Waco or Bust!

Mike's dad's roommate at Baylor's daughter (got all that) got married this weekend in Waco. We all piled in the car, and headed north to attend the festivities. Friday night was fun, but drunkie. We stayed with Lacey (Mike's sis) and went to a couple of Waco bars. Needless to say, it was tough getting up for our mani-pedis the next morning. The wedding on Sat. was nice...but no alcohol. Probably an "ok" thing considering we had enough in our systems from the previous night. We were all so exhausted on Sat. night that we stayed in and played "Catch Phrase." The weather was so wonderful! I wish everday in Texas was like it was this weekend.

The Boston Red Sox have made it to the World Series! I'm excited because I have a special place in my heart for them...since my company is headquartered in Boston. It's nice to see a team, who has been "cursed" for so long, doing so well. GO SOX!

-The photo above is of Wally...the Green Monster (Sox Mascot).

Slow Weekend

This weekend was about the slowest weekend yet. I found a guy to come give Mike a quote for his flooring. He seemed pretty nice, and his price wasn't bad. Hopefully his work is just as good. We went to DSW, Academy and the grocery store to get Mike ready for his all day fishing trip on Saturday. His 4am wake-up call ensured we were in bed by 9:45pm.

Saturday was yucky! It rained most of the day, off and on. I had a late Cindrella show...which was outside. YUCK! Mike got in from fishing around 8pm and was wiped out. Again, we were in bed by 10pm. He did bring home some snapper and some mahi mahi! Now, I need to learn how to cook fish!

Sunday was rainy...again. There was lots of football on....WOO HOO (sarcastic), and I mainly cleaned and washed clothes.

As of today, Mike and I are back on our crazy diet. Two weeks of no sugar, low carbs, no beer, etc. Getting ready for the holidays early!

You asked for it....boring blog and all!

Beer and Babies

I haven't written in a while, and I'm getting some serious pressure to update this thing...so here goes it!



I bought a book last weekend called "Baby Proof." In short, it's about this girl who doesn't want kids....ever! She meets a man who says he doesn't want kids either, they get married...and WOAH...he suddenly wants children. It's cute...finished it last night. It's a totally mindless "end of summer" type read. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.

Speaking of babies, I learn that both my best friend Evie, and my cousin Suzanne are preggo. For Suz, this will be her third (she has two boys already). She is really hoping for a girl. I bought her a pink candle today in hopes that when she burns it, girlie fumes will fill her house...and they will make her have a girl.

For Evie, it will be her second. She hasn't really expressed the desire for one sex over another...but I bet she would want a boy this go 'round. I know she's the "I just want a healthy baby" type mom more than obsessing over genders, names, etc. My other cousin Connie just had a girl. Last I heard, she took "her" home from the hospital...with no name! EEEK! I can't imagine not having a name lined up. I had Kipper's name picked out 5 years before he was born.

Not much going on this week....other than Mike hitting a homerun last night in his softball game. It was his first homerun, and he was beaming the entire evening. I like to see him do well...the rest of the team did too! Go Brew Crew!

I am in the beginning stages of planning my 30th Luau Party at Mike's. Mike's not a "planner" guy, so I'll be doing most of the legwork. It doesn't bother me...being that I am a planner-type, and a control freak, so I would eventually end up taking over the whole thing anyway. Mike's promised to get his house "ready," which means all flooring in/all painting finished/all bathroom functional/all holes in sheetrock repaired/kegerator repaired. Lots of work to get this house in tip top shape. If it's not ready, we're all meeting at McDonalds for nuggets and ice cream. GO RONALD!

Leaving Cosmo in my 20s!

I recently subscribed to Cosmopolitan magazine. I don't really have a lot of time to read it "cover to cover," but I thought it might be a good reference guide for fashion, hair stuff...etc. I was fairly bored at Mike's softball game last night (sorry MV!), so I read through the Cosmo. It's absolutely horrible! Maybe I'm getting too old, but it seems that most articles are either directly or indirectly about "How to Please Your Man," or "How to Deal with Crazy Co-Workers." Is that all us women are...."in-training man pleasers" and "working class schmucks who let people in the next cubicle bother us" types? I mean, give us a break! It's not all about sex and work (well, maybe it is for some of us). The other "non-work/non-sex" related articles were about embarrassing moments and a "guy's story" on how they dis women. As far as getting real advise on beauty products, good luck! Magazines have mastered the art of hiding "paid promotions" in with their actual opinons of the product. I will say now....I'm leaving Cosmo in my 20s. I guess Reader's Digest is the next phase, eh? Ha!

Girl's Night Out and Labor Day

Friday night was my first "girl's night out" in a while. The boys were planning their Fantasy Football picks...so Lory, Cynthia, April and myself met a Collina's for dinner. We hopped around midtown a bit after that. The rest of the weekend was spent in Galveston at Mike's beach house. Pretty laid back weekend full of fatty food, football and cloudy skies. We did party at the Sea Isle Marina on Sunday. They had a band...and a lot of, well...interesting people. Good times!

Party on the Lake

The gang at Gruene Hall

Lake view from house

Vanilla Ice

Carleton, Ryan and Lacey

Mike and Me

This weekend was a blast! We rented a 4000 sq. ft house on Lake McQueeney (New Braunfels) for Mike's 30th. One of the most beautiful homes I've stayed in. We had about 8 people come out. We floated the river a few times, and ate/drank our weight in hamburgers and beer. We watched the Cowboys vs. Texans game where I was the only Dallas fan. I sat in defeat in my Tony Romo jersey (given to me earlier this week by Rowdy, the Cowboy's mascot). Dallas didn't win...but at least my hometown team is doing well this season. Everyone wore their "Big Perm" shirts on Saturday. Eight of us walking into Walmart with the same shirt on looked quite hilarious. I am exhausted, to say the least.

Mike's Almost 30!

Mike's grandpa hosted a "pool party" at his casa last night. A good time was had by all. The men watched lots of baseball and the ladies chatted and cleaned. Your typical Sunday dinner...haha!