Best weekend EVER!!

I'm a week behind, so here's last week's rundown -

Holy crap - BEST. WEEKEND. EVER. This was the weekend that I was not at liberty to discuss in last week's blog post and it was amazing!! The whole weekend was to celebrate Wendi lady's BIG 4-0 and celebrate we did! Her husband Chris surprised her and rented a 4200 square foot log cabin out in Sequim. He then filled it with all of her favorite people; including her sister, Mandi who flew out from Michigan to help celebrate! We started off the weekend by pre-funking on the way there in Wilson (Chris & Wendi's motor home, for those who haven't already met him.) 

This time it wasn't me barfing, it was Mario - before we even got there! Thank you, Pete!! He spent the first three hours of our weekend on the motor home bathroom floor. Very nice! The rest of the weekend we all spent drinking, riding bikes, ziplining, playing extreme air hockey, soaking in the hot tub and listening to Justin Hale's Band (minus the band. LOL!) play some awesome music. It was such a great time! Not a whole lot of pictures were taken as most of the people with cameras were drunk and otherwise engaged, but here are some pics that made it.

Prefunking in the motorhome on the way there!

Wilson and the super amazing cabin.

Wendi's 40th bday decor.

Justin Hale's Band

Tif and Evan trying on hats.

SHOTS!

Mandi & Anja looking awesome in their hats!

Tif and I. Not sure what we were doing or why....

Mario napped and Chris did dirty things to him.

She was done for the night!

It's true. LOL!

Hats in the bathtub.

Oh! And I got a new hair cut and color on Friday. I've been wanting something new and different, so I went with long layers and super dark. Here's what I ended up with. I'm kind of digging it; it's sassy!!

News Article/Current Event -

• There are just some things you wish you could unknow... - While I am a total, hardcore pro-choice kind of girl, this made me absolutely sick. 
• It's never too late for Facebook! - 105 years old and checking Facebook for bday wishes; that's one rockin' granny!
• Why the hell can't I get this lucky?! - All I ever end up with in Vegas is empty pockets and a hangover. 
• Could Twilight be the worst movie of the year? YUP!! - This one is for you Tiffany!! LOL!
  
• Bestiality tops gonorrhea! - WOOHOO!! Every state is bad at something, I guess.

Current Obsession -  Ecotools brushes are this week's obsession. They're cheap and awesome and I'm missing the eye brush set. How could this be?! And I need another foundation brush so I can rotate when I wash them. That brush takes forever to dry!

What I'm Looking Forward to in the Week Ahead - 

Not too much going on this week. Tif and I are going to hit the mall on Wednesday. Hopefully, Wendi and Missy will be able to join us. Tif needs a new shirt and I'll be shopping for makeup. Big surprise! Last week we hit the mall and both picked up a new MAC shadow in a color called "Club". It is AMAZING! Because it's a duochrome color, you can create a smoky eye using just one color. Watch how to do it here.

We don't have any big plans for the weekend either. I started emptying out the guest room this weekend so I can get my exercise room up and running. The guest bed and our big chair-and-a-half + ottoman are seriously holding up my flow. I'm going to try and get those out of there next weekend and get them into storage. I have my treadmill, recumbant bike and health rider to set up and depending on how much room is left, I'd like to add a rowing machine and elliptical. I miss working out!!

Weight Update - Last weekend did me in - I'm up .8 pounds. No matter; it's a new week and we're back on track! Will weigh in again this Friday. On a slightly related note, Mario and I signed up for The Warrior Dash along with some of our friends. I'm pretty sure we'll die while doing it, but at least we can say we tried!

Neato Quote of the Week - I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves. - Alexander Humboldt

Texts From Last Night "Text of the Week" -

(910) So just in case you wake up on the couch wondering how you got there - you came home at 7am, put ice in a cup, then you proceeded to put the cup in the microwave to melt it because you "wanted water". You then, fell down the stairs while saying "you don't know me", then crawled to the couch.

