Time for a Recap

Here are some pictures from our trip to Oklahoma! (They are at the beginning because I added the photo's after I wrote everything and I can't figure out how to cut and paste) 

My sweet hubby has been in Mexico since Thursday and I cannot begin to tell you how ready I am for him to be home.... he isn't flying in until 10pm tonight! So, I have some time to spare so I'll give all my 2 loyal readers a little recap of what we have been up to.

Last weekend we got to visit Andy Parker's home town in Oklahoma. It was so much fun. Out of the 4 of us, his home is the only one we all haven't been to. They live on land and their house is beautiful! They have miniature horses, horses, dogs, and a cat. So you know we had fun playing with all of the animals. Andy's family is big OSU fans so his dad gave us tickets to the OSU/Baylor game. The seats were awesome. 2nd row up, mid-field. Perfect, I was so close you could smell the players! haha. They won and it was cool to add another stadium to Alec and I's list of stadiums we've gone to. Sunday was Andy's birthday and we met some of his family at P.F. Changs and it was so good and fun to spend some time with his family. I can't say enough how much of a blessing Molly and Andy have been to us. They are such good friends and we are very thankful for them. 

We had a really laid back week. Alec left on Thursday so I spent the week cooking dinner every night! Go me!! I also cleaned and did laundry so Alec would have clothes to take. I was less than thrilled that he was going to be gone, but he was in a wedding in Mexico. I can handle being away from him, don't get me wrong, I HATE it, but it is easier to handle when I can at least call him whenever I need to. I have talked to him once for like 3 mins. and have gotten a few facebook messages. There is nothing like going to bed by myself, and not even being able to talk to him! 

I tried to make the best of him being gone. Thursday, Allie and I met at Jakes for happy hour. Yummy $2 Appletini's :) I can't say enough how much I love that she lives here, I miss my sisters!! Friday I went shopping after work and then met Russell at Gloria's. Saturday I had a to-do list a mile long and got it ALL done! I love days like that, I ran around like  a crazy person, but at the end of the day I felt like I had gotten so much accomplished! I ended up going over and having dinner and spending the night with Molly and Andy. Thank you again!!! 

One last thing.... yesterday was Alec and I's 5 MONTH anniversary! The past 5 months have honestly been wonderful. I could not be more thankful for Alec. He is so supportive and am so lucky to be his wife. He is my best friend and I love him more every single day. Alec, thank you so much for the past 5 months, I love that I get to spend the rest of my life with you!!! I love you. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend and has an even better week!

Random Thoughts for a Happy Friday!

HAPPY FRIDAY! I have decided that this is my favorite day of the week. I realize I have to work, but once I am done for the day I have the best feeling knowing I don't have to work for two whole days!!! I am not kidding, Carrie and I start our Monday morning emails looking forward to Friday.

So, here is what has been on my mind all week:

1. I'm so ready for this election to be over with. I've decided to stop worrying about it and just pray that God will put the right person in office. I'm tired of hearing people in the office talk about it, I'm just ready for it to be done. I personally truly hope that McCain will win... God has it figured out though, thank goodness!

2. I'm so stumped about this puppy thing. I want one, and then 5 mins. later I change my mind. We puppy-sat for Allie this past weekend and it was a lot of fun to have a puppy around, but reality sat in when sweet Bella chewed the power cord to the computer in half. So, $85 dollars later I got a new one, (Thanks Apple, as if the computer didn't cost enough to begin with) It was totally my fault, I was just happy she wanted to sit still for a min. and thought she was chewing her bone... wrong. Starting in Jan. Pricewaterhouse has given Alec a heads up saying that he'll probably be working at least 60 hours a week, they provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner for them for crying outloud! I guess that is why I really want one sometimes, at least I'd have some company around the apartment. But, it is going to be a lot of work... I just don't know. I wonder if this is the thought process I am going to have when Alec and I start thinking of starting a family....

3. I'm really starting to enjoy my job. For a while there I wasn't so sure but some changes are about to happen and I think or hope things will start to get better around here!

