Florida or Bust

Look out Florida...Here we come!!! I'm off to Florida tomorrow to see Mickey and the boys. I guess I'll make time to stop off at Dad's while I'm there too...I hear he has some new trees.

Went to Best Buy today to buy a 55 in Sony TV, came out with a Sony Vaio laptop instead. I'm blogging from it right now. I love it.

P.S. I got a promotion on thursday! YEAH me!

I haven't written in a while. Let me start from where I left off...

This is us before leaving for The Byron...

This is from Monica's shower (same day as the Byron) the weekend before Dad came in town.



My Dad was in town a couple weeks ago, we had a great time. Vicki and I shopped while Dad and the boys played games (now that is what I'm talking about). We ate at Esparza's, rented movies, went to Main Street Days, and anything else those little brats wanted to do. The boys stayed with me all weekend and that is always an adventure so we had a good time.


My mom was in Costa Rica for a week, last week. She seemed to have a great time and really enjoy the different culture. Her pool wasn't working right, so I went over and tried to fix it...haha. Thats funny isn't it! Well, when she came back it still wasn't working. Hey, I TRIED!

This last weekend was Memorial Day weekend, as I'm sure most of you know. There was a lot going on but I still managed to get some things done around the house. Carmen was spade (sp?)friday morning and Dylan was not doing well with it. He called every 30 minutes asking me to call the vet to be sure she is ok. I guess when he dropped her off in the morning she was pretty freaked out so he had to take her back to the cage himself. He said he got a little teary eyed. He was acting like HE was the one about to get fixed. Anyways, I called a few times but she hadn't had the procedure yet so I just looked like the psycho dog owner that they hope never comes back. Dylan picked her up saturday morning around 10. I guess they called and said she wasn't doing so hot and being kind of harsh, whatever that means. What do they expect, they just snipped her womanhood! She is still a little sketchy around people she doesn't know and I think she always will be. She is even worse when she goes to the vet, you'd think being a vet they would know how to handle that. Anyways, she wouldn't come out of her cage at all so when Dylan got there he had to go get her out and let her know everything was going to be ok. She was pretty down all day saturday and had taken one of her staples out before she even got home. They just stapled her up and didn't stitch her up. I'm a bit upset about that. It doesn't seem to be closing/healing. It just seems like her insides are going to fall out any minute. If anyone can give me some reassurance on that I would appreciate it, otherwise I'm taking her to the emergency vet tonight or tomorrow. I just don't like how it looks. She is back to her old self, energy wise, but the cut itself is just not pretty.

As all this was happening at the vets, I was with my girlfriends having a few drinks on the patio at Primo's. It was a really nice day, a bit too hot to be sitting in the sun. Either way, I had a great time hanging out with the girls. After that I just went home and tried to finish up the laundry I started on friday.

I got up early on sunday, went to church with Dylan and then we headed to the lake for some fun. The sun wasn't shining too bright when we got there but it came out eventually. I got lots of sun, probably too much but had a great time. We were on Grapevine Lake but of course we discussed the aligator that was found in Lake Lewisville which is about 10 minutes from where we were. We all survived without being eaten by aligators so it was a good day. After the lake we went to a friends house and watched the Mav's beat the Suns while lounging around in the hot tub. Very Nice. Go MAVS!

I have become a Mav's fan. It wasn't on purpose. I went to happy hour with a girlfriend and the game was on, it sucked me in! Yes, I'm probably just a fair-weather fan but I'm currently a fan, which is all that matters. I watched game 2 at a bar last week with a friend and the energy and the craziness just forces you to get in the game. The whole bar was yelling and screaming and people were running around with Mav's flags. We lost the game but it was a REALLY close game as I'm sure you all saw!

OK, back to my weekend. After the game on sunday night, I came home and did some more laundry then went to bed, yes, I know, very exciting!

Monday was the day I got so much stuff done! I hung some shelves, sconces, and pictures. The place actually looks lived in. And when I say "I", I mean Dylan. We went to the grocery for the first time and got food, of course, but we also got the small things that you forget about... light bulbs, sunscreen (a bit late), a bed for Carmen, candles, and more. After that I finished off the 10th load of laundry. Since I didn't have a dryer that worked I wasn't able to do laundry for a while. Catching up on it was no fun at all. Here is a picture of the only room in the house that is finished. But hey, its an important one!


