“…Vow to do some of the things you’ve always wanted to do but couldn’t find the time. Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories. Vow not to make a promise you don’t think you can keep. Walk tall, and smile more. You’ll look ten years younger. Don’t be afraid to say, ‘I love you’. Say it again. They are the sweetest words in the world.”
~Ann Landers

Year End Friday Favorites- I’ve been featuring my Friday Favorites since April 2007.  Last year I did a finale featuring my most favorites of the entire year.  So following tradition I am doing it again.  There were a TON of really great pics, so the list is a bit long.  I didn’t think anyone would mind too much though.  ~grins~

Sea Rabbit.…. 
In searching through my archives for Favorites to use for this year end post I came across numerous pics of one of my favorite HNTer that isn’t blogging anymore.  Her photography was *fantastic* and beyond impressive.  It was horribly difficult for me to chose *one* of her photos.  She is sorely missed.

Northern Lights and Sleepless Nights…..

Alistair and Lily….

Biscuit…..

B is for Blog…..


Dana…Amid Life’s Crisis

Mojito….Mojito’s Mojo…..

Jessica…The Nekkid Eskimo…..

Diana…..

Mariposa…..

Naughty-I…Naughty Indulgence….. 

NY Diva…..

Bad, Bad Girl…..

Bittersweet Me….

Cowgirl….

Ms. Inconspicuous…The Seduction of Infedelity…..


Elle…Kink Unleashed….

Rage…This is What I Want To Write…. 

Fairy Flutters…..

Evening…..

Diana…Diana’s Dreams…..

Carnalis…..

Breve….

Lilly…This Could be Dangerous…..

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We’ve had the winds from hell this past week.  As in 80-100mph winds.  We don’t get them very often but fuck when we do….  GAH!  Luckily we haven’t had any damage but plenty of others have.  I HATE THE WIND.

I am going to work on downloading my NYE pics this weekend and just as soon as I do I will post some of them.  We had a *kick ass* time and PC earned a years worth of brownie points putting up with, chauffeuring and chaperoning my sister and I.  LOL 

I hope everyone had an awesome New Year.  Hard (for me anyway, lol) to believe it’s *2009*!  Whoa…..

Beautiful and depraved.
(via thetrembler:junction:futashika:sampler:casa-11-mujures:erotica-seven: laliebredemarzo: butts/ colas 4)

~xo

~Hal Borland

Ringing in the new year with a fun meme. I stole this from Os last year and thought I would make it tradition and do it again bc I thought it was cool. *muah*

*What was the first line from your blog the first day of each month in 2008?

January-
1. Last week was “The Most Wonderful time of the Year”, but what are your favorite 2007 memories?
I just answered this somewhere…hmm… 
Mojito
and hottie hubbie coming out for my birthday, going to some kick ASS
concerts, the Halloween exotic ball ….most
specifically though being happier than I had been in fucking YEARS.  *happy sigh*

(TMI response)

February-
Sometimes being a mom is really, really hard.  And sometimes being a mom to a four and a half year old boy is even harder.  Just sayin…..  It’s been that kind of a week.  [sigh]

(and the line after…) Oh.  Stupid fucking girl whorehoremones.  Seriously.  GAH!

March-

WORDS WOMEN USE:

1.) Fine:
This is the word women use to end an argument when they are
right and you need to shut up.

(a weekend post….)

April-

Is true love real?  Do you believe in love at first sight?

Listening to my radio afternoon show the other day.  So there is a
woman who has been with her boyfriend for awhile.  They have hot sex,
get along but she doesn’t think she is in love with him. 

(a CQW)

May-
We are outta here!  Heading to Az to spend the wkend at the river with Mojito and her crew (did ya catch the matching HNT themes?! And it was totally unplanned, it was ESPN I tell ya! …doh…lol!  Inside joke. ~wink~ ).  Just in time too….

(a FF post…)

June-
Omfg….it’s Monday?! Already?!!?!?

