Simpsons Quote of the Day - 11.10.09

Marge: (After turning on the kitchen sink) Hot comes out of hot. It's like I'm dreaming.

Abundantly Blessed

First I have to mention, I'm making a Christmas station on Pandora right now and I've used all my skips. Ugh! Some of the junk they are playing... a few times I have closed the window and reopened so I wouldn't have to listen to it. In fact, I think it's time for that once again... I can't handle Up On The Housetop sung by Cecil something or other... Totally enjoying the Dean Martin though!

But that's not the point of this post! I have to tell you about last night.

Brett and I got married in March but we started dating on November 3, 2005. That is the night that I went to his house to watch Star Wars Episode 3, and we held hands, and everything changed =-) It's a fond memory. SOOO we had been a couple for 4 years yesterday!

One day last week I realized that this day was coming and I thought and thought of some way that we could celebrate. Well, I tried to think! But nothing ever came to me. We are totally broke at the moment. And it was a Tuesday! Just couldn't think of anything that felt special. And his schedule is unpredictable right now... he's having late nights but can't really guess in advance which days will be late. So I debated whether or not I should mention to Brett that the momentous day was around the corner. I didn't want him to want to do something nice and not be able to! But the tiny little selfish voice inside of me (sometimes not so tiny) told me that I should mention it because maybe he would sacrifice a day or two of coke money and buy me $5 flowers at Kroger.

Boy oh boy! I am both happy and embarrassed to say that Brett TOTALLY came through and I completely flopped! I didn't even put a love note in his breakfast taco! But he blew me away! I came home last night to find a flower on the door, and it had friends! Inside was a beautiful bouquet of Kroger's finest clearance flowers and Brett slaving away over a hot stove creating my all time favorite meal – chicken parmesan. (Insert Hallelujah Chorus here.) It was SO nice! He told me to sit down and watch whatever I wanted to (woohoo for 30 Minute Meals!!) and he brought me a DELICIOUS dinner! It was so nice. And he told me how much he loved me and it was so sweet and so wonderful.

So I have GOT to do something super sweet ASAP!

We finished the evening by playing our new game, Lego Rockband. Traveler's Tales, you ROCK! The Lego games are so hilarious! This game is so creative and SO cute! I have been kind of burned out on music games for, well, months now. But I was hoping that we would pop this game in and it would reignite the flame! I can't say that I feel like playing the regular Rockbands, but I could play the Lego version for hours! Can and WILL!

So that was my night. I love celebrating with my husband. We're both having kind of yucky weeks at work so I am looking forward to a peaceful weekend with semi replenished funds and a happily replenished pantry!

Making Friends!!

I think that Brett and I have found a couple to hang out with! It was one of the things that I was most looking forward to about finding and becoming involved in a new church. To be in a class of young marrieds with couples that we can relate to...

Our class is SUPER friendly! But I have to admit... the first time that we walked in the room I felt like we were pretty unlikely to fit in. For whatever reason, our class is full of super models. Not literally, but practically! These girls could all be on the cover of Cosmo, or at LEAST Better Homes and Gardens! And the boys look like they model for American Eagle. Brett and I are happy, funny, bright people, but we could never be confused for models! Except maybe in those Wal-mart ads where they use family members as "models" instead of professionals. ha! We're just normal people!

But I told myself to not be intimidated, and to just pretend like I don't hear the "One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others" Sesame Street song every time we walk in the room. And it has paid off wonderfully! EVERYONE in our class is nice! They are so welcoming and open and warm... EVERY week it is a joy to take part in our time of learning with such precious people. But there are 5 or 6 couples that I have been sort of drawn to that I feel like we could potentially really become friends with. And it is becoming more and more clear which one we will hang out with first. I'm so excited! We are going to make plans ASAP and hang out with them. Brett and the guy talk after class every week, but yesterday I FINALLY had some time to talk with the girl just the two of us and we have SO much in common!

AND to top it all off, our class has some social events planned this month. This class is a lot less activity centered than previous classes that I have been a part of. I am thankful that we don't always have something that we feel obligated to participate in, but I am looking forward to the three events planned this month! The first one is this Friday! One of our directors is a coach at Irving High and we are going to tailgate before his game this weekend and go to the game together! Woohoo! It's PERFECT football weather! AND it's the Smack Mac game! Nice timing!

God is so good. I am incredibly humbled and thankful for the way he guided us and helped us transition to a new church. It really has been a blessing!

Kelly's Shower

It's been two weeks since Kel's shower. Yes I've been a horrible blogger lately. But I'm going to mention it anyway because I had a lot of fun!

