Weekend Recap...in mostly pictures!

Okay, I took a LOT of pics this weekend... and I'm also pretty wiped out so I'm gonna just blog from Saturday forward and get Friday's (awesome) Day of C@ring, etc tomorrow night. :)

Saturday was Brooke's baby shower! (I tried to tag everyone with blogs who attended at least once in this post.) :) I don't know if it was the rain... or the bootcamp that morning (more on that later) but I was in a FOUL mood until I got to see these girlies at the shower. Have you ever just been funktastic and can't.get.out.of.it. that day? Anyway, a glass of wine in hand, chatting with friends, and mood was drastically improved!

Check out this cake! Brooke hearts giraffes so Jenny found an awesome place here in T town to make this fabulous cake!

One thing about my fabulous friends... we like to eat. :)
Ashley MADE THESE!!! How adorable, right?! (And uh.. they were amazing, too... mmmmm...)

A few of us surprised Brooke with this guy for the Baby's room!

Some of the girlies :)
I like safari/animal themes b/c I can growl in photos. And I like Ashley b/c she will join me. haha! :) (although she looks cute and I look crazy.. but whatever.. I like it. :))
I heart this photo of Melissa and Sarah and I love it when these girls come in town. :)
Let the gift opening begin! Look at the little giraffe burp cloth! (Other things I find humorous.. Ashley was writing down the gifts and I was sitting by her.. aka the two chicks w/o babies. There were times where we both were like "What was that?" "I dont know.... *nervous*" haha)
This was from Sarah, Ashley, Sarah and me! It was a joke that it was wrapped in like three different things..including Chrismas paper. Just go with it... haha!
Angela, Melissa, Audra, Sarah and Kristen :)
And...the gift opening drew to a close...except one more... Each hostess (Sarah, Kat, and Jenny) had a gift remaining from Brooke...and a set order to open them in. So, one by one, they were opened... and revealed Baby Knight's name for the first time.... PARKER!!!!!! What a cute idea, right?! I loved being in on the big name reveal!
So excited for you, Brooke, Paul and PARKER!!! I promise to get these on facebook asap! :)
After the shower, headed to the official TU watch party. I'd never been to the bar on the fairgrounds (it's new) but lookie how many TU fans! It was so fun!
Audra and Kat used to work at the fairgrounds in college-a marketing internship-and they stay in touch with their boss. Once he found out we were there, he used a pic she'd sent him from her wedding on the cover of the tip sheet for the night's races! (It's also home of the horse racetrack). That means... for the small price of three dollars, you too could've owned a pic of Jackie and Audra...along with some horse picks! haha! We thought it was hilarious.
Eric's dad got there early enough to grab a table-thank gosh b/c there wasn't another one to be had in the whole place.
My mom came with some of her friends to cheer on TU, too!
This cracks me up... Eric and his dad opted to bet on some horses while we were there. Check them out simultaneously watching the race...
I'll get the rest of the pics up soon! Tomorrow night, have a UWay event with Eric for his work and then it's the GOSSIP GIRL PREMIERE!! I 'm so excited!! But I have to admit, it's overshadowed by other awesomeness like.. .BRITNEY on Tuesday!!! I will try to do a devotional post to Brit Brit.

People, I am SO.SORE. Blaze will likely agree with me on her end, too. Her husband is a trainer and is starting a boot camp, so we opted to go on Saturday morning. Oh.my.gawd. I used muscles I didn't know I had.. and then used them again.. and again. Today, I've been lowering myself onto everyday things like.. oh.. the toilet (tmi, but it's true), my car... Agh! I find myself awkwardly laughing b/c stairs are like little torture devices right now. Abs. Butt. Legs. Back. Arms. Sore! But, it's a "good sore" ya know... Eric finds the whole thing incredibly entertaining.. haha.. I think he said I sounded like those peeps on the Biggest Loser after their first workout.. which was true and hilarious! No laughing....it hurts my abs...*silent giggle* But, it's really good and I'm gonna try to get my bootie back there regularly. Kinda hard with my work schedule right now, but gonna do my best! If you wanna come, let me know. I'll tell you one thing...I will definitely be doing this before bikini season next year. *affirmative nod*

Today, I went on the hunt for shoes. Shoes. shoes SHOES. I found lots of strappies. But uh.. it's getting cold soon, so that didn't work. I want some cute black flats and some fun heels.. like leopard or something. I wear a lot of jeans and black so some fun heels would be cool for winter. Advice welcomed.

