Weekend Recap

man I have been busy over the past few weekends for sure!
Friday night I went to my parents', and what should have been a 1.5 hr drive turned into a 5 hour drive, so I didn't get home until after 2:30 AM.  They completely blocked off the highway due to a multi-car wreck.
 :( 
Saturday morning I had a wake-up call at 7 am from my neice, she was happy to see me and Dude (the dog).  We headed off to the Fair parade where me and two of my aunts were the judges on the floats.  That was pretty neat!  Got a free t-shirt out of it.  who doesn't love free t-shirts?!! 

Then I convinced my whole family to go out for lunch for some awesome italian food. mmmm mmmmmm! After that I headed to my friend's baby shower. 
In the evening I worked on a paper, and attempted to feed my baby niece, and change her diaper.  At this point, I realized a) I havent' changed a diaper since my 15 year old cousin was a baby and I couldn't remember how, and b) my baby is going to starve to death because apparently I'm doing something wrong with feeding Brynnlei and Mom had to come to the rescue.  haha.

then went to the fair with my brother, sis-in-law, an her sister and boyfriend.  It was interesting to say the least.  My brother gave me a pass so I got in free at what would have cost $15.  I had my fair corn dog, and saw a picture of my sis-in-law in the art exhibit where her face won 3rd place.
We went to see the Eli Young Band play that evening, where me and my brother managed to sneak backstage for the concert. now THAT was cool. Would have been cooler if we stayed until the band was done playing, but my everyone else was ready to go before they were done.

Sunday I worked on my paper some more, and went back home.  again, a 1.5 hour drive home turned into a 3.5 hour drive, thanks to stalled cars and road construction causing a 4 lane highway to merge into one lane only.  sheesh!!  But then I got to town and met up with some friends for some volleyball, and then we sat and talked for a good 3 hours or so. that was nice.

Where have I been?!

I know! I know. I've been a little absent lately. I normally get on here during the week, however, at work we all get slammed hard the last couple of weeks, and I don't even have time to drink my hot chocolate anymore!! (I know it's only 80-90's degrees right now, but it's freeeezing in the office so it's justified, right?!)With working too much, and doing school stuff and tax stuff on the evenings, and a lot of family and friend events on the weekend, it's hard to fit everything in that I need. I'll try to do better, promise.

This past weekend me and my aunt threw a 'Meet the Baby' Baby Shower for the family, for my sister-in-law, Candis, and her beautiful baby Brynnlei. I took a few pictures. It turned out really well. I came up with this great idea that each person that showed up would paint, or decorate, a letter in her name, and we would write a message on the back and sign it. I was really impressed that the talent everyone showed. Austynn (who will be 4 in less than a month-EEK!!) wanted to paint her letter red, so she dumped a whole bottle of paint on it. bahaha. Then she wanted to add a little bit of yellow, so she dumped a bottle of yellow, on top of the 4 inch thick wet red she had on there already. Her letter, when we touched it up after she was finished, turned out to be a baby blue color. she had the 'L'.



She's totally smiling at me, at only 1 month and 1 day old ;)





Excuse my 'ladies'.  the angle this pic was taken, I was not prepared for

And this was taken at an earlier date, I just LOVE how the photo came out!!  This was on my way to work one morning.



My new 'do

so- I am naturally dark brown, I think... for the last 2-3 years, I have been adding blonde highlights to my hair, and I even attempted to go complete blonde, didn't like that one too much, so I went back to highlights. then last week I noticed something.... something awful. could it be?! indeed it was. a GREY hair!! at 27, and no kids, I have grey hair?! It was definitely time to cover them up. and I didn't have the $80 to get my roots done in blonde again, so I did the next best thing. I ran to Sally's -more like drove, very fast- and bought a box of color, and proceeded to do it myself at home. After turning my procelain bathtub maroon, and my sink maroon, and part of my floor maroon, I was finished with my hair. I have to say, I am loving this darker look, I have missed it.



Before




After





And.. I'm ready to go out dancing



Weekend Recap

So I haven’t been around for the last week. I didn’t really have much of anything interesting to write about I suppose.

I had an interesting weekend. Busy at least, which is always good.
Friday started out normal. Work. Hectically busy at work. After work I had a 3 hour class to attend. What fun Fridays I have!! After Class I went to a concert and saw Vertical Horizon and Taking Back Sunday (Did I mention this was a FREE concert?!!) It was awesome.  No one was there so I was so close ha. (pic taken from my phone so kinda crappy)  I get home and clean. I have a special guest coming to visit tomorrow and I needed my house to look spotless.

