Show Us Your City!

Okay, so last week, I said one thing I love about having blogfriends from all over... is reading about where ya'll live! I've traveled a lot of places, but I find the details of your cities so interesting!! Soo... I asked that you participate in a one time post called "Show Us Your City!" Feel free to participate and link your blog post below-I'd love to read about where you live and where all your blog posting comes from. :) To be honest, this seemed like an awesome idea last week but for some reason, this week is nutso busy, right? Is it just me? :) *shrugs*

Without further adieu, I'd like to invite you to just SOME of the highlights from my hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma!

Okay, we have about a million peeps when you include the suburbs...I think that surprises some people....When asked where someone lives, you'll often hear "midtown" or "out south" or "owasso" or "broken arrow" etc. (We have a lot of Indian names in our state). Midtown is where I reside. It encompasses the university, the eclectic areas, the older, historic homes, farmers markets, etc... I love where I live. Sure the homes aren't as new as in "south Tulsa" (aka the newer area), but they've got so much character and they all look so very unique. And one thing I LOVE about Tulsa is people have a fondness for the old homes.. They don't just tear them down. There are quite a few neighborhoods where people restore the old homes and they're truly works of art.

Anyway... I found this pic online of just one of the historic homes located close to my apt. :) (I even live in an old building! It was turned into some remodeled apts with wood floors, pillars, fireplaces, etc :))
One of my fav museums in Tulsa is located in an older neighborhood and used to be Waite Phillips' home. It's name-Philbrook. It was completed in 1927, much like the surrounding area! The grounds are amazing.. and as a TU student, I got in free and often wandered the grounds you see here in college just kinda having "quiet time" to avoid studying or when I needed to think. :) They have a great little restaurant as well and wine nights during the summer. :) (mmm wine! :))

On to something less aesthetically appealing.. haha.. The Tulsa Driller.. Okay, this dude was constructed for some reason unknown to me (I'm lazy and not looking it up) but he is situated just outside the Tulsa fairgrounds. To give you an idea, I come up to his shoe strings when standing. He's massive. And for some reason, people dress him up for events. It's weird.

Our skyline!! See the tallest building? Eric works in that! See the one with the angular roof? I used to work in that one at the law firm! It's called the "Midcontinent" building and was built in 1918! The tall one where Eric works was constructed by the same peeps who did the World Trade towers in NYC! :) Here is our brand new Bok Center! Thanks to this amazing venue (opened last year), Tulsa has gotten not only a stronger downtown, but also some great acts like Brit Brit, Elton John, Janet Jackson, etc.. Stuff like that used to only come to Oklahoma City, so this is HUGE for us! The center was just ranked number 5 in the US and number 14 in the world for ticket sales!! I guess we were hard up for some fun around here.. haha! :)

And this post would not be complete without some info about TU. :) I'm a proud alumni of Tulsa for both undergrad and law school. :) My mom went to TU, too! They've done some amazing things with the campus and here's just one of the new buildings. We tailgate in a field in front of this building and these fountains! :)

There's so much to say about Tulsa and I'm finding that pics aren't doing it justice! There's an outdoor shopping area modeled after the plaza in Kansas City called Utica Square.. :) There are two dog parks now...one called Biscuit Acres that makes me laugh at the name. :) There's an area called "Cherry Street" with lots of local eateries and old, antique shops....and one called "Brookside" with quite a few bars and eateries. :)

People often call Tulsa "a town within a city" b/c you'll always run into at least one (if not 5) people you know anywhere you go. That can be annoying, sure.. but as I've gotten older, it's come to be quite charming and comforting. The guy at the deli I like knows what sandwich I always order. The servers at my favorite sushi place greet me by name. Yet if I want to be anonymous, I know where to go in order for that to happen. :) There's something to be said for midwest hospitality and Tulsa is definitely no exception. I love it. I had many years where I wanted to escape....to get as far away as I could. I don't know what I was really escaping, but I think a lot of it wasn't really Tulsa. Anyway, I've come to respect my roots here...and to love the city...and to get involved in its development and future...and to aid in community organizations to make it a better city. Tulsa's a good place with a lot more history, culture and diversity than people realize. :)

So, there's a snippit of my city...I could go on and on, but I'll stop so I can get this posted!! Please link yours if you decide to join in! Post as much or as little as you'd like! :) And no matter where you are, have a fabulous Thursday!

