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Yes, I am fairly boring but feel free to comment. I love to meet new people and know who has checked my journal out.

Ok, I wanted to see how this OpenID thing worked. On yahoo you need to enable your OpenID. Sign in and then go into your information area (where you change your password and such there will be a link on the right that says edit/create OpenID and  you will get a URL to use for your OpenID) to do that. it's really not that hard.
I was able to get right on with my aol OpenID URL without having to enable anything.

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my aunt asked me to dog sit thurs - sunday. I agreed of course. but now i remember big brother starts tomorrow. so this means i will barely be able to watch let alone screencap the feeds.
I barely use her computer while i am at her house. times like these i wish i had a laptop.
I need me a sugar daddy to hook me up with a laptop lol

yes i have. My Grandma Simon. when i was staying with her during the day she started choking and i had to heimleich her.

my cousin had her Graduation/birthday party at their lake house yesterday.
that was ... um well an event to put it mildly.
The day started out well we got there at like 3:30 maybe. left later than we wanted but oh well.
When we got there Helen, Chloe, and Emma were on the golfcart and wanted me to go with them. We had literally just pulled up and I wanted to say hello to everyone. So they left and I didn't see them for a long time. I went swimming in the lake. Hung out with my cousin Bryon and his girlfriend Allyson. on this huge raft thing my aunt bought.
Of course we ate. Heard it was going to rain... I was on the phone with a friend and he said that it wouldn't reach us for a couple hours or so so my cousin Caroline and I went back in the water for awhile.
I got out maybe 20 mins before it started to rain. I was sitting on the dock with Bryon, Caroline, and Allyson talking and we felt drops. We ended up going to sit on the boat. Sat out there for a loooong time took some great pics of the sunsetting.
There was some drama won't get into in this post... BUT I am sure I will throw a friends only post in and talk about it.
My Mom's dad was there (no this wasn't cause for the drama) but I didn't talk to him. Honestly I had planned on calling him Mr.M(fill in the rest of his last name) instead of calling him grandpa.
But he didn't say anything to me and I didn't say anything to him. I walked past him quite a few times.

The pic here was taken from the deck. my aunt's dock is the one on the right with the lights on it.

oh I have a few.
P.Y.T
The Girl is Mine
Human Nature
Dirty Diana
You Are Not Alone
Smooth Criminal
In the Closet
Remember The Time
The Lady in my life

I have to say the Thriller album and all the songs on it are still one of my very faves. I played that record like crazy when i got it.
I'll never forget when my mom gave it to me.
My parents had gone shopping and when they got home she had something for me. I opened it and ran to the record player and put it on.

today has been busy, it seems like this week is so busy and yet it's only Tuesday.. ok now it's Wednesday since it's almost 2:30am
Today I watched the kids. Liam was a holy terror. I had to help Chloee with her thank you cards that she needed to send to the people who went to her birthday party Saturday.
Well Liam I don't know if it's cus i had to spend time with Chloee and help her and he's used to getting my full attention since most times it's me and him in the afternoons. It also could have been that it was hot outside and we were cooped up inside the house.
Chloee had just bought a slinky today with a gift card she got from her birthday.... well Liam already ruined it while we were busy doing the cards.
 finally he settled a little bit then we finished the cards and went to watch Chloee's new scooby doo movies.
Hopefully thursday will be a little better.

Tonight mom and I had eye appointments. my prescription hasn't changed much and the doc said that my astigmatism has gotten better. so i am kinda jazzed about that. I mean i have worn glass/contacts since i was in first grade and usually the news is that my eyes have gotten worse.
Granted my eyes have not really changed much in the past 4 years at least... so that's good.
I didn't order contacts yet since the doc said there are new contacts out and she wants to try a pair or two before i commit to anything... which is good since the new contacts are made differently and she wants to see how my eyes react to them.
We also talked about macular degeneration which my maternal grandfather has and my mom's brother was diagnosed with a couple years ago. I am kinda worried about that. She said that my eyes looked great and to make sure i take a multivitamin and some omega 3 vitamins and to always always always wear sunglasses outside. UV from the sun is a contributor to macular degeneration.
Mom's prescription hasn't changed much either and she ordered new glasses. she wanted to make sure she gets them before mom and dad go on vacation so she can get used to them before she has to go back to work. the frames she picked out are really nice.

