Baby Car Seat Cover with Window

Hey Everyone, I am so sorry that I have not been posting as I promised, but it's been a little crazy. My new years resolution is to be more active with my blogging.

My twin sister has recently had her first baby, and it's a boy. I have been seeing these car seat canopy/covers around, and wanted to get her one. So I looked through several retail stores, but I was unable to find one.

I then thought, wait, what am I doing, I can make one. So who did I turn to for inspiration? I turned to the blogging world. There were so many tutorials, but I wanted to make one that was waterproof on one side, and fabric on the other, and with a peek a boo window.

So as my first attempt I made one for my new nephew Matthew. I apologize for the pictures, they are not the greatest. Making a window with a little flap on both sides was a little tricky to make, but it turned out good for my first attempt. The waterproof side was just plain black nylon fabric.

Let me know what you think

I Heart Faces Challenge

This weeks photo challenge over at http://www.iheartfaces.com/ is "beautiful eyes"

Crab Tostadas

The hubby and I are a couple who enjoy cooking together or by ourselves. When John is working from home, i get to come home to some great cooked meals. Here I will share the recipes that we enjoy doing often, and enjoy doing them for the first time.

My mom makes crab tostadas with crab (obviously), diced onions, tomatoes, lemon juice, and salt. Mix it all together and put it on a corn tostada. We have been having hot weather here in Sunny Cali, and last night John decided to do his version of the Crab Tostada, inspired by My moms version and Food and Wine Best of the Best cook books.

ingredients: fully cooked crab, purple onion, cilantro, tomatoes,

jalapenos (keep seeds if you want it spicy), avocado, lemon zest, mayo,

and salt and pepper to taste.
Mix all together except for the avocado. Grab a tostada, put pieces of avocado as the base, and spoon on the crab mixture.

sprinkle some cilantro for garnish and taste. serve with lime wedge and a cold beer.

Finished product: Enjoy

Christmas Shutters

So, since I've been a little behind on my posting, I wanted to make sure I get this one on. My husband created these Christmas shutters for the front of our house that looked adorable, and I wanted to share. Never to early to start planning how to decorate for your next Christmas right? If you want complete instructions on how to make them, just let me know. I made the bows and they were super easy to make.

1st time to New York

Hey everyone, I'm for sure back this time....lol. Just a quick update, I'm not working part time anymore. I am no longer doing the 2 hour commute to work. I found a new job closer to home, and it's only 30 minutes away, the downside is that I'm working full time, but 4 days a week, which I love.


OK so back in December, I went to New York for a quick trip for my husbands work. It had to be quick trip so we didn't do much.
I left on a Thursday, and as I am waiting for my flight, I go grab something to eat, and guess who is there?

                           The Dog Whisperer Cesar Milan. He was very nice, and approachable

My hubby and his Scott and his wife, picked me up from Newark Airport, and we headed out for dinner.

We had Italian at this great restaurant in Restaurant Row. They served a bread basket that had a really thin like tortilla, that had garlic, butter, parsley spread all over. It was so yummy, that we have tried to make them here, and we have come close to making them just as good.

Next for the agenda, was to go to times square. Since it was right before Christmas time, I got to see the big Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center. I was a bit disappointed, all the movies make the ice skating area and Christmas tree look so huge. The rink was small, but the tree was big, I just thought it would be bigger.

New York, was just how I imagined, everyone in a rush, pushing you aside as they walk by, and crazy busy. By the end of the night, I learned how to hold out my elbows a little, just in case somebody bumped into me, i wouldn't fly across the sidewalk. I must of gotten bumped into about 6 times within a short period of time, and they do not say excuse or sorry, they just keep on walking. There's great energy there but a little to fast for me.  

The next morning which was Friday, was the day of the Christmas Party. My hubby went to work, and I took the rental and drove to go get my hair done at The Gatsby, yes it's the salon from the show Jerseylicious. I was so excited to go, because I enjoy watching the show.

I got there, and I saw the Sonic fast food place where Tracy and Olivia fought, I was the mattress store that the salon is right next to. I walked in, my stylist wasn't in yet, but I was like 45 minutes early. I left really earlier since I've never driven out there, and I wasn't sure how traffic was. Better early than late.

So I sat there, and I'm like, wow it's exactly the way it looks like in the show.

First I see Christy, she looks simple, and cute. She says good morning, asks if I have an appointment, and I say yes, but she's not here yet, I'm here really early. Then comes out Gayle from her little office, says good morning. I was so nervous to ask if I could take a picture with them, I didn't want to seem like I was just there for the picture, which I was :).

I bought a jerseylicious shirt as I waited, and finally my stylist arrived and she went to go get her spot ready. I noticed that her spot is the same exact one as where Gigi works when she's on the show. She said give me a few minutes and I'll come back and get you. At that moment I new I had to ask to take a picture, so I went up, and asked them. they were very nice, and we chatted a little.

Once i started to get my hair done, i started to ask the stylist questions as to how they chose which stylist would be on the show. She quickly  replied and said that none of the people besides Gayle and Christy work there. When they approached Gayle about the show, they already had the cast picked. At that point I was immediately bummed, its another semi fake show. Oh well, aren't they all?

I was happy I still went, a few hours later, we headed out to the yacht where the party was, had a great time and flew back to California the next morning. It was a great short mini trip.