Another great Birthday dinner...

Today was another great birthday dinner two nights in a row...
Celebrating with my greatest hair stylist cousin best friend
Marina Moua who currently works at Moxie Uptown, MN

and the other...I dont have a photo of but she's one of my
new best friends...from Michigan/North Carolina, and shares
the same kind of  long frustrating patient marriage experience
as I do.

The girls and I went out to LemonGrass restaurant out in
Brooklyn Park, MN and had some fantastic duck larb
and the Americans would spell it

It was quite delicious, although some thought it not
so much this time. The other great dish...and I always
love noodle dishes...pad thai...

but then soon after
the ten minutes of fast eating on a hungry stomach
all the food started to taste all the same...same sauce
same smell same taste...

all still yummy though. it was great that my new best
friend could come out. her husband, another story
for the BUM at the McDonalds...like mine :)

anyways..she mentioned that she never went out for
her birthday :( so sad... but now is good, we old
married peoples with ten kids have been excepted
into the younger old girls group and found some
great friends...and with finding eachother thats great
all in itself.

tonight my other 10 kiddie best friend was babysitting
her sisters child, as her sister had a premature baby...
at the hospital...

when i think of babies...premies...my sisters and family
were the best! i had THREE weeks at the hospital and
my siblings took care of my three older ones while i was
at the hospital trying to breast feed and care for mine
and force him out quick style :)

happy evening. this has been another great evening.

The Mojo is Back!

my hype for life is back. i can't wait.
maybe it just takes...separating from
daily things that matter, but i also have
to remember that i have to do the things
that make me LIVE.

last night i go on and on thinking about
how i get my small break into fashion...
i just thought to myself...PERFECT
usage of CHAT already broken into the
scene and connections...so i'll hit up
a major volunteer fashion gig.

anyways, i'm meeting with kathy, to go
over a few things that we may find
helpful to continue and grow FT for CHAT
for the designers and hook up with MNFashion.
I love it. I'm so into it. I hope that my real life
can keep up with my fake life.

next week i meet with PFT Couture to
go over some similar topics...etc. we'll
see what comes of that.

here's a piece of PFT Couture that I
really love

its gonna be fun its gonna be what
i wanna do its gonna be busy and
most definitly it's gonna be a challenge
i'm so excited i can't wait!

i can't wait to be the self proclaimed
Hmong version of Anna Wintour
hahaha!

good thoughts good evening
happy reading!

Birthday Dinner + Casino + Family :)

most fantastic buffet birthday dinner ever!
i usually don't like buffets, but this
casino buffet was DEEEEELISH!

prime rib plates and plates full of crab legs
and all you want GOOD desserts! YUM!

Happy Birthday!

the casino part of it was...scary...kinda like a
football game...it's the first of the month, we're
business owners, our clientele are senior citizens
with teleHMONG...sheesh! embarrassing!
ducking left and right...i shoulda known to remember
it's the first of the month...and me n mil goes
there WITHOUT our husbands! what a story to tell
on the teleHMONG!

tonight was a good night, happy days :)

tomorrow afterwork, i meet with a craigslist LV
bag seller...hmmmm we'll see what comes of that
i'm such an LV junkie. then i meet up with the girlies
for dinner at lemongrass in brooklyn park, i can't wait!

 what do get nana!

1 day FOCUS Foundation

so its kinda a joke, but not really...
i need to focus.
i'm so scattered brain'd when it comes to focusing.

i love too many things
too many areas of interests
plus i'm getting old
i feel like i dont have enough time to do it all
so i do it all at ONCE!

crazy!

for sure something that has never gone out of style
is my husband and kids, for the last 17 years and
my love for fashion, purse collecting (esp. LV), shoes

i guess its kinda good that im not like some others
who dont get enough attention from their husbands
so they go out and find another...i dont get enough
attention from my husband...and i get another 1 day
foundation...

i love my life
i love my kids
i love my husband
i love my family
i love my ever changing foundations

i'm in love!

keep your secret thoughts...SECRET!

so blogging is PUBLIC hahahaha dumb me!
keep my mad crazy in the moment thoughts to myself! sheesh.

keep my ghetto class to a down low
don't stoop that low

anyways...something to do...when i'm feeling stupid ghetto upset
dont put it in writing. dont tell anyone close. tell that damn BUM
on the street and buy him/her a cup of coffee and conversate over
McDonalds...he/she wont care...and they wont be related to
anyone significant.

or just refocus the in the moment negative energy towards...
things that matter...to me, my kids, my life...

find that secret best friend...who...again is of no relation
and will be on your side through thick and thin and through
your bad days and good days and still like you all the time
not when its convenient and when it most benefits them

happy days and thoughts all the time.

Late Night Fashion ending thought

ok...so before I lay down to sleep, I was thinking so many things...while others buy real coach bags and big suv's with their new found money, I want to found a foundation...for FASHION loveist like myself and also look into many lower income housing...because when you help others...you help yourself... that's what i learned in real estate, if you keep all the money to yourself, uncle sam will make sure that he gets his part.

i was thinking of a foundation that offers sponsorship/donation/scholarship/grants to help those who are serious about Fashion and Arts, pursue those dreams with a little bit of cash donation/sponsorship, scholarship/grant help plus the updated resource lists. how does that sound? also maybe offering some hands on basics help from volunteers in those fields.

and with the lower income housing, i would love to find a barely run down smaller apartment complex that i would be so lucky to have found that needs no more than new carpet and paint, that i can buy very affordably and then turn into affordable housing for those who qualify and need it.

those are my two passions, fashion arts and real estate.

then at the end of the day, after i've made progress with helping others, i would love to help myself buy many of the many real LV bags :) i just can't choose, so hopefully after all the hard work, i won't have to choose, and can afford all of them!

A beautiful closet...

I woke up this morning, refreshed-ish, and getting ready for work.

My morning essentials: foundation to cover up the mugly acne scars and others, powder to set that stain, then a bit of eye shadow to highlight my eyes, of course the eyeliner to draw that lining of my eyes and the mascara to bring out my lashes, brush a bit of blush to bring out some of my cheeky bones, and then gloss to shine up my lips...and there with all that, my facade of a natural look...too bad I don't have a photo to show you.

After getting my make up on...I have to straighten my hair. My hair is naturally curly/wavy, so I have to straighten every morning, otherwise I have to put product in...

Anyways after getting my hair and face ready...I go to my closet, it may seem like I have alot of clothes, but I have nothing to wear...my dream closet for my dream house...to come...very soon... ha! I found this on the web, I think it's Christina Agulara for a Vogue shoot or something.

I LOVE it! I can't wait to build a separate closet just for my shoes, then purses, belts, and everything else too! How lovely it would be to have such an amazing closet space...with cool carpet :)