More Bo Bunny

While most people were watching the Super Bowl...I was watching Jordan and then former teammates, Eden, play basketball. Afterwards, we went to eat dinner...Jeff and Neil joined us after hitching a ride with one of the Eden parents. (Neil played the younger Eden team).

I was happy to find out that Jazzy Crafts was open. It is a craft store that I haven't been able to explore because it was either closed or Jeff was with me. Yeah! Score! Remember my post from a few days ago? Jazzy Crafts carries Bo Bunny! Yeah yeah! Above is a picture of my treasures!

I was limited in my exp,orange because Jeff showed up...darn him...and the rest of the families....so, Shelley and I are going to go explore more on Friday...oh and we are also hitting up Beverly's in Alameda!

I am sure I will have something to post on Friday!

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Is it Spring?

Flowers from my garden!


It was another beautiful day in the Bay Area! I looked out into the backyard and noticed that my daffodils have come up! The hyacinths are right behind...I spent about 20 minutes cleaning some of the plants up..but, I think I need to spend some time in both the front and back yards...sigh...I hate to tell some people this..but, it might be too hot to be outside! Sorry to the rest of the country..but, they call California "Sunny California" for a reason!

I am so ready to get the backyard set up...I don't think we ever really set it up last year after the rain!

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Basketball x 5

This weekend was full of basketball. Jordan played in a tournament with his San Mateo JYO team @ City College of SF. They won both games and then we drove 1 1/2 hours to Tice Valley for his SACBC game. They ended up winning that game also, and not only did Jordan play well....he scored 27 points! Luckily, since SACBC had a large enough lead, Jordan was able to sit most of the 2nd and 4th quarters.

Before we went to Tice Valley, we had dinner with Jeff's cousin Keith at Joe's Cable Car Restaurant in SF. It was featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives...It was ok, not our favorite DDD place.






On Sunday, he had another SACBC game, unfortunately they lost by a few points, and his game was not as sharp as the night before.

Jeff took Neil to his game, and Jeff said that he improved. Neil said that he is enjoying the game more and is starting to work more on his ball handling.



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Bo Bunny

Yeah! My Bo Bunny shipment came this week!


I had purchased my ALOHA chipboard album years ago in Maui...and I just made it this year...I loved the way it turned out...so, I have been on the lookout for more albums...I couldn't find any...




But, I found some online...so, through the magic of online commerce...love it...



I also bought these letters for the blank album on the top..can you guess what I am going to do with them? Hee hee...I received an extra "A"...



Bo Bunny also has some nice embellishments/tags...when I have more time, I need to look more I to their products...




Nori Notice: check out her new favorite place to sleep....She likes to sleep between the pillows...the pillow shams make a little cave for her. She sleeps from the time I wake up until she hears the boys come home...



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Yeah...new couches!

So, a while back...the family decided on a cat instead of a couch...um, well, jeff finally agreed that we needed new couches...so, in September we got a cat...and on Friday we got couches! Yeah! I actually ordered them in December, but, in exactly a month they were delivered...yeah!



It took Neil less than 5 minutes to jump on the chaise. Jeff and Jordan were at basketball practice, so the chaise was up for grabs! The best thing is, Nori does not paw or jump on the couches...yet...

It was a very productive day, I had a tough job...but, I worked on my holiday picture collage...this is the before...all the pictures that we received over the holidays...


...and this is the after...it was tough this year...there were a lot of larger pictures...but, I got them all in! I did have to do a lot of cropping...



Can you find yourself?

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Baby, Baby, Baby!

Yesterday, I had lunch with Jeff's "Auntie Pattie" (college friend of his parents), her daughter Yumi and 4 month old granddaughter Zoey. It was a long overdue lunch and we had a fun time chatting about babies, talking story of when my boys were Zoey's age etc! It was also really nice to hold a little one again...


MY BABY, Jordan, turned 12 today...sniff sniff...I can't believe that the little bundle that we brought home 12 years ago is now about 4 inches taller than me....here he is with his birthday cake that I made yesterday...



You can see the cracks in the cake that I covered with ice cream...


I had a very productive day...my friend Shelley came over and we scrap booked for 6 hours...okay, we also ate a lot...but, I did get Leonard's retirement scrap booked!


...and I made another page and put it in a frame for Len...I can post a picture of it since he isn't on FB and doesn't check my BLOG...


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Almost like Grandma's

Did you have that favorite dish that only your Mom, Aunt or Grandmother made?

Every holiday and a few of my birthdays...my grandmother, the boys nicknamed her "blue Grandma" because she likes to wear blue, although, she doesn't seem to realize it, would make her famous jellyroll with whipped cream or on my birthday, she made it with ice cream....it was yummy, and I remember my mother telling me that she wouldn't make it because, it was Grandma's speciality.

Well, now that Grandma is not cooking/baking....and Jordan wanted the jellyroll ice cream cake from B&R...I thought I would try. The cake was relatively easy to make...whip it up, spread it in a jellyroll pan and bake. Take it out, invert it on a powder sugar covered dishtowel, roll and cool. Easy!

Um, until it was time to "carefully" unroll and spread the ice cream. The recipe called for chocolate mousse. I think that would have been easier....but, NO! Jordan wanted Cookies and Cream ice cream....grrr...Let's just say "more" ice cream always makes it better! I have no idea what it looks like once I cut it...guess we will find out tomorrow.



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