Sweetest Day

Last Saturday was Sweetest Day. To find out more about Sweetest Day, click here http://www.theromantic.com/sweetestday.htm

So anyway, The Suitor informed me that it was Sweetest Day the Thursday before. Which gave me time to get a card, get it in the mail, and he would get it ON Saturday. Well when he found out that evening that I got a card and he did not, he was rushed to try to figure something out. I also informed him that I would be in OKC at MrT's house on Saturday too.

He decided that he could get me a gift & a card and send it overnight for Saturday delivery. As to not let me out do him. He was so upset that he even told me about Sweetest Day. Then he could have gotten me a card & I would have not gotten him anything and then he would have something to hold over me, "Remember when YOU forgot about Sweetest Day?".

Well, Sat no delivery, Monday I was back home so FedEx, missed the Sat delivery portion of the Airbill. The Suitor had it re-routed to my house. But FedEx delivered it to Mr. T on Monday, picked it up and let it sit in there office until Wednesday. Well I was heading back out of town on Friday. So the Suitor called FedEx AGAIN, and had it re-re-routed to HIS house. So a week later, the package ends up full circle back to him and I opened up the semi dead flowers almost a week later at his place.

It was the thought that counted. What a great memory of our first Sweetest Day.

The joys of getting older

The boys & I are in OKC this weekend. We are going for a wedding and to visit some family & friends.

On the trip there, Cody wanted to pump gas, so I let him. Fun for him nice for me. So I will continue to take advantage of his services while he still enjoys doing them.

A Decade

WOW, a lot can happen in 10 years. I went to Tulsa for my 10 year high school reunion last weekend. It was ok. I saw 3 of my really close friends. Saw a lot of people that I had forgotten about and did not see some that I wanted to catch up with, oh well.

It was a little weird for The Suiter, who joined me. But he had a good time all in all. Minus the hotel room problems that we had.

Everyone kept saying how much I looked the same. Well they all looked the same too. Some had put on some weight, but I was amazed how 10 years had not changed most.

So here are 2 of my senior pictures - mind you I had my hair permed a week before pictures and then straightened again 3 weeks later before school started back up. So no one even saw me with permed hair.

Are you or did you go to your high school reunion? Who changed the most? You or someone else?

Back to my roots

2 weekends ago, I was back in Chicago and the Suitor and I went to eat Korean food. He has been wanting to take me for Korean food for a long time. I was not impressed. He said that it was not good Korean food. I just kept thinking no wonder I never missed this stuff.

When I told Mr. T about the experience he asked if I felt at home.

Then later, the Suitor said that he realized that he said 2 negative things about my Korean background, but then he said that he knew more about Korean culture than I do.

How politically incorrect are these people??

The Suitor

Mr. T and I had decided several months ago that if I were to discuss my boyfriend on my blog that I would take a page from Stephanie’s blog & refer to him as The Suitor. But due to the nature of our relationship, I decided not to blog about him. But now it is time. But due to the nature of his business, things will remain pretty vague.

So The Suitor came for a visit for Labor Day weekend. It was a pretty lazy weekend. We did a bunch of family stuff, went on the wooden go carts, played putt-putt, went to see Talladega Nights and of course did the lake thing. We really enjoyed our time together. Met tons of family, including the boys for the first time. It went great.

I almost titled this Guys are Guys. Because no matter what The Suitor is a guy. He is a great guy. I can talk to him about things that I have never been able to talk to anyone else about. He is easy to talk to about anything and everything. He likes to talk/communicate just as much as I do. We have a ton of stuff in common. He is anal about most things and I thought that he was very observant about things. BUT I went to get my hair cut on Friday. He knew I went to get it cut. When I got back, I just raved about how well my hair lady did on my hair. I have been going to her for years. But she did the best job ever on my hair this time. I just was so happy and kept talking about it. And what does The Suitor say? “I guess I’ll sound like a typical guy, but it looks the same to me. No different.”

Arbonne Anyone?

Signed up for Arbonne yesterday. Needed to place an order for myself - so I signed up to get a discount. I thought that I would save some money.



Still doing Pampered Chef too. I actually did a party last week. May do another one in September. September is a busy month for Pampered Chef because they have their stones on sale. PLUS they came out with new stuff for September. I realized that I have been "doing" Pampered Chef now for almost 4 years. AND I am still getting more and more of their stuff & still loving it.

Oh... besides those I still have my "regular" jobs too. Still working for Downey in the mortgage department. And I am still working on getting my Series 6 & 63 licenses so I can sell mutual funds. But right now I am still doing some financial services with New York Life.

I did decide to take a semester off from school. Hopefully start up again in the spring, once I have obtained my 6 & 63 license. Yeah, I guess I'm staying pretty busy.

First Day of School

The boys starte school on Thursday. This is Bray's first day of real school. This is his teacher Mrs. Boyer. He was not too excited, but said that he did have fun.

