Monday...ohhh what a DAY...

Let's start with the good part of the day... We got our pumpkins carved! They turned out pretty cute.. of course Hannah was interested in helping for about 9 seconds, so I ended up doing most of the work while she played around outside... It was pretty much the most perfect weather EVER today.. so doing anything outside for us is good...

Then there was the REST of the day... it started out good, Hannah off to school, then I can home to do my rollerblading and Zumba... then off to Wal-Mart... and I reallllly realllly DONT like Wal-Mart. Every time I go, I have some sort of bad experience.. my mom can vouge for me there, she is usally with me, and she finds it quite funny. Anyways, so I went, and I was SUPER hungry, and I remember there being a Subway inside, so I walk inside, and I dont see a Subway... so i figured I would shop, then get food. Fine.. So I got all the stuff I needed, and as I walked out.. Subway.. was RIGHT THERE.. I totally missed it. UGH. So I got my lunch, then go out to leave, and I couldnt find my car.. ANYWHERE! I walked around with a cart FULL of stuff.. for it seemed like 30 minutes, but probably more like 10 minutes, I walked every isle, several times, and I was clicking my button to make it honk.. and I heard nothing. I was convinced it was stolen, of course at Wal-Mart... because I HATE Wal-Mart.... well, I found my car.. I dont know how I missed it. Oh well. I felt Dumb.
So then, I get home, and was cleaning the kitchen.. Then the garbage disposal just shut OFF.. wouldnt do anything... nothing was clogged, or lodged in there... so I called my mom.. seeing if she had any solutions, and DUHH there is a reset Button. How did I not know this?? Anyways. Mom to the rescue.
So later.. I went to the store to get stamps and mail something, and as I'm backing out of my parking spot, heading to get Hannah at school, I hear CRASHHHH. Some lady ran into to back of my car as I was backing out. PERFECT. Of course she thinks it was MY fault.. and I think it was HERS! I looked... like I ALWAYS look, I am an pretty caucious driver, but somehow we both missed eachother. BOOOO. My poor car. I was so frustrated. So Tomorrow Im off to get the estimate, and see the damages. Im sure we will both just go thru our own insurance companies since it was kinda a "both at fault" kinda deal. Who knows. Im sure I will find out soon enough.
Then after our FUN pumpkin carving stuff, I came inside to get dinner ready to put on the grill... and guess what!?? The grill WONT ignite. UGHHHH.. what else did I need today! So I called good Ol' Dad... and he had a simple fix.. a new battary for the igniter. Of course.. why didnt I think of that??? Oh well, Dad to the rescue on that one!!! :)
Dinner was good tho.. and the rest of the night was smooth sailing. As I am sitting here typing this, I am watching a very sad story on Oprah, and it makes me think... my day of mis-haps really arent so bad... So now that I vented all that, I feel a little better, and at the sametime I am very THANKFUL for the GOOD things in my life. Health Happiness Family and Friends...
Here are some pics from today....

ickkkk. Funny face from this cute girl...

mmmmm Pumpkin seeds!

And here is my poor car. :(

ten years..

I still can't believe it has been 10 years since I graduated. So many things have happened since then, and I am happy to say, that I am proud of the person I have become thru everything!
Last weekend was my 10 year High School Reunion for Corona del Sol. I was on the fence for awhile about going, and after MUCH convincing, I went. Lindsay, Jen and I planned a fun night, we went to dinner before the reunion, had a few cocktails and shared some laughs, as we usually do when we are together. Then we headed to Dos Gringos...not the best location for a reunion in my opinion... but when we walked in, it felt like high school all over again. It was really cool to see some people that I had not seen in sooo long, and just seeing how many people had changed ALOT, others, not so much.
All in all, the night was an interesting one, we stayed about 2 hours, then the 3 of us went over to Zipps to finish the night out. :)
For some reason, my normal picture taking self... didnt take ANY pictures AT the reunion, dont ask me why. I wish I would have! Here are a few that I took before of the 3 of us...

Zipps Margaritas... Yummm

Love these 2 girlies...

and...Me!

I just LOVE this sweet girl

Cuddle time...

So, we know this may sound odd to many people... but this is just a NORMAL thing in our house to see our little birdie boy sleeping or cuddling... I couldn't help but post some cute pics we have of him...

We just love this little boy... even when he has his naughty moments! ;)

...Fall Break...

I think its time for a BREAK.... Hannah is SO worn down from the adjustment to Kindergarten, that the last 3 days she had slept till 9:30 or 10!

This week will be a great break and we have some things planned, but alot of the time we will spend at home... relaxing! :)

Today we are going to make some Halloween cookies, and decorate them... im sure they will have TONS of sprinkles ;) Then make a yummy dinner and be home!

Tomorrow we are going to the zoo with some of our BFFs... pictures will be posted when we get home! Then I have craft night with some of my favorite girlies... <3

and Wednesday a playdate and picnic in the park!

Thursday and Friday she gets to spend time with Mimi while I work!

Sounds like a goooooood week!

Miss Melis...

I think I should devote a post to this cute little lady.... She is an AMAZING artist.. and Everything I see that she has done makes me want more body art! hehe!
The Peace tattoo is my NEWEST little beauty... I have been wanting this for AWHILE now, and I am thankful that my bestie Jamie, and her Hubby John gave me money towards it for my 29th birthday! I had it done a couple weeks ago, and it is better that I could have imagined.. as USUAL!
The paisly design on my other foot, was my FIRST tattoo, about 3 years ago! It was inspired by Henna artwork, because I LOVE LOVE how intricate and detailed they are, so Melis took a sharpie marker, and went to town.. she did it all free hand by looking at the pictures I brought in for reference, pretty awesome if you ask me! I also added Hannahs name to this Tattoo... since she is the MOST important little thing in my life! <3

Meet Dottie. She was my 2nd tattoo. I love pinup girls, and so this little lady was designed from about 5 different pinups that I liked, and Melis brought all the things together that I liked from each one, hair, face, outfit, body, ect.... Then we put in some vintage hairstyling tools!

A mirror, shears, blowdryer, curling iron...

I LOVE dottie! :)

Here is Miss Melis working on my back piece....

Here is the back piece all finished.. Blue bells and hydrangias. Both are some of my FAVORITE flowers and she did a great job making them look so realistic!

When she was doing my Peace tattoo a few weeks ago, she gave me some GREAT ideas that she wants to do to add to my back.. and I am SOOO excited to see what she will do with that! Hopefully in the next 6 months I can add on to it :)

Stay Tuned for more !!

If you are looking for someone that is AMAZING and PASSIONATE about art and tattooing, then Melis is your girl! I cant say enough GREAT things about her....

She lives in Colorado, but travels and does guest spots many times thru the year here in AZ !

Check out her website for dates and more pics!

www.missmelis.com

~~jamiee