Some Birthday Fun!!!

Here are a few pics from my birthday party Saturday night. Thank you to everyone who came out to help me celebrate; 30 has been great to me so far :-) I will say that we managed to party like rockstars and Sunday I was pretty much worthless, but that's what I was planning on. Hopefully 30 will continue to bring me great memories with wonderful friends.


The Birthday Girl


Everyone pose with the Beer Tower


Robin, Beck, and I
I love these girls so much!!

Birthday Weekend

It's my birthday weekend and I'm so excited. I was given strict orders to get plenty of sleep tonight because "we're going to party like rockstars tomorrow night" My wonderful friends are taking me to dinner and then out for a night on the town. I'm super excited to get to celebrate with my friends, but kinda sad that not all of them are going to be able to make it. I'm also sad that I don't get to bring in my 30th birthday with anyone in my family :-( or a man, but who needs a man when you can have cake :-)

The wonderful girls I work with bought me lunch and a yummy cake today. My kids are probably ready to divorce me since they had to test all day Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and then I had to give make-up tests today and didn't get to spend much time with them :-( They are such a handful and keep me busy every minute of the day, but there is something about them that I just adore. It always amazes me how they will stay out of trouble with me, but once I'm out of sight they go crazy. I've only written one office referral this year, but there have been at least 12 written on different kids in my class. I swear they have split personalities or something... maybe they just know better than to pull that crap with me :-)

Hopefully I'll have some fun pics to put up and document the welcoming of this new decade in my life.

Thanksgiving Week

I have to start out by saying... "I LOVE this time of year!" Thanksgiving, Christmas and birthdays, what's not to love? I'm blessed to have this whole week off and couldn't be more excited. After the last week of work, I'm in desperate need of some R&R.

I'm really looking forward to a week of family time and Christmas shopping. I'm usually the person that waits until the very last minute to do all my shopping, but this year I'm going to try something different. In fact, I bought my first 2 presents last weekend. I don't know why I always wait until the last minute, maybe because I'm so busy when I'm working that I never want to do anything on the weekends; who knows.

Well I'm off to get ready so I can go do some shopping with Robin today. I'm going home to see the parents either tomorrow or Wednesday and I'm so excited; Brad's even going to be there for a few days too :-) I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and a blessed and safe week.

Lot's on my mind...

For the first time in a really long time, I find myself with lots of things on my mind. In fact, this past week could almost classify as pure hell. I've had kids in and out of ISS, Chris has been acting funny and I'm just about ready to lose it I think. For the last 2 days all I've wanted to do is curl up in a ball and cry. I've been doing so good emotionally for a long time now, but just something has me feeling on edge.
I can hear my daddy now, "Just take a deep breath and relax." Well... I've been doing that and it's not really helping me, so I find myself on here venting my frustrations. Hopefully things will return to normal soon and I'll get back to my "happy place" Until then, I'll just do my best to get through the rest of this week. Thanks for listening :-)

I LOVE shopping!!!

Everyone who knows me knows that I've always had a weakness when it comes to shopping. I don't even have to buy anything, it's just fun to walk around and look at everything. I really love this time of year when I know that I get to buy things for other people. These past 3 days have been prime examples of my shopping addiction.

On Saturday, mom and I left her house with every intention of going to eat lunch, then visit my grandparents and finally go to the grocery store. Well lets just say things didn't go according to plan. We made it to lunch and then decided since Target was right there to run in there "real quick" About 2 hours later we walked out of Target with a bunch of stuff neither of us needed, but felt we couldn't live without. After our Target experience, we went to Sam's. Sam's is one of my favorite places for some reason and I always seem to find something that I just can't live without; Saturday it was wine :-) Once we finished our Sam's adventure, we went to HEB to get a few things. For those of you who have never been to an HEB, you seriously don't know what you're missing. It's kinda like a Central Market, but not quite as "fancy." So mom and I got our few things and got out of there when we realized it was already 5 and we had been gone since about 11. Needless to say, we didn't make it to my see my Nan and Pops, but we sure had lots of fun shopping the day away.

