Love my CC girl!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart 3
Today I am thankful for my CC girl!
From the moment I handed over those 2 $20 bills, I was in love. I mean really...who could resist that face?!?
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart 2
Today I am thankful that God brought me an amazing man whom I love. He takes care of me, spoils me, and is much, much more than I deserve! I know how annoying I can be, and living on my own for over 10 years, I have kinda become set in my ways (I have NO clue where I get that from, Mom).
He puts up with my ridiculousness and does it with a smile on his face (most of the time).
He takes charge when needed, but has no problem handing over the reins to someone else.
He listens when I am frustrated, and doesn't try to "solve" all my problems. He lets me vent and asks if there is anything he can do...I love that about him.
He loves me unconditionally. This is not an easy feat, people.
He cares for my family and asks about them often.
He supports my decisions and beliefs, even if he doesn't share them.
And I'm thankful to Ann for introducing us!
Oh and I'm quite thankful for warm weather...I'm not ready to pull out the sweaters yet!
He puts up with my ridiculousness and does it with a smile on his face (most of the time).
He takes charge when needed, but has no problem handing over the reins to someone else.
He listens when I am frustrated, and doesn't try to "solve" all my problems. He lets me vent and asks if there is anything he can do...I love that about him.
He loves me unconditionally. This is not an easy feat, people.
He cares for my family and asks about them often.
He supports my decisions and beliefs, even if he doesn't share them.
And I'm thankful to Ann for introducing us!
Oh and I'm quite thankful for warm weather...I'm not ready to pull out the sweaters yet!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart
Since it's November, I thought I'd start the list of what I am thankful for. My goal is to post once a day with one thing that I'm thankful for in my life. Hopefully I will continue this in my personal life off this blog, but this may make be commit to it for 30 days.
November 1st
My family. I have a very supportive family who has been there for me for the past 29 years. I have been blessed with people who have given me more than I have ever asked for and have challenged me and pushed me in ways I never dreamed possible. I never had to worry about anything being provided for me, in fact I always had MORE than necessary. I was never deprived of anything that I wanted, and to this day I'm still not.
My parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins have always been there for me when I needed advice or a shoulder to cry on. They have helped me move (multiple times), supported me in school, believed in my decisions and believed in me. I certainly would not be where I am today if they were not in my life!
November 1st
My family. I have a very supportive family who has been there for me for the past 29 years. I have been blessed with people who have given me more than I have ever asked for and have challenged me and pushed me in ways I never dreamed possible. I never had to worry about anything being provided for me, in fact I always had MORE than necessary. I was never deprived of anything that I wanted, and to this day I'm still not.
My parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins have always been there for me when I needed advice or a shoulder to cry on. They have helped me move (multiple times), supported me in school, believed in my decisions and believed in me. I certainly would not be where I am today if they were not in my life!
Things I'm not sorry for
So I got this idea from my fabulous friend Danielle. She created a post titled "I'm sorry I'm not sorry", so here is my list of things I will NEVER apologize for:
1. Not liking inconsistency, especially in people. Don't change with the wind and don't change unless you have great reasons to and can defend those reasons.
2. I will correct your grammar if you speak incorrectly. I taught English for six years, it's in my blood.
3. Defending the teaching profession- As a former teacher and a person who has many teacher friends, it is a hard profession. I don't care what age or subject you are teaching, there is nothing easy about working in education. If a teacher thinks teaching is easy, then they need to leave the profession because they are doing the kids a disservice. Many of the teachers that I know work just as hard during the 9 months of the school year as others who work year round.
4. I think people should have to work with children before having them.
5. I don't think going to church makes you a "good (insert your personal religious sect here)". I don't think not going to church makes you a bad person.
6. While I like facebook, I think some people share WAY too much and need to stop. Very few people care what you had for dinner every night of the week.
7. I am old-fashioned, in more ways than one.
8. I believe in fixing our own country before looking outward. ( I kinda stole this one from Danielle, because I wholeheartedly believe it).
9. If you really don't like drama, then don't cause it. I've found most people who say, "Drama seems to follow me," are the ones who create the drama in the first place.
10. People need to leave "home" and experience other things. If you still want to return "home" more power to you, but there is more out there.
This is the "short list", of course there are more, but that's for another time!
1. Not liking inconsistency, especially in people. Don't change with the wind and don't change unless you have great reasons to and can defend those reasons.
2. I will correct your grammar if you speak incorrectly. I taught English for six years, it's in my blood.
3. Defending the teaching profession- As a former teacher and a person who has many teacher friends, it is a hard profession. I don't care what age or subject you are teaching, there is nothing easy about working in education. If a teacher thinks teaching is easy, then they need to leave the profession because they are doing the kids a disservice. Many of the teachers that I know work just as hard during the 9 months of the school year as others who work year round.
