Burning Pews

Fun title, right? I'll get to it in a minute. I'm back for a (late-ish) weekend recap!

I went home this past weekend for the first time in about 6 weeks! It was a very relaxing weekend... Mostly.

Friday morning, Nappy and I woke up super early and headed East. I had a haircut appointment at 11 and it was beyond a necessity. I hadn't had my hair cut since mid-July. I sat in class Thursday night looking at all of my split ends - not cute. After my much overdo hair cut, I stopped by my old office to say hi to everyone and visit for a few minutes. Two of my co-workers announced they were pregnant right before I left so I finally got to see their cute bumps! (Side note: EVERYONE is pregnant right now. I'm just married to my school work. But seriously the class of 2032 is going to be huge.)

After that, my mo and I grabbed some lunch and headed to the Junior League of Tyler's Christmas Market, Mistletoe & Magic. It was a total bust, except I found a super cute ornament for my bestie who is preggers (yep, pregger #3 of one post - these girls are all due 4 weeks apart from each other, too) and her hubby. After that, my mom and I stopped by this cute little cookie place and got a half-dozen snickerdoodles for me to bring back to FW. Seriously, so good.

Sister 2 Sister cookies. Delish.

Saturday was by far the busiest, and most fun, day I was home. We got up and took Nappy to the vet because he got groomed Thursday and they did something new and he got a staph infection. Poor baby, he's on the mend now though, no worries. After a quick glimpse of the TCU-ISU game, I got ready and headed to the chapel for a wedding. Here's where my fun title comes in...

TCU pulled out their win in the last seconds of the game (keeping us in the race for bowl eligibility, at least for the time being) and I may or may not have been trash talking and checking my phone for updates during the ceremony. Sorry, friends. Didn't mean to set our pew on fire. I got to see all of my wonderful Tyler friends and we had a blast at the reception afterwards. Not to mention we got to see two of our friends get married which is always a good time!

Kendall, Anna, Amanda, me, and Lindsay

After the reception, I went home and got comfy and watched part of the Texas A&M-Miss State game before Lindsay and Chad invited me over to look at all the cute baby clothes they already have and their new apartment! Why are baby clothes SO stinkin' cute?

Then we headed out for a delicious dinner at Villa Montez with the whole gang. Their mojitos are delicious but strong. About 3/4s of one does me in pretty good. After dinner, Lindsay and Chad took me to a cute little soda and candy shop that recently opened. It's one of the neatest places I've ever been to and they make their own soda! I got a bag full of candy and bought Lindsay and BB (our nickname for the baby since they won't tell us what they're naming him yet) a giant Laffy Taffy.

Dinner

Candy and Soda Shop fun!

I was going to leave Sunday, but I decided to stay one more night since I only have night class on Monday to worry about. Sunday was very low key, just hanging out with my mom and having breakfast for dinner - yum.

That was my weekend. This coming weekend, my friends are coming to visit me and we're planning on going to the Zoo to see the baby elephants and other random baby animals because the FW Zoo is having a baby boom! Plus the FW Zoo is amazeballs. I can't wait to show them the coolness of the Fort and take them to all the yummy restaurants. Ok, maybe not all because I have a list a mile long, but definitely some of my favorites.

How was your weekend?!

It's No Secret...

That I LOVE dance. I danced most of my life. I watch So You Think You Can Dance almost religiously. I watch Dance Moms and love the drama (although if they're trying to integrate the dance dads from Cathy's studio, I might have to stop watching because they're just stupid). Last summer I fell in love with the new company Shaping Sound on All the Right Moves featuring a ton of SYTYCD alumni. I love dance.

So a few months ago when Shaping Sound finally announced their tour dates I was thrilled. I had to be there. I had to watch my new gay crush, Nick Lazzarini, in person. I love him. I don't care that he doesn't like girls. He's a beautiful specimen and he can dance. Total package. And Kyle is also super cute, too. Not to mention the choreography this group performs is just amazeballs.