And somewhere in the midst of not finding the shoes I wanted, I had a craving.. rather a NEED for jamba juice. I literally stopped what I was doing and went directly to jamba (afraid they closed early on Sundays. They don't.). Picked up one for Eric, too. Please check out my embarrassingly obese fruit smoothie compared to Eric's requested medium. *bows head in shame* I don't think it's healthy when you get it in bucket size... haha.. Whatever. It was good. Every.last.sip.

Hope you had a great weekend! Was anyone else in a bit of a funk at all this weekend or was it just me? I thankfully shook out of it, but still. Night peeps! I need to hit the hay so my poor sore body can recover appropriately enough to shake my @ss at Brit Brit on Tuesday! ;)

Tonight I watched the VMAs...and like the rest of America watching, was disgusted by K@nye (what an @sshole), have a new respect for Bey0nce, and LOVE LOVE LOVED the Twilight thing for New Moon! *happy sigh*

Scarf Swap!

When I was done blogging with the below entry, I started seeing what everyone else in blog world was up to and saw this awesome idea from Katie at Loves of Life! It's a scarf swap! Fall is approaching and if you ask me, you can totally transform an outfit with an awesome scarf...plus stay warmer, so I was in before I'd even read the details! :) Plus, I don't know about you, but getting fun mail makes my day.

Go see the details and join the swap if you're interested! :)

Obviously having issues with this "in bed by 10" commitment I made below. haha...

A Friday snippet

I MUST be in bed by 10pm so I'm just reading you're blogs and hitting the hay! Tomorrow, I'll be up SUPER early for the kickoff of the D@y of Caring.. earlier than I care to even comment about.. haha.. I'm actually pretty pumped! While a lot of companies are winding their campaigns down (some started early) most are officially kicking off tomorrow!! That means my job will kick into high gear til we've raised our goal! :) And ps.. I picked up my FIRST completed campaign packet yesterday! Hooray!

I had someone actually say "What's the D@y of Caring? Sounds like something cheesy.." I think I was a leeeetle defensive (accidentally) when I responded "Well, it's actually a day where the community kicks off campaigns for the UW, gives back by volunteering, etc. Lots of companies take on projects at one of our 63 partner agencies throughout the city to make it better-from street school to nature trails to senior living centers. Oh and we have the largest one in the nation, so it's not cheesy." *nervous* Maaaybe I need to chill a leetle. haha...

OH.EM.GEE. Guess who got offered free Brit tix today?!! I'm so happy I purchased a secure (awesome) seat for the show, but sheesh...free is also fun. Just sayin. I didn't take em, but instead hooked up some friends! And besides.. my group made shirts! Without our whole group, my shirt would be lonely. ;) (It's a super cute shirt, too! I don't wanna post it yet though!)

Thank you SO much about the birth control pill feedback, peeps! And good idea on the etsy, etc for collegiate sporting wear!!! If I wasn't getting to bed in *glances at clock* 49 minutes, I would go play online at etsy... :)

I hope you have a fabulous Friday. It's hard to believe it's been so many years since Nine Eleven but I like it that D@y of Caring falls on it tomorrow... seems appropriate, ya know to be giving back to the community. Anyway, I hope you have a great weekend in store! Some football watching and baby showering are in my plans...and maybe boot camp if it doesn't rain! That's right-BOOT CAMP! Wanna come? It's the first one!

Have a great weekend!!!

Way Back Wednesday and Other Randomness...

It's like 10:45pm.. but it's still Wednesday.. sooo Way Back Wed gets posted!

This was Halloween 2007 and it still makes me laugh how goofy we looked.. We were in homemade "LA County Jail" dresses (aka tshirts with belts and tights and we sewed boas to the bottom). I was Nicole R!chie (hence the prego belly), Maureen was Paris and Kelli was Britney (mainly b/c no one wanted to be L.Loh@n and we agreed Brit was close enough to being arrested to use her). haha... And yes, I am using this as my chance to say... LESS THAN ONE WEEK TIL BRIT BRIT! :) Also note.. my belly was a throw pillow duct taped to my body. That was really fun to take off... *nervous* Fairly certain that was probably the best halloween I've ever had-we had so much fun!