4. I think people should have to work with children before having them.
5. I don't think going to church makes you a "good (insert your personal religious sect here)". I don't think not going to church makes you a bad person.
6. While I like facebook, I think some people share WAY too much and need to stop. Very few people care what you had for dinner every night of the week.
7. I am old-fashioned, in more ways than one.
8. I believe in fixing our own country before looking outward. ( I kinda stole this one from Danielle, because I wholeheartedly believe it).
9. If you really don't like drama, then don't cause it. I've found most people who say, "Drama seems to follow me," are the ones who create the drama in the first place.
10. People need to leave "home" and experience other things. If you still want to return "home" more power to you, but there is more out there.
This is the "short list", of course there are more, but that's for another time!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Hullaballo Caneck Caneck
It was quite an exciting weekend in my life...we ventured south on 35 to College Station!
Earlier this year, when Texas A&M decided to join the bit boys in the SEC, my dad made the comment that he would like to see a game at Kyle Field. So Will got on-line, bought tickets and my dad flew up for the weekend!
He arrived on Thursday afternoon, I had to work on Friday, so Will and my dad hung out for the day. Friday evening, we finalized plans to leave at 8 am on Saturday morning. See when we bought the tickets, the game was scheduled for 2:30. My dad even checked on Wednesday afternoon and the game was still set for 2:30. Those sneaky Aggies though...
Saturday morning, we load up the car and head south on 35. We made it past Waco with no major issues, traffic was light, it was a beautiful day, it seemed nearly perfect. My dad made a comment about gametime and Will decided to "triple check". It's never good when someone who is checking on something says "uh-oh". Game time had changed to 11 AM, and it was now being televised by FX...sigh...
At that point we realized there was nothing we could do but miss the first quarter of the game. If you know me, I HATE missing kickoff, so I was annoyed with myself for not checking on Friday.
The rest of the drive was easy, we parked, rode the shuttle to the stadium and entered with no issues. We took a potty break, grabbed a snack from consessions and made our way to our seats. We thought we were making great time as the game was still in the 1st quarter.
As we looked down the row (of course we were on the opposite side of the row), we realized that there wasn't room for us to sit. My dad found his spot and quickly claimed it, but Will and I were stuck standing in the middle of the row. Two very nice girls scooted over so we could sit, but did warn us that their boyfriends were coming back soon and those were there seats. We asked them to get the usher when the boys came up. Apparently two groups of people decided to switch seats, but not everyone had tickets in the row and the groups were not equal. The usher very kindly made the idiots who cannot sit in the correct seats move. Of course they fussed and grumbled, but Ibluntly kindly reminded them that we paid for our seats too and we deserved to sit in the seats that we paid for.
Whew, all of this before halftime!
The halftime show was great! I really enjoyed watching the band and how intricate their choregraphy was. All of the band members are also in the Corps of Cadets, so everything was instep and regimented. If you haven't seen a halftime show at Kyle Field, I highly suggest it! Be sure to keep an eye on the tuba players!
The rest of the game went off smoothly, well except for the whole A&M blowing another lead thing. They really need to learn to play a full football game before next year or they may regret joining the SEC, especially the SEC West...
We got to see the campus, and while nothing holds a candle to my Auburn's campus, it was a beautiful campus. We drove around, found a place to eat, then stopped in Aggieland Outfitters to get some Aggie gear (for the men, not for me).
All in all it was a great trip! We had some hiccups, but it was a beautiful day, an exciting game and I had some great company!
Earlier this year, when Texas A&M decided to join the bit boys in the SEC, my dad made the comment that he would like to see a game at Kyle Field. So Will got on-line, bought tickets and my dad flew up for the weekend!
He arrived on Thursday afternoon, I had to work on Friday, so Will and my dad hung out for the day. Friday evening, we finalized plans to leave at 8 am on Saturday morning. See when we bought the tickets, the game was scheduled for 2:30. My dad even checked on Wednesday afternoon and the game was still set for 2:30. Those sneaky Aggies though...
Saturday morning, we load up the car and head south on 35. We made it past Waco with no major issues, traffic was light, it was a beautiful day, it seemed nearly perfect. My dad made a comment about gametime and Will decided to "triple check". It's never good when someone who is checking on something says "uh-oh". Game time had changed to 11 AM, and it was now being televised by FX...sigh...
At that point we realized there was nothing we could do but miss the first quarter of the game. If you know me, I HATE missing kickoff, so I was annoyed with myself for not checking on Friday.
The rest of the drive was easy, we parked, rode the shuttle to the stadium and entered with no issues. We took a potty break, grabbed a snack from consessions and made our way to our seats. We thought we were making great time as the game was still in the 1st quarter.
