Friday, May 30, 2008

Summer Time Holiday

Let the count down BEGIN
I'M GOING TO THE MAGIC KINGDOM EVERYONE!




Picture Tierra doing a little happy dance right about now! We leave Tuesday night and I went into work today and finally found out that I actually got the days off to go. Phewww! What a worry that's been! With my work, they never let you know if you got approved or not approved for the days off you submit---which I submitted two months ago--- until a week before the event. So, when I went in today, I went straight to the schedule and finally breathed that sigh of Relief! So tomorrow will be a busy day rushing around trying to get everything packed and ready to go! Were staying at the Sliver Lake Resort which is just 5 minutes from Disney World.

This is where will be staying

The first 3 days will be spent going through Disney and then the final two days will spend at the beach!

I'm soOoOoOoOo darn excited! Be prepared for pictures by the bucket loads to come!

Also, just to let everyone know about what else that has Tierra SoOoOoOoOoO SUPER darn excited as well..... ---NO I haven't met someone, I hoping to see if Prince charming at Disney world has a brother that's not taken LOL---The First chapter in the final book for the Twilight series is being released tomorrow! Yes, that's right TOMORROW! So, first thing on the "to do" list tomorrow is rushing to the bookstore to pick up my copy of the special edition of Eclipse--the 3rd book that's already been out---It will contain the book cover for the upcoming 4th book and the first chapter that will set the final ending to the Edward/ Bella love story!



Jeepers, I'm such a nerd! I'm this excited over the release of a first chapter to a book....I can't wait to see what I will do when I finally meet Mr. Prince charming! I'm beginning to think maybe he's stuck in a bathroom somewhere, because he's taking forever LOL

Past 3 Days

Hello Everyone! This is going to be just a random post and sadly NO pictures w/ this one--due to the fact that my LAME cousin who is too lazy to buy himself his own camera, has borrowed mine--But, just to keep you guys updated, the past three days have been really nice--Yes, nice! That's the word I'll use--- for me!
Let's recap, shall we?...


Tuesday: I'm off! Yippee! Carolyn and I went out for lunch and went shopping for our "out of this world" trip to Disney world coming up! We bought towels and bathing suites and just hung out. Every moment I get to have with my dear auntie, I try to soak in. She's just the sweetest person I know! Then, when we got home, I some how got this massive energy to clean my entire house! I have NO CLUE where that came from!



Wednesday:I'm off again! I wake up up--Which if you truly know me, then you know that's impressive in it's own self because I could sleep the day way if I wanted too LOL--That cleaning high is still going so I hurry over to Amber for a review over a song I have to learn for church and then it's back to my house where that cleaning boost took over! Everything is completely cleaned! When my girl friends came over they were like...

"WOW Tierra, what did you take???"

I just wanted everything cleaned before we leave for our trip, Cause who wants to come back home to a messy house!



Thursday: Fun Day! Some of my other cousins--I think I have like a billion LOL--Are already at the beach so they told us we could come over an use their pool, hot tub, and tanning bed anytime while their gone! Hello Sunbathing!!!! My skin has been aching to be tanned for so long, so I thought as the nice person that I am- I would give it what it desired! So off to the pool for the whole day w/ my little nephew-- whose just a plain stud.


Funny story: Kids, you never know whats going to come out of there mouth! So here we are, at the pool. The suns out. Its beautiful. I have brought along a nice book to enjoy by the pool while Angelus plays. This kid talks soOoOoOo much that I think I barely got 5 pages read at all. Every two sentences it was "Tierra!" Tierra!" I finally answer his tenth question for the day and go back to reading when I look up to see him leaning up against the pool side w/ his head up to the sky and saying " ........Tierra.....this ....is...the...LIFE!" I could not stop laughing, it was just to cute! I have no idea where he gets stuff like this!



Later on that night Carrie & Sergie came up and Christy after work and we went night swimming. The pool was freezing and Carrie had the nerve to push me into the pool when I had just gotten out of the hot tub! ! ! ! NOT NICE CARRIE

So, now it's back to the life of working.

