My new love...

OMG! This stuff is amazing. My fave is the vanilla! AND sooo much cheaper than going to Starbucks every morning. It is only $1.99 per can at the store by my house. I have not checked other places. It might be cheaper to buy it by the case. I am sooooo taking this stuff on our vacation instead of budgeting $100 for my Starbucks fix. :0)

Anyway, not much going on around here lately. Josh has been working hard without a day off in awhile. Aric went to stay with my parents for a few days, had a blast, and came home with more stuff than he left with. And me?? Well, I have been cleaning out closets!! So many clothing items are gone now to make room for new stuff. School starts soon and that means new clothes for me and Aric. And I have been reconnecting with a dear friend! That time means alot to me.

Well...I will leave you with some pictures. Oh and BTW...I am updating my address book both digital and paper. If you would, please send me an email with your updated address, phone numbers, and email! You can send it to scrapphappy23@yahoo.com.
Thanks so much! I am off to wash sheets and blankets now!





The plates and cups in the pic?? Well those were flea market finds. LOVE the color! And they are dated on the back 1959. Soooo happy! And the last picture of Josh and Aric?? Well, lets just say that Josh could never deny Aric as his son! I mean look at them...So much alike! Have a great day!

Catching Up...

We have been busy the past few days getting ready for our trip and spending time together. I have also spent hours creating. I am so blessed to have a job where I can have the entire summer off so I can do what I want with my family.
Anyway, one of the things we had to do is get another key made for my 4Runner. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH A FREAKING KEY COST FOR THAT THING??? $284.05 Good Grief I almost had a heart attack!!! We only had one digital key, one key fob, and one key that would only unlock the doors. SO we needed another key that would actually crank the truck just in case something happened to the other key. I feel ill just thinking about what I could have bought with that money! Oh well...what's done is done and it was needed.
My daddy is going through some health issues right now. He has to have some biopsies done tomorrow. Please say a little prayer for him. It kills me to think of anything happening to my parents! My daddy is so strong and that makes it even harder to see him worried. Just keep him in your prayers!

Crazy!!!

That is how I would describe the past week!! So much has been going on! I did get to spend some much needed time with my favorite sister-in-law yesterday as well as my BFF Devan. My sis and I took the kids to Downtown Fairhope to eat lunch and do some shopping. We ate lunch at Panini Petes, which was featured on The Food Network. It was yummy! Poor Aric could not eat much of his lunch because he had his braces upgraded on Tuesday and he was pretty sore. We walked around for awhile and I stopped in at Adrenaline and bought my shoes for our vacation. For those that know me know that as soon as it is warm enough I wear ONLY sandals and flip flops. So I bought some more Sanuk Yoga Mat Flip Flops. LOVE them!! They are sooo comfy.

They are plain black but they are soo comfortable when you are going to be doing alot of walking. I need them in brown now! I am now searching for a messenger bag. I collect patches thanks to my brother and I want a bag to sew them on. I found one online at Pottery Barn. What do you think???
I like the black and white polka dot. I would not get my initials monogrammed on it though. Do you think my patches would look good on this one? And a perk...FREE SHIPPING! I also found a Roxy bag at PacSun about a month ago but now I can't find it! They do not have it in the store and I can not find it online.
Anyway, Happy Fourth of July to everyone! We will be going to watch the fireworks tonight and have a small get together afterwards. Should be fun!
I am leaving you with some pictures that make me happy. Love to all!

Soooo...

Ok...I am thinking of going blonde again. This is a picture from last summer when I was a warm, honey blonde. My hair is dark now. Sorry, but no picture. Josh seems to only want to take pictures of me when I have no makeup on or I am sick!!!! Or he usually finds me in the most unflattering pose and takes pictures of me then. Soooo you will have to imagine me with darker hair.
Ok so my question is...Do I stay with darker hair and maybe add in some random streaks of some color OR do I take the plunge and go blonde again??? Leave me a comment or email me with your answer!!!



Today was a busy day! Aric and I went shopping with my mom today in Mobile. It was fun spending time with her but I was not impressed with the shopping. I bought a cute top and a pretty yellow necklace but that's about it. Aric was being a pain. I do not know why he behaves like that when he is around Nana. Actually I do...He thinks I can not punish him when Nana is around. Well think again buddy. He is not a happy camper right now! So nananananananana booboo buddy! I AM STILL THE MOM!!!! SO THERE....
Sorry I am back to reality now!
Ok leave me comments people!!! I have a hair appointment tomorrow afternoon and I need to know what to tell her!!!!

What a wonderful weekend...

