The other piece of art TJ got me... Isnt it beautiful??? I love angels!

The Art that TJ got me... cant wait to put this Up!!!

blowing out my candles-- thank goodness there are on 2!!

My Princess Birthday Cake!!

My yummy birthday breakfast and NO calories!!!

with the man who keeps me sane!

With my NIcky! :)

My daughter Summer and Son in law Joey :)

My special friend Lilia!!

My special friends Micheal and Shelby

My special friends Sandee and Gail!

My birthday banner Nicky made me!

LABOR DAY WEEKEND

LABOR DAY WEEKEND
here we go....

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

I forgot to mention—one more thing…

another BIG goal for this year—or lifetime…I really really want to go to Haiti or some other country and help people.. yep someday….

oh and zip lining…

pictures!!

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MR and MRS Claus in Gatlinburg!!!

11 experiences I hope to have this year

As we know life is way to short to not experience it—this is a random list of things that came to my mind as fast as I can type of 11 things for 2011----

1. MY 50th birthday in NYC at the 9-11 site—my birthday IS 9-11… !!!!

2. TO  see the pyramids in egypt with my husband!!

3. To add another state to my goal of seeing all 50 states!!

4. to get this technology stuff down and feel confident with it!!! at least down load pics on facebook with no problems!

5. To shoot a REAL gun at a gun range!

6. to try a martial arts class

7. to take every class offered at my gym

8. to read the book of mormon cover to cover.

9. To go to the very place my mother went to school, and was raised etc with my sister.

10. to do make up or assist with the make up for halloween horror nights!

11. To get certified as a CPR instructor!!

and my most wildest dream is for someday on my sisters birthday to take her to scotland to see where our ancestors came from!!!  Ok maybe not ON heer birthday as her birthday is in Dec and I hear Scotland is cold then—maybe in the summer time!!

and another wild dream is a Armet—My maiden name COUSINS REUNION!!!

That’s enough to make 2011 a super good year!!!!!!!!!!!!! SmileSAM_3411

 

IT’S A NEW YEAR!!!!

New Years Eve was a bit different this year because instead of big celebrations my sweetie and I were cuddled up on different couches sniffling, coughing, sneezing throughout the night. we did manage to toast to each other and air kissed and hugged each other. I heard once that whatever you do on New Years Eve and on your birthday paves the way of the entire year!!! Ok so I could read into it this way—my sweetie and I are gonna be sick all year??? Or My sweetie and I are gonna be snuggled on our sofa watching movies all year??? I vote for the last one..at least this means we will be together, comfy and cozy all year. Now for New Years goals—I have always made New Years Goals but last year and the beginning of this year has been a teeny bit STRESSFUL!!! sO, I havent had a chance to sit down and contemplate what it was I really wanted to accomplish this year. I finally got a bit of time to think, I put on ,my thinking cap and just did a bit of thinking… here is what I came up with—11 goals and 11 experiences I want to do this year--- hold on—yep its long—but you just might see yourself in here!!!

1. Yep the typical LOSE WEIGHT that is on everyones list—but really I am not going to concentrate on the weight—I want to live healthier—find an activity I love, eat healthy foods every day and NO FAST FOOD!!!! I will say “NO” more often this  year when something I shouldn’t eat is before me—I said more often  not all the time!!!

2. organize and decorate my house—each week I will get or do one thing to either decorate or organize my house!!

3. keep my car clean—I have no idea when this became a problem but I really really need to work on this!!

4. NO MORE NEGATIVE SELF TALK—I cant tell you how many times in a day I say negative things to myself—“gee you are so stupid” that is my favorite—gotta cut it out!!!

5. write and MAIL thank you notes, birthday cards, get well cards, thinking of you cards, wow you are terrific cards!! I am really good at writing them and then somehow they end up in a drawer somewhere to be found later and not sent. Ok so this year I WILL send them however, don’t be surprised if your card is a tad bit late—I said I would MAIL them—I didn’t say when—hehe!!

6.DO ONE charity, service etc a month—I love to do 5k walks so I hope this year to do at least 6 of them this year. For Jan I am just donating bags of clothes, and anything else I can find to those that need it!

7. Date night once a month with my husband—also called sweetie,baby etc.. AND 4 weekend getaways!!!

8. church—all meetings twice a month—now that means that if I didn’t  make to ALL the meetings that I might end up going each week—hehe—but really my goal is TWICE A MONTH!!

9. CALL PEOPLE ON THE PHONE!! I have no idea where my dislike for calling people on the phone came from but its been brought to my attention that I just don’t call people. I guess subconciously I am thinking you ca e mail, facebook or text—its easier—I don’t have to worry about bugging anyone, and I can say what I want. But its not always the best way.

10. SPEND one on one time with my girls once a month—ok it might not work out to spend one on one time with each girl each month—But it’s a GOAL!!! and I LOVE my girls!!

11.Go to breakfast, lunch or dinner with girlfriends once a month… I just love all my girlfriends, but with busy lives we can always connect—hopefully with this goal I can see some of my favorite people some of the time!!

I AM BACK!!!!

After months of being away from my blog I feel I am finally in a place in my life to start blogging again. Christmas 2010 was wonderful…look for the pictures… I have been so incredibly blessed to be able to finally have one of my dreams come true—a WHITE CHRISTMAS!!! In a cabin in the smokey mountains!!! It was just me,TJ and Nicky…we were snug as bugs in a rug with a fire in the fireplace,relaxing and then playing in the snow—at one point we felt like we were in our own little snow globe! Summer and Joey couldn’t come as the poor little things had to suffer with their own adventure in HAWAII!!! Smile