Embrace the Moment

Elephant mail!

2012-01-26T17:24:00.001-06:00

I just found these cute cards at pier one! Pink and elephants! My faves! Plus some palm trees for good measure who knew pier one had cute stationary!

Off to send some snail mail! Happy almost Friday!

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Wordless Wednesday (barely)

2012-01-25T23:58:00.001-06:00

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Tag You're It!

2012-01-23T13:10:00.000-06:00

I was tagged by KAH over at Cocktails and Friendships!

The Rules
1. You must post the rules.

2. Post eleven fun facts about yourself on the blog post.

3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and then create eleven new questions to ask the people you've tagged.

4. Tag eleven people and link them on your post.

5. Let them know you've tagged them.

11 Fun Facts

1. I always wanted to be an orthodontist when I grew up. (I changed my mind my third year of college because I didn't want to be in school that long HA!)

2. I love playing board games, it's my favorite thing about my ipad I can play all my favorites by myself any time I want!

3. Sometimes I cry when I watch 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom because I feel so bad for those kids and those poor babies.

4. I never have my gel polish removed because I peel it off myself before I go back in.

5. I am almost always the only person in my office, some days Garrett is the only person I talk to all day long. I can't imagine what it would be like if I lived alone.

6. My cell phone is on silent 99% of the time.

7. I don't eat coconut, seafood, or chicken on the bone.

8. I only repin things that are linked back to an original site.

9. I have really small ears so I think I look silly in earrings that aren't studs.

10. My elbows are double jointed. I didn't even know until 6th grade when someone said "ewww gross look at her arms". I'm still self conscious about it.

11. I currently have 4 different colors of nail polish on...I'll be fixing that before I see anyone tomorrow :)

11 Questions from Me to You!

1. Blackberry or Iphone?

I just got my iphone in August and I'm not really sure how I lived before it.

2. Favorite accessory?

Either my pearl earrings or my silver bead earrings. I love them both!

3. Chapstick or lipgloss?

Chapstick. I like the look of lipgloss but my hair always gets stuck in it and I hate that!

4. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your life what would it be?

I have so many favorite foods! I guess I'd say potatoes because there are so many things you can do with them it would take me a while to get tired of them. Plus I have a huge love for French Fries!

5. If you could move to any place in the world, where would it be?

I just want to be where my friends and family are! My ideal living situation is Colorado in the summer, Florida in the winter, and Oklahoma during football season. Some day when I win the lottery that is exactly what I'll do!

6. What is your favorite thing to do on the weekends?

In the fall it's football games, in the winter it's lounging and watching movies, in the spring it's being outside, and in the summer it's being in the water!

7. Do you plan your blogs or just post when you feel like it?

I just post when I feel like it, which is why there are so many times when there is no new posts :)

8. What's your favorite movie theater snack?

Popcorn and Raisinets mixed together! Sweet and Salty! Yum!

9. If you could be on any game show on TV what would it be?

Family feud, or the Newlywed show (but I guess it'd help to be married!), Lingo. I love game shows! I could watch them all day every day!

10. Who's your style icon?
My sister and Reese Witherspoon (who I wish was my sister!)

11. Why did you start blogging?
So someday my great great grandkids could read my own words to find out about me :)

Are there 11 bloggers that haven't done this? I can't find them if there are! So if you want to do this consider yourself tagged! Use KAH's questions to me :)

Night Owl to Morning Person

2012-01-19T10:29:00.000-06:00

I am a night owl.

I could easily stay up until 3 or 4 every night (morning?). The problem is I have to get up for work...

The thing is I'm afraid I could go to bed at 9 and I'd still have to draaag myself out of bed in the morning.

I hate mornings.

For my professional life I think it would be better if I could be a morning person.

Today I managed to pull myself out of bed at 8:15 and it was brutal. and a little bit shameful.

Ideally I would get up every morning at 6:30 I'd have time to run on the treadmill, eat breakfast, maybe take the dog for a walk, and get ready for the day.

Next week I'm going to start trying to transition...I'll let you know how it goes...

Who would want to get out of bed with this cuddle bunny next to them?

Have any of you changed yourself for a night owl to a morning person?

Furry Friends!

2012-01-18T10:51:00.000-06:00

I headed home for a quick trip last weekend 55 hours from touchdown to take off. It wasn't nearly enough time. I didn't get to do lots of things I wanted to do, or most of the things I normally do when I head home.

No trips to my favorite ice cream shops, or dinners at restaurants I dream about, no sunsets, and no time for shopping.

But aside from being rushed I had an amazing time! It just went way too fast!

I took almost no pictures. Good thing I had a photographer with me all weekend!

Here are some I took of my favorite Furry friends from Florida!

Gator, Kane, and Brook

(All are sweet! and make me remember how small Kuddles is!)

Phantom

(who used to be evil but has gotten nicer with old age)

Danielle

(Who reminds us all of Doby the House Elf)

Bitsy

(Who is not very photogenic)

It's A Brand New Year!

2012-01-11T16:19:00.000-06:00

Okay so I'm a little bit late with the whole goals/resolutions thing...but good news! I've been living them for a few days and I know they should be obtainable!

My 12 in 2012!

1. Strength of mind is exercise, not rest. - Alexander Pope

Finish up my CPA requirements. I need 18 more accounting hours and then 6 more bonus hours. Then the studying and testing can begin!

2. A Sister is a Forever Friend...

Visit Natalie at school. She always came and visited me when I was in college and now it's my turn to visit her! She loves her house and I can't wait to see it!

3. Blogging is pure vanity.

Publish 200 posts. I blogged a measly 51 times in 2011, that is so sad. This year I'll make it more of a priority.

4. I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more...

Maybe I'll just start out with 500 miles. I can run, walk, or jog them just get them done!

5. "Sleep is the best meditation." -Dalai Lama

Be in bed every weeknight by 11:30. It boils down to I need more sleep, and I'm kind of a night owl.

6. Dress for the job you want, not the job you have!

Lay out the next days clothes the night before! I spend too much time in the morning, trying to decide what I want to wear. Then half the time I look sloppy.

7. On Wednesday's we wear pink!

Following the Mean Girls line of thinking, I will only wear my hair in a ponytail (to work) one day a week. It has gotten to the point when my hair girl asks me a question about my hair I don't have an answer because I wear it up so much I forgot...not okay.

8. "I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old." -Charles Baudelaire

I got this book last year and I failed miserably starting in around April. I got a new one for this year, and this year I will stay on top of it! It's only one line a day...I can do it!

9. Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama....

The last two years G and I have taken a vacation the first week of January. Last year was skiing, this year was the cruise. At the end of 2012 I should be finished with school, and we will both turn 30 (what?!?!) so by the end of this year I plan to have something amazing planned!

10. You've Got Mail.

Send 5 pieces of snail mail a month. Easy enough...maybe...

11. "We read to know we are not alone." -C.S. Lewis

I love to read it just comes down to finding the time to do it. Read 12 nonschool books. The problem with me and reading is I cannot get anything done (including sleeping) if I'm reading a book, all I want to do is finish it.

12. Tractors is so dumb. -Mater

This one kind of makes me almost have a panic attack a little bit. but here it is...Buy a new car. I really really really like having no car payment. And the idea of having to make a big decision like which car to buy haunts me. But, the truth is my air conditioner needs to be replaced and it's not worth putting that much money into my car so I'd be better off getting a new one. *Deep Breaths*

There it is my 12 in 2012. I think this is my last year of doing one resolution/goal that corresponds with the year it seems like it would just get out of hand....

Home Again!

2012-01-09T13:35:00.000-06:00

We made it back from vacation, all in one piece!

Travelling yesterday was awful (I hate ending a vacation like that!) I just tried to not stress, it worked. mostly.

I was sad to see that my scheduled blog posts did not post. user error? I'm not sure.

I'm trying to get back in the swing of work, getting ready for school to start tomorrow, and getting ready to go back out of town Friday.

I owe you some New Year's Resolutions and a Thank you to my Secret Santa...those are coming right up...

2011 Resolutions...

2011-12-31T22:00:00.000-06:00

I am ringing in the New Year in a hotel in Galveston, TX with Garrett and I could not be happier. Tomorrow we leave on our second annual New Year vacation, a 7 day cruise (YAY!).

It's quiet around here no going out or drinking, we've been in our pjs since 4:00 and I honestly can't imagine a better way to welcome in the new year. After a crazy busy running-around-like-chickens year it's nice to end it in a peaceful way.

Let's take a look at how I did on last year's resolutions...tomorrow I'll post 12 for 2012!

1. Reach My Goal Weight. Fail. I am disappointed in myself for pretending that this resolution didn't exist, and not even getting close. I won't make any excuses I just didn't stick to any kind of plan....

2. Stay on Track at School. Completed! I finished 18 hours of classes in 2011 keeping me right on schedule! Not only did I complete all the hours I should have but I got all As (let me tell you how good that feels!)

3. Attend the OU vs. fsu game. Fail. In the grand scheme of things it just didn't work out. I was disappointed and regretted my decision almost immoderately. It came down to being scared we would lose, and being so busy with school.

4. Read 12 non Academic Books. Completed! Some of them were terrible easy beach reads because that was all I had time for, but at least I was reading something other than accounting text books!

5. Once a Week Blog a Recipe. Fail. I didn't even blog an average of once a week this hear (shameful!) and I stopped cooking....

6. Cook 6 Meals for the Ronald McDonald House. Fail. I didn't have/make the time. The 3 day took priority in the volunteering slot this year...

7. No Traffic Violations. Completed! and let me tell you many of days I had to remind myself that this was a resolution of mine so I would slow down! It also helps I moved so much closer to work/school.

8. Save, Save, Save! I spent more than I should have but I did alright on saving too...I kind of forgot what I wanted the number in my savings account to be...so let's call this one neutral.

9. Establish a Skin Care Routine. Fail. Not much to say on this one I just am not the best at taking care of my skin.

10. Exercise 3 Times a Week. I am sure I averaged 3 times a week BUT I there were some weeks with more and some with less. I'll call this one mostly a fail because I did not get in a routine.

11. 365 Picture Challenge. Fail. I still think this is an awesome idea, but lots and lots of days I do the same thing: school, work, study. That gets boring to take pictures of...but now that I have an iphone it would be easier...so maybe I'll try again.

Well those may be my worst odds yet! 3completed 2 kind of completed and 6 were a BIG FAT FAIL.

It's really crazy how your goals change throughout the year. This year was mostly all about doing my very best in school, everything else took a backseat it's so important to me to really excel now that I've found something I really love to do.

2012 I really must work on finding some balance....

I hope you are having a wonderful time ringing in 2012!

I....

2011-12-20T12:47:00.001-06:00

•I am at work, sadly my mind has already left for Christmas vacation so I'm not getting much done...

•I think this is going to be the best Christmas in a long time!

•I have a bunch of vacation days I'll be using in the next few weeks!

•I wish I could get a quick glimpse of the future. But, I guess that wouldn't be much fun.

•I imagine all kinds of outrageous things, my imagination is very active. (or at least that's what G tells me)

•I love my little dog.

•I hate ~~most~~ bad drivers.

•I miss my sister...I get to see her the day after tomorrow!

•I fear way too much, but nothing like spiders or snakes.

•I hear LFO Summer girls on Pandora.

•I smell my Sugar Blossom Soy Candle..love that smell

•I crave potatoes and lemonade.

•I indulge in manicures and pedicures.

•I wonder if different life paths would have led me to this same spot.

•I regret nothing.

•I will never forget how lucky I am!

•I ache like a little old woman. mustgetinbettershape.

•I believe in Santa.

•I sing around little kids, they never make fun.

•I cry in the shower sometimes.

•I lose EVERYTHING. (it's usually only temporary misplacement)

•I never say never.

•I sometimes talk out loud to myself, even though I will make fun of you if you are doing it,

•I always forget how good I feel after I run.

•I look forward to being done with school. again.

•I search for whatever I most recently lost.

•I carry my Lilly wristlet everywhere I go.

•I can usually be found making myself busier than necessary.

•I am scared of scary people.

•I need a lesson in patient driving.

•I am happy about seeing my mom and sister in 2 days, Christmas in five days, and our cruise in 12 days!

The stockings were hung...

2011-12-16T11:12:00.000-06:00

We are all really excited for Christmas around here!

Happy Birthday...to ME!

2011-12-14T10:01:00.001-06:00

Source: carriedaway1.tumblr.com via Ashlee on Pinterest

Today is my birthday!