Kiddos are out of school for the summer. LP has been visiting my
mom/cousins since Friday afternoon. So it was just the three of us all
wkend. Which has been surprising….quiet. ;)

(a MM post, “Beauty”, btw)

July-
So.  As of July 1 the blue law in Colorado was lifted. 
Which means, alcohol sales are legal on Sundays now.  For people who
are totally foreign to this idea or what this means.  Up until now it’s
been like this:

(a CQW post…)

August-
I won’t have pictures back from the photographer for a couple weeks. SR and her hubby had delays at the stupid airport and got home (I HOPE!!!) very late, she will have pics to share tomorrow, my sister has pictures but I’m guessing was too hung over (((her))) to show them to me yet…..so you get previews of the pictures I *have* seen, thanks to someone special (see below)!

(if you remember, PC and I were married Aug 2!  This was a wedding recap of sorts with teaser pics)

September-
(reason #800 why I possibly should not post late at night after
like…oh, 4 beers…. I just noticed the most stooooopidest spelling
error. DOH!)

1. When was the last time someone hit on you? What went down?

I meet some interesting people on Flickr, lol….. Um, yeah. In person…*thinking*…probably the last time was in Jamaica. ~grins~

(another TMI post….lol)

October-
This week was all about Native Americans in our household.  Let me
explain….

(Ok, officially it was an HNT post, so I cheated a bit and chose the *next* days post, which was a FF post so I scrolled down and it happened to be the week LP’s class was studing Native Americans PC and LP spent a night in an authentic Teepee.  *ahem*  …it was ‘less’ than fun, lol)

November-
Snapfish finally updated and has easy upload for Macs (or more specifically the Macbook Air)….

(actually, this post was a MM one but showing a picture for the letter “L” didn’t seem quite right, lol)

December-
1. What are your turn-ons?
Yummy smelling females. 
Chivalry.  Flowers.  Wine.  Coors Light.  Good food in a perfect
atmosphere.  Involved fathers. Smoooooooth shaven…everywhere.  Outgoing
fliratiousness.  Self confidence.

(A TMI response….)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Here is to an awesome 2009….  Cheers!

(btw, I’m sooooooo hung over.  We had soooooooo much fun…..  When I’m um, feeling as if I had ‘less’ fun, then I will tell more)

~xo

The task was to pick *my* favorite HNT (of mine) from this past year. Which is always VERY difficult. But after much obsessing and looking through at every HNT I’ve done (lord….lol), this is what I’ve decided upon. I narrowed it ‘down to’ three. There was NO way in hell I could have decided on ONE. Not when you take as many pics as I do. (doh!)

(click on the links under each picture if you are interested in seeing more from each series)

Red velvet with that slow southern style

Bali Hai

Femme Fatale

HappyHNT and have an exceptionally Happy New Year!!!

BTW. PC, my sister and I have last minute NYE plans.  I found the last minute ‘perfect’ dress that go with previously purchased Jessica Simpson heels I love.  I have a special Friday Favorites post for Friday.  Don’t forget to check back.  It’s my own personal favorites of the year.
~xo

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count.  It’s the life in your years”

~Abraham Lincoln

I’m bowing out of TMI again.  The questions are so similar to the year end recap (that I did last year as well) I was going to post as well that I decided to just go that route instead. 

1) Where did you begin 2008?
At the lamest NYE party on earth.  It was cold.  It was a mini high school reunion for a group of these catty ass snarky bitches.  The music sucked ass.  But.  BUT.  I was with PC, so hey, wasn’t all that bad.  ;)




2) What was your status by Valentine’s Day?
Taken.  In love….ENGAGED!!! 

…:::happy sigh:::….

3) How did you earn your money?
My spellbounding beauty and flirtatiousness has gotten me far.  You’d be surprised… Or maybe you wouldn’t
*snort*

4) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Nope. (thank god)

5) Did you have any encounters with the police?
Nope.  I rock!  Doh.

