some of the girls! LOL! Ok...back to building the tent! So Jen and Shana started to open up the bag which was to contain "all" components that go with a tent! Surprise!!! The poles for the tent are not in the bag! (TIME FOR A BEER)


Immediately, Jen goes in to panic mode! 1st thing she did was call Chris, packer of the tent. Or was it the kids who packed the tent, cause it sure wasn't Jen!! She is much more responsible than that!
Anyway, we called Alexis and Jayme, who were on there way to meet us. We were hoping they were close to Roseville. That way they could stop and pick up the poles. But they were already 15 minutes away from Marysville. Luckily Jayme brought her 6 man tent! And Lex brought her screen room. So I asked Lex to stop in Marysville to buy another tent, and I would pay them back. 5 minutes later, Jayme called to make a deal. She said as long as Shana gave up her nice comfy double air mattress, she would give up her tent to me, Jen and Shana. And they would take the screen room! Deal!!
So everything ended up working out great! Thanks to the THE HILLZ girls!!


We enjoyed our dinners at the little restaurant they had at the resort. They even had an ice cream parlor, which I enjoyed!! We also enjoyed the Wifi you could purchase for only $5.95 a day!! Shana and I jumped on that real quick!

The first night we just hung around the campfire playing games. We were told 3 times by personnel to be quiet! Apparently, quiet time is 10pm. And we were just talking!! That part sucked ass!!
The next morning, Shana asked all of us if we heard the noises in the middle of the night. She said it sounded like screaming. None of us heard it. But the next night....I heard it! It ended up being Pee cocks!! They make the most horrible sound. I never knew they sounded like that. I had seen them earlier that day too.

We BBQ'd tri tip for lunch. And then we spent a lot of time at the lake floating and drinking a few beers. We visited an old church with a cemetery behind it. Next to the store we had to visit several times! Lots of very old grave sites. 18 and early 1900's headstones. It was pretty cool. Of course...Shana saw the front porch light of the church flicker! That damn entity follows her wherever she goes.



There was even a place for Shana to pee!!


All in all....GW was another success! I look forward to the next 10 years!!

I love Jeff Corwin!!

OK. So this has nothing to do with Jeff Corwin! But, He loves things that slither.

So the other day I went out to the backyard to pick up Polly and Paco's poopy. Mark was going to do the yard work when he got home from work. As I was bending down with the garden shovel for the first scoop, A gardener snake literally jumped up and hissed at me. I tried to catch it so I could show the girls after I picked them up from daycare. Well he slithered away, but I did get him on video to show the girls. He was close to 3ft long!!
Mark came home and started on the lawns. As he opened up the can for green waste, there was another snake! This one was smaller, and confined to one area, so I decided to catch it.
I went to get the girls from daycare and told them I caught a snake for them to see. Lilly was excited! Personally, I thought she would be scared to death. So when we got home, I pulled the snake out of the bucket I left it in! I wanted Mark to pick it up, but he said....No way! I'm not touching that thing. He wasn't scared, he just didn't want to touch it. (Riiiight)
So here are a few pics to share! :)

GINGERBREAD HOUSE 2010

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Last night I went to WalMart to pick up some photos and saw a gingerbread house kit. I went ahead and bought it!! Since it was going to be raining all day. I thought that would be a fun indoor project. I showed it to Lilly just before nap time. She was so excited to do "The Project." I told her that she would have to take her nap first. It worked!!! After she and Zoey woke from their naps, we had lunch and then prepared for the fun.
Here are just a few pictures I took during construction...


They are ready to go!!

Above, Lilly is concentrating very hard. She knows how Mimi is about lining things up.

After Lilly was done with the structure part. We had to wait 15 min for it to dry. So the girls took a quick break and grabbed something from the Juice Bar!



One for me....One for my homie. Oop's, I mean house! Oh, and by the way. I kept Zoey busy with M&M's.

PROJECT COMPLETE!!



THE GIRLS POSING WITH THEIR HOUSE!!

It was a fun day!!!

Mimi's Blog: Another Photo Shoot..oh, and a small note about Turkey Day!

Mimi's Blog: Another Photo Shoot..oh, and a small note about Turkey Day!

Another Photo Shoot..oh, and a small note about Turkey Day!

