tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75600071256733612652024-03-13T23:35:27.106-07:00Casa IrlandaAmelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-66537834578157602282014-02-01T23:13:00.002-08:002014-02-01T23:13:30.492-08:00Why Football Matters to me
On the eve of one of the most important moments in Seattle sport's history I am having trouble concentrating on anything. It feels like Christmas Eve, like Christmas Eve when I was 7. The Seahawks are playing in the SuperBowl. TOMORROW. Holy cow. So I've been feeling super crazy about this whole thing, and was wondering what it was about football that does this to people. So I sat down for the Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-66318310947808304602013-08-28T22:08:00.000-07:002013-08-28T22:08:05.369-07:00If you ask you must be prepared for the answer.
Sometimes you ask the kid what they want for dinner and they say "Ice Cubes!". In that case we can kindly steer them in a different direction, because we are not trying to raise any eating disorders over here. But sometimes they say "Cereal!" and you think, "Hey, that is a really good idea." And so it was, dinner last night was two big heaping bowls of cereal. Hers is the healthy Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-34428572375125820852013-08-27T17:10:00.001-07:002013-08-27T17:10:07.638-07:00Lylagram:Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-10463587069336461412013-08-27T14:02:00.002-07:002013-08-27T14:02:20.780-07:00Haiku for you.
A day off.
Sweet unemployment
Whatcha gonna do today?
Watch wind blow, kid grow.
Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-75334127804539148552013-08-27T00:11:00.000-07:002013-08-27T00:11:01.741-07:00Day one smartphone detox, getting my fix.You know what I did today?
I read a magazine, in it's entirety.
I made a real breakfast for my family.
I played with the kid.
I watched the sunset.
I took back hours of my day.
And you know what? It was pretty cool.
Today marked the first day of my smartphone detox.
The rules are simple:
1. Delete all time sucking apps from the phone.
2. Text only during the sleeping hours of the kid.
3. If Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-44828877590434505092013-01-11T13:22:00.000-08:002013-01-11T13:24:12.512-08:00Silly Sally went to town walking backwards, upside down...
"Nobody but us is watching you, they are all watching their own kids."
This is what my parents would say to me if I was nervous before a swim meet or a gymnastics competition. It worked. And it was true. Nobody but those closest to me could even pick me out of the crowd of girls in identical unitards. And even those close to me, who were watching, actually didn't care all that much how Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-34848930784325416342012-12-27T16:27:00.002-08:002012-12-27T16:27:58.594-08:00I want to bake my cake, eat it, and make sure there is enough for everyone else too. **I will return with an annoying amount of Holiday project posts next week. I have it circled on my calendar. Jesse, wonderful, thoughtful, Jesse got me a laptop for Christmas and on the calendar I have a day set aside to finally sit down, just me and my laptop and learn and play and post. Until then....**
I like working. I love working actually. I have had moments in my life when I'm not Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-43149101679013579472012-12-18T14:51:00.002-08:002012-12-18T14:51:10.596-08:00House of Christmas Cards
PROJECTO NUMERO...TRES? Christmas Cards!!!
Oh hey! Merry Christmas guys! Here's another project I put together this year, and now that most of you have already received these suckers I can post about them. Here's the deal, every year I make our damn Christmas cards. EVERY YEAR. One year I told Jesse I was just going to buy them, I believe this was last year WHEN I HAD JUST HAD A BABY. Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-13061957294601329842012-12-07T12:09:00.005-08:002012-12-07T12:09:41.922-08:00
You guys, I love candy canes.
Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-88736267417609065532012-12-07T00:04:00.000-08:002012-12-07T00:04:19.734-08:00On the second day of christmas...
I'd like to call this Inspira-post:
Birdhouses as Winter Cabins!
Or
Why My Dad is Awesome!
Holiday project post number two is really not much of a project, well it WAS a project that my Dad did, last year. Project number two and I'm already stretching it? Jeesh. This isn't going to last long, tomorrow I'll be posting about how much I like candy canes and calling it good. Dude, Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-72867405843567599442012-12-06T23:50:00.003-08:002012-12-06T23:50:34.371-08:00Projectile Christmassing.Let's see how many empty promises I can make on this little bloggy blog. My new one? I am going to post ALL my holiday projects. From decor to food to crafts. No really. I am...c'mon give me another chance. I've changed, I have, I mean it....
So the reality is that Bean is not going to remember this Christmas. She won't, she'll enjoy looking back at the funny pictures and her mom's ridiculous Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-32848924028141033182012-12-05T15:58:00.001-08:002012-12-05T15:58:35.423-08:00My own definitions...
dai·ly
/ˈdālē/
Adjective
Traditional definition: Done, produced, or occurring every day or every weekday.
My definition: Done, produced, or occurring every once in awhile, whenever there is time, maybe every month, maybe not, depending on the amount of stuff going on, sometimes never, hopefully more often.
Blogging daily. HahHAHAhAHHAAHahhaha....
