I've Moved!

I've moved my blog! I never really liked my url. And since I don't know how to change that and still keep all my stuff, I decided to get a new blog. So here it is The Best Things in Life Are...
There is also a new feature. A Followers feature where you can chose to follow my blog. I don't quite see the reason for this since I probably have most of you in my blog list but, hey, it's kinda fun!

Thank You Mr. Clean!

Here is my new table! Why did I need a new table? Well I didn't but it was such a good deal I couldn't pass it up. And I always wanted a round table to go in the kitchen area. And its one of those tall ones too. Which I've always liked, you know the ones that come to your waist.

So I was at sears looking at glasses for Audrey when I saw this table. I didn't see a price so I asked the lady. She said that it was on clearance cause it was a floor model and that she would look it up. Well about 10 - 15 mins went by and she still couldn't find the book. So the supervisor lady and her talked about it. She came back and said that I could have the table and 4 chairs for
$200! I was like NO WAY! So I told her that I would call my husband and check. While I was calling I overheard the sales lady say that she had found the book but that she had already told me $200.

When I got a hold of Big J I asked him how he was doing and he said that he Was happy cause he didn't end up having to do go on this job that was supposed to be really bad. (I thought great he is in a good mood!) I asked him if I could have $200 dollars and after telling him the story he said OK. I was so excited. Before I called him I figured that he was gonna say no and that I would have to walk away from this great deal. You should never walk away from a deal that good. At the time I knew that I was getting a good deal but I didn't know how good until I looked on the Internet and the chairs alone at regular price are $100 each! And yes it was a floor model and it looked dirty from people sitting on it but it was nothing that a little magic eraser couldn't fix. After getting it home and useing the magic eraser it looks as good as new! Thanks Mr. Clean!

Big J's Birthday

So Friday was Big J's birthday! Luckilly he was able to get the day off, so last minute we decided to go to Monterey and go to the Aquarium to celebrate. So we drove up on Friday afternoon and got to our hotel. The above picture is of the view from the Hotel Lobby. I was a little skeptical about the hotel until we got there. (I guess we've had too many bad experiences) But the rooms were clean and I had no problem staying there. After getting checked in we went down to the beach and played around. Unfortunatly right after arriving the clouds came in and it was a little cold. But we had fun anyway. We planned to go to the Aquarium the next day. That night was awful.... Lets just say that the gigantic windows that make up the outer wall of the room makes it really easy to hear when people are outside talking (or yelling) At about 10 pm a Mr. Bob OConnel (who I learned is part scottish, staying in room 135, 45 years old, there for the same wedding as the people in the next room, and a drinker!) and his friends showed up to sit directly outside of our room and drink and chat for and hour and a half. And with all the chatter I couldnt sleep. Big J could of course. I kept thinking that they would leave any second but they never did. Many times I was so close to calling the front desk and complaining but for some reason I didn't. I guess I just figured that there had to have been someone else that was more disturbed by this and would call or tell them to be quiet. So after having no sleep the night before we went to the aquarium. The kids had a lot of fun.
This above is a picture of a place that people can touch some things like starfish and a crab and urchins and stuff. Little A was not affraid to touch them and immediatly picked the starfish up out of the water to examine him.


Here they are Happy as Clams! He He. There was a cool little kids area right next to where this was taken that they had to crawl through to see fish and stuff.
Above is a shark that they had in their huge tank that was filled with Tuna, Sardines, Sun fish, Sharks and more that I can't remember.

That was the best part we decided and then came to the conclusion that this aquarium was cooler the last (and first) time we went. Our favorite was the Shark tank. We decided that if they took this Shark tank and put it in the Long beach Aquarium then that would be perfect. But in all it was a fun weekend and we would probably do it again. Maybe next time we will go whale watching. If you want to see more pictures from our trip see our flickr site.

Computer Illiterate

I thought that I had broken my blog trying to get a new layout. It took me about 5 hrs to figure out how to get this one. I'm still searching for the perfect one although when I find it I might be too scared to try and change it again. Oh well. We will see.

Our Night Off

So this month marks the 5th anniversary for Big J working for Schlumberger! (He said we would only be here for 2!) So to celebrate his work threw a Party in Long Beach at The Winston! Now it wasn't just for Big J it was for all the people in Schlumberger that had worked there for 5, 10 , 15 or even 20 years! There was about 60 or so people there.

So Saturday Big J and I were able to go down to Long Beach. The drive was good and we didn't run into much traffic, so we decided to go to the Aquarium. When we got there we learned that it was 21$ per person! (Just a note: Monterey was about the same price and it was double the size) But.... we were already there so we went in. It was pretty nice. Our favorite part was the Tropical Fish. (of course) I liked the Jelly fish (pictured below) and the big reef tank. (pictured above)
So after that we went to our hotel (which by the way was fully paid for by Schlumberger) After we got checked in and rested from all the walking in the Aquarium it was time to get ready. Suddenly Big J asks, "Did you get my shirt out of the dryer?!!" I replied, "NO! (in shock) Didn't you?!" Now it was already 6:15 pm and the Dinner starts at 7:00 pm. So Big J asks the concierge where the nearest place to buy a shirt was. And was off. I stayed to get ready. At 7 I was just about to call Big J and ask where he was when he came in. Luckily the dinner was just downstairs so he could be dressed and in the elevator in like five mins. I set to ironing his shirt (which I don't do very well, cause I don't do it often) I turn around to a gasp! And there is Big J trying to put on pants that were 3 or 4 sizes too small! He had grabbed the wrong ones! Instead of grabbing the ones from his suit he had grabbed the ones from our wedding! So thinking maybe that he had grabbed both he frantically started looking for the others in the suitcase, but to no avail. I told him to suck it in and he tried but they were not going to button. so he zipped them up as high as he could and cinched his belt down and hoped that his jacket would cover and that his pants wouldn't fall down! Well we made it through the night without anyone losing their pants (which from what I hear probably will happen at a Schlumberger party one of these days)
When we got back to the room and had a big laugh because the room looked like it had been ransacked! It was an eventful day. But it was fun and I'm glad that we went even though leaving the kids was hard. But it was only for one night.

Little D

Well I finally downloaded the pictures of Little D's first day of school. Yeah, kinda took a while, but anyway he is doing great in school. Still loves going and riding the bus. Here is a picture of him with his teacher, Mrs. Greene.
He is such nice boy and everyone wants to be his friend. Here he is only five mins. into the first day and he already has a buddy.
So here is to my brave boy who is always kind and loving, and even when things are scary he pushes through the tears and learns so much. He's growing so fast and it makes me sad. But I am excited to see the man that he becomes.

No Tears Here!

Well I made it through the first day of Kindergarten and first day of riding the bus and I had no tears! I thought that I would cry but I think that because I cried over Pre-K last year there was no need for it this year. Plus its only half day so it kinda feels like its just Pre-K again. Needless to say Little D had no problem going and was so excited to ride the Bus. First thing he said when he got off was "That was Awesome!". He made friends immediately and even had one girl from church there that he knew.