Come take a ride...

on my roller coaster.....

Well, we received news last night that the "bigger" home is not available after all (couldn't they had told us before we made an offer).  SO, that means we placed on offer on the "smaller" home this morning.  And that was my favorite anyway from the very beginning.  They do have another offer on the table so cross your fingers big time for us!

But its no biggie either way.  We still have a few months to find a new home.  I have faith that we will find the right one for us.  

And by the way, the thought of packing in three weeks almost gave me a panic attack this morning.  Why do I hate moving so much!!!

The search is on...

We have officially started the search for a new home last week.  We saw about ten houses last week and were very disappointed with whats in our price range.  Most of them were "filthy" and my husbands throat closed the minute we walked in.  He is allergic to cats and other small rodents... (Oh, I mean animals).... Some had the strangest smell and because of my "carpet fetish" I was afraid to walk on their dirty carpet because it would soil MY shoes.  YUCK.

We haven't given up hope.  We found one we liked on Thursday but it was gone by Friday.  We waited to see two on Sunday and they were great but each had their positive and negatives.  Both homes are in a new school so we would need to move the kids next year.  But I guess that's okay... still a very good school and bigger.  

One of the homes that we liked had a odd layout, very clean, great bathrooms, NOT my dream kitchen, okay neighborhood and the garage was very small (my husband must have room for his stuff)... but in our price range.  The other was HUGE, had my dream kitchen, great neighborhood but had older carpet and was a little bit out of our price range.    

We made an offer on the larger home and we might hear back today... the smaller one will accept offers until Sunday so we will submit one if we don't get the first.  The smaller home actually emailed me to see if we were interested... I think he likes us!  How could you not!  We are such nice normal people!   

Right after we made the offer on the larger home I woke up with a sense of dread that we wouldn't get it and that we should have offered on the smaller home.

So... I'm a bit stressed over all this and slept very little last night (or for the last week).  I just hope we make the right decision and find a great new home.. where ever it might be...  Keep your fingers crossed for us!  

Balanced Yogi

I'm a Balanced Yogi!

A Balanced Yogi You love your friends unconditionally and accept them for who they are no matter what their yoga style preference, religious beliefs, or spending habits. You focus on the good in people and would never try to change them. Almost everyone feels comfortable in your presence. You live your yoga. You are an inspiration to yoga students everywhere!

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The Light...

"Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light."

I had the most amazing yoga practice today.  We shared our energy with ourselves and then the whole room and I found it spiritual and uplifting.  When I saw this quote it reminded of my experience today.  We are not alone and if only we reached out to others more often we would fell the "light".

I'm going through some major changes right now in my life... things I can't share now but things that take up all my thoughts and keep me up at night.  Not bad things... just changes that are coming... changes that are needed to clean house and my soul.  I look forward to the "purge" if you will... because it sure does look beautiful down the road, even though the journey may be rocky at some points.  

Or you might say I finally see the "light" at the end of the tunnel.  So go forward and travel light, spread the light and be the light to everyone you love.

Wild Thing

My absolute favorite yoga pose is called the "Wild Thing".  It feels as if I'm about to fly... its such a freeing pose!

Here is how to do it.

Truffles and more Truffles....

Recently me and my daughter went to the mall (just the two of us) to get a few things.   Things I could buy on-line if I wanted... but it would be fun to have some mother/daughter time.

I asked her if she wanted to go to Godiva or See's.  She chose Godiva! YES.  I rarely give my children sweets or candy... but when I do... I give them the good stuff.  So I like to think that I've refined my children's palettes to enjoy the finer things in life.  LIKE Godiva vs... Hershey's (Yuck).

I told her she could pick out any chocolate in the case... and she picked a yummy white chocolate piece.  I love dark chocolate so I went for the "extra dark chocolate truffle".  OMG... I've been dreaming about that little truffle since that day.  I must have more!  It wasn't too sweet and it didn't make me sick afterwards... it was a truffly yummy perfection.

I just discovered that you can buy Godiva chocolate on-line... this could be dangerous.