Saturday my favorite Aunt comes to visit me. It’s also the day of our annual Fair on the Square in town, so we spent the late morning/early afternoon walking around looking at vendors’ crafty items for sale. It was neat. I found a few things I thought were really fascinating, including a Coke Tabs jewelry, I later found out was created by a 12 year old!!! So cool!

After that we went shopping at Hobby Lobby and Target for some baby stuff for my Sister in law’s ‘Meet the Baby’ shower we are throwing this coming weekend. (and she bought ME a crock-pot too. So excited!!) In the evening my and my doggies laid around while I worked on homework. Then my psycho bi-polar dog went nuts on me. Sometimes I wonder how she’s still alive with her attitude like it is!!

Sunday I woke up early and spent the morning doing homework. Yuck! Then my friend texted and asked me to come hang out with him, which I did, of course :P I took my bottle of Whipped Vodka with me for fun. Probably shouldn’t have done that, now that it’s Monday and I’m feeling the wraths of that mixed with beer. :/ We hung out outside on such a beautiful sunny day. My friend played his guitar and we just sat around. Towards the end of the night, however, our married friends decided they wanted to get in an argument, which resulted in the cops coming and taking the husband away. : ( It wasn’t pleasant and very awkward to witness it all. I’m sure they will work out it in the end though.

A to Z of Me

I got this list from Lindsey at Lidnsey and Wildfllowers and thought 'What a GREAT way to let you learn a few tidbits about me!'

so, here are the A-Z's of me.:

A. Age: 27.  I feel old. :/
B. Bed size: KING.  it's huge, but yet crowded with my furbabies
C. Chore that you hate: I hate doing dishes. I love cooking, but I just hate cleaning up after that.
D. Dogs: love them. I have 3.  Pitbull, Rat Terrier and Beagle. 
E. Essential start to your day: well- first I pee. ha.  Can't get started without that.  then I must apply chapstick. 
F. Favorite color: Clear.  or camo. :)  really anything. 
G. Gold or Silver: Silver for sure, but Gold looks so classy, although Gold doesn't look so good on me
H. Height: 5'3. boo ha
I. Instruments you play: telling my nerdness here. I played the French horn for 7 years until I finished High school. and the Mellophone (marching French horn).  but that's it.  
J. Job title:  Buyer.  yup. i get paid, to buy things.
K. Kids: none for me. thanks.  Just kidding. I want 3.  2 of my own, and 1 adopted.  I think there are too many unloved kids that need good homes, and someone to love them, for me not to take one of them home. 
L. Live: live- near Houston, Texas.  maybe about an hour north of it actually. 
M. Mother’s name: Mommy.
N. Nicknames: Jules.  pretty boring isn't it??!!  I need a better one. Who can help?
O. Overnight hospital stays:When I was about 2 or 3, Mom says I stayed overnight for pneumonia, but I don't remember.  There's one picture of it to tell the truths.  Other than that, no more.... yet.  YAY
Q. Quote from a movie: "Easy, Windmill." "She lived." both from Hope Floats :)   You probably had to have been there
R. Right or left handed: Both actually. I write right handed, and play sports right handed.  I eat, and do everything else with my left.  but I can switch and do them with the opposite hands. 
S. Siblings: 1 brother, and 1 sister (in-law)
U. Underwear: um- Yes, I wear them. sometimes. ;)  I buy mine from Victoria's Secret when they have the 7 for $25 sale.
V. Vegetable you hate: All of them.  Never did like eating healthy.
W. What makes you run late: Sleep usually. I live 10 minutes from work, have to be there at 8, and leave my house at 7:55 every day.  Even when I wake up earlier... weird.  
X. X-Rays you’ve had: My foot in 5th grade when I broke it in softball, my back when I was 19 after I dislocated a disc lifting too  much weights, my neck when I was 24 when I caused a disc to shift when I hit my head in a rock
Y. Yummy food that you make:All of it! ok- chicken Parmesan is my specialty.  no doubt.  I also cook yummy roast, and pork chops, and DESSERT.
Z. Zoo animal: I love the monkeys, penguins, and elephants the best.  I want to own all of these one day.  I have a big bathtub for the penguin :)

Healthy Menu for the week

I came across this one time in Boot Camp Video I ordered online (and never even attempted to do HA!) but inside the package it had an Eating Healthy Guide, and I took what it said and broke it down to my likes. I wish I had saved the list but I'm afraid I can't find it anywhere. I thought I would share this if you are interested. This is a new schedule I plan to stick with (doubtful though) to meet my goal for the month of October. btw- I know Sunday isn't on here, but I don't know why, so don't ask, k? k. :)

Quotes

If you know me, you know me. If you don't it's time to get to know me!

Over the years I have found some quotes that I really enjoy, and I made them look pretty. now, I would like to share some of them with you.  More to come later.