Ticker Update

It was called to my attention I have not given any updates as to the original intention of this blog... my heart check-ups for family. Soooo sorry. It doesn't bother me much so I kinda forget others are worrying about it! Well, I had a check up on Wednesday and received two pieces of good news...
1. I have "graduated" to annual visits! (insert pomp and circumstance here...) This is great news because I'm doing well, or they're just trying to get rid of me. I'm not sure, but I was taught not to look a gift horse in the mouth.
2. This is my favorite one yet...I have been cleared to do something I REALLY miss doing and is something really hard for me NOT do living in Orlando. Have you guessed what it is? I can ride roller coasters again!!! WOO HOO!

I think this should be my first one, what do you think Mom?



Who's with me?

I'm getting a nephew

Yes it's true! Lake and Elysa are having a baby boy and in true little sister fashion I am living to spoil the kid and torment my brother. I have nicknamed baby bump Wall-e ....don't ask and thus far my contributions to instill a sense of humor in this child are this:Wall-e's other aunt, Aunt Lulu, has found onsies that say things like "I like to hit the bottle", "I'm kind of a big deal", and "Fat kids are harder to kidnap". Any other suggestions for evil doting aunts??

Relaxing Sunday Afternoon

I went with some of my friends to a dog park this afternoon with Cally and her new friend Citgo. Cally got groomed yesterday so she had the time of her life strutting her stuff and showing off her little bows. Note to self, dog parks are dusty, sandy, drooly, and muddy. Not the best idea for the day after a grooming....

We got home just in time to watch the shuttle launch. We saw the lift on tv and then ran out into the driveway to watch the rest in the sky! So beautiful!

Frustrations Solved

When I first moved into this house, there was this scary crazy bush by the front door. I'm not sure what it was supposed to actually be, but I finally went and bought some pink gardening gloves and shears, waited for warmer weather (yes it actually gets cold here), and two hours of pent up frustration outlet later, voila!Who knew there was a double palm under there!! It's so cute and I can actually see my front door! I've always wanted to say, just look for the house with the red door, and now I can since you can finally see it!

P.S. Don't judge my lawn, I'm working on it...

Jillian's Bday

In true fashion, we had a Hannah Montana party! The poor people at the Olive Garden were very understanding of our little treat bags, stickers, party blowers, and cake! Awhile ago I had a purple Hannah Montana guitar that was autographed by Miley Cyrus for an auction for work. Jillian found it by accident and got so excited asking if that was her birthday present. So I recreated the guitar in cake form. That's close enough, right? I even had Miley sign birthday wishes to her in icing! So here are some pics from our little birthday party and it goes to show you, never let me be in charge of a theme! (and yes, we made everyone wear Hannah Montana stickers all night, including the boys! How did we manage that? The rule was they could pick the first sticker and if it "disappeared", we got to pick the second one. Not all the stickers had Hannah on them so it was definitely in their best interest to play along)Two nights later I was fortunate enough to tag along with her to celebrate with her parents at the Yacht and Beach Club steakhouse for dinner. It was so yummy and we had leftovers! What more could girls want?

My Little Pony mania for GKTW

As some of you know (since I've been talking about it for months) Give Kids The World has teamed up with the Hasbro line My Little Pony. We have been getting celebrities and famous artists to design their own versions of large My Little Ponies for an online auction that benefits Give Kids The World. Well, the auction started yesterday and the ponies look awesome!!! I wanted to share them with you so you could see how cute they are! And the first pony that is purple, Twinkle Hope, is a GKTW pony that will be put into production for little girls to play with everywhere and a percentage of the sales goes to GKTW. I'll let everyone know when you can buy them. Here's the link and a few pics of my favs...

Here's my girl Twinkle Hope! They added some extra bling to her for the auction.

This one is by LeAnn Rimes. She had her nail technician help with the design. Just goes to show you really can't go wrong with a good manicure! And it reminds me of rainbow brite. :)

A Japanese manga artist (no clue what that means) Junko Munoz designed this. I like her furry bonnet and her great Geisha shoes!!

This one is done by an artist/designer Claw Money. How great are her Nikes?!?

This one by two of my fav celebs Courtney Cox Arquette and David Arquette.

Designers Maze and St. Roman best known for their clothing line Kid Robot did the pretty pink carousel pony. She has a great Farrah Fawcett shag and in my favorite color!

Long Weekend Fun

Chris had to work all weekend, but I was able to get in some fun with Jillian and her parents for her dad's birthday. Between boating around the Polynesian Resort, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom, it was great! Going to Disney with Jillian is like learning all the secrets to the parks. Did you know you can ride in the front of the monorail with the driver?!?! Me neither! But between Jillian's persuasive talking and Mr. Paciello's birthday button, we were able to do it. So fun!!Captain Jillian and her crew!

Sexy glasses for Mickey's Philharmagic.

Us in the front of the monorail. The view was amazing!!!