Someday, when life slows down, I would like to learn how to do a lot of things. And do them well.
1. Photography
2. Cook
3. Decorate cakes
4. Snowboard
5. Knit
Those are at the top of the list, in that order. I also can't wait for more time to scrapbook, host parties and READ! I hope someday comes sooner rather than later.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Weekend Review
I finally got a whole weekend off from the restaurant!! My fun began on Friday evening when I met up with Rhiannon in Edmond after work.
I was already up that way to pick up a Scentsy order from Megan Rountree when Rhiannon texted me and asked if I had to work. I didn't, of course, so we came up with a plan to get pedicures and grab dinner at the Spicy Pickle. It was glorious!!! I love random opportunities to get together and catch up with old friends. And of course, splurging on pampering and good food too. We both got the "Citrus Pedicure," and after we ate our yummy sandwiches, I headed home to clean up a little and watch some TV.
Saturday morning, I woke up bright and early to pack and then I was headed to Dallas for Jenny and Tim's housewarming party. I gave Jenny her housewarming present, which was the previously mentioned Scentsy warmer. It is brown, with a cross on the front and I got them some scent bricks to go with it! I forgot to take a picture :/ Sheh plugged it in and the whole condo started to smell like Blackberry Raspberry (or whatever it was called!)
Our first stop was the grocery store to pick up food and wine. We spent the afternoon preparing the food, arranging things in the condo and getting ready. The party was a success....lots of people showed up, everyone loved the food (including the awesome baked brie that Jenny made- I HAVE to get the recipe) and playing Beatles Rock Band. Jenny got lots of great presents, like gift cards to Lowe's and.....CANDLES!!!
Mmmm....food table.
My other favorite teacher friends, Kate and Alicia.
Me, a bit tipsy, sending self pictures to Ryan.
Jenny as Paul McCartney.
Sunday, I slept in while Jenny and Tim left for church. Lucy kept me company.
Then I met up with Jessica and Jim for lunch. Jess has a black eye from a softball game on Friday. She wore sunglasses everywhere we went!
So that concludes my fun trip down South. I'll be back before too long, I hope.
I was already up that way to pick up a Scentsy order from Megan Rountree when Rhiannon texted me and asked if I had to work. I didn't, of course, so we came up with a plan to get pedicures and grab dinner at the Spicy Pickle. It was glorious!!! I love random opportunities to get together and catch up with old friends. And of course, splurging on pampering and good food too. We both got the "Citrus Pedicure," and after we ate our yummy sandwiches, I headed home to clean up a little and watch some TV.
Saturday morning, I woke up bright and early to pack and then I was headed to Dallas for Jenny and Tim's housewarming party. I gave Jenny her housewarming present, which was the previously mentioned Scentsy warmer. It is brown, with a cross on the front and I got them some scent bricks to go with it! I forgot to take a picture :/ Sheh plugged it in and the whole condo started to smell like Blackberry Raspberry (or whatever it was called!)
Our first stop was the grocery store to pick up food and wine. We spent the afternoon preparing the food, arranging things in the condo and getting ready. The party was a success....lots of people showed up, everyone loved the food (including the awesome baked brie that Jenny made- I HAVE to get the recipe) and playing Beatles Rock Band. Jenny got lots of great presents, like gift cards to Lowe's and.....CANDLES!!!
Mmmm....food table.
My other favorite teacher friends, Kate and Alicia.
Me, a bit tipsy, sending self pictures to Ryan.
Jenny as Paul McCartney.
Sunday, I slept in while Jenny and Tim left for church. Lucy kept me company.
Then I met up with Jessica and Jim for lunch. Jess has a black eye from a softball game on Friday. She wore sunglasses everywhere we went!
So that concludes my fun trip down South. I'll be back before too long, I hope.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Lucky
Last night after work was the October AEP meeting at the Oklahoma Ballet Company studio. I struggled with whether or not I wanted to go...I took off work for it, but then all I wanted to do was be at home, watching TV and snuggling with Ryan. I decided to go for a few hours to see everyone because I knew I would feel guilty later for skipping out.
