weekend festivities

This past weekend was a wonderful, exciting reconnection with friends to witness an act that a few of us wondered if it would ever happen. My best guy friend got married this weekend. Ty and I have been through so much, dealt with so much, fought though so much, enjoyed great times, created crazy stories... and this weekend he topped all of it by getting married! I love his new wife, she is so perfect for him, able to put up with his crap, tell him "no really your wrong" and love him despite himself. He has had a knack for picking the psycho girls... to a point a mutual friend "inappropriate Andy" nicknamed them all and promptly forgot their real names... Love it! Miranda is an amazing woman who is so beautiful, so thoughtful, and so caring there is not much to dislike. The weekend was filled with reminiscing, meeting friends I have heard so much about, and of course the wedding itself.
Now me being me, I couldn't be in Dallas without seeing everyone else I know, doing some major shopping, and enjoying for great food (to which I am now on a diet forever) so here's a list:

Friday: Drive alllllll Day, go to Julie's work and visit and get her key ( I stayed with her all weekend)
Friday afternoon: after unloading my car, I hit some shopping. Galleria, Steinmart, 1/2 price books
Friday evening: Rehersal Dinner at Love and War in TX (grapevine) filled with very memorial toasts... Yay for Andy!, a wonderful video, great wine

Saturday morning: sleep in! Yay for sleep
Saturday mid morning: more shopping (Target, the mall again)
Saturday afternoon: stressing about getting ready
Saturday evening: Wedding (pictures to come)
Saturday late: after party at Glass Cactus Gaylord followed by Steak and Shake (my first time ever)
Sunday: Proctor state test way too early in the morning
Sunday afternoon: Lunch at BJ's yummy! with Jena and Jane and their boys
Sunday evening: Wine and TV with Julie
Monday morning: take dress back to Nordstroms b/c it broke at the Wedding after party
Monday rest of day: Driving home Yuck!

Whew whirlwind of activities and I loved ever min of it. Poor Pixie on the other hand... See Julie has this cat names Kerkyn... He is the Devil! He hissed at us and was stalking Pixie around the entire condo when we got there... Pixie kept running behind me to protect her (aww how cute!) Finally she had enough and started going off on him in pure Chihuahua fashion. We didn't see much from him after that... he poked his head out from under the bed and she would go off... great stuff! Monday morning however they were in standoff mode.. neither vocalizing a thing.. just staring intently...

Uggh

Seriously... Happy day/Sad day all about the same topic. Ahhh

SO I found out today that the McDonalds that is basically on our campus.. well Teachers eat free when they take their class. Now this is a good/bad thing. I love the grilled chicken sandwich, but the problem is I LOVE the grilled chicken sandwich. How on earth am I supposed to loose weight and live on a budget when I am turning down free food. Seriously? Seriously?!?!

Love me some Red Box!!!!!

I love RedBox! I can honestly say that I think I am in love with this tiny obscure little vending machine. Not because movie rentals are cheap (more on that), not because it is conveniently located all over and I can pickup/return anywhere I please, no it is because it has opened my life to obscure, insignificant movies I would have never have seen, never even known about, or acknowledged. Ok so cheap it is, I get FREE codes every Monday as a text message and what is better than free, and yes it is very convenient. Ok so maybe I love it for all these reasons. If you know me, you know I don't have TV. I see no reason to pay for what I can get online for free, so I miss all the movie previews and commercials. I have also not been to a movie since I moved to the P.L. so 9 months now with no theater trips... sad, but honestly my life is not laking in the least. Some of the movies I have rented and watched from the comfort of my own house, my own couch. all by myself curled up with Pixie are: Rachel getting married, Miracle at Santa Anna, The boy int he stripped pajamas, W, nights in rodathane, brideshead revisted, and cake eaters. Now of course I have seen the blockbusters as well, marly and me, Twilight, madagascar 2, ya know the important ones! haha but seriously I think that for every blockbuster, recognized movie ( to me this is any movie I have heard of before I get to the redbox) I have probably seen 3 to 4 random, often lower budget movies that I have come to love. So thank you Red Box! Thank you for enlightening me, entertaining me, and making all this possible. And to all the struggling film directors, if you have a dream chase it, live it, share it, Someone out there like me will love it!

Weekend experiences

What a relaxing weekend! Saturday I did absolutely nada except some laundry and light picking up around the house! It was the perfect way to end such a trying week. Spent some time in the word just feeling God's love, and man! was that so needed. Watched Charles in Charge online... hilarious but so mindless it was perfect. Yesterday went to church and felt some more of God's love... and was reminded that He loves us inspite of ourselves and that we ought love others exactly the same way. Humm good reminder! After church my girls and I went to lunch and had great friend time and great conversation. Oh how I cherish girl time. I went for a run late yesterday evening... after searching to no avail for my IPOD which I was distraught about. I however realized, on my run, that when I have my music on I often get lost in my own little world not really taking in whats going on around me. I am so thankful I didn't have my ipod last night. I enjoyed the bay, hearing the waves and birds, amazing. Experiencing all the life in my neighborhood, families playing ball outside in the yards, little kids running around playing in the street, BBQ's with friends... crazy! I often think of my neighborhood being pretty ghetto, but last night I realized that while the houses are crappy, and there are some not so great people for the most part my neighborhood is a place where people feel comfortable being themselves and letting their children just be kids. I am so thankful for my experience last night... now if I could just find my Ipod. I mean how else do I keep track of my mileage. Ugh!

uggh Seriously!

Have you ever had one of those days that was perfectly fine until you left your house? Well friends Today is one of those days!!! I was at my whits end at 7:00 this morning. People who have no need to be in my office in my office annoying me, my partner at work changing my schedule for me to accommodate his TWICE! and telling me I need to rearrange something I have planned for months for him to do something on a whim he has decided he has to do. Seriously, it's a respect thing, and I feel like i'm getting ZERO! maybe on another day it wouldn't bother me quite as much, but the last two weeks have just worn me down, but this has been a continuous thing lately. Whats a girl to do? I am trying to not speak my mind, to not say anything b/c anything I would say would be hateful and probably not sound very christian like, but seriously.... SERIOUSLY... I have asked for patience, I have asked for peace with the situation, but all I feel is frustrated and more annoyed. I really need a break, and more than one day a week.