Hello to chaos and not being caught up. I’m going to try and work on all of my unfinished projects this week. Unsure if I will get them done. I’ve been swamped with work lately. In my spare time, I’ve had other commitments that have prevented me from editing photos, blogging, etc.

Hello cupcake!

Hello to seeing blogging friends at an afternoon luncheon at Tiffany’s house last week. Tiffany introduced us to some local businesswomen last week, along with some delicious food and cupcakes of course.

Hello to lunch at Wahoo’s. One of my favorite restaurants. I love their chicken tacos.

Hello to Pinterest Recipes, like this one for Cinnamon Bear Popcorn. My son was obsessed with it. I made it for a Valentine’s Party at Jaime’s. I came home from the party with so many fun homemade gifts.

Hello Swedish Fish. This VERY LARGE bag of Swedish Fish is for my son’s Valentine’s. The purchase of this bag actually required a math equation. 32 kids, 4 fish for each Valentines, how many boxes or bags do I need?

Hello USC!
We went to USC (University of Southern California) with my BFF, Stacey and her family. Stacey’s daughter was doing a Song Girl Camp for a few hours, and then they were going to perform at a USC basketball game. Angry Kid was in heaven. He is a huge Trojan fan now. Note to self: start savings bags of money for tuition, like yesterday!

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Hello to a brand new week. Hopefully I can get some of these blog posts done (at least 10 in draft), photos edited, and maybe some of my laundry done?

Hello Monday.

Hello Work Week.

I’m linking up with Lisa Leonard and her Hello Monday Series.

I attended the Craft & Hobby Association Winter Trade Show, otherwise known as #CHAShow last week and it totally inspired me. I have all of these new projects that I want to do, brewing in my head. If only I could find the time, money, supplies for all of these projects.

I took a picture of a this display at CHA, and it totally makes me smile now. And really, who could go wrong with bright colors, a painted frame, chalkboard, and bunting?

Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

If this your first time here, HELLO! I do a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) and link back to it here. Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed.

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, By Word of Mouth Musings, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, Supermom, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

And, I can’t forget Krystina from Lollipops whom does “What I Love Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

I’m not sure if you have heard but they are cancelling the Google Friend Connect service soon for non-Blogger users. I’ve been having a ton of problems with my GFC widget recently as it is. I have over 700 people subscribed on GFC that need to switch over to RSS.  I have also included the other places that you can find me below.

So if you don’t want to lose me in your daily reader and miss out on my randomness, subscribe via RSS!

Hello to blogging friend, Janice from 5 Minutes For Mom, crashing at the Angry House this weekend.

Hello to a hilarious Skype session with Janice and her identical twin sister, Susan.

Hello to Medieval Times and their new show.

Hello to Janice enjoying her first show at Medieval Times while eating her food with no utensils.

Hello to memories of my 30th Birthday Party, my last time that I went to Medieval Times. I actually remembered to take an allergy pill before going this time. I think this is the only blogging event where I have take medication prior.  Angry Julie and horses are not a good combo, but I was perfectly fine.

Hello to “Jersey Day” at Angry Kid’s school.

Jersey of choice? USC, of course!

Hello to Tissue Paper Pom Poms (15 of them), and Pink and Green Bunting.

I made all of this wonderfulness for Tiffany’s sister’s baby shower, which I couldn’t attend, unfortunately.

Hello to 30 minute drive to take Tiffany these decorations.

Quick conversations with Tiffany in a Carl’s Jr., sums up hours of stories, emails, and tweets from Twitter. Sadness that Tiffany and I don’t live closer.

Hello to totally unplanned and spontaneous lunch with Ciaran at Mimi’s Cafe.

Join Mimi’s Cafe in their Go Red Campaign to Fight Heart Disease.

Hello to Janice Croze and Robert Evans using my family room as a video studio.

Hello to Angry Kid being quiet as a mouse while they did their videos.

Hello to editing photos from the CHA Show.

Hello to feathery and furry flamingos. Ya know, Flamingo is the new black!

Hello to Angry Kid’s soccer game. Hello to 1st and 2nd grade sweaty stinky boys.

Hello to finding out that Janice has an obsession with cereal. I will never look at bran cereal the same again.

Hello to 3-D Foam Football figure at Ruby’s Diner.

Hello to Angry Kid assembling it himself. And also clearing the table off so that I could take a photo for Instagram.

Angry Kid is well trained, and a great assistant to my iPhone-ography.

