I love fall

I had to pull myself away from Pinterest and Facebook long enough to do a little post about how much i've been looking forward to fall!  I've been thinking about it for awhile now.  Especially since the kids are back to school. I know its not officially fall until the 22nd of this month, but it always feels like fall when the kids are back and school and ND starts playing football.  
Fall is my favorite season.  There are so many things i love about fall.  Wanted to share a few of them.  And a few things i'm looking forward to specifically this fall :) 

First of all fall colors just make me happy.  Especially orange and all the lovely changing of the leaves, not the raking of the leaves but the looking at the warm happy colors makes me smile :)  Orange is one of my favorite colors.  Pumpkins make me super happy.  Pumpkin is just so tasty and definitely the official taste of fall if you ask me.
Cooler weather is another thing im looking forward to.  Im a blue jeans and hoodie kind of girl, not ready yet to put away my flip flops but i'll be happy when im not sweating in my non air conditioned car...

The kids back in school, and me on more of a organized schedule is something ive been looking forward to for a while now.  Both of the kids are at new schools this year and are happy with them :)  Back to school means new school supplies, and new school supplies make me so happy.  reminds me of the line in you've got mail where Tom Hanks says "Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly-sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address."  I know exactly how he feels!  new stuff, blank notebooks and sharpened pencils and the anticipation of going back to school, i love it!

Fall and football are unavoidable. i'm not really a sports person. but i love the football in the fall air.  tailgating and people excited, rooting for their team. the only sport i've ever really followed was ND b/c its local and it affects the whole town business wise.  I do know Vesuvio's is excited for some football money.  i do quite enjoy tailgating w/ my girls on occasion also.  the spirit in the air at the stadium is so fun! ok i think this one of ana and i is st patty's day tent party but its green and there is beer so its pretty much what we'd look like tailgating!

ok this one definitly is tailgating...wonder what happen to that shirt....i bet its hiding in timothys closet...

ok now we really going old school! love my girls!

Halloween is such a fun holiday its changed for me over the years from dressing up w/ the girls and going out to Trumans, and Linebacker, to just friends/family and trick or treating with the kids.  its so fun to watch your kids dress up and go knocking on strangers doors begging for candy!  he he.  This year i dont know if Lily will be dressing up this year but Ty has decided to be Luigi..he has a bit of a Mario Bro's obsession lately...and yeah he says bro's not brothers...ha.

Thanksgiving is my favorite Holiday maybe because i love food and maybe because I was born on Thanksgiving and it means birthday time for me.  The start of the holiday season and is upon us folks! Hobby Lobby already has Christmas stuff out for those of you overachievers!  im looking forward to thanksgiving...i love having everyone over and making tons of food.  
Will be interesting to see if by this thanksgiving lily and i are eating meat.  Lily went Pescatarian on us recently, and is doing so great! No meat this week, and only once i think last week, just fish.  im really proud of her, and frankly very surprised, she's my meat eater! and i've been following it as well, excluding more cheese and dairy than she is tho, aiming towards vegan again. for some reason vegan and fall time go hand and hand for me.  it seems the times i have tried to follow a vegan diet that its been fall.   we are both feeling much lighter and healthier.  my plans in the near future are to be more structured and balanced in what we eat and exercise more!  
Im also excited about TV for the fall.  All the new shows start in the fall.  New Girl being on of my top favs!  Zoey D, is just one of the most awesome people ever!!  She was in my favorite Oz remake, a made for TV movie, TinMan, if you havent seen it, see it!! Its right up there with The 10th Kingdom for me.  I love fantasy :) I use to own it but cant seem to find it anymore...guess it will have to go on my Christmas list this year.

I always think of fall and new tv shows, and more time inside.  although i'm currently watching the 8th season of Grey's Anatomy, love me some McDreamy and McSteamy!!  

Modern Family is my wednesday night favorite!!  Ana and i either watch it together since we do wednesday nights in at my place, i cook she bakes its perfect, especially when there is wine and catching up!  or we text about how much we love Sophia Vergara!  She is hilarious!! Some how i'm i season behind on this show tho...



2 Broke Girls, I love, but never seem to catch it on TV and its not On Demand :(  New Girl also use to be On Demand through Comcast but doesnt seem to be anymore....guess will have to wait for Netflix....Big Bang is always entertaining and i heard this season is the last season for the office so will be definitly interested to see what goes on there!  although its just not the same without Steve Carell... john krasinski, is my fav. as jim tho. for some reason he reminds me of my brother, the oldest one...sometimes i forget i have 3 :)









Some movies i'm looking forward to the fall are....

