Partial year in review

So, lots of my blogging friends have done a year in review through photos. I thought to myself, "self, that is a good idea...you should do that." Getting myself prepared for the endeavor I went looking through the photos on the trusty laptop only to discover that my year starts in February! Up until that point all the pictures are stored on DevilDocs laptop or on the external hard drive, which currently resides in Afghanistan because it also contains 1,000 or so movies in DVD format for entertainment purposes.

With that said, I present to you 11 months in review of my ALLBLUEZOO...drumroll, curtains open and tah-dah!

In February we went to Maui and enjoyed hiking


and daredevil stunts


Nothing says celebrate like a picture of me in intensive care, am I right?! I'll take ya back...remember, I got that nasty blood clot? Then my white blood cells decided to take a vacation?! Yeah, so blood thinners for me and changes to all kinds of everyday stuff for the rest of my life.


And thank you to Susan for being there to basically save my life. In apprecation I will share a picture of your box car! Everyone enjoyed an Easter egg hunt before they came to visit me in the hospital.


Moving right along to April...my computer says this is the only picture I took and loaded in April. I think it is lying, but I don't have the patience or will to go searching and prove it wrong. Plus, I love this picture of Magoo's piggies!


In May my Magoo turned 3!


My Pookins graduated from PreK!


And Leahi Swim School!


We also spent Mother's Day at the zoo, Memorial Day at the beach with the Burkett's and my dad/his wife came to visit!

And then June rolled around, I went to Vegas for 5 days with my mom. While we were there we went to a taping of "The View" where we saw Jessica Simpson and I met Elisabeth Hasslebeck.


I also hit a $900 jackpot on a penny slot!


We went to the Navy Corpsman Ball


We celebrated Father's Day at Cheesecake Factory


And went to see my friend Daena play with her band "Missing Dave" in their farewell show (she moved to the east coast)! Me, Daena and Cristina


I'm realizing that we do alot of stuff! Dang. Or Daaaaaaaaaane as my brother would say :)

July..as any good military family should we had a big FOJ bash at our house with peeps from DevilDocs aid station and some other friends. Bob, of
PasstheChopsticks fame, was in port and came over to share in the festivities!


My friend Jill had a bachelorette party, I went bowling with my bunco girls and my babies had their first days of preschool and Kindergarten!


In August we said Aloha goodbye to our friends the Burkett's, Greg headed for Iraq and Cristina and the kids went home to Texas


We went to Sea Life Park with the Becker girls


September brought Magoo's first filming for LOST


We did the Nike 1mile/5k


The boys went on an adventure hike, we hit the north shore for Dole Whip and some sea turtle stalking, Pookins had his first football game and DevilDoc was recognized as Senior Sailor of the Year


October brought the winds of change. DevilDoc was gearing up for deployment so our time with his was few and far between. A family vacation we had planned got scrapped, but not all was lost as I gained a wonderful friend/long lost sister in Jai. A family photo shooot, an aloha goodbye to DevilDoc and Pookins celebrated his 6th birthday Indiana Jones style!








*tap*tap*tap* Still there? I know it's been a long read, thanks for hangin' in there! You're almost done!

In November Pookins finished up football, we had Thanksgiving dinner at the Silver Dolphin Bistro and lit our Christmas tree.






And finally, December! Whew, what a ride it has been. I hosted a cookie swap, both the boys had holiday performances at school, Magoo had his Sunshine Generation performance, Pookins started basketball season and my mom came to visit!! This pretty much sums up our year...

We are excited at the prospects for 2009 and look forward to a year filled with new adventures, lots of love and welcoming DevilDoc home!

Goodbye, Farewell, Adieu, Au revoir!

Yes, you are reading it right. I am saying SO LONG to fast food in 2009! I am not, however, saying goodbye to it for my kids. I cannot even imagine the pain and agony of hearing two young children screaming from the backseat that they NEED the new happy meal toy from the golden arches. Ok, wait...I can imagine it because it happens EVERYTIME we drive by a McDonald's! I do solemnly promise to cut back on their fast food intake...they wouldn't have an addiction if I didn't stop there so I fully accept the blame. Do they do INTERVENTION for fast food addicts?

My mom did take them to McDonald's once while she was here but other than that they have been McFree for almost THREE WEEKS! YES!

So, I say farewell to you the McDonald's regular sized vanilla iced coffee. It was nice knowing you but your 190 calories will not be missed!

Goodbye dollar menu...oh how I love thee with your crispy salty french fries, 2 apple pies and small coke. You are useless to me now, I cannot afford your fat grams.

Adieu to the southern style chicken sandwich. You fought the good fight to fill the void of Chik-fil-A but I can no longer enjoy your fried goodness (with extra pickles and mayo please!)

Au revoir fast food industry!

Disclaimer...Steak n' Shake is not fast food, they have real plates that they serve food on, thus a stop at Steak n' Shake when I am home during July is COMPLETELY valid. Thank you. Single cheese with everything, shoestring fries and a vanilla coke :)

Late addition...I just realized that my fast food furlough also takes Hot Dog on a Stick off the menu :( On the bright side, it also saves me gas money since the only HDOS is on the other side of the island. Ugh, and also Panda Express...does Killer Tacos count as fast food? Someone say it isn't so!!!!