Happy Halloween All!

So today was my work Halloween costume contest. I went as an archeologist as I mentioned in my last blog. It was fun we had a Halloween quiz which I only got 4 out of 10 right. Who knows Halloween trivia anyway? The best costume went to a guy who dressed up as Zorro, but looked exactly, and I mean EXACTLY like the "dreaded pirate Wesley" from The Princess Bride. It was really funny. The funniest costume went to a guy who had fake dreads, a hideous long curly black beard and a stuffed duck on his head. I don't know what he was going as. I don't even think he knew. But it was still pretty funny. Here are some pics...






















Everyone thought I was Laura Croft, The Tomb Raider. Or Indiana Jones's wife. I would rather be Indiana's wife. :)
















I think it was the coat and boots that looked a little Jones-ish. That's ok with me though.

Other than today, really nothing too exciting or Blog worthy happened. Maybe I will have to go cause some trouble so you all will have something to read.....

My Poor, Poor Pumpkins :(

So, Mike and I had the great idea to keep our pumpkins inside so that they wouldn't get smashed. We put them on top of the fire place to make it "eerie". Well let's just say that the next night I went to light them and they were completely rotten inside. I am not talking about just a little rotten, I am talking about when you open the lid and a mushroom cloud of mold dust explodes all over. So, although the pumpkin carving was fun, they had a short lived life and ended up in the dumpster. Lesson: Don't put carved pumpkins above a really hot fireplace.

Grand-dad (Mike's) had a heart attack a few days ago. We are still waiting to hear how he is doing. He can't go into surgery yet due to low platelette levels. We might try to fly down to Denver to be with him and Mimi. So everyone send good thoughts that he will be ok.

On a lighter note, Work is going well. We are having a halloween costume contest. I am going as an archeologist. We bought a straw "archeologist" bucket hat, some thin round glasses and a thin black mustache. Later in the day I saw this really cute dress that I thought would go perfect. I will also wear my brown cowboy boots with a mini shovel and a little paintbrush for accents. I didn't realize until I tried it all on together that apperently I will be the cross-dressing archeologist. The mustache and the dress don't really "go" together. Probably not work approriate either. So the mustache will have to go. I will post pics for that a little closer to Halloween.

I went to breakfast this morning with one of my old customers and really good friends, Diane. I felt so bad that I wasn't able to tell her that I was quiting Zeppole due to the fact that she was in Yellowstone. So when I finally ran across her phone number I was so excited to call and meet with her so we could catch up. Needless to say we had a fantastic morning and plan to get together once a month. She is just the sweetest woman, I would feel so bad if I had lost contact with her just because I changed jobs. So I am very happy that this wasn't the case.

I think that is pretty much it since my last posting. I promise that the next one will have some pics!

Hawaii

Yesterday Mike got a call from his sister Alex who lives in Hawaii, on the big island saying that there was an earthquake there. It was a 6.7 on the richter scale with aftershocks reaching up to a 6. I guess the power was out all day and they didn't even start to get it back up until the evening. Most of the bridges suffered some sort of damage as well as buildings and roads. I read that there were mud slides that in some areas were turning the ocean brown. Alex was on the beach about ten miles from the heart of the earthquake. Mike said that she was shaken up but not hurt. Who wouldn't be?? He couldn't talk with her for very long so we eagerly await another call. I am just glad that she isn't hurt. We are thinking of you Al!

H-A-double L-O-W-double E-N

I love Halloween. Michael and I carved pumpkins last night. It was really fun. We are totally nerdy. He decided to go with a traditional jack-o'-lantern, while I decided to do the grim reaper. I used one of those stencils which I haven't ever used before and it worked pretty well. We were both pleased. Here are some of the pics.

Oh, we are so cute...Like the Goodman license plate in the background. Mike said we should use this for christmas cards. I said no because this is a Halloween picture not a Christmas picture.

Ours all lit up. They are all a bit blurry, sorry.
Mine is so cool...
Mikes is pretty cool too.

I re-arranged my bedroom last night too. I like it. It is a nice change. We had to put the reading chair in the office though, there just wasn't the "perfect" place for it in the bedroom anymore. It looks good in the office. Mike has been working on the office for awhile. We got a small coffee table in there and a really nice hanging mirror. It is coming together quite nicely.

This morning I made home made pumpkin bread and pumpkin muffins. It took forever but was nice. I really like baking on Sunday mornings when I don't have anything else to do all day. It turned out really good though. I did burn the muffins on the bottom, just enough to make the fire alarm go off, so not much. :) They are still good though, and I haven't ever made pumpkin bread before so it was a learning experience.

