See??

Loooove this color, don't know why I've never worn it before!

Above is a photo of the piles that were on my desk, now on my floor.

Including the dog... see??

It's that time again!! Spring cleaning!!!

I know it's not spring yet, but with the high temps (40's), it sure is feeling like it.

Really, I just needed some justification to help me reason with why I want to clean. I NEVER want to clean. EVER. I am one lazy ass chick. No lies, no exaggerating. My hubby is very patient with me and my ... messes.

My desk, is destroyed. There is literally NO room on it to do anything. I hate it, it drives me nuts everytime I sit down at it. I feel like I get sooo overwhelmed and instead of cleaning, I just ignore it!

Here is the before -- and soon, there will be an after... If I don't post an after pic by the end of this weekend, then send help -- b/c this desk is NEVER going to get clean then.

1 - my computer / on facebook, of course.

2 - Crackers and some Pepsi Throwback - ate dinner up here tonight.

3 - A stuffed dinosaur that Dibs (#6) was mauling. You can see the stuffing coming out of it's head...Poor dino.

4 - My garbage can full of tissues. Gross, I know, but it IS a garbage can, and I had a horrible sickness that lasted about 10 days...This is about 1 days worth of snot-rags. Mmmm. It's done with now, so time to black bag 'em.

5 - A towel... b/c in the morning, after I shower, I come up to my desk to check my email with my hair up. And apparently, I leave my desk with my hair down.

6 - The Dib-ster and her favorite slipper. If you see pics of my house with random socks/slippers laying around, it's her fault. She likes the smell of my feet.

7 - A bag and a wire. I have random bags and wires laying everywhere. Usually I stuff crap into bags and then never get around to going through them. I need to change that. Do I smell a resolution???

8 - Paper towels and some Woolite Oxy Deep Power Shot -- what we use to clean up Dibsy's little accidents. The most recent one was by the desk. Ahh... puppyhood.

9 - Another small desk -- one I was planning on setting up as an arts and crafts table for my niece when she comes over... but it became a catch-all. There's a lot we can do with that little nook -- hmmm.. I'll decorate AFTER I clean .

This is a pic of my niece, me and my husband.

We went to Dave & Busters with some friends last weekend... had a blast. :)

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Challenge - write next 10 posts with 125-200 words, no more, no less.

This is Post #2 - 147 Words.

he's such a sport...he did this ALL by himself

He was chugging along,
and then got a visit from a
lost soul...




Mike: "how'd you get in here, little one?"

Lost Soul: "i don't know, but from up here, the view is A LOT scarier"

and the Lost Soul's brother
was nowhere to be found...


oh wait, here he is.

locks, docks, mocks, woks, shocks, fox

SOCKS!!!

The ANIMAL Dyson vacuum cleaner (in purple)
Lurve it!!!

erm, did it look like Mike was playing a harp in the last pic?

 still sorting....and it's night-time now

He did eventually finish, and we threw out all the unmatched socks

and right after that, we found a bunch more socks with no matches.

crap.

I am assuming the only way to rectify this situation, is to get rid of every single sock we own, and start from scratch, b/c any other way is just tooooooooo simple.

seen my husband?

'scuse my corn-ballin'

but i thought this was funny

mike, wearing a shirt the same color as our bedroom walls.

tee hee

why did i inherit japanese eyebrows
you know, the thin, fuzzy, fluffy, random coverage kind
i guess it was that or the extra hairy kind
from the italian side of my family

i am short 5'3"

(well shortest in my immed fam)

i have curves

(inherited from the italian/german side)

i think i have a mix on the eyes

(my mom's eyes are almost black and my dad's are hazel)

my nose is a mix

(mom's is wide/flat, and dad's is big and pointy)

my mouth/lips are from the japanese side

(g-pa Hideyuki had a big juicy pout) lol

my hair is from the italian/german side

(it's annoying b/c it's not straight or wavy, it's almost wavy)

my momma

100% Japanese

dark skin

black hair

squinty eyes / (they close when she smiles) lol

is short (5'4")

my papa

75% Italian - 25% German

 pale skin

light brown hair

hazel eyes

is avg height (5'10")

My dad and I used to meet up for lunch when our offices were close to each other.
We'd go to the local diner or something and we'd always get mean stares from people.
I just thought people were rude. Jersey-style.
Then one day, my dad and I ran into a coworker of mine.
We didn't make time for introductions, just in passing, we said hello and good bye.
When I got back to work
my coworker approached me and asked if the guy i was with was my boyfriend/husband.
Uh.
EWWW!
Then i explained how he was my DAD and how EWWW EWWW EWWW
After that, I realized people who would see us out together had NO CLUE we were related
and probably thought this dude was having some kind of rendezvous with a youngin'. Asian-style.
Apparently we look nothing alike.

This is my dad, me, Mike & my mom.
keep in mind, my mom and i are wearing heels... lol.

Actually, now that I'm looking at this photo, I think my dad is taller than 5'10"

Mike is 5'8" -- and my dad looks a lot taller.

what do you think?

It is strange that I don't have ONE feature inherited directly from my dad...
Me and my other 2 sisters all have different noses.
I guess we played mix-n-match in the womb.
My younger sister and I have the same voice, mouth, eyecolor and same face shape
and even though she is 4 or 5 inches taller than me and about 40lbs lighter
we are always told we look like identical twins.
uh, okay.
My older sister is 5-6 inches taller than me and she has dark almost black eyes like my mom.

what features did you inherit from your parents?

