ink

I love ink. And by ink, I mean tattoos. Jeb is pretty much covered in them. I sometimes wish that I could be covered in them too. I really like chest pieces and 1/4 sleeves on girls. Would I ever get my arms and chest tattooed?? Probably not. I know it would affect me getting a job and some people view of me. So, I choose to get tattoos where I can always cover them up super easily. Lately I have been really wanting to get another one. I have thought about getting the velveteen rabbit. That was one of my favorite stories when I was a little kid. However, there are a few problems:
1. tattoos are expensive and we don't have much spare cash at the moment.
2. all I have is a newer version of the book, and the image of the rabbit is not what I remember. This is similar to what I remember.

This is the newer version:

3. where on my body would I get it!?
4. I am not sure how it would look. most likely silly.

I think that I am just craving some new ink sooo badly that I am thinking of anything I can get tattooed on me. Tattoos really are an addiction.

...and the weekend is gone!

I feel like all I did was sleep this weekend. I didn't get much accomplished that was on my To Do list. Oh well. There is always next weekend! Jeb and I did however get started on finishing the back yard...

We finished some of that area off to the left. There is SO much debris and crap over there that we have decided to do a little section at a time. It is cool enough now that the poison ivy should stay away.

I never got in a long run. Maybe today?

the weekend is upon us!

YES! The weekend is finally here! I have big plans for this weekend.

1. mow my lawn - It has been a few weeks since I have been able to mow the front yard. And now that we have grass in the back yard (yay!) I will also need to cut the back as well!

2. get rid of the remaining poison ivy - About a month ago we finally tore up the back yard and planted some grass. However, we still had some poison ivy in the side next to the fence. There was SO much debris and vines and what not, we just decided we would wait until we had more time to tear that up. Hopefully it doesn't rain on sunday!

3. complete Halloween costumes - Let me tell you. I enjoy Halloween. This year Jeb and I have been invited to a Halloween party. Fun! I am going to be a flapper and he is going to be a gangster from the 20's. We need to hit up some thrift stores for a few things and we are all set!

4. RUN RUN RUN - We are running the Wicked 10K on Halloween morning. The furthest I have ran since the 1/2 marathon? 4 miles. So I am thinking this Sunday I need to get in a serious 5 mile run.

5. get my car fixed! This is a simple one. All I need to do is drop my car off at my dad's friends house tonight and hopefully he can fix it. I am hoping it doesn't cost too much. I know our friend will take care of it much cheaper then VW dealership will. But NOTHING with VW's is cheap. UGH

6. ORGANIZE - As long as I have time I really want to organize under my sinks, in the bathroom and my one closet. Hopefully I have time and energy this weekend!

what to write

I tend to never really know what to write on this thing. Well, I guess there are plenty of things I would like to write about, but I feel as though I probably shouldn't put them out there in the open. It's not that I am worried about people knowing certain things about me...but I am worried that I might offend someone. I also tend to want to write when I am mad/upset about something....so my posts tend to seem depressing....and I don't want people to think I am depressed all the time. So, how do you know when something is or is not appropriate to put on here? Maybe I just shouldn't worry about that anymore and I should just post openly? Hmm....

here we go

Some not so great things right now:

1. My car is breaking and I am not sure when I can get it fixed.
2. Money...EW
3. Possible rain on Saturday.
4. Broken printer.
5. Broken vacuum.


And a few things I am happy/excited about:

1. Mom's birthday was a ton of fun.
2. I have the best family/friends around!
3. Halloween is in 10 days and I get to go to a costume party! yay!
4. Jeb and I get to run a race together on Halloween.
5. Possibly taking classes at the Art Institute.
6. Meeting Jeb for lunch today!

Sometimes writing these things down relieves a wee bit of stress. YAY for more positives! (even if they are just little things)

this is what its about.

what a blast

Secret birthday bash was a success!! I was up from 9 till 11 on Friday and I was going NON STOP. Seriously worked my butt off. Thank goodness I had Joye and her sisters there to help! Also my aunt and uncle! My mom's 50th birthday party was lots of fun. It was so great that all her sisters and brother could fly in to see her. I think for the most part she was surprised.

I would like to maybe see Where the Wild Things Are tonight...before our secret mission. mauaha. I was never really into the book when I was younger...but it looks interesting.

what now?

I have been struggling a lot lately with the future. I am sort of impatient. I don't want to wait for things to happen. And if I have to wait, then I want to know what will happen and when. I need to get over this though. I need to learn to live more freely and let life just come. This might be why I have been having a hard time lately because I am trying to not worry about everything so much. Really, I am. Jeb doesn't have steady work. Usually I would be FREAKING out. But, I am trying my best to just stay calm and let things work themselves out. I am trying not to worry about next months bills until they are due. This might be one of the hardest things I have had to do/change.
There are a few other things I am a little stressed about, but I am trying my hardest not to let them bother me. I can't worry about everything.

home sweet home

Let me try and sum up my weekend as best as I can.

Woke up Friday morning at 4 am. Got to the airport around 4 35-ish. Boarded our flight around 530, layover in Atlanta, arrived in Tampa, Florida around 10 am. Got into a car and drove for about an hour to get to Sarasota, saw a house Jeb and his family used to live in. Stopped at Hooters for lunch. Drove another 1 1/2 hr to Naples, Florida.
Once we arrived at our hotel, a Hampton Inn, which might have been the nicest darn hotel I have ever stayed in, we rested up a little then got ready for the rehearsal party at 6. Party was fun, everyone drank too much, some bug attacked me, Abby, and my mother-in-law. (my legs looks like i have chicken pox. wtf!?!) FINALLY got in around 11.
Woke up Saturday around 8, layed around for a while, finally went to the outlet mall around 10 30. Spent a little bit of money, headed back to the hotel, and got ready for the wedding at 5.
Florida was SOOOOOOOOOOoo hot. Everyone was sweating so bad. It was awful. At least the wedding ceremony was only like 15 minutes!
We partied for a while, Jeb and I left early around 930. Went to bed around like 11. Then got up Sunday at 5 and headed home.
Once we got home Sunday, we kinda just layed around all day. I went to bed around 9. I woke up sometime before 5 and was wide awake. I should have gotten up because when I woke up at 730 I could barely open my eyes.

Overall the trip was fun I guess. Wasn't really much of a vacation.
I will post pics once I get em.

This week is going to be way busy.

lulus.com

Hm. I think I like blue and gray...

florida

That is where I will be tomorrow morning...

We fly out first thing in the morning tomorrow. Am I excited? Not exactly. I am already stressed about the trip because I forgot to pack some things. And my father-in-law drove down early and took all of our luggage so we don't have to worry about anything on the plane.

I am also worried about what we are wearing. Not because I don't think we will look good...but because I am worried someone else might think we weren't dressed...accordingly I guess....silly, I know. Because I am pretty sure we will be just fine. The wedding calls for cocktail attire, I have a LBD and Jeb has black slacks and a crisp white shirt with black tie...no suit jacket though. Oh well.

oh boy.

I have a thing for roses.

This saturday was Brittany's birthday party! It was loads of fun. Got to hang with some of my closest friends!

Us girls minus Gulli, who we ALL miss very very much. I really wish she would get in touch with one of us.

just a quickie

So, I took the day off today! I have a few errands I need to get done and I really needed a like relax day because the next couple of weeks I am going to be super busy. I probably should not have taken the day off though because Jeb just quit his job!!! Hopefully things will work out for the best for us........and that's all im going to say on that!

Okay, guess im off to the chiropractor and Vrizon Fios store. This should be fun.