Sunday morning I was awakened by John, my step-dad, shooting a shotgun outside my window and then coming into by bedroom, turning on the light and saying, "wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey" Lucky for him I was already awake, but just not ready to face the world. Once I got out of bed, mom and I cooked breakfast and then decided to run to HEB to get some wine for the fondue we were making for dinner. Mom and I somehow managed to spend 3 hours walking around HEB trying different samples, looking at all the rows of things and drinking about 5 gallons of tea. I'm telling you HEB is seriously one of my most favorite places to go shopping.

Today, I had to head back home and get back to the real world. It was nice having the day off today though and getting to spend that extra night with mom. Chris had the day off too, and no kids, so we actually got to spend some time together. He took me to lunch and then we went shopping at Grapevine Mills mall. You would think that I'd be tired of shopping, but nope, I was ready to go at it again. We had so much fun walking around looking at all the fun stuff in the stores.

Tomorrow it's back to work, but only for 9 days and then I'm on vacation for a week. I can't wait to see my daddy and the rest of my family over Thanksgiving; I just wish my brother was going to be able to come down too :-(

I hope this finds you doing well and as ready for the holiday season as I am. This time of the year is always fun for me, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Brad's Birthday, My Birthday, Christmas and New Years all within about 2 months of each other. FYI... Friday begins the one month countdown until I turn 29 for the second time.

Back to life as I know it....

Life is officially back to normal........ hopefully. With yesterday being Halloween, the Haunted House is closed and my schedule should be back to normal, or at least a little more regular. These past 6 or 7 weeks have been nothing less than an adventure. What started out as a one time thing, turned into so much more. I've learned how to use and apply costume make-up and more about what goes on behind the scenes than anyone could ever want to know. My favorite thing was for sure learning how to do make-up. At first, it was a challenge getting it all right and Chris would be like, "let me do it." By the time this past Friday rolled around, I was doing just as much of the make-up as he was, if not more. I did take a picture of one of the girls whose make-up I would do all the time that I'll post later hopefully.

Enough about the HH, lets talk about my kids. They are still great and I love them more and more everyday. I'm officially down to 9 kids, which makes life so easy and pretty stress free. It's so strange having such a small group, but they certainly keep me busy. Last year, this group of kids was constantly in trouble so we're really lucky to have small classes because it certainly helps us control the bad behavior. I'm amazed everyday how quick the school year is going by and I can't believe that it's almost Thanksgiving. I know that nobody knows where life will take them in a year, but I for sure know that I'll be somewhere different and that's so strange. With my school shutting down in June and still no idea where I'm going to be in a year, the biggest stresser in my life right now is that. I'm sure as things begin to get figured out and people start to know more, I'll have lots more to talk about on this subject. We'll time to finish laundry and all that fun stuff. I hope this finds you doing well, and lots of love always!!!

Rain, Rain go Away

For those of you that don't know, all it has done here in the metroplex for the past few weeks is rain. I heard on the news this morning that October is usually a pretty wet month, and on average we get about an inch and a half of rain. So far we aren't even half way through the month and we've already had about three and a half inches of rain. I guess we should be thankful for the rain, but enough is enough already. Today's forecast is cloudy and cool and tomorrow... you guessed it, more rain. They are saying the weather is going to be great this weekend, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed because I'm ready to see some sunshine.

Enough of that, let move on to the more exciting things :-) Everything with me is still going well. I'm just as busy as ever teaching and working the haunted house. I have the day off today and I must admit that I'm enjoying the break from everything. This is only the second day in the last month that I haven't been on the go or had something to do or somewhere to go. The first one was a few weeks ago when I was sick and stayed home and the other is today, a holiday.

Things at the Haunted House are going well and really starting to pick up. We had about 200 people come through on Friday night and 300 on Saturday night. They say that by the time Halloween gets here, we will have about 800-1000 people come through a night. I can't imagine what that's going to be like, but I'm sure it will be even more fun than it already is. It still amazes me how much I enjoy going out there and doing this. There are a lot of high school kids that come out and volunteer for various reasons, and it's so much fun talking to them and being reminded how I wouldn't want to be that age ever again.

