My Favorite Things About the New House

Several of you have asked for more house stuff so here are some things about the new house that I really love or that I have been working on and make me happy. I am attaching lots of pictures so maybe the post won't be too boring.

1. BATH TUB- In the master bathroom we have separate shower and tub. The tub is a jacuzzi tub, but my favorite thing is that it is super long. As a tall girl, you have no idea how hard it is to sit and relax in the tub when you are sitting straight up. Here is a picture of my bubble bath before I hopped in last night.

2. Custom Cabinets in the kitchen - This is going to sound stupid to lots of you, but it is a huge asset to me since I am not very good at keeping things organized. The kitchen has some cabinets that are designed for certain items. Here are my two favorite. The top one is for backing sheets and muffin tins. At my old house I had all of mine stuffed in a drawer under my oven and I was constantly having to reorganize it because it was such a mess or pans were getting stuck in it. The bottom cabinets are appliance cabinets. It has an electrical outlet and everything so you don't have to move your appliances to use them or if you need to charge them you can without having them out.

3. Faux painting the Master Bedroom - As I have said before my family (especially my husband) allows me to do NO work on the house because I am too messy or in too much of a hurry. I begged and begged Cody to let me sponge the glaze in the bedroom. He FINALLY let me and I was very careful and didn't make a mess. VERY CAREFUL. I did it all myself and I am so proud of it (even though it is not perfect) Here is my self portrait when I was done!

4. Embedded flower pots - They left several buried flower pots that make the view from our eating area really pretty. Carley and I bought and planted flowers yesterday and it was so fun. Even though they are just cheap flowers from Home Depot, they are still beautiful.

5. Clearance flowers from Walmart - My good friend Jill always has fresh flowers in her home. She just lives 2 blocks away and every time I go over there I always say, "I should do this". Jill gave me a beautiful pot full of soil and gardening tools as a housewarming present and she told me it was time to "put up or shut up". She said the trick is to buy the clearance flowers at Walmart every time you go to the store. Here are some pretty white flowers that I got for $2.15 at Walmart on Monday and they are STILL pretty on the kitchen table. I also bought some flowers for the pot and I smile and think of her every time I drive up and see them.

6. Greenery and Built In Shelves - The house has 2 living areas both with lots of built in shelves. I have been trying to make them look good, but really not doing a good job at all. My mom came to the rescue this week and helped me decorate with greenery around a lot of the wood in the house. It looks so much better! I love the built in shelves, but since I don't have a decorating bone in my body, mom has really been helpful. You can see the greenery we added to the top of the shelves in the TV room and then two of my favorite shelves in the living room.

7. The MIRROR - Alyssa and Clint gave me a mirror several years ago. I love it. It is HUGE and adds a lot of light and space to rooms. It pays to have a craft-savvy brother-in-law with the Pier One hook ups! Cody and I finally hung the beast of a mirror last week and I love it! It really brightened up the brick in the living room. Plus it always makes me think of Alyssa and Clint when I see it!


If you are still reading, thanks for indulging me in this post. I know it was long. We have been working hard on it, and there is still a lot of work to do. Come visit us and see for your self!

Sea World

We had a great time in San Antonio and Sea World with my family. We drove down with my parents. Having Papa and Nana in the car made the 7 hour drive so much more fun. We got in Thursday night and checked in at our hotel. Then we went to the area where my dad grew up and went to the cemetery where both of his parents are buried. After that we went to my dad's favorite restaurant and met my sister and her family there. I can not tell you how great it was to all be together. I love my parents, sister, brother-in-law, and precious nieces so much. Being with them brings pure joy to my heart. I am so thankful that Cody and Carley feel the same way. Cody and I always enjoy getting out of town together and we really thought this trip with Carley was so special. She is just at such a great age.

