Laser Day

Laser Hair Removal.....

Not what I expected!!! Not in the least.

I didn't get pictures for a few reasons.....

1) I am vain....and can't stand to let anyone see my ridiculous goatee....and mustache....

2) I forgot

3) I was going on two and a half hours sleep....

4) I was too excited about my pedicure.....

I got to the spa that is owned by my Aunt in Law...ha ha...and my Aunt Denice was all geared up ready to zap my four day chin growth....(The night before the lasers, I had dinner with Jason's brother and sis n law, I was mortified about the sight of my chin!!) I got rubbed down with numbing cream, my aunt decided that she wanted to zap my ever growing moley/freckles and sunspots as well as heavy hair growth close to what would be a guys sideburns....I laid down...and it happens. She put tape over my eyes, and you hear a loud noise, then a zap, a bright light and pain....I couldn't feel myself smile, I couldn't feel the cold of the goop she put on my face right before the laser.....but Idid feel the lasers.....in the places she got really numb with the cream, it didn't hurt as much as it was just uncomfortable......like acupuncture gone wrong.....but....the places that were not as numb.....it felt like she was holding a lighter to my face....it wasn't nice. She had to do some spots over again, because she is new, and I am the guinea pig, her "teacher" supervised and showed her where she didn't zap long or hot enough....And, not that I really ever had this or knew what to expect...I didn't think about the smell.....I don't know if it is because I am fat, or this is how everyone's skin smells like when there are hot "lazerbeams" on their face, but it smelt like overcooked almost burnt bacon...

Well, despite my wishes, the lasers don't burn off the hairs right away.....it sngines them enough to easily fall off as their growth ends.....blah...I want immediate results! ha....and the freckles.....well they will "flake" off within a weeks time, so they say.....

Today has been exactly a week.....

I have noticed that my chin does not have as much hair as it did, I am keeping them groomed, but there are not so many trying to grow back.....(My aunt has said that there will have to be about three more treatments...to get all the growth cycles) I still see the freckles as dark scabby kind of things, but i have seen one or two of them change into a light sunkissed look.

I will gladly go back, and go through that again.....it will be worth it to feel like a complete woman, and not have a manly chin...

 

My week thus far.

Sunday

Went to get Jason a sports coat and slacks...he looks handsome. I will post pictures soon!
I have been going to church with Jason....and their service is oh so totally different than that of what I am used to. I had an experience at his church that has left me feeling confused, and delighted all at the same time. Basically, I asked for understanding (while I prayed) and I think I got it....it is hard to describe and I am not sure how to put it in words...but I am glad that no matter where I am, if I ask Heavenly Father, he will be sure to help me out!

Monday

This is the day we started Aaron's "Roll of Quarters" Here is the deal....Aaron is getting to the age where he is wanting to act grown up, but not face the piper when he doesn't pay attention! He seriously could not pay attention to save his life most the time! I can't tell you how many times I have to repeat myself with this kid! His problem is so bad that he is constantly getting in trouble at school for not paying attention! (I personally think he has ADD but I am not a doctor!)
Anyways, I am tired of repeating myself, Jason is tired of repeating himself, and we both are sick and tired of him getting in trouble at school! So Jason decided that we are going to pay Aaron $10 each week, BUT every time we have to repeat ourselves, or he gets in trouble for not following directions, he will owe us a quarter. So if he was really good, he gets ten dollars at the end of the week........yeah....first day, he paid me a dollar!
We went to dinner with our friend Whit. I met her years ago at a party, and Jason had known her too, she has recently been coming around and hanging out...it has been fun! We went to Razoos.....yummo!
Jon and Kate plus 8....thats what I watched...is it sad that I can't remember much else...ha. I think this is the day it got super cold. Was it.....I can't remember!