6) Where did you go on holiday/travel?
Wow.  We went a lot of fun places this year….  SR’s for her big bday bash

Arizona, for a super fun River Trip with SR and her gang.

Disney World with ALL the kiddos!

Oh and Jamaica, baby!

And our last trip was to Cali for MY birfday wkend (to be spent with SR and her hottie hubby)

~GRINS~

7) What did you purchase that was over $1000?
Ha!  A wedding.  Doh. 

8) Did you know anybody who got married?
Um yeah.  ME.  PC.  Hehe……

10) Know anyone that passed away?
No, not personally.

11) Did you move anywhere?
God NO.  LOL!  I try not to move *anywhere*

12) What concerts/shows did you go to?
The BEST we went to was Finger Elven/Hinder/Three Doors Down. It was awesome!!!

13) Are you registered to vote?
Yep…  and this was a fun year for voting.  (not).

14) Where do you live now?
Wouldn’t YOU all like to know!  Bloggerland.  DUH
~wink~

15) Describe your birthday-
Well.  As I mentioned in #6….we went to Cali to party with SR and her hubby.  We had nakey spa nights, ate yummy mexican food, spent a day at the beach, went to a very cool winery for dinner and drank like fish ;)

16) What’s one thing you thought you wouldn’t do but did in 2008?
Said goodbye to someone I was very close with.  And quit being an enabler.

17) What has been your favorite moment/s?
It’s so hard to choose…
* My wedding was a dream come true.  It was *~perfectly perfect~*.
* Taking the kiddos to Disney World
* Our visits to spend time with SR
* Spending both Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family AND my kids for the first time in over six years.

18) What’s something you learned about yourself?
That I AM stronger than I give myself credit for.
I can be assertive and stand up for myself.

19) Any new additions to your family?
Yeah.  I think we have covered that with the two new Christmas kitties.  LOL  Daisy was an awesome addition, I am in. LOVE. with that little girl.

20) What was your best month?
August.  I *LOVE* summer…..but mainly bc of the wedding.  So many great friends came in for it and it was SUCH an awesome finale to a great summer and what months and months of planning had led up to. 




21) What music will you remember 2008 by?
Hinder, Three Doors Down, Katy Perry, Flyleaf and Slip Knot actually came out with a song I LIKE.  I know!  Right?!  LOLOLOL

22) Who has been your best drinking buddy?
My sister and SR.

23) Made new friends?
Of course!  That is what I love about Bloggerland.

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Here’s to another great year!

Bend Me Over

~xo

Ringing in the new year with a fun meme. I stole this from Os awhile back bc I thought it was cool. *muah*

*What was the first line from your blog the first day of each month in 2007?

January-
Last few days…..Took the kiddos to see A Night At The Museum. Highly recommend it. Awesome movie, best one in a long ass time.

February-
I have a hard time saying no….sue me….(an HNT)

March-
I had such a hard time deciding….. Oh the hell with it. Due to popular demand (lol) and between two of us we couldn’t decide, I’ll post both.(apparently the first day of the month falls on a lot of HNT days, lol)

April-
Was thinking about making some changes. What do you think?
(The line after…..Well, I had a good bit of fun posting a change to my Vixen’s site. She had no idea what was going on as the comments and emails started rolling in wondering what in the world she was thinkin’……PC played a totally hilarious *rolling eyes* April Fools prank on my lovely site)

May-
1. Ideal amount of sex per week?
Several times a day….times seven days a week….equals….    Every day is perfect.  Once a week not so much at. all. But busy lives, different availability….you do what you can.
(TMI response)

June-
I freaking looooooove this song. Vega4- Life is Beautiful

July-
Soooo…..MY SISTER OFFICIALLY MOVED BACK.

