Anthro dress!

I LOVE a good anthro sale. Every year it lands in my birthday month wich is awesome cause I just scored this little number!

Ombre hair

I have my hair Semi-ombred right now and I LOVE it! This time I think I am going to have my roots my natural dark color and fade to blonde at the tips, kinda funky but hey, thats what happens when your hairstylist is family!

Mazie is a Mama!

{mazie posing with her new bowl and bow from aunt liz}

I am so thrilled (and scared) to welcome Mazie's first litter of full-bred shih-tzus! (due JUNE 11th) She has been such a trooper, I just know she will be a good little furry mommy! After talking with my hubs about breeding mazie, we decided that this will be her ONLY litter. We have a handful of friends and family that have their sights on one of her puppies and we feel way more comfortable keeping the puppies within people we know, then we can see them! {i just know I will get attached to the little guys!}

I have been studying suggestions for responsible breeding on the AKC website and researching online... A lot on what to expect....

Anything I should know before she has her bebes?

"You can't do the same thing and expect different results"

With the semester almost over, I can almost taste the sweet savor of freedom! I have a job that requires me to work in the evenings (no, not that kind of job), which will leave me with lots of time on my hands during the day (hence, the no school!). So I was thinking of the things I would personally like to accomplish this summer with my extra time....

1. Practice my guitar- poor things getting dusty!
2. Practice my worsening camera skills-if you don't use it, you lose it!
3. Have a resting Heart Rate below 75bpm- I need cardio...BADLY!
4. Learn to sew and make something.
5. Reupholster the $2.00 wingback chair Clark & I got at a yard sale.
6. Reorganize our closet.
7. Volunteer.
8. Visit my {widowed} grandmother more.
9. Get a summer pass to the amazing pool that got built across from our house-this leads to the next goal...
10. Get tan- I think I am the whitest I have been in years!
11. Plant a (arizona-heat-proof) summer garden.
12. Paint the master bathroom.
13. Deliver Mazies puppies-kinda gross, but I gotta help a sista out yo!
14. Fly somewhere fun with the hubby-gotta love family flight benefits.
15. Learn to use a pressure cooker and can, can can you do the can-can!?
16. Find a job with similar hours/pay that is close to home- fat chance of that happening, one can dream.
17. Finish all the little "peace-of-cake" projects I haven't gotten to around the house.
18. Cook at least one meal/ day.
19. Learn the art of couponing!
20. Serve someone once a week.

{pic from my garden}

To have long hair again...

With the dreadfully hot Arizona heat just around the corner, I am so very tempted at the thought of cutting my hair off. That was until I saw this... Thanks for the inspiration LC!