Hello to getting Janice to the airport with an hour to spare. Goodbye to my Canadian Skinny version of me. Very odd hanging out with someone so ADD like myself for a weekend.

Hello to Fruit and White Goo.

White Goo = 8 oz. of cream cheese plus a jar of marshmallow fluff, mixed together. You will thank me later, I promise.

Hello to Super Bowl and disappointing commercials.

Hello to Half-Time Show with Madonna.

General Observation: We liked the graphic floor display that was going on during half-time.

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Goodbye Janice.

Goodbye Football.

Hello Monday.

Hello Work Week.

I’m linking up with Lisa Leonard and her Hello Monday Series.

My husband is not really thrilled with my aqua and turquoise obsession, especially when it comes to paint color, but for some reason, he gave in.  Over the past year, I’ve done several different projects within this bedroom, after the initial paint was rolled on the walls. We used the color “Turquoise Tint” by Valspar.

The bedroom is not very large, and with the positioning of the furniture etc., it is very difficult to photograph. We have two usable walls in the room, and the other two walls are a closet, and a sliding glass door. Our options are very limited in furniture placement and decor, but I try to make the most out of the space that we have.

In this master bedroom makeover, we kept all of the original furniture.  We just painted, decorated, and changed up the color scheme, to make it a bit brighter and more fun.

Our old master bedroom decor consisted of khaki, sage green, and white mostly. The headboard and footboard of our California King bed is from Crate and Barrel circa 2002. It is a black metal frame. It was expensive when we bought it and the oldest piece of furniture that we own. But, I have seen nothing else like it, and I still love it, just as much as when we bought it.

The nightstands and dresser are Mexican Rustic Pine circa 2004. We had them custom made from a vendor at the OC Marketplace/Swampmeet. I think the business is gone now because I’ve tried to locate this particular vendor for the past few years. I love the quality of this furniture and the price was right = CHEAP!

The bedding was from Target (Waverly brand), the TV is a Samsung, and the curtains were from Z Gallery.

But snooze, sooo conservative and boring!

Now I will get more in-depth about the details of the bedroom makeover:

The plain white bedding is from Target. I’ve been searching for the perfect aqua and red comforter for about two years. It is pretty much impossible to find stuff for a California King.  I gave up and just settled on plain white. I am still looking, but the white is quite pretty also. I have seen so many people purchase this same white bedding on other blogs, that I call it the blogger-bedding now.

Just like the comforter, I have not found cute matching sheets yet either.  I use standard gray ones from Costco, along with some red simple pillow cases from Target. The aqua throw pillows are from Pier 1, and the red ones are from IKEA. They are pretty simple. Once I get the “right” fabric, I’m going to sew/make some pillows. You know, with all of that free time that I have.

The mirror. I posted a picture on Twitter a few months ago after I purchased it. I got a ton of compliments, but never shared the story of the mirror. This mirror was a lucky find. I went online searching for the perfect art and/or mirror to go above the bed. I’m a total perfectionist so it had to be just right. I saw this sunburst mirror on Pier 1 in the clearance section. It was originally around $249, and marked down to $149. I needed to see the mirror in person, so I did a local store search. The search said that a local store had three mirrors in stock.

I went to Pier 1 the next day. I saw that there were two of the mirrors on display in the store. They were on the floor propped up against other art pieces and mirrors.  I noticed some damage and flaws on both of the mirrors. I remembered that the computer said that there were three mirrors in stock.  I asked the store employee if she could check in the back for the third mirror. She was hesitant since it was on clearance, but disappeared to the back. She was gone for about ten minutes. I figured that she got distracted by something else. She returned with a large box that she could barely carry. She told me that it was labled as the mirror, but that it had never been opened.  We opened the box to check for the mirror. Well the mirror was inside and it was brand new, in perfect condition. At that point, I could care less how much it cost, because I fell in love.

And the best part of the mirror story? Well, when the employee went to ring up my purchase, the mirror scanned as $49, which was way cheaper than the original $249, and the clearance price of $149 listed. How’s that for deal?

The nightstands on the sides of our bed are Mexican Rustic Pine. They are the exact same nightstands featured in the “before” picture featured above. We primed and painted them black in the early Spring of 2011.  The knobs on the nightstand are from Anthropologie.  We also custom ordered pieces of glass from Harbor All Glass and Mirror for the nightstands and the dresser in the bedroom. I figured that the glass would protect the paint and would also prevent water spots.

On the left nightstand is a ceramic bird from Tai Pan Trading, a red lamp and shade from Target, a picture frame from World Market with photobooth pictures of Kelly and I from the OC Blogger Bash, and my iHome which charges my iPhone and the iPads in our house.

