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so, my orginial picture was just of the bedpost. it was already 11 o'clock and we were in bed falling asleep when i remembered that i hadn't taken my pic of the day. since i'm sure that once i let one slide, i'll start letting it slide all the time, i forced myself from bed and took a quick pic of the bedpost.

that's when we heard it outside...

stupid raccoons were getting into the trash again. the poor neighborhood cat's been getting the rap for the stupid raccoons but we caught them red handed.

johnathan was looking out the window and said three of them were going toward the backdoor side of the house. we started sneaking around the house (we didn't turn on any lights and we were tiptoeing cuz johnathan kept saying "shhh!"). anyway, he grabs the broom and heads for the backdoor. i followed him but realized i wasn't gonna get any action. i told him "i'll take the front."

i went to the front door, slipped on some flip flops and grabbed the nearest weapon which happened to be the christmas wrapping paper sitting by the door. i flipped the front porch light on and took off like a bat out of hell onto the deck.

i saw two little raccoon heads pop up from the back of johnathan's truck. caught you red handed suckas!! so i ran down the stairs and towards the truck. by the time i'd gotten there one had just jumped out the back and ran underneath my car and the other was just getting ready to crawl out of the truck. i revved up and smacked that raccoon in the face with the wrapping paper!

it hissed at me, i screamed and ran back up the stairs. i was more concerned with the one underneath my car coming out and attacking my legs since i was in my nightgown and flip flops.

johnathan finally comes barging out the front door in his chalas and tennies still carrying the broom. meanwhile, i'm standing on the porch, straining to keep an eye on the raccoons, shaking, my heart tripping over itself, and laughingly repeating (a little stupidly) "i smacked it in it's face... i smacked it in it's face..."

we waited outside for a few minutes to see if they'd come back before i went to check underneath the vehicles. armed with a wind up flashlight, i bravely went off the deck... and screamed at every shadow and the noise johnathan made at the deck while constantly asking "do raccoons attack?" constantly thinking about the comment johnathan had made earlier (before we left the house) about raccoons being vicious and how they'd probably kill roxy if we let her loose to fight with them. who's idea was it to let roxy loose to fight with rabid raccoons anyway?! who said anything about roxy fighting raccoons??

anywho, no raccoons. we went back inside but couldn't stop laughing. we laid in bed for a good 45 minutes laughing and coming up with scenarios of when the two trash raccoons and the three backdoor raccoons met up in the ditch.

trash raccoon 1: i was just going along, minding my own business

when *WHAM* the bitch hit me in the face!

trash raccoon 2: she hit him in the face!

*backdoor raccoons gasp*

trash raccoon 1: with wrapping paper.

trash raccoon 2: with wrapping paper!

trash raccoon 1: and so i hissed- *SSSSSSS*

trash raccoon 2: he hissed!

omg, it was soooo freakin hilarious! and johnathan kept quoting forrest gump when he says

"coons? when coons come on the back porch,

mama just chase 'em off with a broom."

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scored this amazing deal from hastings. basically got all the movies for like $5. waaay cool!

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so today i went up to vallecito lake with some friends to help do a twilight shoot. it was soooo pretty up there but the weather was a little icky. it was cloudy and thundering and started to rain halfway through.

i think i wanna take johnathan up there maybe this weekend if he doesn't work. maybe we can go swimming. the water looked so good and there were some beachy areas. i haven't been up there since we had the employee appreciation picnic there a few years ago. i forgot how beautiful it is up there.

anyway, here's wacey as the volturi.

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toni and i painted my bedroom pink yesterday. i know! PINK! it's a really lovely pink color though with sparlies in the paint. ♥

i told johnathan that i wanted to paint the bedroom and cover up the ugly dark red that we had in there. i originally was gonna do a champaign color but found the pink instead. john was alright with it as long as i didn't paint the livingroom pink he said.

well, the paint got on everyone that was in the house, minus my dad. first, baby got a hold of the lid and proceeded to get the paint all over her

1) face,

2) overalls (which i had just bought for her from a yard sale a few days ago), aaand

3) my furniture, plus

4) the carpet

it all came off everything pretty easy since we caught her before it all dried. i think the overalls may be toast though. oh well, they were only 50 cents.

then toni was getting off the lady carrying the paint tray when it hit the top of the ladder and knocked out of her hands right on her! luckily she was standing on the drop cloth so my carpet was saved. but she got it in her hair and all over the front of her.

then baby got into the actual paint bucket and tray. she tipped over the bucket and was playing with it. luckily there was only a thin layer at the bottom of the bucket and she was on the drop cloth. but again, she took another vigorous bath in the sink.

then roxy and kitty got involved.

kitty kept going for the rollers and paint brushes... as we were using them! i found pink paint in her whiskers today.

roxy kept side swiping the wet walls. she's got paint on her ears and down her side. she'll have to be shaved and cut (which i'm ashamed to say i still have not done...)

so yesterday i was painting the baby, sister, dog, and kitty pink. if i were queen, i'd totally be painting the roses pink.