Friday we got up and headed to Sea World. Sea World was great! It could not have gone smoother. The hardest part was the weather. The high was 83 and it rained off and on each day. It was SO nice for it not to be hot with all the kids there. We stayed until 6 pm the first night and until 4 the next day. There is no way the kids (or adults) would have been able to 6 and 8 hour days in the heat. Also the crowds were smaller because of the weather. We were able to get into all of the roller coasters really quickly. But, it would have been nice to be wet from the water in the park and not the down pours of rain and not to have our kids lips turn blue in the water.

Anyway, we had such a great time. The kids loved the animals, shows, and water. Everyone loved Shamu. My niece Lauren could not get enough of the penguins and Carley's favorite animals were the horses. That's right, we drove all the way from west Texas to see the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales! She loved them. Camryn was just a trooper that laughed at all of the animals. She was just glad to be with her family.

The girls had matching outfits for each day which was really cute. Sadly, they would not all look at the camera for any picture the entire trip so I don't have any great picts of them. My parents were great and were totally rockstars to their granddaughters. Every time Papa or Nana came in the room three little girls ran to them screaming their names. It was precious.

Happy Father's Day

My Two Favorite Men!

We had a fun Father's Day. We have started the tradition of eating at the "good restraunt" on Saturday Night and then eating at a fun, fast restraunt on Sunday. I highly recommend this so Sunday lunch is not eternal. So Saturday we had a yummy dinner with Papa and Nana at the Olive Garden then Sunday we went to a Chinese Buffet after church. They also had Critterfest at the Science Spectrum so Cody and I took Carley after lunch. We had a great weekend.

I am so very thankful for my dad and for Cody as a father. Carley and I are very lucky to have such sweet, gentle, caring fathers and I pray that one day Carley marries someone who is as wonderful of a father to her children as Cody is to our daughter.

Dinner with Papa and Nana

"My Dad is the Man" t-shirt

Carley talking to a Llama ( I think)


This is my favorite. We took pictures before church this morning. I always think Cody and Carley are twins, but I love that both of their eyes are closed in this picture. They really are so much the same!

Happy 30th Birthday, April

We had a fun party today for April who is turning the BIG 3-0!!! She was so surprised by our sneaky plans for a fun girl afternoon.

Here are a few pictures.
Me and my 2 beautiful pregnant friends, April and Kristin

The girls

April Julie, and Denise

We made April a scrapbook of some special memories that her friends sent in. It ended up being really cute!

Happy 30th, Ape. We love you!

Summer is HERE!

I finished work on Friday and for the past few days, I have been having a blast! At this moment, all the laundry in the house is clean, folded, AND put away. I have cooked lots of meals and literally had company for breakfast, lunch, or dinner every day. I have some dear friends out there that I hadn't seen in a bit or I wanted to return the favor of them cooking for me. It has been so much fun. I have loved playing house in my new house.

But the most fun of all has been playing with Carley. We have had a blast being together. She is just so sweet. Those of you who know me well know that my FAVORITE summer time activity is the pool. Week before last we played in Carley's flower sprinkler and then this week we have hit the pool often. It has been so much fun!

Here are some picture of my daughter in her white trash diaper, t-shirt, and water shoes in the backyard and then some in her fabulous Elmo swimsuit.

The Phoenix Has Risen

Stefano Dimera is back on Days of Our Lives and so am I. I started watching it this week and I am hooked again. There is not much on TV these days so it is good to watch it.

I REALLY like the show Traveler on ABC. It is SO good. It is like the Fugative crossed with Law and Order. I really like watching it all unfold.

I watched "America's Got Talent" last night and I plan on watching Last Comic Standing.

What will you watch this summer?

What is your weakness?

Cody and I went to the drive in this weekend to see Pirates of the Caribbean. It was good. I had heard mixed reviews. but we liked it. There is alot of bad weather in the movie. It was extra creepy because it was thundering and lightening outside at the drive in while we were watching. It really added to the special effects. For those of you who have seen it, I wonder what you thought of it. I want to see Knocked Up soon.

