fresh off the press

new items up on my etsy.

well the tassle western jacket really isn't new - i was trying to re-market it by adding it to one of the shirts i was selling :)  still can't believe i have no takers on that thing. 

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the weekend was pretty swollen with things.  first i helped with the rock revolucion fashion show at the townhouse, hosted by my new friends at spanish fly (pics to follow).  

then this.  the all american tradition for wes, mary lou, and i

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off ta bed with ya!

good tools

i bought my shears today - the guy gave me a good deal seeing as they didn't have a great set for lefty's like they do for righty's.  it's an investment - but mine are jacked so i figured, why not get some good ones now since i'm cutting hair everyday (at school and everywhere else).  i may as well have a chair in my cube at work - better yet, they can sit on the medicine ball and get an ab workout as well, haha.  tsfun.

so i've been driving to work these days - part exhausted - part daydreaming - listening to these folks' new album on repeat.  their music drowns me by the time i get to the office - it's always bittersweet getting out of the car (i sometimes wonder what i look like while driving since sometimes i don't remember half the drive, lol).  i still haven't gotten over arcade's old work, and here they are again.  genius.



and these two old hags won't stop chasing each other all over the house, so i guess you could say, mission accomplished.  penny is no longer lonely.  i'm kind of excited for when they get all cuddly and affectionate with each other.  i told penny now she's got a girlfriend to check out the street fellar kitties with.

*i know i like my dress too.  i told you i got some new items for my shop.

but ya - little 'name pending' is very affectionate - little ms biscuit!  she got used to us quick.  she keeps checking in to see if we have a name for her yet, so the pressure's on.

mk.  that's it.  the cats are going nuts.

princess pernsys

i'm almost at 1300 hours - two more months and i no longer have to do hair on the black market, but i still just might.  

on the hair growth front - i'm actually enjoying my mullet-esque stage.  i was going to cut off the longer hairs in the back so it starts growing like an even bob, but i started pinning it every which way and doing pig tails.  no wonder they call it party in the back.  haha. and (as if you need to hear more about my hair growth progress), i'm enjoying how it's fading. 

speaking of faded color, i had an opportunity to participate in the designing dreams runway show this saturday at the memorial auditorium, and the way they did my hair later (and i fixed without making too many changes because models aren't supposed to do that, right). the fading made it look like my head was on fire.  not even joking.

and one of my fav shots backstage with our crappier camera - hence the grain, but.

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in cuter news!

we've been thinking of getting penny a friend, but have been fearing the commitment of another little feline in the house.  we had to set that aside, however.  seeing penny's lonely little face pop up in the window every time one of us shows up at home the thought of another definitely boomeranged.

anyway, long story short, a girl at school posted that she could not keep her kitty and is looking for a new master.  i called my husband and we sealed the deal and welcomed princess into our cave.

the ONLY thing is that her name is princess.  not to be vain but.  princess? plus, penny's not the biggest fan for the first coupla days with a new kitty in her territory n' all.  kitty called princess.  so i thought whatever sounds closest, but is spelled completely different might work.  don't laugh.  pernsys.  not really sure either yet, so if you have ideas, please.  other than completely changing her name which is also up on the table.

that is all.  for another several weeks, JK JK.  i have new items to post to my etsy so an update won't be far off.  plus i have many thoughts and pictures and i like to talk about myself.  kidding.  but srsly.  not really.  but kinda.  LOL.

ok - my time is up :)

good night sweethearts!

went to camp

at dillon beach again this year.  kind of become a tradition with some of the folks from last year: 

i saw this trailer and thought - do you have to be rich or poor to own one?  either way - i'd own one.  and if i was really carefree and unattached, location-wise - i'd live in it and travel with my husband.  the only thing is that we don't really have a talent that we could use to make some extra bucks. illogical money-wise.  so i guess you'd have to be rich then.

i absolutely love dune grass.  i'd love to have a house with dune grass for my front yard. 

and of course the campfires that penetrate the hair and clothes.  oh sooo wonderful. 

the rest of them are found here, if you want to see.  wes and i got a 50 mm lens for our camera and i couldn't stop myself.  

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in more news, my uncle had gone to be with the lord on friday.  he's been suffering from cancer, physically, but his responses to the "how are you"'s over the last couple of weeks have been "i'm learning" or "under construction".  to have such an outlook takes strength that cannot be drawn from oneself, that's for sure. he did not look strong, to say the least.  but his faith had become sight.  can't imagine how that must be. 