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i went to a benefit concert type thing with a few friends the other day. some of the bands/singers were good, some not so good but overall i had a lot of fun.

the best thing i took away from the event? this picture and all those yummy fries! i'm not saying that the guy singing is mine or that i'm saying i'm his but he was singing the song "i'm yours" by jason mraz when i snapped this photo. he was one of the good singers, i thought.

p/s: the person in the pic taking the video on her phone is not me but my bestie, bree.

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i had a shot in mind that i wanted to get but i got caught up talking to my dad that before i knew it it was already dark. couldn't get it because it was an outside shot.

so i ended up snapping this before turning off the lights and heading to bed. we got this lamp from a friend as a housewarming gift when we first moved into our house.

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oh my god, i love cameos and pearls. and when i find something that has both- be still my little heart!

i was out jean-shopping today and, ugh, that was a disaster. i swear! all i find now are skinny jeans (i only need one pair in the basic color, thank you). i hate that i can't find good jeans! every single pair i come across is holey! i mean, come on!! why would i want to buy a pair of worn out, holey jeans? if i'm gonna spend money on clothes, especially for how much jean companies are charging, i want a pair of nice NEW jeans.

i ended up buying the almost-perfect pair. but i've decided to take it back today since they're way too long. that's another thing! the 'regular' size are too long and the 'short' size are too short.

GRRR!

i came across this necklace when i went back the store where i bought said jeans to see if they had a 'short' size. scored this beauty for $2! yeah!

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i've been working on this blanket for the last two weeks. it's fairly easy and i don't know why it took me so long to finish it.

anyway, it's one of the largest blankets i've made to date. i started on it when i found out my older brother's girlfriend is expecting a baby girl in mid-september

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poor kitty has life sooo hard! she has to deal with roxy and me all day long. she doesn't like my kind of affection (picture almira from tiny toons).

she'd much rather have johnathan's divided attention than my undivided attention.

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i've been blowing through books like crazy since i really don't have anything else to do since school is over until the end of august. my dad moved back in a few weeks ago but we more or less keep to ourselves most of the time. i'm crocheting like crazy as well as reading like crazy.

i have lots of books left to read... the ones featured in this pic is about half of them. i promised johnathan that i wouldnt get anymore books for a while until i finish these. UNLESS, it's a release by a few of my fav authors- kresley cole, karen marie moning, gena showalter, lora leigh, lara adrian, sherrilyn kenyon.

okay... so that's more than a few but the good news for johnathan is that they've all recently released something so i cant expect anything for a few months yet. i think the earliest book due out is the end of august. =*(

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i took my dad to gallup so he could take care of some business. it was hot and dirty there. i hate gallup, i dont know how anyone can live there. bleh!

anyway, on the way back, we stopped in tohatchi. this old trading post is about a mile from the highway. we've passed by it so many times when we used to take my grandma to the clinic in tohatchi.

tohatchi is navajo for to' haa ch'i' which means "to dig for water".

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so i've been having an "ugly betty" marathon. it's been showing on the tvguide channel for the past week and a half but it's all out of order and i just heard the other day that the show was getting cancelled.

when i first started working in ignacio, i started watching "ugly betty" on the internet at work. i didn't have anything else to do but answer phones. i believe it was on it's second season so i watched the whole first season and watched the second one as it was coming out.

i'm sad to say that i didnt get to watch the 3rd or 4th season cuz i got promoted.

aaanyway, so i've been watching it on the tvguide channel and like i said it was all out of order. found the shows on abc.com and got caught up on the whole 4th season over the weekend. i just watched the last show- the season finale a few minutes ago. i'm so bummed that the show is cancelled!! i think i'll be giggling for a few more days over the show though. if you've ever watched it you'll know why. the writing was just so funny! =*(

anyway, it's because of the "ugly betty" marathon that my doggy is still shaggy by the weekend's end. poor puppy can barely see through her bangs. johnathan keeps saying i should give her a mohawk.

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a branch from a huge cottonwood up on the street must have fallen sometime today and they dragged it to an empty lot.

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my sister spent the evening with us. she was wearing this strapless dress that showed off her tanned shoulders and her tattoo.

i just thought this made a gorgeous picture.

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so johnathan goes through work pants and work boots like crazy. it's just a matter of time before they start talking... unless these are the pair that he fixed by putting a screw through it to keep the sole from flapping...

lately the kitty's been playing in his shoes.

just wait until you're too big to crawl under the sofa,

under our bedroom door,

and into johnathan's boots,

kitty!