And Finally, My Gripe - OH, the flooding!! Every damn year. Hwy. 203 was closed today due to "water over the roadway". UGH. It took me over an hour and a half to get to work last week since I had to go ALL the way around the valley to get to Redmond. This is a little sample of what we've had to deal with up here in rural Snohomish county this year. Here are some pictures of the 2009 flooding - the worst I've seen since we've lived up here.

The only other bridge across the valley -
this one is the first to flood and when it does,
I know it's time to head home from work! 

This is the bridge I drive over everyday to get to work.
The river normally only runs in the right 1/4 of this picture.

What a lame week....

So, BIG NEWS!! Well, it's big news to me anyway. I finally got my hands on the Urban Decay Naked palette!! I've been trying to get this damn thing for months and months, but it's been sold out everywhere. It's amazing! I have found that some of the colors have a delayed glitter fallout, which makes it look like a stripper sneezed on me. It's fine though; Leah likes it. She says every time she looks at me it's like looking at a disco ball. Cool! I also bought some Benefit Highbeam highlighter. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet, but it has potential. Next purchase on the list is the Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Eyeliner Pencils. They will be mine!




News Article/Current Event -

• Is there anything else we can censor for you? - For some reason this article just really pissed me off! You can't go back and edit history to make it more "politically correct". You just can't!!
• God, I hate people! - Humans are just going to continue to kill off our planet; little by little. And here's yet another.
• Some people need jobs. Or at least better hobbies. - Creepy, but still pretty cool.
• danhatesspam.com - This guy is my hero. And he's also clogging up the legal system. But, still my hero.

Current Obsession -  Nacho Doritos. Mario brought home a giant Costco sized bag of them and they're tormenting me. They're just out in the kitchen, sitting in their crunchy little bag, just calling out to me to nibble their tasty little corners. BUT NO!! I cannot.

What I'm Looking Forward to in the Week Ahead - 

We have a BIG weekend planned, but I am currently not at liberty to discuss it. Pictures will be posted next week. Well, the clean ones will be posted. I'm sure they'll be far and few between though. Stay tuned!

Weight Update - I weighed in last Friday and was offically down 44lbs, but yesterday I ate 22 points worth of chocolate cake and caramel ice cream for Amy's birthday. I'm guessing my weigh in this Friday is not going to go so well. Time to get my big butt back on the treadmill! On the upside, when we went snow tubing last weekend I hiked up the hill all six times. Last year I made it up once and literally almost died. What a difference 44lbs makes!

Neato Quote of the Week - The two most common elements in the world are hydrogen and stupidity. - Harlan Ellison

Texts From Last Night "Text of the Week" -

(603) I don't know what kind of drugs you were on last night, but you kept trying to highlight my face because you said I was important.

And Finally, My Gripe - Wow. Self absorbed people from high school are this week's gripe! As you all know, friends find it fun to get their scanners out, scan in embarrassing pictures from junior high and post them on Facebook. We've all been there. I know; I've been tagged in plenty. Do I care if other people see them? No, because that's who I was and what I looked like. I find it pretty hysterical really!

Just tonight one of my friends posted a picture of me and two of my other friends from what appears to be our 6th grade Canada trip. It's unflattering, involves hypercolor t-shirts and wave bangs - it's amazing basically. Well, just minutes after it was posted, I get a frantic Facebook message from one of the other girls in the photo. She was appalled that anyone would post such a horrific picture of her and was in a genuine panic over who might have seen it. We went back and forth for a while (I was trying to be nice. FAIL!) until I finally told her to get over herself and grow up. I'm such a peach. AND I'm pretty sure I'm getting un-friended. I may not survive.

LOVE IT!!

Another exciting year is upon us! Yeah, right.

