Ain't Nuthin but a Hown' Dowg

You know, it's hard to keep you updated when nothing happens. :) I found a few pictures for hair, and I am going in saturday to maybe get it cut. Mom and Ian went to the animal shelter the other day(Ian wants to get a dog after he moved to AZ so he is trying to figure out what kind of dog he would want). Apparently there was a hound dog mix that mom fell in love wih and named Elvis. :) Not that she would get him cause we still have Jip, but she actually told me that she wants to take me to the shelter to show him to me. :) He must be quite the dowg.

I think I am going to shave my head ;)

Steppi came down to Lakewood this weekend and we went to a huge garage sale and then hit South Broadway and all the vintagey shops looking for a dress for me to wear to Monty's wedding. I finally found one at ARC(woohoo!), our last stop of the day. I found this lime green dress, sleeveless and down to about the knee. I found some little white gloves earlier in the day to wear too, so now all I need is a pair of white patent leather pumps. hehhehe, I can't wait.

I am still trying to find a hairstyle...you would think that the library would have books on 20th centurty hairstyles, but no. Nothing. So I think I may go to mom's hair stylist and ask her 'cause she is really good. Hopefully wshe will be able to help me. :)

*gasp*

I would just like to let you guys know that not only did I get my room clean AND totally vacuumed, but it is STILL clean 2 weeks later. Except for some normal everyday things here and there, it si clean! Woo! go me! *sniff* I am so proud.

Life is rough

I started my house-sitting yesterday. I can already tell this is going to suck...a giant brand new house all to myself. Tons of movies, a hot tub, a queen bed...geez. ;) Just kidding. With what I am doing, I don't even care if I get paid. They are letting me use their truck cause I don't have a car yet, there are 2 dogs and a cat, and basically I can do whatever until sat night or sun afternoon. woot. :)

I am going crazy. I know, I know, "Crazy? Amy, you hit crazy years ago!" No, about this car. The little 92 Jetta. The woman is going to take it in hopefully within the next day or so to get the starter fixed, but I am so desperate to look at it and see if it will work. I am trying really hard not to get my hopes up cause when I did that with the last cars I looked the mechanics all told me either a lot of stuff was wrong or just a few expensive and vital parts need replacing. SO I really don't want to get my hopes up about this one in case something isn't good about it. But...it seems like a great car. All sorts of new stuff, tired are good, not too many miles. It is pretty much exactly the kind of car I was looking for. All I have to do is test drive it and take it to a mechanic once the starter is new. I don't want to wait! AH! now now now!!! lol. *sigh* Patience Amy...

Big hair and turntables

There really isn't too much to talk about, I mean, all I am doing is work. woot. Of course, now hearing about steppi's cute new do I wanna look at something to do with my hair. Steppi, you are so inspiring. ;) I don't think I could donate though, gotta get a little more hair before I can do that. :P Ian donated all of his hair when he chopped it all off. 14 inches! That is a lot of hair! Some small child will be very happy. :D

Hmmmm....erm. I got a new record player!!! Yay! The old one got fried in the power surge we had over spring break and the insurance company gave mom $100 for a new one! So I went out and got one. Shopped around at 2 whole stores too. I figured with the time I have been unsuccessfully searching for a car I was just going to go out and buy me a turntable. And I did. And now I can play my records and shop for more. I found about a million good records at DAV the other day, but man, those guys are expensive! Not a single record was under $5, and that is a lot for when I am used to paying 85¢ for one. ouch. But I did give in and I HAD to buy the Cat Stevens one I found. Man there were so many good classic rock ones. So sad that they were so muuch money. I need to get some at garage sales.

Ah...I love records. :)

Arizona and schtuffs

Ok, I know I haven't posted in a while, but hey. Whatever. So, still no car yet. I did find one and of course, like all the others, I am really hoping that it works. A 92 Jetta...lots of new stuff too, like a new clutch, tranny, and brakes. And soon to have a new starter cause apparently it just died. So I will know within the next week or so if it will work. Now all I need is to quickly befriend a mechanic who won't charge anything to look at a car.

Work is so much fun you have no idea. I loooove being a receptionist. Maybe if I repeat that enough, it will come true. eh, it's money for a car.

So I just went down to Arizona. Ian bought 40 acres down there and we went camping down there to check it out. Ok, so it was high class camping to what we are used to. I got a 10x10 tent to myself and Ian slept on a futon under the stars, but mom slept in "the condo" (BTW, Ian's neighbors were down there too, which is who were were camping with. More on them later). "The condo" just happens to be a 1979 Ford Econoline van with a mattress in the back. But hey, mom was not complaining about getting a mattress. :) So these neighbors of his. Tory and Debrajust moved there from Las Vegas. Right now they are living in a 17 ft fifth wheel with their 3 dogs. No running water, electricity, or indoor plumbing. They just came down here and are basically camping until they get anything started for their house. Very nice people though. And their dogs are so cute. :) The biggest Golden I have ever seen in my life; Lazarus. His head almost came up to my hips. massive! But very sweet. They also have a pure German Shepherd, Kirby, who is scared of the dark-dog after my own heart-and Copper a Aussie Shepherd, but he is the white and well, copper colored version, so both of his eyes are light blus. Very cool. He likes to jump at your face and lick you do death, very affectionate, but if you like the skin on your face it can get to be a little much. ;)

The land is beautiful, talk about the middle of nowhere. The closest town is St. John's about the size of a quarter and 10 miles away. It is up at 6000 feet, so it gets hot, but not as hot as other AZ cities. And there are Juniper "trees" about 6 or 7 feet high. They are like big bushy tree things, couln't make up there mind whether to be a bush or a tree. Overall, a beautiful place and so many stars!!! You can literally see 180 degrees of stars and the nearest small town being 10 miles away, let's just say there isn't much light pollution. :) You can clearly see the Milky Way every night. And I can't say the sunsets are too shabby either.

Other than that, just work so far. woohoo.