Then we went to dinner just stopped at portillo's since it's near the tanning salon. we had awhile to wait to go tan so we ended up shopping. i got a couple pairs of capri's shorts and some leggings. i have to say... the only reason i am glad they are bringing back some 80's fashions are the leggings finally the good leggings that i missed when the 80's were over. i LIVED in leggings back in the day. so i got 4 pairs they were on sale 2 for 15 bucks. I couldn't really find any tops i liked though so i only came home with one top. I really need some summer tops though. I hardly ever go shopping in the summer so most of my cute tops are longer sleeved.

then we went to tan.

tomorrow I think we are going to stop over at my brother's to visit with them. Haven't seen them much lately. I saw my SIL and the baby at the wedding shower last week but i didnt visit with them much since i was wandering talking to everyone.
Last i heard my brother and SIL and the baby were going camping this weekend but they aren't now or something so maybe they will go to the graduation party for my cousin up at my aunt's lake house.
I am kinda excited about the party. I am really thinking of swimming i LOVE to swim. which will be good since then i wont have to do makeup or hair since it'll just get ruined by the water anyway.

Ok this is kinda what's going on in my life this week. I am tired now so i think i might actually try to sleep... unless i get distracted by something and stay up lol

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“Hello everybody. I'm leaving a voice post because well you know our internet is out. We had massive storms today. Earlier today everything was fine. We had phone we had internet but it was a about I don't know a little after 7:00 that this huge huge storm blew through. I mean there was like you know wind and lightning and it was really scary for a minute and really it didn't last very long with the blowing and whatever but it knocked out our power for I don't know about 15 secs something like that but enough to knock out well everything out in the house. We had to redo all of the clocks and whatever but when it came back on our internet and the cable and our phone is all maxed out. So cos you know we have time to have triple play and since everything is together ___ cable and whatever usually we don't lose our TV. That's one thing we hardly ever lose. The internet and the cable are different story. Those sometimes do go out but we never lose our TV. Right now we have no TV and let me tell you it's freaking boring. I have to say it's like barely raining right now hopefully time cast will get their ass together and we'll have cable and internet and phone too and I will talk to you all later. Bye.” Auto-Transcribed Voice Post

the auto transcribe kinda sucks lol btw.

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so  i made a tumblr just for quotes i like.
lately it's been more love or break up kinda quotes but if something touches me i tend to post it here. If you know of any quotes that you think i'd like please tell me, post it here or email me or whatever.

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Where has the time gone?? I mean this year has gone by so fast.
I know i haven't written a bunch in awhile I blame twitter. BUT i really haven't had much to say.
Nothing much has been going on in my life.
The past two weeks we've had my brother's dogs here since they are on vacation.
I got the invite to my cousin's wedding shower (you all know how much i hate those) The wedding is in August.
 I really need to do laundry, I should be doing it today.. and I may end up doing it in a few. This week will be busy tomorrow and thursday i a going to be watching the kids but i'll have Evan too and Wed I have to go to my brothers to watch Evan since my brother has a side job going on, working with his friend painting.
So I should have new pics to share
oh crap i don't think i ever posted pics of my brother's wedding did i? whoops I need to do that too.
Mom and I are going to start tanning this week. So at least i will have some color.

Ok i am gonna start doing some laundry need some clean clothes. Gotta plan the wardrobe for the week.
have a GREAT week.

my last name was changed from the original spelling so anyone with my last name is related to me. So i have never met anyone with the same full name as i.

