Spring Time for Keira! 

I know... It has been while

I know, I know. I am slacking. I haven't wrote in awhile.
Keira has a new pet, his name is "fishy". It is very exciting to Keira and I.
I swear fishy listens to us when we walk up and talk to him. He comes right up to the glass and just sits there looking at us. He is white and blue, and very pretty. We say good morning and nigh-night to him before bed. Keira just looks at him and watches, then I will hear a giggle from the excitement of what she sees.
Keira picked him out Wednesday night at the pet store. She was in total amazement in the aquarium part of the pet store. She loves fish, turtles, bubbles, starfish, etc. Once she picked out her fish, and the gentleman grabbed it and started to pour it in a baggy, Keira started whimpering. She thought he was throwing her fish away! It was the cutest thing!
I have no idea why I haven't taken her to the pet store before, but she absolutely loved it. Definitely going to make that a once a month thing.

Had a pretty good week at work. Been organizing and marketing our shows that we are planning to do in April. We are going to 4 different cities in the northwest. Outcome should be good.

Had a interesting night last Saturday. Had a birthday party that both Scott and I were invited to. This would be the first time we had met at the same place and sat at the same table. This was the most weird, uncomfortable environment. But I did very well. And what felt good was I know that I am doing the right thing. I had very few feelings when I saw him. Plus, you can make sure that I looked great! And I did. The night went very well, surprisingly. It was good to see some friends that I hadn't seen in awhile. And I think alot of people showed up just to simply see how I would be around Scott and his new fling. Which who I did meet, and she seems nice. Very plain, but nice. Like he is going to find someone better then me, HA! * wink * Towards the end of the night as I was waiting for my cab, I noticed that it was just Scott and I sitting at a table. Oh, no. He started telling me how much he loved me, and how he wants us to be back to the way it used to be. It was way too much for me. I started to cry. Not because I miss him, but I wasn't there to hurt him. Everything I had to say was what he would not want to hear. But overall, I stayed cool thru the whole night.

M-m came over Monday night. Let's just say it was a very, very, nice time. I think I am still smiling. (I know girls, but I am just having fun). I will worry about my heart later.

Keira, my mother, and I are leaving tomorrow to Colville to visit my grandmother. We are staying overnight to Easter and going to Church. I am excited. My grandmother means the world to me, and I hope that Keira has time to spend with her while she is still around. Don't get me wrong, she is in great health, but she is 83 years old.

My girlfriend Christina is doing good. She caught this horrible cold/flu that has just knocked her on her butt. I haven't seen her since last Friday. Will have to plan something next weekend with her. I miss her.

Stay Cool! ~ Scarlett D

St. Paddy's Day

Well I took the day off to sleep in a bit. And oh was it so nice. Spoke with m-m and he was planning on meeting me for lunch, but he got wrapped up with work. So I headed out to Gart Sports for a new softball glove and some other things I may need. Afternoon came and I was missing my little girl, so I swung by and played with her a bit. That was great. She was too cute when she saw me. Headed back home and heard from m-m he was letting me know that he got tied up with some things. I said "cool". Went to Macy's and spent too much again, but oh well. Finally got home and cleaned up and headed down to the Ironhorse. I felt and looked good, and by god as I was sitting there m-m walked in. Whoa, what a great suprise. He was nervous as can be. Too funny. He met my good friends Jim and Machelle. We didn't stay long, so of course we all walked out together. He gave me the biggest smile I have seen when he saw me. He told me that I look really good. He makes me smile. Was able to get a small smooch from him before I left. Went to Percy's had a snack and some regular beer. I am not a huge fan of the green beer. I feel wierd drinking green beer. Anyway, ended up going home early. It was nice to get to bed at 9:00pm. Was thinking about m-m, it is his birthday tomorrow. He will be 35.

