FINALLY!!!!YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN! ITS OUT OF CONTROL!!!

TODAY IS THE DAY THAT I GET THE KEY TO THE SPACE IN THE MALL! IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. I'M GOING TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT IN ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO THINK, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ANDREW WHO PULLED STRINGS AND CALLED THE BIG GUYS AND GOT THE GUNS OUT AND SHOWED THAT STUPID MALL WHO WAS BOSS...AND APPARENTLY ANDREW IS, NOT ME??? I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, CAUSE REALLY I'M THE BOSS. BUT, I THINK I'M STEPPING DOWN FOR A DAY, BECAUSE ANDREW REALLY DID THE JOB!

I'M SO HAPPY AND EXCITED!!

OUR SPACE IS GOING TO LOOK FANTASTIC, AND BEAUTIFUL, AND YA'LL BETTER COME BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T...YOU'LL BE OUT OF THE VIP FRIEND LOOP. I MEAN, HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO OWNS A STORE IN A MALL.

...OK, I'M NOT BOASTING! I'M JUST SO EXCITED!!!!

I LOVE EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED US GET HERE, ALL THE PEOPLE I'VE HIRED, AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US!

PLEASE PRAY FOR US AS WE EMBARK ON THIS GLORIOUS, FRIGHTENING, CRAZY, OUT OF CONTROL ADVENTURE.

I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED, AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE ARE GOING TO OPEN OUR DOORS!

We live and we learn...

So, music has a HUGE influence in my life. It's not that I'm a music junky, I just find myself always listening to the words. I love how every once in a while a song just says it all. Dashboard usually satisfies my poetic love in music, but like you read in my last post..I'm branching out.

So, new song, better attitude...

Jordin Sparks: One step at a time.

1st I love this . I saw her in concert and she is so dang cute! And, this song is screaming the story of my life.

We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen and it's
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

When you can't wait any longer
But there's no end in sight
when you need to find the strength
It's the faith that makes you stronger
The only way you get there
Is one step at a time

Rock Music

I've been really stressed lately...and I think I've resorted to revving up the music, and relaxing to the noise.
This is my stressor, and this is my song...it somehow relaxes me.

1. Stupid bank people/sba people/mall people stepping on my dreams and dragging out the "starting up processes" by slashing all my ideas over and over again

SONG: SO WHAT! by Pink. "SO WHAT! I'm still a rock start, I've got my rock moves and I don't NEED YOU BANK, MALL, SBA tonight

Just place me in that picture..the tree is my life.

I've always loved Pink. Really weird because I really don't like that kind of stuff, but she kinda takes me back to Jr. High when I went through my punk stage. I bought a skate board, put my hair in dreds, and wore black eye liner. It didn't last long, but I'm thinking maybe I should put that game face back on. Interesting thought?

McKay is ONE!

Mckay is almost one year old! I can't believe it's almost been a year since my little baby was born. I thought that about this time I would be feeling baby hungry, or something to that effect, but man! I COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY THAT MCKAY ISN'T A LITTLE BABY ANYMORE! I know that sounds kinda..coarse, or harsh, or like I'm weird. But I love having a child that is a little bit more independent. He plays by himself now, and he is crawling and almost walking. He is adorable.

Lets see. Mckay, my little Malcolm Mckay. He means so much to me, and he is doing so well. My favorite thing that he does is his moglee crawl. He also loves to copy you when you clap. But my absolute favorite moment that I have with Mckay is when we are driving and he is just sitting in his seat, and I look back at him while we stopped and I smile, and he just gives me this toothy smile that melts my heart! He might say "dada" all the time, but he loves his Mommy and I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world.

So, I've been thinking, just because I work at a day care, and it happens like 4 mothers are prego there about when we will have our next baby. I've thought it through and I am just not ready for the whole process again...but I would like McKay to have another friend. Malcolm and I are seriously considering adopting (me more than malc) but has anyone heard good things about adopting? I hear like an over all good feeling, but mostly people get freaked out. I've prayed about it, and I know we have more children, but I just don't feel like I can do it right now..or even in the near future. Adopting can take up to two years so if we decide to go that route we need to 1) start saving and 2) start the process.