As far as school goes, everything is still going great. I had 2 kids move this past week, so now I'm back down to 10 kids, but I'm getting a girl from one of the other classes on Wednesday so I'll be back up to 11. My kids this year are adorable and I love them to death. We have so much fun and I've been able to build great relationships with each of them. I say a little prayer everyday for things to continue to go well with them. I feel so blessed to have this great group of kids since this is the last year my school will be open.

Well, off to do some laundry and things around the house.

Lots Going On

These last few weeks have been super busy and crazy for me, but sometimes I don't think I would have it any other way. Besides teaching, I've spent the last 2 weekends working/volunteering at a Haunted House in south Arlington/Kennedale. When I originally agreed to go up there, I thought it would be a one time thing. Needless to say, I've enjoyed it more that I could have ever imagined and look forward to going out there.

Here are a few pics from the Haunted House for your viewing pleasure :-)

This is the exorcism room. I worked in here the first weekend and had a lot of fun.

This past weekend I worked in the Morgue. It was so much fun standing behind the body bags and making grown men scream.

The finished product... I must admit I think I did a wonderful job on her hair :-)

This is my friend Chris doing one of the things he does best, making people look dead.

Hopefully I'll get more time to keep my blogs up to date, but for right now I wouldn't hold my breath. Life seems to be headed in a good direction and I owe it all to the grace of God.

Busy, Busy, Busy

School is back in high gear, and I'm just a busy as ever. The beginning of a new year is always exciting, but I never seem to remember being this busy all the time. I feel like I never get to sit down and actually relax until I'm going to bed. This constant go is keeping me young I guess, but super tired all the time :-(
On a happier note, I must admit that I have a great class so far. I only have 11 kids and am loving every minute with them. Having a small class is a new experience for me and it makes so much difference. I feel like we get so much more done and I'm not nearly as stressed out. I really hope things continue to go well for me and my students.

Life's Little Moments

This week has been one of excitement and new beginnings. Not only is a new school year getting ready to begin tomorrow, but new lives have begun as well. My friend Azur delivered a beautiful baby girl yesterday afternoon. Lyllian Grace Williams was born at 4:16 p.m. via c-section. She was 8 pounds 7 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. I had the pleasure of going to see her today and she is just precious. I wish I had taken my camera so I could put up a few pics. She has dark curly hair just like her daddy, but we hope it isn't quite as thick as his ;-) I hear she has hazel eyes, but she wouldn't open them long enough for me to see :-( It was so great to see the new family and I can't wait to go back up and visit them again soon. Hopefully I'll remember my camera this time too.

Between all my friends that have had new babies, finding out about new babies to be born, moving, surgery, school starting back up and things in my personal life looking up, August has been quite an exciting month. I'm hoping that things continue to go well and more new and exciting things continue to happen. It's amazing how life's little moments are always so memorable.

Back to Work

Summer vacation officially ended yesterday when I had to go back to work :-( I will admit that yesterday was much better than today. I'm not big on sitting in workshops all day that don't teach me something I don't already know. I am by no means saying that I know everything, but do I really have to sit in 2 two and a half hour workshop over what I need to teach the first 6 weeks when it's all in the computer? I could have gotten so much work done in my classroom had I not had to be there. I will say that I did have a lot of fun bonding and cracking jokes with my team. I don't think the presenters liked us very much though :-)

Since I'm "gimped" out right now it's been kinda interesting doing a lot of walking. Most people just look at me and laugh because when I walk, from the back it looks like I'm 9 months pregnant. I must admit, that I can only imagine what it looks like since I feel like such an idiot to begin with.

