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About Me

My name is Shayla and I am fortunate enough to be a stay-at-home-mom of two incredible children. Miss Anna Lelani is 3 years old and my son Oliver Allen will be turning 1 in July. My husband is Nick and this September will make 12 years that we have been together-7 years married. My life is simple but full of love. I am surrounded by wonderful friends and family. My extended family lives in Hawaii and I miss them and think about those islands almost every day. Nick's new job has allowed for him and I both to travel a bit and hopefully more in the years to come. Our current dream (which will not come in to play until Oliver is at least 4 years old) is to eventually simplify our lives enough (material wise) to sell our house, buy a fifth wheel and travel the U.S. four to five months out of the year. Now that Nick has a "virtual job" we have the ability to do this which excites me greatly!

My Interests

I truly do take a sick amount of pleasure in cleaning. I enjoy quality time with family and friends. Random social chemistry with strangers fascinates me. I adore strong hugs. With out good music I would be miserable. Now that I have started staying at home I have begun cooking and baking again and I love it! I have decided to begin a list of what I feel are small personal accomplishments. This is a list of what I have successfully cooked or baked thus far since I have been a stay-at-home-mom (be aware that anything that begins with the word 'Malia's' is the best-my mother is the world champion of cooks/bakers-I kid you not): Turkey Meatball Stroganoff, New York Style Cheesecake, Malia's Chocolate Chip Cookies, Malia's Almond Cookies, Peanut Butter Cookies, and Short Bread Wedges. I have made a commitment to myself to bake and cook from scratch more so this list will continue to grow :) hopefully. A few of the other things I have begun to dable in are oragmi, chinese water color painting, and now a bit of cross stitching thanks to my sister-in-law Charity. What I hope to be proud of soon is the shoulder piece I still plan on doing for myself.

I'd like to meet:

Some one with my same first and last name...but I do not think she exists. What about someone I have met before that I may never meet again? Ok how about this-anyone, other than my husband and my two kids, that can make me laugh. That is worth a lot to me.

Oh Vince Vaughn...how I love thee...

Music:

Where do I begin with this category? I mean seriously. Let's start with Radiohead...

Movies:

Anything with Daniel Day Lewis. My heart will always have a special place for "The Family Stone". Too many indie films to mention. Watch out for "Shortbus" just when you think you have seen it all this film will make you stop dead in your tracks. I am not recommending this film-I would say less that 2% of people I know are ready for it. Who reads this part of people's myspace accounts anymore anyway?

Television:

Six Feet Under and Sex and the City stand in my top shows so far. Truth be told I am a sucker for "What not to Wear" and I never miss an episode of "The Sarah Silverman Program"-other than that I keep hoping for new episodes of "Penn & Teller's Bull Shit". Recently Nick and I began watching more shows on the Discovery Channel...Survivorman and Man Vs. Wild are so interesting. The newest addition...HGTV!!!! Love it!

Books:

I am happy to say I recently finished "Letter to a Christian Nation"...very interesting.

Heroes:

Mothers and fathers of all ages that do all they can to love, protect and support their children.

My Blog

the past

My child hood best friend just gave birth to her third child. Her name is Liz (was Christian now Simmons) and she named her brand new baby boy Ryder. I stopped to think back to our first memory made t...
Posted by Shayla on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:09:00 PST

wow its late

I just said good night to my awesome cousin Melody. I am so glad she is back in town and I have really enjoyed my time back with her :)Anyway-I am writing this blog to tell you about the finished prod...
Posted by Shayla on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:17:00 PST

the kitchen

So the kitchen is now complete but there are still a few details left to wrap up. I am very happy with what I have chosen. This kitchen will be hard to part with when it comes time for us to move. Nic...
Posted by Shayla on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:54:00 PST

oliver allen

Oliver will be 11 months on Thursday. Wow. I have a son and he is almost a year old. Let me just take a minute to tell you about my baby boy...Oliver is of course his own person, but there is a part o...
Posted by Shayla on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:51:00 PST

Sex and the City

So I was at the Cedar Hill theater with my girls (Shanelle, Janiece, Gabrielle and Heather) to see the first showing of the Sex and the City movie. I really enjoyed it. For my sister and my girl frie...
Posted by Shayla on Fri, 30 May 2008 09:39:00 PST

the tattoo

The out line of Nick's newest tattoo is incredible! Aaron did a fabulous job and I was glad to be there with Nick. My only other experience with Nick getting a tattoo was his first when we were in Haw...
Posted by Shayla on Mon, 26 May 2008 07:41:00 PST

day four

Today is day four of our kitchen re-do. The rest of the cabinets will be put together along with the painters coming in and painting. Nick has an appointment at 4pm to start his next tattoo with Aaron...
Posted by Shayla on Sun, 25 May 2008 06:43:00 PST

I wanna take a hammer to it

Yesterday was the official first step to our renovation of the sad little kitchen we currently have in our home. Nick and his cousin Brad and I went to IKEA and I picked out all new cabintes and a new...
Posted by Shayla on Sat, 24 May 2008 06:31:00 PST

radiohead

Last night was the long awaited Radiohead concert. Wow. Nick and I met up with Michael, Mercedes and some of their friends. We car pooled together and were lucky enough not to have to pay to park beca...
Posted by Shayla on Tue, 20 May 2008 08:24:00 PST

mark the date

November 27th (my dad's birthday and the only other birthday that matters...Bruce Lee)is Shanelle's due date. My sister's going to have a baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going ...
Posted by Shayla on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:43:00 PST