how cool is espen?

He's super cool! And how cool is his Aunt Allison for buying him such cool 'fold up' shades? She also bought me Burgerville Hamburger Dressing while she was in Oregon. I have eaten it on practically everything: eggs, yep. chicken, yep. tuna sandwich, you bet.

And about those glasses, I was so jealous of Espen's new glasses I have since purchased my own pair of Wayfarers (yes Jeremy tells me I look like I am trying to be 18) and with this recent purchase I vowed NEVER to pay full price for anything again. I feel like a chump for ever spending full price on things like shoes, clothing and accessories. Almost everything I have purchased over the last 6 months is still out there to purchase but for a fraction of the cost. Case in point. New sunnies. Buy them new for $139 or get in a painless 45 second bidding war with someone on Ebay and pay $40. Come on! Need I say any more.

hello 31.

Today is my 31st birthday. I woke up to my favorite breakfast. Scrambled eggs, Taco Sauce and bread to fold the eggs up into. So good. The boys treated me to a lovely version of 'Happy Birthday' and thus begins the anniversary of my birth.

Today I will do absolutely nothing until 5pm tonight when we head out to El Torito (I know, high school) for Mexican food with the entire family.

birthday eve

Tonight I received a few early birthday gifts from Jeremy & Espen. Wine, sugar & coffee, 3 things I cannot live without! I love my boys.

Each gift had a funny card, for the sugar they thanked me for being so sweet. For the coffee the told me they loved all of my energy and for the wine...well, see the picture.

Goodbye 30, it's been fun.

what does espen do while we make dinner?

He plays video games...with headphones.

I'm wondering if I should wait till tomorrow to write this. My last entry was the 6the of January 2009.


I just got off of the phone with Jeremy and we realized that for the past two years we have stayed in for my birthday. And I came to realize that my 30th birthday was probably my favorite one so far. My family was there, my best friends of 16 years were there and it was the official day that Jeremy and I packed up a U-Haul and moved into the Bon Vie.

We are half way, no, more than half way through with our move. We started bringing boxes over late Sunday...after I set up the first few pieces of my Mirro Medallion and Florence by Prolon collections it already started to feel like home. We have cooked two meals there now. Pizza last night and orange chicken tonight. we even hauled up our Plasma and a couch cushion so we could watch HR Puffinstuff while eating off of boxes. What more could you ask for...well, maybe the rest of our furniture which we will be bringing over on Friday!

Sell, sell, sell!

We sold all of Espen's furniture on craigslist this weekend...all but his little couch which should have a home by the end of the week. We are holding our yard sale this weekend. I hope we can get rid of EVERYTHING over the weekend. My goal is to only bring one box of items to the condo. Well, one box that does not have to be unpacked. We won't have room to store anything, so we NEED to clean house this weekend. Only 4 more weeks here, I still can't believe it.