He must have 3 eyes....

Ok, Please tell me that I am not the only one that thinks that this is the STRANGEST celebrity 'First Official Picture of My Child' picture? Because apparently, no one in the media thinks so. This is Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr's first photo of their newborn child. You can't even see the kids face!!!! And don't get me wrong, I'm all about a woman's right's to breast feed when and where she pleases...but why would I WANT to see a picture of her child latched onto her boob? That's typically a situation where I avoid looking if possible in order to give them privacy, because as natural and beautiful as it is, it is still a private, intimate moment. (But what do I know...I've never breast fed)!

Let's not get too deep though. I get it Miranda, you're a Victoria's Secret model and have great boobs. But, if you really knew that I am only interested in finding out whether or not the gene pool of two ridiculously gorgeous people pulled a 180 on their offspring and gave him three eyes or something weird like that, you would realize how irrelevant this picture is to me.

Facebook Friday

~It's always a little nerve racking stopping to get gas for the first time in a new car. I never think before hand to check and see which side my gas tank is on. And my last car, it threw me for one. Why wouldn't they just put them all on the driver's side?

~You know when you are lying in bed and you're not necessarily uncomfortable, but you decide to make a move and roll over and/or re-adjust your body somehow? And once you do.....it's like you've just hit the jackpot of comfort. I mean, it's literally like you have just melted into a cloud and you're body feel's as if it has reached the ultimate state of euphoria. I'm pretty sure if someone could find a way to bottle up that feeling, they could make millions. (Maybe they already did and it's called heroin? But I wouldn't know...)

~How is it that I have just discovered the greatness of Nutella! Oh. My. Gosh. SoGood. And they market it as healthy...I'm not sure I fully believe this but I'm definitely arguing that point to my husband as I finish off the jar in less than one week.

~I'm so excited to head out to Dallas tomorrow for my childhood friends wedding! He and I were inseperable along with our third wheel B. Wils, so her and I are getting some girl time as we see him get hitched and the huz get's a guys night playing xbox and burping with the fellas.

Facebook status' I never posted on Facebook for fear that people might think I don't have a life outside of Facebook

So, like said in title...these are a few Facebook status post's that I would have made this week, only I hate to be one of those people that update's their Facebook status mulitple times a day. Sometime's I wonder if their facebook talk's back to them...?

~Oklahoma Sky-where do you get your colors from? They can't be real. Far too beautiful to be real.

~Really? If you're going to give me an up-down, could you at least not be so obvious about it? Or I don't know, maybe acknowledge me at some point with a "hello" or even just a smile so that I can tell myself that you were admiring my new boots instead of noticing the extra lb's from the holidays. I mean, we do work together so to not say hi in passing is awkward enough. To feel judged when in passing is even worse. Thanks.

~I love GABABOUT Post!! You must download the app if you send mass text's for say, Happy Hour. It's basically a really pretty, fun, and/or themed invitation but through text. They even have cute little notepad's so you can send a 'note' to someone. Here is one I sent the huz while playing with it.

He replied with, "Busy day at work?"

~I wonder if my husband and I will ever feel like our home is completely finished? Is that a real expectation? Does everyone else live like this?

The End.

2010

Ahhhh, another year gone by. I've had some pretty good one's in my time, but this might have been the best! Let's recap, shall we?!



January 2010: Somehow managed to get out of bed and function after a successful new years eve celebration and continue the party at the Dallas Cowboys stadium for the OSU bowl game vs. Ole Miss. The evening before, I was checking into our hotel and a random guy said to me "Hottie Tottie?" I couldn't believe the best pick up line he could come up with was to offer me a hot tottie, something my mother offers her friends at happy hour. I gave a confused grimace and walked away. I have never hated the words 'hottie tottie' so much after the bowl game. And I felt especially stupid thinking he was hitting on me. Regardless, I had probably the most fun I have ever had at a football game thanks to friends, family, and some Tattoo. Too bad we lost.

February: I got my wedding dress in....in the right size!! It shipped to me in Oct. 2009 and
was the wrong size. The store tried to convince me that I had just gained weight. I stared at them in disbelief and proposed the idea that my clothes probably wouldn't be fitting very well if I had gained that much weight in 2 months. The zipper of this dress zipped maybe 2 inches, stopped right at my lower back and it wasn't going any higher no matter how much I sucked in. Considering the dress was custom made for me(to the wrong size) and shipped from SPAIN!!, this was a brides worst nightmare. Apparently the designer had changed the sizing charts and the lady that took my measurements measured it with 2008's chart and not 2009's...therefore, sending them the wrong size. Luckily for me, they had one, in Spain, at Pronovias, in the perfect size...just waiting for me!