With all the craziness that is my life I didn't really count down or let the anticipation of my birthday build up too much for the last several weeks it has been I can't wait until December 14 and it's not because it was my birthday but because it's the day I'm taking my last final!

It's funny to think that exactly 10 years ago I was waiting to take my last final of my first year in college, it was the very last final on Friday, almost everyone had left the dorms and I was just as excited for the break (but mostly so I could get home and see my high school friends!) I can guarantee you that Ashlee never thought she'd be still taking finals 10 years later! I can only imagine what Ashlee 10 years from now will be doing on our birthday but I hope it's something great (and I really really hope she's not still taking finals!!)!

I am getting exactly what I need for my birthday, a break from school! (and a cruise in two and half weeks!!!)

Do something awesome today! I'm more than happy to share some of the birthday magic with all of you I want everyone to have a Happy My Birthday day!

The end is near!

2011-12-12T16:45:00.000-06:00

Of the semester that is!

I got almost no sleep this weekend.

Which is completely against everything I believe in for finals week.

The dark circles under my eyes are so horrible there is no hiding them, but I'll keep trying.

Emily over at In the Life of Emily had a good post about preparing for finals...and even though I've had a few more semesters of college than she has, I found her finals motto to be such a great idea and one I'm going to be "borrowing" for sure...

"Dress well to test well"

Seriously it makes so much sense, while I still think it's important to be comfortable (no one wants to be messing with their clothes while they take a test). You better believe I'll have on my cutest outfits tomorrow and Wednesday!

Best to luck if you are testing this week!

Happy Friday Y'all!

2011-12-09T13:09:00.000-06:00

It's the end of the semester and next week is finals week, which means every aspect of my life that isn't school is being severely neglected.

I only have to make it to Wednesday.

In the mean time if someone can make me one of these.....

Source: instructables.com via Tina on Pinterest

I'm so easily distracted by shiny things...

Nail Polish Swap!

2011-12-05T21:31:00.000-06:00

Tis the season to swap!

I participated in Tara and Celia's nail polish swap. It was so much fun!

My partner was Amanda at Simple Girl, Simple Pleasures and she did such a good job!

My package was wrapped in newspaper, I always love it when the boxes I get in the mail are wrapped!

Inside there was a sweet note from Amanda (isn't her handwriting pretty?)

She sent me seven awesome colors! I told her I mostly wear pink but that I would love some fun new fall colors..

I'm really excited about the gray, it's out of my comfort zone but so fun!

and the fact that it dries fast is perfect for this impatient girl!

Thanks so much Amanda! I really loved the package!

You did what?

2011-12-02T18:46:00.000-06:00

Garrett called me on Monday and asked me if I wanted to run a 5k race this weekend.

I was like sure! why not!

(it sounded like so much fun my brain forgot to remember that I haven't run in TEN months!)

When the panic set in, after that little bit of information was remembered, Garrett was like no big deal you just walked 60 miles in three days worse comes to worse you'll just walk the race no big deal.

Right! I can walk 3 measly miles no big deal! I bet I can even run part of them.

I.AM.AWESOME! (that's what my head was saying anyway)

I was even kinda pumped.

Then the registration email came through....

and it said blah blah blah bah you are signed up to run the 10k on 12/3.

I'm sorry what did that say? 10k? IS THIS EVEN REAL? I have not run one step in TEN MONTHS. I can't run 6 miles....that boy is INSANE!

When I called him he repeated his earlier advice you can always just walk it.

So that's cool tomorrow I'm supposed to run 6.4 miles in the rain with the wind blowing 30 miles an hour in the freezing cold.

Have I mentioned I have not run in 10 months?

I'll be sure to let you know how it goes.....

It's Birthday Month!

2011-12-01T12:43:00.000-06:00

Everyone who lives in our house turns another year older this month.

My birthday is the 14th

Kuddles will be turning 6! on the 16th

Garrett's is the 23rd

It's a requirement to live with us...you must be born in December!

You throw all of those birthdays in there with Finals and Christmas and you have one crazy month.

(Speaking of finals and birthdays I have TWO finals on my birthday. BLAH.)

It's always a struggle to find time to make birthday's special when you have Christmas things to attend but it doesn't matter for as long as I can remember I have loved the month of December! This year will be no exception.

Here is to a great month!

Happy Cyber Monday!

2011-11-28T11:20:00.000-06:00

I just had the best four days anyone could ask for!

I skipped the annual what I'm thankful post because I just wanted to spend my time off of work and school soaking up the things I'm thankful for!

And man did I ever do that.

I got to spend time with (most of) of the people I love! Including a shopping trip with my oldest cousin on Thanksgiving day, and a cupcake date with another cousin (one that just turned 16 and drove himself there) (crazy!) Lots of lounging with the boy of course. I missed my Mom, and my Brother, and I really really really missed my sister! I wish she would have been here to cook and shop with me!

The food this year was awesome! I'll post what I made tomorrow. Everything was a big hit! (I just love that!)

Other than Thanksgiving day with the family I had no plans, and that is my very favorite thing! I didn't have tests to study for or projects to complete I just did what I wanted to do! glorious!

I spent lots of time relaxing on the couch, mostly watching football and doing some online shopping!

I didn't step foot into a store and got a ton of great deals! I'm not against Black Friday shopping sometimes it's fun, but I just wasn't feeling it this year, so online was great for me!

We got things accomplished around the house lots of things marked off the to-do list!

And went to the last home SOONER game! It was cold and wet and just an overall nasty game, but we won and I guess that's what's most important.

You know what I didn't do...take one single picture...I'll try to do better the rest of the season!

I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning but it will be nice getting back into my normal routine!

and maybe do a little more shopping! (have you seen any good cyber Monday deals?)

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!

Today I wore jeans to work and I didn't wash my hair....

2011-11-22T15:20:00.000-06:00

I'm such a rebel.

Actually I just thought no one would be the wiser.

Some days (most actually) I don't see a soul my entire work day. I thought today would be one of those days, until my boss walked in around 2:00.

Oh well.

Truth be told I went home at lunch and put the jeans on because I just wasn't very comfortable.

Tomorrow I'll try a little harder...maybe.

THANKSGIVING BREAK I AM SO FREAKING THANKFUL FOR YOU!

What's the deal with the baby pjs for grownups??

2011-11-15T14:43:00.001-06:00

Have you seen these?

They've been at Target for awhile...

and that's okay because it's Target right?

Then I noticed them in my Land's End Canvas catalog (without feet)...and I thought that was kind of weird.

But then yesterday I noticed them at J.CREW....

Really is this for real?

Is this the new trend for pajamas?

I will not be participating, can you even imagine? I mean look at that jcrew models ass, that is not flattering can you even imagine what they would look like on a normal person?

I'm pretty sure if I were a guy I'd have it written into my wedding vows no weird one piece pjs. ever. Maybe guys think they are hot though...I'll have to check with G when I get home...but I'm just not seeing it...

I'd admit I am far from the most fashionable or trendy person (there is a reason you'll never see outfit of the day posts around here) but I just don't get the function or the excitement of these. I sure wouldn't spend $80 on them!

Do you own one piece pjs?

Are they on your Christmas list this year?

Please tell me the appeal!

November Fail. And Swaps!

2011-11-10T10:34:00.000-06:00

I didn't make it posting every day in November...dang it.

The 3-day took so much out of me both physically and mentally that I've been going to bed at ridiculously early hours.

Every night riiiight before I fall asleep I think about how I didn't blog but the goal doesn't seem worth dragging my sleepy self out of bed and turning on the computer. So, I've just accepted the fact that this isn't my month for every day posting. Maybe I'll try again next month?

I'm so excited to share pictures from the 3Day and to write about my experience but you'll have to wait at least another day. :)

In other news...I can't help but sign up for all the blog swaps during this time of the year! I seriously love getting things in the mail and I may take my job of putting together the perfect swap present a little too seriously!

Here are some good ones I've signed up for!

Laura at Luckiest in Love had the ornament swap last year and it was so much fun I can't wait to participate again! Who doesn't love new Christmas ornaments?

Then there are three fun lady's hosting a Secret Santa Swap! I love a good surprise so I think this one should be exciting! Head on over to Everyday AEM to learn more about it!

Are there any more fun swaps I'm missing out on??

HOME!

2011-11-06T23:43:00.000-06:00

I know these short posts should hardly even count for NaBloPoMo but...they are all I can manage right now since I didn't schedule anything for yesterday or today, I just wasn't sure what would be swirling through my head while I was on the walk.

I'm still not sure that I have processed the magnitude of it all.

But, I did it. I walked 60 miles in 3 days and it was hard. and amazing.

get ready because the posts and the pictures will be coming...

Day 2

2011-11-05T19:46:00.000-05:00

Oh the blisters I'm in medical hoping to get them taken care of but the line is insane. At least I'm sitting down can't wait to write about this experience.

Here goes nothing....

2011-11-04T08:24:00.001-05:00

Abbi and I have been planning this walk since February and it is finally here....

Today is the first day.

We will arrive at Collin Creek Mall between 6:00-7:00am, listen to the opening ceremony and then start walking...

The anticipation has been building and my ability to sleep has been weakening. I said to Garrett I feel like a little kid who gets to go to Disney World and their Mom keeps telling them to go back to sleep. I just want to be up!

"Ya but this is more like boot camp than Disney World" was his reply, he's probably right.

I hope it lays somewhere in between, boot camp and a good life changing adventure.

And as always I hope I don't get blisters!

What I've been buying!

2011-11-03T10:25:00.006-05:00

I've found so many great things on the internet lately (like in the last 6 months, I'm a little behind) I feel like I should share!

Source: etsy.com via Ashlee on Pinterest

I got this print from Paper Parasol on etsy that I just love! The colors are perfect and it looks great as the center piece of my gallery wall (it's not finished yet or I'd show you pictures, soon though I promise!)

Source: cardboardsafari.com via Ashlee on Pinterest

I got this elephant (for the gallery wall) and spray painted him! He was pretty easy to put together and I just love him!

Source: etsy.com via Ashlee on Pinterest

I got this cover for my Kindle as well as a small bag that I use for pens for school in the same print, from from Britgal Designs! It's seriously too cute and makes me smile the entire time I'm reading! (obviously I have a think for elephants)

Source: putapuredukes.com via Ashlee on Pinterest

I got this super cute braided scarf from putapuredukes on etsy she has a tutorial on her blog to make the single braided scarf it's really cute too. But, when she showed this one and put it in her shop so I could just buy it instead of making it myself I snatched it right up (sometimes I like to diy but sometimes I just rather pay someone else and save myself the headache...)! And I'm so glad I did because it's so cute!

Have you bought anything off the internet lately? I seriously love Pintrest it has been a terrible thing for my wallet but a great thing for the economy, just doing my part!! :)

ps. Abbi and I are heading down to Dallas today to get ready for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure if you could send us some good no blister, no rain vibes we'd truly appreciate it!

November Goals

2011-11-02T13:43:00.000-05:00

Let's start with how we did on Octobers...

I can tell you before we start it was a BIG FAT FAIL. dangit!

1. Blog Every Weekday - FAIL - I blogged 6 times in October.

2. Walk 100 Miles. fail - but just a little fail I did really well with the training

3. Reach Team Donation Goal. Together we've made our goal but I have a little ways to go get to reach my half of the $4600

4. Spend @ least 1 hr a day on school work. Fail I have no idea what I was thinking when I wrote this! I had two fundraisers this month preparing for this walk has been HARD work and I'm still behind but I'll be fine.

5. Keep Car Cleaned Out. DID IT!

6. Organize Office. FAIL- Not even close, it's worse than when I started!

7. Finish Gallery Wall. FAIL - better luck next time

8. Comment More! Maybe I did a little better, I'll give this one a neutral.

9. Try 2 new recipes FAIL - I did not cook once this month, not one time!

10. Get a laundry schedule, and stick to it! FAIL- still have piles of laundry...

November:

1. Blog every day! I'm like a broken record on this...we all know I'm participating in NaBloPoMo...

2. Start Couch25k (again) I'm given myself some grace on the start time since I'm walking 60 miles the first weekend of November, ideally I'll start Tuesday 11/8 but if that turns out not to be realistic that's okay I'll just start as soon as physically possible.

3. Limit *extra* spending to $100 extra is those things I *need* at Target, getting my nails done, projects I start, etsy purchases, etc...

