[Gurlee]Girrl Friday

It's Friday - WOOOOO HOOOOOO!! I'm so ready for the weekend and excited to be linking up with Vicki and Tara for another edition of:

This week I went crazy and did my nails twice this week! Can you believe it?  I was excited to try my two new "Hunger Game" Capitol Colours:

I love all three of these polishes!  Can't wait to try some more from the collection!
Now on to some Friday Randomness:

• First, I want to wish Chrissy a Happy 25th Birthday!!!!!  I was pleased to be a part of her surprise birthday celebration (which occurred at midnight last night) and got to eat DQ Ice Cream Cake!! Nik and I orchestrated the surprise and pulled it off without her having a clue.  Love when I can actually keep my big mouth shut!  It was also nice meeting and making some new friends!

Shantanu, Aarti, Arun, Nik & The Birthday Girl

• I am looking forward to continuing Chrissy's birthday festivities this evening by playing some Whirlyball with a few of our friends.  Just hope I don't get too bruised up!  It's a brutal game!
• I absolutely loved that I got to spend some extra time with the kiddos this week, yesterday bowling with Ashley and today "Breakfast and Books" with Colton.  Love that they both still want mom around.  And to top of the fun, we are attending the "Fun Fest" at Ash's school tonight.  Love it.
• It looks like the weather will be in the 70's for the whole weekend!! That means I'm going to go hiking again this weekend.
• This GurleeGirrl will be enjoying some corned beef and cabbage this weekend, compliments of my wonderful mom.

I hope everyone has a SAFE and wonderful weekend, and hopefully one of you will drink some green beer for me!

        

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Today I had the pleasure of chapperoning my daughter's 5th Grade gym class on a field trip to the bowling alley!  It was right up my alley! (haha)

Anyhoo, my babygirl made her momma very proud! She had the highest score out of her group with a whopping 61.  They even made the kids figure out their scores manually!  I doubted most of the adults there knew what to do.  It looks like they did a pretty good job.

Let me tell you, I was about to climb out of my skin watching these girls throw ball after ball into the gutter.  It appears kids really do not know how to bowl these days.  Oh well - I'm just glad I was able to share the experience with her.  She loved it.  I loved watching. 

Here she is in action - her only strike of the game - and I captured it! YAY Ashley!

What I'm Loving Wednesday

Happy Hump Day!! And I must say, for a Wednesday, it's a beautiful day!  We are hitting a high of 73 degrees today!!

I'm linking up with Jamie for:

• I'm loving the new Doritos Locos Taco Supreme!  I jumped on the bandwagon and headed for the border - Taco Bell - and this taco is AMAZING and at just 200 calories, totally justifiable!  Get there and get one!

• I'm loving this dress I picked up at H&M this week.  Better yet, I'm loving the price of $17.95! 

• I'm loving my baby Malibu.  My precious girl "escaped" out of the garage door and took off running.  Luckily she only made it to the neighbors house - thank God they have dogs that pee everywhere - because she stopped dead in her tracks to smell around, which allowed me to scoop her up before she got too far.  I was so scared. 

• I'm loving my new cheap ($10) sunglasses I bought at Parisian this weekend.  They are pink, purple and fabulous!

• I'm loving that I get to hit the golf course tonight for the first time this season.  I get to use my new pink golf balls and glove!

Now I want to know, What Are You Loving today?

Sometims and Always

Sometimes I think I give myself plenty of time in the morning to get ready.
Always end up rushing, because I spend too much time picking out my clothes. 


Sometimes I Google my "symptoms" and try to self diagnose my problem.
Always end up thinking I'm going to die!  Then I don't.  I'm learning.


Sometimes I wait until the end of the day to wash my dirty lunch dishes, and I debate NOT doing them because it's almost time to go home.
Always end up washing them - I HATE having dirty dishes.

Sometimes I know I should fill my gas tank before it's empty.
Always wait till the gas light comes on and I am coasting to the gas station!