Last week was uneventful. Thursday night was cold and clear so we went up to Chris and Wendi's and had a bonfire. Good way to get rid of those Christmas trees and wrapping paper! Did some shopping and pho with Tif and Zoie on Friday - Nordstrom Rack was CRAZY!! The line was literally around the entire building. On the plus side, I found out they carry women's shoes in size 11-13! YEAH!

Spent New Years Eve with the hubster, eating pizza and watching movies. We're wild and crazy like that! The rest of the weekend was housework and weekly planning. Trying to get back into my Weight Watchers/exercising groove! I made several resolutions this year and I'm really, really going to try and stick to em'.

• Spend less time on the computer and more time reading books.
• Eat more food grown on trees and plants and less food manufactured in plants.
• Sleep more!! 5 hours a night is NOT OK!
• Be active four days a week, for at least an hour. 

News Article/Current Event -

• How did Alabama get so lucky?! - I bet this lady is rolling in the dough! On a totally unrelated note - does anyone know where I can purchase an abandoned bank or fast food restaurant?
• Die young, stay pretty - Too bad she figured it out a little too late. I did some research into Pro-Ana groups and websites; it was extremely disturbing. Don't do it.
• Seattle: Where it rains on every holiday - If the summers here (when we actually get them, that is) weren't SO amazingly glorious, I'd move to San Diego. I'm a sun baby and I'm being deprived!
• How do you explain this to your kids? - That is going to be one VERY uncomfortable discussion.

Current Obsession -  I'm not super obsessed with anything in particular this week. I have been very, very into several songs though. I think I'm wearing the tracks off of my iPod. Kenny Chesney - Somewhere with you / Bruno Mars - Grenade / Jarrod Neiman - What do you want / Sunny Sweeney - From a table away / Far East Movement - Like a G-6 / Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand. I'm one of those people that can listen to the same song over and over and over and over without ever becoming tired of it. Just one more reason I'm weird. Oh, and I find Bruno Mars oddly sexy. Just thought I'd throw that in there!

What I'm Looking Forward to in the Week Ahead - 

So far, the week ahead is looking like a fairly quiet one. Wednesday, Tif and I are headed back to the mall. I bet you'll NEVER guess what we're shopping for. MAKEUP!!! Who'd have thought? Here's what's on my list - Bobbi Brown Gel Liner, Smashbox In Bloom palette, MAC Select Moisture Cover Concealer, Benefit Girl Meets Pearl and possibly the Smashbox Master's Class Files. Good thing Mario bought me that train case for Christmas! But, too bad it's already full (until I get my Z palettes that is!) I have a Kohl's card to use also, so maybe I'll pick up some clothes while we're there.

Saturday, I've gathered up the gang and we're heading up to Snoqualmie Pass to do some night snow tubing. We did it last year and had a blast! I figured it would be a fun family friendly activity since everyone has their kids this weekend. Well, except us since we don't have any. LOL! It's a good excuse to do "kid stuff" without feeling like a creep. I'll post pictures next week - but here's a taste of last year.

Oh Mario and Evan!

Tif and Zo

Evan and I waiting for the rope tow

Mario gets all the ladies!

Everyone warming up by the fire

Weight Update - Well, I gained back two pounds over the holidays. I'm not going to worry about it too much though. I'll get my ass on the treadmill and be back to losing in no time!

Neato Quote of the Week - Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost part of your life. - Michael LeBoeuf 

Texts From Last Night "Text of the Week" -
(603) Dude I got a text from you at 1:30 last night and you didn't use any vowels.
(1-603) Haha, I didn't want to buy any.... we're in a recession, you know.

And Finally, My Gripe - UGH. Whoever the jackass is in the neighborhood who's all of the sudden decided to listen to music at all hours of the night. I'm UBER sensitive to noise and nothing makes me more crazy than that incessant thumping of bass. Tomorrow I shall track whoever it is down and write them a strongly worded letter. If that fails, I'll call the cops. Yup, I'm THAT neighbor. HA!