Let's Just Finish This ALREADY!!!!

Alright...so that I can move on with my life {and you can move on with yours} I am just going to combine the last 6 post of the 30 day challenge here.  So here it goes:

Day 24-Something you've learned

I've learned that I have a hard time following through with a plan {i.e. this 30 day challenge}

Day 25-Put your iPod on shuffle, first 10 songs

Lady Gaga - Poker Face {Poker? I just met her...That was for you Nicole B.}

Damien Rice - The Professor

Adele - Hometown Glory

Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife

Michael Buble - You'll Never Know

Kings of Leon - Trani

Damien Rice - 9 Crimes

Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - O Grande Amor

Lady Gaga -- Eh, Eh

Stevie Wonder - Superstition

Day 26-Picture of your family

I did post pictures of my family on this day of the challenge, but here is another picture of them all, just in case you forgot what they looked like.

That's most of them. :) 

Day 27-Pets

Name: Roxy {aka: Rox, Babe, Boo, Poops}

Occupation: menace

Likes: Me, Husbo, m&m's {no, I don't feed my dog m&m's, she just likes to try and sneak them}, sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating, and snuggling. 

Dislikes: The Vet, The Groomers, anywhere that isn't with me and Husbo. 

Favorite Thing About Her:

She doesn't talk back and she loves me no matter what.  

Day 28-Something that stresses you out

Nothing stresses me out more than when there is a snow storm and Husbo is working up at HAPA and has to make the drive down the canyon.  It might be because of this story from 4 years ago on that exact canyon.  

Day 29- Wishes

I've heard that if you share your wish, it won't come true, so I'm going to keep most of them to myself, but one of my wishes is to be on a show like "How I Met Your Mother."  No, I'm not an actor, and no I've never done it, not even once.  But how cool would that be?  

AND FINALLY:

Day 30-a picture

Two weeks ago my Ita {grandma} passed away.  I was lucky enough to go and visit her about a week or so before she passed and this was one of the last moments we spent together.  I love her and miss her everyday.  

And so that we don't end on such a sad note, here is a little video to make you smile:

I laughed so hard my sides hurt.  

Have a fun and safe weekend.  

Day 12 -- What You Believe

I BELIEVE

• In a thing called love
• In the power of a nap
• In dancing to your own beat
• In Santa Clause and his good friends The Easter Bunny and The Tooth Fairy
• In God
• In Retail Therapy
• That money CAN buy happiness -- over, and over, and over again...just check out my closet. ;).  That being said...
• Money only buys happiness temporarily.
• That if everyone "loved thy neighbor" that all the worlds problems would be solved {almost all of them} 
• In a good cry
• That everyone should have a dog.  After all they are a woMAN's best friend.
• One day I will be famous
• A little bit of make-up goes a long way
• Even though you don't want to go to the gym, you always feel better after you've grunted and sweated your heart out. 
• In heels, the higher the better
• In family
• In marriage
• NOTHING makes me feel better than a long bath, a good smut mag, and down time with Husbo and Roxy
• In GOOD friends
• In the Golden Rule
• That life is constantly changing and that CHANGE IS A GOOD THING. 

RUFF RUFF RUFF

....That's Happy Birthday in dog!!!  So here's to the best dog in the WORLD!!!!  Happy Birthday, Pooch. I love you for so many reasons, but especially because you love me no matter what.  I hope we get to spend so many more years loving each other!  Just wait 'til I get home....I may squeeze you until your head pops off!! 

One love!

WATCH OUT WORLD...Here come The Battles

Ok, so here I am. I'm not sure what I am doing here, or why I felt compelled to even travel into the blogging world, but I'm here, I'm proud, I'm loud, get used to it.

Allow myself, to introduce, myself. Hello, my name is Erika Battle {formerly known as Erika Maymi} and this --

Isn't he pretty {wait, don't answer that}

is my husband Stan. We met three and a half years ago and are the NEWEST, FRESHEST, HIPPEST married couple on the block. We got married June 20, 2010. We're coming up on two whole months, and we are still alive and kicking. Now that's what I call success. We like to make each other laugh, snuggle with our dog Roxy, and just enjoy life together. Stan is a chef, which I LOVE {my butt and thighs on the other hand, hate it}, and I am a Detective of Accident Reconstruction {or that's just the fancy name I give it to make it SOUND more interesting}. I'm really just a claims adjuster for Allstate Insurance Company. I actually went to school to be a teacher, and hope to get back to teaching some day. But for now, until The Battles decide where to plant their roots, I am to remain at Allstate.

So here are 10 9 things you need to know about me:

1. I am a HORRIBLE speller -- I apologize in advance

2. I think I'm really funny, you might not find me as funny -- again, I apologize in advance

3. I REALLY love my dog and my husband -- in that order. Only kidding.

4. I like to shop like I've got a money tree in my back yard, it's an illness.

5. I love Lionel Richie -- He knows all about love and dancing on the ceiling.

6. I enjoy eating good food. I'm a little bit of a food snob -- I blame that on my husband.

7. I've been told, on more than one occasion, that people really like me "AFTER they get to know me." So keep reading, one day this might be love.

8. My friends and family are the most important things in my life. You mess with them, you mess with me...WATCH OUT!!!

9. I am a strong believer that when in doubt, you should dance it out.

Exhibit A. {doesn't that look like fun}

So, why are there only 9 things that you need to know about me? Well, the 10th thing isn't really something that you NEED to know. But I'll tell you anyway. I like to drink from time to time,  and get a little out of hand from time to time. So if my blogs start to not make sense, well, you will then know that I have had a little bit to drink...so enjoy!

Alright, blogging world, I am out. I hope this helped you get to know me a little bit better, and I hope that I have sparked your interest. You sure have sparked mine.