Weekend Recap!

Hi friends! Is there a lot going on lately or is it just me? My fridge is covered in wedding announcements, baby fun, and a couple unrelated events thrown in. As I read everyone else's blogs and see friends' facebooks, it looks like everyone has quite a bit happening around now. Fun stuff for sure, but definitely need to remember to take some personal time to level it out, right? Right. :) Reasons I love Sundays: I always get "Jackie time." I grocery shop, blog (sometimes), watch tv, walk Gracie, work out... fabulous. :) Anyway, as for the rest of the weekend:

Like I said in my previous post, Eric and I headed to a friend, Alicia's, 30th birthday dinner and celebration. :) After dinner, the group headed to the new and very vintage-fabulous Dust Bowl Lanes in downtown Tulsa. They definitely paid a lot of attention to detail and I really loved it. :) I forgot my camera, so I got these w/ my phone. 

 Carrie and Chris siting in front of the desk where we kept score. Yup, you keep your OWN score-nothing automatic! Crazy, right? Really fun, though. :)

 Outdoor patio w couches made of turf! ha! Awesome.

Afterwards, I headed to meet a girl friend for a glass of vino before calling it a night. :) It was a LONG Friday. Girl time and wine was definitely in order, so I was determined to make it happen.

Saturday morning, my friend hosted a Stella & Dot brunch. :) Loved seeing all the jewelry! I felt really badly b/c not a lot of people showed up sooooo I definitely felt like I needed to buy something. I know I know.. I probably didn't need to, but whatever. Anyway, I bought these adorable deco drop earrings and am excited to receive them in the mail soon-even though I'm still not pleased with myself for having no spending willpower... 

 Saturday afternoon was the Can You Dig It construction birthday party for Jenny's son, Maddox! He turned two! (I cannot believe he's already two! Agh!)

Jenny with her little birthday boy! 

Loved the little touches like construction-shaped signs for the sandwiches!

Awesome treats (and party favors for the kids in those buckets).
We also had a "build your own ice cream sundae" station!

The girlies! We're all headed to Memphis later this summer and already can't wait! :)

My friends with their basketball team...haha! So funny that they have all boys!

Little Landen slipped and got more water on him than he wanted and you would have thought life was over. It wasn't funny...but it really was. Sarah (laughing and running to retrieve her little guy in the photo) got him out and all was right with the world in about 30 seconds when the bubble machine was turned on nearby... ha! :) We decided this photo is an excellent candidate for that someday-yearbook-photo like "Can you guess who this is?" when he graduates high school...  :)

Little Parker enjoying his drink...er..maybe just the straw :)

I got the birthday boy some books and people, I am pretty much convinced that the children's section at Barnes & Noble is the happiest place in town. I just sat on the ground and read book after book, listening to the super cute sounds of kids discovering some of my fav childhood books for the first time in the background and laughing melodically. Having a bad day? Go read children's books. It will help. Promise. :)

Sooooo I've been kiiiiinda obsessed with the leather bracelets and wrap bracelets that are so popular right now. Randomly, I snagged this one at Target today for 7 dollars! SEVEN.DOLLARS! Hello awesome!

I really like the look of the bracelet above combined with a fun wrap bracelet like the below, but can't seem to find any cheap  affordable ones. I kinda want turquoise or coral, I think... :) No idea when I got into bracelets, but lately I'm diggin' them lots! 

 Welp, folks, that's the weekend! I'll leave with with a smile from Gracie dog from the weekend!

Thoughts on Thursday!

I've never done Thoughts on Thursday but it seemed like a fun way to be random in a post AND have a theme at the same time... and well, we've met... so you know the randomness is something I enjoy doing. haha.. ;) 

Thoughts on Thursday:

•  A friend of mine works at a doggie day care/vet's office. Apparently someone gave up their Cavalier King Charles and she needs a home. I want to give her one SO badly, but with my roomie's dog that thinks our house is his toilet and my Gracie dog, that would make THREE dogs in a house. That's a lot. *sigh* But, I want her. If you live in the area and want a Cavalier, especially one that isn't a puppy that needs training but is still young, please let me know. :)

• I've gone to bed decently early every night this week! As my twitter friend, Charlie, would say.. #winning. ;)

• Adele and I have been bonding. In other words, I've been annoying everyone in my vicinity by unconsciously humming Rolling In the Deep. 

