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I have been searching Etsy... being I haven't ever really taken the time to look through the website.. Little did I know I would LOVE LOVE so many things on there! I guess I have been in the craft mood lately... I have been seeing all these super cute things that can totally be made for HALF the price and be custom to my liking! Here are some of the things I have come across while either looking through Etsy or stalking peoples blogs that have super cute ideas.

**GIRLS NIGHT CRAFT IDEAS?!?!? Whatcha girls think.. I think were due for a craft night**

FORWARNING: I don't know what my obession with "FRAMES" is... but I love frames, I have a LOT of frames already but not that many CUTE ones! I love black wood so most of my frames are black to match everything else BLACK BLACK BLACK I have!

Esty Frame- Simple but very cute! Can EASILY be made.. EASILY EASILY can be made! This might be the first one I make. I like to start simple and cute! Etsy Frame- Hard to see details but SUPER cute! I am bound and determinded to make these scrapbook paper frames. My sister made me one for Christmas 2 years ago with a picture of her and I from her wedding, I LOVE THE FRAME! It matches my room perfect. Its like the one below but with black and white dots and no flower! I like them both ways.. But I do LOVE the bow addition to it, it think it makes it look even more CUTE, if possible?

This is a friends blog of someone I work with.. this lady is very very creative and has LOTS of cute ideas! http://tomkatstudio.blogspot.com/ (Check out her birthday party themes for her lil kids... she did a "my lil cupcake" theme for her daughters first birthday, absoultly ADORABLE themed party)

This is also from the same lady that made the above frame with the flower on it... (Tomkatstudio) These are STOCKING HOOKS. SO FREAKING CUTE!! (JENNA YOU NEED TO DO THIS NEXT YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS!!!) She said she saw them on Etsy but knew she could make them for cheaper.. It cost her around 5 bucks to make each stocking hook frame. Visit her blog and go to the very bottom and theres a list of her post and the last one is Stocking hooks.. click there and she shows u hers all displayed and tells you how she made them. SO CUTE SO CUTE! She has a picture of her or her husband with the kids for hers and her husbands stocking and than a picture of each of the kids in there frames for there stockings!
Etsy- Adorable! Need I say more? So dang cute! I can see this being something my mom would LOVE to have in her house! I want to make one for her just so its in her house! haha




Etsy- GIVE ME THIS! I dont know what I would do with it, but I think its really cute! I like the color of it as well! :) 90.00 Etsy.. Anyone wanna buy it for me? In this picture.. Its not the Mirror I like.. its the WALLPAPER that I LOVE! It has a lot going on but in a SIMPLE bathroom with just the wallpaper as the main thing going on I think it would be super cute!

http://www.ballarddesigns.com-cute/ stuff.. Pricey though!

5-piece set... From Ballard Designs as well. Very cute. I love the look of all the picture frames together like this.. but mirrors.. I like this look a lot!!

Etsy- Paris Hanging sign!!

Etsy- I want a T!!

More to come when I am bored and wanna shop around!

GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!

Random Update...could be long?

RANDOM UPDATE
Few random things/updates in the last month

*We found out My Wamu branch is closing FEB 27th...sad to say (Knew it was coming)

*We found out our new job locations (everyone still has jobs, thanksfully) I, along with 2 other co-workers who I LOVE working with are transferring to the Wamu branch on Alma School and Queen Creek. (YES A DRIVE, FARTHER DRIVE) but with that farther drive comes a MUCH MUCH BUSIER branch. My current branch has been slow for a very long time and its miserable coming to work and just standing around all day. So I am not looking forward to driving close to 25 miles ONE WAY to work. Hopefully I can get a quick route down with the 202 or something. I am also not looking forward to not being able to go to my parents on my lunch break-I enjoy having FREE (good) food every day and eating my daily salads and a side of whatever my mom makes me! (thanks mom, Ill miss my free lunchs being made for me) Now I need to start learnind and getting in the habit of making my own lunch.. because eating out will do me BAD!

*Once again... I attempt to start working out. I do good for a little bit than I get lazy or get to busy.. Now im trying to switch back and forth between Running and my ball work out. Logan had a $100.00 gift card to Target awhile back and as most boys doo.. he doesnt shop. SO I made him go spend all $100.00 at ONE TIME at Target.(yes i was loving it) and along with that I made sure I snuck some things in for myself.. and I talked him into buying me a Ball work out video and the ball :) and to my suprise it actually works really good and I still get SORE the next day after doing the whole video. So im going to attempt to do the ball work out a couple times a week and run a couple times a week.. WISH ME LUCK! I could take the easy way out like all you WACKY DONT NEED TO LOOSE WEIGHT girl friends I have are doing. (its a 500 calorie a day and you inject yourself with a needle or something... Dont ask)

*I have officially made dinner 5 days in a row now :) BE PROUD MOM. Rather its just for myself, Kacie, Logan and more.

