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Goodies from the Cl0set Swap.

Because I have no time, nor the patience to screw with the HTML captions are as follows:

The hubs truck was full of bags, bags and more bags!

Jorden making sure we were trying to sneak anything in on her.

And then there is Magoo, who is just always right there, unless you want her to be.

All Swaped Out

The Closet swap was a good time had by all. No new purses to take home and love this year but there were lots of other goodies. We filled the back seat of the hubs truck with our finds and noticed lots of other people taking gobs of junk as well.

3 new, as in the tags still on them, pairs of jeans, 2 pairs of shoes, and a sweater for me. The girl scored some new to her duds, as well as a pair of gloves that she needed for skiing this weekend!

It really is a fun thing and easy to do. Invite all your friends and just go for it. If you are worried about having a bunch of stuff left over just call ahead and arrange for a local charity to come a few days later and pick up the left overs. If you want to know what works for us when we do it and have any questions I will be happy to answer them!!

I will add pictures later. Darn work for getting in the way of blogging.

Its Like Christmas In February

Tomorrow a friend is holding her annual Cl0set Swap!

This is how it works:

You must bring at least one item, on a hanger ( I will bring more than that)

You must also bring an "entry fee";

This year the "fee" is something to send to the troops from home. I bought a bunch of different kinds of candy at C0stco and some Beef Jer*key to send. I didn't want to send anything that would melt or go bad by the time they get it. The last couple years entry fees were also something easy to pick up, and something someone else could use or appriciate.

Once you are there, you hang your stuff up and then you start "shopping"!

You take what you want and leave what you don't.

Last year I ended up with quite a bit of stuff, some great purses (one of these, and even one of these), and I still love them just like they were my very own!

I will try to remember to take a picture of my loot tomorrow when I get home. Or maybe even snap a few with my phone while I am there.

The only thing better than shopping is free shopping!

Help Wanted

I am sitting at work trying to decide if I asked for the entire month of Feburary off, if I would still have a job. My guess is a great big no.


I don't need the entire month off, it just feels that way. We will be gone every weekend in February (don't worry, someone will be staying at the bug shack and have I ever mentioned my great big scary guard dogs?) and in addition to the weekends the hubs and I will be gone an entire week of the month as well. To enjoy these weekends to the fullest, some will require a Friday exit. I am tired just typing it, I am not sure how I will keep up with it all. I didn't even mention the meetings and all things kiddo.

Somewhere in there some family is coming to town. We will unfortunately miss them this time. Good thing we will see them in May (and looks like June) when we head back to our roots for a rip roarin' family reunion.

Back to the matter at hand. I think I just asked for 9 days off, in a 28 day month. In a month where I only work 20 days. Math never was my strong point, but I don't think this is going to add up to much.

We also need to plan a birthday bash for the girl who will be double "ones" this year. Lets just not talk about that yet though K?

Leaving on a jet plane

Two years ago tomorrow we set off on an adventure of a lifetime. We were off to Brazil. That is why I am so excited about this! I remember Hubs coming home and telling me about the trip and that. we. were. going! It was part of a rewards package that he got from work.

I was excitited and nervous. I was sarced to death to be so far away from the girl. I was giddy with the thought of sleeping in everyday we were gone (not having the girl and all).

Let me say, the girl she was in great hands. I really didn't have a problem leaving her, (I knew that we wouldn't be able to call and I wasn't sure how internet access would be), it was the being SO far away from her. On the off chance that something did happen, it would not be easy to get right on a plane and hurry home.

Anyway- when I saw that the Discovery Channel was doing a special on Brazil I was excited. (I really also enjoyed watching the one on China). I looked last night and part of the special was filmed in Salvador. We took a day trip to Salvador and we were just in awe. I can't wait to watch it and see if we recognize any of the buildings or churches. Chances are we may have taken a few pictures while we were there ( I went through one CD last night to make the slide show in the post below and had to weed through over 300 pictures just to pick a few of my favorites) and have some of the places they will show.

Sunday evening you will know where to find me :).

Brazil

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