Sometimes after I fill my gas tank ($75.00 later), I think I should buy a more fuel-efficient vehicle.
Always decide no way because I love my black Jeep Cherokee!

Now go check out Megan's blog and see what other people are saying Sometimes & Always too!

Thumbs Up Monday

Happy Monday to everyone!!! I had an awesome weekend - weather was beyond nice - and I'm ready to kick off another wonderful week with Thumbs Up Monday!

To get us started we have Chrissy and Nik.  They are giving Double Thumbs today!

Chrissy is giving a thumb up to Taylor Kitsch (a.k.a. Tim Riggens / John Carter) and for our upcoming Whirlyball game we have scheduled for her birthday this week!  ** I agree 100% with her choices too! **

Nik is giving a thumb up to the Pistons beating the Lakers last week and for the artichoke dip at the Sports Locker Bar & Grill.

I'm gonna finish it up this week by giving a Thumb Up to me! I am so proud of myself for taking 2nd Place (out of 18) in our Biggest Loser Competition at work. I lost 19.5 lbs. in 8 weeks. I won $108 - so I plan on rewarding myself with something extra nice this week! I want to thank all of my family, friends and blog-friends for encouraging me to stay on track and for putting up with my craziness! My hard work paid off! 

[Gurlee]Girrl Friday

As usual, I am linking up with Vicki and Tara for this weeks:

This week Jenny Jenny let me borrow one of her colors and I love it!  It's called Meet Me On The Star Ferry by OPI.  I accented it with Luxe and Lush by China Glaze which just happens to be one of the Colours from the Capitol Collection for inspired by The Hunger Games.  This is definitely going to be a new favorite of mine.  The glitter are flecks of varying sizes and colors.  LOVE it.

Has anyone else gotten any of the Capitol Colours?  I bought a few of them.  Might have to buy some more!!  Which do you like?

And now on to some Friday randomness:

• I found a super cheap pair of prescription sunglasses.  They cost me under $17 shipped!  I hope I like them, but for that price I couldn't pass them up.

• VERY excited to go see super hottie Taylor Kitsch in John Carter this weekend.  Two hours of a shirtless Tim Riggens doesn't sound bad to me!

• It's getting closer to the release of The Hunger Games movie.  CAN NOT WAIT!

• The weatherman is reporting that we are going to hit 63 degrees this Sunday!  I will be taking full advantage of the weather by spending all day outside.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Movie Review Thursday - The Lorax

This past Movie Tuesday the babes requested that I take them to see The Lorax.  I was more than thrilled to oblige them.  I have been excited about seeing this movie for a while now.  I was happy the kids were excited too.

Luckily we made it to the $5 matinee.  The cost of a movie these days makes it very hard to take the family with.  On top of tickets, I have to buy both kids Frozen Cokes ($5.50 ea.), they split a Medium Popcorn ($6.00) and throw in a Medium Diet Coke for me, and my bill was over $20. INSANE!  However, I don’t take them that often, so when I do, I deal with it.  I also snuck in my own chocolate – so that shaved a few dollars off my bill.

There were a good number of people at this showing.  There were kids there from 1 to 60.  I never noticed any crazy kid outbursts, so the little ones must have enjoyed it too.

My kids (ages 7 and 10) were attentive and followed along with no problem.   The humor wasn’t over-their-heads, and I love when I see them laughing.  There was suspense, action, bad-guys chasing good guys, animals frolicking and eating marshmallows, musical numbers and even a little bit of romance.  It was an hour and half of pure family-friendly fun. 

The kids loved it and so did I.  Afterwards I asked them what the message of the movie was and my 7-year old said “Don’t cut down all of the trees.”  He is a sharp one – LOL.  I’m just glad he got something out of it. 

Rating: Loved It (Very Good)

I defintely would recommend it, with or without kiddos.

The Once-ler:  Unless someone like you, cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get better.  It's not.