My first eye brow wax!

Ok, being 23 you would think I would have had my brows waxed before now. But no I was a waxing virgin. I found a great local place, and decided to give it a try. The outcome was so amazing! I can't believe I hadn't tried it before. I had such a great experence, I would recomend it to any woman with fuller or shaggy brows.

Honestly my brows aren't a problem for me, but they are full. I was always concerened they just didn't frame my eyes as well as they could. But I was afraid of the pain of waxing. I had herd horror stories, worried it would look unatural, or that I would get nasty red bumps, or lose skin with the hair. None of these worries were realized. Yes it hurt a bit, but it was quick, and over in a few seconds. My brows look natural, but shaped, and they frame my eyes like they have never before. No bumps, and I still have all my skin.

The stylist was very professional, and super nice. I will do this again< as soon as they grow out. I want to keep my new fabulous brows. :)

Feeling lonley and discouraged.

Have you ever had the feeling that your not welcome? Or like no one wants you around, unless you are helping them? That's how I'm feeling tonight.

It seems like I do everything wrong, or I just can't get ahead. But if I do someone else a favor, things are cool for about 5 minuets, then its back to me being a screw up.

I'm not trying to wine, or wallow in self pitty. But it seems pretty messed up that, when I'm not needed people point out all my faults, then expect me to smile when they want me to do them a favor.

Maybe I'm not the best at cleaning, maybe I forget to wipe down the sink, or sweep everyday, but does that make me a bad guest? Does it make it ok to degrade me, and make me feel like crap? I don't know anymore.... maybe I'm better off somewhere else.

Shopping voyage

So today is the first day I've really been able to shop. I checked out some of the super cool shops on 4th ave.
I bought a dress at How Sweet it Was vintage shop. Its long velvet, and a brand I have been dying to check out. Pyramid collection! I've seen this dress on their website for $119 and I paid just over $30 I think that's a deal. :)
Pictures comming soon

I also stopped at the local Goodwill and bought a dress and a pair of killer red shoes. $10 for the dress pictured, and $5 for the shoes. Not a bad shopping day, I also stopped in a few other shops along my way, but I came home with what I wanted. :)

11/11/11

So I have to blog about today even if the only reason is that it is 11/11/11. Lol
So it was a kinda slow paced day for me, I woke up late, showered, and went to a kid's birthday party. It was fun even though my neice kept trying to escape, and I ate way too much, but it was a good time.
It was at Peter Piper's which is a local kids joint kinda like chuckie cheese. The pizza was good, and it wasn't overly anoying and loud like chuckie cheese can be.

After the party we headed home, and I had a quiet night babysitting my brother's kids. Thankfully the babies slept most of the night, they only woke up to eat, then went back to sleep. It was very late when their parents got back, but I got in 2 good movies so I can't say it was terrible. I watched Surrogets, and The Village. I liked both, since I really dig science fiction.

I really wish all days (and nights) could be this easy.

Rough days

I've had a few rough days living with my brother. Its not my ideal situation, but it seems to be getting a bit better. There are still issues, but no more screaming matches. It could just be the quiet before the storm, or it could be getting better. I'm not sure which but I'm hoping for better. I really do love my family, but sometimes its hard to make things work.

Day of the Dead Parade!

Ok so I attended the Day of the Dead parade here in Tucson. I must say it was epic! Literaly if the word "epic" is to ever be used, it should be used to describe this parade.
There were thousands of people, if not hundreds of thousands of people. And everyone was there for one event, one goal. To see and walk in the parade.

Thousands of people in face paint, people carring memorial signs, people taking pictures, it was an amazing feeling. It was like attending an open service to every religion you could think of. It was a positive vibe, a diffrent way to honor a person's death, or those you loved who are gone. I felt so connected, to this city, and to everyone around me.

I have never seen anything like it before, it was like the whole city came out to celebrate, remember, and to show support. I will for sure go again next year, and maybe I will even paint my face, and walk. It was truely a moving event, and if anyone visits during the parade I would suggest dropping whatever plans you have and going. Trust me you wont regret it.

P.S. I will be posting pictures later, as for right now I will be heading to bed.

Too tired to sleep.

I spent the day helping my sister in law with her and my brother's kids. Crying, wining, screaming... you know normal kid stuff.
Had to clean up and unpack as soon as I had free time. Started at 11pm, just finished at 2am. I'm dead tired, but at least I'm mostly unpacked, and have clothes to wear, and don't have to dig for stuff.
I'm getting used to living with my brother, his gf, and kids. Its not perfect, and I bite my tounge a lot, but it could be worse.....

Feeling the pressure

Ok I'm begining to weigh the pros, and cons of moving here...
Maybe I should have done this before I moved? Its not like I'm being treated like crap, I'm just starting to realize I miss the freedom of having my own place. I don't like following someone else's rules, or being in someone else's space. I like having my own space. Sharing a bathroom with kids, and having to take everything in and out every day, since they will get into stuff bites.

I like having me time, not being surrounded. And I love my family, but I'm not cut out to be dealing with kids, and babies all the time. Having people tell me the proper way to clean, or when to clean bugs the crap out of me.
Having to watch what I say, or what I leave out, or eat is driving me nutts. I know it could be worse, but damn I just want my quiet life, and my 2 bedroom apartment back....

All souls day

So last night I went to an all souls day party at the reservation. It was very fun, interesting, and a bit strange. They feed the ghosts, visit and clean off graves, and have a big meal.
There is a day of the dead parade later on this week near my dad's shop, maybe I will go to that too.