Wishful Wed!

So, I'm kinda falling behind on blogging this week b/c I seriously needed to have an intervention with my apartment's cleanliness. It was getting dusty and my clothes were taking over all chair backs, etc. :) So, I got home from (a fabulous) dinner with Maureen and cleaned cleaned cleaned! Anyhoo, no Way Back Wednesday b/c I don't have any pics at work. :( But I'll make a fun button and join in next week again.

Til then, I wanted to participate in Wishful Wednesday! Kelsey is leaving for vacay tomorrow and I'm super jealous of her sunny trip to San Diego! Have so much fun, girl!
The topic is "I wish.....I was going on vacation tomorrow and I would go to...."

... St. Lucia (again!) I know that sounds lame since we just went (and I wont bore you with photos again. Go back to my June archives if you wanna see) :) But, hear me out. I wanted to explore the first time..and relax..but also I wanted to adventure!! Now, however, I'm seriously in slow-mo mode. If I've never been to a place, sitting on a beach and doing nothing seems so unappealing-I want to go see and do things, too...and experience culture, etc! So, since I feel like we've done some of that, I wouldn't feel badly being a complete lazy chic and having one thing on the agenda: being a lazy bum (dont get me wrong.. we did plenty of relaxing in June):) I just mean, I'd go tomorrow, plant my arse on the beach and likely not leave for days.. haha... ;)

For some reason, I also feel like I could do a cruise today even though I've never been on one.. If I was feeling adventurous, I'd definitely pick: Europe..esp Italy, Spain, London....or Australia. :)

*wistful sigh* Ahhhh..vacation... :)

And don't forget about tomorrow's Show Us Your City! You don't have to do it on the dot tomorrow.. just join in if you want! :) I'll likely blog mine sometime tonight or tomorrow morning and set up the thing to link yours to! I'm headed to Oktoberfest tonight, so I'm going to try to set it up to post later this evening while I'm at the beer-chicken-dancing-festival-o-fun! haha! :) I've set up quite a few pics I've found online featuring Tulsa but still feel like I'm missing some stuff! Sheesh!
Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!!! :) I'm off to see what some of ya'll are up to while I call on some of my accounts. Sometimes, I sit on hold with companies and read your blogs while I'm waiting... If you write something funny, I have to catch myself when the person comes back on the line b/c I'm often quietly giggling... Just picture that... "teehee.. Oh, hello.. I'm Jackie from the (charitable organization).." ;) Nice.

I get paid to model jewelry...

(at least today I did) :)

I had a 7 am meeting....(wait for it) and got to kick off the auction part of the meeting by modeling this little number... A Yurman bracelet... fab! :) (However, the one I was modeling was slightly different with some more yellow gold in it.. very pretty). And...and.. it went for more than anything else in the auction! (You're seeing my competitive nature coming out.. haha)...

Anyway, not a bad way to start of your work day.. modeling jewelry... haha!

And while I'm on things I cannot afford, I saw some AWESOME watches in my mom's InStyle from Hermes and Tissot.. They made my Michael Kors one seem like it was being given away! LOL! :)

I'd also like to announce that as I type this, I'm sitting up straight and loving it! What do I mean? I mean.. I broke my back on this very Tuesday last year!!! Can you believe it?! It was actually the 21st, but I remembered it was a Tuesday and went to look on the bloggage (another reason blogs are awesome...archiving my injuries.. haha). Anyway, here's the post about it. I was actually thinking the other day that I've had a pretty damn good year.. I mean 2009 has been pretty great so far. I dont want to jinx it or anything so I won't...but yeah. :)

Anyway, lesson for all of us: Always.hold.handrails. This is what they make them for (and hand sanitizer afterwards). :)

Today, I'm pumped to have not only a hair appt but a sushi date with Maureen, who I haven't seen in FOREVER!