4. Finish Christmas Shopping and by finish, I of course mean start....

5. Keep Car Cleaned Out. oh the never ending battle....

6. Organize Office no excuses get it done. the gallery wall too!

7. Clean out my side of the garage it is about to get really effing cold, I'll be so happy I did!

8. Maintain As Started out strong...that makes things easier to finish that way!

9. Comment More! I read too many blogs I need to comment on them!

10. Plan to take 4 dishes to Thanksgiving! Since I stopped cooking I miss it, I'll make up for it at Turkey Day!

Happy November!

2011-11-01T22:32:00.001-05:00

I have apparently turned into Scrooge.

I got home from class last night and turned on my porch light and waited (and waited) for the doorbell to ring.

At 8:00 it finally rang, and then it rang again, and while I was walking the 7 steps from the couch to the candy bowl next to the door it rang 11 more times.

I am not even kidding you the two children at my door rang the doorbell at least 12 times in the 30 seconds it took me to hand off the dog and answer the door.

The kids were probably 7 (a girl) and 10 (a boy) too old to ring the doorbell that many times. I have no idea what they were dressed up as because my head was vibrating from all the ringing.

I resisted the urge to give them a lesson in trick-or-treating manners, and also the urge to give them one piece of candy.

Instead I gave them a handful of candy, looked for their parents (I saw none), shut my door, and promptly turned off my porch light…

They ruined my Trick-or-treating sprit.

Of course I made the little dog dress up….

Isn’t she just the cutest little Hippo! Here is her costume from last year, she makes a really cute bug too…

Don’t forget it is NaBloPoMo time you can win prizes for posting every day in November! I made it last year, but my posting has been waaay more sporadic in 2011 so let’s see if I can make it though…

2011-10-13T22:00:00.001-05:00

I missed this cute kid's football game, because I was just too cold to go.

Dear Winter,
I am so not ready for you.
Love,
Me

Reunion

2011-10-11T18:54:00.001-05:00

My 10 year high school reunion is next weekend.

I'm not going.

It's funny when I told my sister I wasn't going she said "but, Ashlee you loooooved high school!" and I laughed (she was in elementary school when I was in HS and even she knew how much I loved it).

Honestly it just doesn't fit into my schedule if it had been during a school break (summer anyone??) I would have been there in a heartbeat...

It sounds like there are not very many people going...about 10% of our class and the people I care most about seeing won't be there. So, I'll figure out a time to catch up with them. And I'll try harder to make it to the 20 year.

Today has me really thinking about what my 18 year-old-self thought my 10 year reunion would be like.

While driving around our little town before graduation a friend asked that crazy boy obsessed girl if she really thought she was going to marry someone from high school, and I remember just what that Ashlee said...

she said "if there is anyone from this school I end up marrying I think it will be Jeremy" kind of a surprising answer since we never dated...

but the way 18yo Ashlee saw it, if neither of us were married we'd meet up at the 10 year reunion and that something that had always been there would be tried out, tested and just maybe the timing would be right....

I filled him in on my plan, it would be just like my best friends wedding...only not such a close call :)

Throughout college my thoughts and day dreams would find myself back there more often then most people would probably admit, but it always did.

5 years ago today those silly day dreams were taken from me (that feels so selfish to type because so much more then that was lost).

Jeremy passed away after a hard fought battle with cancer.

So, even if everything had worked out and I was hanging out with the rest of MHS class of 2001 next weekend I know that without him there it would never be able to live up to 18 year old Ashlee's idea of a high school reunion.

Jeremy-
I really really miss you. I have so many regrets when it comes to our friendship, I wish I would have been a better friend to you during that time. I was so scared and I thought saying nothing was better than saying the wrong thing and I will never be able to have that time back, I'm so sorry. Sometimes I regret that time I broke that big wooden paddle brush when I hit you with it, but honestly mostly it makes me laugh when I think about it! :) I still miss your phone calls every year on my birthday and I always think about your dad, I've contemplated a card, but honestly he still kind of scares me from that one time on Easter, with the beer. I'm going back to school to get my requirements to sit for the cpa exam and Jeremy I love it...seriously love it. I'm getting As (can you even imagine? I do my homework! I don't copy off of anyone!). I wish I could tell you, I want to hear what you have to say about it. Would you be shocked, or does it totally fit in with the fact that your dad and I share a birthday, and a personality, and now a profession? I hope you knew how much you meant to me, and I really did think just maybe someday it would work out, and if nothing else we could have totally laughed about it next weekend.

Love,
me

Happy Monday to you!

2011-10-10T14:09:00.000-05:00

I know, I know we are supposed to hate Monday's...but I just can't help but think Monday's get a bad rap!

1. Monday is a clean slate.
2. I am re-energized and refocused.
3. I have a new to do lists and plans to have a successful week.

Maybe I just had an extra good weekend, and so having to go back to work and school doesn't seem so bad? (I mean don't get me wrong I almost cried when the alarm went off this morning, but that happens everyday...it's not just a Monday thing!)

First and most important good weekend thing...

Source: soonersports.com via Ashlee on Pinterest

We beat texas 55-17! Even better than that? Those Sooners looked like that had it together on both sides of the ball!

Second good weekend thing....

I only took my pajamas off to go out to eat for breakfast Saturday morning, and dinner last night...I love lazy weekends and it has been sooo long since I've had one! This one was much needed and appreciated and I know the KuddleBug loves it when we stay home with her!

Third good weekend thing....

I finally nailed dates for our cruise this winter! Now I just have to pick which ship/cruise line I want to go on...I'm not going to lie if I can figure out which one has the best food that will be the deciding factor for me.....

So here is to good weekends, Mondays being not so bad, and an awesome week!!!

BOOMER!!

2011-10-07T22:14:00.000-05:00

It's one of my favorite weekends of the year OU/sɐxǝʇ!

I'm a little bit sad I'm not heading down to Dallas, but at the same time I'm a little bit relieved that I don't have to go anywhere at all for two days, and other than training walks I have no intention of leaving my house.

BLISS.

The little dog is really excited to cheer for the SOONERS!

I already missed two weekdays.....Oh well I'll keep trying....

The 3-Day

2011-10-04T13:27:00.002-05:00

This year I signed up for the Susan G. Komen 3-day for the Cure.

I will walk 60 miles over the course of three days, I will sleep in a tent (me in a tent! outside!), I will have raised at least $2300 in donations.

This walk is something I have been anxious to participate in for years but life always got in the way. This year I stopped making excuses and signed up.

I haven't even started the walk and I can't even tell you how hard the journey to get there has been. I try to fit in all of my training, but I work, go to school, it's been 110 degrees allfreakingsummer and the last thing I want to do is go outside and walk 10 miles. I hate asking people for money and fundraisers are hard HARD work.

I buy new shoes-socks-powders-creams-gels every week to try and get rid of the blisters that everyone looks at and tells me "those are horrible, I don't ever get blisters though so I don't know what you should do". I have 12 blisters on the bottom of my feet at this very moment, and I plan to walk 10 miles tonight, tomorrow I'll report back to the running store on how our new experiment is going.

We are planning on hosting our fourth garage sale to raise money in a few short weeks, and then I am missing a weekend away trip to a football game that I really, really wanted to go to because we need to squeeze in one last fundraiser.

All this to say it's not easy, I've already wanted to quit (and in theory I haven't even started) and I've cried and I've pouted, and I've neglected things that need to get done and feel guilty because everything can't have my attention and WALKING 17 miles for a training walk takes F O R E V E R!

Through all of this (and the flat tire I got after a long walk on Saturday that had me sitting in a parking lot barely able to moving balling my eyes out waiting to be rescued) I have to remind myself why I signed up for this walk, why I am doing this.

I am walking because the most significant risk factors for breast cancer are being female and getting older (two things that are pretty impossible to avoid).

I am walking because the first time I watched someone lose their mother to this disease we we were in fourth grade and saying "I'm so sorry" wasn't enough then or any other time since.

I am walking because I want to see an end to cancer. I am walking because without a cure, one person will die of breast cancer every 13 minutes in the United States.

I am walking because I can.

No matter how hard (and time consuming) I feel like this walk has been I know that my struggles cannot compare to someone who is battling cancer, or someone who is watching their loved one battle this disease. I will fight through blisters and exhaustion and I'll be thankful that is all I am fighting.

October Goals

2011-10-03T13:12:00.001-05:00

1. Blog Every Weekday - Next month is NaBloPoMo and I want to play! Weekends are harder to post/nobody reads on weekends any way so this weekday blogging will be a good start. I will not be afraid to schedule posts! This month is going to be crazy!

2. Walk 100 Miles. Plan is loooooong weekend walks, and as many during the week walks as I can manage.

3. Reach Team Donation Goal. We need $2240, and we have 30 days to make it...here's hoping a lot of people are feeling generous this month! (this deserves it's own post...coming tomorrow!)

4. Spend @ least 1 hr a day on school work. I hate being behind and trying to catch up so I really need to just stay ahead/caught up!

5. Keep Car Cleaned Out. My car is a disaster area, it is so bad I hate for people to have to get into it, I have no excuses any more I am not commuting any where. I should be able to keep my car presentable. Reward I get to have it detailed if I succeed!

6. Organize Office. My office is the only room in the house that still has boxes in it from our move back in August...this needs to change!

7. Finish Gallery Wall. Good thing about my office is the Gallery Wall is hung, but I am kind of tired of looking at empty picture frames.

8. Comment More! I read a whole lot of blogs, but I don't follow many of them publicly and I hardly ever comment, I get so shy!

9. Try 2 new recipes This actually isn't too much of a challenge for me on any normal month, but I've gotten a few less "this is the best thing I have ever eaten" lately and I am missing that reaction so I need to find some yummy things to make!

10. Get a laundry schedule, and stick to it! Seriously we only have 2 people in our house and I always have a mountain of laundry, we obviously have to many clothes because I can go weeks without doing any. The plies are redic (what I'm cool?). Somethings got to give!

I'm pretty sure the theme of October is Time Management, like I better get a helluva lot better at it if I am going to make it out in one piece!

Do you set monthly goals? What about weekly & monthly? I do I am all about breaking up my long term goals as small as I need to.Whatever it takes to get some instant gratification....

Is this for real?

2011-09-07T19:24:00.001-05:00

This is the name on a professors office door, that I walk by all the time at school....

Poor baby...makes me laugh every time! Do you think he changed it?

I bet there's no excuses in his class "your dog ate your homework oh you poor baby"

Is it just me? Or does that crack you up too??

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Tuesday is the new Monday

2011-09-06T18:57:00.000-05:00

As far as I can see there is only one bad thing about three day weekends...

It's even harder to get out of bed on a Tuesday morning that is the first day of the week!

I wasn't the only one who wanted to stay snuggled in bed...

We had a really good weekend our Sooners won and Garrett's Grandpa had his 90th Birthday party.
And best of all we only have to wake up two more times and then it will be Friday again!
Have a happy week friends!

2011-09-02T14:12:00.000-05:00

Every few weeks for the last couple of months I've been pulling up this sad little blog of mine and looking at my last post with a cute little picture of the Kuddlebug and the date of April 5 and I think I should type something, but I don't.

Then I find myself saying if I blogged I would totally blog this, I even went as far as to download the BlogPress app on my phone.

but for whatever reason I can't seem to make my fingers type words in the blank white box.

I have all kinds of excuses I haven't taken any pictures, blogs without pictures are boring, I'm too busy, I have nothing to blog about, so on, so forth.

I'm not sure what the deal is and why I stopped but I think I'm going to start again, so the first step was opening blogger, and the second step was to take a picture of myself (so I didn't have the no pictures excuse)

Now that there are words and an instagram picture on the page I'm getting kind of excited about my re-entrance into the blogging world.

Even more exciting though is that college football has started and tomorrow I'll be sitting in my happiest place on earth watching SOONER football!

BOOMER!

Tail Wagging Tuesday!

2011-04-05T10:36:00.000-05:00

Today I'm linking up with the first ever Tail Wagging Tuesday! Hosted by C Mae at Live What You Love!

I could not pass this Blog Hop up since Kuddles is my very favorite pup!

This week is link up your Most Favorite Picture of your Pet...

It was almost impossible to pick just one favorite picture of Kuddles, but this one pretty much sums her up the best!

We had been walking around campus and she was ready for a little rest, there was no way she was going to hang out on the ground like a dog, little Miss. Priss had to sit on the bench next to me. I love that her little ears are perked up and you can see her little Grinch toes (my favorite!)

Let me know if you link up, I'd love to come see your fur baby!!

Weekend

2011-04-04T14:09:00.001-05:00

I had a perfect weekend.

