WHAT??

Where did the week go?!?!?!?!... i feel like i was just telling aaron that we needed to make a quick one-day jaunt to Flagstaff (of course, you know how much i love this place) to see family and of course eat at Lafonda on saturday....... Aaron and i decided to be health conscious and share the WONDERFUL jaw-dropping special and pair it with a knock-you-off-your-block $2.00 Margie!!!! Boy we were in heaven....(we really did feel like we were running to flag in desperate mode, i guess better than emo, right?)

What a busy day they were having, but man! i was impressed with the quick execution of our order... i was surprised by the amount of non-natives hitting up the place! i guess the word's out guy's.... we will have to start sacrificing our mall time to score some great seats. :)

Say hi to cheapest yummy margarita.... if you don't love it.... well, i will. :)

of course Flagstaff never loses it's beauty and small town charm..... i never get tired of saying... (sigh)..... i heart you Flagstaff :) i hope to go back soon..... Hope your weekend was great and also enjoyed all the facebook posts about the everyone eating at LaFonda... we all had her on our minds! :)

Now ... let's get ready for the weekend... hope you had a productive week!

love, shannon

This guy....

has a huge part of my heart.....maybe even the whole thing.... this boy is turning into quite the young inquisitive maternal challenger! he pushes my buttons more than once at a time, he melts my heart with this smile, knows how to make me feel uber special, he's great at snuggling, gives me sneaked kisses when he really needs them, has a love for oreo cookies that can only be genetic, he has a way of turning a dull moment into a fun one,

he tells funny jokes and is quite the movie one-liner, he craves my opinion and may not always take it, says things to get my attention, loves gummie bears like no other, knows immediately when i'm giving him mean eyes, wants to teach me to golf, thinks i'm cool enough to play with his legos, loves to teach me new things, prefers cats, loves to build forts, & most importantly loves GOD.

Although he is growing up soooo fast, i have to take every opportunity to catch all the milestones ... even when i may be super annoying and taking too many pictures..... that's a sacrifice i love making ;) He wants to push fast forward and live his grown pga life ... when all i want is for him to stay small and easy to carry forever.
Brennen, I love being your mom.

Reason #1 to start running.... the joy of buying new nike running shoes..... right?? or is it to be healthy?? i prefer the shoes... and well the feeling after you're done, even when you didn't think you would make it..... yup! one of the best feelings since....well, wearing your new Keds back in 6th grade :)

This week was pretty easy... i may have to say... it was an intro to running.... kind of like Running 101.... pretty equivalent to being Lindsey Lohan 101... step one... have one drink, and go home.. well you know how that turns out... i have a looooongggg way to go... and i may even be caught looking like her passed out in a mercedes... but on my couch exhausted, but sober. :) This week I am increasing the running interval times and tossing in a little Jillian action to assist in muscle tone.... ohhhh... Jillian we have a love hate relationship.... i love her body, but hate what she makes me do.....

Wishing you luck in your fittness goals.... hopefully i can one day be like my brother, who is a running machine... and run 26.2 miles.... but at least for now... i can settle for the .2.... lol! :) Have a wonderful day getting ready for the week!

Love, Shannon

If the walls could talk....

.... they would tell you this house is dirty!.... Today we spent the day avoiding our house and the responsibilites of cleaning it by enjoying a FREE day at the Museum of Natural History:) .....

However, before leaving the house... i managed to muster up enough energy to decorate a once bare wall, with a couple of decorative touches.... or clutter.... :) (you say toemaytoe... i say toemaytoe :)

Yesterday we went to Flagstaff for a quick road trip to take pictures, enjoy the nice cooler weather, visit with family & friends, and of course, eat lunch at LaFonda.... btw... has the best Saturday Special and $2.00 margarita!!!

With my two guys in tow I was even able to manager a quick shopping trip into Pier 1.... Thanks to my sister Tomi,she brought her hubby. Him and A babysat each other quite well :), while we made a couple laps around in the store... of course hitting up the sale racks!! who can't turn down items on sale... right?