We also made fake house arrest ankle bracelets from mini cereal boxes-we spray painted them black, put a band through them (to wear on the ankle) and then added a flashing light meant for a bicycle.

Okay, soooo other news:

Eric told me about this girl a little while ago, but I actually saw her stuff on fbook today. She started making cute shirts, dresses, etc to wear to football games when she was in college and people loved it so long and short, she's made it a career! Her stuff is SO CUTE!! Kinda pricey, but I can't blame her... Check out a couple TU dresses she made. The first one is hooded. Cute! I wish there was more stuff for fall/winter on there! There are more schools, too... :)

Okay, keeping with the randomness... long story how I found this out, but realized there is a LOT of litigation going on about my birth control, Y@z. (google it. for real). My friend saw one of those ads about "call if you've been damaged by ___ drug.." and told me b/c she's having some of the problems the ad suggested and was a little freaked...Mind you, my little former defense attorney brain is soooo skeptical. People will find anything to sue about. And we all know bcontrol can cause things like clots, pulmonary embolisms, etc, but some of the stuff mentioned re this drug, I didn't know. Kiiiinda makes me wanna call my doc tomorrow and think about switching. Better safe than sorry, right? *shrug* Welcome to my blog of TMI, but just out of curiosity, if you're on or were ever on a pill, what is/was it and did you like it?

The list of bar passers was posted today.. Reminded me of when I found out I passed! I was SO nervous...refreshing the page over and over for hours...seeing the page minimized on my co-attorneys screens when I'd walk in their office (so they were checking, too), finally scrolling to the bottom of the list looking for my name and knowing my friends were doing the same thing (either looking for their own or for mine). Nothing like your passage or failure being announced to everyone the same moment you find out! haha! Anyway, I'm happy for everyone who passed! And I also realized why Sept 6th always kinda stuck out to me... It's not only Eric's bday, but it's the day I found out I passed the bar years ago!! Kinda quirky little coincidence, huh?! I like it. But I know I'm cheesy. Whatever.

I'm leaving you with something cute re: Ms. Brit... her sons dancing to one of her songs as she rehearses. It's super cute. :) Hope you had a great day and have a fabulous Thursday!

Manic...Tuesday?

Okay, so I've been kinda peppy on here and I think it's b/c I've been blogging at the end of the day... Therefore, whatever randomness that occurred through the day has diminished and I'm settled in...watching whatever mindless reality show is on at the moment. ;) I mean.. I'm fairly peppy regularly, but just sayin.... :) I've come to really enjoy settling in on the sofa these past couple weeks and reading all your daily updates since I can't comment throughout the day with all the driving around town I've been doing...

Sooo... I headed back to the office to charge my cell since it's on it's last red bar and decided to blog for a second before heading out again. Some midday randomness:

1. I'm getting over delivering packets to companies. I'm ready to get the show on the road. Plus, a few are super interested... while others smile and nod politely all the while their faces say "okay, thanks.. you can go now.."

2. I've had a few (or 15) dreams where I don't meet my goal and all the local agencies have to shut down or something equally as dramatic. I put pressure on myself...even subconsciously. haha..

3. I think I'm semi cranky that summer is ending. I have no idea why.. It was a good summer! And I love fall/football weather! *Shrug*

4. I want to get away for a weekend, I think... I have a free ticket on Southwest, but I'm really trying to save that for somewhere I REALLY want to go and can't afford at all, ya know. Plus, my schedule for the next couple mos makes taking Friday afternoon or Monday harder than normal.. understandably.

5. My rental car they gave me is.. um.. challenging at times. haha.. The key fab doesn't work. The brakes kiiiiinda squeak. And the child lock on the back door wont disengage. (Picture me crawling over the drivers seat in dress clothes to unlock the door so I can get my materials out of the back. It's comical). And I really don't want to trade cars on the other side of town, so I just deal with it til I get a chance to go out there.. *shrug*

6. Do you use dry shampoo? I've wanted to try it and picked up a travel size at Ulta the other day for like 8 bucks of the Oscar Blandi spray. Oh. My. Gawd. It's amazing, people. It smells good (some others smelled like aqua net.. which uh.. is okay if you're living in 1992 I suppose :)). I didn't wash my hair and wore a hat yesterday, walked around in the heat...and if you're catching my drift, was less than coiffed. okay okay, it was somewhat oily-gross. We decided to go to a bbq at Eric's friends last minute last night and I decided to give the dry shampoo a try. You wouldnt have even KNOWN I had some serious hat-heat-hair just a few minutes earlier! I am definitely going back and buying the larger spray! If you have thick hair, you likely don't understand how happy this product makes me.. haha... If yours is fine and straight like mine, you will love this!!! I've heard Bumble & Bumb!e has a good one, too...