Well being a huge fan of the Twilight books and enjoying the movies i'm looking forward to seeing what they do with the last movie of the series...breaking dawn part 2!  i love how the books ended. im a sucker for happily ever after! especially if you can live forever with the ones you love!
here is the trailer if you are as excited as me!!  November 16th!
Breaking Dawn Part 2

I am also super excited for The Hobbit movies!  December 14th! which probably is winter but ya know! im super excited about it, i loved it more than the triology and so excited to see what they do with the movie!
The trailer isnt as exciting as i want it to be but i'm sure i will love the movies!
The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey
I really love Bilbo's home...i think i really could enjoy living in that hobbit hole and hiding out from the world for quite a while!  hobbits dont seem to be stressed they live such a peaceful life, well unless you count the whole evil war thing that happens....but i would enjoy living in the pre war ignorance in Hobbiton

oh my while using google to check how to spell Hobbiton i just realized that you can go to New Zealand and tour hobbiton!! oh my, the first thing i will be buying if i win the lotto!!! i assumed this was out there but i sure never did check and it makes me so super happy that you can go to Hobbiton!!!  Who's going with me. because lily obviously isnt she just looked at me like i was an alien when i told her about it...like she doesnt know what Lord of The Rings is!!!  she's so crazy.

Hobiton Tours

Super excited for new wizard of oz movie! its not till like march of next year but still have to mention it here! james franco and alice and wonderland like oz movie! cant wait!!!

Oz the great and powerful! trailer

Well thats all i can think of for now :)  have an excellent fall everyone!  Fall = fun!

xo

S

its been a busy week

i was hoping to be keeping up on my blogging a little more frequently but seems like i just havent had the time or motivation to get to it before now. and i'm gunna make it a quick one b/c i have other things i should really be getting to...like maybe reading. ha. im flying through 50 Shades of Grey that mom let me borrow last night. i think i may have actually been going through this quicker than i did Twilight.  

Oddly enough i am finding some similarities between the two books, mainly the two main characters and the way they respond to the male leads in the books.  however it feels great to be reading so much, i havent been as much as i use to which makes me super sad b/c i love to read!  
Hmmm, i googled to find a picture and Wiki just enlightened me once again and said that this book was originally fashioned from twilight fan fiction....yep i'm getting that... ha.




ok now i'm getting seriously online distracted b/c they are saying Ian Somerhalder from my beloved Vampire Diaries could be playing Christian Grey, in the steamy movie they plan to make. sigh!  

ok now where was i before i got distracted by romance/erotica novels and pictures of cute guys who play vampires...

yes, my week.  up until today pretty busy and maybe i dare to say semi productive. i didnt exercise yet as much as i really should've especially since i had icecream w/ Erica and fries w/ the kids. i stress eat and its been a little stressful on the boyfriend front lately, but really no excuse. i did get some exercise in though :)

Thanks to my dear angela dollface, he he lily thought her last name really was dollface, i love it...she pushed me to do my jillian workout tape this week.  I struggled through but it was worth it :)  

ok so what did i do this week.  lets see..im gunna pull out my handly planner and consult facebook so i dont miss anything b/c i'm feeling spacey right now.  

well i worked friday and saturday night. long nights both nights.  busy ones, so they went quick.  saturday i got to work w/ erin and i dont think tim and i drove eachother too crazy that night so bonus :) Uncle Dale was there too :) thats always nice :)  i love my uncle dale!  

Saturday morning i had breakfast with my Ana Banana and got to meet her little cutie patootie nephew Chase!  He's just too adorable, come on look at those cheeks!  doesnt he have a hottie aunt!

His mamma is looking quite beautiful, especially for giving birth less than a week ago. Its so nice to see Brant & Luisa so happy and in love and just enjoying every minute of life with their new perfect little addition!!!

Ana and I went to Panera for lunch, i love Panera dates with my bestie, and we even snuck in a trip to Target.  

Tim even let me sneak in a little nap before work since i got up so early :)  yay!  weekends are hard on me, i am only at Vesuvio's for 2 nights to work, but they are two nights in a row spent on my feet for 12 hrs! its alot on my aging body...i made alot of these this weekend...i will have to count one night how many it is i make....i've got some arm muscles going from all that rolling...

Sunday was mothers day...we didnt do much, which was heaven. we slept till like 1:30, after getting home at like 6 am!  timothy worked, the children made me these lovely mom's day cards :) 

Tylers little finger print plant is precious and Lily wrote me a heart felt card :)  Tylers card lists

things about me.

