just miss kim

I am really boring

During the week, I lead a very boring life. My coworkers tease me because it's so boring. We stick close to home and have a pretty staid routine.

Last night, we just busted right out of that routine. We went wild and crazy and walked down to the local grocery store and rented 2 movies.

And watched them both!

I know, you're shocked at just how wild we get when we let our hair down.

The first movie that we rented was "The Water Horse", which I did not watch. Dan and the girls watched it while I bought a couple of shirts online and did my ab exercises.

The one I did watch was "27 Dresses." It was nice to rent it for less than $1, but I'm definitely buying this one. In general, I'm not a chick flick fan, but this one was just too fun. We actually saw it over Spring Break in Branson, and but I needed to see it again last night. Chesney was so upset when she realized that the dress scene was going to happen after her bedtime, so I might have to watch it again tonight.

Of course, the best thing about 27 Dresses is James Marsden. He is definitely my latest eye candy crush. He's so cute, and he can sing too! He needs another musical, don't you think? Watching 27 Dresses totally has me in the mood to watch Hairspray again.

Tonight, it's back to the old boring routine. America's Next Top Model, Ghost Hunters, and CSI:NY. I'm making a casserole for dinner. Don't you wish you lived the exciting life like me? ;)

P.S. Since I took my eye candy down, here's a little to get you through the week:

just 2

I really have not felt well since January. I'll feel like I'm getting better, then it hits back even harder. This weekend, it was the cold/cough back at me. I spent all day Sunday in bed. Hating that I didn't feel better, but wanting to get the rest I needed so that I could feel better.

But that's not really the point of this post. The point is that while I was laying in bed, I managed to get 2 layouts done for this week. One is just a fun layout I did by randomly picking a photo:

The other was for a designer who I adore, Dianne Rigdon. Dianne's was one of my first creative teams, and I'm so happy to be back working with her again. This layout uses some of her newest kit, Damask Dream.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

final transformation

Just to refresh your memory, here's what I looked like over Spring Break:

And here's what I look like now:

Hahahahaha. Just kidding. That's what I look like now after I blow dry and before I style it. Here's what I really look like:

It's a wee bit too short right now, but I know in a week or so I'm going to really love it. I've got to get used to styling it. This is really where I wanted to go. Love not having a lot of hair!

Have a blessed Monday!

party at the shabby shoppe

For many digital scrapbookers, we owe Shabby Princess a lot for getting us started in digital scrapbooking. One of the first layouts I did used SP's kits. Just for giggles, here's that layout; I think it was my 4th digital layout ever:

And here's some of the layout I did with the new releases at the Shabby Shoppe:

Stop by The Shabby Shoppe
and check out the products and sale. Kristie is still one of the most generous designers out there!

shop til ya drop

Last weekend, my mom came down and took Mykiah on a birthday shopping trip. The girl makes me laugh. She stuffed the sack at Old Navy (for an additional percentage off), spend a birthday giftcard at Limited Too, and was in heaven when she went to a huge store selling just accessories. My mom sent me this picture of Mykiah in the mall parking lot a few days ago, and I just had to share:

She has had so much fun wearing all her new stuff this week. Quite the excitement for my almost teenaged girl.

Have a great weekend! I have today off, and plan to pamper myself a bit, then relax and do nothing at all!

addicted to Etsy

I am spending way too much time just window shopping at Etsy lately. Monday night, I was chatting and more than half my time I was at Etsy, totally ignoring the conversation but just letting my eyes feast on the many varied, fun offerings at Etsy. I just had to share this screenshot of my favorites page:

I love to just click on someone's favorites and then find my way around the site, discovering new treasures. If you'd like to check out my favorites, they are here. If you're an Etsy shopper (or window shopper like me), leave me a link to your favorite store. I'd love to check it out.

scooters

Sunday morning, Mykiah went out and got our paper, then come running to me. Target has scooters on sale for $19, and apparently she's always wanted one. We ended up buying 2 -- one for Kiah and one for Ches. They spent the afternoon riding them. Kiah's a little more... balanced than Ches, but the girl is certainly trying.

more signs of spring

Dan mowed the lawn on Sunday:

I'd ask you to excuse the nasty grass in that photo, but such is our grass. We're going to reseed next weekend, maybe.

I dug out the flip flops (and yup, I was wearing capris, too):

(Don't you love how the dandelions match the Crocs?)

another makeover

Friday night, my mom took Ches to get her hair cut. She got one of those cute, all-the-rage asymmetrical bobs. Isn't she a doll?

And yes, there will be one more makeover... I have an appointment on Friday! I'm so ready!

woo hoo for the weekend

Finally it's Friday. Yesterday at work, I was convinced it was Friday. I was mentally planning my weekend. I hate that rude awakening when I realize it's only Thursday.

Not much planned this weekend. My mom is coming down to take Mykiah out for a birthday celebration. I'm in search of a dog bakery -- I bought Hayden some homemade treats a few months ago at a woman's fair and we're almost out. My puppy needs his bones, don't you think? Sunday it's supposed to be 80, and I plan to wear both flip flops and capris.

You know the rule right? Below 70, I don't wear either flip flops or capris (ok, I may slip on flip flops to run to the store, but when I'm dressing for the day, I never choose flip flops). 70 to 80 degrees, I can wear one or the other. Jeans and flip flops or capris with my bowling-ish shoes. Once it hits 80, all rules are out the window. Yup, I can break out the capris and flip flops.

I'm a wild and crazy woman, aren't I?

As I'm writing this, however, I'm sitting here shivering and thinking about bumping up the temp on the heater. I know it's almost May, but I still have my heater on. I don't like being cold!

OK, I should go shower. And then think about maybe cleaning up the house a bit. My mom is coming down and like to have the house at least look surface clean when I know we're having visitors. Today really is Friday, so let's enjoy!