Life in Southern Cali.

Eeeeeeeeeeek November 1st already and next month will be the last month in 2009. I must say that this year flew by. The last part of last week has been hectic, I had sprays tans on Thursday(3 people), Friday(5 people) and 3 people on Saturday but I'm not complaining because I made $435 including tips. Woohooo......then I had to study for a marketing test which was due by Saturday and then on top of that I was trying to get the house organized but because studying for my test was more important I kinda put the house organizing to the side. I'm glad that's over with cuz now I can breathe and just concentrate on organizing the house and givie it a deep clean and rake the leaves in the front and back yard. So today is gonna be the day of cleanning and organizing. Fun.

Last night I didn't get dressed up for Halloween, I was just too tired from everything. I had a costume which was a Safari one but my body said for me to just stay home, relax and pass out candy. I had like 4 differents kinds of candy but our neighborhood was dead, we had like maybe 15 trick or treaters. There was a small dog dressed up as a French Maid, so cute. 

Ok.....time get my day started and do some cleaning.

Okay Tuesday was quite intense, kinda. Here are home it was rainy and cold which I love while being at home. Well yesterday(Tuesday) Marco and I had to go to Big Bear to pick up the boat. It was about 3:30pm and on the way up there it was soooooooooooo foggy that the visibility was pretty much down to like 1 where you can only see the road infront of you. You couldn't see outside around you due to the thick fog, and it was rainy a little bit. We drove like 15 miles an hour all the way up there which is about an hour drive. Me, I was knida freaking out because I was afraid of deer or rocks all of a sudden getting infront of us or not being able to see the road at all. But we made it up there at about 4:30pm. It was very cold at 43 degrees, windy, and rainy. We talked to the owner of the boat and he was cool. He knocked off $100 from the boat so we only $400 as is. The thing is that we needed trailer lights for the trailer it came with because the lights on it were broken so we went down the street to Napa Auto Parts and bought some. We had to be quick about it because due to the weather there, the daylight was quickly going away. So when we got back, the owner of the boat and Marco were setting up the lights to work and then we all went outside to put them on. They worked as far as blinker and hazards but when you step on the brake in the car, the trailer lights would go off. It was a mystery and we tried to figure out why but it was quickly getting dark, the temperature was getting colder and the wind and rain was getting harder. So we told the owner that it would be best to come back on Wednesday at noon(today) to pick it up. Hopefully the weather will be somewhat better, but we'll see. Now I really do love weather like that but only when I'm inside. So today is another day for the boat.

Yipppeeeeeeeee!!!!!! We finally got another car after my Toyota Solara was totaled. A week later from that fiasco Marco and I went car shopping......for him. I figured that since he is tall(small torso and long legs) he can get a car that fits him and roomy for him and I'll keep his Matrix. He agreed so we went out shopping and after looking and looking and then more looking, we bought a Buick Rainier(at a very cheap price and low miles)which is a small suv that looks like a Chevy Trailblazer. It's perfect for him and he can stretch out his legs. I figure the Matrix is perfect for me because it's a 4 door and a hatchback, so it's easy to put my tanning equipment in it. And it has a sun roof which is cool. We're happy campers though. We shopped around for a car but kinda was in a hurry to get one because what if I ended up getting a job, then I would have no transportation and with one car it can be done but is quite hard. As far as the Toyota goes, the insurance company is paying it off which means I get a tiny check for $249 after they pay off my car. Woohoo!

Well, I got a letter in the mail from my insurance company stating that my car is a total loss which means they write me a check for what my car is worth market value and with that money my damaged car gets paid off, then I have to go car shopping and get another car. Gotta luv all of this. NOT! You get into a car accident, it's not your fault, your car is totaled and you have to get another car. What a huge headache, to be honest I really didn't need to deal with this but time to just deal with it and get another car. I loved my Solara, it ran great and nothing was wrong with it. grrrrrr.........