• Eric and I might head out of town for my birthday, likely to Kansas City b/c it's been awhile since either of us have been! :) I told him I really just want to be poolside on my bday (preferably with a drink, but whatever), and possibly go eat somewhere new and fun. We can shop the plaza, see Power and Light, etc. Any recs from blogger friends on fun KC things to see/eat/do? :) 

• Eric and I went and toured the Designer Showcase hotel tonight. Fun stuff! This is the first year they've done a whole hotel instead of just a house and it was way cool. As background, the "designer showcase" is something in Tulsa where different designers each take a room, renovate it, and then show off the entire thing for a small fee that benefits the Foundation for Tulsa Schools. :) And you can actually purchase pretty much anything in most rooms-fixtures, furniture, etc. (But it all stays til the end of the event so you can see each room in full as the designer intended). This time was extra fabulous b/c they took on the old Campbell Hotel, a hotel that had been great in its hayday, dedicated in 1927, but had definitely seen better days. Here's a local newspaper article about the project with a great slideshow. If you're in the area, this is the last weekend it's being shown, so get down there! :) 

• Tomorrow night is a friend's 30th birthday at the new Dust Bowl in downtown Tulsa. It's a small, vintage-style bowling alley appropriately named for Oklahoma (haha) that just opened last week. :) Excited to see the new place! 

• The new Pirates movie comes out this weekend. Gonna see it? Like those flicks? I wanna see it. But, I'm kinda bummed b/c I haven't seen Kiera or Orlando in the previews, so I checked..and they're definitely not in it. Bummer.

• Looking for a new book to read. Any recs? I usually go for mystery-thriller types. Loved Dragon Tat books, etc. :) Anyone read Hunger Games? Good? 

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Weekend Recap!

Good Monday, friends! How was your weekend?

I realize I slacked on last weekend's post so maybe I'll add stuff lata. Last week while I was blog slacking, I also helped host a successful Young Alum event at my alma mater (Woohoo!) and had a girls night at Jenny's. She's having a construction-themed bday ("Can You Dig It" - how cute is that?!) for her little boy this weekend and we helped make construction signs like "Toddler Zone" etc.. haha.. Sarah and I had a bit of wine and started making inappropriate words with the letters. Wine makes crafts more fun. Just saying. ;)

Anyway as for the weekend, it was pretty awesome. As I've mentioned, Eric and I have been a tinge overcommited (I always hear the Britney song "Overprotected" but substitue "Overcommitted" in my head. Odd? I know..."Say hello.. to the girl... that I am..." haha.. ). Sooooo I convinced him to take Friday off work...and I did the same.. and I planned a little day trip to OKC! Neither one of us had taken a day off since before the holidays. Anyway, not exactly anywhere luxurious or tropical, but definitely different from the norm and a fun little day trip. :)

We started off at a Mexican Restaurant (duh, you know us) called Mama Roja  for lunch on Lake Hefner. It was a tinge chilly and cloudy, but the lake was still pretty (not as pretty as the below photo of Lake Hefner I stole from google images, but pretty nonetheless...).

After lunch, we headed to the Myriad Gardens that just reopened. The botanical gardens were quite pretty and cool to experience in their first couple weeks being open to the public! In the pic below, you'll see an outdoor ampitheater behind us (awesome) and the indoor gardens are to the left. 

Below is an arial shot of the whole thing. It reminded me a bit of Millenium Park in Chicago... Very cool. 

So we totally paid and went inside the greenhouse part. Duh. I mean why not. Eric likes cactus. (Okay, so I told him to do this. Whatever)

Indoor bridge across the garden :)

Indoor waterfall...

The plants were actually quite impressive. We did a few nods at each other like "these are cool."

From there, we headed to explore a few more places and finished up around 4ish with a drink on the outdoor deck at Nonna's in Bricktown. :) It was a bit windy, but with jackets and the sun out, it was perfect!


Courtest of google images :)

  I caught him relaxing. I'd say the day was a success... :)

And then he saw me snapping his photo and did this...haha..

We walked to a nearby movie theater and saw Thor (so-so flick), and then headed back to T-town (an hour and a half drive or so), listening to the Thunder game on the way home. They were playing in Memphis that night or else I would've tried to get tix to the game. Perfect day away. :)

Saturday night, Eric and I headed to a late dinner at India Palace. I've decided Indian food is totally an acquired taste b/c I have grown to really dig it, despite not digging it at ALL the first time I went. Anyhoo, then we were total fat kids indulged in chocolate fondue for dessert at The Melting Pot. Kinda random, but so yummy! In short, we definitely did a lot of out-of-the-routine stuff this weekend, which was really kinda fun. :)

Sunday, I attended a bridal shower for a friend of mine, Lauren. (She's in the blue/white dress above). :) We went to law school together, but actually became closer when we realized we lived across the breezeway from each other at our old apartments. :) We bonded over things like 10+ days w/o power during an ice storm...and a random homeless man who liked to splash himself with water from our breezeway's birdbath whilst twirling around and singing. And randomly, her fiance and some of my friends were already friends! Such a small world! :) Excited for her wedding in Kansas City in the fall!