PS.. I may or may not still have a ton of pain pills from the broken back thing. haha...Apparently they thought I was a wuss....or that I liked hydrocodone.. haha.. *nervous*

Weekend Recap!

Hi everyone! How was your weekend?! Mine was fabtastic! The sun came out for the first time in a bazillion years over a week, attended a fun bday party, enjoyed Eric's study break with him, saw some girl friends and sorority sistas, celebrated another birthday....and reconnected with my good friend, DVR. ;)

Before all that, here's a few pics from last Wed's Boise St game at the TU. It was rainy...and chilly...but we're true fans, people. (And it really only felt cold once we were in the stands in the rain).

We weren't the only tailgaters!

Eric's mom made a sign that kinda rocked! (til the rain made the letters run...whoops)

Sold.out.stadium! Go 'Cane!

Self portrait...and I kinda sorta totally love it and plan to frame it. Someone once told me not to wear navy and black b/c "you'll look like a bruise." haha.. I always think of that, but when it was cold...and my school's colors are blue...and my raincoat is black, it is what it is, people.
Okay, now on to Marla's birthday! Our friends got the top floor of a downtown building and it was like a very posh loungey type area.. super cool... (Marla's obviously the one with the birthday ribbon..haha).
It was attached to a board room...This pic amuses me.
Sara and me
It was OU/TX weekend...even Bud L!ght understood the rivalry. We're not gonna talk about the score.. ;) Actually, I root for any OK team playing b/c I went to TU, but I wasn't exactly glued to the tv or anything...
Eric hearts balloons...
Happy Birthday, Marla!
Love my sassy girls! :) Look at her little pose haha!
Headed to Oscars to meet some of the girls from college who were also out and about! :)
Saturday, I went to lunch with Blaze at Genghis Grill. mmmm.. yummy! :) Girl talk almost alllll the way through the OU game...haha

Saturday night, Kristen's bday at Casa Lared0 downtown. Somehow I got stuck at the boy table. I now know a lot more about fantasy football and the Family Guy than I ever did before. *whoa*
Sunday, I opted to go bra shopping. TMI? Yeah, well it's my blog.. haha.. I had a coupon for 10 bucks off at VS and decided to go! Did I find one? Yep. Stuff like that can totally make one's day... What I didn't mention was how I dropped my 10 dollar off coupon somewhere in the store and had to search for it subtly for like 15 minutes til I found it under a table... hah.. It was kinda hilarious.. "excuse me.. um.. could I just... excuse me... Oooh! THERE!"

Also went to lunch with mom and hung with her most of the day-took some laundry to her casa (since the w/d in my apt bldg is TINY). We had a good day together. I sometimes find that when I chill the hell out, my mom's a pretty cool chick. Just sayin. :)

Traded the Sunday ritual Caramel Apple Spice for bueno nachos with Eric tonight... mmmmm...Bueno picnic on the floor...Dont mind if I do :)

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Excited some of ya'll are in for the Show Us Your City thing on Thursday!

Friday's Fabulous Blog Award :)

Yeah yeah...blogging twice in one night. So my apartment didn't get clean. *shrugs* :) Plus, I've been adding to this list as a draft for a couple days and know tomorrow is busy busy busy at work, so wanted to post now. :)

Thank you *L* at Dreams Take Flight for the Your Blog is Fabulous award!!! When I started this, I definitely didn't think anyone would find it fabulous. Random, ranting, boring maybe.. haha.. but not fabulous, so I'm definitely flattered, excited, and super appreciative of the fun award from a fellow blogger I also find pretty darn fabulous! Thanks, *L*! :)

The rules for this one are simple; just share five things you are obsessed with, and then pass the award on to five of the most fabulous blogs you read!

