Neville Longbottom

When did Neville Longbottom become such a hottie?
It even feels weird just saying it.

p.s. his real name is Matthew Lewis

Eyebrow Threading

I was at Fashion Place Mall yesterday with my step-mom & stepsister when we noticed a new shop right by Nordstrom's. It is for eyebrow shaping. I've always wanted to have my eyebrows done professionally but I hate wax and I'm always afraid I'll end up with no eyebrows when it's done. The thing that's different about this place is that they use the threading method. {They use a pure, thin, twisted cotton thread which is rolled over untidy hairlines and other areas of unwanted hair, plucking the hair at the follicle level. Unlike tweezing, where single hairs are pulled out one at a time, threading can remove an entire row of hair, resulting in a straighter line. As a larger area of hair is removed at once, however, it can be slightly painful.} I've heard of this before but never knew of any place in the area that actually offered it. We decided to give it a shot and we all loved it. They don't only do eyebrows, they can do any hair on your face, upper lip, the little hairs around your hair line, chin, etc. It's not any more painful than plucking or waxing, although it was a little sensitive on the lip area! My eyebrows are perfectly shaped and they didn't take too much away. The ladies are from Nepal and they are super friendly and total pros at what they do. The best part is, it's so cheap! Only $12 for eyebrows and they do an amazing job! I highly recommend it.

Postworthy

In the 5+ years that me and Karl have been together he has gotten me flowers once. It was for Valentine's Day a month after we started dating. Monday was our 2 year wedding anniversary and I was shocked when I received these flowers at work. He's a pretty good husband I guess :) and a better spouse than me, I didn't get him anything!

My Drunk Kitchen

Too funny. I think I'll have to try drunk baking sometime, it looks like fun!
*Warning* There is some foul language in this video

New Car.........Yay....

Getting a new car is fun……..right?

I just wanted to let everyone know what getting a new car is like when you’re married to someone who is in the car business (and is also extremely frugal).

I mentioned to Karl that I was going to wash and clean the car sometime over the weekend because it was dirty. He told me not to worry about it because we’re going to get a new one pretty soon. Ok, whatever I figured he meant in the next couple of weeks. The next morning while I was running around doing my usual errands he calls and tells me to come into the dealership. Yay, a new car! Exciting right? Wrong. Now I don’t want to sound like a total spoiled brat that is whining and complaining about getting a brand new car. That is not where I’m going with this. I am very grateful and appreciative to be able to have a nice car. It’s just the process is a little out of the norm. So, I get to the dealership and he tells me to go look at the Mazda 6’s (the exact same car that I have and have had for the past 5 years and probably will ever have) and to pick one. I know Karl won’t let me have any of the cool stuff like leather, navigation, tint, etc. so I pick a few that I think will be ok with him. He meets me outside and I show him the ones that I like. No, nope, and no way. You’re getting this one, and he points to of course one of the cars I did not pick. Lame, why did you even ask me to look at them! Then I get my hopes up and think MAYBE he’ll let me get one with a sunroof! We go inside to do the paper work and I honestly don’t even want a new car. I would rather just keep the one I have than get a new one that I didn’t have any say whatsoever in picking out. Last time I at least got to pick out the color. I wanted a white one again this time, but the only white one they had just happened to have a sunroof. Apparently that is only a $10-$20 difference in the payment. Karl spends that much a week on his girly coffee drinks! Karl wouldn’t budge so no sun roof for me. Boo :( I asked him about a black cherry colored one that I kind of liked. Hell no, charcoal (the color of the car that was picked for me) will bring a way better resale and sell quicker than black cherry! We haven’t even bought the damn thing and he’s already talking about trading it in. So that’s my car buying process, not very fun or exciting at all. Let me break it down for you:

1. Karl says we are getting a new car

2. Karl picks the car

3. I sign some papers

4. I drive home

No test driving, no checking out the features and available options, no picking out a color or anything like that. The truth is I never so much as laid a pinky finger on the thing until I drove it home.

I want to say again though that I am not complaining. I think it's a pretty good deal I get to drive a brand new car every couple years even if I don't get to pick it out. The car business is Karl's thing so I can't argue with that and I know we'll never be $10,000 upside down in some P.O.S. that's only worth $2500.

ABC's

1. Age: 29
2. Bed size: Queen in the winter, King in the summer. Since our house doesn’t have a true master and all of the bedrooms are a pretty good size, we change bedrooms and sleep upstairs in the winter where it’s warmer, and downstairs in the summer to keep cool.
3. Chore you hate: Folding and putting laundry away
4. Dogs: Nope
5. Essential start to your day: Not a coffee person, but I guess having something for breakfast is kind of important to starting my day.
   