Tuesday

Aaron came home from school early because of what he said was a stomach issue....he was acting just fine when he got home! Veida and I went to breakfast together, then we ran an errand....after that I hung out with Jason while he was working from home. I cooked hamburger helper for dinner, and Jason's brother came over to look at a car we are going to be buying from him..fun.
Biggest Loser! Love it...Watched it....and I am sad that Bernie went home.... I wish Kelly would go already! She is so whiney! ACK

Wednesday

I traveled to Nacogdoches with my grandma to hang out with my little sister while my dad went to Alaska. She is 14 (soon to be 15 and is proud of it, so if you call her 14 she will argue that in a few days she will be 15 so she might as well be called 15) and is spoiled rotten! I love her with every fiber of my being...and I am sure I am a part of the reason she is spoiled, but I have learned that I am no longer her influence. She used to look up to me and Veida for our music taste, our clothing style (or what we thought she would be cute in), our attitudes, our people loving personalities.....but now....she lives miles and miles away, she is treated like the only child. She has freedoms I didn't dare ask for at her age. When I was 14 (almost 15) I did nothing but go to Seminary, School, Yearbook, Church, or Work (Mr. Jim's Pizza on the weekend for extra cash). She has a boyfriend, who is almost 3 years older than her....I don't like him. She comes and goes as she pleases for the most part....she wears cool clothes....she sings like and angel.....she has the skinny figure I wanted at her age....she is popular.....and cute....but, she has quickly become more like a spoiled teenager than not...I miss the sweet thoughtful Shayda, not the one who answers my grandmother with "whats up" instead of a "yes ma'am".....but she is the baby, my dad I guess is understandably trying to prolong her growing up....

Thrusday

Spent the day with Grandma, we hung out at the house and I did the laundry I brought with me..we drove around Nacogdoches, picked Shayda up from school, went to WalMart, I cooked Strogenoff(Sp?) and watched Shayda at a school choir preformance....it rained and rained and rained here, and got super cold....I was stupid and wore flipflops, then stepped in a puddle....a big one that could be mistaken for a small pool. I am smart! I think I heard rumors that it snowed in the DFW area.....ha ha

Friday

It snowed here in Nacogdoches, but by the time I woke up it all had melted...I didn't mind, I slept pretty good! Shayda woke me up at 6am telling me she couldn't go to school today, because of a headache, I let her stay home, but I think it was all a sham!
I finished up laundry, watched Little Women with my grandma (she loves this story and has used the characters of the movie/book to name her dogs, she had a beth, amy and jo.....) I took a shower and went to dinner with Jason's brother and sister in law, they are fun....we went to a Chinese restaurant and it was yummy, then we spent the next two hours in their suburban chit chatting about the world. They enlightened me on the subject of my boyfriend and the rest of their family! Good times! Now I am sitting here blogging and I should be in bed! I actually still have a to do list to complete! ACK!

Tomorrow, I am going to my aunt's sister's (I call my Aunt in Law)spa to be a guinea pig for laser hair removal..I have a horrid case of chin hair, it is so bad that I have to shave....I used to pluck but it grew uncontrollable. It makes me feel like a freaky fat bearded lady.....at least after it is all done, I can just be a fat lady. ha. I am going to be the person my aunt "trains" on. My aunt is a nurse, and she helps my Aunt in law out at the spa.....but for insurance purposes, my aunt has to "train" on the lasers even though she has done it before and is quite experienced. I may be a guinea pig of other things as well, I was hoping for micradermabrasian (sp?) and maybe removal of a few moles......but we will see. Tomorrow, I will have my aunt take pictures of my beard, then take after shots of my new smooth face.....I am so excited! I have had to let this crappy hair grow out...and I feel self conscious about it! Come on 9am!!!!! I also have to go babysit for a lady I met of craigslist....we have a meeting and "trial run" for a babysitting gig.....she has twin one year olds.....we will see how it goes

Anyways, off to go back to my to do list.....pack my stuff, pack the car, wash the dishes, go to sleep. I will post more tomorrow!

OHHHHH and if you got all the way down here and really care to help...I am curious on how many people view this mundane blog thingy I have....so leave a comment even if it is just to say hi.....but if you need a reason....what are your suggestions on getting an 11 year old boy to listen to you.......

