FACEOFF

the cousins are having a blast....but both cowboy and lola were pretty surprised that the other was able to howl as much as them. they have been having barking face-offs all day...
check it out!

food for thought

thought i would share my favorite quote for a little food for thought...
enjoy!
-n

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?"
–Nelson Mandela

guess who comes tomorrow????

yup! my wonderful sister and Cowboy. he gets a playdate with his cousins L & T. can't wait..... we will be bbqing while the dogs play and we drink plenty of margaritas...or maybe wine....or both! luv it!

best show ever!

YEAH! Tonight is the season finale of Heros! i love this show! soooo good!

and now....
some fun picture loving....



cool huh?

last night i got a little crafty and decided to make some homeade greeting cards. it was fun but now i don't want to give them away.... i watched one of my all time favorite movies... What dreams may come.... sooo visually stunning, artsy and wonderful! i have seen it a thousand times and i still cry...but it is sooo good and creative!
let me know what one of your favorite movies is!

one more thing today....

all this spring cleaning is totally making me want to redo my kitchen

i have been wanting to do it in a retro 50's style for like ever... i have alot of the stuff to get it done, but i totally want to paint one wall bright aqua blue/green and i think my husband will freak if i do. only becuase we rent our house. i don't think it is a big deal cause we could just paint over it.... hmmm...maybe i will do it on thursday...my next day off....

oh, and i totally want to do this to my fridge



since i can't get one of these fridges



or this one...



seariously..... the first major purchase i will make once i own my home will be a cool colored fridge.... or the next time that i have an extra $2500....which ever comes first.....

my closet

cleaned out our hall closet today. and i found some funny things.

1. my cd walkman that i won at grad night in high school. so funny. i thought it was so cool. it was so cool8 years ago when i won it. it even has a conector that you can put in your car cassete player so you can listen to cds in your car. too funny. that will be going in the garage sale.

2. an old home movie my best friend angi and i made in high school. a music video of sorts, dancing to "girls" by the beastie boys. need to figure out how to upload a vhs to my comouter so i can share. soooo funny.

3. a bunch of old tapes from when we would TAPE tv shows when we weren't home. okay, i know some people still do this, but wow, life before tivo sucked! plus the tv shows were kinda funny too cause they were old....

4. in that collection of taped tv shows i found a complilation of the gameshow Super Market Sweep. my old roomie and i auditioned to be on the show so we would tape all the episodes to "practice". hahaha! we actually were accepted to be on the show, but it was cancelled a few weeks after we were accepted. bummer.

5. my ticket stubs and itinerary from our honeymoon to Cabo. why ron was saving them i don't know. it was a great trip though!

lots of other old stuff that is going to the garage sale, but those things made me smile!

some sunday picture loving

the original starbucks in seatlle's pike place market. i love this place. it has all the original wood from 1971...just georgeous... and look at the ladder along the retail wall....kinda charlie and the chocolate factory like.....

these little icream trucks were all over the UK. this one was in the town of Lecock. yum! it was the best icecream ever. i can't even explain how good it is. it is called super wippy. i have never tasted any icecream like it....mmmm, kinda like cool whip and soft serve combined...but better!

and finally...Toby. I love this picture of him...he is sooooo cute, don't ya think?

enjoy the rest of your weekend,
nikki

more spring cleaning!

well, got more done today and again it feels Great! I worked in my studio cleaning and purging. Didn't get ever inch of the room done as i did in the bedroom, but i will keep working on it. I think i am going to have a garage sale in a month or so cause i a finding so much stuff i don't need. might as well make some $ if i can.

and... i finally cleaned off my desk in here so i can move my new computer from the kitchen to the office. Yes, my computer has been set up on the kitchen table for the past month. It doesn't really matter cause we never eat at the table anyways.

so... order is enterying my life....slowly, but it is coming!

priceless

laundrey basket: $12

detergant: $5

fabric softner: $4

water bill: $40

getting 15 loads of laundrey complete and not having any dirty clothes in the house except for whats on my body....

PRICELESS!

oh yeah baby.... it feels sooooo good! Lola is not too happy about it though cause there are no dirty socks on the ground to chew on!

i don't have to be me til monday!

(love that country song!)

yeah, i have a full weekend off...that never happens. got me a 6pack and a day in the sun!
(with protective sunscreen of course)

gabrielle

just for fun! a little hello to my cousin Gabrielle!
love you!

hapy hump day

1. Lost is on tonight! love this show!




2. what happened to spring? it has been like 90 degrees here. i'm not ready for summer yet.

3. I hope the Warriors win tonight!

4. This was a cute movie. very funny! we watched it last night.



5. Here is the song i am obsessed with right now! i love lily allen. it's not her song, but i like her cover better than the original.

hello blogworld!

lola and toby wanted to say hi!

why was my day yucky?

so on saturday i decided to go and give blood. everything went well until it was time to take the needle out and all of the sudden i got really dizzy and light heated. then i got sick and it was all bad from there. they made me stay there for a while until i was okay to go. I left, got home and was fine if i was lying down but as soon as i stood up i would get dizzy and sick again. NO FUN!

oh well, all better now and i saved three lives by donating!

the best way to fix a yucky day....

it's all about the Friends baby!
my wonderful hubby got me the entire series for xmas
who doesn't love 80 hours of the best show ever....
that's almost 4 whole days of chandler, monica, joey, phoebe, ross and rachel
oh yeah... and ugly naked guy!
i love it!

a good day!

woke up
took the dogs out
drank a latte
ate a snickers icecream bar and then a bowl of cereal
checked email
watched last nights episode of the office
took a nap (yes....only 1.5 hrs after waking)
checked on dogs
checked email...again
blogged
downloaded some itunes
drank a beer
cooked dinner
watched giants game
cleaned up from dinner
blogged...again

and all this and i am still in my mismatched pjs, my hair is a mess and i have a huge zit growing on my cheek...luv it!