Friday, May 23, 2008

TV 2 Cents

I'm a happy girl! First the Bachelor---Which I have always LOVED to watch---FINALLY picked the girl I rooted for! Plus, he's tall, dark, and British! Ya just can't go wrong there! And this had to be one of the sweetest proposals I have ever seen on this show! Check it out, it's too cute!





And then at LAST....
David Cook wins American Idol! I just loved him! I was so shocked that he won--I thought for sure the other David had it--- Yep, for once my two shows actually pick the people I root for! I will definitely be getting his album.
My IPOD already has some of his songs he did on the show.



The only sad thing is my other two guilty pleasure shows went off for the season! What a bummer! Carrie, what in the world are we suppose to watch now??? I'm tellin ya it's been really hard trying to bounce on Monday and Tuesday nights watching my shows! Well, there ya go folks...Tierra's 2 cents on TV news!


Sunday, May 18, 2008

Projects Part 2 & Bridal Shower

Alright, Natalie this one's for you because you were so wonderful to talk to me when it was like 1 am my time and me ranting on about the bridal shower coming up in like 10 hours--LOL! I love ya girlie!

So if ya saw my last post then you already know that this past week was simply horrific! In my life, I have come to realize that I'm just a little bit OCD over details! DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS! And this drives me insane! If you ever come to any of my parties you will never know how I, Tierra Lynne Coleman stress out over the tinest details. Either it's a bridal shower or baby shower or even my own birthday parties I LIKE TO PLAN, I'll go over ever detail consisting of invitations to decorations, table-Chair layouts, color layouts, favors---It really can drive a person insane!

In the End the shower was a HUGE success and Jenneroo got lot's of nice gifts! The food was simply fantastic! I just love the wonderful ladies in my Relief Society who love me enough to help me out--and can cook great, Cause I sure Can't--- BIG Thank You's to Amber Finch & Nicole Peel who made out of this world quiches! To Leah's mom & sister who made a beautiful cake. Kristy Wood for providing the party gift for the bridal shower game! Susan Lindsey for support & help w/ the punch! Vicky Pafford for the HUGE fruit platter and finally Carrie--cousin-- who has listened this past week and gave outstanding support and help setting everything up an running the show w/me! I love you all and count you as great friends~!~

Also, one small Thank you to good ol' dear Martha Stewart for this wonderful recipe I used for punch from MarthaStewart.com--It was delicious and I recommend it highly as a cheap & Easy way to go for a great taste & touch!


Southern Comfort Punch
6 lemons
4 navel oranges
2 six-ounce frozen lemonade, concentrate
1 six-ounce frozen orange juice, concentrate
2 liters lemon-lime soda---Sprite
Chill the lemon-lime soda-Use Sprite for the best result, NO off brand of soda
In punch bowel add 2 cups of ice and poor juices in first and mix up w/ ice. Add soda over top and cut navel oranges and lemons in slices to garnish the punch for the perfect look. Then bless and serve w/ sweet southern charm.
So with that said, here are some pictures of the projects I stressed endlessly over for the Bridal shower I did for Jen this past Saturday.

The Endless Projects



These are the invitation that litterly, NO LIE--took me weeks to come up with after searching pages after pages of digital scrapbooking paper for the right design.


All 105 went out!



These are the center pieces I did that are my fave from the day! They were so easy and so cheap to do! I got lucky by finding the vases for 75 cents at Wal-Mart and those adorable little berry balls came from the dollar tree. I am so proud of myself!




As favors I did little SAVE THE DATE cards I made on cute little gift tags w/a small magnets on back so it's right there on your fridge so you won't forget! Plus alittle chocolate is always a favorite! I then found these tiny little brown bags at Hobby lobby that they just fit perfect in! I sent them through my printer and put Jenny's name and Bridal shower date on it with alitte fancy brown checked tissue paper on top to give it that classy country garden touch!