I love Kelly. As long as I have known her she has wanted a baby, and I am so happy that she is about to have one!!! Her little boy, Emmett, will be little brother to the amazing Alexis, Kelly's daughter, and I'm sure he will be the first in a long line of babies in the Price household. Kelly is a baby lover. That's just how it is. No matter how many children she has, I can't imagine her not wanting a baby around!

Confession: I never look forward to baby showers. Honestly, showers in general... I don't know what it is! I just never expect to have fun! Maybe it's because of the too many people who don't know each other factor. Always having to fill the silence and be interested in digging out details of someone's life who I have never even met before... It's just tiring. Or maybe because they are kind of all the same... I dunno.

But thankfully, for a lot of little reasons, I really enjoyed myself at Kelly's shower. It was small and intimate and FUN! First of all, I was one of the hostesses, and the other girls who were hosting are sweet ladies who I don't get to see as often as I would like to. Nicole tells the BEST stories about her daughter, Jordan. And Allison is also pregnant, so I have a never ending flow of questions for her, and she is so witty, it's ALWAYS going to be an entertaining conversation! And Jennifer recently started dating someone and he seems PERFECT for her, so I want to hear all about it! Denise, I don't know as well now, but once upon a time, in high school, we were actually really good friends. So it's nice to catch up with oldies. So the setup beforehand was really fun.

When people started to arrive I was a little disappointed because it was a small turn out. But that ended up being a good thing because it was a great mix of people, and Kelly still got a decent amount of gifts!

The party really got started when we played Mad Libs. Jennifer had us all do a Mad Libs together while we were snacking and when she read it, oh my goodness! I thought the pregos in the room were going to wet themselves! We were all dying laughing! It was brilliant!

I was in charge of decorations and everyone thought they were cute. Allison got an ADORABLE cake. The games were ALL fun. And Kelly seemed to enjoy herself. So it was just an all around good time! I am posting a pic of the group of hostesses (what was with my hair??? It must have been a windy day! I don't remember now) and then one of me with Kel and one of me with Alexis.

Good times =-)

Adorable cake!

Me & Kel

Me & Lex

Me, Jennifer,

Allison, Denise

& Nicole

A Door To Narnia

I have been wanting to post about this for over a month! It's 3:00 on Friday and I'm pretty sure that no one else here is going to find motivation to work anymore (John, the guy next to me, stopped working hours ago!) so I'm going to FINALLY tell you this exciting news!

I think I found a door to Narnia.

It's the only explanation I can think of. I've mentioned the giraffes, haven't I? It was a few months ago... driving home I drove past the most random installation going up I had ever seen. It's on top of a platform that is a story high. They were installing giraffes! Two adults and four babies. Here is a picture of them. I apologize for the blurriness. I was driving past them.

The thing is, the giraffes are just by themselves. They are next to some storage buildings but they are completely unrelated to those buildings! What the heck?!? There is a sign next to them that says "Grand Opening" but it just points to an empty field! I have just been perplexed by this! Why would someone put a grand opening sign up before a building is even built? And what type of business would have 6 GIANT giraffes up in the air? In the ghetto, no less!

AND THEN!

One day, about 6 weeks ago, when I was driving home, there were three cars on the dirt road in between the storage buildings and the grand opening sign, like they were coming from somewhere. WHERE??? What is behind those storage buildings? And what does it have to do with giraffes??? And then it hit me. Oh my goodness. It's a door to Narnia! These three drivers, sharing my perplexity, decided to put their curiosity to rest and turn at the giant arrow pointing to nothing to go explore the land behind the storage buildings. What if they found Narnia?!! I mean, I don't know why a door to Narnia would be behind some old storage buildings in South Central Dallas, but what else could it be?

Now every morning when I drive past the giraffes I consider turning in to see for myself. I'm always running late, so I never do turn in. But I think about it every day!

Craving

I am suddenly totally overwhelmed with a desire for a cookie. I walked past another room in our building and saw a paradise bakery cup.

Jennifer... you know the ones with the icing? Like a cookie sandwich? Oh dear. I want one!

I forgot my pudding today. I'm one of those people who likes to end a meal with something sweet. Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Jell-o Pudding rocks my socks. But I forgot to put one in my lunch bag this morning.

It's gonna be a long afternoon.

Random Rabbits

Random Rabbit 1:

There is a guy walking around the office in a hard hat. Sometimes I wish I had a job that required a hat. Hats are fun. I could be the queen of something. Crowns are like hats, right?