A good day

So I had a pretty good day. I woke up early and took the pratice GED test, and passed with a pretty good score. I will probley take the real test next week.
After I tested I headed over to my dad's shop, since I hadn't seen him in a while. I had good time, we worked on a car he is fixing up. I may not be great with cars, but it was nice seeing what my dad does from day to day. We had a yummy dinner (curried goat), and hung out for a while.
I didn't realize how much I missed seeing my family till I moved out here.

Halloween!

This has been such a long day (and night). I woke up at 7am to find out about GED testing (since colleges here in Az. want proof of graduation. Being home schooled has its down sides).
Found out I must first take a pretest, since they just passed a law here requiring it. That is tomarrows plan.

My movers showed up! They were quick... like super quick. Sadly my book shelves got pretty messed up (mostly because the movers that picked them up didn't wrap them). Everything else seems ok, but I won't know for sure till its all unpacked. No out of the blue charges this time, and the guys were funny. We joked about us all being jewish, and they seemed like good people.

Got a nap in after they left, and spent some time alone. My brother, and sister in law went out, so I was a bit lonley. I miss my friends, and my boyfriend who I left back in michigan. It sucks that I had to leave everyone.

On a good note after my brother and his girl got back we headed to go trick or treating with my other brother, his daughter, and my other sister in law.
We were this big group. Lol and me and my brothers had time to talk about the good old days, when we would trick or treat with my mom. It was nice, oh and I was dressed as Super Girl, such a fun costume.

Frontier airlines

So as I said before I got my tickets from Frontier airlines. I am not sorry at all, all their employees were great. The flights were pleasent and easy, and my luggage got where it needed to be. I would highly recomend! They rock. Comfy seats, free tv during your flight (if you sign up as a frequent flyer), and all their employees are amazingly nice. As I said they weren't the cheapest on paper, but sign up for their second tier (about $40 more), and you get 2 free check bags. Other airlines charge $50 for each check bag, so this is a real deal.
For the price of a ticket and 2 checks at American airlines, I got a ticket and 3 checks from Frontier airlines. Best money saving secret, from my trip.

I have arrived

I have finished my voyage to Arizona, but my story isn't done yet. I have made it to my brother's and saw my neice and nefews. Now I will start to settle in, and get my life started here. As I learn new things and go new places I will continue to write.

Denver

I just made it to my half way point, a stop in Denver. The airport is lovely, huge and very interesting. Though its kinda lonley traveling alone. I can't wait to see a firmiliar face. I'm still very tired, maybe I will nap on the next flight. I hope it goes as smoothly as the first.

Airport!

I have made it to the airport to start the first leg of my trip. I'm flying Frontier, which is new for me but I hope it will go well. Check in was a breeze, their staff is super nice, and flying out of Grand Rapids was a great idea. Very quick and no problems at all. I'm used to flying out of Detroit which is always packed, and super slow. This is a nice change.

Today is the day.

I can't sleep, in 3 hours I will be heading to the airport, and to Arizona. I'm so nervious! I'm gonna miss so much here, friends, family, my boyfriend. Please someone tell me everything will be ok....

The cost of moving

So yesterday I went to UPS to mail 11 boxes, the guys there were great. Very kind workers very professional, and helpfull. The hard part came when paying over $400 for my boxes. Granted my boxes were very very heavy, but dropping that kind of cash sucked!

Here's a sucky note so I went to FedX and they are double the price of UPS, also they refused to send all but one of my boxes. The worker said it was because "they are storage boxes, not shipping boxes" bull! Their boxes that they tried to sell me looked exactly the same as the ones I bought at WallMart, except the FedX logo on the sides.
Whatever my mom agreed to go to UPS for me on Monday. Thank god for moms!

My last full day in my home state.

Its 3:00am on October 29th 2011, and it my last full day in michigan. There is so much to do and so little time. Its hard to think I am leaving the state where I was born, and where so many of my happy memories took place. I am excited but also scared. I want to see my family so bad, but what if I don't like it in Arizona? What if I can't get along with my brother (which I will be staying with)? What if I get home sick?
This will be a whole new experence for me, please wish me luck.

4 days till move

4 days, just 4 days! I am a mess and so is my apartment. There is so much to do, in so little time. So much to think about, and to plan, I'm not sure how I will do it all, but it must be done. I'm so worried that I won't be ready, or will be late, or will forget, or lose something important. I just need more time! I know if I had just one more week I could do this, but let's face it we always want more time, its human nature....

Movers!

Ok so I spent the last week running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I was buying my plane ticket, finding a moving company, packing, stressing, and worring I wouldn't get everything done.

Well first I have my ticket threw Fronteer airlines, they weren't the cheapest, but they are allowing me to bring 2 free check bags, and that for sure covered the little extra I am paying. I'm taking an extra check just because I went overbord packing, but its only $50 more.

The stress attack of the week came when packing for the movers. I tend to procrastinate, so I was dragging my feet on packing boxes, and left most of it till last minuet (as in last night). Bad idea! I would advise no one to ever do this. I was up all last night, and was packing up till literly the last second.

Thankfully the movers were amazing. I hired E-Z Movers, they have the nifty pink trucks. They came in marked everything, and didn't even get crappy that my stuff didn't match my invoice list (I was over by a few boxes). And they were fast! Like super fast, I was amazed they were done in like 30 min. I know I didn't have alot, but thats still amazing. They were also really nice and didn't complain that my boxes were super heavy.
I did have to pay an extra fee (long carry fee), which kinda sucked since I am low on cash, but they were cool about it, and explained it to me. Since I had looked it up online before I knew it was probley coming, and they wern't trying to pull one over on me.
I'm just gonna say I hope the guys that drop my stuff off, are this professional, and not jerks.

After the movers came I had some cider (one of the major things I will miss about Mi.), and then I went to bed, since I hadn't slept in over 30 hours.