iPhone Foto Friday

At the mall that I work at there is a store called Tuesday Morning. It is an interesting store, I guess I would classify it like a Ross of specifically home-good type things. Random decor and such. I like to go browse on my lunch and see what things they have. Sometimes they have sweet finds, other times I am left wondering WTF?

My most recent WTF moment at Tuesday Morning was when I went in and spotted these:

Awkward Cowboy yard decor

Cowgirl yard decor

ok FIRST of all, these are CREEPY! Second, I doubt that anyone with a western theme would choose these creepy statues! Let alone pay around $30 each!

I figured these things would never sell, but of course, when I went in a few days later they were gone! I feel sorry for whatever home gets decorated with these things! haha

Happy Friday!

-Katie

Easter Weekend Camping Trip at the Coast!

Sunday night after I got off of work Josh and I headed to the Coast to meet my family for a few days of camping! :)

The campground! Our motor home is in the very back.

On Monday morning when we got up my Dad and his friends were de-shelling and prepping the abalone that they dove for the previous day.

After they were done, the water was too rough for them to go diving, so we went in to Mendocino for the day! We had a yummy lunch at a Brewing company!

My dad got a 10 beer sampler, he was pretty excited

The view of Mendocino

And of course we got some yummy locally made ice cream cones!

DOUBLE SCOOP!

Then the boys and I went for a walk along the coastline! They were being nerdy photogs

Joshy and I!

We found a super cute heart shaped puddle!

After our super sweet walk we headed home and had BBQ tacos with everyone by the campfire!

As a side note: my parents brought our 3 labs camping, and when we went back to the motor home after the camp fire the dogs were all sleeping and Bo was snoring SO LOUD! haha I had to video it!


The next morning we woke up to Mom making a delicious breakfast feast!

Then my Dad, his friends, and my brother suited up to go abalone diving!

It was such a clear day!

the guys floating out

They are the tiny dots way out by the rocks

After their dive they came back in and we had a BBQ for lunch! Then Josh and I made the trek back home because alas I had work to get back to, boo!

It was SO nice to have two days off in a row, even NICER to spend it with my family, and even more GREAT was that I got to get some camping in too! :) Such a perfect few days off!

Happy Thursday Everyone!

-Katie

Gone Camping! :)

Pre-Scheduled Post!

I hope everyone had a Happy Easter!!

Josh and I left on yesterday to meet up with my family at the Coast!
We will be back on Wednesday after a few days of camping and relaxing!

But don't let me fool you, my parents will be bringing this:
so the camping part won't be too rough ;)

See you all then!

-Katie

iPhone Foto Friday

Transporting a cake of any kind in your car is always an adventure, but as I have recently found, transporting a Barbie cake in your car is by far the hardest thing ever. Last week I made one of the girls at work a Barbie Cake for her birthday, and after I made it I found myself stuck with the task of getting it to work!!

I had to tuck wash cloths under the sides of the plate so it wouldn't slide around, and she was obviously a top heavy cake so I couldn't put her on the seat because it wasn't flat like the floor. I knew I had to snap a picture at the beginning of our trip - just in case she didn't survive haha.

Talk about driving the speed limit, braking WAY in advance for lights, and taking turns like a granny! haha but alas she got to work safe and sound! :)

Here is a picture of her before we embarked on our journey to work

with flash:

In other news, my two days off were VERY nice! I slept in late both days which I really needed! And I am sad to report that I was not able to conquer all of the laundry yesterday, we still have some that needs to be done! I swear it never ends!! haha

Happy Friday!! I hope you all have a great weekend and Happy Easter!!

-Katie

Days Off!

Sorry for the lack of posting! This week has been absolutely crazy. On Wednesday one of the higher ups from Corporate was coming to visit our store = MEGA cleaning time. On Tuesday ... or should I say Wednesday.... we stayed until 1 AM cleaning and prepping for his visit!!!! Hello overtime! I spent a whole hour cleaning the floor in our store, and let me tell you, Wednesday I woke up feeling like I couldn't move I was so sore! Thankfully I didn't have to work when he was visiting, because after that cleaning session I wouldn't have been able to fake my smile and pretend I wasn't sore.

Yesterday, because we were so tired from being up until almost 2:30 AM, because of course I had to do more work once I got home (printing pictures for our staff board) we decided to sleep in on Wednesday and take it easy. So we ran a few errands, then came back and made BBQ hot dogs for lunch and then decided to clean the garage!

Before:

Before:

After:

After:

After:

It didn't take long to clean at all, but it was just one of those projects that has been needing to be done, but ranks pretty low on my list of things to-do. So now we don't have piles of crap everywhere and Josh can access his bike and hockey gear a lot easier now :)

Today I have the day off as well, so while Josh is on campus I am going to run some errands, finish laundry, go to the gym, make some dinner, and then we are headed to his hockey game tonight. So it will be a busy yet productive day off, and I will get to enjoy the break in the rain!

Happy Thursday Everyone!

-Katie

EDIT: Holy Dirty Laundry Batman! We have a LOT more than I thought... I am going to be folding all freaking day once these get washed!

Skating Weekend!

This weekend I had to work Fri, Sat, and Sun. But on Sunday since we close early, we all got together after work for our monthly outside of work get together!

This Month we decided to go Skating! And to make it even more fun, we decided to dress up!

A few girls couldn't make it, but here are the rest of us!

The rink!

Mariela, Casy, and Caylah!

Josh and I!

Janell brought her daughter Kali, and it was really cute watching her learn to skate!

<3

Trying not to make each other fall!

Josh showing off his sweet sk8 skills haha

We had a lot of fun at skating night and getting all dressed up! We were the only ones there in funny outfits so it made for some good memories and laughs!

Hope everyone else had a good weekend!

-Katie

iPhone Foto Friday

Courtesy of my recent LOVE for eating, I have dedicated today's iPhone Foto Friday to this fabulous little find:

umm yes, a mini little helping of cookie dough ice cream!! Heaven in a tiny tub :)

the other day on my lunch, a coworker and I were craving some ice cream so we went to the store (and I figured I would have to get a quart or whatever those middle size tubs are) and I saw this! Equivalent to about one scoop it was perfect! and even came with a tiny spoon!

It seriously made haha!

Happy Friday!

-Katie

p.s. thank you for all of the well wishes! I am feeling a lot better thanks to some OTC drugs and sleep!