When we went back to the rez for my sister in-law's high school graduation, we took some pictures on our way to cortez, colorado. It's a cute, little town, but definitely not a town that i would live in. it sort of reminded me of a town that you would find in texas. some towns in texas are a little eerie for me. last year when we went for a visit to see my mother in killeen, texas we had to drive through small towns. and those towns reminded me of the movie the texas chain saw massacre. i felt very creepy and spooked to even stop in one of those towns for gas. the first gas station that we stopped at in texas they still had people smoking in the gas station! that was so weird to see. here in phx/glendale they banned smoking in restaurants and even bars! anyway, here's some pics for y'all to enjoy.

They say that this is a jail from back in the old days. this is located on the ute reservation. i don't know if this is true, but i thought it was cool to see. check out coco, she's being her nosey self as always.

The door was so darn heavy to push open!

The prisoners were held down there!

As I was taking a picture of the pit down below this freaking scared the shit out of me! it was a good thing that it was not poisonous because i was standing right next to it!

we saw this on our drive into cortez, colorado.

The Happening is so stupid! it was so bad that I have to make an entry about it to prevent anyone from seeing it. It was a complete waste of my time and money. I'm disappointed in Mark Wahlberg for even being in this movie. please do not see this movie and do not even rent it if it ever comes out on dvd/blu ray. i give this movie two thumbs down.
anyway, i'm so mad at the person who cut my hair at regis that is located at metro mall. i feel like marching down there and demanding my money back. i usually go to a certain person at the regis at the arrowhead mall, but for some reason i decided to try it at the metro mall about 3 weekends ago. i regret i ever did. i sorta knew there was something wrong with my cut because i tried to put my hair into a pouf and i noticed that when i looked in the mirror at the back of my head i saw that my hair was cut straight across in the middle of my head! my hair is layered like this:
this bitch totally jacked up my hair. i made an appt. with the girl that i usually see this past weekend and right away she knew that someone else had cut my hair. she had this horrific look on her face. she kept running her fingers into my hair asking me who in the world cut my hair. i wish i can call out the person that fucked up my hair, but i am not that EVIL. i even gave that bitch a big tip thinking that it was good. this bitch gave me a cut that did not even blend in. you get a neat blend when you cut the layers at an angle. the bitch like cut it straight across. the girl that i usually go to see managed to fix my hair though, but i had to sacrifice some length (2 in.) in order to do this, so now i just have to wait for it to grow back. hopefully, it will grow back before the korea trip.
anyway, enough of my hair. i just thought i'd share with you some wonderful mineral makeup. i've tried bare minerals, everyday minerals, and now buff'd cosmetics. i love buff'd cosmetics. I've been using the foundation every day since we got into the 100+ weather. i use it with MAC fix+ and it gives me a light, flawless, coverage. if i don't use the buff'd foundation then i am usually wearing MAC studio fix fluid in NC42. This stuff is wonderful, but i tend to stay away from it because of our 100+ weather. i feel like i'm melting when i am wearing it, but yeah, MAC studio fix fluid will always be my first love. i recommend using this if you want more coverage, but i also do suggest you use a face primer with this. i suggest using smash box face primer light (use this if you are oily and are acne prone) or you can also use MAC prep & prime or you can even use milk of magnesia (yes, you can use this. it actually works miracles! i use this a lot because it really absorbs the oil in my t-zone area) or you can also use the monistat chafing cream. (YES, you can also use this too. i know, you are thinking that is nasty, but it works! it has the ingredient dimethicone that can be found in face primers) Very interesting stuff! i've taken a liking for all things makeup. it calms my nerves and eases my stress, but my husband hates my spending habits. he is always asking me don't you have that color already? and i'm over here trying to convince him that it's a different shade of blue. i've been mentioning my birthday and makeup in the same sentence so hopefully he will get the hint and maybe give me a gift card or money to spend on makeup and accessories for my birthday!

i went to the rez about 2 weekends ago to see my sister in law graduate from high school. doesn't that sound weird, huh? yeah, she graduated from red mesa high school. she was planning on going to a college in texas earlier in the year, but things changed i guess. it is all because of a boy. i was really dissappointed in the change because she has so much potential. after all, brian calls her motor mouth. she can talk like crazy! i just hope she doesn't get pregnant and decide college isn't that important anymore. we'll see how things go. well, i went on a makeup craze again. i can't help but dive in the MAC & also mineral makeup craze. I bought some eyeshadow online from www.maccosmetics.com. i ordered some of the neo sci-fi collection. i love the bright orange packaging. i ordered femme-fi, evening aura, & magnetic fields. i already have expensive pink, you can find this in the permanent line anyways so it's not a limited edition. i just love those 3 colors and can't wait until i receive them in the mail. the shipping was free, so i decided to have them send it to my home. how coool is that!? anyways, i better get ready to exercise my butt off, i only have just about 3 months left until my trip to korea!!!! here's some photos from my rez trip.

coco

teec

horsey

gigi

I just got done running on the treadmill. My legs are stiff. I can run on the treadmill nonstop for 45 minutes now. If you were to ask me how long I could run on the treadmill 4 months ago i would probably tell you i can't. I'm trying to get myself fit by the time i leave for Korea this year. i think i am the healthiest i've ever been in my life! i can feel it too. i guess this is just a way of life for me now. i do splurge some days, but it's because i've either worked my ass off or sacrificed not eating certain things for a while. i also went to costco and stocked up on multi-vitamins and some flax seed pills. we'll see how that goes for awhile. brian and i are contemplating on whether we should go to seattle next month to visit my sister. she will be stationed in korea in the beginning of june. i would like to see her before she leaves. my only dilemma is where to keep my dog. i asked my aunt to care for her, but i've never left my dog with anyone before and i don't know how she would react. she's around brian and i all the time and is always traveling where ever we go. i tried to see if i could take her to seattle with us, but it costs an arm and a leg just to take her. it will cost $100 dollars to rent a crate, $100 dollars to seattle and $100 dollars back to phoenix. also, i would have to take her to the vet to get her checked out and you have to have proof of that with a health certificate. it is too much of a hassle and too much money. also you have to call the airline to make sure they even have room for my dog to get on both ways. it sucks! it would have been really cool if we could take her though.
i haven't bought much makeup lately. i have to use what i have for a while. my eyeshadow collection is beginning to overflow out of it's huge storage container. i think i will only splurge on high end makeup for my foundation, eye primer, and brushes. i would like to collect all the MAC brushes. the most expensive brush i have is the mac 187. that sucker costed me 42 bucks and some change ,but it is so worth it. well, i better get ready for bed. at least tomorrow is friday and soon the weekend will finally be here. i will leave you with pics of my BFF (best friend forever). check out all her white whiskers!

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!!!!!!!!