10 things

that i am loving right now!

1. GS Warriors.... I believe!
2. pistachio icecream (especially the green kind)
3. Feist
4. lilly allen's version of nieve by the kooks
5. hambly screen prints
6. Lost.... it is getting sooooo good!
7. sleeping dogs
8. my job!
9. great white beer
10. spendig my entire day off in my pjs doing n-o-t-h-i-n-g!

i'm alive... i swear!

i feel like i have been really busy latly and that should be the excuse for not bloggin.... but then when i think about it...all i have done is work.

i did spend a day at my mom's working in her garden as her birthday present. her yard is amazing....i am so jelous.
on sunday i went to the Apple Blossom fest in sebastopol with brenda and her girls. Small festival, but it was a nice day in the sun. i got a little burnt.....imagine that! :)

last night ron and i had got to go to the giants game. It was great. Amazing seats right on the 3rd base line behind the dugout and about 20 rows back. and.... THEY WON! I love this time of the year. Giants are doing great. Warriors and Sharks are both in the playoffs...it's a great time to be a sports fan in the bay area!

off to bed now.... i just got home from work and i am pooped!
cheers,
nikki

not SEW happy....

so i found out yesterday that sewing is hard.... i had wanted to make a skirt similar to one i already own...figured i could just trace the patter from the original sirt and whip it out in a few short hours.... that was not the case. i was getting so frustrated. i really want to learn though, so i think i am going to look into a sewing class...
happy sunday!
i'll be doing yardwork at my momma's for her birthday present....no material gifts, just some good hard labor!
-n

yo.... MOM....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I love you!
Have Fun tonight!

Sew happy!

i have got the sewing bug... i have all these thoughts and ideas and inspiration floating in my head and all i want to do is sew....the only draw back is i am not really good at it...i can do the basics but no much more.... gonna work on it and try to become good. I haven't been very inspired to scrapbook lately... i want to do other artsy things.... which is soooo unlike me....normallly all i want to do is scrapbook...there is always a bug yearning to create a page....

so for know,here is a site that i am totally inspired by RIGHT NOW! loving the colors, flowers and yummy photography!

enjoy!
-n

and one more thing...i am working on learning reverse applique right now...if anyone knows how to do this well, or has some advice...i'd love it! email me @ nikki886@hotmail.com

This....

makes me smile......




it was on my cup today. i didn't notice till i got home....
i love cute things like this.
thanks for making me smile Alan!

ps- sorry, i can not for the life of me figure out how to reverse the image on iphoto...oh well, just read it backwards!
-n

YOUR AGE BY EATING OUT

This entertained me for a few minutes... enjoy!

Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-
but your waiter may know!

YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH

This is pretty neat.
DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read ..
Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to go out to eat.
(more than once but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)

3. Add 5

4. Multiply it by 50

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1757...
If you haven't, add 1756.

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.
You should have a three digit number.

The first digit of this was your original number. (I.e., How many
times you want to go out to restaurants in a week.)

The next two numbers are

YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is!!!)

THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2007) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND
WHILE IT LASTS!

what does nikki need?

this is a fun little thing you can do on google...

Nikki Needs Your HELP (sure do...soemtimes)

Nikki needs a bath (about to get in the shower in just a few minutes)

Sweet Nikki Needs a loving home (i am beginning to think alot of people name their dogs nikki)

NIKKI NEEDS TO STOP GETTING SMART WIT PEOPLE!! (uhhhh, sure)

Nikki needs to be slapped! (come on...i dare ya)

and lastly.....

Nikki needs to buy cookies and SUGAR!!!!! (you bet, nothing goes better on a rainy day then cookies and sugar!)

ETA--- okay, you go to google and type your name and then needs...ie: Nikki needs, then you see what comes back! get it!

number three.....

here he is... brandy says he looks like the guy from monsters inc. ronny says he looks like a crab... i think he looks cute and ugly! went to brenda's last night for a little ugly doll session...these little guys are so addicting!
tfl
-nikki

AGHHH...it's friday the 13th.....

Beware of black cats and ladders.. haha... that new horror film Grind House is out so i think the hubby and i will go see it in honor of the date.... i found it ironic that i had a meeting with my boss today, but it went well...huh, maybe it is a lucky day for me! Might make another ugly doll today...we'll see...who knows, maybe the next one will look like you!
oh, check out this cool painting by the talented elsie flannigan ...brenda, show it Casey, she'll love it!

and because it wouldn't be a fun blog posting without a pic....one of Casey and i..... i love the goofy setting on my iphoto booth...we are dorks!



tgif, nikki

last time today...

okay so i am a little over eager on this blog thing.... but i have had the whole day off and spent it relaxing around the house... so nice for a change! anyways, the real reason for this post is cause i just whipped out another ugly doll and i wanted to share. the first one took hours upon hours and this little guy only took 2 1/2 hrs.... love him!
enjoy
-n

eta-- look, they are totally husband and wife....luv it!

one more thing

okay i am a total dork put i feel so tech savvy cause i can actually blog now...haha...anyways, i wanted to test posting a pic so here goes....
lovin this neato thing i can do with my wonderfully amazing pretty stinking cute imac

Ugly Doll

oh my goodnes... Debbi's doll won the ugly doll contest... Brenda, Debbi and I all took the RVA challange to make these silly guys and her's won! so cool! check it out..... HERE
this is my ugly doll! i named her millie the housewife...cause of her cute little apron!

this is where the inspiration for ugly dolls came about...aren't they cute?


love nikki