i've been on the computer all night loading stuff on my laptop. i bought this laptop in September and i have not added all the stuff that i use on this. i just added my handycam software and was able to load all my videos that i had saved. hopefully, my laptop does not crash because i have not burned them to discs yet. well, from what i read from my last post i was trying to look for some good foundation. i think i have found it. it is very expensive, but is worth it. i ended up getting MAC studio fix fluid. it is such a wonderful product. it is best applied with a MAC 190 brush. i also bought the blot powder. the two works miracles for my face. it minimizes my pores and makes my face almost flawless. since i was at MAC shopping i also picked up some eyeshadow. i don't remember all the names, but i picked up espresso, down brown, expensive pink, trax and well, i don't remember the rest. i really like trax. i sound obsessed with makeup huh? well, i am. i got rid of one addiction and turned onto another. it is so sad, but oh so true for me.
my dad came down to phoenix for the high school state playoffs. it was really nice seeing the whole family again. i took some video clips of the girls when they were practicing. i will leave you with a little clip to watch. please do not make fun of my video editing skills. this is actually my second time editing a video. good night for now!




**** EDIT***** I exchanged the MAC 190 brush for the MAC 187. Great investment and flawless coverage!

I was up since 4:30 this morning. I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep, so i've been surfing the net. I am becoming very obcessed with makeup, makeup brushes & accessories. It is becoming ridiculous. I am now eyeing the shu eumera eye lash curler. I hear so much great reviews about this curler. i think I know why i am up this early, it is because my husband is at work today and my intentions is to sneak off to sephora and see what I could buy. hehehe....I actually want to look for a really good foundation. I have such oily skin in my t-zone area and so far what helps is using the smash box face primer or i also use a thin layer of milk of magnesia on my t-zone area and finish it off with a powder foundation. I have been using a loreal powder foundation, but I would like a flawless coverage without looking like i have a caked face full of makeup. i was thinking of trying MAC studio tech foundation or the georgio armani luminous skin foundation or even the every day minerals foundation. I want to find a foundation that will give me flawless coverage. if anyone has some great suggestions i would really love to hear them. another thing that i love so much is the urban decay primer potion. it keeps your eyeshadow from creasing and makes your eyeshadow last all day. I love love this and will never stop using it. Some products that i use that are affordable is NYX and milani. They have high pigments, NYX has been said to be a cheap alternative to MAC eyeshadow. I'm not saying all of MAC eyeshadow, but some. I really love hunting down these products out here in arizona since NYX and milani are scarce here and sometimes i am forced to order from online. I also use any other affordable product that you can find at target, walmart, cvs...it just depends on my taste. my husband has been noticing my binge on my makeup and has commented on it. i feel guilty for buying, but it has absolutely become an addiction. when we go to a store, such as target, the the aisle i go to is makeup. i had to buy these miniature countertop drawers to store some of my makeup. These are very handy and i love them. I store all my makeup brushes in the first drawer, eyeliners, eye lash curlers - basically anything i use for my eyes and then the 3rd drawer i use for anything i use for my face, such as foundation, tinted moisterizers etc. well, i better go eat some breakfast take a shower and make my way out the door. i don't plan on spending too much today. i will get in trouble if i do...haha. i don't have to work on monday because it is martin luther king day so that is wonderful!

Here's a little something i made this morning since i was bored. i didn't add too much but will make something similar again soon

Happy New Year!


brian and i didn't do anything for the new year. we were planning on going to his cousin's house, but i think we intentionally kept delaying it until we both fell asleep. i woke up way past 12 am. It was 2:30 am and the new year was long gone. i think partying until we puked our guts was not on our agenda this year. the problem is that we've had family come into town two weekends in a row. so there was a lot of cooking, shopping-which required hours of walking from one store to another and staying up late with the family. i think that two weeks of doing this really pooped us out and made us want to spend time by ourselves relaxing and sleeping.

For christmas, my dad and brother's came into town. it was really nice spending time with my family again. i bought a honey baked ham this year. it was so delicious. if you never tried it i suggest that you do. it is worth the money. I also purchased some of the sides that they offered. i got the mac and cheese and i'm thinking it is a sweet potatoe casserole. i'm not sure, but it was so delicious! i would have secretly eaten this all if no on was looking....haha!...

brian's family came on december 28 and stayed until new years eve. that was another aerobic workout! we went from one store to another shopping like crazy. we ended up at ikea by the end of the day pooped out, hungry, and tired. brian's mom babied us. she cooked most of the meals. she brought a lamb leg from teec nos pos and boy did we have some good lamb stew with fry bread. yum! she threw in some dumplings and added a few squash and carrots. it was full of carbs, but i really didn't give a crap. so because of all the bad eating from the holidays i did some extra running on the treadmill tonight.

well, i better get ready for bed. good night. i'll leave you with a crappy cell phone pic of my dog coco in her hot pink coat. she has practically no hair, so when i go back to the rez we have to put this on her so she can run around outside.

i've been busy a lot lately and haven't been up to posting much. i've went to texas on vacation and wanted to share a little of texas, but i haven't got it in me to go find the camera to upload to the computer. i wish i could just magically tell the camera to upload all the pictures to the computer without having to plug in anything or mess with wires. it's just pure laziness that i haven't uploaded those pics. i have a routine of organizing my pics after i upload and i just don't feel like doing that either so that is probably another reason why i'm delaying the uploads.

