good time girl

everyone knows i’m a good time girl! i love any excuse to have a party, go out and socialize and if i get to dance…wow hold on!

this past weekend we hung with our great friends and friends of theirs who were so fun!

shocking fact- brandon danced all night:) and even had a good time at it! don’t tell anyone though.. we don’t want word to get out that he might enjoy that or i might drag him to the dance floor more often than he thinks!

games til all hours of the night, yummy yard house,  and a great band were also included…can we do it again tonight?

The girls (good grief my head looks big, plus i’m waaaay taller)

da boys 

all of us

spring is a commin

today I found the bottoms of all bathroom drawers and even the pit we call London's bow drawer.  how do these small spaces take over our lives? in my bathroom drawer you could have lost a small child! I mean this from the girl who keeps her closet color coordinated.

there was enough hair to make a wig or at least a wiglet. seriously about 20 tubes of never been used lip gloss, every shade, texture and sheen imaginable. you want sparkle, how bout lip plumper, Vaseline cherry flavored? or perhaps you would like to try the kind that tastes like smores or at very least it smells like it. I've got lip smackers blue raspberry, chocolate, mint mint and more mint. every kind of dental floss in case I ever chose to use it more than once a month--sorry dad! 4 new packs of unused goodie, ouch- less hair bands. oodles of hair clips. snippets of plastic tags from ripping them off new clothing and several toys London smuggled in.there are even samples from every beauty product I have ever received. I mean really folks, I don’t keep anything normally--what's the problem here? the best part? the floss is from my hygienist at my dads dental office so its free. the lip-gloss--all of it--…gifts from my mom, sisters and cute friends and so again-- free.

don't get me started on Londy’s hair bows in a different drawer. baggie upon baggie of color organized bows. full to the tip top of the drawer and I still have bags upon bags of ribbon I have bought and never cut to use in her hair! I mean I am a girly mom and londy almost never leaves the house without a bow. I tell Brandon  it is most certainly forbidden.

don't you remember the helicopter looking bows that were bigger than her head when she was 6 weeks old.

the pantry is next...i will post  a picture of that before hand...in case i get lost  under the cereal boxes

dark and cloudy

I am an avid greys anatomy viewer. I love the show even though it leaves me depressed from time to time. anyways… on a recent episode Meredith is trying to impress mcdreamys mom when meeting her for the first time. she is trying so hard to be bubbly and sunny. she even has this obnoxious pink 80’s scrunchie in her hair. it brings me back to like the third grade and a hot pink tank top I wore that matched it. I digress….

at the end of the show she tells the mom that she is really dark and cloudy, not sunny and cheerful at all!

lately…I'm thinking that has become me or I have become it…whichever. lately I’m wondering when I slipped from sunny and a silver lining to every cloud, to very drizzly and depressing.

hey isn't knowing it half the battle?

had an old friend find me on facebook…shocking I know! and he told me I talk too much about death. I think he is right.

bring in the sunny and cheerful lets see if we can irritate the gloomy right out of me :)

north mountain

we used to live minutes from north mountain and my sis and I developed a love for the mountain. for those of you who have not done it you are missing out! 20min or so to the top and less than 10 down. do it a couple of times and you have yourself a pretty good workout. well… I have missed this mountain and told Brandon we needed to start doing it again! I was more than a little nervous with these old wind bags for lungs but we gave it a whirl. and do you know what? I can still kick some crack! maybe not like the old days but not much is like that now! we took londy and she says she needs more practice to be strong but she said she loved it! don't be counting me in for a iron man anytime soon, but  hey…it makes a girl happy to workout anyway she can.

 

eggs and turkey

lately i have been craving eggs! weird i know! even weirder...they are egg whites! between that and turkey sandwiches, i would say i have a bird problem!

i did it

i did my first cycle class today and i must admit…

i loved it! sooo thanks to all of you who kept telling me to try it and promising that if i went at my own pace, my lungs could keep up:) yey for the little things that make me happy and as a bonus…check one thing off my 2009 goal list. i am such a list girl and i admit to sometimes adding things to my to do list that i have already done for the day knowing that i can cross them off right away! does that make me weird? it’s just that at the end of the day i like to look at what i did and feel productive. check, double check.

Goals for 2009

in general i tend to be very open…too much so. but then there are things i am pretty personal about. Goals are one of those things. but this blog is for me and for memories sake…soooo here are some very big goals for the year!

* eat more vegetables and fruit. buying it, having it rot and then throwing it away is not the same as eating it.

*a flat stomach, a reasonable request but my love of carbs and fat(flavor) will make this close to impossible!

*take a class on photography/photoshop…yep taking pics for a living and have taught myself so far…probably should find out how it all is supposed to work, i might save myself some time.

*a trip to somewhere tropical with Brandon. Aps and dustin, you still game?

*a trip with just my sis and me. Were should we go?

*try snow skiing or boarding if my lungs will permit.

*learn some new hair cuts/techniques- a girl can always learn!

*spin class- trying my first one on Monday:)

*Pilates once a week…good for the core and less ouchie for the back!

*more dates, more dates, more dates…never enough time with fun friends.

*try out new recipes and new meat. ground beef and chicken are getting boring!

* play more with londy! i mean really play, on the floor, pretending, going to the park!

*more time with my family in mesa. i love all those stapley’s and i miss you all!

* research on LAM, and teach those i love about it!

*if my lungs will cooperate- a 3 mile run or so with my loved ones and anyone who wants to help. money raised for LAM . with  A tee shirt that says-“ lung disease and still runnin…what's your excuse?” too sassy?

how about “can you say…

Lymphangioleimyomatosis?”

this is a big one for me!

*a blog book

*really research adoption or surrogacy. keep feeling the nudge for this…is there a baby waiting for me somewhere. any info anyone has…send it my way PLEASE!

*pay down some bills, prepare for an emergency, a living will, what would really happen to londy should b and i die on that great trip to the Caribbean? and morbid as it sounds.. make a list of things i would want at my funeral, , JUST

PLANNING PEEPS, JUST PLANNING. this may seem very  crazy to you all but i am a planner and not having thoughts on these written down seems silly. my sweet cousin sherry had it all planned out and that is how i want it too.

*Tara has to  play the violin, and

his hands and Childs prayer sang.

and for the love people… don’t let some idiot give me flat hair:)

*get some office furniture, right now this place looks like the DI and that is being nice!

*i am dying to learn how to sew! i want a machine and i am just convinced that i could learn how to do it! my mother made so much for our house and for us kids growing up. i am sure i could fake it at least!

*freshen up on my grammar and spelling. blogging and texting is making me lazy and i have completely forgotten how to write a coherent sentence….sigh

*make a choice everyday to be happy and remember the good things! the last few years have been a hell of a ride and i am ready for some peace for me and for all of you.

I have a plan….

Happy new year, make goals and keep them, cherish every moment, take as many pictures as you can. make as many memories as time will permit. document it all for your children and loved ones. let your heart sing even when your lungs won’t allow you to do it through your mouth.

I am grateful for the people in my life who love me through all of my quirks, outrageous behavior and stubborn views!

SO share your goals next…if you dare….(evil laugh here)

add….get a passport

learn how to shoot a gun