So anyway, just letting you know – my blog is still active LOL.  I just need some quiet time to spend with my camera.  I am so backlogged with things to write about – there will be loads of posts to come!

Photos coming soon!

I’ve also been working on getting a bunch of new listings up on ebay so that’s been taking precedence.  Gotta make that money!

Miss you guys though and I will try to get back on schedule soonish!

So, I’ll see you again when I get it all straightened out.

I spent a nice night out on Friday for my friend Chrissy’s birthday dinner with a bunch of friends.  It’s pretty hard for me to drag myself out on a Friday night but I’m glad I did since I really enjoyed myself.

Saturday I went to the library & shopped at Walmart & Goodwill, then came home & relaxed. I also ran into another friend at the Goodwill I shop at – nice to see Wendy again! (Posts to come on the shopping goodies!  Much later though – I’m behind with my posting this week.)

When I got home I got to see my V-Day present!  A kick-ass new faucet & insta-hot.  I’ve been wanting both for so long!  My old sprayer used to get caught on the plumbing so I couldn’t pull it out plus the spray would stick on – super fun.  Someday I’ll get a new sink to go with it all - but that’s a ways off…  Anyway, I can NOT wait to have oatmeal for breakfast tomorro!

Today we went out to lunch at Jack’s Bait Shack – it’s a sports bar that we had gift certificates for.  (I scored three $25 gift certificate for $2 each on a sale at www.restaurant.com. There were restrictions but nothing we couldn’t live with.)

Later, after we got home, our friend Terrina was riding her horses on our road.  She came in the yard & I got to ride around on her friend’s horse for a bit.  I have such a love affair with horseback riding, sigh…  We also made a date to go together in two weeks.  You have no idea – I am so excited!

After that my friend Kammie popped in & I got to chat with her for a bit.

It’s funny – I normally like really planned out visits because I get so stressed about time but this weekend was different.  Probably because I planned to do less because I knew we were going out to lunch today.  Also, my husband offered to get groceries for me so I didn’t have to go out this morning.  (He’ll probably be finishing up the laundry too but we won’t tell him that just yet…)

A friend of mine just hit her goal weight & she decided we would go to Simply Cupcakes of Naples to celebrate with one cupcake each.  We were very restrained, good girls too!  She had 1/2 of a Chunky Monkey & 1/2 of Key Lime Pie.

I tried the Neapolitan – soon to be the official cupcake of Naples!  My review is that mine was delicious.  The texture was a very heavy, dense, satisfying kind of cake in chocolate & vanilla plus the icing was a divine pink strawberry.  Honestly, it would have been hard to have another since it was so rich!

I highly recommend that if you are ever in the area you take a little trip to Simply Cupcakes of Naples & try the flavors.  They have so many yummy ones: Black Tie, Peanut Butter, Red Velvet, Cookies & Cream & Mint among others.

The rest of the dozen went to her lucky husband.

It was a fun day despite the cold temperatures here in Florida.  We got to catch up with friends we don’t see often.  Plus there were hot dogs & cake & loads of other goodies!

Plus these things always provide lots of entertainment of the people-watching variety!

Anyway, here is some of the pretty that I grabbed from the day:

The theme of the party was Tinkerbell – way cute!

I know it’s weird to buy a 2-yr-old a gift certificate but it’s never too early for them to enjoy shopping!

Also, found the really cute Princess & the Frog necklace for mommy.  I just thought it was too cute not to give to my frog loving friend!

Such a great photo.  It reminds me of very simple drawing you might see in a children’s book.  All those pastel colors & simple shapes.  I see rectangles, triangles, circles, an octozoid (I just made that one up), etc…

How perfect is this photo?

Is this the cutest cake, or what?  See Tinkerbell flying over the big flower?  LOL

There were actually 2 more cakes plus cupcakes too:

Lucky girl!  I’m not sure which was my favorite.

Dante – pug/boxer mix

Vi (Violet) – who the heck knows – I see a lot of terrier & greyhound in her but the Humane Society said she is part Mini-Pin.

I love my mutts!

I will miss getting the demo items but at least I won’t be spending any money on it anymore.

But, then, with all the extra time I start dreaming up things to do to fill it.  Nature hates a vacuum & so do I!

Mainly & most importantly I need to focus on learning more for my job/work/career.  I enjoy web design so why shouldn’t I get better at it?  Creatively as well as technically.  So that comes first.  Even though I feel I’m still being very lazy about it.  (I am working on getting a portfolio up on this site so you guys can see some of my work!)

Secondly, there is getting healthy.  Hard to do but must continue on the path.  I’ve resolved to return to my Body Pump class.  (I haven’t been in 3 or 4 weeks.)  and start to be consistent with my elliptical workouts as well.  I’ve been very lame re: my fitness. Also, eating. Must start to count calories.  Every.  Day.  All. Day.  I tend to do it until after lunch and then drift away from it.  Not helping!

Other things I have to fill the time:

• Friends - Spending time with new meetup friends & older friends too.  I am loving being able to spend time without stressing about taking the time. 
• Drawing – may try to do my third purse drawing today.  We’ll see, but there will be more to come for sure.
• Netflix – love to download movies (when I have the time)
• Collecting (human) skulls (not real ones, of course) - just thought of this one today.  It’s my new thing, I think.
• Mark – I’m considering becoming a Mark rep.  I used to do Avon & I loved it.  However, I did spend more than I made & ended up with a lot of stuff I didn’t need.  So, there’s that.  I still haven’t decided.
• Ebay – I’m trying to be methodical about photographing & writing descriptions as I set things aside to sell.  Then, try to list a bunch at once.  Almost like how you treat a yard sale.  Kind of seasonal.
• CVS – They are building one on my corner so am going to try to learn their system.  I’ve read that you can get most of your toiletries & dry goods for free if you learn it & stick to it.  Maybe I’ll sell some of the freebies on Ebay, who knows…
• Outfits – I’m still photographing outfits IF I think they are worthy.  Am posting on Weardrobe (link on the right).

I think that’s all that’s running around my brain right now.  It’s good to get it out LOL.