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First we have out cute little babies.


Next, my husband and I went out to do a little shopping and I piked these little things up. I love my husband. I was not sure if I should and he was the one that actually pushed for them. Probably because I was out in the rain playing with the dogs yesterday. When I was little I would run around in the rain and check on my pony, my bunnies, my dogs, my ducks ( I know, they like water) come in and then go out in the rain again. Well I did that yesterday and my shoes were soaked.

In the back-back yard
We have a front yard that filled with a minimal amount of grass and 8 different varieties of pink roses, lavenders, lemon grass, lemon verbena, hibiscus, verbena, an apple tree, lions tails, and dozens of different flowers/plants/bushes all with a hot pink Crepe Myrtle as the center piece.
The back yard has a seedless orange tree, an herb garden, grass of course, a huge blood trumpet, and a treeless tree house. The dogs are in this portion of the yard. Our tool shed which is huge houses our bikes, lawnmower, tool bench, bunny cage (when it rains), dog beds, and still plenty of space to play with the dogs inside.
The middle -back yard contains a start of another rose garden, a pom tree, the goat pen, a huge silk tree, and pampas grass.
The back-back yard contains miniature cheery trees, nopals, three huge pine trees that used to be potted Christmas trees from when I was a little girl and my some old cars that belong to my dad and his cousin. So needless to say, I have a lot of yard to cover and these will make it easier in the rain.


The babies again



Infusion

bottle caps + images + resin + glitter glue = my latest arts and craft endeavour
I created little pieces with images from other artists that inspire me. Some people have inspiration walls, inspiration notebooks/scrapbooks or they collect images and place them in files on the computer. I adhere my inspiration images to crosses and birdhouses.
This blue one is under my husbands broken darbuka (dumbek).
We hung it on the wall. Our cats broke it when they were still kitten (7 years ago) and we hung it as a reminder to watch were we place things in the house.

~under the dumbek~


~ under the dumbek~

~Over our bedroom door~

~Over our bedroom door~


~Over the bathroom door~

~After I coat it with an acrylic varnish~


~ I will hang it on our porch outside, but not directly in the elements~



Some snaps from yesterday

As I was getting the yard ready for the storm I decided to take a few snaps of some flowers we have in bloom right now.
I made sure the bunny had fresh bedding, the dogs had all their beds in their dog houses or the in the tool shed ( they tend to pull them out). I rolled Bongo's cage into the tool shed, made sure bungees were tight around the bales of hay, filled in holes made by our Terrier mix trying to catch gophers and other small things.

These two have grown up so much. The above picture is from yesterday and the below picture is from March 2007.


The Nothing...run Atreyu


They said it was coming in at midnight... did not happen. They said it would be here at breakfast... nope, nothing. I went on line at 9:00am and here it is. Time to bake warm cookies...when the rain starts.

The Adventures of Estrella Luna

Jan 3rd
I have not had my hair cut in months. The last time I went it was September. The salon messed up my bangs.... which was a problem when I specifically said no bangs... just long layers. The time before that my hair had split ends almost immediately after the cut. I have very long hair as compared to my peers. As of the 2nd my hair was waist long. I need a trim badly. So I decided to go to the local Marinello beauty school to have my layers re trimmed and add some side swept bangs. I deiced to go here because the students are there for a grade and to prove themselves. Some salons are so pretentious, especially when the patron has long hair. I was scared about having a student cut my hair, but I thought, what the hell, I'm just going to do it. The patrons were very random. The stylist themselves were very random. I almost walked out... but I went for it. Andres was my stylist. I was in that chair for almost 3 hours, but it was worth it! My hair came out great. He kept my long hair. He washed, cut, blow dried and styled my hair. His instructor came, inspected and signed of on it. The cost... the cost... a grand total of $11.00. I was so happy with my cut.

Jan 4th
A dear friend of mine called to set up a lunch for the girls. One of the girls was going to bring a friend that is somewhat not part of our immediate group, but never the less a friend. Well low and behold Rissa and Threecia were on their way and as the door to the little sushi place opened in walked Neffi and two other friends that we are not close to. Sigh. Oh well. All six of us had a pleasant lunch. We all picked up our chopsticks and began to dig in.... I did not realize Threecia did not know how to use them. She is so cute! I adore her. I gave her a crash course. She said that her family ate all the tamales she helped us make. She said she had a lot of fun making tamales with my family. To give a sample of the conversations, which to be honest were "different"...Never mind, I don't have the energy nor the want to re tell them. Let me say one of the friends received a globe and "sexy little things" body shimmer from Victoria's Secret she said it was edible, I don't think it is, anyways it was from her in laws. The other conversation was about a husband that goes and gets treated to manicures and pedicures with his male boss. I mostly sat and listened. I was amazed. We got our little ranch together for the storm that is coming in. Covered the hay, made sure the goat's house was ready, the garden shed was prepped, the bunny moved in, the dogs bed was placed in the shed and now we are ready for the StORm.