I'm getting my hair done today, which is way overdue. I'm going out of town this weekend to Padre for a bachelorette party. Leaving thursday and coming back sunday. I'm so excited! Heading to Florida next wednesday for some Disney World action and will get to see Dad for a couple days. I have some really short weeks of work coming up, which makes coming to work much easier!

I hope you all enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend and remembered what it was all about.

Catching up

Its been a while since I last wrote... I've been a busy little bee getting things together and organzied. I got a lot done the first couple days and since then haven't really done anything. I need to get a TV Stand/Entertainment Center and a coffee table, then I will get back in the groove of things. A one bedroom apartment isn't that big so you have to make a lot of decisions on what to keep and what to throw away.

I tried to be MS. Fix It. My dryer (thanks Dad!) has a three prong connection, but the wall plug is a four prong. So I had to get the right cord from Home Depot. I unscrewed the original cable off of the dryer and put the new one on. I felt pretty good about that. So then I started the dryer and something just didn't smell right. I think I left a part in the dryer that should have come out. Oh well, I tried. Dad will be in town on wednesday and that is project number 1 for him. Gotta keep him busy while I'm at work ;o). I'm sure I'll have other things for him to do when he gets here. I will have to buy some things so he can hang them. I just guess when I hang things, he gets out the level and a tape measure and has to make it perfect, so I'll leave that up to him!

The only room in the house that is completely done is the bathroom. But thats a pretty important room, right? Hopefully I will get more things done this weekend.

The Byron Nelson is this weekend as well as Taste Addison and I have another wedding shower to attend. So the apartment may take the back seat. Tiger bailed on us this year but the party tent will be there and thats all the really matters. Who really watches golf anyways. Its way too hot out there. Its nice to just sit under the tents and order drinks, people watch, and be merry. Sunday I'm having breakfast at my place for Mom and Vicki and the boys will be there as well.

I'll post some pictures as soon as I get some more things done. I still haven't set up my PC at home, hopefully I will get to that done this weekend too.

Tyler turned 11 years old yesterday....I can't believe how fast they grow up!

And...Dylan bought a new car today. So the old '93 Explorer, aka The Ghost, will now be retired. Its a sad day for Dylan. He wanted to keep it, but I think his parents and myself talked him out of it. Dylan will now be sporting a 2003 Lexus IS300...little brat!

MOVING DAY!

The day has finally come! I've started moving. My bedroom furniture, living room furniture and cable have all been delivered and set up to my liking. Vicki sat at my house all day waiting anxiously for the deliveries. I was a bit worried when it started to rain but I told Vicki to unleash the demons on the movers is my things weren't covered. Needless to say all of my furniture was covered and successfully moved up the 3 flights of stairs. The movers first told Vicki that we (her and I) and just wipe off the furniture when it gets upstairs...He was funny.

Most of my things are in storage and will be moved saturday. Some of you probably don't know but I have horrible luck with movers, when I moved out of my place in uptown...they just didn't show up. Then I called to confirm for saturday and they didn't have me down. I'm not going to freak out about it although there are times that I would like to, but I figure worse things have happened. Hopefully the movers will show up as planned and everything will work out smoothly. I'll post pics once I take some.

YEAH!!! I'm moving!

This and That

This is a picture of Tross after his school program on thursday. He really would make a cute cowboy...

I went to my friends house last night for a "Girls Night In" It was fun. THere were about 5 or 6 of us. We just hung out and played Apples to Apples. I fell asleep on the couch at Gab's so I just spent the night, this morning I got up, tanned, went to Verizon for a new battery for my phone...thats a whole other story, then I got my brows waxed...It was much needed. Now I'm back at home trying to get a few more things packed before Tross' football game.

Tyler got back from camp yesterday. He said he had a lot of fun and he does't have poison ivy so it must have been a successful trip!

Went to Happy Hour with Amber, Andrea, and Lauren last night. We went to TABC, nice place. I had never been. I'm still getting ready to move, obviously not getting THAT much done since I went to Happy Hour but hey...It will be there tomorrow, right? And spending quality time with your friends is just more important.

Tyler is camping with his class and Tross has a school program tonight so he will be forfeiting his football game. I will be in the audience at his school program, I hear he is a cowboy...Like Cowboys and Indians, not Dallas Cowboy. In case you were confused.

Dad is coming in town in a couple weeks which will be nice.

Last thing...our softball team made the play off's! YEAH! The tournament is next monday. Its just the top 4 teams and right now we are in the 3rd place spot, not that that matters once you get into the playoffs but I just wanted to share.