Yesterday was my nephew's christening.
I have pics i need to upload I wanted to get some of him in the christening gown since it's a family heirloom.
it's such a pretty dress. it was made out of my grandma and great aunt's communion gowns for my great uncle when he was being christened.
I have to say Evan was really good he really didnt cry even when he was getting goop on his head lol
he fussed a few times but he was pretty good.
the party was fun we had a great time. then after the party we went to my other brother's house to pick up the dogs since he and my sister in law left this morning for 2 weeks.
They are going to arizona and california. this is kinda their honeymoon. even though most of it will be spent with her family. it's still 13 days away from home work and all that stuff.
I am happy they left cus we get the poochies.
I miss these little boogers.
all 3 of them have colds so they are on medicine for that. They only have a few more days on it but to hear them cough makes me sad. I hate seeing the babies sick.
Oh yea yesterday at the party... kevin's dog Hershey she ended up eating brownies and even got cake. all of a sudden she came up from the basement and she had blue frosting on her chin. she also had some strudel. needless to say she got sick. frickin dog lol i love her but she can be a huge pain in the ass. i wish i would have gotten pics of her chin with the frosting on it. cus she came upstairs and was all like nothin happened lol

Hey everyone,
Yesterday was good. Yesterday was my 33rd birthday. By all miracles my one brother called me and wished me a happy birthday. My other brother was invited to have dinner here so he knew it was my birthday lol But he Gayle and Evan came over to dinner. Ev was a tad grumpy and cried. I have a nickname for him.  I call him Mr Serious since he always has a serious stern look on his face and i don't see him smile that often. I need to get him a t shirt made.
My parents went to iowa today they will not be home til monday tomorrow is their 34 anniversary. So i had my anniversary card and mother's day card for them before they left.
I am having myself an OC marathon. I am finishing season 4  then i am gonna watch them all over again. I've been watching the reruns on soapnet and they are just ending season 3 and starting season 4 but on tuesday i went and bought all 4 seasons on dvd since they were on sale for 18.99 for each season at best buy. I really wanted the face boxed set thing BUT... at 150 dollars it was out of my price range on tuesday ( ishould have waited cus i got some extra money for my birthday and could have bought it... honestly maybe i will and give the seasons i just bought to one of my younger cousins who likes the show... who knows)
Honestly this weekend I have no desire to remove myself from my bed. it's been kind of a long week had some drama to deal with. all is well now for the moment at least.
Did i ever tell you guys i had a tumblr account??? I dont know if any of you are on there but if you are i would LOVE to follow you there. i use mine mainly as a photo blog kind of thing i post lots of pictures and sometimes music stuff that i know if i kept posting here everyone would kill me lol
my main tumblr account is http://suburbanprincess.tumblr.com so feel free to check it out i have my sub tumblr accounts linked on the sidebar i have a few of them (i get bored and make new accounts it's a disease, i do it with everything.. emails, IM accounts, i can't freakin help myself)

I still have to upload pics from my brother Mike's wedding on april 25th for ya'll to see. i have been slacking hardcore. I did get some vids on youtube that i had taken so if  you want to see those (they are privately hosted) you need to be on my friendslist my SN over there is Anya1976 so friend me (just let me know you are from LJ and i'll add you, if your LJ and youtube names are different.
talk to you all soon

i have some mixed feelings about this one. at times i say yes absolutely but then i think if that was fate then someone or some higher power must really hate me lol

if you give me the option for zombies what do you think i am gonna pick????

i'm not really worried. I guess i treat it like every other flu season. I try to avoid those who are sick so i don't get sick. I don't want to be sick swine flu or regular flu.