Anyway, Cody and I have a drive in night tradition. We always stop at Sonic on the way and get 99 cent Route 44 drinks and then we go to Walmart and buy candy. Now, our drive in has really great prices on food and drink so we used to always get our stuff there. Then I found the candy at Walmart for 1/4 of the price of the theaters and 1/2 the price of the drive in and couldn't resist saving a little money. Usually Cody gets chocolate covered peanuts and I get Whoppers. This last time we both got Milk Duds. DUDE, I forgot how good Milk Duds are to eat! Anyway, I know I should not blog about food, but I had to ask you, blogland, what do you eat at the movies?

My big girl

Carley is growning before my eyes. I haven't blogged about her much lately, so here is a little update on my little friend.

Carley now wears her hair in a ponytail sometimes. I think it makes her look so big. Her hair is so crazy. I love it and it is always out of control.

We are no longer on the Nuby cups because Carley kept breaking them with her teeth. I think she has grown about 8-9 teeth in the past 6 weeks. They make her look so grown up. She is all Playtex sippy cups stage 3 now.

That girl is Miss Chatty Cathy. I have no idea where she gets it! :) Her favorite new words (aside from "no" which is her most common word) are yellow, blue, heart, sqaure, and oval. She points to these things all the time. She doesn't say or acknowledge circles at all or colors like pink, purple, red, but she LOVES blue things and hearts. It is so cute. I made a list of all the words and animal sounds she saysthat I can remember and it is over 70! Seriously, she is a nonstop talker!

She also wears her sunglasses around the house. She loves them. But she only likes them indoors. (random)

Also. Carley always wants to feed herself with a spoon. She ALWAYS feeds herself left handed. I wonder if she will be left handed. Who am I kidding, she is her Daddy made over so I am sure she will be left handed like him!
Thanks for letting me blog about my little girl. We just love her so much!

Making our New Home

I am a firm believer that if you are not talented, surround yourself with talented people and then buy them Sonic drinks and it is almost like being talented yourself. Cody has done such a good job on our house. My mom has been a LIFESAVER with help at the house and keeping Carley. Carley loved her stint with Papa, Nana, and Daisy and so did I. Thanks so much for letting us live with you for a week! Every time we were all working, this is what Carley did. Apparently she thought she needed more attention. Luckily Nana and Papa were happy to give her whatever she wanted!

Here is a before shot of the kitchen before we bought the house.

Here is the best looking tile man around! They had carpet in the dining are and linoleum in the kitchen. You can see the texture brown paper stuff that my mom did in the kitchen over their fruit wallpaper.

This is what it looks like now.

Our new refrigerator

One of the things that I think about often since motherhood is my grandmothers. None of my grandparents were alive to meet Cody or see us get married or meet Carley. My grandmothers would have loved both Cody and Carley so much. In the kitchen now is my mom's mother's dining room set. It looks so good with the dark brown walls. I LOVE it! And in Granny's beautiful hutch is my dad's mom's china and pitcher. I miss Granny and Grammy so much. It is so neat to have a piece of them to see each day!

The Worst Phone Converstation EVER with Customer Service

I am blogging from my parents house tonight. We are staying here while Cody finishes the floors and we do a few more things. I will blog more about the move later, I am too tired to do it right now. I DO have a story that I deem blogworthy today.

We have had lots of problems getting our phone service moved over. Here are a few excerpts from my phone conversation with the phone customer service rep today.

Rep - Madame Nelson, I cannot verify your new address. Is the state that you are in Dallas or Arkansas? (Clue number one she is not living in the US)

Me - My state is Texas.

Rep - Is Texas close to Houston? (Clue #2)

Me - Houston is a city in our state. I live in Lubbock.

Rep - I cannot find the state Lubbock.

Me - TEXAS is the state, Lubbock is the city.

5 minutes of this banter continue, my frustration level grows.

Rep - What is your zip code?

