Disney or Bust!

So we are leaving sometime tomorrow to drive part of the way to Disney. 10 hours is a lot of sitting/driving so we decided to break it up into two days of travel. I *think* I have everything packed (except things like toothbrushes etc that we'll need tomorrow before leaving). The iPods, portable DVD player, Nintendo DSi, and our phones are all charging right now so I'll have to grab them in the morning when I pack the daily essentials.

We've been buying cheap toys here & there to lay out every morning of the trip for Alden "from Mickey & friends" to find in the hotel room. Josh is out grabbing a few more right now. **Edit make that a LOT more things. He just sent me a picture and HOLY CRAP! lol

I tried to pack clothes are that are fashionable because I absolutely abhor vacation pictures where people look so touristy. I guess we'll see how well my fashion holds up in 10 years or so when Alden is looking back at them and most likely making fun of my clothes & hair.

Speaking of hair, maintaining this red is going well but I'm not exactly washing my hair like I usually do. I hate skipping days but it's keeping it a nice red color. The worst part is the cool water rinse. I HATE cold water but apparently it helps keep color better so I've been torturing myself with cold water. Totally worth it to be a ginger though!

I guess that's about it. It'll probably be Friday or Saturday before I update again unless I find a spot with free wireless near the hotel!

throw some glitter make it rain!

A lot has happened since my last update. I finally got my certificate in the mail so if I ever wanted to I could go take the State Boards to be a nail tech. That will probably never happen though because I hate doing nails.

I'm finishing up the summer micro-semester the next few days for a couple of my core classes. I'll be in Disney the first week of fall classes so I'm going to have to find a place with wireless in order to log onto my courses and make sure I don't get dropped.

All our Disney Planning stuff has gotten here and we have everything all nice and mapped out and our dinner reservations in place. It's going to be a blast! Alden is so excited!

I sold a bunch of stuff in the World's Longest Yard Sale over the weekend for a little extra spending cash. I'm thinking about getting another tattoo.

Josh's car is in the shop so he's having to drive mine which is kind of funny. I hope they make fun of him @ work because of my liberal, hippie bumper stickers. haha

I got registered for Pottermore & I'm anxiously awaiting my Welcome Email. I hope it comes sometime this week!

We went to see Ke$ha the weekend after my birthday and had an absolute blast. It was the most high energy show I've ever been to. Lots of fun! The best part was that we sprayed Josh with glitter and it will NOT come off his hat. He's nice and sparkley at work every day now! haha

We stopped @ Junkman's Daughter on the way to the concert and I got the most awesome boots ever. I'm obsessed with them. They were only $75. The ones I originally planned to get were not available in my size but I'm SO SO SO happy with the ones I ended up with. There are pictures of them (and the concert of course) on my Facebook.

That's pretty much it for now. I'm gonna go rollerskate around the house and then order a pizza.

the world is a rainbowwwwwwww

Rainbow Dash inspired nails & both my beautiful rainbow hoops!

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I've been learning new hoop tricks this week. I got my awesome new intermediate hoop over the weekend so I've been practicing with it a lot. It's lighter and much better for hand hooping which is what I've been working on. I've mastered the behind the back elbow pass and moved on to trying to do step ins.

In the middle of writing this blog my cousin just got engaged so YAY! We hooked her up with one of Josh's friends a little over a year ago and apparently now they're planning to tie the knot. That should make family holidays more fun for sure!

I'm starting to plan for my birthday parties. So far I know I'm having a party at my house with Rockband, hooping, and drinks all around. I'm also going to see Ke$ha the weekend after as part of my present. I've started making my wishlist and I'll post it here once it's finished.

Happy Birthday Joss Whedon

summer time and the livin's easy

It's summertime! At least for two weeks, then it's back to the horrible grind but until then I plan to pack loads of fun into my micro-summer.

It's been two days and so far I've started a new painting (the TARDIS), started watching Firefly (I'm on a Whedon-kick), began reading a new book, and learned how to do a behind the back elbow pass with my hoop.

Plans for the rest of the week include playing video games, learning a new song on my ukulele, giving myself a manicure & pedicure, and watching Game of Thrones (I know, I know! I'm tardy to the party!)

Anyway my point is that just because you're an adult doesn't mean summer has to be boring. Yes, you aren't going to have 2 months off but I bet you get at least one day off from work a week and you should use it doing something FUN! Use your imagination, you don't need a ton of money to do any of these things except maybe the video games but COME ON there is some game on your shelf you haven't played all the way through yet or have been wanting to play again!

random rambling

I am indeed alive. I've just been super busy lately. After Wednesday I'll finally graduate out of my college program. YAY! I'm so happy to be done doing freaking nails. I am reallllllly going to miss the girls I'm in class with though, they are all so awesome. I can't wait to go into Cosmetology in the fall. I have a bunch of courses I'm taking online during the summer too so I'm going to continue being really busy.

Last night Josh & I went to our local music festival and had an awesome time. The Machine played and they were the best show I've ever seen at the festival and honestly one of the best shows I've ever been to. For those unfamiliar, they are a Pink Floyd cover band and they are absolutely phenomenal. I used to go every single night and hang out at the festival and walk ALL OVER the entire downtown area to meet up with friends. My how times have changed. Now we just text each other & meet up, find a spot to sit or stand, and have a seriously overpriced beer or two. We usually go two nights and I think we'll likely go see the fireworks the night of the finale.

We're planning our Disney trip for this winter and I can't wait! It's going to be so much fun.

I have a dentist appointment tomorrow which I am NOT looking forward to. I absolutely hate going to the dentist but I have a lot of stuff I need to have done & looked at, bleh. It's nothing even evasive, I just REALLY hate going to the dentist. Even cleanings freak me the hell out.

I'm going to color my hair again soon. I'm tired of the caramel color and want some red back in it for summer time.

I've officially lost 20 lbs since the beginning of the year. I'm still working toward getting the other I don't like off. I'm at a healthy weight for my height right now but I don't feel comfortable with my looks when I'm above 120. So I still have a little more to go.

I've shopped a lot recently and I can't wait to wear my new dresses and heels, I just haven't been anywhere to wear them yet.

I've just been challenged to a lightsaber dual by Alden so I'll update more later.