Yesterday Brook and I went to look at Halloween costumes for work. We are having a costume contest at my work and I can't decide what I want to go as. It is a little hard because I haven't been there long enough to know if everyone will dress up or no one will. But regaurdless, It is Halloween and I will dress up. I was thinking maybe Sacajawea.
Can you tell I like this holiday?

This Weekend I Did....

So, This weekend I didn't do anything cool. Friday night Brook, Dad and I went to dinner. We went to El Gringos and Mexican food isn't my favorite but it was a really nice dinner filled with laughter. Dad left for his trip on Saturday and I am very jealous. I really wanted to go. But I have to work. He is going to all of the places that I really want to see. Next time though I guess. Brook and I went shopping Saturday afternoon. I got my eyebrows waxed and it was way passed due. I was starting to look like caterpiller eyes. Then we went to Michael's and I got a picture frame for Mikey and I's wedding photo. It looks really cool. We hung it in the living room by the front door. Then we went to the mall so that brook could get some smelly stuff for her house.
So I decided not to cut my hair. I figure that if it has been 2 weeks and I still can't decide then either I don't really want to do it, or I would hate it after I had gotten it done. So, that is the update on that.
Saturday night I went to Annette's house with Sunny. She cooked us dinner. That was nice to have a girls night and to visit.
I think that is it. Nothing too exciting, but I thought I would update anyway.

Nothing New

So nothing exciting has happened lately. I started my new job. It's ok. Not great but not miserable. We will see how it goes. I don't like sitting all day. I might acutally have to start excersing to compensate for all of the lack of motion throughout the day. That sucks.
Mikey has been working really hard lately. But he still had time to set up my Myst game for me. I helped install the hardware and the software. I am very proud of myself. Other than that, all is well and the same.
Cheers.

It's A Hell Of A Rig...

So today I helped Brook move into her new apartment. The initial way we discussed this was for me to help bring over boxes and we would find someone who had a truck to move the bed and two couches. Well that didn't go as planned. We saw that there weren't that many boxes and I thought... I bet we can fit everything in my rig because it is cool. First we tried the bed. Well that didn't fit, so I went to Home Depot and bought some rope and some bungees. We strapped that baby to the roof of my car. Shoved the smaller couch in the back and drove very carefully to her new house. The pics are from the second run. With the top matress and the larger couch.
My truck is so cool.

It was some serious work but we pulled it off and got everything into her new home. She is very excited. I was very proud of all of her hard work. She is one tough cookie. I think that her place is going to look really cozy and cute too. I am very excited to see it all put together.
Congrats on your new place Brookie.

Dude

Ok, Guys. I need your help. This is how I think I might cut my hair. I need everyone's feedback to let me know what you think. If it might look good on me. It will be a very drastic cut if I decide to do it considering my hair is to the middle of my back right now. I might have the guts to actually do it though. But I want to know what everyone will think. Thanks Guys!!

Rest In Peace

I would like to take this opportuntity to say goodbye to the little blue bird that passed away today. I am sorry little bird that no one remembers your name. You were a crazy little bird who lived a very, very, very long time. I am glad that you decided to cross over to the other side to play in peace with your other little bird friends. I am sure you will be much happier there. Everytime we look where your little brass cage used to hang we will think of you. Goodbye little bird.

My Three Things

Ok, so I will participate in Amber's three things, thing. Here we go...

Three Things That Scare Me:
1. The Apocolypse.
2. Something bad happening to the ones I love the most.
3. Spiders. Any kind any size.

Three Things I Hate:
1. Mean and bitter people.
2. People who think that they are better than you.
3. Anything rotten.

Three Things I Can't Understand:
1. People that can't let go of grudges.
2. The concept of eternity.
3. Anything above basic math.

Three Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
1. Travel all over the world. Rich and poor countries.
2. Swim in every ocean, and sea.
3. Own a ranch in the mountains, miles away from everything.

Three Things That Describe My Personality:
1. Loyal
2. Passionate
3. Quirky

Three Things I Can't Do:
1. Anything above basic math.
2. The splits.
3. Decipher encrypted codes.

Three Things You Should Never Listen To:
1. Peoples lies.
2. Anyone that tries to tear down your self esteem or aura.
3. Death Rock Heavy Metal.

Three Things You Should Listen To:
1. Your feelings or those little "hunches".
2. People you love.
3. Kick ass music

Three Things You Would Like To Learn:
1. To scuba dive.
2. Native american anthropology and archeology.
3. Latin

Three Favorite Foods:
1. Italian foods
2. Stuffed Mushrooms
3. Chocolate

Three Beverages I Drink On A Regular Basis:
1. Water
2. Diet Coke
3. Wine

Three Television Shows I Watched As A Kid:
1. He-man and She-ra
2. Seseme Street.
3. Fraggle Rock.