Crazy Saturday Night in the Hummer Limo

So the day started off with Keira and I going to JCPenny's to get our pictures done. That went well. Then we came home and took a nap. I took Keira over to my sister's work, since she was headed out to my mom's house for dinner. I headed to Jeannie's and Larry's for the meeting place where the hummer limo is going to pick us all up. So as time goes by, more and more people show up. Ok, I am 1 of 4 single people, the rest are couples. Now if you go back into my blog for a title of " Are you kidding...they're swingers!" You will get a better idea about the birthday girl. She and her husband are swingers. They are very open about it also. She walked in the door and told me that her husband wanted to see my tits. WOW, took me off guard for a moment. Blew it off. Then as time goes by I notice that they are not the only couple who likes that sort of thing. We all are getting quite drunk. We pile into the hummer and start going downtown. As we are headed down there, another women Karen, starts complimenting me. Telling me that I am gorgeous, and very exotic looking. Nice compliments, but then I realize that she is looking at me in a different way. Her husband had been looking at me all night, and I have to say he was not bad looking. So she turns to me and says " I want to take you home with me, will you come?" Ok, this threw me for a loop! She asks her husband if it is ok, he says "Sure!". Ok, but that time, I am a little embarrassed, she tells everyone in the Hummer that she wants to take me home. Finally we stop to run into the Davenport to use the restroom. And the subject changes. Get back in I am feeling a-ok. A little a-ok!
We finally get to Goodtymes, I am completely done drinking. I was guzzling water like it was going out of style. I danced till my legs burned and feet ached. We ended up leaving there around 12:00am, and got back on the road. Karen, got too trashed and ended up pucking at Goodtymes, and her husband had to help her the rest of the night. Mandy (birthday girl) and her husband Todd, are in the limo trying to get me to show Todd my tits. I wouldn't do it, so Todd would try to grab my tit and pull shirt. I kept resisting. I did not feel comfortable doing that. I was getting a little preturbed. But I blew it off as soon as we got to Jeannie's. All in all it was fun. I sure didn't realize how many swingers there are in this little town. Now I know a handful or so. And for some reason they sure like me.

Another one off the list!

Spoke with Chris last night. We had a good talk. I did learn a bit more about him that I am glad I know now. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to come off as someone who thinks financial stability or who may call it "rich men" is always a must to me. But as I sit here today with the job I have, I do have thoughts that if I did find someone who I thought "could be the one", I definitely would want to know that I would be able to move forward in my life and not backwards. I was already a little apprehensive about him doing Insulation work at the age of 40. But as we spoke last night he had told he had his house foreclosed on a year or two ago and his credit is a mess. I am not sure why he didn't just sell the house. But then on the the other hand his girlfriend co-signed for him, so his credit must of been bad before this even happened. So when they broke up and he couldn't keep up with the payments he decided to let the bank take it back. Well she decided that she could just move in and keep it. So long story short, she ended up getting a restraining order on him, (don't know the reason to that part), and the house was given back to the bank. So as he is telling me this story I am thinking, ok, well nice to talk to you, see you around.
Then to top it off, we really had nothing in common. I mentioned that I went to lunch with Christina to Rock City, and he made the comment "Where?" Ok, where has this guy been? He had never heard or been to Rock City. I also mentioned that I went to one of Emeril's restuarants in Vegas and he didn't even know who Emeril Legasse was.
This guy is from Mars that is for sure.

Believe me I am no hurry to find "the someone". But it would be nice.
I will be patient. Good things are worth waiting for. I plan to take my time and find the "the right one". Why not be a bit picky?
I am sure he is expecting me to call him tonight. Well this won't be happening.
I am looking for is someone who is financially stable, and likes to do the things I like to do. Buy a house, travel when I want to, etc. I need stability! So my eyes are wide open again looking for a handsome fellow with a good job.
Tonight Christina, Nicole and her kids, Keira and I are getting together to watch a movie and hang out. We are going to see the movie "Ray". I have been wanting to see this movie. Then tomorrow I am going out with a group of 20 in a hummer limo. We will be cruising around the valley stopping in at each bar. My sister is watching Keira overnight tomorrow. So I will be able to sleep in a bit. It should be fun. I am excited to get some dancing in. I will let you know how that night goes!

Hmmmm, well he called.

Chris called me on my way home last night. He asked if he could make dinner for Keira and I Thursday night. He was being very sweet and asked what she eats and let me know that he had a couple movies for her to watch. I of course, got a bit nervous. And told him I would call him back after I got my babygirl to bed. So I thought about it till then and I know he was just being nice and letting me know that he is cool with everything, but I just didn't feel right about him meeting Keira. I barely know this guy, and I think I should maybe see him more before we rush into anything. This whole single life-dating thing is a little intimidating. I mean I know I am ready to go and meet someone, but just when someone asks me I get all nervous inside and have second thoughts. I am sure it is normal. But we will see. I told him that I am open to a date with him when I don't have Keira. He seemed very cool with that. But I could tell he didn't want to wait till next Thursday.
PS. I am having some close friends check up on him to see his background, credit, banks, etc, is that bad? I need to make sure this guy is a-ok all the way around.