Me - 794--

Rep - I said Zip Code

Me - 794--

Rep - Madame Nelson, Zip codes have alphabets not numbers.

Me - I need to stop talking to you at this point and speak to someone else.

Rep - No, Madame Nelson, I want to help you.

Me - Help me by letting me speak to someone in my country or in Texas.

Rep - Madame, I work for your phone company.

Me - You are about to work for my FORMER phone company, transfer me to a TEXAN now.

Rep - Okay, Madame Nelson, but first, can I interest you in long distance plans?

Me - I do not want to speak to you any more. Please transfer me.

I still do not have phone service. I am still tired. I am still not sure that out sourcing our customer service is the best idea.

Another Weekly Recap

Man, our life is crazy these days. We are 95% boxed up. It is so crazy living like this. I work all day at work then come home play with Carley, try to heat something up for dinner without pots or pans, then pack until I go to sleep. Cody is either working all day at the station or the new house then he comes home and does the same thing. It has been crazy, but it is so temporary. Anyway, I have been able to squeeze in some TV while packing so I thought I would comment about Heroes, Brothers and Sisters, Lost, The Office, and Grey's this week.

Heroes is so good. It is really based on character development. I have enjoyed this season so much! I think the bomb will go off this week and then Hiro will travel back in time to try and fix it all. Syler is CRAZY! He was so creepy at the end of this past episode standing on the roof when he said, "Boom". Such a good show!

Brothers and Sisters made my cry! I really like this show. I like the way all the siblings interact. This episode with the babies was so good! MAN! And Rob Lowe is still cute by the way!

LOST - HOLY COW! It was something this week. I was so worried about Charlie the whole episode. I have no idea what is up with this show, but I sure do love it! I still think Juliette is bad. I think she will make it look like Kate is pregnant with Sawyer's baby when she really won't be at all. I am totally confused by the new, underwater station with the female guards. My lame guess is that the new station is where Ben sends the ladies who get pregnant. Everyone thinks they die, but they don't. That is why he told Juliette there was an accident and it was flooded. Ben doesn't want people to know.

The Office - SO good! The Ryan twist was awesome! The Temp becomes the boss! NICE! The "enhancements" on Jan were really funny too. My favorite part of course was the end. Jim and Pam are AWESOME!

Grey's - Grey's did keep me guessing tonight. I thought it was really good. There is a lot to talk about so I will just hit my highlights. The scenes with Richard and Adelle were great. How sweet. Interesting that Callie got chosen as Chief Resident. It makes sense too though. I have NO idea what will happen to George now. I did not expect him to be the one not to pass the intern exam. Do you think he will stay or go? Burke and Christina were sad tonight and you saw that coming. I thought Sandra Oh did a good job of acting at the end of the episode in the apartment. I liked Alex and Ava. I don't think we have seen the end of them at all. Derek was SO McDreamy when he went to the locker room and laid it out on the line. I still don't know what will happen with him and Meredith. Although, I do not think he will hook up with the girl from the bar, who happened to be a new intern, who happened to be......... MEREDITH'S SISTER! WOW! I was not expecting that at all. WOW! Nice twist. And then I love that the Chief is still the Chief. I think that was the right choice. Who knows what next year will hold.

Next time I blog it will be about something more substantial. Hopefully we will finish moving and I can blog from my new home. :)

What do I write about every Thursday?

Well, it is Thursday at 9:00 pm so I guess I will do my thing and blog. Sorry I am not blogging more these days or blogging about anything important. We closed on our house and are moving next weekend so I am packing 24-7. Carley is awesome, but is very busy and demanding these days. Work is good. I have May Fever, TAKS Scores are in, and I spend half of my work day in interviews for new teachers so I am always behind on paper work. Cody is doing awesome work at the new house. I will post pictures soon, but he laid the tile for our hallway bathroom yesterday and put wood floors down in the entry way today. My husband is so talented.