August-
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It’s what sunflowers do. (another HNT, one I personally liked quite well)

September-
Again, another heart felt *MUAHMUAHMUAH* to Stealth, to Jeannie, to everyone who came to support me and stand behind me this past week.  You know I love ya! (evil internet troll doll ‘Molly’ couldn’t keep her psycho bitch nose out of my life, you should read the post AFTER that Stealth wrote.  *SMIRK*)

October-
1. Early bird or night owl?
Night owl.  Much to PC’s dismay I think. LOL  Hey…the kiddos are in bed, I have my beer, my lap top, good TV…come on!  Of course I’m going to want to stay up late! (TMI response)

November-
My Friday Favorites:  Ms Behavin…Seat Next To You….She used to be someone else.  I’m not telling who though.  But she always has kick ass sexy pics for HNT.  Simply awesome.

December-
Ok. Let’s repeat the rules.  THIS is a dandy little disclaimer as well.  There is a permanent link in my sidebar, but I wanted to bring it to attention again. (more of ‘Molly’ and her busy body-ness, spreading the Christmas cheer…*gag*)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!  Here’s to an incredible 2008, I look forward to the naughtiness it may bring….

~xo

1) Where did you begin 2007?
Um. My house (???)

2) What was your status by Valentine’s Day?
Taken.  In love….happy sigh….

3) How did you earn your money?
My spellbounding beauty and flirtatiousness has gotten me far.  You’d be surprised… Or maybe you wouldn’t
*snort*

4) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Nope. (thank god)

5) Did you have any encounters with the police?
Well. No. Not this year.  Haha. (thankfuckinggod)

6) Where did you go on holiday/travel?
Iowa.  In early spring.  You should try it…it’s awesome. (shut up, it was worth it for my sister *GRIN*)  OH!  And then there was the “trip to Lake McConaughay that wasn’t”….  I think that is about as worldly as I was this past year.

7) What did you purchase that was over $1000?
A divorce.

8) Did you know anybody who got married?
No.

10) Know anyone that passed away?
Yes.  :( ….AH’s grandfather.

11) Did you move anywhere?
No. I have deeply.  DEEPLY. Planted roots. I try not to move *anywhere*

12) What concerts/shows did you go to?
BLUE OCTOBER!!!!!  Snow Patrol!  The Fray!  We saw some *awesomely incredible* shows this past year!

13) Are you registered to vote?
Yes.  But I only vote in Presidential elections or if something is really important to me.

14) Where do you live now?
Wouldn’t YOU all like to know!  Bloggerland.  DUH ~wink~

15) Describe your birthday-
Mmm….Stealth surprised with me the best thing EVER….  PC showered me with Starbucks in bed, pretty lingerie, new clothes….pitter patter.  It was the bestest birthday EVER.  *happy sigh*

16) What’s one thing you thought you wouldn’t do but did in 2007?
Come to an agreement with AH and have my divorce finalized- fuckingfinally.


17) What has been your favorite moment/s?
PC’s son coming to visit us, my sister moving back, Mojito and her stud muffin hubby coming out for my bday, Stealth staying with us for most of the fall, the numerous concerts we went to, the HALLOWEEN EXOTIC BALL!!!!, Christmas ;) …

18) What’s something you learned about yourself?
That I AM stronger than I give myself credit for.
I can be assertive and stand up for myself.

19) Any new additions to your family?
Of the furry kind!  Mick Brumby- the puppy, Alley the kitten and two miniature horses.  Oh.  And I think Snowflake counts…of the NON furry kind, that is. ~smile~

20) What was your best month?
Wow.  That is HARD to choose…..I *love* the summer months.  But maybe it would be October….

21) What music will you remember 2007 by?
Blue Octobers newest album, The Last Goodnight, Le Disko, Ok Go….  I’m sure there is more. I’m a total music whore, but everything else I can think think of isn’t new to 2007.

22) Who has been your best drinking buddy?
Wow.  Stealth.  Here or there, lol.

23) Made new friends?
Totally!

24) Favorite Night out?
The Halloween Exotic ball….hands. down.

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I’ve been prayin?for
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

Look all around, there’s nothin?but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin?but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
******

Here’s to another great year!