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well, and finally, i made another sale.  good-bye little yellow number.

slowly.my.shop.is.operating. more coming soon so stay tuned :)

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also, i'm in the tiana vega designing dreams charity fashion show on aug 7th, hosted by couture connection.  i'd love to eventually do hair for those, but to model in one is such a privilege. furreal.  

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finally.  the coles have some amazing new sounds - i want me them downloads.  give them an ear - you haven't heard anything like this yet. 

anywhooo. with family being in town and such, i had some time from school and today, after the post-funeral luncheon, had an opportunity for a nap! imagine that!  

well - aights. g'night dears. 

bahama mama

hot hawt weekend.  

saturday wesley and i cooled off at folsom

and new items on etsy

thanks for stopping by - hava good night folks!  welcome week.  

thursday. done.

since wes and i got our degrees in business - we're always evaluating business's customer service and marketing.  it's automatic now.  we always have THE best ideas for how companies should market.  for a free consultation - just leave me a comment - JK jk.  omg.

but honestly - i have to mention if you're ever in the roseville area - go here, to bloom coffee.  they have the most velvety cappuccino's on the face of roseville planet.  not even joking - they opened about a year or so ago, but were so overdue.  not to mention - yesterday i pulled an embarrassing situation for muh-self - ordered a coffee - went to pay, but couldn't find my wallet so i said "i think i left my wallet in the car - mind if i grab?" and the sweet barista says "yea i'll start your drink".  sure enough it wasn't in my car, but there was my velvet in a cup - ready for me upon my return.  she let me just take the coffee - i'm sure other places might do that, but she made it so not a big deal.  it's the little things.

yes i did return today and paid for two of the same - one for me for the road, and one for yesterday.

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and another day at the spanish fly salon today.  it's obvious that i'm not even scratching the surface with what i'm learning in school and i get more and more eager when i extern here (never really learned why they call it EXterning rather than IN, but).

oh - and behold - my new hair growth inspiration - i found her on refinery29's article on 5 fashionista bloggers to watch out for:

i know it's a ways! but today - this made the cut for inspiring.  her roots are exactly my natural level  (i exaggerate - i do that when i'm excited.  she's probably like a level or two darker :)  the only cavee is that i agreed to be in a fashion show in august which requires to brighten up the red in my hairs.  at the time of agreement i didn't mind so much, but now that i see this...dang.  what is a girl to do. life is hard.

g'bye!

wednesday nite

i don't want to speak too soon, but i believe i have officially trained my body to live on 5 hours of sleep a night.  i think. 

just a regular ol' night - except for the fact that 3 years ago today, my fella and i got engaged.  it was special.  7.7.7.  there was a long running joke with that date for years prior - i used to answer people that date who asked "so when are you getting married".  i'd say "777".  then the fella came along in 05 and learned quickly about this joke.  i say joke because the thought of marriage at that time made him nerveuse.  as the date neared, the creature started stirring.  resolved to be okay with the fact that it's going to be a long time before the marriage situation, i thought we should at least have a special day.  with that, the ideas rolled in his crimson read head (more like basketball orange), and he used the opportunity - along with my obliviousness and gullibility - to ask what i thought about being a hhwife.  and here were are. 

anywho - i was looking for a pic of our engagement since i don't have any on my mac readily available, and signed into the ol' xanga.  it's all still there!  i love reading old posts.  the one that was particularly entertaining was this one - i'll spare you the whole post, but here's a quote - it's me listing all the possibilities of post graduation life on jan 4 2008: 

these are my possibilities (who says they're realistic):
-go to art school and get into fashion.
-send off my scarf idea to a company who would like to buy it (it's this thing i called TherModa. Don't you hate the heating scarves that you have to plug in to heat up and look so ugly? Well.......anyway, you get the idea. maybe not, irono)
-have a little patching/tayloring business - i need to sow though. a lot.
-what else? i don't know. a lot of possibilities. i haven't had much time to think about it. excuses excuses. seriously, they grow on trees. everywhere!

and a pic of my longer hair round that xmas time

i was never really great at styling it long.  giving it another shot since now it's muh job! 

finally, i need to get myself a crimper.  love the frizz!  and it lasts days :)

let's not talk about damage.  we've been there and back.  many tines.  

xoxo