Windy and Rainy Weekend

This whole weekend was rainy, gray, and crappy outside. I was in pajamas the entire time!! I did shower and put clean pjs on. :) My best friends and I are on The Dave Ramsey Total Money Makeover. Brandi and Skip began their makeover several months ago and have paid off their new vehicles and have a rather beautifully-sized savings account. Kelly and Randy are in better shape than we are, but I have begun the process. I have always spent a ton of money on crafts, decorating the house and dressing the kids. Mike has tried to reel me back from the ledge, but I was not interested at all. I am going to the bank tomorrow to find out where our automatic withdrawal for our van and truck are going. I think Mike is very excited that I finally saw the light!! Let me tell you, it was burning the retinas right out of my eyes!! I want to participate fully in our lives and get out of the debt we have accumulated. I have noticed that Mike is sleeping better at night the last few nights. I have accepted my share of this burden. YAY!!!

LA INK

On Thursday, Brandi, Tommy, My mom and I went to some fun tourist spots in LA. We went to LA Ink. Unfortunately they were filming an episode and we were unable to go inside. There was a guy guarding the door. Brandi isn't even a little bit shy and found out he makes $175/day to make sure nobody goes into the shop. We went around to the back and got these pics of Kat's mural, Kat's car and we were actually able to purchase T-shirts for Oldest and Brandi's girl. One of the guys that was hanging around at the craft services table went into the shop and got them. $30 bucks each!! We were like giddy school girls.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDI!!!!

Happy Birthday to my oldest, dearest, bestest friend!!
Love you!!

Sweet Sixteen!!!

Oldest is going to be 16 at the beginning of next month. My best friend is the best photographer ever and I had her take some pics with my dad's 1962 Nova convertible. We found the most charming little lane and got permission from a man on a mower to use it. Brandi had to wait for him to get out of the shot a few times, but she did a fantastic job on the pictures and we could not be happier with them. If you care to look at them, click on her blog at the right of my page.