Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Whats For Lunch?

I'm working from home today.. I shouldn't be, but I am (I woke up late lol). My homegirl Ula came over during her lunch time to pick up some coupons and chat it up about couponing (Ula, Faga, and Tini are the masters.. I'm just a minion trynna get hooked up hahahaha).

We did some coupon shopping last night.. We hit up Target.. got:
Full Size Snuggle Fabric Softener 99 cents
Bic Disposable Shavers 59 cents
Dannon Yogurt 4 pack for 40 cents
and..
snap, can't remember.

I took my husband and boys with me.. my stepkids went with their mom, so we decided to take a family trip to the store (which means they wait in the car while I go shop lol)

We WERE gonna head to McDonalds, but why waste money.. Jizzo put out the hamburger meat. We narrowed our dinner down to teriyaki burgers.. haven't had that in quite a LONG.TIME. Man I tell ya.. that ish was bomb!

Alrighty, long story short.. I had leftover teriyaki burgers and homemade (or close to it.. Nestle hehe) cookies.

Sorry, I tend to drift from story to story (because somehow one ties into the other, then it goes on and on and.. yeah, you know what I mean).

Here's lunch (yayuh!)







Alofas,

myrn

Monday, March 29, 2010

A Day in the Life...

I'm trying to stay true to my goal and blog more.. it's kinda hard because I don't speak very much in first, second or third person lol. Anyway..

Here's a little glimpse at what my "desk" looks like. Right now my "office" is in the living room while I figure out how to create some space where I can put everything I have.

My desk looks messy, but really.. it's organized lol. I usually have everything put away nicely.. ok that was a fib.. it's always full of stuff.

My orders arrived for my Talofa Teine Jewelry customers.. so I am in the process of sorting orders and filling them, while adding more stock to my on hand inventory. I've already had some ladies pick their orders up (Thank you Sepa and Ula) and some on their way to grab theirs.





A side shot of my "desk" lol.. I've got coupon binders, uncut coupons, blank DVDs, my laptop, my phone hidden in there somewhere, orders filled, orders that need to be filled, defective items that need to be sent back, aaaaaand much much more!





I've got a lot on my plate nowadays.. not complaining.. just explaining LOL. It truly is overwhelming at times, but its still manageable.

Trying to get two businesses up and running (1 photography and 1 silver jewelry) plus working a full time job, being mommy to 7 crazy kids, wife to 1 crazy(er) man, sister to my siblings, and much more.. is a challenge, but one I welcome (or try to lol) with open arms. As the saying goes "I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it".

I am truly thankful to my husband..


(mind you he's gonna kill me when he sees this.. I added this last minute.. but what the hell.. you only live once lol)

who sometimes I think drives me insane (right?), but in actuality he keeps me sane by being my right hand man. I have a huge support group! My sisters in Utah, Cali, Hawaii, (Mufi are you in Thailand? lol), my parents, my kids, my close and best friends (love you guys!!), and of course all of you who actually take your time to read this.

Have a Happy Week! More to come later!

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010

Happy Birthday Superman

A huge Happy Birthday shoutout to one of my heroes.. MJ Tokelau. Hope you have a super spectacular birthday today! We all love you!

Here are some pictures his mama picked out (Thanks Nofz):













Here's to many more :)

Love,

Us

Thursday, March 25, 2010

I need to practice more Mom..

I don't usually blog about my family, I've tried to keep it as impersonal as possible and just let my photos speak for themselves. I was sittin around on Sunday and it it hit me.. That's just not me. I talk a lot, I laugh a lot, I cry a lot, and.. well, lets just say I do a lot... except blog. I thought I'd give it a try and see where it leads me :)

This is my son Cyrus, but everyone calls him Buddah. His Uncle Dennis gave him that name when he was a baby, because he was HUGE. Buddah weighed around 35+ pounds when he was 6 months old. The kid was already puttin away Happy Meals at six months. Thankfully, he outgrew his chubby baby stage, but the name has stuck. I think only kids at school and his teachers call him Cyrus. Sometimes we do a double take when someone calls out "Cyrus!" and forget that  its Buddah's name lol.

Buddah has been playing football for three years now, and he excels at it. My husband and I thought it would do him some good to expand his horizons and try different sports. Yesterday was his first soccer game, and he looked so lost haha (granted though, he was very excited to play). Ok, not small kine lost.. like I-don't-think-I-belong-here lost. Long story short, they lost, and the rest of my kids were clownin on Buddah the whole way home lol.. cause thats just how we do! Just a glimpse at Buddah's game from yesterday:















Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Growin Up Too Fast

My son Meryc (sounds like Merrick) is the youngest of 7. He's only 5. Yes. FIVE. He's an astute five year old and wants to do everything the older kids do.. so we decided to put him in soccer.  He plays for a team of 1st & 2nd graders, and had way too much fun!

My baby's growing up too fast.. Time  really flies doesn't it. I will never tire of his  hourly "Mommy I love you" that he yells from his bedroom while I work, his contagious laugh, or his stupefied grin because I know one day soon (and for me even years from now will be far too soon) he'll grow up and leave me. In short, life kinda sucks like that.. but I'll enjoy him as much as I can while I can!

















love,

mom

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Line. Out.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Jody & Mana | utah bridal photographer





































Thank you girls.. you guys so totally rocked! Love ya both :)

Alofas,

myrn