Friday night was full of cleaning so that it wouldn’t have to be done during my precious weekend, followed by dinner at a new local favorite that is so scary and run down we would have never tried it if it hadn’t come highly recommended (I’m not kidding I was worried I’d get shot) but it’s so worth it for some biscuits and gravy!

Saturday was equal parts productive, relaxing, and fun. We had big plans to hit up the OU baseball game but Garrett’s parents returned from Colorado and we decided to hang out with them visiting, eating pizza, watching the Final Four and the baseball game on tv instead. After they went to bed Garrett and I headed to a movie.

I don’t even think we’ve been to a movie at the theater since tax season started. So not like us. We saw Source Code and it was really pretty good, if not a little bit predictable. Then since we were feeling crazy and spontaneous we decided to see Insidious. As it turns out I’m too old to pay for one movie and go to two, my conscious got the better of me and we bought a second round of ticket for the 12:30am showing of the movie, let me tell you if you go to the latest movie on a Saturday night there are only teenagers there (why there parents let them out that late I will never know). We were without a doubt the oldest people in the movie theater, I felt like I should be bossing children around. Insidious was scary, right up there with the Paranormal Activity movies. I really enjoyed it, it was worth getting home at 3:00am!

Sunday we spent the day catching up with other friends, lunch with Abbi and the afternoon with Brent.

And here we are back to Monday.

Poor Monday gets such a bad rap.

I mean don’t get me wrong I hate leaving behind the joys of the weekend to head back to work, and Monday’s are my longest day of the week (clocking in at right around 15 hours away from home). I think Monday can set the whole tone of the week, so I always try to have a happy one. Buy yourself a special Monday treat if you need to get rid of a case of the Mondays!

Have you seen any good movies? I still want to see The Lincoln Lawyer.

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Don’t forget to link up at Mingle Monday to make your Monday a little happier!

2011-03-31T09:41:00.010-05:00

This guy was the half time entertainment at the Thunder game Tuesday night...

I was pretty amazed, plus he can spin a basketball on his finger and then a soccer ball on top of that! I couldn't help wondering if his parents were ever disappointed that their son grew up to be a juggling pianist or if it's just awesome enough they would tell any one that listens.

I wish I had some cool hidden talent!

Thunder

2011-03-30T10:41:00.000-05:00

Last night Garrett and I went to my first Thunder game!! I looked up the game time on ESPN so we were a little bit late due to the fact they list everything in EST and I wasn't paying attention. dang. it.

The game was a little too exciting. At the end there were 5 seconds left and the Golden State Warriors (such a silly name, I think) were down by 6, so I said it's over right because there is no way they can score two 3 pointers with that much time left. And I jinxed it (just like that test I took last week). After a crazy play and a stupid Thunder mistake the GSWs tied the game....and into overtime we went. The stadium was pretty much empty because everyone left thinking it was over!

We ended up winning by one point, so yay for that!! It was a fun way to spend a normally boring Tuesday night (but it did cause me to miss Teen Mom 2...)

I took no pictures to commemorate my first ever NBA game because I left my camera at home, and then when I asked Garrett to get it he left it at work. And it was too dark to take iphone pictures. sad.

PS. Don't worry football you're still my favorite! ♥ me

Jinxed

2011-03-21T21:17:00.001-05:00

I just finished taking a test (who gives a test the first day back from spring break?!)

I handed it to the teacher and he asked me how I did.

I said “better than last time I think”.

He said “really, you didn’t have much room for improvement” (aw thanks!)

Then I said “well at least I felt like I knew this stuff better”

Then I have no idea what happened because I was freaking out that I had jinxed myself and I’m going to fail.

Is it crazy to email the guy and explain my logic, or back peddle and tell him I think I did awful so as to take away my jinxing?

I hate waiting any entire week for a grade….(on top of that he makes us wait until the end of the 3 hour class)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

2011-03-17T10:25:00.000-05:00

Hope your day is free from pinching and full of all things green!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

A little too human

2011-03-15T12:51:00.000-05:00

Kuddles eats what we eat. Sure I give her dry dog food that she eats but when we sit down to eat anything a meal, a snack, some fro yo Kuddles knows she'll get some too.

Everyone feeds her. She's cute when she begs for food and she's too small to be annoying about it so I even see guest dropping food on the floor for her.

She'll eat just about anything if she thinks you dropped it on accident it's all the better because she thinks she's not supposed to have it and I've watched her eat chunks of onion, all that to say she isn't all that picky.

Last night I made some microwave popcorn (which is very unusual because if I eat popcorn it's only when Garrett makes it with kernels on the stove top) Kuddles was sitting on the couch with me waiting for her share of the loot so I gave her a piece. She didn't eat it right away which isn't out of the ordinary (sometimes she holds out to see if she can get something better).

After a few minutes I saw out of the corner of my eye my little spoiled dog use her paw to push that piece of popcorn on to the floor. It was so sly and quick like a child trying to feed their vegetables to the dog. I said to her you did not just do that...and then she slowly peeked over the edge of the couch looked at the popcorn and then looked back at me.

She's such a brat.

Let's answer some questions...

2011-03-11T10:24:00.006-06:00

1. Do you know what your REAL hair color is?

It's a light brown/dark blonde color...it's not a really pretty color but that can easily be fixed (it's not a very good color right now either..oh HELLO roots)

2. Do you plan ahead for summer, or fly by the seat of your pants?

It's been awhile since I've had a summer. This year I'm taking classes on top of working that's a double whammy. Either way I'm more of sketcher...I like to sketch out some ideas and then see how it all plays out.

3. What is your favorite meal to cook?

I love to cook anything that people tell me is awesome, the more praises I get the more I like to cook it. :)

4. Do you get offended by not receiving thank yous?

No. But, I get excited when I get them!!

5. How did you meet your best friend?

I met Garrett when he locked his keys in his car. He was friends with my roommate and she knew I had AAA so she brought him up to my dorm room, he was kinda cute so I called to get his keys free! :)

Spring Break!!!

2011-03-10T22:18:00.001-06:00

I’m officially on Spring Break!

I had an accounting test today (I cannot wait a week and a half for my grade ugh) and I have another test the day we get back from spring break. I think I can handle that.

Unfortunately I won’t be heading anywhere fun (or warm) I’ll just be working.

No complaining here though I’m going to enjoy going straight home after work instead of to school!

Campus beautiful by day and night…

2011-03-07T18:43:00.001-06:00

Baseball season is in full swing and I’m happy to say that my Sooners are 14-0 the only undefeated team left!

We’ve been able to make it to two games, and I’m so excited for this season! And hopefully another trip to Nebraska!!

After last weekend’s game we decided to walk up to campus corner for some burgers. It’s quite a trek about 3.5 miles round trip. I love campus and I’m always up for any excuse to be there soaking it up.

We took a break on the bench by one of the dorms on our way to campus corner (see the stadium peaking out *love*) and plotted ways to get back to freshman year of college. Oh the freedom and lack of responsibility, how I miss thee!

I have spring break next week, and while I’m sad I won’t be enjoying it like I did as an undergrad since I still have to work every day. But, I’ll be enjoying heading straight home every night next week instead of heading to school.

Five question Friday

2011-02-25T13:03:00.003-06:00

1. Can you drive a stick shift?

I can! Garrett drives a stick and had to give me a refresher course so I could drive his car, when he got his new car I was hoping he'd go automatic...but he didn't...

I much better at it when I'm driving alone, I get so nervous with someone else in the car!

2. What are two foods you just can't eat?

Shrimp - and if you give me a hard time about it I'll start talking about how you might as well be eating a cockroach with every hope that it ruins your dining experience. I.hate.shrimp!

Coconut - there are no words for the disgustingness that is the food you just keep chewing.

3. Do you buy Girl Scout Cookies? What is your favorite kind?

I'm avoiding those girls like the plague this year! I love me some Thinmints and Do-si-dos!

This year I did buy some Samoas from Olivia. I won't touch them with a ten foot pole because of the coconut but they are G's favorite! It seemed like a win-win supporting O and avoiding calories for me!

4. How do you pamper yourself?

I love manicures (way better than pedicures) and I get one or both of those occasionally. I think getting my hair done takes waaaay too long so that's not very much pampering as much as please hurry up and get this done. I've had a massage or two but nothing life changing. I'm actually not very good at relaxing or being pampered...

5. What is your nickname and how did you get it?

I've always wanted a nickname, I think it's such a fun idea, but I never really had one. In high school a friend of mine and I decided I should go by Skillet (I have no idea why!) but it didn't really stick.

When Garrett and I were dating in college I decided we should have nicknames for each other and came up with Pookie and Snookums (maybe). Pookie stuck around and Garrett still calls me some form of Pookie (it's okay you can gag) right now it's Pookstah. We are both always changing it up one of my favorites is Pookaburra as in Pookaburra sits in the old gum tree...

A few friends call me Shlee or Shleebee.

Have a great weekend!!

2011-02-24T13:45:00.000-06:00

There has been a bug flying around my office all week.

Monday - I tried to swat him when he came near me. He stopped coming close. I thought he was gone.

Tuesday - He was still keeping his distance and wasn't much of a bother. I guess he remembered the swatting.

Wednesday - He landed on my jeans and he was so small and kind of cute I felt bad for him and thought he was probably hungry and thirsty. I tried to stand up and walk outside with him. He got scared and got away from me. I told him not to be scared I didn't want to squish him I just wanted him to be able to find some food.

Today - he's flying all around me and I keep trying to get him to land on some kind of paper or something so I can take him outside. He's having none of it but he's being very brave and flying in front of my computer screen every once in a while. So I know he's still here?

I really don't like bugs. I rather they stay outside and away from me. I can't help but feel sorry for them when they are out of their element (except flies, I hate all flies and their evil little hands rubbing together like they are plotting). I start thinking about their little bug families. It's ridiculous how much time I've spent in the last two days devising a plan to get him outside.

He kind of looks like this.

Only he is very, very small.

I wonder if he's a baby?

I think I'll call him Lawrence.

Remember the spider? I think about him sometimes.

There is only one OKLAHOMA!

2011-02-18T13:57:00.000-06:00

Kelly over at Kelly's Korner Blog is hosting show us your Alma Maters and if you've been around here very long you know that I love mine!

I moved from Florida to attend the University of Oklahoma and even though most people thought I was crazy...

So, I left my beautiful coastal state for a landlocked one with winters. Sometimes in March when it's still cold here and my friends that stayed in Florida are enjoying the beach I occasionally have a fleeting moment of thinking I am crazy. In the end I am pretty sure it is the football that won me over!

The tradition, the passion, (the winning!) I love it all!

I think our campus is one of the prettiest there is (and I've been to a lot of campuses)! I love that in the Student Union the walls are lined with framed photographs of past and current students, it really gives it that family feel that President Boren was going for.While athletics (football) is a huge part of the University, they really strive to make sure that academics are equally as important (I should know I had 9 majors all in different departments)

Every year I travel to a few away games, this year I went to my first ever bowl game (and I guess I was the lucky charm they needed because we won!)

Last summer we even got the chance to head up to Omaha for the College World Series!

(don't worry we ended up winning this game!)

The experiences I've had and the people I've met from OU are amazing, so on those cold winter days with no ocean in sight I know that I made the right decision when I decided to come to The University of Oklahoma!

For your listening pleasure...the newest rap from one of our football players...

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

2011-02-14T18:29:00.001-06:00

Single or attached I’ve never cared much about Valentine’s Day. I mean I’ll never pass up a reason to ~~get~~ give presents but, I have no desire to go out to dinner the same night every other couple on the planet goes out, and I don’t really care that much about flowers (and I say just wait until the price goes down if you just really, really want to send some, spontaneity is more romantic anyway!)

I loved Valentine’s Day in elementary school! A party and “mail” what’s not to love! I loved Valentine’s Day in high school because we had those quizzes we took and sent off to some company that would tell us who we were compatible with you bought one with your results for the people in your grade and one for the rest of the grades, I looked forward to that every year! (did you do those?) We had the candygrams too and it was always fun to get a surprise in the middle of class (but I usually felt a little bit guilty if someone sent me one and I didn’t send them one too!

I have some really bad Valentine’s Day stories too, one goes like this: In high school my mom was engaged to my friends dad, my friend’s birthday is Valentine’s Day. Every year her dad would get buy her the same number roses as the age she was. One year he took me with him to order the roses, and the trip went like this…he bought roses for the birthday girl, roses for her sister, roses for my mom, roses for his mom, roses for his niece, and roses for his sister-in-law. That was it. When February 14th rolled around I thought for sure he’d surprise me and have gotten some for me too. But….nope I got none. It made me feel pretty crappy*.