Now back to meaningless, but enjoyable TV. The Office was classic humor. I loved it. I thought it was hysterical. Andy floating away, Michael singing, Dwight vs. Voldemort, Pam speaking her mind, and Stanley in general made the show AWESOME!

Grey's was good tonight. Thatcher Grey was ridiculous. That was too much. Meredith freezing in her intern exam was really sad to me. The scenes between Meredith and Richard were good. You can tell he loves her as a father. It was sweet. Also, I bet Adelle makes him a father as well.

Interesting stuff with Chief Resident and Chief of Surgery stuff. Who are your predictions? Do you think it will be Callie or Bailey? I definitely think Addison will not be Chief. That is really the only direction for Mark's character to go, so my bet is on him unless they come up with a story line for him.

Derek was weird this episode. He is still hot and McDreamy-ish though. I don't understand him and Meredith at all right now. They are both being so distant. What happened to the flirty elevator couple that I fell in love with in Season 1?

Do you think the wedding will happen? I think Christina will have cold feet through the entire episode then Burke will call it off. I think there will be awkward moments for the Maid Of Honor and Best Man as well.

I like Callie. I know I am one of the only ones, but I think she is a great character. She is really starting to grow on me. I want George to want her again. Izzie and George are killing me with the intense stares and dark thoughts. Those two need to stay away from each other and stop whispering. I am glad Meredith finally brought up Denny tonight. I LOVED Denny. I loved the Izzie that was with him too.

Now for Alex and Ava. This is my prediction. I think Ava's husband will show up next week, Alex will realize the husband is not right for Ava, and then I think Ava and Alex will kiss. Maybe I am too much drama. Another prediction is the husband comes, Alex opens up about his past and inspires Ava to give her hubby another chance. Thoughts?

That is all I have right now. I do love this show though.

This Week's Grey's Gossip

So the two hour episode was not as dramatic I was expecting. It was....interesting though.


So Addison's spin off stuff wasn't what I was expecting. First, everyone seems really old. Now I like the Tim Daly and Taye Diggs. I did NOT like the "I am going to kiss you with tongue" comment. Seriously? I also do not think the surfer receptionist is hot. I kind of think the voice in the elevator is funny though. The acupuncture was a little much for me too. I liked the chemistry between Addison and Tim Daly, but it reminded me too much of McDreamy. It was okay though. I am not sure what I think about it all, what about you?

Shame on Izzie and George. The look so dramatically tortured. Callie is stupid if she can't see what is going on. I am not sure who I am rooting for in this triangle.

Meredith, Meredith, Meredith. Some of you do not like Meredith (shout out to my sister), but I really liked her this episode. I think she is trying to be better and I think she sees the downfalls in her character and wants to fix them. It was sweet when she was trying to work things out with Thatcher and with Derek. I was very hopeful, until the end. SHAME ON THATCHER! You can tell that set her back emotionally. Derek is so confused about her (which I understand, she didn't swim) which lets me know they will be over in the next two episodes.

Alex, what is up with Alex? I so want to know his past and I wonder if it will ever surface. He is one of my favorite characters now. The stuff with Ava is interesting. I wonder how that will all play out.

And then Preston, Christina, and moms were tough for me. They are just such a somber couple. In my opinion, they work too hard at this relationship and it makes me tired for them.

So the previous looked good, what are your guesses on the last two episodes? Do you think the spin off will make? Will it be called Addison's Anatomy? (I hope not)

Now, for the other Thursday night TV shows. I usually don't watch Earl, but the Rudy stuff was HILARIOUS tonight. As for the Office, it was hysterical, but I thought it pushed the line a little too much with Michael and the finger through the fly. It was a really funny episode though. What do you think will happen with Jim, Karen, and Pam?

That is my Thursday wrap up. Only one more alarm clock day!

Homeless

Technically, we are homeless. But in this case, that is a good thing. I have been waiting to blog about this until everything was settled. Most of you know though that this has been going on, but we are moving! Of course, we are not leaving this Promise Land town that we love, but just upsizing in homes. We closed on the sale of our house on Friday and we close on the purchase of our new house on Monday. We aren't moving into the new house until the end of May, but we are very excited.