Teddy, Travis, Kyle, and Nick, the founders of Shaping Sound

Anyway, tonight is the night they hit the stage in Dallas and I couldn't be more excited. Here are a few of their dances from the show last summer.

Travis Wall being dramatic... but beautiful at what he does.


Travis got asked to choreograph an Ingrid Michaelson music video.


Teddy's choreography for their opening show last year in LA.


These people dance how I wish I could dance! I love it!

Is there something you as much as I love dance?

Everyday in May: Day 9

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! Today's prompt is perf. So get ready for a little bit of picture overload.

I'm 25 now and I've decided that 25 is going to be the best year yet. I went to the Dr for a check up Tuesday and all of my blood work was as close to normal as it's been in a LOOOONG time. It's all because I FINALLY have my tummy issues under control and I feel a million and a half times better than I have in a LOOOOOONG time. I hate that I had to stay in the hospital for 8 days two months ago, but damn - I'm SO glad to know what's wrong and has been causing so much trouble. ANYWAY, since all that is good to go, I'm dedicating 25 to being the most phenom, amazeballs, fantasmagorical year ever. Here are some shots from my day!

yummy cake my mommy made

My cards from my family and coworkers

I got a rose at work today!

#throwbackthursday birthday edition

I was trying to recreate my #throwbackthursday picture and failed

Was your 25th year everything you wanted (and more)?!

High Five for Friday

Happy Friday, everyone! I'm linking up for High Five for Friday today!

one: I spent last Saturday and Sunday watching my beautiful seester dance at a local dance competition. It was so much fun and she was amazeballs. After she was done Saturday, we went out for some delicious TCBY.

two: Nappy turns TWO in less than a month! I can't believe my little nugget is almost two years old!

three: There's a Tamagotchi App, y'all. One of mine has already died and this is my newer one. I'm obsessed and feel like I'm reliving my 90's childhood... on my iPhone. #nostalgia

four: I found some GREAT old school pictures the other day and thought I'd share this one from my first day of Kindergarten. How cute was I?!

five: I'm mailing in my official acceptance of my admission to TCU's graduate program. I am SOOOO excited to start this new chapter. I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't scared/nervous/anxious, because I definitely am, but I know this is going to be awesome.

Currently, I'm glued to the news. This Boston Marathon stuff is insane. I'm sending every possible good vibe to Boston and the town of West, Texas. This has been a weird week for our country and these two places need all the goodness we can spare.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

#VDayMugSwap

I posted a few weeks ago about a cute valentines day swap I was participating in: the #VDayMugSwap hosted by Caroline and Alissa! It's finally time to show you my ADORABLE new mug! My swap partner, Niki, TOTALLY got me.

CORGI mug, Hershey kisses, and a cute card!

I don't know if you've noticed, but Niki noticed that I. Love. Corgis. (And obviously have the most adorbs corgi ever.) She found me this amazeballs cute mug with corgis all over it! One of them even looks like Nappy! I may or may not have squealed with delight when I opened it. The mug was also filled with Hershey Kisses, one of my favorite candies! And of course, she included a super cute card with a sweet little note.

Bravo, Niki! I'm a huge fan of my package, I hope you enjoyed your's too!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

United State of Pop 2012

I love pop culture. Love love love. Every year this brilliant DJ (DJ Earworm) mashes up the year's top pop hits into one song, the United State of Pop. I feel like I usually have to wait much longer, but it's already out! This one will probably have to grow on me (the first one I heard, 2008 I think, I loved instantly), but it's still amazeballs. Seriously, check all of his stuff out.



Are you a fan? Are you a pop culture lover, too?

High Five for Friday!

It's Friday, y'all! AND it's the Friday before Christmas!!! Yayyyyy!

Tonight my bestie is have an End of the World/Tacky Christmas/White Elephant party at her apartment and I've been diligently crafting my sweater (it's really a sweatshirt) since yesterday afternoon. It's pretty awesome and I can't wait to show it off (don't worry, I'll post a picture of it tomorrow)!