Well as soon as soon I get my classroom finished I'll take pics and put them up for you to see. Off to get a glass of wine :-)

Surgery

I had my surgery today and everything went well. Thank you to all my friends and family for your thoughts and prayers today, they really mean a lot to me. I was scheduled to go back at 12:30, but they were running behind in the OR so I didn't get back until 1:30; the wait was the worst part I think. They say it took about an hour to do the procedure and now I have a 2 1/2 to 3 inch incision on my inner thigh. They gave me some pain meds at the hospital so I'm not feeling too bad yet. I also just discovered that it's still numb around the incision site as well :-) I'm looking forward to getting some sleep tonight and lots of rest this weekend since I go back to work on Monday. Hopefully things continue to go well and I'll be good as new before too long. Thanks again for all the prayers.

The Finished Product

So my mom and her friend Sherry came to see me over the weekend and helped me finish doing the last few things around the house. Really all we had to do was hang a mirror in the dining room and a few things in the bedroom. We had so much fun shopping and just hanging out, spending time together.

This is what my bedroom looks like from the closet. I only took one picture in there because I didn't feel like making the bed :-) I promise to take some more pics of it once I decide to actually make the bed.


Here is one of the newly decorated balcony. You can't see all the new stuff out here, but there is an outdoor rug, a new silver sunburst on the wall and 2 new folding white chairs that I can use when I have company. Thanks mom for getting all these cool new things for me to put out here.

My Bathroom


The kitchen/dining room/ bathroom/bedroom separation area.

The Dining Room and the mirror that was a pain to hang.

My Kitchen

The living room wall with the TV. I got some really cute metal butterflies that hang on the side next to the circle candle holder, but you cant see them. This pic is also a little fuzzy, I have a better one but seem to have posed the other one :-)

The kitchen when you look at it from the living room

The living room

My desk area

So I hope you all enjoyed the tour of my new place. I must admit that I love living here now that everything is in it's place and put away. I'm sure I'll be blogging a lot more since school is about to start back up and surgery is scheduled for Friday. I'm not sure exactly how things are going to go after surgery, so I may be a big ball of stress getting things done between now and then. Have a blessed day and a great rest of the week.

Moving Experience

After working nonstop for the last 4 days, things are finally beginning to wind down.

Thursday was probably one of the most stressful days I can remember in a while. It started when I woke up at 5:15 because of the horrible storms that came through. I never went back to sleep because 1) all of the thunder and lightning 2) I knew I was going to have to get up soon for a workshop and 3) I had a million things running through my mind. My electricity was suppose to be turned on sometime Wednesday, but as of about 7:00 that night it still wasn't. So after I got dressed I came over here to check out the electrical situation, and it still wasn't on. By 8 a.m. I was on the phone with TXU trying to figure out what was going on, ready to cry and I still had to go to a workshop. With everything on my mind, technology training was the last thing I wanted to do.

The workshop was so bad, that at one point in time I was filing my finger nails, Robin was making a To Do list and my friend Rachel was texting her husband. We did get out at 10:15 instead of 11:30 so Robin and I ran to Dollar Tree. I LOVE Dollar Tree. The movers were going to be there between 12 and 2 so I had to get home and make sure everything was ready for them. The only thing punctual about them was that they were there at 12, so I didn't think I would have to wait around all day with them. To make a long story short, it took them 4 and a half hours to move me across the street and they still didn't get everything. What they did get, was mostly left in the garage downstairs. By 4:30 when they finished, I was tired, hungry and very pissy.

Friday was better than Thursday, but not by much. By 7:45 I was back at the old place finishing things up over there. After 7 hours, 4 car loads and an uncountable number of stairs, everything was out of there, cleaned and they keys turned in. The first thing I did when I was done, was go for a swim in the pool. After about an hour at the pool, I came back and started unpacking boxes. Since I didn't have TV until yesterday, I spent Friday night listening to iTunes and unpacking.

Yesterday was about like Friday, minus all the stress to get everything done. I got up and slowly kept unpacking. I took a break for about 2 hours and went to the pool with Robin before the clouds came in. For some reason I was wired and told Robin I wanted to go out on the town that night. So her and Brandon came over around 9:15 and we headed to Downtown Fort Worth. It probably wasn't my smartest idea to start drinking Crown when all I had eaten all day was a frozen bean and cheese burrito around 11 am. Before too long, I was feeling no pain and dancing up a storm.