Tonight I’m celebrating by taking a test, which overall is pretty sucky because exactly two months ago (ON MY BIRTHDAY) I was also taking a test, a final none-the-less. oh well. I also am currently enjoying my standing Monday night date with Panera and there are waaay less people here than normal (I guess no one wants to go to dinner at Panera for Valentine’s.) so that’s nice. Except I have no desire to the last minute studying I intended to do!

I hope that no matter if you are in a relationship or not someone made you feel extra special today! Because everyone deserves a little extra reminder that they are loved!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

* The friend who this story refers to does not read my blog, but if she ever happens upon this post I want her to know I harbor no hard feelings for this incident….your dad did so many great things for me (and even more so for my brother and sister) I appreciate it all very much! And I think you are great!!

There’s no iron deficiency around here…

2011-02-11T09:11:00.000-06:00

In Oklahoma we believe the weatherman when he says we’re going to have a blizzard…we run to the store and stock up on essentials…

In Florida we run out of water before a hurricane, in Oklahoma they run out of red meat before a snow!

Snow Away!

2011-02-10T20:44:00.001-06:00

I think yesterday should be our last snow day of this Winter *fingers crossed* while I enjoy a day off as much as the next guy, being snowed in isn’t as much fun when you don’t have anyone to play in the snow with!

At least this time it was real life snow, usually around here we get ice days. :)

Kuddles was less than impressed with the snow. She couldn’t find the grass and it was cold and windy and she was just annoyed.

She wouldn’t even pose for pictures, she’d just run back to the door and beg to go back inside. She couldn’t walk many places because the snow was so high, luckily we live in Oklahoma so the wind blows so hard there were areas that the snow was lower and she could walk.

Most places were more like this, up almost to my knees! Which is why I stayed inside where it was warm and I had plenty of Netflix to keep me entertained!

I finally let her go back inside and when I came in from shoveling Kuddles was trying to be warm, and giving me the evil eye!

This was last Friday, by then she’d gotten a little more daring in her adventures. But, the cold was just too much for her and after a few minutes of being outside she would start picking up her paws and looking at them and making the most pathetic crying sound until I picked her up took her inside and dried off her paws. So sad!

Here’s my running path, you can’t even see the track. I cannot wait to start running outside again. I miss it, the treadmill and I are just not really friends!

I heard a rumor that next Thursday it’s supposed to get up to 76 degrees…I hope it’s the truth…Spring I miss you, come visit soon! Then Summer you can come too, I never complain about your hot days, I never wish for cooler weather (because when you do, this is what you get!). Spring and Summer I love you guys!

Guilty Pleasure

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Every Monday I have a standing date…with Panera. I don’t have class until 7:30 but there just isn’t enough time to go home so I head to Panera with my trusty laptop and kill a couple of hours. Sometimes I study, sometimes I blog, but I always eat! Yum!

Today I’m trying to watch The Secret Life of the American Teenager, but it got interrupted so I thought I’d check in here. :)

I cannot even tell you how embarrassed I was when it first started playing it and people started walking by looking at my screen. But, I decided if they know what it is then they obviously have the same guilty pleasure. So I stopped worrying about it and was just enjoying the show! :)

I don’t know how I missed this show, it’s like Degrassi meets 7th Heaven with a splash of Teen Mom! Perfect!

What’s your favorite Guilty Pleasure?

It’s my least favorite season…tax season.

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Dear April 16th,

I really hate to rush time, but I’m going to anyway. You see Garrett has to work every.single.day until you get here. When he is home he’s tired and thinking about work, it’s really no fun for me. If that weren’t bad enough he’s decided that he can no longer be on gchat while he’s at work, which I’m sure you can understand leaves me bored out of my mind during the day. He tries really hard to give me all the attention I require. We squeeze in a movie here and dinner there. I’ll go up to the the office and do stuff I need to get done while he works on the weekends but I would really, really like a lazy Saturday doing nothing. Since tax season really just started I feel like I’m in for a very, very long wait.The thing is I just really miss my best friend! So, while you work on getting here (as fast as possible, please) I’m going to be busy planning all the fun that is going to happen once you arrive.

Love,

The not so very patient Ashlee

Hello…hello…is this thing on??

2011-01-27T22:01:00.001-06:00

I really hate it when bloggers don’t write anything for a long time and then they come back and their whole post is dedicated to apologizing, I have no desire to read you tell me how sorry you are…so…I hope the rest of you feel that way…because we are just moving right along and pretending like I never missed a beat!

All the time I used to spend blogging I’ve been spending reading (for fun, I read for school to that’s just not worth talking about) I forgot how much I love to read and how addicting I find it. I just can’t stop.

Best.New.Year’s.Resolution.Ever!

I needed to jump back in to my good ol’ Windows Live Writer (do any of you use that, it’s the BEST for adding pictures to blog posts) because I just had to tell you about two fun Valentine’s Day Swaps that are coming up!!!

I am not the biggest Valentine’s Day fan….but oh how I love swapping!!

Here’s the 411 (oh hello Ashlee from 1994)

You have to sign up by tomorrow (Friday) if you want to to join this one…You can visit Neely, Courtney or Sam to find out all the details!

Meg the lovely host of the Mitten Mixer is hosting another swap!! Head on over to Meg’s blog and get signed up

Okay that’s it for tonight (this post took me for ever to write because I stopped and went (in my pjs) to get some Fro Yo with the boy!!

Have a Happy Happy Friday!

The Grand Adventure…part 1 Arizona.

2011-01-11T12:38:00.000-06:00

Garrett and I have returned from our (first) Grad Adventure of 2011. It feels like we were gone forever, and we had so much fun real life is going to take some getting used to.

We opted out of ringing in the New Year at midnight because our alarm clock went off at 3:00am New years day, and three hours of sleep just didn’t seem like it would be enough.

But here were are at 4:00am waiting outside in the FREEZING cold for our taxi to pick us up and take us to the airport. (The community is gated and I wasn’t quite sure how to tell the taxi to get in through the gate without giving our secret code, and that seemed like a bad idea so outside it was). I was obviously way too excited about starting the adventure, while Garrett was thinking oh em gee is this starting already. (I had no make up on and my face was looking pretty awful from the wind/cold so black and white it is.)

After a flight from OKC to Memphis. We headed to Phoenix. I planned nothing (except the rental car) which is so unlike me, but I was so worried something would happen and we wouldn’t get where we needed to be and the whole thing would be a bust. So, we just decided to wing it, and it totally worked!

When Garrett went to the Fiesta Bowl a few years ago the stayed in Tempe, and ate the “best sushi of (his) life”. He really, really wanted to try to get back there and I’m always up for a trip to see another college town so we headed to Tempe (which is the opposite direction of the Fiesta Bowl) in search of a restaurant we didn’t know the name of and only the general location.

But, we found it! Garrett was soo excited! The sushi lived up to everything he remembered! We walked around ASU’s “campus corner” (that’s what it’s called in Norman, I’m not sure what they call it) and hit up Urban Outfitters for some matching sunglasses (no pictures, sad). After that it was time to find something for me to eat.

We found In-N-Out burger! I was so excited to try something I’ve heard so many people rave about (and Garrett had to try some to!) It was really pretty good, and super, super cheap! After lunch in Tempe it was time to head to Glendale for the Fiesta Bowl!

We flew to Arizona without tickets to the game (because that’s how we do it) and we got a pair for steal, it cost more to park in the parking lot than it did for one of us to get in to the game. We picked our seats because there were a lot open and enjoyed the game! OU finally broke its BCS losing streak and I was so happy to be there for it!

After the game and the presentation of OUr trophy we had some time to kill, see when this adventure changed from a Road Trip to a plane trip, I didn’t book a hotel room for Saturday night, I was a little bit afraid we would sleep through the alarm clock and miss our flight so I figured we could spend 6ish hours in the airport waiting for our flight. Luckily, it went a little better than that, we got a bite to eat at Johnny Rockets after the game and then went to a midnight movie after that (I slept from the time the previews started until Garrett woke me up during the credits!) when the movie was over it was about 2:30am and we only had 3.5 hours until our flight to Denver, by the time we took the rental car back and got to the air port we were only about 2.5 hours early. That was a brilliant thing if you ask me, saved us $100 on a hotel room and we didn’t have to worry about not waking up. I only wish I had taken pictures of Garrett sleeping in the airport.

Denver and skiing coming up tomorrow!

365–Week 1

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The first week of January was crazy! We went from Phoenix to Denver and spent the whole week vacationing!

1. Flying into Phoenix I was so, so excited to see all the snow! and the Mountains!

2. We sent our luggage to Denver with Garrett’s parents and as soon as we arrived I busted that thing open, I missed my stuff! ha!

3. Monday was such a lazy day of recovering I spent the day in my littlemissmatched socks!

4. Tuesday was our first day skiing!

5. Wednesday was day two of skiing (I never made it down that slope, but it was fun to watch other people come down!)

6. We saw two huge heads of Elk. I was so freaking excited!!

7. Garrett headed back to the ski slopes I opted to stay home, and went for a lovely walk. I wish I could take a picture of how clean it smelled up on that mountain!

Tomorrow I’ll start the posts of our Grand Adventure!!! Today it was back to work, and school. I wish we had gotten a snow day!

oh…hello…

2011-01-06T23:12:00.001-06:00

I never meant to go on this vacation and unplug from the world. I had to plans to blog our vacation as it went along. But, instead I turned off my computer, and more surprisingly my cell phone and have embraced this adventure (and oh what an adventure it has been)!

I will blog about our trip but in order to stay up on my New Year’s resolutions I thought I’d better blog a recipe before this week gets away from me. Since I have been spoiled beyond belief this week with delicious meals I haven’t even thought of cooking. These cookies Garrett’s Mom makes are AMAZING (hopefully I can share) and I wake up to bacon every single morning am I in heaven?

Oreo Truffles and Nutter Butter Balls are so super easy to make and everyone loves them!!

1. get a package of cookies (oreos or nutter butters)

2. crush them up (in a food processor)

3. Stir in a brick of cream cheese

4. shape mixture into balls.

5. put balls in the freezer for a bit.

6. Melt almond bark. (I like white chocolate for oreo, and milk for nutter butter)

7. dip balls in melted almond bark.

8. put chocolate covered balls on wax paper.

Really mine are usually prettier than this, but this bunch was made very, very late at night for a last minute boys poker game and I just didn’t care about pretty!!

I hope everyone’s New Year has started out great! So far so good around here! But we are on vacation :)

We’re fiesta-ing!

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If everything went according to plan Garrett and I have just landed at the Phoenix airport and are getting ready to head to the Fiesta Bowl to watch our Sooners secure a New Year’s Day victory! This is my first Bowl Game, and despite the fact we are only going to be in Arizona for 18 hours I cannot wait to soak it all up! Here’s hoping to a great start to 2011!!!

Cheer Like a Champion!!!

and Happy New Year!

It’s Resolution Time!

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Well yesterday we saw how I did last year, today it’s time to see what I want to accomplish in 2011.

11 in 11

1. Reach my Goal weight

I did a good job of getting started in 2010, time to get the rest off this year!! (preferably by my 10 year (oh my god I cannot even believe I am that old!!) high school reunion)

2. Stay on track at school.

To reach the goals I’ve set for myself academically I need to complete 18 hours (if I can fit in a few more that’d be okay to!)

3. Attend the Oklahoma vs. fsu game!

We had so much fun when Natalie, Hunter, and my Mom came up for the game this year in Norman, I can only hope that Garrett and I leave as happy as we did this year!!

4. Read 12 non academic books

I love to read, but when I started back to school fun reading kind of took a backseat, I think I can do one a month though!

5. Once a week blog a recipe.

I love, love, love getting cooking ideas from other blogs, who doesn’t? I’m going to commit to blogging 52 things I make this year! Stick around for some yummy new ideas!

6. Cook 6 meals for the Ronald McDonald house.

The RMH is such an amazing organization, it’s something I’ve wanted to get involved in for a long time. This year I’m going to find the time to take a meal for the families staying there once every other month.

7. No Traffic Violations!

I got pulled over twice this year (that’s the amount of times I’ve been pulled over TOTAL before this year!!) Luckily I only had to pay one ticket, but I’ve got to get my road rage under control, and maybe slow down a little bit! No visits with the nice police folks in 2011!

8. Save, Save, Save!

I’m pretty good at saving, but you can always be better! I have a number in mind what I want my savings account to look like at the end of the 2011. I’ll have to budget and be a little more frugal to get there.