Viva Las Vegas

Gosh, I love this place. Left on Sunday got there around 4:00pm. The reason for being there was for an Autodesk Conference. More then 3500 people from all around the world attend this one event. And I was a lucky one to go. This was the first time I saw 8 translation booths behind me in each session I was in. This was one of the biggest events I have ever been too. Learned some great marketing tips, and meet alot of the people that I deal with on a daily basis but never meet face to face. My feet hurt from walking so much. And this was a event that I had to dress professional to all 3 days I was there. High heels, skirts and slacks. Aughhh, man I was in pain by the end of the day. That was when I wish I had my swimsuit to sit in the hottub and relax. But no, I forgot it. We stayed at the MGM and that place is huge. I have stayed at the Excaliber and Stardust, but this place was the biggest by far. I was able to sit in one of Emeril's restaurants and have a cosmopolitan. That was cool. Gambled a bit, didn't do too bad. Spent $80.00 came home with $150.00. Not too shabby. Got home last night around 10:00pm. And I must say as lonely as my apartment can be sometimes, it was nice to have peace and quiet. A little sex would of been nice, hee, hee, but I feel asleep just fine.

Birthday Bash!

It was Saturday morning and I knew I had a lot of shopping to do before my trip to Vegas. So I call Christina and we met to do a day of fun. Ended up going to Ross, the Mall, Old Navy, and Fashion Bug. Found some cute things and before I knew it, it was 4:00pm. And we needed to meet Jim and Machelle at the Ironhorse at 5:30pm. We went back to my apartment and showered and was out the door at 5:20pm. Got there, and Machelle just loved Christina. We all had a great time. Except the fact that Jim was teasing me about my lingerie top that I had on with my blue jeans and heels. I look hot! I got over it. Christina says I am too conservative. She says "if you got them- show them!!" I guess that is true sometimes. I blush most of the time, but I did look good. Went to GoodTymes to meet a bunch of girlfriends. It was Christy and Laurie's birthday. It was so much fun. I started talking to a gentleman named Chris later in the night. He seemed very nice. He was probably 5'7 or a bit shorter. He is a bit older then me, he is 40. Not sure about this guy, but he has no kids, and has been married once before. He did ask for my number so I did give it to him. He was nice to give me a ride home to I wouldn't have to take a cab. I told him I was going to Vegas. I not sure if I would like to see him again or not. We will see.

Deja-Vu

My good friends Tom and Amber invited me over to their new house for a couple drinks. It was sorta deja vu for me. As I was driving there, I notice I was turning at exactly the same turn the night I got pulled over. Too Spooky! And to find out, Mike who I was following that night to his house with some others lives right across the street from Tom and Amber. Weird. I was interested in Mike. I think I still would be, maybe. Not sure. Well besides my m-m he was really the only one I have thought of as someone worthy to date and spend time with. But I can't seem to figure this guy out. He is great looking, very nice, but always single. He is 30-something and it amazes me why he doesn't date more. Maybe he is just as picky as I am. Who knows. Something are meant to be, and this is one example I guess. I am not the kind of person to call him, I figure if he wants to take me out he will call me. I know he knows I am interested in him. No need to look crazy or anything.
So anyway, I got there and my ex was there. His name was Alex. He is still really good friends with Tom and Amber. He was jerk back in the day, and I can tell you he tried really hard not to be the same guy while I was there. But I can see right thru him. Don't me wrong, we dated for 5 years off and on. I was crazy about him at one time. But I grew up and we were quite different. I like change, he on the other hand, change scares him. He also has a negative attitude on life and to alot of things. Me on the other hand, I am very positive towards everything. Sometimes I am too positive, I guess some people could call me naive. But that is ok. I don't mind. My moto is, if I can meet someone and they have a smile about me when I leave, then I have done my job as a person. So needless to say, we didn't talk too much. And I think it somewhat bothers him on how well I am doing on my own and how far I have gone with my life. He ended up leaving early, which was ok with me. And since I was in the same neighborhood of the painful mistake I had made a month or two ago I stayed the night and had a great night of conversation with Tom and Amber.

You Move Me

Here are the lyrics to one of my ultimate favorite songs.
I wish you could hear, but I will keep trying to find it on the internet.