Today I've been fighting the little men in my head that have decided to have a party in there. Since I've been going non-stop for days (as of yesterday, I have unpacked everything) I don't feel too bad for not doing much. I did hang a few things and clean some glass before taking a nap and cooking some dinner. It's so nice to see things coming together. All that I have left to do is hang a few pictures here and there. It's amazing how much one person can accomplish when they really want to.

I promise that pics will be up soon. I just need to finish hanging things first.

What A Day

I have so many things going on these next few days it's not even funny. In fact, I was talking to my friend Becky this morning and she was like girl do you ever slow down.

Today I picked up the keys to my new apartment and took my first load of stuff over there. The electricity is suppose to be turned on today, but as of 11:15 it still wasn't on :-( I'm probably going to take a few more small things over there when I go sign my lease and leave the rest for the movers to move tomorrow. I have to go to a workshop in the morning from 8:30-11:30 and then the movers will be here between 12 & 2. Please keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't rain while they are moving my furniture.

Not only did I get the keys to my new place, but Robin #2 had her little baby girl this morning. Adalyn Grace Averitt was born at 11:12 this morning and the new family is doing great. Her sister blogged about it the whole time and it felt like you were there with the family; it was so neat. I can't wait to go see the new family.

Today is also April's birthday. I'm really sad that I'm not going to be going to mom and Johns this weekend to hang out with her and Brad one last time before Brad leaves to go back to school. It makes me sad that my little brother is going back to Amarillo and I won't get to see him as often. Hopefully he will decide to do his last 2 years of school in Dallas.

Going to get some lunch, check for electricity and then take another load of stuff over.

Busy, Busy, Busy

I feel like these last few days have been a constant go, go go. Sunday I went to the lake with Robin and we met her friend Brandon, his brother, sister and niece. We had so much fun just hanging out, having a few drinks, and floating around. I even made friends with Brandon's niece Haylee :-) She was adorable, but a definite handful. Before the rain came, we left and the 6 of us went to OTB for some dinner. The service sucked and the food was okay, but that's beside the point. After we finished eating, Haylee wanted her uncle Courtney to move over so she could come sit by me and play with the crayons and color. It was so cute and made my day that she wanted to play with me; especially since she wouldn't hardly talk to Robin :-( sorry sweetie.

Yesterday was a rainy, nasty day. When I finally got up, a little after 10, and got on the computer, Robin messaged me and we started having our usual morning chat. Somehow we made the decision to go to the movies and see The Hangover. Oh my gosh... if you haven't seen that movie you must go. It was so funny that I laughed just about the whole way through it. After the movie I drug Robin to Bed Bath and Beyond to look around. I've been wanting a new spice rack for a while, but the one I want is at Crate and Barrel and is $40. So during one of my many online shopping sessions, I found one at BB&B that I liked. It was the same price as the one at Crate and Barrel, but I had a $10 off coupon and a $25 gift card for BB&B so I decided to get that one. Anyways, when I was looking at the spice racks at BB&B they just happened to have 1 like the one from Crate and Barrel that I wanted, so I snagged it up. When I get up to the register to pay, I gave her my coupons and all that fun stuff. To make a long story short, the spice rack ended up ringing up for $20. I was so excited because with my coupon it only cost me $10. After that, I came home with the intention of packing, but I ended up laying on the couch instead.

Today I feel like has been a constant battle of getting everything done. I go pick up the keys to my new place tomorrow and get to start moving things in. The movers will be here Thursday afternoon to move all the big stuff and most of the boxes, but I have a training from 8:30-11:30 that morning. So I pretty much have to have everything done that I need done by tomorrow at the latest.

