Angel or Devil?

Today I met my friend Pam AGAIN at JoAnn's. hee hee...I actually got out of there without any purchases...but, I did visit JoAnn's earlier this week...so, I wasn't being THAT GOOD.

Pam's birthday is on Halloween, so she always has a Halloween party. Since she had trouble finding a red dress for a "Princess Buttercup" costume (from the Princess Bride movie), she is attempting to make a costume.

We found red material...and she had some really pretty gold ribbon for the "belt"...and we were searching for a pattern. After a dozen or so possibilities, we think that the Angel pattern will be a good foundation and she can alter it from there.

Jordan's basketball coach couldn't make practice tonight...so, Jeff sub'd. Those poor kids, they ran drills the entire night. hee hee...Jeff was disappointed to find out how much the kids lacked in fundamentals...which has always been important to Jeff....so, that's what they worked on. Ray came out tonight to help Jeff at practice....and he came loaded with manju, mini-cream puffs and mini-eclairs...yum...good thing my coffee maker has a timer...I set it to go off when we were driving home...so, the coffee was all brewed and nice and hot! What a great way to end the evening.

Fight on Trojans! Or, Um...UCLA Bruins...

This may be sacrilegious, but, we have a friend who went to both USC and UCLA...so, when Jeff saw the USC Fleece material at Joann's, he asked me to make Ray a blanket. We thought it would be funny to put UCLA on the reverse...since Ray wears his USC gear during football season and his UCLA gear during basketball season...fair weathered alum, eh. So, I finally finished it tonight....I had to, Ray is coming over for dinner tomorrow and I didn't want it laying around. YEAH...another Christmas present done....

***For those of you who know RAY....SHHH!!!***

YEAH...HAIR CUTS!!!!

Yeah!!! It's Picture Day tomorrow...do you know what that means? HAIRCUTS!!!! The boys are at the age, (more so Jordan...than Neil), where they don't want haircuts because the kids will make fun of them. So, after arguing...I agreed that they didn't have to cut their hair for the first day of school...BUT, they had to cut it for Picture Day. After all...I don't want to hear my FATHER complain about how "long" their hair looks in their school pictures....and I don't want to look at it for the next 8 years....and since Mom and Dad are paying for the pictures....tough!Don't worry Mom, this was half-way through Jordan's haircut....it is "high and tight", maybe not up to Len's standards...but, it's shorter.

Um...Neil was trying to hide in the drape...he actually fell off of the chair....hee hee....you should have heard him..."oh no...Mom's BLOG"....hee hee...they did get a nice break while I was taking a vacation from the BLOG....

It's been a long weekend!

This weekend was a busy one! The boys went to the Family Sleepover at the Monterey Bay Aquarium with Uncle Gary. I was hoping Jordan would take some cool pictures...but, he FORGOT he had a camera....oh well...maybe Uncle Gary will burn a cd with pictures...I'll try to get Jordan and Neil to write a little bit about their "Guy Weekend".

Since the boys were in the ever capable hands of my brother Gary, Jeff and I took the Z up to Lake Tahoe. It was a fantastic ride...I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to feel my butt by the time we made the trip...but, the Z handled great! Especially through the mountains....there was no problems hugging the corners and passing cars in those ever so short passing lanes.

On our way up to Tahoe, we stopped at Red Hawk...what a beautiful casino! And, I found a great video slot...it is a multiple hand blackjack....I loved it...

Jeff played Blackjack Switch at Harvey's and did well....good thing...since I didn't have any luck on the slots and was too tired to play the tables.

We did SURPRISE Lori Pirri up in Tahoe. Lori and her husband Nick flew into Reno to meet Lori's parents who had driven from Toronto. On Saturday night they drove to Lake Tahoe. We weren't able to meet up with them on Saturday...but, surprised Lori at their "cottage" on Sunday morning on the way out. Lori, Nick, "Vivienne" and "Joe" were waiting for the plummer...don't ask...but, Jeff and I couldn't use the bathroom before we hit the road.

Regarding another Lori, the boys met Lori Yoshida on Saturday. Lori had gone to Midori-kai a few weeks ago and picked up some punches and tools for me. Perfect timing since I had to make a birthday card! Sorry the picture is a little blurry, the batteries are dead on my camera and I had to use an old one...(that's also why I have no pictures of Tahoe..sigh, I am so fired!)