So this morning.... i kept thinking about the things I have had laying... i mean storing around the house to collaborate on this bare wall... im sure not the next HGTV design star.. but hope you approve of this.. :)

not to be a sentimental mush or anything i bought the above picture because it reminded me of our Pastor.... he ALWAYS blesses us with this verse at the end of each church service and well.... it makes me feel special :)


a little closer look of the detail..... added texture to the wall.... i probably just made myself sound stupid... oh well... someone has to get this house decorated... right?!

hope your having a wonderful weekend filled with family, yummy food, and a lot of sleep.... I sure hope i get this house clean and in order. :)

Love, Shannon

Coupon Run = Success

In the midst of a busy day.... i kept worrying about my coupons that were expiring today.... and the new policy that Fry's is no longer going to take competitors coupons.... so that mean i needed to go out with a BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Picture #1..... all purchased at Fry's.... paid $27.02 and saved $111.87!!! wahoooo!

picture 2..... score at walgreens a.k.a. WAGS!!! Paid a total of 13.46!!!! the toilet paper came in at 1.50 each!!!!!! wow.... i think we are ready to toilet paper a house!! :) jk!

What an awesome weekend!! Aaron celebrated his birthday and we celebrated getting baptised.... pictures to come soon! hope you have a wonderful weekend!!! :)

Love, shan

Baby, grab the car!

JACKPOT!!!!! This week Fry's has it's Mega-Sale in full swing.... instead of buying ten for $10 (of the same item), you can get ten items and score &5.00 bucks off! .................and if coupons are added?????.... well..... pure sweetness occurs :)

All items without coupons??? ...................................$276.95

With coupons (i happily paid) ????................................................$ 69.70

Total Money Saved??.............................$207.25!!!!!!!!!!!

This is what I got: 3-Pringles, 3-Rice A Roni, 4-Crystal Lites, 2-31 load Tide Laundry Soap, 10-32 load Wisk Laundry Soap, 1- A1 Bottle of Steak Sauce, 3-Bags of Kettle Chips, 2-6pack Hansen's Rootbeer, 2-Classico Alfredo Sauce, 4-Loreal Kids Shampoo, 18-bags of Mahatma Rice, 4-Axe body spray, 3-Palomolive Dish Soap, 3-Tide 18ct Stain Release, 5- Vitamin Waters, 1-1/2 Gallon of milk, 1-1/2 gal. of Mango Cool Juice, 22- bags of Peanut M&M's, 1- Kraft Mayo, and 1- double pack Smart Balance spread.

Very impressive, right??

Well.... BABY!!!! Grab the car.... because we ripped them off..... legally :)

WOWZER!!!!!!

Totally Random Blabbing....

Numbero uno: bath and body works antibacterial soap.... back in the diz-ay i loved the beaded soap version and slowly grasped a love-hate relationship with it... because.... 1. it never fully empties....2. it pumps to a hand ratio of arsenio hall.... and those are some big hands... and the well the rest just goes wasted on the side of the container....... after some time the bbw folks know how to pull me in once again.... and made the anti-bacterial foam hand wash!!! switch-o change-o ... Shannon was back in love !! and every year they go on sale and we stock up! McCabe Staple #1 was born :) exhibit A: hand soap hoarding... keeping it real... i suggest it in daily sale doses or if your like me go for the full monty!

Next item up.... William Sonoma hand towels.... ahhhh.... make me happy just saying it. They are abbbbbb soooooo lutely theeee BEST! and my opinion is not based on the material name.... but the quality!! they hands down will last longer than any other costco/ross/wally-world towel will.... let me introduce McCabe Staple # 2.......


Sorry for the babbling.... i am in that kind of weird-sorta kinda mood.... not truly feeling motivated to start the day... but had to share the things that keep me sane... come back for # 3 and #4.... :)

~S~

Well i hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's day! we sure did... despite celebrating it after a long day at work on a monday... bleh.... we didn't do anything even similar to a romantic candle-lit dinner.... but neither one of us were disappointed....

aaron was a sweet heart and bought me something i always wanted!!!..... an all leather coach purse.... (insert the pig commercial squealing pig saying "weeeee" holding a pin wheel hanging out the window of the car).....

(don't judge.... my bedroom was dirty and un-kept...... but the happiness blinded me from caring :)

he scored a nook from his wifey..... at the beginning of the year we had a family new year's resolution of reading one book a month... well both guys have lapped me!!!! so i did some research between all the readers and decided on the nook..... after his initial start up.. he hasn't put it down... he was lucky to even get a cover with a built-in light to go with it..... as we drove away we tossed brennen $20.00 and said happy valentine's day.... he was happy! our evening ended with dinner at our favorite pho restaurant..... yummy!



Hope your Valentine Day was awesome and full of love!

xoxo,
shannon

Christmas Re-Play

Before I miss the "etiquette" updating deadline (if there is one) ....here is a quick re-play...... This year we were sooo blessed that my parents came to us and we were spared the long jaunt up north (as you know.... we do that drive quite frequently)!