My whole theme for the shower was sorta a spin off on whats to come at the reception which is apples. The reception theme is a midnight apple garden--Jen's colors for the reception is that dark midnight navy blue w/ navy country toile runner and apple filled vases for center pieces--SO for the bridal shower it was simply a apple garden. Lot's a greens and sweet grass. So for the buffet table working from a small budget I went and bought these big beautiful apple baskets from a local fruit stand and put them at each end of the table and filled it w/ sweet grass and apples! They were so cute and I think---and hope---I made Martha proud!








Saturday, May 17, 2008

Projects & Graduation

Phewww! So much has happened this week, I hardly know where to start! Pretty much it's been one of the most horrible weeks I ever had and I'm soOoOo Thankful that all the projects and parties etc Are OVER and DONE! I've been so stressed this week, with so much to do and I always tend to take on WAY more projects then needed..... And then it happens...My body simply shuts down and reacts in the worst way! I get so stressed out that when this happens, My own body makes me sick! No lie! By Thursday morning w/ all the running around and going back everyday to my nephews school---- where I've been a homeroom mother---- and the ENDLESS projects for his school & bridal shower stuff, I woke up at 5:30am sick to my stomach and throwing up!
It was pure AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had sOoOoOoOoOoO much to do that day
and it was "the"day--Graduation Day for my little nephew!
But, there I was in the middle of the bathroom floor crying like a baby and yelling "This CANNOT BE HAPPENING" ! All that week I had been going full speed ahead and trying to get everything done BUT my body just simply gave up for the day and backfired! THANKFULLY my aunt Charlottle came w/ some Dramamine, So I loaded my self up w/ drugs, crawled back into the bathroom and slowly pulled myself together. I then finished the center pieces for the tables and proceeded on to my nephews graduation Where I then proceeded to cry! BUT a happy yet sad cry that my little baby nephew whose everything to me, was growing up and graduating from Pre-K.



My week of endless projects consisted of MANY MANY things! On Friday I made and & decorated these cookies for his class---Its a good thing I took a cute little picture because when the kids saw these, they had a blast smashing the icing down in the center LOL---


Theses were the "treat" sand buckets I got at the dollar tree and put each child's name on it and filled them with all kinds of summer small treats! They were so cute! A BIG Thank you to Carrie for filling them for me on my day of sickness when I BARELY remember what I said to her LOL



The next few pics are from Angelus's pre-K talent show his class was in! They sang this cute crazy little song about barn animals, bumble bees, and little men who drove Ferrari's! Angelus, as you can tell was a little man a long w/ two other little guys and BY FAR was the best looking stud & best dressed!








These are the pre-graduation pictures I took. I did one for each child ans then class photos all together. The stair scene and the hats are my favs!







His BIG night! We were so proud of him! And I cried through the whole thing! What can I say but I'm a proud "auntie" LOL




This is the face where he's getting mad because I'm taking to many pictures HEHE
I never get tired of taking pictures of this face!

Monday, May 12, 2008

May UpDate

Well, I finally have a moment to sit down and let everyone know what I've been up too and what's coming ahead. First, if you read the last post ALL THE WAY through, I love you!

Now that's out of the way, Here goes...
My life has been turned upside down w/ WAY to many projects going on. So many I hardly know where to start but hopefully after this week life will settle down. Jenny's bridal shower is this Saturday. I've been working soOoOo hard to make this really nice for Jen and to show off my "SkIlLs" --LOL--Everything from making Center pieces to the invitation disaster, picking a theme, colors, party favors, etc etc etc Let's just say I hope to make Martha Stewart proud this Saturday. Now I need to find the right outfit for me {after all I am the Maid of Honor & Hostess} and go buy all the supplies, then I should be all set. But, just to be on the spiritual safe side, SAY Alittle PRAYER for me!