I also made it to the gym once this weekend. I consider that a personal victory. Where has my motivation gone? Blah. Been thinking of doing a bootcamp, but I SO hate to spend $125 bucks just to create accountability for myself...

Anyhoo, great weekend doing some different things, enjoying a day off with Eric, and preparing to round the corner to summahtime! Hope ya'll had a great one!

So What Wednesday!

So what if....

• I'm blogging on my lunch break while I eat leftovers. I just got off a looooooooong (and slightly pointless) conference call. Who schedules calls over lunch anyway?
• I'm actually excited about these leftovers...probably more so than going out to eat. They're from Eric and my first trip to an awesome local place, Lunabread. Tulsa friends- They MAKE everything there from scratch. As the chef said "We don't even have a jar of mayo here." They make their own root beer, ice cream, bread... Anyway, check it out and pay a visit!
• I have a space heater under my desk right now. I'm such a rule breaker. Shhhhh... If you tell anyone, I'll say you put it there and I had no idea. ;)
• I totally thought that Gossip Girl's season finale was this week (as evidenced by my last post). My friends and I were all watching wide-eyed at the end and then they showed previews for NEXT week's season finale. Aw hell. haha.. Oh well, still super excited!
• I still haven't gotten the photos from Eric's camera from last weekend #slacker
• I'm really pleased with myself for figuring out how to do a cool, messy bun in my hair today. It's the little things, people.
• I kinda want a cocktail.
• I have no idea what I want to do for my 30th birthday. No.idea. I feel like I should do something super cool, but also want to save money and not have to plan anything and/or entertain a large group of people. Blah. Maybe a quick weekend getaway...?

Monday Thoughts

One of my favorite days of the month: when my Glamour mag arrives. I really like getting "fun mail" and I consider magazines fun mail for sure. :) 

But, here are my thoughts... 

How many magazines have featured "Five Flat Belly Secrets That Work" lately? A lot. Every time I see a magazine, I see something about flat belly secrets. Soooo... that leads me to wonder? Is there some flat belly master with some massive book....

...with flat belly tips that's under lock and key? And maybe only editors of fashion and fitness magazines have access to this book? B/c um.. why must they only release FIVE at a time? I picture the keeper of this book to look like an old, wise, Jillian M!chaels with her awesome attitude to match. 

But, uh, I'm gonna need someone to get to the bottom of this b/c, as bikini season approaches, I'm going to need more than five tips at a time. Thanks in advance. 

#totallyrandom #Monday <-- I like giving hash tags to things that aren't on twitter. Whatever. 

Weekend Recap coming. Eric has some photos on his camera that I have to get. It was a good one-his bro graduated college, we saw a movie, I finished the book Something Borrowed (good stuff!), and Mother's Day was great with my mom. :) I hope all you hot mammas out there had a fabulous Mother's Day! 

For now, Gossip Girl season finale is t minus an hour and fifteen minutes... Bottle of wine chilling in fridge, peanut butter and jelly sandwich is calling my name. I'm gourmet around here, people. Happy Monday! 

10 (Random) Things I Love :)

Guess what! I was tagged in 10 Things I Love by the fabulous Married... with a Pup! How fun! :) Soooo here goes!

 In random order:

(1)  Yup, still loving them. Deal with it. :)

 (2) Visiting big cities! I just love looking out on all the lights and buildings as the plane prepares to land and thinking about how much there is to explore, take in, experience.. It's exhilarating!

 (3) The ocean. Pretty much any time I stand in front of the ocean, I'm reminded how small I really am. It's a great big spoonful of awesome to just stand before something that vast.

(4) No no.. not them again... but carriages. I love carriages! They just seem so "old world" and romantic. They're likely not as romantic when the horse does his business whilst walking said carriage, but let me have my nice, unrealistic thought. :)

 (5) I love lipgloss. It's weird. I carry approximately 12 in my handbag at all times. I mean, you never know when you're going to need another color.. ? *shrugs* I'm weird. I know.

