Sara Reads Things

There are some times as a parent when you wish you could get a camera before you save your child from their precarious situation. Like today. Ronan was playing with his big brother on my bed while I was folding laundry. He took a tumble of my side of the bed. All I could see was feet flailing around which i shouldn't see because the bed is really tall. I then realize that I didn't hear the notorious thud that is associated with a head first fall of a bed. So I went around the side of the bed to find Ronan with his large noggin stuck in the garbage can. "Help me mommy! Help!" That there was the point where I had to decide to get my camera to take a picture and let my child suffer or save him, again, from his impending doom. My better judgement won over and I picked him up and put him back on the bed, but it was such a close call, it could have gone both ways. I really wish I had a picture, but since I don't, take this picture of this cat and pretend i...

 Yesterday was another amazing day for a hike. Angel's rest, out in the Columbia Gorge has one of the most amazing views at the top of a hike I have ever experienced. Beautiful! The hike was considered a moderate 4.8 mile out and back hike, which after our first hike up Wakina falls I was ready to take this trek on. I did surprisingly well and only had to stop a few times to catch my breath, but I never got to the point where I felt like my lungs were going to bleed. I think all this walking is helping me to become strong again. Now if I can only get rid of the tummy flab, then I would be a happy mamma. A few of our good friends came along. My bestie Donella and her boyfriend Derek. We had a lot of fun and I'm really glad they finally decided to come with us. I couldn't think of two better people to experience the amazing creation that was at the top of Angel's Rest. Check out some more pictures of the view from the top. And don't forget our tr...

If there is one thing that I can't stand, it would have to be mice. They eat my food and leave poop all over the place. We've tried everything to get rid of them and sometimes they are gone for a while and sometimes I find little presents from them in the worst places. I hate having an old house. I jump at any chance to get back at the little critters, so this morning when I was minding my own business sitting on the couch watching the news and I heard the cat food bag crinkle, I knew that I would get my revenge. Normally, I call my husband, Jason to take care of these kinds of things, but he was still asleep so I decided to be brave and take a look in the bag. There it was, a little mouse. His eyes were so big as he stared back at me. Then he jumped at me and I freaked out and dropped the bag. Thankfully the mouse was still in it when I picked up back up. I quickly folded the top down to trap the little sucker in the cat food bag and went and woke my husband anyway....

I love four year olds. They say the greatest things. On our car ride home from Grammy's house tonight, my older son Phoenix told me that he had something on his finger so I told him to wipe it on his pants. "I can't, that wont work." So wash your hands when you get home." "That wont work either, it's stuck on my finger." "So scrub your finger." "No, that won't work. Gavin said that you need to take it off with tweezles." I laughed so hard and when I tried to correct him, he told me that I didn't know what I was talking about. "It's a tweezle mommy, Gavin told me." So Phoenix and I had a long conversation about how tweezles aren't sharp and they make a pinching motion. He didn't believe me though. Oh, kids are great!

Some times as a mother you have to deal with some pretty ridiculous things your children throw at you. My four year old son is the king of ridiculous, but even though he over reacts to every little thing, he has the biggest heart that I've ever met. Meet my son's favorite elephant. His Nana gave it to him for Easter and the two have been inseparable ever since. He sleeps with it, he takes it on long car rides and he holds some pretty interesting conversations with it. Did I mention he named it Elephant. He also named his turtle, Turtle but that's a different story. Some how Elephant the elephant made his way into little brothers crib around bed time, big mistake. My two year old likes to eat and destroy things to no end. We like to say "Hulk smash" when ever he gets that look on his face of pure destruction. The battle cry is also quit terrifying if you ever come face to face with it. So, poor little Elephant spent some time with Hulk child and...

Since it's been one of those days where every little thing seems to annoy me, I thought I would share a few funny prints that I found of Pinterest. Take a chuckle at these! This one is my favorite of course. I rolled around laughing for a long time. My husband didn't get it but he's from a different generation. If you still don't get it like my husband then listen to "Milk Shake" by Kelis.

Temps reached into the 80's today. Kinda weird for this time of year in Portland Oregon, but I'm not complaining... to much. :) I decided to wear dress shorts to work today. I don't really care so much about the color of my legs, they've always been pale even after I've been out side in the sun for a while. It's either pale or burned, no in between. So I just go with it. I don't get out much anyway. Imagine this color on my legs out in the sun.  So today wasn't much different from any other sunny day that I've ever had, I put on a pair of shorts and do my thing, but there's always got to be the haters and since I work with a bunch of men who 1. act like boys around any member of the opposite sex just because they feel they can and 2. are extremely jealous that I get to wear shorts in 80 degree weather and they don't because they work in a shop, that poo gets thrown around like we're all monkeys. Of course most of them decided to...

Ok, so even though I complained about book one and the way the author was lazy and then went on to read book two and complained about how I thought it was a set up for the next book, I still went on to read book three, Mockingjay because my sister promised me that the books were real good and if I just had an open mind and I wasn't so old I would love them like she did. She was wrong. I tried to keep an open mind, but with so much senseless killing of new characters and old characters that I found myself actually starting to get attached too, it was hard for me to even finish this book. I was kind of apposed to the whole concept of killing children for sport in the beginning anyway, but this last book brought the whole meaning of innocent murder to life. This is not a children's book or a young adult book. Its gory and sad, but if you like that stuff then go for it, plus she totally ruined the love story between Peeta and Katniss which ...

