V@l3nt!n3's D@y!!

So Valentines Day is special to both Sean and I but we really feel that this holiday is really overrated. Sean proposed to me on Valenitnes Day back in 2005. So we chose to take it easy and cheap on this holiday. So the only thing i asked for was flowers that arent roses and i get to pick them out.

Me with all my bouquets of random flowers

My orchid....

My pink tulips

my purple tulips...

And these are my absolute favorite flowers of all time. I really have no idea what kind they are but they last forever. How they show they are dying is the bottom layer of petals just start to fade and slowly turn brown but i found a way to make these last at least 2 weeks. I will just pluck the petals that are wilting and the center and other petals look like its a fresh flower still. The only place i have seen these is at the Wal-Mart Market Place and they are only $2.50. I love these. I try to atleast have one set of these flowers in a mason jar everyweek for my tutoring room. That room is so blah and grey that i need some girly color and flowers do just fine.

So after a day of tutoring and just plain taking it easy we ate at a fabulous restaurant called "CAFE MIX". It is a greek restaurant that has great gyro's. Its located on the corner of McKellips and Greenfield by the Jamba Juice and WaMU. i really suggest you all try it if you like mediterranian food. As we were getting ready to leave the chick that regularly greets you when you arrive gave all the ladies at the restaurant a rose when they were leaving. What a special treat on this holiday.

Catch up on what you missed!

Hey All this is for those of you who couldnt make it to our Sycamore trip Saturday January 24th 2009. Enjoy...

And more fun..

And The finish.....

Your license plate 'holder' must not cover up the word 'Arizona'!

Your license plate 'holder' must not cover up the word 'Arizona'!
No one wants a $130.00 ticket. They will give no warning!!!

Do you know about this new AZ law?
Everyone please read carefully! This new law takes effect Jan 1, 2009. Please understand you can have a license plate frame holder as long as it doesn't cover the word Arizona on the top your license plate. If the license plate frame holder covers the word Arizona, you'll receive from the nice police officer a $130.00 ticket!

This is your responsibility as privileged Arizona drivers to know new motor vehicle laws - the state doesn't send out mailings. For more info on new motor vehicle laws click on the link below. So if you have a frame holder that covers the word Arizona on your license plate remove it before Jan 1, 2009 and replace it with one that doesn't cover "Arizona".

Please forward/pass along to all you know in Arizona.
http://www.azdot.gov/mvd/WhatsNew/whatsnew_2009.asp

License Plate Holder Law - State law* requires that the state name at the top of Arizona license plates must be visible. Any license plate holder or cover that prevents the license plate from being clearly legible is in violation of this new law. * A.R.S. 28-2354(B.)

Havin a blast at Sycamore

damn computer

So my computer crashed. its only 2 years old and i will proably be losing all my pics and my business files. Say a prayer that all my memory will be saved.

strange request

I need a new affirmation. Anyone have a really neat one? I want to try something new, some positive thinking or a mantra even. I want to be inspired by something.

I'm definately going to be in a house by May of this year. That gives us plenty of time to search,scrimp and save. So i guess that will be my new affirmation, that great cheap houses will start to flow our way. I'm sending the good energy out there. I kinda sound out there. Its worth a shot.

whew.....

well some good news and bad news. Sean and i went to check the house out to see what we needed to buy for the house before the inspection and we just got to thinkin out loud. Well after talking it over we decided that buying this house wasnt the best dicision for us. So no moving for us at least for the next 2 or 3 months. We definatly need to be taking our time and making sure the house we pick is one we are 100% happy with.
So we're still house hunting but a litle more seiously and a lot more effort into buy THE right house for us for at least the next 5 years.

Guess Not.....

Hey Wait i guess i didnt cut my hair! its just a wig, and here is Annie with the same one on! She is so cute as a red hed too!

OOPS!

Never did i think i would chop my hair to this length again. But Red? really i know it fits me, cuz well i am Irish. What do you think? Hot or Not?!

New News!

New Year, new news.

Sean and I got a house! Sean and I have been house hunting for about a month now and have great friends that have been helping us with this new procedure that we definitely have no clue how to do.



Well each Saturday Sean and I set out to at least look at 4 or 5 houses. The last Saturday we were out we definitely found 2 houses that we would love to buy and even in our price range. There are always goods and bads to every house we have looked at, the bads have been BAD though. Especially the colors these people put on their walls, they have got to be lacking style first thing. Alot of them have been foreclosers which is great for us but then can you imagine the repair that needs to be done these houses.

Sean and I are not in the position to take up a project home, we have family members that we could use as resources because I do have some very talented members of my family that would help with repairs. BUT i don't want to!

Okay to get back to the last house we were going to see, it was getting dark, maybe about 10 minutes of daylight left and these forcloser houses don't have power left in them. So it was dark by the time we got our foot in the front door and so our realtor and I were using our cell phones as flashlights. That of course doesn't give us the best idea of what it looks like, but from what we can see, we LOVE!



Not too many repairs on this house so far, the biggest fix would be buying a sliding glass door. So we take a peek in the back yard, nice and large and a pool. Now pool yes that would be nice to have but I'm not gunna jump for joy because I have already had cancer, skin cancer doesn't need to be another trial in our lives. So everyone please leave your comments about the price of the maintenance of keeping a pool up to a minimum. We already know the pros and con's. Its not like we HAVE to have it filled, at least not till were making millions.

So anyways, back to us still checking the house out, we were checking out the bedrooms and a weird little spare room off to the side of the house, we flipped the light switch and guess what?! Yup there was power on, so this made the nit picking of the house a whole hell of a lot easier.

Little things that have happened to us when looking for a rental and a house have for some reason always worked out in our favor. Or it really could just be we have a realtor that brings us great luck.

Well counter offer after counter offer, we have agreed on a price and now the process is in order.

I cant wait to have keys to our own house that will NOT have red freakin walls. I kinda liked the red walls till it was in every ugly house we looked at and even in the rental we are in now.