So I think this things broken...

No, actually it's user error. Sorry I haven't written in so long, but Tre and I have decided to combine blogs - since we've both been bad bloggers. Sorry - Vanessa, who asked a month ago for an update. So, we're going to combine things and hope we keep things steady enough for all.

I'll get back to ya soon with a link to the new blog.

My Guys

These are my guys -- All three of them got haircuts this weekend. I'll post more later.

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I see England, I see France

So, I've been gone for ten days traversing through England and France. The picture to the right is one of me showing off my chopstick skills -- after a couple glasses of sake. Not bad, I have to say. :P I'm holding a glass eye made my one of the exhibitors at our tradeshow convention. I was surrounded by glass eyes, (almost) nude models being body painted and famous makeup artists like Rick Baker... anyone see a Werewolf in London, or Nick Dudman -- Harry Potter anyone? The tradeshow was a success - it was stressful and a lot of work and it was so nice to have France to look forward to.



We got to spend a night in downtown London. We being my co-workers Cheryl and Jennifer who I also went to Nice with. This is me at Trifalger square in front of one of the four lions. Yes, I did climb it and got some pictures taken, but none of them turned out. We had dinner in a pub -- fish and chips and a pint of cider and did a short walking tour of Westminster, Trafalgar square and the eye of London. We crossed the Tames river and took a tube ride getting as much London in as possible in four short hours. Then it was off to Nice.

This is the view from our villa in France. We got to see some beautiful sunrises and sunsets from this location. When we got to the house after a fairly treacherous ordeal involving me becoming our sole driver in France --lots of windy roads. I closed my eyes on our flight home and all I saw were potentially hazardous, incredibly narrow poorly paved roadways. The pictures below is of the some of the beautiful flowers from the market we found one of our (as stated before) treacherous rides. It was definately a breath of fresh air to get out of the car and onto to two fairly solid feet.

Here is a dorky hat I found -- not quite a berate, I'm not sure quite what it is. Funny enough - my friend Cheryl kept saying that "I'm definitely part of the myspace generation," which means I like to take pictures of myself. We all exchanged photos at the end and I blushed deeper and deeper as not one, two or even three narcissistic photos were revealed, but like eleven. Oh myspace!



So, next I met Adam Et Eve. Here is me holding their hands - I tried swinging, but they were too close together. This picture was taken when we were in Monte Carlo. I gambled five Euros and enjoyed a very expensive lunch in front of the casino. It was ridiculous. Then we walked through the mall - I couldn't even afford socks at that mall. We started feeling like Nice was the Canal street of France. Oh, quick note -- wine and sparkling wine are both cheaper than milk -- I guess that depends, but we got pretty good wine for less than the bottle of milk we got. Good thing because we went through a lot more wine than milk.


Below is one of the sunsets we caught on the coast of the Mediterranean. I didn't go skinny dipping -- too cold and not private enough. But I did gather stones for jewelry making and drank red wine as the sun went down. So beautiful -- I am so blessed to have had this experience.

Christmas + 1

Who has a wonderful husband, a wonderful kitty and now a wonderful puppy -- why I think that's me. We are a little family now. In my picture collage - you can see Butters sporting reigndeer antlers, Max in the snow, my husband and Max ready for a Christmas party -- doesn't it look like he's wearning a bowtie (Max, not Tre), our beautifully lighted Christmas tree and last, but certainly not least - our pumpkin soup. This soup was made from pumpkins plucked from our own backyard and the drawing was done by yours truly - Tre made the soup and the crem' fresh that I used to decorate with.

Christmas was wonderful. I got the kitchen aid blender that's been on my list for years, Tre got a beard trimmer set that he's been wanting and we got a puppy. His name is Max and he's really small - almost too small, we're hoping he gets a tad bit bigger. He's a pug/poodle mix which makes him a poogle or a pug-a-poo. He's really just a mutt - and we really like him. He's pretty docile and he was the runt of his litter -- we're watching him and Butters get to know each other. No blood yet.

My mom and sister came down for Christmas, chowed with us, opened presents and then had to drive quickly home. It was a great time with family - we played games and relaxed and played with the new puppy.

Newyears was great too -- I'll post some pictures about that soon.

Palaces and France oh my

So, here it us -- the Alexandra Palace. The home of IMATS London 2008 and my place of work on January 26th & 27th. This is where the international makeup artist tradeshow, hosted by Makeup Artist Magazine will take place. I will be working the booth, dealing with foreign currency and making sure everything is just right for the big show.

It's coming up -- we leave on Wednesday, January 23rd and fly back on February 2nd. I'll be gone 10 whole days, the last four of which, I get to spend in Nice, France with some of my co-workers.

I remember watching an Alias several years ago where Sydney Bristow got to do an operation in Nice, France and I decided then that I wanted to go there; silly - yes, but here's my chance. The flight is a nominal fee and the housing is free. Yeah for friends with homes in the south of France -- we just love 'em. Well, I'll keep you posted on all my happenings -- I'm sure to have more than a few pictures to post when I get back.