And we are off...

see you all in a week.  I will try and take some fablous pictures of Chicago.... and Emily's excitement by all the "Brown Bags"!  :)  {I.Love.Bloomingdale's!  Can't afford it but LOVE it!}

Vaca Awaits!

Wow, I can't believe my last post was the 20th.  Anyway, I won't be posting for a while... going on the yearly girls trip to Chicago.  Can't wait for tomorrow!  See you in a week with some awesome pictures.

A tanning plateau

Is it possible to lose tanning ability with age?  When I was younger, teenage years through my 20's, I had no problem baking in the sun. I would lay out for hours and come in with a nice bronze hue.  Occasionally, a few "red" tans would appear {yes I see a dermatologist},  but they would always turn bronze in a day or two. And I would tan evenly. Arms and legs at the same time. But now, this is how I tan:

 Give me a break! I can't tell if that's my leg or the carpeting.  :)  

Stitches are out... Nugget is free.

Took Nugget to the vet today for one last visit.  Her stitches were removed and she is a free dog.  The first thing she did was promptly lick her leg where the stitches were.  It reminded me of someone getting their cast off and scratching their arm with relief.  To celebrate... she wanted to play fetch... in 100 degree heat.  So we threw the ball twice.  This was the best shot.

Payday... and now it's gone!

I always love payday... I mean who doesn't.  But it is also bittersweet.  In the morning, you check the bank balance and become all happy, seeing that nice sum appear. You adjust your register and head out for your weekly errands.  After dinner and dessert {I mean it is payday after all} you come home full and content.  Then you remember you have to pay your bills.  You pull out your bill folder, log into your bank's website, and if you are like me, your online budget tracker and click away.  Click after click your bills are being paid and that lovely sum of money that was there in the morning is looking more like the bottom of the chip bag... almost empty.  Ahh, payday... can't wait for your return.

(yes this is a repeat picture but paying the bills really doesn't look any different this time around. ;)

Happiness is...

spending the morning hours with your hubby at your favorite store.  That's right ladies, my husband spent the morning with me shopping at Archiver's.  I know some of my friend's husbands wouldn't be caught dead hanging out in a craft store, but not Dan.  He knows how much I love to craft and scrapbook and went in with an open mind and didn't even bat an eye at the total at checkout.  Thank you honey!  Of course I had to treat him to lunch, but that's a small price to pay for my new loot.  :)

Christmas in July

It is so hot here in Nebraska that I decided to do a little winter dreaming and get a head start on my Christmas cards.  I bought a grab bag from SU! and in it is was a simply card kit for Christmas.  {Lucky me!} 6 cards down, 44 to go.  :) 

Will not scan

I really love technology when it's working.  However, when something goes wrong, it really puts a damper on my love for it.  Take my all in one printer,  {please?!} it has been scanning, printing and doing everything I ask of it since we purchased it 2 years ago.  Until today. What do you mean, can't scan because it doesn't have usb connection? Umm, the cord is right there, I see it connected to the printer and the computer, as it has been for said 2 years. Tried my own troubleshooting of unplugging it, reattaching the cords, restarting the computer and printer; still no luck. Went to online troubleshooting.  Followed all 4 steps as outlined. Still no luck. {getting ready to throw printer out window}   Before exiting page, saw a little tiny box, with very small print on the bottom of page saying if you installed the new mac OS the scan driver isn't supported anymore and you have to use the OS system its self to work around it.  Forgive me.... but... SHOULDN'T THAT BE THE FIRST THING IT SHOWS YOU?! So after an hour of messing with it, I finally have it working.  On to uploading my picture for today... camera won't turn on, what's the deal, I just used it.  Dead battery.  GRR!

A Post-op Nugget

Our Nugget had a little surgery today to remove a large wart on her leg. {if you remember, she bit some if it off a few weeks ago} I am so amazed at how happy she looks and all the energy she has.  Must be the meds!  Also thankful, at least for now, that she doesn't need to wear the "cone of shame". Hopefully she will make it the next 10 days without it. 

Still feel unbalanced

A day after the not guilty verdict was handed down for Casey Anthony, life still feels unbalanced.  The jury of her peers found that they had reasonable doubt that she didn't kill her 2 year old daughter because there was no DNA proof.  Sometimes there isn't DNA proof, sometimes you have to look past that and examine the whole case.  She was a liar, a party girl and someone who needed to be in the spotlight, but wasn't anymore because of her daughter. The big smoking gun for me was that fact that she, Casey, waited 31 days to tell anyone that Caylee was missing.  31 days.  How could a mom do that? Heck my kids are 5 minutes late on curfew and I am thinking something happened.  God's justice will prevail, has too.

Happy 4th of July!!

My fireworks setting on my camera kinds works I guess.  Either way... Happy 4th of July!! Hope all are having a wonderful day full of good bar-b-que, tasty spirits and lots of fireworks!!