March: My little brother turned 21! Yikes. Mom and I made a trip to Stillwater to take him out to eat at Kyoto's and show him how it's supposed to be done on the strip!



April: I turned 26! And I played an awesome April fools joke on my husband! Faking a pregnancy with a friends postive pregnancy test will have you rolling on the floor holding your tummy from laughter!

May: The first of several wedding showers started May 1st! It was my boat shower thrown by an amazing family friend. I had such a good time and felt so blessed to have such wonderful women celebrating my marriage. This was also the month of my awesome bachelorette party in Austin. Seriously, it was awesome.








June: The month I got married! It was a busy, busy month full of incredible showers, incredible people, and a lot of highway. The wedding went off without a hitch and was the wedding I've always dreamed of. I look at my wedding pictures at least once a week and still can't believe how amazing it was. Matt and I were so lucky to get to share the best day of our lives with so many people that love us! I was truly honored to be at my own wedding.



July: We spent the first few days of July on our Honeymoon in Kauai, HI! One word-AMAZING. I have been to Hawaii twice, both times to Maui. While it was beautiful, I can't even describe how much I loved Kauai. Matt and I were already on cloud nine from the wedding, and this place was the cherry on top. Okay, maybe like 10 cherry's on top. Amazing. A. MA. ZING.



August: We got to celebrate 2 of our good friends getting married! One of Matt's friends from college and groomsman got married to an awesome girl that I have become good friends with. I love it when that happens! This is also the month that we began our renovations to our house. *Heavy Sigh*

September: Well, my kitchen went missing this month due to my husband taking on the demolition for our re-modeling plans. Football season began and Matt and I took a trip to Vegas for my best friend's couples bachelor/bachelorette party. Good times, that September.

October: My BFF Jessica got married! Her wedding was so beautiful and so Jessica. She and I had so much fun planning our wedding's together. It was nice to be able to call her and vent about the wedding stressors and her know exactly what I was going through. But I promise, I'm not complaining!

November: The house is getting closer to being finished, but still far enough away that we dread coming home everyday because our house is so torn up. It was definitely a tough time period...Matt and I joked that newlyweds should never put themselves through something like this within their first 4 months of marriage. And then we high fived each other because we were strong enough to have made it this far throughout the process without wanting to rip each other's heads off. Don't get me wrong, there was some tension and disagreements every now and then, but we worked as a team to create our dream home without taking our frustration out on the other person. Go Us.



December: Well besides getting to celebrate our first Christmas as married folk, our house remodeling was finished!!! Yay!! I mean, there are still some little things we need to finish up, but our home is clean, livable, cookable, lounge-in-front-of-the-tv-on-the couch-able (that's proper grammer, I checked). It was amazing being able to throw down some bread on the counters and make a sandwhich or walk in the front door and not have to go straight upstairs to the only functional room in the whole house. We have a toilet in our downstairs bathroom again as well as doors! It's the little things right?



I can't believe my life sometimes and am so lucky to be able to look back and reflect on such good memories with such good people. I married someone who can best be summed up with the overused word 'amazing'. But it's true. I had some of the best times and was given so many opportunities to be surrounded by my best friends. I am so lucky to have such great ladies who care so much about being a part of my life. I have been given so much support from my family and could not have pulled off my dream wedding with out my Mom. She made it happen. Now onward to 2011.

Q and A

Matt's gone. I'm Bored. Annnndddd I obviously haven't been keeping up well with the blog. Oops. I do recall stating in my first, and only other, post that I don't really have anything that important that I just feel like has to be shared with the world. I am always amazed at the stories and things that people have to tell and talk about on their blogs. I ponder, 'what did I do this weekend that I could share...? Hmmmm...went to dinner, came home, went to bed (but not without the sleep timer set to Chelsea Lately). Saturday, I woke up, went to breakfast with the huz (which is quickly becoming a guilty pleasure), ran a few errands (Probably for the house), came home and took a nap/watched a movie, got ready for dinner, went to dinner, and may or may not go have a drink at an adult establishment. But chances are we just came back home and went to bed." My Sunday doesn't get much more exciting. Sooooo, how about a little question and answer to keep from getting my blog shut down for neglect (do they do that?).