My mom is....frendlee (friendly)

She likes to....reed (read)

She always....gose to werks (goes to work) really kid....two days a week... dont worry we'll get sick of eachother over summer break ;)

Sometimes she...carse a boyt me (cares about me)

The best thing about my mom is...i alwas care abut her to ( i always care about her too)

love it. sometimes i care about him but he always cares about me :) its so cute to watch him trying to spell he's doing great 

they kids are more than ready for summer vacay. they will both be at new schools next year!  lily at John Young, yikes teenage years! and tyler is switching to Liberty so he can participate in the DEEP program that his teacher recomended him for.  yeah my baby is smart :)  good job ty. if only we could get him to stop talking so much and listen ;)

High Ability Program

"students who exhibit or show 

potential for exceptionally high academic performance. These high ability learners require differentiated, accelerated, and inspiring learning experiences. We 
will identify these students, offer social and emotional 
support, and challenge them with educational 
choices that lead to the pursuit of excellence."

and lily made me my very own totoro!  i love totoro he's adorable! and the rainbow crayons!  i helped her to peel the crayons and watched her melt them w/ the blow dryer...i took some pics but just havent gotten around to downloading them from my camera yet...its very time consuming and technical ya know, ha. 

for anyone that doesnt know totoro you must see it, cutest movie :) i just love  Hayao Miyazaki he does so really great japanese anime. :)

we made some banana read :) always fun !  especially the licking the bowl :)  we had some really mushy banana's...we always do

Then me and the kiddo's decided to walk over to Bonnie Doon for dinner and icecream not healthy at all , but i didnt think i should have to cook on mothers day, especially after doing the disthes.  i only ate about half of it, and we had a nice walk, the weather was perfect for it. 

i love this pic. they were so fascinated w/ the river, which i found so funny since its right across the street from our house...

mmmm icecream! almost as good as the vanilla coke i had..ok i had one and a half :)  and chocolate chip cookie dough icecream in a waffle cone!! yum! there are no calories on mothers day right...

 I did a little housework, yes on mothers day, i've been trying to keep up on it more...its a struggle for me. I watched some girly movie and got to bed early...oh no, i watched Mad Men <3 love that show...i love that time period....betty is awesome. but that christina hendrix! love her! and that hair!  oh yeah Don is super sexy also..

 and The Client List, its so good, i just love Jennifer Love Hewit :)  I forgot how much i like her!

 Great sunday! Nice and relaxing!

my dollface sent me this awesome card in the mail for mothers day! i love love love it! it went right on my bulletin board!

Monday night we had alot of people over for Game Night.  

We hadnt had game night in quite awhile and hadnt really had people over much either.

it was a good excuse to clean.  Timothy of coarse was last minute and mowing the yard when people showed up.  We ate and drank and played games till pretty late.  We had Melissa, Aldo, Sara(who's just going to have that baby any day now), Matus, Miles, Vanessa, Victor (vanessa's boyfriend), Nadja, Jordan, Angelina (jordans girlfriend) & Uncle Joe. I love my other family and im so glad we can all get along so great! We definitly will have to do it again soon!

i really wish with all of us there that i'd gotten a picture, but none :( we played The Game of Things and Apples to Apples, i wish it didnt have to end.

Tuesday had date night plans with my Erica friend!  we had tried to go to Brewsters awhile ago but got distracted by me getting a tattoo in Michigan City but i'll have to get to that in another blog, it was a fun and crazy night, it deserves its own blog!  but Tuesday was quite nice.  We sat out on their patio and had pizza's and wine and didnt get to use our coupons that we printed out b/c pizza isnt an entree?  but we went to Oinks and got icecream after, shhh dont tell anyone, it was the tastiest thing! i had mackinac island fudge! mmmmm!  once again i fail on the picture taking skills....wish i wouldve gotten a few shots b/c the patio was quite lovely. the weather was great and the company always a pleasure!  was nice to catch up w/ erica and just chill.  she snapped this cute artsy photo of our tasty wine!  

and here is one of my pizza, i got roasted garlic, walnut and prosciutto. it was a little salty but over all good :)

on our way to get icecream that we wont speak of...we saw this man in his lawn chair sitting there right on the main road and i swear he was there last time. its odd, i want to know why he's sitting there...its not a very nice and scenic spot...and there was alot of construction...i think next time we go i'll have to ask him! 

i really love hanging out w/ Erica. she's very easy to be friends with. We talked about how its almost been a year since we reconnected and how it seems like its been a long time but at the same time it seems like not that long ago. i think that often about things...like that in the fall tim and i will be together 10 yrs...wow

were does the time go?

