The Challenge!

#1 The Kitchen Sink
I accepted the home challenge. I had no time to clean or straighten so this is an effective insight into the Page-Zupan household! This is my kitchen sink. Thank God my mom is visiting right now. She did dishes yesterday!





#2 Your Toilet
This is my toilet it is pretty uninteresting except that as you can tell, you can't exactly shower and then have someone run in to "to go". We have a clear glass shower and that could be ahhhhh awkward.










#3 Your fridge
This is a terrible picture of my fridge. Downstairs is pound-puppy territory and the opening of the fridge can incite a riot. I believe that is what was happening in the midst of my superior picture taking. Puppies were attacking me in hopes to throw off my balance and therefor.....take control of the big black box that dispenses cheese and bologna. Don't worry folks, I overpowered their leader and was able to retreat to upstairs.





#4 Your bedroom
Our bedroom. This is where the magic happens...enough said.








#5 What are your children doing right now.
Felicia is watching Grease 2 on her T.V. in her super purple room. Just moments earlier she was singing "Cool Rider". Sorry I missed it and I bet you are too.






#6 What is your significant other doing.
This is Kris playing computer chess. Yes, that's right. Chess. He is pretty cute though.....








#7 Your laundry room
We have more of a laundry closet. Not much to see here folks.









#8 Your closet
You cant tell from this picture but we have a rather large walk-in closet. I have a severe clothes hoarding problem and should probably seek some psychiatric help for it.....I am not exactly sure where Kris is able to keep his clothes.








#9 Your favorite room
I love the family room. We can go to the theatre and not even leave home! Plus, you can see the glowing eyes of the three suspects that tried jumping me in question #3.






#10 your favorite pair of shoes.
These are my favorites right now. I just bought them today and they are my wedding shoes. Very Hollywood 40's glam. I love them!






#11 A self portrait.
This is me. Sans makeup in all my Saturday-night glory! I should of at least done my hair or something but I took the challenge pretty seriously. i think sometimes I am a bit competitive! So now all of you have to embarrass your selves. I wanna see some self-inflicted humility out there!

Sherman!!!

This is Sherman. He is my first foster dog. I decided to volunteer with a non-profit shelter rescue group called Cold Wet Noses. He is a 5 month old Shepherd mix. Sherman was rescued from Pima Animal Control. He was going to be euthanized because he had pnueamonia. Cold Wet Noses rescued him, nursed him back to health and now he is ready to get some good manners, basic skills and socialization. That is where I come in. I will help him with leash training, teach him to sit, stay and cat-test and kid-test him. He is a super sweety! He was a little paranoid on the car but he was super happy when he met Katie and Moki. This is Moki, he is a rescue from Pima Animal Control too. He wasn't adopted and his time was up so he was to be euthanized for nothing. We have him now and aside from having an inexplicable taste for drywall, he is a great boy! My mother thinks I have lost my mind but she knows I mean well and if Kris and I can have two dogs, why not three? I think the hardest part will be spending time with Sherman and then giving him away. I am sure I will have the biggest smile on my face the day he gets his forever home though! If you know anyone who might be interested in cute little Shermie-boy please let me know. He is just a doll!

http://www.tucsoncoldwetnoses.com/

Last Friday

Kris and I have been engaged for 6 months! Last Friday, he surprised me by taking me out to The Melting Pot for a nice romantic dinner. He is such a cute, hopeless romantic. Felicia decided that she wanted to take a picture of us before we left.

We look pretty excited to go eat super yummy food! I have the eyebrow-raise thing going on pretty good. Kris has the look of....hurry up so I can go chow down on some Fondue!

We decided to take a picture of the Feltinator too so she could be a part of the whole...stand in front of the camera thing. She is getting so big and cute! Kris said he was going to run down to Wal-mart and buy whatever clearance shotgun they have just to keep it on standby for when the boys start coming over. I swear he envisions himself getting a generic lawn chair and setting it the drive-way. Whilst sitting in said lawn chair, he will cradle a shotgun, sip on some Crystal Light in a red party cup and just wait for some boy to show up so he can have an excuse for acting like a psycho and quoting, "Hey boy! You sure gotta pretty mouth".

That paints a pretty disturbing picture. Kris is a big guy and he looks pretty mean when he doesn't smile. Watch out all you suburban teenage boys! I can see them all talking about Felicia in a huddle in the locker room at school. "yeah, Felicia is pretty but I am never going over to the Page-Zupan house again. Her step-dad is a backwoods talking, crystal light drinking, shotgun wielding psychopath". And knowing Kris, if he could be a fly on the locker room wall...he would smile and think to himself....mission accomplished.