My weekend was somewhat on the sad side. I was trying to prevent this from happening but it just couldn't be stopped. I had to give Haylie to a good home. I sold her to make sure she gets a good home. I interviewed her new owner and he seemed really nice and like Haylie alot so I was happy there but sad because she had to go. Her and our other dog Dutches would get into doggie fights here and there. We'd separate them but but somehow that didn't stop them, there was still tension between them. Haylie would be the first one to start it though. I didn't want to take a chance of one of them getting severely hurt so I thought about it and ended up giving Haylie to a good home. The really sad part was Haylie and Ollie were very close to one another so separating them was hard. So now we have just 2 dogs Ollie and Dutches and as of now Ollie seems to be happy still without Haylie and Dutches seems to be way less grumpy, she doesn't growl much anymore.  I've been training Ollie for the Dachshund races for this Sunday, he's almost there in speed.

What a Tuesday morning. I just got back from taking my 3 1/2 hour Communications Dispatcher Trainee test which was very hard. It consist of almost 300 questions in all. It was broken up though by 11 little tests which were anywhere from 15 to 60 questions and they were all timed. I did my best on the test and because it was timed like some of the tests of 15 questions you had 5 minutes to finish it so you really had to rush but out of the whole test I left like 6 questions blank, ran out of time. Alot of reading which took up a lot of time, matching codes and addresses which was fun but not when it was timed. And the last part was multi-tasking so you had to do 2 things at one time. I'm good at multi-tasking but not when its timed.

After the test I went to Mt. San Antonio College to pick up my transcript and then went to Orange Coast College to drop them off. I could of have my transcript mailed to Orange Coast but I rather make sure it gets there. Now I am home chillin and it's 4pm. I feel in a baking mood, think I'll bake some cupcakes today.

Last night I found out that the Wiener National Dachshund Races are this Sunday at the Old World Village in Huntington Beach. I raced Ollie in it a few years back and he won 2nd place. I plan on racing him again for this Sunday which I feel he can do it because he's a pretty fast little guy, eventhough he's 9 years old and has cancer in his lower gums he's still in good health and is fast. I asked the vet about racing him because knowing Ollie has cancer it probably wouldn't be good for him but the vet said as long as he is in good health and is still active then it's okay, just don't over do it. So I have the okay to race my little man. It's when Ollie stops eating and being active is when I have to worry, he's so spunky now I hope the cancer doesn't take over him. Haylie now, I'd like to race her but there is no way she will be ready by this Sunday to race, she gets too distracted by people so I have to work with her. It should be fun though.

Wow! I haven't posted on here in a long time mainly because I have been so busy lately and when I am not busy and am home my brother in law is on the computer. It's all good though. I have seemed to have 3 dogs now, Dutches(Jack Russel), and Haily & Ollie(minature dachshunds). My dad decided that the dog I gave him(Ollie) that use to be mine was better off with me considering Ollie has lower gum cancer. The only reason that I gave Ollie to him was because when I got married and moved out I didn't want my dad to be alone and wanted him to have a companion since he plays with Ollie alot. But now since Ollie has lower gum cancer and the vet said there is nothing we can do about except let the little guy live his life to the fullest my dad gave him back to me. So now we have 3 dogs, thank God they are tiny. Besides Ollie having lower gum cancer, he is in good health. It sucks though because the only teeth he has is his 4 upper and 4 lower canines(the long teeth). Because of that I have  to make his dry food soft by soaking it in hot water so it's easier for him to eat it but at times I do catch him eating dry food not soft. I'll admit Im very glad that the cancer has not taken a toll on Ollie, the vet said that we will know when it has because he will then stop eating and being active and as of now he eats regular and is very active. He runs, chases his ball and loves walks and he loves Haily too. It's funny because the other day I weighed my cat and she weighs 11 pounds, yeh she is big. She is the weight of Ollie and Haily put together. lol.