There are two people that always go to these events that drive me completely INSANE. I can't stand them. I go to great lengths to avoid being near them. Last night was no exception, and I spent half the night avoiding eye contact and walking very fast in the other direction when they came my way. I think the stress has built up and I just don't care to pretend anymore...I don't want to be around people that make me uncomfortable.
Eventually, my friends showed up and we had a great time! I love all of the PR girl friends that I have made this past year. Rachel, Dena, Kristen, Mindy....they're all so smart and connected and wonderful. We had some wine and caught up on the latest. And then, we got to have a sneak peek of the dancers performing Phantom of the Opera!
It was so dreamy.....
And when it was over, all of us decided that we were going to go see the show and make it a big girls night. We were going to head to the desk to buy tickets, but first there was a business card drawing for a free pair of tickets. I won! Hahaha! Two fabulous seats in row C, all mine.
Of course, being the nice person I am, I let them offset the cost of the other four tickets and all 6 of us girls split the remaining cost. We're going to see the Halloween show at 2pm and I can't wait :)
There are two people that always go to these events that drive me completely INSANE. I can't stand them. I go to great lengths to avoid being near them. Last night was no exception, and I spent half the night avoiding eye contact and walking very fast in the other direction when they came my way. I think the stress has built up and I just don't care to pretend anymore...I don't want to be around people that make me uncomfortable.
Eventually, my friends showed up and we had a great time! I love all of the PR girl friends that I have made this past year. Rachel, Dena, Kristen, Mindy....they're all so smart and connected and wonderful. We had some wine and caught up on the latest. And then, we got to have a sneak peek of the dancers performing Phantom of the Opera!
It was so dreamy.....
And when it was over, all of us decided that we were going to go see the show and make it a big girls night. We were going to head to the desk to buy tickets, but first there was a business card drawing for a free pair of tickets. I won! Hahaha! Two fabulous seats in row C, all mine.
Of course, being the nice person I am, I let them offset the cost of the other four tickets and all 6 of us girls split the remaining cost. We're going to see the Halloween show at 2pm and I can't wait :)
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Things Lately
It's been wayyy too long since I last updated. Lots going on, I'm not sure where to start.
Perhaps the most exciting thing is that we close on our house November 11. That's less than a month away! The original closing date was supposed to be October 29, but things are crazy right now- I'm working two jobs and Ryan is on a hard rotation. The mortgage broker is asking for all kinds of papers, letters and documents. The sink we picked ended up on backorder. Then some of our lighting choices were on backorder. We had to pick the blinds color. A lot to do in a few weeks, and we haven't even started packing! So, today when Brodie (the guy who showed us the houses) called, I told him we could push it back two weeks to make it easier on everyone involved.
I am anxious to see how everything is going to look when it's all in one place. We have made some crazy, fun choices and it will be very different. For example, here is our (2nd choice) vessel sink for the guest bathroom:
And here is the chandelier we chose to hang in the breakfast seating area...it will be one of the main focal points of our big open living room/kitchen/breakfast area:
So much time and thought went into every single thing...grout color, trim color, where we chose to have the concrete poured for the outside A/C unit. It's pretty stressful but it will be worth it!
In other news....
My mom decided to get a divorce. I admit, I didn't really see it coming. I knew they had their problems, but she kept most of that to herself. I haven't talked to him since the wedding and now it's weird, and a little sad to think that he's out of my life. I am visiting for Thanksgiving in November and wonder what the situation will be. He's still living at the house for now.
Pauline left to go back to France. I miss her a lot. She actually just called from Skype as I was writing this post and we talked for a half hour. Her parents were awake and I "met" them, haha. They seem really nice. I can't wait to meet them in person in a few years. I really do want to take a few weeks off and go spend some time with her and Agnes and show Ryan my favorite city in the entire world :)
Upper Crust is my free time now. I've been there about a month. It was rough at first, we went through training in a week and it was hours and hours each night going over the booklet in class. We were split into small groups, and we had a trainer named Ryan from Charleston's in Edmond. Then we did practice sessions the weekend before opening for all of corporate's friends and family. Now that we're open, I'm making decent money on the weekends. I haven't ever made over $100 in one night though...which I seem to remember doing at Johnny Carino's. I think business will be steady though. I can't wait to get our debt paid off, and after I buy some new furniture for the house and pay that off...I'm quitting!