That's all I've got! Oh and SYTYCD starts TOMORROW!!!!! Oh how I love watching people get their tickets to Vegas... I get too excited about television. Just sayin. Hope you're having a great day!

AND! Britney is ONE.WEEK.AWAY. That actually just got me a little excited as I typed it.. haha! Wow. Okay, off to deliver packets and change lives. Lates.

Long Weekend Recap!

Happy Labor Day! Didya know Eric was born on labor day and was on the news for it as a newborn? His mom said they asked her something cheesy-ridic like "How does it feel to be laboring on labor day?"haha.. Really quickly, while I'm on this.. have you ever heard of a gender party? If not, here's the gist. Someone I know had one. I'm sorry if I offend anyone here, but I think it's kiiiiiinda odd. 1. I wouldn't want to find out the gender in a room full of people. 2. What if the bakery messes up? *nervous* 3. Gender often refers to culturally created roles and sex refers to biological differences between men and women (thank you, sociology minor). Okay.. Well then, shouldn't it be called a sex p@rty? (*really just made myself laugh*) I'm not judging here. And if you have one, that's totally cool. I think I could see it more for immediate family than some huge hoorah with tonsa friends and stuff, ya know. Whatever. *shrug*

Sooooo...I already blogged Saturday and from there, here's weekend recap! :)

Saturday, I surprised E with the massage midday then dinner at the new McG!lls on the 19th floor out at the H@rd Rock! My reservation was for the patio...b/c it was supposed to be finished this week and have 7 ft glass walls to block the wind, etc. I thought sunset would be super pretty! Welp, the patio wasn't finished.. No biggie!! So, I booked a reservation at his fav, Stonehorse! Then, when he got sick, I thought Stonehorse's rich menu miiiiight be too much so back to McG!lls my reservation went. haha! We still had a great view... lookie how pretty! See those little shot glasses in between us? That was a little thing they brought us to start our meal.. some little fruity shooter thing! MMmmmm!!! Eric properly classified it as tasting like a fruit rollup. :) I was just glad he was feeling better enough by Saturday to enjoy some food. We didn't, however, order the 19 layer (yes, I'm serious) chocolate cake on this trip. Eh, next time!

Happy official birthday on Sunday!! :) (Note I'm wearing the scarf again. I think I'm in love with it.) This is self-timed on the camera while Eric figures out how to sync my gift... an Apple TV! He was so surprised!! YAY!!!! I tend to give the gift early or totally ruin the surprise. So, I mentally patted myself on the back the second he made an obviously shocked (in a good way) face.. :)
His bday gift last year... I got him a clock made from recycled bike parts for his office in his house. I thought it was eclectic. (I also had a limited idea what to get him since we were in that "just started dating and I dont want to freak him out but want to get something" place). lol!

He likes the clock....
...but he loves the apple tv! haha! :)
I love birthdays! And he'd done such an excellent job making me feel special on mine, I really wanted to do the same for him. I have to admit I got a leetle cranky at one point b/c I just wanted him to feel better so we could celebrate his birthday...haha.. And I think he was a little cranky at one point too b/c being sick sucks..esp around your bday. Just glad he was better enough to enjoy the weekend!

Sunday DAY we were gonna head to Jenny's for some friend time, but got sidetracked watching Gran Torino. Dude. That movie is SAD. I ended up bawling my eyes out. Maybe not the best movie on someone's bday.. just sayin....