This morning I had to get up and go sign up for our new health insurance. Talk about a HUGE waste of time. The enrollment process is the exact same way that it's always been, but we had to stand in line and wait to have someone walk us through it all. After messing with all of that this morning, I came home ready to tackle the world; well more like my apartment. I packed the bathroom, closet, and the majority of the kitchen. The only reason I didn't finish the kitchen was because I ran out of boxes. I even have stuff piled up in the laundry basket, and none of it is laundry. After spending the majority of the day packing and all that fun stuff, I finally think that their really may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Now I'm exhausted and getting a slight headache. Once I move, I won't have internet access until Monday so don't be surprised when you don't hear anything from me for a few days. Hopefully thought, once they come set the internet up Monday, I'll be done decorating and can post some new pics. Have a wonderful rest of the week and an even better weekend.

Eli Young

Friday night we went to Lone Star Park to see Eli Young for April's, my brother's girlfriend, birthday. Her birthday isn't until Wednesday, but we celebrated early since it falls in the middle of the week.

As usual we had a great time and I got to meet some cool new people. We left to tailgate around 6:30 with every intention of going to the concert before 9 since it was $5 before 9 and $15 after 9. Needless to say, one thing led to another and it was probably 9:45 before we decided to go in. Granted we had to pay more to get in, but we probably ended up spending less money since we didn't drink much once we were inside. There were so many people there that we were losing people left and right. As soon as we would find one group of people, we would lose another. I was really sad that we lost Robin since we had been looking forward to this concert all summer. For all of you that know Robin, don't worry, she wasn't alone. Her "friend" Jared met us up there and they hung out on there own.

Despite a small amount of drama, which I'm not going to get into, it was a great night. Finally about midnight Brad, April and I left for my apartment and had a slumber party. I even let them sleep in my bed and I slept on the couch. Am I a good sister or what? Not to mention that I love my couch and it's about the size of a twin size bed so I was good.

So after laying on the couch and having a very unproductive day yesterday, I'm going to the lake with Robin and Brandon today. Hopefully I'll finish packing tomorrow, since it may rain, and everything will be ready for the movers on Thursday.

Have a wonderful Sunday.

My New Apartment

This morning I had to get up and take my friend Kyle to the airport, which means I was up, out of bed, and leaving my apartment at 8:30. It actually feels good to get up and moving in the mornings. Since I was out and about, I decided to stop by my new apartment and take another look around. I also had my camera with me so I took a few pics while I was at it. For those of you that don't know this already, I'm a very visual person. So as I'm taking things down and packing, I'm visualizing where I'm going to put it in the new place. Since I've slept since I first saw it, I couldn't remember all the details.

In this pic, I was standing in the living room looking back towards the stairs. I'm really excited to decorate the hallway/stairway area. Back around the corner (when you come up the stairs) is a coat closet and a built in desk area.


This is a little shelf area in the kitchen/above the bar. This was the one thing I couldn't remember and really wanted to see. I love having this space to decorate and put stuff.

Right here is the dining room. I like the area on the left that has the arches to "separate" everything. It keeps that space from being just a big blank area.

And this is my kitchen... I love how open it is to everything. Right now I have a raised "bar" that is good for nothing and a waste of space really. The only thing you can do with it is put stuff up there. Now I'll be able to actually have more than one thing on the counter at a time.

I promise to post pics after I get it all decorated and together. For now, I'm back to packing and getting everything ready. I'm so excited to take on this new adventure.

Surgery and Packing

So I went to the doctor yesterday and surgery is scheduled for Friday, August 14 @ 12:30. My mom and John are going to come up here and take me, because she loves me that much ;-) and it's an excuse for them to both take the day off. The doctor said that it should be a very simple procedure, but since the lipoma goes down deeper, she has to knock me out completely and do it in the OR. There is also a small area where my skin has stretched out because of it so she's going to cut off that excess skin and tighten it up. She said the only real risks are bleeding and infection, but she will give me some meds for the pain and all that. I should be able to get up and around afterwards, but I'll be sore and have to be really carefull not the break the stitches. Since it's located on my upper inner thigh I'm curious to see how well or much I'm going to want to walk right after. I also have to go back to work that following Monday, but it's just for inservice/staff development. I figure the drugs will help make that week a little better since I probably won't care too much about anything in the first place.