Off to Dallas this weekend for Jenny's housewarming party! It will be great to see her and Tim and finally have some downtime!
Perhaps the most exciting thing is that we close on our house November 11. That's less than a month away! The original closing date was supposed to be October 29, but things are crazy right now- I'm working two jobs and Ryan is on a hard rotation. The mortgage broker is asking for all kinds of papers, letters and documents. The sink we picked ended up on backorder. Then some of our lighting choices were on backorder. We had to pick the blinds color. A lot to do in a few weeks, and we haven't even started packing! So, today when Brodie (the guy who showed us the houses) called, I told him we could push it back two weeks to make it easier on everyone involved.
I am anxious to see how everything is going to look when it's all in one place. We have made some crazy, fun choices and it will be very different. For example, here is our (2nd choice) vessel sink for the guest bathroom:
And here is the chandelier we chose to hang in the breakfast seating area...it will be one of the main focal points of our big open living room/kitchen/breakfast area:
So much time and thought went into every single thing...grout color, trim color, where we chose to have the concrete poured for the outside A/C unit. It's pretty stressful but it will be worth it!
In other news....
My mom decided to get a divorce. I admit, I didn't really see it coming. I knew they had their problems, but she kept most of that to herself. I haven't talked to him since the wedding and now it's weird, and a little sad to think that he's out of my life. I am visiting for Thanksgiving in November and wonder what the situation will be. He's still living at the house for now.
Pauline left to go back to France. I miss her a lot. She actually just called from Skype as I was writing this post and we talked for a half hour. Her parents were awake and I "met" them, haha. They seem really nice. I can't wait to meet them in person in a few years. I really do want to take a few weeks off and go spend some time with her and Agnes and show Ryan my favorite city in the entire world :)
Upper Crust is my free time now. I've been there about a month. It was rough at first, we went through training in a week and it was hours and hours each night going over the booklet in class. We were split into small groups, and we had a trainer named Ryan from Charleston's in Edmond. Then we did practice sessions the weekend before opening for all of corporate's friends and family. Now that we're open, I'm making decent money on the weekends. I haven't ever made over $100 in one night though...which I seem to remember doing at Johnny Carino's. I think business will be steady though. I can't wait to get our debt paid off, and after I buy some new furniture for the house and pay that off...I'm quitting!
Off to Dallas this weekend for Jenny's housewarming party! It will be great to see her and Tim and finally have some downtime!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Labor Day Weekend
We finally made it out to the cabin this summer for Labor Day weekend. It was a lot of fun!!! Friday after work, Ryan and I packed up and then picked up Pauline for the drive to Tahlequah. Josh, Jana and Wes followed behind us and we all met up at Sam and Ella's in town for dinner together. We sat in the chicken coop and ate tons of cheesy, artery-clogging goodness. I think the Chicken Palace now has 5 more out-of-towner fans :)
After dinner, everyone wanted to stop by Walmart. While we were there, poor Ashlie called and was lost out in the dark up at Pettit Bay. I hurded everyone out and tried to text her more detailed directions. She ended up finding it, phew!
When we got there, Ashlie was waiting and she had her little dog with her- for some reason, her name escapes me right now. She looks like a Teddy Bear. We all settled in to play some Catch Phrase. We stayed up until about 11 and then the old people in us came out, and we headed to bed. Robin made it in around 1am (he called my phone after sitting outside for 20 minutes wondering if it was the right cabin, haha!!) Then Jessica and Jim made it in from Dallas around 2am.
We got up early the next day and sloooowly started getting ready to go float the river. I don't know how guys would get anything done if there weren't girls around to boss and hurry them along. We got the beer in the coolers, packed some snacks and grabbed the sunscreen. Then we headed out back to Walmart for the second time in 12 hours. Oi.
Jenny and Tim met up with us in the deli section where we grabbed lunch for the river and then some random supplies. We got out to Eagle Bluff around 10:30 and they had 3 rafts held for us. The float was incredibly awesome. The weather was perfect, nobody splashed us, nobody pulled me in...it was just serene (for the most part) floating, eating and drinking. I think everyone had a good time. It ended so fast! It's the first time I remember being sad that it was over and wondering where the time had gone.