1. I am in love with this watch from M!chael Kors. I need want it. I shouldn't spend the money on it. *grrr* buuuut did I tell you Eric and I are going to Dallas in a few weeks?! Do you know what's on the way to Dallas, my friends? A.Michael.Kors.outlet. OOooohyes. :)

2. I've blogged before about my obsession with JCrew this season. Every time I go in there, I look at this sweater. And I want it. In grey or black. But, alas, it's like 95 bucks.. for this sweater. And I think that's stupid. B/c JCrew is overpriced. But, when it goes on sale, you'll be hearing that "good swipe" noise the machine makes to let me know my credit card just made me the the proud owner. Oh yes. 3. Marla got me hooked on these. I LOVE sour stuff....mmmmm... And these little guys are amazing little gems of sour magic that ALSO freshen breath! (I may or may not eat them like candy. Whatever. Dont judge me.)
4. Tyler Candles.. mmm.... High Maintenance, Diva and Girls Night Out are my favs!! :)
5. Caramel Apple Spice from Starbucks! It's a cider. It's amazing. It's become part of a Sunday ritual of sorts! :) I don't even want to know the nutritional info.

Okay, blog peeps!! I get to tag five of you fabulous bloggers!

* Stacia at Stacia & Jacob- This lovely lady has had one long week with her house burglarized...and the thief thankfully got CAUGHT! You're definitely fabulous with your amazingly positive attitude this week, chica. :)

* Katie at Loves of Life for hosting a fabulous and successful scarf swap! Thanks, chica!

* Jamie at Jamie Unscripted for a gorgeous blog, the Over the Top award last week that totally made me smile and of course for intro-ing me to the Caramel Apple Spice (even though I've said that three times.. haha)

* Meredith at A Work In Progress b/c every time she blogs, I love it-even though work has kept her busier lately. :) And b/c blogging about the outlets in Dallas made me remember I'll likely get to see her and Michael on our trip in just a few weeks!

* Carrie at After All the Folderol even though she's vacationing and likely wont see this.. but she's definitely fab and JUST GOT ENGAGED on her vacation! YAY! Congrats, girly!

I'm ready for the weekend. In case you haven't noticed, Eric's studying for the CPA exam started this week. I say you might have noticed b/c I've become even wordier than usual. if that's possible..haha! Have a great weekend!

Show Us Your City!!

Number one: THANK YOU for all your well wishes yesterday b/c the doc went well!! She said she didn't see anything alarming, but is sending stuff off for biopsy. I'll know more Monday and then we'll talk about getting rid of the spots that don't belong. :)

Number two: I wasn't sure how I'd feel after the doc, but felt great enough to go to the TU v. Boise game last night! Even though we lost, we put up a good fight with a top team. The weather wasn't ideal (rain and cold), but we had a blast anyway.. and I'm not just saying that. We tailgated, stuffed our faces with awesome food, Eric's mom made a sign for the game (fab), and we got to cheer on our team in a sold out stadium (despite the rain!). :)

Number three: I met some friends for lunch since a meeting was canceled. :)

Number four: I saw that I have 100 followers! Whoa. I seriously may have said "whoa!" out loud when I saw it...haha! Thank you so much! Some of ya'll I know personally/locally while others, I'm 100% confident we'd have tonsa laughs over dinner if we lived in the same place... which gets me to where I'm going next! I was thinking.. I LOVE reading about your lives, your families, your friends, your opinions, your loves... And I find myself totally intrigued when people post things about their locations-landmarks, festivals, weather, whatever! It just really makes me realize how spread out yet connected to each other everyone is...