when i got home this evening brian, my dog and i went to go to the automatic car wash to give our suv a bath. we went to the rez not too long ago and brought back a lot of rez dust and dirt that was left behind by people's dirty feet. then we went to this chinese restaurant that we sometimes go to. it's called shangri-la. they are located near 28th avenue & cactus in phoenix. their egg rolls are good and their egg drop soup is to die for. i swear it is the best egg drop soup i've ever had in my life! my favorite from the menu is the spicy and tangy beef. it is very good if you like a little fire to your dish. i love chili. i would say that i eat with chili about 50% of the time. if i can get my hands on chili i will eat it. there was actually a point in my life that i actually had to eat it with everything that i ate. it almost felt like i was missing something from my dish or like it had no taste without the chili. just like when people say that their dish needs some salt. anyway, it was good to the last drop! yep, i ate ALL that i ordered. i sort of skipped lunch and just ate some trail mix because i was too busy trying to catch up on some stuff at work. for the past 3 weeks i've been helping out another site because their person left the job and i was asked to come help out. it sucks, but at least i get paid for mileage! yay! anyway, i think i'm just rambling now......after i finished my dinner i went to sleep for about 2 hours and started cleaning like a crazy fool! my sister is flying in tomorrow morning. she is taking 2 1/2 wks off. she's currently stationed in washington state. the reason why she is coming down is because in june she will be sent overseas again.....to korea! Cool! i've always wanted to see korea. if plans work out, brian, my mom and i are going to be going to korea next year. my mom's birth place and 1st home. i've never met anyone on her side of the family. hopefully, next year will be the year when i finally get to. well, i better get to bed. i was energized for a while, cleaning and scrubbing waiting in anticipation for my wonderful little sister to arrive. good night.

This year has been a year of many changes for me. My recent marriage, my car accident, seeing my mother again and paying off all of my credit cards. It feels so good to have no credit card debt. I started charging here and there in my early 20s and I would only pay the minimum payments. And through the years of charging and paying the minimum sure took its toll on the credit cards. I finally got a hold of myself a couple of years ago and finally made it an effort to put my extra money towards those credit cards. I am so proud. I will never carelessly charge on my credit cards again. Now, the only time I use it is when I know I actally have the money to pay the card. Don't get me wrong, I never was late on my cards, I just charged like I had the money. i will never, ever do this again. This is a great lesson learned.

These are so cute!!!!!!!!

My dog coco went with us when we visited telluride, co. She loves tagging along where ever we go. She's so energetic. i wish sometimes i was as spontaneous and energetic as her. she is my best friend. i absolutely believe that there is a reason why she found us. she brings brian and i so much joy.

i never mentioned it before, but i have officially been married since June 22, 2007. We decided not to have a big wedding. Our reception is scheduled this month. We have only 5 days left to get stuff squared away. I feel all giddy. we sent out our invitations over a month ago. I just hope I got everyone. I absolutely feel very different married. At first, i was thinking this isn't that bad. Hahah...just kidding. I feel great! I cannot believe that I am now a married woman. i just have to get used to my new last name. it is going to take some time getting used to. you will definitely know that i am at least some native american with my new last name. hahaha! naw, but yeah, i am so happy. words cannot describe how i feel. i had just gotten out of the worst kind of relationship a woman can go through and here comes brian out of nowhere. he was my knight in shining armor. he helped me cope with all my emotional and physical pain from that relationship. he basically helped me forget it all. i've been with brian since the first day i met him. we have never been away from each other ever since. it was june 21, 2001 when he first layed his eyes on me. i still get butterflys thinking how he swept me off my feet. I used to always pray for god to send me someone that would treat me good and love me for who i am. he answered my prayers and sent me brian.........

My condolences to their families. I cannot imagine what they are going through. I did not feel like working all day because of the helicopter crashes. It brings tears to my eyes to hear people tell their stories about the crashes. I was at Steele Indian School Park today eating my lunch since I work so close to downtown phoenix. If I would have just stayed 15 minutes longer I would have witnessed the crash. There was a small airplane dragging a geico advertisement while we were eating our lunch. We noticed that it was flying unusually low. I thought one of the helicopters might have crashed into that airplane when I first heard the news, but found out several mintues later that it was two helicopters. I am still traumatized.....probably because I wake up and sleep to 3 tv. My prayers are with the family and friends of SCOTT BOWERBANK & JIM COX of 3 tv and also to CRAIG SMITH & RICK KROLAK of channel 15. You will be missed............

I spent my 4th of July week in Telluride, Colorado camping. It's a very beautiful place. There was so many things to do and so many things to see. We went hiking to a water fall, fishing and we even got to jump in the cold stream. It was really nice. I think somebody actually lives in that house that is on the cliff. It is sitting on a ledge and it is a very long way down. That is crazy to be living like that. It was an adventurous week. We will be doing this again in the near future. The only bad thing I got out of it was a very bad sun burn!

It is unusual for us to still be here in gdale/phx. We would probably still be on your way back home to the rez if we did go back. I wanted to go back to kayenta to see my cousin and brian's cousin graduate from MV. My cousin was a cheerleader for MV and Brian's cousin was in the student council. The reason why I didn't go back was because I promised a good friend/coworker of mine that I would help her with her son's graduation reception on June 2nd. She asked me 2 months ago and I agreed. If I would have known this earlier I would have declined her request. Driving back two weekends in a row is ridiculous! If gas was a little cheaper it might have been a possibility, but right now it is out of the question. I cannot afford to go back two weekends in a row. Besides that, we spend too much when we go back.

Plans are on the way for the renovation of our two bathrooms. So far, brian tore out everything in the bathroom downstairs. We bought so many new things for the bathrooms: 2 bathroom sinks and countertops from IKEA, storage cabinets from IKEA for both bathrooms, a tub, tiles for the floor and tiles for the bathroom wall, a beautiful glass bath/shower door, restroom fans and 2 toilets. We have a lot of work ahead for us and we have memorial day weekend to get started.

cell phone pics of my dog 'coco' aka coco nuts, nuhnuts, coco bean, nuhnuh: