It's been a while....

Well, the last time I blogged I was complaining about Alec being gone. I ended up having a pretty good week, spending time with friends and family made the week go by pretty fast. Thursday came around before I knew it and I knew it would be a long weekend without him, but he'd be home Sunday.... so I thought. I got a text from him at work on Thursday and it said, "Book me a plane ticket home Friday night ASAP." What??!! He and his dad decided that it would be best not to miss his CPA class on Saturday and he would be home Friday, not Sunday :) Needless to say, I was a happy girl!

He did have a GREAT time in New Mexico though. I asked him to blog about his trip and post the pictures that he took... we'll see if I can talk him into it or not. He's not much of a writer. The house looks awesome and I can't wait to get out there to check it all out. He spent all day Saturday in class while Molly and I got pedicures and laid by the pool. It has become part of our Saturday routine. We better enjoy it while we can.


Saturday night was Chris' birthday celebration and we had so much fun! We met Chris, Ashley, Lauren, Mark, and Lauren's parents (also Chris' boss and his wife) at the N9ne Steakhouse. It was probably the best place I have eaten in a long time. I had the Halibut and it was amazing! After that we walked across the street to the Ghost Bar. Since we were all dressed appropriately! The bar downstairs is really cool! I am not going to lie, the Ghost bar is a) smokey, b) packed! c) dark. It was really cool to go up there and see the view, but would I ever wait in line to get up there? Heck no! We stayed there for about 20 mins. and then headed to Glass Cactus over in Grapevine. I like it there a lot better. We stayed till it closed and headed home. We had a lot of fun and HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS. We hope you had a good time!


Sunday we had a Fantasy Draft Party. My team is AWESOME. Ok, I don't know, but I really like it and hope they are good. My team name is, "Getcha Popcorn Ready" and of course, TO is on my team. We will see, either way, GO COWBOYS! I'm pretty pumped that football season is about to start especially since the Rangers went and choked on us. Oh well.

I have some really good pictures, I'll have to post them when I get home today. I have been under the weather for the past couple of days so I'm trying to fight off some sort of sinus something.

We had a really great Labor Day weekend too, I'll have to update that at another time, I guess I should get back to work.

I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL long weekend and enjoys their short work week!!!

2 down, 4 to go

So, here is an update after my first two nights home alone. Monday I came home from work and went and worked out like Alec and I always do and I came back and ate left overs. I did get to see the Season Premier of The Hills. I've caught a lot of heat at work that I actually watch this show. Ok, I know it is dumb...ok actually, I don't think it is dumb. I know that its not complete "reality" but you know what, I don't care. It is entertaining and I enjoy it. So what? ha. My initial thoughts are that:

a. I knew Stephanie Pratt was NO GOOD all along... she is related to Spencer, duh.
b. I'm glad that there may be some new drama besides Heidi and Lauren.
c. Based on the quick preview of the whole season I think it will be good!

Tuesday I went to work and boy was it exciting, please catch the sarcasm. Came home and worked out and came back and made myself some scrambled eggs and toast for dinner. I watched a little of the Olympics and was glad that there wasn't really anything else on because I got to see Shawn Johnson win the gold! I'm so happy for her. I am sooo glad that both Nastia and Shawn are on team USA but I won't lie, I like Shawn better. Nastia has a very artistic gymnastic style, which is beautiful, but I think I like Shawn's style better. I thought she deserved the all around gold medal and also the floor routine gold. She is young, I hope we see her in London at the next Summer olympics.

Even though for the first time since Alec and I have been married and lived in that apartment I had complete control over the remote and got to watch more than ESPN (which I do love, don't get me wrong), I'm tired of him being gone. I'd rather watch Baseball Tonight reruns over and over again. haha. On top over everything else, his phone doesn't really work out there so I don't even get to talk to him. I'm complaining a lot, I'm sorry to the few that actually read this, but I'm just going to complain today. I am so happy he is having fun, but now I am wishing I just would have taken the week off, paid or not, and spent some time away from Dallas. Too late now, haha.

Anyway, I am going to meet Alec's mom and granny at Saviano's for dinner tonight and have stuff planned for the rest of the week, maybe that will make the week go by faster!

I hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL week. The weekend will be here before we know it!

A Lonely Week Ahead.

Well, Alec and I had a pretty good weekend. It went by too fast as usual. Friday night we went to Gloria's with Molly and Andy and played catch up with them. They had been gone for what felt like forever, but it was really just 3 weeks. (I think.) They told us about their trip and it was sooo good to finally hang out with them. They live pretty close to us, so we are used to seeing them at least once a week.

