My Desire...

This is my latest desire! Hahaha! Weird I know! I collect vintage tupperware and now I totally want these salt and peper shakers! They are all over Ebay, but I just can't bring myself to spend that much yet. I know I can find them, it's just been a lazy summer for us and we have not been hitting up the garage sales as much as we should be. Hmm....I need to find these! Why am I blogging about them? Not quite sure, they are just something that I want and maybe my husband will see this and say, just go ahead and buy them already! heehee!! So what do you collect?

A Name....

My Aunts House in Mexico

So, I've been trying to think up names for my B&M shop that i'm opening up soon I hope! I am thinking if also changing up the name of my items that are going out to shops and festivals already. My B&M shop will be opened up in Mexico ideally. I was thinking of:

Just Michelle

I like how simple it sounds. It's true too, as it's just a one man show, my shop. I can picture the sign in a big and chunky font with hot pink writing....

That's where my brain has taken me today! haha! We've been so busy, that I am only getting a chance now to sit and relax. I have too much going on and i've just rounded the corner into craft shows every weekend this month. Why do I torture myself this way?! hahah!!

More From Cristo Rey...

So there we were on our way up the mountain with all these scary twists and turns when a van that must be from 1962 is beeping it's horn at us!!! There is no way he wants to pass us!? We pull over and he lets us know our van is leaking OIL?!!??! OMG!!! What are we to do?! We are literally half way up this mountain and U-turns are a definate no-go here! That first picture is a shot half way up the mountain looking out. It's soo beautiful. The air was getting thinner and you could feel just how crisp it was getting. We were also leaving the 89* weather behind. We almost needed a sweater to be up here. As you start seeing the monument get larger and larger, you realize just how magestic this trip will be. We decided there is nothing we can do but trek on in hopes that one of the fruit stands on the side of the road will actually carry some oil! We do find some and keep going up up up! The next picture you see is of the road up the mountain! Now just imagine your small car going up and a GIANT greyhound type bus going DOWN the road>?!?! You feel like one wrong stear and off you go!

Now the best part of the trip. We are just about up the mountain and my little girl THROWS UP! Like all over me!! Thank goodness we had a blanket on us!!! hahaha!! It was gross and she must have done it 4 times! She couldn't wait until we got to the top right!! haha! So first things first when we get there?? BATHROOMS! Now this picture is perfect! Yup that's a guy sitting outside of the bathrooms....why?? it's a typical sight in all public restrooms in Mexico...see the toilet paper?? Yuppppp...you have to PAY to use the tiolets! And they are the scariest bathrooms around! No seats on them at all, no soap and this guy cuts you like 3 squares of toilet paper. Sooo..be like us! We bring our own: Soap, wipes, toilet paper, air freshener, clorox clean up wipes and paper towels. Of course after all that, there was a line to use the toilet I cleaned up for my little one! haha!! Hmm...maybe I should have charged!!

After this quick pitstop, it's time to turn around and take it all in.......

Isn't it amazing??? maybe it's just me, but this is my most favorite place to be in Mexico. I have to come here every visit, even if it takes over an hour to get up the mountain! On either side of Jesus are two angels that hold up his crowns. Underneath and inside is a chapel and it's just more than amazing. It's beautiful and breathtaking and all that. There is an anormous crown of thorns that adorns the entire inside and you can't take photos, but it's solid gold. Inside of the crown od thorns in the dome of the ceiling is a giant solid gold crown of our king. Inspirational to say the least.