Notes to self...remember next time!!!

You'd think that after all the times that this has happened to me I'd learn the lesson by now.  But no!  I still haven't learned it.  Long story short two clicks and batteries died again.  I had to use my cell for capturing moments.  This post serves two purposes notes to self and sharing our trip to Idylwild.  Breathtaking drive, charming little town with lots of walking trails, great menus and outdoor pleasures.

Great place to enjoy family time!

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Note to self...on grocery lists

I gotta have a better system for shopping grocery lists! 

Picture this:

Last Sunday I left the kids and husband at home for a quick run to Walmart.

Super Walmart. Crowded Super WalMart. (I wanted it to be a quick in and out!

you know kids at Walmart...I want this...Can I have this...Can you buy me this...) when I say kids I don't mean Sophia I really mean Xavi.

So I went by myself

I had a grocery list and a separate note in which I jotted down the ingredients for a tortilla chicken soup I saw on this blog 

I had half of the list on my shopping cart and had traveled half the store.

I reached into my pocket to start looking for the ingredients for the recipe

in the produce section.

I could not find the note. I had lost it!

Frustration time

Ok, I stopped, paused and tried to remember the ingredients.

I remembered a few, it was not that difficult.

Then my phone rang, it was my husband "Don't forget my 12 pack" he said

No I didn't forget, the 12 pack was already in the cart, he mentioned it like 12 or so times at home!

I really wanted to make that soup for that perfect chilly and rainy Sunday.

I didn't want to ask him to look thru my blogs and find a recipe for a chicken tortilla soup!

He is not that kind of man. He has very little patience.  It was not going to work.

So I remember that I had dropped my grocery list when I was looking for

a fabric patch to mend Xavi's pants.  My Recipe had to be there!

I traced my journey in the store backwards... aisle by aisle just in case I dropped it somewhere else.

I got to the fabric section and my 
recipe note was there on the floor

waiting patiently for me to come back!

The only ingredient I had left out was a yellow squash  oh and I
had forgotten the milk also!

When I finally got out of the store and got home with all the ingredients ready I sure enough had a hungry crowd waiting to me to feed them!

This does not happen every single time, but often times it does :/

So what do I do next time?

Tattoo the shopping list on my hand?

Write it on a chalkboard (by the way I love chalkboards!)

What is your strategy when it comes to grocery lists? 
and I mean written list I don't have a smartphone
or anything like that.

By the way that soup was good!

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Note to self...On a lazy Saturday afternoon

...when the fridge is half empty

...when I haven't gone grocery shopping

...when most people in the house are still in their pj's

...when everybody is watching movies and playing games

...when I am relaxed browsing etsy!

PB&J for dinner!!

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I am hoping they like it.

You are welcome to stay for dinner too!

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Note to Self...Subjects in life

I read this somewhere, 

I really don't remember where but this is so unquestionable!

It is about love

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In math it is a problem...

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In history it is war... 

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In chemistry it is a reaction...

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In art it is a heart...

Bring back memories from junior High and 
High School doesn't it?? 


At this point in their lives 
Sophia is practicing her multiplication facts,
 and Xavi is learning his ABC's and his numbers 1-10

Hard task they think right now
I can only help them practice and make good study habits,
so they can learn them
but later in life they will
have to master the school of life and love on their own.
I can't go to school for them,
I can only be there when they need me
I ask God for strength and knowledge
to guide them.
I really want them to succeed!

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Note to self...Rain or Shine

I am ready to go to New York City...rain or shine

Except I have to take care of a few details first:

• I have to tell my husband...once that is taken care of...
• I have to set a date when to go...I can leave tomorrow yay!
• I have to get the money...that's going to be a hard task itself!
• I have to get a plain ticket...no problem if I have the money!
• I have to find accommodations...money involved there too :(
• Not a must but I can always shop for new clothes...daing, that means money too!
• I have to find a sitter...Xavi is not going to be happy.

too many details right now!  but one is allowed to dream right??

What I really want to share with you is some

Happy Mail I received from my blogging sister Kary,
She sent me a Birthday gift!

One day I will overcome these minor details 

and go visit the Big Apple and met her!

Love you lots Kary!

I am so grateful for this blogging world I found

and because I found you in it!

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Note to self...Chain of Events

 via bing images

The difference between a good and a bad day

is attitude!

think about it...

It's all a chain of events

Hope you all have a good weekend ;)

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Note to self...Counting the days!

Remind me next time not to make such long term 

commitments when it comes to blogging!

 We are on week 39 now and I am counting down the days till season's change is over.  Hemet is a small town and we are running out of places to visit and look for those darn cows. I know for a fact that we've missed at least 4 weeks so we are definitely close to the one year mark.  I know its getting dull and boring :/

thanks for sticking by :)

Today I came across TickerFactory.com

great way to count down days to a special event!

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Note to self...

...again I shouldn't worry too much 

about spelling!

I'd help this person if I knew what he needed...oh yes DIRT!!!

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Note to Self..hard work

Let the boys do the hard work!

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Note to self...cleaning

I totally need to clean up my office space! now!

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Note to Self...spelling

I really should not worry too much about my grammar and spelling!

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