***If you are wondering about the softball picture...thats what I look like on the field. Half retarded and lost!

And the count down begins

One week from today I move...YEAH!!!

This weekend was fairly uneventful. I was up till 4am on friday getting everything ready for my friends Wedding Day Brunch. I was up again at 7:30am. The brunch was at 10, It went well, good food, good friends, what more could you ask for, right? Once that was over I cleaned up a little and then got ready for the wedding. I didn't stay long at the wedding but the ceremony was very heartfelt. The pastor is a close friend of theirs so it was a very intimate ceremony. It wasn't the typical speech. It was nice and personal and made me shed a tear or two. Anyways, after that I went home, took a nap because I was exhausted! I woke up watched Hitch...I love that movie and then went right back to bed. I caught up on a lot of sleep this weekend, which I needed. Tross spent the night on saturday so we went on like 5 bike rides and played all day sunday till Vicki came to pick him up. He just has so much energy! What I would do to have energy like that!

This weekend will be back to normal and then the weekend after that I'm moving. I can't wait!

And the weddings begin...

As most of you may know. April is usually the month that starts the wedding season. I have like 5 weddings in the next few months and this weekend marks the first. I'm hosting a Wedding Day Brunch for the bride. Trying to get everything together and cleaning. I'll be sure to post pics once its all over.

Here are a few pictures of my friends and I last night at Primo's

I didn't post much about my weekend and I had a few pics. Figured I'd post them now. These are from last friday and saturday night.

Happy Happy Easter

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Holiday and enjoyed time spent with the family.

This is a picture of Vicki and I in the bunny pajamas that Dad sent us for Easter. ;o) And yes, we are aware how incredibly adorable we both look in our little matching outfits!

Missed you Dad!

Football Star in the making

This is Vitross at his game tonight. He played GREAT! I love watching kids his age play. They don't really know what they are doing but its so fun to watch. He is an awesome running back.




Another great pic of Tross at his game.








This was a picture from Tross's game last saturday. I FINALLY got the pics.








Vicki and Tyler at the game.








Poor Tyler, he was on Spring Break last week and at his other grandma's house. He is now covered in poison ivy..head to toe. Sound familiar???

There is another game on saturday so there is more to come.

Does it ever stop???

So I just pay off the majority of my debt and then it all comes back to haunt me. I could really use the cash right now! I'm looking to buy a new car and hate the thought of having a car payment. I got my AC fixed but am now too afraid to use it, so it basically defeats the whole purpose of having AC. The weather is just on the verge of being too warm, but with the windows or top down I can survive the ride home.

Carmen ate my glasses a few months ago so I had to go buy some yesterday. I've been putting it off for so long. I found a coupon in the paper for 1/2 off frames and 1/2 off lenses. Once she rang it up I didn't think it was that great of a deal but whatever. I hate wearing my contacts, cause I'm too lazy and always running late in the mornings. At least having glasses I can use those till I muster up the energy to put my contacts in.

A few more tid bits...

I went on a 6 mile bike ride yesterday...YEAH!

My butt hurts really bad today, not sure if its cause from the great workout or my butt being parked on the bike seat for too long...either way, its not good...BOO!

Shopping for cars can be fun...YEAH!

Then you see the price...BOO!

Tross won their game on saturday 6-4 (no need to confuse the little ones with 7 point scores), he has another game on thursday that I will we a cheerleader at...YEAH!

Still no pictures from Vicki...BOO!

I played with my hair last night and liked how it turned out...YEAH!

I should not have spent so much money shopping last weekend...BOO!

Dad should buy me a new car...YEAH!!!

Slide Shows

The Weekend

Thursday I met a few friends for happy hour at Primo's. One of my friends from high school was in town for the weekend so we hung out for a bit...






Friday I put in a good hard day's work and then went out to celebrate Chad's birthday. (I couldn't get the picture any smaller.)


Saturday I took my car into the shop. My AC is out and in Texas, that just doesn't cut it. In the mean time, Vitross had his first football game, which I didn't attend since my car was in the shop. (I am waiting for Vicki to send me the pics from his game, will then post 'em)

After I found out that $1100 later my AC would work...I had my friend come pick me up and we went shopping. This was Amber and I on the way home from our adventures in shopping.

Saturday night, we had dinner at Taverna, a great little Italian restaurant downtown. Amber's birthday was today so we decided to celebrate Saturday. After dinner we went to Sunset Lounge and had a little fun.

I came home sunday for a breather... laid out a little and then picked up my car. Needless to say, I'll be looking for a new car this week.