Cody was excited about school and enjoyed his first day of 6th grade!

Happy Birthday Brayden

Another Spiderman birthday at Chuck E Cheese.

Happy Birthday Brayden

I've been extra busy this week at work, so here is a cute pic of Bray in honor of his 6th birthday today!! I will post pics from his Chuck E Cheese party that we are having on Sat next week.

When Inspiration Strikes...

I was looking at a Crate & Barrel book this Friday night and saw a room on one of the pages that I really liked. Then I realized that I had a can of paint downstairs the exact same color. (Paint meant for another project, not yet started) I've been sick of my current living room look for awhile now, I just did not know what to do with it or if I even wanted to spend the time & money doing anything with it. But the moment hit, so I decided at 11:30 PM Friday night that I would start painting my living room. And I did. I finished yesterday. I love it.

Now I am off shopping for accent pieces. After all, I need accent pieces. I only had the paint on hand.

The walls are a chocolate brown. But I think there is a hint of purple in there (I am not too fond of that). Previously the room was a faux paint of tan, ivory & sage green. I am over the sage green. I have orange in the kitchen, I may accent the living room in orange too to bring it all together. Have not decided yet, or maybe just not inspired yet.

Update

First of all, my poison ivy is getting worse. I will spare you all the nasty pictures. But that spot on my leg is 10 times worse right now & it looks good compared to a couple of days ago. It has also spread to the top of my let, all over my other leg and on my arm. And my leg is swollen up. It has been miserable to say the least. I am on the verge of going to see a doctor about it & I never go to the doctor. I will see how it does this week and decide from there.

I went to Chicago this weekend. Pretty relaxing and fun. Went to Michigan Avenue. It was ok. I got down there pretty late on Saturday and apparently all the stores close at 6 PM. I was pretty bummed about that. I saw You, Me & Dupree. It was funny. I would not say one of my favorite movies. But funny enough. Saturday night I stayed downtown and went to Navy Pier to watch the fireworks. They were pretty good. It was crazy crowded there.

I ate sushi again this past weekend. I do not really eat sushi. I have had it 3 times previously and all within the last 6 months. We went to one of my favorite places to eat in the city called Shine Morida. I ate so much sushi (which was not a lot) that I thought I was going to be sick. The final straw was the last Maki Roll (some spicy tuna/shrimp thing) that was so huge I could hardly close my mouth & I was already pretty full that I really did not think that I was going to make it. So here is to eating sushi until you explode!

First Time for Everything

So far this summer, I have had a couple of funky skin things going on. Every year I get the typical bug bites and bothersome chigger bites. But this year is a first. I believe that I have gotten poison ivy. I have never had poison ivy. But as BJ said, there's a first time for everything.

Since I have never had poison ivy, I do not typically pay too close of attention for the plant. And then I have never really known what it would look like on my skin. I had these bumps that I thought was some kind of rash. It itched, so I scratched it... Then it got a nasty and spread. I still had no clue what was going on with my skin, until today when I showed BJ and Gma. They informed me that it was poison ivy & to quit scratching it. WHICH I had already planned to do since I had been yelled already about it by someone else.

So, here is a picture of my pretty leg. That is just one spot. It is all around the other side of my shin too!! And I still do not even know what that funky stuff on my other ankle was that I had last week.

New Ride

This is my new ride. It is a 2004 Toyota Highlander. It is really nice. It has 45,000 miles, a third row, power windows, cd, air, cruise and it is 4 wheel drive. Are you sold yet? Other than that it is pretty basic.

Salesman beware, I think I did a pretty good job negotiating, if I do say so myself. Thanks to some advice from an ex-car salesman. I first saw this one last Wednesday. I said that I would buy that day for one price. They said no & I said ok, I like the car but do not want to pay that much for it. So I bought it Monday for $600 less than I said on Wednesday. I guess patience does pay off. But I hated negotiating and playing that game. Glad it is all done. Have you ever had to negotiate for a car, if so how do you think that you did?

Week In Review

What a super crazy week. It all started last Friday night...

I went to see Fire, the Hawaii experience or something like that. It was a show by the Polynesian Cultural Center. Went with some family. Then went to grandma's to meet up with Terra, Mike, Matt & Krista. We hit the town, did some sight seeing, visited & headed to bed around 3 am.

Sat we were all up bright and early around 8. I drug Matt out for a walk, then the girls & I went for pedicures, we went to lunch, went to Uncle Phil's house to meet up with Ted & Emily, did reunion business, played Dominos with Aunt Ev, went to dinner and then headed to the lake for fireworks and a night swim. Headed to bed earlier, around 2 am.

Sunday went to church and then back to the lake for the afternoon. Rode the jet ski and did the diet coke experiment. If I could figure out how to put a video on here, I would show our mini fountain. Then I headed back to Oklahoma City with Matt's group. Stayed there until Wed.

Wednesday I came home, worked, car shopped and went to see the boys' last baseball games.