We evidently had A LOT of fun, because I felt awful all day Saturday and spent the majority of the day on the couch while Alec studied. I finally decided I would get up and workout and I felt much better. We went out to Las Colinas to hang out with Chris and Ashley at Cafe Italia (I think that is what it is called). Chris described it as a Cheers bar and it definitely is. Everyone knows everyone and you just walk across the street to get to it, does it get any better than that? We had a good time and Chris and Ashley decided they wanted to head to Dallas to go out, so we went home and got some good sleep. Alec had to study all day Sunday, so I cleaned and did laundry and we just tried to spend as much time together as we could.

As we speak he is downstairs taking the second part of the CPA exam. I hope that he is doing great and I know he is going to be so happy once it is over. After his test he is taking me to lunch and then leaving for New Mexico. Alec's parents just bought a house out there and his Dad is driving out there to close on the house and get things situated. Alec starts work in a little over a month, so this is a great time for him to get away before he won't be able to. I'm sad because he is going to be gone for a week, and because I want to go too. I know he will have fun. This is actually the longest we have been away from each other in a lonnngg time. I've haven't stayed at our place by myself before and if it wasn't for my ridiculous imagination, I would be fine. ha. I'll be fine anyway, his mom is less than an hour away and Molly and Andy are less than 20 min. Either way, if everyone will please keep Alec and his dad in your prayers as they drive 12 hours to Angel Fire. And, if anyone is in the Dallas area and is bored, give me a call, I would love to see you!!

Hope everyone had a WONDERFUL weekend! I can only hope this weekend can fly by!

We've been busy!

Our past few weeks have been packed full of fun things! We've gone to several Ranger baseball games, concerts, graduations, and had a great time with our friends and family!

Alec and I are big Ranger fans, always have been. So this season is especially fun for us. We are used to going to the games to watch them lose yet again, this season is different. This team is different and the games have been a lot of fun. We've gotten to use Ken and Deb's season tickets, met my Dad in the suite and Ken and Deb in the suite also. There is nothing better on a summer night than going out to Arlington to watch them play. Alec is a lucky guy when it comes to sports because going to all these games are not torture for me, I LOVE sports and love going to games with him!

We also went to a Fair to Midland concert at the House of Blues. If you've never gone to The House of Blues you need to go. It is a really cool venue and the bands they have playing there are always good. Alec's parents got us the tickets and Chris and Ashley met us up there after dinner. We had so much fun! The band was awesome, they were clearly on something, but still very entertaining and talented! After that, they decided we should go to the Ghost Bar. I have to preface this story a little bit. Chris and Ashley ate at The Nine and by eating there got a "free pass" type thing so that we wouldn't have to wait in line. They were dressed for a nice dinner, Alec and I were dressed to go to a concert.... jeans, nice shirt.. not really going out clothes. Well, I'm not going to lie, I didn't want to go, I mean I want to go to the Ghost Bar, but I HATE feeling underdressed. We walked up and there was a LINE a long one. Full of girls dressed to empress and we walk up to the front of the line like we can because we have a free pass.... you can probably guess how this ends. The bouncer looks at us and says, "NO FLIP FLOPS". For starters, it was Alec and they weren't like rubber flip flops, they were leather flip flops... he is a guy, who cares! Either way, we didn't get in. It did make me think though, Do these people waiting in line get all dressed up to simply wait and HOPE that they might get in?? It just seems sad to me. Dallas is huge and there are plenty of places that don't stand some retarded bouncer at the door regulating who can and cannot get in. We are going to go back, but only because we have a free pass and I'd like to see what all the fuss is about.

Yesterday we drove to College Station to see my baby sister GRADUATE from A&M. I am so proud of her. Allie has worked so hard while she was in college and all her hard work paid off. She's moving to Dallas and Alec and I are soo excited!!! Congrats Allie, We love you so much!

Here are some pics from the past couple of weeks:

Alec and I on the way to the Ranger game :)

The Fam at the Ranger game

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Allie walking across the stage!

She's officially a graduate!!!

So, on a final note I am going to be a little cheesy and brag on my husband. (Still feels weird saying that, haha). He starts his job at PWC on Sept. 22. So for the time being he has to study for the CPA. I can't imagine how hard it would be to make myself study all day, but somehow he does it and I'm so thankful for him and appreciate him more than he knows. I came home from work Wednesday and he had bought me those flowers, they are California Sunflowers and I love them! Our Kroger has really good flowers and I always walk by them and say, "I'm just going to get them", but I never do. Well, he went and got them for me and they MADE MY DAY! I know he is so ready to start working, but I am loving every day that he is there when I get home because that will not be the case once he starts. God blessed me with an amazing husband and I thank Him every day that I get to spend the rest of my life with my best friend. 

He has class all day today, so I'm home alone left to workout, clean, and get ready for a wedding we have tonight. I hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL weekend. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm looking forward to the fall... cool Texas off please!!!!