Letters

A few letters I thought about writing tonight~

Dear Wal-Mart -

I think you need to do a bit more research on the books that you have (or don't have) on your shelves...I watch Oprah, but I don't think she has the best taste in books. I enjoy some of the books she suggests, but not all of them, so be choosey when putting her book club books on your shelf....
Did you know that not everyone that shops at Wal-Mart is white trash? I may appear to be when I shop late at night...I have seen prettier days....but, I am not there to purchase the soft pornographic harlequin "novels" that you so abundantly over stocked.
If you need to know what should be on your shelves, review some of the awesome blogs I have that give critiques on great books....and leave the cheap trashy novels to that of library sales and old lady days at half priced books.....at least put something of quality and newness on your shelves (We have all already read The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns).

Thank You For Your Time.
An empty handed former walmart book buyer.

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Dear Stationary and School Supply makers-

I hate you....only because I love you so dearly. You and only you have been the reason I get excited to go to school.....ever. I knew that if I had a new pen that wrote with dark almost bleeding ink, a new set of fun post-it notes, a brand new box of pencils and a sharpener....I would automatically get straight A's in all of my classes, even gym!
Tonight, for the lack of finding a decent book, I spent the money I wanted to get a book with on random supplies. I have decided that I will carry a mini stationary desk in my purse, tote or whatever you call it (Veida calls it a Mary Poppins Bag). You have supplied me with a pink supply holder, a new pair of small scissors, new post it notes, a small notebook with three sections, eraser set, multi colored variaty pens, pencils, glue stick, and two fine pointed sharpies. I don't really NEED any of this, but I walked by the aisle, and there your stuff was.
Could you possibly put a disclaimer on your packages, not gaurtneeing straight A's or sanity when it comes to the combination of your items.....A new notebook makes me think I could be the next Jane Austen or Stephen King....It gives me false hope (as in my childhood) that because I have a pen and a stack of papers in a planner disguise, that I will automatically be organized and put together....this is all wrong. I still have to accountable for my actions with your supplies, so please stop implying such nonesense.
If I don't see such warnings, I will be forced to buy your items from Target, because there they care enough for their customers mental stability, and close at night, helping reduce the spontaneou purchases of your evil and overwhelmingly not needed but desired products!

Waiting for prompt action!

The owner of a million pens, and 99% do not write like I like.

Emailed Questions

I got this email from Ashley Allen, a friend of mine who I used to babysit for years ago....I got really talented.....I could bathe her 7 kids in under 30 minutes, with a total "get ready for bed time" at 45 mins start to finish.....I am still impressed with myself!!! Anyways, she sent info on herself, and I sent it back, but I thought I would share with you guys as well! Enjoy!




Now, here's what you're supposed to do... And please do not spoil the fun. Hit forward, delete my answers and type in your answers. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little known facts about those who know you. Remember to send it back to the person who sent it to you.

A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Movie Theater Assistant Manager (that was fun...seriously...lots of great memories!)
2. Intake Supervisor for an Ambulatory Infusion Center (I want this job back, as crazy as it may seem)
3. Day Care Assistant (ha, fun days!)
4. Glorified data entry for BNSF, aka: Price Management (looking back, I should have stayed! grrr)

B) Four movies I would watch over and over: (there are more than four, but I will limit it for you)
1. My Best Friends Wedding (I saw it 20 times at the theater...no joke, I worked there, it was free and I loved it!)
2. Stella (Gotta love Bette Midler!)
3. Juno (Just saw it yesterday, but I will go with anyone at any time LOVE IT~)
4. The Story of Us ("I am saying Chow Funs because I love you!)

C) Four places I have lived:
1. Arlington, Texas (Current)
2. Quincy, Illinois (early 2000's as a nanny)
3. Fort Worth, Texas (Almost my whole life)
4. Nacogdoches, Texas (Right before, and right after I was a nanny in Illinois)

D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
1. Jon and Kate plus 8 (Mondays...love it!)
2. Biggest Loser (shameless addiction to other people's weight loss....I have blogged about it!)
3. Super Nanny (We have similar styles, but she is so much cooler than me!)
4. Wife Swap (This is a hoot and hollar!)