Mom and i went to pick up her dress. they altered it for her at Von Maur. she tried it on again and it looks fabulous.
she bought these BEAUTIFUL earrings from Macy's they were half off but still really expensive. They will go so nicely with her dress I will have to try to take a pic of them. I doubt a pic will do them justice though. She's doing here hair partly up so her ears will be exposed. Instead of buying a necklace AND earrings she just got these earrings.
Since we were at macy's i hit lush i got aqua marina cleanser and vanillary solid perfume. i like having solid perfumes for casual days i can throw them in my purse and stuff i have a philosophy one pure grace that i should put in my purse but it's in my makeup bag that i don't take with me all the time. then i went to sephora since it was right across from macy's and i got korres primer. I am really trying to go more natural with my makeup and stuff i put on my face. the Korres stuff is silicone free and i have to say not that badly priced. I bought MUFE's all mat and it was 40 dollars for 1.01 fl oz and the Korres stuff is 28.00 for 1.01 fl oz. I want to try it before my brother's wedding just so i can see how I will like it.
I am doing my mom's makeup for the wedding so i need to figure out what i am doing on her. she's got that awesome formal gown I am thinking i want to do a smokey eye on her but I think i want to use a dark purple or something i want something besides using grey's.
we are staying the night at the hotel the night before the wedding so we are getting ready there so i will not have my full arsenal of stuff at my fingertips so i need to plan ahead. I might actually do a makeup tryout on her this week before thursday since we will probably be busy thursday night getting stuff ready for friday's rehersal and all that crap.
i am wearing a black white and red top soo my makeup options are kinda limited i will probably just do a smokey eye in browns. I will probably be bringng all my brushes since i am doin mom's makeup i don't wanna mix colors so i will need all the tools i can bring.
I also need to test to see if we can share the same foundation i think her skintone is close to mine. I do have a powder foundation in a tone a tad lighter than mine though so if worse comes to worse i can use a bit of that.my mom doesn't have oily skin like mine so she's lucky there and her makeup will stay put all day (especially with a primer under)
Mom wears glasses so i really do want her eyes to stand out even behind the frames. i hope she still has that longwearing lippie from kevin's wedding that will come in handy it's a neutral tone so it won't clash with anything.

ok i kinda rambled lol we also hit kohl's i ended up gettng a pair of flip flops and a pair of heels for the wedding. I was looking for a black pair but then these candy apple red shiney things hit my attention and OMG they are awesome.
they did not have an 8-1/2 i had to get a 9 which is a little bit too big but i am gonna buy insoles or whatever to try to make them fit a bit better. I think since i will be on my feet a lot having the larger size will kinda help.
I think i am gonna wear the red shoes friday night too I was gonna wear another pair of shoes but i am also wearing a black white and red top for the rehersal dinner and i think those pumps will look FABULOUS with my dark blue jeans and that top.
 I did take pics of my stuff i got tonight

this is seriously awesome.

My first post was a “Happy Easter” message

oh god i have so many.
I am probably showing my age but ATARI had some GREAT games. bowling, pinball, tank attack, space invaders, asteroids.
NES had some great games too super mario brothers, duck hunt, zelda omg loved zelda, Mike tyson's punch out
Gameboy was tetris OMG LOVE i even have it for my DS and DSi
Super NES had Fzero love that game, super mario brothers 3
we had sega too i just remember the sonic game oh god now i can't think of the game's name not sure if that was sega or NES but it had this horrible movie made from the game. I kicked total ass at that game

I didn't do close ups or anything but I will give you a breakdown.
Sorry for the crappy pic i took it after i got home
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ok  my brother got our plans for easter dinner changed now we are going out to dinner. I really wanted to stay at home it's nicer to visit in a house than at a restaurant. So shortly i need to get in the shower and start the tedious task of getting ready. (which takes me a couple of hours between hair and makeup and all that jazz)
I was looking forward to trying this cherry and port glaze for the ham we bought, and making homemade lasagna, but noooo now i need to get all dressed up and go out.
Normally I wouldnt mind i guess but Easter we usually do at home. I wanted to spend time with the baby cus as soon as the meal is done everyone goes home it's not like if we had dinner here. Heck i dion't even know if the Kevin and Gayle are gonna bring the baby with them.
So i probably won't have any new pics of the kid to show ya since I hate taking pics in a restaurant lol I always feel like a goob whipping out my camera.
Maybe if i do good makeup you will get a FOTD from me though i am trying new foundation well a sample i have of Make Up For Ever's HD foundation I need to see if i like this foundation so i can buy it before the wedding since i am sure i'll be in pics.
Well Happy Easter or whatever you celebrate :)

Ok.. this will take awhile to type. lol
wanted to see if i could get on lj w/my new dsi. i won`t be able to use it by kelly`s unless she lets me have the access for it.
but this is bad ass

hhm hard to pick just one, when i was a kid we'd go to daytona beach each year those were always great. I'd probably have to say my brother's wedding in colorado. now that was a fun vacation even though we were only there for 5 days. we did quite a bit and we did have a great time.