 (6) Stopping to smell the roses a little more. Eric and I have been so incredibusy. I know I blog and it seems like we've got lots of fun going on...and we do. And we both love being involved. BUT we haven't had lots of down time going on...or time to just enjoy each other's company...or our own company for that matter. We've both agreed to say "no" a little more to things b/c those "things" quickly take over our schedules... :)

 (7) Cardigans. Esp longer ones. I'm typically cold, so there's that. But they're also cute, stylish, and easily dressed up with fun accessories-belts, pins, yada yada.. :)

 (8) Not really rain... even though our plants have loved the recent downpour we've been getting. But I LOVE the smell of a spring rain...not a storm..but just a rain. It just smells so fresh.. :)

 (9) The crack of candy...aka these peaches. They're so good, friends. SO.GOOD. They're my favorite and Eric's parents...er... the Easter Bunny... ;) got me some in my basket. I may have eaten two bags already. Let's not talk about it. (The bag says fat free, though! It's like eating celery...er... whatever).

(10) Last but certainly not least, this little lady, my own royal princess, Ms. Gracie dog. Even when she's snoring or chasing squirrels in her dreams (as I assume), she brings a smile to my face. 

I'm supposed to tag 10 people, but I know Tuesday is a super popular day for bloggidy topics, so if ya'll have time and wanna do it, I say go for it! So yeah, I'm opting out of the formal tagging... Sorry, friends. Lemme know if you do it so I can come read!

Weekend Recap! On time for once! :)

Happpppy Sunday, friends! Guess what I just did.. Go on.. guess.. Nope. Wrong. What I did: Just bought a swimsuit, swimcap and goggles online! YAY! That makes it official; I'll be swimming again soon at the new gym... (Reason I join gyms: Spending money motivates me to go. If you run outside or something, I give you major props for the self-motivation that I don't have...haha). :)

On to the weekend!

Friday night, I was so.tired. from getting up and watching the royal wedding at 4am (Oh yeah, I did). So I crashed out early. :) 

Saturday morning, woke up bright and early to help with Rebuilding Together's national build day! Eric's really involved with the the Rebuilding Together Tulsa group and organized the entire thing for our company. It was our company's FIRST year to sponsor a house-thanks to Eric! Gotta admit, I'm pretty proud of him... He handled the media and photags that showed up, supplies, tents, food, organization, etc. It was definitely no small undertaking. But thanks to him, a nice elderly woman's house has a fresh coat of paint, energy efficient updates, and is getting new windows, etc soon. :) We just did the paint on Saturday morning. The house used to be a VIVID shade of pink. All over. Like cotton candy pink. Whoa.

 Yelling at Eric to look at me for a photo was prolly not the smartest thing, given how high he was, buuuut I didn't think about that at the time. And he's safe on the ground now so all's well. haha.. :)

 Really impressed by my boyfriend... Just saying...

Saturday night, headed to one of his friend's weddings out at Five Oaks Lodge in Jenks (Tulsa suburb). :) Really pretty... and some of us girlies really liked the rocking chairs... Just saying...

 Weddings with candy=good. Weddings with candy set up along the line for drinks=better. :)

 The photobooth was a hilarious hot mess. Fairly sure we had no idea what we were doing in most of these photos...buuuut whatever... :)

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And b/c I never did a weekend recap last weekend, a few shots... We had lunch at Eric's parents casa.... So fun! They hid Easter baskets stuffed with candy treats for us. (Please see Eric being silly...haha)

Had great food, great company, and a great Easter with his family. :)

After lunch, I headed to see Water for Elephants with my mom. I hadn't read the book, but wanted to see the movie... Good stuff, friends. I didn't really believe the Robert + Reese feelings for each other... but whatever. I could still get in to the story. Knowing the story was about the circus and a jerky ringmaster/circus owner, I figured we might have to deal with some less-than-pleasant animal scenes. One scene really got me. If there had been another one like that one, I would have left the movie. I'm really glad I stayed b/c the movie ended up being really great. 

But seriously, I can't watch ANYTHING that harms animals. It makes me want to cry and vomit at the same time... It's a little ridiculous to be honest. The movie I am Legend? Nope. Haven't seen it b/c I heard the dog dies and it's sad. I had issues even watching Where the Red Fern Grows and Old Yeller as a child. I'm not joking....haha...It's like this Friends ep where Phoebe watches Old Yeller. Remember it? Sheer comedy! :) "What kind of a sick doggie snuff film is this?!" hahahaha... (I know I've said this, but I'm fairly convinced I can compare almost anything to a Friends ep.)

Okay, enough rambling about how I like animals more than I like most people... Moving on...

Also saw....

...and...

The Kings Speech absolutely blew me away. Colin Firth was amazing! Source Code was better than I expected, but still not as good as Inception (many of the reviews claimed).

So that was this weekend...and a little of last! :) Hope you had a good weekend, friends! :)

And HAPPY MAY DAY!!!!