Last week, May 12 on Tuesday I had to go apply for financial aid at school. I woke up at 6:20am and left my house at 6:45am due to traffic to get there at 8am. I got there 10 minutes early and the traffic was hardly any. I filled out what I could but had to reschedule because I needed to make copies of my unemployment pay stubs and Marco's paycheck. So I rescheduled for today at the same time 8am. Once again, I woke up at 6:20am and left at 6:45am and the traffic sucked. I didn't make it on time to school so I had to call and reschedule for next Tuesday on the 26th. This time I'm leaving the house at 6:15am to be on the safe side. 

When I got home today, I applied for more jobs online but there weren't much in my field to apply for so I applied for Customer Service and Receptionist. I usually go to www.indeed.com because they show all kinds of jobs posted from other job sites like Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com, etc. I'll check later on tonight to see if any new jobs have been posted. I did apply for a Computer Operator job in Burbank about 3 weeks ago, I found them on Craigslist. It's with Entertainment Partners, they do accounting and payroll for the motion picture studios like Fox, Warner Bros., MGM, Sony, etc. The day I applied I got a call back right away and made an appointment for an interview on a Friday. Talk about fast results. I went on my interview and in my opinion I aced it. I must of because they called me back for a second interview which was last week Monday May 11th and I believe I aced that one too. So 2 days later I called for a Status on the position and she said that I am still being considered but the manager still wants to interview a couple more people then she will have a decision by the end of the week or early next week.  I am sooooooooooo hoping I get this job because 1, it's in my field and 2 there are 2 open positions one swing(2pm-10:30pm) and one grave(10:30pm-6am) Since my last job was a swing/graveyard shift(6:30pm-3:am) Im okay with having a full graveyard shift. At this point though I am very ok with a graveyard shift because like I said before this particular position is in my field and I would love it if I can get back in it since it has been a very very long time since I was a computer operator.  I'm praying God grants me that job so I can worry and stress less. It's 2:04pm and I just called for a status on the postion and she said the one position(the swing shift) has been filled and there are some really good candidates but I am still being considered. I am hoping and praying I get it. I'll admit I am blessed for what He has given me and bringing me clients every week for airbrush tanning but now I want and have been wanting a full time job where I can succeed and move up in the world.

Speaking of moving up in the world, while I was working on my financial aid for school, I was checking to see how many classes I need in order to graduate with an AS/BS joint degree. I need 1 class from area C(Arts), 3 math classes(Elementary Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and Tirgonomentary) and about 6 computer classes. Woohoo! Almost there at the end of school. I've decided to go back in Fall in August and get as many classes in considering that I don't have a full time job and have the free time. I can work around my Airbrush tanning bussiness schedule and I can still look for a full time job. But I'm going to try to get my classes online so that way if I do get a full time job it won't interfere with my job. I'm excited.

I purchased the book sTORI Telling by Tori Spelling. A client of mine has it and said it is really good so I decided to by it on half.com, got it cheap too for $8.43 total for the hard cover and in very good condition.  

Ok, I need to go wash the doggies now.

This weekend was exciting. On Saturday MArco and I spent Valentines Day together, exchanged gifts and then went to Circut City to buy a camera. My current Kodak camera fried and since Circut City is going out of business we decided to go see what they have in cameras. We got lucky finding another Kodak camera with more pixels and features than my old one, and for a good price. Quite a romantic way to spend Valentines Day. On Sunday  I went to a Scrapbooking Expo with my friend Kama, her mom, and her two daughters and it was quite fun. There were two buildings with different booths related to scrapbooking. I bought a few supplies that I thought would be good for card making since I don't buy anymore cards for birthdays, etc. I think its way more personal to make them myself. Some of the booths there had Make & Takes which is where you pay a small fee like $1 to $5, you make something and then you can keep what you made. I made a bookmark for a $1 which I thought came out pretty neat. I bought another scrapbook for $5 which I didn't like the cover but no worries I can recover it, so I'm gonna work on that soon. Monday was quite exciting. I got a call from a staffing agency saying that I qualify for a job opportunity, my heart started pounding because I haven't been working in 5 months and the job is in my field. The agent told me where I would be working at which is St. Josephs Hospital in the City of Orange and what hours I would be working, I was excited. She said that she is going to email my resume to the company and get back to me as soon as they give her an answer, I can't wait. So say a prayer that I get this job.  Then I got a call from a potential client for an airbrush tan for this Thursday and an email from another potential client for an airbrush tan. So I'm excited for that. Then I went and ran errands in the pouring rain. Talk about down pours but I can't complain because we need it badly. In the mid day the weather started to clear up with just a few showers here and there. I must say it was a good day. 