Camping part II

One of our favorite camping pastimes is shooting off rounds. This time we were shooting clay pidgons with the shotgun. I found out that I am not very good with a shot gun. I only got one out of six pidgons. I am much better with a hand gun. It was pretty cold up there. You could see your breath before the sun even went down. I slept in my truck with Codus. That was interesting... but fine. He is rather large but he did keep me warm. So I slept relatively well with the huge snoring monster.

Mike playing his guitar. That is always my favorite. He doesn't give himself justice. He is a very talented song writer and musician. He is so cute.
Me on the car ride up, getting all pumped up. I am ready to roll!!
Mike adjusting the ipod. We listened to Dire Straights on the way up.
Codus getting all jacked for a night of freedom. Even though he doesn't leave my side the whole time.
Jenny and Rusty. Dude cute overalls Rus.
Casey the crazy wood chewing dog. He ended up ripping that root completely out of the ground.
And this is the caterpillar that held our interest for quite a long time.
It was nice going camping with jen and rus. I like hanging out with them. Plus they have a coleman grill so we ate like real people. We had spagetti for dinner and eggs and bacon for breakfast. It was nice to not have to eat out of cans.
Overall it was a pretty fun trip.

I Like Camping.

Jenny, Rusty, Mikey and I including... Codus, Casey and Moto all went camping last Saturday. It was really fun. We all had a blast. When we got there we set up camp and then gathered the firewood. Which took quite a while but it is something that I have come to appreciate. Not only do you get to have a killer fire, I find it very rewarding to pitch in with the work. I also like the little scrapes and bruises you get like little badges of your toughness. I know, I am a little weird. Anyway, here are some pictures for you all to enjoy.

Jenny and Rusty climbed out on the log that crosses the stream to see the caterpiller that was actually kind of big. Those pics later.
Mikey and I in our full Camanche get-up. Pancho's and all.
Mike getting his mountain man on.

Codus enjoying the wilderness like a dog should. Little Moto in his sweatshirt to gaurd him from the cold. And me loving my cool self portrait style.

More Pics From The Photo Shoot.

Ok, so we got the pics developed on slides and burned onto a disk. So the images from the disk, (the ones here) look a little over-exposed (too bright). But let me re-assure you that on the slides they are not.
Alley way behind Zeppole Downtown. We were going for "look like you are getting caught spray painting" Which actually worked except you can't see the spray paint. But the shadow does look like someone is walking in on her.
I thought this one looked cool.
This is one of my favorites because it looks like she isn't posed. Just smoking a cigarette in a parking lot. You can tell much better when it is enlarged but she just looks cool.
Don't know how I did it but the lighting on this one is totally rad.
Once again this is a really cool shot but you can tell better on the slides.
Same here. I totally dig the "skeleton muscle man" door, too.

Pics From The Photo Shoot.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the photo shoot last week.
This one is Tiffany in an alley looking "high-fashion". It is my fav. of the bunch because she looks totally strung out. Which couldn't be farther from the truth. It makes me have that feeling of wow, I created that. I find it very artistic.
Same alley way. Same feeling.
This one was taken at Katherine Albertson's park. The lighting was just superb.
Same alley. This one I like because it almost looks like she is walking into a painting. Or that she is a part of the painting.
This one was taken at the railroad crossing by my house.

Sweet Bliss

I know I haven't written in a while and I want you all to know that I am still around. A lot has been going on lately which has kept me quite busy. First things first. I quit my job on Monday. (Hooray!!) I went into work and my boss made me cry, so I called Michael and he said that no job is worth being this unhappy about so put in my two weeks and we will figure out financial stuff later. So I did. I wrote up a formal resignation letter and had to have a meeting and everything but I did it. Immediatley I felt like a ton of bricks was lifted off my shoulders. The second feeling I got was hunger and I realized that I hadn't been hungry at work in months. So I went home and sent my resume out via email to about four companies and I got a new job in one day. (more on that later.) I really must give Mike props. Without him I would still be hating every day of my working life. He gave me the ok to just quit unexpectedly and without knowing when I would find a job. He let me know that he would take care of us and I am so greatful for that. He is the best husband I could ask for. So any way, My new job is with a company called Keynetics. From what I understand it is an internet company. If someone buys something digitally online, (that means it is downloaded directly to your computer) then the bank that bills you is the company that we do buisness with. I think. I will be answering phones and emails for people who have questions or problems and probably inputing orders and stuff. Cross your fingers that I like it. I start a week from Monday, Oct. 2. Very exciting.
Other than quiting my job I have been...
1. Reading. I am almost done with the Dahlia. I only have about 75 pages left and it is really good. I hope that the movie is as good. Most likely it won't be but whatever. I will still enjoy it. I should be done by this weekend so maybe Brook and I and who ever else wants to go can.
2. Taking photos. Tiffany had asked me to take some pics of her for her portfolio. She is sending it to D.C. for some ad campaign. A one day shoot turned into three days. We went to the Train Depot on the first day and come to find out that I didn't load the film right we had to do that shoot again on the third day. The second day we went to the park and then to an alley downtown. I will post some of them when we get them back. Hopefully tomorrow.
3. I must say this. Sorry in advance for being sappy but, I love my husband and am so happy with my life. I am definitly still in the honeymoon phase. Being a newlywed ROCKS!!!

