Haircut

I finally did it. I got my hair cut.

Amanda has been begging me for months to cut my hair in a cute trendy style. Last night I finally decided to do it, and I love it. She cut over 4 inches off !

Now, I just have to pick out a new fun color.

Snatch or Stalk

I love to shop. But when I shop, I hate to pay retail price. I am always on a hunt for the best sales.
Since I love name brand fashions and accessories, it is hard to find the things that I want NOW, on sale. So… when I see something I truly want, I need to decide if I should snatch or stalk.
If it is too expensive and I can wait, I stalk. I have been stalking a Lacoste bag at Macy’s for a few months now. I am just waiting for the day I walk in Macy’s and I see the sign that says “SALE” over the display. I’ll snatch it right then and there.
If I see something that is on sale sand I love it… I just snatch. Like the great pair of Jelly shoes I found at Macy’s the other day (yes, I love Macy’s.)
This system works for me and I rarely have buyer’s remorse.
Here are a few pictures of Maxwell shopping with me at Macy’s. He is becoming quite a helpful little shopper. He will help me look for my size and give me his honest opinion if something looks good.

The Elf

You may be wondering why I have a picture of an elf on the blog.
Well, when I was growing up, my grandma would decorate the whole house with these little elves every Christmas. They were everywhere you looked.
When I saw this little elf at a yard sale last weekend for a quarter, I got so excited! So many childhood memories came flooding back.
I loved seeing these little elves over Christmas, and she would let me play with them before they were put away for another year.
My grandma died when I was 7, but I have so many wonderful memories of her.
I still have the dressing table that she used every day to put her make-up on.
I love the perfume she wore, Youth Dew in the blue bottle, which is my favorite perfume today. I still use the same night cream that she used (from Mary Kay.)
I always remember her saying “never go to bed with your make-up on.” It does not matter how tired I am; I still follow her advice.
She loved shoes, jewelry, purses and clothes as much has I do. There are times that my mom will say to me, “Look at that shirt you have on, it is something my mom would have worn.”
I also have to remember when I look at picture of her all dressed and looking so pretty, that she was a size 14. So, when I get disgusted that I wear a size 14, I need to remember her and how beautiful and curvy she was. That being curvy and full figured runs in the family.
Even though she has been in heaven for a long time, I still miss her.
I am so thankful that she was in my life, even if it was for such a short time. I am glad that I am so much like her in many, many ways.

Here is a picture of her green dressing table I use everyday.

Daughtry Video on msn

Great Daughtry video on msn. I wanted to share.
Less then a month until see him LIVE!!!
Click on link below...

http://entimg.msn.com/i/ExperienceData/p1-10/us/x.htm?sh=mmic&ep=daughtrypost

Happy Birthday Wendy

Today is Wendy's birthday.

I thought I would post a picture of us back about 20 years ago.

I think we still look the same...except for the hair...LOL !

Happy Birthday my friend.

Thinks for all the great years of friendship. I love ya !

Recent Picture of Sittler

Here is a recent picture of Sittler. He is now almost 9 months old. He is a good puppy.

He and Maple are the best of buddies.

We were so happy that Toby was able to be adopted by an older couple, and he is going to be the only pet.

He will be so much better in that environment.

Maxwell and Alyssa

We let Maxwell continue his birthday week by letting his best friend Alyssa spend the night (Wendy and Kevin's little girl.)

They had so much fun playing outside in the sprinkler, then going to Rick's and playing games and eating pizza.

Friday, Gung and I took them to Idlewild. We had a blast riding all the rides and playing all kinds of games. Maxwell even won a BIG fish in the BIG crane machine. Did I mention it was BIG?

When we left the house, the weather said "NO RAIN", but later in the afternoon it started to thunder and lightning. They closed the water park !

We waited it out and it reopend. The kids had a blast playing on the big pirate ship.

But, once again, the storm came and it rained really hard.

We dried off and continued to ride rides and have fun after the rain pasted.

All of a sudden the intercom comes on in the park to tell us that the park is closing because a major storm is coming through. Well, that was fine because we were almost ready to go... but we had the jeep and the top was off!

I, of course, never really learned how to put the top on because that's what Brett is for!

So Gung and I are out in the storm trying to get the top on. We did okay, but water was still coming in and the kids were getting wet. There were no back windows or rear window!

We had to go to Somerset to take Alyssa home. The kids fell asleep just a minute or two after we left the park. They were so tired!

It rained the whole way, but we made it home safely. We can laugh about it now, but at the time it was not so fun.

Maxwell had a great time and was so happy his best buddy Alyssa was able to spend part of his birthday week with him. As soon as we dropped her off he wanted to know when she could come again.