9. Establish a skin care routine.

It’s no secret I’m getting old. I have been blessed with pretty good skin, which as led to a pretty lax Ashlee when it comes to skin care. I love to buy face products but I never really follow through. Lately, I’ve noticed that the wrinkles on my face are starting to run rampart, I think it’s about time I get serious with taking care of my skin!

10. Exercise Three Times a week!

2010 wasn’t a bad year for exercising I really embraced running. BUT I need to get better at sticking to a routine, year round! Not just when the weather is best for running outside!

11. 365 Picture Challenge.

This is the resolution I feel is the most likely to fail, but the one that could potentially be the best! I want to take a picture every day of something that is going on in my life. My hope (but not my commitment) is to do a weekly blog update showing the pictures. So fun! I’ve seen lots of people start this but few (none?) finish it.

Alright those are my 11 for 2011!

I’m such a list person I have different goals listed different places but I like to have some public resolutions.

What about you? Do you make resolutions?

2010 Resolutions

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I did much, much better accomplishing my 2010 Goals, then I did my 2009 goals!

1. Have Christmas presents ready by the end of October. Haha not so much…BUT I was not buying or wrapping presents on Christmas Eve, so that’s a start!

2. Attend a SOONERS away game. We went to two! and lost them both! (so sad) if we had won, I think we’d have gone to a few more…but we’re headed out to Glendale to attend my first bowl game!!!

3. Try at least one new recipe a month. Yes! I didn’t do a very good job blogging about new recipes but I tried more than 12!

4. Go on a cruise This is one of the failures…sad. I decided maybe we would go this year but there are already so many trips planned, I don’t know if we’ll be able to fit one in…

5. Head to the Big D three times to see those Texas cousins. Yes! I headed down quite a few times, once I even stayed an entire week! I’m pretty sure I’m up for cousin of the year this year!

6. Attend an activity of each of the cousins. I made it to the 3 littles games, and to one of Jeffery’s concerts, I did not attend a soccer game for Jack, or a Cross Country meet for Blake (but I ran with Blake in several races, that has to count for something…)

7. Send/Give Birthday Cards to the kids. Yes! All kiddos got birthday cards and presents this year! I told you I was up for cousin of the year!

8. Track calories daily not so much…

9. Eat lunch out no more than once a month when at work. big fat fail…

10. Exercise 2 hours a week. I averaged out to 2 hours a week, some weeks I got a lot more, and some weeks I got quite a bit less!

Goals 8-10 while these could have been improved upon GREATLY I am ending 2010 25lbs lighter than I started it, so I did something right, even if I didn’t do it the way I had hoped!

I’ll be posting 2011 shortly, hopefully I’ll do even better :)

2010 in Review

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January

January I saw Food Inc and decided it was time to cut fast food meat out of my diet. I have visited a few fast food restaurants since January but not nearly as much as I had before. For the most part I still do not order meat when I decide to visit a drive thru.

February

February Garrett passed the CPA exam!!! Finally all of the studying was over! I could not have been more proud! and a little bit excited that another would never be devoted to studying for that silly test (at least by him!!)

March

In March we headed to lots of OU baseball games.

April

I ran my first 5k!! I was slow as anything but it led to lots and lots more running in 2010!

May

To Florida to see my family, and it went MUCH better than expected! I <3 Bradenton!

June

We headed to Nebraska for the College World Series. What a fun trip! We also visited the University of Nebraska.

July

We headed to Colorado for the Fourth of July and to see Garrett’s parents new house! We also visited the University of Colorado, which means we visited the campuses of both Big XII traitors in 2010.

August

I headed back to college, with a plan! It was kind of scary at first and more work with a full time job this time around. But, I’m so excited for the future and I don’t think I could say that when I finished the first time around!!

September

Football starts! finally! Natalie, Hunter, and my Mom come for a visit and to watch the OU v. fsu game! What a great weekend!!

October

Road tripped to Missouri for a football game (a sad, sad football game)

November

Road tripped to College Station for another disappointing football game. (and by this point I was so sad that we kept losing this was the only picture I took of the entire trip!)

December

As always was a wonderful month packed full of celebrating birthdays and Christmas.

2010 was a great year! I cannot wait to see what 2011 will bring!!

and just like that it’s over…

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Doesn’t this picture just sum up going back to work today?

364 days of anticipation and then it’s over so fast kind of sad,

We have so much to cram into December around here sometimes it gets overwhelming trying to get everything in, I feel like I don’t have enough time for everyone and to do everything I need/want to do. This year I was a little bit more organized than I usually am and that made everything easier.

Overall I’d say this year was a success!

There is no rest for the weary though, Saturday we fly to Arizona for 18 hours to watch my beloved Sooners play, then Sunday morning we head to Denver for a week of skiing (I’m a little bit terrified) and fun in the snow!

I hope you had an awesome Christmas!

Is it really almost 2011??

2010-12-20T23:11:00.001-06:00

When I have a million things I want to blog about and can’t find the time or motivation to blog I just stop blogging. sad. I know! In order to avoid a blogging absence that last well into the new year we’re going to do a bullet post that lacks in pictures and creativity.

We have one more birthday to celebrate around here before Christmas can be in full swing.
My bedroom is a MESS, seriously I could use an elf to come clean it up for me.
I’ve lost my driver's license and I’m terrified I won’t be able to get one, and then I won’t get to fly, and then my best trip ever will be ruined.
I only lack one Christmas present, but I’m just drawing a blank.
and unlike every other person on the face of the earth, I do not give gift cards. I think they are super impersonal.
I usually hate online shopping, but coming home to a present every day for the last weekish has been fun!
if you have a .edu email address you can get free 2 day shipping from Amazon for a year! It’s my new favorite!!
If I had to pick a favorite “thing” about Christmas, it would be stockings! My mom always made the best stockings!
I got all As for the first semester since like 5th grade, I am so proud of myself for being dedicated to school this time around. I think I’ll be buying myself a present.
I’ve still never figured out if we are supposed to say Twenty-eleven or Two Thousand and Eleven.
I say the latter, so I guess that works.
I’m in charge of planning the Christmas eve menu, which is fine I just wish I had someone else to cook it for me.
I can’t decide if I should make Garrett a birthday cake or buy him one…I’m kind of leaning toward the buying, but I know he’d rather have one I made…
Maybe I’ll make him a small one and then use the rest of the batter for a Christmas cake?
I just can’t find a yellow cake recipe that’s moist, and I don’t have very many minutes to try a bunch of different ones before Thursday.
I’m at such a loss on what I need to take to go skiing, and I’m secretly terrified of even going.
Today I read that the only bone that has never been broken in a skiing accident is the inner ear bone….great…
plus I hate being cold.
On a positive note I’m super excited for a vacation!!

Happy Happy!

2010-12-16T23:29:00.001-06:00

Guess who turned 5 today!!

(are you serious?)

My brother thought she was the perfect graduation gift because her birthday was so close to mine!

(I better get a good present out of this)

I think she’s perfect because she will let me put frilly birthday hats on her!

(I am not amused)

Until she gets fed up with it, takes it off and turns her back to me. ha!

(she does not like my game, but she’s too small to do anything about it!)

The offer of a treat seems to make it all okay! :)

(look at that hat hair!)

Happy FIFTH birthday to my favorite little monkey dog!!

If she lived closer we’d be besties…

2010-12-15T20:34:00.004-06:00

Emily and I got paired up as swap partners for both Laura’s Ornament Swap* and Meg’s Mitten Mixer* (were you a tiny bit disappointed at first Emily? because you thought you were getting two and then you got one? I was. sorry. I think you’re great though!) I decided that it was obviously fate that matched us up and we were pretty much destined to be awesome blog swapping friends….

When I got my package I went straight for the ornament…

Could this ornament be any more me? I think not. An A, Pink, fur, polka dots. It’s so me!

I loved it!

I am going to find somewhere to keep it all year!

My package had all of this fun stuff in it. cute!

These mittens, which made me laugh out loud because I almost got her the exact same ones! (great minds)

It was a fabulous package that totally made my day!

Okay if all that wasn’t enough…today when I got home I had another package, I saw Emily’s name on it and I was a little confused but super excited…

She sent me a birthday card (because she left a card out of the first one) and two of these quick color nail polishes (which I’ve always wanted to try)

So that’s amazing right…

Then when I read the card and she said to practice with and the light one and to wear the Black Cherry (which we will call Crimson from now on) on Game Day (be still my heart), it was like she was the most amazing swap partner ever!! :)

Now I know everyone is going to be jealous that I got Emily twice, and they didn’t get a chance to swap with her! :)

Thank you Emily for the first package which was awesome by itself,

and then a second package which was way too sweet!!

*both Big XII grads!

Happy Birthday...

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to me!

I really had grand plans for my birthday post this year (I was gonna show you my baby pictures), but life has gotten in the way.You can read last year's birthday post for a good story of a present gone wrong.

In keeping with undergrad tradition I have a final tonight (what are the chances? I have one final this semester and it is on my birthday!) I am planning on taking cupcakes to class (and I don't even care if that's dorky)

We had my birthday dinner Friday (and I took pictures! that aren't uploaded) it was perfect!

I hope you have a wonderful my birthday!

Mark this one on your Calendars!

2010-12-07T14:08:00.001-06:00

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I love, love, love Mean Girls! It’s one of my top 5 favorite movies for sure.

When I heard about Mean Girls 2 I was super excited!

When I found out none of the original cast would be in it I was a lot less excited.

Second movies are never as good as the first, I know this.

BUT…

Now that it’s coming out I’m excited again!

While I doubt it’s going to be added to my Top 5 list,

I’m just hoping for funny!

ABC Family is premiering Mean Girls 2 on January 23rd (at 8pm EST)

I’m having a watch party!

No ponytails, must wear pink, we might even bring out the burn book!!

Dear Santa,

2010-12-06T12:10:00.001-06:00

Let me start this out by saying a few things:

1. This is the first time I have ever made a Christmas/Birthday list ever. (I have only ever asked for two things in my life a Boy Cabbage Patch when I was in 2nd grade, and Squiggles the cat for my 16th birthday (I got both) with the cat my mom said, I don’t remember you ever asking for anything I have to say yes) My love language is gifts, this does NOT mean that I’m greedy and expect things, it means the effort put into the gift means so much to me, I rather people try and find me the perfect gift, telling them what I want is not fun for me….I buy myself the things I want…I rather be surprised with something awesome, that you just knew I'd love because it’s “so me”.

2. My birthday is 11 days before Christmas, so while I feel like this list has a lot on it I get all my gifts for the year in less than a two week span, I won’t have two gift posts so I feel that justifies mine being longer.

3. While I realize that I do not have to do the standard “Christmas list ideas post” I’ve excepted the idea that not everyone’s love language is gift giving, and certain people (especially of the boy variety) would rather me just tell them what to buy me. It is my hope (ARE YOU LISTENING SANTA??) that this list will be just a general idea and will help those that purchase gifts for me come up with their own ideas.

Alright here we go!

With our epic Road Trip coming up and knowing that Garrett is going to make me try skiing (I’m a little bit scared). I need a new coat. The truth is this Florida girl is just not prepared for winter (even after all these years!) and I get cold, so after some searching I think down is the way to go! I like how this Columbia one is cut (so hopefully I don’t look like a marshmallow!)

I’ve seen these gloves on quite a few bloggers wish list and I love them! First of all I’m a sucker for ruffles! and I know how hard it is to make a touch screen phone work with gloves on, with these gloves I can actually reply to the messages I get while sitting in a freezing cold stadium!

I went back and forth between this tripod and a camera extender and the only conclusion I’ve come up with is I need both of them! I hate asking people to take pictures for me (even though I offer to do it a lot) This is pretty much a must have before we head out on any more trips…but which one to choose? Are both over kill?

I don’t need two new cameras but I want them both and I can’t decide which one to want more. I want this small Nikon for a few reasons, sometimes I don’t want to take a bigger camera places and this one is small enough to fit in my pocket. love that. It takes good pictures (while I won’t be blowing them up to poster size) I won’t miss things because I’m not lugging my camera along. And the most important reason, it takes regular AA batteries so I never have to worry about it not being charged up! I want the other Nikon to replace my current camera, I’ve gone back and forth about wanting to get a DSLR and the truth is while I’d love the idea of getting it and learning it, I don’t have the time right now and I will not invest in a DSLR to shoot with it in Automatic, that is a waste! So, I think this is a good upgrade at this point, and it takes AA batteries and has 15x zoom! :)

This lunch box makes the type A in my personality so happy! The organization, the healthy foods that can be put in those individual containers, the BPA freeness of it all, it makes me giddy with excitedness. I just haven’t managed to convince myself that it’s okay to spend $45 on a lunch box…

I saw this journal make it’s rounds on last years Christmas Wish lists and this year I want it too!! It’s the perfect amount of space each day for writing down what has happened in your life. I think it’s perfect and I don’t think I would get overwhelmed trying to write in it every day, plus the next 5 years of my life are sure to be filled with things I want to remember, what a fun way to document it!