Oh My God! Your a what? Why?

These are common reactions that I receive from people when I tell them that I am a Vegan. Yes, I am a Vegan. I know this may seem strange coming from someone with a farming, ranching and hunting background when in reality it just makes more sense. My grandfather was a farmer. He had land and raised pigs, chickens, turkeys, cows and vegetables. He did this in a simpler time. All the animals roamed around, breathed fresh air and ate corn, wheat and good ol' homemade table scraps. My mother witnessed my grandmother killing chickens for dinner and it was over in a matter of seconds and very humane. I have not one single issue with this way of life. In fact, I really respect the hard work and the care that was put into raising healthy animals. My mom tells a story of a weanling pig that my Grandma got extremely attached to and actually kept it as a pet. I do however have a huge problem with factory farming in all its aspects. The big companies dump animals into crowded and unclean pens, pump them full of antibiotics, leave sick ones to be trampled, and kill those who do not produce. I am a lover of animals and therefore for years I felt like a hypocrite every time I cut up that steak, ham or chicken breast and put it in my mouth. Factory farming has a huge impact on the environment as well. It creates large manure cesspools that leak into groundwater and methane gas that pollutes the air. Consuming and producing meat on such an enormous scale takes an unbelievable amount of grain, corn, wheat and water. Think about how many food shortages and worldwide hunger problems could be solved if more people strived for a vegetarian diet? I am not a Nazi-Vegan. My fiance and my daughter eat meat, its just not the right choice for me. I feel that if more people really educated themselves and became conscious of how that steak got on their plate, more people would be Vegan and Vegetarian. This is a quick rundown of factory farming if you would like to learn a little more http://www.idausa.org/facts/factoryfarmfacts.html . Thank you for listening!

Kids Cartoons

Anyone recognize this super scary villain? I do, I think from 5 to 6 I had approximately 100 or so nightmares involving this guy. I liked to be freaked out as a kid....What happened to great cartoons like He-man and the Masters of the Universe, Transformers, Thundercats, GI Joe or even The Smurfs? Most of the subject matter was down right terrifying (yes, even Gargamel and Azriel) but we LOVED it! These fun yet extremely violent cartoons got me up before 8 am on a Saturday and I LIKED it. I had all the play sets and the castles and and and...I think I had an imagination and I actually played outside! Who wants to get up early on a Saturday to watch Dora the Explorer or Jimmy Neutron? Boooorriinng! Maybe that is why kids are bringing guns to school and engaging in violent activities in real life. We have grown so accustom to shielding them from every day things..."no candy cigarettes", "no play pistols", no "violent cartoons", "keep all your feelings inside", "live in a box and play video games all day long"....that kids have no way to release any anger or curiosity that they have. Or, it could just be my need to watch Skeletor and Mumra reruns....

G.I. Joe?

No, actually it's not. Amazing similarities I know. But what would GI Joe be doing in the suburbs? It's not like the Taliban is here. This is Kris and I think he looks pretty cute in his Airforce getup. He hates having pictures taken but I threatened to make him do the laundry for a week if he refused. We both hate laundry. Every weekend we stare into the laundry room like we are waiting for something from Poltergeist to come bounding out after us....He is a good sport and is super funny and nice. Thanks babe!

My Friend Kyle

This is Kyle Cota. Doesn't he look like a handsome, nice, happy, fun guy? Don't be deceived because like Neil; inside hides a full on badass. I have had more laughs with this guy and been in the oddest situations! He has kept me out of trouble just as much as he helped me get in to it. Looking back on our friendship I just smile. He taught me the true meaning of "Starting the Revolution" and a invoked in me a renewed love of Prince (also a badass). Oh, did I mention that he can quote "The Three Amigos" verbatim? That is quite a skill! I am also secretly jealous that he knows more about computers than Bill Gates. How does he pack so much knowledge into that cranium? Love you Kylie!

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond is a badass. Not only does he have super-sweet

cool hair, great fashion sense and a crooked smile that would even make Princess Di jealous. He is pure class. Is there any song more fun to sing along to than Sweet Caroline? Can anyone truly mimic the open shirt, hairy chest style that he helped pioneer? This ones for you Neil. We love you babe!

This is me!

Oh someone please tell me that there is a grant given for Botox injections??