first of all... for those of you who guessed my age... I am twenty seven.

Life over here at our house could seem a little chaotic to some folks. When you enter through the front door you immediately see lots of bright colored fun looking things... most of which are dahlias.There is the stroller... oh wait make that two strollers, two carseats, a bouncer, a swing, a play matt, a changing pad and then a stack of clean diapers as well as dirty ones... (ok not dirty ones) and of course a heap of emergency clothes and birp clothes for when she makes the unexpected expected upchuck(=  but it seems that whenever I decide to clean up some of it to make more room for other stuff.... I end up running around trying to find things. If I would just leave them out in the open I wouldn't forget where they are.
Then there is the kitchen table. I really shouldn't refer to it as the kitchen table, its really a craft table... but it is in the kitchen afterall. well lets see,  I have at least three projects going on at any given time.... from sewing, painting, decopauging, scrapbooking... its really quite the mess! but if all that stuff wasn't out on the "craft" table... I would spend the fifteen minutes that I have at one time looking for it, but not have actual time to create anything. do you see?
Now some people might be thinking why don't I have a shelf to put this stuff on close by... well we do but it is full of other junk!! you see justin and I are both junk feens. If someone mentions they don't need something anymore or ask if we want it... we take it! and we never want to get rid of it cuz what if we could use it someday.... what if the day we throw it out, there is a use for it? we don't go to garage sales.. other people go for us! so all our cup-boards and closets are filled to the brim with other people rejects! so naturally we cannot open them for fear that our lives will be taken by the six feet of rubbish!

finally i got my hair cut!!! it feels so much better!!!!! my long hair took so long to dry and i pretty much had it in a pony tail every day!
woohoo! (=

For this mothers day justin got me a movie... for those of you who know me... I really don't like many movies... well I am very picky. I especially dont want to give or receive movies as gifts.. I think that is the worst gift ever!! so I didnt get my dad a present last year because all he ever wants is movies! and I am not spending fifteen bucks on something of no value... anyways......
so justin got me a movie... it happens to be one of the best movies! Les Miseribles ( 1998 with Liam Neison) . have you seen it? It is such a great example of how much God loves us, his sacrifice and grace!!!! I admit it was a little distracting watching it with dahlia in the room, didn't quite have the same effect as the first time, and the last half of it was on captions since she was in bed by then.....but still a great movie!!!

being parents is super! Dahlia is so amazing! We really have so much fun with her and love how much she changes... keeps things interesting!
Thank you Lord for the inlaws! They came over and watched dahlia for 4 hours while we ran around the town.
First stop.... VALUE VILLAGE. we got several super cheap things for Dahlia and some material for like 11 bucks total... so great!!! the we stopped at RED LIGHT(on hawthorne)... purpose of going there was to find the wife some clothes.... but we failed. Justin however found a great shirt which he will most likely wear every day for the rest of his life. After that we walked down Hawthorne to see what we could find to eat.... not much that sounded appetizing...kinda wanted to sit and enjoy a "romantic" cozy dinner..... so we headed off to our favorite dining establishment... THE OLIVE GARDEN. it was spectacular!! we split the three meat ravioli, ate a few bites of salad , several breadsticks (with alfredo of course) and water with lemon... all for under 20 bucks... which by the way was complementary of the inlaws (wife's parents).  We were hoping to go to the Rose Garden, but decided we didn't have a lot of time so we should another time with Dahlia. That is something she will enjoy also! then a little more shopping took place... then back home again! it was so nice to be alone... but of course we missed dahlia! we snuggled her up when we got back!

I am in desperate need for a hair cut! i haven't had a professional cut in like a year or so! it's so fried and I have major growout!!! the problem is that I have had so many bad haircuts in the past I am afraid to go to the cheaper salons... but I hate to spend much money on my hair... it's so frivelous! but I also don't want to look absurd and cry myself to sleep... I actually did cry one time some lady butchered me!!! seriously she cut all my hair about 1 1/2 inches short... and shaved the back! I balled for several days.,.. i felt so ugly. anyways, at least it can't be as bad as that.. so I can handle it.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a hairstylist? I don't want to spend too much... about 25 bucks is all. but I don't want an inexperienced person choppin at my hair. let me know if you know anyone who is trustworthy!!!