So.... I'm gonna try something...I'm going to either find a pic-or a few- that represents my city...and you guys are invited to do the same! Rules-you don't have to be in the photo, but you can be for sure! Be sure to also post at least three reasons you like calling your city 'home'!

I'm calling it Show Us Your City! and I even figured out how to make a button for it! (nerdy raising the roof proud-of-myself motion from my sofa). Feel free to post whenever, but I'll have a thing on my blog for you to link your post to say...next Thursday? That gives everyone a week to think about it and dig up some pics! Plus, I know not everyone is a pseudo daily blogger like myself (I'm addicted. I can't help it. *bows head in shame*) I'll be sure to post a reminder next week! (This is my subtle way of saying I really hope someone does it or else I'll feel really dumb..haha).

I need to catch up on a blog award (hooray!) and post pics from the TU game last night, but my closet looks like it exploded in my apartment, soooo.. I'm gonna go do something about that after Grey's..haha.. (maybe). Hope everyone had a great Thursday and is as ready for the weekend as I am!

Wishful Wednesday and Way Back Wednesday!

More Wishful Wed from Kelsey at The Seattle Smiths....annnnd Way Back Wednesday of course! (Side note, I will forever love whoever can tell me how to make a button for Way Back Wednesday. I am button-clueless. Gracias, peeps! XOXO!)

This week's topic: I wish I had one particular talent...and it would be...

I wish I had an eye for all things decorative. What I mean is... I just admire the artistic eye for stuff like that in people-interior designers, etc. I really have to focus my little brain so hard on each and every piece I want to buy and half the time think "aw crap.. not big enough.. " or "hell, I shouldn't have gone so matchy matchy.." I DO look forward to a house though b/c I suppose there's only so much one can do with a little apt anyway. ;) Admittedly, I feel like I'm getting way better! (but that doesnt mean I can afford the stuff I want all the time.. hah!) And along these lines, I totally wish I could walk into a vintage store and see a desk or something and see it's potential. I stand there, staring at some poor little once loved item of furniture, tilt my head to the side and think "maybe if I paint it?? maybe? Er.. yeah..?" haha..

Okay, and now for a Way Back Wednesday post!! This is combined with a birthday post b/c Wed is my cousin's birthday!!! My cousin, Karissa, is beside me in the below pic on my college graduation day! My mom, me, Karissa, and my uncle (mom's bro), Brad!
This was 2003. I can't believe it was that long ago.. sheesh. But, anyway, as many of you know, my family is small.. We rock (just sayin) but we're small. :) My father was kinda sicky when I was little and he and my mom were only able to have me-no bros and sistas for Jax! And my uncle and aunt only had one child that also happened to be a daughter...9 mos older than me! So, even though she lives in VA, we took family vacays together as kids and were often more like sisters across states.. haha.. :) She is now happily married with two little boys of her own. :)

And can't fail to mention that this pic is in a frame in my apt.. a truly awesome day. My mom was so proud of me, it was adorable. I know I say I don't give her enough credit.. and I don't. College graduation-good day. Good day indeed. (You can't see the felt owl cutout on my cap.. haha.. All the senior Chi O's add them to the tops of the grad caps every year...).

I can't believe it's already Wednesday! I have my doc appt today for what I blogged about last month. Again, I have to reiterate. If you don't get your yearly, you should. And I'm so glad I did this year. Here's hoping everything turns out okay! Your comments definitely made me feel better.. along with some other friends who've had the same thing. :)

Scarf Swap! Thank you, Stephanie!

Things I love: getting fun mail! Things I love even more: getting fun mail from my scarf swap partner, Stephanie! As I blogged about, I participated in the Scarf Swap Katie did over at Loves of Life. I anxiously awaited my partner matching.. and once we were matched, Stephanie and I emailed and started reading each others blogs. :) She's a preschool special education teacher in Illinois and is getting married in 2010. I highly recommend heading over and checking out her blog called Call it a Clan. :)

So, when my scarf arrived (in super cute wrapping I might add), I was pumped with a capital P to open it...and the excitement continued when I saw it! I love it! Thank you so much, Stephanie! So today is the day we all formally link to Katie's blog with pics of our fun scarves!