Just a little note to say that Thanksgiving went well. Lisa, (MR's) sister came up from So. Cal. We always enjoy her visits. We especially like it when she brings Lila (her dog)! I look forward to the little trails of pee pee on my laminate floors. LOL! She's just excited to see us and her little furry cousins, Polly and Paco. The food and family were great!
On to the photo Shoot!
The following day, I decided to try and do an updated photo shoot of the girls. The week before, I had bought them matching headbands (from a holiday fair) and cute little black shirts to wear with their jeans. As usual, they did not want to cooperate!! Trying to get them to look at the camera and smile at the same time is like trying to take a Zebra out of a Lions mouth!! NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!! Why I just compared the girls to a Zebra and a Lion...I don't know! Random thought...
So I managed to get a few good ones in and retouched a few with some different lighting. So here they are.....Enjoy!



This one is one of my favorites...I kept telling Lilly to say cheese. She leaned forward in to the camera and screamed CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!!

I was getting so frustrated, I started to bribe Lilly with M&M's just to look at the camera! So she did, but Zoey was getting pissed or not looking so hot in the photo!





And then.....Lilly became pissed again!!
To many more photos of the bad ones....but here are a few of my favorites!





Even though Zoey's feet are pointed down and Jens hand is in the pic...I still think it looks cute!

A Day At Bishop's Pumpkin Farm!

Yesterday, Jen and I took Lilly and Zoey to the pumpkin patch for the day. It was a lot of fun!
The girls had fun feeding the goats in the petting zoo area. We also saw the piglets with their big Mama pig. Oh, and we also saw the BIG DADDY PIG TOO. Lilly said....ewwww, stinky butt. I was LMAO! While we were petting them, one of the piglets started to nibble on my finger. Lilly freaked out! She pulled my hand out of the cage and asked me if I was ok. I thought it was the cutest thing ever. She was worried that her Mimi got bit! So after my animal attack episode, we had some lunch. Jen and I had Chicken wraps and the girls had pizza.
Then we ventured out to the pumpkin patch to select our pumpkin's. The girls had fun climbing on the big pumpkins. The whole time I tried to take pictures, Lilly refused to look at me. She was being such a poop! But I think I still got some pretty good shots. We also bought yummy treats to take home with us. Yummy Choc-o-pumpkin Cake and regular pumpkin bread too. Mmmmmmm
We had lots of fun and the girls were EXHAUSTED by the end of the day and fell asleep just minutes after getting in the car!
Here are some pictures of our day............Enjoy!

I NEEDED A PENCIL LAST NIGHT!

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So yesterday started out to be a great day! I left in the A.M. to hang out with my sister to the Antique Trove to look and maybe buy a few things. It was a success....

The rest of the day was spent with Jen and the girls have fun playing and watching some cartoons from time to time. We decided around 3pm to go do some grocery shopping. We fed the girls dinner and after that....that's when things got crazy!!! Around 6pm Jen and I could not find Zoey's FAVORITE Binki ANYWHERE! We searched high and low. In the car, house, etc......Then we thought we might have lost it at the store.
She's so picky when it comes to her binki, it's not even funny. I went to the store to look for the same one. The first trip I took was to Safeway. I thought for sure the binki's I bought would work. But Nope, they didn't. This was around 8pm. She was very very unhappy :( We tried to keep her busy with playing and other things, but nothing would help. Crying and whining the entire time. In the meantime, Lilly began to get cranky because we were paying to much attention to Zoey. So she began to act up. Crying and doing things she knows she shouldn't to get us to react to her. So after almost 2 hours of more crying and whining (from BOTH girls) I made a second trip. I went to CVS Pharmacy, SaveMart, BelAir, RiteAid and the Dollar store. NOBODY HAD IT!! RiteAid kicked me out of the store because it was 10pm and that's when they closed. I got there at 9:55! I came home with one more binki a little after 10, but poor baby Zoey ended up crying herself to sleep. So a few minutes later Jen and I realized that WE never ate dinner...LOL! Both girls were out cold. We decided to eat a bowl of cereal before we went to bed. As soon as I crawled in to my bed I remembered something!!!! The last month or so, Lilly has been throwing things away in the trash. I have found toys, shoes, the squirt bottle for her hair and yesterday, she put Zoey's wubby in there! So I asked Jen...Do you think she put the binki in the trash???? Jen and I ran to the trash can! So after digging threw chewed up food from the kids and other garbage...............YUP! THE F*&@ING binki was in their!!
So this morning, Lilly got a stern talking to from MIMI about what she did. I'm not sure just how much she understood, but let's hope it works!
Below are just a few pictures from the evening.

Lilly crying on the phone to her daddy who is trying to calm her and the plethora of pacifiers we tried on Zoey!
AND POOR LITTLE ZOEY'S PUFFY FACE AFTER CRYING HERSELF TO SLEEP :(