I got my moms ward cookbook from her and I finally decided to start putting it to use.

Night 1: EASY Parmesan Chicken and Corn Casserole (LOVE IT)

Night 2: Indian Fry Bread (Kacie and I have started to get good at making this.. Not as good as Tamrans dad thoo.)

Night 3: Sweet and Sour Chicken - Turned out super good! -Logan "says" it was just as good as peiwei if not better. :) (logans all time favorite place to eat is Pei wei sweet n sour chicken)

Night 4: Sandwhiches (cant ever go wrong, a favorite of mine)

Night 5: French Toast-Haven't had in a long time. Craved it! I used Pioneer Womens recipt in the cookbook my mom gave me.. Pioneer Women is an amazing cook! It was SOOO GOOOD!!!! Breakfast for Dinner-Im not a huge fan I have to be in the mood-but this was well worth it!

REMIND YOU: this might not last long-I always find it easier to just buy something to eat, but it really is cheaper to just hit the grocery store and make your meals for a week straight WITHOUT eating out and a LOT HEALTHIER. This is the first week I have gone an ENTIRE week without eating out ONCE for dinner :) and... I have only aten out ONCE period this whole week and that was on my day off at Wendy!

*I GOTTA GET MY WISDOM TEETH OUT! YIKES Feb 19th! Im a little nervous, to be honest! I dont like needles, im scareddddd of needles! I think thats all I am really scared for. Kacie is demanding that she picks me up, and I told her she has to make sure she video tapes me from the time she picks me up to the time I get home.. cuz so I hear the car rides after you get your wisdom teeth out-you act pretty gooft and say some goofy things! So, if other people get to laugh at me and have a good time than I sure as heck want to be able to watch it later and laugh as well! haha

*CARDS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL! NEXT SUNDAY! EXCITED FOR THE GAME!

*I got a new phone for Christmas- G1 in white from Logan! I am being stubborn and I only want the WHITE one ;) soooo they have been out of stock since 2 weeks before Christmas.. I could be waiting awhile.. But at least I know I have a brand new AMAZING phone coming my way sometime in the future. (Mind you my sidekick has a HUGE crack down the middle of the screen, making it very hard to see whos calling or what my text messages say at times and NOW the track ball is starting to go out.. so that phone better come sooner than later)

* I got a spray tan... Tanning beds are just too $ for me now days and so i've been told they have been finding a lot more people with cancer from TANNING BEDS. We'll see if that changes me using them or not.. It might help. $10 bucks a session. I like my tan! The only thing that got orange was my nuckles on my hands, kept it on my hands too long! My sister got one and it looks really good on her, so I was determined to try the SPRAY TAN route that I have never tried before.

All you girls.. If you want spray tans she does it out of her house $10.00 bucks a tan, does a goood job, she wants new clients so if you interested I can give you her email address!

* Jenna's Bday dinner at Gecko- one of my favorite places to eat! I still owe you lunch/babysit brax day! Braxton was thinking he was a big kid like the rest of us.. and wanted to decide what he wanted on the menu as well! He loves taking pictures and always makes sure he cracks a cute lil smile first!! haha as you can see! :)

* A few randoms of Braxaroo.. He got dropped off with "GRANDPA" today for him to babysit while Jenna ran an errand.. He didn't want GRANDPA tho.. he wanted AUNT TAWNY the entire time!!! :) If my dad tried to come near him he would just crawl as fast as he could to me and make sure to pull himself up on to me!! I LOVE YOU BRAX!!!

I freaking LOVE his smile/laugh at the same time!!


I think that is all the news for now.. I think that was enough to read.. I think I should have been a writer or something.. I mean I am not good at "writing papers and such" but I tend to always write or text message NOVELS!

If any of you guys are bored or wanting to read some very neat stories, check this blog out. This is from the family whos plane crashed in Arizona and they got severly BURNED! Well Mrs Neilsen (the mom who was burned the most) is now back to writing her own blogs.. she had her sister filling in and taking care of her kids. She has some very inspiring blogs since she is back and she updates with new things about her recovery and pictures very often now! Theres one picture of her and her husband, Her husband has on a Blue glove bandage and she has on a yellow one and there holding hands, very neat picture. So sad to see and read tho! Check it out! http://www.nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/

BORDOM... The True statement about a VIRGO

Bordom... It will catch up to me any given day at work!