rather impatiently for the arrival of my ordered nintendo DSi.
I ordered it friday around 5pm i got an email it was shipped today I paid for one day shipping cus i want this bad boy. I paid almost 20 dollars for the faster shipping cus i figured what the hell lol
Supposedly i will get my dsi tuesday but i am thinking if it was shipped today and i did pay for the faster shipping i should have this bitch by monday.
Which would make my day. and then i'd have it by the time I watch the kids tuesday which would be awesome.
ok so of course i pre-ordered it and there were only two colors to choose from matte black and a matte bright blue i picked the black I probabably should have picked the blue huh. My ds now is pink cus i wanted to be different and have pink even though i am not a fan of pink.
I didn't really want to wait til they offered more colors cus i want the ds with the wifi access which will be cool
right now i have an extra 1 gig sd card which i can use with the dsi for now til i get a 2 gig just specifically for the dsi.
I will be sad about the not being able to play GBA games on it but i do still have my ds and my GBAsp I thought about giving my ds away but i dont think i really want to do that at this point. Just like i didn't give away my SP since i still have one old game boy game that i still do play.
I dont really want to give it away then want to use it to play my GBA games which i do have quite a few.

yes i generally will take off whatever it is i wore while out even jeans or whatever and put on my comfy lounge pants, yoga pants or something take off my bra and put whatever pj top or what i have been wearing to bed on

ok i am bored no doggies here now and it's just me home sooo since i've been playing with the panorama proggy thing. i thought i'd try it with some old pics i've taken. when we were in colorado for my brothers wedding.) these were the ones that came out the best

these two are the view from the balcony of the hotel room left side and right side (i couldn't get them to go the whole way i was missing an area from the front darn it) top is the left the bottom is the right side.





this one is from Peak 8 this is up from where my brother got married.. we took the chairlift up the mountain (you can see the chairlift we took on the left of the pic

ok was playing with the panorama setting again this time i got a better pic. this is the front of my house.
this cold weather sucks but granted we dodged a pretty nasty storm. out west and up north are kinda getting hammered with snow and we just got a dusting.
It's freakin cold out but it's supposed to warm up this week which will be good.

We had the doggies all weekend. I picked them up friday night and they are on their way back home now. I didn't get any pics cus i was too busy hanging out with them to go get my camera. I love those poochies.

I guess that would all depend if they are only reading my journal and not actually talking to me. Cus i've had lots going on lately my nephew being born, stuff with my dad, my other brother's upcoming wedding. it's been a tad busy for me lately. but they could always read old entries lol it's the main reason i tag them lol

first real unrequited love was Tom. Still think about him and wonder how and where he is.
First real true love was Nick.

lots have changed since i started here on LJ.
I have made some really awesome friends and i love all of you.
I just wanted to say thank you for being my friends on LJ and off cus I do think of you as real friends not just random people on the internet.
I know I may not say it often but you guys are wonderful. Thank you for being my friends.

updated brush pic can't see all of them in the brush roll and i forgot one of my foundation brushes but these are pretty much all my brushes minus a few mary kay ones and EL ones and a couple powder brushes that are really art brushes. my brush roll is pretty much full i have no more spaces in the slots i need another one. all brushes mainly MAC

if anyone has read any of my posts about my ex you know i give second chances and sometimes more depending on the person.
Depending on the situation yes. Some circumstances are are too dire to deserve second chances though but for the most part yes

i love spring weather as well as summer but i think my fave is warm days cooler nights.
warm enough to enjoy the beach or laying in the sun but nights cool enough to comfortably sleep with the windows open. I love windows being open. Lovely breezes blowing in the scent of the flowers.

i guess they are going to monitor these spots which the doc thinks are nothing
dad will need a colonoscopy every year to make sure nothing comes back.

maybe this is the scare dad needed to change his bad habits. and next time he has a colonoscopy he will actually finish the bottle of laxative so the docs can actually see if there is anything there.

no, not really.
i am just as outspoken BUT I sometimes bite my tongue more online than i do in real life.

no cus they know i would pinch them back and i pinch harder.