On the right nightstand is another red lamp with shade from Target, an old digital alarm clock (boring, must change it), and a framed print from The Wheatfield in a white frame from IKEA.

The closet and bedroom door. Like I said before, the closet takes up an entire wall. The closet originally had thick yellowish hanging doors when we bought the house. They were super heavy, and we replaced them with these pretty ones in 2006. Unfortunately, the doors are very tall, which made it a custom order and more expensive. The closet is not quite a walk-in but it is deep. The space is a bit limited, so most (all) of my shoes are stored in the garage.

I had Angry Husband put a mirror on the back of our door when I was attempting to take “outfit” photos for the blog. Well, my only problem is that the end of our dresser is about four feet from the mirror. I can’t back up very far to get a full picture. But the mirror is still good for making sure that everything looks right.

After taking these photos, I noticed blue painter’s tape around the edges of the closet from when we originally painted. Oops, I think that it blended in with the bright paint.

The curtains. They are plain white curtains from IKEA. The bottoms are still not hemmed. They came with a kit to iron the bottoms for a hem, but I never did that. It has been over six months since they have been up. I guess it is time that I sew them. The curtain rod is old, from Pottery Barn. It is thick and sturdy metal. We have the same curtain rod in our dining room also.

We painted the dresser when the nightstands were done originally. When I say WE, I mean Angry Husband primed the dresser, and I painted it. I was being proactive one Saturday when I was all alone. I thought that I would surprise Angry Husband by painting it myself. Well if you look closely, you can see what a crappy job I did. The gray edges around all of the drawers are primer.

We keep saying that we need to sand it down and re-paint the dresser, but there is never enough time. The knobs are also from Anthropologie, but they are a different pattern than the nightstand knobs. We’ve already had one knob break off. The drawers are pretty heavy, plus they stick a little from the paint. I need to re-place all of the other knobs with more heavy duty ones but I haven’t found anything that I like.

If you are a perfectionist, and a little OCD like me, you will notice that the dresser and television are not centered on the wall. The dresser and television are actually centered with the bed. When you are lying in bed, you will understand why. I did not understand this when my husband first mounted the TV, but I get it now.

The gallery wall on the left side of the TV is a hodge podge of things. It is not completely done yet. I hope to eventually fill the entire wall around the TV.  The red print with a white frame is the lyrics to the song, “Safety Dance”. The pictures in the small black frames are photographs of fireworks around Sleeping Beauty’s Castle during HalloweenTime at Disneyland that I took. The aqua, black, and white print is a typography featuring Star Wars “Empire Strikes Back”.  The metal star was originally brownish, and was spray-painted black. And the “D” is a wood letter that represents our last name, which is obviously not Angry.

On top of the dresser is a collection of picture frames with photos of Angry Kid. There are also metal candle holders that are shaped like bird cages with LED candles.  There is also a little red bird feeder which is functioning as a valet for all of my husband’s pocket change and junk that I take out of his pants before I do the laundry. I think I got the bird feeder from Tai Pan Trading, but I’m not quite sure.

Our bathroom in the master bedroom is super small so I thought that I would share some photos of it also. The toilet and shower is on the left side of this. It is directly behind our bedroom wall that has the TV mounted on it.

The cable box and AppleTV for the TV in the master bedroom is located inside the long linen cabinets.  Angry Husband ran the wires up the walls, through the attic, and down into the linen cabinet.

If you look closely, there is an “eye” mounted between the top two doors of the linen cabinets. That “eye” makes the RF work on our remote controls for the TV. We don’t have to leave to the doors open when using the TV because of this.

On wall the is a photo collage frame. I’ve seen a ton of these frames on Pinterest, but I actually purchased this one from Pier 1. It was probably cheaper than what it would cost to make one, and a lot less stressful.

The red bird cage which is my necklace holder is from HomeGoods. It was originally a Tiffany Blue color, but I spray-painted it red. The lights in our bathroom are from Pottery Barn.

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Although the bedroom looks done, I don’t feel like it is completely done. There is a ton of color blocking going on, but I feel like I need more patterns to bring it all together. I’m hoping to merge the color scheme together with some pillows, and maybe eventually a down comforter cover.

Linking up with Whipperberry and Skip To My Lou

This was the ceiling in the “Fishing” section.

What do you think? Will this outfit make my butt look big?

Need a gun or some ammo?

Bass.

Angry Kid’s serious face.