This weekend has been wonderful! Josh was off Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday! He has been on midnight shift for so long that I had forgotten what it was like to have an entire weekend with him. So here is what we did...
Friday night we went to Target and bought new outside furniture! That was a surprise since we went in there to get the roof top cargo bag for my truck (which we did not get). I am LOVING my new furniture! It is black iron and it is already distressed so I don't have to do it! We bought four chairs and a long coffee table. Gorgeous! I am not to fond of the cushions that came with them but I can always buy new. I am waiting on my trip to IKEA for that! Anyway then we went to eat at Applebees. Aric wanted to eat at Lamberts soooo bad but there was at least 50 people ahead of us waiting to get in. So we settled for Applebees. I was not that impressed with my dinner but it was ok. Then we came home and put together our furniture!
Saturday was the BEST day! Aric went to James' house to spend the day! Josh and I took total advantage of that and we took the motorcycle to Pensacola. We shopped ALL day! Bought some awesome new clothes and had an awesome ride! Pictures at the end of the post, I promise! It was just so great to spend time with my husband, ALONE! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE when Aric is with us but sometimes we need some time to ourselves. We stopped on the way home and rented some movies. We made it home just in time! About 30 min. later it started STORMING!!! It was the most gorgeous lightning storm I have seen in sooooo long. We went outside and watched the lightning and the rain for awhile. Then we snuggled on the couch and watched some movies.
Sunday was also a good day! We had some general errands to run...WalMart of course! I bought some more needed items for our vacation. We had lunch at Taco Bell per Aric's request. LOL....We went to Best Buy to get something for Josh's laptop and a wall mount for the Flat Screen in our bedroom. Then we went into Ross. We were checking out in there when the torrential rains started! It has not rained that hard in FOREVER. We took off running through the parking lot, getting soaked! My shoe came off when I was running! Dang the ROXY flip flops! I took them off and kept on running. Josh and Aric were dying laughing at me! I had on WHITE capris! Needless to say we had to come home because you could see straight through my pants!
What an exhausting, awesome weekend! I am about to pile up and watch Army Wives. Then it's early to bed. I have to get up early tomorrow. My mom and I are going shopping in Mobile! WOOHOO!!! More new clothes!
P.S. More cloud pics also!!!! Oh and the picture of the bricks...That is an actual street that we ended up on somewhere in Floridia! It was soooo bumpy riding it on the motorcycle! There was this awesome little park back there also that was on the water. Soooo pretty...
More pictures to come!

A bit of Randomness...

Last night when sleep refused to come, I was thinking about the different things that are going on in our lives right now. And I was wondering what to blog about today. Some things that are going on with us I can't blog about for various reasons. And then there are some things that I can blog about but is really of no interst to others. But then I thought...Hello??? It is MY blog! I can do what I want. Geez...I fell asleep soon after that thought. So todays blog is about randomness. I was tagged by someone to post 8 random things about myself. So here it goes...

1. I worry to much about what other people think. I have always been like this and probably always will be. It really pisses Josh off because he has never cared what other people think about him.

2. I NEVER leave the house without makeup on. NEVER! Even if we are going to the beach. My grandmother, Nan, taught me that. You just never know who you might run into!

3. I only like Coke if it is in a can or from Sonic. Better yet, buy a BIG cup of ice from Sonic and pour a can of coke in there. YUM!

4. I have no willpower when it comes to dieting. I try..I really do. It lasts about a week and then I am over it. But I am really working hard this summer. Say a prayer for me!

5. My favorite hamburger is one from McDonalds. Cheap but yummy!

6. I am happiest when I am in my studio. Even of I am not creating..I still like to be in here. It makes me happy.

7. I can read an entire book in one night. Last night I read a 421 page book in 3 hours. That is why I buy books at Thrift Stores now. Do you know how expensive that was getting??? Josh does..Ask him.

8. I do not do well with confrontations. I do not know what to say until it is over and then of course I have about a thousand things to say!

Well there ya go. 8 random things about me that probably noone cares about.
Here are some random pictures from yesterday.




I have no makeup on! HAHA! BUT I was home and I had been cleaning. Notice the ladder? I have to use that to clean the ceiling fan because the ceiling is so high in the living room. Josh also used it to hang some more vintage motorcycle signs. And of course there is another cloud picture. Love to all!

Shopping and list making...

I LOVE to go shopping! It does not matter what I am shopping for, I LOVE it! It even makes me happy to go grocery shopping. I could go shopping every single day if my husband would allow it. Which of course, he will not. I do not think that my wallet could handle it either. I also love making lists. There is nothing better than sitting down with my pink day planner and making list after list. Things I need to do, things I need to buy, things that make me happy, etc... So in preparation for our upcoming vacation, I have been making lists. And today I began shopping with those lists! I bought 2 of the cutest tops at Target this afternoon. And the cutest pair of shoes.




I still have so much left to buy. I am in need of shorts. And for the record, I HATE shorts! I always wear skirts, skorts, summer dresses and capris in the summer time. The only shorts I own are the ones I wear to the gym. But we shall see. I am going to the mall tomorrow to check out American Eagle. They have some cute shorts online. If all else fails, I will just wear my dresses and not ride anything that will flip me upside down! I am leaving you now with a picture of the cutest dog in the world...Brodie! This was taken before his first puppy cut! I never thought that I would love a dog this much!