wednesdays ramblings

i'm not sure where tuesday went . i am happy to report that i did some clothes shopping yesterday. nothing grand or original but at least this frump girl has a few more winter tops to wear. i still have a blanket of that white stuff on my lawn. it really needs to melt so we can get those leaves raked up before the next batch of white stuff. i have lots to do but cant seem to get organized enough to do them. i still need to come up with a new design for my brother in laws poker chips. mike was all jealous so i've decided to surprise him and give him those. guess my "happy sports season" gifts sucked this year. and i seriously need to work on my on-line portfolio considering i paid 100 bucks to the website to hold + showcase them. instead i've been i've been wasting time at sp studio making up my cute, little south park family. this is how we look normally.
mike+me
hamilton kaylee
and i've been spending too much time on the mammoth men website drooling and wishing that i was one of them on that trip. how much FUN would that be to be free to do whatever crazy thing available at that moment?? my wilder side is itching to be released.

FYI

they're baaaacckk. if you love photography and if you love hot, goofy men then you need to go and follow the mammoth men. {they even let us readers vote on an activity for the day}

and if your interested in doing a swap, here's a easy one. hosted by sarah said. i'm bummed to not be doing this one but i'm currently doing 3 from swap-bot.com

weekend recap

we didn't do much this weekend. friday evening mike got home from being out of town again and we all just stayed in. ham and i played guitar hero {i suck at it} till he got bored continuously kicking my butt. he wanted to practice his night driving skills so that's what we did for about an hour. it was kinda scary but i had to act like it was no big deal. he's definitely getting better. saturday was spent running around doing a few errands + wasting time shopping at circuit city and steve + barry's. mike + brent went out again later that night. sunday morning had a good time teasing brent about trying to mack on some "cougars". (mike said the ladies brent was talking to looked like they were in their 50's) . the rest of sunday was spent hibernating inside. it started to snow and its continued on to today. this is what my neck of the woods looks like.

and yes i still have pumpkins. since they're not decorated they're considered thanksgiving decor rather than halloween, at least in my mind. and this is kaylee about an hour ago. she just had to go outside in the snow. i did not join her.

and to set the record straight. i like snow. i think its real pretty when it has freshly fallen but hate the cold that comes with it. if it could snow and be like 80 degrees i would be happy.

christmas gifts

while farting around on the computer yesterday morning, i found christmas gifts for my picky sister and her hard-to-buy for husband. since i figured my sister would probably just return the item i got her, i'm getting her a gift card for ikea. they just moved into a new house so i thought she could find herself something. plus, she can return any items she buys to her hearts content. and for her hard-to-buy for husband, well he loves to play poker so i'm getting him some of these bad boys. they can be found at beau coup. they're 90 cents each minimum purchase 50 and for an extra 10 bucks you can personalize them. i'm still trying to come up with an idea to personal these and so far seem to like "liquor in front" with a beer bottle one one side and "poker in back" with ron's name incorporated in there somewhere on the other side. i did not coin this phrase, someone else gets the credit for it. and i believe the raunchier the better just to see the horror on my moms face at christmas. it makes for great fun! and for my saintly mother, i am going to try to make her this apron. i just ordered the pattern and now need to find the materials.

typical

received some semi-good news on the house yesterday. our realtor said that the couple who came to see it for a second time last saturday really loves the house and wants to bring their father through it over thanksgiving. they also want to know if we get any other interests in the meantime. i'm guessing they're trying to sell their house or waiting on loan approvals. still not getting too hopeful yet. i had to call mike and tell him the semi-good news. i had asked him if the cambridge house was our final choice. i would rather build new or go for a newer house but they don't meet our criteria like this house, plus, the price is right. its got the square footage, pool, 2 car garage, master bathroom for me and the finished basement. and its also got the nasty 80's decor. i'm not sure if i'm ready to redo a house again. and in typical mike fashion, instead of saying something encouraging like "honey, you will do a fantastic job remodeling the house." he says "yeah we have to buy it, its cool." so this morning i compromised. said we can buy the house if i get to buy this for the dining room:

saw it on oprah yesterday and loved it. it can be found at pottery barn. so far he says i can get it. we will see when the time comes.

i could sit here all day and stare at this

gotta love google. i'm sitting here getting nothing done except i did manage to get a pile of laundry in the washer and me a much needed shower. that was tmi. anyway, i'm sitting here feeling like a beached whale or jabba the hut and i was doing an image search just to show you what i looked like then changed my mind and decided i would show you how i would like to look when i came across this:

*sigh* nice eye candy huh? i cant wait for the movie. its called flirty with forty and its from the book by the same title. its going to be on lifetime december 6 @ 9pm. i need to find someone with tivo to tape it for me. i have a christmas party to tend too. my female parentals side. i would much rather be at home that night in comfy pj's, eating popcorn, with a fire in the fireplace, watching this. the christmas function is kinda lame. my mom has to have this holy than thou image and she wont allow alcohol. last year my uncles + cousins snuck outside to drink and they stayed as far away from her as possible. i wonder if she ever found out????

and with the holidays fast approaching, not only did i get my sisters name in our christmas drawing but her dear husbands too. that just shows you our luck. they are the hardest people to buy for. my sister is picky though she says she isn't and she's return queen extraordinaire. that could be her full time job. returning things. and her husband, well we don't know what he likes. he's pretty quiet when around us. which i cant blame him but thats another story. it has to do with my sister and him, let me just say poor guy. she's probably just going to return whatever we get him anyway.

couple of more things

1. i hate cold weather. and the coldest hasn't even yet begun. {i forgot to add that i noticed with each season change i feel like frump girl all over again}

2. i have lots to do. photos need to be made pretty and put into a portfolio on-line and flickr.

3. i have a "belly cake" from eating too many cookies made by pepperidge farm.

4. i wish i was living in hawaii so i can feel like i'm actually living. miles of cornfields, trains and cows are not doing it for me.

5. i have been inspired by this via a bag of chips.

6. check out blogography. want to go to one of her workshops in south carolina next year but don't see it happening.

7. my blog has been linked! our story told through...amelia love. {i googled myself and found this out. that's another story...... } and pam at pure+ simple was kind enough to link me too.

8. and i have comments! check out justin + mary- photography. i love photography!

9. i've been watching dancing with the stars and wish i had more readers just so i can do a give away so i can say "winner winner chicken dinner"

10. being linked and having comments really made my day. so thank-you.