To Do: Want

I want these. They are on sale for $49. 

To Do: Wish

I have been wanting one of these for a long long time. 

These are only $8

Plus, take some time and look around Lulus

Just DONT buy theses!!

To Do: Storm

I want the new Blackberry Storm. 

To Do: Tour

Sorry I haven't been around here blogging. 

My best friend Jenna has been in town and I have been touring DC with her. 

We saw a little bit of everything. And laughed about it all the way. 

Here are some highlights...

FDR Memorial

"I Have A Dream" @ the Lincoln Memorial

To Do: Review

So, I have been looking for a good brow pencil. 

If you are looking for anything, check out Allure's Master List. 

To Do: Blush

I wanna try this. 

In Dusty Rose. :)

To Do: Get Excited!!!

My hottie BFF, The Beav, is coming to DC on Saturday. 

I am sooo excited. 

And as Jenna says in her own crude language "you better wear two pairs of underpants." 

stand by for pictures. 

To Do: Remember Arizona

Haha, I jacked this from Facebook. 

You know you are from Arizona when...

You notice your car overheating before you drive it.

You no longer associate bridges or rivers with water.

You can hear the weather forecast of 115 degrees without flinching.

You can be in the snow, then drive for an hour...and it will be over 100 degrees.

You discover, in July it only takes two fingers to drive your car, because your steering wheel is so hot.

You run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.

The best parking is determined by shade.....not distance.

You realize that "Valley Fever" isn't a disco dance.

You can make sun tea instantly.

Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.

It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation and yet all the streets are totally empty of both cars and people.

You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

Sunscreen is sold year round and kept right at the checkout counter.

You put on fresh sunscreen just to go check the mail box.

Some fools will market mini-misters for joggers and some other fools will actually buy them. Worse.....some fools actually try to jog.

You can pronounce Saguaro, Tempe, San Xavier, Canyon de Chelly, Mogollon Rim, Cholla, Gila and Tucson.

You can understand the reason for a town named "Why"

You can fry an egg on the hood of a car in the morning.

You know hot air balloons can't rise because the air temperature is hotter than the air inside the balloon.

You see two trees fighting over a dog.

You can say "Hohokam" and people don't think you're laughing funny.

You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River

You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves

You hear people say "but it's a dry heat!"

You buy salsa by the gallon.

Your Christmas decorations include sand and l00 paper bags.

You think a red light is merely a suggestion.

All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April.

You think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever.

Most of the restaurants in town have the first name "El" or "Los."

You think 60 tons of crushed red rock makes a beautiful yard.

Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof.

Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.

Most homes have more firearms than people.

Kids ask, "What's a mosquito?"

People who have black cars or black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out of-state or nuts.

You know better than to get into a car with leather seats if you're wearing shorts.

You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds.

You take rain dances seriously.

When a rainy day puts you in a good mood.

When you drive two miles around a parking lot looking for a shady place - even in the dead of winter.

You feed your chickens ice cubes to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.

You "hug" a cactus only once in your lifetime.


When you have to look up "mass transit" in the dictionary.

A hundred ten in the shade is sorta hot, but you don't have to shovel it off your driveway.

A haboob happens.

Petrified doesn't mean scared.

The temperature drops below 95, you feel a bit chilly.

You've lived in AZ your whole life and have never been to the Grand Canyon

You would give anything to be able to splash cold water on your face.

You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.

You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.

You realize that snowbirds aren't really birds at all, but just really bad out of state drivers that you learn to hate

There are only two temperatures, hot and hotter

Even thinking about not having air conditioning makes you sweat

You travel out of state and any sort of humidity nearly kills you

You have no idea why 48 other states (Hawaii doesn't do it either) insist on changing their clocks twice a year for this thing called "daylight savings time"

To Do: Forget Cupcakes

Haha. 

this made me laugh. from here. 

To Do: Remember

from here. 

To Do: Quote

I may rename my blog "Confessions of a Jobless Workaholic" since that is how I have been feeling recently. 

Still no news. Just a lot of irons in the fire. 

Oh well. 

Anyhow, I fell pretty far down in the dumps last Monday. I was sick, got back news on a job and took it all out on The Dude. 

Then I turned it all around and had a really great week. 

I haven't stopped since then. In fact, I was starting t get annoyed with how busy I have been and I wanted some time to catch up on things. 

I had nothing to do today until... well... 6pm {45mins from now}

I woke up, made breakfast, started watching a show on tv and then started to get down in the dumps again. 

