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Here are the Halloween pics!!
:-)
Enjoy!
Jaime was a witch! Cute, huh?
Halloween was nice this year...so pretty out! It was warm enough the kids didn't need a jacket...but on the down side...so many houses weren't giving out candy...can we say recession? Blech!
The kids barely noticed and had a blast! :-)
Which, in the end, is what matters....I am not a Halloween fan, it's all about the kids, for me.
Jaime got to be in the parade today!
Niki is leading a girl scout troop again this year and because Jaime was in the troop last year, she said Jaime could march with them. Yay!!! Jaime was THRILLED!
We (me, Zak, Rick, mom and Ben) all went to watch the girls and Niki in the parade...well, and to see the parade.. We watched at the end of the parade route and when they walked by us, Jaime was waving her flag and prancing around and having a blast. It was adorable!
Niki told us that at the beginning of the parade, Jaime was trying to get all the girls to line up and march, right. LOL That's Jaime for you, little director that she is. LOL ! Cracked me up and I wish I could have seen it. Niki said they were doing really good but the troop in front of them kept stopping and they had a dog with them (nice, huh??) that kept getting tangled up with Niki's girls. But what we did see was fun enough.....:-)
Here's a bunch of pics.....yes, I know I still haven't posted the Halloween pics...I have them uploaded and I"ll post them tonight or tomorrow...yeah, yeah, yeah...famous last words. HONESTLY...this time...I really will do it! For now, enjoy these!
how CUTE is she??? I love it!
Gabby was on the other side, so you can't really see her :-( but you can see Jaime and Niki in this one.
Sistah with her troop! :-)
Halloween pics WILL be up later or tomorrow....
Bon Jovi's new album is out today and I am PSYCHED.
Shelly and I are meeting up down in Fitchburg to go get it, together.
We haven't done this in YEARS..anticipated a new album and then went and bought it together the day it came out...haven't done it since I went to Alaska....it's been that long.
I so can't wait! We are gonna have such a blast! AND it's supposed to be nice out.....AND we're gonna cruise...the way we always did.....SO. MUCH. FUN.!!
AND THEN....
I get to come home with it and do my "review" for J.....which, we all know, is one of my favorite parts of a new album. I love comparing our reviews...love seeing what she likes....arggghhh! I just so love, love, LOVE every part of that.....
As excited as I am to go get the album with Shelly, I am even more excited to get home with it and sit with my headphones and do my review....and then read J's!
I so love a "new album day!"
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Zak and I are walking at around lunchtime....
I have been working out, trying to get rid of this stupid weight....
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Anyway....we're walking outside instead of in the gym because it is BEAUTIFUL outside.....blue sky, brilliant sunshine and almost 70 degrees. Yes, you read that right...70 DEGREES!!! Freakin' LOVE it....
ANYWAY.....boy, I get sidetracked easy, huh?....
We're walking and at a point there is no sidewalk, so we are single file. I take the front and as we're walking, I yell back to him..
"Hey babe, can you see my underwear lines?" (HUGE pet peeve...hate underwear lines...)
"No.." he answers.
"Is my ass jiggling all nasty like?" I ask...
"No.." he answers.
"Do I look fat?" I ask..
"No..." he says again
"Do I look chubby?" I ask...
"Nope..." he says...
"What the fuck am I out here walking for then???" I yell...
Right????
LOL
Good man that he is answered that question with..."So you can stay lookin' as gorgeous as you do!"
I love that man!
LOL
I got a new client on Etsy and I am thrilled, to say the least! LOL
I have to do some writing for her web page and create a business name and tag line for her business.
My first time being hired to do this and I am anxious to see how I do with it.
I have thought of countless business names and tag lines for my own "ideas"
I have never done it for someone else, let alone a paying client.....so we'll see!
I always say how good I am at coming up with names and tag lines....time to prove it!!!
So that's what I'll be spending today doing, until football....actually, I'll probably work on some of the stuff for my first client, too.
Man, oh man....how I LOVE writing that.
How cool is that?
I can't wait until it's "normal" and I don't get so damn excited......LOL !!!!!
Halloween pics will be up later today!
I have said, for as long as I can remember, it's all in how you present things.
Everything from gifts to dinner....present it how you want it to feel and it'll work.
Seriously....I can turn hot dogs, beans and cornbread into an elegant dinner in a minute....and I do. Because I am all about presentation! Plus, when I DO make hot dogs, beans and cornbread for dinner, I feel like the lamest mom and wife on the planet, so I have to do something to make it feel big. LOL !
So I'm on Etsy this am (duh....I swear if I could crawl through the computer screen and live there, I would, at this point....) and I check my email and see that I've gotten an Etsy newsletter. (Yay! Love those things! ) And it's got stuff about packaging. And I come across a link to this....
After I wipe the drool off my face, I stare mesmerized and think...... I. am. in. love. For real.
What a great idea for a group and how inspiring is this? There are some FANTASTIC ideas for gift card packing in there! Really look through it and you'll see.....
I love giving gift cards for a gift and I love getting them. It truly is a brilliant gift. But it is so not NEARLY as fun as ripping open a present is. Not even close. And I hate that. I'm a suspense person. I LIVE for surprises and suspense and presents. It is truly one of life's greatest joys, tearing into a gift and wondering what's inside. Or watching someone tear into a gift YOU gave and just anticipating their reaction.....such an awesome feeling, either way!
Opening a gift card envelope is so just...I don't know....boring! It really doesn't give you the same feeling as tearing open a gift does. Be it giving OR receiving....it's just not the same. So because of this, I have always tried to make giving gift cards really fun.
For instance....one year I gave out movie cards to a few people. So I ordered some movie reel tins and got some instant popcorn....threw the gift card in the tin and a package of the popcorn and wrapped the tin.
