tattoo

I'm going to go talk to a tattoo artist this week. I've determined a chinese cherry blossom is what I want and I want it to cover and disguise my scars. I'm working a design from 3 different pictures. It will go along my hip from the right side (of me) to the left and to (hopefully) incorporate my humminbird into it. i'm very excited about it, It will be a big tattoo and nothing I had thought of doing before but I'm very confident in my decision and that the meaning of the tattoo is a good thing for me. I'm supersticious in a way that I want something so permanent and personal to have a special and defined meaning; the same thing I felt when I named out children, their names had to be important and meaningful and such a way, although none of them were truly named after family members.

ttfn
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hugs, maria

hey soul sister...

i'm so obsessed with this song.....

and then for my grandma

"something in the distance
a glorious existence
a place we've never been before"

The Killers

Been working on my photoshop and getting a bit better every time. It's so hard 'cause it's so full of stuff you can do.... but still it's fun. NOw I have to take more pictures that I can mess with :D

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Death

I know death is part of life but it sure sucks when someone you love so much is so suddenly taken from you. Ok, so she was 89 but this summer she stayed with me for 2 weeks, she bought me birthday presents, she drank wine with me and joked around with us.

It's so painful to realize she will never come here again to joke with Pat or look at my children with utter joy and indescribable love.

I miss her so much and she hasn't been gone for 24 hours. I hope loving Pat will honor the joy it gave her to make us a couple. I miss you so much grandma, I'll have a glass of White Zin for you this week. I love you!
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hugs, maria

John Mayer

I hope I can get tickets this weekend to see him in OKC in March!

Yesterday I finally was able to complete a a tutorial in Photoshop elements that had been driving me bananas 'cause I was not doing it right. Actually what was happening was that elements does Layer Masks differently than CS2 but I finally did it and I was thrilled with it! I'm fairly proud of myself for figuring it out!

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2 games of tennis today! Should be exciting :) I slept so good last night, I went to bed at 8:45 and slept so soundly I didn't even hear our phone ring and that is very surprising because I'm a very light sleeper.

I'm looking forward to a boring and relaxing weekend and praying that i can get in to get my hair done before next week!
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fun day

did kickboxing, yoga, laundry, watched a movie, played a little with Photoshop, now I'm going to go play some tennis. Tomorrow it's Larisa's trip to Devils Den, she is so thrilled!!!

Ok, I'm going to put dogs away, and organize the house for sleepy time when we get home.
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So the week starts. I have to buy groceries and do outrageous amounts of laundry, cause I'm leaving friday for Kansas City for Jonna's bacherlorette party. Hoping that I will make this lots of fun for her. I musn't forget my allergy shot today :)
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2 words

martini bar
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annoyed with my lack of knowledge in pse8
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physical...

I'm wondering if being 40 is just a punishment sometimes.... I seem to gain weight just from thinking about it. a month ago I was 125 lbs, yesterday I was 135. How can I have gained 10 lbs in just 1 month????? It drives me crazy that I can work out until i feel like I"m dropping dead and still gain weight... :P

Our next 3 weekends are full of fun and excitement, tonight and tomorrow night we have plans to go out with people, then next weekend I am going to Kansas City to throw a bachelorette party and go to a wedding shower. Then the next weekend we are going to go stay in a cabin at Mt. Magazine with the kids. Then it's Gabi's birthday, Thanksgiving and Chris and Jonnas wedding. Followed immediately by Christmas Decorating!!!!

I'm probably gonna have to remind myself to breathe until the end of this year....
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hugs, maria

Looking forward to my tennis league today! I sucked so bad last week :P but tuesday I played at night and got 13 points! Yesterday I had a good lesson and even my backhand was looking sweet so hopefully today will be a good scoring day.

Des came and hung out with me last night and we had fun talking and watching clips from videos.

Tomorrow is the tennis social and then we have a sitter coming over so we can go and have a little fun later on.
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so cooking some salmon, potatoes and wilted spinach with garlic. Listening to Bonfire. Wow what a wonderful song... love it.

things are busy but manageable. Even with a new puppy :) Theo is so friggin' adorable, i love his sweet little face and airplane ears.

On the negative the skanks might just win the world series ::: hurl ::: oh well

I can't wait to go see Third Eye Blind in Fay!!! we are also going to Mt. Magazine, have a wedding on the 27th and have bacherlor/bachelorette parties also coming up. Then as soon as I take a breath it will be Christmas time... wow...

But if you know me, you know Christmas is my favorite decorating time of the year, me and my 5 trees, maybe I'll get more this year :D

Love you all!

TTFN
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new computer.... I'm in love... ahhh..

it's so pretty and fast :) Thank you pat :)
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last night we watched The Gods must be crazy I. Miguel was laughing so very much, loved the whole sillyness factor. I mean it was that belly laugh kids can do that just makes you want to tickle them so they'll keep doing it. It was adorable and also addictive. So tonight we will do #2 and see how it goes. That one is very funny also :)
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good weekend, will be working on photoshop elements which i downloaded yesterday. This week is not as busy as the last one but will have some pop to it :) particularly friday, it's a good thing I only have one thing of tennis on friday.
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I'm tired, goodnight
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I don't think I have ever been so excited to have a long weekend as I am today. The younglings get out of school at 1:30 and then all 3 have the day off tomorrow. I have already warned my alarms AKA Patrick to not wake me up tomorrow as I intend to sleep in. I am so frigging tired, I think I will live on red bull and emotional strenght because I am really, really tired.

It's been such a busy week, with parent teacher conferences, hospitality, tennis, kickboxing, yoga, dates with 85 year old men, lunch with Pat, date with Desiree... it's been fun, don't get me wrong, I thrive on social interaction but I'm not sleeping at night and that makes me bitchy....

anyhow I need to give kids breakfast... ttfn

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hugs, maria

Oh being sick just sucks! Of course I had to get sick on the week that everything else falls on, birthdays, tennis, photoshop classes, health screenings... you name it, it was happening this week and so no surprise I get sick...

Next week will be only slightly less busy but i guess since I already got my sickness at least i get that out of the way.

I'm reminding myself right now to charge the camera so I can take pictures of Larisa's party tomorrow. Her friends Morgan and Savannah are coming over to play and stay for the night.

Tonight after the cake is done I'm gonna shoot myself up with Nyquil and take a good sleep.

Tomorrow will be a good day right?
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hugs, maria

oh boy

do i hate being sick! bleh... I have much to do and little time to complete it. I spent the whole day in bed yesterday, literally the WHOLE day. My throat hurts and I'm freaking exhausted. Today I have a pre-birthday party activity at school for Larisa, then tennis clinic. Then Larisa and I have to make her birthday party cake for tomorrow.

Her celebration is tomorrow and I have a nasty house to clean. I am excited as she turns 10 and I'm excited about making the cake with her, he is a little princess baker and loves to do it.

Tomorrow, I am also excited because I have a Photohop class that I signed up for about 2 months ago. Miguel has a birthday party, then we have company to eat ribs and celebrate Larisa's party. Then her friends stay for a sleepover.

Sunday will be a LITERAL day of rest....

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so today I was so good! I was so buy and yet managed to do 1 hour of kickboxing and 45 minutes of yoga. I know I'm gloating but I had never done either one of those classes and I feel very accomplished!

went wedding dress shopping with my soon to be sister in law and my mother in law. It was a fun and unifying experience (i think anyways)

We're going to watch The Proposal tonight which is such a funny movie, I loved it, laughed my butt off.

Not feeling very chatty but wanted to update my blog. TTFN
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hugs, maria