You Move Me
Written by: - Gordon Kennedy- Pierce Pettis
This is how it seems to me
Life is only therapy
Real expensive
And no guarantee

So I lie here on the couch
With my heart hanging out
Frozen solid with fear
Like a rock in the ground

But you move me
You give me courage
I didn't know I had
You move me
I can't go with you
And stay where I am
So you move me

This is how love was to me
I could look and not see
Going through the emotions
Not knowin' what they mean
And it scared me so much
That I just wouldn't budge
I might have stayed there forever
If not for your touch

Oh but you move me
Out of myself and into the fire
You move me
Now I'm burning with love
And with hope and desire
How you move me

You go whistling in the dark
Making light of it Making light of it
And I follow with my heart
Laughing all the way
Oh 'cause you move me you get me dancing and you make me sing
You move me Now I'm taking delight In every little thing
How you move me

Update before the trip to Vegas

Well yesterday went well. Been trying to close a couple things before I leave to Vegas on Sunday for a conference for Autodesk. I am excited. I love networking with people for ideas, and also making new friends for upcoming conferences.
Went to the gym after work. I am a bit sore today. I worked on my arms. Christina met up with me there. She wasn't feeling very well. But she hung out like a champ. She was pretty slow moving, and she watched and talked also as I worked out. So I could really tell that this pregnancy is kicking her butt. Poor girl. I felt for her. But she did want to do something later that night, so we went back to my place and as she got ready I went down and tanned for a bit. It is so relaxing. Got back to my place, and we headed out the door. We headed down to Percy's. It was quiet. We only stayed about 30 minutes or so. Then we headed to Matthew's. Usually that place is busy and it was quiet also. As we were sitting down my m-m called. He had just swung by my place, and I wasn't there. He was out and about again. Crazy, I say. This is a guy that never is out and about. But this had been twice in the last two weeks. I asked him how he was doing. I could tell that something was on his mind. I asked him how home life is, he said "Not Super." Ohh, I feel for him. I know he is just trying to do the right thing. But he just doesn't know what to do.
Don't get me wrong people, but we are very good friends also. We talk about all kinds of things.
I have always had a ear for him to talk to.
As the conversation went on, he said since I wasn't at home he wanted to leave something to know he was there. So he left a dollar bill on a clip next to my front door. He is so silly. I said "how in the heck would I have known it was you?" We both giggled about it and kept talking. He was almost home so we hung up. I was bummed.
I missed out on seeing him again.
Shortly after we hung up Christina and I headed out to go home. She dropped me off, and sure enough there was a dollar bill. I just giggled as I opened my door. Crazy guy. He makes me smile. Got settled in and put on my PJ's and crawled into bed and started to read my new book.
It was actually quite relaxing being home early on a Thursday, except that I wished I had the company of m-m.

Advice from Scarlett D ~

First- I got the nickname from a girlfriend from the result of a DUI I had gotten.
But anyway I had a pretty good day yesterday. Except I had to go to court for my DUI that I got last month. I got there with my lawyer and the prosecutor still had no file on me. Weird. This happened at my arraignment. This might work in my favor. I pray.
My lawyer finally got my police report. He did update me on some very important things to know if you do ever get pulled over and you have been drinking.
1) If the officer asks if you have been drinking, you do not have to answer this question. You simply reply to the officer by saying, "Out of respect officer, I would like to not answer that question."
2) If the officer asks if you would do a voluntary field sobriety test? You again do not have to do this. You simply say " Out of respect officer, I would like to not take the test."
3) If the officer asks if you would take a breathilizer at the location where you got pulled over, you do not have to do so, even if you know he smells it, or if you act like you have been drinking, you simply say, "Out of respect officer, I choose to not do the breathilizer."
The reason why the responses are similar is you want to keep the respect to the officer. And if you do reply with such answers as I stated, at that point they have no probably cause and by having no probable cause you will usually be let go at the scene. That of course if you aren't falling down, vomiting, etc. You know what I mean *wink*
Ok, well I didn't do this nor did I know this info. I felt as if I would be lying and hiding something which would make me look even more suspicious. Not the case, these questions are asked to make you feel as if you need to do them. They are more asked to psychologically feel obligated to do so. And as you know Officer's can be very intimidating and that is when the answers to thier questions start flowing. I of course, spilled my secrets, told them I have been drinking, I told them that I would do the field test, and I also did the breathilizer at the scene. Stupid me, now they had definite probable cause on me. DUH!
Oh another note, if you refuse the breathilizer when you go back to the station, and you fail, your license will be suspended for 1 to 3 years. So don't refuse after you have been in custody.
Very Bad idea.
I hope I helped out my fellow drinking buddies. Good Luck!

My father and I at my sister's wedding. 

She got the job!!

Christina called and she got the job in Radiology! I knew she would.
GOOD FOR YOU GIRL!