I wear a lot of dresses in the winter layered with long-sleeved shirts and tights, it makes my wardrobe last for more seasons because I can wear the same dresses when it’s warmer without the shirt and tights! It’s perfect. Except when it’s 20 degrees outside and the good ol’ Oklahoma wind is blowing 40mph, that wind will whip right through some measly tights, but not these they are fleece lined for extra warmth!

I have really small wrists and I don’t want a big bulky watch, so while I love the 3,650 OU watches I own I don’t wear them. They are too big and they aren’t ideal for everyday wear. This one is perfect!

I love elephants, a lot. And I love this baby elephant ring from Etsy, it is just too cute for words, with or without the diamond eyes, I want it on my finger!

I need this mini food processor I have so many new pesto recipes I want to try! Like almond spinach pesto, and sundried tomato pesto. This thing will make many tummies very happy!

Alright what’s on your Christmas list? I’d love more ideas for what to buy other people, and maybe a few ideas on how to spend my extra Christmas money!!

We’re Big XII Champs again….

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Last night My favorite OU Sooners did it again!

We won our 7th Big XII Championship game!

The final Big XII Championship game (at least for now)

It was one of those crazy exciting games.

A lot like the one last week.

The kind of game that I’m pretty sure takes years off my life.

We could not have done it with out this guy…

After an injury plagued season last year.

It’s so nice to see the Sooners hold that trophy.

The best part had to be beating the “CornTraitors”

Sending them off to the Big Ten with a bang!

A reminder that they couldn’t hold their own in our conference.

But, the dominance of the Championship game over the last 10 years is pretty great too!

Big XII Champs again, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010!

All of that has led to this…

It has been decided that in 3 short weeks,

the day after Christmas,

Garrett and I will be packing up the car

and heading out on our best road trip ever!

2,500 miles, 8 days, 7 states, a little bit of skiing, hopefully a lot of winning, a ton of pictures

And the most fun ever! (:

Sooner images via

Map via

30 days, 30 posts!

2010-11-30T23:07:00.002-06:00

I did it!
I finished NaBlPoMo, woooo hoooo!
I blogged 30 days in a row, during a Holiday, football season, school projects, and road trips. They weren’t all quality posts, but they were posts all the same. I will probably do it differently next year (did I just say that?!) It was kind of fun so I’ll probably do it again. Even though I listened to Garrett say “you have time to blog, but you don’t have time for me” a few times. He’s sooo needy. (:
Thanks for baring with me, while I posted 30 days in a row….

almost over.

2010-11-29T23:56:00.001-06:00

As my first semester back in school comes to a close, I am super, super busy.

Sometimes managing my time is tough.

There is no doubt some people are feeling neglected…

Hate to be the one to break it to you guys but it’s only going to get worse from here…

I wish every weekend started on wednesday…

2010-11-28T23:45:00.003-06:00

What a great holiday weekend we had around here. Thanksgiving was wonderful (as always) hopefully I’ll have pictures posted soon! The dishes I decided to make were gobbled up and everyone told me they loved my (my favorite).

Friday I headed out to a store or two and decided that saving a few dollars was hardly worth navigating through all those people! Then I headed down to Norman for dinner (which wasn’t very good) at a new place Lemon Grass. Then it was a movie (that also wasn’t very good and got turned off quickly) and a little bit of homework.

Saturday morning I was amazed that I had another day without having to go to work! G played games while I worked on homework and then we headed to brunch at La Baguette (our fave!) After that it was football and more homework. Followed by the breaking of a curse….I watched a game with Garrett and his parents and we WON! (first time that’s ever, ever happened and that dates way back) Obviously we won the football game and I was giddy!

This morning I met Scott (who was driving through OKC) for breakfast, we had some good chatting time, it was good to see him. Then I spent a few hours at the library, more homework at G’s parents, followed by Charleston’s (yummy) and a movie (Red) it was kind of silly (and not in a good way).

Now I’m home and snuggled in bed with the Kuddlebug, I am sooo ready to get these next two days out of the way. I have big projects due both tomorrow and Tuesday…but it should be smooth sailing after that.

Also, I told Meg from Life of Meg that I posted about the swap she is doing…but I didn’t! and so then I felt like I lied to her, add that to the fact that my Sooners beat her cowboys and I was feeling a little guilty (about the lying only though). To make Meg feel better about her team’s loss, head on over to her blog and sign up for her Mitten Mixer Swap! and PLUS it’s going to be a ton of fun, so do it!

Boomer Sooner!

2010-11-27T23:58:00.001-06:00

I cannot believe it.

I went into tonight’s game with only a small ounce of hope.

15% seemed like a fair chance.

I thought for sure all dreams of my Sooners playing in the final Big XII Championship game were gone.

I was ready to congratulate those other fans.

All before we even kicked off.

When it was time for the game to start I thought I was going to be sick.

BUT….

{via}

We scored first.

Maybe I was wrong.

It sure was a crazy game.

One where I could hardly watch.

The kind where I couldn’t help but hold my breath.

The kind of football you want to watch when you don’t care who wins the game.

I probably didn’t have enough confidence.

BUT…

{via}

Our team had enough confidence.

They played their hearts out.

Even when things weren’t going our way.

Through mistakes.

and missed calls.

Our team held it together.

They played through the craziest 4th quarter

But….

{via}

They never let us down!

They never gave up.

Not the Coaches.

Nor the players.

They held it together.

They did it on the road!

They WON!

For the EIGHTH time in a row!!!

2010-11-26T23:44:00.001-06:00

today was a laid back leftover kind of day. i decided not to brave the stores.

We are so…

2010-11-25T23:30:00.001-06:00

full of…

food

fun

family festivities

football

fellowship

farfetched fables from funny Franklins

fabulousness

Good Intentions

2010-11-24T23:19:00.001-06:00

I had awesome plans to take pictures to show you of all the food I cooked today in preparation for tomorrow.

I was going to take pictures of the fun night Garrett and I had tonight despite our change of plans.

I thought about taking a picture of the black mask that has been raved about on so many blogs and telling you my take on it.

I could make a list of all the things I’m thankful for.

I should get a conversation started about everyone’s favorite Thanksgiving food.

but…

I am just going to go to bed!!

Getting in the Mood!

2010-11-23T10:50:00.001-06:00

My first red Starbucks cup of the season!

(and my new short hair, that didn’t get straightened this morning)

The Littles

2010-11-22T09:02:00.000-06:00

Every year I make a point to try and attend sporting events for all my cousins. This year I really only made it to things the youngest three were doing.

Olivia is my mini me, the things she does crack us up because she looks/sounds just like I did at her age…sadly, this apparently goes for sports too. She seems to be a little bit scared of the ball, and I think she rather be shopping then running…but she has a really good attitude and tries so hard out there. Most importantly she is improving (which is more than we can say for me)

Charlie on the other hand is some kind of soccer freak, he totally understands the concept and scores goal after goal, while the rest of the kids are looking for flowers or waving to their parents. When his dad asked him about how hard he was playing he said “I have no trophies and I want a trophy so I have to win” they decided not to tell him everyone gets a trophy because it’s so fun to watch him!

This is B’s first year in football wearing full pads, he’s the quarterback. A few years ago when he started football I used to ask him why quarterback was the best position on the field and he’d answer “because the quarterback gets all the girls” ha! Smart boy! He’s such a little leader out there and I just love to watch him, I hope his love and ability for football keep developing because I would love to have a high school football player to cheer for! (no pressure though!)

My absolute favorite thing about Thanksgiving is getting to hang out with these guys (and he bigs too). I love that even though I’m so much older than all of them they never fail to save me a seat at the kids table.

I wish weekends were 5 days and weeks were 2 days...

2010-11-21T23:24:00.000-06:00

Well another weekend has come and gone.

But this week is such a short week we can't even be to sad to have to go to work tomorrow.

We decided maybe we were the Sooners' bad luck because both road games we went to we lost, so we decided to stay home and let the boys have a fighting chance. Sadly, it turns out we WERE the bad luck. We won (which is not sad) They even looked good! I hope this doesn't mean we'll have to miss the bowl game!

Since we weren't traveling to Waco we had a pretty easy going weekend. Saturday we had brunch at our favorite La Baguette yum! We've tried a few other places lately and nothing has quite lived up to our favorite little spot in Norman.

Today was one of those days where I stayed in my pjs and watched football most of the day. It was wonderful and much needed. I'm up a little too late for a Sunday night but I only have to work two days this week so I think I can make it.

I got my Thanksgiving dishes all planned out (we have 20-30 people for Thanksgiving and everybody brings stuff, it's kind of pot lucky, it's always been that way and I love it) I'm making 3 side dishes and 2 desserts nothing as ambitious as last year though! Because I still haven't recovered from those 150 little tiny pies I made....

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

2010-11-20T23:46:00.001-06:00

We finally had a great away win! Boomer sooner!

Boomer!!

2010-11-19T23:55:00.001-06:00

Tomorrow is game day!!!

My favorite day of the week!

The many hats of me

2010-11-18T21:02:00.000-06:00

Garrett was carrying the camera the other day and he decided that I should be in a few pictures...

Picking out hats for me to wear was like too exciting for him...

I was a good sport and tried them on AND let him take my pictures in the store....

he was so excited for me "to show my sister and put them on my blog" (:

This one was his favorite...

silly boy!

Swap til You Drop

2010-11-17T22:58:00.001-06:00

I signed up for two Holiday Swaps this week and I am so excited to get my partners and start shopping for both of them!

I've only done one previous swap and I was kind of disappointed with the whole situation, I worked really hard finding the perfect gifts for my partner and she never even let me know she received them. ):

But....I'm super excited about the ones I signed up for this time!!

The first one is actually for my Littlest Love Kuddles!

It's a pet swap!

How fun is that??

This one is being hosted by newly discovered (by me with help from ornament swap Laura)

KJPugs

The Rules:

If you have a pet, and are a blogger, you can participate!!! And we want you to!!! Here are the rules:

You have to have a living, breathing pet. Unfortunately, your pet rock is awkward.
Each pet has to be signed up individually, so if you have 3 pets – fill the form out 3 times! (It’s that easy.)
Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, November 24th
Deadline to send your gift to a cute little pet is Friday, December 10th
If you sign up you are promising to participate. No one likes a holiday Grinch!
Please keep the gift under $10 – it doesn’t cost a lot to send some love!

Seriously, go here and sign your pet up right now!

The second swap is an Ornament Swap, hosted by my new blog find Laura @ Luckiest In Love

Who doesn't love getting new Christmas decorations?

(or anything in the mail for that matter?!)

I've been keeping my eye open for cute ornaments but I really want find out who my partner is so I can find something that is perfect for her!

Here are Laura's Rules:

You can either make or buy the ornament for your partner, but I’m setting a $10 price limit. Don’t feel like you have to spend the whole $10 either! There are some beautiful ornaments out there for much less! :)
Your ornament should be shipped so that your partner receives it around (or before) December 9th. I want everyone to be able to enjoy their ornament for the whole holiday season!
If you’re feeling festive you can include holiday treats or just a nice note along with your ornament – Everyone loves getting fun packages!
I’ll leave the sign up open until Sunday, November 21st. I’d like to get everyone paired up before Thanksgiving and get the information to you guys shortly after so no one feels too rushed!

You can sign up to swap ornaments here.

One of those days....

2010-11-16T22:03:00.000-06:00

Today was one of those days where you pray you don't run out of gas before the station, are late to work, lose your keys, are late to a test, nothing goes as planned, you wish you had stayed in bed.

Everything worked out as always.

And it wasn't a total waste of a day, but it was trying....

The Boys.

2010-11-15T12:23:00.000-06:00

About this time every year I start stressing out about Christmas.

The whole process of buying gifts for people and telling people what I want overwhelms me.

Well, that's not entirely true, I could buy a million things for my sister but outside of her it's pretty much impossible for me to know what to get people and I want everything to be perfect without spending a ton of money.