Ok, back to getting stuff done.

The bookmark I made.

I can't believe it's almost Thursday. Last Sunday Marco, his brother Jack and his wife Vanessa and I went to Kamas house to ride the horses. Kama recently got out of the hospital, she was in there for removing one of her kidneys. So now she is out of comission on riding her horses so I told her that Marco and I will do it and if possible some of his family. She was quite happy for that knowing that her horses will get exercise. So the four of us went last Sunday and took all four horses out. They were all good horses and we went on a atleast 2 hour ride. We even stopped at Circle K for drinks, funny enough the horses wanted what we were drinking. So halfway on our way home Feo, the horse that I was riding started acting up. He started getting a cocky attitude with me. If you've been riding horses very long then you can easily tell their moods. Well, he started putting his head down like he was gonna charge at something and started side gaiting. That was funny riding a horse sideways. So then he wanted to run and I let him run and get it out of his system, I understand he hasn't been out for three weeks. After a few minutes of running with him I made him walk but he didn't want to, he seemed anxious to run home and horses usually do that when they know they are going home. So I made him do circles but he resisted, he became more antsy. So I ran him again and everyone else was watching while I try to get this horse under control. Since Kama wasn't with us Feo was testing me to see what he can get away with  so after getting him under control Marco told me that we needed to go up a small hill to go back home. We started going and Feo Crow Hopped and I ended up falling off him, mind you I was riding on a bareback pad not a saddle. I usually ride on a bareback pad and not a saddle because I'm use to it and never had a problem up until now. So luckily I fell on soft dirt and when I fell off I was trying to make sure I got out of Feo's way so he won't trample me, I managed and got right back up. I banged my knee and arm but no biggie. Feo ending up running away and I tried to catch him but he ran further so I stopped chasing him and hoped he would come back to us. He did and I caught him. When Feo ran from me, Storm the horse Jack was riding wanted to join Feo in on the fun and started to get somewhat antsy and made Jack jump off him but Jack managed to calm him down. So yeah, I got back on Feo and he started to get antsy again so I got back off and walked him home. We were pretty much almost home so it was cool. I knew he was testing me and well he won. I guess next time I have to be more firm with him. All in all it was fun. That very night though my leg that got banged up hurt pretty bad where I was limping but I still managed to get around. It feels a lot better now.

Today  I finally got my own website going. I was on a 14 day trial with Site Skins. I shopped around for other website hosting but Site Skins won my business and they are cheap. For $7.54 a month I get 5 pages, I can add music and pictures. That's all I really need for my airbrush tanning website. I wanted to pay them all up front for the whole year but they take out that small amount from my bank every month. I also purchased a domain name for $9.95 a year, I'm excited. So now I have my own website. www.paradiseairbrushtanning.com It's pretty much done but I'm tweaking it here and there, it's fun.

Ok, time for bed.

Well, I didn't finish my Christmas cards like I said I would but I got the hard part done which was writing the greeting. Now I just have to stamp and emboss and mail em out. I managed to finish a few today I just have like 15 more to go.