4. I miss my best friend! I am in such a "pickle" as Carrie calls it because as most know, she and Brian are going to build a house (yay! So happy for them) except... that means they won't be moving here. I guess I just always imagined us living in the same city, being pregnant at the same time, and I'm not sure how the heck we are going to pull that off. Alec and I have considered Chicago, which is a lost closer, but I'm not sure about St. Louis. (We're Cubs fans!) haha. Either way, God has blessed me with a WONDERFUL friendship with her and I'm so thankful that it doesn't matter where either one of us live, we have a special bond :)

5. I LOVE that I live closer to at least one of my wonderful sisters! I got to have lunch with Allie twice this week, it doesn't get any better than that!

6. I love being married more and more every single day. Alec is my world.

7. Finally, What the Heck Cowboys?! I'm very bummed about their situation and hope things can turn around for them. There may have been too much hype about them... I kind of wish they just would have laid low and then BAM, beat everyone! Too late for that now, I'll think positively, there is a lot of football left to be played!

If you actually read though all that, bless your heart! haha. I don't really have much to say, we've had a pretty laid back week. We are going to visit Andy's hometown this weekend and go to the Oklahoma State vs. Baylor game....Andy's family are big OSU fans,. Luckily the UT game is at 7, so we won't miss that! I'm not going to lie, I'm looking forward to a weekend where Alec and I can just stay in Dallas and not go ANYWHERE. That isn't going to happen until mid November. Gah...

Have a WONDERFUL weekend everyone!!!

The Bachelor, the Emergency Room, and a busy week to follow

I feel like this week has gone by faster than normal. We've been pretty busy so I'm sure that is why. I feel like I am running on fumes, I've been running around like a crazy woman since last Friday. I'm looking forward to (hopefully) a more relaxing weekend!


Brandi's bachelorette party was last weekend and let's just say, we'll all remember this one! Allie and I drove down to Austin Friday night for the lingerie shower at the hotel. That was a lot of fun, she got a lot of really cute stuff! We actually got to bed fairly early (late for me, but I go to bed at 10pm every night, ha) which turned out to be a blessing in disguise.


Saturday was the day we were going to go out at celebrate her last night as a single girl! We went to dinner at Z Tejas, which was wonderful as usual. We got to watch a little of the UT game so that was fun. After that we headed out. Shame on me for not knowing this, but apparently, The Bachelor, Brad, from last season owns some places in Austin. I don't really have a lot of time for TV, so perhaps that is why I missed it. However, after going to a few other places, including meeting Brad's (we are on a first name basis, ha!) twin brother! He was very nice by the way! We decided to head over to Molotov to meet Brad. I'm married, so I may have not been quite as excited as some of the single girls that were there, but either way I was excited to check out his place. We got there, he took pictures with the bachelorette and honestly is really nice. (and yes, good looking!) We were having a great time.... were having, you caught that right?


Well... some guy weird guy bumped into a table full of glasses. I heard a crash and thought nothing of it. Well, then I hear someone say, "Oh my gosh, Brandi is hurt!" I walked over there and she had blood running down her hand. Broken glass = a cut... NO BIG DEAL! I pull her to the back where it is a little lighter and she holds her hand up and EWWWW!!! He pinky finger is DANGLING. She has zero control of movement and you can see her bone. I'm pretty proud of myself because I once thought I wanted to be a nurse, this was while I was a lifeguard, and one day a little boy came and showed me that his toenail was ripped off and almost threw up! Anyway... Brandi is calm, she tells me her finger is broken and we need to go to the ER... so we get someone to call us a taxi and Brad comes down to check on Brandi. He escorted us out the back and after having to kick a few girls out of the taxi because apparently they are only allowed to have 4 passengers, we made it to the ER.


Here is where my shout out to my big sis comes in. For those of you that don't know, she works in the ER in Houston. We were in Austin, on a Saturday, at 2am. Use your imagination. We saw it all. Seriously, it was really sad. I joke, but I am very thankful for people like Brandi because I coudn't work there.... I remember a girl coming in crying so bad she could hardly breath and I wanted to cry with her, from what we heard her friends were in a car accident and one of them didn't make it. After about 4 hours of waiting we come to find out that Brandi will need surgery, her finger wasn't broken, but she severed the tendon or ligament (I ALWAYS get those confused!!) and it has to be fixed if she ever wants control of her finger. They stiched her up and we got back to the hotel around 6am. EXHAUSTED!


