10.31.2010

a few photos.

for those that guessed from my clues, yes...i was a hippie on saturday.
i even planned on being a hippie on halloween night...but i am fickle, and changed my mind!
so to sierra's aunt's party, i was a pirate, and tedward was a nerd.
aka...he went as himself! ha!

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so much yummy food!
we first went to a party at ted's parent's house, and ate delicious soup, rolls and caramel apples.
then we went to this party and had orange chicken, chimichangas and bacon wrapped weenies.
so fool of deliciousness!

happy halloween!

here is a hint as to what i dressed up as tonight, and will be tomorrow!
ted said, "you make a pretty ____...probably because you are kinda a _____ all the time anyway."
that was another hint.
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if you follow me on twitter, you know that i have been rekindling my love for backstreet boys lately. i spent 3 hours cleaning today, listening to only their songs. i love them so much.


with that being said, i leave you with one of my favorite videos of theirs.
it was inspired by michael jackson's "thriller"...so it is perfect for halloween!


be safe, and please take lots of photos of your costumes!
i love seeing what everyone dresses up as :)

10.29.2010

happy halloween throwback.

growing up we didn't have very much money, but my mom was super saavy and was always able to create the best halloween costumes for us, with her own two hands.
basically, my mom is the bomb.

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happy halloween!
anyone doing anything fun?

10.28.2010

happy list.

what a weird day.
i went from incredibly happy, to really, really, really, really, really, really sad.
so i have compiled a list in photo format of things that makes me happy:

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a. ted.
b. cool & unexpected painted walls on buildings.
c. shrimp ceviche.
d. cupcake from the cupcake stand at disneyland.
e. ferris wheels to look at, not ride.
f. dew drops on flowers in the morning.

pumpkin juice fail.

So I am walking around Sprout's picking out a healthy lunch for me to gobble up while reading my excellent book during my break. I walked the aisle looking for snacks to store in my drawer at work, and my tastebuds watered as I passed by white chocolate pretzels, tropical trail mix, Izze soda, and veggie chips. I decided to be good and picked out a veggie wrap in a whole wheat tortilla, and some fresh veggies and dip. As I approached the cashier line, I noticed that I seemed to hear a very quiet sound. A beautiful sound. A sound that was otherwordly. It was as if unicorns, gnomes and fairies were joined together in praise and were making the happiest sounds imaginable....either that, or it was Zac Efron singing. I stopped dead in my tracks. I had to find the place where the pleasant sound was coming from. I turned slowly, and saw where it was coming from immediately. It was as if the heavens opened...and everything beautiful was singing. It was a display for "Pumpkin Juice"!
 
Oh pumpkin juice! How I have searched for thee for many moons. How I have cried for hundreds of fortnights in agony because I couldn't guzzle you down into my belly! How I secretly hated all of those Hogwarts children for getting to have you, AND pumpkin pasties. What gluttons! *spit!* But now! It was as if it was a Hallows Eve miracle!
 
My eyes opened wide and I am 96% positive they started spinning like black and white squigglies, scaring a few children into pointing and telling their mommies, "look! girl. scary!" or even worse, "look mommy! windsey wohan!"  But I couldn't help it! Pumpkin juice was in my grasp, and my brain couldn't compute it's beauty. Just then, a horrible thought entered my mind. Was it like one of those horrible mirages that torment thirsty vagabonds lost in the desert? No! I couldn't be! But to be sure, I quickly snatched up a pack of 6, and hurried off to the counter.
 
I happily stood in line, smiling like a fool, tapping my foot in a happy cadence. It was finally my turn to purchase the victuals and my beloved pumpkin juice! I could already taste it's goodness on my tongue. Of course, I had no idea what it tasted like, but while reading Harry Potter I always salivated onto my book and caused the pages to crinkle, thus ensuing anger in tedward for "ruining his book"... but it was in the name of pumpkin juice!
 
I smiled at the cashier, and all she said was, "show me your ID"...strange, but I was too happy to question her weird request. I popped out my driver's license and said, "It's a beautiful day, huh? I LOVE fall!" and she gives me a look of complete disgust, "uh? what?". She got to work in a store that carried pumpkin juice, isn't that the equivalent to Disneyland? How could she NOT be happy? No matter, I replied, "Fall. Isn't it just so lovely? I am excited to drink this pumpkin juice!" She goes, "Juice? This is beer, lady," in her raspy voice. She sounded like a surly pirate. I wanted to ask if she had a hook in her back pocket, but I was so distracted by her last comment. My heart sank...was I being punk'd? "Wait, what?...it's alcoholic? It says it is juice...not beer. You know, like Harry Potter? Man, I love Harry Potter, don't  you?" and I playfully nudge her in the forearm. I mean, who doesn't love them some HP? And she responds, "ew. I do.not.read.Harry.Potter. *eyeroll* Do you want the beer or not, woman?" Did she just call me woman? Did she just say "ew" and Harry Potter in the same sentence? Oh this girl was going down. All I could think to say was, "I don't drink alcohol, so I won't be purchasing it. But you really don't know my boyfriend Fred Weasley? Girrrrrl...you gotta read them!" She gave me the look of death, a seriously over-dramatic eyeroll and said, "I drink beer...I don't read."
 
OH NO SHE DID NOT. OH NO SHE DID NOOOOOOT!
 
At that moment, all I could do was this: "Avada Kedavra. Have a happy day!"
 
 
 
The End.

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10.27.2010

we love aquariums.

yell-eeeeew. that is a greeting that i have started using recently...mostly with my brother Ty.
speaking of my brother Ty, i have to tell you something hilarious.
when driving home from a double date with ty and sierra, we drove past them and all four of us got out our fake finger guns. you know the ones of which i speak. anyway, we started pretend shooting each other, as we always do. it was funny, but ted sped up...so there was a cease fire. well, about 1 minute later ty sped up, and at the same moment, ty and i turned to our car windows and pulled out our fake bazooka guns. i kid you not...the SAME fake gun. it was hilarious. the end.




anyway, so now that we have the guns and bazooka talk out of the way, let us speak of water animals!
our hotel was only a couple short blocks away from an awesome aquarium.
if you know us, you know we LOVE zoos and aquariums. especially ones with OTTERS!
hello, otters are my favorite animal! they are the puppies of the water!
anyway, on our walk to the aquarium we saw some pretty randomspice things.
like cool murals, and weird dragon/dog looking statues. we were like, "whaaaa?" ha!

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we were SUPER impressed with the aquarium!
i mean, we have been to the amazing aquarium in seattle, and we loved it...but this one is very close to the level of awesome that is the seattle aquarium.
we loved the shark lagoon where you could pet the baby sharks.
and we loved the area where you could pet the sting rays! the rays were actually really sweet!
and how could we NOT love the otters? they were precious!
oh...and as we left the aquarium, they handed us healthy snacks. how did they know i love larabars?


i seriously recommend the long beach aquarium!
busy bee stamp of approval :)