Our Christmas eve: started with last minute Christmas gift buying and runs to the grocery store... if this was Aaron's and Brennen's blog it would say, Christmas Eve: Golfed, Christmas Day: Golfed, the day after Christmas: golfed :) Yup! A-Dizzle and B-diddy lived it up at their pseudo man cave for three days straight.... but i didn't complain... my mom and i were able to gab about recent celebrity gossip, recent inspiring recipes, and decorating ideas... a time and place for no boys allowed :) Later that night we all decided to head out to the casino for some family bonding time.... who wouldn't bond after winning or losing money :)

Christmas morning was rough on our eyes.... our family was still soo sleepy from the late night. We woke in a rush to get all our Christmas presents opened so we could load the guys back up to make it to their tee time... :) I later laid back down and took a nap... and later woke up to

the smell of my mom's cooking and her bodyguards manning the ship in the kitchen.... :)

i spent the rest of the morning/afternoon relaxing, watching t.v, and taking pictures.... I hope you & your family had
A

we did!

the remainder of the weekend was spent watching football, the guys wrestling, consuming 800 cajillion k-cups of coffee, movie quote wars (truth; aaron and my brother only speak to each other in movie quotes! - very strange) and ended with a sweaty competitive session of Let's Dance 2 on the wii (a gift to me, from my mom - thanks mom:)

I hope you had a memorable Christmas and took a lot of pictures!

XOXO, Shan :)

Get it while it's HOT!!!

For the past couple weekends since Christmas I have been hitting up all the clearance areas!!! Believe me this year I scored some cute and cheap things....

First off: these glasses I found at Pier 1 for a wopping 2.00 each..... they were 50% off... and if you know me already... polka dots??? (my meth in decor form :) Not included in the picture is a 2010 hand painted ornament with the Three Wise Men.. in it's own storage box! It was normally 12.00... i was able to get it for our tree next year for a basement price of $3.00!!!!!

this year i didn't buy anything new for our tree or house.... I like to get things on sale and couldn't imageine paying 12.99 ($3.25) for each pillow.... 9.99 ($2.50) for the platter... 2.99 (.75) for each bowl.... and 19.99 ($5.00)for the Christmas Tree decor.... all of it... GET THIS!!! was 75% off @ Tar-jay... and I was even able to get a Douglass Fir tree that was normally 200.00 dollars for 40.00 (Since the box was open they gave us an additional 20% off the fifty dollar seventy percent off price)!!! YAY!.... now to box it up and twiddle my thumbs until next year to see it :)

get out while it's hot and get some!!!

Answers about the video...

1. how did i do it? well.... Channeling the inner-geek was pretty tough, however the FLIP camera (and there may be more like them) have the software built in; making it super easy for editing/producing.... once i edited each movie clip... i had to decide which recording clips were going to be in the video... super hard process for me..... i wanted it all.... well obviously i gave in and got it done... I'm so sorry to those that saw the lovely red recording button blinking and you were not a starring actor/actress.... it was based on time... the summary of the day.... (i still love you :)

i then had to finally set up an iTunes account... and yes i did..... I'm not a person who owns an mp3 player or an ipod.... i still love live radio and cd's... i know pretty pathetic... once that was done i combined them on the flip software in movie mode... and added it to a vimeo account... viola... "24 hours in Flagstaff"

2. Is that dog on Brennen's lap a new addition? sorry... but as cute as she is she belongs to my brother's... she is a lover and we enjoyed every minute we got to spend with her....

3. Why were there ambulance and police at the sledding area? no cool story or explanation... when we got there a lady was sitting awkwardly from a bad landing and was eventually hauled off on a stretcher.... i definitely hope she is better!

4. Who loves polka dots? well easy question... that's me... I'm a sucker for polka dots and secretly have an obsession with them.... :)

5. Did Aaron eat that entire sushi piece he put in his mouth? haha! yes he sure did.. he is a firm believer in not taking a bite in any sushi roll.... it apparently ruins the flavor explosion.... haha!

btw.... a big THANKS for all the rave reviews.... and yes... watch out Mel and Steven, Shannon's Shaky Hand Productions are coming to get'cha!


XOXO, Shan

Good-bye 2010.... Hello 2011...

Flagstaff..... you hold my heart. from Shannon McCabe on Vimeo.

Just a little tid bit of my New Year's day!!! Aaron got me a Flip camera and have always envisioned making great home videos.... well this is not a GREAT video.... take some anti-nausea pills, grab a nice drink... and enjoy!

btw..... thanks to all my family and friends who inspire and challenge me!! <3

Love, Shannon