the last unicorn
the aristocats
Labyrinth
the pirate movie
the dark crystal

and yes i still love these movies i have them all on dvd except for the aristocats

wore the jeans i bought. well since they are "stretch" i guess i should have bought a size smaller. fucking stretch jeans wtf why oh why do all jeans have to be the stupid fucking stretch. can we go back to when jeans were actually fucking jeans???? i hate buying my size and they stretch the hell out and i should have bought the smaller size but when i try them on at the store the size MY size fits i don't try on the smaller size that probably won't fit in the 5 mins that i am trying on the jeans.

but i am not
chinchillas would not be quiet to let me sleep (their cages are in my room)
yep they both look to be going to sleep now WTF they have no plans today they don't need to be getting ready for a stupid wedding shower in about an hour.
I am pissed all i know is i will need to mainline some sort of caffeine. but the problem with that is i don't really like coffee. I will need some coffee sort of drink to make me stay awake well i guess this extra time to kinda figure out what makeup to use. since my shirt is brightly colored i guess i will do a neutral eye but i want to use pink lip and cheek colors in honor of what appears to be a lovely spring day.
I may be using my MAC well dressed blush and maybe i will use my MAC pearl blossom beauty powder I think 've maybe used it once. I want to use my yogamode beauty powder too but i may just use the pinky one i need to brighten up my face especially if i have had no sleep.
makeup do not fail me now. I only have one concealer too and i generally don't use it. hopefully it's good enough to cover what i need to be covered.
i need to look awake
I wouldnt count on a FOTD especially with no sleep

Watched the kids. Chloee was home from school again and Matt (my brother's friend) was over at kelly's painting their bedrooms.
Kelly and Bill switched rooms now that the other two kids are getting their own rooms. Well the doorknob for that room was not good.
Matt had locked himself in that room so the kids couldnt come in while he was painting. WELL... he couldn't get out.
the doorknob pretty much broke so we spent like 20 mins trying to get him out with just the knob he ended up having to take the hinges off the door and take the whole door off.
so that made the day more fun
Chloee slept most of the time i was there since she was sick and I spent most of the time trying to keep Liam from getting in Matt's way cus believe me he wanted to help matt and watch matt the whole time.
Then i went over to my brother's house. We had tried to print these gift tag things for the party favors here but they weren't turning out.... my mom thought well maybe it's our printer. I went to my brother's after kelly's house and we couldn't get it to work there either.
The label on these tags say "easy as 1,2,3. Um yea right these things are hard as hell to print.
So at least i got to see my little nephew he wasnt in a great mood when i was there so i didn't take new pics. He's getting so big. His christening is May 17th. By the time i was leaving he had eaten again cus the first time he didn't eat much and was crabby cus he was hungry he was sleeping.
I am so tired today i was busy running around after Liam pretty much all afternoon.

I know i have answered this question here before at least 2 other times.

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mom and i went shopping she got a dress for sunday's shower i just got a top to wear with my black dress pants(it looks better on than in this pic lol) but now i need to figure out what makeup to do


this is another shirt i got
looove it

and in another color


I got a pair of jeans so far they are awesome but since all denim seems to be this stretch shit the jury is out on them til after i wear them. I just wish i could afford a couple more pairs cus i tried them on and they are awesome well so far lol i'll have to see if they totally stretch out while being worn. the other thing with jeans is i find a pair i like and the next time i go buy jeans the kind i liked are now nowhere to be found so i have to start all over again.
I'd wear them tomorrow but they stink so i need to wash them first.

the doc called. he didn't tell me this afternoon for some reason but he called my brothers. I heard from my mom.
He has 3 small spots on his liver. they the will treat with chemo and they said that should take care of them.
but this stil makes me nervous. I guess  he's gonna see if the doc calls him to see this one specialist or something but if they don't call by friday he's calling to make the appointment. I just hope that this isn't the beginning of something bad. That once they do the chemo he'll be fine. So keep good thoughts his way.

did the vases tonight for the shower
Mom wants to know what everyone thinks of them

pic is scaled down so click for larger




ok we also did a prototype for the shower favor the netting circles we bought were too small so we had to improvise
there will be a tag added with a saying on one side and their names and the date of their wedding on the other but that wasn't printed out yet this is just a trial run
also scaled down click for larger