Also coming up this week is my favorite little man, my nephew's Pre-K Graduation! I was driving him in the car today and we were rockin out to the chipmunk CD and I looked back into my rear view mirror as he's singing his little heart out and MY heart was just in AwW of this wonderful little person who makes my life fantastic! ! ! So added stress level reveals lots and lots of Pre-K parties to plan + putting the end of the year graduation gifts together = One week of pure time consuming projects & stress!
Oh, did I mention it also = NO MONEY : (


At the end of this month will bring in A) The first chapter release of the final book in the Twilight saga---YaaaHooo ! ! !---and finally, for the best news of all B) Were going to DISNEY LAND ! ! ! ! June 4th -9th will be in Orlando, FL staying at the beautiful Sliver Lake resort! This will be our first BIG vacation in a LONG LONG time. I'm really starting to get excited and my skin is screaming for a tan!
So, as you can see BUSY BUSY LIKE BEE is simple little ME!

Monday, May 5, 2008

READ ALL OF ME


Read Me! Read Me! Read Me! Read Me!

Alright, I want everyone to picture Tierra reluctantly cleaning her kitchen. It’s been a pretty good day. She’s a little tired but not ready for bed. She’s slowly but surely finishing putting everything cleaned and away. She then makes her way to the computer. Checks her email. Writes a few messages to friends. And as usually she checks the Twilight Lexicon for any recent news about the movie Twilight. That’s when it all happened folks! Tierra starts to SCREAM! Like a little teenager, she screams and starts shouting “Oh Happy Day” over and over.



So for my big announcement, the Twilight movie Teaser was released tonight and Tierra couldn’t be more happy then she is at this moment. So as stated at the top of this post, I again PLEAD to continue on reading and reading. Yes, this is a long one but I figured that while I post the teaser, I want you all to know the facts about Twilight. Why I fell so in love with this book series. Meet the characters. So please for my sake---It will make me happy---indulge me and read all of this. After which watch the first video I’m posting which aired a few weeks ago. It’s the “Meet the Cast” Video and sorta tells the story and then FINALLY watch the Teaser Trailer that just went up today. It’s what made---is making---Tierra Light up like the 4th of July!
Oh and Christy, if your reading this call me please! ~ Happy reading & Watching ~ Tierra



Facts first to know:
1. Tierra refused… ABSOLUTLEY refused to read this book at first! I love to read but to me and I’m sure to all of you at first, Anything about Vampires just DID NOT interest me or ever has. I remember going to the book store in December doing Christmas shopping and finally asked to see about this Twilight book I’d been hearing about and see what the back book cover said. Once I had found out from the clerk that it was a love story about Vampires….Tierra immediately puts the book back down.


2. It wasn’t until early February strolling through Books A Million that the Twilight cover catches my eye again {I’m a sucker for shiny book covers} I pick it up and look at the back of the book to the “About the Author” page that I realize that this Author Stephenie Meyer graduated from BYU. Any Mormon knows that that means 99.9 chance this young woman is a Mormon as well. So again, the Author is a member of my church. Score Brownie point 1 from me : ) And I go ahead an buy the book. I remember saying to myself…”If I don’t like it, I’ll be really careful w/ it and bring it back”…That book is so used now, No one would buy it LOL



3. After a lot of persuasion from Christy I finally started reading and was hooked by chpt 2.
When I was finished {which only took me 1 day an ½}, I just couldn’t believe it. I was in AWW of such a sweet endearing love story.

Book Outline:
Twilight is a book based on a dream that the author--Stephenie Meyer--- had one night. Yes, that’s right A DREAM! When she woke up, she just couldn’t get this couple that she had seen in her dream out of her head. In the dream she saw this beautiful guy---that’s how Edward is describe in the book--and this average girl in a meadow and having a conversation on how they were falling in love w/ each other But at the same time she could sense that this guy wanted to kill her because he was a vampire. So the next day, even though she had tons of stuff to do, She set down at her computer and started to write…. Explore who these people were, Why they were falling in love.