Here is how it all went down. In January we decided it was time to put the house on the market. I called my awesome sister who has been going through real estate woes to tell her we would be joining her in the house market. She was really supportive. She called me like 5 minutes later and said that she and Clint wanted to buy our house and use it as rental property in Lubbock. Awesome! We sold our house without even having to clean it! The next day I was at school and visiting with the librarian who I have blogged about before and love so much! I told her that we were going to be looking for houses in her neighborhood and to keep her eye out for cute ones. She told me they were going to put their house on the market, but they had a couple of things to do to it first. We were joking about it, then I asked her if I really could come look at her house. She said okay so the next day Cody, Carley, and I went over to the house and fell in love with it! It is just the right size for us. It had so many things we wanted. We were sure we couldn't afford it though. So I asked her how much "as is" without the flooring fixes and painting the dining room. They came back with an offer that was too good to be true because we weren't using Realtors, they were saving 6%. And tah-dah in 36 hours we had sold our house and found our new one. How is that for divine intervention!

It has been quite a few months, buying and selling a house without Realtors or any real clue what we were doing. We had a great mortgage company who talked us through every step and helped draw up all of the forms.

The best part is that Clint and Alyssa made Cody and I their property managers. Our first renter is our cousin. She is getting married in July so this will be their first home. I am so excited. I love this house. It is very special to me.

I bought this house during my first year of teaching. I was single and really enjoying my independence. It was a huge accomplishment for me at the time to buy this home and fix it up. I felt like a real adult the day I closed. This house is where Cody and I watched a movie for our second date. It is where we held hands for the first time. It is where we came home to from our honeymoon. It is where I took several negative pregnancy tests and cried. It is where I took the one positive pregnancy test and cried tears of joy. It is where Carley came home from the hospital. It is where she took her first steps. It is such a special home to me. I am so glad it will be a special place to another couple so dear to me.

And I can't tell you how excited I am about the new house. It has almost double the square footage of this house which means I might not step on Little People in the middle of the night. I can't wait for you to come see it!

Anyway, I am homeless today, but luckily my landlord isn't kicking me out!

This Week's Grey's Gab

I think the most important lesson tonight was not to pee in the Amazon. YIKES!

Tonight's episode was pretty good. Here is what I thought about it all.

Addison is on her way to her new spin off. She is done with the guys and she will star in a new series with Taye Diggs and see how it goes. I liked her and Alex finally hooking up and I did not blame her for wanting to leave after it was all over. I mean, Alex and Mark both showed her that they are not what she really wants. The Alex stuff was a bummer.

I don't know what will happen with Ava. Do you think she will bring Alex out of his funk?

George won't leave. He just won't. I thought the triangle between Callie/George/Izzie was well acted tonight. Nice parallel with the fish guy and Dawson's mom. I do like the way the show ties things together.

I know some of you thought of me when Mark offered a meeting of the dirty mistress club with Meredith. Poor guy, he really was trying. You could tell the end hurt him.

And Derek and Meredith....what can I say. They are headed to breakup. She was annoying with the constant check ins and he was annoying with a case of the blues. They are going to break up for a while but you know this is not the end of them.

I hated Burke and Christina till the end. What do you think will happen with them?

Now for the real question, how can Izzie eat a cake and a half and not gain weight? I wish I was on TV.

There is your weekly Grey's wrap up!

Grey's Predictions

I thought last night's episode was VERY good. Here is my take on it all.

I think George will choose Izzie and then in the finale Callie will turn up pregnant. She looked AWFUL last night and I just think that will be the direction. Thoughts?

Goodbye Derek and Meredith. I think Derek will dump Meredith so he can be chief then Burke will get Chief and Sloan will get Meredith and Derek will get lonely. What do you think? McSteamy was so cute last night. I loved the scenes with Mark and the Chief. Too funny.