Everyone (not me) wanted to watch the OU game that night since it was the first game of the season, so on the way back to the cabin, we called around and finally found a new restaurant that was showing it on Pay Per View. It was a tiny place behind Taco Bell called Smokehouse something something Wings??! I am so tired, I can't remember the name of that place either. We were so excited that we had found a place, and we had them hold a table for our group as we got cleaned up a bit at the cabin and then went back into town. The restaurant was basically empty. We ordered tons of food, including some of the hottest wings I've ever eaten. I felt sick when we were done.
Then they charged everyone $10 a person just to watch the game, so that caused some grumbling and hot words to our waitress because they hadn't explained that over the phone or when we came in. Jenny and Tim headed home, and after the game, we did the same.
We built a big fire and cooked smores. Only nobody wanted to eat them, so we now have 2 bags of marshmallows, a giant family box of graham crackers and like 6 chocolate bars sitting in my cupboard at home. The girls turned in earlier than the guys bc we were exhausted.
The next day, the toilet in the bathroom exploded. There was dirt, tissue and nasty water flooding over the toilet, and up out of the bath tub. It was SICK!!! We had to call Roto Rooter to come out there and snake the water line. We were worried it was a break in the line, but I guess it was just blocked because the water came down and everything went back to normal. While I was in the middle of dealing with that, Jana and Pauline and Wes and Josh went out to the lake to fish. After I cleaned up the bathroom, the rest of us met up with them and we all went to Cherokee landing to float around on noodles and lounge on the rock beach. And drink a lot.
Even (now I remember the dog's name!!!) Birdie got in the water to swim!
We hit Walmart to get macaroni salad, potato salad, hot dogs and brats for grilling. Jim cooked us dinner and then everyone except Pauline, Jessica and Jim decided to head home. I was sad. That night we watched a few movies and the next day we got up and cleaned the cabin. We left around 11 and stopped in Shawnee on the way home for lunch and to show Ryan's family our 2,000 wedding pictures. haha! They loved Pauline, and she was excited about the cornbread. She really loves iced tea too. I'll have to get her some packets she can take back with her (she leaves in 2 weeks!)
We were almost home, when a giant metal bar flew off the van in front of us, bounced off the highway and flew up and cracked the windshield and dented the top of Ryan's 4 Runner. It was so scary!!! If it had been at a different angle, I have no doubt it would have come through the windshield and killed me. We followed after the van and pulled up next to it. The whitest piece of trash lady I have ever seen was driving, and she completely ignored us for awhile while we honked and shouted at her to pull over. Then she looked over and mouthed "Eff you!!" to Ryan!! I was so pissed off, I pulled out my phone and called 911. We tailed her for awhile, and she had about 6 little kids in there without car seats that were throwing piles of trash out the window. She must have realized we weren't going to stop, so she finally pulled over and then acted really nice and like she was so shocked at what had happened. The police came out, didn't make up a report because they said we didn't need one, so we exchanged info and left. It was crazy.
And that was my holiday weekend!
After dinner, everyone wanted to stop by Walmart. While we were there, poor Ashlie called and was lost out in the dark up at Pettit Bay. I hurded everyone out and tried to text her more detailed directions. She ended up finding it, phew!
When we got there, Ashlie was waiting and she had her little dog with her- for some reason, her name escapes me right now. She looks like a Teddy Bear. We all settled in to play some Catch Phrase. We stayed up until about 11 and then the old people in us came out, and we headed to bed. Robin made it in around 1am (he called my phone after sitting outside for 20 minutes wondering if it was the right cabin, haha!!) Then Jessica and Jim made it in from Dallas around 2am.
We got up early the next day and sloooowly started getting ready to go float the river. I don't know how guys would get anything done if there weren't girls around to boss and hurry them along. We got the beer in the coolers, packed some snacks and grabbed the sunscreen. Then we headed out back to Walmart for the second time in 12 hours. Oi.
Jenny and Tim met up with us in the deli section where we grabbed lunch for the river and then some random supplies. We got out to Eagle Bluff around 10:30 and they had 3 rafts held for us. The float was incredibly awesome. The weather was perfect, nobody splashed us, nobody pulled me in...it was just serene (for the most part) floating, eating and drinking. I think everyone had a good time. It ended so fast! It's the first time I remember being sad that it was over and wondering where the time had gone.