As far as moving goes, I'm getting a little closer everyday. Things are slowly finding their way into boxes and I'm dealing with the mess as best I can. My dining room has become the collection place for everything. I find that if it's all in one central location, it's not only easier to move, but also easier to look at. Since I seem to have abused my 10 minute break time I should probably get back to work.

Lunch with the Girls

I was pretty pumped today because I got to go to lunch at The Cheesecake Factory with Becky and Azur. We has such a great time sitting there catching up on life and all the exciting things going on. Beck is getting ready to go visit her parents in Pittsburg for about 10 days and Az & John close on their house next week. Hopefully Lyllian will give them a few weeks before she decides to grace the world with her presence. She isn't due until Aug. 31, but we all think she is going to be a little early. You all know that I'm moving next week as well.

After our 3 hour lunch, I decided to go to Crate and Barrel just to look around. I love that store and could spend a ton of money in there with no problems. I did however refrain from buying anything, despite the sale. I didn't want to get something and then not have anywhere to put it in the new place; even though it is over 100 sq. feet bigger than what I have now. So I decided to wait until after I move. My mom is coming to visit me with her friend Sherry the week after I move, so she told me today that we can go shopping for new things when they are here. I do get most of my bad shopping habits from.

I have an appointment to see the surgeon tomorrow morning and I'm curious to know when he's going to be able to take this thing out of my leg. I would really like for it to be done before school starts back, but I don't know if that's going to happen considering everything that I have going on. I'll make sure to update everyone with how things go in the morning. Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow and I'll be able to go to the pool. I haven't been since Thursday and I'm feeling kinda white. Have a wonderful night and a great Tuesday!!!

I Finally Did It....

Well I finally started packing today. It looks so strange to see all of my stuff going into boxes. I never fully realized just how much stuff I have until now. I was able to fill a whole 55qt. plastic container with just picture frames and a few picture albums. I also went through my hanging clothes and I'm getting rid of probably 50 different shirts; my garage sale pile is going to be HUGE I think.

I had to call my mom today and tell her to keep saving me boxes and I'm sure I'll have to go back to the store and get more plastic crates. I filled 6 boxes with different books that I keep at my house, and I haven't even started on the kitchen or my bedroom.

It's time to get back to packing, and finish watching a movie on abc family.

Another Fun Thursday Night

So Thursday night was another Glass Cactus night, and as usual we had more fun than we should have.


After getting up early to go to the Dr. I decided to go shopping for a cute dress to wear out. 2 pairs of pants, 2 shirts and a pair of earrings later, I left Loft with nothing to wear out. About 1 I met Robin at "work" so we could have that extra "glow" for our night out. We hung out at the pool for a few hours before deciding to go to our respective apartments to get ready. Since it takes Robin longer to get ready than it takes me, I decided to work on getting some things together for the "big" move in a few weeks. (For those of you that don't know, I'm moving to a new apartment the end of July. It's a different complex than I'm in now, but it is literally across the street from where I live now. I can see the new bulding I'm moving to from the one I live in now.) After spending 45 minutes on the phone with TXU, I finally got everything situated with them and then booked my movers.



Tammy, Robin, and I met up with Beck and Kyle for dinner and a few drinks around 6 at the Sky Bar in Grapevine before heading down the road to the Glass Cactus. Daniel and Larry met us out there and then the party started. This Thursday was a special one because it marked the 1 Year Anniversary of Becky and Kyle meeting; they met at the Glass Cactus last summer. Kyle decided to get the night started off with a round of shots. We all just hung out talking, laughing and dancing the night away. Bart Crow and Brandon Ryder were playing. Bart and I went to school together at Tarleton, so it was great to see him.