As we looked down the row (of course we were on the opposite side of the row), we realized that there wasn't room for us to sit. My dad found his spot and quickly claimed it, but Will and I were stuck standing in the middle of the row. Two very nice girls scooted over so we could sit, but did warn us that their boyfriends were coming back soon and those were there seats. We asked them to get the usher when the boys came up. Apparently two groups of people decided to switch seats, but not everyone had tickets in the row and the groups were not equal. The usher very kindly made the idiots who cannot sit in the correct seats move. Of course they fussed and grumbled, but I
Whew, all of this before halftime!
The halftime show was great! I really enjoyed watching the band and how intricate their choregraphy was. All of the band members are also in the Corps of Cadets, so everything was instep and regimented. If you haven't seen a halftime show at Kyle Field, I highly suggest it! Be sure to keep an eye on the tuba players!
The rest of the game went off smoothly, well except for the whole A&M blowing another lead thing. They really need to learn to play a full football game before next year or they may regret joining the SEC, especially the SEC West...
We got to see the campus, and while nothing holds a candle to my Auburn's campus, it was a beautiful campus. We drove around, found a place to eat, then stopped in Aggieland Outfitters to get some Aggie gear (for the men, not for me).
All in all it was a great trip! We had some hiccups, but it was a beautiful day, an exciting game and I had some great company!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Easy Peasy - Pinterest style
During the week, I usually have a very quick breakfast like a bowl of cereal or strawberries and cream oatmeal. On the weekends though, I like to something with a little more "oomph". I have started making pancakes or waffles and making extra to take me through the week, just so I have something different.
A couple of weeks ago, I found a cool recipe on Pinterest that I wanted to try. It was a version of sticky buns, but much, much less work! I couldn't wait to try it!
Like any good cook, I gathered all my ingredients first:
3 tablespoons of butter- melted
1/2 cup syrup
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tubes of the Pilsbury Grands Junior biscuits
A bundt pan (or any circular pan) greased
Preheat oven to 375
Mix the melted butter and syrup together
Mix the brown sugar and the cinnamon together
Pour in half of the syrup/butter mixture, then sprinkle in half of the sugar/cinnamon mixture
Place biscuits in, overlapping so they fill in all the pan
Pourin rest of syrup/butter mixture and sprinkle rest of sugar/cinnamon mixture
Cook until biscuits are done (took about 20 minutes)
Flip over onto a plate and enjoy!
These were soooo very good and soooo very easy! I can see this being kid-friendly too!
A couple of weeks ago, I found a cool recipe on Pinterest that I wanted to try. It was a version of sticky buns, but much, much less work! I couldn't wait to try it!
Like any good cook, I gathered all my ingredients first:
3 tablespoons of butter- melted
1/2 cup syrup
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tubes of the Pilsbury Grands Junior biscuits
A bundt pan (or any circular pan) greased
Preheat oven to 375
Mix the melted butter and syrup together
Place biscuits in, overlapping so they fill in all the pan
Pourin rest of syrup/butter mixture and sprinkle rest of sugar/cinnamon mixture
Flip over onto a plate and enjoy!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
A visit with an "old" friend
I've known Nicole since we were freshmen in high school. We had several classes together and somehow we ended up on the swim team together (although neither of us remember how we actually ended up joining swim team). We became fast friends and have remained friends ever since.
See, this is us in high school...Nicole is on the left, I'm in the center...we were cute, weren't we?
Anyway, we visited each other in college (she went to LSU) and always found time for dinner or something when we were home from school.
After she graduated from college, she got married and became an adult and stuff. Her husband moved her around a lot for his job (luckily she is a teacher and easily found work each time they moved). Each time I talked to her it seemed like it was from a new place. But eventually, his job landed them in Texas...about 30 minutes from me! I was thrilled!
We don't get together as often as we would like to because we both have busy schedules, but when we do get to hang out, it's always a great time! Sometimes I go to her, sometimes she comes to me, sometimes we meet in the middle! This past January, another one of our high school friends, Kellee, came to visit me for the weekend and we (Nicole, Kellee, Alli ~ another high school friend who also lives in Dallas, and me) had a great girls night out!
This summer, Nicole and I had been playing phone tag and trying to schedule a get together for quite some time, but with our schedules, one of us was always busy or out of town or something. When we finally were able to make it work, the first thing I asked her when we sat down for lunch was, "How are you?" I was expecting a response like "Loving summer" or "Well rested", but no, I get, "Well, I'm pregnant!" I was soooo excited! Even more excited when I found out a few weeks later that she would be having a little boy! A fun little "nephew" to play with!!! (Hey, I'm the closest "family" she's got!).
Anyway, I invited Nicole over today to watch the LSU/AUBURN game and just hang out. We had a great time and I finally got to see her preggo belly! I can hardly wait for her shower in a few weeks...I have the cutest gift picked out!
And yes...I must point out that Nicole will turn 30 before I will...only one day before I will, but she's still "older" than me! Hahahahahaha!
Oh and GO RANGERS!!!
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