Annnnd here's mine! I made Eric take a pic of me when I brought our Caramel Apple Spices over to his casa on Sunday.. haha..

And I wore it last week, too, to work with an orange shirt and brownish dress pants and boots! Versatile scarf and I love it! (this was with my phone before work). Plus, it was an upper after my icky day last week. :)
I totally want to do another one of these things sometime! :) Thanks for hosting, Katie! Good idea!

Weekend Recap-In Pictures! :)

So, as I blogged last week was a looong week and what's a good way to relieve a week's stress? A chill night with that guy I kinda sorta enjoy. ;) Eric found this awesome little place fairly new to Tulsa in the Farm (a shopping center) called Villa R@venna. Super quaint, pianist in background, great food... Good, relaxing, times. :) Then, we headed off to meet Timberly and some peeps at the movies-We saw Couples Retreat. Honestly, it wasn't nearly as funny as I was hoping for, but a decent flick. *shrug*

Anyway, here's from the self timer balanced on his truck.. Turned out kinda cute, right? :)

Friday night ended up being exactly what the doctor ordered. :)

Saturday, decided to have some girly time with Marla! (after watching abboooout 4 shows on my dvr and then walking around Utica Square, hot tea in hand, getting some good quality Jackie time in). :) We met for sushi at In the R@w (mmmm!) and she'd made me a fun CD! How sweet is that?! She knew it'd been an interesting week for me. :) Best of all, she called it Jax's Trax! Love.it. Her bday is this next weekend and it's sure to be a blast...
After dinner, headed to Leon's where we ran into some other friends! This pic makes me laugh out loud. Marla was sitting on my lap (lack of chair-age), Nicole was making a haute face, Marla was laughing and her eyes were shut.. and the random dude behind us is just waiting on Nicole to come back to he can talk to her again. haha....
A mini dance party to my new CD with Marla on the way home and I was tucked in bed in plenty of time to feel chipper enough to head to work on Sunday by 11:30am to get some stuff knocked out that's been bugging me for awhile. Hooray!

Then, Sunday evening, picked up Caramel Apple Spices and headed to Eric's! It's becoming a Sunday thing.. and I like it! Some football, some tv, some chatting, some halloween costume planning...mostly chilling and relaxing... a good night for sure! :) I laughed b/c randomly, he picked up a pen and started writing on his cup. I was like "what are you doing?" He replied "I wanted it to have my name on mine, too." LOL! (since they put my name on it when I ordered..) hahahaha!
Oh...annnnnnnnnd Sunday, I got boots! How sassy are these?! I love them! I have a major issue getting boots b/c I have thin calves.. No, I'm not being all "woe is me, my calves are thin." I'm saying whether I lose weight, gain weight, work out, dont work out, my calves are annoyingly thin. And I look like a kid wearing mom's heels if I'm not careful in boots. After an hour (or two, but whatever), I found these! Hooray!
All in all, a fabulous and much needed relaxing weekend with people I greatly enjoy...(that includes my dvr..haha). I have NO idea how I keep somehow overcommitting myself. Today, Jenny and I talked about yoga.. I wanted to go really badly.. but then realized that meant I'd have that tonight, a meeting tomorrow night, TU football Wed night, likely pumpkin carving on Thurs night, and then Marla's bday on Friday night AND a Chi O alum dinner on Friday night, too. Um. Whoa. So, no yoga.. and I'm sad to say I think Jenny's under the weather so it likely wouldn't have worked for her either. :( Maybe next week!

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And here are some other pics from last week! First the 80s murder mystery dinner! The peeps in costumes are actors. The rest are some coworkers from my regular jobbie! This guy really looked like Columbo!