I've given coffee gift cards before and I will pick up a pretty coffee mug and put the card inside it and wrap it....
There's just a couple of examples...but it's so not expensive and it's not difficult at all to come up with a creative, inexpensive idea to make your gift card more fun to open. I love doing it and between iparty and the craft stores....you can think of a million different fun and creative ways to wrap a gift card!
Maybe I'll write an ebook about it. Creative gift card wrapping ideas.
Hmmmm.......would you buy it? Do people really care about this stuff or am I just a dork?
I think it'd be FUN. I think I just might do that......
And I think EVERYONE should make it a goal this year to come up with the most original and fun way to wrap their gift cards!!!!
I realized a little something about myself last night.....
I'd rather hate you, than need you, when the feeling is not mutual....
I can't feel like I"m constantly the one needing someone else and then never feeling like that "need" is reciprocated. Can't do it. Won't do it.
I always say it takes a lot to get in, with me. And it does..it's true. But once you are IN....it is equally as hard to get back out! You can burn me, hurt me, break my heart five thousand times and I don't kick your ass (even though I SHOULD) to the curb. When it comes to people I love, I believe in 10,000 second chances.
But apparently....you CAN'T not need me, need something only I can give you or something that you can only get from me. At least once in awhile.....
You just can't.
Well, you can.....but this is what you wind up with.
It's so much easier to hate you than love you.....
so. much. easier.
Check it out!!!!
Scroll down and see where it says 19 items for sale...and then it says...1 sale.
ONE SALE!!
I GOT A SALE!!!!
If she is happy with what I wrote and uses it, I will link you to the site and description.
I've finished the description she ordered and I am SO nervous, waiting to hear back from her.
Realistically, I know you can't please everyone, all the time....but I really, really want my first "job" to go well!!! LOL
I want her to love what I wrote and be so happy she hired me and not have to do a bunch of revisions.
But if she's not....I WILL NOT get down on myself and spend the day convincing myself that I am a sucky writer and why am I even TRYING to do this.....nope, I will NOT do that. I will call it a learning experience and move on.
LOL !!!!
But really, I just want her to LOVE WHAT I WRITE! LOL
I am so proud of me and SO excited!!!!!
I am a WRITER....a paid writer!
I am a business owner, with my very first sale!
I love this day!!!!!
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Okay folks....here it comes.
We are 18 days away from a new Bon Jovi album....
We are ONE day away from the documentary.....
I have surpassed excited and am now sailing somewhere close to cloud nine, getting ready to land on it, tomorrow night!!!! And you're coming along for the ride..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL
Here's a couple of links for you to check out...
10 minute preview of the documentary.....
(can I just say now that if this man buys an NFL team, I am gonna the happiest girl in the world!!!! LOL)
AND...oh, you are just gonna love me for this.....go ahead, you can tell me how freakin' awesome I am....ha! ...snippets to all the new songs.....
The Circle
I CAN'T WAIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARRRRGGHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL
Enjoy!
As everyone who knows me well, knows.....I have never met one of my best friends, face to face.
We met on the internet, a Bon Jovi message board, to be exact, and we just immediately clicked.
We have called each other soulmates....and I really believe it, with her.
I know I was meant to meet her, I know she was meant to be in my life....
We all have had things in our childhood that affect us.
Good and bad things affecting us in good and bad ways.
I had an issue from childhood that had the potential to really own me, to control me and I was on the edge...not quite sure....was I going to let it control me? Or was I going to control it? Not sure if I was strong enough to not let it control me...just all kinds of thinking going on in my head, at the time.....
And then I met her.....who had went through the same exact thing I did. And I couldn't believe it. I felt like I was hearing my story come out of someone else's mouth...and with meeting her, came the strength to realize I wasn't going to let this thing define me or control me. And I have never looked back....from that moment on I have always looked back on this issue in a very matter of fact way...and with no regrets. Because for better or for worse, that issue has made me who I am. J brought me that....it is something she gave me that I honestly don't believe anyone else ever could. Hence, why I call her my soulmate....my meeting her really did have a profound impact on my life, bigger than almost any other one person in my life. It truly changed my path....and I believe it was meant to happen.
That and the fact that she idolized Bon Jovi the way I did.....hell, she was even worse than me...!!!
So we've always shared that and that has always been our bonding thing....it's not the only thing, mind you, but of course, it's been a huge thing in our relationship.
Now everyone who knows me, also knows that J and I have made FIVE THOUSAND damn plans to meet! Something always happens...something always falls through. It is SERIOUSLY annoying. Zak and me and the kids are supposed to go in November...right after Thanksgiving..I"m not even gonna talk about it right now because I want it so bad and if it doesn't happen I'm gonna be so pissed off it's not even funny. LOL ANYWAY....
J and I are looking over the tour dates because they are putting out a new album November 10th and they are touring for it. (Of course! ) And we decide we are going to see them in May. When they play the new Giants stadium, which is their "homecoming" show. Whenever they play Giants stadium, they consider that "home". So needless to say, I am beyond excited. Jumping and down...breathless...can't believe...and can't friggin' wait.....just so thrilled.
So then later, J and I are talking on im. And she comments that she can't believe the thing that brought us together, we are now going to get to go see...live. And both of us are feeling pretty awestruck and sentimental about it and just talking and then J comments that it is like it's come full circle, our relationship....and I see the words on im and I gasp. Literally gasp. I tell her "J....full circle. The album name....The Circle.....OMG, WE ARE SO GOING TO SEE THEM THIS SHOW!!!! " LOL
in that instant, I knew it.
I know it.
It's meant to be.
It's fate.
and I can't wait.,,..:-)