I gotta say that the economy is really bad out there, today Marco lost his job along with other co workers, so now we are both out of work and are trying our hardest to find new jobs. I've been praying that God will help us out of these tough times and I have faith He will. When I lost my job back in Sept. I started to worry about Marco losing his, but then I thought that the grocery store would be safe because people are cutting back from going to restaurants and buying food at the stores. I was wrong, his store was not doing so well. So to us the worst thing that I dreaded the most has happened. Actually the worst thing would be us having to move from where we live now and back to my parents house. I mean living with my parents is not a bad thing but I'll admit it would be a tad bit crowded.  Then again life could be worse, and I hate to say this but it is for others out in the world who are experiencing job lost. I will say that I am very thankfull for what I have now, a roof over our head, our health, and food.  We will have to pray and leave things in God's hands.  Ok enough of my venting.

This weekend was really neat. I had to work on Saturday but it was cool cuz I went in early and got out early. Sunday came around and Marco, my dad and I went to see the Fire Knife dancing of Samoa. Our friend Kap T'eo Tafiti is a world champion Fire knife dancer and he performs on the island of Oahu Hawaii at the Polynesian Cultural Center. I thought I'd call regarding the event on Sunday and asked if they knew a guy named Kap and if he was gonna be at the event, they said yes so I was really happy to see him cuz the last time I saw him was last December. So I called Kap and told him that we were going to the event and that we'll see him there. He sounded excited, we were all excited that he was gonna be there. The event was awesome....there was 3 different divisions competing, the Lil Warriors(ages 7-12) The Junior Warriors(ages 13-19) and the Senior Warrior( ages 20 and above) I was in awe when I saw 7 year old boys twirling fire knives, 2 for that matter and they were good and fast. The judges would dock 15 points if you dropped your fire knife and some did exactly that but they stil won at the end. Then there were the lil hula dancers the kids division with the age range of 5 years old to 10. The 5 yr old girl was soo cute dancing the hula. In the Samoan culture they start the kids of very small in learning, I think that's amazing.  When we got there, we saw different vendors selling the polynesian items which I bought a few. I bought a necklace and a lava lava.( I like to wear them to work) We then saw Kap at his booth, he was selling his painting which I bought 2 and he gave me the 3rd one. Such a great guy. Marco, my dad and I were sooo very happy to see Kap and he as well.  Being at the event and seeing Kap made me feel like I was in Hawaii again which was great because I really miss the island. With everything I learned on the island, I feel like I took on a different culture and learned their ways of life. Still learning though. lol.




The lil hula girl drummers. Too cute.




Yup that would be the 3 lil Warriors that were competing.
Amazing.


And that was what the lil warrior was doing for the competition.



The lil warrior, Max is his name. He got 3rd place.



Intermision with the Hula Dance.



Junior Warrioe lighting his knife.



The 3 divisions are now waiting for the judges final decision.


Kap and I. He such a great guy. A friend forever.
 

It's Saturday and it looks like it went by tooo quickly. It was Marcos day off from work so we planned to clean the back room until I had to leave for work at 3pm. That was the plan until my dad came over which was cool...and then Marcos brother came over because he needed help with his car. So the three of them were working on the car while I was inside the house cleaning.  Ahhhhhhhhhhh a guys day of fun. I then went to work which is where I am now and I will be off at 12:20am, a couple of more hours to go. Tomorrow is my day off and Marco, my dad and I are planning to go to The Fire Knife of Samoa’s fifth annual Fire Knife Competition which I can't wait. Many tribal dancers will be competing so this is my first time going there and it should be fun. I'll post pictures on Monday. I also just found out that a friend of ours Kap will be there. Kap performs the fireknife dancing at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Oahu Hawaii, he also sells paintings of his art work which I bought a few.  My dad and I go see him on the island every year and say hi, invite him to dinner. He's such a cool guy.


Yes this would be Kap.

I am soo proud of myself. School just started and I now have a Marine Biology class whic seems to be fun. The book for the class costs $80 used and $110 new. Wow, now that's a lot. A few people had the book on the first day of school. So, I went to my favorite link that I always go to to buy school books. www.half.com  I typed in the ISBN number and wella there is was. I bought it for $10.35 and that was with expedite shipping. I feel bad though for the people who bought the book for a lot of money. Anyhow back to work now.