So, I moved on to the second book in the Hunger Games series and it took me twice as long to read as the first book. That would be a whole two weeks. I found the content a little less entertaining but I chocked it up to it being a set up for the third book. Come on Suzanne, don't let me down. I guess I don't really have much to say. It felt a little unreal with the way she set up the Games as opposed to the last time where I could really picture Katniss in the the woods running for her life. This time not so much. There was just too much sit and wait for my taste. I guess if you really like this author, then go for it, but if you didn't like the first one you really wont like the second one. So don't bother.

Today was a special day. It was the first hike my boys went on and by the way it went, it definitely wont be the last. We went up to Mt Tabor which is fairly close to where we live. They had three hikes, the easiest one being only a mile long. So we thought if worst came to worst we could each carry a child the rest of the way. A mile is a piece of cake for us. The trail was so easy, not very big hills to go up. My younger son Ronan who is almost two ran the entire way with only a short trip on dads shoulders. I'm pretty sure he just wanted a different view of the reservoir down below. We all were having a lot of fun till Ronan lost his binky in the reservoir. Ronan didn't really care that it was gone but my older son Phoenix sobbed for a long time. Apparently the binky meant a lot to him even though it was his brothers. He even offered to jump in to the water and bring it back. This coming from the kid who is afraid of getting his head wet in the shower, ...

This woman is amazing. Who doesn't want to be Jennifer Lawrence right now. She's sizzling hot and has a box office hit with the Hunger Games movie. Check out this dress that she's worn on the red carpet. It's the girl on fire. I think this might be another dress I could see myself wearing, and if you've read my most recent post about another dress Jennifer has worn you will know my views on dresses. I just don't know when I would ever find an occasion for this fiery beauty. Maybe it will be something to wear to the company Christmas party (If they ever have one again.) On top of it, I wouldn't mind having that body. Just saying. Two babies kind makes that a little hard. Some times it sucks to be a woman, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. Let me know what your thoughts are on this dress.

On my hunt for new and exciting things to blog about, I came across this picture of Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss from the Hunger Games) and I fell in love with this dress, even though you cant see most of it. I love the color, the fabric and the ruffle down the front. I would totally wear this dress even though I'm apposed to wearing dresses because what if you have to run away into the woods because of a zombi attack. Who wants to do that in a dress, or even worse heals. If you don't understand what I'm talking about watch Cloverfield, then you will understand. I searched around to see if I could find a better picture and I came across these. The first picture has an orange ting to it. Looks like a scanned copy to me. All the other copies of that photo were in black and white. Not terrible but I like the color cause orange is my favorite. So get over it, ok. Since I loved these photos so much I went on to googling the entire photo shoot from Vanity Fair. I co...

I can’t count the times I've had to explain what exactly Candida is and why it makes me so sick over the last year. When I say “Oh, I've got Candida,” People are clue less and most have never even heard of this fairly common ailment. So, I’m going to give you the rundown on Candida so pay attention. The basics of Candida Candida is a good form of bacteria that hangs out in your digestive system. It helps in the breakdown of food. When the bacteria gets out of hand it can eat holes through your intestines and get in to your blood stream wreaking havoc on your entire body. Sounds like fun, right? Not so much.  I’ve found a long list of symptoms, most of which I’ve experienced over the last couple of years and still experience as I’m fighting this little bugger off. Signs and symptoms of Candida THE WAY YOU FEEL Inability to focus, Poor memory, Brain fog, Irritability, Anger, Dizziness, Depression, Crying spells, Panic attacks, Low libido, Persisten...

My husband came across this you tube video by accident, but now I want a head massage so bad. This guy is amazing. He sends cosmic energy your way and he never stops. It looks so relaxing. I kinda want to travel to India just for a head massage. Check it out.

So, my friend Amy finally took me to see the Hunger Games movie last Wednesday. I was a little surprised that there wasn't really anyone in the theater, but it was Wednesday evening after all. I'm sure that had something to do with it, right? Maybe not. I was a little disappointed. If you really loved the movie, as my little sister does and I've already pissed her off with my opinion, remember its just that, my opinion and I really love a good discussion about a book/movie. They make life interesting. I think that if I hadn't read the book before I went and saw the movie, I would have enjoyed it a little more since I wouldn't have known what I was missing, but the movie left out a lot of things that I thought were important to the story development. On the other hand, if I hadn't read the book then I don't think I would have understood Katniss very well since they didn't give you very much insight into what she was thinking. My sister says that the...

This is going to be the last hike for a few weeks since my husband is scheduled to work the next few weekends. :( Sad face. She here goes nothing. Our hike today is the Horsetail falls, Ponytail falls trail. I really enjoyed this hike because of the many water falls that were very close together and easy to hike to, even with that though, the trail was steep and very rocky. I thought a few times I was either going to fall or twist my ankle. So, if you have bad ankles (Like I apparently do) you will want to be very careful walking this trail. Before We started our hike, we took our customary trip to vista point to go to the bathroom so I will never have to experience the four mile pee, ever again. Not a good experience. Below is a picture of my husband taking a picture of the Columbia Gorge from Vista point. For the first time ever the balcony was open at Vista Point while I was there. It was pretty cool and you could see so much more from up there. Hey Jason, smile!  Didn...