I emotionally smacked myself. Here I have been looking forward to having nothing to do today all week and now that it comes I get down about it. What? 

So I turned OFF the TV {aka The Root Of All Evil}. 

Then I turned on some tunes and decided that I was going to get everything on my To Do List done today! And I pretty much did!!

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I also threw on some tan snake skin heels, dark jeans, a plain white cotton deep v-neck t-shirt, my long cream-colored trench coat, some bangles and some blush and headed out the door to run errands. 

{i normally wear black athletic pants to run errands}

It turned around my whole day. I looked like a million bucks and I felt so much better. 

It made me think of one fab lady. 

“I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.”

Coco Chanel

To Do: Laugh

here. 

Luenell cracks me up. 

This is crude but it makes me and my friend The Beav laugh. 

Seriously don't watch this if you aren't ready for Rated R

To Do: Raise Money

Decorno is always good for a laugh {oh, and decorating tips} but I loved her post today about KIVA. 

Help Ikrom get a cow!!!

KIVA helps people in developing countries raise money/loans for their businesses. How awesome is the internet. 

If I was able to give money right now. I would. But, oh yeah, I don't have a job. 

{please ignore the post a few down talking about the shoes that I just bought. not related to me not having a job and complaining about how I can't donate money to people who really need it. thx.}

To Do: Write Postcards

{picture by me, I know, I total first. this is seriously my messy night stand and I apologize from taking such a quick lame photo.}

So, I grew up with a group of crazy Mormon boys in my small town in Arizona. 

1 - One is married and has a beautiful wife and baby.

{you can see more here}

2 - One moved to Phoenix or something. {I randomly ran into him at a party in college but thats really the last time I heard from him.}

3 - One got into drugs or something and fell of the face of the earth. 

4 - One is on his Mission. 

5 - One is at Marine boot camp. 

Point is, I am closer to boys One, Four, and Five. 

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Since Four and Five are away and can't use their phones/email I get to write them cards. 

I went to a cute local/neighborhood store 

               {Groovy DC}

to pick up some postcards to send to my boys. 

I soon realized that the cards that one would send to a guy on his Mission are NOT the same cards that you would send to a guy in boot camp. 

#4's cards are all of DC and the monuments. Pretty nice things. 

#5's cards are mostly titty cards. pin-up girls and such. 

:)

ps- The Dude reminds me of these boys. thats why I sorta like him. :)

To Do: Shopping

Okay, thanks for the feedback. 

I really do want to get a white canvas Jack Purcell. 

But I also just bought these. 

I think they are pretty cute. casual, but not a flip flop. 

I hope I like them. Something new. Something shiny. 

We will see. 

I NEED HELP!!

A - I wants CHEAP old aviator sunglasses ASAP. Where in DC/online can I get some???

B - I need some cute/casual weekend shoes. I want something that is comfortable but still makes me look put together. What do you all wear? I was thinking some Jack Purcells?

C - I also am looking for a cute khaki skirt for both work and play. 

Please help me with some comments. 

To Do: Style Like Mrs. O

I like Mrs. Obama's belt here. A lot. I never knew that a clear plastic belt could be so chic. 

Props. 

I don't like how much Oprah's head is up Mrs. O's ass. 

I just like this picture because the other dude in it (yeah, the one on the left. no the far left.) is a good friend of mine. He is also the Chief Usher of the White House. Props Admiral. 

All from here. 

To Do: Be Thankful

Today I am thankful for the Gays. 

What does a relationship need to put a little spark back into it? A gay guy to fantasize about The Dude. 

Here is what happened:

A local guy (we will call him Be Gay Al) asked a friend of mine for the name of that Marine that looks like Josh Hartnett. He said that he had the biggest crush on him and wanted to know his name. So my friend asks me for The Dude's first name (since the other Marine/friend only knew his last name - its a Marine/Military thing)

Anyhow my friend tells me about it (and Big Gay Al trys to add The Dude as a friend on Facebook). The only time I met Big Gay Al was when I looked like a total Roseanne. So he was shocked to hear that this grubby girl was dating his fantasy. It made me happy (since I know I don't always look that grubby.)

So thanks Big Gay Al, you made me like The Dude so much more. 

In fact, I woke up early today and made The Dude fresh blueberry pancakes and bacon so that I could bring him breakfast in bed. Thankfully he woke up right before I brought it into him... since I had just burnt the bacon and it set off every fire alarm in my house. Awesome.