E) Four places I have been:
1. Cozumel, Mexico (with Shayda while on a cruise!)
2. Salt Lake City, Utah ( A few times to visit friends...)
3. Chicago, Illinois (Labor Day weekend in 2001)
4. St. Louis, Missouri (4th of July 2001)

F) People who e-mail me (regularly):
1. American Airlines Credit Union (every morning at 5:30am)
2. Ebay (win or lose, they email)
3. Stephanie Spratt (usually a cute fun email!)
4. Aaron's teachers at school (maybe once a week)

G) Four of my favorite foods:
1. Middle Eastern (Go figure)
2. Just about anything from Texas Roadhouse (But typically the kaboob with extra veggies and loaded tatters)
3. Trying new recipes.....I know it isn't a particular kind of food, but i love it, it's my favorite!
4. Nachos (I love the crappy sporting event style...but I will eat them anywhere, lol)

H) Four places I would rather be right now:
1. At a scrapbook event (I have to catch up on mine and Aaron's...)
2. At the movies, watching Juno again
3. In a Marriot hotel, their bedding is so soft and squishy comfy!
4. In dreamland...I am sorta sleepy

I) Four friends I think will respond:
1. Stephanie
2. Angel
3. Karen
4. Jennie

J) Things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Getting my car up and running (I am pretty close to that, it may be at the end of this week...everyone pray!)
2. Reading some good books (I am up for suggestions...I am reading "The Other Boleyn Girl"" right now)
3. Simply Sweet Gourmet Creations and it's development
4. My daycare invention and it's development

Cleaning

Things I like about cleaning

Vacuum lines in the carpet
Getting rich (I found $1.23 in change)
Listening to my zune
Having all the dishes available when it is time to cook
The feeling of peace

Things I DO NOT like about cleaning

People stepping on my vacuum lines
Cleaning out a clogged vacuum
Not getting to watch tv like I really want to
Knowing other people will come in and trash the place
Being the only one cleaning

My Princess Jasmine

Jason's neice came over and requested that she learned how to do "websites" Jason being a programmer was teasing that he would teach her, but it wasn't what she had in mind.

Jasmine is so stinkin cute! I hung out with her on Tuesday while her sister got her two front teeth pulled. Well, Jasmine has never used a real computer, so this was her first time on to use a mouse. I taught her "webistes" and she caught on fast.
She loved noggin.com. I was trying to find some interactive preschool kind of sites, because I have worked hard with her in teaching alphabet. I taught her how to spell her first and last name, cat, dog and mom....however she isn't really recognizing her letters.....bummer, although I am trying!

We have a good time!

Am I An Oxymoron?

Okay...Tuesday night....I have to watch.... Now I have watched all five seasons, and I have come to the conclusion that these two people scare the holy CRAP out of me.....

I watch the show after I have it recorded, because i can't stand waiting through the commercials.....bleck.....but as I watch it, I am normally eating something....drinking a soda....and laying on the couch.....while I am relaxing...I am thinking, ok probably talking to the television telling the contestants what babies they are and what wimpy and whinny people they are.....

Tonight I got to thinking....

If I was on the show, I WOULD be the one crying, and complaining and acting like a complete baby....I can't handle working out (obviously) I hate sweating.....and cry in confrontation....so...does this make me my own oxymoron....walking contradiction? ha ha...

I would love to be on the show, if being on the show means I become that size 8 I have always wanted to be.... Yes size 8...that is a dream....but according to a chiropractor I once saw, not a reality!

The Chiropractor, told me (while I was in the middle of a low carb diet....actually the only diet I sincerely tried, and was a bit successful at....) that no matter how much weight I lose, I will always be around a size 12-14 because I have the epitome of "birthing hips" (which has very little cartilage in it, and the same doctor telling me I will probably need to new hips by the time I am 50.....it was a day full of positive news!!!)