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Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

If this your first time here, HELLO! I do a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) and link back to it here. Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed.

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, By Word of Mouth Musings, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, Supermom, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

And, I can’t forget Krystina from Lollipops whom does “What I Love Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

Hello VERY TIRED Julie.

Hello delicious looking Valentine’s cookies from Panera Bread.

Hello to Valentine’s Day sneaking up on us.

Must find perfect Valentine’s Day cards, etc. for Angry Kid’s class.

Hello Tinkerbell, oops I mean Kelly.

Hello Team Sparkle and all of it’s awesomeness!

Hello to chaos in my life. When you realize that you haven’t trained for that half marathon that you signed up for, and that it is better than you don’t run. Things that happen when you are an adult. Sometimes it is better to sell/pass on your race number bib to someone who really wants to run.

I’m super sad that I did not get to run the Tinkerbell 1/2 Marathon at Disneyland. It was the first one.

Hello Danica and Leslie.

Visiting the Run Racing booth at the Tinkerbell Race Expo was entertaining. Just standing there provided some awesome people watching. One of my favorite questions posed to them was, “so Long Beach, this is a race for running?” I’m pretty sure that I attracted the freaks to their booth.

Hello to Race Medal Display and new hooks in the home office.

I purchased the Race Medal Display from Sport Hooks at the Tinkerbell Expo. I dug up some of my medals, and also some of Angry Kid’s. I figure that this is a visual reminder/motivation for both of us.

I love the BLECKA hooks from IKEA. We have them several places throughout our house. They are super strong if mounted right. Angry Husband always screws them into the stud or uses drywall anchors. My backpack is not light. It has my laptop and several other things in it.

Hello CHA Show!

On Sunday, I attended the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show in Anaheim with my friend, Kim. Kim makes lampwork beads and also sells bead supplies on etsy. Kim took me along as her photographer for the day, plus she knows I love crafts. 

Hello There Purple Peacock.

Let me re-phrase this, Purple Paper Peacock. YES, this peacock was made with paper products. It is amazing to see all of the cool stuff that can be made with paper crafts.

I saw so many cool things at CHA yesterday. I must go through all of my pictures and catalogs first. I will be doing some upcoming posts with all of the goodness that I saw.

Seriously, CHA was AMAZING!

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Hello to a brand new week.

Hello Tired Julie! Did I mention that I’m exhuasted and have a super busy week ahead?

Hello Monday! Time to start the week!

I’m linking up with Lisa Leonard and her Hello Monday Series.

Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

If this your first time here, HELLO! I do a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) and link back to it here. Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed.

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, By Word of Mouth Musings, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, Supermom, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

And, I can’t forget Krystina from Lollipops whom does “What I Love Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

Stacey’s Review of Border Grill:

So, when Julie told me we were going to a 1pm showing of Ovo by Cirque Du Soleil in Santa Monica for a matinee 1pm showing, the foodie in me was jumping up and down. The excitement was then squashed when I remembered that the BFF was not an exciting eater (BOOOOOO!!!). So I made it my mission to find awesome food, while not scarring Julie for life. I scarred her with my driving, but that’s a whole other story! While I was checking sigalert on Sunday morning before my drive up there, I noticed a little banner on my iPhone for LA’s Restaurant week! Holla!

I narrowed it down to 2 restaurants for lunch and then texted Julie to see if she would prefer Mexican from 2 former Top Chef Masters or Traditional American/California at an oceanfront hotel. I got the very scared response from her of “Mexican???” So, I made a reservation at Border Grill in Santa Monica, which was in walking distance to Ovo. The price fixed, three-course menu was $16. The full menu for restaurant week is here. We started with our own bottle of reverse osmosis water, a trio of salsa and chips.

I decided on a Plantain Empanada and Green Corn Tamale for my appetizer. The empanada was really only shaped like an empanada as it obviously didn’t taste like any traditional empanada I had before. It was sweet and delicious; I just wish it were a tiny bit crispier. The tamale however, was perfection! It was also sweet, but not overwhelmingly and I loved the whole kernels of corn in the tamale. You don’t get to see a picture of the unwrapped tamale, because I forgot to take a picture and inhaled it! Yum!