After a few more rounds of "girls" shots we were having too much fun. Around 11:30 the 'boys' decided it was time to go home. Kyle had to be at work at 6:30 the next morning so we all left. Robin, Tammy and I went back to Beck and Kyles with them. Kyle went to bed and us girls sat outside on the patio talking and having a few more drinks. It was great to hang out with the girls talking and catching up. Finally around 3, we decided to go to bed; what is it with me and 3 a.m. being the magic time to call it a night recently?

Robin, Becky and I

Me and my Robin

Robin and Tammy

Friday turned out to be a very non productive day of sitting on the couch in the dark watching TV. Brad and April came over around 5 so we could take him to meet some of the guys he plays softball with at the Rangers game. After dropping him off, we went to Double Dave's and got some pizza rolls and a coke to-go in order to prepare for our "Movie Marathon". Words can't express how good it is to see my brother with someone who makes him so happy, and who gets along with me. He's never had a girlfriend that would actually spend time with me alone doing "girl" things. She is great and I couldn't have hand picked a better girl for my brother.

Weekend At Mom's

So last Thursday morning I packed up my suitcase and headed to moms for a few days. I hadn't been there in about a month so I was well overdue for a visit. I seem to stay so busy all the time that it's hard to get away.

Thursday, Brad and I went to get a haircut and then to visit the Nan and Pops. We stopped by HEB on the way and surprised them with dinner. It was so great to see them and they were excited about dinner and not having to cook anything. I hate that I don't make it down there more :-(

Here we are at Pops' Surprise 80th Birthday Party in February

Friday was pretty laid back until about 4 when my phone decided to freeze up. I did everything I knew to do in order to get it working again, but nothing worked. So me and my pissed off self threw on some clothes and drove to Waco. After going to 2 different AT&T stores, my phone still wasn't working and I was still pissed; eventually it started working again. Once I got home, Brad's roommate Bryan was there with Mom and John, and I decided it was time for a drink. After a drink or 2, April shows up and the 5 of us continue to drink... FYI Brad isn't home from softball yet either. Brad shows up and things continue to go in the drunk direction. Eventually Lance and Melissa come out and we are having a good 'ol time. We're all a little or a lot tipsy playing pool and throwing darts. Finally we wind the party down at 3 a.m. and go to bed.

Saturday we were all feeling a little rough to say the least. Mom and I cooked breakfast and then everyone decided to chill. About 1:30, April gets Brad to go get stuff to make bloody mary's
and they help me out a lot. I finally get the energy to go to the pool and work on the tan before getting ready to have dinner with dad and Leslie.

Here we are before dinner

Dinner was great and everyone had fun, despite eating way to much. Once we got back to the house we just hung out on the patio. Nothing quite as exciting as the night before, but we still had fun.

The rest of the weekend was pretty uneventful. After lunch, we all sat around and watched Marley and Me. It was so sad. Then mom and I went to Wal-Mart to get a few things and the stuff to make homemade ice cream.


So as you can tell, it was a full weekend, but so much fun. Off to do something productive.

Success!!!

I must admit that I'm pretty impressed with myself. Not that it was anything too hard, but just taking the time to make it all pretty. It's still not the exact way I want it, but for now it will do. I'm finding this to be quite therapeutic and can't wait to put more stuff up over the next few days. Enjoy it now because once I get back to work, postings may be few and far between.

Glass Cactus Nights

WARNING!!!! The following post is from about a year ago, but it's still kinda fun. Every Thursday night, The Glass Cactus in Grapevine has a Weekend Warm-Up Party where they play live Texas Country music. Becky, Robin and I became regulars around there and would always have a wonderful time. This is one of my favorite pics from last summer because it reminds me of all the great times we had; this was before "2 Beers" became the popular line.

Let's See How This Goes

Okay... In an attempt to kill time and keep everyone up to date with my life in pictures, I've decided to give this blogging thing a try. I have several friends that have one, and it seems like a fun thing to do. It may take me a while to get it all figured out, but I have faith in myself, especially since I have so much free time on my hands right now :-) Off to play around and try to figure this whole thing out. ENJOY!!!