Hello????

I'm here... I'm alive, well barely! My life has been taken over by boxes, more boxes and packing tape. Who is silly enough to schedule a move in date for the 2nd week of school?!? Not me... noooo! I'm dead, dog tired.

But we got the keys!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited! And the best news... she said we could paint the walls! I died. I'm beyond delirious but wanted to share the news. I'll be back... promise.

Longest Week Ever...

Enough said...

This was my night last night. Miles and miles of lamination, red wine, and the Last Song.

Pushing through! :)

The Vacation is Over

Back to reality... we got back from San Antonio on Tuesday after 4 days of pure bliss and relaxation. But now the summer is coming to an end. I went straight back to working in my classroom getting ready for a new group of Kinder babies. I am excited to begin my second year of teaching. I feel way more prepared than I did last year at this time. Having a year of experience makes it a lot easier, along with not having to decorate a whole classroom. So I have just making some improvements and cutting yards and yards of lamination.... who wants to have a lamination cutting party?!?! I'm thinking Real Housewives of D.C. and wine? :)

I did it! I finally started packing today... as excited as I am about moving I could not motivate myself to start filling the boxes. The end of the month is quickly approaching along with a thing called the first day of school. I will be down for the count that first week so I made myself start packing today. So this is what our guest room looks like right now. Kali is moping around because she thinks we are going to desert her and the kitties think its their own personal playground. But we are getting somewhere folks...




In the midst of packing the hubs and I were dive bombed by some of the biggest horse flies in the world. In the past day I have killed 20+ of the most massive flies I have ever seen. I feel like they just kept reproducing in front of my eyes. Those suckers don't give up easy either... unless you don't give 'em a good crunch, they will pop back up for another attack. They're relentless. This picture describes how I was feeling when my packing was interrupted by chasing giant horseflies around, while my man friend just snickered at me while playing his video game.

Not a pretty sight...

By day wasn't all mourning the end of vacation or cursing at the packing tape sticking together or running through the apartment with a shoe in each hand. This morning after a doozy crossfit workout I went with two girlfriends to get a "Back to School Pedicure!" It was a delightful morning. And the topper was, it was Sangria Saturday!! What is that? Only the best day ever. While getting your feet rubbed on you could sip sweet sangria all morning. Why didn't I think of this glorious day? So here's to... Sangria Saturday! I will be celebrating for the rest of the night as well. I'm off to celebrate my girl, Kendra's Birthday! Happy Sangria Saturday! :)

Summer is winding down here in Texas although the heat is still blazing. (I think the heat index was a whopping 109!!! Hot tamales it was a scorcher!) Tuesday was my last day working at Hallmark. It had to come to an end after I had a horrific nightmare about being completely unprepared on the first day of school. So tomorrow I am headed up to the classroom to work.

Tonight is the hubster's first night riding solo through the streets. He was temporarily put on the midnight shift, so I will "temporarily" be sleeping with the pets again. I didn't think I was all that nervous about it but while hugging him goodbye I noticed a slight lump in my throat. My mind is racing a bit but cleaning the guest room has kept me busy so far and I have a whole lot of Shark Week to catch up on.

After my officer gets off his midnight shift Saturday morning we are headed on vacation!!! He will roll home around 6 am and we will be road tripping it to San Antonio! I am so excited! The past year has been crazy with our schedules; teaching, the police academy, and our crazy summer. My officer has FOUR days off... IN A ROW! And we are putting it to good use. Plane tickets are outrageously expensive so we are utilizing what the great state of Texas has to offer.

San Antonio... here we come! A hotel on the Riverwalk, riding the river taxi, good food, poolside with sparkling sangria next to my hunk of a husband for FOUR days sounds great to me. I am quite excited! We may not be beating the heat, quite possibly getting hotter, but its a vacation that we did not think we would be able to take. Quite a nice surprise.

Back to Shark Week! :)

August???

Really.... August already!?!?!?!? The summer has flown by way too fast! Upon realizing I only have 23 days left before my life will be invaded with 19+ new kinder babies I enjoyed a Sunday Funday by the pool with this hunk....I adore him... he has me wrapped around his finger. Shhhh, don't tell! :)

Hope you're enjoying your last few days of summer.

While you were Sleeping...