Cold weather made its way back to Texas! I think it's supposed to be in the 50's on Christmas Day which will be nice. Not too cold, but definitely not hot. I hate when it's hot on Christmas and I can't enjoy my TCU Marry Christmas Y'all t-shirt and any next PJs that could be waiting for me under the tree.

Source: plainchicken.com via Catherine on Pinterest

For tonight's party, I'm making these sausage balls. I made them for our Super Bowl party in February and they're SOOOO good! They're a pain in the ass to make (mainly because I don't have a Kitchen Aide Stand Mixer... Sorry I was day dreaming about said mixer's awesomeness), but they're amazeballs delish.

Since it's the last week before Christmas, I got lots of fun goodies yesterday at work (and today when I went in for some trial contacts... I only have 3 pair left and my order isn't in yet). I love the people I work with. They're so much fun and so nice.

Last night, seester and I went on a dinner date. It was so much fun. Gotta love sister dates!

And a bonus: The shortest day of the year is over!!! The days start getting long again! I really don't like when it gets dark at 5 pm. It's so depressing...

What are you high fiving Friday for this week?

Sunday Social

What is currently on your wish list?  New rain boots. A few months ago, Nappy ate part of one of the laces in one of my rain boots. It's kind of a lame reason, but those lasted a good four years and I got them on sale on Black Friday (40% off. I never shop on Black Friday)! And they were Coach!

Share a new iPhone, droid, iPad app you have recently discovered that we all need: Matching with Friends. It's amazeballs. I don't have many real friends that play it so I have mostly games with strangers and it would be nice if people I really knew played it!

What is a new Fall TV show you have added to your DVR?  The Mindy Project. I posted a few months ago abut how much I LOVE Mindy Kaling. Ummm, we should totes be BFFs. But this show is HILARIOUS. I also recommend her book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me. And even though it's not new new, it's only in its second season: Once Upon a Time. It's SOOOO good.

Share your Social Media links for us to follow you on (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) Tell us which is your favorite and why? Facebook Twitter Instagram Pinterest
I love all Social Media. It's ultimately what I'd love to have a job doing. I'm currently obsessed with Instagram. I've been doing my Project/Photo 365 (+1) on it. I'm kind of excited to be done with 365 so I can upload more than one picture a day to it! At the same time, it's probably good I only do one picture a day on it right now haha.

What is a TV show or Movie or Song you could listen to or watch over and over and over and never get tired of…feel free to name one of each: Reruns of Friends on Nick@Nite right now is a big favorite. As is two hours of Boy Meets World every afternoon on MTV2. Supposedly Disney is in the works for a BMW sequel about Cory and Topanga's little girl, Girl Meets World. I have mixed feelings, obvs. And movies? Woah, there's a lot. Anchorman, the Wedding Date, Mean Girls, the list goes on. I can pretty much quote those three movies though. Those are the types of movies that no matter when they're on, I plan to watch.

Are you linking up for Sunday Social?

Miracle Worker

DISCLAIMER: I'm not getting paid for this. The following post is just my thought on an amazing product.

A few weeks ago, my mom got a free sample of this stuff called Tricalm. She saw that it was good for bug bites and I don't know if I've mentioned it (much) here, but mosquitos across the country flock to me any time I step outside during the warm(er) months. I think ALL of the mosquitos in the East Texas area breed in our back yard so it's especially true when I want to go outside to play with Nappy. At any given time I have at least 3 itchy bug bites that may be a week old (and normal people's apparently don't itch after the first day).

Anyway, it came in the mail and sat in our bathroom unopened for about a week. Finally I decided to try it after much poking and prodding from my mom. Y'all. This stuff works MIRACLES. I apply it pretty generously with a cotton ball (it's kind of stinky and I don't like having stuff on my fingers - I'm weird, I know) and I don't itch for HOURS. It says it can last anywhere from 4-12 hours and I believe it.