I got this FWD email from someone about zodiac signs... well to my AMAZEMENT it was RIGHT on... WEIRD!

VIRGO - The Perfectionist (Aug 23 - Sept 22) Dominant In relationships. Conservative. Always wants the last word. Argumentative. Worries. Very smart. Dislikes noise and chaos. Eager. Hardworking. Loyal. Easy to talk to. Hard to please. Harsh. Practical and very fussy. Often shy. Pessimistic.

*Ive always been the more DOMINANT one in any relationship ive been in.. Thats what im best at :)

*If any of you really KNOW me.. Yes ill admit I always want the LAST WORD IN- I don't know who I get this trait from but it has to be someone in my family.. ha and ALONG with that I can be very argumentative if im in the mood to me! haha

*Im not VERY smart-but well pretend right?

*Hardworking-I'd call myself hardworking-esp over the course of the years!

*Hard to please-not so much me.. but sometimes i can be hard to please

*Often Shy... Im actually not that shy of a person, so i think.. But I actually have gotten that im SHY on more than one occasion. I think its just when I get into places that I don't know anyone that I get quiet..

Random but bored... what can you do?

~New Phone~New Number~

YAYYY a NEW PHONE!!!

Yes... I finally got a NEW phone and with that came a NEW NUMBER!!

MY NEW NUMBER IS 480-570-7385

As many of you know my sidekick has had a HUGE crack in the screen for over 6 months... I haven't wanted to fork out the money for a new phone.. But I have far but needed one being I couldn't see half the people that were calling me... to read text messages I had to flip the screen back and forth to see behind the cracks and couldnt even read what half of the texts say, and lastly cant see what im even typing for most of the messages... so all in all it has been very difficult to use my phone to the fullest... and yesterday morning it decided not to turn back on for me.

WELL... Logan came to my rescue and bought me the NEW G1 for Christmas!!! :):)

Along with the new phone came a new phone number... The phone is already really expensive..hence why I wouldn't buy it myself, and the guys kept telling me if I get a new phone and start a new plan than it would be even cheaper and it would save me money-which they took care of all the acitvation fees and cancellation fees from my exisiting phone number!

The G1 in White is the most popular phone and they have been out of stock on the white ones since 3 weeks before christmas if not more.. Logan & Kacie searched as many T-mobile stores as they could before Christmas and NO one had them in or even knew an estimated time that it would come in.. but I was determined to get that one.. so I was willing to wait the wait... well when my phone finally broke I had no choice but to get the black G1. When I got it last night the guy told me they have some white ones in stock in there corporate office and that he can request to have one being im doing a new plan and I would just return it in 14 days and get the white one... BUT also comes the fact of it getting dirty and everyone says its hard to see the keyboard at night cuz its silver on the white one.. sooo should I KEEP THE BLACK ONE or GET THE WHITE ONE..??? Im thinking possibly just stick with the black one cuz I can always get a Skin cover for it and no more hassels with returns...BUT THE WHITE ONES SO CUTE!

ORRRRRRRRRRR...

I must say I am pretty phone literate... But this one is going to take some time to figure out! haha Some of the NEAT and COOL benefits it has is...

*Touch Screen& Keyboard (I would never be able to live with only a touch screen being I text so much... But I can definetly do HALF touch screen HALF keyboard :)

*One click google search...Internet is like a computer.. None of this slow & crappy sidekick internet anymore!

*3.0 Mega pixel camera- No more crappy sidekick camera

*Music player & video playback

*Im/TEXT/ E-mail

*A tab on the phone to connect you directly to facebook.. wacky how phones have that on it now! haha

*Straight access to YOU TUBE! YAH I love you tube! haha

*Barcode comparison-Pretty neat! (You can scan the barcode with your phone and it will compare the prices to other stores... Just what I need.. Sounds like something Sandy needs as well hahaha!

*All applications are FREEE (best part) It has hundreds of free applications and games! AMAZING! No more buying anything on my phone... So far I have downloaded these applications for free and LOVE them.

-Wallpapers... Choose from hundreds of CUTE CUTE wallpapers.

- Checkbook Genius (do my checkbook and all on my phone instead of doing it in the registers.. I KEEP VERY CLOSE TRACK OF EVERYTHING I SPEND... I think its what happens to you once u work at a bank cuz my sister is the SAME EXACT way.

-Coupon saver-Gives u tons of coupons for different stores

-Pf voicemail... instead of calling ur voicemail each time and listening to all the messages it tells you when you have a voicemail and you call and listen to just that voicemail.

and LOTS more to come... so many awesome applications that I got overwhelmed last night and had to stop for the night!

Thank you Logan! :)