peek-a-boo funk

The weather here is bizarre! Bundled up in blankets in the morning, air conditioner on during the day and turning the heater on at night. What sucks so much about this is that no one informed me that your BO factor will increase ten fold after you have a baby. Being the dirty hippie I am, I don't mind skipping a shower or two but now-a-days it's impossible. I smell like elephant butt all the time. If I'm not changing clothes three times a day from baby spit up and pee pee accidents, then I'm changing clothes from the excessive sweating and the wild onion smell coming from my pits.

old photo

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So I'm camera-less right now. It refuses to charge for some strange reason and the memory card is missing from my backup camera (and the other 6 cameras in the house, yes 6, don't work). I ordered a new battery and memory card for the cameras but they won't be here until later this week. I hope I can survive. 

My Etsy store was darn near wiped out from a gloriously large order last month and I have yet to take photos of my new items to list. Now that I'm ready I have no way to do it. How sucky is that?

Well, while I wait for my camera necessities to come in, here's a questionable self portrait taken about five years ago.

In case your're wondering ,my tattoo says "Make Yourself" as in the Incubus album and song. It's for sure my personal motto.

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Also, I didn't realize that half of the items in my Etsy store had expired. Now that it's all been re-listed shall I pimp a wee bit of what's for sale?

honk honk

  What the heck is going on party people? I hope everyone is having a supreme Tuesday.

Today me and the family went to Marshall for our last appointment with the midwife. This was the baby's longest trip so far and he didn't handle it too well. He cried most of the way there on our hour and thirty minute long journey. He's gotta learn to cope before we head to New York for my sister-in-law's wedding in June. Yes, we're driving folks. From Texas to New York with a baby. Man, oh man.

So here's what I wore today.

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 Sweater, tank & leggings - Walmart

Necklace - Etsy

Skirt - Target

Socks - Just a $1

Shoes (old) - Citi Trends

A few years ago I went out with some friends wearing socks with my heels. They looked at me like I had lost my mind! One guy stared at my feet and said "What's going on there?" No one had seen it done before and they were quite baffled. I never did it again after that. Since it's kind of a  trend now, I can wear my socks and heels again without question or judgement. I love getting my way.

Due to the pleasant temperature of the afternoon I totally could have gone leggingless but... um... I haven't shaved my legs in well over a month... or two...

 Have I introduced you to my tattoos yet? No? Well here's 2/4. 

Of course the fly on my left arm always raises eyebrows and stirs up a stream of questions when it's spotted. "Why?" people ask. "Why the fly?"

Why not?

A cousin once said to me, "I have a tattoo of cute little bees. Bees are attracted to honey. You have a fly. Flies are attracted to sh*t."

Yes, I know- and dead things, rotting fruit, stinky stuff... and sugar. HA! Take THAT!

So anywho, when this tattoo (named Fillipe) was still fresh and healing, the spike from a snow shoe caught me in arm and carved his eye out. Total freak accident. So he only has one eye, the poor dear.

The stars on my right arm don't mean a thing either. Just stars.

So what the eff is for dinner tonight?  Awesomeness, that's what. Gotta go cook now. Laters!

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Bonus:

my first New Year's resolutions like, ever....

 I've never made New Year's resolutions before so welcome to my first list of some things that would be nice to do this year.

Stretch my ears to 1/2" 

(two sizes up from 0ga)

Eh, I think that's as far as I'll go aaaaand I'll finally be able to wear pretty plugs like this!

Be more adventurous in the kitchen

Every year my cooking gets better and bolder but I'm ready to kick things up a notch and stop being so afraid of recipes that require ingredients I've never heard of.

Get a henna inspired tattoo

mmm... I'm not sue if you can get a tattoo while breastfeeding. I'll have to look into that.

Go to sleep before sunrise
My sleeping schedule is awful! It's been that way for over a year now and it's only gotten worse since I got pregnant. I go to sleep between 6am-7am and get up anywhere from 1pm-5pm.
Something's got to change!!

Grow my hair out

I love having my hair short but now that it's grown out a few inches since being pregnant, it's making me realize how much easier it is to manage.

Try some color

I think we can all agree that the outfit on the left is pretty amazing- but would I wear it? Probably not. Just the thought of wearing something so colorful kind of sends me into a panic. I've neeeeeever been a fan of wearing bright colors- I'm a dark and muted tones kinda gal (like on the right).

But I would like to try my hand at wearing something just absolutely color drenched at least once.

Shake the baby weight- plus some

When I got married two years ago I got lazy and happy and gained a whopping 40 pounds. Yeah, it happens. As soon as I started to diet and exercise I got pregnant... 

Hello 40 MORE pounds.

I'm not a weight obsessed kinda gal but an 80 pound weight gain in two years is a little much.

I'm due in just a couple of weeks so that'll be a nice 15 pound head start.

Buy a juicer

Juicing is a very, very good thing to do and I think me and my husband would benefit from it immensely.

We've been looking for a juicer for a few months now but we're having a little difficulty finding one that is affordable and reliable.
I can't wait to get my hands on one so that when I get super old I'll still be healthy... and sexy.

Paint my nails more
(or stop buying nail polish)
I'm a compulsive nail polish buyer but I rarely paint my nails. I don't know why. It's time to either stop wasting money or put that stuff to use.


Tap and shimmy
I love to dance and my two favorite forms of dance are tap and belly dance. Strange combo I know.
Last year I got lazy, started making excuses, then I got pregnant and tired and just stopped dancing.
But you know what? Since I love to tap and belly dance so much, maybe the next step is to put them both together and try flamenco???
With the baby?


Make my Faire bigger and better

Last year's faire was pretty darn good for a first try. But this October I'm going to try harder to get more food vendors and merchants. We had plenty last year, but a lot had to drop out at the last minute which left some serious open gaps on the map.
The 2013 Faire WILL be spectacular.


Buy a new gown (or two or three)
I love my gown but I can't see myself wearing it again this year.
My dress really took a beating last year and I'm ready to give it a rest.
I want something more eye catching and regal like the gown pictured below but gowns like this can get pretty darn costly... so I guess it's time to start saving now.

So what are your resolutions? Feel free to share a link to your "New Year's Resolutions" blog posts below!