My biggest problem comes in the form of teenage boys, there are quite a few in my life and I never have any idea what to get them. I know what they like and most of it is high tech gadgety stuff, stuff their parents can buy them. Seriously the one that turned 15 (omg my sweet baby cousin is 15!?!) on Saturday told me he wanted an Ipad and a Segway. That's a little bit outside of my price range...I can buy them Itunes gift cards but that gets old, and I know I won't be the only one buying them, which makes it kind of boring oh another Itunes card... It's just hard and I usually put it off until the last second when I'm running around looking for something, anything for them to open.

Ideas would be greatly appreciated!

2010-11-14T20:10:00.000-06:00

It cracks me up that Florida has it's own section in the travel area at the bookstore...

Boomer!!

2010-11-13T22:02:00.001-06:00

Sooner!

I love college football Satudays!!

Friday night at our house...

2010-11-12T23:07:00.000-06:00

We had a pretty low key Friday night...G went to visit his grandparents...I did some grocery shopping and cooking...and the bug laid around.

We're all home now and getting ready to start a movie...

Kuddles cracks me up in this picture...she cannot believe this is her family!

There was no way to get a flattering picture on the laptop in this position so G hammed it up....

That's what he thinks I look like it pictures....

gluttonous

2010-11-11T23:05:00.000-06:00

Garrett bought a Wimgo coupon for a new restaurant Boneyard Grill and we decided to give it a try...

We had to make sure we use all of our alloted money, so we ordered a ton of food and gave it all a try...

Boneyard Grill was pretty good, wish it was closer to us...but I think we'll be heading back!

When we were done eating a ton of bbq we walked next door to the gelato place (and we were pleasantly surprised to find Sara Sara cupcakes there too) to get some ice cream.

Please know that we did not even make a dent in this food, we brought a HUGE amount home and should be eating it all weekend.

I can't think of a clever title.

2010-11-10T22:15:00.000-06:00

Instead of doing one productive responsible thing after work today, the pup and I caught up on this seasons 16 and Pregnant episodes! It was glorious!!

An Award.

2010-11-09T23:37:00.000-06:00

Jayme over at The Simple, Sweet Life gave me an award!!

There is no acceptance speech required (thank goodness, because public speaking is not my thing) but there are a few rules....

1. Thank the person who gave it to you (Thank you Jayme!!)

2. Link back to the person who gave you the award

3. Share 7 random things about yourself

4. Pass it along to 7 other blogs you enjoy

7 randoms...

1. My sister caught my hand on fire when I was in 6th grade and I suffered 3rd degree burns.

2. I'm very superstitious when it comes to football games. A new OU shirt must be worn to an easy game first, after it gets a win under it's belt I'll wear it to harder games. I also wear the same shoes, jewelery, and undies on game day. (crazy I know)

3. I love to make lists, if I get to check things off of the list it's a bonus!

4. I've never made a Christmas list, I hate telling people what to buy me (it really annoys my family).

5. I buy new pajamas every time I go on a trip.

6. One of the most important requirements for picking my major was choosing something where I didn't have to give any presentations. (I really hate public speaking)

7. I'm so terrible at painting my own nails, when I try people usually think I let a child do it! :)

I have a problem.

2010-11-08T16:57:00.000-06:00

The first step is admitting it.

I lock myself out of anything with a lock.

Cars, houses, my office. I don't discriminate.

Last week I locked myself out of my office and had to sit outside for almost an hour (during the middle of the day) and that was the second time in a month.

Who can forget this time I locked myself outside of the house, barefoot, braless, and with the dog?

I don't frequently have any good locking myself out of my car stories anymore because I have a key pad on my car (best invention ever!) But, I have locked keys in the car when it's running (at a gas station), in the trunk, thousands of miles away from home, pretty much any scenario you can imagine I've done it, twice.

Garrett is pretty much just as bad as I am, the first time we met in person (he knew my roommate and we had only talked on AIM) it was because he needed to borrow my AAA because his keys were locked in his car, and the first time he met my family he locked his keys in the car.

That sinking feeling when you realize what you've done is like no other.

So, this weekend on our way to College Station we rented a car. (to save miles on our cars) We left Dallas later than we anticipated and had to stop a few too many times, traffic was horrible I was driving and trying to figure out which way to go (G cannot navigate and we forgot the GPS) and it just wasn't working, so we pulled over and decided to let G do the driving.

A gas station seemed like the perfect place to make the swap and to top off the tank. (major time saver!) Garrett ran in and I started pumping the gas, while I was waiting I thought I should get my cell phone out of the trunk...I hate being away from that thing.

Being a car I'm not familiar with I couldn't find the button that opens the trunk so I had to take the keys out of the ignition and use the keyless entry to open it. No problem...

Except I guess I hit the lock button on the car, and then I set the keys on the driver's seat, no big deal though because I left the door wide open.

Then Garrett game out and was trying to sneak up on me and shut the door, with the keys inside, and the doors locked.

The good news the door was in that state where it's shut but not closed all the way (you know when you do that hip push thing to shut it) so there was a crack..

Some hero guy came up and was helping us trying to get the door open and after about 45 minutes, a few comments about just calling a "pop and lock" (is that a Texas thing?), a screwdriver, 2 hangers, a piece off of a gas station display and Zero dollars spent we busted that bad boy open and were on our way!

Helper guy wouldn't take anything for his help, but he really made our day!

We made it in time to watch our Beloved Sooners fall to the texas a&m.....maybe the keys were an omen...

I seriously lock something and need help getting in at least twice a month, tell me I'm not the only one?!?

If you're stopping for Mingle Monday, welcome! If you've never been over there take a look it's a fun way to find some new blogs and get some new readers!

You can't win em all.

2010-11-07T19:43:00.000-06:00

The weekend was a bust.

BUT

This pictures makes me smile!

It's a Sad Day.

2010-11-06T23:08:00.007-05:00

I have never been very good at losing. (too competitive)

I didn't take one picture at today's game. (that makes for one sad road trip!)

We're in the hotel (wishing I had some mashed potatoes)

The other fans were pretty awful! (I guess I'd hate us too)

I'd rather be a Sooner than an Aggie. (even on days we lose)

BOOMER SOONER.

Awesome 3rd Quarter guys!

boomer

2010-11-05T23:44:00.004-05:00

made it to Dallas!

hanging out with some too cute cousins, and one pretty awesome boy!

went to the movies, and a late dinner with the big boys...hoping for a really, really good saturday!!

besties!

2010-11-04T21:56:00.000-05:00

I wish these two lived closer! We had such a blast when they were here!

I love that little sister of mine, she's such a good friend!

And those boys were soulmates...it was kinda strange

Also, while we're wishing on stars (or airplanes) I wish I could find that shirt....

Date Night

2010-11-03T22:26:00.000-05:00

So I have class on Monday and Tuesday nights which means I leave the house around 8am and don't get home until close to 11pm it makes for two very long days. By Wednesday I'm exhausted and all I want to do is sleep, Garrett on the other hand is eager to spend some time with me. Recently I've been coming home and taking a short nap (or doing something responsible like laundry or dishes) then we head out for a date!

We heard about this place (Pachinko Parlor) downtown that does sushi in a new way so we headed out to try it. The atmosphere was really fun and they have a ton of rolls that don't contain any fish at all! While I will eat sushi it is not my favorite (and if we're being honest I can only eat a few pieces before my gag reflex kicks it). It was perfect for us! Garrett can satisfy his craving for sushi and I can eat meat (that's been cooked!!) They only seafood in those rolls is the shrimp in the coconut shrimp roll!

After dinner we tried the Creme Brulee (because no matter how full the boy is he will not pass up some creme brulee). This one did not disappoint!

Then on the way out we saw that Sara Sara Cupcakes was next door (and it was open!!)

We had to get some to go! (Garrett picked two of the same, so boring!) The cupcakes are very dense (g says they are more like muffins) I thought they were super yummy!

I love this new trend we've started of spending some time doing something fun on a Wednesday it's way less hectic than going out on Friday or Saturday and helps the week move by so much faster!

(I've really got to get better at taking pictures of us instead of just the food we eat, you have no idea how many food pictures I have on my computer!)

Pulled Pork Sammies!

2010-11-02T14:18:00.000-05:00

I'm so excited that Sarah decided to host a crockpot recipe party.

Unfortunately my crockpot spends most of its time collecting dust (I prefer to cook lots of meals at once and stick them in the freezer for a later date). I do make steal cut oats pretty regularly and beans for beans and rice (neither of those are very exciting). I recently came across this recipe for Pork Sandwiches that is really easy and pretty tasty!

1 Sweet Onion, sliced
3lbs Pork Butt
Salt and Pepper
1 cup Barbecue sauce (whatever your favorite is)
1/2 cup Yellow Mustard
3 TBS tomato paste
1 cup Chicken Broth
The juice of 1 Lime

Place onions in the bottom of the crockpot. Season pork with s&p then place the Pork on top (fat side up). Mix together the bbq sauce, mustard, tomato paste, chicken broth, and lime juice. Cook on low about 6-8 hours. Remove, let rest 5-10 minutes, chop up.

Serve on buns with extra bbq sauce!

OR if you're coleslaw kind of people you can make some easy spicy coleslaw to put on top:

1/4 cup Sour Cream
1/4 cup Mayo
Juice of 1 Lime
1 TBS of hot sauce
1 package of coleslaw mix (with the bagged salad)
Salt and Pepper

Whisk together sour cream, mayo, lime, hot sauce mix in coleslaw season with s&p and let sit in the fridge at least 1 hour.

Happy November!

2010-11-01T15:01:00.001-05:00

They do Halloween all crazy around here in Oklahoma, the official Trick-or-treating night was on Saturday instead of Sunday (except in Norman, because there was a home football game). Last year it was on Friday instead of Saturday (because of the football game) in some places, other places it was on Saturday. The point is this...I never know what day things are going on.

What's that in the Grass?

I'm convinced that the powers that be don't like Halloween or trick-or-treating so they try to throw us off and confuse us by switching the days around. It kind of makes me sad.

It's a Kuddle Bug!

At the last second Garrett and I decided not to go to the OU game so we had to run to go get some candy for the kiddos, and the pickens were slim! But, I was super excited because this year we were at his parents house and there are lots and lots of kids to come get candy from us!

Don't be fooled by that look she was super excited to be dressed up!

We ran out of candy even with me rationing it one piece per child (which pretty much made me feel like a failure as an adult). This means next year I'm sure to over compensate and have the very most candy in the neighborhood.

Kuddles the caterpillar got lots of compliments.

The shortage of candy ended up working out though because we turned off the lights right at kickoff and lets be serious here, there was no way I was answering the door during a football game.

Tell me that bow tie isn't too cute!

Kuddles hated the doorbell ringing, and the small children at the door. It's like her two least favorite things in the world happening at the same time. She got lots of compliments despite her rude behavior. I made her wear her costume even after the trick-or-treating was over. She only gets to dress up once a year!

I think she's looking for a family that won't make her wear clothes!

Her Halloween PJs were another story, she wore them for a week! Its starting to get colder here which means she'll be wearing clothes more often. It's for her own good (and a little bit for my amusement)

The best little dog!

Hope you had a super Halloween!

I cannot believe it is November! This year I am participating in National Blog Posting Month, 30 posts in 30 days and I'm so excited!

Me Meme

2010-10-25T17:22:00.001-05:00

•I am wearing my glasses today.
•I think things always work out the way they are supposed to.
•I have really, really super chapped lips (am I the only person that gets chapped lips at football games?)
•I wish Florida and Oklahoma were closer to each other.
•I imagine what the future holds.
•I love college football.
•I hate when people criticize and judge others.
•I miss my sister, I wish we lived closer to each other.

•I fear making the wrong decision.
•I hear my love songs Pandora station *sappy*

•I smell Victoria Secret Pure Seduction.

•I crave french fries daily, and cookies too often.

•I indulge in cokes with ice every once in awhile.
•I wonder if people ever notice when I haven't shaved in awhile and still wear a dress.

•I regret almost nothing.
•I will never forget how to smile.
•I ache in my shoulders when I'm stressed out.

•I believe in Santa Clause.

•I sing only in front of people that know the real me.

•I cry at commercials with boys and their dads at sporting events and sometimes when I watch Teen Mom.

•I lose every ounce of patience when I'm driving.

•I never ever say never.
•I sometimes cut people out of my life without an explanation.
•I always hit the snooze button at least once.
•I look forward to moving!
•I search for everything on Google.
•I carry my phone every where I go.
•I can usually be found in flip flops, the wearing of shoes is my number one reason to hate winter.
•I am scared of scary bad people.
•I need a lesson in avoiding Road Rage.
•I am happy about being back in school!