The conga line I talked about.. hahahah... Note the guy looking like "what the heck" in the above pic is leading the line in this one! hahahaha!
I won! I won! I didn't win the whole thing.. no no.. but I won something that resulted in me getting a three CD set of 80s greatest hits! WOOHOO!! I wish I woulda dressed up.. but most of my coworkers didn't so I woulda felt a leetle out of place. haha!
Then, Thursday, headed out to the R!ck the 918 concert benefiting TYPR0S and the UW! Here are me + two of the other loaned execs rocking out before the show... haha..
So, yup. There ya go! Hope you had a great weekend, everyone! Tomorrow is that meeting I had last week where I ended up getting crazy upset afterwards. Note that I already have a prelim lunch set up with a friend in the event I need to vent/bawl/sob again.. haha! Likely not, but still.

In 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue...

Today is a bank holiday. That means Eric is home. Likely sleeping. Or vegging out. Or pretty much doing anything else I'd be jealous of right now. haha.. Granted, Mary is on her 3rd furlough day of the year, so I'm okay with not having the day off I suppose. :)

Weekend recap coming later. I've gotten in the habit of doing them Monday lately. *shrug* Last night, I hung with Eric (and got Caramel Apple Spice from Starbucks for us both.. a new Sunday ritual I think! Yum!). :) We were all geared up to watch Entourage, but then there wasn't one.. Was last week the season finale?! Anyway, we had fun chillaxin at his casa. (and picked Halloween costumes!!) It's so funny b/c we usually hang at his place.. and sometimes I give him a hard time about it, but if asked, I'd say I preferred to hang there. My apt is drafty, tiny, (messy...at least right now it is), and there's limited parking. And if a fire truck goes by (fire station down the street), I typically have to pause the tv. haha... Anyway, I'll post our costumes later too! We couldn't decide whether to do something together or not. We're not being that crazy creative, but they'll be fun. Whatevs. :)

Anyhoo, had a great weekend! It was exactly as I predicted: Eric time, ner restaurant, movie, girly time, dvr time! One thing there wasn't.. was state fair time....which was a-okay. I really didn't care about going this year but for some reason, felt like I should.. Convo with Eric:

Me: You think we should go to the fair?
E: Do you want to go to the fair?
Me: I dunno.. maybe we should...
E: Well, do you ride the rides?
Me: Not really.
E: Eat the food?
Me: I dont like things on sticks. (I'll admit that stuff is so.freaking.good. but it doesn't help my eating healthier plan or my saving money plan).
E: Okay...um.. If you want to go, we can go..
Me: Well, it's kinda cold.
E: Oktoberfest is coming... :)
Me: Yes, I'd rather expend my energy there. They have beer and dancing. Done.

haha.. Nice. At least it went something like that... :)

Hope you had a great weekend, everyone and hope Monday is treating you well..whether you have the day off or not! :)

Finally Friday! (and an award!)

This has been one.long.week. Despite the emotional Tuesday (below), things weren't quite as dramatic the rest of the week, but I'm still pooped! I had 5 campaign kickoffs at my companies this week. (If you just started reading, I'm volunteering two mos as a "loaned exec" at the Un!ted W@y, paid by my regular job though, assigned a division of 150 companies, and help them with their internal campaigns). That means I go and give a presentation and people get to listen to me attempt to either (1) pull at their heartstrings a little and/or (2) give them facts and stats. It totally depends on the audience whether I give them MORE facts and stats and less personal/heartstring stories or vise versa.

Along those lines, what appeals more to you out of curiosity? If you were listening to a volunteer org, would you prefer personalized stories about people who've been helped ooooooooooooor facts and stats? Just curious!

Then, I had three evenings of work activities-two of which were my regular job and then one was last night's UW benefit concert. :) Sheesh! Busy lady=me!

