Jason Derulo. Black Eyed Peas. Pitbull. Katy Perry. Colbie Caillet. Just to name a few

i've been dreaming of boots since 2005

so austin and i were out one night and i saw this girl's boots at the next stall...i came running out and told austin that i found a pair of boots that i just HAD TO HAVE...but i didn't know anything about them. since then i have been on the hunt. these boots are not the same as hers, but they are very close to what i want...so, they must go on my wish list now. suede cowboy boots...how cute is that?!?!

i want this house

so austin and i have been looking at houses lately and we finally found one we both really enjoyed...now we just have to convince someone to finance it...the thing is, we would be approved in December, but that's after the tax credit...but maybe it's not the tax credit we should be worried about. any way, hopefully we can find more like this in the area if it's not still there...wish us luck! take a look at it.

career struggle

so i've really enjoyed the event planning and i would love to make a career out of it. however, it could mean a serious pay cut and no real idea if i'm able to do succeed in it. that being said, i feel like i need to do something other than insurance. but insurance is all i know. i have heard several times that agency is where i would be good at, but agency requires money or debt...something i'm trying to stay away from (debt that is). so i'm stuck right now. i fretted over it all last night and yet could not stop thinking of all the things i would implement in my own agency. so in order to fall asleep last night i just kept telling myself 'just show me an obvious sign.' SO I'M WAITING FOR THIS OBVIOUS SIGN. in the mean time, i have a ton of anxiety and i don't know what to do with it...blogging became the next best option.

trying to take control

There's nothing like your child totally disrespecting you. He just has no respect for mom and all of it for dad. What makes me so different? He wouldn't clean up his room, he wouldn't take a nap, he was just on his own time schedule. I theatened not going swimming, I tried to tell him why and he just didn't care. So I tried a new technique...I put him in his room and told him he needed to stay in there and I shut the door. I think that lasted a whole 10 minutes and then he kept coming out and there were toys everywhere. So I told him if he came out again I was putting the lock on. That didn't seem to matter because he came right out. So I put the lock on and how quickly the tears came. I went in there to reason and he said, 'you get out. I don't want you! I want daddy!'. This went on for about 5-10 minutes until he passed out on the floor. My heart is broken.

all you have to do is ask

with our recently catastrophes (broken washer, new tires for BOTH cars, new battery) we have been a little strapped. what has kept us going was a few surprise bonuses. however, they only lasted so long. well, today are weekly daycare check was due and we just didn't have the money. so after about 2 minutes of talking with the director i finally said "i'm sorry, but we have had some financial catastrophes this month and we're really strapped. is it okay that we pay you 2 weeks on thursday?" GUESS WHAT!?!?! she said sure no problem. it wasn't even an issue for her. amazing what just asking will do for you.

stupid wine napkin

SO i was just in Michael's and i couldn't resist. i went down the clearance aisle and found these wonderful wine napkins (and matching note cards) for a dollar a piece. what a deal right?!!? NO!!! i just told my husband that we needed to watch the funds and then i spend $6 on something that WHO KNOWS when i'll ever use them. looks like I'm headed back to return them....stupid program...stupid blog :(

the reason i am beginning this journey

thanks to my wonderful friend TANIS, i have now decided that a blog is the best way to get rid of my urges. or if anything document them. i am working through some hard times trying not to spend any time i see something i like, but let me tell you...IT'S NOT EASY!! so, because this wonderful friend of mine introduced me to etsy.com i am officially obsessed with this quilt. i mean, can you not see all the beautiful things that could help accent this...a room painted with these colors...WOW! I'M IN LOVE!