Just thinking....

well, this is about my baby, and he freaking cute, so I need to show him off. These are his pictures we just got taken!! Enjoy.

The final countdown!

Ok...we are ready to go!
We finally have the list collected and submitted!! The bank will hopefully give us the $$$ Monday. We will buy our shoes..decorate our store and OPEN!! We are for Sept 12, or...19th!

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!

Sole Envious? WHAT! WHY?

Starting a business is really hard...point blank.

1. I never thought I would do this..and now I want to rip my hair out
2. People are idiots. In general I think most people are complete retards!!
3. Everyone is on their own time table..and they just really don't care about MY TIMETABLE!
4. The money just keeps flying out..not in? Question: WHY

Ok...so that is the update. It will maybe hopefully...possibly...start in Sept. 5th, that is already one week after we planned and that is if everything goes as planned, which I'm finding out never works because I have plan, Malcolm has a plan, GGP has a plan, Andrew has a plan, Zion's bank has a plan, Soda shoes has a plan..and none of these plans co-exist.

Maybe next year Malcolm and I will decide to buy a gold fish...an adventure..but just a small one.

This is our logo....basically just the plain box one...it just came down to the simple. I like it though, it just fits. We might do some sort of flower on the bag, but this will go on the front of our store.

2 year Anniversary

Happy Anniversary!
Today is our two year anniversary, and I CAN NOT believe it's been two years. It blows my mind how quickly the first year went and...I blinked and two years have gone by. Malcolm and I have actually been together for almost six years, and that just seems plain weird. He's my best friend in the whole wide world, and even though we fight like cats and dogs sometimes, it just WORKS! Malcolm and I are always talking...I LOVE THAT! I want my marriage to be about me and him..not just working through life to make it work, but working together day by day to enjoy the moments. That is what I love most about our marriage, and I hope it never changes. We spend every moment we can together...which means from five on we are together. Sometimes things come up and we have a choice to spend time apart...like guys play nintendo, or s just shopping, but really we never want to. We talk on the phone his entire lunch, usually we spend it together, and then he comes home and we work together on our projects. I LOVE IT! We have a great marriage, and I feel so lucky to have him as my husband. He is so good to me, and so understanding and MAN I just feel gosh dang lucky. I want to thank him for just being him, my best friend in the whole wide world!

so...some exciting moments of our second year of marriage.


1. Baby Mckay being born! HOLY COW! yeah, this qualifies as number one by the way..takes the cake. For those who have kids you will understand. There is nothing more spiritual than when you baby comes into this world physically and takes it's first breathe and...wow, it is amazing!

2. A couple of weeks ago Malcolm and I were having a "girls night"..that's what we call it when we rent a chick flick. We got P.S. I love you...for those of you who haven't seen it it's about a and her husband dies..he writes her letters..it's super cute (kinda a tear jerker). That night we got into bed and Malcolm was crying. It was so cute, he told me how much he loved me and how sad he would be if I died. Ok...this was a first for me, usually he just complains about my sobby movies, but he was adorable and totally sincere I didn't know what to say, I just cried and we just held eachother all night. It was one of those unforgettable moments.

3. Cruise...Malcolm and I went on a cruise together in March and it was so nice to just me a couple again. It was like we were again..sleeping in, lounging, talking, laughing. I started to feel like a queen and he was my king, and when I'm with him, I just feel like I could conquer the world..ya know? He just installs that in me, and I hope I install that in him. I tribute him to much of my success in school and business..and I think we just make a perfect team.

Well, there were lots of other good times..but those just take the cake. I know I have a terrible memory so I might just post later about some of the other good times.
For now, I just want to publicly say I LOVE YOU MALCOLM!! I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE YEARS TO COME! I HOPE WE HAVE MANY MANY MANY DECADES OF FUN TOGETHER!