Wednesday i went to Emblazon to get my hair did by my fabulous friend Jennifer and my good friend Ms. Rebecca was working it was nice to hang out.  and i decided finally after going back and forth all week if i was gunna just get a trim or chop of my hair.  i got a trim and some bangs and went with what i call "My So Called Life Red" ive always been a huge fan of red hair...and of my so called life!  

why oh why did Claire Danes have to not want to do another season. that was the bestest show back then!  and dreamy Jarrod Leto! yum!  

this pic is so 90's with the plaid, reminds me of highschool for sure.

jarrod is so much dreamer now w/ his sexy 30 seconds to mars voice!

ok getting distracted by hotties again....

where was i....oh yeah tuesday...two days ago...focus Sonja!  

so here is my new hairs! i just love it! i've been going to Jen for a long time now and i just love the things she does with my hair :)

it really looks read in the sun :)   me and lily both have bangs now :) she's going to do some different colors in her hair for the summer....they only have next week tomorrow and the tuesday after memorial day left ...wow summer already! i'll needs some projects for the kids!

like this one! we want to make this box house tower! we have to start collecting boxes.....little ones :) gosh have i mentioned how much i love pinterest!

Wednesday Night

after getting errands situated and spending over an hour completely frustrated w/ the oven not turning on, me and the kids got on the road and headed to St. Joe to see mom :)  We made lasagna, smores and played scrabble :) was really great to see mom, its been awhile and to get out of town for a bit.

she bought a tricycle and we tried it out...its really kinda awkward to ride. it was fun the kids had a blast.

 I tried to make my mom some cool pictures on wood like i saw this lady do on pinterest but my pictures were plasticy on the back and just didnt turn out :/ i will have to do some research and try again...

ha i just did a quick read of the comments and it says to use a picture from a laser printer...not a photo sonja...ok we'll try again another day...i dont think my printer is a laser printer :/ bummed!.

that brings me to today...didnt do much today...more laundry, more dishes...turned on the pizza oven...picked up the kids oh and dropped them off...ate lunch...oh and spent all morning reading 50 shades of Grey! i totally needed a stay in bed chill out and read day!  its been too long since i've gotten lost in a book so much that i dont wanna put it down to even go to the bathroom or check my messages :)  

im almost half way thru...i might finish it tonight....i also borrowed Sarah's key from her, tim and i just watched the movie, it was awesome.  The little girl who played the lead was great. its completely sad and about the jews in Paris but i loved it. it will be nice to see how the book compairs to the movie.  i love when a story combines past and present :)  we studied the holocaust in jr high, reminded me of all we learned back then, and the museum we visited in Chicago.  

middlesex was one of my most favorite books that did that, traveled through severeal generations of a family. im totally interested in family history. wish i had time to get back into my family tree project :) some day

How about some quotes :)

i need to get off the computer and eat some dinner before it gets too late...yay for leftover lasagna :)

did i mention that i use to make lasagna with my mom when i was younger. its one of the few things i remember making with her :) makes my heart happy :) it was always such a production the layers and time it took, i tried out oven ready noodles for the first time, awesome! love it! :) 

this is very wise advice. i think that the happiness project book touches on this :) 

you know enjoy the moment. dont spend too much time trying to be happy

and get things perfect just enjoy the moment

right! we expect things to be all easy and laid out for us, 

they never are.  love this photo!

have i mentioned lately how much i love Zoey D!  she's just adorable. ive been keeping up on my New Girl! If you havent seen it, its too funny, and Zoey is awesome!

i just smile every time i see the new iphone w/ siri commerical w/ her in it :)

well hope you all have a most pleasant evening!

would like to take a moment to throw a few things i'm thankful for or that made me smile this week that i wasnt really maybe aware of :)

Erica told me she likes how i write on my blog :)  i feel im a complete mess and have no structure and how could anyone actually enjoy that. ha :) it made me do a little happy dance inside :)  and sweet to know she read and enjoyed my blog

Angie, well angie always makes me smile but she sent me some email love and that cute card, made me feel special :)

Justin at GFS mentioned to Josh how funny i am on facebook, its funny how not amusing i think i am, and its always odd when i realize someone who you dont realize reads your posts mentions something you say or do.

tyler made me so happy, and instantly took me back to being his age when he brought home this book from his library fieldtrip...which he checked out with his very own library card!  Looking at those picturs was like a time machine! I love love loved the Berenstain Bears!  and that was one of my favorite ones...

as was this w/ the junk food!

but my all time favorite, inside outside upside down. ha i thought it was so clever. ha

good night all. hope you have a very berenstain type of day or night...

tootles...sonja!