Kids love...

I am spending a couple of days in Paducah visiting a friend and her two small boys. Tonight, Jack (the oldest who will be four next month) said to me...

"you are NOT leaving tomorrow, you live here!" Kids sure do have a way of making me feel loved.

Here is what Jack was like when we first because friends...

My teeth...

In case anyone was wondering about my dental status. I lived through the experience at the dentist's office...yes it was terrible. I can't seem to convince them that MY MOUTH WON'T OPEN ANY WIDER!!! Anyhow, in the end my teeth are in great shape...no cavities, nice gums all that...BUT I grind my teeth. They gave me some name for it that I promptly forgot and in the end I had to make impressions of my teeth. Now I have a handy little night guard that I wear and it protects my teeth...or rather my ligaments...from getting irritated from my night grinding. Evidently it wasn't actually my teeth that were hurting, it was my ligaments. Good times...and I am not going back to that office...well probably ever again.
Till next time...

Just two more...

With Sahara...sweet friends

Adoption Announcement!!!

Today my family welcomed a new member into the crew! Introducing Princess Jasmine (Jasmine)....

It is hard to tell how small she is from this picture in the grass...but she is really tiny.

Here are some more pictures of her first afternoon with the girls...























Kisses for Tirza...

My tooth hurts...

Alright folks, this is it. I finally broke down today and called the dentist. After months of avoiding ice and ANYTHING sticky...like, and this is the worst part, caramel. That is one of my favorite things to eat friends and to have to avoid it for such an extended period of time has started to take its toll on me. Soooo...I have an appointment for Tuesday at 8:00. I scheduled it for the earliest time of the day so that I will be able to spend the least amount of time at the dentist as possible...I HATE going to the dentist. More to come...

Ma ma ma ma Mazda!!!

So the other day I made a real big grown up decision...well, a decision anyway. I have been looking into trading my old car in for a while now but had yet to find a place that would take anything reasonable for it. Something about a blue book and old cars loose their value...those car salesmen don't know what they are talking about! Anyhow, I finally ran across a friendly young man who treated me like a person (as opposed to a woman in a car lot) who wanted to help..and I am sure make a sale but let's focus on the good people! I looked into some of his vehicles and then before I test drove anything talked cash...he was a little confused as to why I wanted ALL the money info BEFORE I even test drove any cars but he humoured me and pulled up all the figures on FOUR different vehicles that I was sort of interested in. After that, I was down to two...so I drove those. One of them was a jeep and was no fun to drive, and the other one was my Mazda Tribute. Let me say for the record, I have never been one to go for an SUV but I am thinking about a trip across the country soon, and well in the end, the thing will sell easier when I am ready to get rid of it.
In the end I got way more for my Chevy Prizm than it is worth...how that happened I have no idea. And thanks to Mom and Dad I used ALL of what came from Mr. Prizm to pay for down payments and another huge chunk off the price of MR. Tribute. I drove away with a much lighter pocket and a much bigger car. (For those of you who are finding out about my newest big purchase here on my blog...so sorry, I have been busy making the bucks so I can make my payments!!!!) ( p.s. mom and dad, my insurance DOES cover me even when I am in Canada...shout out for Nationwide!)

Check out the inside...

My parents are amazing...

Just in case any one thought I didn't have the genes to be awesome...here is how cool my parents are. These are pictures from their blog (yes their blog, I am not sure if he has had a chance to put them on HIS MYSPACE page), from their last trip . That is my mom on the zip line... P.S. if anyone can tell me how to get rid of this underlining I would appreciate it!