6. Favorite color: Red has always been a favorite but I’m really liking gray lately
7. Gold or silver: Silver
8. Height: 5’9”
9. Instruments: I played the flute 6^th-8^th grade
10. Job title: Environmental Scientist
11. Kids: Someday
12. Live: Woods Cross
13. Mom’s name: Barbara
14. Nicknames: Breeze, Beezy Bradzinski
    
15. Overnight hospital stays: None
16. Pet peeve: Showing up late
17. Quote from a movie: Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. This is good advice for Karl.
18. Right or left handed: Right
19. Siblings: I have 2 older sisters and 2 younger step-sisters CORRECTION I also have 2 step brothers and another step sister (I don't see them very often so I don't talk to them much. We didn't grow up together like my other 2 step sisters so I kind of forget about them as step siblings)
    
20. Time you wake up: Between 5:30 & 6:00 M-Th, between 7 & 8ish F-Su
21. Underwear: Yes, I wear underwear
22. Vegetables you dislike: Raw carrots, unless they are those really little, teeny, tiny, skinny, baby ones
23. What makes you run late: Karl
24. X-rays you’ve had: None
25. Yummy foods you make: Desserts and baked goods
26. Zoo - favorite animal: Don’t really have one because I’m not a fan of zoos or any wild animals in captivity for that matter.

Vacation!

I just booked our trip to the Canadian Rockies and I am so excited! Karl and I haven't been on a real vacation since the cruise to the Bahama's he won through Mazda. He also would won a vacation to Hawaii through Mazda that we would have went on but he decided to quit his job that year and take a sabbatical from working. And now Mazda doesn't do those trips anymore. Lame. Anyway, here are some pics of the places we'll be staying and visiting during our vacation at the end of the summer.

We'll be staying in these little cabins for the first part of our trip. They are right by Lake Louise.

Ahhhh, Lake Louise. Ask my sisters, I've been wanting to go here since I was like 13.

This is from inside Chateau Lake Louise.

The Fairmont Banff Springs. We're not staying here, but we'll definitely stop by for some photo ops. It was first opened in 1888 and for a long time was the largest hotel in North America outside of New York City.

Banff

Jasper NP

Owls

I found the cutest little blog and I'm pretty sure my fellow Chi-o's will appreciate it.

My Owl Barn

You can design and print your own 2011 owl calendar! Super cute, click here!

Duh

Seriously?! A fellow coworker is learning how to create a folder on his desktop. This individual has a graduate degree and probably makes 20K more than me. What's wrong with this picture?! He's been working on a computer daily for the past 15-20 years and he is just barely learning how to create a folder! Today is going to be a long day.

Over it

I'm so over the Pioneer Woman. She sucks. Question: how many posts about your damn animals can you do and still keep people interested? Answer: 2, no more than that and I'm done which means I should have been done a long time ago being that she has about 7,643 posts about her stupid animals. She totally annoys me lately. I need a real blogger who isn't afraid to piss people off. Ree lives in a world where everything and everyone is perfect and she shies away from anything that may be in the teeniest, tiniest, least bit controversial. She is definitely NOT keeping it real as she claims. Oh, and the movie about her and marlboro man that is supposedly in the works, barf. I hope it bombs.

Oh, but I still will be entering her fabulous contests of course :)
Don't judge me people, I really want a new camera.

Corn maze and more

A couple weeks ago me and my sisters went to Logan to visit my mom. We took all the girls to the corn maze and they also had a big fort/castle thingy made of hay. They loved it. At one end there was a pile of mattresses so you could jump off the fort onto the mattresses. Watch the video and you'll see Annamaria being a wimp, pay attention around the 1:35 mark for a laugh.
*disclaimer* My video taping skills are not the best so if you get motion sickness easily you probably won't want to suffer through the whole thing and just skip to 1:35.

FYI

Amber from Teen Mom just might be the biggest beeyotch in the history of the world. Oh, and she is a total psycho too.

Must Have Now Please

I want these sooooo bad! They also come in black and light pink, but I'm into purple lately. Now, how do I finagle buying these $140 hot shoes without Karl knowing about it.........

For your viewing pleasure......

Realization

Birthdays are grossly overrated. It's not that I don't like getting older (yet), it's just that no matter how low my expectations are..........it just ends up being like any other day.

*But thanks for the birthday wishes everyone!*