My second course was also a tough decision because I love a good enchilada. I decided to be brave and try a Chile Relleno Burger. No regrets here. Just awesomeness. When this behemoth arrived at my table I stared for a while trying to strategize a consumption method. I was also kind of intimidated by the actual food. Chile Relleno, good. Burger, good. But would Chile Relleno + Burger = good? Answer = YES!!! Although my burger was slightly overcooked, I decided to think of it more as a cheeseburger, with chile. Seriously, the cheese was perfect, and while this picture doesn’t do it justice, it wasn’t too cheesy, as the cheese wasn’t a melty, pully, stringy cheese. The chile added a great flavor, bite and texture to the burger. It came with fries, which were fine, but the catsup/ketchup (what’s with having 2 spellings for one word anyways) was home made and great.

For dessert Julie and I shared a trio of cookies and Dulce de Leche ice cream. The ice cream was perfection. The coconut cookie and the chocolate had great flavor (and I’m not a coconut fan), but I prefer my cookies a little doughy/chewy and these were more on the crispy side. The chocolate had a mild espresso flavor, which was great for me. The cinnamon cookie was great; it reminded me of a really small cookie you’d get a Panaderia (you don’t by panda’s there, it’s a Latin bakery friends).

My husband and I used to use part of our tax return money to frequent as many restaurants as possible during OC Restaurant week. Restaurant week offers price fixed menu’s, typically of at least 3 courses. The price fixed menu is usually about half the price of what you would typically pay. I encourage you to step outside your comfort zone for this, especially considering that you aren’t investing a lot of money in a single dish. The restaurants typically prepare something that they can do to perfection and you may find out about something you didn’t know you liked.

You can find more info on LA’s restaurant week at DineLA.com. The website is great and breaks it down by city, price, lunch/dinner, type of cuisine. It’s a great resource. For us Orange County people, Newport Beach is currently featuring their restaurant week this week (now thru Jan 29, 2012) and the remainder of OC will have restaurant week next month (2/26/2012 – 3/3/2012). I can not say enough good things about 370 Common in Laguna Beach, so check them out or use OC restaurant week as an excuse to try them out.

P.S. I have to add in a little humor to our lunch.  I ordered an ice tea to drink with my lunch. The waitress brought out a cute little tray with sugars on it. I saw regular sugar cubes and Splenda on the tray, but I did not know what the brown stuff was. If you know my humor, and me in real life, you will understand my response. I asked Stacey, “What is that brown stuff, heroin?” She laughed and replied, “organic brown sugar”. I am not a foodie, obviously. And you are probably wondering what I had for lunch? Tortilla Soup, it was good.

P.P.S. This wasn’t a sponsored or paid for lunch. Well maybe for Stacey, because I paid. But she drove, it was the least I could do. Although I barely survived the drive with her crazy driving.

Hello 24Hour Fitness at 5:30am. Came home, got dressed, got kid ready, and lunch made, all by 7:45am.

Who is this person? Is it really me?

Hello tall boots with jeans. A first for me.

Jeans are Lucky Brand. Boots are Old Navy, via sale, like $20, which is a total win!

Total fashion risk for me. I have thick calves. VERY hard to find boots that fit. Too many years of playing softball, and being a catcher.

Well, Hello There Hobby Lobby.

Husband granted a little wish from me on Friday. We went on a little road trip, over an hour drive to Hobby Lobby. It was a first for me. I’m in love.

CANNOT WAIT until the one in Orange County opens!

Hello There Bass Pro Shops. The male version of Hobby Lobby for my husband and Angry Kid.

Ok, I compromised. There was no way that husband was going to drive that far to go to a craft store. I might have bribed him with a trip to Bass Pro Shops.

We are going on a camping trip to Yosemite in June. We actually were shopping at Bass Pro Shops for some things that we needed.

I took a ton of pictures there. I will have to share more later. But one word pretty much describes the entire store: CAMOUFLAGE.

Hello there crafts.

I finished some projects that I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. I made bunting for Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day.

I exchange crafts for the Holidays with my cousin-in-law Jackie. She is mailing me a wreath that she made. We are random and crafty like that.

Hello CHA aka The Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show.

I will be attending CHA next weekend with my co-worker Kim. We are very excited about this. Can you tell that we are using crafts as stress relief from our jobs?

Hello Santa Monica and Santa Monica Pier.

The BFF Stacey and I went to Santa Monica yesterday to see Cirque Du Soleil’s  Show OVO.

We enjoyed a yummy lunch (post coming soon)!

We enjoyed the Cirque Show.

and of course, the people watching was fabulous!

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Hello enough blog posts for the entire week, just from this weekend’s events!

I have way too much energy today. I will probably crash around 2pm and need a nap.

Hello to a brand new week.

Hello Monday!

I’m linking up with Lisa Leonard and her Hello Monday Series.