birthday wishes

the big 3-0 is approaching and the plan is to go to the Caribbean with some friends for a spectacular cruise:) I'm not holding my breath on this one though…we are having a heck of a time trying to coordinate. but I am not giving up hope!!

however what I really am pining for is a….

sewing machine! I know I know what an exciting present huh? as I have mentioned before I am just convinced this sewing business can not be that difficult for pillows and drapes, an occasional dress up outfit for little miss. perhaps a baby burp cloth for a girlfriend? so I need your help…if you are a pro or even have an inkling of knowledge in this area…comment below and tell me where to start looking. is one brand way better than the next? where do I go to buy? how much do i spend? i just want a nice one that will pretty well run itself, threading and all. i dont need high end $1000 machine. just enough to get me hooked and up for the tasks at hand…my bare windows.

now this is not the end of my wish list.. hehe, but the bigger of the ticket items..unless you want to include spare bedroom furniture, an office, wheels for the truck, a trip to hawaii, new york or sanfran with the seeeeister. could i ask for a toddler who does not whine while im at it, and a husband who reads minds? i mean while im wishin i might as well dream big right?

sick sick triple sick

it's been calling to me for weeks...come eat me..im yummy and oh so desireable. get me and a side of chips with guac. nothing like my chips around. how about a diet coke to go with me too? and so i caved...and got CHipolte...ate tons of that yummy goodness and now i have a food baby and i feel sick!
grrrr...why do i do that? i have not been this full in years...im not kidding...

blog stalking

ok so don’t pretend that you’ve never done it! don’t sit there and think that i’m crazy with way too much time on my hands…when you know you have done it too!

it’s sunday and we are one sick household! days like today make me crazzzzy. bri does not do well with the whole lay down, read a book relax and snuggle up thing. gosh actually that does sound nice but only when you want to do it not when you are forced to because you feel like garbage-ola…sigh…i digress!

so after doing all i could today to be still and rest and try to make this crud not turn into pneumonia…i find myself at the computer blog jumping. first through all of my darling friends and then i admit through their cute friends. sometimes reading other peoples blogs makes me wonder what it’s like to live their life. i do this alot…people watching at the mall, wondering where people are going on airplanes and when we are out on dates….what are they doing when they leave this restaurant anyways? there are just such neat people to be found through your friends. i guess technically it’s not like you are stalking them. i mean if they are a friend of a friend you all might hang out sometime or even be close friends one day right? lol.

some blogs i read because the people are really talented at writing, the crafts they post are beautiful, the way they tell stories cracks me up, or they take amazing pictures, lets be real….some of these people are just gorgeous to look at and seem to have really interesting lives. for example…this family just went lobster fishing, another cute couple leave each other love notes in their coffee cups, another cute gal leaves detailed instructions to her hubby about what to do with the kiddos while she is gone… down to where to dig for the matching navy socks and if he can’t find them that the tan socks will do in a pinch!

i love to see the friends who you’ve met a few times and thought were really fun and how they live these crazy exciting lives and have lists upon lists of blogs they read which leads you to believe they must be that fun and that all those blog links are to their other extremely fun friends lives.

and i laugh at myself because here i sit writing away about how lame it is that i love to read about other peoples lives and how secretly i get upset when you put your blog on private and i really dont know you and can’t complain about how you should invite me to read your private blog…lol

bri you are one funny gal. i have always said that i am easily entertained and that i am a cheap date because it does not take much to make me happy:) so will anyone fess up that they blog stalk too? :)

viva las vegas

 

brandon teases me that i have the attention span of a goldfish…this is true. im distracted easily, especially if i dont have a major task at hand. sparkly bright lights also distract quite easily. probably a reason why i love christmas lights, diamonds and most anything shiny..lol

it had been 10years since i had been to vegas, hard to believe since i wasnt even legal then and that i only live 4 hours from the dazzling city. so away we go for brandons birthday to sin city! so much to do and so little time! who needs to sleep right? well my poor hubby since he was sick:( but he made it thru with some nyquil and an excited wife. the drive was quick and painless, full of great tunes thanks to both of our ipods. seriously what did we do before ipods? there was wandering of the strip…my how it had grown and changed in ten years! one of the best brunch buffets i’ve ever had thanks to the bellagio! a great view…

this was from our room…wow!

shopping at a huge mall that gave scottsdale fashion square a run for it’s money. a roller coaster for b not on your life would you get me on that!

 

but besides all the people watching which was crazy enough…nascar was there and if you’ve seen one nascar fan, you’ve seen them all..ha.. a bit stereotypical but sooo true!

my favorite part was deffinately

cirque-du-soleil…amazing, so much to watch and yet not knowing where to look for fear you will miss something. how did it take us sooo long to see this? and when i can i see a different cirque-du-soleil?

so to all my faithful readers…(insert sarcasm here) who know what a freak i am about great bodies….where do i start? seriously? the strength of these performers and their perfectly chiseled bodies. is there a workout video for this? can i hire one of them as my personal trainer? holey moley batman! what would i give for legs like those? lol

self portraits by timer at the end of the night! were were really bad at taking pictures of ourselves! funny since we got cute vegas style…did you notice the sequins? .lol

and no we didn’t win big bucks in vegas:( not really into  the gambling and i firmly believe you have to play big to win and i’m a scardy cat..lol and the only sad thing to admit is that we didn’t go dancing:( B was so sick first night and we were worn out second night. man we are getting old!!!

i could have spent all day by that pool with the waterfalls and beautiful sunny weather… an hour was not nearly enough and just a tease!  im a sun bunny through and through. next time its a girls trip with dancing and pool time!