Friday I headed to St. Louis to work. Worked and spent the weekend with my cousin Ted & Emily. Crazy busy weekend!!!

Here are some pics, for more check out Krista's blog ... http://www.happyredhead.blogspot.com/

Fear of Pickles is Ruining My Life

This is from ifilm (link on blog) from the Maury Povich Show. Pretty weird stuff. I love pickles!

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2748349

Addictions

I was reading a post from my friend's blog today and she was talking about how she did not realize how addicted she is to her cell phone. Do not worry this post is not going to be any kind of confession about any addictions nearly as serious as in A Million Little Pieces. But it made me think about my so-called-addictions. So here they are in list form:

1. My cell phone
2. My laptop/internet connection
3. (Future addiction) my new GPS & maps & trips software
4. Network marketing (Longaberger, Team National, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, Home Interior, etc...)
5. ebay
6. Blogging
7. Panera/Starbucks (Like Starbucks coffee & cakes better, but like internet access from Panera)
8. Shopping
9. My soaps
10. working out

So mostly gadgets and anything related to shopping. What are you addicted to?

Survey

Name: Kira
Birthdate: January
Birthplace: Korea
Current Location: Missouri
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 110
Piercings: Ears only - for now
Tatoos: not yet
Boyfriend/Girlfriend: no
Overused Phraze: retarded & jacked up

FAVORITES
Food: Gyros & all fruit
Candy: gummy bears, sour patch kids & red vines
Number: none
Color: silver, pink & purple - for now
Animal: none
Drink: water
Alcohol Drink: none
Bagel: asiago cheese
Letter: never thought about it
Body Part on Opposite sex: abs, arms, face

THIS or THAT
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Pepsi (but I do not drink soda)
McDonalds or BurgerKing: McDonalds
Strawberry or Watermelon: Strawberry
Hot tea or Ice tea: Hot
Chocolate or Vanilla: Choc
Hot Chocolate or Coffee: Mocha
Kiss or Hug: both
Dog or Cat: neither
Rap or Punk: rap Summer or Winter: spring/fall
Scary Movies or Funny Movies: funny
Love or Money: love and money

YOUR...
Bedtime: random
Most Missed Memory: Senior year of high school
Best phyiscal feature: hair & teeth/smile, I guess
First Thought Waking Up: random
Goal for this year: Too many to name
Best Friends: Holly & Matt
Weakness: shopping
Fears: no $$$$
Heritage: Korean
Longest relationship: 8 years

HAVE YOU...
Ever Drank: yes
Ever been beaten up: no
Ever beaten someone up: no
Ever Skinny Dipped: I do not think so
Ever Kissed Opposite sex: yeah
Been Dumped Lately: yeah
Been on a blind date: not yet

IN A GUY/GIRL
Favorite Eye Color: green
Favorite Hair Color: any - not red so much
Short or Long: short
Height: 6'
Style: trendy/prep
Looks or Personality: both
Hot or Cute: either
Drugs and Alcohol: no
Muscular or Really Skinny: in between

RANDOMS
Number of Regrets in the Past: ??
What country do you want to Visit: Europe
How do you want to Die: In my sleep
Been to the Mall Lately: YEAH
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes
Get along with your Parents: yes
Health Freak: yes
Do you think your Attractive: I'm told that others think that I am
Believe in Yourself: yes
Want to go to College: going
Do you Smoke: no
Shower Daily: yeah
Been in Love: yes and I'm not sure that it is all it is cracked up to be
Do you Sing: not very well
Hate anyone: no

Cars

I took the boys to see cars last night. We had a good time. The movie is around 2 hours. A little over with previews and the mini movie that Pixar has been known to do.

I liked the movie, but I would not call it a "funny" movie or one of my favorites. I was expecting more, so I was a bit disappointed. I do not think that the boys were disappointed but I could tell by the lack of chatter after the movie that they did not think it was too fantastic.

The movie had more of a "serious" storyline to it. Somewhat thought provoking. Just the pure animation is good enough for Brayden but I think the more in depth story was good for Cody and myself. I liked the storyline.

Have you seen cars? If so what did you think of it? What is the best movie that you have seen recently?

I saw The Break Up last weekend. I liked it. Probably one of the better movies that I've seen (I've seen Failure to Launch, MI3, and Ice Age 2 recently in the theaters).

Interesting...

Next month, a company called Atech Flash Technology will release the iCarta, designed to let users listen to music while in the bathroom and features a toilet-paper holder.

The $99.95 iCarta's four speakers are designed to resist moisture, and the device uses AC power to charge the iPod while it's playing. Atech says the toilet paper holder can be folded in if the user would rather not employ this unique implementation of multitasking.

When contacted for comment by gadget Web site iPodObserver.com, Atech sales manager Eric Liu said: "We want to create something that is different and brings people joy for buying such products. The product is even protected by our own patent worldwide."