Dinner with his fam at Ch@rlestons. Apparently this is his birthday dessert pose? No idea.. haha..(his sis and her boyf are in the background.) :)

mmmmmmmmmm.....
All in all, a great weekend! I got to hang with Blaze who I hadn't seen in way too long, see TU kick some @ss, celebrate with Eric, and get some stuff done around the casa!! :)

Today, I definitely was randomtown usa. I have plenty to do, but opted to go drive around looking at houses for sale even though I think I've realized that might not be the best plan right now. So I was being productive. *eye roll at self* Then, I got discouraged and decided I'd go home. I took one look at my black rug covered in puppy fur and was like "that's it. no more." Soooo... I promptly went to Lowe's and bought a cream-colored one where G's white fur wont be so obvious and I won't feel like my living room isn't furry. :)

Love me some long weekends that's for sure! Hope you watched some football, hung with friends and/or family, had some pool time...whatever your fancy to enjoy the weekend! :)

Oh and yeah.. I changed the layout again. I get bored after awhile. :) I know none of my friends (or myself) love the pic of us at the tailgate, but I didn't have another recent one of all of us. So if you're in the photo and reading this...I just made it small and plan to take a better one maybe at Brooke's baby shower next weekend to plug in that spot. Love love.

Happy Saturday!!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend already! I'm playing catch up on my dvr after running some errands...and I'm blogging. (Obviously).

BEST NEWS!! Eric is doing better!!! So I only had to cancel one thing really. Plans had to be a little altered, but it's totally fine! I surprised him with a massage today from M@rilyn Ihloff! YAY! He'd never had one (which really surprises me since his sis is a massage therapist) Anyway, I think he's a believer now. Gawd, I love massages...and am glad he loved his. :) The original plan was to give it to him this morning after his shindig with his friends last night as a little bit of relaxation after an anticipated longer (but fun) night! But, since we canceled the night with his friends, I just drove over there today and surprised him!! I'd told him we were doing something, but didn't tell him what. He was SO funny.. He was like "Um.. is it too strenuous?" (since he'd been sick). I had to fight laughter when I was like "No, you don't need to worry about that..." I was pretty impressed with pulling off the surprise! I'm not giving him his gift til tomorrow though on his real bday! Today was just for fun!

While he was getting rubbed down, I ran some errands and milled around Utica. (I didn't book one for me-both to save cash...but also b/c I'm still a little weird about it after my broken back last year). LOOKIE what I found at Gap!!!!! It was on sale for $15!!! A gold and blue scarf!!! (If you're confused or not from around here, those are TU's colors!!) And yes, I really did immediately put it on!! I can't wait to wear it to a football game! Speaking of, did you see TU's win last night on ES*N?! I fell asleep on the sofa for the first half (oops) but then headed to Blaze's where she had a small group over to watch the second half. Fun stuff! :) My mom actually went down there to the game.. so jealous!

Oh and here are some pics from my (regular job, not UW) co-worker's house the other night from that cookout I went to! She's our event planner at work and an amazzzzzing cook-see spinach artichoke dip as example.
These are actual candles on top of the bottles! How cute, right? :)
She hand painted that design on her wall.. hello awesome....
Had to make some adjustments to dinner stuff tonight, but I think my recovering boyfriend will find something good to eat for his bday dinner at the place I picked!! I love long weekends....*happy sigh* Now, back to Project Runway...xoxo!

TGIF, An Award and Other Randomness!

First things first, I have to thank Annie over at Chapters of Our Life for awarding me the MEME award! :) She's so full of life and has become a daily read on my blogroll! :) Pop over and say hi! I have to admit...months ago, I wasn't sure what to think of these award things. I was kinda confused and also wanted one all at the same time...haha... Anyway, I've definitely concluded they're fun-especially to break up the monotony of my rantings. ;) So, thanks so much, Annie!!!!!

So, without further adieu, here are the rules!

List 7 personality traits...

Pass onto 7 other bloggers who deserve...

Recognition for the personality they share...

So here goes:

1. Passionate. I need (not want, need) to find my passion in almost whatever I'm doing-writing, working, relationships, etc. Understand I'm not passionate about everything I do-hello, that'd be overkill. ;) But, finding my passion in something definitely fuels my desire to achieve at it...and my happiness.

2. Ambitious. I like a challenge, peeps. Not all the time at every turn.. but I like to feel like I'm working toward something.

3. Empathetic. This can sometimes be to a fault, but I still love it about myself and never want to lose it.

4. Sincere. I like to think that although I CAN be fakey (hello, we're women. We know how to be fake), I definitely hate it and would rather not waste my time on such nonsense. That means my sometimes admittedly- cheesy-sorority-clapping-excitedness... is real, people. It is. Deal with it. ;)

5. Outgoing. Duh. (This is not to say I don't get all only-child-leave-me-alone sometimes... Just sayin.)

6. Sarcastic. I like wit. A lot. That said, sometimes I deal with uncomfortable situations with sarcasm (anyone else do this?).