Now I know summer is coming to an end because school started this past Monday. I am now going to Orange Coast college and taking a Marine Biology class which to me is fun because I love the ocean and all the little/big sea creatures in it. SoI'll be a busy bee this semester. I'm working 1 full time job, 1 part time job(working 1 or 2 days out of the week) and my mobile airbrush tanning job. My part time job which is working at the salon is actually relaxing there, somehow being there clears my head. My full time job can be stressfull and my mobile airbrush tanning is fun because I live to make people look beautiful. 

I have Sirius radio and love listening to the weather channels which are from many different states. It seems though that many states are having rain, thunderstorms, lightening which I love and here is Southern California it's just hot and sunny. I want some fun weather. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Okay.......Im good now.

Last Saturday I went to my frirnd Kama's house and we went horse back riding for about 2 hours, pretty fun. She owns 4 horses and one of them is worth $50,000. Now that's a lot for a horse but he's a show horse so I guess I can understanf why he's so much. I rode him on the way back and his gait is different  from the other horse I rode. I owned horses back in the days and was born to ride but we sold them and now I want to buy a horse. I miss having a horse. 



Storm- the horse I first rode. 



Feo- The $50,000 horse, the one I rode back.

 What a week/weekend for me. I had Thursday and Friday off from work so I can volunteer for the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach and Saturday and Sunday  was just gonna chill there. I got home from work Wednesday/Thursday at 4am, went straight to bed for a few hours then woke up at 7:20am to get ready. I left my house at 7:55am and got to the beach at 9:13am(I was suppose to be there at 9am). The parking there was terrible, no place to park but I got lucky and found one close by. So, I went to the Surfrider booth where I was to volunteered and introduced myself to the girls there, very nice people. I only had to be there for four hours which was cool and I was allowed to walk around and check out stuff. The Us Open of Surfing is a happening place where it attacks 10,000 people each year. Pro surfers compete in heats, different booths advertising their products, etc.  It was fun. I managed to get a few people to sign the petition for Surfrider, one was to band all plastic bags in HB and the other was to Save Trestles. The govenor wants to extend the 241 toll road towards a popular beach break and if they manage to do that it  will affect a watershed that is not fully developed and the wildlife there and not to mention the surfers and the beach.  Now the govenor said that it won't affect the beach nor wildlife but when has the govenor or anyone in politucs ever been true to their word.  So with many signatures signed there is a big chance that we can stop the toll road.  My sister in law Molly and Vanessa and her son Mateo came down at about 2pm and since I was done at 1pm I was able to chill with them. I had a great time being with them, cool chicks and Vanessas' son is such a cutie pie, very polite too. We went shopping on Main Street and saw my boss from the tanning salon Trevor yelling his heart out advertising for Etnies. So I went over to him and bugged him. He ended up giving Molly, Vanessa and I some sandals to give to our other hubbies.(Molly doesn't have a hubby so the sandals were for Ed) Thanks Trev, your awesome.  

Friday, same thing....woke up early, did my time at Surfrider but on Firday, they were having the Surfers Hall of Fame. So I decided that it would be good to walk around and get some signatures for the petition to Save Trestles, this time I got a bunch of Pro Surfers to sign not to mention the pros that made it to the Hall of Fame. Congrats guys! I was sooooo happy that I got their signatures that I took a picture of it. 

Saturday, Marco, Molly, Jacob (who she babysits) and I went to the US Open since Marco has never been and he thought it was cool. He video recorded the Motocross. Those motocross guys are very gutsy that if I had a bike I'd probably do the tricks too. When I was a kid, I've been known to do crazy tricks on my dirt bike. Molly and Jacob went to chill by the water while Marco and I walked around. It was pretty hot but at times there was a cool breeze. Then who do we see at a booth signing autographs? The famous  Kala Alexander.(guy from the movie Blue Crush and pro Surfer)  He is such a cool guy and gave me an autograph and I also took a picture with him. I was suppose to see him the next day(Sunday) but I ended up getting food poisoning which was the worst feeling for me. I was in bed all day Sunday, Monday and half of Tuesday but am feeling a little better. 