Sprinkles and 26.8 gms FAT

I've just come down from a 2 week eating fest (both for my birthday and Mother's Day).   So for my birthday we went to my new favorite hang out Wahoo's Fish Taco. Let me just say.... I could eat blackened fish tacos every day!  Because I had such a "healthy" dinner I suggested (demanded) that we go get my favorite naughty treat!

It was Sprinkles for a Red Velvet Cupcake.  Lately I've been going home and checking the caloric and fat content of my favorite restaurants so I can make healthier choices... well, I hope I didn't just ruin my favorite treat by finding out that a Red Velvet Cupcake (just one) has 26.8 grams of fat.  Now come on!!! Why not just round off to 27 grams of fat.  But the bright side is that it's less then 500 calories.  NOT bad.

Amount per Serving
Calories 497 Calories from Fat 241
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 26.8g	41%
Saturated Fat  16g	80%
Cholesterol 104mg	35%
Sodium 412mg	17%
Total Carbohydrate 61.5g	20%
Dietary Fiber  1g	4%
Sugars  45g
Protein 6g	12%

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Est. Percent of Calories from:

Fat 48.5%     Carbs 49.5%

Protein 4.8%

What's Up With Me....

• Been spending lots of time at the beach... we've considered moving to one of my favorite small towns at the beach... but I've realized that the cost of living there isn't a risk I want to take right now... the last thing we need to do is worry about money... so this week my dream of ocean waves outside my door has died... but the "waves" are still only a short drive away.  And who knows... maybe in the future.
• Went to the most amazing little beach lagoon on mother's day... hope to post pictures soon.  I have like 500 photos sitting in my camera right now.  Bad... very bad of me.
• LOST season finale is tonight!!!! I can't wait!!!!!  Enjoyed the finale of Scrubs... going to miss that show.  With all the season finales going on... I realize summer is coming and with that.. a very lonely TIVO.
• Watched Benjamin Button... didn't see it when it came out at the theaters because I was afraid it would be a tear jerker... but I was pleasantly surprised by the story line and after watching it... I must say its one of the best movies I've seen in a very very very long time.
• We are going to make a paper chain today to countdown the final six weeks of school... can't wait summer is almost here.
• Have lots of anxiety on finding a place to live by August so that we can move before kids start school.
• My baby is turning six... can you tell I'm crying?  We are taking him to Disneyland tomorrow to celebrate.  Wish me luck that we don't all get the swine flu and die!  I'm already a germaphobe... so a bottle of "magic soup" will be used frequently.
• Practice has been amazing since Sunday... last week sucked... I can't put my finger on it but I think I might be getting "bored" with the lower level classes.  I need to start a home practice but I'm apprehensive....
• Can't wait to de-clutter and revitalize and redecorate this summer.
• My Hand Stand totally ROCKS now!
• Started reading this cool "demon" book... the City of Bone Mortal Instruments series.  Not sure what to think yet... I thought it was going to be a vampire book and it's not... but it keep my attention more then another book I finally put down because it was so stupid.
  
• Decided to not get the iphone right now because it might (MIGHT) be coming to Verizon and I don't want to switch to AT&T.  We get terrible signal where we live so it wouldn't work anyway... maybe we will move to a more "signal" friendly place this summer... because I'm "this" close to breaking down and getting the itouch.  So this means I got "nothing" for mothers day OR my birthday.  Do I sound bitter?  because I am.   

That's all I've got for the last two weeks...  

Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. - B.K.S. Iyengar

Bike Race

The kids were on some type of military apparatus at a local bike race last weekend.

Here is my little "buddy" ready for his very first bike race!  So proud.

He was a bit worried about the crowd at the start of the race....

Here is my BIG girl who rode the WHOLE course in her age group!  She rocked it!

Pizza

Yes, I made that scrumptious pizza on my brand spanking new pizza stone.  It even tasted good!

Even the kids were in shock and proud of their mom.  I'm definitely not Martha Stewart!  But for one brief moment I felt like it!