Random Rabbit 2:

Tonight's coffee date just cancelled on me. It makes me want to skip choir and just be home for the night! I felt really productive after an hour of crafting last night! I focused on one thing and got it done. I can't really move forward until I buy more adhesive, so I am considering running to Hobby Lobby at lunch and then just crafting tonight! I won't be able to tomorrow or Friday, so it's today or three days from now. Tempting!!! I should probably go to HL at lunch, go ahead and go to choir tonight and just be home by 8:30 and get in a good hour or so of crafting. Brett has a play date with Chris planned, so that would be perfect! (Does it sound condescending when I say "play date"? I don't mean it to be...)

Random Rabbit 3:

We have an 8 foot by 4 foot poster leaning against a wall in the other room waiting to be picked up by a customer. We printed it and mounted it and now it is wrapped in bubble wrap just waiting... Every time I walk past it I want to karate chop it. What's that all about? I can NOT hurt it! It costs big money to mount something that big! (That's what she said. Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

Random Rabbit 4:

I just got a paper cut. It hurts!

Random Rabbit 5:

My friend, Kelly, is really close to her due date and every time I get a text message, I am expecting it to be her husband telling everyone they are on the way to the hospital! I'm so excited!!!

The end.

Is There Anything Better Than Hope?

I don't know what brought it on, but I'm feeling very hopeful this morning. Walking into work, I was just imagining a better life and it made me feel very hopeful. We are working on making some changes and I am looking forward to the better future it will provide us. I also FINALLY bought some healthy food this weekend. My eating has been seriously out of control the past few months. I've gained a ton of weight and am feeling absolutely polluted. But I am ready to get back on track. To focus my eating and be intentional. I still have some shopping to do tonight but I desperately want to get back to making better choices, and I am feeling hopeful that there will be some good days ahead.

So I'm so out of touch on my blogging. I want to do recaps of the last two weekends because there have been some fun events lately! I just can't seem to find the time to sit down when I'm at home and post a blog! But I will this week. I really will. I want to tell you about Kelly's shower because I had a good time, and I'm usually bored at baby showers. And I want to tell you about the Love and Marriage weekend we attended at our church this weekend. And about dinner with my family last night because it felt really good to be home with them.

I wish that I could blame my lack of blogging on my crafting, but that would only partially be true. I've spent WAY less time crafting the last few weeks than I was spending in the beginning. But I've done some quality work. I'm very pleased with my stock so far and I plan on doing a few new things this week. We'll see how it turns out =-) Still trying to take pics to show you my fun things... maybe this week!

I hope everyone is feeling hopeful this morning. The rain outside is really nice. It was heavy during the night but is nice and light right now. Almost feels like mist splashing on your face while you stand on a boat. And the temperature is nice and chilly. Not so cold that I froze without a coat on the way to my car, but perfection for my long sleeve t-shirt!

It's going to be a productive day! =-)

One Nice Thing

Well, I didn't get to take a picture but I did get to do something nice for Brett this morning. I put a little love note in his breakfast this morning. I wrote it on his napkin. He hasn't mentioned it, so he may not have even noticed it, but hey, I tried!

Brett went home sick today. He was only at work an hour or so before they told him to go home. Sore throat. We are the exact opposites when we are sick! When I don't feel good I just want to be left alone, but Brett hates being alone when he doesn't feel good. I took him soup at lunch but I only got to stay ten minutes or so. I hope he is feeling better!

Nice thing number 2 will be picking up cinnamon mints on the way home from work. He hates cough drops but the mints feel good on his throat.

We have been married 7 months today. 7 months ago right now I was arriving at my grandmother's house to get into my dress. Wow.

Another Tuesday

I can think of at least 10 things that I would rather be doing today. I am thankful for employment, but wish I had some time away from work.

I wasn't feeling very well last night. I ended up just laying most of the night. Brett made dinner and took care of me and it was VERY helpful because I am feeling better today. Not great, but I'm okay sitting whereas yesterday in my work chair I really felt like I needed to lay down.

So tonight I will blog about Kel's shower and do some crafting. Those were my plans for last night. I'd also really like to go through my closet! I have some things to get rid of! I want to make some room because I am going to start hunting for cheap clothes this weekend. I always get the shopping itch in the fall. (Not an actual itch... ya know... just want to shop!) I spotted a super cute pair of shoes at church this past Sunday. Kristen told me she got them at Target so I looked online and they are only $16.99! Woohoo! They will be my first purchase for the fall collection!

We are having a movie night tonight because Transformers comes out today, but we are also having lasagna for dinner and that will take a while to cook, so I may get some time in to blog super fast. Probably won't have time to craft now that I think about it though. Hmm.

Going to do my best to get through the day. I want to work well!