It's Tuesday  and my first day back at work. I feel somewhat better now. This morning we had an 5.8 earthquake. I was sleeping and all of a sudden shake rattle and roll. I don't get scared of earthquake in the day but if they happen in the middle of the night I freak out. I was actually surprised because usually I hear the wild birds chirpping like at 5am but I heard nada, it was totally quiet outside.  What can I say, California was due for one.


Me and Kala Alexander



  

I know I haven't been updating this for sometime because I've been busy making flyers, business cards and now a myspace for Paradise Mobile Airbrush Tanning. Started the myspace like 2 days ago and now have almost 100 people. If you wanna check it out just type in www.myspace.com/paradisemobiletanning  How I got the name Paradise Mobile Aribrush Tanning, well i figured since it is a mobile thing where I go to clients and I love the tropical life eventhough I live in Southern Cali. I thought the name just fits. Not only that but people like to have that tan where it looks like they just got back from a tropical island. 

Last Sunday I did a tanning party which was very fun and such cool people. The host of the party(Tracy) is a makeup artist and her husband(Rocco) is in a band called sixth day. Good music. Tracy made some really good food for the people there and she invited us to go in the pool but no one did except for her photographers kids. Her Photographer Steve is quite good with his work. He took pictures of me airbrushing the girls, one of them was a model so she end up doing a photoshoot near the pool which is near beautiful palm trees. The girls were quite happy with their tan, they loved it and wanted to book me for a tanning party with them and their friends. Cool, easy money too. It makes me happy to know that other people are happy with their tans because if they are not, I'll give them a free tan. So now Im getting clients that want to book parties, awesome Im there. When I started the myspace for my business I got an email from a girl who was on the Real Housewives of Orange County saying that she wants to book a session for her and her friend who is really really white. Nice. So far so good with the mobile airbrush tanning and I get to meet nice down to earth people.

The 4th of July fireworks really spooked our dog Dutches, we had to keep her inside due to the loud noise outside. But even after that for a whole week she has been non stop nervous, doing things that she's never done liek chew on wood. So Friday night 07-11 I was at work and Marco was out with his brother, Dutches decided to chew her way out of the yard. Now mind you that the yard is wood gated and tall but that didn't stop Dutches. Marco felt sooo bad, he cried. That friday night I put an ad out on Criagslist. So Saturday Marco went looking for her and took Haylie with him hoping she would smell Dutches' scent but they couldn't find her. Sunday him and I went out and put flyers on posts, but no luck finding her. So Sunday night my sister calls me and says that she saw an ad on Craigslist stating that someone found a Jack Russell Terrier and she gave me the phone number to call them. Monday I called them and sure enough they had Dutches. So when I told Marco about getting Dutches back he was sooooooooooooo happy. 

With all that said, I have a week to work on this project for an airbrush tanning party this coming Sunday. It's a folding room divider that my friend found, it's well in tack but the fabric material is ripped some. That's okay because I thought that I would replace that with vinyl since it would wipe off easily. So now I have to cut a white vinyl shower curtain to fit properly and airbrush an island with a palm tree and ocean since I am calling my business Paradise Mobile Airbrush Tanning. The person who is hosting the party this Sunday is trying to get 20 people who want to tan. 20 people at $30 a person? Not bad. When she said 20 people, I went ahead and ordered more supplies which will be arriving this Tursday.  Better to be safe than sorry.