I was kinda sleepy this morning and remembered Jamie over at Jamie Unscripted (life in my twenties) had said she left me something on her blog! I got all excited and went over there and she'd given me the Over the Top award! I seriously did a little yay-squeal-thing in my head! haha! Definitely stop by her blog if you're not already a reader-she's awesome annnnnnd is the one who got me hooked on those Caramel Apple Spice ciders from Starbucks! :) Thank you so much for the award, Jamie!

And in hopes of making some of you do the internal yay-squeal thing I did (haha), I'm passing this on! Jamie passed it to 5 peeps and with my weird odd number aversion, I'm passing it to six! :) Just a few of the chicas who are high-five-blog-rockstars in my book! Love you girlies!

* Aubrey over at Made You Blush!
* Llama over at Llama Tales!
* Tracy over at Then I Got to Thinking!
* Sonja at For the Love of Stilettos!
* Kerry at My Life, My Loves!
* Tatiana at Living Life and Loving it!

I need to add this one and a couple others to my side bar! :)

Whatcha dooooin this weekend? After a busy busy week, I'm looking forward to being low.key. :) Some time with Eric, some time with some girl friends, some time with my dog, some time with my dvr... haha.. We have a smaller, artsty movie theater here that shows more independent films, etc, called Circle Cinema. They're currently showing a movie that's gotten some GREAT reviews about Anna W!ntour called The September issue and a few other things that look really good! Plus, Eric just forwarded me an email full of new local restaurants with awesome reviews
so may be experiencing those too!!

Fall Friday attire: skinny jeans, tall boots, lightweight sweater, and my new scarf from the scarf swap (can't wait to post pics!). Love me some fall clothes!! Have a great weekend, everyone!

Wishful AND Way Back Wednesday! :)

Again, I wanted to do the Wishful Wednesday over at the Seattle Smiths annnnd my regular Way Back Wednesday, but this edition is special so scroll down for more details. ;)

First, Wishful Wed!

This week, the topic is I wish I could change one physical trait about myself and that would be.... my hands! I know you prolly think that's weird and lame, but they bug! 1. I get dry skin and have hand lotion in my handbag at all times and 2. I feel like my hands look old! They're kinda wrinkly.. haha... I'm serious! I'd post a pic, but I'm being lazy. Plus, I'm so clumsy so I perpetually have a papercut or something bizarre on them. And b/c apparently I can't just pick one, I'd likely reverse the sun damage I did to my skin at an early age...at least some of it. ;)

Okay, moving on to WAY BACK WEDNESDAY!!!

A special edition of WBW...featuring...Eric!! That's right, my boyfriend was cleaning out his back room (in hopes of making a "man room" soon I might add...haha), he found these pics and passed a couple on! How.freaking.adorable.was.he?! I was kinda a chubby kid and my mom kept my hair super short. I'm admittedly jealous of his lack of chub and cutetasticness. haha.. :)

This makes me laugh.. He still makes this face when driving... er.. uh.... not really, but I'd love it if he did.. hahaha.. ;)
This one, friends, is my favorite! haha! Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a complete ham. Dont believe me? Let me stick my hand in my pocket and pose all GQ on you. Thanks. ;)

Finally, thanks so much for all your sweet comments on my previous blog...for reals. You guys made me smile! Sometimes I just feel like I need to get.it.out. but I can't b/c I'm sitting in a cube and surrounded by peeps who are great, but who I don't know all THAT well. Soo..yeah.. Everytime my phone vibrated to let me know I had an alert and I saw it was a comment, I think breathing got a little easier with each positive thought from you guys. :)

Tonight with my real co workers was exactly what I needed. :) (and vino. two glasses of vino.) We had a murder mystery dinner-80s theme! People came in and performed it for us at a local restaurant-so fun!!!! I took pics so you're guaranteed they'll get posted soon. And I even won a prize from the actors-an 80s music cd set! YES! I also participated in a conga line. I did. I miss those peeps. For reals. One more month of making a difference....

Happy Wednesday!!!