7. Stubborn. I am. I realize it. I try to work on it. haha.. (I like how I put a negative one last.. haha.. I'm a sh*t.)

Soooo now I'd like to award some of you!!! :) I tried to pick an eclectic mix of people who blog lots and people who blog less than my daily ramblings..haha..Also wanted to pick some peeps I hang with and some peeps I've met over blog world! And I picked 8. Whatever. It's my blog. I can do what I want. XOXO!

Ashley over at Newly Wed and Nearly Perfect!

Mrs. EyeCanSee over at The Juice Is Worth the Squeeze!

Kelsey at The Seattle Smiths!

Angela over at Reconcilable Differences!

Meredith at A Work in Progress!

Stacia over at Stacia and Jacob!

Sarah at Joyfully Gray!

Melissa at Check It; It's Melissa!

Also if you think about it, pop over to Then I Got To Thinking and wish Tracy a fabulous wedding weekend! I've really enjoyed reading her blog and getting to know her lately and this weekend she ties the knot!!! :)

In other news, today was LONG people. LONG. I had a pounding allergy headache alllll day and wasn't really in a mood to be all "Wanna donate? Do-ya? Huh? Huh? Do-ya? Why? Please!!!!" haha.. Okay, it's not like that, but ya know. Anyway, get this.. I got an email from that acct from yesterday who said they weren't campaigning and...THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS! It made my entire afternoon and totally rejuvenated me!! And I can't tell you enough how much my little subgroup of LEs (loaned ex#cs) ROCK. We have an absolute blast together and I'm really lucky that I find so much joy in the people sitting all around me. I wish I could share some of the funny moments we've had, but it would be like those moments you try to re-tell a story and no one else thinks it's as funny.. haha...We're all really pumped to see some of this hard work on the front end start rollin once things are in full swing.

Soooooo Eric's sick. Like off work, needing to rehydrate, planted on the sofa, running a fever.. sick. *sigh* He thinks it's food poisoning :(. I kept teasing him about the swine flu but I was seriously saying a prayer that he didn't have it. I don't think he does.. the onset was too fast.. and it seems to be subsiding. I took him some stuff tonight-j@mba juice and pedialyte. I dont care what you say-pedialyte is amazing when you're that sick...whether it's for kids or not.

Anyway, we had to cancel his bday dinner with his friends for tomorrow. :( Even if he's better, celebrating will likely not be what he feels like doing. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a dance, say a prayer, do whatever you feel..in support of him being better tomorrow/Sat. I have some bday stuff planned (he reads this sometimes, so if you know what it is, please dont comment about it...xoxo) for Saturday and am going to make the call on whether to cancel it or not. I really don't want to, but if it can't be helped, it can't be helped. It's not like this is his fault. We'll still have fun...even if it's just renting a movie. :)

Here's hoping whatever you have planned for the long weekend brings you fun, relaxation, whatever you intend! Here's also hoping Friday fuuuhlies by, right?! (and uh... lets also hope the H1N1 stays clear of both Eric and me.... Yeah. That should have been the first hope. haha...).

Bring on the long weekend...

Alright, peeps.. I'm tired but I have this compulsion to blog. I think it's a sickness really... *nervous* haha.. So...list.

1. Bday event for my regular job's VP tonight at a co-worker's house. Fun stuff! I was so tired but glad I went.... It can't hurt to keep my existence in the line of view since I'm coming back eventually. Plus, seeing everyone was pretty fun! :)

2. Today was weird... I've decided morning meetings blow @ss. Blunt, but true. I was told my morning comp. may or may not run a campaign this year. *sigh* And it was raining. And I had huge bags of campaign materials I was juggling so they didn't get wet. It was funny..er..kinda..

3. Afternoon was MUCH.BETTER. Sun was out, my afternoon meetings were awesome!! However, walking into a company I once applied at was weeeeird! haha! When I left the firm, I applied at a local company in compliance or something and had walked my resume in... I didn't realize it was the same place til I walked in there again today and laughed to myself. (They never called me for an interview btw. Funny stuff. Their loss!! :)) Anyway, I think people are nicer in the afternoons? Eh? I think so.