...well, I tried. I Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-41446000331803805712012-11-09T14:48:00.002-08:002012-11-09T14:48:36.225-08:0033 is a magic number.
I spent my birthday doing exactly what I wanted to:
Cake for breakfast.
Funny cards from my mom.
Red Robin with my Dad and brothers.
Afternoon at the Aquarium with my little girl.
A night out with my friends.
A pedicure.
A football game with my husband.
I am so grateful for my life.
Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-9345209986190970772012-11-09T14:11:00.003-08:002012-11-09T14:11:55.803-08:00Why can't men witch have babies?
BECAUSE THEY HAVE HOLLOW WEANIES!
Wanna hear that again, same time next year? I thought so. Should I also go on and on about how important halloween is to me? As I do every year. As it is every year. But really, you guys, I love this silly holiday. I stay up late making costumes. I decorate my house. And, it turns out, at least for her first Halloween, our Bean is a big fan too.
I Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-736444030267855862012-10-30T22:29:00.004-07:002012-10-30T22:29:54.538-07:00Some brains just work that way...I am taking today off.
In my place I give you this:
This makes an excellent lullaby, btws.
xoxoAmelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-63921921708330169652012-10-29T21:54:00.001-07:002012-10-29T21:55:03.110-07:00Skele-bean!Here is the thing: baby girl hoodies are awful. Mostly, sometimes they are ok, but mostly blech. I wanted a cool shirt or sweatshirt for Beans first Halloween. I saw some skeleton hoodies at Target, but the girl ones were pink and sparkly, it was weird. So I grabbed the boys version (black with white bones, doy!) and brought it home! I was fairly excited for my little punk rock baby. Her dad Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-77348804719562154772012-10-28T14:32:00.000-07:002012-10-28T14:32:43.415-07:00Curioser and Curioser
Lyla Jane is turning into a kitten.
A curious, curious, kitten. A kitten that wants to pull and tug and open and touch and throw and poke at everything.
Or maybe she is just turning into a...toddler.
Either way, she needs some new stimulus. Some new adventures.
Now, we pull out pots and pans, we play with paint, we play with water, and we do what we can to nurture her curiosity with Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-61427418916104629652012-10-27T12:36:00.002-07:002012-10-27T12:36:54.356-07:00Our little big girl.
My little big girl turned 11 months old last week. Which means in less than a month we will have a one year old running (RUNNING) around the house. So here is the deal. I wrote the following list for our bean in honor of her hitting the eleven month point. All of these things are but a mere fraction of what we love about our little girl. I mean, they tell you that you don't know love until youAmelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-33692579919179486222012-10-26T23:53:00.001-07:002012-10-26T23:53:57.272-07:00Kept her in a pumpkin shell. Finally a little Halloween spirit here at CasaIrlanda.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneAmelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-41809523776548859752012-10-25T12:04:00.001-07:002012-10-25T12:05:58.709-07:00Big, Heavy.My dear friend Claire's son, Mr. Beckett, or Beauregard as I like to call him, saw a walrus when he was just around one year old. He came home from this life changing visit and felt it his mission in life to 'warn' everyone he saw about this walrus. As soon as he saw you he would look up at you, shyly and yet confident in his message, and say "BIG. HEAVY. WALRUS." He said it in this funny breathyAmelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-37210749326003562852012-10-24T13:51:00.001-07:002012-10-24T13:51:52.678-07:00This is important.- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneAmelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-33120180688531543052012-10-22T11:40:00.001-07:002012-10-22T11:40:23.951-07:0010/22/22Sunday is a day of rest and football so excuse my absence yesterday. Today I will post twice. The second post will be about my darling baby kangaroo turning 11 months old. The first, this one, will be about my grandmother.
Today would have been my grandma's 90th birthday. She passed away too young, but that happens to the good ones huh? I can't imagine what her statuesque frame would look like Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-90062521021461814722012-10-20T21:42:00.001-07:002012-10-20T21:43:40.436-07:00By any other name.The name Lyla means "divine play".The name Amelia means "Industrious"The name Jesse means "Wealthy". I would say so...- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneAmelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-82803721587280535092012-10-19T15:25:00.001-07:002012-10-19T15:25:37.938-07:00Oh Hai...kuMy mom started writing this year. She found herself with some free time and remembered how much she used to enjoy writing. She writes for herself, she writes for her online writing teacher, and she writes for me. Which is my favorite. She recently sent me a poem, an early birthday poem. It made me cry. I would say that is a sign of a very good writer. I appreciate that she is doing something for Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560007125673361265.post-49532901006662878832012-10-18T16:20:00.003-07:002012-10-18T16:20:55.445-07:00A daily dab will do ya.
Oh hello.
It's been awhile huh?
I come here, often actually, and I think...you should blog. You should write something. I also think, You should read more. You should paint more. You should cook more. And then I think, should should be a bad word. Removed from our vocabulary completely. It's a heavy word, it's implications are bigger than it seems, and it doesn't actually exist. A Amelia Anne Flores Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861396207839738027noreply@blogger.com1