Everyone (not me) wanted to watch the OU game that night since it was the first game of the season, so on the way back to the cabin, we called around and finally found a new restaurant that was showing it on Pay Per View. It was a tiny place behind Taco Bell called Smokehouse something something Wings??! I am so tired, I can't remember the name of that place either. We were so excited that we had found a place, and we had them hold a table for our group as we got cleaned up a bit at the cabin and then went back into town. The restaurant was basically empty. We ordered tons of food, including some of the hottest wings I've ever eaten. I felt sick when we were done.
Then they charged everyone $10 a person just to watch the game, so that caused some grumbling and hot words to our waitress because they hadn't explained that over the phone or when we came in. Jenny and Tim headed home, and after the game, we did the same.
We built a big fire and cooked smores. Only nobody wanted to eat them, so we now have 2 bags of marshmallows, a giant family box of graham crackers and like 6 chocolate bars sitting in my cupboard at home. The girls turned in earlier than the guys bc we were exhausted.
The next day, the toilet in the bathroom exploded. There was dirt, tissue and nasty water flooding over the toilet, and up out of the bath tub. It was SICK!!! We had to call Roto Rooter to come out there and snake the water line. We were worried it was a break in the line, but I guess it was just blocked because the water came down and everything went back to normal. While I was in the middle of dealing with that, Jana and Pauline and Wes and Josh went out to the lake to fish. After I cleaned up the bathroom, the rest of us met up with them and we all went to Cherokee landing to float around on noodles and lounge on the rock beach. And drink a lot.
Even (now I remember the dog's name!!!) Birdie got in the water to swim!
We hit Walmart to get macaroni salad, potato salad, hot dogs and brats for grilling. Jim cooked us dinner and then everyone except Pauline, Jessica and Jim decided to head home. I was sad. That night we watched a few movies and the next day we got up and cleaned the cabin. We left around 11 and stopped in Shawnee on the way home for lunch and to show Ryan's family our 2,000 wedding pictures. haha! They loved Pauline, and she was excited about the cornbread. She really loves iced tea too. I'll have to get her some packets she can take back with her (she leaves in 2 weeks!)
We were almost home, when a giant metal bar flew off the van in front of us, bounced off the highway and flew up and cracked the windshield and dented the top of Ryan's 4 Runner. It was so scary!!! If it had been at a different angle, I have no doubt it would have come through the windshield and killed me. We followed after the van and pulled up next to it. The whitest piece of trash lady I have ever seen was driving, and she completely ignored us for awhile while we honked and shouted at her to pull over. Then she looked over and mouthed "Eff you!!" to Ryan!! I was so pissed off, I pulled out my phone and called 911. We tailed her for awhile, and she had about 6 little kids in there without car seats that were throwing piles of trash out the window. She must have realized we weren't going to stop, so she finally pulled over and then acted really nice and like she was so shocked at what had happened. The police came out, didn't make up a report because they said we didn't need one, so we exchanged info and left. It was crazy.
And that was my holiday weekend!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Come See The Animals At Arbuckle Wilderness
On Sunday, I woke up extra early to pick Pauline up from her apartment. We were headed to...Arbuckle Wilderness! I told her about it when she first came to Oklahoma and she really wanted to go. This was one of the last weekends I have free before she leaves on October 1st, so we grabbed some breakfast and hit the road.
I had forgotten how much fun this place is.
There were camels,llamas and an alpaca that spit on us in the car.
There were antelope looking things.
Our favorites by far were the crazy zebras, who came right inside the car to eat the feed from our hands. It was a bit freaky when the food was gone and they were still looking for it...you can't just roll up the window to make them get out!
This picture cracks me up because Pauline didn't know the ostrich was behind her. She is terrified of them!!! There were tons of them roaming around, and every time she saw one coming up to the car she would freak out, shriek and try to roll the windows up really fast. I have a video of this happening several times. It's hilarious!!
The rest of the assortment of animals...
These giraffes stretched their long necks from the fence and were eating from her hands and licking the windows! It was so cute/gross!
I just love that place.
I had forgotten how much fun this place is.
There were camels,llamas and an alpaca that spit on us in the car.