Busy pass couple of days but it's all good.  I worked for 4th of July but it's extra money for me. That day I bought Ollie over because my dad went a small mini vacation and I didn't want Ollie at the house alone. So I bought him over so he can be with Haylie and Dutches. Ollie got along well with Haylie and Dutches which was cool because I was kinda of worry about that. He got along especially well with Haylie his new wife, they make such a cute couple. So all the doggies have been getting along well up to Monday. Haylie all of a sudden had been attacking Dutches. I believe it's because she is in heat and is pmsing. If that's the case then her attacking will most likely stop. I had to separate Haylie and Dutches, Dutches is now inside the house and Ollie n Haylie are outside but it's only temporary. The funny thing is that when Haylie comes in the house, she is all nice to Dutches, hmmmmmmmmmm wierdo. Ollie is loving life right now because he gets to be with his sweeite pie.

It seems like I have been busy like a bee these days but it's cool. New addition to the family Haylie, a cute 4 year old Red Sable Dachshund. I bought her for $50 in Apple Valley. Not a bad price for a purebred but she needs lots of training. Dutches seems to get a long with her just nicely, so that makes me happy. As for me, I've decided to open up a mobile tanning business I mean I have the experience to do so so why not make some extra cash. One of my top myspace friends asked if I would airbrush her and I agreed to do so but she lives in San Diego and because of that she said that she liked to throw a tanning party with a bbq and swimming in the pool. I'm all for that. So for the past couple of days, I've been doing research about airbrush tanning parties, airbrushing tips, and making business cards. I've decided to call it Paradise Mobile Airbrush Tanning, people can either come to my house or I can go to them and my prices are cheap too. So far so good.

Today was pretty fun in the sun. Marco and I woke up at about 11:30am which was late since we wanted to get an early start and headed out to dog beach with our dog Dutches. We got there at about 2pm which gave us 2 hours but hey it was better than no hours. Since it was Dutches' first time in her life(her previous owners never took her anywhere) at the beach we were a little iffy but she went wild and had sooooo much fun. It was Marcos' first time there too and he liked it so I'm glad for that. We took Dutches' frizbee and ball and wanted her frizbee more than the ball. Talk about many different dogs on the beach running around off the leash having the time of their life. It was cool though because there were no doggie fights, everyone got a long just fine and dandy. I saw about 3 Boston Terriers and wow talk about a lot energy in the little guys. One of them was catching his stick(thrown by his owner) in the ocean. His name was Dougly and he sure loved the water and the waves too, wasn't scared one bit. Then we saw a few Great Danes, Yorkies, Beagles, more Jack Russles, and many other breeds. While we were playing frizbee with Dutches,  2 labs wanted in on the fun too so now it was lets see who gets the frizbee first. Fun times. The water was at a nice temperature so we were in the water throwing the frizbee. I guess since Dutches' liked dog beach, we'll be going back there. 4pm then came around and we had to leave so I can get home and get ready for work. So here I am now at work and trying to keep my brain awake. It was fun times though today. 

Yeyyyyyyyyyyy it's Friday.......oh wait I work tomorrow too. Ok I can deal with that.  Today was a fairly nice day and it was my last class at school until my final. So today was our review day in class and we walked about a mile and a half to Golden Spoon Yogurt. It was my first time having a yogurt there and I ended up buying the mango flavor, not bad. We ate our yogurts while reviewing for our final exam for about 30 minutes then walked back to school. Gotta love trips like that. If only all classes can review for finals like that. 

After school I went to Ralph's to buy some groceries and while walking out of the store I noticed an interesting happening. A couple was having a yelling match.  She drove a BMW and he drove a Lexus(I assume this because they were parked next to each other), nice cars. I was at a distant so I didn't know what they were yelling about but all of a sudden the girl got into her car backed up and drove into his car. What a moron. She dented her car as well as his. The guy started to try to comfort her and she got out of her car and wen up to him. This is where I thought it was going to get uglier but it didn't, he held her, talked to her and then kissed her. She was crying but probably relieved at what ever the fight was about. Love love love........and now she has to pay to get her car fix and his. Lovely. When I saw this out in the parking lot I thought about that tv show Cheaters but who knows what the couples argument was about. Ok back to work now.