After four weeks of the midnight shift my sleep schedule is all sorts of messed up. Although I am a natural night owl I was staying up even later when I was alone every night hanging out with Kali and the kitties. Now that I do not have a vampire for a husband anymore he has adjusted back to his normal hours of slumber but I am having a bit more trouble heading into the cave around 9 pm. Three weeks ago 9 PM was when I was kissing him goodbye and my nights started. So needless to say I am wide awake and it is 1 AM. Good grief...

I will usually lay in bed until my sweet begins to snore, then I tip toe into the living room avoiding the creaky spots on the floor. I would be bored but good thing I have one million and one blogs to stalk, new recipes to meal plan with, facebook to creep on, pictures to post, Eat Pray Love to read and now that Big Brother is back on... well the reading has taken a back seat.

I have also been getting REALLY excited about our new rental house. Our lease starts on September 1st but if everything goes smoothly we may be moving in the middle of August. I am crossing my fingers for an early move in so we can be settled by the time the first day of school comes around.

This is her... our first home.

She may be an oldie but she sure is a goodie!

** Don't judge the picture quality. I was the papparazi. I had to do a quick drive by picture.. I couldn't have my new neighbors thinking I was crazy before they meet me. **

Between episodes of Big Brother and resting my eyes from blog stalking, I have created a list:

"The Top Reasons I Am Excited to Move Out of an Apartment and into a House"

1. Neighbors.... No more big foot upstairs walking around in high heels or crazy children bouncing basketballs all hours of the day. No more crazy neighbors yelling at me for not having our dog on the leash or carrying a Poop bag 24/7.

2. After my love/hate relationship with the XBox I will not be sad to see that white little box banished to the man cave. Goodbye little nine year olds cursing at my husband during a quick game of Halo.

3. Speaking of the Man Cave... I am excited that my husband will finally have a place to display his shrine of memorabilia from Texas A&M. The duck painting hanging above our love seat may migrate its way into the man room as well :)

4. We will have our own trashcan!!! It's the little things friends. In our huge apartment complex we have to walk like 5 miles to throw our trash in the dumpster. Two dumpsters... in our whole complex. Not okay! Now I may be exaggerating but I am excited to be able to walk out the front door to that big blue trashcan.

5. We will have a HUGE backyard!!! With a tire swing! Yeah... did I forget to mention the tire swing. Forget the fact that I wanna puke even thinking about going for a spin on said swing, but we have one... in our backyard! With a built in stone grill and a fountain. I have big plans for this yard. BBQs (with shish kabobs, Ive had a weird obsession with them lately), flowers and lots of get-togethers with friends.

6. A backyard is exciting enough to have 2 reasons. Kali will have a yard to run and play in. Although pooper scooping comes with this amenity, I am so excited to just open the door to let her out instead of 5 plus walks a day. Does this make me lazy? Kali is quite excited!

7. Redecorating! (Insert holy angels singing...) Hallelujah! My late night blog stalking has sparked some inspiration. I cannot wait to move all of our things from a small 2 bedroom to a 3 bedroom with two living areas. I am excited to decorate our first real home, just the way I want. (I'm already looking up the local thrift stores in our new town... shhhhh).

To be continued... Big Brother just came back on! :)

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

This past weekend we celebrated as Wendy and Daniel were married! Before the celebration I was able to throw a bridal shower for the beautiful bride. One of my close friends, Wendy. This is her on the right with her step mom and sister, the maid of honor. Isn't she the cutest?

The theme was Something Blue. On the menu... homemade Sonic Ocean Water (with a little something extra :) and taco salads. Wendy's favorite food is Mexican so it just seemed appropriate.

I was beyond excited to finally display all my steals from Goodwill and CCA that I had been collecting for way too long...

Isn't my friend beautiful?

Yes... the shoes made their appearance

Cupcakes... yes please! :)

I can't tell you how long it had been since I bit into one of these little goodies.

I love that this has become a tradition among us friends, and I love Wendolyn's expression.
Look at those ribbon bouquet making skills.

Love these girls! :)

Lovely ladies in Blue! Celebrating with a beautiful friend!

P.S. On a way random note... how long has it been since you've watched Fern Gully? I am right now. I have some mixed feelings now about it being a kid's movie. And am feeling a bit guilty. I may need to plant a tree tomorrow. The End....