Christmas!

I found my cord to transfer pics from my cam to the pute!

Christmas was SO fabulous this year!  

SUCH meaningful gifts!  

SO GREAT being all together!

Quinn & I did some Park City shopping Christmas Eve

 Sexy slicked hair right?!

Dixie Loved the Snow  (yeah right!)

Mom finished the quilts that my Nana made for my Brothers - before she died!  

 

Log Cabin for Quinn

Austin's is a Dresden Plate, all hand sewed together!

WOW!

Holly got Art Classes - SO exciting, she is totally an Artiste!

 (She wouldn't like if I posted the pic of her clapping & crying but, it was cute!)

I got a SWEET hiking backpack

are my pants a little tight or what?!

And a mini umbrella for Dixie... jk

Oh and the ever-famous, Ridiculous... Shake-Weight!

And Mom & Dad...

Surprised each other with a PAINTING... 

totally Secret, totally seperate!

Dad's is of the house he grew up in in Provo Canyon, Spring Dell

 

Mom's was of Nana's antique sewing machine!

What a great SURPRISE!! 

The Parentals got Dixie... fixed shall we say.  

Post drugged - HA!  man she was zoooned OUT!  ha ha ha

Dad snapped us sleeping!

And... (drum roll)

Mom & Dad made me layout my 'one block wonder' quilt after 2 yrs of fretting!

(6 pieces of triangles that make hexagon/kaleidescope blocks) 

 WILD!

I ONLY have the border left!

If you want to see the pic of me as an elf, click here.

I got my WHITE CHRISTMAS!

Regrowth

I am trying to think of when I'm going to get my hairs did,

only a bitty a regrowth right now but planning ahead.

Last January was ICK & Rough!

I went from THIS... Dec. 2009

 

To THIS... Feb 2010

DRAMATIC!  I know.

So I was dramatic ONCE in my life...

This January has been - DRAMATIC as well, but different Drama.

Still ICK but no hair changes

But, in thinking of ReGrowth... 

I think I'm growing, recreating myself.  

It's hard to do but change is good right?

I feel happier, less settled but more - Guided

Trials make us grow - change - evolve.

I like the word evolve b/c people say... and I agree...

that I've evolved in my journey here in AZ.

Bigger & Better is my personal moto

Well, it's true, I'm not to good at conforming but growing - I think I'm getting down pat!

I'm going to go pray I don't get Bigger, 

just that things get BETTER!

Here's to an Optimistic Attitude!

Top 10 Tuesday #2

I forgot to post this yesterday!
My friend said my blog hasn't been all unicorns and roses lately so, here's trying to pick it up!

Top 10 Fav's for the week

10. Going to the Movies
9.   Checking my fav blogs every a.m.
8.   Calendars, I'm obsessed w/ calendars
7.   Bracelets
6.   Painted Toes - a woman should NEVER have naked toes!
5.   Generic Raisin Bran - my Dad bought it and it's YUM!
4.   My Mustard/baby poop colored cords!
3.   That my parents are here
2.   Remember the time - on 104.7 at 8:38 am daily
(guessing what yr a bunch of movie/music clips happened.)
1.  Cupcakes! White w/ Pink frosting & a bit of Sprinkles!
(Thanks Glenda, made my day!)

Near Death Experience

Cleaning out my garage and de-junking, makes me happy.  

I hate it. 

I don't know how I have 4 bags of shredding to do...

Clothes that are now crop tops...

Piles from my car that I dump in my garage, weekly.

Dixie barking at the door to come out, so I put her on a leash & wrap the handle around the handle of the door from my master 'water closet'.  ( I had to remove it, too small of a space in there WITH the door)

The door leans against the wall in the garage and has been there for 3 yrs.  Dix usually just sits & watches.

No sooner had I walked to the edge of the garage - I hear a HUGE slam!!!

I turn around and burst into tears...

the door had SLAMMED (not just hit) my car hood... & slid down the side of the car resting on the garage floor!!!

WHERE IS DIXIE?!

Dead under the door SMOOSHED into the cement?!!

Lifted up the door, no Dix... AAAHH!!  (Freeeaking out!)  

Looking around, Bryn saw her in the street!  She had BOLTED when it started to fall I guess.  Hers was shaking & quivering & scared to death!  

Tender mercy... God knew I couldn't go on with that guilt!  ha!

I think the door wasn't as 'leaning' as it used to be, probably me fidgeting w/ the handle jostled it into free-fall.  

Pfhew!  

As for my car, a BIG white paint streak w/ dent, another 3" big dent & slam waves in the hood.  

What do you do?

I guess just laugh it up to all the other crap going on w/ my car this month!

Giant Churro

Ever seen a churro THIS BIG????!!!!

Well, you'd think this was in a foreign country, 

where they don't really know what churro's are...

Nope, made in America

Like 2+" around, over 12" long...

DELICIOUS Cinnamon

DELICIOUS inside, cinnamon bread...

HEAVEN!

Orange County Swap Meet, $3 

worth every penny!

Oh, and I ate this DELICIOUS Street Hot Dog w/ Onions & Mustard, mmm