Confessions of a Blogaholic

Here I the first post of "My life through my iPhone". I will publish a week of iPhone pictures. It will at least record important, and maybe not so important things in my life. It's a small start, but at least it's a start. Kassie was asked to Marcos De Niza's Homecoming.  I took a snap shot of her dress from the site I ordered it from.  She picked purple.    The Homecoming dance has a masquerade theme.  These are the masks that I made for her and her date.  I took a picture of them so that I could text it to her dates mom. I was asked by the Mountain Pointe Spiritline's captain to make her team pink breast cancer awareness cheer bows.  I made the rhinestone ribbon too!  I forgot to take a picture of them, so I found a picture of one on Instagram.  So....I took a screen shot.  Kassie has a ballroom competition coming up in November.  Her instructor told me that I had to rhinestone her heels.  So, I did!  I took a picture of them to show him.  I

I can not believe that is has been more than a year since my last post.  It really is amazing how time fly's.  So many events that have not been documented.  Life has been super crazy lately, and it feels almost impossible to post to my blog.  I find it sad, because as I was going through my blog, there are so many memories that I have by reading it.  That was the whole point of starting a blog.  I think of all of the things that I missed, and how in a few years, I may not remember them at all.  Had I been posting to the blog, they would be there for me to reminisce.  I can't promise myself that I will start blogging daily again.  I can say that it is my goal to at least add a weekly post.  I was going through some blogs on my reading list, and one of the blogs I follow had a great idea.  A weekly post called "Through the eyes of my iPhone."  I am going to copy her, and do something similar.  It should be fun, I am super attached to my iPhone, and I use it for pictu

Back in August when Kai started talking about her 8 th grade formal, I could never have imagined what a big deal it was going to be. Then January came and the talk of dresses and shoes started. I noticed that her friends were having the same conversations on FB . She would look through websites and magazines. She went back and forth on dresses, but one Sunday she found the dress of her dreams. My friend was with us, and she convinced her to try it on. She did, and she fell in love. I had already ordered her the dress she thought was the one. So I did not let her buy it. She talked to Buddy about it, and he thought about it. Then my friend called Buddy and convinced him that she had to have the dress. Kai in the mean time had started to gather yard sale items from her room and around the house. She asked Buddy to help her with a yard sale so that she could use the money to buy this dress. The following week, I went and bought the dress. I came home and hid it in an old su

Buddy will be celebrating the BIG 40 this year! At first I was not going to plan a BIG celebration because it would be a month before Kai's BIG day. Well, now that things have changed, I decided that he deserves a BIG celebration for the BIG day. It was initially going to be a BIG surprise party, but I have a teenage daughter that couldn't keep her BIG mouth shut. She overheard me and a friend discussing some details, and she told Buddy. A few months ago, I was reading one of my favorite entertainment blogs. Hostess with the Mostess and she had the best vow renewal theme. It was the theme from the movie The Hangover. I immediately decided on that theme. That is our ultimate favorite movie. We can watch it every single day. Buddy and I don't ever like the same movies, and I mean ever. For some reason, this movie we both like. I made Save The Date cards that I will be sending out through e-mail and FB messages. His party is in August, but I am hoping that a lot of our frien

I created a widget to countdown the day until Kai's Quinceañera on my sidebar. I haven't had the heart to take it down yet. Just like I haven't had the heart to cancel the church, the reception site, the 14 person live band and 8 person mariachi. I haven't even canceled the block of rooms that are saved at the hotel yet either. Maybe I'm hoping for a miracle, but it's not looking very good for us. After all of the debating about whether to make her a Quinceañera, she finally agreed to let us plan her one. She knew how much my mom wanted her to have one. Then there was the decision to make. Phoenix, or Douglas? Buddy wanted it in Phoenix, I wanted it in Douglas. Obviously our families wanted it in Douglas. So, we finally agreed. It would be in Douglas, at the church that we were married at, and the reception at the Douglas Country Club. In September, I made a special trip to Douglas to sign the contract for both the church and the Country Club. My sister and I sp

Not so much of a Blogaholic. I almost feel the need to change the name of my poor little blog. It has sat here deserted with no updates and no pictures. I think about it everyday, yet I can't seem to find the time to come back to it. My intention for my blog was to document so much of our days and lives. And yet, I have let months go by without one little entry. There is no way my mind can remember everything that has happened since my last post. So much missed. The majority of Kai's 8th grade year, and the majority of Nachito's 5th grade year. Not to mention how many holidays and important events I have missed. Trips and of course Birthday parties. Somehow I need to find the time to record these events, and even if I have to back date them, I will document them at some point. This week is a tough school week for the kids. AIMS testing for both of them. Today they both felt very good about how they did. Nothing much has changed in Kai's world. She still dances, still c