Shannons Randomness.

This week our dog Samson graduated from PetsMart training. It was pretty cool I guess.

I got to spend some good times with my mother-in-law and her dog Minnie Sue since they were apart of the class too.

At the end of the series they give you a bumper magnet that I am sure you have all seen on peoples cars. Chris sneakily put it on mine and I drove around with it for a whole day before I realized.

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These are our dogs in case you forgot....Notice that runt Delilah. She never can get comfy. Drives me loco!!! I took these in about 1 minute and look at all her positions.

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This is who I root for on American Idol. She used to be called Megan Corkery but now is Megan Joy. Anyone else notice that??

Simplify

I had a sign that said Simplify hanging in my office, but sadly it got paint spilled on it during the 'makeover'.

I made a new one a couple days ago. I cut the letters out of fabric, hand stitched it on, then stretched it over a canvas. 


Heres it close up since I hate when fabric photographs like the above photo. 

Super simple!

no pun intended :)

Happy Birthday Chris!

Today my wonderful husband of almost 2 years and best friend for almost 4 turned 23!

I love him and hope each year gets better and better!

Today I was a little stressed. About really dumb things. 

this song came into my head:

" All I really need is a song in my heart,

Food in my belly,

and love in my family"

God works in mysterious ways. Who knew this little song I have known since I was about 4 would calm me so much. 

Raffi, anyone??

I destroyed this cassette listening to it. Pretty much.

Today, I am:

• still dealing with this headache for the 3rd night in a row. (Its only at night, so strange)
• avoiding doing laundry. I do not mind that I ran out of soap :)
• going to go to PetsMart dog training for Samson. I still can't tell if he is really good at training, or just lazy.
• trying to get rid of some zits on my lovely face.
• REALLY tired.
• preparing myself for a long work weekend.
• going to Target to try and find some good deals on clothes. I still haven't gotten much since my last 'steals and deals' post
• realizing I really only eat two things I cook. By choice. I do know how to cook. 
• really wanting a pedicure :)
• praying for some dreams to come true...
• hoping for change...
• anxious about the future.

Trip to the Farm

My sister invited me to join her to go to Arizona Agriculture Day at Superstition Farms. It was a nice day and a fun, cheap activity to do!

Here are some pictures from the day. No order at all....a lot of randomness and me trying to be artsy fartsy. 

He didn't like to be tickled with cotton.
Running into friends and getting a picture.


Lunch was only $1! The line took forever but it was worth it. It was catered restaurant food. I was impressed. I took a picture. 

Sort of Done...

The new office. Its kinda girly, I hope this doesn't steer Chris away. Its not finished, I have a few more projects to get done, but you get where I am going.
Before:


After:

I wanted a distressed look to everything. I painted the desk and sanded the edges and did that with the frames as well.

I hardly spent any money! The beige paint we already had. The green I got from the OOPS section at Wal Mart for $4. I bought a small can of white paint for the desk and frames for $5. I already had the paper for the mattes and covering the magnet board. I did buy 3 new frames for $3 a piece! Not bad!

Shrek!

Yesterday my mom went to the ER for chest pain. Everything is okay now. 

My  sister was waiting for her husband to come get the kids so we could be with our mom. I joined her in the car, and was the annoying Aunt taking pictures and trying to get Aidan to say everything he knows. 

His latest funny saying is Shrek. You have to watch the video to see why. I die laughing. He was being a ham for me...and just learned to pop his jaw so thats what you see him doing most of the time. 

Sorry Courtney for exploiting your child....I just cant resist.

did you catch that at the end: "*&%# bye."

Ugh PMS

What a case I am this week!  I know there are some people out there that think PMS is a myth- but I know it isn't. Today I was thinking about what we could have for dinner. My first thought was flatbread pizza- mine with sauteed spinach, tomatoes and greek olives with a pesto spread. YUM right? Usually I would think so. Not so much today. When its 'that time' I crave full fat foods. Right now I want fettucini alfredo. That'll be dinner. 

I also ran to the store to buy our treat for American Idol tonight. I got carmel corn with peanuts and Cadbury cream eggs (my all time favorite). I also got Chris a treat :). While I was putting the groceries away, I noticed there was one of the eggs rolling around on the bottom of the cart. I tried to find the other one, but no luck...it must have rolled out. Then I found myself driving around the parking lot looking for this 50 cent egg! Wow.  I am a PMS nut.

and I never found it.