My knuckles are M.I.A. *missing in action

as you can see here in this photo

it's a wonder that i'm able to type these blog entries

you know, having no knuckles and all

g-ma miyo tells me i'm lucky

b/c i won't get hand wrinkles when i get older

lucky me.

i have never really been a fan of taking prescription medications, srsly

i usually cave when i've been fighting something for a long time and can't seem to kick it on my own.

or, if whatever i'm experiencing gives me pain of some sort

or, if my doctor says it's the only way to cure something...blah blah blah

vitamins do not always require a prescription, i'm not really sure in what case they do

it was recommended by my general practitioner, that i start taking fish oils

i asked her if there were any side effects and she said,

"make sure you get a good brand, or they might give you 'fish burps'."

what?! ewwww!

seafood makes me gag!

so, she said there was a brand she could prescribe for me, that doesn't have that side effect

and that is why i take Lovaza (pictured above)

next to the bottle of Lovaza, is a bottle of Vitamin D3 1000mg supplements

i take 2 of those daily (same with Lovaza)

look at the difference in the size of these pills.

i have to point out that the Lovaza pills are not a standard size

they are literally 1 inch long

and the Vitamin D3's are literally 1/4 inch long

it's amazing that the potency of 1000 IU can fit into that tiny little capsule

 

where I stand now:

taking these 2 vitamins 2x's daily

been feeling very weak and fatigued

(extremely, actually)

hoping that the Vitamin D supplement helps :-)

we will see

i draw on myself

i <3 her

 

This is my littlest pup, Dibs. She's a 6 month old Bichon/Poodle mix.

We tried to groom her ourselves, but she doesn't like the trimmer by her face.

So she's a bit scraggely. Gives her a bit of character, I think.

Both of my sisters cookin' dinner. 

Hanging out out-back.

R-L: Mike, Rob, Renee, Jacqui, Dad & , his wife Lauren

Renee talking to her fiance, Rob -- through the window.

Birthday cake for the birthday man.

R-L: Mike(hubby), Lauren, Dad, Jacqui & Dawn(older sis)

My 6 y/o niece and me, playing chess. 

(she's really freakin' good)
 

My niece thinking about her next move.

The only bad part to being the one with the camera, is never getting to be in any of the shots. Luckily I got in ONE, well, at least the side of me did.

Ah well, so I'm just going to post some pics from my step-sisters confirmation party this past summer.

(don't think I posted these here yet)

Me and my sisters.

R-L: Francesca (step-sister),Renee (youngest), Me, Dawn (oldest)

We didn't all plan on wearing blue. Just happened that way. ;) 

 

Dad, Mike & Rob

very random things happening here.

Mike &Rob

Too much Vino?? *muah*

oh, and ROCK ON too!

Mike & Rob

handsome feller's ain't they?

and, last but not least....

Me and my sisters, again.

A little bit wacky!

We went to Tahiti : Papeete, Moorea & Bora Bora

It was a long flight. 

Mike needed to make sure we had internet.

We had a small hotel room, and stayed in Papeete for one night.

The next day we were off to the island of Moorea.

We stayed in a bungalow on the beach.

Then we went for a walk to take in some views.

We saw these 'sea cucumbers' in the water. 

FREAKY.

There was a lot to see and do in Moorea.

We rented a buggy and drove around the island.

I was a still a vegetarian during our honeymoon.

Yum. Tofu! 

And Mike had sushi.

Also during our stay, we rented a 4x4 and did some touring.

This is Noni...

Pineapples

Hibiscus Flower

or ... a 'P' flower, 'cause - yanno.

Then we drove around some more and then stopped for a photo-op with the group of other honeymoon'ers on the tour.

I got to drive next. kick-@ss!!

Our next stop had breath-taking windy views.

Can you see the rain coming in?

I have an antenna too.

Overall, Moorea was awesome.

Next stop - Bora Bora

When we arrived, we hopped on another ferry.

The views - freakin' gorge

Then we had to wait at the dock, for a buggy to bring us to our bungalow.

I didn't look to happy, but, that's only b/c i was caught off guard. 

The buggy brought us to the lobby where we waited some more for them to finish setting up our room.

I was ready for pics this time. See cheesy smile?

btw, got that cross-shoulder Coach bag for like $30. 

Best deal ever!

He so happy.

We used 2 different cams, hence the reason some look 'wider' than others ;)

I'm mad b/c we have no photos of the buggy that drove us everywhere, however I did get video.  
We were FAR out on the water where there was less people activity and private.

The bungalow was gigantic, with cathedral ceilings. A table in the den sat above a glass floor that looked down into the ocean. At night there is a light that turns on underneath so you can see the fish!

The bungalow had AC powered by fresh ocean water. 
How cool is that?!

The bed looked out a wall made of one big window out into the open ocean.

Lovely bathroom.

An oddly placed window.

The wall to the left of me was a big window looking out into the ocean too. 



Outside the Bungalow, we took some more pics.

Say Cheese!

Don't you just want to be here right now??

we do.

I am not a fan of the ocean, but Mike had a blast snorkeling and canoe-ing.

Check out the night view.

It was TOO commercial. Hawaii's are better!

There wasn't TOO much to do in Bora Bora.

We didn't see any famous people, but we know they've been there.

Check out these 2 hotties.

One of my favorite things about Tahiti.

Mike was a sport letting me shop at Tahia Collins ;)

We got me this.

I rarely if ever where this, b/c it's so delicate. But I wuv it!

Our pearl shopping didn't stop there.

Here we are on our way to Wan's.

We went a little, um, overboard?

After buying 3 pearls at Wan's, we visited Tahia Collins near that side of the island and bought 4 more pearls there too.

Here's our 'collection'.

3 natural pearls, 4 necklaces and 1 ring - total.

The one on the left - my FAV. 

It's a penguin! One of a kind! 

To see more, you can check out my Honeymoon Gallery on Flickr.