Its official!

Last weekend my best friend of 20 some years Heather came to visit from St Louis and we went to San Diego to see Paul,spend some time on the beach and look at some houses.Well,when he showed it to me I didnt want to get too excited incase we didnt get it but I was really thinking there couldnt possibly be any better house.First off that garage detail is just one of the many little dollhouse looking features.The house is called a Tinkerbell Home and was built in the 50s,it really suits it because when I seen the neighborhood it reminded me of Minnie Mouses house or the camper when Goofy went camping.AND lucky me the house has been occupied by the same lady for 40 some years and has alot of the original features.I honestly couldnt have dreamt up a better house,right around the corner is a school built around the same time and still looks like it! I love it so,its like being on a movie set.Paul worked so hard running all over to find us the perfect house and I feel bad that he had to do all that work himself but my what a good job he did.I couldnt be happier.I picture the house in aqua with red and white trim......drool... someday!
We are only going to be 15 minutes from the beach which is a good thing because Shyloh really took to the water it was next to impossible to get her to leave. It was her first time there and you could tell it was love at first sight.There are a few people that I had hoped would be happy for us and want to be a part of it that arent thats kind of taken me aback but I know we are doing the right thing and Im looking forward to spending my life with Paul in our dollhouse. :)
SHINY RUNNING TO HER NEW LOVE

.little while longer

taking care of family stuff more soon.

im not home

you may or may not have noticed i havent been around. im computerless..or computerfree for awhile. i shipped alot of things today and anything ordered this last week will go out next saturday. sorry for the delay everyone. it will get there. i promise! eli graduated this week,it was awesome! pics when i come back. hopefully when i come back i will have new house pics. its very exciting!! cant wait to show you. :) oh and my swaps shold be done and ready for next saturday.... ok im off miss you guys!

time can be so slow and so fast at the same time

Friday is the last day of the shop until I get moved and settled. Im having a hard time keeping up and I dont have much of a support system here to help keep me going.The kids have been helping me take pictures and weigh the last few things Im posting but other than that Im trying to do too many things at once. I need to focus on packing and moving.If you are interested I did mark all of my softies down. I want to take as little with me as possible. Anyone in az want to come and haul away a bunch of vintage crap? I have other crap too. Its craptastic around here :)
Im getting so anxious about moving I can barely breath.It makes me feel like I did when Paul and I first started this journey 2 years ago. My heart beats fast when I think about him.I look at his picture way too much.I want to keep him on the phone forever.Did you know that one time I rode the bus 16 hrs just to see him for less than 4? I had it bad. Still do.Ive spent the last year talking about when this time comes and here it is catching me unawares and unprepared.lolHis family is working hard to help him find a house and get ready for the move.I really appreciate that,make me miss all of the family I left and the way things used to be. I dont think we would be able to do this without them. In fact I know we couldnt.Its been a really long hard rode for us and separation is never easy I really think we deserve to have a good life together and I really believe we will.Until then Im just hangin on!!!

Scorpion stings and other things...

Ive had the crappiest day,we wont get into that but I will say its not kid related! yay!Its shop related and I will say I learned a valuable lesson.Never trust someone with something that cant benearly as important to them as it is to you,such as your business and shipping.But ANYWAY,Ive had a long stressful day so I decided to go outside and take some photos of things Ive been working on ect.

So i was laying in the grass taking photos when all of the sudden I felt a mad burning on my arm. Guess what got me? A scorpion. For some reason I was thinking it was the wrong time of year.Having ran a tattoo shop on a foothill I have seen pretty near everything. A pair of huge wild havelina,vultures,rattle snakes,there were scorpians in the shop often.But I always wondered how I would react if I was ever bit by something,I always picture myself screaming over a rattle snake bite. Ive been bit by pythons before but mostly I cried because my feelings were hurt. Wild animals it just seems worse.But it happened and I didnt scream.This is the picture I was taking..

I mostly tried to be cool and act like nothing happened but you cant help but wonder how bad its going to be or how sick your going to get.So far its just burning. I tried to take photos of the sting but its on my forearm on my tattoo so you cant see it. It dropped when I lifted my arm so I couldnt find it to get a picture of it either.My first thought after oww was damn too bad I didnt get a picture of it on me lol then my second thought was "i need paul" :(
But today is almost over thank heavens and tomarrow we are going to my mothers for dinner and next weekend I will be in San Diego with my best friend of 20 yrs and Paul.sigh

SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER!

So this is the sweet girl Ive been looking at all school year long. I was sitting here at the computer this morning and all of the sudden I could smell chemicals,strong,wafting down the stairs......and then the nxt thing I know i hear Eli yell "OMG what in the hell!" and then here it comes down the stairs,I see the shadow first and then the long spikey points....


its going to be an interesting summer..

Brand New Day

Yesterday was the last day of school.Shyloh won an award yesterday at her 6th grade graduation(this is the first year i had heard of that) for outstanding physical education.I dont think I was blogging at the time but she placed first in every event but one this year.She didnt know she was getting it but her teacher had called me the night before. It was all I could do not to say anything and I did call her karate instructor to let him know.She totally didnt expect me to be there.When I walked in all the kids were saying "hi shylohs mom" and the look of shock on her face was priceless. Its always funny when I go to school because they cant help but stare at me,they are kids, so I always smile and try to let them know Im not a monster.The parents on the other hand, for the most part, have a look of fear or disgust.I think they relax once they see the kids love me though. When the kids were little I was a teachers aide so I kinda have a way with kids and school. I love it.
Mariahiesha scored all 99 and 98% on her finals and Eli graduates next week (and turned 18 yesterday!) so we are all happy on the school front.I love it when school is out because I dont have to worry about what is happening to them to and from. Thats always a nightmare here. last week a 14 yr old boy was shot not far from here,at random,he was just walking.all of that really sucks since everyone is still recovering from the serial sniper we had around here last year.(this after my ex husband,kids and i went thru the dc sniper ordeal) (watchout sandiego it follows me)
But anyway i was thinking yesterday that yesterday was pretty much the last day of our old life.Ive been saying all year when school gets out we are moving to San Diego. Well,here we go.Its no longer some surreal event that may or maynot happens to us in the distant future.Its time to start seriously packing,going thru things,preparing.Its a really strange overwhelming feeling.
But on a lighter note,I now understand why Hilary didnt talk alot about what its like to look for new house and all that goes with it.geeshhhh and I wont tell you either because it might keep you where you are at. ;)
UGGH THIS JUST IN
Im watching the news right now and they just closed an elementary school here in the phoenix area because there was a horrible smell in the school and it turned out the smell was from a body,on the roof.can you say time to leave?lol