what 6 year olds do to 30-somethings... it's not good

6 year old birthday swim party...
Happy Birthday Jocilyn!
Tired much? I think he had an allergic reaction to all of the tiny females here at the birthday party- what a good daddy for helping out though, really- i love him!
Here's Matthew and I the night of Jocilyn's birthday party- most self respecting 30 somethings would not put this pic on their blogs... but if you love me, you love me, if you don't- okay~ I don't know what's wrong with my face- oh yeah- i'm old, tired and without make up... unflattering combo... oh well...

Hope it wasn't "freeze tag!" because i've been moving!

Oh, for the love of Pete!!! I got "tagged" on the 26th of July, clearly i've not been watching my fellow bloggers closely enough. Here goes the tag bag- watch out, you may be tagged at the end!

4 JOBS I'VE HAD...
~Rent a flick- clerk, that was fun- free movies- good times
~CNA at Hearthstone of Mesa nursing home- I have a lot of respect for these hard working folks, i just had to keep telling myself, "how would you like your parents to be treated if they were being taken care of?"
~Registered Nurse on the mother/baby unit at BDMC, Mesa, AZ
~Registered Nurse Liberty Dialysis Nampa, ID

Fun places to go for a girls weekend get-a-way
~Vegas is SOOOOO fun- several times with my Jess- she still holds the "ill-gotten gains" we play with when we go! ... hopefully that happens.....
~Tuscon, not really that fun of a place- but with girlfriends, it's more about who you're with and how hard you laugh!
~Great memories of "girls weekend" in Provo, the carriage house with Lynn-a-gin

Movies I can watch over and over again
~ Meet Joe Black
~ Any classic with: Doris Day/Carrie Grant/Rock Hudson/Debbie Reynolds/Tony Randall
~ How to Lose a guy in just 10 days
~ Only You
~ Parent Trap (original)- it's just cute and funny- attatched to good memories with family and cousins the first time i saw it at Aunt Debbies

My Guilty Pleasures
~ Diet Soda (almost any kind... as long as its got good fizz....)
~ Taking down time when my kids do- i could get so much more accomplished if i didn't!
~ Shopping- doesn't even have to be fancy, a dollar store can make me pretty happy

Places I've Lived
~ Birth to age 3: Colorado (Red Mesa and CO Springs)
~ 3- 17 years old: Gallup New Mexico, "Heart of the Indian Nation"... yummmy...
~ 17-31 years old: Phoenix Metro area: Gilbert, Mesa
~ 31- present: Star, ID... wish we had a store... a real one...

Shows I enjoy
~ 24... Jack Bauer is my hero!... I need a t shirt that says that!
~Friends... dvd or reruns- love, love, love friends....
~My Soap..... "Like Sands through the hourglass" this is a waste of our lives! alas... i am a faithful viewer... so sad...
~BURN NOTICE!! new, and we love it...

First thoughts when i saw my someday significant other
~ Who are we kidding? He was so full of himself! What a cocky son of a gun...
~ What a yummy hunk of Italian... looks like he could spell trouble... but mmmmm' handsome-
~ What a tease- who does he think i am? Who does he think he is?
~ Why does he hang out with Haskel? (if you never knew "Hack"... well, the name should tell you enough)
~ After we spent time actually talking- i realized he was very nice to look at... I'm still enjoying the view 9 years later!!!!

Vacation: Places I've been
~ Orlando- loved that- and the kids did too
~ Hawaii
~ All over the US growing up, Washington DC is one of my favorite places to go- someday with Matthew- he'd love all of the history
~ Mexico

Favorite Foods
~ For over a week I've had a mad craving for oriental food- I love orange chicken
~ Mexican- ahhhh, a good chicken chimi..... mmm'mmm' good-
~ I love a good pasta!
~ Han Sach Rene' - it's German- and it's Nazi awesome (I just made that up... lol... nazi awesome... )

If in a "jam" with your spouse, what tactics do you use to get out of the dog house?

~The sure fire one... just kidding... kind of...
~ There really aren't many jams to speak of, and if there were, i'm sure Jack Bauer could fix it, he is my hero you know...

Websites I visit Daily
~I'm spuratic... lately I don't even go online daily... usually yahoomail
~ Blogspot (when i'm having a day with enough down time)

Best 1st Kiss Landmark
~ Sadly, I dont have one... Matthew and my "1st kiss" was at the Luvruski's house in Gilbert, AZ - good memory, but not what i'd call a "landmark" kind of location

Where I'd rather be right now
~maybe on a cruise with my honey- far away from real life, or real worries
~ A tropical paradise?
~ High on a mountain top in a nice hammock reading a book... with my honey
~ In a clean house instead of this one that i have a million things to do in and i've been working on this blog every 2 minutes i've been home during a very "in and out... here and there" day... I hate days like this- they get really mucked up and feel very unproductive..... I'd rather be a lot of places

Tag Others to do this on their blogs!!!

(I haven't checked to see who all has done this.... so if i duplicate tag you, i guess you get an "out"- but if this is your first "tagging" do it... or else!!!!)
Amanda Turley
Dianne Owens
Tricia Wirig (except with your new "s" name that i can't remember!)
Brittany Slade

Fell asleep bleaching!!!! (hair, not teeth!)

oopie!? What do you think of it?

Have you ever been letting the bleach/frost/lightener sit for the prescribed time and fallen asleep? Yep- I have... last night! Lucky i have a hubby that woke me up an hour later, luckier still- my hair didnt' fall out!!! ... or at least it hasn't yet.... hmmmmm.....

So, I've been dark brown for a while now, it was time for a change. Matthew said, "just go have it professionally done...." I was shocked, aghast... what do you say to that? Colorists who know what they are doing are only real in movies! I've paid hundreds (litterally) at a time for color- lots of color- color that has taken hours from me that i will never get back..... why pay for that? "Professionals," as my husband kindly refers to them as, have turned me: green, purple, pink, orange, and more green (lots of shades of green.... just not a good color on me). It is worrisome when the entire salon staff is in on a decision of how we might go about "fixing" this.... the only thing they didn't do in front of me is call the color manufacturer for their advise... and then at the end of this 10 hour day (the one that sticks in my mind- and this was a nice salon, highly recommended by friends...) they had the man parts to ask for money!!!!!!! Well sure!!! I'm thinking, that was fun, why wouldn't i pay for it? In fact, I think i have paid for it with my time and will continue to pay for it until your "fix" works itself out..... yeah, um, no.

That said.... Yes, we ended up just winging it here at home. I know the photo looks brassy, but its more sass than brass- no, it's not really that bad- and it does have to settle out a little bit...

I also am getting an antique headboard and dresser ready for my kids new room. Here is a before and after of the headboard i did today- feedback welcome~BEFORE AFTER

I needed to do so much today- but mostly i've blogged my daughters 6th birthday stuff. I decided that was just as important (if not more) than laundry.... or toys on the floor. The blogging went less than smoothly- which you will see if you check their blog out at www.friendorfoefables.blogspot.com That's all for today friends! Be good! More later- lots happening in our lives: new jobs, mental breakdowns, the new Harry Potter.... I could go on and on... but you'll get it all in due time my friends... in due time.