eight hours of beauty sleep in preparation for this…

part one:
ladies ladies ladies, reporting my pita chip endeavor. It was a success! I made something in MY oven and it worked. [I have lived in my house for about a year and half and I still am getting use to my oven and how quick it cooks things, may need to put it into more use... :) ….] [also didn’t burn the birthday cake] [its gonna be a good good day]

here is what I did:
-cut the pitas into triangles
-arranged them out on the pan [refer to picture]
-sprayed with olive oil cooking spray and salt
-baked at 400 for 7 minutes
-delicious
-easy and cheep [Lindsay]
-give it a try, you can do it!




part two:
Tonight is classy black and white event. Last night was a whirlwind mission of shopping. Em, al, and I meet at rivertown mall and ended at DSW with woodland in between… in search of cute outfits and accessories. We completed this task in four hours with dinner at penara.
Emily [birthday girl] shatto: will be sporting. Banana [you would] white ruffle shirt and black skirt. With gold/bronze shoes and accessories to match.
Allyson [hot fox news woman]: will be sporting sassy express black ruffled dress. With amazing jeweled silver heals and accessories to be determined.
Me [so kari]: will be sporting an express ruffled mini. With a black laced back shirt. Royal blue heels and black jewels!
[pictures of course to follow]

now just a long run, little cleaning, cake frosting, and chilling.... then it will be time to get ready.


let the fun begin t-8 hours……

Fire burning….

At the parents or on the dance floor?

Yesterday my parents left for their month long adventure in Florida. They have officially joined the old folks. So they call me at like 10 to report their travels thus far, the 1st of the MANY calls I will be receiving in the next month that starts out with, “miss me yet??” As if they have been gone for an eternity. They also needed to let me know that the fire department had been dispatched to the house. Thank goodness Jeff went over and there was nothing wrong. BUT then I get another call about 45 min later and the fire alarm is going off again. So now at 11:15, it is my turn to make the trek over to open the door for the repair man [in the morning] and turn the alarm off. [let me admit, tad scared that some creeper man was robbing the house and going to attack me] but thank goodness that was not the case. I was not able to dispatch the alarm but I was able to unlock the door and enjoy an 11:30 jessie mccartny sweat pant tunic sweater boot not so strong glasses drive to the 4421.

no fire burning at the parents….but perhaps a little fire burning on the dance floor. tomorrow at the classy black and white party of shatto and verwys. the event of the month [and yes it is called an event bc it will be classy]!
Happy birthday my dear friends. Let the festivities begin bc shorty its your birthday!

Sidenote: this morning I received a call that our white ford focus was on the east beltline and constantly hitting breaks. And don’t we know that the will ruin the breaks. Come on people---seriously!!!!

sidenote [2]: it is friday

fact or fiction???

nail salons in meijers??
FACT!

how do i know this?
bc shatto and i hit that up tonight. that is what happens when every other salon on lake mi drive is closed or busy.
the best part about it: not only does meijers in walker provide a salon but also has clearanced opis in new colors...conquistodable color
add that to the collection.

Oh how the bed IS calling me.

Done. Finished. Bed.

One last thought before my head hits the pillow.
Do you ever dream to move to a another country and jump into a whole new world. Somewhere foreign where no one knows you. Gain a whole new identity. Whole new perspective. New job. New relationships. Somewhere new to discover and explore. Allowing you to start over fresh. Sometimes these thoughts creep in. adventure!

Where would I go???

why is my bed NOT calling me?

oh how I am pushing off the Mondays….I am just not feeling the going to work tomorrow. It brings back that feeling of Sundays in college. Staying at the parents house all day and then dreading the fact that I have to go back to the calvin [the cold long walk of shame back to the dorms with my laundry and groceries] I do not miss that days!

So I am prolonging tomorrow by:
Watching desperate housewives
Watching the grammy’s [hoping lady gaga wins some good stuff, just got a glimpse of her crazyyy outfit. Silver sparkles everywhere]
Researching how to make pita chips for em and betsy’s classy event Saturday night. I am going to embark on the domestic adventure bc 1. Lindsay and betsy made it sound easy, hope you are correct ladies. 2. because fricken pita chips are expensive and pita bread not so much. The dutch side of me kicked in full force!
Researching amazon for my madres bday

and once I finish with that I guess I will have to try to go to bed.

Tomorrow is FEBUARY!!!

that is just dominican

As I sit here with about three layers of clothes, drinking hot tea and seeing the temp outside it is three degrees…yup I miss the dr!

Definition of my dr vacation: Fun in the sun, with good company.

Highlights:
1. great weather
2. beautiful destination. Condo nice, minus the cold showers and leaking washing machine.
3. great tour guides, great hospitality
4. swimming in the salty ocean
5. beach walks, tourist shopping
6. eating dinner on the beach [minus the sand flies, lots of bites]
7. driving styles: on the wrong side of the road. Ok. Five on a scooter. Again ok. Policeman waving their hands to slow you down from speeding. Ok. Passing on the right. Ok.
8. learning to play line up, reading magazines, half a book-whole book-half of a book.
9. dr grocery stores.
10. bon ice cream
11. palm trees
12. watching movies in a king bed
13. counting presidente signs
14. having marvinnnn cross four lanes of traffic to take a picture of the OPI store!
15. Carmel crunch bar mcflurries and 100 McDonald's employees
16. side yard dance parties
17. airplane rides, airport walk, airport ranking systems, au bon pain

Oh how I have neglected thee

Back in the u-s-a
Working into the routine of things

One story on a Wednesday [not Tuesday]:
Dentist appointment this morning. Had the 7:30 am time [as to not miss to much work]. Hoping to relaxing and slowly wake up….not quite. I had chatty Kathy this morning.
Facts I now know: has a chunky 8 month old daughter Journey. Divorced once. Brother moving to Thailand to marry his internet found girlfriend. Spent $80 at children’s place and $25 at sears and $30 at kohl’s. Keeps her house at 64 degrees and makes her child wear 3 layers or clothes and two blankets to bed. Has vain in laws. The list could roll on, but I will spare you. [I was only there for 40 min]
Positive note: no cavities



DR adventure stories to follow. Loved it! [they have opis over there]