EXCITED: about a weekend with friends that I haven't seen in months. And when they're you're best friends....that's a long time!

WORRIED: about having my home remodeling complete in time to decorate for Christmas! Where will the presents go if the tree's not up?!

READING: Just finished one called 13 Reasons Why. (I could never remember in school, do I underline or italicize a book title?) I was contemplating recommending it to my teenagers at work but decided not to encourage a book about a suicidal teen, to a bunch of suicidal teens. Go me.

CREATING: Memories and a home!

LOVING: Wearing flip flops the week of Thanksgiving. I'd totally sacrifice the winter cold for perfect days like this. That's an even trade right? I'll go North if I want snow. DEAL!

HATING: The 9-5 daily grind. Love what I do, just hate the 9-5 part.

WONDERING: How long you have to wait until you feel like all of your dreams have finally come true?

CRAVING: A home cooked meal.

LISTENING: Old school Mandy Moore...that's right.

WATCHING: Myself type....? I typically don't have music and the tv on at the same time.

Ok, there you have it. 'Til next time....:)

Welcome!

Sooooo.....Sometime's I get really bored with the hum drum of life and I need an outlet...preferrably a creative outlet. Since getting married, Matt (and I...and our friends Anna, Jimmy, and Travis) have torn apart our house with hopes of updating it/remodeling it/flipping the fridge and the oven/etc., etc., etc. Now, Mr. Matthew has wonderful handy man skills. I swear the guy can fix anything and if he for some unknown reason can't, he has a friend that can. I, on the other hand, know nothing of these skills. Thank God I had male neighbors in college...although I could spackle the hell out of my walls...if it meant getting my deposit back! But anyways, I have pretty much been locked in our Master bedroom for the last 3 months while my precious husband is working his ass off on our house or working his ass off in Texas for work. It's been one or the other, and I'm helpless in both situations...I can't even cook him a decent dinner to say thank you. Matt has been gone traveling a lot lately, which leaves me a lonely newlywed. Not that it's that terrible. When Matt and I met 41/2 years ago, he was already secure in his job and traveling all the time. It's nothing new to me and quite frankly, I'm okay with it. I don't mind alone time every now and then and it's all I've ever known with him so...it's life. C'est la Vie, right?! Of course I miss him terribly when he is gone! Especially when he is having those day's or week's that he just doesn't have time to chit chat on the phone or answer my "Hi baby, I'm bored, what are you up to?" phone calls. I'm really not one that particularly loves to talk on the phone so it takes some pressure off of the situation but I still like to hear my husbands voice at least once in a 24 hour time span. The point of all of this...Throughout my day's, I have normal, random, not normal at all, common, complete, incomplete, logical and completely irrational thoughts, ideas, plans, desires, hates, loves, and stories that I can't WAIT to tell Matt about. But like most people, he can't always drop what he's doing to listen to all of my crazy proposals, questions, and jokes. Sometimes, I don't talk to him until hours later (I hope this doesn't sound like a poor poor pitiful me sob story about never getting to talk to my husband...it's really not that tragic) and by the time we have both finally reached a point in our day where we can sit down and listen to each other's day and hear out their thoughts...I forgot. And there are some things that I save for when he get's home because I want to see the expression on his face or it's way more serious for the late at night phone call knowing he is exausted from his 16 hour day. But by the end of the week, the moment is gone, I messed up the punch line to the joke, or the story just doesn't have that big of an impact anymore.



Deep breath...So...The point of this entry was to basically say that I created this blog in order to get my silly little thoughts out. I can use it as a point of reference for my husband later and have the oportunity to get some creativity out of my bones when I need it. And more importantly, I can feel like I am connecting with humans through this as opposed to only talking to dogs! Hence the title of this blog :) Truly, they are the best listeners of all, but someday's I need more than a cock of the head when I make a good point! I never thought my life would be interesting enough to write about or to have camera's follow me around for the next big reality show....and it's still not. But with this blog, I don't have to feel bad about burdening my co-worker with the guilt to listen to my story that's really not all that interesting. No one HAS to read this, so no pressure right?! Just me and my thoughts...and anyone that want's to join!

Enjoy!