It says it's good for itching, stinging, or burning and it's true. I put it on after I shaved my legs when the air still kind of stings, you know? And it worked. Stopped stinging and no itching. It was AWESOME. Unfortunately, it's SO NEW that it's not in stores yet. They just opened their store on their website on THURSDAY. They're based in California and I got my full-sized tube TODAY. I thought it'd be at least 2 more days since it was coming to TX from CA, but SURPRISE. It was in my mail box this morning.

So, go "like" them on Facebook. Order your free sample or just a real size (it'll get there faster - I ordered another sample last week and it's still not here). TRICALM is a miracle worker. I'm obsessed. I've already ordered more for when this tube is gone.

Have you ever found a miracle working product? I'd love to hear about it in the comments!

Photo 365 (+1): August 2012

And again, it's almost a week into September and I forgot to recap my August!

I supported Chick-fil-A because I thought the whole situation was dumb. I'm not trying to get all political and start a fight or anything (I hate politics. a lot), but since when did we give up our first amendment rights?

I watched Aly Raisman win bronze and gold and decided I want to be her in my next life. She's SO talented and beautiful, too! Some girls get all the luck!

Took seester to get her first ever pedicure before her foot surgery so she'd have pretty toes for the Dr.

I went to Rick's with my ladies and saw a band there that my parents used to go see back in the day (amazeballs band, btw).

I bought tickets to the SYTYCD tour stop in Grand Prairie. Can't wait to see Cyrus and Eliana and a handful of my other favorites!

Nappy's girlfriend trapped Nappy and me in the backyard last week. I got no less than 15 bug bites in about 10 minutes. I still don't have West Nile yet though!

We had our work baby shower for Katie because she's due in FOUR WEEKS! Yay! I'm so excited to meet her sweet baby girl.

How was your August? How's your September going? Should be a great month! Hope your's is too!

Pure Awesomeness

I don't know how else to title this post. It's going to have so much awesomeness jam packed into it, I think you might be insanely jealous of me or spontaneously combust whilst thinking about how awesome I am.

First: Today is Texas Independence Day. Happy birthday to the best state, Texas! I am a Texan born and raised and you can argue all you want about why your state is better than Texas, but you're going to be wrong. I'm sorry. I love California, Missouri is nice, Florida looks great, but Texas is the best around. And yes, I will be sporting my Texas flag running shorts today. They are the best.

Second: Last night I saw Blue Man Group. WOW. They are so. cool. I don't know how else to describe it. They're hilarious. They're talented. They're silent. They're blue. This isn't from my particular show, but this was my favorite part of the show last night. I wish the third guy had pulled out his Telephone hat... Too bad. I love me some Lady Gaga... But they were amazeballs. Seriously. I'm dying to see them in one of their permanent theaters now. Chicago, Vegas, anyone?


Third: Coldplay was on Good Morning America this morning. What a great way to start your day. That combined with the atmosphere last night at Blue Man has me SOOOO excited for June when I get to see Coldplay in Dallas!


Do you envy me right now or do you envy me? Just kidding, I don't want to sound cocky.
Don't forget to link up with Hollie for Follow Friday!



Have a great Friday!

Music Monday

After a little hiatus for my Super Bowl commercial recap last week, Music Monday is back, with a Grammy's twist!


My favorite Whitney song. May she rest in peace.


Six for six last night?! I don't know anyone who doesn't love Adele. She makes amazing music. It's not even amazing. It's amazeballs, let's be real.


I love this song. I can't wait to see Coldplay in June!


I love Kelly Clarkson. She knocked the national anthem out of the park at the Super Bowl and this song is absolutely one of my favorites of hers.


And this is my friend, Tim Halperin, in a TARGET commercial. Can we talk about how amazing this guy's life has been in the last year? Tweet to Target and tell them to air this commercial! It's amazeballs as well.

What were your highlights of the (way too long) Grammy's last night? Are you loving Target's new music ad campaign like me (ex/ Tim or the girl on the bus singing Adele)?