Mood: really, really happy

Craving: a good night's sleep

Highlight of my weekend: sunday dinner and movie :)

Weekly Goals: finish wedding pictures. sneak peek--my crazy family!!

Quote of the day:

“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”- Bob Moawad

Theme song: Every now and then I go on a Bob Schneider kick. Here's one of my favorites: Flowerparts

Gotta get it done: work work work!
Breakfast beverage: going searching for coffee when I finish this
Grateful For: the awesome people in my life
Looking forward to: the little things.

phew

What an exhausting week last week was. It was so much fun karaoking at Corkscrew on Thursday, Mixers and Elixers was a BLAST, the wedding was wonderful, and Sunday was a day of nonmovement for the most part (I went to church, chipotle, and Salentos. That's it.)

I'm going on about 3 hours of sleep last night. The past five nights or so haven't been much better. Must try tylenol PM.

This week isn't looking much easier. I'm not sure if I do these Monday posts more to tell you what I'm up to, or if it's just a way for me to remember everything that's going on.

Monday-thesis work, for real. This would also be a good day to get back on the exercise wagon. I've been slipping a lot lately. Darnit.

Tuesday- sushi with my favorite cousin (Sorry other cousins, he really is my favorite) Greg. It's been about six months since I've hung out with him and I'm hoping that will change now that he's settled in Texas for a while.

Wednesday-Bowling. My average is improving still, although it was so bad, I'm kind of happy it has no where to go but up. Last week I was most improved woman bowler. Woo hoo!

Thursday-Going to see "The Wiz" with Tina. Should be fun!!

Friday-Dinner for my good friend Tonya's birthday. Man this chick is funny-can't wait!!
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new: Some friends have gotten me to start watching two new shows: True Blood and Mad Men. These are both boy tv series that I do not recommend which now I am invested in watching.

more new: I'm addicted to this song. Must get guitar fixed and learn it!!

have a good week! (pictures of the wedding are coming soon)

fluttering

Wowzers what a weekend...the 10yr old nephew came to stay with me for 3 days. I love this kid like crazy. I knew he needed a get away from the norm so I planned a whole weekend of fun. Here's a rundown of alll the stuff we did.
Thursday night: Dave & Busters, came home and played cards and dominos til around midnight
Friday: Spacecenter and Astros game. The astros game was AWESOME!!!! and there were fireworks afterwards so we didn't get home until 11:30pm.
Saturday: lounged around the pool, Butterfly Center at the museum, Ice Age 3 in 3D, back to the pool. (We were going to do the Terra Cotta Warrior exhibits at the museum but the darn place closed early so we settled for the butterfly museum)
Sunday: church, buca di beppo, and gelato.

We both were completely exhausted by Sunday afternoon. Good times. ok there were a few times I forgot to feed him and he had to remind me that he was hungry, but I think that was the most responsible-ish I've ever had to be, and I passed.

ok so I've always considered myself someone of a treehugger--I love nature and the outdoors. Flowers are my friends (hence, exposing posies), and I'm generally ok with most critters (minus snakes. I'm TERRIFIED of snakes). The butterfly center was interesting. At first when they'd fly by my face I'd swat or duck like a dummy but then after a while it got better. The nephew had a butterfly guide and we went around trying to find each kind on the guide. He really enjoyed checking out the wings under the microscope. Maybe he found his calling? We'll see!

It's a busy week folks!
Tuesday: b-ball game with Keda and her kiddos (flash practice!)
Wednesday: bowling! We're still last place, but my average is improving
Thursday: Karaoke at Corkscrew with SPH buddies!
Friday: Mambo Kings at Mixers and Elixers!
Saturday: Wedding shoot!
Sunday: posssssssibly a maternity shoot for the lovely ninja-ette!

New idea I stole from someone else

Anyone want to play Wordless Wednesdays?

eyes...closing...

I should just go to bed, but I'm tired of looking at the dead flowers as the latest blog on my page. This picture makes me infinetely (sp?) happier.

Mood: 'swonderful

Craving: nothing. really!

Highlight of my weekend: sleeping in on Saturday morning

Weekly Goals: get crazy amounts of thesis done for advisor meeting on Thursday!

Quote of the day:

credit

Theme song: silversun pickups, lazy eye. I haven't listened to the words yet, but I love the beat.
Gotta get it done: the dishes!
Breakfast beverage: chai tea
Grateful For: air conditioning!
Looking forward to: spending the weekend with the nephew. Should be a hoot!

I guess we'll just go to waste...

like dead flowers....great song, kinda sad. Lots of things going on, nothing I'm ready to blog about. All I know is life is interesting, and things are going to be ok I woke up really early this morning, not sure why. I curled my hair, made breakfast, sat on the couch and drank my tea. The light coming through the blinds found the flowers that I'd gotten for my birthday. They were so pretty. I think even dying they're beautiful...

weekly blog post!

I told myself I'd post at least one a week, and so far I've been good with that. It's a quiet day at work so I figured I'd get caught up on my blog reading. I came across a post with some cute questions, so I figured I'd borrow those.

This weekend's plans:
Going to watch UP! tonight. Kind of excited.
lobsterizing for real. I need to start looking mexican.
dock dogs at discovery green, IF i can wake myself up at 8am.
Photowalk with Rakeda. Looking for cool shots around town and some nice places to shoot. If you know of any, let me know!
Church. The past couple of weeks I've been looking forward to going to church. I feel such peace when I'm there...looking for ways to bring that into my everyday life. Any suggestions?
Thesis. Yea.

Have a great weekend!

The rules are:
1. Respond and rework: answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own. (I'm sure you'll know the question I added!)

What is your current obsession?
I'm not obsessive about many things, but iced coffee has become a great love of mine recently.

What are you wearing today?
an old navy shirt and some blue jeans

Do you nap a lot?

I love naps. I take them maybe 3 times a week after work.

Why was today special?

It's Friday!

What would you like to learn to do?
be completely awesome.

What's for dinner today?
no clue. probably not much since i had pizza for lunch.

What's the last thing you bought?
iced chai tea from salentos last night.

What are you listening to right now?
michael jackson, greatest hits.

What is your favorite weather?
70 degrees, no humidity

What is on your bedside table?
would you believe I dont have a bedside table? The pile next to my bed though is books and my cell phone

What's your style?

Whatever is on sale at Old Navy and New York and Company. That's my style.

What is your most challenging goal right now?
To stay motivated.

What's your favorite mold?
Aspergillus. so pretty.

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
goodness. Probably on a beautiful beach somewhere!

Favorite vacation spot?
Anywhere outside of Texas!

Favorite meal of the day?
Usually lunch, because of the peeps that I eat with and b/c it usually includes Chipotle.


Name a memory from childhood that sticks out in your mind:
I hit my sister over the head with a shovel. Hard. Because I saw Bugs Bunny do it. Obviously I got in trouble. She was not permanently damaged, I don't think. Thank goodness, I'd have felt really bad.

What person would you like to have in your arms right now?
not a specific person, but a sleeping baby. I just love em.

What's something you got rid of but wish you hadn't?
I've yet to regret throwing something out.

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
just for an hour? the beach.

Which language do you want to learn?
spanish!

Which countries have you visited?
mexico, canada, UK, Spain, and Italy