Wordless Wednesday

What else did you expect? T-7 days!

Ten Things Tuesday

1. I'd really like to blog more than once a week. Maybe when I get my new iPhone in 8 days I will.

2. I'm getting an iPhone in 8 days!!!

3. My parents gave us a kick ass cooler. It's pretty, it's on a stand, and it's on wheels, and it has a bottle opener attached to it! What more do you need in a cooler?!

(Sorry the pictures aren't fancy ... it's because I don't have an iPhone yet)

4. We had a party for New Years Eve and it was more like a frat party than a normal party. I think it will be a long time before we have another party. Probably until my friends, who are all right around 30, can stop acting like terrors. Things that got broken:
Dead bolt to the back door (don't try to come kill me, it still locks)
Not one, but two toilets
My favorite bookshelf
A necklace
A bowl
And someone stole my husband's blood pressure medicine. I hope they have a stroke.

5. I found that Lavender scented Clorox wipes still don't smell all that good.

6. Someone left a bag of Panera goodies as a hostess gift. Mmmm I wish I didn't know how much I like Panera now since there's one near my house.

7. I spent all day Friday, January 1 -literally- in bed. I think my husband ventured downstairs to get food twice, but otherwise we rolled around in bed and watched movies. It was the best New Years ever!

8. Did I mention I'm getting an iPHONE?!

9. Saturday night we went to Stubb's to see Black Bone Child play. They rocked. We had fun. I tried to talk my husband into letting me ride the mechanical bull at this new bar. Sunday, I had the second worst hangover of my life. (Come on ... in what other condition did you think I'd want to ride a mechanical bull in front of a couple hundred people?)

10. Can I get away with making another point about the iPhone?! Can you tell I'm excited? I need app recs!

Ten Things Tuesday

1. I need things like "Ten on Tuesday" or "Wordless Wednesday" because they help give me things to blog about. Got anymore? All I can come up with is Thirsty Thursday. I know very well how that relates to my evening, but not so much to a blog.

2. We had a fabulous Chritsmas weekend! So much so that I took over 500 hundred pictures in 2 days. I guess I have some sorting to do ...

3. I went to The Broken Spoke for the first time on Saturday! How I've lived in South Austin so long and never been, I don't know. It was exactly like I imagined it.

4. I went back to the gym today! Woo!

5. I am really, really, really ready for 2010.

6. I wear my sunglasses at night, so I can, so I can ...

7. Ten Things Fail.

Half n Half Hair

Random Posting Warning

Chris created a Facebook profile recently. I just went through the pictures that he added ... and uh, honey - what is this?!

1. I'm about 19 years old here. I'm guessing that's not grape juice in the wine glass I'm holding. Tsk, Tsk, Sara.

2. Do you not SEE that my hair is half blonde and half brown? I had decided to quit coloring my hair (and still haven't since December 2002) and apparently didn't realize the importance of cutting off the old colored blonde.

3. This kinda makes me want to color my hair again. Hmmm...

Ten Things Tuesday?

How does this work? Am I supposed to have a specific topic, and if so -from where? Or do I just make up ten things?

1. I was thrilled to see sunshine on my lunch break!

2. When did I quit wearing makeup? I'm long past being embarrassed to go ... anywhere ... without makeup. Now I only put it on for special occasions.

3. I have watched the video of Bandit in the "snow" about 375 times today. I literally smile the whole time, every time. I just love that dog!

4. Chris told me, out of the blue, last week that he thought I was doing a "good job" on my fingernails and that they always looked nice. And I really, really, really loved that compliment.

5. It is very hard to Facebook stalk someone when you don't know their last name.

6. I am apparently very cheap. I need boots for this winter but can't bring myself to spend $100 + on ankle booties.

7. Speaking of money I don't want to spend - my blow dryer finally and officially died this morning. No air passing through except in smoke form is probably a bad thing. Buying a blow dryer is very far down my list of things I like to shop for :-(

8. Chris has convinced me to keep my car. I'm starting to like it a little bit more every day.

9. My parents have lived in their house for 16 years. It's going on the market any day now. I have so far succeeded in not crying over this yet, but that is not going to last much longer.

10. I wish Christmas tree scent came in a bottle (and actually smelled like a fresh Christmas tree) that I could spray on my fake tree. Yes, I cheat in ways like that.

Count Your Blessings

(**Just pretend I remembered to publish this last Friday**)

Just for Me # 11 - Spend 5 days counting blessings instead of worries.

Yesterday was probably a cheat day since I was feeling very blessed - but I definitely spent the day counting them all up! There have been so many bad things happening this year to my family and friends. It's been a long hard year that I'm ready to put behind me.

However, I spent this Thursday feeling fortunate for the good that there is in my life.

November 12 was my official 5 year anniversary at my company. What a job it is! I love the company I work for, my job doesn't cause me any undue stress, I like my coworkers, it pays the bills. What more could I ask for? I felt very appreciated that day, as well as had an exciting day with some great news on a new product. I am very blessed with my job.

I thought about how blessed I was to have Chris to come home to. He rented a movie, I picked up takeout ... perfect night in on the sofa. We even got free queso from Texadelphia!

I stopped by Newflower and got to see my sister! I'm so happy she has a job that she loves, too. Oh and she got me a 20% discount on candy - what a blessing, hehe!

It was a happy, peaceful day in my life and I really took the time to appreciate it this November 12, 2009.

October 22

I think it is no coincidence that Nordstrom Rack and Windows 7 are coming on the same day. Let this be a GOOD sign!!

Random

Since I have nothing else to blog about ... I just thought I'd share some of my daily judgemental thoughts :-) I'm apparently in a grumpy and mean mood today! This is me over reacting to every day things:

I didn't know there was an intelligence requirement for being a cart gatherer at HEB. However, I'd say that this guy is likely not a good candidate for the job: He was pulling the stack of carts from the front, instead of pushing them from the back. He'd get 4 feet and look back to realize the baskets were sliding out of place and drifting in the parking lot. He'd go put them back in the stack, go back to the front of the baskets, and start pulling again. Repeat. This went on several times, all while he's blocking the lane and multiple cars are in line trying to get by. He never did figure it out ... he waved down another employee to help him.

Who on earth abbreviates the word "please" with "psss" ?? Seriously? I'm a terrible speller, but even I can tell you that makes no sense for multiple reasons. Maybe if you took the time to pay attention to things like that, you wouldn't be working that dead end job. Yes, this person shall remain anonymous.
ETA: I just did a spell check on this blog and the only word it found that wasn't a word was "psss." I'm very pleased with myself :-)

I made roast beef ... for the dogs.

Seriously.


I made the babies a pot roast for Bandit's birthday. He loved it.


Then I tried to make him wear a birthday hat. He didn't love it.

Also, Kimber gets jealous when I put things on Bandit's head, and she tries to take them off.

That last one is from Christmas 2 years ago. About 2 seconds after that picture, she snatched up the reindeer ears and ran upstairs. To this day, I have no idea what happened to them.

Happy birthday, Bandit! You're the most beautiful boy in the world, and your Mommy loves you very much.

You Know You're Married When ...

You tell your husband over the phone that you are flossing, and it doesn't even put a pause in the conversation.

**Ring Ring**
Wife: Hello?
Husband: Good morning, what are you doing?
Wife: Flossing
Husband: Cool. So listen, I'm going to be home around ...

Sheesh. Not even a, "Oh I'm not important enough to stop flossing for?" or nothin!