Meet the Main Characters:
Bella Swan -17 yrs. Old.-Average beauty-Very smart
Edward Cullen-17yrs old IN LOOKS-Utterly Beautiful-Vampire-super smart-Can read minds BUT for some reason {this has still yet to be figured out} not Bella’s!


The Story:
The story starts as Bella leaves for and arrives in Forks. Her mother has just recently remarried and so to give her mother some privacy she moves in with her father in this little town in Washington state that just happens to be one of the rainiest states in the country. Upon her first day at school. Bella notices this group of people sitting in the lunch room at a table far away from everyone else and that they are just utterly beautiful.
She learns from a new friend that this is the Cullen family and that they don’t socialize with anyone. But, her eye immediately catches to the youngest looking one [Edward] The friend tells Bella that the Cullen kids belong to Dr. and Mrs. Cullen But that Dr. & Mrs. Cullen are only {guessing} in their very early thirties. The Cullen kids were adopted. But, strangely some of them are couples together. But, Edward is the only one whose single.

I won’t go into the whole story But What I want you to know and remember is that this Book series is about Edward & Bella and their love story--hence the only way Tierra fell in love w/ this book. The author likes to describe it as a true love that trumps true love. The unconditional do ANYTHING or risk everything for the other. Bella in the book describes Edward as not the love of her life but the love of her existence. That is the reason why Tierra is soooo drawn to this story. I mean what would you do to find this deep soul to soul kind of love?

Facts to KNOW and Remember:

1. Yes, the Cullen family are indeed Vampires BUT BUT they are VERY GOOD vampires. The only feed off of animals. Since the Author is a member of my church {though this is not a church book} I see the beliefs and values she has winded throughout the series. Mainly that you always have your free agency. No matter what life has given you and what has happened, you still have the choice between good and Evil. Right and wrong. The Cullen’s no matter what they are or I should say what they became- they choose to still be good citizens in this life. To choose the right in their situation. The family unit is the heart in there survival.

2. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has found and was always missing for the last centuries he’s been alive.

3. They do not have fangs
4. Some have super abilities-- for instance, Edward can read minds. His sister Alice can see the future. Jasper {which his ability is my favorite} can calm emotions.
5. Another thing to know when you see the movie or read the books is forget everything you have ever seen or thought of for a vampire.
6. In reading the book you completely forget your reading about a vampire family. For I saw them as just a Family. Doing what other families do.




Where their at Now:
The film is almost complete and hopefully the other books will follow as well. In the books, were all waiting for the last book in August to come out which will conclude what happens to Edward & Bella. I’ll go ahead and tell you their struggling on what to make of their future. So far each book takes you on a roller coaster of emotions. Questions have still yet to be answered. Why cant Edward read Bella’s mind? Will Edward finally let Bella become Vampire? Poor girl has been struggling to be turned into one for the last two books LOL

I really hope your all still with me. I know this is a long one, But I just love to share the things that interest me the most and this is top dog # 1 The story is compelling and very romantic and suspenseful. I hope you all will take a chance and get to know Edward & Bella as I have. To sum them up, Bella is a girl who really has lead a pretty average life. She’s not your plain Jane nor utterly Beautiful. She’s smart and takes care of her parents. And really is more grown up then most teenagers her age. She’s a good girl. And Edward is a good guy. He was born in 1901 and so for him he’s really this really smart gentleman who is very mature. And through the ages he’s seen just about everything and has everything but never fell in love… Until one girl, who to Bella, doesn’t really stand out at all but to Edward, stood out the most.


Below is the first tape that was released to introduce the cast. Now, I think it shows more of the action in the film which does take place in the book but wont come until then end of the movie or at least it should. IF YOU’VE READ THIS FAR--A MILLION TRILLION THANKS. Trust me, I still could go on for more but lucky you my aunt Carolyn gets to here it. The second tape is the MOST IMPORTANT! It’s the tape released today. The movie Teaser Trailer. Oh-Don't forget to turn off my music so you can hear everything! Wink & lot's of luvvvvs~ Tierra





Twilight in HD