4. I may have bought the darker shade of Jerg*ns natural glow lotion today. Don't judge me.

5. I won a hula hooping contest at work today! Well... we have these things where we have generationally themed events to raise money, etc... Today was the 50s and I am a hula hooping rockstar. (Care to challenge me?) ;) I remember I hula hooped for over 25 minutes in middle school in a D@RE contest. I won. Duh. Have you ever tried those weighted hoops? They're supposed to be a workout? They seriously just make me feel like I'm breaking bones the whole time I'm hooping. Just sayin.

6. Ever since I realized the birds at the airport were fake (the loud squawking noise they play to scare away pigeons... I fbooked about this and many of you commented in agreement that you didn't know they were fake either-thank you!), I have noticed the fake tweets EVERYWHERE. Case in point.. a local business also has the fake birdy pa system. It's so freaking weird. STOP THE SQUAWKING! haha! (I may have taken a photo with my phone. Whatever.) I suppose it's better than being crapped on by pigeons while you're walking. *shrug*

I will be in bed before midnight. I will be in bed before midnight. I will be in bed.... Have a great Thursday, everyone!!

WBW!

Yes, I know this was just last year...but... since this photo from left to right..

Sara had Landen! Brooke's shower for Baby K is in two weeks! Kat's baby, Nate turned one! I cut my hair. (LOL). And Jenny had Maddox. Yes, those in fact are some changes in a nutshell. I know more has changed than that, but I just thought it was funny that I'm the only baby-free-zone in this particular photo. It made me laugh. :) My friends have been blessed with such beautiful babies and it's amazing how much has changed in just a year! It makes me smile. :) And their babies might not know it, but I've got their little baby backs 200%...Aunt Jax loves those little peeps like I love the peeps in this photo. :)

Sooo today was long. I started with a meeting at a local company where I ran into my butts n gutts teacher.. lol! It was one of those awkward "uh, I promise I'll come to class again someday" moments... She's cool, though and said it's like running into the priest after you skipped church.. People avoid her.. Comedy. Anyway, from that large presentation, I headed to the office for some phone calls. Joined a small group headed to lunch downtown-Mmmmm Billy's. :)

As I was sitting there, Eric walked past with his coworker! ha! So funny, awesome and also bizarre to run into each other at lunch now! I think my coworkers were surprised I didn't run after him like "hey! Hey!!!! lookie! I'm here!" I was in heels, people. I called him instead from where I was sitting. We were able to catch up and say hey. Cute. Me likes. :)

Had to deliver some packets after lunch. One address was wrong so I walked into the wrong business (haha). One didn't have a front desk...so I walked aimlessly through the office til I found someone. *awkward* Whatever, I went with it! One is in bankruptcy and humored me but then took the packet and said "Good luck with the campaign!" (that's code for 'we're not donating' I think). Two more were SUPER receptive!!! YAY! However, one of those has experienced some layoffs...sad.. So, I dont know if people are in a really giving spirit. I honestly didn't realize how many layoffs Tulsa had experienced with this economy.. But I dont wanna be a downer here.

Anyhoo, on another note.. Eric's bday gifts are WRAPPED and ready!!! I'm so excited! I am horrible with waiting to give someone a gift. I want to just give it to them when I buy it!! I can wait til Sunday, though! (I'm repeating that in my head.. I can wait. I can wait.). :) Thanks so so so much one more time for the awesomesauce cooking advice!!!! I'm so excited (and now likely wont blow up the kitchen thanks to you guys. seriously. It was a possibility.). Have a great Wednesday, peeps!

14 DAYS!!!!!

First things first, ya'll are AWESOME (in true okie form, I used "ya'll"..Dont judge. ;)) Thanks SO much for the cooking advice, recipes, etc...From eggs in the middle of pancakes (I kinda love that) to gravy recipes and more, I'm excited to figure out what I wanna do!! And I'm totally gonna blog a Way Back Wed later so this post is just random, but...

Second....My friend, Julie, put this on my fb page and quickly became my favorite person of the day. :) FOUR.TEEN.DAYS. I don't care whether you like her singing or not...gotta admit she's an awesome performer and the concert is gonna be fab!!!

So, I had to share. Watch it. Love it. Watch it again. XOXO. (Warning: there's some cursing at the beginning...just fyi if you're at work, ya might not blast it.)