PROOF!!

Ha! Ha! Baby Ella, I am on to your plan! But you did not for-see this!!

I have PROOF that you like me!!..............
.......or maybe just tolerate me.
AHHH, the sweet relaxation after you give the baby back to its mother.

* * *
I woke up at 500 to be at work at 530... again. It totally blew but I did get a lot of crap done. I am so tired. So very very tired.

I am so sad... I have to work in a sweat shop.... So very very sad....

Ok, so here we go...

DESTINATION TATTOO HAS ARRIVED!!



This is a picture of my tattoo. My arm was raised above my head, when I do this it is upside down. So I rotated the photo so you could see clearly. This is why it looks a little lopsided and distorted.

This is the view from the back. So if I were facing away from you and had my arm out slightly, this is what you would see.
This is the view from the front.

Isn't it rad guys! I am so very excited.

Arrrgggghhhh

I had to go into work at 5:30 this morning, (which totally sucked) and mike called me around 7:30 saying that he was sick. So, he stayed home today from work due to the stomach flu. I hope that I don't get it. Knock on wood.

The job hunt has begun. I brought in my application to Timeless photo and spoke with the manager there. She said that they weren't hiring at the moment but that she was impressed with me and that she wanted us to keep in touch. So, that went ok. I was kind of bummed that they aren't hiring now, but at least she liked me and hopfully I will be her first choice when something does come up. I also had an interview with Idaho Camera. First of all may I say that the probably fifty something guy that spoke with me was still living in the 80's. Then he made some really stupid wisecrack about how we were enemies because I went to Borah and he went to Boise. I mean seriously dude, get over it. High school was like a million years ago, for him at least. But technically I just don't think I would like the job. It is part time from 1030 to 230 so right in the middle of the day. Which makes it hard to find another part time job. Also it would be almost a three dollar pay cut. and it sounded like all I would be doing is developing film all day. Mike said that I could find something better. So, I don't think I will take that job. Plus they said that I would have to take out my nose peircing and cover my tattoos. I just don't know if I could handle that kind of oppression.
So the search continues. If anyone knows of anything please send it my way.
Brook I am 100 pages into the Daliah, I should be done by Saturday so hold out on the movie until then. Sweet dude.
I have to work again at 530 tomorrow. I hope I don't freak out and start throwing loaves of bread at customers or something.
Wish me luck all.

Holy Crap

So, yes the pictures I have posted thus far are fairly old but they were the best of what I had on my computer at the moment. So deal with it. As soon as I can scrounge up some batteries for my digital I will post some current photos.
To answer your question Brook, yes I have started the book, I only made it about thirty pages in last night before it was bed time but I think I will get through it fairly quickly. Then we can go see the movie.

So I only had to work ten hours today. It sucked real bad. But, what the hell are you going to do? I am going to have a sweet check with so far ten hours of overtime on it, and counting. It is only tuesday. If I get my camera working I will update my pics tonight.
Later dudes.

tat

Everytime something huge happens in my life I end up getting a tattoo to honor that milestone, so to speak. So, with all the recent happenings I have "inked" myself once again. I have the most kick-ass tat on my upper arm. It is my wedding date in latin: DIES DOMINICA IX JULIUS MMVI. For those of you who haven't seen it, it is like a band but only wrapping around my inner arm. So that when my arm is lowered you can only see a letter or two. I will take a pic and post it so that I can share my body art with all of you.

I also recently dyed my hair dark brown. It looks cool. Mike is whistling Inspector Gadget in my ear. I will have to post a pic of that too. Or you can see it on Ambers Blog, Amberandella. I just brewed a cup of this herbal tea that a friend smuggled back with him from Jerusalem. Mike calls it Jesus tea. It is pretty good, it smells a little like apple cider. Brook you might like the jesus tea.

I am borrowing a book, the Black Dahlia. They just made it into a movie so I have to read it before I go and see it. I gotta go start, later.