I am having trouble staying interested in Burke and Christina. What do you think will happen there?

I thought Izzie's scenes were great last night. The bone marrow stuff was an interesting twist that we have not seen the end of yet.

Oh, and the HEARTBREAKING stuff with Jane Doe/Ava was really sad. I have no idea where that story line is going. What do you think?

Other TV thoughts:

October Road- I don't LOVE it, but I do like it.

I really like Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters right now. Both are getting really good!

LOST, lost, Lost. Man, that show keeps me hooked and completely "lost". I love it!

What are you watching these days?

:)

What do you call a naked Eskimo?



A Northern Exposure

Hug a Teacher and a Student

In public schools, this is THE week. It is TAKS time and you definitely know it. It amazes me how the test has changed and the rules have changed every year that I have been in education. This year is even more stringent than previous years, which blows my mind. This post isn't to be a commentary on TAKS, public education, standardized testing, or anything of the sort. Schools are what they are and testing is what it is. Right or wrong, it is the tool that government is using to measure education and provide accountability. Are there other ways to do this? Is this stressful on all parties involved? Yes to both. It accountability necessary? YES! So whether you love it or hate it, support your local teachers this week. You cannot fathom the changes this year and all the bits and pieces involved in testing. Tell teachers you appreciate the job they do. Tell kids you love them and find value you in them for a million different reasons, none of which are multiple choice. There are just weeks where the world seems more intense than others and this is one of those weeks.

Don't judge, criticize, give your two cents, cast blame or doubt, and most of all, don't minimize the reality teachers face by telling them that testing is "stupid". Like I said, for the time being, schools are what they are. In the midst of all the craziness, teachers are trying to find creative, energetic, interactive, supportive, varied, differentiated, ethical, fun, and educational ways to tell kids every day that they are here for them, they love them, and they want to prepare them academically, socially, and emotionally for a world that changes each day.

Hug a Teacher and Hug a Student.

I will get off of my soapbox now! :)

Catching Up

Last weekend we spent with Alyssa's family for Easter. It was so fun to see my precious niece Camryn turn one. She has a smile that lights up a room. She also has a hysterical laugh straight from the belly. It is so cute. She is such a blessing.

Carley loved Easter. The Easter Bunny brought her books. (hey, make fun of me now, but one day she will thank my intellectually responsible Easter Bunny) She loved her new books and the eggs in her basket. I know holidays are just going to get more special each year that she knows what is going on!

As always, Lauren kept me entertained as well. She said some really hilarious stuff. My favorite part was when she came to me and said, "What is your vision for dinner tonight?" I cracked up. She is such a little woman! My sister had a big birthday too. It was great to be there to celebrate Alyssa as well. She was the hostess with the mostest for the weekend. Cody had to stay here and work so my parents and I drove up together. Carley loved sitting in the back seat with Nana. It was too cute.

Now for nonimportant news....television. Friday Night Lights and Lost were AWESOME on Wednesday. My favorite part of FNL was when Tami told Coach she was pregnant. They are so cute and so sweet. Any predictions on what will happen?

Then there is Lost. That show never ceases to surprise me. I thought this episode was excellent and I was dying at the end.

The Office was so funny tonight (as was last week) The watermelon stuff had me in tears. That show is such a crack up.

Finally, thanks to all the ACUers who posted about the Bachelor stuff. Who knew so many of you read my blog? It was neat to see us all connect again, even over something trivial.

On a side note, please keep reading Corbin and Kanyon's blogs. These sweet boys and their families need our prayers.

Club Sister?

Jenn K and I know we were in Siggies with Amanda Delp of the Bachelor. Her sister Melissa was in club with us too. One was my age and one was two years younger. Do any of you have the scoop? I can't believe there is an ACU girl on the Bachelor.

If she wins, can we all go to the finale and "circle up"????

Random, random, RANDOM

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