Marvelous Monday? And cooking advice needed!! :)

So, walked in and had a daily memo (I'm assuming it's daily..haha???), and it's called Marvelous Monday.. Must admit, it kinda made me smile. I yell expletives at my alarm am not especially a morning person ;) but I respond well to positivity... so there ya go. (caveat: unless I'm especially cranky...b/c then I'd just make fun of this memo's title in my head). But today, I liked it. ha. Did you have a marvelous Monday?

My Monday was pretty good, but long. Just some of what we're doing right now leading up to the D@y of Caring (formal kickoff) is delivering campaign packets to the local companies..b/c some want to get started now..and that way we already have quite a few rolling already. a LOT actually. Here are just a few...like 6 or more per bag (one per company including pledge cards, etc). These bags are everywhere and packed full! Then, once I get a hold of someone at that company who is running their campaign, I set up a time to deliver the packet and have a personal meeting.

Today, I called prooooobably too many companies to count. My personal fav was the "Ma'am, are you aware we're in bankruptcy?" (it's a given, people.. you know who I'm talking about.). I said "Yes! I just wanted to give you the chance to donate like other local companies should your employees desire to..." I ended up getting a meeting with him, but man alive..that's about how my morning went. *sigh* It.was.tough. Call after call..attempting to start each one with a fresh smile and perspective. But, I after lunch, almost every call was positive and really enthusiastic about the campaign so that helped! Picking up queenies for lunch (an awesome local deli) also helped. I ended up getting meetings for the bulk of the next couple days!! Hooray!! :)

Side note: I'm still getting used to my schedule n stuff, but if you work downtownish and want to grab lunch, lemme know b/c I'd love to in the next few weeks! I'm not used to being in that area for lunch! :)

So, have you ever had a day where you dressed for work and thought "day-yum.. this is a good combo!" and been really proud of yourself? haha! I had one of those days.. Banana dress. Cute belt. Button down under the dress. Cute necklace. And ballet flats. I was impressed with myself. Come on.. tell me you do this in your head sometimes too. (??) :) I'm usually too half asleep to think about adding a cute belt to a dress, etc.. but this whole laying clothes out the night before is really working wonders for my style.. just sayin. ;)

Speaking of nighttime, as Gracie and I headed to bed last night, she looked at me..and I looked at her...and said "aw crap" when we realized my comforter was still.in.my.car. (No, my dog didnt talk, but yes, I think she understood me). Arg!! haha! I'd taken it to be cleaned and forgotten to get it out of the car. And I'm not a fan of fumbling with a large item in the dark and my keys in my pjs.. soo..in the car it was going to stay. I ended up waking up wrapped bizarrely in my sheet, a chenille throw and a winter blanket I'd retrieved from the closet shelf around 3amish when I stumbled to the hallway sleepily and freezing. Good gosh.

This is random. Sorry. Staying with that theme.. did you know Wolfgang P*ck's place is coming to TULSA?!!!!! Apparently I need to watch the news more. For real. How awesome is that?! (For those of you not in Tulsa, you'd be surprised to know we're actually a test market for a lot of companies..for reals.. I promise I'm not blowing smoke here.. haha). There's a new wrinkle for your brain or something. :) On that note, Harrison Ford's son opened a restaurant here a couple years ago. It failed. But, whatever. It was here.

Okay, blog friends, I need your help here!! I want to cook Eric breakfast on Sunday morning (aka his bday!) He knows about this so there's no surprise ruined if he reads this post. That said, I want it to be good!! And I don't cook breakfast that frequently..b/c well.. a cereal bar is easier than anything else when you live with your dog. *shrug* So, here we go. Help needed! Tips! Advice? Thoughts? Recipes? I want it to be fairly simple: eggs, bacon, yada yada.. What I could REALLY use help with is something unique (whatever you recommend) with any part of a breakfast dish or maybe a potato thing (we LOVE potatoes.. who doesnt, right?) or recipe for sausage gravy or something!! Your thoughts are welcome!!

Hope you had a "marvelous Monday" :) I also kinda hope we have a Tuesday memo so I can see what adjective they use for it... haha! ;) Lates, lovelies!! XOXO! AND HAPPY SEPTEMBER!! I cannot believe it's already September!!!!!!!! Whoa! (Dont mistake this post for excitement about that.. I'm unsure whether I'm ok with summer being almost over already...but I do love me some fall). :)