All in all, we had a great time... the finger just kind of makes it a fun story to tell! I got to hang out with BOTH of my wonderful sisters and my adopted sisters Michelle and Lindsey and had soo much fun!!


Alec and I have just been very busy at work. I feel like all I do is wake up, work, workout, cook dinner, shower, and go to bed. An endless cycle that doesn't break until Saturday. I'm not going to lie, it is going to take me some time to adjust to Alec working, but I said all along it would. I miss him. I see him every night, but he gets home later and we are both so tired... but that is what the weekends are for!


We are dog-sitting Allie's puppy Bella this weekend, I am excited about that. We are also going to the fair tonight! Yay! I've been looking forward to that for a while! Saturday we are throwing a UT/ou watch party at the Sowards'. I KNOW! I didn't go to UT... but I can still root for them, right?? Colt McCoy is from Tuscola, TX and I used to eat dinner there all the time, does that count for anything??? I like all of the Big 12 Texas teams! (minus Tech, sorry!) and Sunday is Brandi's shower in Temple... so I get to see my whole family :) You have no idea how wonderful that is!


Hope everyone had a great week and an even better weekend!!! Sorry that was really long!

The Random Six

I saw this on Sarah's blog and decided it looked like fun and that I would also do it. (and I need a quick break from work).

Here are 6 random things you should know about me.

1.) I am a FREAK about making the bed. My sweet husband can vouch for me on this one because he has finally learned to not even offer to help me make it. I'm going to have to go ahead and say I got this from my mom, but I HATE wrinkles. I cannot stand them! Call me strange, but every single day before I get in bed I have to smooth everything out. Sorry, God made me that way :)

2.) Carrie Howard, my roommate in college, my best friend that now lives in St. Louis, had to teach me to brown meat my Sophomore year of college. This is not a lie. I am pretty sure Alec was a little worried about all this because I didn't know how to cook. I also am going to blame this one on my mom (sorry). But, she took really good care of us growing up. We were busy kids and she is an amazing cook, why would I waste my time learning to cook when she did such a good job. What I wouldn't give for some of my mom's food tonight! In case some of you were wondering, I LOVE to cook now! And, the other night Alec said (this is true), "You are a really good cook babe". I didn't make that up, ask him!

3.) I WAS NOT going to go to ACU. Obviously I did end up going there, but ask anyone that knows me well they know that I made a huge deal about not going to "that place". My mom and dad, a set of grandparents, older sister, cousin all went to ACU. I can remember going to SingSong and thinking, I'm not coming here, mark my words. Ha. I laugh now because I LOVE Abilene and I LOVED going to ACU. (You know this if you read my blog often!) I think back and that is when I can truely see that God really does have a plan for all of us. I know I didn't plan on going to ACU, that was his doing. He placed me there and I can't imagine my life any differently. I was blessed to be able to go there and am very thankful that my parents gave me that opportunity.

4.) I'm obsessed with my parents! I kind of tear up thinking about this one because honestly I love living in Dallas, but I miss my parents... a LOT! I know everyone thinks their parents are the best, but I can't say thank you enough to mine. Both of them have always been such a great example, not just as parents, but as Christians. They have made me who I am today. They've given so much and they are the most unselfish two people you will ever meet. They are awesome and I miss being able to jump in the car and drive over there for the afternoon, or meet them at Homeplace for dinner. I love them and feel so blessed to have the two of them as parents.

5.) Brandi and Allie used to gang up on me... when we moved into our new house in Troy, that was the first time that I had my own room, Allie and I always shared a room. Well, Brandi and Allie thought it would be funny to put crickets in my pillow. Not funny! We are best friends now and I'm not sure what I would do without them. We always have fun together, definitely never a dull moment when you have the whole family at home.

6.) I'm silly. I'm 24 years old and I seriously feel like I'm just a 13 year old trapped inside this body. Don't get me wrong, I have my moments when I'm not real happy or I have to act like an adult, but for the most part I love to laugh and just be goofy. Silly dancing, jokes, all of it, I like to make others laugh too. Life's too short to take things too seriously... I should probably take that advice even more than I do now, but I try to keep that in mind when I am get all worked up about something.

There are my random six. As Sarah said in her post, if you have some time and blog, tell us your random six!

Hope everyone is having a good week!