Anyways, is it ridiculous, that I can eat and lounge while all these people on this show are changing their lives that used to be just like mine...LAZY?

New Discovery

Today I learned that Ainsley has found her tounge. She is sticking it out.....and as she sticks it out she will bring things to her mouth and lick them rather than chew on them...it is cute.

Today

Thngs I loved about today:

Frozen Pizza makes for an easy dinner
Emails that don't inculde spam
Today is Friday, means tomorrow is Saturday
Three of the five things I have on ebay are selling
Small chit chat that doesn't include me barking orders....with Aaron
Frozen Coke Slush right out of the freezer...be careful it expands quick!
Expanding Coke Slush mess and me laughing
Taiko trying to eat peanut butter......he loves it
Me accidently scarring Taiko and him shoving his face in his water bowl....
Dreaming about 72 degree weather
Comments on my blog about the travel swap....I GET TO DO IT!! YAY!
Blog Reading......LOVE IT!

Thats about it for the day......not too bad.

Songs that say it all.....

"Because Of You"

I will not make the same mistakes that you did

I will not let myself

Cause my heart so much misery

I will not break the way you did,

You fell so hard

I've learned the hard way

To never let it get that far

Because of you

I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you

I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you

I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me

Because of you

I am afraid

I lose my way

And it's not too long before you point it out

I cannot cry

Because I know that's weakness in your eyes

I'm forced to fake

A smile, a laugh everyday of my life

My heart can't possibly break

When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you

I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you

I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you

I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me

Because of you

I am afraid

I watched you die

I heard you cry every night in your sleep

I was so young

You should have known better than to lean on me

You never thought of anyone else

You just saw your pain

And now I cry in the middle of the night

For the same damn thing

Because of you

I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you

I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you

I try my hardest just to forget everything

Because of you

I don't know how to let anyone else in

Because of you

I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty

Because of you

I am afraid

I heard this song tonight.....dang Delilah.....This song reminds me of my mother and my issues with her.....I know I need to get over them, but it is a healing process....therapy might help some....but...you know how that is. *sigh* I know I can't blame anyone for my issues, but dang it there have been some contribution that didn't need to be there....and for that, I have more issues....does that make sense.... oh well....

Things on my mind this Wednesday

Okay.....so another day.....

A few things on my mind....so here goes.

Heath Ledger died.....from who knows what......they say drugs, they say accident....whatever it was, he was a year older than me...scarry.
I fell in love with his exotic accent and bad boy persona in "10 Things I Hate About You". Not an oscar worthy movie, but fun for the age I was....ok ok I will admit, I still like it!
Sad.

Feeling a bit weird about housework right now. I worked really hard yesterday, felt like I created a peaceful inviting home yesterday. When Jason got home, dinner was finished, smelly good candles were setting a peaceful ambiance, I made a pineapple upside down cake, Aaron mastered some multiplication facts because we worked on it, downstairs bathroom was cleaned, floors were vacuumed........but.......none of it was noticed. I understand that my daily doings will not be praised cosntantly....ok, so I guess my question would be.....How does a professional stay at hom mom (in my case non mom non wife) keep her drive up and spirits up to be miticulously on top of it all???

I have expressed this before (it might be in my blog on myspace) but...I have the OCD personality that I get anal about something, but I give up on it if I know I am not going to be as perfect as I want to be......I want to be OCD despite not meeting my goal. I want to be organized and scheduled to a fault....does that make me bad? lol, WHO ON EARTH WISHES THEY WERE OCD??? That right there should make me the craziest person I know.

Doggy Cuddles

Takio is our dog.
He thinks he is the boss. Here lately, since Julie and her crew has left, he has been the boss dog...so my squishy tummy is his throne, forget about dog beds and cushions....Aaron took this picture for me.....this is how Takio sits, and if he isn't there he is snuggled against the backs of my legs....go figure.

Here is Aaron me and Taiko....Aaron thinks it is cool that Taiko is yawning in the picture. Aaron kept pretending to yawn to get Taiko to yawn. According to Aaron, yawns are contagious, even to dogs.