There were antelope looking things.
Our favorites by far were the crazy zebras, who came right inside the car to eat the feed from our hands. It was a bit freaky when the food was gone and they were still looking for it...you can't just roll up the window to make them get out!
This picture cracks me up because Pauline didn't know the ostrich was behind her. She is terrified of them!!! There were tons of them roaming around, and every time she saw one coming up to the car she would freak out, shriek and try to roll the windows up really fast. I have a video of this happening several times. It's hilarious!!
The rest of the assortment of animals...
These giraffes stretched their long necks from the fence and were eating from her hands and licking the windows! It was so cute/gross!
I just love that place.
Baby Bojangle Rose
Abby Rose is one of the few on my favorite people list in OKC. I'm friends with her through Jana, and we hang out often with their other high school friend Savanah who lives in Dallas and a girl named Beth. Here we are all together:
Abby and Dayton tried to have a baby for over a year and it was heartbreaking to watch and hear her talk about it. We didn't ever think they would get pregnant. And then one day, voila! Just when they had been talking about trying to use science to conceive. Very cool.
Abby is having a boy named Jordan, and he is due on Ryan's birthday- September
14th. She is the cutest pregnant lady ever. She has always been very small and fit, and she told us she has been working out, even until now. She does elliptical and low impact aerobics every day. She has hardly gained any extra weight, besides the baby bump. It's amazing!
We played a lot of games at her baby shower, which was on Saturday afternoon. Jana and Savanah were the hostesses, and we played "Guess the Circumference" of the baby bump using a string of yarn and then measure it against the real bump to see how close we were...
"Guess that Goo" where we had to smell/taste labeless jars and figure out what food it was (GROSS!!!)
We guessed the number of safety pins inside a glass jar. And of course, there was baby gift Bingo. Then after she unwrapped her gifts, we played another game where we had to make up a baby name using the letters in Dayton and Abby's full names. You could only use those letters and Abby got to pick her favorite. I thought of a funny one, and we were cracking up at the ones everyone else came up with. "Agile Bot," "Jail Bait," and mine..."Bojangle." I was laughing so hard I was crying. Abby picked mine! I won a cool reed diffuser.
I got her this teddy bear and an infant "Sleep Sack." You put the baby inside it when it sleeps and it looks like a baby burrito!
Look at all the great food we got to chow down on too! I didn't know there would be food, and I was starving before I arrived...so I had just eaten lunch at The Spicy Pickle and then I had to eat again. Haha! Mmmm.
Here's the group:
Congrats Abby and Dayton!!!
Abby and Dayton tried to have a baby for over a year and it was heartbreaking to watch and hear her talk about it. We didn't ever think they would get pregnant. And then one day, voila! Just when they had been talking about trying to use science to conceive. Very cool.
Abby is having a boy named Jordan, and he is due on Ryan's birthday- September
14th. She is the cutest pregnant lady ever. She has always been very small and fit, and she told us she has been working out, even until now. She does elliptical and low impact aerobics every day. She has hardly gained any extra weight, besides the baby bump. It's amazing!
We played a lot of games at her baby shower, which was on Saturday afternoon. Jana and Savanah were the hostesses, and we played "Guess the Circumference" of the baby bump using a string of yarn and then measure it against the real bump to see how close we were...
"Guess that Goo" where we had to smell/taste labeless jars and figure out what food it was (GROSS!!!)
We guessed the number of safety pins inside a glass jar. And of course, there was baby gift Bingo. Then after she unwrapped her gifts, we played another game where we had to make up a baby name using the letters in Dayton and Abby's full names. You could only use those letters and Abby got to pick her favorite. I thought of a funny one, and we were cracking up at the ones everyone else came up with. "Agile Bot," "Jail Bait," and mine..."Bojangle." I was laughing so hard I was crying. Abby picked mine! I won a cool reed diffuser.
I got her this teddy bear and an infant "Sleep Sack." You put the baby inside it when it sleeps and it looks like a baby burrito!
Look at all the great food we got to chow down on too! I didn't know there would be food, and I was starving before I arrived...so I had just eaten lunch at The Spicy Pickle and then I had to eat again. Haha! Mmmm.
Here's the group:
Congrats Abby and Dayton!!!
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